our union the international longshoreman union we're the only union in 1984 that spoke out against awe pardon it was a very broadly bold and we spoke out and there's a ship at the pier 80 that was alter south africa and our union reviewed to unload that ship. when nelson mandela got out of imprisoning he thanked harry bridges and this year the ambassador of south africa same to san francisco and came to local 10 with the nelson mandela humanitarian ward. i was speaking of nelson mandela because of his fear there were over 90 world leaders that doesn't speak to each other that showed up. president obama shock hands with him and we're thinking about the ability to negotiate and one thing about arrogance i believe it's a downfall of any individual and nelson mandela was humble and people looked at up to nelson mandela. and i think in every city thought this country even in washington, d.c. nelson mandela was a man that was in 0 opposition people can learn to work together and he was able to do that and that's a rare ability. you can't go to macy's i didn't see or norway strm to buy that.

longshoreman. he reports how union members refused to move south african cargo off ships. >> the ships sat there for1 days. every day there was a demonstration. every day the longshoremen refused to work. they tried to negotiate some way to get the ship unloaded but we refused. >> the divestment became inevitable. >> until the world stood with south africa through means like divestment their struggle would never have reached its fruitful conclusions. >> and so at city hall it was a dual honor for nelson mandela but also for the tradition of progressive politics in the bay area showing how decisions made here and ten thousand miles away from south africa could make a difference. melissa chan, al jazeera, california. >> still ahead, china is celebrating a milestone today. the touchdown of its mission to the moon. >> this is snowing this saturday afternoon all the way from chicago to new york city, and in new york and much of the northeast for that matter snow is piling up on the ground. cars are taking it very easy as they travel down the roadway. i'll tell you why and where we're expecting up to a fo