they had non-violence espoused by mahatma gandhi and practiced by martin luther king. they confronted the segregation of apartheid with the reconciliation that martin luther king did not fully see not fullyof, but to that south africa today tries to hold up in a world that is polarized in so many other ways. we confronted the conflict of apartheid with the values of peace and coexistence that martin luther king john of and saw on the mountaintop but that archbishop tutu, nelson mandela, and others would start building on the southern tip of africa. add to this the values of truth , the values of mahatma gandhi, martin luther king, nelson mandela, and desmond tutu, not as a commodity to compromise but as something that they could trade for reconciliation, if you told the truth, you would not be venged against, but you would be reconciled with. the truth would truly set you free. south africa is regarded as a miracle. what we do a search in south africa is that our transformation was divinely inspired, but not a miracle out of reach of ordinary human beings. south africa

have been protesting to support his call for nuance of corruption they're just calling him a new mahatma gandhi a string of high profile corruption scandals one which may cost the government thirty nine billion dollars stocks approach has a new public option watchdogs to be sets out but it's likely to take some time. right now we continue to explore russia and the latest in our close up series looking at life recalls the biggest country in cuba. and this time were one thousand kilometers from moscow to visit the pier of region is the place full of community spirit where family bonds are strong so much so that ninety percent of all orphans and carrot find a family before they turn six. as they're finding out the reason for this remarkably high figure. apart or being a personal tragedy and a difficulty over being an orphan is also a social problem in russia there are thousands of thousands of orphans caught in fact most of them have either parents all relatives outside of the orphanage but these people simply do not want to look after them or come of the choice of to do so so this is something th

so you can see mahatma gandhi back in the 1920s,' 30s, they're operating on the same principle. it's quite remarkable, and i couldn't have hoped for a better example to illustrate the theme of my book. and gandhi says, you know, my reading of the curran has con -- koran has convinced me because of -- [inaudible] which is exactly the same principle in spite of suffering so much that the immigrant was with operating on also. and in spite of being, you know, disabled and so badly hurt, it's quite remarkable that he took the step of trying to get his possible killer and somebody who wounded him so badly clemency. this is quite a remarkable moment to be talking about what i'm talking about because just two months away, we are just two months away from the killing of osama bin laden. hopefully, if not the ending of al-qaeda, then at least the debilitating. they have a new leader. but i would hope that his passing away is both literal and symbolic. and at the same time, it's such an exciting time to be in because 2011 has been an incredibly momentous year for the exact opposite of the p

trademark white cop have been protesting to support his call for new corruption education a new mahatma gandhi a string of high profile corruption scandals one which might cost the government such a nine billion dollars spock's the protests a new public anti-corruption watchdog has to be sought to help but it's likely to take some time. right now we continue to explore russia in the eighty's and out close up series looking at the life across the biggest country in the wild. this time where all one thousand kilometers from to visit the kirov region it's a place full of community spirit family bonds a strong so much so that eighty not know that ninety percent of all friends and care of find a family before they turn six. it has been finding out their reasons for this are not completely hi steve. apart from being a personal tragedy and a difficulty to overcome being an orphan there's also a social problem in russia there are thousands of thousands of orphans but the fact most of them have parents or relatives outside of the orphanage but these people simply do not want to look after them or canno

[applause] as a south african ambassador, as i stand here, the statue of mahatma gandhi on massachusetts martin luther king, we are challenged that the golden triangle of peace, compassion, non- violence, and struggle against adversity must be completed. we pledge that the third and step of that trend will be completed outside the embassy of south africa to complete the memorial for nelson mandela. because washington is the place. [applause] washington determines where we stand between peace and war. between reconciliation and vengeance. where we stand between compassion and harshness. this triangle can guide those to make decisions. 50 years is not a long time to wait for martin luther king. live celebrations begin. -- may the celebrations began. [applause] >> thank you for setting the tone, for inspiring us. enjoy your dinner and we will be back later. >> please welcome again this andrea mitchell. >> and i hope you enjoyed your mails. -- meals. and it is my pleasure to introduce the man who has led this campaign to build a memorial mr. harry johnson. [applause] >> thank you so much. th

in india he was in the footprints of mahatma gandhi.ll religions in his heart made him the leader of all people. all creeds and cultures were comfortable in his giant embrace. all just causes were his cost to support and extol. he preached fair play and serenity. from handcuffs and prison guards, from leg irons and a prison bars he taught triumph over loss, low over despair, hallelujah over dirges, join over moaning, he said fear not. we have come too far to turn back. we are not afraid. we shall overcome. we shall overcome. we shall overcome. someday, we shall overcome. [applause] [sustained applause] >> we shall overcome. we have overcome. maya angelou's rendition, a poem for the ages. abundant coal. -- hope. now as we enjoyed one another at this luncheon, i want to invite the waiters to begin to serve our lines. i am going to come back and interrupt you periodically. as i look out at this audience, there are too many people you need to know in this room, too many people. we have the secretary of health and human services. madam secre