mandela has come and gone and voters are preparing to elect the third black president. but the defining truth now as always is that the darker the skin the poor you are. what good is it to a prisoner if your dealer looks like you but does not set you free. black south africans turned to one of their own to govern the wasted the opportunity to transform the values by outsiders. and he could barely halt the think of obama doing this a mistake in his country in south africa lee believed looking to the west generally in washington d.c. specifically to solve the problem of the african people. and as was the case of apartheid may even have a fetish for democracy or the three market where people of color. what is it that the cubans say? each day in the world 200 million children sleep in the streets, not one of them is in cuba. can america say that? while lee is watching obama's takes a step toward the presidency and an african proverb comes to mind that the black countrymen use to describe their dilemma in the post-apartheid era. i got and that the nose down to crack it with.

get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandelaed as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? to success off the field? >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit. it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i a

mandela -- >> i shoulknow better about this matter, mr. madonna -- >> i thought that once again i was going to be able to bend the rules a little bit. >> reporter: and morrie, before he made tuesdays famous. >> be kind to yourself. you didn't create your illness. so, you shouldn't be punishing yourself for having that illness. >> reporter: a race for the ages. >> it's over. >> it's hard to believe. >> reporter: and the ageless complexities of ce. >> i heard him refer to all of the giants in our community as "you people." >> if we are going to reach our hands out to one another, you can't lump us all together anymore than we can lump you all together. >> reporter: the last ten years. a time of tragedy. >> this is no movie. >> reporter: a time of war. >> brian kennedy. >> reporter: a time to remember. >> the names and the faces of the fallen tell their own story. >> reporter: "nightline" and america -- >> for all of us here at abc news, life from new york, it's saturday night. >> give it up for "nightline." >> i'm on "nightline." >> reporter

talk to nelson mandela. peace is harder. peace is really hard. victory is close, i haired mr. poe's words. what message are we sending to our troops? the alamo is a metaphor for this? come on, mr. poe. and mr. poe started out, this is about our troops. that's exactly right. this is about our troops. thank you, mr. kucinich, for allowing us to have a debate. here we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars and we have had no real debate. so thank you for bringing this and allowing us to do this. and we need a debate in a democracy so everyone understands the costs, the cost of going to war and the cost of not going to war, the material cost, the human cost. this is about the troops, i agree with mr. poe. you know, we record, and i have been to iraq and afghanistan. i have met these incredible young men and women who are doing this battle, as mr. poe suggested. they are incredible. it's the policymakers i am worried about. we report 1,000 almost in afghanistan and we report around 40,000 casualties. let me tell you, i am chairman of the veterans committee in this congress. we

get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandelaed as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit. it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i always kept up. >> reporter

mandela becoming president of south africa it is a remote possibility in my mind the fact he is still president and of course, of time we did the conference the campaign was going and he was looking good in the polls but i knew perhaps he would never be able to really confront the issue of race and racism so bill and i decided to do it. once we learned he had gotten secret service protection long before he was the ninth days nominated when he was a candidate that was the america legacy that i remember of our country and the was moving closer to realizing the dreams, i still thought he would not be able to do it. did you feel that way? >> he as a black man had to campaign on the basis he was it transcend race. why does he have to do? wyss of that the responsibility of all of us who have a history of imposing a slavery, jim crow, segregation, rampant discrimination, why was it his responsibility to transcend race? but he had that burden and a pair of the he carried it with the overwhelming majority. it was surprising in that sense. airways fell to he felt he was restricted and could not

and prosecutors who the current obama administration has a real conundrum obama wants to be nelson mandela and look ahead but not behind he knows politically will be divisive and hurt his chances for reelection in the congressman that are running for office in the next election if he has a very strong effort to prosecute the zero lawyers the right the torture memos and individuals who implemented them and even the president you authorizes. instead they have created a special prosecutor and have given a limited mandate of the people that have committed acts of torture that are not authorized by the torture memos those people that they're doing things that are even worse than waterboarding there were worse things but unfortunately the obama administration refuses to release a bunch of photographs of things that happened in afghanistan and guantanamo bay and the abu ghraib and the reason they don't want to release those is because it will make the terrorists hate us even more. but the truth is there is stuff in there that would probably create a public outcry for the heads of the people that

get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandela used as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit. it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i always kept up. >> repor

mandela becoming free and becoming president of south africa. very remote possibilities. the fact that he is president, i'm still pinching myself. at the time we did this conference, of course, the campaign was going. and you that perhaps he would never be able to really confront the issue of race and racism. bill and i decided to do it because once we learned that he had gotten secret service protection long before he was nominated, just when he announced that he was a candidate, that was the legacy that i remember of our entry. as he was moving closer to realizing the dream i still thought he wouldn't be able to talk about it. did you feel that? >> guest: the irony was that he has a black man had to campaign on the basis that he transcended race. i kept saying, well, why does he have to transcend race? why isn't that the responsibility of all of us who have been come have a history of imposing slavery, jim crow, segregation, rampant discrimination. why was it his did responsibility to transcend race? he had that burden. apparently he carried the satisfaction of an overw

defend his voting record and putting voting against resolution, calling for the release of nelson mandela from prison. he had a heart attack in his mid-30's and would have to defend questions of his health and fitness. this one on for about 30 or 35 minutes. as i lit up the casecome, kaisha you figure it out but what if i said this and i disagree with that and would you say if i said that? do it on for about 30, 35 minutes. at the end i exhausted my list. he said you're been anything else? maxey says deal tierney questions for karl? and invited me over he didn't say she was going to dick cheney there. he goes to show a couple things about roche. one thing he views this as a governing decision on a political decision. becoming the next interviewer right on most or all that stuff, but that's politics. my job is to worry if something happened to me who would the country have confidence in? second abolish of his style which is he likes to have people around him who have strong opinions or in many not agree with this and are willing to lay him out in a respectful, straightforward way in front

defend his voting record including voting against a resolution calling for the release of nelson mandela from prison that he had a heart attack starting at the age in his mid-30s and we would have to defend questions of his health and fitness and so forth and we went on 30 or 35 minutes and as i laid out the case occasionally governor bush would say i agree but what if i said this and i disagree with that or what would you say if i said that so it went on for 30 or 35 minutes and at the end, exhausted my list he said to you have anything else and he turns to the guy next to him and said to you have any questions for karl. when he invited me over he didn't say i'm going to have cheney and you need to clean up the case in front of him that it goes to show a couple of things about bush. one is that he viewed this as a government decision not a political decision because he called the next day and said you are right on most or all that stuff that's all politics you can deal with that. my job is to worry about if something happened to me what the country have confidence in. and second of all

mandela. >> i should know better than you. >> reporter: madonna. >> i thought that once again i was going to be able to bend the rules a little bit. >> reporter: and morrie before he made tuesdays famous. >> be kind to yourself. you didn't create your illness. so you shouldn't be punishing yourself for having that illness. >> reporter: a race for the ages. >> it's over. >> it's hard to believe. >> reporter: and the ageless complexities of race. >> i heard him refer to all of the giants in our community as you people. >> if we're ever going to reach our hands out to one another you can't lump us all together any more than we can lump you all together. >> reporter: the last ten years. a time of tragedy. >> this is no movie. >> reporter: a time of war. >> brian kennedy. >> reporter: a time to remember. >> the names and faces of the fallen tell their own story. >> reporter: "nightline" and america. >> all of us here at abc news, live from new york, it's saturday night. >> i'm from "nightline." give it up for "nightline." >> i'm on "nightline." >> reporter: a legend says good-bye. >> trust me,

talk to nelson mandela. peace is harder. peace is really hard. victory is close, i haired mr. poe's words. what message are we sending to our troops? the alamo is a metaphor for this? come on, mr. poe. and mr. poe started out, this is about our troops. that's exactly right. this is about our troops. thank you, mr. kucinich, for allowing us to have a debate. here we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars and we have had no real debate. so thank you for bringing this and allowing us to do this. and we need a debate in a democracy so everyone understands the costs, the cost of going to war and the cost of not going to war, the material cost, the human cost. this is about the troops, i agree with mr. poe. you know, we record, and i have been to iraq and afghanistan. i have met these incredible young men and women who are doing this battle, as mr. poe suggested. they are incredible. it's the policymakers i am worried about. we report 1,000 almost in afghanistan and we report around 40,000 casualties. let me tell you, i am chairman of the veterans committee in this congress. we

get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandela used as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit. it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i always kept up. >> repor

get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandela anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? we americans are always at our best when we hear and heed the cries of others. when confronted with massive human suffering, americans have always stepped up and answered the call to help. but there's never been anything on the scale of human tragedy in our own hemisphere like what we're now witnessing in haiti. y president clinton and i are joining together to appeal to you with real urgency. give now, and lives will be saved. thank you. thank you. >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and

transformational figure who is going to dmore to change the course of history than began da, buddha, mandela must have taken its toll. >> well, yes, on both sides. on the one hand, there's great, great pressure and stress. and people do self-medicate, so there's a movement to alleviate the stress with the drug of choice and here that may well be women. on the other hand there is a lot of superiority, part of what that supiority and overconfidence does is blunt your sensitivity to the consequences. if you're the new messiah maybe you're above the rules. both of those things together set up that acting out. >> he was also surrounded by according to this article by a circle of enablers, friends, employees who really made this life possible for him. can he change his life now without changing his team? >> i think that the team can say -- i think that they have to be schooled in a way to support his recovery rather than to support the old behaviors. it's possible that they could use an executive coach or consultant, maybe even a therapist to talk about what they need. tiger has to train them to s

mandela becoming free and becoming president of south africa. these are two very remote possibilities in my mind and the fact that he is president i am still pinching myself in the time we did this conference of course the campaign was going and he was looking good in the polls. but i knew that perhaps he would never be able to really confront the issue of race and racism, so bill and i decided to do it because once we learned that he had gotten secret service protection, long before he was nominated, just when he announced he was a candidate, that was the legacy i remember of our country and as he was moving closer to realizing the dream, i still thought he wouldn't be able to talk about it. did you feel that way? >> guest: i think the irony was that he is a black and had to campaign on the basis that he transcended race and i kept saying, why does he have to transcend race? wise and that the responsibility of all of us who have had a history of imposing slavery, jim crow, segregation, rampant discrimination. why was it his responsibility to tr

responsible government, and we have a president who is compassionate, responsible and trying like nelson mandelato reach out to his former enemies and have bipartisanship and he's had none of it but he continues to try and we need to support this president, support our country, preserve our economy and provide health care like every other industrialized nation in this world does and make america among the leaders and not the followers. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. tiahrt: as the democrats claim that the obama health care bill will help balance the budget, but reviewing those calculations show we're going to collect higher taxes for 10 years. imagine that. four years of health care taxes with no health care. imagine if you wanted to buy a house and you had to make four years of payments before you could move in and then finally when you moved i

talk to nelson mandela. peace is harder. peace is really hard. victory is close, i haired mr.oe's words. what message are we sending to our troops? the alamo is a metaphor for this? come on, mr. poe. and mr. poe started out, this is about our troops. that's exactly right. this is about our troops. thank you, mr. kucinich, for allowing us to have a debate. here we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars and we have had no real debate. so thank you for bringing this and allowing us to do this. and we need a debate in a democracy so everyone understands the costs, the cost of going to war and the cost of not going to war, the material cost, the human cost. this is about the troops, i agree with mr. poe. you know, we record, and i have been to iraq and afghanistan. i have met these incredible young men and women who are doing this battle, as mr. poe suggested. they are incredible. it's the policymakers i am worried about. we report 1,000 almost in afghanistan and we report around 40,000 casualties. let me tell you, i am chairman of the veterans committee in this congress. we ha

responsible government, and we have a president who is compassionate, responsible and trying like nelson mandela to reach out to his former enemies and have bipartisanship and he's had none of it but he continues to try and we need to support this president, support our country, preserve our economy and provide health care like every other industrialized nation in this world does and make america among the leaders and not the followers. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. tiahrt: as the democrats claim that the obama health care bill will help balance the budget, but reviewing those calculations show we're going to collect higher taxes for 10 years. imagine that. four years of health care taxes with no health care. imagine if you wanted to buy a house and you had to make four years of payments before you could move in and then finally when you moved

defend his voting record and putting voting against resolution, calling for the release of nelson mandela prison. he had a heart attack in his mid-30's and would have to defend questions of his health and fitness. this one on for about 30 or 35 minutes. as i lit up the casecome, kaisha you figure it out but what if i said this and i disagree with that and would you say if i said that? do it on for about 30, 35 minutes. at the end i exhausted my list. he said you're been anything else? maxey says deal tierney questions for karl? and invited me over he didn't say she was going to dick cheney there. he goes to show a couple things about roche. one thing he views this as a governing decision on a political decision. becoming the next interviewer right on most or all that stuff, but that's politics. my job is to worry if something happened to me who would the country have confidence in? second abolish of his style which is he likes to have people around him who have strong opinions or in many not agree with this and are willing to lay him out in a respectful, straightforward way in front of ot