nelson mandela. archbishop tutu people with high bar of authority they work is that as a as a as a group to try to resolve conflicts and then sometimes the individual elders i would like to bring him has been asked by the united nations to try to. you know work with the various countries involved with syria to to try. try to get this problem result and. so since you asked about happy with the world obviously syria is a miserable place and it needs to be resolved it should be a top priority i think of every caring politician to get to get this problem resolved was about the time when you were editing the magazine and that you started up a magazine trying to stop the war in vietnam from what i understand do you think journalism can actually change the world and the course of things that has happened oh i think journalists can certainly change the world the internet can change the world i mean it was through the internet. through journalism and the public. the arab spring happen on twitter and google pl

about mandela nobel prize winner and as many call you they've got father of the year oh it's great to have you with us today nice to be here you know at the time of its inception here where i was hailed to be the catalyst for growth and employment in europe. as of today the unemployment rate in here is only twelve percent and also the economic progress us are looking pretty bad this year in terms of growth what went wrong. wrong is the current problem of very high debt and combined with high deficits. do there's a large part to the great shock of that recession the. global slowdown starting in two thousand and eight and they became the victims of it now. it isn't the creation of the euro that caused the problem so much because before the euro came into being countries they could lee had a hundred twenty percent. g.d.p. ratios and greece greece had two hundred ten percent belgium had. one time in one thousand nine hundred forty five percent so they let there's a lack of fiscal discipline all and a movement to the left in europe big spending and on. and social projects that couldn't kee

process because he had a connection with a freedom fighter who was called a terrorist named nelson mandela. he just got off the terrorist list in 2008. he had a relation to a terrorist, and under the present administration you can assassinate americans. you can take them to jail with out due process. we have got a black political prisoners right now in america, and they are in their becausee their love was such they are willing to tell the truth. that is a threat. we do not talk about them. that is what the culture of fear is not just silence. people are afraid. they are afraid to lose their jobs. you cannot have a culture of fear and generate a movement. justice will soon generate into something less than justice. we have to talk about love. martin was a titan of love. if you are not talking about love, all of this is simple. we are not going nowhere. now we have got to hit the streets. we have got to go to jail. you have got to be ready to die. that is what the movement is about. if you are not ready to do that, keep your job and drink your tea. that is what we are talking about. people

we all remember nelson mandela. nelson mandela was in a prison. it was the students stephen eco-who revived a movement in the early 70's and late 60's. >> host: there was james sybil talking about children the young people leading the way. he did something that got a lot of criticism for him and for dr. king. tell the story about the children's movement. >> guest: again, king was at a crucial point. we have the image the king gave the direction and he had a margin people across the country followed him. that is wrong. from montgomery which king did not initiate through birmingham, king is a leader in search of a follower. only in birmingham can he initiate and sustain a movement but that reached a crucial point in april of 1963. all the people who are adults who are willing to get arrested had already been arrested. including king himself. that is when he writes his letter from a birmingham jail. and is that the crucial point where it was not clear that he was going to win in birmingham. and when you think about it if he had lost their would have

mandela spent 18 days in the hospital during much of december. he has a history of lung problems since suffering tuberculosis near the end of his 27-year prison term. >>> now to the speech that has taken many people around the world by surprise. it was syrian president bash shar al asad. his first public speech since june. and despite months of international pressure on him to step down, al assad went on the offensive, blasting nations who support the syrian opposition. he called those fighters terrorists who are doomed. >> translator: this is a conflict between authority and power or the homeland. this is a conflict those who wanted to take revenge against the people to fragment syria. those are the enemies of the people and the enemies of god and the enemies of god will go to help. >> joining me now, cnn international correspondent. happy new year. >> happy new year to you and our viewers. >> assad is blaming a foreign conspiracy for the violence a lot of anticipation before this speech, thinking that maybe he might give in some way. what's the

nelson mandela sat in a south african prison for 27 years. he was non-violent. he negotiated his way out of jail. his unarmed suffering, 27 years in a south african prison, is ultimately what brought about the freedom of south africa. that is nonviolence. we do not have the moral authority. i know that it just does not happen. people have to allow themselves to be used by god. martin committed himself totally to god's will and purpose. god is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that. tavis: try as i did to get her to open up about her own life, it is hard to fathom the burden that coretta scott king carried every day of her life following the tragedy in 1968. what an honor and truly unforgettable moment for everyone on this program to spend time with mrs. king in the church that served as the beating heart beat of the civil rights movement. on monday night, we will celebrate the 2013 king holiday. i will be joined by the man handpicked by mrs. king to publish the papers of her late husband, clayborne carson. until then, good night from los angeles. t

mandela spent 18 days in the hospital during much of december.history of lung problems since suffering tuberculosis near the end of his 27-year prison term. >>> brazilian official says they have foiled a bizarre jailbreak plot. officials saw a suspicious-looking cat entering the prison it also had a cell phone, drills, asorted batteries and things taped to its body. nobody knows hot cat was supposed to be helping. >>> it is going to take billion to rebuild the northeast after super storm sandy, but sometimes, the smallest human touch means the most to those who lost everything. >>> juarez, mexico, was once known as the world's deadliest city n 2010, the drug trade helped push the murder rate to more than eight a day. since then, those republicans? fallen dramatically. i want to bring in our own nick valencia. first off, nick, let's put it in perspective what do we talk about now numbers-wise? >> a staggering drop in numbers. more than 100% drop in homicide rate. if you look at the numbers released recently by the attorney general's office there i

i had to, one of the sessions with mandela i was asked to tell mr. mugabe who was then president of zimbabwe and is still president of zimbabwe that he'd used all his time up. and he wasn't very happy with that. and because of that, i was able to do that, our secretary of commerce, ron brown, asked me if i would chair at the 50th anniversary of the united nations the africa lunch which the u.s. was doing at that time. which i did. he said if you can do that, then you can take care of anything else, bill. so, i mean, there have been a lot of people. you mentioned secretaries of treasuries here in the united states, certainly the various heads of the fed and central bankers i think worldwide. i think one of the things that we need to see more of getting to the point that i know you wanted me to talk about is we need the leadership. and we haven't seen the tough leadership in europe that we need to see to get out of crises. we were very lucky in the case of the latin american debt crisis that we had paul volcker at the fed, and we had jacques dela rosie

paul emsley made a portrait of nelson mandela, but specializes in realistic drawings of rhinos and other wildlife. >> what she wanted herself, the portrait could convey her natural as well as, her real self. but portraits can be tricky. this 2001 portrait of the queen had one critic suggesting the artist be locked in the tower. when winston churchill was given this portrait as a gift, he said he looked like a halfwit and told his wife to destroy it after he died. presidents are hard to please too. lbj called his official portrait "the ugliest he had ever seen." and one critic quipped, this likeness of bill clinton commissioned for washington's national portrait gallery looked more like ted koppel. >> a good portrait, in my point of view, makes you think that you're sitting in front of the person. >> reporter: new york portrait artist marvin mattelson sells his paintings for as much as $45,000 and agreed to let me sit for a quick 30-minute version. >> you can't please everyone, so there's only two people you want to please. you want to please yourself and you want to please your client. i

and good news from south africa regarding nelson mandela.ay the 94-year-old former president has recovered after being hospitalized for the persistent lung infection. they say he continues to improve at home and is focusing on getting back to his daily routine. >>> next year is supposed to be the final one for u.s. combat operations in afghanistan. that is one piece of the puzzle when it comes to america's involvement there. tomorrow afghan president hamid karzai arrives in washington to meet with president obama and talk about what happens after 2014 including how much economic aid that the united states is willing to provide. what can we expect to come out of tomorrow's meeting here in d.c.? >> reporter: i think both sides, both president hamid karzai and president obama will want to walk away from this week's meeting with a clearer picture of how many troops will remain in afghanistan post 2014. there are roughly 66,000 troops based here in afghanistan. both sides will want a clearer picture of what that looks like beyond the pullout. som

where mandela there we want to know what you think the fallout from the algeria hostage crisis is going to be head to our web site if you get a moment r.t. dot com you can take part in our latest online poll if you have already thank you this is what you've been telling us as you can see on the screens there this hour slightly less of you think there's a miss will join forces nestlé the conflict in north africa a third if you believe it will lead to a large scale nato led libya style campaign seventeen percent of you they're predicting the iraq reoccupation of mali by france only four percent who are expecting western troops to withdraw amid growing pressure on french president so all on so still plenty of time to have your say log on to r.t. dot com and you can change that chart tonight. british prime minister has warned the u.k. to prepare for bad news meantime as around ten british citizens are in militant captivity. the crosses forced david cameron indeed to perspire his long awaited address on britain's status within the e.u. which he was due to deliver on friday do things about th

and your political analyst winnie mandela says that the government in egypt hasn't listened to the population that. well the problem is this is a minority of the muslim brotherhood it's the best organized force in the country after the toppling of. the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this is a llama sation look reading this just heard a state which the fact all those years are merging to be in islam it sasha but i would carry a regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less concerned evidently with the real function of the common be so that. you probably need to right now. a terror attack alarm in libya's second largest city three european governments call for the immediate evacuation of their citizens amid fears the city could be ripped apart by terror attacks soon more on that in a few minutes. career is warnin

nelson mandela came in second. and secretary of state hillary clinton the most admired woman.bama came in second. >>> and finally tonight, a quote. a corporate mea culpa from amazon.com saying, we want to apop gist. amazon runs the servers that put netflix offline and those servers crashed one week ago on christmas eve for nearly 20 hours, leaving tens of millions of people on the christmas holiday with no movies. amazon and netflix both working tonight to prevent a repeat performance on new year's. >>> and when we come back here on the broadcast tonight on this new year's eve, we knew about the ball dropping, obviously, but there's something about the confetti we did not know. when we come back. doctor doing your job, hello.... so why are you doing hers? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious, like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your esophagus. for many, prescription nexium not only provides 24-hour heartburn relief, but can also help heal acid-related erosions in the lining of your

this year, there was also special thanks that 94-year-old nelson mandela is recovering from an illnessjohn roberts is urging congress to fully fund the supreme court. justice roberts says a short fall in funding could result in delay, or denial of justice for people in the court service. the supreme court's current aappropriation is $77.2 million. >>> congress today released a highly critical report about the deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi. >> the terrorists essentially walked into the compound, virtually unimpeded, and set it ablaze, due to extremely poor security. >> they released a report, titled flashing red. a special report on the terror attack at benghazi. four americans died in that raid, including u.s. ambassador, chris stevens who grew up here in the bay area. they called on americans to close facilities overseas, if they cannot protect diplomatic staff. >>> a special broadcast on national television to offer prayers for president hugo chavez who has suffered complications from cancer surgery. no details have been released. mr.chavez flew to cuba for his fourth

. >> it was hardly a normal morning for nelson mandela meyers. meyers was headed out to work going to catch his train when he said he heard tiny screams of a little girl coming from the other side of a fence on the playground. >> i was walking her voice sounded like a cat that would meow. it stuck to me so when i got closer to it it sounded so clear to me as help, help. >> when i seen her she only had a t-shirt on and it was wet. she had nothing else on. she was barefooted cold and shivering. the first thing that came to my mind is this is a crazy moment right now to see this child out here at this time of night. >> that little girl she was abducted from philadelphia's brian elementary school. surveillance video shows her leaving with this woman. police say the woman did not show an id but she did identify herself as tiffany. she told the girl's teacher she was taking her to breakfast and she walked out of the school. it is blaefed the little girl was blindfolded and take tone the house where she was kept under a bed and given some food. cops say

this year, there was also special thanks that 94-year-old nelson mandela is recovering from an illnessjohn roberts is urging congress to fully fund the supreme court. justice roberts says a short fall in funding could result in delay, or denial of justice for people in the court service. the supreme court's current aappropriation is $77.2 million. >>> congress today released a highly critical report about the deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi. >> the terrorists essentially walked into the compound, virtually unimpeded, and set it ablaze, due to extremely poor security. >> they released a report, titled flashing red. a special report on the terror attack at benghazi. four americans died in that raid, including u.s. ambassador, chris stevens who grew up here in the bay area. they called on americans to close facilities overseas, if they cannot protect diplomatic staff. >>> a special broadcast on national television to offer prayers for president hugo chavez who has suffered complications from cancer surgery. no details have been released. mr.chavez flew to cuba for his fourth

. >> definitely when you talk about south africa, we all remember nelson mandela who was in a prison cell. for others to revived a movement in the early '70s and the late '60s. >> host: talking about children, james did something that got a lot of criticism for him and dr. king. >> guest: king was at a crucial point* in birmingham with millions of people across the country followed him. from montgomery which king did not initiate, through birmingham, king is a leader in search of a following. only in birmingham can he initiate and sustain a movement the dow reached a crucial point* in 1963 all those who were adults who were willing to get arrested already had been arrested. he writes his letter from the birmingham jail. it was not clear he bush win in birmingham. if he lost there would be no march upon washington or nobel peace prize. so what saved the day in birmingham is there were no adults to be arrested but james says there are young people who are eager to be arrested and to join and we have been restraining them. and at that point* they come into the picture to save the day fo

we have barack obama, bill clinton, nelson mandela coming up after this. who do you have? first that i loved what you just said about phil mickelson. $40 million, you're not going to make another $40 million because your tax rate went up by a tiny percentage. >> michael: a time of crisis. >> cenk: crisis, man, all right. who we got on the show? we're going to talk about gun control. unfortunately, the news out it looks like they're going to get nothing in the house. the republicans are going block every single thing. we had another school shooting. you know that's number five in 2013 alone. it's insanity. and then speaking of insanity. the hostage crisis in algeria ended disastrously. lindsay moran the former c.i.a. agent is coming on the show to tell what's they should have done. they blew it big time. >> michael: yes, when you delve into it, it was a disaster. they acted unilaterally which they will generally will do. that seems not to work in algeria. switching gears, have you had a chance to mellow on the inauguration remain are you still skeptical? >> cenk: if you see

. >>> doctors for nelson mandela say the 94-year-old has recovered from his lung infection surgery tostones. mandela is being cared for at home after a two-week hospitalization. >>> near los angeles, folks expected to attend a gun show. it's california's first gun show since the handy hook shootings. >>> crews in alaska are hoping for better weather so they can tow a ship 30 miles to shelter. >>> it looks like there will be a national hockey league season after all. the nhl reached an agreement with the players association, ending that 113-day lockout. video coming early this morning after a marathon bargaining session. the length of the season has yet to be determined. >>> and a year long celebration centennial celebrating richard nixon's birth begins today with military honors and a wreath laying on his grave. his 100th birthday is wednesday. >>> president barack obama will be sworn in for a second term at his inauguration in two weeks. both elections proved to be historic, not just the man himself, but for what he has done in the first four years. from the auto industry rescue to h

fashion house, zigzag stripes has annual sales estimated at $75 million to $100 million >>> nelson mandelaeeling much better. reports say his recovery from a lung infection and gallstones surgery are nearly complete. the former south african president was hospitalized for two weeks last month. the 94-year-old nobel laureate continues to receive treatment and is gradually getting back to his normal routine. >>> five men accused of brutally gang raping and brutally killing a woman are charged with murder, rape and kidnapping the 23-year-old woman last month. the woman's brother tells cnn that the family would like to see a new hospital named after her to keep her memory live. >>> bad weather is hampering efforts to move an oil barge that ran aground near alaska's coast. so far, no visible signs of leaked fuel and the royal dutch shell oil barge is upright. authorities want to move the barge about 30 miles north to get a better look at possible damage. it ran aground whether it had to be cut free from a dug boat during a huge storm that whipped up 24 waives >>> in sear ra, a scathing speech f

to brazil, el salvador and chile and south africa where they met nelson mandela.ng an obama daughter is no different than being any other kid. your dad can still embarrass you. as the president did by dancing at this white house event and by busting moves from this catchy dance. ♪ ♪ gangnam style >> reporter: far from the cameras, of course, something he says he does just to get his daughters going. ♪ oppan christmas style >> and eat some carrots. you know, there's something for everyone this inauguration weekend. at the top of the hour, actress eva longoria hosts a salute to the president called "latino inaugural 2013," in performance at the kennedy center. and following that, the red, white and blue ball and let freedom ring concert. there's even a hip-hop ball. rapper two change, brandy and john legend are some of the many artists making appearances. then at 8:00 p.m., the president and vice president will attend a hand candlelight vigil. that's it for me. waiting in the wings, aerin burnett and john king. she's going to class up the joint. he's going to stink

when you talk about south africa we all remember nelson mandela it was the students and others that revised the movement that was more abundant in the late 60's. >> host: he did something that got a lot of criticism for him and dr. king. tell that story about the crusade. >> guest: he was at a crucial point in birmingham. he gave a direction in march and millions of people followed him, completely wrong. from montgomery which came didn't initiate through birmingham, king is a leader but only in birmingham can he initiate and sustain the movement but that point in april of 1963 all of the people that are adults that are looking to get arrested had already been arrested including king himself. if he had lost their would have been no march on washington. there would have been no peace prize talking about martin luther king. so let's save the day in birmingham there's no adults to be arrested. james and dorothy are saying there's these young people better just eager to be arrested. they are eager to join in and we have been restraining them and saying you are too young. at that point they come

we all remember nelson mandela, that nelson and all of a sudden he presents no. it is those students who revived, stephen biko another survived a movement in the early 70s family 60s. >> host: is james bevel, talking about children, young people leading the way to contain that got a lot of criticism for him and dr. king. tell that story. >> guest: again come a king was at a crucial point in birmingham. we had this image that king david direction we should march millions of people across the country. that's completely wrong. from a camera, which king didn't initiate, through birmingham, king is a leader in search of a following. that only in birmingham can he initiate and sustain a movement. but that reached a crucial point in april 1963. other people who are adults, went to get arrested at our deep and arrested, including king himself. that said he rates his letter from the right-hand jail. he's at the crucial point where it was not clear that he was going to win in birmingham. when you think about it, if he had lost, they would then no march on washington. they

when nelson mandela got out of prison, his first trip was to the u.s.d not go to the white house, but the university of california to think students there, the development of $3 billion worth of stock in companies that did business with apartheid. big companies that you cannot put out of business like general electorate, but made some change. the tobacco analogy is a good one. i think he may have misspoke when he said smoking was down with states banned the use of tobacco. most states banned the use of tobacco, but when we did change the conversation in profound ways. eventually, one public opinion leaves, then states follow. i'm afraid this point, not a good idea to wait for our so- called leaders to leave it on climate change. so far they have not done it. maybe we can open up, as christian suggests, some space for them to operate. if we can remove to any degree their fear of the fossil fuel industry, which after all was the biggest player in the last election campaign. i mean, if you are an investor in a falsetto company, you're helping them corrupt

ate dinner above red square to brazil, el salvador and chile and south africa where they met nelson mandelaces but sometimes being an obama daughter is no different than being any other kid. your dad can still embarrass you, as the president did by dancing at this white house event and by busting moves from this catchy dance. ♪ far from the cameras, of course, something he says just to get his daughters going. now, four more years in the white house will bring some milestones for the obamas as parents. soon, they will have not one, but two teenagers in the white house and soon malia will be old enough to drive, apply to colleges and, yes, even date. anderson. >> thanks so much. fascinating look at how much they have grown just over the last four years. with us now is someone who has worked closely with michelle obama, former press secretary, you saw her in that piece. katie mccormack, thank you for being with us. >> nice to be here. >> often we forget that they are a family and trying to spend family time together. how is the famipresident able t that? >> they do live above the store. he is

. >> what a sad thing nell son mandela is hot doing well, one of the greatest men we have seen in the past century, 9 94 years old is not able to oversee improvement of his government, .. the turn -- >> rose: no political talent in south africa. > very little talent, you see the talent going away, the best who just left the party, by far, you and industry met him on many occasions and he is gone, he bolted, rama know/foe stow one of the wealthiest businessmen, number 2, he is pretty incapable, it is really a turn toward the lowest the denominator of politics, and it is a hell of a lot of populism, south africa is not performing so you look at the brics and brazil is doing well, although the growth is well but russia, india, china, south africa, actually provide most of the significant political risk plus the middle east, that we look at in 2013, it is not the u.s. and europe and japan and that really is a page being turned from the financial crisis in the past four years. >> rose: so of all of these predictions which one are you least sure about? >> i am probably least sure about the

. >> it seems like an amalgam of wanting mother teresa, mandela, rambo, the terminator and spidermanll wrapped into one. it's a pretty outlandish job description. >> you realize that he is the only one of the founding fathers who never owned a slave. >> reporter: david mccullough has written extensively on our greatest presidents. among them john adams. >> well, this is one of the many many letters of john adams. this is the real thing. >> reporter: adams wrote to his wife abigail on his first night as president saying staying in what was then called the president's house. >> some lines from that letter were carved into the mantle piece in the state dining room at the white house at the wish of franklin roosevelt. "may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." and i love that because you notice he puts honest first ahead of wise. >> reporter: why? because honesty is essential. reporter: to mccullough, the great presidents shared a common set of qualities. >> they had courage. and they had integrity. and they had patience. and they had determination. >> reporter: determ

but as mandela and half el demonstrated, vast historical changes often begin in a single mind, a singleg san suu kyi. one of the most oppressive governments on earth attempted to isolate and silence one woman. it must have seemed an easy task. instead, the regime encountered an immove bl object -- immovable object, and its legitimacy broke against her character. she became a symbol of courage, perseverance and defiance, a symbol that integrity was still possible in burma, and the symbol became an inspiration for activists, monks and millions around the world. when her long isolation ended, some of us have finally met aung san suu kyi in person and found not a symbol, but a woman of tremendous humor, honesty and grace. and that's only increased our admiration. when political prisoners are freed and normal political life revives, it's the start of new tasks. burma has needed her courage and patience. now it needs her wisdom and leadership. in the work of reform and reconciliation. her contribution to burma is decades only and just beginning. today our country honors an exceptional woman w

a spokesman says 94-year-old nelson mandela starting to get back to normal, normal routine as he recovers from a recent lung infection and gallstone injury. he was diagnosed with a lung infection in early december. he continues to receive treatment at home in suburban johannesburg. >>> i love this. car makers moving closer to driverless cars. we expect some of the technology to be highlighted this week in las vegas. toyota put up a preview video. five second clip showing a lexus car. there are already five states that allow driverless cars. audi will show a driverless car. including a self-parking feature. volvo is working on its road train concept. the chain of self-driving cars controlled by a lead vehicle. some experts predict by 2040 70% of cars on the road will be driving themselves. >> you're an expert clearly. >> my dad has been in a ton of vehicles. really interesting stuff. makes a lot of sense, where as, repetitive group where it's something like parallel parking, but in farming, for example, imagine a tractor that could go around and do the same kind of spraying and same kind o

the lear cyrical inspiration is visualizing nelson mandela becoming president at the same time when simbaver. so a personal journey. >> reporter: during the making of the film, they wrote so much music that an executive at disney decided to put out an album titled rhythm of the pride lands. film theater and opera director heard it and wanted to talk with him. >> i became heavily involved in setting up the process for south africans all over the world because we decided early on that to keep the inspiration of what you felt in the movie and needed to have central to the cast, south africans performing in the lion king in order for the work that i did to come up more and more in person, that's what julia wanted. julia wanted in your face south african and african inspiration that drove the movie sound track. i'm very grateful and appreciate -- >> reporter: even though his arrangements have won him a gram grammy, he's a performer at heart and working on a tour. >> i believe the biggest challenge for south africans specifically is how to we continue to define ourselves in the global community

you actually have sang to nelson mandela numerous occasions.of that as well. ♪ i can make it though you're doing me so wrong, so wrong ♪ >> tell us what is at the heart of your music that brings the passion that you have before these world leaders? >> i'm sorry. i didn't catch that. please say that again. i apologize. >> tell us what's behind your music. what inspires you? >> i think my journey. you know, i'm inspired by the experience of being south african and going through the transition of becoming a democratic country. it's significant for my generation when we were young we were taught how to survive the struggle and as soon as we were free we weren't really taught how to practically do free. and so what i find inspiring is that we're in a position where we can define it for ourselves. we can decide what this new found freedom is and for me as a musician, you know, having gone through my struggles and having to choose following my passion as a career, it's come -- it's just happened for me in such a phenomenal way that i can't help but in

. >>> 94-year-old nelson mandela is starting to get back to his normal routine as he recovers from galurgery and lung infecti infection. he spent two weeks in the hospital in early december. >>> joe biden, reality tv star? sounds too good to be true, but it's not. a fan of the vice president created a petition on the white house website for c-span to create a show that follows him around. it would "show the light hearted side of politics." bide know n-- bedden showed off his comedy chops on nbc's "parks and recollect reaction." >>> this cat spotted after it was trying to enter the prison on new year's eve. an amazing con to band taped to it a headset, memory card, cell phone batteries and a saw. a prison spokeperson told a spokes pan it's hard to know who is responsible. all 250 inmates are considered suspects. >> anybody would want all that. >>> i don't believe the cat is in any kind of legal jeopardy. >> that's everything. >> by reason of insanity. >> everybody would want that. cell phone charger, drills. every single person in that prison wants that cat. come here, kitty, kitty, kit

the national defense authorization act because he had a connection with a freedom fighter, nelson mandela. he just got off the terrorist list in 2008. he had a relation to a terrorist. under the present administration, and you can take americans to jail without due process. the black freedom movement has always been suspicious of it. we have black prisoners in their precisely because they were willing to tell the truth that was a threat and we do not talk about them. that is why the culture of fear is not just violence. people are afraid. they are afraid to lose their jobs. they are afraid to lose their status. not going to be nice tea parties, the white house. you cannot have a culture of fear and generate a movement. it is not just about justice. we have got to talk about love. martin was a titan of love. if you are not talking about love and willingness of sacrifice, we are not going nowhere. you have to be willing to hit the streets, go to jail, to die. that is what it is about. if you are not willing to do that, keep your job and drink your tea. we are in the state of emergency. [lau