mandela. >> thank you, supervisor mar. colleagues, can we -- (applause) >> thank you. colleagues, can we do that in memoriam on behalf of the whole board? without objection, that should be the case. [gavel] >> madam clerk? >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor wiener? >> thank you, madam clerk. today i'm introducing a hearing request about the status of the roll out of the at&t uverse boxes. a year ago this board rejected the c-e-q-a appeal relating to those boxes and the roll out began almost a year ago ~. i'm sure, colleagues, that you all heard from constituents as the process moves forward. i know we work closely with neighbors, some with at&t, planning department, department of public works to try to make sure the process is a good and inclusive one. under the memorandum of understanding that i and i think a number of us entered into with at&t last year, i think, one of the requirements was for at&t after a year and again after two years to participate at a hearing at the board of super

we are talking about the passing of nelson mandela. status quo in south africa before the end of apartheid was pretty good if you were white. it's a good place to be. it's a beautiful relinquish country and labor was cheap. we're now many years past that. where are we when you look at this country? and i know you know it well. are we where you think we should be so far into the end of apartheid? >> well, legal me answer that by referring to my grandson who was in the peace corps in south africa. he was in the first peace corps group domg this country. his name is jairch in a small village, he wrote a -- jason for in a small village. he wrote a book, power line, a power line went over the village where he was, which was a black village and it delivered electricity to a white city that was down the line. and he described the situation after nelson mandela was no longer president. that was still almost total ly separate or different between average black person who lived in south africa and the white people who lived in the villages. so i

nelson mandela was although i think we know. he was born in july of 1918 and pass away december 25th at the age of '95 years old. he was a politician and philanthropist and most importantly president of south african that heer e he was south africa's first elected in democratic elections. he focused on dismanlz awe pardon and inkwaem e equality and participated in reconciliation not only in his own country but around the world. he had a role in the bombing trial and was a participant in the trial. nelson mandela received over one hundred and 50 peace prices. so he's an icon in his legacy has helped us including he at the ports waterfront i hope it's already to yearn in his memory >> any public comment on the executive directors report. >> i'd like to speak to nelson mandela. 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

that is how mandela became mandela. >> stephen: so he forgave the people who were violating human rights>> in essence, yes. >> stephen: why can't you forgive the people who-- why can't you be more like nelson pan della? >> so if i am out there looking for-- because i want to get in like on the ground floor on the next moral rightousness out there, because i don't want to be on the wrong side of apartheid again it's a long story, a long story. i thought was a good idea. to the because they're black but because they were poor. but we'll move on. >> you and ronald reagan. >> exactly. grover norquist. i was over there-- now who was the guy like if i want to get behind, start printing the posters and selling the buttons if i want to be the guy that says i'm on board with mandela who is my new mandela. >> i think the most obvious one is the chinese by the name of-- shapo. >> this is what worried me. >> without won the nobel peace prize. >> big deal,. >> what worries me is this one is going to cost me, all right. >> in china we can't do anything. am i going to protest the chinese government, yo

was fashioned right as mandela's cell was.y put yourself in the mind of nelson mandela. >> well, i mean, you know, one night compared to 19 years is no comparison, but i really needed to get some context about what it is to have your freedom taken away. robin island, way before it was a prison, was an island with history. it was a place where they left people with lep a si. i just needed to understand what it was like to be there. just give me some context. give me a little perspective. a lot of the film is in prison. we didn't want to do prison acting. we didn't want to portray this as some sort of film. i needed to have a real sort of understanding of it. >> when people play icons and people have been glorified for good reason, kennedy, i can think of others, often the leadership part of it and the impact on the world is something you can find as an actor. you can go to south africa and see how he made people feel, what he meant to them. but what about the other, more human attributes? the imperfections. the fact he's a man.

i think mandela represents our nation.t could have gone terribly wrong, it's a remarkable thing how well it went. >> between 1990 and 1994, tough times, you know, intercity fighting. black-on-black violence. black-on-white violence. but we transcended that coming together regardless of the unresolved issues. >> to what extent is it a rainbow nation? what extent are things getting mixed? we like to think we live in a rainbow nation, but in fact, in the states like to a great extent in different neighborhoods. in some ways, it looks to me outside looking in, a little more gracefully mixed up than we've managed in the states. >> here you've got black, white, colored, all sorts of people here. also once you have the knowledge that the economic disparities are managing to keep us divided as well. i think what we need to do is unpack what we mean by rainbow. i think the idea of being united and being diverse also means that there'll be moments of discord. >> and you think things will continue to improve? >> yeah. i think we've s

>> well, i think what stood out for me was nelson mandela's death. time magian captured him as being a person who was a protestor, a prisoner, and then the peacemaker. and i think after spending 27 years in prison, we all know about that. but coming out, and i think people expected violence and expected war and revolution and they got peace and forgiveness, so i think that is major, when we talk about forgiveness being so important to our faith. and i think it is very impactful for not just a church but also the world. and he is a great example. >> mandela was the number one story of 2013? yes,--2013? >> yes, as i look at it. and then pope francis. he was picked as the personal 06 the year because he is in the center of all of the major conversations of our time, conversations about wealth and poverty, about fairness and justice. about um, transparency and technology, the nature of marriage, the temptations of power. he does not have weapons, does not have that kind of power in that sense, but he has great power, every time he tweets, the world looks

that man is a man that we all know as nelson mandela, the president of south africa. p and today, in that very same nation, that nation came together to memorialize him and he will be buried this sunday. but i wanted to take a moment this evening for us to remember nelson mandela whose journey from antiapartheid activist and who never gave up to change his quest for the bet and her that man achieved it and that man taught us everything that we need to know, and personally, what i need to know to do my job today and his lessons were very, very relevant, then as they are now. stay morally centered and keep a broad vision of what needs to be done and work to find the best way forward. and if we all do that, then there is nothing that we cannot do together. so i would like to take just a moment to recognize legacy of nelson mandela by asking for a moment of silence. >> thank you very much. from all of us here, we would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season, and enjoy time with your families and, get plenty of rest, and be ready to go as we start the new year a

and tributes to nelson mandela. this program is courtesy of the bbc. ♪ >> hello and welcome to our look at the autumn term in parliament. it was a term when the field was set by a shot fired at the september conference. >> we will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 202017. >> not to be outdone, the first minister of scotland was setting the agenda north of the border. >> it is about fundamental democratic choice for scotland. the people's right to choose a government of their own. [applause] >> the politicians were not backwards about coming forward. even the security services made a brief foray out of the shadows with the reactions to recent security leaks. >> our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee. >> al qaeda is lacking it up. >> some opposed -- the first healthy green shoots of recovery were coming into sight according to figures. as the coalition claimed, it also showed its austerity program was working. labor politicians had to change tack. they concentrated on the cost of living.

as the story most of the black people say as soon as mandela dies or little white people are going to die like flies the duplicity family live in south africa's employment under provinces in a predominantly white neighborhood they belong to a group called to say planned is who convinced it's only a matter of time before the country's white population is slaughtered by the black majority in their garages full of supplies in preparation for d.-day so we are together now for diesel and fuel for of a different vehicles we get or the no fuel to you to last us about a thousand five hundred kilometers this story chad's going to go on our vehicles that is for making food and keeping warm then. prep myself with some cereal some pastors rise all that's kind of stuff that can last a long time then we've got some crates of food as well we've got a water purifier inside here that will take us when we get to a place that is no fish water dion's be preparing for seven years while most south africans watched mandela's funeral with sadness he monitored it with concern. for everybody there needs to be

international while the death of nelson mandela was the end of an era for most of the world one group of people fear it could spell the end for down with the anti-apartheid icon gone some members of south africa's white minority believe autarky and genocide are just around the corner that's despite reassurances from politicians over the country's stability are just policy or has more. most of the black people say as soon as mandela dies or little white people are going to die like flies the duplicity family live in south africa's improvement on the provinces in a predominantly white neighborhood they belong to a group called the second is convinced it's only a matter of time before the country's white population is slaughtered by the black majority and their garage is full of supplies in preparation for d.-day so we had together now for diesel and fuel for of a different vehicles we get another fuel to use to last us about a thousand five hundred kilometers this story chad's going to go on our vehicles that is for making food and keeping warm then. prep myself with some cereal some pa

and right wing group in south africa already has an escape plan as they believe the post nelson mandela era in their country holds a gloomy future for the population there. which we are going to live from the russian capital on marina josh welcome to the program . well skyrocketing violence in the central african republic has forced international medical group doctors without borders to almost hold its aid in the country's largest refugee camp fighting in the republic has been on the rise since the start of the year with doctors themselves now under threat the u.i. and it is now also ringing the alarm of a humanitarian catastrophe as more than half a million people are facing starvation while disease is rampant in the crowded camps and even though france has deployed a military contingent they have so far failed to bring peace to the country as are now reports. less than a year after french moods marched into mali france again is fighting in another of its former colonies in africa. and i suggest you also the situation in the central african republic is alarming if not frankly the. pari

. >> i had many talks with nelson mandela. i never heard him say he was grateful to the united states. >> the only thing i hate about rich people, they work harder than poor people. they don't. >> i'm john siegenthaler. we're highlighting some of our favorite moments since launched. starting with resa asian. >> resa, what is it about jesus, his words and his actions that posed a far greater threat to the roman empire or did it thrn the others w.h.o. climb to be the messiah, who claimed to be the interpreter of cake red text? >> -- sacred text? >> in the first strike three, simply saying the words, i am the messiah, is treason in its context. messiah means the anointed one. he it is his job to are welcome in the god on earth. if you are claiming to be ushering in the rule of god on earth, you are claiming to be ushering out the caesar. , killed for said ition sedition,p against the state. either what jesus says or what happens to him as a result, he undergoes the exact same tragic end that every other claimant to the messiah di

the white minority in south africa say they're getting ready for the worst in the country's post mandela society. the rough and tumble of new york streets are known for their magnanimity and now citizens have a new type of gang violence to contend with as very important i have discovered the police seem unable to do anything about it. you're walking down the street minding your own business and without warning police say they are investigating yet another knockout attack attackers mainly in their teens targeting victims at random it's called the knockout game the goal of this violent and twisted so called game is to knock a stranger unconscious with a single punch a feared phenomenon across the nation the ongoing brutality has claimed lives in at least three u.s. states here in new york city more than ten people have been randomly assaulted among the youngest a twelve year old student among the oldest seventy six year old woman was walking along warman avenue when a man struck her in the head this man too scared to show his face on camera says he was attacked last month while walking hom

you were down there for the funeral of nelson mandela.have lived his life on this film role and then to see how people celebrated his life, what was that like for you? >> yeah. you know, it's quite surreal. even though i never met mr. mandela himself, i got very close to him, got close to his being and his family as well. it was such a honor. i was so honored to actually be a part of that moment of his passing and, you know, his life being celebrated. >> i think any actor would have been honored to play that role and you did him justice. nice to see you. "long walk to freedom" is in theaterses now. you can see the golden globes next sunday on nbc at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> up next, cheerleaders [ male announcer ] at tropicana, we squeeze 24 fresh-picked florida oranges into every 89-ounce bottle. with absolutely no space for added sugar, water, or preservatives. ♪ tropicana. we put the good in morning. ♪ give me all unfortunayour lov♪ >>> a story about cheer cheerleaders captain touring more heart. >> they have more experience maybe t

exactly what is going to say with mandela they were praising him the sort of whitewash mandela in a way where they said oh the good thing and he's a peaceful man this is how brown and black people should act right. so like mandela totally was think over how he like i had a history of supporting armed struggle with nonviolent struggle was impossible. right and then you have like to contrast that with the way that ariel sharon of being portrayed as its hero and make one thing over his very very violent history where in some cases why his violent history as you know him being a tough decision maker it is it's really interesting to look at those two next to each other a lot of the layers of historical revisionism going on there re have about ten seconds love to do think it would be considered after everything you just outlined as a war criminal or a hero around you i think it depends on the arab world is a war criminal if you ask i guess the western imperialist. ok simple pleasure on your gallic and if a journalist dispatches from the underclass appreciate your coming on. that's our show yo

that was going to say with mandela they were praising him these sort of whitewashed mandela in a way where they said oh go get that peaceful man at the brown and black people should act right. like mandela totally was it were how he like how the history of supporting armed struggle with nonviolent struggle was impossible. right and then you have what a contrast that with the way that ariel sharon of being betrayed of his hero and make one thing over his very very violent history word some cases of lying his violent history as you know him being a tough decision maker and it is it's really interesting to look at those two next to each other a lot of layers of historical revisionism going on there we have about ten seconds love to do think it would be considered after everything you just outlined as a war criminal or a hero around you i think it depends because you know in the arab world he's a war criminal if you ask i guess the western imperialist. and if it a journalist dispatches from the underclass appreciate you coming on. that's our show you guys thanks so much for watching join

mandela, president mandela. i'm from chicago and the mayor -- the original mayor, daly of chicago, made every employee's name in the city. 30,000 employees, he knew every one of their names. it's a pleasure to see one of my supervisors knowing her local street sweeper's name. and i love she knew a couple other street sweeper's name. he ran for election 12 times and got reelected 12 times. [speaker not understood] a lot of it was because he knew everybody's name. so, thank you for that. you know, i do walking tours among other thing. a lot of people are asking me why are our young african-american brothers on the corner of [speaker not understood] selling crack or whatever. well, partially because of ban in the box. we go two blocks further and people are asking me why is twitter headquarters looking like jury ~ jurassick park [speaker not understood]. they ask mandela, they said, we thank you for dignifying the black man, but you edved apartheid. he said, i didn't dignify the black man. i dignified the white man

mandela was either a terrorist or insignificant and not worth any discussion.r years she claimed she had brought up mandela with him and in part she had been responsible for bouncing the south african leadership to getting him released but this seems to suggest the opposite was true. and for all her attempts to stick to her guns and describe mandela as being a bad man, i tell you what this demonstrates is she didn't understand the way the wind of history was blowing. >> reporter: live in london. heavy snowfall and freezing conditions hit parts of the united states and new york, governor has a state of emergency across the state, major highways were shut down overnight and schools have been closed and dominick cain has the latest. >> the weather will not go away and may look like a picture post card the reality is rather different and traffic disrupted and many accidents here and there. the harsh conditions caused some states to close highways and schools have been shut in several states. >> tomorrow we are closing state government. i'm urging private employers

mandela's death. i went to the memorial.nd, you know, now weer erwe'r new year post christmas, i feel good, so i'm excited for the awards season. i'm excited to sort of celebrate the film a little bit. >> when preparing for the role of mandela, i was astounded to learn you spent a night in a jail cell at robin island in south africa where mandela spent 18 years of his life. why did you do that and what was it like? >> i did that because i wanted to have some context, you know. i wanted to understand what it was like to have your freedom taken away from you even though you haven't done anything wrong. i wanted to understand the logistics, the feeling, the characteristics of robin island. you can go there, you know. it's a museum. but, you know, that doesn't really tell the story of what mandela had to do, which is stay there and not leave. so it gave me some perspective to sort of work with because we spent a little bit of that time in the film -- a lot of time in the film on robin island. but it was definitely very tough. yo

the a celebration of melson mandela's -- nelson mandela's life and work in a setting of historic westminsterl which ended the term in parliament on a colorful and poignant note. ♪ ♪ mandela. ♪ nelson, people love you because your message is strong. ♪ raise our voices, raise our voices. ♪ let's sing to the messenger. ♪ yeah >> coming up here on c-span be 2, a conversation with the cofounder of global voices online and author of "consent of the networked." at 9:30 eastern we'll be live with charlie cook, editor of the cook political report. he's going to give his thoughts on the 2014 congressional races. >> we are in the gallery of the light catcher building at the museum. we're looking at vanishing ice, alpine and polar landscapes in art, 1775-2012. the purpose of the exhibition is to highlight the rich cultural heritage of the planet's frozen frontiers, the alpine region, the arctic and antarctica. this is a photograph of the greenland ice sheet by a german artist, olaf becker, dating from 2008, and it's exhibited side by side with a photograph by camille seeman also of east greenland. it's