in another one we do the mantras and mandelas, those initiations. these are very fully involved. the interesting thing is when you look, it looks like a lot of chanting, mantra. but it is a very high level practice. it is one of the highest tibetan practices. it has so much meaning and detail. bottom line is according to the tibetan buddhism, there is so much into the mind of buddhism. you have developed your mind to benefit from all things and beings, not only for yourself being happy. this is all involved for the whole community. sense and being is not only like human being. it is all beings. animals are included. tibetan buddhism is one of the highly involved with all beings. this is also not only for tibetan -- since little boy we have the understanding of no harm to any beings because that is the understanding. >> that's fundamental. >> yes. >> to cultivate one's self and then through that cultivation, whatever we learn, we help other people. >> yes. >> this is fundamental to all of buddhism. >> yes. >> can you tell us a little bit about the recent history of tibetan buddhis

ambuso mandela is the grandson of the late nelson mandela and his ex-wife winnie mandela. >>> inter crimesinst -- the kids rocker along with his family aren't suspected of crimes. lapd searched simmons home yesterday. deputies have not said what they're looking for. there's a report that police wanted to discuss a crime that may have happened at a home last year while he was on tour. his wife tweeted saying we couldn't be more horrified that someone used our resident for such heinous crime. >>> a mother in oakland says she believes the police killed her son. coming up at 8:30 what she says about the details surrounding the death of her son and why she at first refused to look at the footage from a police body camera. >>> and next, two women recently made history by becoming the first army rangers and up next, we're going to hear what they had to say at their graduation day. >>> it's getting slower on the freeways like northbound interstate 880. you can see it. although it's not as bad as it formally is. we'll give you the run down straight ahead. >>> plus weather will stick around -- i'm u

he has a deep connection to mandela to the movement.oing to south africa was a big moment for him. he's beloved. you saw him. you see children named after him. one young baby named air force one, president obama, in kenya. he's a beloved figure around the world. and as the son of an african. he has been taken in as one of their own. >> are we unfair highlighting the intangibles, when pound for pound, dollar for dollar he's done more. i don't think it's fair to beat up on bush nor to diminish what obama is doing, nor the fact that these are giant problems, we can do some thinks, few, really, to deal with some of these problems. most will be resolved to their own leadership. i think they are the most important things, and both served this, is to be an example. and to show how you could, in a sense would be effective in those countries and calledures. >> there's many expectations president. >> and the son of an african. >> we saw the vitriol directed to him. and all the rumours. >> do you think he tried to distance himself from all of that

[applause] and last year, i welcomed our first class of mandela fellows. this year, the response was overwhelming again -- nearly 30,000 applied. and today i'm honored to welcome you, the second mandela washington fellows class. we're on track to double the mandela washington fellowship program to 1,000 fellows by next year. [applause] and i know you've been busy. over the past few weeks, at schools and businesses all across america, you've been taking courses, developing the skills you'll need to make your ideas a reality, so that you're able to continue the great work that you're already doing, but take it to the next level. that's what brian bwembya of zambia plans to do. where's brian? where is he? there he is right there. so brian uses music to advocate against things like gender-based violence and to educate youth on hiv/aids. so while in the u.s., he's learned about our health care system, met the founder of an american hiv/aids organization, and now he plans to start a record label for music about social change. so, brian, we're proud to be your pa

three-day summit for exceptional young people taking part in a fellowship program honoring nelson mandela. the president said since the program has been so fruitful for african-americans,f up to 80 young american leaders will join-- [applause] >> 80 young americans will go to africa and learn from your countries. >> the mandela program is expected to expand to 1,000 students. >>> planned parenthood has been defending itself against allegations that it has been selling fetal tissue to researchers. the group apologized for comments seen in videos realized by an anti-abortion group but insists planned parenthood has not broken any laws. republican presidential candidate called for today's vote. >> a lot of people, a lot of pro-choice people are unset about these videos. they're manipulating the baby, selling the body parts selling the livers. doctorsale. i don't think americans want their tax dollars going to this. if you look at this we have 9,000 community health centers that do everything that planned parenthood does but they don't get into abortions. it will be much less emotional for ev

and last year, i welcomed our first class of mandela fellows.year, the response was overwhelming again, nearly 30,000 applied. and today, i am honored to welcome you, the second mandela washington fellows class. we're on track to double the mandela washington fellowship program to 1,000 fellows by next year. and i know you've been busy. over the past few weeks, schools and businesses all across america, you have been taking courses, developing the skills you'll need to make your ideas a reality. so that you're able to continue the great work that you're already doing, but take it to the next level. that's what brian plans to do. where is brian? where is he? there he is right there? so brian uses music to advocate against things like gender-based violence and to educate youth on hiv/aids. so while in the u.s., he's learned about our health care system, met the founder of an american hiv/aids organization, and now he plans to start a record label for music about social change. brian, we're proud to be your partner. or we've got kadijah diallo, whe

i am for filling my dream as a mandela washington fellow. [applause]

i am for filling my dream as a mandela washington fellow. [applause] exciting enough, for the first time in 13 years, i get to experience freedom. access and freedom to me mean -- don't mean the same thing to you. access to similarly insignificant things, like accessing the shopping mall, accessing the toilet, accessing public transportation that are inclusive of people like me. i get to experience it here in america after 13 years. [applause] grace: i represent a huge community of persons with disabilities who do not have bases, who do not have voices -- faces, who do not have voices. after so many years, what inclusion and access should be for them, and i am going back to africa to make sure that dream becomes a reality for africans with disabilities. [applause] grace: it has become a platform for inspiration for young emerging africans, leaders like you. we come from different countries, from different centers. yes, united with a common goal for a new africa. [applause] grace: that is why, in my song i say yes we can. sure we can. change

and last year, i welcomed our first class of mandela fellows.ar, the response was overwhelming again nearly 30,000 applied. and today i am honored to welcome you, the second mandela washington fellows class. we're on track to double the mandela washington fellowship program to 1,000 fellows by next year. and i know you've been busy. over the past few weeks schools and businesses all across america, you have been taking courses, developing the skills you'll need to make your ideas a reality. so that you're able to continue the great work that you're already doing, but take it to the next level. that's what brian plans to do. where is brian? where is he? there he is right there? so brian uses music to advocate against things like gender-based violence and to educate youth on hiv/aids. so while in the u.s., he's learned about our health care system, met the founder of an american hiv/aids organization, and now he plans to start a record label for music about social change. brian, we're proud to be your partner. or we've got kadijah diallo where is

and today i'm honored to welcome you the second mandela washington fellows class. on track to double the mandela washington fellowship program to 1,000 fellows by next year. [ applause ] i know you've been busy. over the past few weeks at schools and businesses all across america you've been taking courses, developing the skills you'll need to make your ideas a reality. so that you're able to continue the great work that you're already doing but take it to the next level. that's what brian of zambia plans to do. where is brian? there he is right there. [ applause ] so brian uses music to advocate against things like gender based violence and educate youth on hiv aids. so while in the u.s. he's learned about our healthcare system. met the founder of an hiv aids, and plans to develop a record label about social change. we're proud to be your partner. or we've got kadiza, there she is. so she helped lead unicef's media campaign to stop the spread of ebola. with the management skills she gained at wagoner college she wants to work on improving the lives of women and gi

to discuss further we have elizabeth mandela via skype she is a relationship therapist. think you been with us. >> so here we are talk about another teacher wanted to have with the students, it seems that it is happening more and more what's behind this question. >> these teachers want power and they will take advantage of the student. >> were a focusing a lot on the adults. >> it he was being manipulated into this relationship with her, i think the important thing is to teach children at a young age that this behavior how to report it and how to stand up for themselves. >> let me ask you, how do you think it's in part because someone like this can't relate to men her own age question mark. >> will sometimes sexual predators have gone through trauma in their childhood which lead them sexually fixated in a certain stage in adolescence so therefore they stay in that stage of adolescence and become sexually aroused by people at that stage. >> you have to understand that were dealing with someone who 16 at the time this began so we do not have his name, is not able to reach

to improve after rawl raul castro became president and shook hands with president obama at nelson mandela'seral. secret talks brokered by pope francis, and the neighbors announced they would set aside five decades of hostility. >> today the u.s. government is changing its relationship with the country of cuba, the largest change in our history in 50 years. >> that officially happened on july 20th. hours later the cuban anthem played and cuba's flag was raised over what is now once again cuba's embassy in washington. >> translator: we reaffirm cuba's willingness to move towards normalized relations in a constructive spirit. >> antonio mora joins us, antonio you are of cuban descent, this is not your first time back, but as you talk to people is there a renewed sense of optimism? >> lisa i i've returned to the island three times, it is similar to the visit of pope paul the sek 2nd. , it hasn't happened in 70 years it was also a rare occasion because they got to see the official of the embassy live on national television including secretary of state john kerry's speech. he went to a landmark h

. >>> president obama will address the mandela washington fellowships which is a flagship program ofrs initiative. >>> i'm melissa rehberger. thank you for watching "early today" have a great one. the latest on the suspect and an officer rushed to the hospital. =laura/vo= california on fire. thousdof firefighters on tront lines btling fb >>> breaking news, a a police shootout in the streets of oakland. the latest on the suspect. >>> california on fire. . thousands of firefighters on the front lines battling flames burning across california. the biggest, the rocky fire north of the bay area. >>> and another mystery on a bay area beach. a a third dead whale in the last few months. scientists are trying to figure out why. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. >> i'm laura

. >>> president obama will address the mandela washington fellowships which is a flagship program of the president's young african leaders initiative. it is to provide them through training. >>> happy birthday to tom brady! he turns 38! marriage stewart is 74. martin sheen is 75 today. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching "early today." hope you have a good one! . >>> right now, enough is enough. call for action following an outbreak of violence in brooklyn. >> a wild scene. several people run down in a chain reaction crash in a local neighborhood. >>> this morning, speculation that vice president joe biden is getting closer to making a big announcement. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning everyone. it's almost 4:30, it is 4:30, monday morning, august 3rd. i'm darlene rodriguez sghiefrmts i'm michael gargiulo. chris is off. raphael miranda is here with the forecast. it feels better this monday morning than last monday morning. >> the humidity. yeah. we had a fantastic weekend, it was dry, comfortable. the humidity starts to creep back. it's 77 degrees. it's a warm start

nelson mandela, the same thing. i don't want a social media company deciding my morality for something like that. but in the hard cases like this, i think it's simple. take this stuff down. >> jonas, what do you think? >> i kind of agree with thee points. the graphic stuff should be removed or censored. just the -- that's for the government to decide who the terrorists are. i will say broadly for regular media, we have to stop turning people into celebrities. i think that plays a role in all this. social media gives everybody a chance to be a celebrity, eventually weather look what i did. there has to be a way to remove their names and images somehow from the internet. i know it's difficult to do. that's i think where you'll get an edge with these people including the terrorists. >> thanks, guys. thank you, emily, for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> cars lining up in florida trying to fill up before erika hits. but someone here says your wallet may take a hit from this no matter where you live. ♪ ♪ ♪

. >>> a grandson of nelson mandela is out on bail after being charged with raping a young girl. he is accused of raping the girl at a restaurant in johannesburg earlier this point. his attorney maintains the sex was consensual and that the teenager appeared to be above the legal age of consent which is 16. >>> a signposted to workers at one los angeles motel is causing an uproar this afternoon. a frommer employee says the -- the former employee says the e cre motel had a strict and racist rule when she worked there and she made her feelings clear to management. >> please do not rent the following rooms to the colored people, exact works. colored peep. i wanted to flip. >> the manager doesn't deny the sign was put up but he was hesitant to speak and said any other information would need to come from the motel owner. as for hoffman, she was fired after complaining about the sign. >>> cooler weather is here. allyson is up next with more on the mild temperature. >> oh, my gosh. it is so nice out here. a nice breeze. the sun is shining. it doesn't feel too hot. we have more of this w

and nelson mandela. young performers recited poetry played music and danced.was part of the mann's communities festival which coke if you had ofocusedon usinh education. >>> "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel six. for cecily tynan, jaime apody ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge of your retirement. talk to a state farm agent today. >>> tonight, a state of emergency in ferguson. gunfire breaking out,

that-- sometimes we wait for others and thinking that martin luther should raise among us, nelson mandelaise up among us and speak up for us, but we never realize there are normal humans like us, and if we step forward we can also bring change just like them. >> jon: no, it's inspiring, although i have to think-- you have two brothers. >> yes. >> jon: are you the oldest? >> yes, i am the oldest. >> jon: and i have to think for them to come home and say, "i got in the school play!" ( laughter ) and then you could just be like, "is it about, i don't know, being award a nobel peace prize?" and you can taunt them. and it's clear in the film, you enjoy taunting them. ( laughter ) >> i think they should be nice to me. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> jon: yes, i think that's true. the little one has a-- there's a very, very funny-- you two seem to have a very playful relationship. >> yes, and in the trailer, i praised him but i'm kind of regretting why i praised him, because he is getting kind of not a good brother. >> jon: really? he's a little naughty. the older brother seemed to be-- he was know

or to learn a lot more african names band barack obama and nelson mandela. [laughter] >> welcome the everybody. remain have done the introductions but. >> the african name who is the founder with the elders served emerging markets and as i saw my first thought with the kenyans and the market share is vibrant and that is what the african story is. that basically what we have seen with nigeria becoming the largest african economy i do is saying it names a lot of companies to their region to see south africa as a gateway. in johannesburg to use that as a staging point many of them sound in the region but may be starting from the better part going to the most neighboring country to not make it as thoroughly or deeply into the other markets and then to become bigger with the gdp that maybe we don't need to set up shop right away when it comes to market and trade do you feel that shift? to do wonder why southern africa? >> and but we try to figure out and africa but to be above water also a lot more interesting to serve. a patent and then to be the third fourth la

. >> this desk is the same desk that nelson mandela used upstairs while he was writing his correspondence, while he stayed here during the dinkins administration. into the green parlor, also referred to as the library. >> beautiful. love the colors here. >> yes, this is a great place to sit and read. get some work done. >> mm-hmm. >> and it leads right into the dining room. >> and this is where all the formal dinners are happening? >> dante also gets a lot of homework done here. sometimes his debate team will come. and this is the yellow parlor. >> it's so inviting. >> yes. as well. some people think that when the mayor leaves city hall, that that's it for the day. no, this is where he comes and there are often meetings that go very late into the night, sometimes until midnight. now, this is the most magical view from gracie. >> i believe it. it's wonderful here. oh, and the garden here is so nice. >> the flowers have been magnificent. so, this is a magnolia tree, and the blossoms this spring were just glorious. >> aw. it's so lovely out here. so, is this where you go just to have some qu

nelson mandela was asked about courage. he said courage is not the absence of fear.doolittle raiders, triumphed over fear. they went out on that mission and amazingly 69 of them returned. i would like to recognize major griffith paul williams, a raider from my home state of illinois. during the doolittle raid, he co-piloted the 15th b-25 bomber. it was a flight that almost didn't happen. one of the engines on the plane wasn't working. they couldn't get it running. and they told him, if they couldn't get that plane up and rubbing in time -- running in time, they have to push it overboard when the other bombers launched. that is when lieutenant colonel sailer, the crew's engineer, said we're in this mission to stay. remarkably, he took the engine off the aircraft and rebuilt it and put it back on the plane. and when they asked him, do you think it's going to work? he said a line we can all relate to, well, there aren't any parts left over. the engine worked. the mission was successful. unfortunately edward saylor couldn't be here today. he passed away just a few months

it is part of the president's mandela washington fellowship program aimed at building entrepreneurial skills and empowering young people through academic course work and leadership traeng. we'll have the president's remarks live at 11:10 eastern on c-span. >>> the republican presidential candidates are in manchester, new hampshire for the voters first presidential forum today at 7:00 p.m. c-span's road to the white house is providing live coverage on c-span c-span radio and c

began to improve after raul castro became president and shook hands with president obama at nelson mandela's funeral. prisoner exchange and on the same day last december, the two neighbors announced they would set aside more than five decades of hostility. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. in the most significant changes in our policy in more than 50 years. >> that officially happened at midnight on july 20th. [♪ singing ] >> hours later the cuban anthem played and the cuban flag was raised over what was once again cuba's embassy in washington. >> translator: we refirm cuba's willingness to move towards normalized relations with the united states in a constructive spirit. >> president obama has said that while normalization is an important step in u.s. cuba relations, serious issues remain with the cuban government. the average salary in cuba is little more than $20 a month about 500 cuban pesos, and that makes it impossible for most cubans to repair or repair their homes. >> to our surprise, we found people living on its top floor. >

relations grew especially after raul castro and president obama shook hands at nelson mandela's funeral. secret talks followed. leading to cuba releasing american alan gross, who had been in prison for five years. >> welcome home. glad you are here >> reporter: and exchange president obama returned the three remaining members of the cuban five. and the two neighbours in december announced they'd setatide five decades of hostility. >> today the united states of america is changing relationships with cuba. >> reporter: that officially happened at midnight, july 20th. hours later the cuban anthem played and the cuban flag raised over cuba's embassy in washington. >> we reaffirmed cuba's willingness to move forth in a constructive spirit. it's a relationship that has a long way to go. >> i've been clear we'll continue to have serious differences. however, i strongly believe the best way for america to support values is through engagement. >> that engagement will reach its highest point within half a century, it's not without controversy. the obama administration is facing harsh criticism to

archbishop desmond tutu has called him america's young nelson mandela.is memoir was named among the 100 most notable books of 2014 by the new york times book review. it is now out in paperback. i am pleased to have bryan stevenson at this table for the first time. welcome. it's great to see you. tell me what it is you think is the most important question for this country as it considers race. bryan: race and justice, how are we going to recover from our legacy of racial inequality? this history of racial injustice that has infected all of us, that has compromised all of our abilities to see one another fairly. i think that is the question we have never taken on. we have never really try to to confront the legacy of slavery. i think we need to talk about slavery. people look at me hard when i say that. i don't think we have ever dealt with that legacy. slavery was a bit that was really horrific in this country. for me to great evil wasn't involuntary servitude, it wasn't forced labor, the great evil of american slavery was the narrative of racial differen

but he's also made his mark in holly wood making movies "heaven is for real," "winnie mandela" and "jumpings life will test you. >> with more than five million followers on social media, it's no surprise one of the reasons "new york times" has named him one of the most influential preachers in america. his latest book is called "destiny, step into your purpose." bishop jakes joins us now. >> by the way it's 39 books. >> what made you decide, bishop jakes, to write about destiny? >> well, people were interested in understanding who they are at their core and i told them that if instincts were metal than destiny would be the magnet that draws you. and all of us i think have been drawn in some way to our destiny, meeting the right people at the right time. not things that we necessarily orchestrate but is orchestrated on our behalf. >> scripture talks about that sort of thing. that god has a plan. >> absolutely. >> we know in the advance. but don't we have to partner with that plan? >> that's what the book is about. how to focus on that plan. and i spent a great deal of time talking about behi

began to improve after raul castro became president and shook hands with president obama at nelson mandela's. prisoner exchange and on the same day last december, the two neighbors announced they would set aside more than five decades of hostility. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. in the most significant changes in our policy in more than 50 years. >> that officially happened at midnight on july 20th. ♪ ♪ >> hours later the cuban anthem played and the cuban flag was raised over what was once again the cuban embassy in washington. >> translator: we refirm cuba's willingness to move towards normalized relations with the united states in a constructive spirit. >> president obama has said that while normalization is an important step, serious issues stand in the way. the average salary in cuba is little more than $20 a month about 500 cuban pesos, and that makes it impossible to repair owe rebuild homes. >> we find people living on the top floor. >> we have been living like this for 39 years, every day it gets worse and worse. the buildi

work at a company that does business in africa and learning a lot more african names than nelson mandela or barack obama. >> with that we would love to set up on the panel. >> most important thing? good afternoon and welcome, everybody. you wanted to see a full house? looks like standing room only in the back. peter made the introductions over here but i also want to introduce eghosa omoigui. did i say that right? >> excellent. >> who is the founder and managing jenna role partner of echovc partners, a venture-capital firm, there we go, there you are. there we go. venture capital firm linking silicon valley with underat serve the emerging markets. i am dying to hear what you have to tell us. this morning i woke up and i saw of course a reuters article, starbucks to enter sub-saharan africa next year and my first thought was are they not lead to the market? have the kenyons taken up this market? i read the quote. the market here is vibrant and growing fast. do we want to be part of that growth? that is exactly what the african story is but let me start with an important one which is basic

movies on netflix, to work at a company that does business in africa and learn more names than nelson mandela and barack obama. >> with that, would love to set up on the panel. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome, everybody. wonderful to see a full house. looks like standing room only back there. he just made the introductions over here, but i also want to introduce you to eghosa omoigui. did i say that right? who is the founder of partners, venture capital -- here we go. venture capital thinking silicon valley with underserved emerging markets and indicted to hear all about what you have to tell us about. this morning i woke up and i saw a reuters article. starbucks to enter sub-saharan africa next year. are they not play to the market? the kenyans taking them off the market. and then i read a quote. the coffee market is vibrant and we want to be part of their growth. that is exactly what the african story is. let me start with an important one, which is basically the shift that we have seen nigeria becoming the largest african economy. what does the shift mean and member

he was supposed to have known nelson mandela personally. >> narrator: through his international ties, to get investors in on a secret gold deal. >> he was this miracle worker. he was gonna make all this magic happen. >> narrator: but dr. jones leads a double life, living it up with young, sexy wannabe pop stars... >> ♪ shake it, baby

ambuso mandela will appear in court on friday for a bail hearing.y took place in a restaurant in a suburb of that city. >>> russian president vladimir putin and dmitry medvedev visiting memorials to two conflicts in crimea. they laid flowers at monuments at the crimean war and world war ii. putin met with officials and commanders. >>> on a lighter note, the canadian couple here had the surprise of their lives when they found, that guy, a black bear in their backyard swimming pool. the region has been in a record-breaking heat wave. the bear after he had a little dip in the cooler water made his way to the hot tub. which, right there you can see is attached to the pool. so there you go. not your average bear, kel. >> he's adorable. >> he is cute, right? i don't know if i want him in my backyard, but he is cute. >> a small smile for that one. thank you so much. >> sure. >>> oil prices falling to a 6 1/2-year low. our next guest says the energy industry better brace itself because there is going to be a huge wave of consolidation. his top takeover targ