government but from libyan leader moammar gadhafi. >> i am asking for help of arab rulers, especially president moammar gadhafi because he's known for helping those who are suffering. >> it takes nearly a year before the u.s. government has enough intelligence to act safely. there's no guarantee hallums will even be alive once they get there. but on september 7th, 2005, it's go time. a daring raid in broad daylight, and the soldier's helmet cams capture every adrenaline fueled moment. >> i heard helicopters, and at first it sounds normal, the helicopters flying by. the helicopters started getting louder, and then it felt like they were landing on top of the house. i heard a lot of yelling and running and then i heard somebody hitting on this door. i didn't know if it was somebody there to rescue me or trying to kill me. the door falls in. this american soldier jumps down in the room and he points at me, and he says, are you roy? and i said, yes. >> he says, come on. we're getting out of here. one of the special forces guys handed me a flag and said whenever we're able to rescue someon

citizens there live under one of the longest-ruling dictators in the world, colonel moammar gadhafi,held power for 42 years. >> libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but i'm a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the world's most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism, with links to the lockerbie bombers, the i.r.a., and other militant groups. >> he kept libya under very, very tight wraps. he would disappear people. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous, horrible, brutal dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. >> tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist from australia who heads to libya to cover the conflict. >> it began with protests, as in many of the arab c

libya you're well aware has been in turmoil since the fall of moammar gadhafi two years ago. outsiders try to bring hope and help to the country. ronnie smith was one of those people. a year and a half ago he moved with his wife and baby son to work as a high school teacher to the city of benghazi. just two years ago, smith was shot and killed when he was jogging near his home. still in mourning, his wife wrote an open letter. we asked her to read it to us. >> i hear people speaking with hate blame and anger over ronnie's death. but that's not ronnie would want. he would want to show one another love and forgiveness because that is what god has shown us. >> anita smith we thank you for bringing your story to us. >> thank you. >> of course i'm struck by you r generosity. what inspired to you do that? >> i wanted the libyan people to know what my heart and ronnie's heart was to them. we don't blame them at all for this. it wasn't the heart of libyan people to do this. if anything they loved us. they took us into their hearts. >> he referred to them as best friends. there were s

the repercussions with moammar gadhafi. to happen at that time where libya was moving and what it meant for the larger scale of that region and how we saw it filtering threw out of libya because of that. what it meant globally. what was going on in lib yachlt the good riddance of moammar gadhafi. >> even to this day, you look at the implications and ramifications of what's happening in iraq and the assassinations and the bombings in lebanon. it is festering sho showing itself in the same type of framework you laid out. again, i understand the argument about they call this spontaneous or whether it was planned or so on. i think that the point also become this is. if you have these areas and vacuums where these groups feel like they can navigate or easily plan and coordinate and attack, how these beginnings of attacks begin to disseminate becomes irrelevant. >> thomas, i agree. i think the bigger point to take from the color is how complex and unmanageable it is when we intervene in a country like libya. what we would do is t

it involved fighters from different militia groups who'd benefited from nato's attacks on moammar gadhafi's troops and were as anti-american as they were anti-gada dpi. the report also says the video the obama administration blamed did play a role but michigan republican congressman mike rodders is skeptical. >> there was some level of preplanning. we know that. there was aspiration to conduct an attack by al qaeda and their affiliates in libya. we know that. the individuals on the ground talked about a planned tactical movement on the compound even this is the compound before they went to the annex. all of that was directly contradictory to what "the new york times" definitively says was an exhaustive investigation. >> reporter: four americans were killed in the 2012 attack including u.s. ambassador chris stephens. some republicans accused the president and then secretary of state hillary clinton of understating al qaeda's involvement for political reasons. administration officials feel "the times" report undercut that argument, but california democrat adam schiff is also skeptical of the

carey performed for moammar gadhafi. >>> a crazy finish in california between the warriors and spurs.> and more bad news for the lakers and kobe bryant. here's neil and stan at espn. >> good morning, america. welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. i'm stan verrett. this is neil everett. an exciting game between the spurs and warriors. >> that's one way to put it. >> yeah. how would you put it? >> i'd say, i'd rather let my delivery speak for itself. >> let's see what you got. >> steph curry, 30 points, 15 assists. warriors tied it at 102-102, with less than 30 seconds to play. marco belinelli is going to miss the jumper. daiwa, is going to miss the putback. tiago splitter. who are these guys? where is tim duncan? tim duncan was inactive. as was manu ginobili. golden state's not going to lose, are they? spurs, 104-102. >>> more bad news for the lakers and kobe bryant who has another injury in his left leg. he thought it was a hyperextended knee. it's a fracture in his shin bone. he's expected to miss about six weeks. bryant, coming off that torn achilles. and injured on

relationship at the hands of the west darlings of the west one moment villains the next libya's moammar gadhafi egypt's hosni mubarak to name but a few south african journalist chris bishop believes the one nine hundred sixty four trial that saw mandela and his comrades sentenced to life helped turn the world in their favor during the trial. these gentlemen who are on trial the rivonia trial as they went from being the accused of being people in the dark as. they became the benjamin franklin's of africa they became the freedom fighters they became the man of principle who is standing up merely for the rights of office and it's only to turn world opinion around from a vile terrorist to one of the greatest freedom fighters to have ever walked the earth the story of nelson mandela is remarkable a man who stood up for the rights of people everywhere but also a familiar tale of governments pushing the gone into flowers around to make one day and devote the next point of r.t.e. johannesburg south africa. for reaction to the death of nelson mandela binion's an analysis of these legacy had to our websi

international a look at how the troubled countries fairing two years after the ousting and killing of moammar gadhafi also. we are not people with disabilities but the people with limited ability after a short break here on the program with less than one hundred days before the paralympics russia's hockey players tell us how they're going for gold at the soft she winter games. from countries rich in natural resources are the poorest africa's a colony it's a colony the big corporations it's a colony of some of its own leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so. they have to beg from the world bank's development of social programs goes to pay back debts country is drowning under the amount of debt that they had and so every year they would borrow money. and they would use that same amount of money to pay back o. their. money to relieve. the wages of debts. right on the scene. first rate. and i think the church. can still. be in the now. if you are just joining us welcome to the weekly on oxy international the tension between edinburgh and london rose or not this week as the scottish go

but bin ladin wasn't the only surprising figure that mandela spoke out about he also defended moammar gadhafi and fidel castro given their support for ending apartheid in south africa it makes sense that mandela would think twice to demonize what america labels a terrorist considering how mandela himself was on the terror watch list all the way up until two thousand and eight the entire african national congress and while today's media outlets are hailing mandela as one of the most famous pacifists in modern history the reality is that while he promoted nonviolence he was not opposed to using violence when necessary here is giving his first t.v. interview ever discussing just that. i'm going to have to solve the. problem. notwithstanding iraq and you had to come in. and mom homes in my clothes cut eyes on it on the public but it didn't stop them. that i many people feel that it is useless and free filter for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against that government was applied is on this savage attacks on the defense of speaker and i think the time to come for us to consider in the

look at how the troubled countries fairing two years after the hour sting and killing of moammar gadhafi plus. they are not people with disabilities but the people with limited ability emotions are high in less than one hundred days before the paralympians russian populus tell how they prepared to win a gold at the sochi winter games. or it is a quarter past the hour here in moscow thanks for joining us of the tension between edinburgh and london rose or not this week as the scottish government issued a blueprint for independence ahead of next september's referendum he would also call a halt to damaging which means to pull the season of pushing so many people into poverty six hundred and seventy page document outlines plans to cut. corporation tax extenders free childcare and raise the minimum wage london strongly opposes the idea of separation clashing with a number on issues ranging from currency all reserve membership tester australia takes up the story. should scotland be an independent country it's a six word question that requires a simple yes or no but breaking a three hundred yea

program we look at how the troubled country is fairing two years after the ousting and killing of moammar gadhafi. quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest africa is a colony it's a colony of the big corporations it's a colony of someone's home leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so they have to beg from the world bank's development of social programs goes to pay back debts whole country is drowning under the amount of debt that they had and so every year they would borrow money. and they would use that same amount of money to pay back oh this can all that money really. the wages of debt. what is the fate of the house of saud its list of complaints against washington is long and getting longer the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria and one of its only real friends in the region is israel given all of this can the house of saud afford what it calls an independent one paul. with. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we. covered. if you are just joining us and welcom

since it because found out libya was behind the bombing, moammar gadhafi offered a settlement. cummock would have none of it. >> let's offer $10,000 per decedent. with no fault, so we can get the sanctions lifted. >>reporter: my understanding is most of the rm families took that deal. >> 268 of 269 took the deal. >> except you. >> yes. >> she argued too many questions remained unanswered, just two libyans were tried for the bombing of 203. and only one, abdel basset ali al megrahi was convicted. close the case? libya's new government assigned two prosecutors to assist with more arrests. >> the investigation is ongoing and we will do what we can to assure that others involved in some way, shape or form are prosecuted, and successfully tried. >> cummock did eventually settle with gadhafi in 2006 after winning the right to sue him in federal court. has not released her sense for justice. one of the longest and largest ongoing murder investigations in history and the hope is that new libyan cooperation will finally allow apprehension of more suspects, jim. >> axelrod: thank you. >>

relationship at the hands of the west darlings of the west one moment villains the next libya's moammar gadhafi egypt's hosni mubarak to name but a few south african journalist chris bishop believes the one nine hundred sixty four trial that saw mandela and his comrades sentenced to life helped turn the world in their favor during the trial. the gentleman who are on trial the rivonia trial as they went from being the accused of being people on in the dark. transformed they became the benjamin franklin's of africa they became the freedom fighters they began the man of principle who is standing up merely for the rights of others and it's turned world opinion around from a vile terrorist to one of the greatest freedom fighters to have ever walked the earth the story of nelson mandela is remarkable a man who stood up for the rights of people everywhere but also a familiar tale of governments putting a garland of flowers around your neck one day and a rope the next. r.t. johannesburg south africa. mandela was of course are now. for his inspirational speeches and on our website right now we've lined

smuggling to control armed groups that took part in the overthrow of the country's former leader moammar gadhafi and according to some reports there's up to seven hundred of them with the different goals libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depos with only five percent of them under government control and about three thousand and to aircraft missiles that could bring down civilian air crimes have gone missing and defense consultant moyen rufe says the militias are operating with impunity. they can't seem to get them to disarm at all the militias are keeping their weapons and they're defying the government i mean let's let's look at the kidnapping of the prime minister that was a clear statement by the militias that. they could do as they want as well as the recent kidnapping case of the deputy chief of intelligence you'd have thought that intelligence at least would have had some information about this before it happened but obviously not there's nothing they can do about it because of the central government cannot rule beyond the

national we look at how the troubled countries fairing two years after the killing of moammar gadhafi also. people with disabilities but people with limited ability after a very short break here on the program with less than one hundred days before the paralympics russia's hockey players tell us how they're going for gold. weeks between thanksgiving and christmas in the united states a con for twenty percent of mall traffic during that period of time people are much less rational when they certainly modern people are spending money. and spending it on things they don't need to accomplish what they have. what is the fate of the house of saud its list of complaints against washington is long and getting longer the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria in one of its only real friends is israel given all of this song for what it calls an independent one paul. if you are just joining us welcome to the weekly international tension between edinburgh and london rose a noach this week the scottish government issued a blueprint for independ

relationship at the hands of the west darlings of the waste one moment villains the next libya's moammar gadhafi egypt's hosni mubarak we keep leaks founder julian assange to name but a few south african journalist chris bishop believes the one nine hundred sixty four trial that saw mandela and his comrades sentenced to life helped turn the world in their favor during the trial. these gentleman who are on trial the rivonia trial as they went from being the accused of being people on in the dark slowly transformed they became the benjamin franklin's of africa they became the freedom fighters they began the man of principle who is standing up merely for the rights of others and it's only to turn world opinion around from a vile terrorist to one of the greatest freedom fighters to have ever walked the earth the story of nelson mandela is remarkable a man who stood up for the rights of people everywhere but also a familiar tale of governments putting a garland of flowers around your neck one day and a rope the next police fear r.t.e. johannesburg south africa. and we are showing you right now a live

relationship at the hands of the west darlings of the west one moment villains the next libya's moammar gadhafi egypt's hosni mubarak we keep leaks founder julian assange to name but a few south african journalist chris bishop believes the one nine hundred sixty four trial that saw mandela and his comrades sentenced to life helped turn the world in their favor during the trial. these gentleman who were on draw the rivonia trial as they went from being the accused of being people on in the dark as slowly transformed they became the benjamin franklin's of africa they became the freedom fighters they began the man of principle who is standing up merely for the rights of others and it's turned world opinion around from reviled terrorist to one of the greatest freedom fighters to have ever walked the earth the story of nelson mandela is remarkable a man who stood up for the rights of people everywhere but also a familiar tale of governments putting a garland of flowers around your neck one day and a rope the next policy or r.t. johannesburg south africa. i want to bring danny schechter into the conv

. >> reporter: this is one of moammar gadhafi's most infamous prisons.audis say they were brought her and tortured with the help of the british intelligence. these allegations form the basis of a lawsuit against the british government. according to the lawyers, the men and their families were pons in a deal instruct with briton in 2004. on the same day, it was announced a $1 billion deal for gas exploration rights in libya. it wasn't until after gadhafi's fall that the role of the british was discovered. when the rebels came to tripoli they ransacked all sorts of buildings, such as this one. it was in the office of a spy chief that they found a stash of documents which revealed the collaboration between british and libyan intelligence services. he says he was pressured to give up information about libyans living in britain. >> translator: sometimes they would come to me with the questions and answers already done, and force me to sign it. they would mention names to me and say these people supported armed activities. >> reporter: some libyans have since

we helped topple cad -- moammar gadhafi and we're rebuilding the libyan army. >> if you think iraq is now as one of the top ten most corrupt, to which we give $1.5 billion a year, stand by because anybody who thinks iraq is going to get better instead of worse, is out of their mind. >> that's true. >> this picture shows car bombings and -- i mean, worse than when we got there. >> right. and iraq is very close to a failed state, which is one of the key factors that contributes to corruption. if you were to identify what those are, that almost all of this countries share, it's war, bad government, and it is oil wells and poverty, and all of those things put together are a recipe sponsor massive corruption. >> more money here. us a beck stan. turk minimum stan, and then interestingly, syria, which is no longer eligible, we don't have control there. >> we never had control. but syria is a great example of what war does to a country. they have jumped something like 50 places in the corruption ranking in the last three years because there is no functioning government. >> least corrupt natio

. >> during colonel moammar gadhafi's 42 years in power, he entertained the world with his bizarre dressavish tents. and wherever he traveled, he was surrounded with female bodyguards commonly known as the amazons. >> his message to the world was to say, i'm the best friend of the woman. >> but there was something far more sinister going on. "fox files jirk sat down with renowned french journalist aneek in paris. "gadhafi's harem" has exposed new details of the despot's abuses of power and twisted sexual appetite. >> some of these women had been chosen to be among these elite guards just for their look. and most of them were his sex slaves. >> reporter: her expose revolves around the story of a young libyan woman she calls sarai representing one of countless women she says were kidnapped and repeatedly raped by gadhafi. sarai spent five years held prisoner underneath a tunnel entrance like this one at gadhafi's tripoli compound. it was the headquarters for his sea get harem. >> sarai herself, day after she's been kidnapped, was given the uniform. and was supposed to act as if she was a r

efforts regarding moammar gadhafi, even they, who didn't want to fight against other militia groups. >> yeah, that is right, there is a deep, deep and dangerous ambiv a a -- ambivalence among a lot of these people, still call ambassador stevens chris, they would gush about their gratitude to the u.s., and then in the next breath, you know, i think it was the cia that killed ambassador stevens, here they are protecting the culprit, and in the next breath thanking the u.s. it turns out i believe the u.s. did not really understand the militia world as clearly as it should. and probably was a little bit over-optimistic, over-hopeful in its assessment how quickly it could turn enemies into friends in eastern libya. >> and eli lake is pointing out there is an al-qaeda link, saying the jamal network and the people previously tied to the attacks, is that true? that group was not mentioned in your article, and if that group was involved would that point to an al-qaeda link? >> i don't believe that group was involved. i think that the reporting in our paper was citing some congressional offici

. >> can't leach this withove thi long bloody handshake, john mccain shaking the hand of moammar gadhafidered the bombing of pan am flight, 25 years ago in which so many americans, 180 americans were killed. john mccain, no he actually tweeted out, made public his handshake with gadhafi. there is no hand in cuba as bloody as gadhafi's. there is john mccain criticizing president obama today. we're out of time. steve clemens, koran. thank you for joining us. >> in the rewrite. now that we have the nonsense of the day out of the way. president obama will refocus our attention on what today was really about in south africa. he will do that in his own words honoring the life of nelson mandela. so ally bank has a raise your rate cd that won't trap me in a rate. that's correct. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's that? uh, mark? go get help! i have my reasons. look, you don't have to feel trapped with our raise your rate cd. if our rate on this cd goes up, yours can too. oh that sounds nice. don't feel trapped with the ally raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an al

. >> can't leave this without a long bloody handshake, john mccain shaking the hand of moammar gadhafiordered the bombing of pan am flight, 25 years ago in which so many americans, 180 americans were killed. john mccain, no problem. he actually tweeted out, made public his handshake with gadhafi. there is no hand in cuba as bloody as gadhafi's. there is john mccain criticizing president obama today. we're out of time. steve clemens, david koran. thank you for joining us. >> in the rewrite. now that we have the nonsense of the day out of the way. president obama will refocus our attention on what today was really about in south africa. he will do that in his own words honoring the life of nelson mandela. ♪ love is strange so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t

law but bin ladin wasn't the only surprising figure that mandela spoke out about the descent of moammar gadhafi and fidel castro given their support for ending apartheid in south africa it makes sense that mandela would think twice a day what america labels a terrorist considering how mandela himself was on the terror watch list all the way up until two thousand and eight the entire african national congress and while today's media outlets are hailing mandela as one of the most famous pacifists in modern history the reality is that while he promoted nonviolence he was not opposed to using violence when necessary here is giving his first t.v. interview ever discussing just that. i'm going to have to bend over the. well. because i'm not going to and i want to hear directly from the economy. and. to do. that i'm going to be a blue seat that it is useless and we. have to continue talking peace and i'm butter's against the government was a blood is on the text. that defines the speaker and i would think that time has come for us to come see to end a lot of talk by experience in this state at all whe

during the libyan revolution, benghazi has been torn by violence and criminality since the fall of moammar gadhafias the scene of a terrorist attack in 2012 on the u.s. consulate that took the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. over the weekend, an al qaeda spokesman urged libyans to attack westerners in revenge for the u.s. capture of a want terrorist there. amid all of the violence, many libyans are struggling to remake their country and ronnie smith, a texan, a husband and father of a 2-year-old boy was there to help. loved teaching the libyan teens at his school and they loved him back. >> to me, he was just one of my favorite people. he was really funny. he was not just a teach. he was a friend. >> shocked students poured out their grief and memories. his door was open to anyone who needed advice, a hug or simply a plate of homemade chinese food. >> he was determined to be here and make a difference and he did. >> reporter: lonnie smith was planning to head home to america to join his family for christmas. terry moran, abc news, london. >>> a nasty blast of record co

she performed for the late libyan leader, moammar gadhafi.you very much. mariah carey, mariah cash and carry from now on. >> maybe she'll donate it to human rights foundation? >> that would be excellent. >> i doubt it. >> there is going to be a lot of pressure to do it. coming up, it's a hail mary. the white house throws. is it a hail mary the white house -- you try this. >> it is a hail mary. you're on to something. >> call it a hail mary. the white house throws up a last minute prayer to save obamacare, but will it hurt more than it helps? we're going to report and you will decide. >> and then it was supposed to be a tribute to the late nelson mandela. but there is one huge mistake. >> yeah. >> that's a movie star. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you'll only find advil, the #1 selling pain reliever, in one cold medicine. advil congestion relief. it delivers a one-two punch at pain and sinus pressure with the power of advil and a nasal decongestant in a single pill. advil congestion relief. all white meat chicken was made to be blanketed in golden br

of many anti-western incidents that have taken place in the city since the fall of strongman moammar gadhafitoday we have heard of three other separate incidents in that city, three soldiers were gunned down. one more note be again, we soak with the school administrator there and, again, we don't know why this young man from texas was killed, but his words to us: it is time for the libyan government to stand up and fight against these kinds of things. back to you. bill: greg, thanks. more details when we get them, certainly. that story out of london. martha: just a reminder of the background and what happened in benghazi last year. four americans were killed on september 11th, the terrorist attack on the consulate began about 9:40 p.m. that night. among those kills, u.s.ç ambassador craig stevens. the obama administration initially said it was a protest against a film that had come out. he was the first u.s. diplomat killed in overseas violence since 1979. >>> and meanwhile, president obama's taking aim at his republican critics while trying to appeal to his base. here he is yesterday. >> i

even though he had these friends like fidel castro, like moammar gadhafi, he was the antithesis of what folks stood for. he served for only one term because he stood for democracy, for human rights, and he understood that that was part of what he needed to do to reconcile his country. >> thanks very much. peter, thanks to you and terrence howard, thanks as well. >>> just ahead, a better than expected jobs report shows the unemployment rate at its lowest level in five years. will president obama finally get some credit out of this? we've got the details of this terrifying landing all captured on camera. stand by. you're going to see this plane go up and down and up. stand by. life with crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis is a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts? what if i eat the wrong thing? what if? what if i suddenly have to go? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk

five years ago, she performed for the family of libyan dictator moammar gadhafi.g, i feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess. in the past, other musicians, including 50 cent, usher and even beyonce, have also reportedly accepted lucrative gigs, performing for members of the gadhafi family. but later donated that money. ♪ happy birthday, mr. president ♪ >> reporter: that's jennifer lopez, back in july, singing directly to the president of turkmenistan, a country human rights watch calls one of the world's most repressed. she later apologized. this morning, critics are calling mariah's performance anything but heroic. now, when this all happened with the gadhafi family back in 2008, mariah said, quote, going forward, this is a lesson for all artists to learn from, end quote. we reached out to mariah's camp. and so far, lara, they are not commenting. ♪ and the "play of the day." somehow snoopy is spicing up christmas. peanuts! ♪ this is levian chocolate diamond jewelry. ♪ levian, masters of jewelry design for centuries is the only company on e

also, mandela meet with libya's moammar gadhafi in 1997.of -- we read the posting on ted cruz's facebook page. what are some of the people posting back? >> well, some context here. anybody who has ever perused the comment section of the internet knows that it's essentially the bathroom wall of the internet, where people write -- >> good way to put it, tapper. >> the meanest, anonymous things they can. what's interesting about this is that these are criticisms from conservatives and ted cruz quite often does not anger conservatives, but some examples from his facebook posting include let's not forget that mandela called castro's communist revolution a source of inspiration to all freedom loving people. that's from mike. sad to see you feel this way, ted. he was a terrorist. i guess you have only seen the hollywood movie, said tom. stunned to see you support this scum bag. he was a murderer not to mention a communist. that's from a delightful gentleman named derek. we should also put in context the following. there are nearly 6,000 likes on t

and he said moammar gadhafi, an international pariah at the time, was his friend. he went right ahead and visit gad da fi in tripoli. he was also friends with fidel castro. he vied him after he was rae leased from prison in 1990 and em based the cuban leader because of his support to end apartheid even while the rest of the world shunned castro for his communist dictatorship. in 2003, mandela joined those who were against the u.s.-led war against iraq, and not only called it a tragedy but said "what i am condemning is that one pow we are a president who has no foresight, who no can not think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust. "for those who will only see mandela as the gentle saint, remember, it was he himself who said, "i am no angel." instead, he was complex, imperfect, and human, and we do his memory more justice when we remember the entire man. joining me this morning, mark quarterman from the enough project, amy goodman, host and executive producer of democracy now, khalil mohammed, director of the schaumburg center for research in

there was huge pressure on moammar gadhafi to hand over the suspects. he wouldn't do it. hand over the suspects as long as it was on a neutral country. he got the saudis to negotiate a scottish trial in the netherlands at the same time offering for the united nations to take down sanctions. so he really was able to bring together all these different strands and this sort of master stroke of diplomacy was based on these relationships that he had. >> and today he has brought over 100 dignitaries, leaders, past and present, some political rivals within their own countries, sitting side by side, here joining this crowd that has been here for hours and hours. the line started last night to be here. it really is everybody coming together in terms of the ideals and message that nelson mandela embodied. that's probably the best tribute for someone who wanted to be remembered for the message. now, john king, you're joining us back in the states. when you think about that, the ability of what robyn was just saying, a man from south africa to get the netherlands together with scotla