mr. mandella held on. on the first of september, he was discharged from the the hospital so that he can continue to receive intensive care at home. after he died, his home there is where south africans have gathered tonight. joining me is in front of his home right now. what can you tell us just about the scene where you are and the reaction tonight? >> well, rachel, an extraordinary picture behind us. we have a crowd of hundreds of people. we haven't gone to sleep. on the whole rngs fairly young. these are people with those who have no memory of apartheid who were born after the birth of south africa. singing the national anthem which includes all 12 languages rngs the sort of celebration of the rain bow nation. and they're going to keep going. it's not only the life of nelson mandella, but what he gave to all south africans. even the youngest ones are well aware of the life that they might have lived. had et not been for the sacrifice of nelson mandella. i suspect that's a great deal of what's being cele

mr. speaker, humbled by mandella on the bare walls of that breach prison cell was a facsimile of the british painting by the it is theist and haunting image that he had in his prison cell of a blinded girl sitting on top of a global the world than the painting girlled, hope, is about a believing even in blindness and with a broken heart and only one string, she could still play music. and mandella's believes that even in the most difficult and the most oblique of times, even when things seem hopeless, there could still be hope. i believe that explains these last few days. we have both mourned the death of mandella and celebrated his life with equal intensity. who else could unite the whole world that unanimously and every continent of the world with applause? we are mourning because as long as he was alive, you knew in the worst of disasters and midst of the most tragedies and conflict amidst the evil, there was someone there standing between us and the elements that representative goodness and ability. we are celebrating today because the lessons that we have learned from him will live on.

mrs. george w. bush and former secretary of state hillary clinton. they will attend a memorial service for former south african president nelson mandella. during the flight with the obama mass in the president's cabin. bushes in the medical office and president clinton in the senior staff cabin. president bush spent 90 minutes in the press cabin. they are traveling to south africa separately. now to big business news. american airlines and u.s. airways completing their merger. they now rank as the world's largest airline. the airline name will live on. the u.s. airlines name will disappear. survived challenge from the government and consumer groups. guess what. you are no longer an owner o. the u.s. government selling all its remaining shares in general motors. government lost 10.5 billion on bailout of g.m. and that's is tonight's speed read. today, senator ted cruze introducing a report calling it lawless and abusive. is president obama violating the constitution? and what are the limits? georgetown law professor nicholas joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> abusive and lawless is what senator ted cruz says. do you