mrs. clinton running for president? >> i don't know. and i think, and she believes, that the country should spend at least another year working hard on the problems that we have. we have very serious challenges in american and responsibilities around the world. i think it's a big mistake this constant four-year complain. we need to deal with the business we have before us. >> what kind of president do you think vice president joe biden would make? >> if he runs and he's a nominee, i'll try to help him. i think the world of him. i think -- we've been friends. i first remember working with him when he was the chairman of the judiciary committee to the senate and i was a governor and he asked me to testify in a judicial hearing for him. and i had to file a testimony because i had to go to asia. but i've known him for years and years. and i have a very high opinion of him. i care a great deal about him and i think he's done a good job for the president and for the country. >> is it because you are setting the way for mrs. clinton to run and

mr. clinton says he does not know whether his wife will run for president. and adds that he would support joe biden as a 2016 presidential nominee if he got the nomination. he'll support any democratic nomination. >>> notre dame is suing over obama care birth control mandates. they're doing this again. the university filed a fresh lawsuit opposing insurance for student and employees saying it goes against the teachings of catholic church. the affordable care act does make exceptions for religious institutions. so this new lawsuit seeks an expanded exception for schools and universities as well. >>> the house has passed a ten-year extension of the 25-year-old ban on plastic guns that can pass metal detectors and x-ray machines. new york senator charles schumer calls the extension better than nothing, but not by much. he plans to pass a tougher bill on monday, the day the classic gun band is set to expire. >>> vice president joe biden meeting with the chinese prime minister xi jinping. the vice president spent yesterday in japan, calling on china to drop sover

mrs. clinton running for president? >> i don't know. and i think and she believes that the country should spend at least another year working very hard on the problems we have. we w haveery serious challenges in america. and we have responsibilities around the world. i think it's a big mistake, you know, this constanten four-year campaign is not good for america. we nee to deal with the business we have before us. >> wolf, i did ask him ask the former president what he thought of vice president biden as a possible president in 20716. he says he likes him a lot. >> i guess we shouldn't be surprised about that. we'll see if he likes him a lot if in fact, bide is challenging hillary clinton for that democratic nomination or if he decides if she runs, he's not going to run or what's going on. lots of unanswered questions out there. juan carlos lopez, as usual, thanks very much. >> my pleasure, wolf. >> and you can see juan carlos' full interview with the former president, bill clinton on our sister network cnn espanol coming up 6:30 p.m. ea

mrs. clinton to run? and seconds, are the problems with obama care limited to the website?first question is, no. first of all, i said nothing about this. not one word until the president spoke. >> the former president didn't say whether he thought problems with the law were confined to the website. he also didn't give any insight into a possible white house run by wife hillary in 2016. >> changes to frequent flyer programs could be on the way soon. justices heard arguments tuesday from a rap eye who says northwest airlines revoked his platinum elite status. the airline says it did so because he made too many complaints and booked himself on full flights in hopes of getting bumped. lawyers for the rabbi say it was a move to encourage members ahead of the merger with delta airlines. >>> tomorrow, chris matthews will have a special interview president obama on hardball. you can submit questions. can you go to the hard ball section of msnbc.com. and that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. joining me now for the first look at politics is "washington post" reporter ed o

mr. clinton about their special bond. >> you met with nelson mandela more than any president. i wonder what was your relationship in those days? >> well, we became good friends. i met him, ironically in 1992 i met him at the democratic convention in new york when i was being nominated for president. we had business to do. they were one of the countries that voluntarily gave up their nuclear arsenal. and in the process of that we became good personal friends. we used to do business together on the phone where their time difference was so great i would take the call at night. and it wasn't too late mandela would make me go get chelsea every time he called and he would talk to her and ask her if she was doing her homework. he was an enormous help to me during every difficult time i had as president. and he did it all, interestingly enough while he never stopped being president of south africa. so if his country had a position that disagreed with ours, we would have our argument and he would be very firm. but when we weren't working, he was my friend. >> i wonder why you clicked,

mrs. clinton. that will do it for this edition of al jazeera. i'm stephanie sy. have a great evening. environmental concerns. our digital producer wajahat ali, tweet him a lot. waj, big agendas both sides. our community has big things to say about it. >> deeply polarizing, using the hashtag #ajam stream, we talk about, we don't get oil from north america. if true, why destroy our land. peter talks about the farmers, talk about the land that's going to be condemned. the flip side, oil will be moved one way or the other, all these name callers they should grow up and then anna says my support for this pipeline is based on the current geopolitical reality. we'll somehow figure this all out in 26 minutes. >> they're stacked up. how do people debate. the key stone southern leg is supposed to be ready in 2016. this part of the pipeline still has to be approved by president obama, since it crosses the border. activists and land owners, say, it's not going to be going in without a fight. >> what's at stake is civilization at the baseline. >> adds to higher carbon emissions contributing to cli

mrs. clinton needs this to go away, does she not? this could be a problem for her?> i don't want to speculate. i just am shocked that it a major newspaper in the united states would have the same talking pointed that the administration had the day after the event. if you recall, i was on this they okay the same time that susan rice was on the 12th saying hey, clearly this was an organized, if not al qaeda. >> five sunday shows. >> exactly. i was on the same show theakd. would and that narrative never changed. >> the video, that obscure little video was at the center of this attack and that was reported again in the "new york times," the conclusion was that video kind of fueled the attack that night in benghazi. but, wasn't it the case that catherine herridge reviewed and fox news did the report, catherine filed it that all these social media posts that were examined, i think it was about 4,000 showed no mention of that video until the day after the benghazi attack. so, again, i'm not following the "new york times" reporting on this. and since it seems so out of sync

mrs. clinton. she now is trying to work to repair any remaining damage, if there is one.ed headline that deserves more attention than it got and it's how clinton aligns and distances herself from the administration to best position herself for 2016. there were two politico pieces that brought up this issue in the past week, particularly on the topic of iran. will, for instance, former secretary of state hillary clinton publicly react to the nuclear deal? and if so, how? a current decision is to stay silent and there's a lot of good reasons to stay silent. while she's cautiously optimistic about the deal, the implication is that she still has some lingering concerns and perhaps she wouldn't have been comfortable negotiating it the way john kerry was comfortable doing it. while she doesn't want to be out-israeled by anybody, she also doesn't want to look like she is undermining her successor at the state department. so the hardest aspect on her noncandidacy will be how successfully she navigates or doesn't the second-guessing of the current administration without alienating

mrs. clinton. that will do it for this edition of al jazeera. i'm stephanie sy. have a great evening. environmental concerns. our digital producer wajahat ali, tweet him a lot. waj, big agendas both sides. our community has big things to say about it. >> deeply polarizing,

mr. clinton said when he became president, he could have created a one-party state, and chose the politics of resentment, but instead he chose the parties of inclusion. >> president obama referred to one of his quotes today as he paid tribute to the late leader. >> as he once said, i'm not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. >> to see more of mandela's memorable quotes on wusa9.com, that's where we have more reaction from around the world and a place to submit your photos and videos of the late leader. >>> there's a lot more news to get to. we press on to it. tonight we are learning more about the american teacher shot to death in benghazi, libya. he was ronnie smith from texas. he was out taking his morning jog. when he left, he made a video for his church, and he said he was worried ability adapting to a foreign culture but expected his faith to sustain it. >> if there's any single person in the entire universe you can take a chance on, it's god. no matter what happens, i'm going, and that gives me peace, and i'm okay with that. >> smith was teaching chem

mrs. clinton running for president? >> i don't know. >> oh, the nonanswer answer. no surprise there, mr. president. but now i want you to take a look at what happens when juan carlos asks a question the president was clearly not expecting. >> what kind of president do you think vice president joe biden would make if he runs and he wins? >> well, if he runs and he's the nominee i'll try to help him win. i think the world of him. i've known him for years and years and i have a very high opinion of him. i care a great deal about him and i think he's done a great job for the president and for the country. >> in case you missed it today if joe biden runs and if joe biden is the nominee he can count on the support of his good friend president clinton. i know a lot of qualifiers, ifs, ants, ands. i don't know. but you know we and the rest of the media will keep asking questions. >>> we want to take a quick break here. when we return our very best of the world out of the hundreds of video feeds that come to cnn from all over the world each and every day, we're digging deep tonight to find some e

mrs. clinton will have to master her two step flying on air force one with mr. obama while distancing herself from his unpopular policies. is hillary good at the two-step? this is a moment in time barack obama's legacy will be better. he will have better numbers and it will be an accepted part of who we are and what we have. and she may not have to do the two-step if she runs for president. >> you are for getting the third step which is president clinton and he was the one who got her into the mess. >> right. but i'm talking about right now. which is -- >> right now is not 2014, 2015 or 2016. >> the god mother of obama care has a great ring to it. or the mother of obama care. >> it is better than grandmother. >> this is a poison political issue and i can't wait to see how she is going to get out of this. it is going to defeat her. democrats i'm telling you. democrats are going to implode over obama care. >> you can never predict politics. >> you never can and it is very, very interesting to watch the two-step going on. >> i hope you two step this weekend just no

or maybe mr clinton has decided that it's time to set the goals keep reading are in any case i remember that there was a lot of our people from the russian hebrew and contingency plan should have asked for them to pop in and posted before his term expires. so all weekend so the freeze on that. to them at the sentencing. i then ask and comes amid new case again steve. it has come across these for my company as a knock at how would that affect the investigation what you think. oh well. cube the euro's was a huge company and intent that is obedience of dollars. suddenly a lot of them. will this money will look quite clean because in all a glow stick themselves acknowledge them. they gave us all. all text optimization i want this money is no wonder all. so i'm not surprised that cuba's is being investigated. second i pulled the free arm doesn't think school in the cbd that he may be questioned about this money so i hope that trolls will be on top and fold and staple get this money back. i've mentioned on this disc on his life for most goods me to think very much indeed. i'm into action retu

mrs. bush. former president jimmy carter. and former president bill clinton and mrs. clinton are expected at the funeral on sunday. next sunday, the state funeral in his hometown on the eastern cape. his long-time friend and lawyer, george bizos. >> he will go down in history, i think, as the revolutionary who didn't believe in violence. >> reporter: earlier today, we had our first public sighting of winnie mandela, his former wife and partner. today will be quiet. on tuesday, the gatheri ining l the world has never seen before, as dignitaries from around the globe gather to say farewell. >> nelson mandela has a large and complicated family tree with over a dozen grandchildren. some of them opened up to reena ninan on a recent visit to south africa. she's here to tell us about it. >> reporter: 17 grandkids and three wives. everyone vying for his time and affection. there is one thing that he did from his prison cell that still brings his family comfort. set free after 27 years in prison -- >> his first steps into a new south africa. >> reporter: -- but some of his gran

mrs. clinton. sonia sotomayor will be the first to drop the ball in times square on new year's eve. e will join both clintons, lady gaga as button pusher who is started the iconic ball drop on new year's eve. speaking of dropping something, brace yourself for sticker shock. 10,000 is how much it will cost you and a guest to dine in a new york city steak house on new year's eve. the owner said the economy is improving so he is offering a five-course menu that includes caviar, a salad, steak, and lobster tail with truffle. you get a bottle of wine and chocolate cake for dessert. how about two pieces for $10,000? how pundits and the public changed the course of the 2012 election. we are taking a dive into the moments the media described as game changers. they seemed big at the time, but did any of them really matter? you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. and now my journey across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh...

mrs. clinton's echo chamber. wolf? >> presidential election may be what, almost three years away but the iowa caucuses, remember, less than two years -- maybe only two years away depending when those iowa caucuses are, new hampshire, south carolina to follow. joe, thank you. let's get back to dana, gloria and ryan. let me go to gloria first. it looks like everything is falling into place at least at this early stage for hillary clinton. >> look, hillary clinton is off on her own, by the way, giving lots of speeches, not out there campaigning, but she certainly isn't in hiding. then she's got this other organization which is completely separate from her, starting to raise money, do what they want to do. so if you look at it, you have to say hillary clinton is running even though they're running on two separate tracks. she is not running this fund-raising organization but she is running her own schedule. >> if hillary clinton does run, do you think joe biden will challenge her? >> i don't think so. there's no case for bi

mrs. bush. former president jimmy carter and former president bill clinton and mrs. clinton are expected at the funeral next sunday. wednesday through friday, he will lie in state in the nation's legislative capital. next sunday, the state funeral in his hometown on the eastern cape. his long-time friend and lawyer, george bizos. >> he will go down in history, i think, as the revolutionary who didn't believe in violence. >> reporter: earlier today, we had our first public sighting of winnie mandela, his former wife and partner in the dark days of apartheid. tomorrow will be quiet. on tuesday, the gathering like the world has never seen before, as dignitaries from around the globe gather to say farewell to nelson mandela. bianna? >> a week of mourning, reflection, and celebration. our thanks to you. >>> nelson mandela has a large and complicated family tree with over a dozen grandchildren. some of them opened up to reena ninan in a rare interview in south africa and she's here to tell us about it. good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning to you, bianna. that's ri

mrs. clinton, secretary clinton's chances for 2016.n a tricky position, i mean, she was part of the obama administration. she can't really walk away from it. on the other hand, she's not going to want, i think, to inherit all the baggage that might be there by 2016. >> there is something about whether or not calling it obama care is a problem, susan. today, house minority whip steny hoyer told reporters, quote, i wish i hadn't called it obama care before because that has politicized it and has been used by republicans as a pejorative term. by calling it obama care, it's a pejorative term. that's interesting coming from a house democratic leader. >> yeah, well, the source is surprising but the fact is true. the gulf organization tested that in their poll and found the affordable care act gets higher ratings than obama care. you can describe exactly the same policy but labeling it with obama does inject very partisan politics into it. so it -- but i think the white house decided, whatever jay carney said today, the white house decided a

mrs. clinton to run and second, are the problems with obama care limited to the website? >> the answer to the first question is no. first of all, i said nothing about this. not one word until the president himself spoke. i was trying to be supportive of it. i don't think you can find anybody in america who worked harder for reelection or supporting this bill or went out of his way to explain the bill to the american people more than i did. >> more democrats are trying to get on the same page and more republicans will be forced to depend not on stumbles, but a message of their own and they lock like they are struggling on that front if they don't have stumbles to lean on. they are taking a page out of the playbook. tax senate democrats are going on cuts to providers. in one release mark pryor release said pryor's deciding vote for obama care cut from medicare including nearly 5.4 billion collectly from arkansas. it's a familiar line of attack that was litigated and litigated and litigated and discredited in the last election. >> when congressman ryan looked into the camera

mrs. clinton, along with president obama. what do we know about the group together on air force one? how exactly does that work? do they all hang out together? >> actually they did, we're told by a white house official that the obamas and secretary clinton were in the conference room there at air force one, hanging out and actually exchanging stories about their encounters with nelson mandela. it would have been a fascinating conversation, because between the three contingents there, having these experiences with mandela that spanned three administrations. you know hour it is on a long flight, even if you don't like the person you're traveling with, i think you need a little down time. the obamas retired to their cabin, and secretary clinton retired to the senior staff cabin. >> and president clinton, former president carter, they're coming separately on different flights. so many world leaders. it is going to be very interesting, not only from a security standpoint, but just logistically, you have world leaders who do not communicate with the united states. >> yes, you do, and i thi

mr. clinton, ms. gore, barack obama, elizabeth warren or other high priests. all, that is all in for this evening. >> i am so tempted to start talking about jesus christ the original community organizer. >> that's a lot there. >> but that's going to make for a very long night. >> we should have that conversation sometime. anyway, thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. once upon a time, a member of congress shocks a watermelon. he shot a poor defenseless watermelon with a pistol. he thought that shooting a watermelon in his backyard might help him prove his theory that president bill clinton was secretly a murder.

mrs. clinton is far ahead of any democratic challenger and will remain so. with americans disenchanted by obama care and a bad economy, it would seem the republicans would have some momentum, but they don't. because there is not one clear message. and even on philosophy, political philosophy, the party is deeply divided. it will take a leader like ronald reagan to help heal that breach. now, if you look at the situation nationwide, it's clear the democrats are going to campaign largely in poor and working class precincts. today fast food workers across the country demonstrated for a $15 an hour wage. that has been endorsed by president obama and most every other democrat. the so-called living wage issue will be a democratic hallmark next year. of course, if you give fast food workers a minimum of 15 bucks an hour, fast food prices go up for everybody. so, americans will pay more. that is a primary consideration in the debate. talking points believes the republican party must drop ideology almost entirely and concentrate on the economy and putting forth a hea

mr. clinton, ms. gore, barack obama, elizabeth warren or other high priests. thank you all, that is all in for this evening. >> i am so tempted to start talking about jesus christ the original community organizer. >> that's a lot there. >> but that's going to make for a very long night. >> we should have that conversation sometime. anyway, thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. once upon a time, a member of congress shocks a watermelon. he shot a poor defenseless watermelon with a pistol. he thought that shooting a watermelon in his backyard might help him prove his theory that president bill clinton was secretly a murder. >> we at my house with a homicide detective tried to re-create a head and fired a .38 four-inch barrel into that to see if the sound could be heard from 100 yards away, even though there's a effort mover making all kinds of racket and you could hear the bullet clearly. >> you could hear the bullet clearly when he shot the watermelon. or maybe it was a pumpkin, perhaps a honey dew. he shot it and that proved to him at least that a fo

mrs. clinton is far ahead of any democratic challenger and will remain so.h americans disenchanted by obama care and a bad economy, it would seem the republicans would have some momentum, but they don't. because there is not one clear message. and even on philosophy, political philosophy, the party is deeply divided. it will take a leader like ronald reagan to help heal that breach. now, if you look at the situation nationwide, it's clear the democrats are going to campaign largely in poor and working class precincts. today fast food workers across the country demonstrated for a $15 an hour wage. that has been endorsed by president obama and most every other democrat. the so-called living wage issue will be a democratic hallmark next year. of course, if you give fast food workers a minimum of 15 bucks an hour, fast food prices go up for everybody. so, americans will pay more. that is a primary consideration in the debate. talking points believes the republican party must drop ideology almost entirely and concentrate on the economy and putting forth a healthc

mrs. clinton running for president? >> i don't know. think, and she believes, that the country should spend at least another year working very hard on the problems we have. we have very serious challenges in america. >> clinton was also asked about whether he would support vice president biden if he runs. >> i think the world of him. >> a recent cnn poll shows if clinton, hillary clinton does not run, biden would be the initial favorite for the democratic nominee. long before pope francis became the world's most powerful catholic, reminded parishioners he was once just like us. he too held odd jobs in his youthful get this, he was a night club bouncer booting unsavory characters from the velvet rope line. certainly a change from his approach today. he also worked at a chemical laboratory and he woke at 5:30 in the morning to do the priests' laundry. at the very least you can say he paid his dues. >>> billy joel just signed a deal, the first of its kind, to perform at the garden once a mofl he is a big draw in the empire state having per

mrs. clinton was even aware of the security request. michele bachmann gets a falsehood for saying 70 cents off every dollar spent on food stamps goes to bureaucrats. according to "the post," that's simply false. secretary of state john kerry makes the list because he said he opposed the invasion of iraq. in fact, he voted for it as a senator. finally, former florida governor jeb bush makes the list by saying that president obama closed the u.s. embassy in vatican city. the president had nothing to do with that decision. it was to consolidate the embassy with the italian u.s. embassy in rome, and it was a state department decision based on security concerns. now, some of those falsehoods were mistakes. i think jeb bush qualifies there. but some were outright distortions. no lie, it is a disturbing situation. and that's the memo. now for "top story" tonight, joining us from washington, the aforementioned glen kessler, who writes the fact chr-checker col for "the post." you must be busy with these pinheads spouting stuff out every day. how

mrs. clinton not because they think they should could win but because they want these issues raised.e mom i would like to vote for. >> president obama has floated social security cuts who changed cpi. ruth, do you think thes democrats feel the need to cave on this, even though the public support is there? >> yeah, i think wall street has tremendous power in congress. no doubt about it. the president laid out an incredibly great speech last week, and i think that we should really see some efforts to campaign behind that. and i think that absolutely democrats should distance themselves from third way. there is no third way where they should take the right way, which is the progressive way, which is to represent the interests of the majority of people against the interests of a tiny minority of folks who have a whole lot of money and power. >> what's the third way on health care? what's the third way on preexisting conditions? what's the third way on choice and options? because that's exactly what the affordable care act is. you can go on and get options. i mean, are they supporting tha

mr. clinton afak called -- politifact called the lie of the year -- sorry -- by passing the buck to states and insurers as to whether individuals would be able to keep their plans for the next year. but let's be clear about this. obamacare's problems are deeply rooted in its d.n.a. and they are far larger, far bigger than just a web site. is the web site causing the cost of health insurance premiums to go up dramatically? is the website causes businesses to force more and more employees to work part time? is the web site sending out cans -- cancellation notices to consumers telling them their health care plans are no longer available? of course not. yet as the functionality of the web site continues to improve the administration is starting to talk as if every problem with the law has been fixed and that all the other issues are going to simply dissolve. but, mr. president, we know that's not the case. in reality, the problems with obamacare only are beginning. i'd like to take just a few minutes to discuss some of the problems we're going to be seeing in the future as the president's heal

mrs. clinton running for president? >> i don't know. i think, and she believes, that the country should spend at least another year working very hard on the problems we have. we have very serious challenges in america, and we have responsibilities around the world. i think it's a big mistake, you know, this constant four-year p campaign for america. we need to deal with the business we have before us. >> you buy that, paul? you worked with bill clinton and hillary clinton for a long time. when he says "i don't know whether she's going to run for the democratic nomination, do you believe that. >> bill clinton is both a pretty good policy wonk and pretty good politician. the truth is both -- >> and a good spokesman. >> and a good spokesman. both the politics and policy argue for just letting that go for a while. setting that aside. this is not a time for political ambition. let's just try to get our problems solved. >> do you buy it? >> i'm a little skeptical. look at it this way. let's say you're not hillary clinton, you're a democrat wh

mrs. clinton. she's the front-runner.s thing as quickly as any other democrat likely. >> the problem is unlike christie if he started doing things in early states and fund-raising wouldn't that signal that he's challenging mrs. clinton? >> right. >> governor of the state she was senator of. doesn't he have to be careful not to do things so he doesn't send a signal that he's taking on hillary and we end up with the media going through this andrew cuomo trying to stop hillary kind of headline? >> so both of them, each of them can afford to wait longer than anyone, which makes it hard fer you're someone else who wants to -- >> if you get dannel malloy of connecticut to jump in you have a tristate -- completely covered at that point. but you were saying something, reverend al, i think goes further than just the media. doesn't it behoove andrew kuo know not to jump in and team hillary would pounce, would they not? >> no question. and in front of the camera and behind the saeps to punish people who are going to cross them. so e

mr. clinton with both hand. many retweets is from the current u.s. president.sted, let us pause and give thanks to the theft that nelson mandela lived. david cameron tweeted this miami last night. nelson mandela was a hero of our time. i've asked for the flags at number so downing street to be flown at half-mast. a retweet is a message from nelson mandela. he gave an interview talking about death at the nelson mandela twitter account. he said in 19 necks, death is something inevitable, a man considers to do his duty to his people and his country. then he can rest in peace. so many celebrities are taking to twitter to post their remembrance. oprah when free took to her facebook account. a number of years ago, he said it was one of the greatest honors of her life to be invited to spend private time in africa. also, american film director spike lee posted this miami, this photo on his inthat gram account. that picture with him and mr. mandela there. so often we talk about the declean, it's irresistible for twitter users to post messages on the front pages from whe

mrs. clinton got the nod. do you think of the choice this year, hillary clinton most fascinating, first of all, before we talk about her future. >> yeah, well, so much for pope francis, edward snowden, bashar assad and all the other people who were in the news. i think she quit recently. connell: yeah. >> what's fascinating is the idea out there that hillary clinton is the odds-on favorite to be the democratic nominee, will she do it, and the assumption is to be another historic presidency, first woman, that she will do it. but the thing is, connell, the next question you have to ask yourself is what are her prospects. there are so many down downdrafts out there right at the moment. the first is obamacare, the fact this she would have to run against the fact that people are so upset about that. secondly, as regards to her being secretary of state, we're living in a very disordered world right now. the middle east, tensions in the south china see, and how could you have left us such a disordered world, and fina

mr. ambassador, you'll remember there, in march of 1998, bill clinton was there the day before, nelson mandela took him as president of south africa on a tour of robin island where he was in the cell for, what, 16 years. >>> and there were reports during that time on robben island, there were reports of that. he said that's ridiculous. this is a new south africa. he was totally confident in the face and people of south africa. >> el had had -- if you had just done the greatest negotiations ever, to hand over power peacefully, without undue compromise, but with sufficient compromise, i think that he understood that he was giving those generals more than a place in the sand. he was giving them the freedom to be human. he was enjoying his freedom to be human. nelson mandela had this art of being ability to seduce loyalty, to be able to charm his way. no threats, just to show himself as a human being with all these vulnerabilities and frailities, and to inspire that confidence. the most important thing that each one of them, as well as those who ran the apartheid government, said we can work with

mrs. clinton hosted the state dinner at the white house.prince mandar, saudi arabia's ambassador had a huge party at his residence. linda, my wife, we saw him as he worked his way through the tables. and he said, oh, there you are. he said, taking my wife's hands, he said, i see and i know now where your success comes from. a great sense of humor. >> amazing man. >> he was right about linda, too. >> of course i know linda. she's a wonderful lady. and bernie, it's good to have you back in the chair at cnn. bernie shaw, always good to have him covering these kinds of stories. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzed in washington. cnn's special coverage continues cnn's special coverage continues right after this. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >> hello, welcome to our special coverage of the death of nelson mandela at cnn center, i'm john holtz. >> welcome, i'm natalie allen. the iconic leader who has every reason to hate but instead chose to forgive was 95-years-old. he guided south africa from apart hi aapartheid to democrac

mr. president? [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> president clinton, mr. speaker, distinguished members of the senate and the house, ladies and gentlemen, there is one regret i have had throughout my life. that i never became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. [laughter] [applause] i would like my friend e vander holyfield do know that today i feel like the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. [applause] it has been my great privilege to survey people who was born into an inhuman system, to give hope to all who love freedom and justice. a people whose triumph over the divisions of racism has even the new life to humanity's hope for a world without hatred and discrimination. i am conscious that historians of the congressional gold medal upon me that you aren't you booking these on its -- you are invoking these bonds between our nation and paying tribute to the all of south african nations, for its achievement in realizing our ideals. it is in that spirit that i humbly accept the award, aware -- it is in that spirit that i humbly accept the a

mrs. clinton to run? our problems with obamacare limited to the website? the answer to the first question is no. first of all, i said nothing about this. not one word until the president himself spoke. it was obvious to me, listening him, that he wanted the feel that hele to had kept his commitment and that understand that he in all of ther policies that were in existence on the day he signed the health care law. he did not take over the insurance industry. thanxample, today, less 20% of those 11 million policies exist in the individual insurance market even existed when president obama signed the bill. i was trying to be supportive of him. can findhink you anybody in america who has worked harder for his reelection or support of this bill or went his way to explain the bill to the american people more than i did. president bill clinton yesterday with cnn's spanish channel. we are getting your take on whether president obama should send a message and hold somebody failure of for the healthcare.gov. should he fire someone? on foreign policy, a tweet -- he w

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obtained the full transcript and audio tape and there's a major portion left out involving hillary clinton. mrburton, that is rather ex culpatory and you left it out. this was such a critical tape and the language and hillary came very next in line and your transcript just ended right there because it seemed to be favorable towards hillary clinton. >> well, i know what you're getting at and you're trying to make it look worse than it is. >> tom, the 27 pages in transcript left out of the hubbell saying he was not being bought. he left out the fact hillary clinton had no idea what was going on with her firm's finances. those are two important points. >> dan burton got caught. got caught. got caught on tape by tim russert releasing partial transcripts that had been edited, but those comments were not incriminating. they were taken out of context. >> stung by charges that hubbell's prison phone calls were edited to make the first lady look bad, chairman burton vows to release all 54 conversations in their entirety today. the move came after "meet the press" contained an excerpt. not previously re