nelson mandela. i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. >> thank you. it's all about calling people to rise up. mandela did that. the agenda next hour, we continue speaking about nelson mandeurg outside the house of south africa's madiba. and coming up, how the leader is being rened and how mandela's legacy will continue to move forward. we'll explore that. >>> then back here at home, unemployment dropping to a sfoo five-year low. we're going to talk to the man that used to advise the president on economic issues. >>> and some areas getting up to two feet of snow, others coated in freezing rain. a full update. we are back in three minutes. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! me at 11, cindy. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! what's in your wallet? [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen

but a few hundred of those who have came down here to nelson mande mandela's home. immediately they have gathered around us. they are singing songs from the anti-apartheid struggle. singing in all 12 languages, multi-cultural, multi-racial celebration of the rainbow nation. and one of the fascinating observations here is how young people are. like south africa itself, this crowd is young. the people here in the main have no memory of apartheid. but such is the legacy of nelson mandela, that he means almost as much to the youngsters as to the people who lived through apartheid. four hours ago president zuma broke the news to the nation and broke the hearts of millions of south africans. although this news was entirely predictable. a 95-year-old man with a serious respiratory illness who has been in hospital and receiving high intensive care at home for six months, you know, it was predictable that he would at some point pass away, but nevertheless, it was still incredibly painful. perhaps the most mournful, the most sorrowful day in the history of modern south africa

they didn't want anyone else to see this moment when nelson mande mandela's remains are interned into the ground. >> how will we know it's infished and time to draw a curtain on this, or is it simply an occasion when people dissipate and you have to assume that's the last we will see of any of this surrounding the death of nelson mandela? >> reporter: well, david, i'm afraid you're doing it again. you're asking me something i don't know the answer to. it hasn't been made clear. they've been practicing a part for a day now, and perhaps that will take place to mark the moment when it's over. i should point out that it was extremely heartening a moment ago to see archbishop desmond tutu. you menninged the controversy that suddenly arose on saturday when it became clear that archbishop tutu wasn't on the list and wouldn't be coming. the south african government skirting another enormous p.r. disaster potentially there. >> i have to ask you how do you think it happened? how could that have happened at all? >> reporter: well, there are two versions of it, david, and one must choose which on

. >> fellow republicans, nelson mande mandela, the founding president of a democratic nation has departedcefully around 20:50 on the 5th of december. 2013. he is now resting. he is now at peace. our nation has lot of his greatest son. our people have lot of a father. although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss. his struggle for freedom and give him the respect of the world. his humility, his compassion, and his humanity and him they laugh. our thoughts and prayers are with the mandela family. to them we owe a debt of gratitude. they endured much so that our people could be free. our thoughts are with his wife. for mandela, with his children, his grandchildren, his great grandchildren and their entire family. our thoughts are with his friends, comrades, and colleagues. it's over the cause over the last time. our thoughts are with the south african people for today, mourning the loss of the one person who more than any other came to embody their sense of a common nation. our thoughts are with them as their own. and who saw the ca

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nelson mandela springs together so many american presidents. >> reporter: he does. sort of passing the baton. but there's something about the connection that president obama himself feels with nelson mande mandela. it's something that he shared tonight in a very powerful and poignant statement. >> i am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from nelson mandela's life. my very first political action, the first thing i ever did that involved an issue or policy or politics was a protest against apartheid. i would study his words and his writings. the day he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they're guided by their hopes and not by their fears. and like so many around the globe, i cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that nelson mandela set. and so long as i live, i will do what ki to learn from him. >> reporter: since the president learned of the news, brian, and we can show the white house release this photo, the president himself has been watching all the coverage sort of digesting it the way a lot of us are today as a way to remember nelson mandela. >> chuck todd from the white house for us tonight. thanks. and we're ha

released, programs one of the contributing causes, there was a huge 70th birthday party for nelson mande mandela was held, i think, in london. every rock star in the world, politicians. it was this great global event. so mandela represents the last of the great global causes. i would be be surprised if, what you see is a very odd collection of people. what mandela was able to do and this was, you were talking about his political brilliance. he brought together all kinds of, it was a strange motley collection. when he became president of south africa. everyone wondered, is he going to be pro western? the african national congress, his organization, had been supported by revolutionaries, by gadhafi, by castro, he steers his country in the direction of pro western, pro markets, pro democracy. he never let's go of the personal loyalty to those people. i would not be surprised if at the funeral you see something very similar. there will be some people who we might regard as coming out of the rogue states of the world. then there will be barack obama and the entire western world will be there to pay h

. >> that was friend of the show, tom brokaw reflecting on nelson mande mandela. e impact he's had on us. i had a huge nelson mandela poster on the wall in college because he was an amazingly inspiring figure in terms of con quering racism. i'll rant about him later but found this quote today, the 27 years he spent in prison were absolutely crucial in mandela's spiritual involvement and difficult to gain in other ways, gave him an authority and credibility that otherwise would have been difficult to attain. no one could challenge his credentials. he proved his commitment andselflessness and had the authority aattractiveness, as with gandhi, mother theresa and the d-- >> one of the qualities was the forgiveness he had shown and it was a personal choice, humility and something inside him i don't know i can fully understand but i can marvel at it. but it was also because he was a prag ma tist, he was about more than obviously simply sounding consistent or looking good. it was also a political philosophy that applied to as he put it ending the enslavement for both the

. >> president obama today at the memorial service for former south african president nelson mande mandela in the country to mr. mandela's death has been one of universal praise for him and the example he set throughout his life. and as nice as that reaction feels, it would be weird and wrong if that reaction obscured the unscum for tfact that suppo mandela's political cause, support even for nelson mandela's personal freedom in his lifetime was no sure bet in america especially on the america right. this is something that sort of disappeared down the memory hole. if you needed to be reminded of it look no further than the american far right today. here is the cover of this week's edition of the world net daily magazine. they have one. this is their commemorative nelson mandela edition. see. icon. get it, nelson mandela was a con man. a communist wolf in sheep's clothing who managed to fool the world. he was a con artist. world net daily ran a poll last week after mr. mandela passed, asking their readers how do you assess the life and work of nelson mandela. the leading response was this o

. ♪ >>> in a solemn ceremony nelson mande mandela's body was taken from the government building wherel day and driven back to military hospital where it will be held overnight. all day thousands of people have lined up to file past mr. mandela's flag draped casket. it was placed in the same amphitheater where he was sworn in as south africa's first black president. ron, this was the first of three days of public viewing foreman de mandela's body. >> reporter: it was solemn and striking contrast from yesterday at the memorial stadium. today was profound. people walked by the casket, by mr. mandela's body very slowly. at one point it was estimated as many as 2,000 people per hour would do this. when we spoke to people after they had the viewing rng the emotion was very heavy. for many people it was drove home the magnitude of what had happened and drove home their feelings about nelson mandela, which are very strong as you can imagine. two more days to do this. the lines are long and process for many people took six to seven to eight hours. it was warm and sunny. i met one woman who was

nelson mandela. human dignity, nonviolence and truth and in a strange twist in london, news of the death of mandela broke during the u.k. premier last night of the biography film of nelson mand a mandela, a long walk to freedom. his passing was announced at the end of the film to gasps of surprise and shock of the audience. the news just sinking in right now. statesmen, rock stars, regular people and here's more to come. back to you. >> thanks. >> president jacob zuma announcing a week of funeral services for the anti apartheid icon, dealing with the opening and closing of the world cup. an inauguration and coronation all combined together. on sunday, south africa observes a national day of prayer and reflection. tens of thousands or mourners are expected to attend a public memorial service. on tuesday at the soccer stadium, the site of the 2010 world cup final where mandela made his last public appearance. the former president remains then lie in state at government buildings from wednesday until friday, then two days later, mandela also known as madiba, will be laid to rest in south africa. >> well, president obama and the first lady will travel to south africa next week t

nelson mandela, his grandson. >> must be difficult to be nelson mandela's grandson, as we talk about what comes next. he's a dignified young man talking about what comes next. living in the shadow of nelson mande mandela. >> absolutely. behind me is one of the grandson's compounds. while nelson mandela was dying he tried to move bodies between here and qunu, where we see the burial hatch. there's a lot of ugliness. what people are looking for from the mandelas, winnie, nelson mandela's widow is leadership. is someone to come up, whether it's jacob zuma, the president or someone from the family, they are looking for someone to inspire them. jacob zuma said, "we need more nelson mandelas, more people to sacrifices, have the fall use. we need to keep doing that. a lot question whether jacob zuma is doing that. the notion is here, that okay we've buried tata, their father, therefore what is next. what is the next generation going to do, what can we get next. what is the economic freedom we have been looking for. there's huge questions and it's fascinating to know where it will go. best a discussion for tonight or tomorrow. now, in the community is mourning, thanking nelson mandela for his sacrific

as you know, he has a very close relationship with nelson mand a mandela.ined. mr. obama has said that his first political act as an individual was in support oh of the anti apartheid movement, which mr. mandela, of course, was leading. so there's that. we expect that this could be one of the largest gatherings of heads of states ever together assembled in one place. it's an event that will perhaps rival the funeral of pope john paul ii back in 2005. some 3 million converged upon the vatican. the numbers here at the football stadium where the main event will be held could be as many as 100,000 or so. there are several other venues in the johannesburg area where people will watch on giant televisions. and countless others will cram the streets to get near this area where there will be this huge event going on. and don't forget, after tomorrow, there are still three days of official mourning, where mandela's body will lie in state at the union buildings at the capital. and a final state funeral in qunu where mr. mandela was born and grew up. a week-long serie

. >>> preparations under way for a memorial service for nelson mande mandela. world leaders including president obama to south africa. >>> in montana, jury selections starting today in the case of a new bride charged with murdering her husband just eight days after their wedding. the 22-year-old has pleaded not guilty. >>> it is sentencing day for former san diego mayor bob filner. filner resigned in august accused of sexual misconduct by nearly 20 women, expected to take a deal involving no jail time and a ban on seeking public office. >>> number five, princeton students will line up today for the first doses of meningitis b vaccine, the vaccine is not yet approved in the u.s. but the fda cleared it for use following an outbreak of the rare strain on campus. we always update those five things to know, be sure to go to newdaycnn.com for the latest. >>> for what you need to know about the weather, indra is taking a look at that. it is causing havoc if you're traveling. >> in the bronx a 20-car pile-up when you see the dangerous sleet, snow and ice moving into th

events under way in south africa this morning to say good-bye to nelson mande underway inla south africa to s good bye to nelson mandelaster is live with the latest. >>> and it is off. prince harry's race to the south pole cancelled. that doesn't mean the royal is giving up on his mission to

are watching our live coverage from south africa for the memorial at the stadium here for nelson mandela. nelson mand>> i was traveling with president clinton at the time, and he was visiting and there was a huge event down in cape town, and there was some talk about the people who president nelson mandela embraced that were enemies of america, so to speak, and actually this is one of the strong traits that people talk about former president mandela, he almost lectures president clinton that day saying that we have friends who were friends with us when we needed friends and we are never going to abandon them, and the same with gadhafi, and castro, and there was a tense moment, but there was a time when president clinton -- i see winnie mandela did in fact get her credentials, and there she is, looking very sad with her daughter, and there is michelle who was by president mandela's side the entire time that he was ill in the hospital, and at home, she counseancelled many speaking engagements to be by his side, and that was an indication things were taking a turn because it was a big deal for her, and

nelson mandela thes. these are live pictures outside of the mandela home. a memorial wall bein being creae canada focreatedfor nelson mand. >> he died yesterday at the age of 85. we turn to nick schfri.n. >> we are talking about the loss of an icon. mourning the master of fo forgiveness. so many people call him the reconciler is. and that is what he was. >> nelson mandela dreamed of a rainbow nation. south africa is not perfect but maybe this is what he had in mind. outside of the home where he died they remember the man they called tata. >> to see this many people across borders and races singing together and honoring an amazing man. >> we are here because of mandela. we lead the same life as other people we live in the same soul. i can say he was the greatest father in the world. >> during apartheid black south africans couldn't even walk the streets now they come to sing. an old protest zoning. -- song. >> they dance to songs about mandela's life. mandela empowered them. he spent a third of his life in prison and then he forgave, his most powerful lesson at all. >> what have you taken from his leadership? >> unity. un

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. >> african president jacob zuma earlier tonight, announcing the death of nelson mandela in south africa. mr. mandeella was hospitalized this past june. in late june, his condition went from serious to critical and at one point mr. mandela was placed on life-support. his family gathered, seemingly getting ready to say good-bye. for several days in late june, the whole world braced for the world of mr. mandela's passing. world leaders from president obama to the u.n. secretary general, ban ki-moon, offered prayers and remembrances. but mr. mandela held on this summer. by the time of his 95th birthday on july 18th, with crowds gathered outside his hotel room to sing to him, to celebrate his life, mr. mandela was described by then as responding to treatment and his doctors said he was steadily improving. by august, mr. mandela was breathing normally. and although he was still battling the lung infection that had hospitalized him in the first place, in august, he was -- excuse me, on the first of september, he was discharged from the hospital, so that he can continue to receive intensive care at home,

events under way in south africa this morning to say good-bye to nelson mande underway inla south africa to s good bye to nelson mandelalester is live with the latest. >>> and it is off. prince harry's race to the south pole cancelled. that doesn't mean the royal is giving up on his mission to reach the bottom of the world. >>> from nbc news this is a special edition of "today" with lester holt live from south africa and erica hill live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> as wee mentioned, lester hol in soweto, south africa, where the official events to honor the life of nelson mandela are under way today. good morning, lester. >> reporter: good morning, erica. today was the official day of prayer and reflection. all that notwithstanding, it continues to be a day or a week of celebration of the life of nelson mandela. people here in the streets in soweto once again celebrating his life. we'll tell you about that. we'll tell you about the services held across south africa today from parks to churches as people gather to remember the father of their country. we will also tell you the specific plans now that we know

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nelson mandela. >> you saw that, dr. hill, first hand. your organization transafrica played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid movement. was mandedela here in greatt to say "thank you" to the united states? >> yes he was here to say, "thank you" he had a very important agenda to present himself and the african national congress as kind of a political configuration that could assume state power and lead the nation through the non-apartheid era. that was a very important aspect to his visit. equally as important, however, was to have the kind of public support for mr. mandela and the organization and the public content and to have that public support that would out weigh the notion that they were. >> he himself said he didn't want to be known as a saint sai. if we go too far in bea beatifyg him that the message will be lost. we always have to be concerned about that because there is a tendency when we deal with sound soundbites. it gives an image of a person. i think it's important to highlight his real attributes of leadership and his his personality and personal attributes as a personality of south africa. he never waivered on t

nelson mandela. it was lowered in a police station in south carolina, but it had nothing to do with man l mande mandela. instead it was for a deputy killed in the line of duty and in remembrance of pearl harbor. today the flag is flying at full staff and in direct defiance of the president. he explained why he refused? a shoaf sign of respect to what nelson mandela has done, and i have no problem for them lowering it in south africa, but in our country, it's for the people that sacrificed for our country. >> he faces no legal action and he's grateful that he can disagree with the president without fearing a reprimand. >>> a newlywed couple is accused of killing a man simply for the thrill of it. that's when police are saying about this young couple. they were married just three weeks at the time of the alleged krim. the details are horrific. alexandra field is on the story northwest of philadelphia. what are you learning? >>. >> reporter: deb, elytte barbour are telling police he and his new wife wanted to kill, they had made attempts and then they met troy laferrara, a 42-year-old man who they met aft

mande mandela. my thoughts and prayers are with his family. across the can globe, world leaders reflected on the legacy nelson mandela leaves behind. nations, silence. and remembrance of his enormous impact. >> no one did more in our time to advance the values and aspirations of the united nations. nelson mandela showed what is possible for our world and within each one of us if we believe. >> today, he is remembered in every corner of the globe. the australian prime minister. >> nelson mandela was one of the great figures of africa. arguably one of the great figures of the last century. a truly great man. >> and in canada where in 2001, mandela became the first honor area citizen of ottawa, the prime minister said the world has lost one of its great moral leaders. >> despite his long years of captivity, mr. mandela left prison with his mind closed to any settling of scores and his heart open to those he had fought against. >> mandela in his fight for equality influenced not just world leaders but also the people of the world. >> it's been an inspiration for generations growing up. the civil rights not just of people in south afric

nelson mandela. president obama, when he came out yesterday he spoke personally about knellsan man l mande mandela. all over the world and the president sees nelson mandela as a hero, a personal hero, that will be underscored in the coming days when the president will lead an impressive u.s. delegation to go to south africa for the funeral to participate in the memorial service. i know there are a lot of people that want to go with the president. sume the former president bill clinton, the former first lady, former secretary of state hillary clinton, maybe jimmy carter, rosalyn carter, a lot of people want to g members of congress, and people who were so inspired, it's going to be a difficult chore for the white house to put together that list how many plane also go, how many people will be allowed to go. they've been planning this for the last several months because nelson mandela has been gravely ill but they've get to their work cut out for them over the next few days. >> fareed, i want to bring you in here. part of the task is to figure out the scale and the scope of this man and his influence.

nelson mandela. a man he met some eight years ago at a meeting here in washington, d.c. when obama was still a freshman senator from illinois. yesterday he spoke out about mandethe day he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when guided by their hopes and not by their fears. and like so many around the globe, i cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that nelson mandela set. >> joining me now is rick strength am. he collaborated on the ought buy all offy of nelson mandela. and also the author of mandela's ways on life, love and courage. thanks for joining us. the president will be heading over to south africa to pay his respects and america ago respects to nelson mandela. what should we be paying attention to? >> wolf, i think every world leader, including president obama wants to borrow a little bit from the halo of nelson mandela. but in the case of president obama, knicksed-race president, a man whose fare was from the continent of south africa, i think he's looking to touch base with some of his roots and also be a part of this grand increase in human freedom that nelson mandela helped usher in and which he has

so as a young man nelson mande mandela, founders of the anc, were revolutionaries. it was by any means necessary. i think that they would--we should look at it as a revolutionary. now where he was as an older man, as the president of his country, as someone who bought into this idea of capitalism and cooperation with the west, and how people fared after the turnover in government, this lack of redistribution of wealth that has not occurred in south africa. >> we're going talk about that. but talking about history. your family lived under apartheid in south africa. talk to us what that young mandela meant to south africa at that time. >> i think mandela represented a voice for people to stand up for what was inherently wrong. we cannot have a minority group oppressing. for me he was a political activist who stood up for what he believed in. and made it a point by any means necessary, even if it meant that he died, he would. so for me he was very powerful in being the voice and representing one cause that people could unify and follow. >> you used the word radical and