in south africa and he's inspired a lot of our songs, union we did with sting was inspired by nelson mandelat in south africa and the new song on the end, called one tribe was inspired by nelson pan della, as well. >> i like that song. tell me about the pea pod foundation which again i'm sure was inspired in part by nelson mandela, as well. >> the pea pod foundation was started by the black-eyed peas back in 1998. one of our members, apple, was born and raised in the philippines and he was adopted and brought to america at 14. he met me and we started the black-eyed peas. when we became successful, we felt the strong urge to give back to kids orphans and foster kids and kids in inner cities and provide them the same tools that excelled our dreams, music, journalism, acting, dancing, editing, producing, directing and writing. so we built our first peapod academy in watts and equipped them with tools, high-definition camera. >> i can tell you, it's exactly part of the message of what president mandela wants people to give back, you know, at least for one day. so, hey, listen, we don't want to

>> the president taped a message to him and saturday is actually nelson mandela day world wilde. of likhis birthday and everybody is going to be -- >> i've gotcha. he won't be at the after-party? >> no, he's still in joe berg doing what nelson does, making fun of people and having fun. >> does he really? have you ever met him? >> you'll find this hard to believe, but no. >> you have to hang out with him. >> he rarely calls anymore. if i wanted to hang out for an hour, would that happen? >> definitely. >> is there any chance he'd make fun of me? >> no, when you left. who's that guy? he's funny. >> have you spent a lot of time with nelson mandela? >> i met nelson mandela four times. i played on a golf tournament once, it was a nelson mandela tournament and we ended up hanging out with him that day. >> did he golf? >> no. just kind of watching. he had all these kids with him, they were running around him and hanging out. i think two years ago, i belonged to this organization called artists for a new south africa and we wasn't down to see the aids kids and in the orphanages that we we

groups and how it could affect the way millions of people worship. >>> and a queen pays tribute to nelson mandelalisten a little bit right now to queen latifah from the party that was held in honor of mandela's 91st birthday. >>> good morning and welcome back to this cnn sunday morning. i'm t.j. holmes. >> and i'm betty nguyen. here's a quick check of what is happening today. >> 16 people killed when a helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan. that according to nato. five others were hurt. no word on those five conditions. it happened during takeoff at a kandahar airfield. nato says the helicopter wasn't a military helicopter. also, that all of the dead are civilians. no word on the cause just yet, but nato says this was not a result of any enemy fire. >> take a look at this. a video that appears to show a missing american soldier in afghanistan has surfaced on the internet. the taliban claim to hold this man and the associated press reports that u.s. military officials confirm that this is the american soldier missing since june 30th. now, no name has been released publicly. the associated pre

simple things in life that still makes him happy. ♪ nelson mandela >> reporter: robin kernow, cnn, johannesburgsouth africa. >>> among those wishing mandela happy birthday, cedric suesman with the southern center for international studies, the cousin of the late ellen souzman who challenged south africa's apartheid and visit s. mandela in jail weekly. he's joining us. >> thanks for the invitation. >> this is a fantastic birthday celebration, as is every birthday, particularly for this man, nelson mandela. his legacy is extraordinary. however, he is still in a very indirect way incredibly influential worldwide and in south africa. how does he achieve that? >> well, i think he's left a huge legacy is his ability to forgive and reconcile differences, which sets a standard for leaders, not only in the rest of africa, but also in the world. and that carries great weight. but i'd like to give you a little anecdote. two, actually. one to show his huge humanity and the other his loyalty to friend. the first a personal story. you mentioned helen. she passed away on the first of january this year. and to

the 91st birthday of south africa's heroic anti-apartheid crow saider and president nelson mandela. the occasion will be celebrated around the world, and with extra enthusiasm by some americans who recently met and spoke with mandela one-on-one. abc's john berman reports. >> reporter: the weekend, nelson mendela will be honored by stars from around the world. a concert in new york featuring s stevie wonder and alicia keys. but there might be no greater honor than the words of curtis jones, a 16-year-old from the bronx. >> i've come back a changed person. >> reporter: how so? >> i've decided that instead of waiting for leaders, that we can become leaders. >> reporter: or from jasmine, 18. >>> felt that i couldn't come back to my community and not be a leader. >> reporter: curtis and jasmine were part of an extraordinary journey to south africa. 12 students who won an essay contest in new york. the subject, how does nelson mandela impact your life? >> thousand i have no money to access my dreams and goals, it is my passion and the fire within me that will help me live my dreams. >> a g

. >>> a birthday celebration for nelson mandela brings out the stars in new york this weekend. we will take you there. b@ >>> set for tuesday for a former fox news channel producer convicted of possessing child porn. he was arrest the in february after pennsylvania police notified dc police who went to his home and seized his computer. he had been sharing child porn on a social networking website. he faces a ten-year prison sentence. > best selling author died. he was being treated for melanoma. he was best known for his best selling "angela's ashes." a book about his poor childhood won a pulitzer prize. he attended the white house and talked about the book. >> bands all over the city. there were many people that don't like what i said about them but the tills are ringing. >> mccourt also wrote "angela's ashes" after retiring as a new york city high school english teacher. the guest of honor couldn't make it but that didn't stop the party. a sture studded birthday bash held in new york this weekend to pay tribute to nelson mandela on his 91s birthday. gloria gainer kicked it of

. >>> it is nelson mandela out's 81st birthday. -- is nelson mandela's 81st birthday. he is encouraging people to devote their time to community service. south africans have responded by collecting clothing, planting trees, and building homes for orphans. stevie wonder and aretha franklin will perform for a benefit for his aids foundation. >>> d.c. has named a fire station after its first african american fire chief. mily members, community leaders, and relatives were on hand were the fire station was named in honor of burton johnson. he was fire chief from 1973 to 1978. he joined the department in 1943. yet he died in 2007. -- he died in 2007. >>> volunteers of a rescue project pick up trash and other debris at haynes'. and southwest. they encourage people -- at hanespoint in southwest. they encourage people to get involved. >>> kids learned football from the pros at dunbar high school in northwest. vernon davis is a tight end for the san francisco 49ers and his brother is a quarterback for the miami dolphins, and they hosted the clinic. >>> great day to place some fo

nelson mandela was not in attendance because of failing health.e blew out his candles back home. >>> a pet owner goes after an alligator for attacking his dog. what do you have? >> nothing that exciting. beautiful day. little rain in the seven-day forecast. we will show you that right after this short break. stay with us. weather is ungxtne bl. miap b@ /d >>> west palm beach man that lost two fingers when an alligator bit his hand is recovering in a hospital. he was attacked this weekend while trying to save his dog. he let his dog unleashed in his waterfront backyard when he saw the gator grab his pet. >> my granddaughter started singing see you later, alligator and all of a sudden another alligator came up and he was swimming around in the lake. >> behave seen some pretty good sized ones. nine or ten feet i would say. >> the alligator bit grounds on the hand. a trapper removed the gator which had to be euthanized. the injured dog owner is on the mend tonight and his dog was not seriously hurt. >> you play golf down there. >> a lot in the winter.

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the words of nelson mandela among them and jackson's 11 year-old daughter. music from stevie wonder, smokey robinson and others. we have this report from the staples center in los angeles as family and friends bid farewell. >> michael jackson was brought back into the limelight one last time. the star who was delighted in publicity and strove to hide from it once again was the focus of the world's attention. his children have been largely kept away from the cameras since their father's death. today, they mourned with the rest of the family. >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you can never imagine. i just want to say i love him so much. >> this was a public memorial. it was also an intensely private affair. >> i love you michael, and i will miss you. >> mariah carey was the first start to appear. lionel richie. then stevie wonder performed in front of michael jackson's coffin here. late in front of the stage where he was rehearsing his london concerts in the days before his death. then, michael jackson spoke in a video montage of his lif

nelson mandela. >> just heard from smokey robinson, while we're waiting for the ceremony to formally start. 20,000 people inside the staples center and 5,000 or 6,000 watching on the jumbotron in the nokia center right next door. around the world tens of millions of watching, london, berlin, new delhi, around the united states as well, las vegas, neverland, harlem, times square. >> los angeles where those pictures are coming from. people holding watch parties literally around the global. this is harlem, new york. it is likely to be one of the most watched events in recent history. >> the letters he was reading from nelson mandela, when michael would enjoy going over to africa. he told me about taking the kids to africa and spending time in johannesburg and pretoria and cape town. he loved cape town. >> we'll be bringing you the entire ceremony live without our comments, as little as possible. we will be talking. there just seems to be a break right now in the actual service. 1.5 million of people tried to get tickets online. there were only some 11,000 actual seats inside the auditor

. >>> there's a star-studded celebration of nelson mandela's 91st birthday here on new york last night. the show included artists from all over the world, alita franklin, queen latifa, and carla bruni sarkozi. he wants to tell people to do something good, and they are hoping this becomes an annual event. >> here is something for your sweet tooth. the beginest book of world record says this is the biggest cupcake. it is the size of my pod body. the cake unveiled it in minneapolis. the people who went to see the cupcake went home with a smaller version. the big one will be served to the residents of a pig farm. >>> the band sugar ray may have been gone for a few years, but they have not gone away. now they are back with a new album. what the band has to say about their years out of the spotlight. ñññoññ ooñÑy >>> an american soldier captured by the taliban appears in a newly released video. what he says scares him about captivity. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why dozens of people got hurt. >>> and after taking a five-year break from the music scene, sugar ray is b

nelson mandela. nelson mandela.pard: smokey robinson read some letters from people that we have all heard of. now we are waiting for this event to begin, in earnest. normally, if the president was going to speak, we would have the speech in front of us. if it was a baseball game, we know who is starting, who is on the bench. today, we have nothing. what we really do not know is if this is organized to the degree where there will be one. i think it will be, but it was a quick thing to put together. we were talking about how there were empty seats. in los angeles bureau chief is messaging me, telling me that they gave out 11,000 tickets. it has a 20,000 capacity for basketball games. i guess they kept thousands of tickets for his family to use, and they never really expected it to be full. 6500 streets across the street at the nokia center. there should be no surprise that this has not gotten started on time, that there were some logistical issues. putting it together in this rapid of fashion, with the classic jackson

. >>> trabajamos en una canción, que él escribió, inspirada por una junta que él tuvo con nelson mandela de cambio, en vista a la violencia que estaba pasando. Él quería hacer una canción que hablara de la unidad global. >>> se comenzó a grabar en el 2000 # meses después de los ataques terroristas. invitaron a estrellas como ricky martin, laura paussini, shakira y juan gabriel entre otros. >>> no escogió tanto creo que hubieron nombres que mencionó. creo que con santana, el tiene un afecto muy grande y es mutuo. >>> mariah carey, y tum ibero lake y michael jackson, cantaron en español >>> un poco de amor para ti, t mí. para vivir. ♪ todo para ti ♪ voy a dar todo para ti ♪ abrazo de amigo ♪ amor para ti. >>> quedó encantado aplaude. y me encanta como aplaude. era como un niño todavía. más grande que yo. pero un corazón, de niño. de una dulzura increíble. >>> el tema nunca salió al mercado, debido que en aquel entonces, jackson se prereraba para su disco "invencible " una gira de 50 conciertos hubiera sido agotador para el rey del pop. y la tensión pudo llevarlo a la tumba para. ahora es h

celebrating the 91st birthday of nelson mandela. he didn't ask for much.rthdays we want something. this is what he wanted. he wanted people to celebrate by doing good deeds in objecter issance of his party and the inaugural mandela day in south africa. >> what a great request. the man has done so much. absolutely. this concert, though, a benefit for mandela's aids foundation taking place in new york. those people doing a bit of good deed. we hear a lot about stories, what families are doing to get by in this economy. but this is a new one. >> a boy, actually reached into his toy closet to help his family out. good morning. >> reporter: it's really interesting. this is a family that has done a lot of charity work, helped katrina victims and the father lost his job. the boy went into his toy collection and became this big community event with all these people turning out. let's look at a little piece of the story. >>it's what you're doing that matters and how you're helping people. >> i prayed to god, let me win the lottery as i'm sure a lot of people do. th

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equally as precious, this chess set given by nelson mandela. >> then there are the presence that even buckingham palace does not have room for. >> in 1949, the london declaration establish the modern commonwealth. george vi death meant that queen elizabeth took on the role. >> i think she has provided the trend. i suppose you could call it. >> almost 60 years ago, the queen said she would give her heart and soul to this equal partnership of nations. she has become the most travel market in history. her commitment continues to be appreciated by millions. >> the only country in the commonwealth the queen has not been to is cameron. though last chance in this. >> he will be around in 2010. just three stages -- the leader and extended his lead after winning on thursdays time trials. a disappointing day for lance armstrong. he has moved up from fourth place to third place. this man in blue could threaten. his from britain. he has become the first british athletes to finish the tour in the top three. he is on course to win his second title. the perfect game for a baseball pitcher means not

they wald across nelson mandela bridge, bringing the city center to a standstill bus ivers, municipal employees, and others have stopped work. they want wage increase. >> i cannot pay my rnt. mtaxes. electricity has been cut of -- my electcity has been cut off. >> it is wage-netiation season. many industries are consiring action. >it is tuing out to be a cold and difficult winter hein south afca. pressure is gwing on t new present, andjjacob zuma. most of today's demonstratis we peaceful, but not in one town. there were echoes of south afri's troubled past. there were rubble barrel its -- rubb bullets. only some of the shots were med into the air. as the nicking crowds fled, people wererrested, a it beme clear that three people had been injured. south africa is noon fire. all of its townships are not burning, but there is a deep frusation that majori rule has treated se peopleery well, while changing little abt the lives of so many others. jonah fisher, johannesrg. >> morehan 100 peoe and killed over the past two day when militants wo call themsees the taliban ban violence. leaders of

. >>> it is nelson mandela's 91st birthday. the icon asked people to do good deeds. organizers of the first annual mandela day encourage people to devote their time to community service. south africans collected items for the pork, among other things. stevie wonder and others performed at a concert to benefit the aids foundation. >>> north carolina's are cleaning up after severe storms pounded the area. the storms raced across the county, leaving behind downed trees and power lines. the par 4 wind ripped through the area and sent limbs crashing down on cars and homes. no serious injuries were reported because of the storm. >>> we have been so lucky this year. we have seen that devastation across the country. it has been mild. >> it has been beautiful. hard to believe that so far this year we have only had five days of 90 degrees or above. it is mid-july. imagine that. things are looking really nice for the next couple of days or so. we are watching an area of high pressure that will eventually settle across the area. that is going to allow our temperatures to remain

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thousands of workers crossed nelson mandela bridge into south africa's commercial center. on a normal day, these people are involved in collecting rubbish and disposing of it. but this is a strike, so in between singing and waving sticks, they are scattering the rubbish out of bins. south africa is in recession for the first time in 17 years. the economy shrinking 6% in the first quarter's. fuel prices are still rising. they need a wait increase just to survive. >> this is the winter of discontent. how much money? >> 16%. next year we want 30%. >> and many unions are considering strike action this week. transport is being affected as they try to find a better way. >> pressure is growing on zuma. he became president, pledging to be a champion of the poor. there have been violent protests in several tranships fort lack of water and electricity. now, the president is trying to remain presidential and above the unrest. no doubt he is acutely aware that because for change is coming from his loyal supporters. bbc news, johannesburg. >> violence has been spreading in northern nig

satisfying the pallets of luminaries like the president an first lady and even nelson mandela. to have oprah winfrey as his primary reference to. but art smith is known for comfort food, home cooking, that starts at home. as he explains in tonight's "platelist". ♪ >> growing up in jasper, florida, we always went to church which i didn't mind, but i particularly loved the fact there was always food. i knew at the end of the long winded sermon, there was going to be food at the church or we're going to my grandmother's georgia or grandmother's mable's and it would be a fabulous laid out meal. fresh chicken is better if you soak it in a little salt water and then in buttermilk. we'll take our chicken. i always like to start with the dark meat first. make sure that it's not too hot because if it's too hot what will happen is it will get too brown and the inside of your chicken won't be down. fry each side and what would it be like without potato salad? we have red beets, bread and butter picklings. simply delicious fried chicken. my mother continues to this day to be my biggest con

a safety issue. >> star-studded concert honors the 91st birthday of noble peace prize winner, nelson mandelanow many hope mandela day will become an annual event to carry on the spirit of the human rights icon. >>> an american soldier captured by the taliban appears here in a newly released video. what he says scares him about captivity. >>> a california transit train collision is the third u.s. rail crash in a month. investigators are trying to figure out why dozens of people got hurt. >>> the 40ette anniversary of the first walk on the moon, and we want to hear from you. should we go back? >>> hi, you're watching hln. thanks so much for joining us. i'm natasha curry. a video posted on islamic websites shows a u.s. soldier here who was captured by the taliban in afghanistan. the pentagon identified the soldier today as private first class bowe r. bergdahl. the military says he was captured june 30th in southeastern afghanistan. in the 28-minute video, bergdahl says that he's scared that he won't be able to go home. >> i have my girlfriend, who i was hoping to marry. i have my grandma and gr

words came from far and wide, including nelson mandela. words and music from stevie wonder, mariah carey, and many more. just a few moments from the staples center here and now, where friends bid farewell. ♪ >> ♪ father help your children ♪ >> today, in tokyo, beneath the eiffel tower, in johannesburg and pittsburgh, birmingham, alabama, and birmingham, england, we are missing michael jackson. >> ♪ believe >> when we were together, we were two little kids having fun. >> ♪ >> the king of pop is not big enough for him. i think that he is simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived. >> through my joy and my sorrow, and the promise of another tamartomorrow, i will never letu part. for you are always in my heart. >> that was the service in downtown los angeles for michael jackson. let's bring you up-to-date on the rest of the international news. chinese authorities are struggling to clamp down on the worst ethnic violence that the country has seen in decades. a nighttime curfew has been imposed, three days of violence about 150 people dead.

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he took an award -- a robert kennedy humanitarian award to nelson mandela and dropped it off at his jail cell and he heard from talk around the prison that he had been there and it made all the difference in the world. and then -- and ted stayed with bishop desmond tutu. he was the first white man to stay in the black township that desmond tutu lived in. and then he went back and he launched a bill to organize sanctions against south africa. and that launched an international campaign for sanctions and three years after his trip, nelson mandela was freed and apartheid was ended. and bishop desmond tutu said if it hadn't been for ted kennedy's troop i'm not sure it would have happened. so you see this commitment to civil rights continuing today. with obama's election, i think, is an expression of that. bobby kennedy after the civil rights act was passed in the late '60s this is progress but it will be 40 years before we see an african-american president and he was exactly right. now you see a new sort of civil rights issue emerging in the kennedy family. patrick kennedy, with his mental h

nelson mandela day. it's global. so, here to perform is the soweto gospel choir.rform a medley of songs from their latest cd, entitled "live at the nelson mandela theater." ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ let it shine let it shine ♪ ♪ let it shine this little light of mine ♪ ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ let it shine let it shine ♪ ♪ let it shine ♪ ♪ joy in if you ever need it joy to lay him down ♪ ♪ down ♪ itty-bitty one itty-bitty one ♪ ♪ itty-bitty one itty-bitty one ♪ ♪ i still rise early in the morning ♪ ♪ in the morning itty-bitty one ♪ ♪ in the morning going to run my ♪ ♪ and let it in the morning let it shine ♪ ♪ tell it the bitty one sure going to let it ♪ ♪ and let it shine got to let it shine ♪ ♪ little itty-bitty one and get it in the ♪ ♪ show you in hey ♪ ♪ whoa crest whitestrip

let's talk about -- let's go to the nelson mandela day in the city. it's tomorrow. part in a big way. let's talk about the life of mandela, and how it's going to be celebrated tomorrow? >> tomorrow there is a big concert at the music city hall with an incredible lineup. and it's aaretha, and saw leasha -- alicia. there will be a big celebration. and all week we have been celebrating. there is a dinner over at grant central the other night that former president clinton hosted. and that was quite wonderful. we have launched the audio book. >> tell us about that. >> nelson mandela picked all of the folk tales for the book, and we recorded the book. and people came onboard like whoopi, and hugh jackman. i am naming names that i should not. and helen marion, and everybody. and the voices are very different. we tried to keep it texture, so it's like having those artists in your deny. it's called folk tale for a reason. you have to have some maturity to tell the tales, and things that are passed on. not only do we celebrate and honor nelson mandela with the audio book. it'

nelson mandela. [ apause ] ♪ sowhere very soon ♪ we are going to see the kin ♪ soon ver soon ♪ we areo see the king ♪ on very soon ♪ we are going to see the king hallelujah hallelah ♪ were going to see the king ♪ no more crying n ♪ we ar going to see the king ♪ no more crying now ♪ we are going to see the king ♪ no more cing ♪ we are going to see the ki hallelujah halleluh ♪ we are going to see e king sno more dying now ♪ no more dying now ♪ we are going to see the king hallelujah hallelujah ♪ we e going to see the king ♪ hallelujah hallelujah ♪ >> gd morning. and welcome. my name is pastor lucius smith and i am proud to call the jason family my friends. to millions around theorld, michael jackn was an idol, a hero, even a king. but first and foremost, this man befo us today was our brotr, our son, our father, and our friend. michael jackson was and always shall be a beloved parof the jackson family and the family man. and so todaye gather, those who know and le michael best and those who came to know and love him through his good work we come together ith space where only days o mich

i know it's nelson mandela's, or was, prison number. >> exactly.en island. and he gave this number for the campaign. and he wanted people like josh and musicians from all over the world to basically take this message out to the world. >> and you're going to be singing, performing to raise money this weekend? >> it's saturday night. and i'm thrilled to be part of it. it was a birthday celebration, major turnout. new york is not going to let us down. i'm singing with aretha franklin that i'm excited about. >> and you actually met nelson mandela a few years ago and he brought you in to become an ambassador. >> one of the most inspiring moments of my life was meeting the man in person. seeing the work that he's done and inspiring me to start my own foundation. one thing that he's brought us, one person can make a difference and i think we're all here to show by his example that that can happen. >> how did he get involved with the effort? >> well, basically we saw this wonderful concert josh did. and we got a volunteer program going. and mr. mandela, wh

. >>> trabajamos en una canción, que él escribió, inspirada por una junta que él tuvo con nelson mandelaidad global. >>> se comenzó a grabar en el 2000 # meses después de los ataques terroristas. invitaron a estrellas como ricky martin, laura paussini, shakira y juan gabriel entre otros. >>> no escogió tanto creo que hubieron nombres que mencionó. creo que con a,ntana, el tiene un afecto muy grande y es mutuo. >>> mariah carey, y tum ibero lake y michael jackson, cantaron en español >>> un poco de amor para ti, t mí. para vivir. ♪ todo para ti ♪ voy a dar todo para ti ♪ abrazo de amigo ♪ amor para ti. >>> quedó encantado aplaude. y me encanta como aplaude. era como un niño todavía. más grande que yo. pero un corazón, de niño. de una dulzura increíble. >>> el tema nunca salió al mercado, debido que en aquel entonces, jackson se preparaba para su disco "invencible " una gira de 50 conciertos hubiera sido agotador para el rey del pop. y la tensión pudo llevarlo a la tumba para. ahora es hacer que lo que quería mía xel jackson, unir pueblos sea una realidad. y saldrá este tema muy pronto y s

a statement from diana ross, nelson mandela. since then we've had a few moments here.time is elapsing here and nothing has happened yet. you can see the flashes of the camera. i want to go back to the list. kobe bryant and magic johnson. two nba players. and i'm hearing applause. hold on. a.j., kobe bryant was on the witness list to attest to jackson's character during the trial. >> i would pass it over to my colleague jane who covered that trial extensively and has a greater sense of that connection, but this is someone who was friends with michael and there was such a mutual respect at the time of the height of michael's career. both of these gentlemen at the height of his career. >> he idolized michael jackson. he's spoken of that. in interviews he's said michael jackson influenced him and made him a different player. and more focused on his game to the point where he became obsessed with it. so i think that michael jackson's legacy is really way beyond music and dance and pop culture. it affected how people apply themselves to whatever endeavor they undertook and h

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. >> when i met nelson mandela, i felt i come back back to my community and become a leader. >> the subjecte essay, how does he impact your life? >> though i have no money to access my dreams and goals, tths my passion and the fire within me that will help me live my dream. >> a good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. those are the words of mandela and i plan on living up to them. >> in may, they went to jo hansburg. they learned to dance, but more importantly, they learned from the man himself. >> i started tearing up and crying. me sitting in the room changed with world. that was very inspiring. >> along with students to south africa, they rode a charter, committing themselves to public service. it only made the meeting more poignent. >> he definitely wanted us to be leaders. definitely wanted to take up where we started, and kind of help push, because we are the next generation. >> the promise to lead. the best 91st birthday this man could ever get. >> the national zoo is celebrating some new arrivals in front royal virginia. it all started last week when a cloude

dynamic in the morning on tv, and the tickets are still available for the radio city musical nelson mandela concert this saturday night. >> yeah, that will be amazing. the audio book is number one on amazon. the website, teach me again. >> can you go to amazon or itunes, and you can also go to the website. >> did you learn anything? >> yes, i did, when you asked me about when somebody was young how do you explain who nelson mandela was and i learned it's important to pass on the story. >> and thank you for joining us. have a great weekend. joe and i will be on the radio. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." >> are you sure? >> and it's time for the "morning meeting" with the great dylan ratigan. take it away. >> hi, peggy. nice to see you. i have a meeting that starts otherwise i would come over and chat. this is the final "morning meeting" at the week. health care, jobs, stimulus, the president back from overseas, and he and his staff is hitting hard. and they are saying get it done, boss. get it done. >>> moms used to say be a doctor, a lawyer, maybe grow up to b

nelson mandela asking people around the world to help celebrate his birthday by doing good deeds. the antiapartheid icon turning 91 years old today. celebrating with family and friends in south africa. he issue add call to service as part of the first annual mandela day. people are asked to do 67 minutes of community service today. that's one minute for each of the 67 years mandela fought apartheid. pretty cool. >> the world's oldest man, one of the last remaining veterans of world war one has died. henry he willingham was 113 years old. he passed away in a nursing home in england. he was born in 1896. he joined the royal naval air service when he was only 15 years old. he already had two explanations for his longevity. he said this, the reason he lived so long, quote, cigarettes, wild, wild, women. >> it was probably the wild, wild women. it wasn't the cigarette and whiskey. >> not just wild women, but wild, wild women. he also said he never worried about anything. >> i heard something about sex keeps you young. i don't know. he must have had a lot of sex, is all i'm saying. i'm

they began with smokey robinson's statement objects half of diana ross and nelson mandela followed by spontaneous applause and flashbulbs and that's while the stage remained silent and empty the next 20 minutes. ♪ they called him the king with a human touch. >> michael jackson wanted nothing more than to give love to the world. to share of his singular talent and his soul and perhaps beloved back in return. >> reporter: the musical tribute started where michael jackson did. with the jackson 5. ♪ where there is love ♪ i'll be there ♪ i'll be there >> reporter: this original creation, maya angelou poem. >> now that our bright and shiny star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer wind. >> reporter: there were memories and they brought laughter. >> great as smokey sang it, i thought michael was better. and i went crazy -- like wait a minute, michael, you eat kentucky fried chicken? that made mayday. that was the greatest moment of my life. >> reporter: there were the memories that brought tears. >> i want his three children to kn wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. i

holds the record on record sales, that this man became a social force, that this man stood by nelson mandela, that he "we are the world" before we ever heard of live aid and in addition to that there were some trofers. all we hear is controversy, controversy. all i'm saying is let's be fair. that's all. let's play the game by one set of rules. >> you know i have to ask, i'm a journalist, so tuesday we're hearing the public and private memorial. do we know about the private memorial? is there anything you can tell us? >> i can ohm onnly tell you tha being worked out. people are flying in from everywhere and the family is literally trying to meticulously do this as i speak. it's not that no one is going to not tell you, don, it's that underreally kno no one really knows. it's not confirmed. >> thank you. you heard the reverend mention "man in the mirror." you can catch it right after this broadcast only here on cnn. and then on tuesday make sure you join us for around the clock coverage of the memorial s celebrating this life of this worldwide pop icon. cnn all day tuesday starting on "america

. >>> a star-studded affair to celebrate nelson mandela's 91st birthday. the first lady of france, carla bruni performing at new york's radio city music call. her husband, president sarkozy in the audience. among others, stevie wonder, cyndi lauper, gloria gaynor. mandela was not able to attend the concert based on doctor's orders. we creamed the $700 cream! for under $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than 32 of the world's most expensive creams. fantastic. phenomenal. regenerist. right now, all over the country, discover card customers are getting 5% cashback bonus at the pump. >>> msnbc is the place for politics. new poll numbers on president obama's job approval rating are out. tomorrow marks six months since the president took office. a new daily gallup tracking poll show 60% of americans approve of the job he's doing. 33% disapprove. let's bring in eleanor clift, contributing editor to news week magazine. amanda carpenter is a reporter and blogger for "the washington times." good morning. good to see you both. >> good morning. >> le

. >> a very happy birthday to nelson mandela who turned 91 years old today. and for his birthday, he's calling on his supporters around the world to celebrate with good deeds. he says go out and read to the blind, distribute blankets to the homeless, refurbish homes for orphans. in recent years, he has largely retreated from the public eye, but his charitable efforts are all part of an organized attempt to celebrate the first annual mandela day in order to carry on his mission. >> as we've been reporting, walter cronkite had a tremendous impact on television journalism. we want to turn back to when cronkite first began the half hour version of the cbs evening news, september 2, 1963. his first guest, the president at the time, john f kennedy, who would be assassinate to do months later on november 22. later in the show, he reports on the late frees cuba. here is what america saw that first sunday. >> good evening from our cbs news room in new york on this, the first broadcast of network television's first daily half hour news program. alabama today, governor

explain the good press i get that describes me in terms usually reserved for nelson mandela, or perhaps the daly lama. i can tell you this is not a plan you've heard of here or anywhere else. first, we need to create a network of natural gas pipelines and subsidize natural gas cars. that would put millions of people to work. and because natural gas is so much cleaner, so much cleaner than burning oil, it would postpone the need for cap and trade and co 2 rules that will just crush job creation. for some reason, no one in washington wants to embrace natural gas, yes, they do think it's silent but deadly. in fact, though, it's the best transition fuel we have. hey, by the way, we've got a lot of it. we used to say we were the saudi arabia of coal, of course that's like being the saudi arabia of black lung or pollution. with the discoveries of the last few years, we're now the saudi arabia of natural gas, why don't we subsidize natural gas billing? we can make it easy for people to buy cars that run on natural gas or convert their current ones. why don't we just do natural gas cars? and no

. >>> a birthday party spanning two con nents, nelson mandela celebrated his 91st birthday in joe manburg and the country's first national mandela day. in new york, a star-studded celebration marked mandela's big day. >> a great freedom fighter. transformed his prison sentence into changing people inside and outside in his country. >> other entertainers on hand in new york, morgan freeman, as you see here, aretha franklin, who performed, and carla bruni, first lady of france. of course, lil kim as well. mandela was not in new york. he no longer travels abroad. instead, he is celebrating his birthday in johannesburg. >>> a devastating loss at the british open today. details coming up. ddddddd >>> matter break at the british open today. 59-year-old tom watson was an eight-foot putt away from the history books, but it wasn't to be. cnn's correspondent is live from turnbury, scotland. he is cringing but impressive to come in second, although i know he wanted first. >> reporter: it was impressive, frederica. hello to you. it was one of the most astounding performances all week by to

. >>> nelson mandela turns 91 tomorrow. he doesn't want cards or gifts.ad, the legendary civil rights leader wants people around the globe to spend time doing good deeds for others. he and his wife hope this will start a social movement that will go on long after he is gone. mandela's birthdays are traditionally big celebrations. this time, he is spenting it at home in south africa with his grandkids. >>> an african-american president may soon be a latino supreme court justice. our carol costello will look at whether we really need affirmative action anymore. if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol... a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. >>> president obama spoke last night at the naacp's annual convention telling them that there is still work to be done to end discrimination in the u.s. >> the pain of discrimination is still felt in american. africa