>> nelson mandela. a life-long wish to meet him. >> larry: i know him. we'll get you to meet him.on this program. >> his grandson is equally impressi impressive. >> larry: many consider him maybe the greatest hero of the 20th century. >> he left a lasting impression that we will never forget. the entire world is riveting from the impression that nelson mandela left behind. >> larry: a lot of people consider you a hero. you ever think of yourself in that vein? >> not really. i'm honored that they think that. i just do what comes very natural to me, very instinctive to me. if it helps somebody, i'm glad. i don't think i'm a hero, though. >> larry: do you think we're in an age of heroes or not? >> i think we're in an age of heroes, but they don't get the spotlight. many times our greatest heroes go unnoticed. >> larry: sad. >> it is sad. >> larry: t.d. jaks. happy thanksgiving. >> and to you, sir. >> larry: now, an update from brooke anderson at the kodak theater. minutes away from the third annual cnn heroes, an all-star tribute. now a thanksgiving tradition. what's it like out ther

we are joined also by a democratic pollster who has worked for tony blair, nelson mandela, clinton, ale have a republican pollster. his firm represents just about every republican elected official. i was told 19 senators, seven governors, 40 house members. we are also joined by mark mckinnon. he is a media consultant whose clients have included john mccain, george w. bush, and richards. our last guest is going toe to toe with assorted analysts of political stripes on cnn. he can tell us what that anderson cooper is really like. we want to talk about the first year of this tumultuous presidency with a special focus on the questions that we are here to discuss today which is taking the poison out of partisanship. let me start with the broadest question. you might look and say that he has maintained an approval rating of 50% or above in a very difficult economic time. he has inherited a full-scale economic disaster. he's the first president to get a universal care bill to the floor. he has held democrats together in congress to a greater extent than clinton. he has improved america's imag

men on my staff in jail 30, 40 years, longer than nelson mandela. he was innocent. he was on death row three times. we can't be silent about that. another young man was in jail from florida 38 years. years longer than mandela. was freed by d.n.a. so we still have the right to fight the right without being manipulated into different than the president's position. of course we'll have different positions. we are free to have positions that enhance the environment that even he operates in. to put this another way, representative lee, when our college sweetheart, valedictorian, brilliant sister, she graduated and got a job as a flight attendant for eastern airlines. it was a big deal. it made front page of our school paper, the local paper. she was a flight attendant, eastern airlines. another brother got a job who used to be with us, a ball player, as a driver for trailways bus. like that was moving on up the road. and then another brother got a job as an airline pilot. united airline. he could fly a plane. and there was great excitement. because we finally had a pilot

politics, a democratic pollster whose clients included bill clinton, al gore, tony blair and nelson mandelaetty good list. on his side, bill mcinturff, a republican pollster who i've known just about as long as i have been covering politics. his firm represents just about every elected official. 19 senators, 17 governors, 40 house members, and one of the lead pollsters for john mccain in 2008. the rakish and on into his left, mark mckinnon, who is in addition to being an expert in all things music, is a median -- is a media consultant whose clients included john mccain, george w. bush, and ann richards. i'm sure there is no one else who could say that. finally, [unintelligible] who has been a consultant on seven campaigns and is found going toe to toe with analysts of all political stripes on cnn. he can tell us what anderson cooper is really like. we want to do two things here this afternoon. we want to talk about the first year of this event will entomologist obama presidency with a special focus on the questions we're here to discuss today which is taking the poison out of partisanship i

men on my staff in jail 30, 40 years, longer than nelson mandela. he was innocent.he was on death row three times. we can't be silent about that. another young man was in jail from florida 38 years. years longer than mandela. was freed by d.n.a. so we still have the right to fight the right without being manipulated into different than the president's position. of course we'll have different positions. we are free to have positions that enhance the environment that even he operates in. to put this another way, representative lee, when our college sweetheart, valedictorian, brilliant sister, she graduated and got a job as a flight attendant for eastern airlines. it was a big deal. it made front page of our school paper, the local paper. she was a flight attendant, eastern airlines. another brother got a job who used to be with us, a ball player, as a driver for trailways bus. like that was moving on up the road. and then another brother got a job as an airline pilot. united airline. he could fly a plane. and there was great excitement. because we finally had a pilot.

we did not have bono, we didn't have nelson mandela, we didn't have jimmy carter. over ten years the global health agenda has become a major agenda for countries around the world than we see our lives are intertwined in real insubstantial ways. what made the case for global health? you know as physicians we think it was held. we think it was humanitarian gestures but really what moved the case was the linkage to security, the linkage that helped diplomacy, the linkage to development, the linkage to competitive ambitions in business. the linkage to science, so i think this is a way that the global health agenda has moved and i see this thing happening with the climate change agenda. you know the value of this lancet piece has to do i would say with the word coe benefit that with by introducing a cookstove we may have a more effective way to burn fuel or to heat food but we are also having a co-benefits of health. when i take my bicycle to work in the morning i am having the benefit for my own health but also having a benefit for the environment. of these things are

politics, a democratic pollster whose clients have included bill clinton, al gore, tony blair, and nelson mandela -- pretty good list. on his side, bill mcinturff, and republican pollster, who i have known for just about as long as i have been covering politics. this list includes it seems just about every republican official, but i'm told 19 senators, seven governors, 40 house ministers, and -- for the house matters -- 40 house members, and we know he worked for john mccain, and mark mckinnon, a media consultant whose clients include john mccain and george w. bush. and finally, alex cost a lot, who has been a consultant to seven republican presidential campaigns -- alex catalano. he has gone to toe with politicians of all stripes on cnn and can tell us what anderson cooper is really like. we want to talk about the first year of this very eventful and even to malta was obama presidency -- even tumultuous obama presidency. taking the poison out a partner -- partisanship and the extent to which he has and has not been able to reverse the trends toward greater ideological and partisan corporation to