>> and we did "graceland" with paul simon. more than ten million people who'd never heard of south africa or apartheid before. and it really grabbed the world. ♪ bring back nelson mandela bring him back home to soweto ♪ i want to seem him walking hand in hand with winnie mandela. ♪ >> a salute for mister nelson mandela, walking strongly into freedom. >> the day he walked out of jail, when he came out like this, the whole world screamed. >> africa, amandla! >> marsalis: when you are thinking of mandela, what is the thing that made him able to galvanize everything around him? >> when mandela spoke, when he spoke for us, it wasn't about him; it was about his people. >> we are one country, we are one people. >> mandela really epitomizes the symbolism of our freedom. he became the mouthpiece, and the amplifier and the horn. ( plays national anthem on trumpet ) no matter how busy your morning you can always do something better for yourself. and better is so easy with benefiber. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves comple

. ♪ >> reporter: paul simon bringing south african music to america. ♪ >> reporter: but one extraordinaryesponsibility, yeah ♪ >> reporter: in the 80's when many american's hadn't even heard of apartheid, a galaxy of stars came together to declare they would not perform at sun city, a ritzy whites only resxort in south africa. ♪ got to say i, i, ain't going to play sun city ♪ >> reporter: bono, dylan, run dmcen and bruce springsteen. suddenly mtv was plastered with images of apartheid oppression. all organized springsteen's guitar player, steven van zandt. >> congressmen and senator's children were coming up saying we just saw this video on mtv. what's this south africa thing all about? >> we want freedom in south africa! >> reporter: the apex of this musical movement came in 1988, in a concert in england to celebrate mandela's 70th birthday while he was still in prison. it was seen by 600 million people in 67 countries, but it was banned in south africa. ♪ i, i ain't going to play sun city ♪ >> reporter: nelson mandela once said music could "ignite the political resolve of those who migh

and let's come to a loan on the rebound that south africa and paul simon hackney thanks and nineteen at that map of the government in the cnmi as well thanks to you for watching. at least a simple sign at the news and headlines coming up in examples most of the cow will be here in the hot seat tomorrow with the well this week that missed that more eye. all these things. cats i am. is used to when will we. i am the am. it's worse like him in washington d c i m lopez and you are watching artsy we want to go straight to break the news this hour former south african president nelson mandela just passed away a short time ago he was ninety five years old mandela has been viewed as a hero to people all around the world and was the biggest leader against apartheid. his health has been failing

to that and other people, as well, and the free nelson mandela concerts and even something like paul simonl, which was something that called attention to what was going on in south africa. >> does this kind of pop activism still exist? >> you've got a lot of musicians and rock stars who are politically active. >> sure, but this kind of movement, is it still there or -- >> well, i think it's there and it's little more fragmented. there's not one issue right r at the that galvanizes people certainly the way south africa did and it's taking place along a variety of issues from the environment to immigration, to other things that individual musicians care about. >> right. it's certainly not one that mobilized so many people to make such a political change, but i do want to switch gears for a little bit because i would be remiss if i didn't mention the fact that john lennon today, 33 years, people gathered around strawberry field right outside the home of where he was killed. just take a little bit of a listen for a second. ♪ good day sunshine ♪ good day sunshine >> john lennon really pushed fo

and paul simon said, he conceived a model for mortal enemies to overcome their hatred and find a way through compassion to rebuild a nation based on truth, justice, and the power of forgiveness. we'll have special coverage throughout this how. and we'll go to the white house and explore the special connection between mandela and president obama. then on to capitol hill where senator leahy was there in the 1990s. then i'll be joined by martin luther king iii. and we want to use today's question for you and get your thoughts for nelson mandela. how will you remember him and his legacy? >>> coming up next, we're getting into other big headlines of the day. backing up president obama as he looks to resell his signature legislation. joining our conversation, one of the members of that strike team matt cartwright. and that new jobs report. it's just out today showing unemployment falling to a five-year low. but republicans on the hill still not 100% happy about it. we'll explain. stay with us. hi honey, did you get the toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with new fedex one r

. >> when we did "graceland" with paul simon, we played to more than ten million people who had nevered the world. ♪ bring back nelson mandela ♪ ♪ bring him back home to soweto ♪ ♪ i want to see him walking down the street ♪ ♪ with winnie mandala ♪ >> it's the sight of nelson mandela walking strongly to freedom. >> the day he came out of jail and he came out like this, the whole world screamed. >> africa! >> so many people trying to put his life in context right now. i heard one historian say, he was south africa's abraham lincoln. >> i love that analogy and it totally works. >>> cbs news will have much more on nelson mandela tonight in a special report "nelson mandela: father of a nation" exploring the social cultural and political impact of his life on south africa and the world. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> up next dr.s john lafouk and holly phillips with medical advice. this is "cbs this morning saturday." >> announcer: this portion sponsored by novolog flex pen. ... watch my diet. stay active. start insulin... today, i learned there's something i don't h

. ♪ paul simon bringing south african music to america. ♪ >> reporter: but one extraordinary track wassibility ♪ >> reporter: in the '80s when many americans hadn't heard of apartheid, a galaxy of stars came together to declare they would not perform at sun city, a ritzy whites-only resort in south africa. ♪ >> reporter: bono, dylan, run dmc, bruce springsteen, suddenly mtv was plastered with images of apartheid oppression. all organized by springsteen's guitar player steven van zandt. >> children were coming up to him saying we saw a video on mtv, on b.e.t., what's this south african thing all about? ♪ >> reporter: the apex of this musical movement came in 1988 in a concert in england to celebrate mandela's 70th birthday while he was still in prison. it was seen by 600 million people in 67 countries, but it was banned in south africa. ♪ >> reporter: nelson mandela once said music could ignite the political resolve of those who might be otherwise be indifferent. he was right. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> interesting back story, isn't it? good stuff. >> here's an interesting story

outside, a rainey night, keeping my eye on his house, and these singing groups would come that paul simonorning he invited me to come to the garden and interview him and -- i'm going on and on but the sound man had a big long boom microphone with that fuzzy wind protector over it. in immediately said to him, mr. mandela, you have to know that's microphone not a weapon. he said when i first saw it i thought it was a shotgun. we both laughed and a picture was taken. >> we saw that moment earlier in the broadcast. >> i think it's important we understand the context of mandela's release was in a global movement. you have maxine waters, harry bellafonte, people that created this movement of die vestment that set the climate who were ostracized for supporting a terrorist group. they took the risk politically here to fight to create that day that we consider triumphant. i don't think we should whitewash or sugarcoat the development of where handlea ended up being recorded by great in this country. >> that was an exceptional time in the world. when mandela was released in '90, gorbachev bringing

paul. >> simon?en out lately, you've probably seen one of these commercials. >> say hello to the new yodge family, the durango -- >> cut! it's pronounced dodge. >> i don't want to tell you how to do your job but i'm pretty sure it's a soft "d." >> those commercials are funny but they've been especially serious for business ceo of dodge will be here to tell us how burgundy is helping the bottom line after a short break. >>> good morning if you've just joined us. the story that we're squawking at here on wall street. 7:31 on lts west coast. oracle is acquiring responsys. stocks are surging on the move. today wills last day for index managers to add facebook to their funds. and we're checking in our foursquare, just raised $35 million in series d funding led by dfj growth. the company also revealed it has now, kelly, 45 million subscribers. >> let's do a quick market check here. the major indexes, the dow, the s&p 500 hitting new ultra day highs. for the s&p 500, it's about 1817. we're sitting just righ

carter glass, william martin, dwight eisenhower, george humphrey, douglas dillon, william simon, paul volcker, bill clinton, paul o'neill, and sheila bair. explain that. >> the last 80 years of fiscal monetary financial history, how we got into the mass of bubbles and the fiscal and monetary crisis of today. basically using the standard of threefold items. free-market, fiscal rectitude, which we balanced budgets, we do not make excuses for deficits because you do not think the economy is not performing up to your doctor and expectation, and not using the central bank and ordered to try to centrally manage the economy and, wall street and encourage risk-taking and all of that. these are not bad people and good people. these are good policies and bad policies in well-known careers. not one party or one doctrine. so i took these individuals as examples of fiscal rectitude, and that is why clinton is on there. that is why eisenhower is on there. i have a huge problem with defense spending. this is also why eisenhower is on there. on the other hand, using the government to inflate the econ

paul walker. the latest into the investigation into the fiery crash that killed him. and next-- a warning about a potential threat to some students at >> pam: the simon weisenthal center has issued a warning to san francisco state university. about a potential threat to jewish students on campus. a violent online post has been uncovered -- allegedly written by the president of the campus palestinian student group. >> pam: a picture in the post shows the young man holding a knife. and claiming that. it makes him want to stab an israeli soldier. today, the school says, it has performed a threat assessment procedure. and released a statement regarding the alleged threat. >> pam: the statement says. -- quote -- we are confident that our campus community is safe. we will continue to explore all aspects of the incident and take additional actions that may be warranted. we will withhold any further comment until that exploration is complete. >> pam: new tonight at 8-- >> pam: one extremely generous restaurant - goer. has been dropping big tips all across the country. including and here in the bay area. sometimes leaving thousands of dollars on a single chec

simon mcgregorwood, london. >> the man accused of killing a tsa agent in los angeles international airport has pleaded not guilty. paul anthony was arraigned today in federal court. he faces 11 charges including murder and attempted murder. if convicted he could be eligible for the death penalty. days after an ice storm hit the north eastern u.s. and canada, tens of thousands of people are still without power, in maine, crews are working around the clock to restore electricity to nearly 30,000 homes and businesses. they are trying to do as much as they can before a new storm moves in tonight. in michigan 100,000 customers still without power. power companies say it could be saturday before everything is back up and running. and in canada, snow has hampered efforts to restore power to more than 85,000 customers. your christmas gifts are on the way. that's what some are telling their loved ones today, and later violence on the streets of thailand today, antigovernment protestors clash with police again. here is more. >> beneath the fluorescentsun in a former meat packing plant is the latest trim in farming. they call it

simon, tom naratir and michael dell. plus, we have the latest addition to our lineup. paul ryan will be our special guest at 7:40 a.m.rn time. his budget deal drawing a lot of fire from fellow republicans. we'll get his answer to all of the critics out there. right now, let's get to our top stories. the markets are about to get another read on the strength of the markets. we've got a weekly jobless claims coming up at 8:30 eastern time. economists are looking for 320,000 claims

paul dejoria is on late they are hour. never makes negative comments. most optimistic person i ever met. on other side of things, simon constable. good to see you. >> cheers. connell: happy new year. >> merry christmas. connell: in midst of all that. latest developments, putting financial backing into the political punch. billionaire venture capitalist tim draper talking about this last week, taking his radical idea for breaking up california to the public today. he says now is the time too break up the golden state into six new states, drawn up from within the current boundaries of california. he has a news conference this afternoon on the plan. he talked to us at fox business first about his idea. >> it is very difficult to govern this state. we have the farmers in the central valley. we have the entrepreneurs in the silicon valley. we have hollywood group and military suppliers down in southern california. they're all, they have all have separate interests and separate needs. it is different for one group in sacramento to serve all the needs. connell: sean bowler joins us by telephone. political science professor i

simon, tom naratir and michael dell. plus, we have the latest addition to our lineup. paul ryan will be our special guest at 7:40 a.m. eastern time. his budget deal drawing a lot of fire from fellow republicans. we'll get his answer to all of the critics out there. right now, let's get to our top stories. the markets are about to get another read on the strength of the markets. we've got a weekly jobless claims coming up at 8:30 eastern time. economists are looking for 320,000 claims. plus, the number that could over-shadow jobs. retail sales for november. expectations are for an increase of 0.6%. this gueives us a very good ide of what's happening in the early shopping season. ahead of those numbers, the futures right now are indicated lower. you can see right now those dow futures down by 16.5 points. s&p futures off just over 2 points. and on the earnings front, lululemon is expected to record at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. the expectations have been for 41 cents a share. this after the ceo was forced to step down after making comments about the pants aren't made for everyone. shares of lululemon right now, down about

paul and i know our reaction might have been a little heated, but -- >> your reaction. >> it's amazing how -- i don't even know if indifferent is the word, disconnected with reality. >> david simon i'll tell you what's juvenile. what's juvenile is believing that if you just have a top down trickle down government approach, that somehow that will cure all this social ills as well steve rattner. this takes, unfortunately, a lot of hard work. it takes -- the fusion of different ideas, because, yes -- >> fusion is not happening. >> we all agree that just this drip down, this sort of let them eat cake, ayn rand idea we've seen where it leads. we've seen where the government leads and top down approach. >> i agree with you. you have to find a mix. capitalism is a system that's created more wealth on a national basis than any other system in the history of mankind and can continue to. but capitalism can knot exist unfettered. it needs regulation. it needs supervision. it needs something that's become a dirty word in the democratic party or at least in both parties to some degree it needs redistribution. governments since 1789, our government has engaged in a form of redistribution. peo