a government statement said he was admitted in pretoria today to undergo test. they say he's doing well and the tests are routine for someone his age. he's 94 years old. we'll have a live report on his condition coming up in 20 minutes. >>> u.s. authorities are investigating whether a man detained in egypt played a role in the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. egyptian authorities have detained mohamed jamal abu ak med. he was removed from prison after the downfall of mubarak's regime. susan, what do we now know about the arrest of the alleged terror suspect? >> hi, joe. u.s. authorities are looking at whether this man involved in an egypt-based terror network is responsible for that attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi on september 11 according to a u.s. official with direct knowledge of the investigation. mohamed achmed was detained by egyptian authorities. the fbi which is conducting the investigation has not had access to him yet. following the attack he popped up on their radar. the official wouldn't comment on what led them to him. joe. >> wha

nelson mandela was brought to this military hospital in the capitol pretoria for what is being described as a routine visit, tests, nothing to be alarmed about, the south african government says. but there's no such thing as routine for a 94-year-old man known to be in frail health. and people are worried. >> we are praying that he gets well soon and back strong again soon. and that -- -- that the tests come out positive. >> reporter: normally mandela spends his time at his home village about 500 miles away. this was him at his 94th birthday celebration last july when he seemed physically well if mentally dete time. but now he's in the hospital again, and a security court has been set up. south africa's current president jacob zuna says he looks well and is getting good care. but the reverence for mandela is such that details of his condition are rarely discussed in public. and there have been several recent health scarce. a chest infection, abdominal pain, a prostate problem. each time nelson mandela is hospitalized there is cause for concern. yet each time so far he's managed to beat t

searching for survivors after finding the wreckage of the aircraft that had been traveling from pretoria to the eastern cape when it went missing. they have dismissed reports that nelson mandela goes to medical team were on board. the duchess of cambridge has been discharged from the hospital in central london after spending spree night's being treated for severe morning sickness. she left the hospital with prince william a few hours ago and was driven away with her husband. our correspondent has been outside for the last three nights. what did she say to you when she came out? >> it was a smiling duchess who emerged from the hospital after the past three nights, but slightly pensive. she was not as energetic as we have become used to seeing her. she paused on the steps with prince william's of photographers could take their photographs. i took the opportunity of asking how she was. she nodded and said much better. then they got off and went to kensington palace or they have a house on the grounds. that is where she will now remain for rest. it has been quite a week for the royal couple.

for "cbs this morning" i'm mark phillips in pretoria. >>> in this country federal agents arrested 25 people monday along the pacific coast near los angeles. they were coming ashore in a type of fishing boat often used tokers smuggle drugs. were told not to make in the war on drugs has shifted from land to blea nrats. with the coast guard to see the new front line. >> reporter: when a coast guard helicopter spotted this mexican fishing boat loaded with marijuana, the drug smugglers started tossing bales of pot into the ocean. these waters off the california coast are now one of the prime drug routes from mexico to the u.s. >> this is challenging for us, as this increase goes up, we're trying to step up our game. >> reporter: admiral carl schultz says intercepting drugs has always been part of the coast guard's mission but never this widespread or this dangerous. last week one of his guardsmen was killed when a mexican drug boat rammed an inflatable coast guard boat off the coast of santa barbara. >> they're dangerous folks working for dangerous organizations looking to conduct illegal

. >> dubois: former south african president nelson mandela has been admitted to a pretoria hospital for"no cause for alarm." mandela celebrated his 94th birthday this past july with a cbs news crew given require access to the party. back in this country, we are just over three weeks away from falling over the so-called fiscal cliff, that combination of tax increases and deep federal spending cuts. nancy cordes reports the back-and-forth showed no sign of letting up today 20 white house and the republicans in congress. >> reporter: in his saturday weekly address, president obama signaled he is open to making cuts on programs like medicare and medicaid if republicans agree to raise tax rates for the rich. >> i'm willing to find ways to bring down the cost of health care without hurting seniors and other americans who depend on it. and i'm willing to make more entitlement spendings cuts on top of the $1 trillion in spending cuts i signed into law last year. >> reporter: his remarks came one day after house speaker john boehner announced the talkes were stalled. >> well, this isn't a progre

>> the former south african president, nelson mandela, has been the second night in hospital in pretoria is 94 now. he is been -- has been having tests. he was visited by president jacob zuma, who said he was looking well. there was a collapse. television building was badly designed -- the inquiry said the canterbury television building was badly designed and should not have been approved. the greatest number of court -- goals scored during a calendar year -- the record broken by lionel messi. he beat the record set by gerd mueller in 1972. deep shock for the millions of fans of mexican-american singer jenni rivera, killed in a plane crash in mexico at the age of 43. she was flying from monterrey to toluca on saturday. >> ♪ mi corazon >> she sold more than 20 million records. the news broke that a plane carrying mexican-american singer jenni rivera had crashed. outside of her home in lakewood, california, her family gathered. they are devastated. as news spreads of the singer's death, neighbors, friends, and fans began to arrive. >> we bought tickets to a concert for christmas. now i wil

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he is the country's first democratically elected leader has been in a military hospital in pretoria since saturday. >>> fans in the bay area are mourning the death of mexican- american singer jenny rivera. ♪ [ music ] she was killed in a weekend plane crash in northern mexico. the 43-year-old southern california native was at the peak of her career. she was a grandmother and a single mother with five children. >> she is an example for me because i'm a single mother, too. and she tried very hard to help her kids. very sad day for me. >> u.s. officials will investigate the plane crash that killed her and others. >>> the body of 28-year-old nicolas cheque is back in the united states now. the navy seal died over the weekend during an operation and rescue of an american doctor kidnapped by the taliban. pentagon officials say the doctor was in imminent danger of being killed. he was rescued unharm but officer cheque died from gunshots wounds in the battle. a high school friend and cheque always wanted to be in the military. >> that was his plan. it wasn't college, it wasn't engineering. it was

now, older and weaker, his fight is against the march of time. >> she joins us from pretoria.fficials are trying to reassure people. do we know what kinds of tests he's undergoing right now? >> reporter: the sun has just set here in preto her ya. it looks like nelson will spend a third night in this military hospital behind me. no, we have no details on the nature of these tests. we don't know why he was flown by his doctors from his rural home in eastern cape region to pretoria, about a two-hour flight. we know the tests are ongoing, and the south after rickian president and the officials are trying to reassure the public and down-playing the latest health scare. the fact they don't give a lot of details creating a lot of speculation, perhaps fueling more concern and worry about how sick he is. >> do we have a sense of the way people are actually responding? i mean, you say there's more concern now, and he's a larger than life figure for so many people. what kinds of questions are they asking? >> reporter: you know, i recently spoke to graca mandel, and she used a wonderful p

. >> dubois: former south african president nelson mandela has emen admitted to a pretoria hospital for tests. an official statement says there is "no cause for alarm." wndela celebrated his 94th birthday this past july with a cbs news crew given rare access to the party. north korea signaled today it may postpone a controversial test launch of its new long- range rocket previously scheduled to take place as early as this coming monday. it offered no explanation for the apparent delay. here at home, we are just over three weeks away from falling over the so-called fiscal cliff, that combination of tax increases and deep federal spending cuts. nancy cordes reports, the back- and-forecast showed no sign of letting up today 20 white house and republicans in congress. dr reporter: in his saturday weekly address, president obama nignaled he is open to making cuts on programs like medicare agd medicaid if republicans atree to raise tax rates for the rich. fini'm willing to find ways to cing down the cost of health care without hurting seniors and dther americans who depend on it. and i'm will

bazi kanani joins us from pretoria, south africa. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, josh. nelson mandela is being treated for a lung infection here in the capital city of pretoria. that's a serious condition for a man of his age. even though his health has been declining recent years, he was well enough this summer to receive visitors at his home, including the clinton family. mandela has been treated for a lung infection before. this is his fourth day in the hospital. his longest hospitalization in the past several years. doctors say he is responding to treatment. there's no reason to panic. they're also asking south africans to keep their revered leader in their prayers. josh? >> bazi kanani in south africa. >>> here at home, a medical helicopter has crashed west of chicago, killing two nurses and a pilot flying to a nearby hospital. the chopper crashed in a field near rochelle. no word why it crashed. >>> major, new concerns about the war in afghanistan this morning. u.s. troops are set to withdraw in a matter of mon

mark phillips is in pretoria, south africa.k, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. in the absence of any specific detail on nelson mandela's condition, he's been in the hospital for two days now. inevitably the speculation rises and so does the concern. the last, more or less, public appearance of nelson mandela was on his 94th birthday last july. when we saw him with his family at a birthday lunch in his home village of kunu in the rural eastern cape province. at that time, he seemed physically robust but mentally distant from what was going on around him. when news emerged that mandela had been moved to a military hospital in pretoria, the worrying began again. >> we nid him around. we need his wisdom. >> reporter: but there was reassuring news from the government minister who saw mandela today. >> he is doing very, very well. he's undergoing a series of tests to determine what is going on in his body. >> reporter: mandela has been retired from politics for more than a decade but >>> and it's going to b

robyn curnow joining us live from pretoria.irst time he's been treated for a lung infection. he's 94 years old. are they saying that this is something that is very serious? >> reporter: you know, i think as we've mentioned before on your show, south african government has been very tight with the information it's giving to the south african public, short, brief statements. the one we got today merely saying he's suffering from a reoccurring lung condition and crucially for south africans he's responding to treatment. we do know he's spending another night, the fourth night in the military hospital behind me in one of those wards that are lit up. i spoke to doctors earlier and i said, what exactly is a lung infection? it could be anything. without details to go on it could be something as simple as bronchitis or serious as pneumonia which is common in very old people. but you know, i think when it comes to mandela, he's as you said, he's had health scares before, he's had issues with his lungs before. he's always bounced back, h

all week we've been told that he was in a number one military hospital a military hospital in pretoriathis was confirmed by a government minister the defense minister, who claims to have visited him there. the government itself said it never confirmed he was there and now rumors have circulated that in fact he's been in another hospital, a heart hospital in pretoria all week. this morning a cavalcade of cars left the heart hospital people thinking this was the waited-for release. where did it go? it went back to the military hospital. so at this stage we don't know exactly where mandela has improved enough to go home and we don't know, frankly, which of those two hospitals he's in. norah, charlie. >> all right, mark phillips very interesting, thank you. >>> and today demonstrations are expected in egypt the day before a key vote on the country's future. as allen pizzey reports from cairo, the vote on the constitution has become a referendum on egypt's islamic president, mohamed morsi. >> reporter: both sides of the egyptian political divide plan major marches and rallies this morning.

mandela, who is 94 years old, was admitted to a hospital in pretoria over the weekend for tests. health is rapidly deteriorating. a spokesperson for the south african president says there is no cause for alarm. that is an icon of all icons. >> exactly. i think one of the reasons people are talking about this is because he really hasn't made any public appearances since 2010. remember he got that applause when he rode on the golf cart at a soccer stadium before final match of the world cup. but since then he has received visitors occasionally. >> hillary clinton was one of them. his resume unbelievable. became the first south african black president in 1994. spent 27 years in prison for leading the fight against apartheid. shared 1993 nobel peace prize, really just unbelievable. >> 94 years old. imagine that 27 years, some times in solitary confinement has certainly led to some health problems. >> remarkable he is living this long. let's hope he has more years ahead of him. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez is dealing with a new health crisis. he has arrived in cuba for a third

have been sufficiently concerned about his health to fly him across the country, to a hospital in pretoriarobin curnow, cnn, south africa. >> his last public appearance was in 2010 when his country host the world cup soccer tournament. >>> fiscal cliff grabbing the headlines in washington. that's not the only big event in the nation's capital. next month, president obama will be inaugurated for a second term. that means plenty of turnover among his top advisers. emily schmidt has a first look at the upcoming changes in the president's cabinet. >> reporter: a late november white house photo-op. >> this is a wonderful opportunity for me to meet with my full cabinet. >> reporter: maybe the last glimpse of this picture, an imminent cabinet shuffle is expected. >> president has got a lot of very, very good people to choose from. but he wants to put together a team, especially in international affairs, a team overall that going into a second term does not look like a second team, does not look like a group of second stringers. >> reporter: the likely short list to succeed secretary of state hill

all of the attention is still focused on a military hospital in pretoria, the capitol, where it's thoughtted. it has been the center of media attention and also some local wildlife, a local mongoose isn't providing much detail about mr. mandela's condition either. the doctors say mandela continues to make progress but that it is consistent with his age. he is 94. and that because of that age he needs extraordinary treatment, read that as you will. there have been no preparations at his home here where it's thought that he might go once he's released. the hope is that that might be within the next several days we're told. and, of course, the last time we saw mandela was at his 94th birthday last july where he appeared to be physically okay detached from things going on around him. the longer he stays in hospital, the more worried people get despite the government assurances. gayle, norah, charlie. >> mark, thanks. >>> the library of congress is adding 25 movies to the national film ridge guess stri. this year's picks include "breakfast at tiffany's," "dirty harry," and "a christmas story."

the 94-year-old former south african president was admitted to a hospital in pretoria.s treated for a lung infection and underwent gal stone surgery. rob robin kerr now is reporting outside of his home in johannesburg. >>> in this house watched by local media nelson mandela is no doubt resting. after 19 days his doctors sent him home here to his johannesburg residence. while this is good news, they're saying he's still receiving high care which means behind these walls his doctors and nurses are still closely monitoring and observing him. while in hospital mandela was treated for a lung infection and had surgery to remove galstones and these are the most recent pictures only him taken in july by cnn at his 94th birthday party in 'tis home surrounded by his large family. but he looked bewildered and didn't smile. so different to the vigorous man who fought so hard, endured so much. other recent years, though, the former south african president has seemed frail and unsteady on his legs. public appearances became increasingly rare. just too much effort for a man in his 90s

the presidency is saying he's now in hospital in pretoria, which is a good two-hour airplane flight fromt be sufficiently concerned about his health to allow him to make that trip. >> now, robin, you saw him last in july. what kind of shape was he in then? >> well, i have covered nelson mandela ever since he was president, and he definitely is showing his age. we know that he has become frustrated often by the loss of his mental and physical awilts. when i saw him, he was having lunch with president clinton, and then i saw him at his own birthday party celebration. he looked a little bit chubbier than usual. looked like he had put on weight, which is of course a good thing. >> looks like we lost that signal. that's robin kurnow reporting on former south african president nelson mandelmandela. >> a vip visitor for malala, the pakistana wounded by the taliban while on her way home from school in october. the pakistani president went to the hospital where she's recovering. according to a statement from his office, the pakistani president wanted to see the young girl's condition for himself

the 94-year-old leader's hospitalized in pretoria for a medical issue the government says is consistent 19 years ago today, mandela received the nobel peace prize for his human rights contributions in south africa where he spent 27 years in prison as retribution for fighting racial segregation. >>> mcdonald's says sales are up and it's credited a limiting time offering. the credit bacon cheddar sandwich. the cbo, as it's called, is a big factor, according to the fast food chain, which says key global sales rose 2.4% last month. in october, mcdonald's saw its first monthly decline in nearly a decade. the cbo here in washington is the congressional budget office. i don't think mcdonald's was -- >> i think it was different -- >> they had a different idea in mind. >> when i first saw cbo, i said, congressional budget office. >> it's very well respected so i guess it goes well with a hamburger. >>> two australian deejays responded to the worldwide outrage over their prank that embarrassed the royal family and apparently caused a nurse to kill herself. let's say you want to get ahead in your

mark phillips is in pretoria. mark, what's the latest?reporter: well, the latest is the latest of a series of government medical bulletins on eds condition, all of them quite reassuring, that there's no cause for alarm that he's here for tests, in good hands, that kind of thing. .ut because they're not very specific, that's led to speculation as to why he's here. ion last time we saw him-- we were one of few people privileged to witness him eelebrating his 94th birthday with his family-- he appeared physically robust but mentally res quite detached it seemed from everything going on around ite. but physically okay. und, clearly something has happened lately that precipitated the decision to eding him up to the hospital tre in pretoria and people are understandably very concerned about that. >> pelley: mandela left the presidency nearly 14 years ago. what does he mean to the country now? >> he is still the iconic personality that the new south africa is based on. ms you want to think of it in american terms, he's kind of a combination of g