robin?> i'm robin. >> robin, i'm marcus. >> very nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. you guys have this place branded well. >> thanks. oh, this is jen. >> oh, hey, jen. >> hi. >> marcus. how are you? >> nice to meet you. >> so, is this pretty much... >> well, this is the front office. >> okay. >> this is my office, and when jen comes into town--'cause she's based out of the east coast-- >> oh, wow. >> and she works in here also. >> i can't imagine having a co-worker, an employee 3,000 miles away from where our business is. look, i understand phone and email, but nothing replaces human interaction. what i want to know about is, why did you start the company? >> so, in 2005, my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. we were like, "how did she even get cancer in the first place?" i went back to be with my family and help my sister through her treatments, and there was one day where i said, "mom, i'm not gonna go with you guys to the doctors. i need a break." and she said, "you know wha

welcome to special report, extraordinary people. >> and i'm robin meade. be in the eye of the beholder. to some it might mean someone fantastically athletic or someone uber talented. what about every day folks who simply have to be courageous in the circumstance they find themselves in, or selfless or inspirational. looking back on this year 2013, who do you feel is truly extraordinary? >> that's what we're going to look at in the next hour. you're going to meet some every day people who really did extraordinary things. people like antoinette tuff. in a year that mass gun shootings made news, this schoolteacher changed the story. she had power ofe.

and rosy o'donnell tweeted this, only love to robin roberts with the hash tag, courage, as robin robertsi encourage you to reflect what you're grateful for. sometimes that means putting a face and name to those you love most. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> up next, retired racing legend michael schumacher after a skiing accident in the french alps, his recovery next. >>> and also we'll get the latest from the cnn weather center on the new year's eve weather when we continue. there's no secondhand smoke in here... ...and no cigarette advertising around here. there's a reason we know this is really bad... ...and this is really good. there's a reason 2 in 3 people are surviving cancer. and we cannot be silent until it's 3 out of 3. this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years. make your tax-deductible donation by december 31st and help finish the fight. isn't it time you discovered the sleep number bed? because only the sleep number bed offers dual air technology that lets two people find the perfect balance of comfort and support for their bod

robin roberts is gay. news?be not, by many people's standards, yes. >> one of the best parts of robin roberts sharing her truth with us is that she also is a very strong person of faith. so the conversation with duck dynasty and that conversation about faith and what that faith should look like, people l r >>> she does challenge what you think faith looks like. >> it has been a meteoric rise for robin roberts, she was a local reporter for working at espn in 1990. and five years later she split time at "good morning america," and split time on the show. today, she is one of the most popular television anchors on television. pundits are calling it an open industry secret, the chatter growing stronger after roberts landed president obama's first interview on his stand on same-sex marriage. >> for me, personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the topic of robert's sexual orientation never came up. host show ellen degeneres talked about it, sayi

>> he does, robin.marriage certificate, with you, you will meet with the pope. and congratulations. tell us, what was that moment like today? >> it was amazing. to have pope francis come up to us personally, shake his hand. he asked us where we came from. and really asked us, to really pray for him a lot. >> he does. it is humbling when he asks you to do that. pray for him. why did you want to do this? >> since i heard about this, i have acquaintances and friends who have done this. and i knew it was something, if god willing, i got married one day, that i wanted to do. we got engaged shortly before pope francis became pope. as soon as he did, just something about him, we were like, we need to go. we need to go to rome, after we get married to get our marriage blessed. >> congratulations to you both. >> since you're hanging out with us. eating sandwiches. thank you, you two. congratulations to you again. >> thanks to all of you. and back to you the times square. >> amazing. what a wonderful event we hav

the president toured mandela's cell on robin island after he took office. and mrs.bama, michelle obama, along with her daughters, sasha and malia, they visited mandela, reading a book with him. and also talking with him. obviously, mandela, south africa's first black president, a huge inspiration to the u.s.'s first black president and his family. >> tahman bradley, live in washington for us this morning. >>> you heard tahman reference that memorial service that will be held in a football stadium. it's part of a logistical nightmare south african officials are facing. >> it's likely that most of the living u.s. presidents will travel to south africa. dozens of other dignitaries will attend. the event is being likened to organizing a world cup, plus a coronation and inauguration at the same time. >> bill clinton was in power when nellman mandela took power. we will remember him as a man of uncommon grace and compassion. >> reporter: mandela's two youngest daughters were in london at the time of his death, attending a premiere about the film of his life. >> they left

robin roberts, now, i got to know robin roberts very briefly. we both got an award for breast cancer at the cancer center years ago. delightful person. great, great, great great gal. she sent out this acknowledgment after a really tough health year saying basically, you know, my girl friend has been supporting me through this and thank you. and i didn't know it was a big news story but, boy, it's really caught fire. what's your reaction? >> i haven't been in shocked since clay aiken came out. what's interesting to me is how -- it's interesting that it's a media story but i don't know how many americans -- the fact is we know there are so many people public life openly gay now. it's not that big of deal. this is the great break through that glaad wanted from the beginning. the notion that they are going to lose a single viewer. either you like good morning america or find the concept of george stephanopoulos totally unbelievable and heinous and you never turn in. >> you hit my pal george. ebony what's your reaction? people are over the whole sax

we saw that in robin's piece.at made him special was he was a supremely idealistic prophet married to a supremely practical politician. and that was the heart of his success. he had the flexibility of a politician but the vision of a prophet. >> we were talking about the fact that he wielded everything in his power, how he dressed, smiled and danced. >> especially after he left prison. he knew that every move he made would be watched and he was sending a signal to his people and the world. think about that man. here's the man who left prison to be elected president and then said like george washington i am walking away from power. such an important example for his people. >> he tried to teach reconciliation instead of war and? >> and it ended up working but remember he also said that nonviolence is just a tactic. it's not a principle. he believed in it and he did it because he thought it would work, and it did. >> someone said that maybe he's the president of the republic of morality at the end of the day and that

you can whisk that for me. >> robin? whisker?ou want it to dissolve. and then, cocoa powder. that's what's going to make it -- the chocolate. >> yeah. >> once that gets all incorporated, what we're going to do is take whatever french bread, italian bread, portuguese bread, whatever you have. once robin has that whisked, we're going to soak a few pieces like this. >> how long? let it really absorb. >> that's the key to them. as robin just said, that's the key to a great french toast. let them get wet. once they get wet, we go inside the skillet, with a little butter. and away we go. >> nice and hot, the skillet? >> yeah. not too hot. what happens now, is this. once the french toast is done -- so, we'll give -- >> i'll take some. >> george? >> thank you. >> and -- >> looks good. >> okay. just a couple things we could do. lara. >> thank you. thanks, em. >> there's a couple of things we could do. we could use a little powdered sugar. and sprinkle a little powdered sugar on it. we can do the strawberry sauce that we heated on that. so

you were there on thursday, robin.inally the official announcement he had died and the announcement of all of these events that are unfolding right now. >> you know, this country has known at least for much of this year that he was gravely ill. in the end ofs a ventilator and dialysis failed and kidneys. he was very, very ill. still that announcement, that very official the president looking into the camera. i think people were still shocked and still just couldn't think it. >> the zuma you see now and shaking hands with dignitaries and is different from that night. i was stunned by how devastated he looked. >> he looked slightly disheveled. >> you could see how sad he was. let's face it. he also has share of criticism. let's not beat around the bush. mandela was an iconic leader. evident the statesman and galvaniz galvanizer. these huge, huge crowds, all of these people coming in now. >> these are people still trying to stream into the stadium. >> and they will. this is going to go on all day. >> i've been told that t

robin, george? >> so hard.nk you, clayton. >>> now to the growing controversy on an american who vanished on a trip to iran more than six years ago. on a secret assignment for the cia. the family of robert levinson, now accusing the u.s. government of not doing nearly enough to find him and secure his freedom. brian ross is here with much more on this. good morning, brian. >> reporter: in the wake of the disclosures that levinson was working as a cia spy in iran, his family tells abc news this morning they're demanding a meeting with the new head of the fbi to push for a greater effort to seek his return. with no proof he's even alive since this video was made three years ago. >> please help me. >> reporter: bob levinson's family said they feel the u.s. abandoned the former fbi agent. but secretary of state john kerry denied that in an exclusive interview on abc's news program this week. >> to suggest that we've abandoned him or anybody has is simply incorrect. and -- and not helpful. >> do you believe the iran

science, robin. >> that's it. thank you, josh. >>> now, to the latest on the sexual assault allegations against jameis winston, the florida state football star, who is a heisman trophy candidate. prosecutors say they will announce today whether they will bring charges. abc's matt gutman is here and has the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this announcement could change the lives of both jameis winston and his still anonymous young accuser. if he is charged, winston's college football career could be over. if he's exonerated, it could end with a heisman and a national championship. it's not a pass on the gridiron but a press conference that could determine jameis winston's fate later today. the state attorney on the case will announce whether or not the florida state seminoles heisman hopeful will face charges of sexual assault from a fellow student, just a day after winston was named conference player of the year. that state attorney telling reporters wednesday, we think we've exhauste

robin? >> thanks, george.eat to be in the company of the cardinal. >>> a special trip to the north pole. this is a tough time of year to get plane tickets. but some very lucky children managed to get on to a united airlines flight to this holiday's hottest destination. abc's sara haines was there for the trip of a lifetime. >> reporter: it's not every day you get to fly to the north pole. but that's exactly where little anu is headed. the 4-year-old joins dozens of other deserving kids. >> have fun, okay? >> reporter: some stricken with cancer. others facing family hardship, for an all expense paid trip to santa's workshop. curtesy of united airlines. show me how excited? this excited? this is how excited you are? did i nail it? lucky for me, i got to tag along for the flight. i'm going to the north pole. let me tell you, if only all commercial flights were like this. there was the singing. ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way ♪ >> reporter: the jolly elves. and have we mentioned the in-flight clown

robin joins us now from johannesburg. a moving interview, robin. she's an impressive lady. was very close to him, wasn't she in. >>> absolutely. he called her his rock. literally she spent the last 18, 19 years with him. you know what was incredible about her role in his life was also incredible about the way he was such a leader was that he picked her out of the typing pool when he arrived at the presidency. she's afterry cans, she's white. she represented the old order. he made a point of insuring that she was next to him because not only -- he wanted to show the world, south africans that he would work and rely on a white person. she tells a wonderful story how there was a picture of her once serving him tea. and it will caused an outcry because a white woman was serving a black man tea. look how much things have changed in 20 years. >> this is someone by his side for more than 18 years. i imagine she was very difficult to let go, to actually let go of him. how did she do that? how did she explain how she finally made peace with that, if she has? >> you know, i'm a south

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robins. member s of the public, let's hear from the member s of the public. >> good afternoon, miss brown. >> hi, thank you commissioners and director ruskin, i'm sally brown, administrative assistant for supervisor breed. supervisor breed is very much aware of the safety and transit impacts on these large corporate busses. the transit impact, these large tour busses through the alamo square neighborhood, it's been a constant struggle for the community. it's not a safe virpb environment for the pedestrians because of the wide turns the busses need to make. also noting the safety of the idle wild students, traffic has to go around the buses in ood lane and what we also have been seen and told idle wild students are actually stepping off the streets into the crosswalks and the traffic does not have a few of the students going into the streets and they can't see the traffic coming on, on-coming traffic. so it's also, one of our biggest complaints in the office, in the district 5 office, is of co

we had a visitor in class, and it was someone who had served on robin island with nelson mandela. they had been sell mates together or on the same cell block. he told a powerful story about the impact nelson mandela had on him and the guards in the prison. he was still in prison at the time, and this person talked about how the guards at robin island understand stood what sort of man mandela was, respected him, listened to him, were eddie educated by him. that was a powerful message no a young college student about this person who went on to become president of stojakovic. >> any recollection of affect that mandela has had on american politics? >> i think the president will speak to that in just a short time. the question that the first african-american president certainly watched what happened with nelson mandela in stojakovic. it had had.tory it has had an affect on politics here, the anti-apartheid movement, to pass sanctions here in congress, the debate that took place here in the united states over constructive engagement. >> also the withdrawal of u.s. investment dollars to

>> it has been amazing. >> josh and robin got to meet him yesterday.m bob armstrong. what's the hardest thing you've had to do? >> wow. it was probably the hardest and the most joyous was being with my wife when she gave birth because, you know, you go -- you try to help her as much as you can. but you know you're kind of extraneous at that point. >> the target of all of the pain. >> just punch me in the face if you want to. >> what are you going to do with the family over christmas? >> we will make our traditional snowman out of mashed potatoes. i don't know. people at home are thinking -- that's weird. you know, we're going to go back to massachusetts. and spend christmas there. that's where my wife and i grew up. >> excellent. the movie's fantastic. a lot of fun watching the rollout. enjoy the next three weeks. >> i'll be here tomorrow. and the day after. >> "anchorman 2: the legend continues" in theaters right now ben stiller and kristen wiig, here next. ...club...things... r cat foodt sending me coupons for cat food. i'm just not a coupon clipper.

>> i can't believe that's robin thicke. >> because we don't usually hear him in that register.n that higher register. >> you're right. >> he is a terrific musician. >> he really is. >> but i couldn't tell what ron burgundy was saying. second thing to go from your eyes is your ears. >> yeah. >>> lea michele released her first single off the debut album called "canon ball." >> let's listen. ♪ ♪ like a canon ball like a canon ball ♪ >> i love it. >> there seems to be a ball thing lately. wrecking ball, canon ball. >> i love her. >> it's interesting to hear her take on something different from -- she's very successful, very, very talented. if they end up doing funny girl on the nbc musical next year -- >> you know what? you're right. >> who actually knows how to sing very well. >> you're right. >> we have to show you this photo. this is a picture of gisele bundchen multitasking getting her makeup done, hair done and nails done while breastfeeding. the caption was, what would i do without this beauty squad after 15 hours of flying and only 3 hours of sleep? #multitasking. >> she's c

robin, we heard earlier the recording of the children singing. tell us about that.hat's key about this funeral and we have said it over and over again, but it keeps on resonating is the battle between the person and political. we heard the national anthem. what is so powerful about that song is it's song sung in three different languages. it's an amalgamation of the new south africa. it was a good indication of nelson mandela. when we came to power as the first black president here, he didn't sweep away everything of the apartheid past. that song and the national anthem speaks to everybody here in south africa and how everybody has to tried to learn from him to try and emulate him. also we heard a song, a recording of children singing. i'm told that was one of his favorite songs. that song was organized and recorded by mrs. michelle, his wife. it's her tribute to him. what's also key is the fact it was children singing. he had a deep love of children. when he was imprisoned for 27 years he hardly saw children. his own children and other children. he's often said tha

robin wright.black in it, you're in. >> comedy series, a newcomer. "brooklyn nine-nine." that was nominated. i expected "arrested development" to make a big showing for netflix. and it did not get nominated. we have "the big bang theory." "girls" nominated again. "modern family." i know you're happy about that. i was disappointed that "veep" was not nominated. >> how is it not nominated? >> julia louis-dreyfus was nominated for actress. >> the series is so good. >> they learn new words. >> sure, jess. >> looking at the films now. "american hustle," "saving mr. banks." we've been talking about them on the show. we're in the comedy/drama zone. there's an incredible gray area now. >> exactly. >> from straight comedies or dramas. >> all of the potential nominees for best comedy, one of them were a comedy. we'll have them in a second. there's not one single -- among the nominees, "american hustle." that's kind of funny. "august: osage county." that's not -- terrific movies. it didn't get the nod. it's o

yes, robin roberts is gay.he reaction has been as subtle as the announcement itself. >> it seems increasingly odd, especially to a younger generation, for famous people to have difficulty in being honest about something as fundamental as their sexuality. >> reporter: roberts' former cohost sam champion may have helped pave the way when he celebrated his engagement to his partner live on "good morning america" last year. >> i'm so, so lucky to have someone like this in my life. >> reporter: in a way, roberts seemed to be following the template of cnn's own anderson cooper. he came out in july 2012 in an e-mail to blogger andrew sullivan and like roberts, he was on a vacation when he did so. cooper discussed it in september when his talk show launched. >> i think it's important to just send a message to especially young people that there's nothing to be ashamed of and that you know, you can be successful and you can have a life and you can have many interests and this is one part of your life. >> reporter: somewh

there were no children in the prison on robin island. the warders' children were kept on the other side of the island. he said more than anything, he missed nourishing. so he struggled for the right to garden because he wanted to raise plants. he wanted to see things grow. it was years of struggle and robin island was called university because people read. they studied. they reflected. this is what brought him to forgiveness. >> interestingly he forgave those who imprisoned him because he realized he was still a prisoner if he couldn't forgive which i thought was such a poignant moment. someone who was a historian and studied mandela, how will he rank do you think in the pantheon of world leaders? >> way up at the top. if one had to elect a president of the world some years ago, who would have been elected? it would have been nelson mandela. surveys have been taken in different countries, denmark, germany, other parts of the world asking young people who are your heroes? and only one person who was a politician came out in the top 10. th

robin corn now, we will see you again. thank you for your reporting. watching continuing coverage of the death of nelson mandela as the world remembers his life and legacy. >> details of how mandela's life left, his freedom aired in london. . [ music playing ] [ music playing ] [woman] you wrapped the... [man] it's nothing but tape... [woman] it's a block. we're havin' a baby! [laughter in background] [woman screams] are we havin' a baby? [ambient crying and laughter] . >> welcome back to cnn viewers in the u.s. and around the world. former south african president nel sand mandela remembered around the world. >> he died on thursday. mourners have been placing flowers and a statue near the housings of parliament. here's what some are saying ability the great man. >> a friend, for sure our friend, really at the moment, his name will never be forgotten. everything he has done for the world, so it's never a lelgacy, he will live forever. >> i mean, world leaders have been influenced by him, leaders have been influenced by him. >> it's an incredible moment,

this is a man who spent nearly 20 years on robin island. i was there in 1998 when a former president, bill clinton, visited robin island together with nelson mandela. i had the privilege and honor of interviewing nelson mandela in capetown the next day and it was amazing to me, donna brazile is watching as we await president obama, donna, it was amazing to me that he showed, even though he had been at robin island the day before, where he had been so brutally treated for so many years, no bitterness, no anger. he said we need all south africans, we need all south africans to work together because this can be a great country. if we fight each other, the whole country will be destroyed. >> you know, he believed when he left robin island that it was time to bring people together -- >> hold on, donna. here's the president of the united states. >> at his trial in 1964, nelson mandela closed a statement saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against black domination. i have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free soc

the matches scheduled in early january to mark in scripting this is robin's third visit this year. korean authorities have given a group of foreign officials are rare look inside an industrial complex they run jointly with south korea more than twenty government officials and experts scoresby kiss song industrial complex. they're from around ten countries including canada and turkey they were attending an internet conference in seoul the team says the gov beebe impressed the bottom of the scene. in the lawsuit says. analysts say there is korean authorities allowed the group two visits to show its willingness to continue economic cooperation with the south. they also say they may be trying to encourage overseas investment in the wake of the execution of town some tech who pursued economic reform. on the same day north and south korean officials met in case some they agreed to meet again to discuss providing internet access in the area as a way of attracting foreign investment. us media say president barack obama wants to appoint an ambassador could strengthen economic ties with chin

good to have you and robin with us at this hour tonight. >>> as you said, robin, a younger generationrobably didn't see his walk to freedom, but they may have known him instead from sports and from the movies, particularly that shining moment on the sports field in the movie, invictus, the name of the movie from a famous poem, the words that had nourished mandela for 27 years behind bars, reminding we must be masters of our fate and captains of our souls. >> reporter: what would he do, this new president with whites, whose pride was their rugby team, the spring box, as always people doubted him, in order to know how to move white africans into the future. >> on behalf of our rainbow nation, i welcome you all. >> reporter: what happened next was played out right there in the 2009 movie invictus. by the way, mandela himself chose morgan freeman to play him. >> this is the time to build our nation. >> reporter: south africa got to host the rugby world cup off years of being banned because of apartheid and in a show of unity, nelson mandela came into the locker room in a spring box jersey

robin journeyed to south africa three years ago. last night, she described her experience to diane sawyer on "world news." >> when i broke to graca machel, the woman he married on his 80th birthday, and i asked her, what is her husband's legacy going to be? and she said, a visionary leader. and it is the quality, the quality of leadership. >> robin went on to say that mandela wanted to right the wrongs and give each one of us the feeling that we could do the same thing, too. >> mandela also showed the world the meaning of true forgiveness. by the time he walked out of prison, he had formed an unlikely bond with one of his jailers. abc's david muir explains. >> reporter: christo brand peers out over the water, to the former prison on robben island, where he first reported for duty at 18. >> they informed us we're going to meet the biggest criminals in the history of south africa. >> reporter: nelson mandela was nearly 60. already in prison for more than a decade. still forced to sleep on the floor. the young jailer's family was afrik

he had visited south africa and robin island in 2006. and the president was just in south africa over the summer, in june with his family, didn't have an opportunity to meet with nelson mandela because of health reasons. the president said he cannot fully imagine my life - his life - without the example nelson mandela set. for long as i live i will do what i can to learn from him. let's listen to more of what the president had to say. >> we will not likely see the likes of nelson mandela again. so it falls to us, as best we can, to forward the example that he set, to make decisions guided not by hate, but by love. never discount the difference that one person can make, to strive for a future that is worthy of his sacrifice. for now, let us pause and give thanks for the fact that nelson mandela lived. a man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice. may god bless his memory and keep him in peace >> president obama said he has two big heroes, ma hat ma gannedy and nelson mandela. the question is

we get more from cnn's robin curnow. >> reporter: nelson mandela's struggle for freedom was his life.nickname that meant troublemaker and only given the name nelson by a school teacher later on. after moving to johannesburg and studying law, as a boxer he would pick fights and sparring with the apartheid authorities which had increased. he was militant and a fire brand and burning his passbook a dreaded boumt the apartheid authorities used to control the movements of south africa's black population. >> the africans require the franchise on the ages of one man, one vote. >> reporter: that simple demand and methods mandela took to fight for democracy saw him and others tried for treason. but they got life in prison instead and to robben island. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in the prison yard. >> i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that he was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. >> reporter: mandela was relieved 27 years later. >> i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your commitment at your discipline has

the raiders witnessed history at the >>> robin roberts has been public about our struggle with cancer and bone marrow disease. she decided to go public about something else. roberts posted a note of gratefulness to her family and long-time girlfriend amber. they've known amber a long time and are thankful robin has loving support in her life. >>> there are increased safety measures. 35,000 people are expected to attend the festival that started today and ends just after midnight new year's day. authorities found drugs in her system and believe she got lost walking back to her hotel. organizers are adding heated areas to prevent the same thing from happening this year. nighttime temperatures are expected to drop below freezing. >>> it's interesting because we've had so much warmth here in the bay area. >> at night they're dipping down to the mid teens. definitely, it is going to be very cold at night in the sierra. we had those warm winds that kept temperatures warmer across the bay area. the winds have pretty much ended. clear sky, cold night. we're seeing mainly clear skies out there

he was here when i interviewed tony robins. >> i'm wondering if you might be interested in going with me to some of the families of sandy hook and doing what was done for you. i think if you have that experience, it would take you to the next level. you're already doing unbelievably well, i had a chance to meet you back stage. i think it could go to another level. what do you think? >> that's exactly what they did. one year after the devastation, back with me in a reunion of kind. tony robins and nick. welcome back to both of you. a powerful moment, tony when you turned to nick and made that suggest and you both carried it through. tell me about the visit and what happened. >> well, i was -- i met nick on your show as you know and i was impressed with the way he dealt with things. he was such a center and i had this idea when these issues happen and unfortunately keep happening around the country, it would be great to have a strike force of people who have been through it and made it to the other side. a lot of people think you

"i walk the line," robin.io recordings, never heard until now. some of them, george, are with june carter cash. and also, waylon jennings. the tracks were made in 1981. they were recorded in nashville. they were found by johnny and june's son. last year, he found them. look for that album to drop in march 2014. i know all of us will be downloading that. >>> and finally, for years the fdny have cornered the calendar market. but there's another group that wants to give the man of the month thing a try. and it's driving the ladies crazy. it's the nyc taxi drivers 2014 calendar. featuring 12 of the most hard-working and good-humored hunks behind the wheel. posing. there, everybody, that is -- that's our cover guy, looking very sexy. striking a pose. i want to thank you and all of your fellow models. do we have any pictures from the calendar? oh, yeah. there's one of them. there's another. one of the men of the month. oh, wow. >> is that february? >> this man, checking his oil. >> these are priceless. >> dip stick.

robin? george? lara?thank you. >>> new information on what caused that deadly train crash in new york. investigators say it was dangerously speeding down the tracks at 82 miles per hour, into a curve, when it flew off the rails. abc's gio benitez is at the scene in the bronx for us. good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. right now, the key question for the train's engineer, what exactly was he doing right before that crash that injured more than 60 and killed 4? this morning, investigators are looking closely at the train's excessive speed. 82 miles per hour, nearly three-times the speed permitted through that upcoming turn. >> we have a major train wreck. five cars on their side. multiple victims. >> reporter: sources tell abc news, human error was likely the cause of the crash. investigators are examining the engineer's cell phone to determine if he was distracted. the train had left poughkeepsie in the early morning hours on sunday. just after 7:00 a.m., the train was in the bronx

and robin has your sport, including details of how australia's cricketers managed to recover.e on that. ♪ >>> ukraine's president has offered an amnesty to protesters. let's get more from lauren. over to you. >> darren thanks very much. it was viktor yanukovych's first attempt to reach a deal. they reiterated their demands for the government to standown. the different sides are still far apart in this three-week crisis, and thousands more protesters are pouring in this to kiev for another mass rally on sunday. what has been discussed? >> reporter: the opposition have made a number of key demands that you were referring to there. first and foremost the release of people detained in early disturbances when the police used a lot of force, a lot of violence against them when they were gathered here a few weeks ago, and that has been a key priority of this opposition, because they feel these people were innocent. and they also want this government held accountable for that, and gave the orders for the coup the elite militias as he gave the order for them to come in and use that for

robin will have news coming up later in the news hour. >> a mass funeral has been held for more than 50 people killed in an attack on the yemeni government. al qaeda has said it was behind the attack. it says the ministry has been targeted because u.s. forces have been operated from there. >>> from yemen after that attack, seven filipinos have been killed. about 70 philippine nationals were working in the military hospital. about 10 million filipinos work overseas mostly in the middle east. >>> more than 140 students have been arrested in egypt during a protest university in cairo. one student is in intensive care after being shot. a student said al assad university, protest oorgs several police cars were set on fires. well, the students have been demonstrating for months now against a military takeover in july. they're also calling for the release of dozens of students who have been arrested and jailed without charge. fighting with security forces last month. bernard smith has more from cairo. >> former center of islamic education in egypt has been one of the focal points for people

let's go to robin who is in kiev for us. how are those talks between the two sides been going? understand they have been underway this afternoon, and this is really an important development for this political crisis unfolding in the ukraine, because it was the first time they actually sat down. the opposition are making keys conditions to the ukrainian president. above all the release of prisoners -- the release of those detained during earlier unrest, who a lot of people said were innocent of doing any wrong, and certainly of causing any violence. they were among those who were caught up when the riot police came and used what many considered to be excessive force, beating people on the ground. when the protest was underway a couple of weeks ago. of course they are still calling for a government replacement of this government, and they want those in the government to be found accountable for the actions of those riot police. at the moment we have all kinds of actors and factions at play here, and lots of different influences in this country. one of the key ones we have been lo

. >>> let's go live to johannsberg to cnn's robin kernao. she joins us from outside his home in johannsberg, robin, there's a lot of talk about prayer and reflection. today's the day of prayer and reflection. there's lots of religious ceremonies planned. was mandela a man of deep faith? >> reporter: no, he wasn't a man of faith, his family told me. he believed in infinity. he got his strength and i saw it over the years, from this real sense of self-confidence, his inner discipline, he drew himself from himself and i think he was a very contained character, very unintroverted and that's where he seemed to get his strength from, his spirituali spirituali spirituality. he was born methodist, and what you will see in the coming days dr. will be a mix of african traditions and what is also important is that he felt rooted to his community, to the tribe in the cunu region and he felt more connected. what he are seeing at the moment is that tribal leaders are going to be accompanying his body along the way until it's buried, talking to him all the

i want to go to johannesburg and talk to robin kurnow, she has covered him extensively.oins us live. robin, talk to us a little bit more about the reaction there in south africa as this news truly sinks in. >> well, it was 12 hours ago that nelson mandela passed away. and the president jacob zuma a few hours later told the nation, but it was around midnight south african time, so south africans across this country, particularly those in rural areas, with not easy access to twitter or facebook, probably didn't get the message that this great man had passed on and until this morning, those perhaps who are going to work, catching trains, getting on minibus taxis saw headlines like this as they went to work this morning. the world weeps, giving the details quite clinical of where he went and where, but i think this in a way sums up what many south africans are saying, hamba kahle, which means good-bye. nelson mandela freedom for life defined his life. hess born in the remote hills of south africa's eastern cape. he was given a main which means trouble maker. he was only give

and they called robin island mandela university.ou have this place that is a horror where he was for 27 years, and yet his influence was to make it something positive for the other people. >> for other people like saki and others like him, he insisted they learn. because saki was a young man when he went to prison. some of them were 16, 17 years old. and so rather than see their environment as a prison, he and the other leaders turned it into something that was productive. as saki just said, they had faith and they had hope. but they also had faith that those people running around that prison yard and sometimes playing soccer also had to study their books so that one day they would be able to lead the country as people like saki and some of the others who were there on robin island do it today. >> and while doing it they had hard physical labor. he contracted tuberculosis while he was at robin island. but you mentioned how he made friends with the guards. and the wardens there. he was not an idealist. he was very pragmatic. i mean,

he served most of his time on robin island, the alcatraz of south africa. his fellow prisoner said mandela never let his spirit die. >> he worked on the premise that he would live to see the victory. he accepted that he may not live to see the victory. but he did not doubt that the struggle would triumph. >> mandela was in prison for 27 years. then on february 11th, 1990, at the age of 71, he walked free. cbs news correspondent bob simon covered his release. >> the mandela limousine was a beat up toyota. the motorcade had to change several times because the approaches to cape town were jammed. >> often bishop desmond tutu said it made the man. >> a robust aggressive young militant, generous understanding person. >> i cherish the idea of a new south africa where all south africans are equal. >> in 1993, the person who freed him declerk shared the nobel peace prize and the year after that mandela became south africa president. >> let that be for all, let that exist for all. let that be work, prayers, water for all. let us embrace god bless africa. i thank you

. >> my name is robin share. i would like to say it's the founder of friends of camp mather. thank you for everything you are doing at the camp. now i'm switching, as they say in dr. sues book, i'm speaking for the trees. i don't know what's being carried out in our parks. not everybody is able to come to meetings on a workday. i know when people come to the parks and they see the trees taken down, they are very disturbed by that. recently there have been articles that talk about how natural is so subjective, invasive, so subjective. wild is what we had. we don't have it so much anymore. we are having some very manicured parks. i'm going to read some of this. it starts out with something that comes from the you can. it says that the biouniversity, those displaced by this species is irrational and mistake for scarce conservational funds that is especially damaging. to me the eucalyptus is the tree of san francisco. i'm always happy to the back. population and species have begun to evolve and hybridize. putting a back what we consider to be native is not possible. we don't know

. >> robin roberts has been public about her struggles with cancer and bone marrow decide. today she went become about something else, celebrating her 100th day post bone marrow transplant, roberts posted a note of gratefulness to her family and a long-time girlfriend amber. abc news released a statement in support of roberts, saying they've known amber a long time and are thankful robin has loving support in her life. >> up next at 6:00. the hotel ameant that could be gone in the near future. >>> a look at your monday morning forecast. meteorologist leigh glaser is up next. >> no silver and black lining to the raiders' season finale. torched by broncos. torched by broncos. who loves kickers? ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] ♪ but finally, it happened. perfection. at progresso, we've got a passion for quality, because you've got a passion for t