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memorial on the national mall, paying tribute to those lost in the war, but also reminded of a more unified nation coming form after years of turmoil. >> america passed through the veil of smoke and flames and emerged on the other side, a stronger nation. >> reporter: many honoring the greatest generation, who saw america through its darkest days. >> words will never suffice in expressing our gratitude to you, collectively, and individually. >> reporter: more ceremonies taking place across the country including one at the intrepid museum in new york city and a decommissioned naval destroyner boston. in new york, bryan llenas, fox news. >>> in alameda the u.s. coast guard honored pearl harbor survivors including this man, refired nave petty officer, who was serving aboard the u.s.s. utah. even after orders to abandon ship vaessen staid at his post and kept lighting burning as long as possible the he is holding a flashlight and wrench and says these two items along with knowledge of ship are what saved his life. >>> authorities this southern california are concerned about a public memorial for actor

the constitutional writers determined there was no way they were going to create a unified nation that was going to one religion as a state religion the way the church of england was and is. the church of england. so they put a sense of pluralism in to the protective in to the constitution and jefferson himself, that's an important part of the formation with an idea it's more nuanced than we get in the public discourse. >> guest: and as i said the chapter were organized by different -- looking at the intolerance of different groups. and they're organized by quakers, irish-catholics, jews, mormons, and muslims. tell me how you picked those groups. were there any consider you considered and didn't pick? how did you organize them? >> guest: right. as i say t not a complete history of religious tolerance in america. each one of those chapters only -- primarily looked at one moment of the intolerance toward that group by the majority. so each one of those chapters could be developed much more. there are other groups that i don't deal with at all. because, not meant to be comprehensive. for

his lifelong struggle to unify his nation has eternally touched those here. >> it was a way to reconcile people. >> there will be nightly vigils out here through tuesday. a memorial service is scheduled for wednesday at the national cathedral. in northwest, abc 7 news. >> take a look at this, a sign of how truly one man can make a global impact. newspapers on the world are paying tribute to nelson mandela on their front pages. they are outside of the newsy him. >> visitors are leaving their well wishes at the museum of african art. this is on display and people can leave messages on the website as well. you can share your thoughts about nelson mandela on our abc 7 news facebook page. you can also visit wjla.com for complete coverage, including otis and details about key moments in his extraordinary life. coming up, david muir will join us with a preview of the special about the father of south africa. >> former arizona congresswoman gabrielle gifford is closing a congressional campaign and creating a gun control pac. it will be called the rights and responsibilities pac. donations will g

the constitutional writers determined there was no way they were going to create a unified nation that was going to just decide on one religion as a state religion the way the church of england is and was the church of england. so they included a sense of pluralism to protect the pluralism into the constitution and jefferson himself is an important part of the formation of these ideas during the revolution and afterward, he was primarily interested in pluralism because he leave that citizens in order for them to vote for a democratic government needed to vote through their conscience and religion was a key way to develop that conscience. so freedom for him freedom of religion is freedom to believe what you wanted to believe. it wasn't necessarily freedom to do whatever you wanted to do. this notion of freedom and religion in the united states is more nuanced than we often get in some of the public discourse about it. >> host: as i said your chapters were organized i looking at the experience of intolerance of different groups and they are organized by quakers, irish catholics, jews mor

colony, the constitutional writers determine that there is no way that they are going to create a unified nation that was going to just decide on one religion as the state religion the way the church of england was and is the church of england. so, they put a sense of pluralism into the protected pluralism into the constitution and jefferson himself as an important part of the kind of formation of these ideas during the revolution and afterwards he was primarily interested in and pluralism because he believed that citizens in order for them to vote for a space government needed to vote through their conscience and religion was the key way to develop a conscience canada so for him freedom of religion was freedom of conscience to believe we wanted to believe. wasn't necessarily the freedom to do whatever you want to do. so the notion of the freedom of religion in the united states is more nuanced than we often get in some of the public discourse of the battle. >> host: the chapters are organized by different -- looking at the different experience and tolerance of different groups and they are orga

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really an entire country coming together to pay thanks to one man who helped unify a nation. cnn, jo harnessburg, south africa. >> in 10 minutes, i will talk to to "politico's" reporter about daunting tasks facing the secret service. >>> question three, will the so-called do-nothing congress actually do something? they have until friday to pass the farm bill otherwise milk prices could quadruple. this could be the least productive congress in modern history. lisa is digging up details on other bills that congress might consider. lisa? >> reporter: turns out most of very limited. in fact, nearly 20% deal with just a single piece of land or single area. one is called the freedom to fish act. that dealt with two dams in kentucky, the other one, a long one, minuteman missile boundary modification act. it adds a visitor's office and missile silo. how does this add? this is what speaker boehner said last week. >> the american people work hard and they expect their elected representatives to do the same. today the house has passed nearly 150 bills in congress that united states sena

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schifrin has this report from south africa where people remember how nelson mandela helped to unify a once-torn nation. >> nelson mandela talked about a rainbow nation. his struggle wasn't just on behalf of black south africans, but all south africans. >> nelson mandela wanted to build a nation united in diversity. citizens young and old, of all races and religions, say he created that union. at an interfaith service south africans celebrated opportunities and respect. >> we need to tolerate diversities. it's an important model. >> this allows us to be united and proud of our differences. >> down the road at an indian rally this woman thank nelson mandela on behalf of her children. >> madeba made the change. >> she used to be a second-class citizen. >> we were part of the deprived lot. we had to use the back for indian people. >> her husband suffered the same. he remembers being humiliated for eating dinner. >> we used to buy something to eat, and we had to say, "sorry, do you serve nonwhites." he would say, "no, we don't serve nonwhites, but you can buy take aways." >> this woman shows achievements s

national team. this was his way or a small example, if you like, of how to unify our nations.d a sense of purpose. and i only wish we had three or four mandela's scattered around the world now and then we'd never feel the problems that bedevil us all. >> yeah, indeed, absolutely. prime minister frazier, thank you so much for sharing your memories and your time you spent with nelson mandela. we appreciate it very much. thank you, sir. >> it's wonderful to hear all these stories, all these recollections of these private meetings. >> what people say about mandela is he knew the value of something which is called a teachable moment. something we have heard about of late. he knew the value of wearing that springboks jersey at the world couple. he knew the power of sitting down with the widow of the architect of apartheid. he knew the power of the image. >> of leading by example. >> yeah, absolutely. >> we have much more ahead on the legacy of nelson mandela. >> cnn special coverage will be right back after a short break. '04 . >> welcome back to cnn's continuing coverage of the dea

the dhs assessments that we get every year, that it should be more of a unified approach and we're currently working on a national strategy document to kind of help move that along. but i agree that oversight of all public safety efforts is a good thing. >> all right omar i know our community is chiming in. >> they put out the question of whether congress could act to provide more oversight for the surveillance or reign it in in some -- rein it in in some ways. the atmosphere around it maybe they can take a stand. and then we have alex who says no we have expected congress to do absolutely nothing, ever. >> what are your feeling about obstacles to this issue? >> i go a different way, whether we should have federal funding for these things at all. if they were truly truly state run they would be more responsive to states and localities, and more responsive to these communities, rather than doing high level rather dramatic counterterrorism stuff. the idea of reform is not out of the realm of possibility because the report from october 2012 was co-authored by a republican and democrat, tom coburn from oklahoma and i

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a statement from the foreign minister of india, suggesting that india needs to respond as a nation in a unifiedanner, and take unified measures to make its point felt when it comes to the incident, and he has expressed his solidarity with the diplomat and her family. strong words said in parliament, and further to that the prime minister of india released a statement describing the treatment of the diplomats at the center of the incident as despicable, deplorable and the parliament itself calling for more action from the ind jan government. we are yet to see what next in terms of action and respondent. the indian government is waiting for the american side to respond and make comments to what has been taking place in the last 24 hours. >> it's up in the air. stay with us for a while. there has been another important event, development in india. politicians there approved a landmark anticorruption bill creating an independent ombudsman who will have the power to investigate government wrongdoing. that opens the way for corrupt politicians and civil servants to be prosecuted. what has been the re

while unifying its security policies. the dprk is national defense commission sent a fax of the state to the south korean and the see through the mail entry hotline is threatening to attack the south. we got an e note is south korea's defence ministry in size so quickly responded to the facts saying its military sent to me on a notice saying it will still only react to and from patients from the north bailey told to not respond in shanghai me and some about how the south korean government is acting painting on pcs it's very appropriate facts. these threats these daily of friends that are coming out are being taken very seriously here in seoul the government urging him to halt these very provocative threats and take an attitude more conducive to resolving issues through dialogue and only then will south korea they are more active role in helping perhaps economic situations in the dprk to such things as food and other humanitarian aid. the south korean military is on high alert at this point bracing for all possibilities in the wake of the exec

program from los angeles are play being broadcast from new york, that is radio at its best unifying family in the nation. but it was conducted in voice. now, what -- some -- what he did was run out how to do it, built to huge areas. rather near plymouth rock. of the one his government did he transmitted test messages. he realized that he had done the right. he then sent shortly before christmas in 1900 to six a message by morse code to aid the ships in the western atlantic that belong to the in hanford company in a or bringing bananas of from the places of like an heiress to the east coast port saying quite simply, this now for a broadcast at one minute to midnight on christmas eve. christmas eve 1906 happened to be a dark and stormy night. it was a blizzard blowing of cape cod. ships for lumbering two years in toward the airport. but all of them, the radio operators went to the radio said, switched on a radius, through the static, the signals of other ships talking to one another handsomely heard something quite different that they had never, ever before. they heard this. ♪ f and dusted the national co

to counter the lingering uncertainties in that nation's housing market the revised stimulus measures include unifying the types of government backed mortgage loans the government will also allocate eleven trillion won roughly ten billion us dollars for government mortgage loans next year busy as this year's record amount to me. as one single day will run the loan program for home buyers will be able to secure loans at lower interest rates. under the new measures the overall number of so called happy houses which are a form of rental housing will be cut by thirty percent to one hundred and forty thousand the number of other forms of state owned rental homes solely for low income families will rise from sixty thousand as previously and one hundred and ten thousand revitalizing the beach is faltering housing market has been at major focus for economic policy makers as seventy percent of assets held by korean households are in real estate. and because of that officials say the ailing housing market could have a negative impact on consumption which makes up more than half of the nation's gross domestic pr

in 1995, a year after becoming his nation's first lack president, south africa hosted the rugby world cup. president unified his people with the simplest of acts. donning the journey -- the jersey that had been synonymous with white south africa. are 43 million south africans. >> this landmark woman would have been impossible had he not saved the emblem itself. a symbol of apartheid to many doesrotected after teams -- defied sports and sanctions to play around the world. mandela had supported that sporting band and believed it earlierim come to power than otherwise. >> this was one of the biggest blows. >> many years later the former boxer would deliver one of his punches. they were entrusted with hosting the 2010 world cup. this was his last public of parents -- appearance. world cup started with a tribute to nelson mandela. millions of white are watching eagerly as the teams are placed into eight groups. spoke with the soccer analyst in new york. i am looking at this draw. germany andwith portugal and ghana. thisou feeling good about draw form erica? >> it is one of the most difficult groups in the world

thousands gathered for the services ending a national mourning period for a man who led his people to freedom, unified the country, and inspired the world. we're live from sowoetto, south africa. >> a poignant and emotional good-bye for south africans for their beloved leader, nelson mandela. 145,000 people attended the ceremony in qunu in the eastern rural area of south africa. it was a combination of state funeral and traditional african rite. the crowd included folks from all around the world. reverend jesse jackson, britain's prince charles, oprah winfrey, and archbishop desmond toto was there, too. the speakers at the nearly four-hour-long event included family members, religious leaders, including the president of south africa right now, jacob zuma. listen to some of what he said to say. >> the long walk to freedom has ended in the physical sense. our own journey continues. we have to continue building the type of society you worked tirelessly to construct. >> after the public ceremony, the casket was transported to the grave site where nelson mandela's family members including children are buri

in 1995, a year after becoming his nation's first lack president, south africa hosted the rugby world cup. president unified his people with the simplest of acts. donning the journey -- the jersey that had been synonymous with white south africa. are 43 million south africans. >> this landmark woman would have been impossible had he not saved the emblem itself. a symbol of apartheid to many doesrotected after teams -- defied sports and sanctions to play around the world. mandela had supported that sporting band and believed it earlierim come to power than otherwise. >> this was one of the biggest blows. >> many years later the former boxer would deliver one of his punches. they were entrusted with hosting the 2010 world cup. this was his last public of parents -- appearance. world cup started with a tribute to nelson mandela. millions of white are watching eagerly as the teams are placed into eight groups. spoke with the soccer analyst in new york. i am looking at this draw. germany andwith portugal and ghana. thisou feeling good about draw form erica? >> it is one of the most difficult groups in the world

the trade act of 1974 sought to achieve a mechanism for creating a strong and unified national tradeby providing opportunities for diverse trade impacted groups to engage in meaningful and effective consultations with government officials. unfortunately, the trade advisory committee system is failing miserably to achieve this goal. groups like labor have either been underrepresented or not represented at all in the advisory committee system. the most seriously deficient level of trade advisory system is the third tiered level concerning technical and detailed secretary yorl and industrial matters. indeed, despite statutory language indicating otherwise, not one labor representative is a member of the 16 industrial technical advisory committees. nown as itacs. for that matter not one labor representative has been elected to serve on the manufacturing council, and no representative from the manufacturing union participates on the president's export council. the federal trade advisory committee system is instrumental in providing a mechanism for the to ate sector community advise our tr

if we're unified, we have a chance of saving the nation financially and culturally. i'm hoping everybody in our coalition, a broad spectrum coalition. we need more people supporting us, not less. purity is not possible. we've got to actually reck nice our 80% friend is our friend. >> yeah. actually that's a great point to close on. this is in effect this was a 70% deal regarding the sequester. and i worked for a guy years ago named ronald reagan who always said give me half a loaf now, and i'll get the other half of the loaf later. so there's some of that, too. ryan was a protege of jack kemp and ronald reagan. senator johnson, please stay with us. >>> coming up, we've got our ace political pundits standing by. what did they think of the paul ryan deal? what do they think of mr. johnson's change? and did this split the republican party or is it going to save it in the end? maybe we need a little less rhetoric and a little more policy. >>> more obamacare problems, by the way. one week until the deadline, yeah, but is the site going to be ready? not just to take the si

in the past he acted and spoke in ways that the entire nation follows, and it's a stabilizing force for many, a unifying force. he traditionally gives a speech on his birthday. tomorrow is his 86th birthday. he's down in a beach resort, recovering from ill health, along with the queen. they are expected to come out tomorrow. he will address the nation on a televised broadcast giving a speech. people will be hanging on every word to see if he gives any indication as to how the protest should be handled, if at all. >> does he have anything to say on the situation? >> anything he says will be interpreted and listened to closely. if he doesn't speak directly about it. we have the statement in 2006, which she was very clear. in 2006 we had a similar problem. protests against prime minister thaksin shinawatra, the older brother of the current prime minister yingluck shinawatra. at that time it was before a military coup. there was a similar and ditoxin demonstrations in the streets. is there a role for the king to appoint a new prime minister. and at that time he said to judges - new judges were taking positi

and the problem when you have a nationalized election is you have to have a unified message.don't have that. the conservative message is very garbled by the tea party. and so many of them are spending so much of their time, money and resources to run away from each other rather than trying to say, okay, can we all agree on something and get something done. the one thing they agree on is how much they hate barack obama. you can't win on just hate and no. >> this is a political theory i've heard before, which is that particularly primary battles are damaging, right? that they, essentially, they make you spend money you wouldn't otherwise spend, they damage the eventual nominee. sometimes they end up putting a person like christine o'donnell who has no chance of winning, and you boot away a seat, but you don't seem to agree with that? >> look, if you look back to 2010, if you want to look just at sheer politics, 2010 i think sort of outweighs any damage that the tea party did for them in 2012. the bottom line is, they have been able, at least to provide cover for a center in thi

unified behind? >> i actually i've written about this, i wrot wrote a piece in te "national review" called uniting theight. the problem with the right is it's made up of conservatives, not disposed to fight a political war. the only times republicans show an appetite for blood in the political arena is when they're fighting each other. it's true and it's sad. you can't galvanize a force capable of opposing these progressives who are religious, religious fanatics and they are driven, they have a passion. you can't do that without having a passionate cause yourself. we shouldn't be talking about the debt as though it's an accounting problem. the deficit, the debt, the trillions that obama is racking up. what is that? that's a dagger aimed at the next generations. their freedom. they are going to have to pay that debt. what does that do? it means they have to work more days out of the year for the government than for themselves. every -- when you have to pay taxes, you just total of the number of days it takes to pay your tax. that's a form of indentured servitude. i, i would say slavery except slavery i

daily use sport as a unifying factor affecting to bring people together for me the minute interviewed the fall bar is what is the current captains of the springbok rugby team the national awesome african rugby team and they had a huge role to play is whether the reconciliation process that show that the two gentlemen we called nelson mandela's legacy in sport the eye. the msm and the surrounding us. the union wants the internet recently i mean i'm going to bed the exam. uh it's it's just that it is the incidents and six. goodness. and with them it's intended to be that as the bloodstream it's been good to go to describe it they did it justice. when was the lead singer dan minutes into the design and the weakness of the day that's it. and when the city it's a bit the thing. cats yet today. the bbc he said this is the good things. he said. didn't want to. instead he came and got him into bed this game. sentiments and demands. she did to this day he said that students and staff. that said that the inevitable. in two dimensions. that was it it's a sad day today. the band in the meantime it's been submitted to the institute this is not. he says continue to sin and that is t

which were enemies during the cold war, certainly not the friendliest of nations, but nelson mandela who in life was so unifying in his death he's unifying some unlikely characters. >> brianna, thank you. brianna is over at the white house. we'll watch this memorial service, of course, unfold. cnn will have live coverage of the memorial service. it begins 4:00 a.m. eastern. >>> still ahead, an american veteran is bam home after more than a month as a captive in north korea. we have new information about the way he was treated. we're learning more about kimdown u.n.'s unpredictable regi regime. >>> he thought he was out of options until doctors tried something new. they killed his cancer in much the say way that our bodies fight the common cold. >> now they can't even find it. how does that feel? >> really great. my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my guys, make better decisions. i d

unify the country. illinois has a very a busy week ahead is and that lots of events up mt on a nelson on the altar. in teams and today it's on to do with the national day off today and and and the section tomorrow grew up on him and will be on the east entrance a team where demand is and he is off opposition parties' love to have an opportunity to mediate the stakes to nelson and dad and a tribute to him. our common in south africa. he simply states that the benetton lady. in february. he'll be a special sitting tomorrow to take to the two nelson men get up and then of course on tuesday that the memorial service at soccer city in some great air and some decent team can accommodate about ninety find thousand people and to date it's expected that the stadium will be helped with the ordinary south africans but also the new trees across the walls were coming to pay the states to nelson on data and then also today include tom did was to face it this clean peaceful muslims christians and jewish and hindu have people coming to pay tv stakes to nelson my data said an absolutely wonderful man and as i see people would say that he has touched the knights. so

national security council, she vowed, if there ever was another atrocity, she would support dramatic action. so why no dramatic action in syria? >> rice: it's not that simple. the international community isn't unifiede's no agreement to intervene, there's no basis in international law to intervene. and yet, nobody who works on that problem is at all satisfied with how it's unfolded. >> stahl: susan rice became national security advisor as a consolation prize. she lost her chance to be secretary of state when she, then the u.n. ambassador, was asked to pinch hit for hillary clinton and answer questions about the attack on the u.s. diplomatic post in benghazi, where our ambassador to libya, christopher stevens, and three others were killed. >> rice: what our assessment is, as of the present, is in fact what, it began spontaneously in benghazi. >> stahl: that particular assessment from talking points prepared by the cia was wrong, and rice was accused of being deliberately misleading. but a former senior intelligence official told us that the talking point that called the benghazi attack spontaneous was precisely what classified intelligence reports said at the time. >> rice: i don't have time to thin

the former sunnyvale national guard armory, 100 at the gilroy national guard armory and 50 at the boccardo reception center. line >> unified school district is taking a stand against bullying and sexual harassment. after meeting last night, it was decided board members will get professional training and development. so when students report incidents to the administration, there will be methods put in place to help victims. o the board will have a retreat on january 4th to further discuss these issues. a few weeks later, we're told a meeting will be held to implement the regulations. >> one victim of school bullying believes the administation could have stepped in a lot sooner. jewyles gutierrez was taunted and harassed while at school. this video shows a particular incident in which gutierrez threw the first slap.and said it was in self-defense gutierrez says the faculty did little to help the case when. the student is now afraid to to be at school for fear it will happen again. jewyles gutierrez was suspended after that fight. the school board says that.overall.bullying and suspension cases are down.but outbursts like the

millions of people, regardless of their race, color, or religion, unified in prayer, song, and remembrance in honor of nelson mandela. today's national day of prayer and reflection marks the beginning of a week-long program of mourning in his memory. let's go right now to nbc's michelle koh zin ski, who's in the middle of it all. michelle, a good evening your time. what are we seeing? >> reporter: hi, alex. right here this was a fence lined with some flowers outside the mandela property. now it has become several large hills full of flowers lined with people. you can imagine in churches around the world today mandela was mentioned. here today people were basically encouraged to do their own thing, to reflect on the melgszage of this champion of freedom. but in enormous numbers, people felt much better gathering together, includingmembers of mandela's family. it had the feeling of a sunday revival. here a few hundred gathered in a tent at mandela's offices, anything but quietly reflective, full of joy. >> we don't mourn quiet. we need to celebrate. we need to celebrate his life. >> reporter: the gospel choir that performed so many tim

modern south africa, a great unifier of both white and black south africans, spent 27 years as a political prisoner and in spite of that rose to become the president of the nation and as you can hear, people talk about his generous spirit. >> truly a symbol of peace and forgiveness as well. we have heard reports that he was with family and friends at his house last night when he passed away. some close family friends were also in johannesburg in south africa when he did. >> vinita nair has a look back at nelson mandela's life and legacy. >> and one wonders what must be passing through mr. mandela's mind at this moment. >> reporter: after 27 years in prison nelson mandela walked into freedom, against all odds the leader of rebellion against south africa's white apartheid government became the leader of national unity. mandela's decades long rebellion transformed him from a convicted trader into a freedom fighter and international hero. >> i have fought very firmly against apartheid on the nation. >> reporter: mandela was born into approved family. he support -- into a privileged family. he supported nonviolence to bring about change. he became a lawyer and opene

national, no big idea. >> you can say that the republicans haven't unified behind a plan and their messaging is horrible butican house plan has over 200 co-sponsors. tom coburn's bill in the senate has a lot of good very thoughtful ideas. >> i don't mean to be disrespectful but give me three points of it. >> i could sit here and tell you what they are if you like but, again, that's the republicans job the to get unified behind one plan. >> if the republicans do that they will strengthen themselves in a big way. >> they got to change that messaging and the term trajectory is right. if they continue where they are going i think it will definitely be the democrats benefit in the long term. right now no question the republicans are on the offensive. but if you don't put out a unified message plan -- >> yeah, it's defensive. >> and the website begins to correct itself, over time as you get into the mid-term it will only -- >> mika said it best pebs will be peaking too soon. >> keep on, keeping on. >> if you hear -- a lot of them are saying the same thing. they are talking about universal access to health care. t

the result was the peace agreement that said there would be one unified country with an undivided sarajevo as capital. the national government would have control of the foreign policy over monetary policy through common central bank, trade and immigration in each division, the serbian republic of the bosnian, croatian republic would have their own police forces and basically run their domestic lives. then, we had to sell it, including the peacekeeping forces, 60,000, two thirds of which should be supplied by 25 other countries, one third by the native state. you heard them talk about that. as i remember, only about 60% of the people were opposed to us participating in that. i say that to make this point. the american people particularly when they think things are not all well at home, hired their political leaders to act for them. they know we have global responsibilities. oftentimes in a proposed course of action is unpopular, it's not exactly like the voters are telling me not to do it. it's basically like a giant blinking yellow light thing for goodness sakes be careful. tell us what our objectives are. talisma

nation move on from a past history of violence, separatism and hatred. >> from south africa, something to cheer about. >> to announce it overnight like that, it is a miracle. >> to come together. to unifyunbelievable. absolutely. >> reporter: mandela met with the team captain, played in a movie by matt damon. and so, helped to spur a team to embrace a united south africa, one team for all. >> it's like a dream world. >> living white and black. i'm happy about this. >> reporter: morgan freeman, who was hand-picked by mandela to portray him in the film, says that after studying the civil rights icon for years, freeman's most difficult task was properly executing mandela's voice. >> on behalf of our rainbow nation, i welcome you all. >> your country supports you completely. >> reporter: and a team that once stood for an oppressive minority, came to stand for all south africans, white and black. >> i want to thank you for what you have done for our country. >> thank you for what you've done for our country. >> reporter: as the team's victory parade moved through the streets of johannesburg, the banner they displayed said it all. one team, one country. of course, morgan freeman, deeply move

unifies business more than it's being infavor favor immigration. republicans have a strong self-interest in making it happen. that is principally at the nationalpeople that worry about republican presidential fortunes know this needs to happen. that is less relevant in the house. everybody worries about their own district. there is a chance that it happens this year. if it doesn't, it will happen sooner or later. how many more elections are republicans going to have to lose before it does. >> i don't think john called shanahan getting fired. >> a year ago, i didn't. a week ago, i did. >> thanks, john. john harwood in washington today. the smart car era is almost here. according to reports, google expected to announce it is working with audi to develop in-car entertainment and information systems next week. what would google in your car actually look like? >> we'll talk about that in a moment. we're asking you the next time you are on a long road trip, you will be glad to have google in your car because, why? tweet us at "squawk on the street" and we'll get your answers. bines investment management & investment servicing, giving us unique insig

but she stands alone at the head of the south wall as a unifying force and vital core of color in the east building of the national gallery of art. ( music ) narrator: it tended to look much like any other building, the usual geometric jumble of rods, forms, and scaffolds. but by its location alone, here on the familiar axis of amerin history, it was destined to become a prominent stone in the nation's crown. the first problem architect i. m. pei faced was the shape of the site, an asymmetrical set-back trapezoid on which his building would have to respect the classic symmetry of its older sister and serve also a combined function, as an exhibition spaceand . and there were other challenges. pei: sixty-feet height will relate perfectly with buildings on constitution avenue, and a hured feet will relate very well with buildings up pennsylvania avenue. and if we pick these two heights, we can begin to develop some interesting volum. narrator: the desire for outward textural compatibility led them back to this marble quarry in tennessee. here, 40 years ago, the materials for the original gallery had been carved from