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and u2 singer bono who said was a man who refused to hate. mandela is zoebd buried sunday in his childhood village of qunu. >> a controversy following the memorial for mandela. the deaf federation of south africa claims the event sign language interpreter was fake. african and american sign language experts watched the event and agreed with the federation's conclusion. the south african government is preparing a statement on the matter. >>> pope francis controversial to some loved by many and calling for major changes to the catholic church now he's "time" magazine's person of the year. 1ñp hi honey, did you get the toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with new fedex one rate, i could fill a box and ship it for one flat rate. so i knit until it was full. you'd be crazy not to. is that nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. be

even celebrities of the likes of bono and charlize theron making the long journey to pay their respects. ♪ at times with the singing and the dancing, it just felt like a revival with american gospel singer kirk franklin just pumping up the crowd ahead of president obama's remarks. >> i am not a saint, he said, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. that was precisely because he could admit to imperfection, because he could be so full of good humor, even mischief, despite the heavy burdens he carried that we loved him so. he was a man of flesh and blood, a son and a husband, a father and a friend. and that's why we learned so much from him, and that's why we can learn from him still. for nothing he achieved was inevitable. in the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness and persistence and faith. he tells us what is possible not just in the pages of history books but in our own lives as well. mandela showed us the power of action, of taking risks on behalf of our ideals. perhaps mandela was right that he inherit

bono, other celebrities. we saw leaders, sitting world leaders from more than 19 on mix trithens of thousands of south africans. all of them here. there was a slight damper, quite heavy rain throughout the service. that didn't stop people from celebrating and paying his grao say. >> a group of trees break the wind but the tree that towers above the rest is broken by the wind. child of the wind, of the land. de, men, wen and ch m liveeying at the crucible time in our land, we salute you. >> reporter: so these extraordinary scenes continue. the singing, the dancing. and then we see now nelson mandela's widow slightly bent over, being escorted out of here under an umbrella. it's starting to rain again. people will slowly make their way out of the stadium. the events, the celebration, the mourning will continue day after day until sunday. he will be lying in state for the next three days as of tomorrow. and then his body will be flown to a remote area where he was born, where he grew up and there will be a state

among the other dignitaries to pay their respects, bono, oprah, prince charles, former president jimmy carter, and republican senator ted cruz. a short time ago, archbishop desmond tootoo paid homage to his home in the johannesburg suburbs. >> everybody was saying we would have gone up in flames. and he was like, he really was like a magician. he really was like a magician, with a magic wand. turning us into this glorious multicolored rainbow people. >> cnn's senior international correspondent arwa damon is in johannesburg with a look at the extraordinary preparations involved ahead of tomorrow's memorial service. >> these men have been asked not to be identified for their safety. they're part of an elite task force. usually operating in secret and under cover. south africa is using its best to sweep and secure the fnb stadium ahead of the nation's largest single event. there is no room for error. in action, thousands of military and police. sniper teams, canine units. continuous air surveillance to include helicopters. and fighter jets. >> shoot anybody or anything dead to disrupt the

his release from that robben island prison, the issue includes tributes by rick stengel as well as by bono and morgan freeman. the magazine hits newsstands monday. >>> still toment could, the administration is working out the details for president obama to travel to south africa to pay his respects to nelson mandela. brianna keilar is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning to you, wolf. nelson mandela was a hero to president obama from the time even he was a teenager. i'll have a live report on their special relationship coming up. stamps.com is the best. i don't have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post

i was talking to one of the pro bono attorneys. he was telling me, the moment when he told, he and another delivered the news of this exoneration -- >> neal morrison, yeah. >> can you take me inside the moment when you saw michael for the first time? what did he say to you? >> you know, michael, by the way, has a book coming out that's -- that i have read that is absolutely terrific. he was stunned, of course. by all of this. but you know, when you are incent and you didn't commit the crime, the only issue is whether or not the truth will ever come out. and i think michael realizes how lucky he is, and that there are other people in prison that did not commit the crime, and the key thing to do is to try to learn the lessons from his case. and one of the key lessons from his case, which it's clear to me that ken anderson hasn't learned, is that you don't hide exculpatory evidence. there's a lot that can be done to make sure that prosecutors don't do that. let me be the first to say it's not an epidemic, but it is not episodic either

. >> with the help of the innocence project and a team of local pro bono lawyers, michael martin, look at that, was finally exonerated. he and his attorney are now good friends. we are talking about this incredible moment. you met michael morton in 2005? >> yes, ma'am. >> you ultimately got the news you all wanted seven years later? >> june, 2011, we filed a motion for dna testing in february, 2005. >> it took that many years? >> i was really surprised by the degree of opposition we faced. we were talking about a simple test on a bloody bandana found near the murder scene that can only reveal the truth and the test would have been free to the state because of the innocence project. we would have paid for the cost of the test. for nearly seven years, they fought us tooth and nail in state courts and federal courts and appellate courts. eventually the truth came out. >> describe for me the moment when finally you said yes and head said yes and could finally be free. >> it's indescribable. nina morris, my co-council and i went to speak to him and tell him the news. >> you broke the news t