stadium in south africa honoring the life of nelson mandela, among them front man bono. he spoke to "nbc nightly news" brian williams about the loss of the man he called his friend, his mentor and his guide. >> the man was made famous with absolute the fist, the fist opening into a handshake. this is a man who has all the reasons in the world to hate his enemy but he refused to hate. not because he didn't feel rage. i think he just thought love would do a better job. two years ago, another type of celebration for the man who changed the world, this time with a little help from bono and u 2. g. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. every day we're working to and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nea

powell, thank you. >> thank you, andrea. >> colin powell just earlier today in our studio. and bono, another of mandela's great friends wrote in the end nelson mandela showed us how to love rather than hate, not because he had never surrendered to rage or violence but because he learned that love would do a better job. ♪ ♪ ♪ across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh... dear, i've dropped my tea into the boston harbor. huhh... i guess this party's over. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> vice president joe biden, secretary hillary clinton, compare and contrast. >> not a chance. here is what i'll say. both hillary and joe would make outstanding presidents and possess the qualities that are needed to be outstanding presidents. >> joining me now, fresh from his exclusive interview with president obama msnbc's chris matthews joining me from boston. he didn't bite. he's a smart g

with bono. >> i've been working with nelson mandela pretty much my whole life, since i was 18. i was with the first anti-apartheid. the movement was very big because almost wrote the south african consubstitution in the college there. and his instruction to be that great generation, he made that incredible speech at trafalgar square where he said, the fight against extreme poverty is not the task of charity. it's an act of justice. and that poverty like apartheid is not natural. it's man made. and you know, you must be that generation that takes that on. that's been my instruction book. and i suppose i got to know him over the years and received guidance and his wisdom over the years. and even those last moments, this incredible, even to go meet his maker, he'll decide. the man would stand up for an entire day in a courtroom to make a protest over the fact that there were no african blacks on the rugby team. and he wanted everyone to see that an older man could stand up and not have to sit down. a genius of the high ground. people, i'm not sure if people under that he had an operatio

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 inherited a proud rebelliousne

struggle while he was in jail. who else was here? 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 funeral there on sunday. >> al

ain line to pay respects. the current south african president. 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

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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 to him? >> we shared it with him personally. we didn't want to do i

clear. this is ken anderson. i want to end with michael morton. 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 epis

, 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 office again. >>> good morning. i'm ca

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 spirit of mourning. an

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. i worked full-time, did a little pro bono. charged anybody for anything. i did some adoptions and things to help out people in the community and ran for office and got a let did and ran for president and got elected. >> union contracts are done behind closed doors. confrontational approach. the first time i covered you was in virginia. >> to an extent a strike can be good. it was over health care. >> we saw a little of your style there. >> i did what i had to do to protect retired workers and widows. that is what the strike was over. they actually believe our active members were in support of retirees and widows. calculate. imissed tried to explain. they wouldn't listen. to do away with health care. we couldn't allow that to happen. the industry depended upon the plan would have lost their health care. we took a hard line and said, you are not going to do that. it was a 15 month strike. we engaged in peaceful civil disobedience. very confrontational strike that ended up making worldwide news. everybody in europe knew. even russia people knew. we had tremendous support. in the stat

a lot profiles and capacity building. we launched something called the pro bono challenge, which is calling on corporate america to come inside nonprofits and nonfinancial -- in a nonfinancial manager and build these organizations from the inside out. we have a billion dollar equivalent of contribution that these as it is that said yes to the challenge have done. we have -- my question is what is the distinction? why was that not understood as a nonfinancial contribution to these organizations. >> two answers. number one, it's pure perception. maybe the reality of what happened within the office, i can't say that -- having met with thousands of pastors in the 2008 campaign and since then, there wasn't a basic expectation that most congregations in the country thought about the faith- based initiative, they felt as if they should be repaid -- should be receiving funding from the initiative. maybe it is not something that you could have managed or that anyone could manage, but i think that it existed. i think the other contribute infect her -- contributing factor, when you are hosting

needy families and he still does that pro bono work today. an advocate for term limits, a balanced budget amendment, a act, an audit of the federal reserve. e's gained prominence for his independent positions on many political issues. now, on a personal note, senator paul is a devoted husband and father. e's been married for 23 years to kelly ashbury and has three sons. him at green high school cheering on his son who soccer player as they went into the semifinals. our history here at the detroit to show case is interesting and diverse ideas and solutions to issues of the day. today senator rand paul will nveil his new legislative proposal to remove bankrupt detroit and other economically poverty and s from the shackles of big government. and michiganetroit welcome to senator rand paul. -- z applause [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. a deal is me how big it to give a speech to the detroit economic club. big deal that a i gave so many speeches and interviews saying i was going to give a speech that i lost my voice. and i'm not kidding. it is a big deal to be here. be h

. >> but this whole mandela, passing of nelson mandela, we focused on what actually, bono and people that had been obsessed on african, all the aids workers there. george w. bush did more for africa than any president in the country's history. it's remarkable. >> yeah. it's a true legacy for george w. bush, saved millions of people. saved the continent. >> i want to play eric cantor piece. eric is a friend of mine. no rand paul. rand paul. here's what rand paul said. we're talking about extending unemployment benefits. mika and i have been going back and forth a little bit. i don't think this is the smartest thing in the world to say. might be a little harsh. for a party -- >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks that they are paid for. if you extend it beyond that you do a disservice to these workers. there was a study that came out a few months ago and it said if you have a worker that's been unemployed for four weeks and on unemployment insurance and one on 99 weeks which would you hire? every employer nearly 100% said they will always hire the person whose been out

could have inspired this type of gathering, celebrities including bono and charlize theron. former south african president f.w de klerk. one of the remarkable moments, president obama offering a hand shake to cuban dictator, raoul castro. the global leaders heard a cautionary note from obama. >> there are too many who claim peace from mandela, but do not tolerate dissent from their own people. >> reporter: the american president seemed to command the crowd's attention. >> it took a man like madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well. he changed laws. but he also changed hearts. >> reporter: with three former presidents, jimmy carter, along with george bush and bill clinton and their wives looking on. the president recalled learning of mandela's struggle when he was a college student. that's him seated on the right. >> he stirred something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities. to others and to myself. and it set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today. >> reporter: as the period of mourning continues here, tomorrow his body will lie in state for

bono about his friend of so many years, nelson mandela. >>> we mentioned health news tonight specifically in the fight against cancer. a small but significant study this time involving patients suffering from the most common forms of leukemia. they were all told that the conventional treatments like chemo were no longer working. they were all given one last hope by doctors. this story is about what happened next. our report tonight from our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: less than a year ago bob levis was relying on blood transfusions to stay alive. he had aggressive leukemia and was quickly losing hope. >> i met with my lawyer, updated the will. because i thought it was headed that direction. i didn't see a lot of options out there. >> reporter: so he signed up for an experimental treatment at the university of pennsylvania. doctors there genetically engineered his white blood cells and transfused them back into his own body to fight and destroy the cancer cells. >> i think this is really a new paradigm in cancer treatment. this is really using a pati

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mandela, befriended nelson mandela all over the years, charlize theron, and bono, and they were on separate flights because of family arrangements, but there is tony blair, one of four british prime ministers that will be attending today. john major will be here. gordon brown, and of course, david cameron, and there is clairic, i heard an interview with him this morning talking about the important tupbce of t gathering. the seats down front and exposed in the rain have been late to fill in, and nobody can blame them. but as we look at the stadium, it's filling in a little slowly. maybe you are better equipped to see some of the folks as i am as they come in. >> i am not sure, but i think that's my floor mate -- is that the president of brazil? she came in about 3:00 this morning. >> we have several delegations in ours including the italians. everybody has hotel lobby fills of lapel pins and ear pieces, and the last two leaders of france, the current, and it really is like somebody moved the united nations to johannesbu johannesburg. lester holt is in our camera position inside. les

bono. >> there's a chance of having the first aids-free generation. >> our exclusive interview. all that, right here, on this sunday morning. >>> good morning. hope you all had a great thanksgiving weekend. >>> we have a lot to get to this morning. starting with that deadline for obama care. hard to imagine a more shaky launch, we're learning that at one point the white house considered scrapping the site and starting all over again. in a brand-new report, the white house says the website is meeting its goals and working smoothly for the vast majority of users. abc's rebecca jarvis is tracking the story. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is the eight-page report. it says they have now fixed 400 bugs in the system since the launch, 90%, more than 90% of the time, it's working, it's stablem, and they believe at any given moment at time, more than 50,000 users can access the system. what's still unclear from this report is, what happens if it's a bigger number, if it's 250,000 users at a given moment in time, that's where things stood when the website initially launched and had a

the years, we became friends. hiss mesmerized by maneuvering as a leader. that is bono, honoring the man who could not cry. theassed away yesterday at age of 95. let's get to your phone calls. michael, riverside, california. caller: i want to ask c-span for something. i appreciate nelson mandela's story. i followed it through my life. i want to ask that you guys do not become as the regular tv stations. we have toied, but deal with the issues at hand. when i am dead, i am food for the maggots. host: john is next. good morning to you. i echo president obama sentiments about nelson mandela. reagan had mandela, as well as bush, he was considered a terrorist. it is funny how when we look , martinthese folks luther king and mandela, two of humans in theble century. they were looked upon during their lives, not so much as the heroes that they are now. just remember that. host: john, thank you for the call. this piece from "ast." why mandela? what exactly makes nelson mandela so special? apart from the fact that he emerged from 27 years in apartheid prisons bearing so little malice. he insi