Taught the world about the power of reconciliation. This as his country and the world prepare to honor one of the nations greatest leaders. Saturday, september 7th, 2013. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today with lester holt live from south africa, and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Reporter good morning. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im lester holt in south africa. Im erica hill here in studio 1a with jenna wolf and diagonally diagonally. We are happy youre back. I didnt want to come back unless a big news day. You were waiting for the big day. Lefter is going to be with us from south africa as we cover what shais happening in south africa. Jenna, welcome. Behind me is the mandela house. The house that he lived from in the mid 40s until the early 60s. It is now a museum in this sprawling township near johannesburg, south africa. A lot of people celebratinging his life and people breaking out in dance and songs and drums and show you more
Africans have always known that mandela was very ill. He was 95 years old. We had been told by families, by members of the presidency and government that he was stable but critical. We knew that he was frail. A lot of people have been expecting this news as long as Nelson Mandela had been released from prison but now that it has it is after midnight right now. A lot of people will not have heard what has happened. Were likely to see people bit of openery space everywhere in south africa. They will be mourning their hero, their father. That he we we called him in south africa. Father to the nation. He is not a saint but he has been good for the reconciliation process of south africa. James, i will be with you in a second but i do want to bring ofwers to this view president obama. Here is what he had to say. Nelsonis trial in 1964, mandela close to statement from the dock saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideals
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Moment in the struggle against apartheid, and look behind one of the most famous photos of mandela, taken the day he was released from prison. Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more porous. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. The exmarine for a trip that lasted much longer than it should have is home
Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more for us. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. Bottom line, the 85yearold the exmarine for a trip that lasted much longer than it should have is home. It happened quickly without any prior announcement, the flight from pyongyang to beijing, and Merrill Newman final