Theyre leaning toward the Health Care Deal right now. You know what that means, moderates on board, largely moderates, do you keep conservatives on board. Back and forth we have on that. Well explore that. Goes back to socalled issue of preexisting conditions, what is covered and how is it covered, both crucial, as blake burman can tell you he live from the white house. Hi, blake. Reporter two congressman now yeses as they said outside white house, fred upton, billy long, those two are driving this closer to a yes vote in the house. When i was speaking with white house officials earlier this morning. They were a handful of yes votes away. Subtract that by two. This centers around preexisting conditions and new upton amendment which were led to believe will be tacked on to the ahca. Deals with this, in states which governors decide to opt out of preexisting conditions being covered and community rating, in those states there is folks who might have a preexisting condition. If they have
South africas first black president died yesterday at the age of 95 following a long illness. He was surrounded by his family. Mandelas fight against apartheid made him an inspiration to millions, including president obama. I would study his words and his writings. The day he was released from prison, he gave me a sense of what human beings can do when theyre guided by their hopes and not by their fears. When mandela died, crowds gathered throughout south africa to mourn his death and celebrate his life. Debora patta is in johannesburg with the latest. Debora, good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. Well, im outside Nelson Mandelas home. They woke up to the news he had died. It came as no surprise because his health has been very, very poor for six months, but it still has the power to shock and sadden. His health has been critical but over the past few days it got even worse, prompting his wife graca machel to summon the family to his bedside and in this home they were able to
Well talk to bill clinton about his friend Nelson Mandela. We could have had the politics of resentment. He chose the politics of inclusion. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. He changed the world. You cant say that about many people. But you can say that about Nelson Mandela. The man who lead south africas peaceful transition out of apartheid and became the countrys first black president. He died today at the age of 95. Mandela had been battling a lung infection for many months. Right after its official announcement tonight mourners began gathering at mandelas home in johannesburg to sing his praises. We have extensive coverage of Nelson Mandelas life and legacy. First well go to deborah in johannesburg tonight, deborah, how has this unfolded for us this evening . Well, scott, for 26 weeks South Africans have lived with the knowledge that Nelson Mandela was gravely ill. First the three month hospitalization and then he was
His resolve and ability to forgive, traits that helped peace employ end the brutal segregational policy in south africa. He died yesterday at the age of 95 following a long illness. He was surrounded by his family. His fight made him an inspiration to millions, including president obama. I would study his words and his writings. The day he was released from prison, he gave me a sense of what human beings can do when theyre guided by their hopes and not by their fears. When mandela died, crowds gathered throughout south africa to mourn his death andelebrate his life. Debora patta is in johannesburg with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. When i was outside his home, they woke up to the new e his had died, it came as no surprise because his health has been very, very poor for six months but it still has the power to shock and sadden. His health has been critical but over the past few days it got even worse prompting his wife to summon the family to his bedside an
Captioning sponsored by cbs ptioning sponsored this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. With s pelley good evening. He changed the world. You cant say that about many people. But you can say that about Nelson Mandela. The man who lead south africas peaceful transition out of apartheid and became the countrys first black president. He died today at the age of 95. Mandela had been battling a lung infection for many months. Right after its official announcement tonight mourners began gathering at mandelas home in johannesburg to sing his praises. We have extensive coverage of Nelson Mandelas life and legacy. First well go to deborah in johannesburg tonight, deborah, how has this unfolded for us this evening . Reporter well, scott, for 26 weeks South Africans have lived with the knowledge that Nelson Mandela was gravely ill. First the three month hospitalization and then he was sent to his home to see out his final days because there was nothing more doctor could do for him. A few d