Tens of thousands of people gathering today at a johannesberg soccer stadium to stay goodbye to the father of modern south africa. But the stadium wasnt filled to capacity. It rained. It rained hard. Mandelas statute was always recognized. Dozens of World Leaders past and present joining to pay tribute. The man who planned the event says this is exactly how Nelson Mandela would have wanted it. We were not able to stop the rain, but this is how Nelson Mandela would have wanted to be sent off. These are blessings in an african tradition, when it rains, when you are buried, it means that your gods are welcoming you and the gates of heaven are most probably open as well. And that perhaps set the tone for the itself, Cyril Ramaphosa talking about the rain and this day belonging to one man and one man only. Nelson mandela, Nelson Mandela reporter the life and regularsy of a man who changed his nation and the world was celebrated in south africa. You are lodged in our memory. You tour over th
Libby, what are you learning about this proposed deal agreement that you can tell us now at this point . Reporter were watching for the two key players to come out and address the media, and patty murray democrat of Washington State and paul ryan congressman of wisconsin, theyre the two chairs of the budget committees. Theyve been the ones hammering out this deal. Theyve been going through meetings with their respective caucuses and debriefing people and well get the contours of what theyre proposing. Twoyear budget deal. Funding the federal government for two years. It would set new spending limits which would give the appropriators to go back, get to work and come up with new benefits with could, indeed, avoid another Government Shutdown. Theyre looking at curbing some of the sequestration cuts, another round coming due in january, and theyre looking at airline fees, dont call them taxes. No one likes that word around here. But theyll be looking at user fee replacements. This is a sm
Back at how the fab four changed merc. Authorities are realising this weekend millions of pounds of american beef were not properly inspected, sparking a recall of nearly 9 Million Pounds of milk. Regulators worry the animals were sick and unhealthy and no one noticed for month lisa bernard has more. Several corporations found the meat sent from here, came from animals that were unfit or deceased over the course of a year. We are talking about an extremely large amount of meat here. 8. 7 Million Pounds of meet is being recalled from this ranch corporation. Thats a huge escalation from midjanuary, when 40,000 pounds of meat was recalled. It was shipped to retailers over the first week of january. So far no one has reported getting sick from it. I spoke to a food safety expert who says that probably what happened is inspectors came here after the first two recalls last month and what they found, perhaps, was animals that were sick, not walking, on the ground. They were not here when the
Made could make him a role model on and off the field. 9 Million Pounds of bad beef what to look for in your freezer hi, therefore. Welcome to al jazeera. Good to have you with us. Im Thomas Drayton. Well get to the top stories. A second round of peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in syria are set to kick off. At the heart of the talks, a traditional government that does not include the current president. As james bays report the meeting comes as humanitarian aid reaches the city of homs. When the first round of these talks got underway two weeks ago the issue of humanitarian access was at the top of the agenda. Thats when the deal to get aide to homs was discussed. Lakhdar brahimi said he had a deal for homs. It has taken longer and what has happened on the ground is now itself controversial. The issue was supposed to be a confidencebuilding measure, its one of the issues dividing twot sides as they meet around the table. The key issue that divides them is the future role of pre
Relatives of george floyd, the unarmed black man killed as he was detained by police in minneapolis, are accompanying tens of thousands of people on a march through his hometown of houston, texas. Its also where hell be buried. George floyds brother, terrence, has again called for peace. Protests over the killing are now entering their 8th night, despite curfews in dozens of cities. There are reports of protests at various levels in all 50 states. In washington dc, a peaceful protest outside the white house, 2a hours ago, before curfew, was forcibly cleared by police using tear gas, to allow President Trump through for his photo op outside the church of the president s, now the subject of much criticism. The protest tonight has been big and possibly expired bite last night event. Choked with emotions, the mother of George Floyds daughter speaks with emotion. He will never walk her down the aisle. She needs her dad. She does not have dad anymore. Roxie washington said he was a good fath