I urge you all. In the name of me, democracy and freedom for all. Mandela, friday, december 6th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, remembering Nelson Mandela, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And as we welcome you this morning, we take a live look in soweto, south africa where a massive crowd is gathered to celebrate the life of their beloved hero, former president Nelson Mandela. Flags are at halfstaff around the world this morning, including at the white house and the capitol. A fitting tribute. Just the beginning of the tributes for a man that did so much, despite tremendous obstacles. He is remembered by the country he saved and the world he changed. Thats right. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im savannah guthrie, alongside al roker and tamron hall. Its fitting that you see these celebrations. People smiling, dancing and joyous. How could you not celebrate a life like that. This is
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Warm. Down in gilroy workers busy covering plants with tarps and moving them indoors. The smaller trees are more vulnerable in overnight freezing temperatures. Lawrence karnow in the Weather Center with how long well be in the deep freeze. Concerned about the cold temperatures, the third night we are looking at below freezing temperatures again especially in some of the interior valleys. Freeze warnings have now been extended until tomorrow morning. Expecting another round of these temperatures dipping down into the low 20s and the 30s. We actually had some temperatures dropping down into the teens early this morning. The overnight lows are forecasted to be slightly warmer than last night but it is still going to be cold. About 25 degrees in the napa valley. 26 in santa rosa. 32 and freezing in san rafael. I think even inside the bay again, temperatures at or just below freezing into tomorrow morning. And about 28 degrees in livermore. We have some big changes coming up after that. May
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
And answer period. Well be there covering all of it. In ft. Washington im tracee wilkins, news 4. All right. Coming up on 4 31 now on this friday morning. If youre just waking up, good morning. Welcome back. Thank you. Nice to have you on a friday. And were checking in on the forecast. Pretty mailed out there for some big changes coming, lets see what Storm Team Meteorologist amelia segal has to say. Periods of rain throughout the day today. Have the umbrella handy. As we work into the afternoon and evening hours, better chance that youre dealing with rain. I want to take you through your day with faw tour weather. At 9 00 a. M. , notice the light showers around the area. Otherwise cloudy skies. So on and off rain throughout the day, again, becoming more steady as we get into the evening hours. Still that hit or miss activity around noon. Here we are at 3 00 where rain really starts to pick up for everybody. Look at the evening commute. 6 30. Even some pockets of heavier rain around th