south africa overnight. this was something he had been working on for some time given, of course, that they haeb prepa they had been preparing for this day. mandela appeared in very bad condition and near death when obama visited africa over the summer. this was not a speech the president started, we re told. he was preparing to come over for this trip. i expect we re going to hear about mandela s mandela s inspiration for the world. i think a little personal from president obama. i have to say, hearing the president when he came out in the briefing room after we learned that mandela had died, was some of the most heartfelt, inspirational words we had heard from the president in some time. obviously he s been going through a rough patch politically here at home, this was obama in a very personal