and we ve learned that a court in turkey has suspended the controversial building project that triggered weeks of violence. the protests last month were the biggest challenge to president recep tayyip erdogan in a decade. they began over plans to rebuild gezi park, the last green space in central istanbul, and turn it into a replica of ottoman barracks. the court ruled against those plans in early july, during the height of the violence. the information wasn t made public until now. a south african judge has intervened in a bitter mandela family feud, ordering the former president s grandson to return the bodies of mr. mandela s three deceased children. all this as the father of south african democracy fights for his life in a pretoria hospital, which is where nkebele mabuse is this thursday. and the judge was very scathing of mandela s grandson. what did he say? reporter: the judge in this
probably one of the things we were looking most forward to see. it lit the way for us to have a better life, and it s important my children be able to see, experience, and understand that. reporter: hurricane sandy forced lady liberty s closing just a day after her 126th anniversary. while the statue itself emerged unscathed, storm surge socked almost 3/46 liberty island leaving bricks ripped up, docks destroyed, and debris everywhere. adding insult to injury, the statue had just reopened the day before the storm after a year of renovations. cnn got rare access inside for the reopening all the way to her crown. the track up a steep 377-step narrow spiral staircase leads to spectacular views high above new york s harbor. the 305-foot-tall statue was a gift from france, symbolizing the friendship between the two countries and their shared love of liberty. dedicated in 1886 after ten years of construction, more than