regarding the quality of his services. but according to various reports, members of south africa s deaf community had actually previously raised concerns about jantjie. the planning of the memorial, but they say jantjie is not a fake as some have accused him of being. here is south africa s deputy minister of women, children and people with disabilities. take a listen. what crime has he committed? why must he be brought to justice? what would be the charges? because i think we need to understand, dear colleagues, that sign language in itself is a language in transition and, yes, he did not sign whatever was expected of him, but i don t think he committed any crime. no one actually accused jantjie of committing a crime. the issue is his competence and
that is affected by the issue of my interpretation. he is also revealing a medical condition that he reportedly said impacted his work on the day of the memorial. i would like to see the people who are deaf disability accommodated as much as i want to be accommodated. what kind of disability do you have? i suffer from schizophrenic. brian todd is continuing this story from washington. good morning. good morning, carol. as for the other reaction to this, african national congress has confirmed over the years it has hire this had man. his name is thamsomka jantjie. this time the government hired him for the mandela memorial. up until yesterday, the african national congress had not been aware of any complaints
thank you, andy. next hour of cnn newsroom starts now. good morning. the memorial for nelson mandela has taken one man from center stage to controversy. that his interpretations were all fake. now the interpreter is taking on his critics, saying he is highly qualified and his work has never been questioned. he also offered these words to those who are outraged. i apologize to the community, to i did not want to harm any of them. it was not my intention to harm any of any south african or any person in another country
direct result of the absence of american leadership. unfortunately the administration has no realistic policy to address it. the man accused of faking the sign language at the mandela memorial said he had hallucinations of angels entering the stadium. the man says he has schizophrenia and has been violent in the past. he s asking for forgiveness. this is a fox news alert. the house now has enough votes to pass the bipart san agreement. you can see the 300. magic number was 217. it s not completed until the gavel goes down. conservatives and liberals oppose the deal which now goes to the senate.
i m sad i m really sad. i m sad for the repercussions of my actions. i m sad for the people at lululemon who i care so much about who faced the blunt of my actions. i take responsibility for who occurred. we re all sad you were a sad fattest. let s move on. let s show this picture from the mandela memorial. this extraordinary selfie picture. is it getting huge attention around the world. many people thinking it s not really appropriate at a memorial service to be posing for selfies if you re a world leader and michelle obama seems to be disgusted. it s very real. it makes them we do selfies