no known dietary restrictions. for more information and savings options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. welcome back to our coverage of the nelson mandela memorial. we are waiting for the united states president to come and address the crowd. this has been such a unique spirit filling this massive stadium here, the first national bank stadium, soccer city, this is a celebration you have to say that. the crowd at every level has been singing. there s been chanting here. it s been quite an occasion. that s exactly right. it s interest be, it s obviously not completely full. there has been the rain. there have been issues with the transport. there s barack obama again with his wife, michelle. there they are again. we saw that picture when it was
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obviously never losing sight of what it really is, about nelson mandela, and the memorial, some beautiful singing going on right now that we d like you to listen to. listen to this. pray for africa god the father s love
mandela that could you have at a nelson mandela memorial. you know how we have our state of the union addresses. and everybody watches the body language. obviously that s going to be a big part of the drama tomorrow is how castro and obama interact, but yes, if you can have a very serious respectful talk. we used to call barack obama no-drama obama. this isn t his style to go and style the show by making a grand gesture like this. but any time somebody wins a nobel peace prize like mandela, the world embraces them and the rules are broken. i remember sadat s funeral, all these people that weren t talking ended up talking at sadat s funeral and had a great healing effect in some ways. anything s possible here, but i don t think this is going to be a breakthrough moment. i think the big thing is what you just talked about, security.
obama managed to get to see him, very unusual. nelson mandela didn t really have time for every freshman senator but obama managed to get to see him. this is obviously a really important moment in obama s life. he keeps that picture close by. and i think it was a matter of some sadness that he didn t manage to meet mandela when he became president, given that he s the first black american president. right now, just to make it clear, the president of brazil, is having her remarks translated. we re at the top of the hour, we are, of course, covering the memorial for nelson mandela in south africa. we just heard comments from the u.s. president barack obama. when he used the word ebuntu, a south african term that means i am because you are, that speaks to the interconnectedness nelson mandela was all about, the crowd