1st tried to sideline her and then seized power from a husband in 2017 the mcgavock family has accused the government of trying to strong arm them into a state burial. deferment is the one that makes that decision in the government but if it wants to do. so there is no fuit between us. to make up his insist that the former president will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony even in death robert mugabe is proving as divisive a thinker and he ever was in life. now to the story of a former rainy and judo world champion who says he fears for his safety and that of his family after ignored orders to pull out of last month s world championships iranian authorities were concerned that saeed might face an israeli opponent in the
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streets here late tonight still celebrating. the rain has stopped interestingly. and i think over the next few days, you re going to see more celebrations. mandela s body lies in state in pretoria for three days and state burial in qunu where he s from. there will be more celebrations over the next few days. the tone here is upbeat and joyous, grieving and mourning but for the most part honoring his legacy and people reflecting as president obama and urging others, reflect, are you living your life as mandela would like you to do? nbc s ron allen. always, thank you. let s bring in presidential historian, michael beschloss and michael smerconish, also an
in mourning and celebrating the life of a freedomr helped bring down apartheid. nelson mandela will be laid to rest at a state burial in his ancestral village on december 17th. and we re streaming live from south africa. what is the scene like there? reporter: south africa has started?sug the official mournig process today. details are now coming out about the official mourning period and the funeral program in what will be the largest event of this kind ever seen on the african continent. the crowds are still gathering outside nelson mandela s johannesburg home, but these will be dwarfed by the massive numbers expected to attend the memorial service held in the soccer stadium where the world cup final was held a few years ago and where arguably nelson mandela held his last public appearance, his last major public appearance. and then the next day it will