parents bring children who will live a life madiba helped make possible. they were born free, they were born in the free south africa so they ll experience all the fruits of what he worked so hard for. reporter: in there is also loss. one man has mandela s image on his car and says he hasn t been able to sleep or eat since he heard the news. how can i live without madiba? i m so sad. reporter: the long good-bye will continue all week, adding to the legend and the legacy of nelson mandela. the celebration here is a reflection of the complexity of what happens in south africa. you have members of different tribes, there are 11 different state languages recognized here. you are seeing waves of different parts of the community coming and it s spread into a spirit of inclusion as word of the loss of nelson mandela has gotten out. you have across the globe more and more leaders wanting to come, equal to or surpassing
perhaps one of life s most valuable and important messages, the book, the long good-bye, a memoir, meghan o rourke, the author, incredible compliments due to you for doing the hard work of publishing something like this. thank you so much. meghan o rourke. we take a momentary break, on hardball, more talk on the budget talk. we return, right after this. [ male announcer ] this is larry. whose long day starts with arthritis pain. and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to six in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. diabetes testing? what else is new? you get the blood, hope it s enough, it s what s this?
death s very existence. in fact our fission says on escaping or rather purposefully ignoring the inevitable for those around us or ourselves maybe the single biggest contributor may be endangering our ability to cope with t our next guest says that grieving, in fact, maybe the last emotional taboo that must be broken in american culture. and joining us now, culture editor and literary critic for slate and author of the long good-bye, a memoir that megan wrote about her experience her mother and we welcome you. this is a book that was written with great heart and sensitivity and voller in ran built on your part in sharing your experience with the passing of your mother but it is really a book that is to discuss the way american culture deals with aging and death. what message are you looking to deliver? i mean, as you said in the book, i wanted to write about the fact that i felt that grief was one of the last taboos we
the man known as the maverick of the senate. flags flying at half-staff at the white house and capitol hill. president trump sending his condolences on twitter saying, my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the families of john mccain. our hearts and prayers are with you. we have team fox news channel coverage of all of this. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill where john mccain spent so many years. we begin with william lajeunesse in phoenix. reporter: the long good-bye has begun not just in arizona. but here and around the world. also some joined the motorcade yesterday on its way to the