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Breathe. the presidents office isnt confirming that, but it is saying that, so the doctors are doing everything they can. nelson mandelas wife is at his bedside, as she has been for the last two weeks. weve also seen his ex-wife arrive escorted by police. that suggests she was in a hurry to get here. people just watching and waiting and praying, tamron. >> all right. thank you very much. and time now for the news nation gut check. as we mentioned to you, the supreme court today imposed a stric...

Same-sex marriage? >> it will affect them, because at this point they can obtain federal benefit. a couple thats binational. an english man and american man. they dont have immigration status. they cant obtain a green card, working papers if doma falls, they will be able to obtain those things. on the bedside on sickness or death, bankruptcy ruling, any type of estate ruling that otherwise falls to a heterosexual couple falls to a same-sex marriage couple. >> thank you for the insight. thank you...

Mandela. he doesnt feel like he has to rush to the bedside. but he is suffering from this recurring lung infection from his long years in prison. and there have been reports that the situation is even worse than that. but no specifics on exactly whats going on inside there, martha. martha: what an incredible life he has led. hes so larger than life for the people of south africa. what is the mood in his home country. >> reporter: this is the time he has been in the hospital the last 7 months. th...

Without age or point of sale prescriptions. dr. manny alvarez joins us with some thoughts on that. martha: nelson mandelas relatives are gathered at his bedside as the former south african president faces his fourth day in the hospital. hes 94 years old. we are learning that he remains in serious but stable condition at this hour. gregg palkot joins us live. whats the latest on this morning. >> reporter: in the past half-hour we got that statement from president zumas office. what we have been h...

>> thank you, jon. jenna: turning overseas, former south african president nelson mandela is spending a fourth day hospitalized with a reoccurring lung infection. the 94-year-old remains in serious condition, although doctors say he is stable. family members arriving at his bedside as security has been increased at the hospital. greg talcott is live from london following this story. greg? >> reporter: hey, jenna, yeah. the latest word we are getting on the condition of nelson mandela is no chang...

Lothian and pentagon correspondent barbara starr. reminder to our viewers, join anderson cooper tonight. his special guest is julian assange. the founder of wikileaks who knows a thing or two about leaking classified information. thats coming up on "a.c. 360" at 8:00 eastern tonight. moving to nelson mandela. hes in intensive care this morning. 94 years old. that former south african president was hospitalized over the weekend because of a lung infection. his wife is reportedly at his bedside. h...

It seems as if this has happened quite some time the last months or so, several months, are we getting any different signals about his condition? >> reporter: we are. whats troubling about the recent announcement update which controls all information relating to the former presidents health. whats disturbing is nelson mandelas health remains unchanged. he has a full staff of medics at his bedside at his home. any time he comes to a hospital it means that medical team cannot improve his condition...

Of course, doctors found it worrying enough to rush him to hospital at that hour. we are expecting we may get an update today from the presidency, but that has not yet been mentioned by them. >> nkepile, you mentioned that nelson mandelas wife has been by his bedside. what have we heard from the family? >> reporter: the family is not speaking at the moment, but every time he is rushed to hospital, he has been in hospital four times since december, many people who are closest to mr. mandela say t...

This is different, the reason people might be a little bit more concerned is the language that is coming out from the government. they said in a statement that hes in a serious but stable condition. they have told us that hes breathing on his own but the use of that word serious is significant because this is a lot of tightly controlled information around mandelas health so the fact that theyre pointing to such a condition and the fact that he is not undergoing routine tests which is what they s...

This is the fourth time he has been in the hospital in the last four months. he spent easter and christmas in the hospital and again focusing on his lungs, and the doctors are concerned about the infections that keep coming up in his lungs, and his health is deteriorating in the last few months, and his wife, we understand, is with him by his bedside now. >> thank you so much. the group that sets national rules for lung transplants will hold an emergency meeting monday to review and possibly c...