is a great partner for me. they marry on july 18th, 1998. it is mandela s 80th birthday. from the start of his presidency, mandela maintained he would serve one term in office. in 1999, after five years as the nation s first black president, he holds true to his promise. so many others have remained in power, until they have been overthrown in coups or they have died and gone out feet first. mandela retired at the height of his popularity. mandela feels it is not only in his best interest, butten the best interest of the young nation as well. he wanted to set an example anc leaders should not remain in power as other african leaders have done. you must have rotating government.
in power, until they have been overthrown in coups or they have died and gone out feet first. mandela retired at the height of his popularity. mandela feels it is not only in his best interest, butten the best interest of the young nation as well. he wanted to set an example anc leaders should not remain in power as other african leaders have done. you must have rotating government. in retirement, mandela focuses the bulk of his efforts on the need of south africa s children and also the growing aids crisis. for mandela as for an ever-growing percentage of south africans, the epidemic hits close to home. on january 6th, 2005, his last surviving son, dies from the disease at age 54. it made people take his commitment more seriously. they realize if he too had been deeply affected by it. for the sake of africa and the
victory and he took a shot at mitt romney in iowa talking about the auto bailout. look what happened in our auto industry. on the day i took office, it was on the verge of collapse. some even said we should let it die. i ve got the clips in case . because i remember. they were beating the heck out of me. why are you doing this and intervening? president talking about clips, he didn t use mitt romney s name butten knows he was referring to the fact that mitt romney opposed the auto bailout. they want to talk about creating manufacturing jobs in iowa later today here where they are making chips creating thousands of jobs right here at home. the president wants to talk about policies that will encourage that. shepard: he spoke last night at the state of the union address about working with the
battleling with crowbar, pieces of metal and wood and whatever they could find. the man who owns the private property in manila says he offered each family about $1,000, butten dozens of them refuse to leave. new zealand. emergency workers evacuateing a american woman from the south pole. we re told she s been managing a research station there. she says her symptoms have been tough to handle. i had lost half my vision and that was with both eyes. it s come back now, but i have difficulty reading, talking. trace: doctors say she may have had a stroke. thailand, authorities evacuating about 1,000 people living near a flood gate in a southern province. one resident says the high water moved in quickly and that gate could not hold it back. the area s worst flooding in decades reportedly killing more than 300 people. south korea. a stem cell scientist claiming
he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesn t raise taxes on the wealthy. i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. it s math. this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition he s getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, class warfare. they re calling the president s tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure political play, they say, hayes runs for re-election and works to get more support from middle class voters. here s what john boehner said today of the plan. the president wants to talk about increased taxes. listen, i am for increased revenue to the federal government. we need revenue. but i want to get new revenue from putting americans back to work again and back on the tax rolls. republicans say no