Have her set the scene with this National Period of mourning and reflection and celebration. Good morning, charlene. Reporter right now, david, it is pouring down rain, and in south africa rain is a sign of good for tutune, so maybe it is honor of mandela. Up until this moment, people have been dancing in the streets, theyve been singing songs, theyve been recalling aspects of Nelson Mandelas health, and were near his house where i first interviewed him when he got out of prison. So this is not a sad time, even though there are tears she had from time to time, but south africa adored the world that mandela created, and they are celebrating his life in every possible way that you could think of, including dancing in the streets. Which is good to see. Well, charlene, youll be with us. Its kind of loud where you are and youll be joining our conversation. Tom brokaw, i want to talk about the man. It is unusual to speak of a major politician which, after all, is what he was, a revolutionary
Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Im betty nguyen. 70 years ago today more than 160,000 american and allied troops stormed the coast of normandy, france. It was a sneak attack that liberated the country from nazi occupation. It marked the beginning of the end of world war ii. Nearly 4500 sacrificed their lives. President obama will join World Leaders to honor dday veterans and recognize the enormity of what took place on that hallowed ground. What more powerful manifestation of americas commitment to human freedom than the sight of wave after wave after wave of young men boarding those boats to liberate people they had never met. Normandy, this was democracys beachhead. And our victory in that war decided not just a century but shaped the security and wellbeing of all posterity. We worked to turn old adversaries into new allies, we built new prosperity, we stood once more with the people of this continent through a long Twilight Struggle until finally a wall tumbled down a
And, our power player of the week can tell you almost everything the president does. And, how often he does it. All, right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris and, hello again, from fox news in washington. When president obama delivers his state of the union speech tuesday, one big issue will be sequestration. 85 billion in automatic spending cuts, due to kick in, march 1st. The white house now warns this will mean damaging layoffs of teachers, Law Enforcement and food safety inspectors. And, the pentagon will be hit, too. They propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes, through limiting deductions, for the wealthy. I sat down late friday with House Democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her about the fastapproaching deadline. Congressman pelosi, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Welcome to the capitol. Chris the white house says, sequestration will have a severe effect on many americans. House republicans agree. But they say the answer is to find other spending cuts, not tax hikes
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Well, i dont think anybody dies in vain. I dont think so. Some of us learn. Some of us dont. Do you realize what would happen in south africa had there not been a Nelson Mandela . It would be running in blood. Not too long ago, they werent allowed to lynch a man or a woman, so i dont think Nelson Mandelas death was in vain. His life was not. I will never be the same. We thank him for coming. We thank him for teaching us. And we thank him for loving us all. All. What a reflection. Harry smith, your thoughts this morning. A redemptive morning to be able to spend it with maya angelou, but how eyeopening it was to be black and living in south africa. Steve beko ends up getting pulled over by the cops in south africa. Hes dead 24 hours later. You rick yosk your life just breathing and being black in south africa, and to see this man come out and talk about a teachable moment. Thank you very much, harry smith. When we come back, well talk about other politics of the week. How did mandelas de