Page 231 - Reflections News Today

Family now. that was a huge sacrifice. ten years you didnt see your family grow up. what are your feelings? your reflections on how this cost your family so dearly? >> that is my huge debt which i cannot give back. >> translator: its really emotional. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> that interview taking place in berd lynn.

Mandela was sick for several months, in fact, bedridden, so south africans in some way were expecting this. but there has also been a lot of quiet reflections. many people i have spoken to say they remember their personal connection to this man, not just the president, just ordinary south africans who remember the day he came out of prison, the day they saw him take office as the president of a free south africa, and im sure you remember those same moments. >> yeah, all of us do. david mckenzie ...

That have already gone over, there will be plain clothes people in the crowd and all that. think of the fascinating moment for the former presidents in the sense you have jimmy carter who was president when the iran hostage drama played out. george w. bush called iran the axis of evil. president obama who is trying to negotiate what would be a historic breakthrough on the nuclear program, do they talk about that at all? when the former presidents talk, mostly we learn nothing because those are o...

Special, but as part of a great team of this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and centuries to bring about this day. >> when did you last cry and about what? >> pardon? >> when did you last cry and about what? >> well, i cant remember, but one of the things that has worried me is the fact that i do not have the chance to sit down with my children and grandchildren and be able to quiet them in the many difficulties that children and grandchildren have. that has been one of m...

Nelson mandela was and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family right now. >> today is a costolo. a costo low. a low, low. but he used his mind, body and suffering to end the political l apartheid system. >> juan williams spent time with mandela after he was released from prison in 1990. he joins us tonight. great to see you. you must have a lot of thoughtso and reflections about this great man that you got to know. in >> do you know what was interesting to me, and everyone will be fa...

You all, but im going to focus on the children. >> ive heard similar reflections like that, that he managed to look in a manyaroroon a room, find someone in the room who by some standards might not be as significant as some of the bigger names in the room, and would gravitate toward and would reach, and always have something poignant, if not something very simple to say. >> well, again, when you think about the fact that a person had an experience for 27 years, being confined in jail, could have...

Permitted in the congo the two sides coming together. his smile, his graciousness, his kindness. i mean, it was like when he walked in a room, there was a glow but the glow was started with his smile and his eyes that were very penetrating. you know, he was like probably the greatest statesman weve had in the last century. >> governor bill richardson, thank you for joining us with our reflections. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. well, its a topic we in the media just cant resist. who wi...

Fishing. we caught a lot of fish, the weather was perfect. >> content with their catch, the fisher brothers charter a four-seater plane to shuttle them to anchorage. at 7:45 p.m., the siblings along with another passenger and the pilot take off. >> the suns still up. its still july so its land of the midnight sun. perfect alaskan night. >> 40 miles away, the midnight sun shines on a stadium where a baseball game between the fairbanks gold panners and the anchorage bucks is under way. in addition...

What -- thats when he lit up. you know, he saw the people and was like, nice to see you all but im going to focus on the children. >> ive heard similar reflections like that, that he managed to look in a room, be in a room, see everyone, look them in the eye, but find someone in the room who, by some standards, might not be as significant as some of the bigger names in the room and would gravitate toward and would reach and always have something poignant if not very simple to say. >> well, again...

I wonder if you could share quickly some of his reflections of president mandela. because, obviously, they had a fairly close friendship. >> they were very close. yesterday when i talked to the former president when he -- as soon as he got on the phone. i said, i know. you could hear it in his voice and he talked about how the friendship was so deep. he said, even in times when they disagreed politically, the friendship was still there. he said he would call and ask him about how hillary is doin...