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Powerful moment of south african military brass, white generals in the whitest dress uniforms you will ever see walking up to nelson mandela and handing over the keys of power in south africa with a whos who of world leaders in the courtyard outside. al gore was there with the u.s. delegation, the first lady, hillary rodham clinton was there as part of the delegation, a large member of the black caucus. fidel castro, khadafy there. from all over the world. tears in the face of these strong and p...

The vips were given this. and some of us hung around. >> you were working for the associated press. >> at the time. this is the new stamp they issued that day, commemorating the new president, but there was a new national anthem, a new flag, an theres a commemorative stamp. these are the parliament buildings, i believe theyre called the union buildings, and in this courtyard is where the ceremony w ld. you ha a whos who o wld balcony in the union building, and these generals in the military whit...

Commemorative memorial. and then after that, from sort of day six, seven and eight, you are going to see nelson mandela lying in state at the union buildings which is the seat of government in pretoria. his casket will be placed under a dome. it will be very close to the same place where he took the oath of office when he became the first democratically elected president in this country in 1994. he will lie there for three days. the first day will be for vips and visitors coming in from around t...

At all levels of our society from coaches to priests to teachers to police officers. >> this is a catalog, a catalog for pedophiles. 45-year-old man seeks contact with others interested in adolescent and preadolescent boys and girls. >> i feel that our son was kidnapped. it was for some very organized effort for profit. >> predators, especially wealthy vips, like the younger the child, the better. there are people that know that, pimps, and they grab kids or they seduce kids and they become part...

Air force one, the same plane that is carrying president kennedys body back to washington. the story and jeff under wood takes us on board. we are standing here on board president john kennedys air force one at the national museum of the united states air force. this is where mr. johnson took office and the place he stood. as we move back towards the rear of the aircraft, you can see the seats are kind of tight but thats because this was a working aircraft. it flew for the air force in carry...

The story and jeff under wood takes us on board. we are standing here on board president john kennedys air force one at the national museum of the united states air force. this is where mr. johnson took office and the place he stood. as we move back towards the rear of the aircraft, you can see the seats are kind of tight but thats because this was a working aircraft. it flew for the air force in carrying presidents and vips for 36 years, a long career and now has a new career here at the nati...

Observationally by what weve seen around the premises here at the white house in the district itself, there are clearly -- there is clearly a very large police and secret service presence. pennsylvania avenue remains open in front of the white house right now but we have seen numerous officers, secret service agents on bikes pedaling through this area as well as some roads that were temporarily shut down, we presume, because of vips that were driving through this area as well. the president has ...

So its hard to ask people any questions. i know you got a chance to at least talk to some of the people in that neighborhood about their feelings about this incident. what did they tell you? >> well, the people here are definitely used to police presence, motorcades, the lockdowns when theres v.i.p.s in town. this is not something they are used to and its certainly not something they expected when they were taking children to school on monday morning. so some of the people here were just thankfu...

Weve heard all kinds of stories. they just needed to be there. what was the makeup of many of the people you spoke with today. >> very much like 1963. it was multiracial, multigenerational. people have come from all over the country to be here. there was a bigger crowd on saturday because obviously, its a weekend and the kids are off from school. a smaller crowd today. i have to tell you earlier this morning, i was concerned there wouldnt be enough people to fill the sides of the mall all the wa...

A seat to go to a concert. but also do the sound check before hand. they just basically got senator. the rest of the tickets goes to friends and family and all that fun stuff. >> rick: explain how this works. were seeing pictures of taylor swift there. she recently came down and performed in orlando where you are. they put the tickets on sale except only 14% of all the available tickets for the venue actually were available to the general public. so you mentioned these vip packages. where are th...