international correspondent christiane amanpour from johannesburg. she was there for the memorial. good to see you as always. what was the atmosphere like there during the memorial? at times it was almost hard to hear the president. >> reporter: yes, actually it was quite hard to hear a lot of people. the president actually made himself heard the best. he spoke very clearly and got a massive applause from the crowd. remember, this is the first black president of the united states memorializing and honoring the first black president of south africa, and it was really quite electric at that moment. it was a very, very, very long memorial and people had lined up for hours and hours and hours before it even started. of course, it was raining a lot so it was slightly damper, the atmosphere, than one hoped for but there was music and there was joy and there were all sorts of interesting moments and vignettes but the president did deliver a very good speech here. >> there used to be a saying in this country that politics should stop at the water's edge but that no longer seems to be the case. there are a lot of people