Mandela. His death this past thursday saddened people all over the world and remind us how much he accomplished against such daunting odds. Martha teichner will be reporting our cover story. He was to post apartheid south africa what George Washington was to us, the father of his nation. There is time for the healing of the wound has come. He bore no grudges in spite of spending 27 years in prison. He went in a revolutionary and came out a statesman who spent the rest of his life reconciling white and black in a country where the racial divide was a chasm. Later this sunday morning, what made Nelson Mandela a great man. Osgood we will consider mandelas place among the greats of history. And then turn to the manner of centuries beneath the square, a symbol of the freemasons, just who the masons are and who, what they do are one of the mysteries mo rocca will investigate. It is the worlds oldest fraternity known for its rituals symbols and secrecy. What would happen if i found out the secret handshake and i werent a mason. Nothing. Would you have to kill me . We might take you out and buy you a beer. Ahead on sunday morning, meet the masons. Osgood ethan hawke is an actor who can play just about any type of role, not to mention play a pretty good game of pool as we find out. He is a member of the dead poet society. And a boy who meets a girl. It was about kiss, it was like blowing a kiss, you werent actually french kiss something. But off screen you can catch ethan hawkes romantic side around the pool table. Ahead on sunday morning. Shooting pool with ethan hawke. Wow nicely done. Nicely done. You made it. Osgood for the record, singer Gordon Lightfoot has been performing half a century now, 75 and is still going strong, fortunately for us he will slow down a little bit this morning to talk to our John Blackstone. Chances are you know the music of Gordon Lightfoot. But you probably dont know much about the man himself. Like many canadians, Gordon Lightfoot isnt one to brag about his success. If you are polite or too damned polite that is a problem. You bert take care. Gordon lightfoot ahead on sunday morning. Osgood Stephen Hartman offers proof it is never too late to learn. Anthony mason gets a taste of historic new york deli. Burbank asks for the smart phones and other high tech devices are dumbing us down. And first here are the headlines for this sunday morning. The 8th of december, 2013. We hymns and eulogy south africas are remember the life and less situate of antiapartheid hero Nelson Mandela. Mark phillips is there. Reporter the regime of church in soweto has always been the center of south africas liberation and struggle. Today they sang for the man who led that struggle and the remarkable reconciliation that followed. The sunday service here began on a day december nationed as one of worship and reflection for Nelson Mandela and the prayers had extra meaning. There arent too many churches in the world where the image of a terrestrial political lead search enshrined in stained glass along with heavenly figures. Mandela catherine sony says is almost war shipped here. The man is money for his conscious. I am today where i am because of him. Reporter among the congregation, the u. S. Ambassador to south africa gastric gaspar. It is hard not to get emotional when talking about Nelson Mandela. His spirit flashes across the universe once every thousand years, so the world sees this again. Elsewhere in johannesburg, south africas current president suze ma and mandelas form my wife winnie were at another services that that began a week of commemoration. We fought against those who oppressed others. He wanted to help one to see. Already the vigil of morning at the mandela house in johannesburg has turned into a kind of referential rolling street party. It goes on all day and much of the night. It is the South African way says mandelas friend for more than 30 years, a former cell mate. We sing and dance on every occasion. We sing and dance at weddings, at birthdays and at funerals. And i think that is true of South Africans. Funeral a week from today will attract president s and Prime Ministers, princes and kings from around the world and from every possible political and religious persuasion, only Nelson Mandela could attract a crowd like that. But there was no other man like him. For sunday morning, i am mark phillips. Osgood president and mrs. Obama will be travelling to south africa to attend Memorial Services for Nelson Mandela and be accompanied by three former president s, george w. Bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. Bitter cold temperatures, snow and freezing rain continue to grip much of the country. Powerful storms stretching from texas to ohio is causing power outages, treacherous driving conditions and is blamed for several deaths. 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In that moment, Nelson Mandela smiling his reassuring smile became the healer of wounds in south africa. The bridge across the chasm between blacks and whites divided by apartheid. That is his legacy. He spoke about forgiveness, about reconciliation and we owe him an enormous debt. Archbishop desmond tutu. If someone had said, you talk about forgiveness but you have suffered. Seeing him this way as his nations beloved former president its easy to forget the Nelson Mandela who spent 27 years in prison. Most of them here on robin island south africas alcatraz. Conditions were grim. This was his cell. The work was very difficult at first. Every day we had bleeding hands. One of the seven other Political Prisoners sentenced with mandela. They were instructed to do Everything Possible to break our morals. They failed. Prison made the nell san mandela we know today. I asked him the question he kind of shrugged and looked at me and said i came out mature. Rick stangle the former editor of Time Magazine. He helped mandela write his autobiography. The young man who went in to prison was hot headed, self involved, not anything like the nell san mandela who emerged and prison burned all of those excesses away. But who wouldnt have started out hot headed and angry given what the young Nelson Mandela had to live with. People are different to one another. They have been so created. Its an inescapable affect. Apartheid became law in south africa. Blacks had to carry passes, they couldnt live or travel where they pleased. Or vote. The good jobs were reserved for whites. Disseptemberers could pay with their lives. In march 1960, the South African Police fired on demonstrators in the township of sharpsville. 69 were killed. Most of them shot in the back. Nelson mandela was a rising star in the anc, the African National congress which until the socalled massacre had advocated only peaceful protests. There are many people who feel that it is useful for us to continue talking nonviolence against the government. On defenseless people. Mandela was one of those people he founded the armed wing of anc. Considered a revolutionary he was put on trial for sabotage and conspiracy, his defense was a defiant four and a half hour speech that ended this way. I have fought against and i have fought against. The ideal of democratic and free society he went on. For which i am prepared to die. He expect to be hanged instead he was sentenced to life in prison. But even locked up Nelson Mandela was considered a terrorist by the South African government. You could be jailed for wearing a tshirt like this one or carrying a sign. We demand the unconditional release of Nelson MandelaInternational Pressure to end apartheid and free Nelson Mandela was incensed. The star studded rock concert held in london in honor of his 70th birthday was seen on television by hundreds of millions of people in more than 60 countries. But not in south africa. Subjected to stiff economic sanctions regarded as a pariah nation. South africa finally got the nation. I am now in a position to announce that mr. Nelson mandela will be released on sunday the 11th of february at about 3 00 p. M. So it was. February 11th, 1990, Nelson Mandela walked free. His wife at his side. Black south africa erupted in orgy of celebration. We begin in south africa where it is welcome home day for Nelson Mandela. Good morning, charlie. Nelson mandela has been in johannesburg for about 18 hours but his real homecoming when he arrived in soweta in a town he hasnt seen nor 27 years. Looking back, amazing scenes. The astonishing pictures, four years later in 1994 when fights stood with blacks in line to vote in south africas first nonracial election, to elect Nelson Mandela, president. He wins them over. He seduces them. The book playing the enemy was turned in to the movie. There is no better example of how he seduced all races than the day south africa beat new zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. Goal. Rugby had been the white mans sport. The green jersey a symbol of apartheid for blacks. But here was south africas first black president being cheered as he walked on to the field wearing one. It was a moment when all south africa crowned mandela king. To achieve that is one of the great political achievements of all time. He came out of prison an old man in a changed landscape, starting over. What gave him the will to become a statesman. A nobel prize winner, the friend and confidante of world leaders. The price was high, his marriage to winnie ended in divorce he was father to his country not to his own children. He understood that sacrifice, i think it was a great sacrifice because he truly loved children, it was something that basically was denied him for 27 years. Late in life Nelson Mandela began making up for lost time. He married again and surrounded himself with children. So why not remember him this way, not ailing, wasting away for months. Why not remember him smiling his radiant smile. For his own pleasure. Or have. Eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. The acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. The enamel starts to wear down. And you cant grow your enamel back. I was quite surprised, as only few as four exposures a day what that can do to you. Its quite a lesson learned. My dentist recommended that i use pronamel. Because it helps to strengthen the enamel. He recommended that i use it every time i brush. You feel like there is something that youre doing to help safeguard against the acid erosion. And i believe its doing a good job. 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Osgood with the passing of Nelson Mandela the world has lost one of its greatest leaders. When Time Magazine compiled list 100 most influential people in the late 1990s, mandel laughs one of just 20 in the category of the most influential leaders and revolutionaries. Along with our own civil rights leader dr. Martin luther king, junior. Among others on the list, president S Theodore Roosevelt and ronald reagan, Winston Churchill and margaret thatcher, Pope John Paul ii and israels first Prime Minister david bengoria. Adolph hitler and mao. Time went on to name the last centurys three greatest people. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Osgood runner up for franklin d. Roosevelt and Muhammad Gandhi who led indias campaign against british colonialism. It is complete independence that we want. Ghandi inspired among many others, Nelson Mandela who praised him in an essay for time. Growth ghandi and i suffered colonial oppression, and both of us mobilized our respected peoples against government, is that violated our freedoms. When it came to choosing the greatest figure of the 20th century, time looked beyond politics to choose albert einstein, the scientist who derived the equation e equals mc squared. A choice defended by walter isaacson. He said politics is for the moment and equation is for eternity. Osgood today Nelson Mandela finds himself of the greats of the last century. The honor roll for this century is still quite open. Osgood up next if you could read my mind, love what a tale my thoughts could tell singer Gordon Lightfoot. Spent American Express credit card, every purchase earns you 2 cash back, which is deposited in your fidelity account. Is that it . Actually. Theres no annual fee and no limits on rewards. And with the fidelity Cash Management account debit card, you get reimbursed for all atm fees. Is that it . Oh, this guy, too. 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