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Nurses, will be keeping a very close eye on him after he was hospitalized for the second time in four months for pneumonia. nelson mandela's health has been steadily deteriorating over the past few years. >> all right, robyn, thank you very much. retirement isn't stopping this 76-year-old educator from taking the classroom to the students. her love for teaching hits the road in the form of a high-tech bus that's like none other. all aboard, it's time to meet estella. >> i grew up in the segregated south. i actually started picking beans at age 6. but my father, i used to hear him say if you ...

For one thing, when you're picking beans, you have to spend all day bending over. it turns out and i did not know this, most soil is at ground level. if we can put a man on the moon, why can't we make the earth waist high? where is the funding? >> there is dana bash, our senior congressional correspondent. she joins us now from the hill. i'm looking through his prepared notes. i didn't see any of that. what was the react from the people in the room? >> reporter: i'm not sure what could you see on television, but i was in the room and you saw faces of shock from democrats and republicans. to be...

Second, i reject this idea that farm work is among the semimythical jobs that americans won't do. really? no americans. i did. as part of my ongoing series, stephen colbert's fallback position where i try other jobs and realize that mine is way better. i participated in the ufw's take our jobs campaign one of only 16 people in america to take up the challenge. although that number may increase in the near future, as i understand, many democrats may be looking for work come november. now, i, i'll admit i started my work day with preconceived notions of migrant labor, but after working with thes...

Angriest voters out there now, seem to be successful in motivating angry voters like the democrats did in 2006 and 2008. brian todd, washington. a lot of people didn't think was funny, but it was supposed to be. migrant workers were there. stephen colbert was there. he was testifying about his experience before congress yesterday in character. the chairwoman of the subcommittee wanted to call attention to the problem saying celebrities add pizazz and controversy. >> picking beans, packing corn for hours on end, side-by-side in the unforgiving sun, i have to say, and i mean this sincerely, pl...

Do this again. it is really, really hard. for one thing, when you are picking beans, you have to spend all day bending over. it turns out, most soil is at ground level. if we can put a man on the moon, why can't we make the earth waist high? come on. where is the funding? >> they criticize it as a stunt. lamar smith said they drive down wages and take away from those who are here legally. as a reminder, you can get your political headlines at our ticker, cnnpolitics.com. you have heard of mommy bloggers. now, daddies are getting involved. >> this role is being completely reinvented. lots o...