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In 1964 mandela was sentenced to life with hard labor and sent to the robin island prison. it quickly gathered pace ♪ free nelson mandela ♪ 21 years in captivity >> reporter: and nelson mandela became the most famous political prisoner on the planet. within months of his release he was holding peace talks and then in 1994 with apartheid abollished nelson mandela became president himself after south africa's first all race elections. >> i have fought very firmly against white domination. i have fought very firmly against black domination. i cherish the idea of the new

Race elections. >> i have fought a very firmly. i have fought very firmly against this. i cherish the idea for south africa where all south africans are equal. >> reporter: nelson mandela served just one five-year term, but remained perhaps the most influential figure in south african politics. certainly the most loved for what he went through, the dignity he displayed, and the change he brought about. but typically for him, mandela gave all the credit to his fellow citizens. >> south africa's heros are you, the people who are the true heros. >> reporter: now a nation says a final farewell to ...

Chambers, all leverage of power in washington. they passed obamacare and then they got wiped out, eight months later at the polls, they lost 63 seats, the house, it was a highly unpopular bill, legislative victory, politically a disaster. we have yet to learn whether that will be a case for the republicans. yes, that exists. >> you mentioned health care. one of the revisions in this final draft includes the ending of the individual mandate, so what does it mean for obamacare over all, is it a failure to repeal and replace the health care law? i'm curious what you think about that, melanie. >> ...