Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/obama-nelson-mandela-34-belongs-to-the-ages-34 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story President Barack Obama extended his deepest sympathy and gratitude to the family of Nelson Mandela in a speech delivered at the White House on Thursday. Obama recounted that his first political action was protesting apartheid. "I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set." Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Dec 05, 2013