ike turner. all the while, her buddhist faith kept her going. >> it could be the effect of a better life next lifetime. it will be better. gets better and better. >> the sad news we have to report. tina turner, music legend through decades, has passed way. she was 83 years old. a star really in the '60s, '70s, the '80s. we're joined by stephanie elam, who of course just told her story there. i wonder if you could describe that legacy because it's certainly written with musical success, but also difficult, abusive relationship with ike turner and she has the rare honor of having been twice inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame as a solo act and with ike turner as a pair. >> it's true, jim.

she has a legacy that is beyond where she grew up, how she grew up. the relationship she was in with ike turner. she really expanded beyond that and the thing that i think is really amazing about tina turner is the fact of her musical legacy and how many decades as you were speaking to, she was putting out music and as a time when people wanted to silo black music, she was like, no. this is the kind of music i'm going to do. i'm going to be the queen of rock and roll and do songs in the way. she was iconic in the way she performed. for how long she performed. her positive outlook despite what she may have gone through. i'd be remiss if i didn't mention her energy performing and those legs. she was known for those fantastic legs and dance moves. her iconic hair. she was always, always true and honest to herself as she evolved. even with the kinds of songs she liked doing, simply the best, a fantastic song.

the song from mad max and also golden eye. she did iconic songs for film, tv, but her songs are timeless. you can listen now and they get you in the groove. >> portrait of strength through those years. >> strong, stephanie. on her own terms and doing so decade after decade i think it taught so many people and women about sort of what they could find in themselves as well. just how self-possessed that she was. through all the years. >> completely. think about the fact that this woman was still touring. she was still performing into her 80s. that says a lot about just her fitness. her ability. to still sing those songs, connect with an audience. not many people built like tina turner and just able to perform. look at the energy you're looking at here. this is angela basset being tina

turner. that's the kind of energy she performed. i looked up too quickly. got them confused. it's that energy she brought to the stage and her energy. that graveling, rough voice that could always hit those notes and also make you feel it in your chest. also make you understand what she is singing about and giving it a feeling that maybe nobody could with their voice. >> such an iconic voice and story as well. overcoming so much in her personal life. stephanie, please stand by. let's bring in chloe. you have a statement online that was put out by tina turner's family, i understand, detailing her passing. >> right. if you go on the instagram or her official facebook page, you'll see this beautiful portrait of her with the following caption which reads it is with great sadness we announce the passing of tina turner with her music and boundless passion for life.

she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. today, we say good-bye to a dear friend who leaves her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. we don't know exactly what has caused her death but we know that she was 83 years young. she had some health issues in recent years. being diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016. having a kidney transplant in 2017 but like stephanie was saying, this was one of if not the hardest working woman in showbusiness and she was a pioneer and was the first for so many things. stephanie put it perfectly in the piece she did and what she said just now. look, in 1988, she set a guess is world record for largest solo

performer. 12 grammy awards. first black woman to be on the cover of rolling stone. she inspired the artists of today and tomorrow. she broke the ceiling for so many. >> the range of styles through time, too. if you think back to a song like a fool in love or river deep mountain high and through the '80s, private dancer. what love's got to do with it. up to you're simply the best. we have michelle turner, entertainment tonight host and contributor joining us by phone as well. michelle, good to have you. i wonder if you can help folks just to give the span of her career through time and what she symbolized through all those decades. >> you were just kind of touching on it and talking about it. her range in just about everything she did. so many people, of course she was born as anna may and so many people knew her as tina turner because that's the name ike gave

her. it wasn't until she really stepped out of that shadow and shed the weight of that where she really just started to b blossom. i remember once when they were talking about her new style when she kind of stepped into her own. she was saying i'm tired of sin singing blues. i want to sing rock and roll. i want to dance. she was free in a lot of ways and you heard that in her voice, her music. so many people have so eloquently been talking about how she was you know, epitome of resilience. of a strong woman. not only you know, was she a mother and raised her children, she raised the children ike had before. she was just kind of a mother to so many. oprah winfrey, she revered her as well. one of her favorite kind of a mother fig injury to her in so many ways. but she set the table for so many of these pop stars that we

see today. and her story is just one of strength and resilience. there's no other way to put it. i heard chloe say she was you know, one of the hardest working women in showbusiness. i would argue that she was the hardest working woman in showbusiness and what we saw of her story, we saw it play out on the big screen in what's love got to do with eit. she fought down to the very end. i mean, it's a very sad day in the music world. it's a sad day in american history because she was a trail blazer in just about every avenue she decided to take. >> if you're going through your mind now, what's your favorite tina turner song? one that might help describe her career? we'll play a clip of it. it's fitting right now.

♪ ♪ i call you and i need you and my heart's on fire ♪ ♪ come to me come to me wild and wired ♪ ♪ you come to me give me everything i need ♪ ♪ give me a lifetime of promises and a world of pain ♪ ♪ speak the language of love like you know what it means ♪ ♪ can't be wrong take my heart and make it strong babe ♪ ♪ you're simply the best ♪

>> there you go. simply the best. a song that speaks to her broad appeal. it's a song that you hear on sitcoms, at family parties, even trump rallies. it was constantly blaring. and it's fascinating because early in her career as many other african american artists were, she was pigeon holed and had to break through so many barrier to make a name for herself and establish the legacy we're now honoring. >> and that was her personal favorite. that song. >> she did say she wasn't a fan of what's love got to do with it which was her only number one song. the way i remember her as a kid in the '80s, that was the first time i heard of tina turner. her favorite was this one. >> the name of the movie that was her biography that i snuck into in 1993 because it was r-rated. >> weighed in our personal lives because of significant moments like that. we have mark malkin, senior

editor at variety. mark, first and foremost, your reaction to someone who was an icon in music and film. passing away. >> i mean, this, she was an icon. she was simply the best. i mean, i started to sing that as you were playing the song. this is someone, you know, private dancer, i'm a child of the '80s, also. this was one of the greatest comeback stories ever. >> yeah. >> i remember as a kid thinking about the music now. these songs you listen to and as a kid, i remember loving them but i didn't really understand them. that's how great these, this music is. now as an adult, they take on such different meaning. obviously, we know her story. i don't think we could talk about tina turner without talking about the fight she took on to save her name and her career way before me too and time's up. this was a woman who was a trail

blazer who stood up and said, i'm going to own my womanhood. you are not going to control me, ike turner. men are not going to control me. i'm going to do things the way i want to do. that is iconic. that is going to be one of her greatest legacies. >> it's a great point. because part of her story is sadness, right? that physical, emotional abuse at the hands of ike turner in the '70s and here she turns it around. a great comeback story in the '80s with that album. private dancer as well. that put her back into the headlines. and into the minds of folks who didn't know her from the '60s and '70s and were able to appreciate her once again. >> when you see any of her performances, you feel that courage. you feel that strength.

those legs. gorgeous legs. but those are strong legs. and what i want to know tonight is what i'm going to look up, where's beyonce playing because i want to hear what beyonce has to say about tina turner tonight at her concert. there is no doubt whatever beyonce's playing next, which it may be tonight because she's on tour, i feel like she's going to come out in a little dress and pay tribute to the queen. >> wow. i have a feeling we're going to hear a lot of references to her legs. part of her iconic image and her hair, obviously such a singular artist known for her voice as well. we have dominic patton with us, too. a senior editor for deadline. dominic, you know, she is someone as we've seen with tran artists who's had to reinvent herself over the course of her career. >> certainly. one of the things about tina turner, not only a legend in the

musical business, but also someone who exemplifies the true scope of the last century. this was a woman born in nutbush, tennessee. she picked cotton as a child. sang in the church choir and eventually met up with a man who was her husband, the abusive ike turner, and her life transformed into something which we will enjoy for the ages in her music. importantly so though, she transcended all these generas from r and b. seen in the likes of bowie. we talk about our favorite tina turner songs. simply the best is up there. but you can never take the song away from the performance and tina turner at live aid in philadelphia in 1985 doing state of shock and it's only rock and roll with mick jagger, she simply showed the boys who was the best. that was the thing about her. from where she came, battles she

fought, the pain she showed, joy she gave. dance moves that left everybody else on the floor. she was simply someone who never gave up and though she went through this terrible, long illness over many year, she was someone who at one point in her life after being on film, stage, a film made about her life with angela basset in it. she stepped back from the spotlight to live out her last years in dignity. that's a testament to her strength. >> yes. i want to play another one of her hits. this is missing you by tina turner. ♪ no matter what i might say ♪ ♪ there's a message in the wire and i'm sending you the signal tonight you don't know how

desperate i've become and it looks like i'm losing this fight ♪ ♪ in your world i have no meaning though i'm trying hard to understand ♪ ♪ and it's my heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight ♪ ♪ i ain't missing you at all since you've been gone ♪ >> i think that may be the best cover of that song. >> yes. >> you know, she's someone who just put her own spin on something and whatever you were watching her in mad max beyond thunder dome, she was someone who when she played a role, it was no one else could be what she was. you know, no performance that she did was like what anyone else did. she was so special in that way and i think that's how we're

remembering her as we were her today. >> there was only one tina. there will only ever be one tina. the voice. the strut. the walk. all of it. just one. and i've heard everybody kind of go through and talk about how she made them feel and what she did for the landscape of music. what she did for women and women's rights and empowerment and all of those things are true. i just, i'm not sure about you all, but you know, when the news broke, my phone started, you know, going, going you know, nuts and blowing up. if you just see the wide range of people who have been sending texts, tina, she's my favorite. old, young, black, white, men, women, everyone. she is one of those artists that transcends everything. she always did and always will. and i just think you know, it is

a sad day but as you all are playing this music, i'm sure that so many people are like me and i heard mark say the same thing. i'm singing along. my shaoulders are shaking becaue she just wrobrought a lot of joo everybody in song. >> her energy was infectious. just watching her perform and strutting in front of cameras on a red carpet. and to that point of people reacting to her loss, let's go back to chloe because obviously a star like this influences and informs so much of the art that comes after her. >> exactly. and people are just finding out and reacting in real time and obviously, it's such a blow to so many because we all grew up with her. i want to start with magic johnson and here is what he just put out on twitter. he says rest in peace to one of my favorite artists of all time.

the legendary queen of rock and roll, tina turner. i've seen her many, many times and hands down, she gave one of the best live shows i've ever seen. she always gave you your money's worth. brian adams. he actually went on tour with her and writes my condolences to irwin and tina's family. i will forever be grateful for the time we spent together on tour n the studio and as friends. he goes on to say thank you for being the inspiration to millions of people around the world for speaking your truth and giving us the gift of your voice. it's only love and that's all. you have george takei who called her a legend. he says she was our river deep and mountain high. the private dancer in our hearts. she showed us love really does have everything to do with it. so true, and that we really did need another hero and she was it. rest now, proud mary. raise your voice high in the heavens.

i think mark makes a great point is how are these female trail blazers like beyonce and others going to address this. and that is what i am keeping my eye out for is what is taylor swift going the say? what is beyonce going to say? what are all the different music legends still with us both young and older going to be saying? i was just talking to ringo starr over the weekend who was turning 83 this summer and he's on tour. 83 for all intents and purposes is still young. we know tina turner had some serious health issues that some of us have touched on. so hopefully we'll hear more details from her family as to what happened but in the meantime, there is a lot of love being shown for her right now from both celebrities and every day people. where her music changed and touched their lives. >> stephanie elam, can you tell us what her music and life meant to you because her life was

about more than music. it was about overcoming pain and hardship. her childhood. an abusive marriage. what did she mean to you as an icon of strength beyond as an icon of just fantastic music and a fantastic voice? >> well, you know some people have beautiful voices but they don't necessarily sound like they've lived enough life. that was knnot tina turner. when she sang a song, you knew she had lived some life. i was recently listening to private dancer. you listen to that song, she's embodying that character and saying what she's going through in those moments. even through the mad max song. you can feel her, that pain. even the idea of her doing a cover and making it completely her own song is because she infused it with the gravel, the beauty, the ups and downs of living and that's part of what made her so iconic.

b besides the fact she made you want to dance. also because she came to music in a place that not everyone could come to it for. she took all of her life, all of the good, the difficult times, and she put that into every bar she sang and that is what made her so strong and so beautiful. if you look back, i remember being a kid and the first time seeing her sing proud mary and how it starts off slow and you know it's going somewhere. and it builds up and her performance level in that song just spectacular and that's not just that time. it's every single time you saw her perform proud mary. it's one of those songs people learning to sing try to sing like her. they've done it. it's that good. amazing. that's what made tina turner in a class by herself all by herself because not everyone can do it the way she did. >> great line to say that she

sang her life. it's what people used to say about billy holiday. that her style and her songs and the emotion that came across in her songs was partly driven by this difficult life that she had. she felt stuff and that came across in her singing. she experienced stuff. >> this was actually just brought up at the white house briefing. jeanpierre said it was the first she heard about it but she said certainly it was incredibly sad and she said it was a massive loss and i think she's echoing what we're hearing from so many people. there were so many stages and moments in tina turner's career. that's just what she said off the cuff as she was learning about it, michelle turner. it's what we're all sort of feeling is this is a person who transformed herself over and over. she was an illuminating figure. she challenged even the idea of who an abused survivor was.

of who someone that could, could get past that was to honestly the benefit of so many people who walked after her and then just, looking at these pictures of her moving. and the strength. it just really speaks to that to me. >> especially when you see and you know the story and you've seen the images and we've heard the story behind it. to where we know the abuse that she took. we know the beatings that she took. we know that it would happen and she would still go out on stage that night and sing her heart out. and so we know that. and then to see the woman that we all fell in love with is such a remarkable story of strength and comeback and resiliency and what a woman really is. i mean, all of those things she just is and was and oprah said

this, she makes me proud to spell my name. i don't know about you all, but i remember the first time i saw, i was 9 years old when private dancer came out. and i remember seeing this woman that i thought was most beautiful woman i had ever seen with that jean jacket on strut on that stage. it was mind blowing. to me. and then i remembered hearing the story where is my mother, i grew up in missouri. she used to say, yeah, the ike and tina review used to come to her little town and i'd go see them. just realizing the breadth of this woman's work and what she lived and how she overcame. it's a story, it's a story that all of us should revere and we should all tip our hat to her today. and i know we are giving her the

love and the flowers that she deserves. >> no question about that. also inspiring because she refused to let the darkness she lived through define her. even at the very end. she wanted to distance herself from those years and being seen as someone who endured abuse. espe . she wanted to be defined for what she produced later in her life even though we still respect and idolize some of the earlier music, including this song, proud mary. let's listen. ♪ better than all the rest ♪ ♪ rolling rolling rolling on the river rolling rolling rolling on the river ♪ ♪

♪ i never saw the good side of a city ♪ >> that is the definition of iconic. her energy t song itself. the spirit she brings to it. we have brian with us now. an entertainment journalist and we've been speaking about how in this phase of her career, for black artists, it was still a challenging period. they were pigeon holed and marginalized and she broke through repeatedly at different stages of her career to make a name for herself. >> she really did. oprah asked her in 2013 what she thought her legacy would be and tina turner said endurance. what better world can you think of outside of talent. we talk a lot about her strength and being a fighter and we often convey ike with that story, but really, she's been fighting her

whole life and being strong for her whole life. abandoned by her parents at 11 years old then moved with her grandmother. eventually back with her mother. so this is a woman who really learned to be strong in a very young age but it took her a while to emerge from that to become the artist and person she later become. the thread through that is an incredible amount of determination and talent. you cannot deny the strength and talent in every performance she gives. >> yes, and we are remembering her at this moment today. the iconic, self-made, legendary, timeless tina turner who has passed away at the age of 83. we'll be right back with more. at t-mobile, your business will save over $1000 bucks. what are you going to do with it? i could use a new sign.

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shooting took place a year ago today, if you could believe it. you see the president there at the white house with dr. jill biden as well. candles there honoring the victims. let's listen in on the president. >> i just really tough day for families. remembering is important but it's also painful. one year ago today, rob elementary school in uvalde,

texas, turned into another killing field in america. few days later, jill and i traveled there and stood before those 21 crosses outside the school. on each cross, a name like in these candles behind us. 19 children. 9, 10, 11 years old. and two devoted educators and 17 more injured. we spent hours with the grieving families who were broken and never, ever be the same. to the families and children and educators who we know one year later still so raw for you. a year of missed birthdays and holidays, school plays, soccer games. just that smile. a year of every day joy is gone for forever. the bend of his smile.

perfect pitch of her laugh. at a vigil, one of the moms said when i lay in my bed and turn on my side and envision her staring back at me, i want so badly to be a part of alternative reality that just doesn't exist. this is my reality. because my 10-year-old daughter was murdered in her fourth grade classroom. standing there in uvalde, jill and i couldn't help but think too many school, too many every day places have become killing fields in communities all across every part of america. and in each place, hear the same message. do something. for god's sake, please do something. we did something afterwards but not nearly enough. we still need to ban in my view, ar-15 firearms, assault weapons.

once again. you know, they've been used time and again in mass killings of innocent children and people. we need to ban high capacity magazines, the ability to shoot 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 bullets without reloading. because today, guns remain the number one killer, number one killer of children in america. guns. the last year since uvalde, our country's experienced a staggering 650 mass shootings. well over 440,000 deaths due to gun violence. can't end this epidemic until congress has some common sense gun safety laws to keep weapons of war off our streets and out of the hands of dangerous people. until states do the same thing. how many more parents will live

their worst nightmare before we stand up for gun lobbying to establish universal background checks. establish a national red flag laws. require safe storage of firearms and end immunity from liability for gun manufacturers. the only major corporate entity that's immune to liability. even a majority of responsible gun owners support these common sense actions to save lives and keep our communities safe. so it's time to act. it's time to act. it's time to make our voices heard. not as democrats or as republicans. but as friends. as neighbors. as parents. as fellow americans and i'm being deadly earnest when i say that. you know, i know for a long time, it's been hard to make progress but there will come a point where our voices are so loud, our determination so

clear, that we can no longer be stopped. we will act. you know, a year ago after visiting the school, that same day, we attended mass at sacred heart catholic church. in the pews, families and friends held each other tightly. as the archbishop spoke, he asked the children in attendance to come up and sit with him as he spoke on the altar. there wasn't enough room for everybody to go up so a mom and her young son sat next to us. as we left the church, a grandmother who just lost her granddaughter came up to aus an quietly passed us a note, a handwritten letter. here's what it read. erase the invisible line that is dividing our nation. come up with a solution and fix what's broken and make the changes that are necessary to prevent this from ever happening

again. my fellow americans, you know. you almost feel the pain. we've lost children. we have to do this to save our children. for the nation we love. to erase that invisible line. jill and i stand here today, earlier this morning, we were talking about planning a memorial service this weekend celebrating the anniversary of the death of our son, beau. well, guess what. everyone's pain is different, we, like many of you, have some understanding what it's like to lose a child. more than one occasion. for those who have lost a loved one in uvalde, to the moms, the

dads, the brothers, the sisters, grand moms, grand pops, this is what i know. one, they'll never be gone from your heart. they'll always be part of you. and i know this as well. as unbelievable as it sounds, i promise you, the day will come when you pass that ice cream store, you pass that park, that thing that brings back the memory of your son or daughter. it's going to bring a smile to your lips when you think of them before it brings a tear to your eye. that's when you know you're going to make it. and our prayer for you from the bottom of our heart is that they will come sooner than later. sooner than later. but god willing, it will come. as i said that so you know you're going to make it. god bless those 21 blessed souls

lost on this day in uvalde and may god bless their families. we're thinking of you. >> any update on the debt talks, mr. president, please? >> president biden speaking there as he so often does from a perspective of shared loss. having lost his son, lost his daughter many years ago. and using these words to describe uvalde. described the school as having become a killing field and lamenting too many schools, too many every day places, have become killing fields since then. the president speaking from the white house on the one-year anniversary of the uvalde school shooting. >> president biden marking a tragic day in our nation's history. 21 people killed there at rob elementary school. 19 of them children. >> little kids. >> the majority of them, 9 and 10 years old. mostly fourth graders. the president saying that he's

thinking of the families of those who were killed there. also calling on congress to take action and banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines. we want to take you now live to uvalde because shimon prokupecz has been following this story essentially since it happened. the president saying to the families of those killed, quote, we're thinking of you. those families have been struggling not only with the loss of their loved ones, but also to get very basic answers about what happened that day. >> reporter: yeah. and i think what the president there said is something that about the emotions of losing a loved one. certainly a child. i think is going to really hit home here to many of these families because they don't know that they can go on and that is something they have said to me. parents who are just in some

cases, waiting to see their kids again. that means death. and they don't know. they don't know if they'll be able to move on, ever. i think what the president there said to them about when you pass by the ice cream store or some place that reminds you of your child, when you can finally smile, then you know that there is hope, i guess, right? and a lot of these family members don't feel that. they don't feel that hope right now and part of that, yes, is because boris, as you said, there's been no accountability here for the failures that have occurred here. on the law enforcement side to the community leaders to the politicians, elected leaders all across this state and city and across this community have failed them. and that is what is so frustrating for them. today for them is about sort of the remembering their kids. but also trying to come

together. trying to unite. that's been something that's been very difficult. i've seen some of the family members come out here today and they've laid flowers, but it's a very difficult day for them and also the survivors. the parents of the kids who survived. earlier, one of the girls laying a flower with her, you know, to pay respect to her friends. her best friends. some of who died in that classroom. but you could see this little girl here today, she was really distraught today, understandably. but there's also a sense of anxiety here today because it br brings back all of those terrible memories. there's still a lot of work that needs to happen here. i think what the president there said is going to really hit home to this community that is trying to look towards elected leaders for some kind of solution. just briefly, we talk about changes in gun laws. this is something that the family members of this community have been fighting for since this really happened. just simply to ask the state

legislators here in texas to raise the age of the when someone can purchase an assault rifle from 18 to 21. and many of these family members spent weeks, days at the capital in austin fighting for this. in one situation, had to wait 13 hours to testify. the committee holding them in the state capitol for 13 hours and letting them finally testify at midnight. they finally got their chance to speak but it didn't go anywhere. but they're going to keep fighting. so i think the community today needed to hear that from the president. as they try to heal, try to get answers and try to get some kind of change to happen here. >> yeah, i think that's one of the things that is pretty striking here. it was a year ago today where life as they knew with these families, it stopped. you know? and time just keind of comes toa

stop, but the political timeline moves on so quickly. unfortunately. and that is what they're dealing with and what they are challenging. they're going to continue to fight here. >> not just the political timeline. just the nation's attention. >> the will which creates the will to do something politically. >> the shooting that follows another shooting and that's got to add to the pain for those families. >> unfortunately, it's a nation neuroed to that. as we look at these live pictures that we cannot become immune to. this community in uvalde that is trying to figure out a year later how they do move forward. we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

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>> she was simply the best. if you're just joining us, we've been following the breaks news this tina turner has passed away at age 83. that being one of her favorite songs. one of many hits she had in her storied career. humble beginnings. overcame a number of obstacles in her personal life, including surviving an abusive relationship with ike turner to not only dominate the charts, but to set a new path for so many artists that came after. >> how about this quote to nbc. one of my early career goals was to become the first black woman to fill stadiums around the world. at the time, it seemed impossible, but i never dwgave and i'm so happy i made the dream come true. >> as we take a live look because mourners have already started showing their love for tina turner quite literally giving her flowers at the hollywood walk of fame in los angeles. >> she was an icon. she was an american icon. she embodied the american dream.

she was transformative. i want to bring in stephanie elam to talk a little bit about this as we are following her life. as we are following the legend, tina turner. and we're following how people are remembering her and how much she meant to so many people. i think we're really seeing the scope of that, stephanie. >> completely. and i was struck thinking about how positive she remained at the end of her life. focusing on the good that she had in life. all the good things she had when she really did start out her life with a lot of challenges. think about this. she was only 17 years old when she became part of ike turner's production, right? so she was so young and stuck with him for like a decade long and when she finally left, after he had beaten her, she said. she wrote this in her book.

and she ran with 36 cents and one gas credit card from a gas station and ran and got swomeon to get her a plane ticket from dallas to l.a. she was like no matter what i have to do, i'm not going back to that. that's the kind of life, i know i keep talking about it, but that's the kind of life this woman was up against and why she looked at everything after that, yeah, i had rough times, but look at what i have now. imparting that in tha, in her music, her performances where she was giving all, all the time. this woman has seen devastating loss. devastating challenges and still continued on. she was the epitome of strength and grace. >> just going to quote her again. so many powerful quotes. people think my life has been tough but i think it's been a wonderful journey. the older you get, the more you realize it's not what happened, it's how you deal with it. that's turner to maria claire,

2018. mark malkin, you've been with us since the news broke. as we come to the end of the hour here, i wonder what's on y your mind. >> my mind is every time you play one of the songs, it brings me back to a memory. private dancer is bringing me back to a memory of going camping with my dad. an old jewish guy from brooklyn. he said the greatest -- he ever saw was tina turner. he loved frank sinatra and nat king cole, but the greatest concert he ever saw. i think back to the days she was this amazing actor. what's amazing about her is as public as she was about her journey, she was also very private. we can't forget the fact that she backed away from the industry. she could have had a lot more acting roles.

she could have really been out for a lot more but she knew that she valued her private life because she went through such tough times that she truly, truly loved those moments of private time with her kids. with her family. and again, i know i've said this before. we just cannot talk enough about how she was a trail blazer for women standing up and saying enough is enough. i'm taking control of my life. and as we all know in that divorce from ike turner, the only thing she said, i don't want anything except you can't take my name. >> and she got it. so powerful. and she got it and look what she did with it. i just want to read how the times describes her. the earth shaking soul singer whose ras pi vocals, sexual

energy made her an unforgettable live performer and one of the most successful recording artists of all time. my favorite song, i don't know, so hard to choose. >> yeah. i was going to say what's love got to do with it because that's the first one i remember. but i think seeing the proud mary clip there, hard to beat the energy. >> so many great memories with that music. the queen of rock and roll leaving us at 83. >> the lead with jake tapper starts after a short break. electric dream days are here. come in now and experience the intense thrills and incredible offers on any of five merces-benz electric vehicles. including two years complimentary chging

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