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as he says he's in the -- and few surprise performances too. "early today" starts right now. good friday morning. >> unmatched. timeless inspiration, glimpse of the divine. those are some of the words being used tobe desc the queen of soul. aretha frankli passedaway at her home in detroit from pank a reattic cancer. >> as it continue play across the nation the globe. looks back at aretha's extraordinary life. ♪ >> reporter: there has never been a voice like hers. the undisputed queen of soul, aretha franklin. ♪ chain chain chain >> reporter: we know her songs

sol well. it takes is the first few notes and we can singhe rest by heart ♪ does he love me i want to kn♪ >> it is amazing to find what it is singers do for people. >> reporter: aretha louise franklin w born in memphis. her dad a baptist minister, her mom a singer. their homes wasn't alw happy or stable and music was her outlet. she started out performing in church. >> my formal training was my ear. >> reporter: at 14 she recorded her first album. by then she was pregnant with herecond job and teen age motherhood temporarily stalled her but by her early 20s she ehad her first top 10 hit. ♪ the way i love you >> reporter: i never loved a man.

"respect" followed a few months later and a star wasor >> everybody wants respect. even little 3 year olds want respect. >> reporter: she was a diva and ahorail blazer used her voice to crash through barriers. rising against the back drop of the civil rights movement.♪ >> reporter: there was a rough patch in the '70s but franklin found aemorable way to make a comeback. ♪ freedom freedom >> reporter: athanks to her power, range and style she's remained an icon every. sin recording so many signature hits, it's impossible to say a favorire. >> the like my children. i love them all but there are

somes i like a little mor than others. >> reporter: and a presidential medal of freedom. ♪ i fly away >> reporter: it was franklin's voice that was the sound track to so many cultural milestones from martin luther king jr.'s memorial servi to president obama's inauguration. twic divorced and a mother off ur,ranklin was fiercely protective of her privacy. later years preferring to spend most of her time at her home in detroit. which is perhaps why this2015 performance at the kennedy center was so special. franklin brought the house down, later calling it one of the best nights of her life and reminding the world she will always be the queen. >> love what i do and i just wouldn't be doing anything iels.

thought what would i have wne? ♪ t a life. thank you, lester, for that report. >> and there's perhaps no better way to q honor theen of soul than with her music. her music quickly minated the charts. fellow musicians, fans and beyond are sharing what she meant to them from detroit and around it world. in detroit with the reacon. >> reporter: good morning, philip. of course she was born in 19 -- in memphis. but detroit was her home and they loved her right back. they're unmourning but they're red a to celebrate her lif inside walks, from open doors at homes. to roll down car windows, her

soulful sound rang out all around detroit. >> she said she would never retire. she didn'tretire, she just decided to rest in peace. >> rorter: outsidehe baptist church her father was pastor, her voice first soared people gather in her honor. >> her music was always good music. just good music. >> reporter: reverend jesse jackson btopped recalling her as a civil rights activist. in harlem a marquee goodbye. >> she represented someone so strong and so determined toe sw who s and orchestrate that through her music. >> reporter: fair twaoel a star in l.a. online an out pouring of love and respect. dianna rossng cal her a golden spirit. patty labelle saidic her m was the sound track to the lives of

a so many. >> we love you, aretha. rest in heaven and you will be sorely missed. detroit's home town queen gone, her songs everng las before word of her passing spread around detroit, that shrine continues to grow asle pe come to pay their respects to the queen of soul. funeral pending. this one of president trump pfsz daughter in hrabgs offering her a high-paying job after she was fired from the administration. >> i think we can work something out where we keep you right along those lines, specifically let me see. ivent even added up the numbers. but we're talking 15 k month.

>> reporter: in an interview,z newman tob offer was an attempt to buy her silence. for more in washington. good morning. >> lara trump also saying thing i couldn't seen have your back pocket. we can't have that all positive. omarosa telling craig melvin she took that to mean she could not say anyth against the president. just a note omarosa shaurd four clip tpruplz a recording that was a longer conversation. nbc has heard the full recording. she of courses mare teed erick trump. she says i am absolutely shocked and saddened by her betrayal a violation on a deeply personal level. i hope it's all worth it for utu, omarosa, because some things you can't price on. she goes on to say she stands by

her statement the recording. >> i have been able to verify every single ing put in the book and every single time the trump people challenge me, i bring the receipts. i'm not going bullied and i'm going to toe to toe with with him. believe me, my tapes are better than tirs. >> you're going to release more tape stph >> i will if i have to. i'll do what i need protect myself. more fallout after president trump stripped john brennan of his security clearance. 12 other officials all slamming the movn a formal letter writing we all agree that the president's action regarding john brennan has nothing to do with who should and should not hold security clearances and

everything anttpt to stifle free speech. notably absentrom the letter is director woolsey. am personiar with the effort says woolsey was asked to sign on but hadn't responded by the time the lter came out. and this after a scathing review by inman who over saw the osama bin laden raid. >> mr. ipresident,s it appropriate to punish your critic stphz. >> reporter: tell thing wall street journal he stripped the security clearance of johnbr nan and threatened to revoke others. "i call it a ried witch hunt. it is a sham. and these people led it. so it's something that has to be done." and "mr. trump's claims off no

collusion are, in a wash". >> we're better than this. we have to be bette than this. >> reporter: a show of solidarity -- and callingbr nan a man of unparalleled integrity, honor and genting the pres i would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well. >> look, i thought it was aba na republic kind of thing and i don't like it. i do not see the grounds for revoking his security racle. >> reporter: but some defend thing president include thing skhaeur of the senate committee. and burr adding if quote "the

president has full authority to revoke his security clearance." and he's not ane. >> i acatually believe it was about time because brennan has been very out spoken for a guy dealing in the national secity interests as he was. >> reporter: the president's been trying to turn am page f the controversy swirl uping aro omarosa's a92 book. they're threatening to sue but they're firingack. and let's tkpwt an early check on your weather. >> already watching showers and storms all theow way towards memphis and this is going to continue this afternoon. we have one little area that hawse asehance ore weather.

the kit skills, almost down to new york city. we cd ld get wmage from the storms. we're going to get pauses air delays. and some of the storms will continue into saturday. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. anywhere from memphis as we just mentioned down through florida. we're going to be dry in much of richmond to washington d.c. but look how hot you're going to be eand humid. weekend forecast coming up. >> that's what we like to hear, bill. week two of the nfl preseason began with a a wreding at lambeau field. she married her man, justin. who's huge steelers fan. >> pwepbge roethlisberr still

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the remembrance continues to pour in as the world accepts the loss of legendary singer aretha franklin. a special memorial will go up d.c. this mornings.

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