sam cooke, maybe sam cooke and aretha franklin. but everything franklin, ingenious was nurtured by her father, reverend franklin. i used to listen to this man every night in michigan. if you don't die before you get a chance to hear this man preach, you don't have -- the son sermon in the african-american tradition, of the greatest preachers ever. he ordained jesse jackson. he marched with martin luther king jr. in detroit, where king delivered arguably, even more impressive version of his i have a dream speech in detroit. got to show love to the home town, the crib. skip gates's book was here next to nelson george, where did our love go? nelson george is perhaps the most gifted african-american man of the letters of our time. what can't this guy do? he is a novelist, he writes great novels, he writes superb cultural criticism about hip-hop, basketball, this history of motown, one of the earliest books to take a critical look and appreciative look at motown, he is a movie director, a film director, producer. the guy is amazing, one

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it's the aretha franklin factor. r-e-s-p etds r-e-s-p-e-c-t. here he is in a photo op. he wu gas getting respect he fe he needed. whether this will result in future negotiations over the nuclear issue, that will be complicated. we'll have to wait to see whether the opening that has happened will lead to other thgs on the diplomatic ont. >>> all right. thank you, george lewis. thanks so much. and george will have the latest on laura ling and euna lease's return and their reunion with the family, coming up at 7:00. >>> a medical muir miracle has touched the lives of 14 people in the area. they all took part in a kidney swap at georgetownniversity hospital and washington center last month. the unprecedented four days of surgeries involved african-american patients. of the 80,000 people waiting for a kidney transplant, # 2% are black. yet only 15% of donors' kidneys go to african-americans. two others gave up their kidneys to people they had no kerkz to. >> start over, a chance to make a difference, a chance to send other people on to get this process. it's been a rough th

maybe it's a rally in the midst of an aretha franklin r-e-s-p-e-c-t bull market, dangerfield, franklinwhat's not to like? why don't we start with jane in new york. jane? >> caller: boo-ya, jim. a pleasure to speak with you today. >> same to you, jane. way to start off the week with an excited boo-ya caller. that's what we want. what's up? >> caller: i really like your energy. >> thank you. >> caller: speaking of energy, what is going on with my first solar stock? it had great earnings, and now it's tanking. >> it's taking a breather, jane. come on. it can make a comeback. we all thought obama would have more power on the solar issue. we favor solar on every roof. that's part of the cramerica manifesto. i think first solar will be back. it's the only one that doesn't need government subsidy and oil is going higher. i'm not worried. yes i admit i'm the televangelist for money. they did acknowledge my existence which i thought was saying something. all right. let's go to matt in texas. >> caller: first-time caller. boo-ya. >> first time long time. we haven't had a first time in a long tim

aretha franklin. sting. >> jimmy: sting? you did something with sting? oh, yeah, sorry. jimmy: you did? >> yes, i did. >> jimmy: which one? >> david bowie? >> jimmy: bowie? >> yes. david bowie. [ laughter ] smashing pumpkins. >> jimmy: smashing pumps. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i like those guys. i like those guys, too. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and now you've got this one. now you got dirty money. >> dirty money. >> jimmy: "last train to paris." this is it. lost love, found love. >> we'll see you at the top, jimmy. see you at the top, baby. we're going straight to the top. make sure you all look out for the album. it's going to make you dance. it's going to make you move. it's going to make you groove. >> jimmy: look, you know the way i dance. >> it's going to make you love your woman better. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it will? all right. >> are you loving your woman good, jimmy? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yes. >> are you loving her good? >> jimmy: you're making me uncomfortable. [ laughter ] >> don't get uncomfortable. don't get uncomfortable. just tell the truth, jimmy. >> jimmy: i think so

aretha franklin was one of many to note that every chain has got a weak link, and when you... >> i thought she sang about respect. >> that, too! >> but as you seek to create this network of not just officials, but individuals, how do you bring the less adept or less committed in to the network so that we've got across the country the kind of powerful, involved citizenry and officialdom that you are talking about. >> well, i think one of the things we need to do is communicate that unfortunately, the terrorist threat is not just focused on new york city or washington, d.c. or a few other urban areas. indeed, if you look at the last couple of weeks, arrests have been made in places like minneapolis, and north carolina. so i think better education about the breadth of the threat and how it can be carried out is important. but even as we educate we prepare. and again, a lot of the preparation that i'm talking about has multiple uses. particularly, in terms of response. if you know -- or have planned with your family what you would do if an attack were to occur, that planning obviously has uses

aretha franklin one of many to know that every chain has a weak link. -- was one of many to note thatevery chain has a weak link. >> i thought she sang about respect. [laughter] >> that, too. as you seek to create this nation of individuals, how you bring the less adept or less committed into the network so that we have got, across the country, a kind of powerful, involved a citizenry that you're talking about? >> one of the things we need to do is communicate that. unfortunately, the terrorist threat is not just focused on the new york city, washington d.c., or a few other urban areas. indeed, if you look at the last couple of weeks, a arrests have been made in places like minneapolis and north carolina. the communication of the breadth of the threat is important. even as we educate, we prepare. a lot of this preparation that i am talking about has multiple uses. particularly in terms of response, if you know, or have planned with your family, what you would do if an attack occurred, that planning obviously has uses it should you have a tornado, a hurricane, or other natural disaster