diana ross tweeted... sir mickjagger said... paloma faith wrote on instagram.... .. may the queen of soul rest in eternal peace. let's talk to sandra godley, gospel singer and songwriter who grew up listening to the likes of aretha franklin. a really sad day. they must‘ve hit you hard when someone who has been such a big part of york musical heritage. i grew up singing in the bathroom with my hair brush, listening to songs like respect and carving out my career the king at someone carving out my career the king at someone like her, he was so inspirational. what about her got you going and made you think you could learn from her? she was a woman who was disciplined. what was unique about her voice was the tone of it. there was an intelligence in her gospel singing that far outstripped others. she was able to paint her story in words and song that made her really unique and special. what way did she kind of shape the way that your career went, certainly in the sense of gospel music and what you went on to do? singing gospel everywhere. what she did was taught us ho

as news of her death broke — tributes began pouring in from around the globe — from eltonjohn to diana rossdge. such a great about her, such a confidence, such a strength. she was a queen, literally. she was a queen, literally. in other news — a rise in the number of a level students getting top grades — the most for six years. allegations that a call to armed jihad was heard at the didsbury mosque linked to the manchester arena bomber salman abedi.

this young fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath the franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute and her voice you could feel our history all of it and in every shade out how our and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and our. hard won respect. his father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. read. on her and us president also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha she's special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. now for our top story here on d w officials in india say the death toll from massive flooding in the state of carolina has jumped to more than one hundred sixty hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods the worst state has seen in the really a century. don't forget you can always get to the news on the go download or up from google play or from the absolute i will give you access to all the latest news from around the wo

i remain in journalist diana ross soon has been updating us on the situation in bucharest victory square where protesters have again been gathering she's also been telling us about the official reaction to last night's violence. wow. reaction we had one. month and. then being that my nose they think is the fourth he had also called for indian thirty seven are all sunni investigates on the special forces and to determine who even started the process the peaceful prado the preferred route. of special forces had the press conference. that yes of course. they. asked people not to bring them here with guns and i think the process because barrie i think that by the. by the way nobody. but the police and the prime minister. are. the democratic party diana russo that reporting from the remaining capital bucharest. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in the united states say a suicidal airline employee stole a passenger plane and then crashed it into an island near seattle two army jets pursued the plane but were on able to prevent it from coming down there were n

has been talking about, but the various other collaborations she has had, from george michael to diana rossso many others. what is it about her that was just so appealing? for me it was the sound of her voice would give me goosebumps whenever i would listen to it. authenticity. itjust sounded authentic, when she took the song, even one which was not her own, she turned it into something which was so authentic, and that was the key to being a star and to being so the key to being a star and to being so great. it was interesting that her story completely overshadowed what had started the day yesterday with celebrations of madonna's 60th birthday, and ended on this terribly sad note, and it's that almost every newspaper and publication is paying tribute to perhaps the greatest singer of the 20th century. absolutely. let's move on and talk about the telegraph. we have a story which is actually quite interesting. the eu fearing that its brexit talks are being bugged by british secret agents. this sounds like a bad james bond film, doesn't it? there are a couple of things on this. first of all, i

condolences to her family and friends we shared the same birthday and that meant so much to me and diana ross american singer and former member of the supremes says and i'm sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of her franklin finally this from hillary clinton mourning the loss today of aretha franklin who shared her spirit and talent with the world she deserves not only our respect and also our lasting gratitude for opening our eyes ears and hearts rest in eternal peace my friend. the rest of the day said news more than three hundred fifty news outlets across the united states have pledged to run editorials today in defense of press freedom they're condemning president trump's attacks on what he calls fake news and he suggestions that journalists from news organizations that oppose his policies are enemies of the people the initiative was launched by the boston globe newspaper using the image you see behind me or president trumps a use of the terms fake news and enemies of the people to describe certain news outlets has been cheered and condemned often along party political lines

shared the same birthday and that meant so much to me there's also from fellow american singer diana ross i'm sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of retha franklin former president barack obama also paying tribute retha help to find the american experience in her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shade our power and our pain our darkness into light our quest for redemption and a hard one respect may the queen of soul rest in eternal peace finally a veteran of the u.s. civil rights movement the reverend jesse jackson who knew aretha franklin for the last six years he was reportedly at her bedside during her final days he tweeted this a lot of music left the earth today the heavens rejoice rest in heaven the peace. ok we're going to stay in the u.s. now because around three hundred fifty news outlets across the country have been running editorials today in defense of press freedom the boston globe newspaper launch the initiative it's a rebuke of president trump's attacks on the media and his suggestion that some journalists in his words are enemies of the

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath of franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute in her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and on. hard won respect. his father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. obama. read. the. speech. was on the monitor current u.s. president trump also paid his respects to the queen of soul yes she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha a special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. this is due to be news still to come on this program kris prepares for the end of its bailout program that's coming up on monday but hasn't benefited the country's people. bustling job vacancies in germany as a tackles a major labor shortage all that much more straight ahead with the the venus. takes it personally are you ready with all the wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true

well for the latest from the romanian capital bucharest we're joined now by journalist diana ross sue said and we can see behind you that a number of protesters are back on the streets following last night's violence what's happening where you are. that's right my riyadh people are gathering and they have announced that they will stage a major progress tonight in response to what happened that night and you can hear the drivers are supporting the people and there's a massive there's enormous enormous popular support the protests that we are expecting major major protests tonight people said that they are not afraid of what has happened because they are comparing the. what happened in one thousand nine hundred ninety when the communist regime was toppled in bucharest in a bloody revolution all right so protesters responding to last night's violence by taking to the streets again but what about the authorities what's been their reaction to what took place last night. why out of the on the it reaction we had one former president. who had to statesman and to escape. the violence the exces

let's get the latest now from bucharest and for that we're joined by journalist diana ross so dana has there been any official reaction to last night's violence on the part of authorities. yes first of all what that you are hearing the name arias would be a rival of the president or say as i am larry but our very eyes remember. me on the reaction was that of the president of my new. york as he asserted. for me and i guess i'm not doing the crackdown the government did that night. things are getting beaten here there are. other. people that one of. our i don't know well who can see pressure is mounting once again after last night's violence the main issue among the demonstrators has been corruption in the government just what to do the protesters want done for this problem to be tackled. one there and nice about them most of them are. people that are convicted for. are here that's what we're hearing. all right dana let's talk about the protesters who have been coming out we understand that a thousands of them live abroad they live and work in other countries yet they came back to romani

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath of franklin. for president barack obama also paying tribute and her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and a. hard one respects. rita's father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. obama. read. the. speech. on the last current u.s. president also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha she's special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. this is deja vu news still to come on this program greece prepares for the end of its balance of programs coming up next week but how much as a benefit of the country's people. plus filling job vacancies here in germany has attacked us all a verse shortage that more straight ahead. make your smart t.v. smarter. for smart choose. what you want when you want it up to date extraordinary. to decide what's on find out more. dot

diana ross, i'm sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit, aretha franklin.emory of her greatness as a musician and a fine human being will live with us forever. carole king, what a life, what a legacy. ♪ we almost had it all >> reporter: adele, whose "rolling in the deep" aretha covered, saying i can't remember a day of my life without aretha franklin's voice and music filling up my heart. ♪ chain, chain, chain >> reporter: mariah carey who shared the stage with a playful aretha in 1998. singing "chain of fools" at mtv divas live. you were my inspiration. my mentor and my friend. you have inspired millions everywhere, yet never left home, never left church. gladys knight, who kicked off this rendition of "respect" at a clive davis pre grammy party. you set a standard for every lady in this industry. hopefully i'll get to sing with you in the heavenly choir. aretha would end that number by getting a mike and singing from the audience. ♪ good god all mighty today, all who heard her voice, looking back in gratitude. ♪ party's over ♪ yeah >> reporter: in 1970, a

diana ross said...ply touched by the incredible outpouring of love from fa ns incredible outpouring of love from fans all around the world. they said, we have felt your love for aretha and it brings us comfort to know that her legacy will live on. stay with us we'll be discussing aretha franklin's huge influence at just after 5.30pm with singer karen mav — who plays the lead in the west end hit show dreamgirls and soul expert dj tony blackburn. teenagers in england, wales and northern ireland have been getting their a level results today. the proportion of pupils getting the top grades is the highest for six years. more than one in four students got either an a or an a star. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports two years of hard work for a life changing moment. for many, the wait was over. for some, the waiting had just begun. i got b,b,c and unfortunately i needed to get three as but at the end of the day it is what it is, and hopefully i can try to get into my insurance which is manchest

as news of her death broke, tributes began pouring in from around the globe, from eltonjohn to diana rossr paul mccartney to sister sledge. such a grace about her, such a confidence and strength. she was a queen. literally. she was a queen. in other news, a rise in the number of a level students getting top grades, the most for six years. allegations that a call to jihad was heard at the didsbury mosque linked to the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi. in italy, engineers say operations to find survivors of the genoa bridge collapse will continue for another 48 hours. up to 20 people are still unaccounted for, two days after the disaster. england rugby star, danny sipriani, apologises after pleading guilty to assault at a hotel in jersey. he was fined £2000. and the pilot whales who keep getting stuck in an icelandic fjord. she was known as the queen of soul, one of the greatest stars of the 20th century. this morning aretha franklin died at the age of 76 at her home in detroit in michigan, surrounded by her family. she was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago but only retired from pe

>> reporter: farewell n ououring ov tributes from barbra streisand, elton john, paul mccartney, diana rosse soundtrack to the and rest in heaven, and you will be sorely missed. >> reporter: detroit's hometown queen gone, her songs everlasting. before word of her passing spread around detroit today, there was just a single bouquet of balloons back there. that shrine continues to grow, as do the crowds tonight. we saw some tears, some hugs, but a whole lot of smiles and dancing as that powerful voice wafts in the air. funeral arrangements are pending tonight. lester? >> what a scene out there tonight. ron, thank you. >>> she meant so much to so many people. though aretha franklin is gone, she will live on through the incredible and timeless body of work she leaves us. we want to take a moment to listen to aretha sing. ♪ ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t, find out what it means to me ♪ ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t, take out t-c-p ♪ ♪ oh, a little respect ♪ ♪ does he love me, i wanna know, how can i tell if he loves me so ♪ ♪ is it in his eyes ♪ no, no, you'll be deceived ♪ ♪ is it in his eyes ♪ no girls, he'll make believe

venues like the famous fox theater -- people like marvin gaye, smokey robinson, the temptation diana ross, and of course, the legend that is stevie wonder. he knew aretha franklin from the atime he was four years o he saw her in her final days and as recently as two months ago talked about collaborating with her again. stevie: there's a song've written called "the future" and we were going to write and sing it together. and so -- [clears throat] i thought i cried my last tear. i havet it together. i didn't want to see her, so i decided on monday i would go. i flew out from l.a. to detroit and went to see her. shoke with her. wasn't able to speak back, but her family felt that she could hear me and unod the things i said. told her to say hello to my sister. aleem: incredibly moving stuff there from stevie wonder. in terms of arrangements for aretha franklin's funeral, no official word from her family, but there are rumors already that it could be a four-day citywide event. but in any case, a lot of e venues at which she performed memorials. their own as many people as possible can pay thei

this also from diana ross, i am sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of aretha franklin.president barack obama, also paying tribute, aretha helped define the american experience in her voice. you could feel her history, our power, our pain, our darkness, our light and our hard-won respect. made queen of soul rest in eternal peace -- may the queen of soul rest in eternal peace. the rev. jessee jackson new aretha franklin for 60 years and was reportedly at her bedside in her final days. he tweeted this. a lot of music left ear of the day but heaven rejoice. rest in peace. we are going to stay in the u.s., because around 350 news outlets across the country have been running editorials today and defense of press freedom. the initiative was launched by "the boston globe" using the image behind me, a rebuke of president trump's attacks on the media, and his suggestion that some journalists, in his words, are enemies of the people. reporter: the press and the president. in the u.s., it is a tense relationship. one of his labels for the press relays -- press raised alarm bells. >

diana ross, paul mccartney, john legend, elton john more artists expressing how much franklin mint to them. former president barack obama and misses obama saying franklin helped us feel more connected to each other, more hopeful, more human martin luther king jr.'s children remembering her role in civil rights . the bernice king calling her a voice in the movement. admiration was a constant throughout franklin's life. the late whitney houston once saying, it is the emotions franklin evoked that are so inspirational. >> aretha's voice is just something that's -- that she has and the way she makes people feel was what i wanted to have. >> reporter: a number of tributes are now planned in detroit. >> she meant so much to detroit on so many levels. one of the greatest joys of my time as mayor was june of last year when i got to award aretha franklin the key to the city. >> reporter: among franklin's many accolades were 18 grammy awards and two honorary grammys. she was the first woman inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. the youngest recipient of the kennedy center honors and rece

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath the franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute in her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and on. one respect. his father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. bush. on current u.s. president trump also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha she's special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. let's bring in entertainment journalist k.j. matthews she joins us from los angeles you know you met a wreath of franklin yourself what was she like in person. i don't know what to expect the business along with her level in the national success but it will follow you either one of them you can be anyone in the world but you know and just an all around nice person also manages to the interviews that we get backstage to tell that you were about two ye

diana ross spoke of her golden spirit.l mccartney called her the queen of our souls who inspired us all. sam moore, the original soul man and her friend of 60 years remembered the first time he head her sing. >> i went to the service to hear martin luther king, and she sang, i believe -- i think it was "precious lord." a 15-year-old, and i went, oh, my god. >> reporter: fans promised to say a little prayer for franklin at her hollywood star. they paid their respects at the church she grew up singing in detroit and in harlem, they reflected on her impact. >> i grew up with aretha franklin, are you kidding? with mom singing. we cleaning the house on the weekend and she was playing aretha franklin. >> reporter: fans promise they'll keep playing her favorite hits and keep her memory alive. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> well, ahead on "cbs this morning," singer stevie wonder tells us about his close relationship with aretha franklin and shares some of his favorite memories. >>> in colorado, christopher watts is being h

and joining us now romanian capital or us as journalist diana ross so danno tell us what's the situation there right now. well hi sarah as you said we have official numbers there are one hundred forty injured people people tensions have increased by hour and i can still hear the tear gas and people of the special forces as have these been used to watch their cannon which is unprecedented in the brother. jaime on the part of the thing but there are also people who are still coming so loving and they are determined not to not to leave their reasoning that some muslims with a gun have been separated the peaceful process and have caused a problem with the special forces. here the police aren't there in the background the protesters say they're angry about the way that romania is being governed what exactly they object to. well if i might say there are two to mind concerns first of all is the corruption of the leadership of the social democratic party because the president of the social democratic party it was some victory for and for a fraud and people say they are fed up with the. because t

stars like paul mccartney, eltonjohn and diana ross have been paying tribute to the soul singer.thimes is a jazz vocalist in chicago. she met aretha franklin numerous times as a child and went on to sing at one of her birthday parties. she told me what it was like performing in front of the queen of soul. with a lot of nerves in your stomach, and just a lot of confidence that, you know, you'd take out of the opportunity. but she was just like singing to family. i mean, it was like singing to my big sister. she made me feel very comfortable. what an experience. and your father knew her, so you as a little girl met her on numerous occasions. what was it like meeting such a person, as a little girl growing up in the united states in the late ‘60s? at nine years old, i thought she was the most beautiful person i had ever seen. i had never seen a person that looked so beautiful, in hair rollers and a scarf. and, at that time, she was just being casual. she came over for breakfast, to have breakfast with my mum and my dad. and we were young, and what have you, and she had come a couple

streets, performed at venues like the fox theatre, people like smokey robinson, the temptations, diana rossom the age of four years old. he saw her in herfinal days and as recently as two months ago talked about collaborating with her again. there's a song that i had written called the future, and we were going to sing it together. and so, er... he clears his throat i,er... i thought i had cried my last tear. isaidi i thought i had cried my last tear. i said i would get it together. i wanted and i did want to see her, so i decided on monday i would go, so i flew out from la to detroit and went to see her, and spoke with her. she wasn't able to speak back, but her family felt that she could hear me, and so ijust said all the things that i wanted to say, and told her to say hello to my sister. hey! written and produced by mr stevie wonder, called me late one night and said, re, i've got a song for you. i said, i'll take it! he said, send somebody down to get it. # yo—ho, yeah yeah yeah yeah...# the greatest gift for me was when i heard her sing till you come back to me. when she sings your so

as news of her death broke, tributes began pouring in from around the globe, from eltonjohn to diana ross, sir paul mccartney to sister sledge. such a grace about her, such a confidence, such a strength. she was a queen, literally. she was a queen. we'll be live outside the church in detroit where she began singing as a child. also tonight... the highest proportion of as and a*s for a—level students since 2012, despite changes to toughen the exams in england. up to 20 people are still missing after the motorway bridge collapsed in northern italy, but rescuers have all but given up hope of finding any more survivors. was the manchester arena bomber radicalised by an imam at his local mosque? we have a special report. were you trying to incite violence? were you calling for armed jihad? no, never did that. the england rugby player danny cipriani has been fined £2,000 after pleading guilty to assault and resisting arrest at a bar injersey. coming up on bbc news, head coach trevor bayliss says the decision to recall ben stokes to the england squad was for the all—rounder‘s wellbeing. good eve

streets, performed at venues like the fox theatre, people like smokey robinson, the temptations, diana ross legend that is stevie wonder. he knew aretha franklin from the age of four years old. he saw her in herfinal days, and as recently as two months ago talked about collaborating with her again. there's a song that i had written called the future, and we were going to sing it together. and so, er... he clears his throat. i,er... i thought i had cried my last tear. i said i would get it together. i wanted and i did want to see her, so i decided on monday i would go, so i flew out from la to detroit and went to see her, and spoke with her. she wasn't able to speak back, but her family felt that she could hear me, and so ijust said all the things that i wanted to say, and told her to say hello to my sister. hey! written and produced by mr stevie wonder, called me late one night and said, re, i've got a song for you. i said, i'll take it! he said, send somebody down to get it. # yo—ho, yeah yeah yeah yeah... the greatest gift for me was when i heard her sing till you come back to me. when sh

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath of franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute and her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and on. hard won respect. regis father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. reed. on the. on current u.s. president trump also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. and we have more on aretha franklin's life and legacy on our website dot com. now officials in india say the death toll from massive flooding in the state of cater law has jumped to more than one hundred sixty kittle a is located on the southern tip of india it's a tourist hot spot known for its beaches the state is hit by monsoons every year but this year's weather has been called the worst in a century hundreds of thousands of people have

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath of franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute and her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and our. hard won respect. regis father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. bush. on the current u.s. president also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha a special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. now to italy where the transportation ministry has opened an investigation into the collapse of a highway bridge in general what that killed at least thirty eight people the ministry is also calling on the private toll road operator to quickly build a new bridge at its own expense as rescuers work to find people who may still be trapped beneath the rubble there's growing anger over the accident charlotte shell some tell spoke with italians worried

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of the wreath the franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute in her voice we could feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our pain our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and a. hard won respects. his father said she would sing for kings. and she also sang for president. on the. street. on leave. it. was on the on current u.s. president trump also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha she's special woman she's. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. to funding. and before we go a reminder of the top stories we're following for you at this hour barcelona is marking the first anniversary of terror attacks that killed sixteen people and left over one hundred injured families survivors and officials took part in a memorial service on the city's famous last from glass boulevard where edgy hottest attacker drove a van into crowds of pedestrians. and offici

diana ross spoke of her golden spirit.aul mccartney called her the "queen of soul" who inspired ll. sam moor the original soul man and her friend of 60 years of, remembered the first time he heard her sing. >> and she got -- she sang precious lord. a 15-year-old, and i went oh, my god! >> feel like a natural woman ♪ >> reporter: frankly won 18 grammy awards -- franklin won 18 grammys and had 20 number one hits on the r&b charts. her 30 greatest hits album just soared to the top of the itunes charts keeping her memory alive. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: john schiumo, cbs news. >> a true legend. what is your favorite aretha franklin song? >> i like natural woman because, you know, it's a great song. of course, you know, "r-e-s-p- e-c-t" -- >> that's a good one, too. >> and chain of fools is a really good one. i have so many. even on the waiting to exhale sound track she had a couple of songs there. she was just awesome. >> she did freeway of love, too, didn't she? >> i will have to look that up. okay. ha ha! >> as you know, she d

this from fellow american singer diana ross and sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of a wreath of franklin. former president barack obama also paying tribute and her voice we can feel our history all of it and in every shape our power and our paying our darkness and our light our quest for redemption and our. hard won respect. this father said she would sing for chang's. and she also sang for president. obama. on. my current u.s. president also paid his respects to the queen of soul she was given a great gift from god her voice and she used it well people loved aretha she's special woman. a diva divine with a voice for the ages. and before we go out a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour thousands of people have paid their respects to former indian prime minister atal bihari vajpayee who was honored with a full state funeral as body was then. one of the country's most popular leaders bunch by he died on thursday at the age of ninety three. to watch when you know a news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour don't forget you can stay up

condolences to all her family and friends we shared the same birthday and that meant so much to me and diana ross american singer and former member of the supremes says and i'm sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit of aretha franklin and finally found out this from hillary clinton mourning the loss today of aretha franklin who shared her spirit and talent with the world she deserves not only our respect but also our lasting gratitude for opening our eyes ears and hearts rest in eternal peace my friend. let's move on to the rest of the day's news now rescue teams in the italian city of genoa still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of the collapsed miranda a highway bridge local authorities say as many as twenty people could still be buried beneath the daybreak at least thirty eight people were killed when a stretch of the road gave way on tuesday during a busy mid day traffic in this first big domestic test of its ability if there is new government is juggling rescuers with recrimination. as hopes of finding survivors fades the blame game intensifies officials initia

diana ross spoke of her "golden spirit."y called her "the queen of our souls, who inspired us all." and hit maker carole king, who wrote "natural woman," exclaimed, "what a life, what a legacy. ♪ ♪ a child prodigy by many accounts, franklin learned to play piano by ear. ♪ ♪ she grew up singing gospel at a detroit church, where her famous father was a minister. she spoke about the experience in an interview with ed bradley for "60 minutes." >> whenever we were having services, if i was going to sing, they would have me stand on a little chair and sing. >> reporter: how old were you then? >> about nine. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in 1961, franklin made the transition from gospel to pop, and with the release of her first secular album, her star quickly began to rise. ♪ ooh, baby, baby >> reporter: smoky robinson and franklin became friends when she moved to detroit, when robinson was just eight years old. >> you know, whitney, mariah, all those girls who came along after her. you know, aretha franklin was the queen of soul. >> reporter:

diana ross spoke of her "golden spirit." our souls who inspired us all." and hitmaker carole king, who wrote "natural woman," exclaimed "what a life, what a y ny accounts, franklin learned to play piano by ear. ♪ she grew up singing gospel at a detroit church where her famous father was a minister. she spoke about the experience in an interview with ed bradley for "60 minutes." >> whenever we were having services, if i was going to sing they would have me stand on a little chair and sing. >> how old were you then? >> about 9. ♪ >> reporter: in 1961 franklin made the transition from gospel to pop, and with the release of her first secular album her star quickly began to rise. ♪ ooh, baby baby smokey robinson and franklin became fri wed t detroit, when robinson was just 8 years old. >> the pattern was from her. you know, whitney, mariah, those girls that came along after her, you know, aretha franklin was the queen of soul. >> reporter: in her decades-long career franklin won 18 grammy awards. ♪ yeah, think, think about what y

diana ross tweeting, there's a bright flame about to go out. only god knows when.e right now to talk about her impact, her influence, her love of the great city of detroit, former detroit mayor dennis archer. thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> i appreciate it. your reaction to the news this morning? >> very sad. it's sad because she is no longer with us. but i am so delighted that during the course of her professional lifetime, no matter where she recorded her records, outside of the city of detroit, inside the city of detroit, she never left detroit. she loved the city of detroit. she loved its people. she loved her family. she loved everything about detroit and gave a lot to our city. i will tell you, she -- her image, her prestige has gone all over the world. my wife trudy and i are privileged to be invited to the clinton white house for a performance of aretha franklin. she was outstanding. it was so much pride to be there for the city of detroit and see droilt detroit's own aretha franklin. then president obama invited the d

longtime friend diana ross tweeted this....i'm sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit, aretha franklin. oprah winfrey tweeted out this photo of the two on her talk show.it says..we'll miss you queen.hashtag aretha queen forever. president trump also expressing his condelences once the news broke of aretha franklin's passing.he tweeted "the queen of soul aretha franklin is dead. she was a great woman, with a wonderful gift from god, her voice. she will be missed and former president obama tweeted a picture of aretha franklin singing at his first inauguration back in 2009.he tweeted aretha helped define the american experience. in her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade....our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. may the queen of soul rest in eternal peace. (grant) and our coverage of this story continues online... at kron4 dot come.. there we have a photo gallery of the beloved soul singer... a top ten list of favorite aretha franklin songs... and history of the queen of soul... all that on

diana ross saying i am sitting on prayer for the wonderful golden spirits, aretha franklin.new york to read aretha franklin street. one of her albums the number one album on itunes right now. rob: i like the way they changed that. this is hysterical. this kid using his famous and to get girls. >> angela from the office didn't have much of a sense of humor on the show but she certainly does in real life. listen to this clip. >> sometimes kids are too flashy so i am forced to go to american girl store and order close for large colonial balls. >> angela kinsley is calling out her nephew for using her picture to score online dates writing on instagram, nephews do not put me on your tinder profile photos, this picture went viral on social media, she caught wind of this. india on twitter moved -- call todd:'s. side note, nephew is cute. i agree with that. also saying love this and having her as your and would help. getting called out by her is funny. jillian: a tennessee boy rent a firetruck on his first day of school. >> a 5-year-old boy skipped the bus and wrote a firetruck to h

, man, all we used to talk about -- everybody in the neighborhood, we grew up in a neighborhood diana rossons. we grew up in that neighborhood. you know what i mean? we were all hoping to do this, and some of us were -- there's some people that i can't even name, some groups and people like that who could really, really, really sing who didn't get that break and that chance. including you and aretha franklin brought a lot of joy to a lot of people. thank you, smokey. >> thank you, don. >> when we come back, congressman says aretha inspired everyone in the movement to keep the faith. we'll talk to him next. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ introducing e*trade personalized investments professionally managed portfolios customized to help meet your financial goals. you'll know what you're invested in and how it's performing. so you can spend more time floating about on your inflatable swan. [din

, man, all we used to talk about -- everybody in the neighborhood, we grew up in a neighborhood diana rossn that neighborhood. you know what i mean? we were all hoping to do this, and some of us were -- there's some people that i can't even name, some groups and people like that who could really, really, really sing who didn't get that break and that chance. so we were all blessed, and we talk about our blessings all the time. how blessed we were to come out of that situation and become what we wanted to be, what we wanted our lives to be. so she had that, and she lived a good life, and i'm going to celebrate that. >> well, everyone you mentioned, including you and aretha franklin, brought a lot of joy to a lot of people. thank you, smokey. >> thank you, don. >> when we come back john lewis says aretha franklin's music in the movement inspired everyone to keep the faith. fidelity is redefining value. introducing zero account fees for brokerage accounts. and zero minimums to open an account. at fidelity, those zeros really add up. ♪ maybe i'll win, saved by zero ♪ >>> you'd better think abo

diana ross, paul mccartney, john legend, elton john, and more artists spanning the genres expressingin meant to them. former president barack obama and misses obama saying franklin helped us feel more connected to each other more hopeful. more human. martin luther king jr.'s children remembering her role in civil rights. bernice king calling her a voice in the movement and admiration was a constant throughout franklin's life. the late whitney houston once sang, it is the emotions franklin evoked that are so inspirational. >> i hear aretha's voice and there is just something that she has and the way she makes people feel. that's what i want to do. >> reporter: a number of tributes are now being planned in detroit. >> she meant so much to detroit and on so many levels. one of the greatest joys of my time as mayor was june of last year when i got to award aretha franklin the key to the city. >> reporter: among franklin's many accolades were 18 grammy awards and two honorary grammys. she was the first woman inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame . the youngest recipient of the kenne

diana ross, paul mccartney, john legend, elton john, and more artists spanning the genres expressingow much franklin meant to them former president barack obama and misses obama saying franklin helped us feel more connected to each other more hopeful. or human. martin luther king junior's children remembering her role in civil rights. bernice king calling her a voice in the movement. admiration it was a constant throughout franklin's life . the late whitney houston once saying it is the emotions rank when he poked that are so inspirational. >> i heard of rita's voice and it is just something that she has. the way she makes people feel was what i wanted to have. >> a number of tributes are being planned in franklin's home city of detroit. >> she meant so much to detroit and on so many levels but one of the greatest joys of my time as mayor was june of last year when i got to award aretha franklin the key to the city. >>> when i'm on franklin's many accolades were 18 grammy awards and two honorary grammys . she was the first woman inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame . the young

and i think that today for aretha franklin and voices like diana ross wouldn't be heard on race.y other qualities of music, oftentimes more degrading and less wholesome. but her sense of social justice. i remember dr. king couldn't make the payroll, and we were struggling. and she and harry belafonte did an 11-city tour for free. she stepped on the stage in houston, texas. on that stage, dr. king was about to give her a bouquet of flowers. someone put tear gas in the fan, but she was back the next day. tough as nails. tough and yet tender. then of course she sang at dr. king's funeral. she never stopped making the occasion. i miss her so much already. >> well, we are going to miss her right now. it's funny how life works, reverend, how just in a time when the country is kind of reintroducing itself to what it wants to be about in terms of tolerance and how it wants to treat one another in terms of the complexion of their skin and the content of their character, as dr. king would put it, we lose such a huge voice of a time that we thought we had settled this once and for all. why?

president obama says she defined the american experience and diana ross say she is sitting in prayerden spirit, areth franklin. for more on aretha franklin's life and legacy open up our nbc washington app. we put together a photo gallery with iconic images from her life and more celebrity tributes, and you can also watch that memorable performance when she sang "my country 'tis of though" at president obama's 2009 inauguration. >> rtorter: scott macfarlane the live desk. a statement in from the vatican about this week's scathing grand jury report about sexual abuse and cover-ups within the catholic church ina pennsylvani. spokesperson for pope francis just put out the statement saying the abuses described in the report are, quote, rorlare morally reprehensible and the statement says pope francis is on the side of the victims, and he wants l toten to them. there is no reference in this statement to archbishop and cardinal donald wuerl of the archdiocese of washington, d.c. the grand jury report this week detailed hundreds of acts of sexual abuse ove several decades and alleged cover-u

streets, performed at venues like the fox theatre, people like smokey robinson, the temptations, diana ross days, and as recently as two months ago talked about collaborating with her again. there's a song that i had written called the future, and we were going to sing it together. and so, er... he clears his throat. i,er... i thought i had cried my last tear. i said i would get it together. i wanted and i did want to see her, so i decided on monday i would go, so i flew out from la to detroit and went to see her, and spoke with her. she wasn't able to speak back, but her family felt that she could hear me, and so ijust said all the things that i wanted to say, and told her to say hello to my sister. hey! written and produced by mr stevie wonder, called me late one night and said, re, i've got a song for you. i said, i'll take it! he said, send somebody down to get it. # yo—ho, yeah yeah yeah yeah...#. the greatest gift for me was when i heard her sing till you come back to me. when she sings your song, she takes it and you don't get it back, and that's what she did. # give me a freedom lik

among them diana ross calling her theonrful golden spirit.e king who co-wrote one of her biggest hits "natural woman" writing what a life, what a egacy, and among the biggest artists of today, john legend calling her the greatest vocalist. adele saying can't remember a day without aretha's voice and music filling her heart with joy sadness. >> and former president obama writing in part, quote, in her voice we cou feel our history, all of it, and in every shade. the our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption andur hard won respect. mr. obama also shared several i photographsluding the two of them doing a fist bump and aretha franklin, of course, singing here at his first inauguration becoming one of ths highli of that day, both for her performance and for her fabulous hat. >>> and as y saw new york's famous apollo theater also offering its condolences tonk aretha fn. she was inducted into harlem theater'salk ofame back in 20 so. franklin performed there a number of times over theyears, including the '60s when

and as we were landing, andy said, "oh my god, i feel like diana ross," and i said, "that's weird, becauseter ) therein lies the difference between us. >> stephen: what is the show? what do you guys do? is it a little sing, a little dance? >> it's like going to a bar with us and hearing all our best stories, basically. >> stephen: uh-huh. did you think about just going to a bar and charging people to come in to do this? >> that's an interesting idea. >> no, it's like 3,000 seat theaters, and people around the country-- >> stephen: holy cow! >> yeah, we've done it for three years. >> stephen: and i bet you're packing them in. >> yeah, we do all right. ( laughter ) it's a lot of ladies who have had a liquid dinner before they get there. >> yes, yes! >> stephen: sure. >> and now they're ready for some dessert. ( laughter ) >> absolutely. >> stephen: a little eye candy. ( applause ) a little andy candy. >> andy candy. anderson is reality, and i'm escape from reality. that's how we work. >> stephen: that's kind of true. as i was saying to you just backstage, i'm so happy that you're here, i lov

diana ross spoke of her golden spirit.aul mccartney called her the "queen of soul" who inspired us all. sam moore, the original soul man and her friend of 60 years of, remembered the first time he heard her sing. >> and she got --she sang precious lord. a 15-year-old, and i went oh, my god! >> feel like a natural woman ♪ >> reporter: franklin won 18 grammys and had 20 numberone hits on the r&b charts. her 30 greatest hits album just soared to the top of the itunes charts keeping her memory alive. ♪[ c ] >> reporter: john schiumo, cbs news. >>> this morning the family of a woman fatally stabbed at an oakland bart station will speak publicly about a lawsuit filed against the transit agency. 18-year-old nia wilson was killed at the macarthur bart station. her sister was also hurt in the july 22nd attack. the lawsuit filed by wilson's family alleges bart failed to provide riders with the highest standard of care. >>> today a california highway patrol officer will be honored after he was struck and killed on 80. anne makovec re