to hear someone like john lewis speak about her really warms your heart.me time with her, not a lot of time, like many of her friends she's known for decades. i've known her for the past five to seven years. we just developed this friendship where we would contact each other, often through texts, and every once in a while i would get a random phone call from her. we would do lunch or i'd go to her party or see her here in the city. the last time i saw her was in 2017 in the late spring, early summer when she was here for the release party for clive davis. she performed and looked amazing. i can only imagine -- she didn't tell us then, but what she was dealing with. after that, she no longer did concerts. i'm heartbroken. but i'm heartened that her legacy will live on. the music will play on. as we've been listening, john, to so many hits. an you know, i've been speaking to a lot of folks who knew her, and one of them is also iconic, deon warwick. i think she's on with us now. are you there? >> yes, i am. >> how are you doing today? >> i'm trying to pull th

you have john lewis who president trump tweeted about as being all talk, talk, talk. you have maxine waters. a very extraordinarily low iq individual. you have fredricka wilson, the florida representative he called wacky. you have la var ball, the basketball player's father, trump called a poor man's don king. i mean, there is a pattern here. he is apparently triggered very easily by blacks when they come after him. >> betsy, i want you to react to that. you look at the president. he pokes at, jabs at all kinds of people you could say from across the spectrum. when it comes to people of color, as jeremy's say, the attacks fall into a clear narrative here. that low iq maxine waters thing is something he returns to. we heard it when he was in pennsylvania this week. when he was speaking in barry. >> the president seemed to relish going after high-profile african-american people who criticize him. arguably his single biggest target over the last few months has been the nfl when many african-american players have protested police violence by kneeling dur the national anth

people like representative john lewis should be speaking out.ook at what our parents went through in their generation in the civil rights movement and free speech movement that is not what that generation was all about in the democrat party but now democrats are quick to turn a blind eye when the violence and lack of free speech is happening on the other side. a sad statement and for people like john lewis who fought for young african-americans to have a voice, not people like candace owens, is a tragedy. jillian: i could be wrong but to my knowledge we haven't seen this from the other side, we haven't seen republicans attacking democrats like this at restaurants or the public trying to enjoy a meal. you had it happened to sarah sanders and kirstjen neilsen and candace owens and charlie couric when they are sitting having a meal. >> i would say the lack of civility starts with the president and some of the tweets he sent out and things he said, attacking lebron james unfairly, he has done a lot of things that created this environment for discord

john lewis. you know, we all ended up in the -- at the same time. and jim lawson came down to nashville and started to train us in nonviolence. we focused specifically on the sit-in counters. and that's when our whole training was about. how do you desegregate the counters? and it was actually not until 1960 that we actually had a sit-in protest. we were testing and that's what we learned. you do down and you sit-in, you find out what the reaction would be. and then you come back to the church and you role play. have a little play, you know, what would happen. people are yelling at you, screaming at you and pulling you off the stools and stuff like that. and it was only actually about a decade ago that i realized the purpose of that. that was to train your emotions. it was like boot camp. getting you prepared because sometimes you might want to do something but you get into the situation and you lose it. that's what people say, i lost it. you know, what did you lose? you lost control over yourself. so that was one of the things that we learned to do

consequences of your actions. >> shut up, woman. ♪ ♪ let's go back let's go way onto way back when ♪ . >> john lewis faith and continue their struggle. like all of us, he was a big fan. i talked to congressman lewis and asked him what aretha franklin meant to america and to him personally. >> i love aretha. i love her music. i love what she stood for. she inspired generations of young people and people not so young to stand up, to speak up and to speak out. she gave us hope. during the sit ins, the marches. i remember from time to time getting out of jail and selma, alabama. we would go to a little club and put a quarter in a machine and listen to her music and her music gave us hope in a time of trouble. >> let's -- i want to talk a little bit more about that. her father, congressman, he was friends with dr. martin luther king junior. she performed and tours for dr. king. i want to play this for you. it's a cnn exclusive. it's never before seen interview from an upcoming original series. this is aretha franklin talking about dr. king and her father. watch this. >> i certainly saw the beginning of d

king and people like john lewis who will be in the show moments away.ould listen to aretha franklin for inspiration. she even offered to pay angela davis' bail when she was arrested. and she said i think the quote was that if you -- something about peace or comfort that you had to be uncomfortable in order to seek some comfort or seek peace. >> i'll look forward to hearing john lewis describe her impact and what she'll mean going forward for the generation to come and going forward. thank you for sharing your friendship with us. i appreciate it. >> yes. >> what is aretha's most powerful song? i don't know. you're not going to be able to give an answer. i can tell you which of her performances meant so much to me that it literally changed me. it's a song you probably haven't heard her sing at least many times before. what, why and how next. i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file?

. >> speaking of legends, on the phone right now, joining us, is congressman john lewis, of course anhts movement, of politics, a friend of aretha's. i think, congressman lewis, about aretha franklin singing at martin luther king jr.'s funeral. tell me your memories. >> i remember aretha just doing what she could do best, to tell the story through music, through song. she had the capacity, the ability to make you feel better, when sometimes you were feeling down. she was so wonderful, so gifted. i saw her on so many occasions in atlanta, in washington, in new york, in detroit, in other places around the country. and i will never forget on one occasion, i will never forget, it was august 1967, dr. king was having a convention in atlanta. and aretha would perform. she got happy and just kept singing, she wouldn't stop singing. dr. king wanted a staff person to go and tell aretha, we have to end the program. and that was the last performance that dr. king witnessed of aretha. he loved aretha, he loved her father, reverend c.l. franklin. they both were very supportive of him, and of the m

the book to think about, look what john lewis did a martin luther king did and all the pioneers of the movement did. what can i do? i hope the book is very inspiring and not just a static story from the past because as doctor king said, and one of his books is called where we go from here and so the messages, where do we go from here? if he had lived in it's conceivable he would've lived, he would've been 89 years old in april 2019. it's tragic that not only he but the rabbi died too young. people forget because he looks so somber and serious in his public work with the suit, the tie, he was only 39 years old when he was shot. i also want to show kids the other side of him as he so somber and serious pretty like an old testament prophet. in private he loved to laugh, he was merciful, he had fun, but an hour before he was shot and killed he was in the hotel with his top aides, they had just gotten good news that an injunction had been lifted against the march and they went to support the sanitation workers and martin luther king and the rest got in a pillow fight like little boys, so th

civil rhts icon john lewis remembers her support.ut.e did her best to help she just wanted to make the movement a♪uccess. ♪ >> reporter: the voice bookending a turbulent history, singing at the memorial for martin luther king jr.,he funeral for rosa parks. ♪ thank you for her quietnger quiet st ♪ >> reporter: later performing at the inauguration of the first african-american president. >> she wasn't just a singer, she tis an active human being who was a ppant in the dramas of her time. >> what a live, what a voice. unbelievable. >> an icon. >>> time right now a is 10:13, we take a live look at the front lawn in northst c., a bit of lawn in northst c., a bit of a breeze as your home becomes more connected... shouldn't your internet keep up? it's time for fios. because fiber optics move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is the 100% fiber-optic network, so you can get phenomenal capacity for your tech. we'll even help you get another device to put it to the test. right now, get $200 toward a range of google and nest

and was according to john lewis, the architect of the nonviolent movement. i want to press hard on the soul force, or nonviolent struggle as a way of accomplishing the united states that is true to the beginning theology and philosophy we hold these truths to be self-evident that all are created equal, that all are endowed by the creator with certain rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. as part of the difficulty in politics, the nation, and the advertising industry, today is that great philosophy that launched the 13 colonies into becoming an independent nation staying in the constitution, we the people of the united states of america in order to establish. that is the language that i want to push as being a part of the language of the nonviolent movement. you and i and the whole nation need to hear that if we are to appreciate martin king, and the movement that elected him and caused him to emerge, we should hear the row -- words of rosa parks. on december 5, 1955 she said as she went home after hearing martin luther king

where we have a group of peaceful marchers being led in part by john lewis was a member owho is amember of congress froa being attacked by state authorities, the police and national guard at the bridge in selma alabama and is being denied the opportunity to register to vote. the president of the united states by the name of lyndon johnson goes to his attorney general and says given the toughest voting rights while you can write and get through congress. he gets to the national government extraordinary authority in emergency situations to guarantee voting rights. in 65 the act is passed. one is section two of the voting rights act in this is formed in the 14th and 15th amendment of the constitution and it takes the gold of those amendments to ensure nondiscrimination under the law especially with voting rights and the shape the form of legislation. they bring the lawsuit against the jurisdiction for discriminating on the basis so if i am a voter in ferguson misery and i believe that the electoral system is assigned a discriminatory fashion or discriminatory manner it dilutes the culprit

. >> reporter: civil rights icon congressman john lewis wrote in a statement, when we would be releasedill our hearts. her music gave us a greater sense of determination, to never give up or give in, and to keep the faith. and when that faith was tested with the death of martin luther king jr. in 1968, aretha's voice once again carried them through. ♪ ♪ oh oh all we need is you jesus ♪ >> there was no shondaland, there was no "in living color," there was none of that happening. we had to grab at images to try to put together like who we wanted to be. and like put them together and figure it out. and aretha was central. ♪ you better think think about what you're trying to do to me ♪ >> reporter: in 1980 when she appeared in the movie "the blues brothers" she garnered a whole new following. ♪ oh freedom freedom freedom freedom ♪ >> seeing her in this movie that went to number one, "the blues brothers," really got -- i mean, a lot of people come into the aretha movement on that. like, oh, that woman. she's dope. ♪ you know we're riding on the freeway of love against our backs ♪ >> reporter

campaign and union after union after union teachers and nurses and i have the support of congressman john lewis and the congressional black caucus not because that matters but it says something about me with the ability to work with other members of congress. >> thank you for your time. . . . . >> so adam bellow, let's get the elephant out of the room. you have a very famous last name. who is your

civil rights icon john lewis remembers her support. >> she did her best to h movement a success. >> her turbulent history singing at the memorial for martin luther king junior. the funeral for rosa parks. >> thank you for how quiet, a quiet strength. >> later first african-american president. >> she wasn't just a singer. she was an active human being who was a participant in the dramas of her time. >> such an incredible legacy. we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ? the emotional interview about the pressure he )s >>> right now at 6:00, elon mus the emotional interview about the pressure he's under and the $12 billion loss this month. >>> plus, a safe place to do drugs. that's the plan to clean up san francisco's dirty streets. why some say it will do exactly the opposite. >>> but first, split-second decisions with lives on the live. the message san jose's police chief is sending to those who are questioning the use of police force. >>> the

on the house with and we think that the john lewis should have the security to water. on the spot and this would not be haddest by the law enforcing it is all by any court does the government give protection to them. all right let's not go to our guests joining us in london charo lot to haugan associate fellow of asia pacific program at chatham house in colombo via skype omar waraich deputy south asia director at amnesty international and also in london david bergman a journalist who was formerly based in bangladesh for thirteen years welcome to you all charu i want to start with you today look many have said that these protests are about far more than just road safety or traffic what in your view are the issues that led to these demonstrations. i think the fact remains that they said being deceived by an idea that dissent has been suppressed for too long a questioning of the government is something that is not being tolerated and let's bear in mind that it's both sides it's it's all factions all political parties across the board currently we have the army leak we is

the bodies of three russians john lewis killed in a central african republic have now been delivered back to their home country three reporters were killed in an ambush by unidentified militia fighters on tuesday. c.n.n. your primary information from the investigation is that on edge into fighting the preacher also attacked a russian journalist would have you to robbing them and kill them when they resisted. tohono more tightly and those who promised to protect them for an hour does not matter the central african republic is an extremely dangerous place why people especially if without military protection to deal with such dangerous things most no reason there is a civil war in which my son's life was nothing. unfortunately my friends are victim to. keep. for myself on the team at all t. it's good bye my colleague rory sushi will be with you in half an hour to bring you the morning's latest global news headlines. we have no idea what he's doing on vacation but she will be back in september. first. of all first. george bush was total so dodgy mentalists us thanks. so much. the first.

i know you got to disturb the peace when peace.n't get no civil rights icon john lewis remembers herid her best to help out. they just wanted to make the movement a success. >> her voice book ng en a turbulent history singing at the memorial for martin luther king junior. the funeral for rosa parks. ♪ thank you for a quiet, a quiet strength ♪ the inauguration of t the nation's first african american president. >> she wasn't just a singer. she was an active human being who was a participant in the dramas oher time. >> such an incredible legacy. we appreciate you spending part ofour ening with us. that is "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm lester holt. at for all of ubc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights, camera, "access." >> i'm going to marry him, 100%. >> ariana is loves fiance pete davidson how's the rest of her family feel about him? >> tri

john lewis, the us congressmen and civil rights leader, spoke of his memories about leaving jail duringainst segregation and then went to a club to hear aretha franklin. that's what she meant to him. how difficult was it for her to get into the massive music industry as a black woman when she did? the massive music industry as a black woman when she did7m the massive music industry as a black woman when she did? it wasn't easy and she did that through talent, through her incredible skill and genius as a musician. you talked about artists who have been influenced by her over the past decades, can you tell me a few names? who would you pinpoint as the ones that have taken influence from aretha. perhaps beyonce? certainly beyonce, lauryn hill, any musician that sings with that kind of soil and triumph in their voice are following in her footsteps absolutely. -- sole. what do you think it will do for future artists? —— soul. the union between church and secular music, pop and the church will resonate for decades.“ you could think about one aretha franklin song that is your favourite, up the

freedom parkway in atlanta has been renamed to honor congressman john lewis.ause it would displace many families. but after being a strong voice behind the compromise, lewis now says it's like coming back home. >> simon cowell once dubbed mr. nasty was all smiles as he was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. the music mogul was first introduced to us after the launch of the singing competition of "american idol". the season one grammy winner kelly clarkson was there to congratulate her friend. i one direction, little mix and 5th harmony. good to see you him smiling. >> doesn't do much of that. love him or hate him, he has had an impact on television. >> thanks for watching, i'm marlie hall. >> i'm phillip mena. don't go anywhere. the news conti nustories. an arson investigation at a san jose restaurant. >>> right now at 4:30, two breaking news stories. an arson investigation at a san jose restaurant and a stabbing at a fremont b.a.r.t. station. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. thank you for joining first, we want to go to the stabbing

i have the support of congressman john lewis, the congressional black caucus, the congressional hispanicaucus. not because that matters, but because it says something about me and the ability to work with other members of congress. mr. braude: thank you for your time, appreciate you both being here. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. two senators at the senate finance committee on paid family leave. >> we've been exploring on how parents can elect to receive paid benefit through social security. would defer collection of the social security upon retirement. we are working through, but i'm hopeful we can craft a policy that will benefit the most families and those who need it the most. >> the family act is really affordable. it is about the cost of a cup of coffee a week for you and your employer. ,wo dollars a week on average that is not a great deal of money to know if your mother is dying, you can be by her side or if you have a new infant or a special needs child, you can be there. >> on friday at 8:00 p.m., new york times white house correspondent maggie haberman talks about covering

representative john lewis who literally marched for quality graceful equality. recognition facial recognition a right to use the ok even even the software couldn't even even even in a color official intelligence situation and the human intelligence that was giving said if they're black and mighty now they're probably a higher chance that they look congress is now. doing this for the congress to suddenly step up of course and say oh what a patient rest recognition might be bad oh we're targeted we're compare and we're mistaken for criminals which given our congress i can't really fault facial recognition for failing in that i don't think it's mail that i think exactly what it does really that i sort of lawmakers actually wrote a letter to amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos it was basically addressing the ineffectiveness of the technology and they've asked to come in to provide a list of government agencies using recognition with specific emphasis on law enforcement bodies and. elegans branch is now back the congress doesn't know i'm sorry these are elected officials but th

my colleague, john lewis, and i were both in sncc at the same time. so, it gives me great joy to see students even younger than we were, taking the initiative on a major issue in our country. and i must say, given their age, high school students, the first time i have ever seen high school students essentially start a national movement. we in sncc were part of an overall movement. there was the naacp, any number of organizations. we had the march on washington that was led by adults. what happened in parkland, florida, is very different. these students came to washington and had a big demonstration. they were in charge. they have stimulated one of the toughest issues to get the congress to focus on. in fact, if i may say so, i can think of no tougher issue. and yet if you had a pin and you pricked it, you really ought to be able to do something about it. for example, and there are very few statistics like this, about 97% of the american people are for background checks for guns. that's -- that's not hard. it says something about the way our country wa

department stores are winning a pretty good share of the market so people are going to debenhams, john lewiseir websites to get whatever they are getting. thank you. armed police were deployed in birmingham last night after two mosques were attacked with catapults. windows were broken after ball bearings were fired at the mosques in the small heath and hob moor road areas of the city, shortly after ten o'clock. detectives believe a heavy duty catapult was used. the motive for the attacks is still unclear. politicians across the divide in northern ireland have condemned a crowd in londonderry for gloating about the murder of four police and prison officers and putting their names on a bonfire. police say they're investigating it as a hate crime. the son of one of those named — the murdered prison officer david black — says he's sickened by what happened. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. the towering inferno in the bogside area of londonderry. bonfires are traditional in some parts of ireland to mark the catholic feast of the assumption but the celebrations are often marred in sec

i have the support of congressman john lewis, the congressional black caucus, the hispanic caucus. not because that matters, but because it says something about me and the ability to work with other members of congress. mr. braude: thank you for your time, appreciate you both being here. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. thursday morning, marcus mcallister on reducing inner-city violence in chicago and other cities by using methods associated with disease control. then the manhattan institute's rafael continues our discussion on gun violence and potential solutions to stop it. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: saturday morning, book tv is live at the mississippi book festival for the fourth annual literary lawn party at the state capitol in jackson with discuss

thousand words and i mean it's ridiculous to see everyone left and right from hillary clinton to john lewis to bernie sanders. cause you know cortez raising job mccain as as a peacemaker as a man of peace. people have people for god in libya syria ukraine iraq bob bomb iran i mean it's it's comical at this point you know it's you know the demon is you know john mccain was an exemplar of of american foreign interventions military interventions around the world and the interesting thing is that just about every single intervention john mccain supported and it up in failure and misery what you have is you don't you don't see that in the washington post don't see the voting fulcher see also david ignatius who is praising mccain for being against climate change and he quotes of mccain a sane voice thing i can do is still sell my soul to the devil i won't do it even forty publican him and he well you know because i don't back that statement out of followers of people killed in vietnam and i can never be penned to put that and he did not sell his soul to the devil now i think there is a very inter

on her last place and we think that the john lewis food have the security to water. on the spot and this would not be had by the law enforcing it all by any court of the moment give protection to them. i'm going to see international is blaming hostile e.u. policies for more refugee deaths in the mediterranean sea the rights creep estimated more than seven hundred people drowned in june and july that's despite fewer people attempting the paralyse crossing from africa to europe so we're going to report. a frantic charge to wards a rescue ship and a desperate plea to be sent back to libya to be on the t.v. i do believe i know it all eighty seven people stranded off the libyan coast saved by a spanish charity vessel a week ago after a brutal journey libya the people of what you must know that did not know what. they are among the tens of thousands of people who have crossed from africa to europe this year the ones that make it all the lucky ones. many do not survive amnesty international says that in june and july of this year more than seven hundred people drowned in th

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i have the support of congressman john lewis, the congressional black caucus, the hispanic caucus. not because that matters, but because it says something about me and the ability to work with other members of congress. mr. braude: thank you for your time, appreciate you both being here. retiredr: tonight, marine corps lieutenant on gender bias in the military is interviewed by new york times reporter on south. south. >> how does this percent -- affect the perception of her. ? corps doesthe marine not want to change what happens at the foundational level, and because everything is so segregated and stereotyped, they speed into the perception that women can't, because they are women. the lack of respect toward men and women in the marines is legendary. hear male recruits that happened to be slower that they are women. it becomes normal to say derogatory things toward women. haveis the dilemma women in the marine corps when they graduate from boot camp. announcer: watch afterwards, tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span two's book tv. now, the director of the central and american politics

representative john lewis who literally marched for quality rifle equality. recognition facial recognition. that usually ok even even the the software couldn't even even even in a color official intelligence situation and the human intelligence that was giving said if they're black and latino they're probably a higher chance that they're. now. doing this for the congress to suddenly step up of course and say oh what a patient recognition might be bad oh if we're targeted we're compare and we're mistaken for criminals which given our congress i can't really fault facial recognition for failing in that i don't think if you failed i think you did exactly what it does really that was sort of my lawmakers actually wrote a letter to amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos it was basically addressing the ineffectiveness of the technology and they've asked to come in to provide a list of government agencies using recognition with specific emphasis on law enforcement bodies and intelligence branches now back to congress doesn't know i'm sorry these are elected officials but they don

on the house because we think that the john lewis should have security to water. on the spot and this would not be had us by the law enforcing it is all by any court does the government give protection to them. all right let's not go to our guest joining us in london charo a lot to hog an associate fellow of asia pacific program at chatham house in colombo via skype omar waraich deputy south asia director at amnesty international and also in london david bergman a journalist who was formerly based in bangladesh for thirteen years welcome to you all charu i want to start with you today look many have said that these protests are about far more than just road safety or traffic what in your view are the issues that led to these demonstrations. i think the fact remains that the obama base has been besieged by an idea that dissent has been suppressed for too long a questioning of the government is something that is not being tolerated and let's bear in mind that it's both sides it's it's all factions all political parties across the board currently we have the army lea

martin luther king spoke one of his famous speeches after john lewis had tried to march from selma to montgomery and they got stopped at edmund pettis bridge and were beaten by state troopers. they came back in march began and they eventually made it. he gave his famous speech. how long? not long. the arc of the world universe is long but it tends towards justice. what martin luther king talked about challenging the vision of this country and what we are giving to accept it as normal. let me read you what king said on march 25, 1965 petty said its normalcy all over the country which leaves the knee grow piercing on an island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean. it's normalcy all over america that prevents him from becoming a registered voter in his normalcy and no we will not allow alabama to return to normal. in honor of these two elders going through my committee and seeing the reality that connecting to the people and the struggles and the reality of a woman who never stopped seeing what america could be and should be. i want to tell you right now we know in this room the kind

martin luther king spoke in one after famous speeches, john lewis and marchers tried to march from selma to montgomery, and they got stopped, gassed, and beaten by alabama state troopers. they eventually made it. some of you know one of the lines. how long, not long? long.ng, not the ark of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. i think a more important line is challenginged about this vision of the country and what we are beginning to accept as normal. saide read you what king on march 25, 1965. he said, it is normalcy all over the country, which leaves the negro perishing on an island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. normalcy all over america that from becomingegro a registered voter. it is normalcy. no, we will not allow alabama to "return to normalcy." in honor of these two elders i've talked to you about, going through my community, seeing the realities and connecting to the people, the struggle, the reality of a woman who never stopped seeing what america could and should be. i want to tell you now that we , the kind of room normalcy

donald mckay steps in and sees what john lewis griffith has done, what eastern merchants are doing and he begins building this big your heavier vessel for the call via ashtray. is most famous with the legendary flying cloud built in 1851. donald mckay was an immigrant success story who came from nova scotia, son of a poor farmer and shipbuilder. at age 15, he came to new york to become an apprentice in a new york shipping yard and donna macao's had a bit of a stubborn streak. he did not really like working as an apprentice eventually struck out on his own and founded his own shipyard in boston in the mid- 1840s and the flying cloud was the second clipper ship he built. donald mckay was a fascinating man. he saw himself as a heroic mechanic, not as someone who was some that the businessman or someone who was hobnobbing with high society. he thought of himself as a self-made man although he had become very successful was proud of having worked with his hands. he was the sort of man even though he owned his own shipyard he would have no problem working alongside his man putting place in t

. ♪ think what you do >> congressman, john lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement says aretha franklinnight and asked him what aretha franklin meant to america and to him personally? zbli lo >> i love aretha. i love her music. i love what she stood for. she, in spite generations, of young people t and people not so young, to stand up, to speak up, and to speak out. she gave us hope. during the sit ins, the marches, i remember from time to time getting out of jail in alabama, we would go to a club and put a quarter in a machine, and listen to her music. and her music gave us hope in a time of trouble. >> i want to talk a little bit more about that because her father, congressman, he was friends with martin luther king. she performed and toured for dr. king. and i want to play this for you. it's a cnn exclusive. it's never before seen interview from an upcoming original series. this is aretha franklin talking about dr. king and her father. watch this. >> i certainly saw the beginning of dr. king and what he was trying to do, bring people together, and fighting for parity and to erase the

a month before that election in 2008, congressman john lewis and george are compared john mccain to georgend then try to connect him to the 1963 birmingham church bombings if you can imagine. fast forward to this weekend. lewis described mccain probably the most hawkish center in american history as "a warrior for peace." he will be deeply missed by people all around the world. in other words, never mind a racist stuff, it was never personal. for the left, everything is about political expedience, even the obituaries. more troubling, to claim that you will think it's despicable not to mourn him in a certain way. not just impolite but immoral and forbidden. when people in authority, people with tv shows for example decide that they can dictate what emotions you are allowed to feel, you should worry. mccain knew that well. he spent five and a half years as a captive in a society just like that and he spent the rest of his life fighting against it. he hated authoritarians above all. john mccain was a complicated person but a great man. if you really want to honor his memory you want to let pe

. >> reporter: today john lewis expressed his gratitude. >> we have lost one of the great spirits ofretha franklin inspired all of us with her unbelievable capacity and ability to make us smile, to dance, to be happy. ♪ all i'm asking is for a little respect ♪ >> her demand for respect became a rallying cry for women worldwide. the hit was perhaps fittingly an adaptation of a man's lyrics. franklin's revisions to otis reddings words now iconic. >> he didn't say that. i thought i should spell it out. >> franklin seemed fearless as she created unofficial anthemes f for all. her career-defining swagger inspired fans to find their own confidence. when america's first black president took an oath to helea the nation her voice provided the sound track. barack obama was the third president to request her presence at his inaugural. the reaction to her house shaking national anthem at the 1992 democratic convention perhaps summed it up best. >> if that didn't make you patriotic nothing will. >> reporter: the queen of soul earned her crown by scoring 20 number one hits on the billboard r&b cha

one of our delegates was john lewis in the next summer he hired me to work for the voter education project in 1969. the first time i had ever done anything as civil rights except that challenge delegation. he sent me to south georgia to try to register voters bread myself. -- by myself. it was an odyssey of discovery. columbus could not have been more loss when he sailed west than i was. now commission there were 20 counties i had no connection, no one on the rolodex. there were multiple counties with practically no black voters. i have three days to visit 20 counties to see if i could find somebody capable and willing to administer a voter registration drive. i went in, basically looking for the black baptist church to knock on the door and hope i discovered the next martin luther king. and i got thrown out by all the ministers. they said they had things well in hand and the school superintendent on the march edition -- mortician, is trying to find the rebels like stokely carmichael i would go out to the juke joke -- joints and try to get money that only got me arrested in a place called