mr. franklin, let's finish up. >> lieutenant suarez will conduct hearing for both men starting with franklinho was recently convicted of crimes including rape and sodomy in fairfax county and now faces rape charges in a neighboring county. he's brought two witnesses who will testify not only about the fight but about his character. >> all right, mr. franklin. you asked for these two as your witnesses for this hearing. is there anything you want to ask them? >> did you see him throw the first punch at me? >> elmore was saying something because he takes monopoly so serious every time. and he shoved franklin twice, then he threw a punch. >> all right. >> i would like to say that i'm particularly the one person that, you know, seems to motivate everybody on the block as far as, you know, reading the bible and doing everything that's right. >> yeah. i will say that he does lead a good example as far as trying to lead people toward the bible. and ever since i met him, he's been a good spoken person. you know, he doesn't curse, none of that stuff, so -- >> yeah. >> okay. thank you both. you can go

. >> so what is this great new cd, aretha franklin sings the the great diva classics. >> well, what is it? mrvis, clive davis, chairman of rca record, brought the the concept to me and he gave me have a list of things that he thought would be good. i looked at the list. a proved of it. then i added some things to the list, and because many of those things i had bought and i enjoyed performances by the original artists and so it was a go, it was, easy to do. >> well, there is a range, there is a dealt, eta gaines and destiny's child. do you do it in a way that only aretha can do it. >> i'm ore do you do this in your way when you are covering these songs. >> okay. well, i just bring myself to it. >> yeah. >> what is destiny child song. >> i don't know, i'm a survivor. >> that is gloria gainor. >> there is people, barbara streisand and i came together at columbia records as younger singers, and that was during the reign of lieber son and then mr. davis came along later and i left hain gone to atlantic records. so, gladys and i, came along together, younger singers, and, of course, we did the mid

franklin roosevelt's struggle with polio, an old problem came back to haunt him. >> i was playing a houseboy and i had a scene. i came into eleanor roosevelt. i said, "mrs.roosevelt, supper is served." well, i got as far as "mrs." we're often hung on the m word, the mama word or whatever you wanna call it, us stutterers. i think the audience knew what was happening. it was... it was a play. they bought tickets. and i'm up there acting. and i can't talk. my line was simple, "mrs. roosevelt, supper is served." and i exited. and that's the last time it's ever happened to me. >> reporter: it may surprise you that jones, with undoubtedly one of the most recognizable voices in the world... >> this is cnn. >> reporter: ...says he still struggles with stutter to this day. but it hasn't held him back on stage, film, or television. jones has won three emmy awards, an honorary academy award and two tony awards for his stage performances in the "great white hope" about a black boxer, and for august wilson's play" fences" about the african american experience and race relations. >> don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. you best ma

franklin d. roosevelt. there never was an idea to redecorate it all the time, but, of course, it's a background for television and that's always of interest. but mrs. kennedy had plans to redecorate the room for -- to match the house, but in his death, precluded that. and president johnson moved in with a very different -- two ticker tapes, typewriters, it was a work room under him. mostly, unless the president loves to work there, it's ceremonial now. you go to have your picture taken with the president. elvis did. and you can, too. and so -- and he had a gun. but anyway, that's -- it's used ceremonially ma lly mainly now. but that's the brief history. it was designed for roosevelt by gugler. roosevelt likes to play architect and he had quite a design and mrs. roosevelt got the signal n got her friend eric gugler whom roosevelt called that silly man. he came in and did a design that roosevelt finally agreed to and that's the design the president wanted and there are parts of the other one in it. ma'am? >> who put the pool in? >> the pool was put in for president roosevelt, march of dimes. and it was in what was still, if you can believe, a laundr

mr. john to the east texans, but in truth he was both. his full name was john franklinthree names, for a man who'd evidently been living three lives. one with his wife in carrollton, one with his mistress, in california and a third one with the east texas crowd. >> it was a surprise just based on being the beaver cleaver family, being involved with the church. it was unusual. >> reporter: so, eight days after nancy was shot, the detectives returned to the scene of the crime. this time they had a warrant. >> and i'm sitting there, watching tv, and - and - and -- working. and-- and the police show up at the-- at the door to arrest me. and that was very-- i've never exp-- i-- you know, i have no clue what's going on and what's happening. >> reporter: they just put you in the car and-- and took you to the station? >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: the charge, solicitation for murder. frank's children were in shock. their father may have had an affair, they thought. but hiring hitmen? that made no sense. >> it's a very specific type of evil person that tries to kill their spouse.