i feel gail welcome to the program she had a voice that defined an era us retha franklin has died at the age of seventy six after a battle with pancreatic cancer she died in detroit where she began her career in her father's church a voice became part of the american psyche with hits in the sixty's. on the seventh is the. queen of soul she sang at martin luther king's funeral in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight barack obama's presidential inauguration in two thousand and nine and became the first woman to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame and more than anything aretha franklin immense respect as a powerful black artist during america's civil rights period. the title of her nine hundred sixty seven hit a composition by otis redding crowned her legacy from the moment the song hit the airwaves respect. everything franklin's imprint on soul music was enormous for commanding vocals powered the soundtrack of both the civil rights and women's liberation movements half a century ago. the daughter of a mississippi preacher and a mother who sang and played piano a research fra

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 people. general have you when the press and the president and the us it'

i'm sara kelly thank you so much for joining us of retha franklin is being laid to rest in detroit at this hour and the queen of soul is being given a fittingly musical sendoff you're watching live pictures now here on news of a lineup at her funeral includes figures from the civil rights movement and big names from the music world former u.s. president bill clinton is due to address the crowd. and this invitation only event it is expected to last several hours the funeral caps off a week of events that included tribute concerts and the opportunity for fans to see franklin lying in state. and they've seen her lying in state in very many off it's bringing karen home shots now i hear from our culture desk to take us through the historic occasion and i said what's been happening all this week i understand that today she has a gold dress on doesn't actually i don't know what her goal dresses what her dress is today because i haven't seen it i think yesterday it was rose gold so that will be interesting every time obviously a pair of. stiletto heels so a diva to the very last but this is g

tributes are pouring in for us singer retha franklin she died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six franklin's known as the queen of soul she's won eighteen grammy music awards career and she's also been a prominent campaigner for civil rights. newspapers across the u.s. have cleared their front pages on thursday morning instead they've been printing editorials fighting back against donald trump's attacks against the media she has a tendency of reports from washington d.c. . here at the newseum in washington d.c. the front pages of some of the over three hundred newspapers taking part in what was billed as an attempt to end a quote dirty war on the free press and were being displayed their goals for the day really are to remind the public about the value to our democracy of a free to dependent press and maybe tone down the rhetoric that leads some on the fringes to violence by using inflammatory terms like enemies of the people they are the fake fake disgusting news. donald trump's attacks on the media have been rhetorical and that has its dangers but he hasn't. with the espiona

the world of music is in a somber mood tonight after the death of retha franklin the u.s. singer known as the queen of soul shot to stardom of course in the one nine hundred sixty s. and one nine hundred seventy s. with hits like respect and chain of faults and with a uniquely powerful voice that ingrained itself in the american psyche in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight she sang at martin luther king's funeral in two thousand and nine at the inauguration of barack obama for many she was the voice of empowerment during the civil rights era. the title of her nine hundred sixty seven hit a composition by otis redding crowned her legacy from the moment the song hit the airwaves respect. everything franklin's imprint on soul music was enormous her commanding vocals powered the soundtrack of both the civil rights and women's liberation movements half a century ago. the daughter of a mississippi preacher and a mother who sang and played piano for a reason franklin grew up in detroit singing at her father's church services at an early age she was strongly influenced by the g

retha franklin for seventy six years old. john hendren joins us live now from our ether franklins father's church in detroit that's where she began singing solos at the age of eight john says how a people they're responding in detroit and across the u.s. the news of her death. well there are people here remember her as the diva who lived next door they say she was a larger than life figure a queen that is what they were many of them called her but they also said you would see her at the grocery store many of the people in the church behind me have known her for decades this was her father's church it moved a couple times but it's been in this spot since one thousand sixty three and you can see that there are flowers and balloons there and there are people walking by many of whom want to tell the story of how important this woman was and it's not just here as you mentioned the current and former president of the united states issued statements about aretha franklin and in new york city there is a subway stop called the franklin

theundisputed queen of soul,retha franklin. ♪ chain, chain, chain ♪ >> reporter: we know her songs sokes is the few notes, and we can sing the rest by heart. ♪ does he love me, i want to know ♪ >> it is amazing to find what it is singers do for people. >> reporter: aretha louise franklin wa born in memphis in 1942, her dad a baptist minister, hem singer and pianist. their home wasn't always happy or stable, and music was franklin's outlet. she started out performing in church. >> i hado real formal training. my formal training wasmy ar, and that's it. right here. >> reporter: at 14, she recorded her first album, by then, she was pregnant with her second child, and teenage motherhood temporarilstalled her career, but by her early 20s, she had her first top ten hit. ♪ love the man the way that i, i ou ♪ >> reporter: "i never loved a man." ♪ "respect" followed a few monthsater, and a star was born. >> everybody wants ng respect -- yold, middle age, even little 3-year-olds want respect. >> reporter: she was a diva and a trailblazer who used her voice to crash through barriers, rising agai

retha franklin for seventy six years old. and still to come on. more than one hundred people dead. the worst floods in a century. diving for treasure in thailand's muddy waters where reports on a livelihood which is under threat in bangkok. china is keen to win friends and influence in the oil rich middle east business spark the long line of china to secure its resources for the future the i.m.f. said sub-saharan region as a holdout is expected to grow we bring you. stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. how the temperature is still hovering around the fifty mark in the southwest of iran there's no reason why it shouldn't be to be honest any relieving shows a wind direction miles away is nothing really to be seen from space from the forecast point of view it's clearly not quite as hot was still hot on the rocky plain and cools down as you go further west the hot wind blowing south towards the potential for showers in the caspian is more or less gone that still got some i think in northern pakistan and maybe the eastern side of afghan

to try to push for regime change inside the iranian government funds of us saying that a retha franklin are paying their respects to her death from pancreatic cancer. the queen of soul was seventy six years old she is one eighteen dromi awards join her long musical career she's also been a prominence campaigner for civil rights john hendrick has more from detroit. she was considered a larger than life figure among friends and neighbors but she was also a person that people said they would see when grocery shopping she came here to the church that her father preached at new bethel bad just church and you can see behind me that people are remembering her now with balloons and flowers and just mass groups coming here to remember the woman that they knew the funeral for former indian prime minister atal bihari vajpayee will be held later on friday died on thursday at the age of ninety three he'll be most remembered for conducting nuclear tests just weeks after becoming prime minister in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight he also led india during a brief war with pakistan. a boeing passe

us singer retha franklin has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six the undisputed queen of soul is known for classic rhythm and blues tracks like think i say a little prayer and a signature song respect franklin won eighteen grammys during her career and was the first female artist to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame and a magnitude five point three earthquake has struck southeast in italy it happened seventy two kilometers from. near the adriatic coast the u.s. geological survey says the quake had a depth of twelve kilometers have more on everything in the news hour now slavery roots continues. this is the story of a world whose territories and borders were drawn by the slave trade a world birth violent subjugation and profit imposed the roots. this criminal system shaped our history and founded the world's greatest empires as a people are given but the. eighteen the first the most peace this is opium. and i thought also being released that the project should. sit up. with thousands of captives disembarking on its beaches sound homemade became an island exc

was simply known by her first name aretha because of her unmistakable voice she was born a retha louise franklin in one thousand and forty two in memphis tennessee from her first recordings as a young gospel singer she went on to become part of the sound of detroit her singing career would span six decades away. a winner of eighteen grammy awards for distinctive gospel honed vocal style influence multiple generations she was number one on the rolling stone magazine's list of greatest singers of all time and she was the first female artist ever inducted hall of fame. but it was in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven song respect which garnered her international attention in payment. fifty years ago she sang at dr martin luther king jr's funeral and many years later at the dedication of dr king's memorial in washington she was active in the civil rights movement for decades something she spoke about in two thousand and fourteen well it certainly was a struggle. it still is although we have come a great ways a long way there still is a significant way to go the recipient of the united states high