#roland martin unfiltered and marvet britto.ked with aretha franklin. it's so good to have all of you here. let me start with you if i can, ron. as i watched this all throughout the day, as i said it's been more than five hours, and yet it's as if you can't get enough. you can't get enough of the music, you can't get enough of the stories, and you can't get enough of the feeling that this is exactly what she would have wanted. tell us your impressions. >> yeah, hey, there, chris. i'm almost glad that i've not gone into the church because i wouldn't want to come out quite frankly. i'm being paid today to get on the air but this was a very, very special woman. we've talked to people all week asking them why she meant so much to them, why she meant so much to detroit. she grew up here and this was her city. the people of this city were her people. even though she was rich and famous and all of that, she never forgot the people who grew up on the streets of detroit and would always give back in ways people never even knew about. tha

and roland martin, the host of tv one, also a dear friend of aretha franklin's. influence on music is unquestionable. let's talk also about civil rights and the role she played there. >> i think that she was certainly one that brought the gospel flavor many stream. people all over the world would feel this kind of passion and grounding of gospel music that she got out of her father's church. and it would move them. you never saw her do a concert that she didn't also do a gospel song and sometimes break out into what we call a holy dance or shout. but she was also committed to the movement. as was just stated, she did concerts that helped dr. king in the '60s make payroll. but she went to her dying day supporting causes. she would call me on my radio show, call me privately and talk about the issues of the day. i remember during the errol garner police case in new york, she came to my birthday party to make a statement that she was with the movement, and she comforted the family of eric garner. she broke barriers. i will never forget the funny story, andrea, she c

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i want to go back to roland martin.ouch with folks who can give a sense of her illness and what the final weeks have been for her. >> first and foremost she was extremely private woman. she did not talk about the illness and did not hair it with people. many folks knew what was going on in terms of because she was canceling concert and things along those lines. any time she would cancel one of those concerts, i would call her and text her and say, queen, how are you doing? -- >> did you just say i used to text her? you're like blowing me away here. the idea that i would have aretha franklin in my phone is almost makes my head explode. >> well, it was crazy because here's what happened, in 2007, she sent an e-mail to my office praising me for my work on cnn. and my agent thought said this is a fake. then they called and he said, dude, this is real. and so -- i finally got to meet her in february of 2008. for the last 11 years, we would talk and text and so back in december, on christmas day, my parents and my home in vir

joining me is roland martin from tv one's news one now and ashley allison senior adviser of the leadership, i want to get your perspective on this day, what we're seeing, what you're thinking as you look at the pictures. several hundred gathered there on freedom plaza. the anticipation as we await to see who will emerge from the subway station in a couple hour's time. >> this no is surprise. i have been talking about this since 2009 we're living in an age of white minority resistance. we will be a majority of people of color and there are white men that can't handle that. because look, this has been a nation that was founded, that was founded for white male land owners. women could not vote. african-americans were not even citizens. when we talk about latinos and asians, and so what we have are people who cannot handle the demographic changes we are seeing. which laura ingraham talked about on fox news this week. this is a reality, this not going to away if trump loses in 2020. we'll be dealing with this for 25 plus years in america. >> roland brought up that extraordinary open that laura

>> first of all, shoutout to you and don lemon and roland martin.se of you three, first of all. >> oh, well, thank you so much. >> listen, frederica, it's an honor to be here, but this whole thing happened between me and aretha. i was doing the trumpet awards there in atlanta, shout out to ms. clayton. she's amazing. she was being honored so i was doing what they used to call or what i would call warm-ups, the audience hosting and the entire night, up and down. well, aretha franklin was cracking up laughing the whole night, so at the end of my work, i always say i'm available to work. little did i know, the next day, aretha franklin called me on my cell phone. >> oh, my gosh. >> she was like, jonathan, this is aretha and i was like, who is this? >> no, really, who is this. >> no, really, who is this? no, it's aretha. she said, you were great last night. you want to go on the road? i was like, yeah. and my first date, frederica, was with her at radio city music hall the weekend of whitney houston's funeral. >> oh, wow. >> and so i toured with her fro

kelly o'donnell, news one now's roland martin and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. kelly, to you first. how tricky is this for the white house? when someone leaves, they say something about the president, the white house punches down. in this case she's got tapes. if she has more tapes, how dicey is it for this white house to come out swinging? >> reporter: and, stef, often when people leave the white house they have a lot of concern about what comes next in their career chapter. omarosa manigault newman is a formidable adversary based on the skill set she's brought to bear. willing to tape inside the white house, willing to talk very bluntly and provocatively about the president. for the white house it appears they're taking a personal approach, going after her character. merely by taking on the issue of planning to tape, keeping the tapes, going into secure areas with a recording device, that that undercuts her credibility. that gets us not talking about the underlying issues to some gree that she's raising about the president's attitudes on race or his competence

capitol....using her platform to promote important issues like voting rightsveteran journalist roland martinten donated concert proceeds to help political causes. martin says the music icon also had a humorous side. he recalls an unusual request franklin made before singing at the white house. she wanted the room to be warm. for her voice, so here it hot outside and they have to turn the fireplace on in the white house for the queen.with warm memories of her fiery music, fans from all walks of life are saying they'll never forget the queen of soul. in washington, brie jackson (ken) (pam) time now for a look at tonight's top local stories. police say they received a call from a person tuesday evening at 7pm - reporting that a sexual assault had just occured. officers arrived - and found the victim. they say the victim told them she was picked up by a ride share driver near the highway 92 and then took her to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her... the victim was able to escape and with the assistance of a person nearby, called 911 for help. as for the suspect, he fled the area.... take