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Baptist minister and civil rights activists who marched with martin luther king noticeably in the 1963 detroit walk of freedom. reverend franklin was known as the man with the million dollar voice. one of the first baptist minister to record and distribute his sermons. arethas mother, barbara, was as gifted pianist and according to her close friend, one of the finest gospel singers in the country, talent-ran and aretha sisters, irma, my mommy and caroline later became professional musicians as w...

We were together all the time as kids and adults. it was like the franklin family was one of my other families. you know what i mean? and so when the first day i met her brother, a guy who lived next door to them named richard ross. we all played together. we were kids. and like i said, i was eight years old, and richard comes around and hes got this new guy with him who was cecil. they just moved to detroit from buffalo, new york. we went around to see their new house. we went in and we were in...

Here we are. >> yeah. i want to play something for you. this is aretha franklin from a never before seen interview with from an upcoming cnn original series. take look and well and talk about. >> our first neighborhood in detroit was on whats called the north end of detroit, and we stayed right on the corner of oakland which was around the corner from my oldest and dearest friend, smokey robinson. we were sand box friends. and i used to give them little tips before they became many miracles. >> ...

You. this is aretha franklin from a never before seen interview with from an upcoming cnn original series. >> our first neighborhood in detroit was on whats called the north end of detroit, and we stayed right on the corner of oakland which was around the corner from my oldest and dearest friend, smokey robinson. we were sand box friends. and i used to give them little tips before they became many miracles. >> that interview was done in september of 2017. talk to me about aretha and the church i...

It was like the franklin family was one of my other families. you know what i mean? and so when the first day i met her brother, a guy who lived next door to them named richard ross. we all played together. we were kids. and like i said, i was eight years old, and richard comes around and hes got this new guy with him who was cecil. they just moved to detroit from buffalo, new york. we went around to see their new house. we went in and we were in there, and aretha grew up on boston boulevard in ...

Believes that once rights are recognized they will not be taken away. that includes the right to abortion that he hechd reserve and the rights to gay people he helped establish including the right to marry and be treated equally in our society. of course time will tell. im joined by nina totenberg, npr legal affairs correspondent and the author of the article, and cecil -- cecile -- why do i do this? i know you forever. cecile richards, former president of planned parenthood. thank you both. nin...

Effort. as the president of planned parenthood, shes fended off a real threat from republicans and democrats alike that got very close to banning insurance coverage for abortion in the u.s. as part of the affordable care act that ban would be in obamacare. but the reason its not is because of cecile richards. when republicans tried to kill the affordable care about, cecil helped make sure that wouldnt happen keeping democrats and some republican women, too, in line to ensure the aca would surviv...

Change public attitudes. >> worldwide outrage over the death of cecil the lion. >> cecils death created a public groundswell of opinion thats been translated into real action. >> i eat hamburgers. that was not a hunt. that was a murder. >> this guy must move quite a collection of animal heads. here he is posing next to a bear he shot. he killed half of noahs arc. >> killing a lion for sport, well always be together, right? >> no, we wont. >> [ bleep ], you hunted cecil the lion. >> yall stop tal...

Because i am going to get really hungry. >> you are being hunted. >> in wake of public outrage over the killing of cecil the lion, bans are being issued of carrying for trophies. >> the scope and the outdoor gear and it makes the big corporate players in this. think carefully about how closely they wish to be associated with certain practices. i think that will change and it will change fast and people will say i dont want to be apart of this. >> well shame those people and

Thats what taxidermists do. >> thats why you pay them. >> now were done for the day. its party time, boy. >> how much for that sucker? >> thats a big lion. >> $35,000? >> how much was cecil? >> cecil was expensive, like $50,000. >> make sure theres no mistake on the trophies, okay? put it in so we know tomorrow what they start with.