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Morning -- >> reporter: fans imagined aretha walking through the gates of heaven like royalty. >> are you a diva? >> would i be a diva? im really down-to-earth, i really am. >> reporter: dictionary.com honored her with this entry, this made it hard to spell it. r-e-s-p-e-c-t. ♪ >> reporter: respect, one of the first of her 18 grammys when they called to say she would be awarded the presidential medal of freedom, she thought -- >> is this a joke? >> reporter: her second husband, divorced, but s...

♪ >> welcome back. is this what self-made looks like? backlash after the latest forbes cover touting reality tv star kiely jenner as, quote, set to be to be the youngest-ever self-made billionaire. some say she had help from her famous family. dictionary.com got in on it, tweeting self-made means having succeeded in life unaided. one twitter user says calling kiely enarea self- made billionaire is like claiming you made soup from scratch by opening a can. everybody loves a good pull yourself u...

The momentous changes and smartest people in the world or even evolved enough for the rst african-american president. >> pete dominic host of stand up with pete dominic. i want to say it like an announcer. >> that felt good. thank you. >> we looked up the definition on dictionary.com of benighted and it means, quote, in a state of pitiful or contemptible, intellectual or moral ignorance. >> sounds like mississippi. >> lets not -- >> an entire state. >> its a pretty harsh takedown of maureen take...

>> this is our moment, our chance to lift up georgia. if we fight, if we push, if we work, we will win! [ applause ] >> abrams was not the only woman to win in the south. in kentucky, a political n newcom newcomer, former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath defeated jim gray in the sixth district primary. a sinking feeling setting in at the white house literal empa sinkhole steps from -- literally. a sinkhole steps from the white house belieriefing room. a reporter noticed it after days of steady...

Bill. congress clearing the way for terminally ill patients to seek experimental drug treatments still in clinical trials. the measure mandates drugs pass phase one of the fdas approval process before they can be tried. critics of the bill claim removing the fda from the process could raise risk levels for patients. a sinking thats a sinkhole just steps from the white house briefing room. its growing. a reporter first noticed it last weekend after days of steady rain. the national parks servic...

Claiming to be an illegal immigrant. he was born right here in new york city. that comment backfiring big-time because an immigration advocacy group, to apologize saying no idea what it is like to be one. dictionary.com tweeted the definition of undocumented saying lacking documentation or authentication, adding hashtag cuomo. the mayor can relax if he has a us birth certificate, he is documented. that is not how it works. he may have been trying to make a symbolic point, his ancestors came from...

Editor at large of the "weekly standard" and cnn presidential historian, douglas brinkley. hello, gentlemen. >> hey. >> bill, according to the "washington posts" analysis, vice president pence praised president trump once every 12.5 seconds for three minutes. heres some of what he said. >> thank you for seeing through the course of this year an agenda that truly is restoring this country. youve restored american credibility on the world stage. you signed more bills rolling back federal red tape ...

Another effort to repeal obamacare, you are sadly mistaken. >> thank you for your leadership. thank you for your love for this country and the people of this country. >> that caught the attention of dictionary.com that tweeted this, theres a word for a person who would praise somebody every 12 seconds with a link to the world sycophant, defined as a self-seeking flatterer, and that word was exploding on twitter after mike pence repeatedly praised the president. ahead the u.s. claims russia vio...

Praise of the president is getting ribbing online. >> i am deeply humbled of your vice president, because of your determination and because of your leadership, the forgotten men and women of america are forgotten no more. >> that got the attention of dictionary.com which dipped its normally neutral pages in the political water by tweeting theres a word for a person that praises somebody every 12 seconds with a link to the word of cinco tpapbt. and then googles chairman is stepping down. whats ...

You signed more bills rolling back federal red tape than any president in american history. youve unleashed american energy. youve spurred an optimism in this country thats setting records. >> i want to thank you, mr. president. i want to thank you for speaking on behalf of and fighting every day for the forgotten men and women of america. >> oh, boy. dictionary.com tweeted today, "there is a word for a person who would praise someone every 12 seconds. sycophant." do you agree with that, bill? >...