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Soul, an icon of american music. ♪ no other female singer was as celebrated or honored as aretha franklin. 18 grammys, 21 number one bill board singles. 45 songs in the top 40. >> our nation honors ms. aretha franklin. in 2005 received a presidential medal of freedom. a deeply emotional moment for the singer who had been honored previously from president clinton and the kennedy center. franklin with a diva and made no bones about it but a trail blazer for women and african-american artist who ...

>> she was fast. and we had -- it was amazing. and they seated us -- when they performed for the pope, we sat right in the front row. >> of course. >> and i have great pictures i have to pull out. some are on showbiz 411 of you can see the pope -- the pope had no idea who she was prior to this, but he was beaming through the whole thing. he was taking pictures of her like, who is this? this is the greatest thing ive ever heard. >> okay, okay, so you guys have all of these text messages from aret...

Girl it brought the house down emma thompson had munich eating out of her hand. she is a powerful unconventional woman with a great set of pipes but nothing of the diva about her one of hollywoods coolest actresses was honored and celebrated in munich for her lifes work the work. place made me think about my life and ive been thinking about my connections with germany and my admiration for germany actually in this extraordinary. welcome that you gave to so many refugees here myra so much because...

Desk to take us through the historic occasion and i said whats been happening all this week i understand that today she has a gold dress on doesnt actually i dont know what her goal dresses what her dress is today because i havent 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 going to be a long day obviously in detroit you said several hours but the entire thing was slated to go at leas...

Aretha franklin meant to the country and, frankly, to the world. >> amazing artist, obviously. a woman who set the standard in so many different ways. first, she set the standard for what an r&b diva or pop diva could be. she pioneered a singing technique and hits both gospel, rock, pop, r&b, and even in classical. beyond that, she was an activist in the civil rights movement and helped raise money for civil rights groups. helped support those efforts. were going to see that, i think, inhome-goi...

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In thailand theyve been rushed to a hospital where theyre said to be in good shape meanwhile teams of divers have been working to bring out those still stuck inside and chinas prime minister lands in germany to talk business is looking to strengthen ties with berlin and the face of the us tariffs. its great to have you along im a lot of iraq well oh were having a ball specialist an inauspicious start of the week we begin in the u.k. where prime minister theresa may suffered a huge blow with just...

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>> she also sang for obama and presidents ca s carter and clint their inaugurations. the woman who sang for kings and queens revelled in being good at the most important job in the world. >> i have been a wonderful and a very good mother and am a very good mother. thats what i am most proud of first. >> a loving mother and a decorate deed have dec decorated diva. she was grateful. >> i think for me its the love of music. loyal fans. ♪ >> aretha franklin, the queen of soul, whose range transcen...