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Cathedral and his father leaned over and touched his hand. i will been told that president bush's speech will be very emotional. it will not be about his father, the statesman. it will be about his father. i know people who have read the speech, and they could not get through it without crying. i think that's going to be a very moving moment. then we're going to hear from his biographer, from the former canadian prime minister who will talk about the statesman, the global leader. and finally, get ready, hold on. senator allen simpson, one of his dearest friends, who we all know is very funny. ...

You're going to be in the heavenly choir, and i hope to join you when i come if i make it. >> oh, you'll make it in, but let's hope it won't be for a long, long time. thank you so much. >> thank you. love you. >> you as well. i want to bring in another of aretha's dearest friends. that is smokey robinson. he joins us on the phone. how you doing, smokey? >> i'm cool. how are you? >> i'm all right. >> you said this morning that aretha franklin was your longest friend. you grew up together. talk to me about that. >> she was my longest friend. i've known aretha since i was eight years old. and e...

Join you when i come if i make it. >> oh, you'll make it in, but let's hope it won't be for a long, long time. thank you so much. >> thank you. love you. >> you as well. i want to bring in another of aretha's dearest friends. that is smokey robinson. he joins us on the phone. how you doing, smokey? >> i'm cool. how are you? >> i'm all right. >> you said this morning that aretha franklin was your longest friend. you grew up together. talk to me about that. >> she was my longest friend. i've known aretha since i was eight years old. and everybody else from our neighborhood from our immediate c...

Her dearest friends, and carole king who could wrote the hit that made obama cry. "natural woman." ♪ you make me feel ♪ you make me feel ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> she made her name long before she recorded the song "natural woman." >> which you co-wrote. >> which i co-wrote with jerry who wrote the lyrics and jerry wexler, the producer in atlanta. he came one the title. that's why you see three names on that song. >> you write about this in your book titled "a natural woman." you have a whole chapter about, jerry was talking about coming up with a really big hit for ...

Aretha franklin. one of the greatest singers this country has ever produced and one of the best selling musicians of all time died this morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer. she was 76. over the course of her career, she gave us more than music. she gave us gifts. what better way to celebrate those gifts than to bring together two people who knew aretha franklin well. the reverend al sharpton, one of her dearest friends, and carole king who could wrote the hit that made obama cry. "natural woman." ♪ you make me feel ♪ you make me feel ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ ...