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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? i'm 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 still close, said she had a wonderful sense of humor. >> can i ask you about sex? it's in a lot of y...

♪ >> 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 up from the boot straps story. greg, is kiely jenner self-made? . i don't know if that's the problem....

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. >> let's not -- >> an entire state. >> it's a pretty harsh takedown of maureen takedown by barack obama. >> do you think it's warranted? >> i don't. surprisingly enough, i don't agr...

>> 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 rain. experts coming in to find out what to do next. a science professor tells us the geology of th...

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 fda's 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 that's a sinkhole just steps from the white house briefing room. it's growing. a reporter first noticed it last weekend after days of steady rain. the national parks service bringing in experts to figure out what to do next. a science professor tells cnn the geology of...