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♪ from every, every mountainside, let free, freedom, freedom ring ♪ >> imagine the change for her marching in the streets as a young woman, hoping that someday a president would see her as equal, to go to having a president the same skin shade as her own. she never stopped breaking records. in 2014, she became the first woman to earn 100 billboard hits. the next year, she sang "amazing grace" for pope francis during his visit to philadelphia. that was -- you should have seen the look on his face. we were there covering it. and last november she gave her final public performance at a gala f...

She sang at martin luther king's funeral. she let freedom ring at the obama inauguration. at the performance center her performs drove carole king into ecstasy. president obama didn't just sing-along, he wiped away a tear. it happened again at another occasion when she sang "america," and the attorney general also cried. the queen of soul able to touch our souls. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> out front now, larry king, host of larry king and larry king here on cnn and ham of famer, known for the hit song of soulman. he has known her 60 years. someone you have known so long,

♪ protect protect protect us with all our might ♪ ♪ let free freedom ring ♪ let freedom let it ring ♪ let it ring ♪ let it ring ♪ let it ring >> it's extraordinary to think of her being in her 60s at a time when a lot of vocalists have lost their gifts and it's mesmerizing. another singer who has a few formidable gifts barbra streisand tweeted a picture of herself with aretha franklin and said the photo was taken in 2012 when aretha and i performed at the tribute celebration.

Not. i mean, the city has two major icons, right? on one hand, the liberty bell. a tribute to our independence, our high test ideals. let freedom ring! on the other hand, there's rocky balboa, a fictional philadelphia-bred working class hero with fists of steel. emphasis, fictional, but, who punched a lot of refrigerated meat in a movie. so it appears president trump may have messed with the wrong town when he disinvited the super bowl-winning eagles from the white house. he hosted this celebration of america, sans football players, instead. well, here's the cover of today's "philadelphia dail...

In love. but their relationship has been interrupted by their incarceration at the orange county jail in southern california. their charges include rape and sodomy. they pled not guilty. but if they are convicted in court, culberson faced up to nine years in prison and de'arborne could be sentenced to 16. >> honestly, i don't even want to hear numbers, i want to hear justice. i want to hear freedom ring, to be honest. >> de'arborne and culberson are not allowed to see each other in jail but they can write letters. >> she made me step my game up on my writing. >> dear michelle, what a do. my tu...