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♪ jesus you got a friend ♪ in jesus you've got a friend ♪ you've got a friend ♪ you've got a friend ♪ in jesus ♪ [ applause ] >> tell it that neighbor you got a friend. at this time coming to give remarks and reflectens, the one and only tyler perry. he will be followed by matriarch of hollywood, that industry, the

one and only cicely tyson. then followed by mr. clief davis, chief executive officer of sony music. let's these three and then we will have the choir. god bless you everybody. to the family, i just want to say, my prayer -- my prayer for you is that god will allow you to grieve in waves, not that it would come crashing on you all at once in like a tsunami. like in waves it was the only thing got me through my mother's death. so i could focused and move on and get through. my prayer is it comes in waves. it's going to come. you can't it work i tried that you can't drink it away. you got to let it come. and my prayer is that it comes in gentle waves for you onto your soul. my mother died in 2009.

and it was her introduced me to the voice of aretha franklin. we would be driving up to the country and she would have the music blasting. i could tell what my father had done by the music she was playing. if she was playing "respect" or "think you knew he was doing something wrong. but if she was playing doctor feel good he done something right. you can imagine i get the phone call from that lady saying hi this is aretha franklin. i said who? she said i love my deer. >>. i love my deer she said i don't care i want to talk to her. she said hello. she loved to laugh. invite me to things over the years and we would talk. she wants me to come in the dressing room because in the dressing room she would have the

heat between between 85 and double hell. she loved it warm in there. we talked over the years. when i found out she was ill i called her up and talking like madia and making her laugh. the last time i saw her performance. i was there up in the becomes with president obama. she comes out and starts singing. all of these upright stiff politicians are all over the place and but when she sang all of that went away, all that pomp and circumstance and pretension went away. she brought them all to their feet to bow to the queen of soul. it was a wonderful moment. and as i'm standing there and i'm applauding, president obama is in front of me and turns he said that's why she is the queen of soul. and i start the thinking about that when i found out she was ill, the queen of soul, the soul, the soul the queen of soul. well the soul is the spirit created by god which dwells in our flesh. so if she is the queen of soul

every -- what happened was we know she was the queen of soul what happened was every time she sang she sang from her soul. she sang from this special place that was in her soul, be it gospel, jazz, blues, r&b, always from her soul. whatever the music genre was. but when aretha sang gospel, uh-huh, something happened. something would shake the room. when aretha sang amazing grace how sweet the sound, it never sound any sweeter than it did coming from aretha. when receipting aifr sang gospel said mary don't you weep. martha don't you moan, i believe mary went and dried her own eyes and martha went over and stopped moaning in the corner. she connected with the contrary with the created. there she was calling on the name of jesus. when aretha sang gospel something shifted, something happened in the atmosphere.

and what i'm glad about is that i had an opportunity to know this woman, to know that she had this power to stand in between all these different genres and touch us in all these different ways. i am aggravateful to you. family my prayer i want to be brief because we have been here for a while. my prayer for you is that the grieve comes in waves you can make wore anythrough it i'm grateful to god that aretha walked the earth. i'm grateful to god we had the fortune to be on planet at the same time as aretha franklin. god bless you. thank you for asking me to be here. thank you for this moment. i love you all so much. take care.

[ applause ] [ applause ] >> why don't we all stand. mother cicely tyson is i believe 91 years young. god knows we have been blessed. i thought i would start by saying good day. but i don't think that that is necessary. we all know what a great day this has been, and how blessed we are to be here [ applause ] >> on this day. i want to offer my condolences

to the family. what a triumphant you have given the world, that they have been able to experience, no matter how, this moment in time with us. sabrina, you are and will always be in my heart. god bless you. aretha was the sum total of her life's experience. and she shared that with us through the soul songs she sung.

she spoke to us through her soul. and everything she experienced. and that's why, no matter what she was singing she moved every single person. and so with apologies for lawrence i said, grand, stop that noise, miss lucy. put that music book away. what do you keep on trying if you practice until yourography you can't no notes a aflying like the ones that rants and rang from the kitchen to big

woods when aretha sings. you ain't got the natural voice for to make the sound come right. you ain't got the turns and twistings for to make it sweet enough. i'm going to tell you one thing now mr. lucy, i'm telling you for true, when it comes to real right singing it ain't no easy thing to do. is enough for folks to holler looking at them lines and dots when there ain't no one can sense it. and the truth comes in in spots. but for them that loathe your singing just scratch your heart and keys, just you stand and listen with me when aretha sings. ain't you never hearin' aretha? bless me. look here. ain't you joking honey?

you don't know what you lost. all them things. they stand back and hide faces when aretha sings. fiddlein' man. silly. put the fiddle on the shelf. mocking bird stop whistling because he is so ashamed of himself. folks playing on the banjo. bless your soul forgets a move on when aretha sings. she just spreads her mouth and hollers ♪ come to jesus ♪ whoo. the sinners steps and voices timid like. and then she turns to -- oh,

sends to you cross you claim. and you you are dropping when aretha sings. hush your mouth. i hear that music as it rises up and mounts floating over the hills and valleys. i telling glory to the very greatest of god. oh, it's sweater than the music of an educated. and dearer than the star in the lan. holier than an evening when the solemn church bells rings as i sit and calmly listen while aretha sings. tarzan quit that barking hear

me. make that child keep still. can't you hear the music from the valley to the hill? oh, well let me listen. i can hear it. through the breast of angel wings, soft and sweet ♪ swing low ♪ ♪ sweet chariot ♪ when aretha

[ applause ] ♪ ♪ our final speaker before we go into bishop paul martin and yolanda is the collaborator and guardian of aretha's music for the last 40 years. need i say more, the legendary clive davis. [ applause ] what a truly memorable day. what an incredible celebration

of an incredible life. aretha -- aretha loved detroit. she loved the life in detroit. she loved her family. and detroit, you led the world in loving aretha. [ applause ] >> when i sat down in her kitchen, when i had dinner with aretha in 1979, she -- she already was of course the queen of soul. she had given the world respect, natural woman, chain of fools, "i never loved a man the way i loved you," rock steady, amazing grace, think and so much more. we talked -- we talked into the

night about the next five years, five years of recording, when aretha would be over 40 years old. much of music had changed. could she still compete? well, there was no doubt in aretha's mind and frankly there was no doubt in my mind. i signed her to arister records and five years turned into more than three decades. [ applause ] >> we were committed to show all the budding musicians how long a career can last. for aretha was indeed a true genius of american music. every time -- every time i was

with her, whether professionally or personally i was conscious that she was and would always be a significant part of history. and over the course of my life i've been blessed with the opportunity to spend time with presidents of countries, president of successful trend setting companies, spent time with many successful artists, writers and movie makers. most of these individuals have affected the world in some way. but aretha is in her own very special category. aretha's voice will be heard -- aretha's voice will be impacting, aretha's voice will be influencing others literally

for centuries to come. and so we got to work, year after year, well into her 40s, yes well into her 50s and beyond. and we had hits like jump to it, get it right, who is zoomin' who, freeway of love. i knew you were waiting for me. sisters are doing it for themselves. a rose is still a rose. aretha would once again have number within records, gold albums, platinum albums and several new grammy awards. she relished -- she really relished and cherished every moment of it. and i was so privileged, so

privileged to be there and personally witness the magnitude of talent of this singer's singer, this musician's musician. and let me add for you, that behind her god-given natural talent was the drive of a total perfectionist. after we decided on the material for an ensuing album she would go into aretha mode. and she would privately rehearsed. she would practice, she prepared and by the time she came into the studio she literally owned the song. everyone in the studio would be in awe of her mastery when she stepped up to the microphone. it was a real rarity if she ever were to be doing -- if she were

ever to do more than two takes. she was in control. and she was to nail it. plus aretha was electrifyingly intuitive. we were about to go to washington, d.c. for her to perform at president clinton's inauguration. we brain stormed the song and chose "i dreamed a dream" from lemis." receipting aire took command of that song in her mind. flash forward to the performance. and she was really totally in command right from the beginning, hitting the soaring notes as only she could. everyone -- everyone in the audience was transfixed as the performance kept building. and then the one and only aretha

on her own spontaneously change the lyric from i dreamed a dream to i have a dream. and that instinctive switch to the martin luther king mantra made the cliemgs chillingly unforgotable to this day. aretha was being aretha in a class by herself. so today -- today on this very special day, permit me to talk of aretha the person. yes, as you've heard, indeed aretha was indeed kind, thoughtful. and when she loved you she really loved you. she was genuinely funny.

occasionally with an on the money toppingle sarcasm. but she had a keen wit. she had a great sense of humor. but what stood out personally to me was that she really defined loyalty. if i were to ask her to perform at a special event, she was there. yes, she traveled the country by bus. and in the winter roads are not friendly. but she would be there. one year i was getting a lifetime achievement award at new york's waldorf astoria hotel. and she was telling me that she had begun seriously studying something totally new she had never before tried. she was studying ballet.

she refused to tell me anything about the performance to come. other than clive it's going to knock your socks off and everybody in the audiences as well. frankly, i couldn't at all imagine what it would be. and no one there will ever forget it, least of all me. the night came. the curtain went up. the orchestra started playing. and then aretha came on, straight faced in a tutu. yes, a tutu. there was the queen of soul accompanied by members of the city center ballet company. she doing well-rehearsed pierrettes and dancing with most impressive agility and dignity.

it was wonderful. my friend aretha was going to extraordinary lengths to make sure the night would be a night always to be remembered. and hopefully this reveals to you the incredible wide ranging quest for knowledge that aretha had. she studied classical music at juliarkd. and of course her performance at the 1998 grammys. you all remember that. never forget it. that truly will always show that there was nothing that aretha could not inimtable master.

and of course a as you heard all afternoon her commitment to political activism as is her quote. i have the money i get it for black people and i want to use it in ways that will always help our people. >> listening there to clive davis longtime collaborator with aretha franklin weapon we have more coverage coming up. jennifer hudson, stevie wonder they are going to perform. please stay with us. ♪ . . to keep you both comfortable. and now, all beds are on sale. it's the last chance to save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. ends labor day.

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lead. president trump's attorney rudy giuliani telling cnn that he is already preparing a rebuttal to the potential findings of the special counsel robert mueller. giuliani says the document will focus on suspected collusion by members of the trump campaign with russia. the firing of national security adviser michael flynn as well as strou obstruction of justice allegations. trump's legal team maintains it's still considering a presidential interview with mueller but say they have yet to receive a response to their most recent proposal for such an interview. this comes as we learn that the former british spy behind the trump dossier said that russian intelligence officials believe they had then candidate trump, quote, over a barrel during the campaign. let's get to cnn sara murray. sarah,allny said he wants mueller to wrap up his investigation by tomorrow. that's cheerily not going to happen so he is making other plans >> that's right it seems that julie made the calculation that if mueller is not brapg up by

the beginning of september he is getting out in front of it, a strategy that seems at least as much of a pr and mr. political strategy as a legal one. with little sign the russia probe is wrapping up rudy giuliani is hatching a backup plan. the president's lawyer telling cnn's dana bash the legal team is halfway through preparing a report to rebut a number of possible findings from special counsel robert mueller. it's slated to include sections on everything from collusion with russia in the 2016 election to fired national security adviser michael flynn, to obstruction of justice. the report all part of giuliani's strategy to dull the blow of whatever mueller makes public. >> i'll be hear- my version of the report and they'll have their version of the report. and the american people will decide it. >> once adamant that mueller must wrap up the investigation before the 2018 mid-terms. >> it it isn't over by september then we have a very serious violation of the justice department rules that you shouldn't be conducting one of

these investigations in the 60-day period. >> giuliani now admitting to cnn he has no idea what mueller's time line is. it's customary for the justice department the prosecutors to go quiet for 60 days before the election. you but it's up to the u.s. attorneys to be sure they don't take overt steps impacting the election. as the investigation stretches on trump continuing to rail against the justice department. >> people are angry. people are angry. >> especially one of his favorite new targets. >> i think bruce ohr is a disgrace. >> bruce ohr is the career the department of justice official who met with stiehl. the british official compiling the dossier. or tefrpg to a congressional committee that stiehl told him that russian intelligence believed they had candidate trump over a barrel according to a source familiar with the testimony. a claim that's in line with allegations steele included in his dossier. but it's broad assertion that

russia aimed to interfere in the 2016 election has been accepted as fact by the u.s. intelligence community. now the u.s. intelligence community may have concluded that the russia meddled in the election but the one person who questions that conclusion of course is president trump. jim. often. yes indeed. sara murray thanks very much. let's go to the panel now. adolpho if i could begin with you rudy giuliani apparently drafting his own report to rebut mueller. part of the thinking here is that mueller will not diet a sitting president based on justice department guidelines. >> right. >> and really this is always a political question, a matter for congress more than a legal one. >> correct. >> does a counterreport, in your view work here. >> i think it does. i absolutely think it does in this case. one of the things just to add to the report is i don't think the president and his -- i know it's been a lot of compensatary on this -- the president doesn't

contest there was russian or some type of interference in the 2016 election. the president contends there was no collusion between the trump campaign and the president to effect the results of the election. and that's what i think the white house is preparing a rebuttal to. obviously, this has been expanded to include potentially other areas well beyond that initial mandate. so i think the white house is very clearly sticking to what had -- everyone understood to be the purpose and the focus of the investigation. and in fact, jim, to date, despite all the sources we have heard back and forth. heard lanny davis speak incorrectly previously this week and so forths these are not corroborated including the dossier prepared for the. >> it has nothing to do with the mueller investigation. >> mueller is not interviewing lanny davis. >> the unconfirmed so-called sources we haven't seen any facts to suggest that the president is. >> i'm sorry adolpho you mix two things. the president who serves as an

unnamed source by the way that's an attack on journalism. it seems you equate that with the mueller investigation. >> what i'm saying is that we have had so many different not corroborated sources and, frankly, stories come out -- i used the lanny davis thing which you're right doesn't have to do precisely -- nothing to do with the russia investigation. >> no. >> as an example of the things are not factual at this time. and that's what i think they are sticking to at the white house is was there collusion between the president and the campaign and russia? yes or no. >> janet, is that a fair way to go about this. >> this is the favorite talking point of all defenders of trump and god please you i don't know what else you would say. but i mean the fact is mueller's investigation is ongoing. nobody knows what he is up to or what he has aside from mueller and his team. this may be russia collusion. it may be obstruction of justice. we don't know. i do agree this is a political

document. >> yes. >> that may work with some people. but i think you underestimate or people underestimate i should say the intelligence, i hope, of republican members of congress and certainly their constituents. because what mueller will probably have is something a lot more comprehensive. what giuliani is talking about is probably a flimsy political talking points document. yes it could be effective with the base. but you know he is going to be combatting something mueller comes out which we don't know what it is. >> i hope it is. >> we're coming up to the point really two months before the mid-terms. of course democrats were updates with james comey for reopening in effect the clinton email investigation within days of the 2006 presidential election. in your view, in fairness are we entering a window where it would be unfair, undue, for the special counsel to release a report in that window before the election? >> so i think the difference here is that on election day, when people were going out to vote, what voters had on their

mind was that hillary clinton was either -- had been investigated or was under investigation and we didn't know the trump organization was being investigated. it was a very one-sided information that we were getting. and that is i think one of the biggest problems we saw in 2016. i think what we see here from rudy giuliani is that -- is the rudy show, honestly as successful as trump university. i mean we see that in polls last week in fox news poll show that majority -- majority of americans are not stupid. they believe the mueller investigation i think they should move forward. they do not believe what's happening with rudy giuliani who is muddying the waters and you have donald trump who is tweeting in the middle of the night at the break of dawn. and you have mueller dealing with facts. there is overwhelming evidence that they see for themselves, indictments. plea deals. and they know that is not a witch hunt. >> sarah, there is a poll from abc news and "washington post"

speaks to car even's point that support for robert mueller and his investigation is rising, growing as the president has amped up his attacks on the special counsel. you cover this white house. you've covered this white house for some time. do numbers like that concern the white house, or compel -- compel them to change strategy? i'm guessing the answer is no. >> well i think it has to be a little bit concerning because it is sort of a double blow. we saw the president's favor ability numbers slip at the same time we saw the numbers saying most people most americans believe that the mueller probe is legitimate and should continue. the numbers are very split on party lines. republicans for the most part are not buying the mueller probe whereas democrats are and independents for the most part. the majority are likely to think it's a legitimate probe. but if what the president is worried about is protecting his base, he has still got enemy on the issue of the legislate macy of the mueller probe. the problem of course is you need more than just the base if

you're going to win re-election. i think that the numbers for mueller as well as the president's favor ability slipping a bit, that has got to be a concern to people in the white house right now. >> adolpho, cnn has learned that the president's lawyers now believe the hush payments paid both to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal which michael cohen of course implicated the president in as part of his guilty plea could be part of mueller's eventual findings. in the poll 61% of respondents in the "washington post" abc news poll said if the president ordered michael cohen to pay off the women, stormy daniels and karen mcdougal that that amounts to a crime. do you think this president should be more concerned about the political implications of michael cohen's cooperation? >> i don't for this reason. and i go back to what i had said earlier. i think the narrative which is the right narrative from the white house is going to be focused on -- and you mentioned mueller at this time -- is what was the purpose of the mueller investigation? it has nothing to do with stormy daniels or any of the other --

these other matters that have been raised in the. >> you know as well -- just fact check you know as well as me as me that the remit for the investigation says -- the russia probe -- i forget the exact language but any other relevant matters that may come up. you know based on the white water investigation ken starr, white water went to monica lunsky. by the law if other crimes are uncovered that's fair game for the special counsel. >> yes. and why there has been a lot of criticism of the independent investigators and why there was a lot of criticism of ken starr 20 years ago and which there's been a reluctance to do that. so i think that is going to be a political question. it's going to be a question of do we really -- does it mean all -- anything that the -- the special investigator or the special counsel i should say wants to investigate. so i think that will be a political discussion point. but i think the more we get away from the russian collusion, if

we do -- and you're right we don't know what the mueller report is going to be -- if it deviates from that substantially and goes to the matters regarding michael cohen, i think politically it favors the president. >> fair point. adolpho jenn, sarah korean thanks very much. a lot more to talk about. back to aretha franklin from former bill clinton to adriana granda moving tributes often musical to the queen of soul. aretha franklin in detroit. performances by stevie wonder and jennifer hudson as well. stay with us. this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness

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and we are back with breaking new in the pliks lead. president trump moments ago talking tough on canada. saying he will not budge on negotiations for a new trade agreement with the longtime u.s. ali. a new agreement to replace nafta. cnn's abbey philip at the white house for us. abbey what did the president say. >> well, jim the president started this week announcing a new trade deal with mexico. but mexico is only one part of the three parts of nafta. the other part is canada. so far there is no deal there. president trump meanwhile continues to issue what are not so veiled threats toward our northern neighbor. listen. >> we don't make a deal with canada, that's just fine. but we'll see how it works out.

i say, affectionately we just have to tariff the cars coming in. that's a lot of money coming into the covers of the united states. >> now this is a threat or perhaps a negotiating tactic aimed at getting canada to the table and getting them there fast. we won't know for a while now. but this is the president often saying he might prefer tariffs to a three-part deal on a new nafta. >> yes, the president said now a few times that he will not compromise. abbey thanks very much. back with our panel now. actually abbey a quick follow on that, because there was talk the negotiation would be done by today, a self-imposed deadline for the administration. does missing that deadline mean a lot? does that mean the talks have broken down. >> well today, jim, the administration has said they are going forward with the deadline. they issued this statement. i've notified congress of my intention to enter a trade agreement with mexico and with

canada if willing in a tiely manner to meet the high standards for pree and fair contained there in. that means they are elk telling congress they are willing to get a deal with canada in the 90 day ifs canada is onboard. but there is a possibility canada might not get onboard. they meet again next wednesday with canadian officials about a trade deal. but there is a reason why there is such urgency. they are trying to get it in the current mexican administration which they have reached a deal with. on december 1st mexico's government turns over and the administration is trying to get this in before that happened, jim. abbey philips at the white house. thanks much. back with the panel now. adolpho, i suppose one of the dangers for the president is that tariffs like this will exact a cost on the president's own voter base. is this president trump's northbounding strategy for the united states dangerous for his voters? >> not at all, because it's going to bear fruit.

you -- the same language the president used the same language regarding mexico. you could have inserted mexico some months ago. and we made of course significant -- have made significant progress. you know, canadian foreign minister cut a trip short from europe and returned because of this situation of the urgency involved. i really firmly believe if you look at the president's words carefully, he says all right or no -- he didn't say this was the end of the negotiation. i think at the end the president wants fair trade, better trade understands and supportive of free trade on the fixes that are necessary. i will say this quickly, jim. i worked on the trade agreements in the bush administration and have been around them for a very long period of time. nobody was talking about these fixes. and now everybody agrees they are necessary until donald trump was elected president. i think his negotiation -- negotiating tactics are legitimate and will bear fruit. >> jenn, there was a remarkable

moment today, the toronto star reported remarks of the president he wanted off the roared. star told bloomberg that he is not making compromises at all with canada in the trade talks. suggested he was scaring canadians by threatening them reportedly saying quote, off the record is canada is working their ass off, the president's words. and every time we have a point i put up a picture of a chevrolet impala. he is pg complaining the off the record compensates came oum he said the short time ago. >> i said off the record and i said something strong. but it's my belief. in the end it's okay. but at least canada knows how i feel. so it's fine. it's fine. it's true. >> now, there is some question as to who actually leaked those off the record comments there. but you have worked in a white

house before. when a president speaks about a close ally that way and says i'm not going to, you know, do any talking with them i'm just beating them over the head, do that work in your view? >> not typically. and i think if we are suggesting this is a -- you know, chess -- chess game of strategy from trump and his team, i think we're giving him a little too much credit. i mean, what we saw announced on nafta a couple of -- earlier this month was just a small sliver of what needs to happen. i've been involved in trade agreements and trade negotiations as well. and there is a lot more needs to happen to be finalized. in this particular case it's important to note i worked with the bloomberg reporters for eight years in the white house. never once did they violate anything i said off the record. anything president obama said off the record. there is no way it comes from them and that's what i accused them of. there is a question as to whether it was somebody in the would you say. the transcripts typically go

around broadly who wanted the information out for strategic reasons for other reasons or even whether trump himself because we are in bizarre o land. that's possible. >> korean, despite the missteps like this in your view, is it possible that the president is overall, big picture, winning this argument here? because the fact is that many of his voters, many working americans do feel that they got the -- the short end of the stick on these trade deals, jobs leaving the country, et cetera. >> but jim, there is no art of the deal. i mean, donald trump is very good at tearing things apart, the iran deal, nafta, paris climate deal. and he can't seem to fix them. he doesn't know how to fix them. and remember, he used to say he alone can fix it. but you don't see that. there is a reason why the "washington post" and abc poll today showed him at 36%. because people are tired of the chaos. tired of the lies, you know,

tired of the racism. tired of it all. and that's -- that's a terrible number for republicans two months away from mid-terms to be at 36 of approval rating for donald trump. >> well. >> quick thought if you want adolpho. the numbers are hard. 60% disapproval. 36% approval. >> well. >> that disapproval is a high in the abc "washington post" pole. >> well that's one poll. if you took real clear politics it's at 33, 34%. >> at 42% to be frank not a great up in for a president before a mid-terms. >> but it's where he has been generally in the 40s. aside from the numbers, i have to respectfully disagree with -- with my friends here on the set, is the president is doing precisely what he said he would do when he ran for president. he was against the iran deal. i think had he backed away from that then he would be talking about how he was a hypocrite. he was talking about the trade deals need to be torn up and they need to renegotiated.

and they have been -- we have been making progress. and i think the borders are recognizing that. when you look at donald trump's record, donald trump is doing precisely what he said he would do. and i really do believe -- i do really believe it's good to be firm with -- even with friends, because results are going to be seen in very short order. >> there will be a big test in the mid-terms thanks very much to all much. >> you thanks victim. >> detroit's greater grace temple, packed with family, friends and illuminaries honors aretha franklin. coming up. jennifer hudson and stevie wonder will perform. done. done. hit the snooze button and get low prices on school supplies all summer long. like this case of paper for only $29.99 at office depot officemax. ...where you can shop withvent! confidence and convenience plus get these 4 benefits from kenmore at sears. up to fifty percent off appliances with your sears card.

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a celebration truly fit for the queen. thousands gathering today for an emotional goodbye to aretha franklin. let's go to fredrick aif whitfield. she has been in the service and outside the service now. really remarkable list of tributes. faith hill, bill clinton, cicely tyson. >> it's been extraordinary. i mean the luminaries, the list is long. you hear from friends as well. many of the luminaries were touched by aretha franklin in such varied ways, everything from getting a phone call and she inviting them over to have a meal, or how about travel with me. and among these people you talked about former president bill clinton who has been an dmirer from afar to so long. in fact calling himself an receipting aire groupie. when he was elected he reached

out and she was part of his inaugural ceremonies as she was for three presidents over a 30-year pan. jim, there are more eulogiys and performancing including jennifer hudson and stevie wonder. >> thanks so much frederica. our coverage continues now on cnn with my colleague wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, breaking news, over a barrel. a top u.s. justice department lawyer says a former british spy told him russian intelligence thought they had donald trump, quote, over a barrel. is that why the president has been targeting the lawyer who learn the explosives information? guilty plea. a u.s. lobbyist with ties to an alleged russian intelligence agent admits to illegally steering foreign money to the trump inaugural committee and agrees to cooperate with the special counsel. that comes as cnn learns the president's lawyers are already preparing a