free ♪ ♪ some day ♪? >> tonight the world is mourning the incomparable queen of soul. aretha franklin was an icon in every sense of the word. let's discuss with mark lemont hill and trey johnson wrote writes for "rolling stone". gentlemen, good evening. it's a sad day. we're celebrating a life. and mark, as we just mentioned, aretha franklin met and performed for multiple u.s. presidents across party lines. what does that say about her impact on this country? >> aretha franklin was america's gift. she was america's singer. aretha had very clear politics. she loved black people. she stood with black people across generations, but she was something that black people,