Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the white house has stated that Russian Hackers tried to sway the u. S. President ial race. And now, its laid out the punishment, targeting
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the white house has stated that Russian Hackers tried to sway the u. S. President ial race. And now, its laid out the punishment, targeting
Country in this two days, these next two days. Americas big. America is bold. And nobody had a bigger voice or a bolder soul than our aretha. When i flew a United States flag over the capitol the day after her passing and when my partisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to award aretha the congressional gold medal, which we intend to do, we werent only honoring her legacy as a musician, as you know. Instead, we were honoring her remarkable voice. A voice that stood up for justice, that stood up for equality, that stood up for civil rights, for doing the right thing for people. When you see it and when you dont see it, quietly and loudly doing the right thing. While touching the hearts of the world. I treasure each and every opportunity ive had over the years to witness and to be with aretha, watching what she did best. My last opportunity to be with her was when i had the opportunity to take part in introducing her at her final detroit concert. She was sitting in the car befo
Respect, think, freeway of love, just to name a few. And she was the first woman admitted to the rock and roll hall of fame. She performed for popes, president s, and royalty, a veritable queen herself. But she says she wanted any talk of her legacy to begin with this, her efforts to be a mother and a wonderful mother at that. A personal favorite here, franklins cameo on Blues Brothers almost two decades ago. Freedom, freedom freedom, freedom freedom, freedom freedom, freedom tributes are flowing in from around the globe from president s, from prime ministers, from every day americans, from the Entertainment Industry as well. President trump just moments ago paying tribute at a cabinet meeting. We may get a tape of those remarks in a uh few moments. Lets get to cnns ryan young. He is in detroit outside the church where the gift and grace of Aretha Franklin blossoms. Ryan . Reporter john, absolutely. People in this city want to make sure people understand how much they love Aretha Frank