life, aretha franklin, gone at the age of 76. she s obviously going to be missed by so many of this community. hiss sotoric. this is going to be such a spiritual service. talk about how aretha s music has brought the community and the world together. well, stephanie, people have actually come from all over the world as far away from africa and europe to this event. they were here early this week, even going to visit her as she lay in state. that s how important it was, for people to fly that far away, to stand in long lines, to see her remains really said a lot. and it is really an example of unity. because more than any other artist in history, aretha franklin was truly a crossover artist. because she went from gospel to traditional jazz to soul and r&b, to even rock and roll, classical, back to gospel. it s well known whenever she
at the nra conference because you know that s the home of black people. but that s my point, marvette. you as one who has shaped and molded some of the music industry s great artists and superstars, you know that kanye west has tried diligently over the last decade to be a pop artist. a crossover artist. and in many ways donald trump was saying what he said to that guy at a rally when he was running, where s by african-american, because he put kanye in the bag of he impacts black voters. he put him back over, kanye, you re just good for my black artists, which should have insulted kanye. it should have insulted kanye. kanye has to realize that his comments and his allowing himself to be used as a pawn in donald trump s administration is very dangerous, very toxic and very poisonous to our community.
double-decker bus. restore your faith in humanity. mornings are better with friends. filibuster. hi, friends, good morning. look who is filling in for clayton morris today. great to is he so you. what a day you have picked. this is going to be a great show. four hours of it country music super star surprises one of our guests on air. he has no idea this person is showing up. country music sensation. i will give you one hint. is he a crossover artist. used to be more pop more mainstream. he is huge though. we love him. i love him. and, do you too. also our elisabeth hasselbeck on a rare saturday morning appearance. looking forward to seeing her she is live from the awards in nashville tennessee, she is hosting those awards so we get to hear from her 278 people
the today s show nathalie morales. it s so good to see you. welcome back to south florida. i know. any chance i get to come down here and visit you. meanwhile, i have a nice crowd back here already cheering me on. real excited about tonight. every time i see you there is a crowd cheering you on. talk to me about mark. one of the nicest guys. so so nice. he is just incredible. and of course an amazing talent. he has done so much for latin music or as he says he is not a crossover artist but an american raised on latin music. the latin fans are so loyal to him. he is an unbelievable talent. he has done so much for the music industry, sold more than than when did you start playing
thank you for much for being was. and joe bebe is back, contributinged for for rolling stone. let s get right to it this mo morni morning. the investigation into whitney houston s death, her body is back in new jersey. they are refusing to say whether or not she drowned. they re waiting for the toxicology reports. in past cases, we know it could take weeks or weeks. he also won t comment on whether alcohol or drugs may have played a role in her death. look at a body and not know what the cause of death is. you might have a suspicion, but the person could have suffered a heart attack or an embolism or something. and no matter what medications they re taking, until we run a toxin and see the level and see what s in the system, we re not going to speculate. he s been on tv a lot saying a lot of nothing lately. how come it takes eight weeks to do a toxicology report? this is typical. let s be honest. we re talking at many, many tests. you know, initial reports say i r