you are watching cnn on this friday afternoon. i m brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this extraordinary day here. the nation is honoring, remembering and celebrating the lives of two legends. senator john mccain is lying in state at the nation s capitol and people in washington are lining up for blocks and blocks to salute his 60 years of service to this country. on the right side of your screen, in detroit, born in memphis, moved to detroit. extraordinary celebration for the queen of soul, musical tributes from stars like the first lady of gospel, shirley caesar, the legendary clark sisters, ariana grande, faith hill and reflects from franklin s family, also smokey robinson and former president, bill clinton. let s go to detroit. fredricka whitfield has been there. we are all waiting for chaka
let s listen in. she would ask me, what you gonna sing? i said, well, i m going to sing something soft. you know, have you ever heard the clark sisters? have mercy. this celebration here tonight, ooh. i should have brought the band here. maybe we shouting, something. all right. she would always talk about clark, shirley caesar, all the