Envelope. When youre 20 years old youre looking for the ledge. You want to see how far you can push everything. His very private life offstage. His final days and that incredible last performance just a week ago. I never meant to cause you any sorrow were celebrating the pioneering prince, those who knew him best joining us live this morning. The end of the purple reign on gma. Purple rain purple rain good morning, america. And on this friday morning we are celebrating prince, what a legendary career as amy said, a pioneering musician, sold more than 100 million albums. He won grammys and an oscar, had such profound impact on music and pop culture and take a look at this from late yesterday. A rainbow appears over his estate, the paisley park studios. Wow, that just gives you chills. So beautiful and so many other tributes pouring in from around the world. Minneapolis, lighting their bridge purple. The superdome changing color, just some of the many trib buts this morning and heres my
They are investigating what caused it in the first place. They typically occur when theres space and air in the ground where it shouldnt exist and there is pressure and it collapses. And it causes the sink hole. We will be looking to see if the sink hole or the sewer main break, how they are related and of course, make a determination and of course fix it. Reporter the sink hole opened up yesterday and it started as a depression in the street. We spoke to a woman who said she saw the depression and heard the cars rolling over it and called 311. They came out and we were on the scene as the sink hole gave way. Someone called in 8 30 this morning. Oh oh it just fell in reporter you can see just how big it really is. It will take crews about two or three days to repair the sewer line that runs underneath and then fill this hole to make it safe again for cars to travel over. In the meantime, there will be more traffic on nearby roads traveling east and west. In San Francisco, christien kaf
And im mary calvi. Well have traffic and weather on the 2s in a moment. First mourning a music icon from fans to fellow musicians. Tributes have been pouring in for grammy Award Winning pop star prince who died yesterday at the age of 57. He was found unresponsive in an elevator. We have Team Coverage on princes death including how fans in new york and around the world are sell britting his celebrating his life. Theres still no word on the cause of the Legendary Musicians death. Were learning more about the initial phone calls from medical assistance. Lets begin with jennifer merrily. Person down not breathing. Moments later police and paramedics arrived at the scene and found the 57yearold singer unresponsive in an elevator. They tried performing cpr but the grammy and oscar winner was pronounced dead. Prince had been battling illness forcing him to cancel two shows this month. He felt well enough to perform last thursday at atlantas fox theater but on the flight home princes plane wa
Purple rain turned to tears tonight. Remembering the jengenius, his sounds, life, and legacy. Tonight, what killed the music legend. Stunned fans and fellow artists he inspired throughout the world. Reverberations of world. In minneapolis tonight, and what we never knew about this intentionally private artist until now. This special edition of night good evening. Thank you for joining us. He made music like painters paints, and dr. King preached. We dont know how he died but prince was a rare gift. Tonight fans in a mourning. We are joined from minneapolis where the artist grew up and spent his last moments this morning. Dan. Reporter good evening to you from Downtown Minneapolis where thousands of people have come out for a massive street party in honor of a native son who became pop music royalty, prince. As i said, thousands of people here. They have shut the streets down. Theyre blaring prince music and people are singing along and will move inside the first avenue club, an iconic
Plans. And the countdown to primary day. The president ial candidates take over pennsylvania for the second day in a row. See what happened when donald trump got heckled by protesters in harrisburg. Good evening, im Ukee Washington. Im Nicole Brewer in forgers dean. The music world in shock over the death of prince. The 57yearold artist found unresponsive in his elevator in his minnesota home this morning. Just last week prince was taken to a hospital with flulike symptoms but theres still no word tonight on the cause of death and an autopsy will be done tomorrow. Meantime fans all day have been leaving tributes outside princes home where a rainbow appeared overhead. Princes sister came out to greet fans there. And tonight a huge outpouring of emotion in minneapolis where fans are gathering in front of the nightclub where most of purple rain was filmed. That nightclub is hosting all Night Dance Party in tribute to prince. Here now is Natasha Brown with more on princes legacy and how he