Hometown of minneapolis. People packed the streets to remember him. The singersongwriter won seven grammys, sold more than 100 million records, and wowed everybody with his daring outfits. Minneapolis locals say he left a mark for many reasons. He put minneapolis on the map. I think its great we are celebrating his life and not in sorrow. No one else in the history of music has done everything as well at such a high level. Princes final tour relied mostly on piano and microphone a departure interest his signature flashy style. Prince had recently hand picked a popular bay area deejay to join him on stage for his upcoming tour. Pam warren runs a catering business by day. But at night, she is well known for her deejay work at bay area clubs. Prince saw her perform during his recent concert here and invited her on tour. It just crushed me. It crushed me. And i was just, um, beginning to we were i mean, i cant even explain the experience that i have had with him in the short time. Pam was
Here today for this thing called life. Remembering an iconic musical genius, prince. Hes still here in his spiritual form and we love him. What a thing to be alive when prince was making music. We are all incredibly lucky. Small gesture of respect tonight, wed like to change the set in his honor. Purple rain its like its not even real. This man is irreplaceable as a human being, as an artist. I wish all of you the best on this fascinating journey. It aint over. Peace. Donald trump hitting the campaign trail. Were winning by a lot. President obama has arrived in britton. It will be the last time he comes here as the president of the United States. Arrieta has done it again all that music fans around the world remembering prince. Landmarks around the country glowing in purple. The cast of broadways hamilton remembered prince, Jennifer Hudsons nod to the icon alongside her cast. All of that matters. Youve got to see prince up close, right . Yeah, his assistant walked up this close to my f
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
As i go ahead and give you some temperatures in and around the philadelphia area, go ahead and check out your 7day forecast at the bottom of the screen. Its not just for philadelphia either. 62 in philly right now. 63 up in the Lehigh Valley. Weve got 62 degrees out in delaware and parts of wilmington. As we move further south, 61, 62 at the jersey shore. So, as we move on through and get a little closer with our temperature readings, we can tell you that in summerton, 61. Mainly everybody in the lower 60s right now. That is above where we should be this time of year. So quite warm, quite sticky. And we do have rain on the radar. We can see here that its really quite scattered in nature. We can see some shower activity moving right on through just south of trenton, moving across i95 and new road route 9 moving off. Its clear right now. I should say dry, not clear. We have plenty of clouds in interior south jersey. Look at this area of rain here moving out of harrisburg. Thats moving we
Musicians sudden death. Stevie wonder, former fiancee sheila e. , and music producer l. A. Reed join us to reflect on prince and the genius behind his music. President obama begins his European Tour by dining with queen elizabeth, but the timing of his visit is very controversial. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. Remembering an iconic music at genius, prince. Stunned by the sudden death, but hes still in the spiritual form. [ cheers ] we love him. What a thing to have been alive when prince was making music. We are all incredibly lucky. And a small gesture of change the set in his honor. [ applause ] purple rain purple rain its like its not even real. I cant even digest it yet. This man is irreplaceable as a human being, as an artist. [ applause ] i wish all of you the best on this fascinating journey. It aint over. Peace. [ applause ] the campaign trail ahead of next w