reporter: in 1924 when it hosted its first republican national convention, cleveland was a boomtown. since then, not so much. oh, the cuyahoga river. goes smoking through my genes but now things are looking up. cleveland, it s on fire, and, no, i m not talking about the river, ahead on sunday morning. pauley: the summer screen is about to be graced by a superb actress in the role of a not-so-superb singer. the actress is meryl streep, and she s been talking to anthony mason. the story was helped by my singing really badly in this. reporter: in her new film, meryl streep plays the real-life florence foster jenkins and the ear-splitting amateur opera singer who somehow sold out carnegie hall. so many of the great singers of her time are now remembered, but she is. well, that s a tragedy actually. reporter: later on sunday morning, meryl streep and the story of the soprano who couldn t sing. pauley: for the record, the band known as chicago can sing very, v
reporter: in 1924 when it hosted its first republican national convention, cleveland was a boomtown. since then, not so much. oh, the cuyahoga river. goes smoking through my genes but now things are looking up. cleveland, it s on fire, and, no, i m not talking about the river, ahead on sunday morning. pauley: the summer screen is about to be graced by a superb actress in the role of a not-so-superb singer. the actress is meryl streep, and she s been talking to anthony mason. the story was helped by my singing really badly in this. reporter: in her new film, meryl streep plays the real-life florence foster jenkins and the ear-splitting amateur opera singer who somehow sold out carnegie hall. so many of the great singers of her time are now remembered, but she is. well, that s a tragedy actually. reporter: later on sunday morning, meryl streep and the story of the soprano who couldn t sing. pauley: for the record, the band known as chicago can sing very, v
reporter: in 1924 when it hosted its first republican national convention, cleveland was a boomtown. since then, not so much. oh, the cuyahoga river. goes smoking through my genes but now things are looking up. cleveland, it s on fire, and, no, i m not talking about the river, ahead on sunday morning. pauley: the summer screen is about to be graced by a superb actress in the role of a not-so-superb singer. the actress is meryl streep, and she s been talking to anthony mason. the story was helped by my singing really badly in this. reporter: in her new film, meryl streep plays the real-life florence foster jenkins and the ear-splitting amateur opera singer who somehow sold o so many of the great singers of her time are now remembered, but she is. well, that s a tragedy actually. reporter: later on sunday morning, meryl streep and the story of the soprano who couldn t sing. pauley: for the record, the band known as chicago can sing very, very well, and the