afternoon and stars downstairs and no word later in evening. was it because of the cover of all the celebrities in the lobby that we didn't know about this until late? >> well, the time line, actually the time line is interesting. we were coming over here to report on this party gone on, 30 years, call it the hottest ticket in town before the grammys and coming here about five o'clock and it was just before four o'clock our time. remember the time difference, that she was pronounced dead. the news actually got out within about an hour or so afterwards and we came over here, instead of covering the party we were now covering the death of a major, major recording artist. >> alisyn: and hal, thanks so much for the update there. obviously, we'll check back in with you as the investigation progresses just what happened in that hotel room. and police say there were no illegal drugs found, the first reports out and people wonder abouted that she had a long public struggle with substance