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is this the boost romney needed? conservative darling sarah palin rocks the crowd. >> well, america, it is time that we dream the jacuzzi and throw the bums out with the bath water. >> clayton: get rid of congress altogether, more from her fiery speech. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ >> good saturday morning to you, we hoped-- sunday. >> dave: get it right. i can't, sometimes it's hard. overnight of course big breaking news we've been following for you all night at fox news, the death of whitney houston. >> dave: shocking news, huh. >> alisyn: yeah, we still have a fox news alert. singer whitney houston was found dead in her hotel room at beverly hilton in california late yesterday afternoon in l.a. >> dave: we're going to kttv reporter hal eisner, been there all night. hal, what do we know, we've heard some reports and some whispers about a bathtub. good morning to you. >> reporter: right. good morning to you, and it was just a little over two hours ago that whitney houston's body was taken from the beverly hilton hotel where we are right now, and taken to the los angeles county coroner's office where there will be an autopsy and it will be determined exactly how she died. there were reports from tmz, specifically, that she was found dead in the bathtub, i personally haven't been able to confirm that and reporting and based on conversations they say they had with employees of the hotel. police though have said, they have he' said it to me there were no signs of foul play. the time line on all of this at 3:43. yesterday afternoon los angeles time beverly hills police got a call for medical help from someone in houston's entourage. when they got to her fourth floor room at beverly hills hotel, security was trying to resuscitate here, didn't have any luck, and she was pronounced dead. and they went through hotel him. four floors below some of the hollywood's ewalking the red carpet and preparing for the grammy party. whitney houston was here to attend that party which turned into a more of a memorial to wit whitney and share something else as well. this plaza where we're standing was just filled with whitney houston fans and brought a few flowers and a couple of candles, but brought their voices and then what we saw out here with the few tears were dozens and dozens of people singing whitney houston songs, a tremendous amount of motion here in beverly hills. we'll throw it it back to you in new york. >> dave: i'm struck by this and i'm sure you've covered the stories in the past. given los angeles that this happened in 3:55 in the 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 abuse. >> dave: he mentioned the grammys there, as they say the show must go on and well, it is tonight. and they do plan to pay tribute to wit whitney, jennifer hudson is being brought in for some sort of tribute. you see right there, a clip to me one of the first things that comes to my mind and i know clayton as well is the 1991 national anthem at super bowl 25. the best ever, i think, at any super bowl or any sporting event we've ever seen, with the back drop of the persian gulf war. what amazing performance. >> clayton: and everyone was supposed to live town that performance, the jets flying over one of the seminal moments for her in the career and video, amazing, last night mtv doesn't play music anymore, they don't play music anymore and last night wall to wall with actual music videos of whitney houston for the first time and sad this had to happen for this to occur and a william la jeunesse has a look back at whitney houston's life. ♪ the greatest love of all >> from the moment that whitney houston first broke into song she was obviously bound for greatness. she first performed at age five. solo at age 11 in the local church choir. young whitney grew up steeped in music and the youth and beauty propelled her into the spotlight. and first professional solo in 1980 and modeling, gracing covers like 17 and glamour. and her premier album spunk three number one singles, "saving all my love for you" "how will i know" "the greatest love of all" it sold over 13 million copies shattering album debut records and more record setting was to come with houston's next album "whitney" not only the first by a female to enter the charts number one and the first artist in history to score seven consecutive number one hits passing milestones set by the beatles and bee gees. touring took their toll and she was with bad boy baby brown and married before 1800 well wishers. the marriage was far from fairy tale, and reports a boozed and addict and all night party girl. they battled the turmoil and constant rumors of breakups. raising their daughter bobbie cristina. she tried her hand at acting, the first feature "the bodyguard", boasted the most successful sound track ever released ♪ don't make me close one more door ♪ >> she co-produced and co-starred in movie cinderella and next big screen performance, back to church "the preacher's wife" whatever whitney houston touched seemed to turn gold. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> alisyn: you know, when you look back at the music videos that's what's so obviously shocking because she's so young and shocking because she's icon and because we all grew up to her music and she's the sound track of our lives, but when you look at her life in the past ten years, everybody was worried, obviously, about her health, but looking back at the beginning, and you see how beautiful she was and how talented and then, i can't get over the pointyensy of clive davis having the party below her room. >> the beauty all of it. >> clayton: and the messages pouring in and remind them a lot of michael jack's death and the twitter messages from celebrities, people knew her as well. russell simmons here wrote this, my thoughts and prayers with her beautiful child and her entire family. this is a tough time for the entire community as we all loved whitney. may she rest in peace and may we all dance with everybody. >> christina aguilera has a beautiful voice and modeled over whitney. >> whitney's voice was so special to me and her voice soared to places most drinkers dream of riching. she will be missed. and dolly partton. mine is the only one of millions of hearts woke enover the death of whitney houston. and i will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and i can truliy say from the bottom of my heart, whitney, i will always love you. you will be missed. and the song that whitney stopping was dolly parton, number one for 14 straight weeks, the love song of our generation. >> alisyn: and dolly does it well, too. boy, it's a beautiful song. >> clayton: much more on the life and legacy of whitney houston coming up over the next few hours of our show, live reports from los angeles as we try to get more understanding of exactly what unfolded in the beverly hills hotel. interesting things in politics and all eyes on maine last night, actually, as it was wrapping up the week long caucus and especially going on, technically. >> oh my gosh. >> clayton: which is bizarre and actually the state's g.o.p. came forward with their results last night and a big win for mitt romney. >> alisyn: yeah, good news for mitt romney after you'll remember he lost that trifecta of missouri, minnesota and colorado to rick santorrum, and he's back in the game with 39%, remind me, this is a beauty contest, no delegates? >> delegates will count, but they will later be given. >> alisyn: at the convention. >> dave: they are nonbinding in this case. and when you see those numbers separated by 194 votes, so, i think this would have been a bigger loss for mitt romney than it is actually for a win. this is in his back yard, it's new england. had ron paul gone up there and won that would have been tough. >> clayton: you bring up the 190 votes and ron paul was upset, he thought because this is not wrapped up there are actually a couple of areas in maine that haven't completed their caucuses and so, while they were-- >> part of the issue, right. >> alisyn: always is. >> clayton: but they continue the caucusing in certain counties in maine for a little longer and knew they were going to deliver the results yesterday, but ron paul speaking in maine yesterday talked about that and he thinks actually he may have actually won if they count up the later ones. listen to him. >> one slightly discouraging announcement, i wish all the caucuses-- i think we would have done very, very well, but we lost by almost 200 votes, 190 votes, almost you could call it a tie, but anyway, the votes will be counted and all the caucuses will be, but a prediction, if i were a betting man and-- if i were a betting man i would bet that we would control the maine caucus. >> dave: there is his point they will be allocated later and he still could control those delegates. >> alisyn: he was in good humor last night making jokes, but possibly even a bigger victory, at least a psychic victory at cpac in washington d.c. because he won the straw poll and that's significance because he's been trying to prove his conservative credentials and that's a big endorsement for the conservatives there. >> dave: he's won this before. he's not a big straw poll guy. we expect ron paul to typically win straw polls, but he was not there, his army of people were not there, but this certainly continues or gets some momentum back on the side of mitt romney. it doesn't squash the insurgents of rick santorrum, but a big weekend. >> clayton: a look at actual numbers as they break down. marco rubio. >> alisyn: they asked about v p's, who they wanted for vp. >> dave: no surprise. >> clayton: take a look at this, this is marco rubio with 34% now and that's who would have, who most of the folks in that audience would like to see as vp. chris christie also with 9%, governor mcdonnell, 9% a romney supporter and representative paul ryan with 8%. >> dave: no matter how many times marco rubio says i'm not taking the vp slot, everybody wants him, even more than chris christie, who i think is emerging as more of a possibility. >> alisyn: interesting. so, sarah palin is a crowd favorite, a darling of cpac and she fired up the crowd yesterday by going after president obama. let's listen. >> we are red americans, we're not blue americans, we're red, white and blue and president obama, we are through with you. 135,000 dollars per taxpayer just in the new decade. 3 million dollars more a minute and no plans to stop it. no plans. no budget. on a thousand and some odd days and still no budget. he muffed it up. and government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed. he says that he has had a jobs plan out, a jobs plan to win the future. wtf. i know. a and-- america it's time to drain the jacuzzi and throw the bums out with the bath water. whoever our nominee is, and we need to go together over the finish line so we can start tackling this defense. and i think it's great for the times that want add representative-- >> one of the biggest applause lines was the drain of jacuzzi line and people think when they get to washington d.c., they want to get here and change things and they think of it as a cesspool and pretty soon think of it as a hot tub so drain the jacuzzi and cozy, push for term limits and-- >> she was a rock star there. when she left the stage it was like a rock star. and clearly the biggest embrace of any of the speakers, including the candidates, was sarah palin. later on we will play you a clip that you may think some think she was going after mitt romney. it seemed a little bit that way to me. we'll play that for you later on, but there were some hecklers at this event. you've seen the occupy protesters trying to disrupt the event though unsuccessfully we can't wait. our country hangs in the balance. balance. >> usa! >> usa! >> usa! >> usa! >>. >> usa. >> the heckler, you can hear the heckler tried and was drown out by the chant of usa! >> much more on that and those straw poll results coming up later in the show. >> alisyn: we've already had a lot of news and more headlines to tell, but right now, an emotional weekend in tacoma, washington. more than a thousand people packing the life center church to say goodbye to charlie and braden powell, two little boys killed when their father josh powell blew up the house with them inside. the tragedy unfolding two and a half years after the boys' mother susan powell, and her father choking back tears as he spoke at the funeral. >> it helps us be strong and helps us to know that there are good people in the world, good people against evil. and who know that they're with their mother. thank you very much. >> well, prosecutors say they now believe josh powell was responsible for his wife's death and they think he killed his little boys because they were start to go remember details about that night, if only they'd been able to put it altogether sooner. president obama's budget plan forecasts a 901 billion dollar deficit for next year, and falling far short of his goal to have the deficit in four years, and cut it in half, in other words. you see it being printed here. >> that will be march. >> alisyn: late night reading for us. the president will present the plan to congress tomorrow. many of the elements are well-known, like ending tax cuts for people making more than 1 million dollars a year. >> clayton: find out that thing is larger than war and peace, i'm going to bet it's larger. >> dave: and i think that john boehner will use it as a prop. $10,000. >> alisyn: and custom medicaid, medicare and other health programs. well, this is one they'd like to forget, a state senator from new york and his wife are recovering after he says they were attacked at a casino in niagara falls. the republican senator says that this happened yesterday at the seneca niagara casino and hotel and says he was trying to break up a fight between two men when one of them accused him of hating the indian tribe. the senator has bruised ribs and his wife has a concussion and a possible broken nose and reports say one of the men and two women involved in the fight were arrested. the new york archbishop timothy dolan counting down the days until he becomes a cardinal. the second highest in the roman catholic church just under the pope n a matter of minutes, he is expected to arrive in rome and begin a week long spiritual journey and culminate at 21 other men and a ceremony at st. peters basilica and the pope will elevate him to that position and we'll cover that, if they need anybody there on the site, i am available. >> clayton: always willing to step up. especially italian food involved. >> alisyn: usually. >> clayton: all right. rick reichmuth is overseas and maria molina is in with a check of the weather. >> rick chose a pretty nice weekend to take off. it's a chilly one. in new york city, factor in a little bit after breeze and it feels like 9 degrees outside, so, very cold and pretty much the entire eastern half of the country is experiencing below average temperatures. even though it's february, it's supposed to be cold, not this cold. 17 over in chicago, 18 in cleveland. single digits in the north, factoring feels like 10 below zero. and bundle up as you head out the the door, if you're headed out the door, once we see temperatures at 20. or wind chills 20 to 30 degrees below zero you're talking about frostbite and hypo thermia being a concerned. we have areas of precipitation, lingering lake effect snow showers, up to a foot areas of west of syracuse and down wind of lake ontario, parts of the upper midwest, we are tracking two storm systems, one is going to be bringing snow early this afternoon and another in-- you can see the storm moving across central parts of the country and that area shaded in pink is some freezing rain, so we could have some icing problems across parts of oklahoma and also, arkansas as we head into early monday morning, unfortunately for everybody to head out the door for work and you can take a look at the other system moving across parts of california. much needed snow, guys. >> clayton: it's freezing out there. smack in the face. >> i can't wait for my outside hits, guys. >> alisyn: well, we look forward to that. >> bundle up nice and warm, thanks, maria. >> dave: a new fox poll shows if the election were held today, president obama would beat all of the g.o.p. candidates. why the surge? and what republicans need to do to get back on top. our political panel here to discuss. >> alisyn: and who can forget this performance, whitney houston's national anthem. this is the 1991 super bowl. we're looking back at her life and her legacy this morning. up next, we can see her very last performance. ♪ we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallant ly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs pursuing in air ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ o say does... regions quick deposit lets you deposit checks right from your office. so sitting at your desk is just like going to the bank. see? i'm at the bank. now i'm in the office. at the bank. in the office. at the bank. in the office. >> and i will always love you ♪ ♪ i will always love you ♪ >> i will always love you, perhaps the iconic song from iconic singer. whitney houston dead at age 48. her death something of a mystery. >> clayton: elizabeth has the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning, we have been following this story all night and in fact, new video just in from beverly hills, california. this is the coroner van bearing the body of whitney houston. it's departing the beverly hilton hotel en route to the l.a. county coroner's office where an autopsy will be performed. the 48-year-old pop sensation was found dead in her hotel room in beverly hills late saturday afternoon. police say there are no obvious signs of any criminal intent at this time, but there's still no word on the cause of her death. now, investigators were combing houston's hotel room well into the night and tmz reporting no illegal drug found, but there were prescription drug inside the room. the site says the icon's body was found in the bathtub and the possibility that she may have drown. as you know, she was born into a music cal family, the daughter of grammy winning gospel singer, sissy houston, and cousin, and god mother aretha franklin. and she was on stage, kevin costner and the preacher's wife denzel washington, but they are image wag drug use and tumultuous marriage to singer bobby brown. married 14 years before divorcing about six years ago. this video taken one night before houston died. she joined singer kelly price on stage for a pre-grammy concert to perform jesus loves me. and of course that would end up being her last performance. and houston likely to cast a heavy cloud over tonight's grammy awards celebration, but artists such as jennifer hudson and cha ka cannes plan to play a music tribute to the legend. she was the recipient of six grammys, one emmy and 22 american music awards. fellow singer mariah carey summing it up, saying houston will quote, unquote, never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth. we're also hearing from reverend al sharpton, he saysle' call for a national prayer for whitney houston this morning during a service at second baptist church in los angeles. >> alisyn: elizabeth. thanks so much. when you look back at all of that, it's just, first hearing "i will always love you" that sends shivers down your spine. that song is so beautiful even when dolly was singing, but that's so beautiful and to to see her last performance her voice was soft almost raspy. >> dave: struggling through it. >> people say she seemed happy. she seemed happy and like she was enjoying the friends around her, those are the reports. governor chris christie of course, here is that video again and she turns to the the crowd and having a fun time. and governor chris christie here in new jersey, of course, she is one of new jersey's treasures and he made the point of saying, whitney houston was a knew new jersey treasure, terribly premature death is an awful loss to the family and incredible new jersey musical family and soaring talent in the pantheon of great musical talent, count bassi and bruce springsteen. >> alisyn: she, obviously, she's a performer, you know, and anytime she's on the stage, all eyes are on her regardless of what she's doing, so beautiful. such a loss, 48 years old. shocking. and now the rest of your headlines, more news if you can believe it, cash strapped universities are cutting corners to make more money? that's the question, after a north dakota school is coming underfire of handing out hundreds of bogus degrees to chinese transfer students. an audit found the students at dickenson state university were awarded diploma, even if they did not complete the required class work. typically international students pay full out of state tuition and the university vice-president in charge of overseeing this program has resigned. like a seen out of a horror movie. take a look at wild video from england. a man bursts into a bar armed with a chain saw, minutes after he's thrown out for smoking. 24-year-old dean went back into the pub here in a drunken rage after picking up the saw at home apparently and you can see the horrified people inside running for their lives and throwing bar stools at him. one person was severely hurt and patrons, subdued him and broke several ribs before police shod up. in denver, colorado a woman didn't make they are flight not because she was late. jennifer winning says she was turned away from the airport in rock spring, get this, because she's a woman. she says she was told that all the female tsa agents had been sent home, no one could give her a patdown. >> i asked if i was a man i could get on, because i'm a woman i can't, he said, yes, that's correct. >> alisyn: that makes sense. the tsa fired back saying the airline made final boarding calls and was not accepting more passengers when winning arrived. we shall see the results of that one. love is in the air at shanghai aquarium. check it out. two penguins got married. what? >> that's large. >> alisyn: and a license to drive? and this is just in time for valentine's day of course, and visitors cheered on the happy couple as they were escorted by remote control car down the aisle and given breathes to represent the wedding rings. organizers say the lucky-- and they're dressed for it. this lucky pair took the plunge because of their quote, unbridled love for each other. >> i think that's a stared marriage. >> arranged? >> i think it's arranged and i don't think they had any say in this. >> alisyn: what about their unbridled love. >> please investigate. >> dave: we're on the story. and let's talk sports now, the lin-sanity continues. jeremy lin was the first player of taiwanese or chinese descent in the nba. and the first harvard phi in the league since 1950's, how about them apples, ali. >> clayton: i like apples. >> dave: thank you very much. and on the road to minneapolis, 20 points and 8 assists and struggled in the second half. at only scored five points. kevin love. 32 points, 21 boards for the minnesota timberwolves, but new york rallied in the fourth, again, to beat the t-wolves, 100-98 and lin had the go ahead free throw and lin stressed the winning streak is a team effort and clearly the reason that the knicks have hopes carmelo anthony and stroud meyer have not played and that's unbelievable. and golf commenttators called bill murray maf golfer half compost and some sort of-- >> the "caddyshack." >> dave: he was not the story at pro a.m. at pebble beach in california the story was tiger woods once again, tiger is on the prowl, and we'll show you a little murray golf game. >> clayton: really good. he wrote a book on golf. >> dave: that was kind of a strange edit. bill murray did not drop that. that was not his shot. boy, tiger woods is just a couple of shots back of your leader, charlie wi. tiger will be paired with phil mickleson. he could get the first win in two years, see the edit. >> clayton: a creative edit. >> dave: bill murray looked like tiger woods. oh, we'll-- >> he must have edited it himself. maria, let's see, you're not outside yet. thank goodness. how the weather is. >> not yet, well, the temperatures outside are very chilly today across not just the northeast, but pretty much all the way down into florida we're looking at temperatures below freezing and of course, it's a big concern because a lot of crops out there haven't been dealing with freezing temperatures recently and could produce problems. the reason it's so cold outside. yesterday's arctic front swept the piece coast and bringing snow for us in new york city, even though it doesn't accumulate late. we had some accumulating snow further off to the south and we to have some video from asheville, where some of the high elevations up to four inches of snow, you can see it coming down out there, a beautiful scene and many areas have not had a winter, or is been so mild out there this past winter season so that's nice weather out there to enjoy and i'm sure they had a good time. it looks like, out there. now, as far as the weather for today. we're looking at lake effect snow ending across portions of the northeast and lake ontario, you can produce another foot of snow out there to the west of syracuse and well below averages temps from texas all the way up through maine and it's chilly out across portions of texas, oklahoma could be looking at the next system producing across texas. not a whole lot. an inch to three inches of snow out there. today's forecast across the northeast and boston's high of only 27 degrees, 34 in philadelphia and those breezy conditions, guys, going to feel at least 5 to 10 degrees cooler as we head out the door and southeast is sunny and chilly side. 54 degrees will be the high temperature and orlando is well below average for florida. if you're headed out to the parks, portions of the upper midwest and sunshine, high temperature in indianapolis, 31 degrees and portions of the central rockies and stay as well and some additional snow, guys, head into monday and have another system arriving through california and could bring us much needed snow for the sierras, guys. >> dave: bring on the snow. thank you very much, maria. despite attacks from republican hopefuls, the president has seen a bump in the ratings. check out a new fox pole. 48% compared to last month's 45%. what does it mean for the november elections? let's ask our panel this morning, kevin jackson of the fellow, robert j dole. and despite itself. liberal comedian is here as well. what do you think, why the president's bounce? >> i think three things, and jeremy lin. >> dave: jeremy lin is unbelievable. >> no, and three main things, one, last week jobs numbers and most jobs created in nine months, 240,000, unemployment rate lowest in three years, and state of the union speech for the president had a chance to craft his accomplishments and propose an optimistic plan for the future and three, i think the republicans with the thousands of debates, negative attacks against each other, i think it sort of turned off, i think, maybe independent voters. >> dave: let's take those in two, one, is it simply the jobs numbers and two, have the republican attacks hurt the party and helped the president? >> well, it's certainly possible, but i want to say, there's only a 3% rise and that was within the margin of error and we should be careful about interpreting these. if the train comes into the station five minutes late. if obama goes up in the polls it doesn't mean that the public opinion changed. >> the head to head where i get interested in this. it was close and we've seen romney in the lead and now the head to head you see on the screen now, did not look good for any of the republican candidates and what do you make of that? >> i don't think it's really going to matter the. i think once the republicans have settled on the candidates of their choice, you're going to start seeing the focus. and the polls are going to look like a braxton hicks contraction and the just like the jobs number. >> why have the republican candidates fallen relative to the president if it's about choosing one, why have they all fallen? >> well, quite frankly, i don't believe the polls, i think a lot of the polling is done with heavy liberal lean and coming off the job numbers, you would expect him to sort of take a bit of a bump. and what people aren't discussing, the number of people that fell off looking for jobs in january and again, when we start focusing on those issues, as it pertains to obama and getting away from the supposed infighting from republicans, it's going to shift back. >> and this is a fox news poll and one other troubling number for romney in another poll, more than one out of two people say that the more they know about romney, the less they like. and you know, i really-- the polls will fluctuate and people had three years to get to know president obama and he needs to channel the late admiral who famously said, who am i? why am i here? romney needs to do that and people need to know him better. >> it's true they know president obama, a lot of people don't know the other republican candidates especially in nonprimary states, they aren't paying attention yet. i've been travelling promoting my book and a lot of people don't know who santorum is, don't know his policy and god help him if they google him. >> dave: let's not get into the google problem this morning. one of the interesting developments yesterday was not just romney's win cpac in maine. he needed one or both. suddenly, i heard the question, should newt gingrich get out of the field when a week ago we were talking about rick santorrum getting out and now that newt's biggest fundraiser is out, where can he gather back momentum? we have no debate until the 22nd. newt is like a pit bull in this race and he always comes back. >> he does. >> and i think that people have counted him out so many times, i think what happens with newt, when he gets into the debate time, that's when people really get a chance to see him shine and they see the depth of his knowledge of politics so he'll swing back a little bit. ultimately i'll tell you he's probably got a difficult time winning the nomination because you aren't debating all the time. >> dave: especially in the heart of the debates is in the pack, they are spars. >> just as we know, we think we know what it's going to be, it changes. a big night, and week for santorum. a big night for the cpac for romney much better than four years ago, and definitely a bump up. and maine, head to head, romney 38-36 and certainly romney is not running away with it and playing out. santorum was clearly the main rival right now. >> dave: i think the disturbing pattern for the romney folks, he's receiving less votes in states than he did in 2008 and happened again last night in maine. thank you, gentlemen, we appreciate it. what's coming up? >> top secret reports leak that israeli spies were involved in assassinating iranian scientists and more shocking, the obama administration. and a national security expert weighs in on this. >> alisyn: happy birthday mr. president. today marks 203rd birthday of abraham lincoln and we're celebrating with abe himself. believe it or not he'll be in the studio and little known facts and the famous beard of his. ♪ night >> big headlines now for you. at & t jacking up the fee. instead of $18 now $36 to get a new cell phone. the new increase goes into effect today. talk about unbelievable, actors gabriel union forced to have her weave patted down by agents after it set off a body scanner. if human hair and threads set off a body scanner, a lot of folks ended up on the watch list. it's a weave not terrorism. she writes. >> oh. >> and it's the 39-year-old was finally allowed to board the plane. and that's unbee-weavable. >> dave: weave her alone, wow. >> alisyn: i never thought i'd hear clayton report on a weave. he's weaving. . >> dave: we weave now. >> alisyn: and let's get to a serious report. top secrets reports of allegedly leaked by the u.s., by the obama administration to nbc news, according to nbc, the u.s. leaked info israeli spies were behind the assassination of iranian nuclear scientists. >> dave: and i don't think this was a surprise, at least to myself, that israel might have been behind the killing of this nuclear scientist. what's with the leak? >> right, well, first of all you never ever disclose the covert operations of an ally. that's just always going to be bad news. >> dave: why would you? is there a motive behind it? >> i suspect that this came out of officials in the state department because what really caught my attention in that report was that they said that israel was working with a group nek that operates out of iran and hates the regime and that's why i'm skeptical that have element of the report. if you're israel and want to take out iranian nuclear scientists, you're going to have your own professionals do it and not outsource to some group and nek's first priority is getting delisted as a terrorist group and the so they're fighting about that and in order to make that case, they have to be nonviolent. >> alisyn: back to the motive motives, what would the the motive be to heighten the tension between israel and iran what this serves to do? >> sometimes officials just have big mouths. i think the more of a story about the nek. if i'm right that the officials are part of the state department could be a way to make the case the group is still involved in violence and delisted as a terrorist. >> dave: many feel we need their help in iran. let me ask you, the panetta leak about the israel's plans to bomb iran. is there a signal sent by the obama administration we're not behind these actions, behind bombing them, behind taking people out, we want sanctions? >> the obama administration, i think, is sending the signal they're not ready yet for that because panetta says there is a red line we will not allow them to cross. and that's when the obama administration was criticized and he came out with a strong statement. >> alisyn: you're now with radical islam.org. >> dave: now you must weave. >> alisyn: thanks, brian. happy birthday, mr. president. today marks the 203th birthday of abraham lincoln. look who is here in our studio. >> abe? good morning. >> alisyn: just arrived. we're going to celebrate with our president himself. >> dave: he looks good. >> alisyn: he does. >> dave: happy birthday, top of the hour we'll go live to los angeles where the investigation is continuing into how the queen of pop, whitney houston died last night at the age of 48. ♪ with somebody who loves me ♪ ♪ oh, i want to dance with somebody, i want to feel the heat with somebody ♪ ♪ yeah, i wanna dance with somebody, with somebody who loves 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[applause] >> it's subtle. welcome, mr. president. i'm struck by how tall the president is. look, i'm six o'clock 2. look at this guy. and he was a really tall president, wasn't he? >> yes, he has. very tall and hot helps him get taller. >> why do we hold this president such high record. elevated to such a high level and finished reading a book on his death and funeral procession and people coming out at three in the morning and standing out there just to get a glimpse of the funeral procession to see the president. >> well, he started his presidency with only a 40% vote of the country, but by the time he was assassinated, he was loved country wide. he kept us through the civil war and kept the country together and was very, very important. people realized what he did for the country, stopping slavery of course, a big part of that. so, when he was martyred unfortunately, everyone felt so sad about his passing that they wanted make sure they honored him. >> i want it talk with you in the past tense because you're here this morning and the glorious beard, we talked about it earlier. you talk about the beard. where did the beard come from. >> well, we've got a wonderful young lady, a 15-year-old girl in october of 1860. mr. president, i don't notice anything bad about you, but you've got a skinny face and if you had a beard you would look better. >> a 15-year-old girl, i'm going to grow the beard. >> from new york. >> something special in new york, to honor the president and he touched this way. >> on his way from springfield to washington d.c., made a number of stops on a train trip from there. in peaks hill, new york, was one of those locations, a memorable one, he spoke to the entire community and we have the depot there when he stopped and the only depot still in existence that's been retained from that time, and we restored it, when i was mayor, we were be able to obtain the building, restored the exterior and 80% restoring the interior and opening the lincoln museum shortly. >> clayton: wonderful, if the parents can get kids to the sites, gettysburg or locations around the country and something special for you on your birthday. alisyn, bring it in. this is our cake bearer. >> i'm no marilyn, monroe, but happy birthday, mr. president. 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"fox & friends" hour two starts. ♪ >> ♪ well, if you're just waking up and out last night and missed this news, it's certainly shocking news that whitney houston obviously iconic singer, she died last night at the age of 48. she's a legend, she was found in her hotel room at the beverly hilton in california. the timing is just so poignant because of the grammys tonight and so many of her friends and her proteges and her loved ones were there to celebrate at the grammys. >> dave: and the news media was headed to hotel for a party by clive davis himself. and kttv reporter hal eisner has been there all morning, what's the latest? >> a little over three hours ago that whitney houston's body was taken from the beverly hilton hotel here in beverly hills, california to the los angeles county coroner's office near downtown l.a. they will be the ones who will determine why the 48-year-old singer died. we're told there will be an autopsy. there were reports from tmz she was found dead in the bathtub. they say they got their information from hotel workers and police said there's no signs of foul play and the time line on all of this, at 3:43 yesterday afternoon an l.a. time, west coast time, beverly hilton police got call from medical help from someone in houston's entourage and she had a very large one from what we're told, when they got to her fourth floor room here at beverly hilton, hotel security was trying to resuscitate her, it didn't work and paramedics took over and tried for 20 minutes to no avail and pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. 3:55 los angeles time that's just five minutes over 12 hours ago. and exactly 12 hours ago, and it's been a dizzying 12 hours for all of the night police were going through her hotel room, trying to determine what had happened in the hours prior to her death. while four floors below, almost in a very eerie thing, they were partying, a pre-grammy party, a big one, hottest ticket in town, the clive davis party, she was supposed to be there instead that became more after memorial service and outside this hotel, in this plaza area, groups of people gathered and they were singing whitney houston songs. it was a-- it was very emotional. we'll throw it back to you. >> i'm curious, you were there, in fact, the pre-grammy party and were you there when people started to learn the news. what was the mood in the room, suddenly, did you get to see it as a wave of emotion? describe that for us. >> oh, it was, and you know, this party, has a red carpet. the media lines up along the red carpet and we talked to the people going to the party. big celebrities, jon voight and all kinds of people, toni braxton, tony bennett. i mean, one after another after another, and you could just sense the sadness, you could sense the angst they were feeling and there were people like sheila e, she described as we were talking she broke down in tears and it was just too hard to take. so, it really was a bombshell. it was a shock to many of the people here, and clive davis, who was really responsible for her getting going, clive davis opened up his party by asking for a moment of silence and also, saying that it was, it was just, unthinkable news, her death. so, great emotion here that no doubt will continue right on through the grammys tonight and i did talk to the president and ceo of the recording academy, neil portnow and told me they will be paying tribute to her, so it will be a very interesting night tonight. >> all right, hal, thanks so much for the update. we'll check back with you to see what more they can learn about what happened to wit whitney last night and he was just talking about the guest and we're understanding that jennifer hudson will be singing the tribute to her and a who's who of the industry finest, alicia keyes, mary j. blige, dr. dre, tony bennett, elvis costello shall everyone was there at the party. >> tonight you'll see the host, ll cool j. a man we to on this network, knows whitney well and the 48-year-old as we look back at some of the highs and lows. do you remember when you think of a snapshot. i still think of the highs not the lows, depends on your perspective. >> alisyn: i remember her very first music videos because she was so beautiful and she had that incredible voice and "i want to dance with somebody" music video. let's take a look back, actually now at the beginning of her career. ♪ the greatest love of all >> from the moment that whitney houston first broke into song she was obviously bound for greatness and first performed at age five, solo at age 11 in the local church choir. young whitney grew up seeped in music and beauty and voice propelled the young gospel girl in the professional spotlight and whitney sang her first professional solo in 1980 and began modeling the same year, gracing covers like 17 and "glamour". her premier album spun three number one singles, "saving all my love for you" "how will i know" "the greatest love of all." it shattered records worldwide, 13 million records. and more to come with next album "whitney" not only the first album by a female to enter the charts number one, but she became the first artist in history to score seven consecutive hits surpassing milestones set by the beatles and bee gees. years of touring took their toll and she take off time to get her personal life in order and took up with bad boy of rit thumb and blues, bobby brown and married before 1800 well wishers. their marriage was far from fairy tale. tabloid reports dubbed houston a boozing cocaine addict, all time party girl. the couple battled the turmoil and constant rumors of breakups and raising their daughter bobby christina. >> thank you, thank you so much. >> whitney decide today try her hand at acting, the first feature "the bodyguard", banked over 400 million worldwide and boasted the most successful sound track ever released ♪ don't make me close one more door ♪ >> she co-produced ar co-starred in the movie "cinderella", next back to church "the preacher's wife" whatever whitney houston touched seemed to turn gold. in los angeles william la jeunesse, fox news. >> clayton: thanks, william. we'll have a the lot more on the life and legacy of whitney houston in the show and surrounding mer death. and last night, interestingly, was the maine caucuses wrapping up and more election news because mitt romney both took the maine caucus poll and the cpac poll. there are no delegates at this point. but a big night. some saying, well, does that end the santorum surge suddenly? i don't know if you can take too much away with the small number of votes in maine, but it was a big night for him. >> i don't know if it ends the santorum surge, but gives momentum back after what he needed to colorado and minnesota and missouri there. the totals, returns are coming in, but it looks like-- >> and paul is less than 200 votes back and then you've got again the cpac results and romney 28%, and rick santorum and gingrich and ron palm. who did not show up. i don't think you took a lot of stock out of that. the big take away had romney lost both, especially had he lost maine it would have been really devastating for his weekend because that's his country and it's new england, and hold your horses, he may still lose it, we know that they're reporting that number. >> in an iowa-like situation. >> exactly. ron paul was a little bit upset and heard him on the stump saying he wished they would have not reported until the cities are done in maine and not done for a few days of the. >> it couldened up being a rick santorum iowa situation all over again, ron paul thinks. >> stay tuned for that. meanwhile, we have some other news to tell you about, we want to get to your headlines now, more than a thousand people, saying their final farewells to charlie and braden powell, their funeral held in tacoma washington, days after their father, josh powell set fire to their home with the boys inside. the tragedy unfolding, and two and a half years after the boys' mother susan powell went missing and her father choking back tears as he thanked the community for their support. >> it helps us to be strong and helps us to know that they're good people in the world, good people who fight against evil. we know they're with their moth mother. thank you very much. >> prosecutors now believe josh powell was responsible for his wife's death and think he killed his little boys because they were starting to remember details about that night. and if only prosecutors had put all of this together a week earlier. president obama's budget plan fails to meet his on goal of cutting the deficit in half in four years and he's forecasting at deficit for 2013 and the president will pitch the plan for congress tomorrow. you you can see it being printed, light summer reading, spring break. this includes ending tax cuts for people making more than 1 million dollars a year. and 500 billion dollars in additional defense spending cuts. there are also billions in cuts to medicaid, medicare and other health programs. more than a decade after the attacks on 9/11, another victim has just been identified. 42-year-old carol anne can hesler worked for an investment banking firm on the world trade center south tower and officials use brand new technology to identify her dna in a tiny bone fragment found after the attack. tragically kessler wasn't supposed to be in new york that day. her family says she'd been in italy planning her upcoming wedding and decided to return home a week early. they say justice is blind, especially he when the judge has his eyes closed throughout the entire hearing. we're talking about a texas judge, larry craddock, caught sleeping and he was supposed to be listening to critical testimony and he's now resigning and says that medication he's taking makes him drowsy and blaming the lawyers in the case for not waking him up. and those are the headlines. >> clayton: is that the lawyer's job now, wake up the judge. >> alisyn: present a scintillating case. >> dave: remember this viral video, charlie bit my finger. it's still rocking the video and how much it's making charlie's family. >> clayton: plus, the president announcing a compromise on the birth control mandate and is the president messing with the wrong woman? 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>> well, first of all, i would say that there is no compromise. i mean, the wall street journal headline and i've got it here says, obama restreets on contraception, he hasn't retreated one inch. what he's doing, the insurance companies, he hasn't removed the mandate that catholic institutions and other christian groups provide not just contraception, but sterilization and abortion producing drugs. what they're going to do is supposedly the insurance companies are going to provide this for free. democrats don't seem to understand, there's nothing free in the world. the doctors are not going to suddenly start providing services for free. and drug companies north going to start providing abortion pills for free and insurance companies are not just going to eke, the cost out of their bottom line, they're going to pass them on to the employer. overtime what's going to happen. ewtn, other christian groups objected to abortion and contraception and sterilization are going to pay the cost. when they're self-insured as you pointed out, there is no insurance company. self-insured means they actually pay out the costs themselves. so they've got no insurance company to pay for this free abortion drug. >> the self-insured is something they're going to have to figure out. let me ask you though about the editorial in your own newspaper shall "the washington post" this morning, calling the accommodation a win-win situation. do you think that will be the narrative going forward on this? >> well, i mean, everybody-- obama has achieved a political jujitsu, which is remarkable. created the impression that he compromised without giving had a single inch. the moment he put the story, this out, the first response came from planned parenthood that praised him for standing up against this, what they call an assault or women's reproductive rights. so, planned parenthood is happy, this is not a compromise and ewtn with the help of the fund is going to continue suing the catholic bishops, are continuing to fight and the way to get this done is through the courts and congress to overturn this immoral and constitutional policy. >> dave: to be continued it sounds, mark, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> dave: when it comes to parenting, do the french do it better? the our next guest says, yes, they do. are you looking have your cake and eat it too this valentine's day? how to whip up budget and waste friendly dessert. tie me up. ♪ [ male announcer ] there's been a lot of talk about the chevy volt lately. how about some facts? 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>> well, we have these two magic words, please and thank you. they have two more, hello and goodbye. hello, the french parents are religious about making them say hell he low. french parents told me again and again, make them to realize there are other people in the world out of their own selfish bubble. and that it changes the whole tone of interaction. >> alisyn: you talk about french parents not really disciplining their children. however, they have nonverbal cues, including big eyes. can can can you demonstrate for us what french parents do when their children misbehave. >> they talk about the big eyes. i'm not sure i can do it very well on television. but my kids, you know, it's a look. the look comes out of this relationship that french parents try to cultivate with their children, complicity. they say you can have authority with your kids, but also, listen to them and it's just a balance between being strict about key things, please and thank you, politeness and actually giving the children freedom with everything else and i think it's that combination that french kids really respond to. and here is another fascinating difference, and you know, american kids taxol obesity of course, the french don't so much. allow only one snack a day. how does that work? >> well, you know, it's easier when the whole country do the whole way. they have three meals a day except one afternoon snack and the net result when kids sit down the at the table to eat dinner or lunch they really are hungry. what we do in our family, a french technique, we serve vegetables first at every meal, except for breakfast so the kids eat it. faced with vegetables when they're hungriest and french parents say you have to taste it don't have to eat everything. that repetition, i think, helps kids eat well. >> alisyn: that's a good rule and next we'll do together. remind them who is the boss. they don't think they need to be friends with their kids so much. >> absolutely, listen to your kids, but don't have to do everything he says. >> alisyn: don't be afraid to say no. americans parents have a hard time with that. i think the french emphasize more is the well-being of the experience of the parents, too, and parents taking their own time, and you know, mothers not feeling guilty about taking time for themselves and they're very strict about bedtime after the kids go to bed it's difficult time and we talk about date nights, but they have that a lot more than we do. >> alisyn: sounds good. and the book is "bringing up bebe ♪ thanks for sharing the tips. >> clayton: i need to work on the eye thing with the kids, the staredown, i don't know if it's beady enough. does it work for you, dave. >> dave: yes. >> clayton: it's creepy enough. and how will it happen, a public university, wait until you hear this one. plus, we're taking a look back the at whitney houston's life, how she made it to the top of the charts and how it all came crashing down sadly. ♪ ♪ getting your business from point a to point b can be tricky. sometimes what you need is extra working capital or leasing options. and as one of the top-ranked small business lenders, regions can make the journey easy. see? 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that's what happened at dickenson state university. a new audit says since 2003, the school awarded diploma to others who did not earn them. in some cases the student didn't have the proper amount of credits and admissions and submitted falsified transcripts. concerns were raised about the international student program. well, shocking video that you have to see to believe now, a man turns violent and storms into a british pub with a chain saw, this, after he's thrown out for smoking. 24-year-old dean dinnen, picked up the chain saw in a drunken rage at his home apparently and he came back ready to attack and you can see the horrified people inside. some even throwing bar stools at him to try to stop his madness. at least one person was severely hurt and patients apparently subdued him before police were able to arrest him. and the stories we have been following for you out of new york. exmiddle school teacher rosenfeld was still getting paid 12 years after he was removed from the classroom for allegedly making lewd comments to female students. well, now, he's finally being taken off the payroll, guess what? he's getting a happy parting gift in return. talking about $55,000 in unused sick pay and there are also reports that he'll collect attention and next visit. more than $85,000 a year. and okay, so imagine checking facebook, buying movie tickets or making dinner rester nations with a push of a button in your car. >> dream. >> alisyn: it's reportedly not too far from reality as automakers think to design so-called connected cars, to push for internet infused cars, come amid a national push to ban cell phone use while driving, but some marketing experts say instead of fighting it, making it safe might be the wave of the future. >> that's the beauty of it, making it safe. dave, with twittering, put it in the glove box, only controlled with hands on the wheel. >> dave: a terrible idea, and distracted thoughts. >> alisyn: aren't you pressing something. >> dave: let's let them debate a tn get out to maria molina freezing. >> a warm day. 21 yeast, factoring in the breeze and feels like 9 degrees and i enjoy when my breath does that thing with the little smoke because it's so cold. and temperatures across the northeast are going to stay chilly and we had the storm move through and portions of the northeast, but, we slow down just a little bit, but that storm system did bring snow across the northeast and now the lake effect snow that's fired up and should be winding down by early tomorrow morning and we're talking up to about a foot of it possible down wind of lake ontario and breezy conditions across the northeast. 26 your high today in buffalo and 26 over in pittsburgh and 34 degrees in philadelphia, here in new york city we're talking low 30's for the highs and southeast, also a chilly day. 54 the high temperature in orlando and guys, this is very cool for central florida and we do have some temperatures out there across northern parts of the state that are below freezing, so, of course, it's a huge concern for any crops out there when you have a hard freeze. as we head into portions of the midwest, on the cool side, but on the rise compared to yesterday, 31 is your high in minneapolis, 34 in bismark and sunshine and look the at omaha, and it's a chilly day. across parts of the west, a large trough that's set up and a storm system that's going to head east and snow through portions of texas and oklahoma panhandles early this afternoon and sierras, more for tomorrow. ali and dave. >> alisyn: thanks, maria. valentine's day is two days away, dave, i hope you've gotten your present ready for your wife. don't rush to make a reservation at a fancy restaurant. we're going to show you how to whip up affordable dishes for the bank. >> and travis london. >> thanks for being here. >> he does things even i can make not so talented. >> it's so easy, no help needed and your wife is going to love you. >> dave: let's start with the poached-- >> my favorite recipe, so simple and basically for all of them do, this all you do is place your pears in and set it on high. >> alisyn: place it in a pot and how much do you put in of this. >> two cups of x-rated and it it gets tender and take them out and cook it down until you get a nice consistency, with mango puree and you get this texture, this is amazing. >> dave: all you'll add to it it. >> alisyn: let me try it. >> dave:. >> it's a valentine's day dessert that's calorie conscious. >> how is it. >> alisyn: delicious. >> and your spouse-- next one is the chocolate mousse, whip some heavy cream and mix in the chocolate and get this amazing creation here, and budget conscious dessert and calorie conscience. >> alisyn: and whipped cream, a heavy cream and put a stirrer in it? >> you can use a hand mixer or a whip. whatever is easy for you, it's he so simple, guys. >> alisyn: tell us about the delicious sweetheart sorbet. >> sorbets are great, a great way to please the palate and cleanse it as well and you use x-rated again and blackberry and ginger a spice and hit of ginger, ginger is great, actually raising endorphins to your sexual body parts and get up a little rush going on. >> this one is pretty affordab affordable. all of them are pretty affordable. >> and all are-- you're not having over extended they're affordable and calorie conscious we all want. >> especially the sorbet, very light. >> alisyn: fantastic. >> really light. >> alisyn: thank you for coming in, travis you've given us breakfast, for valentine's day. >> dave: coming up on the show, another green energy company in trouble how it can cost taxpayers millions of dollars. stuart varney is here. >> alisyn: you said stuart varney is here? >> stu varney. >> alisyn: we're continuing to update the death of the queen of pop, whitney houston and we'll go to l.a. to find out what happened last night. ♪ clooip hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> ♪ can't run from myself, never know where to hide ♪ ♪ your love i remember >> tributes pouring in this morning for singing legend whitney houston. throughout her career won six grammys, nominated 26 times. how will the grammys pay tribute to her? after all it's tonight. joining us with the thoughts, editor and chief of e-music and nice to he see you this morning, welcome to the show. >> glad to be here. >> and we have you on because of the interesting musical acts that were going to appear at the grammys and of course the news overnight of the tragic death of whitney houston front and center at the grammy awards, how do they prepare and what do they plan to show as a tribute for her tonight? >> it's truthful awful and unexpected news and coming in what is supposed to be music industry's night of celebration, really, being excited about things that happened the course of the last year, really casts a pall over the whole event and less than 24 hours to pull together some kind of tribute and still be respectful. >> we hear that jennifer hudson may perform and chaka kahn and you think if jennifer hudson nails this performance this could be a special moment in the awards ceremony. >> true, it's a tough-- and under his winning and trying to nurture her like he did with whitney houston in the 80's and presented jennifer hudson with the first grammy and jennifer hudson talks about what a great honor to receive that from whitney witness and how she idolized, and a unique opportunity to honor back somebody who inspired her own career. >> clayton: an interesting night and speaking of interesting people who have a really strong compelling female voice, certainly, whitney houston led a lot of people in that direction, and really showed them the way. and adele, she could have a standout night and listen to a little of her. a really, really strong voice. ♪ rolling in the the deep . >> clayton: this song is a huge, huge hit this year. and what do you expect? >> i think the night is ade adele's to walk away. a quick parallel. look at adele and one of things they had in common come from r & b background and transcended genre, and adele sold 6 million records and people are lucky to sell 300,000. >> clayton: and they're on the top of the pop charts, remarkable and another band, you think might do well tonight is band perry got a start on fox and friends and presented a gold record to us here, and the first gold record. and they think they could do-- >> best new artist category, a the lot of people say nicky minaj, but they don't have outside the country category, tons of opportunity to honor a lot of country performers and i think they might be a surprise upset with nicky minaj and might walk away with best new artist. >> any other surprises. >> unless the foo fighters would take away the best record of the year to adele. i think it's pretty much down the line and categories are pretty conventional. >> check out the fantastic ipad app and great independent artists and check it out. joe, great to see you this morning. >> glad to be here. >> a tragic morning we're talking about, thanks, joe. coming up on the show, another day and green energy embarrassment. stuart varney is here to break down the latest energy company in trouble and this one could cost millions of dollars. and former doobie brother and guitarist, joe baxter joins us to talk about his career, do it again, steely dan's first hit. love it. how they went from music, and he'll explain when he joins us. ♪ ♪ i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol. why kid myself? 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"fox & friends" hour three will be up soon. >> i like jacuzzis. captions by closed captioning services ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming >> 1991, arguably, the greatest super bowl national anthem ever sung. we start this morning with a fox news alert this morning. super star whit -- whitney houston found dead in her beverly hills hotel room she was just 48 years old. >> what an iconic moment that was. there will never be a national anthem done quite that well. >> whenever you hear it now. you hold your breath wondering if they are going to hit the high notes. she is soaking in the ora and the glow. no doubt she was going to deliver. >> back drop of that kind of performance. frank gifford called that the most prolific moment he had seen in sports. >> let's out out to los angeles, kttv reporter alizener has been camped out there all night watching this unfold. was there for the clyde davis grammy party when all of this started to happen. what's the latest, hal? >> well, whitney houston died 13 hours ago. it was a little over four hours ago that her body was taken from the beverly hilton here in beverly hills to the los angeles coroner's office near downtown l.a. there have been reports specifically tmz that she was found unresponsive in her bathtub that she may have drowned. some of those reports attributed to hotel workers it will be up to the coroner to determine by the 48-year-old singer died. police told me there were no obvious signs of foul play. time line on all of this at 3:43 in the afternoon west coast time yesterday, beverly hills police got a call from medical help from someone in houston's entourage. when they got to her fourth floor room here at the beverly hilton. hotel security workers were trying to resuscitate her. paramedics took over. that didn't work either. for 20 minutes they tried. she was pronounced dead 3:55 p.m. west coast time yesterday afternoon. just 13 hours ago. all right. investigators throughout the night combed through her hotel room. they were looking for clues why she died. while her body was up in the room the detectives did their work four fours below some of hollywood's most famous celebrities were walking the red carpet talking to us about their shock and preparing for what unarguably has been the hottest ticket pregrammy party around. a party, that turned into more of a memorial service as celebrity after celebrity got up to the podium and had something to say about whitney houston. we'll go back to you in new york now. >> alisyn: hal, thank you so much for the update there if you are just waking up, this is shocking news. reminds people of michael jackson because she was the sound track to all of our lives. there are so few people who everybody knows from my mother to my husband to the person on the street. to the guy who drives the taxy. everybody listens to whitney. she crossed all demographics. >> to have seven consecutive number one hits by an artist not rivaled since the beatles were the ones that managed to pull that of o. then comes whitney houston who is able to pull that off. that's a remarkable thing. >> that really is one of them "i will always love you" the love song of our generation number one for 14 straight weeks. you could not have a song do that today. it's a different era musically. but 14 straight weeks. six grammys she won. 26 nominations, the grammys tonight obviously will be a lot about whitney houston, jennifer hudson will perform. will l cool jay. the host will speak about whitney houston's life as well. >> most watched grammys for years. ratings down for years. >> ratings were well last year. went they up to 26 million people. >> alisyn: the times -- timing of this. she was there for the grammy. her last known performance videotape was thursday night. because she was working with a singer, a young singer, sort of singing along with her in a duet, but so many young singers have come out and via twitter or facebook expressed their sadness today. christine aguilar are a is one of them. she said whitney's voice so special to me. her voice soared to places most singers wish. she'll be missed. >> condolences to her family. she will never are forgotten. of course, dolly parton. the song made even more famous by whitney houston, mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of whitney houston. i will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song. can i truly say from the bottom of my heart, i will always love you you will be missed. >> she leaves behind the one daughter bobbi christina we should mention as well. a lot is happening in the political world. a big weekend for mitt romney. the biggest take away i think is that we are not sitting here this morning talking about more mitt romney no, loss. they may not be huge wins. they do not so as maine goes so does the country. he does win the maine caucus albeit a a very narrow margin over ron paul. >> not all the precincts have reported in yet. he did get 39% of plurality not the 50% he was looking for. he did eke it out. good day for mitt romney after he lost as you remember those three caucus states in minnesota, missouri, and colorado to rick santorum. the bigger news is he won the cpac straw poll. >> this was a pretty big number. the crowd is not really moved by mitt romney and watching her report on the 5. here we go. 38% gave the straw poll results to mitt romney. rick santorum 31% there. newt gingrich 15%. a question that andrea an tear rose wanted to ask after the speech is have you given up with this crowd and you see those numbers there? this is supposed to be his bread and butter that conservative audience there coming in third place with those votes. >> it helped that ron paul was not there. ron paul does he have well in straw poll with the armies he he brings in this thing. they also asked the conservative conference who should be the vice president. you may not be shocked by those numbers. everybody continues to call for marco rubio to be on the ticket for the republics. he has repeatedly said i will not be the vice presidential nominee. chris christie i think has shot it down, but depending on how the calendar works. i know he wants to fulfill his duties in new jersey, time will tell. paul ryan and virginia governor bob mcdonnell also on this. >> in addition to whitney whitny houston's untimely death. we have some other headlines for you right now. an emotional weekend in that comb marks washington. more than a thousand people saying final farewells to charlie and brayden powell. last week their father josh powell set fire to his home with them still inside. the tragedy unfolding two and a half years after the boys' mother susan powell went missing. her father was choking back tears at the funeral as he thanked the community for their support. >> it helps us to be strong. it helps us to know that they they -- there are good people in the world. good people who fight against evil. we know they are with their mother. thank you very much. >> alisyn: prosecutors now believe josh powell was responsible for his wife's death. that was suspected all along. they think that he killed his little boys because they were starting to remember details about that night. well, 10 years later, and another september 11th victim has just been identified. 42-year-old carol ann kessler worked for an investment banking firm on the 89th floor world trade cent on the south tower. identify her d.n.a. in a tiny bone fragment found just after the attacks. tragically she was not even supposed to be in new york that day. she had been in italy planning her upcoming wedding when she decided to return home a week early. >> president obama said he wanted to cut the deficit in half in four years. it looks like that's not happening. is he now forecasting a 901 billion-dollar deficit for next year. the president will pitch his plan to congress tomorrow. many of the elements come as no surprise. lie ending tax cuts for those making more than $1 million a year. there is also billions in cuts for defense spending. >> new york archbishop timothy dollan arriving in rome this morning as he awaits his prestigious elevation to cardinal. this post is the second highest in the roman catholic church. the pope being the first, of course. now archbishop dollan will begin his week long spiritual journey at the vatican until a special ceremony when he as pointed by pope benedict. those are your headlines. >> thank you so much, alisyn. >> dave: coming up, sarah palin rocking the conservative political action conference on saturday. >> well, america, it is time that we drain the jacuzzi and we throw the bums out with the bath water. >> chris wallace will sit down with sarah palin. he talks about that next. and if she went after subtly mitt romney. >> clayton: the tsa says she couldn't board her flight all because she was a woman. why this woman was grounded. we'll explain. >> alisyn: very dangerous. >> clayton: aapparently. >> alisyn: first, of course, we remember whitney houston all morning long. let's remember the highlights of her career ♪ we'll be making love ♪ the whole night through ♪ breaking up is -- ♪ saving all my love ♪ saving my love for you with? 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>> alisyn: let's ask chris wallace. is he goings to join us now. hi,chris. >> good morning. >> is this more of the romney roller coaster? he is up? he is down, he wins, he loses? what's going on. >> what's going on is this republic electorate doesn't seem to be sold any of these four candidates and almost as if when one of them is like whack a mole when one of them gets his head above water the give them a whack. >> romney needed a victory. cpac it's a straw poll. maine nonbinding caucus and not many delegates involved. he needed us to be on the air saying romney scores two victories after suffering three big defeats on thursday in colorado, minnesota and missouri. >> wouldn't it be something if wield be talking about a loss in maine and loss at the cpac conference. i don't think anyone is saying as maine goes so goes the country. if we were talking about a loss it would really hurt romney going forward, right? >> yeah. you can argue it's the positive he won or the negative that he didn't lose. in either case, he is very happy with it. i think it's important for him he won the straw -- -- straw poll. conservative activist, that's the group that romney has failed to excite and to mobilize. he won there. now, some would say, look, it's only 3,000 people and apparently romney encouraged, you know, and i put that in quotes, a bunch of kids, college kids on the east coast to come down and vote. anybody who was at the conference could vote. so it's hardly a scientific poll again it's better to have bon the cpac than have lost it. >> they were asked is there excitement in here for mitt romney. she is saying no not really among the crowd of folks she was speaking to. people weren't really invoking his name. you heard rick santorum talking. he was referring to the guy from massachusetts. sarah palin speaking yesterday from the conference. it was interesting. did she talk about mitt romney in these words? let's listen and have you respond. >> our candidate must be someone who can instinctively turn right to constitutional conservative principles. it's too late in the game to teach it or to spin it at this point. it's either there or it isn't. >> chris, who is she referring to. >> pretty clear to me. >> i have to say i had the same reaction that you did when i heard it fortunately, we have an exclusive interview with sarah palin at the top of the hour. and i guess i can say i'm going to ask her exactly that it sure did seem. i had the same reaction you did that's what she was talking about. it was so interesting watching palin who just blew the lid off that conference in her keynote speech last night. you know, romney obviously doesn't seem quite at ease with conservative activists. even gingrich and santorum failed to sort of light the fire cracker the way she did. i mean, she just had that crowd fired up. and she has an ability and i'm sure when some people look at that they think, gee, what might have been. because she has an ability to ignite conservative activists. i'm not anybody else in america does. >> might have been or what some say could be. she told the "new york times" that she thinks a brokered convention could actually be a good thing for the party. a brokered convention in no one gets the 1144 delegates and someone could come off the bench for the nomination. one, do you think that that could be a good thing for the republic party and could someone actually come out of left field? >> let me just say it would be a great thing for the host of the sunday talk show. >> would it would be terrible for the party, wouldn't it? >> we have never had that kind of brokered convention. it's not like they have the old party chiefs that would decide it. it would be the delegates. i prefer the phrase contested convention. i would love it. and i don't know that it would be bad for the party. i still think it's very much a long shot. the chances are, particularly as this thing goes on and as the later big states like california vote. it comes winner take all. so i have got to think somebody is going to rise to the top and get the 1144 delegates they need for the nomination. it's awful nice to think about. >> tune in to "fox news sunday." you will see the exclusive with sarah palin and jack lou from the white house. also be on with chris. thanks for giving us a preview. >> real quickly, jack lowe the white house chief of staff going to talk to him not only about the budget which comes out tomorrow and we're going to talk to him about the president who promised he was going to get the deficit in half. we are also going to talk to him obviousably this birth control rule and it's revision and which doesn't seem to be satisfying a lot of the critics. >> already read the 2,000 page budget. remarkable man chris wallace. >> up all night. >> i got it you can test me on it. >> sounds good. >> map included. >> looking forward to the show. thanks, chris. >> you bet. >> one university accused of cranking out diplomas to students who didn't do the work. wait until you hear this one. >> former doobie brothers and guitarist jeff skunk baxter knew whitney houston, of course. he joins us next to talk about the loss of a legend and his new interesting career twist. ♪ does your business have the financial control it needs? 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[ laughter ] >> i was intrigued by some of the technologies i had read up the fact that you could track a space shuttle with an s band radar. it happens to be part of the weapons system for the u.s. navy. i asked a couple of friends to do some math for me and found out that this could track a reentry vehicle and wrote a paper on how that might benefit the u.s. navy in terms of missile theater defense. gave it to a congressman friend of mine who gave it to vice cham of the armed services committee who called him back and said is this guy from boeing or something? he said no is he a guitar player for doobie brothers. next thing i knew i was an opportunity to be involved with the armed services committee and reported to the pentagon. >> that's incredible. we are curious how a rock and roll guy passes a background check for the department of defense. >> tell the truth. >> tell the truth. i have never considered that one, actually. >> very simple. >> keep that in mind next time you need a background check. >> we want to hear a little about your project just took place february 2nd. battle of the bands, which benefits very special cause. a special operations warrior foundation. >> yes, sir. and the cia family fund. the idea behind that is if anyone, children off spring of a -- of someone who has given their life in service to their country, is guaranteed a college tuition. >> that's so valuable. that's a great cause. thanks, skunk baxter thanks for bringing all of this to our attention. we are lucky that we had already booked you to talk about your new project in the department of defense and you shared your thoughts about whitney houston with us as well. thanks so much. >> jeff, is there a web site we can mention for more information on the battle of the bands? it would be probably the kidnap did he sand toe web site. other than that, i'm not sure. i appreciate the time and y'all have a good morning. >> you too. we will link it to our web site at foxandfriends.com. 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should let you know that she died at the beverly hilton hotel. she was declared dead just before 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon local time there apparently one of her "entourages" called hotel security. they tried administering cpr and tried calling paramedics. by the time they got to the hotel room they couldn't do anything to revive her. still very mysterious exactly why she died. >> she was declared about 4:00 pacific time. reports from tmz are that whitney houston was found in a bathtub. there was no illegal drugs in her hotel room. though there were prescription drugs in the room. no further details have been released from the l.a.p.d. a look back, you know, that one moment right there. we have talked about all morning, the super bowl in 1991, super bowl 25. one of the iconic images. >> of course, i mean, the timing is just eerie. because tonight is the grammys. she was involved in the pre-grammy celebrations. there was a big clyde davis party she was going to be at yesterday. >> the "l.a. times" reporting the media arrived there to cover this pre-grammy party at the beverly hills. four floors up. tony bennett had no idea what was transpiring a few floors above. now a look back at her life and legacy. ♪ the greatest love of all >> from the moment whitney houston first broke into song, she was obviously bound for greatness. she first performed at edge -- age 5. soloed at 5 in the school choir. young gospel girl in the professional spotlight. whitney sang her first professional solo in 1980. she began modeling in the same year gracing covers like 17 and glamour. her premier album spun three number one singles. saving all my love for you. howley know and greatest love of all. the al um about sold over 13 million copies. shattering debut albums worldwide. more were to come with her next album whitney. not only was it the first album by a female to enter the charts at number one. but she became the first artist in history to score seven consecutive hits surpassing milestones set by the beatles and begs. years of constant touring took their toll while whitney took off time to get her personal life in order. she took off with bobby brown. they married before 1800 well wishers. she was dubbed a boozing cocaine addict and all night party girl. the couple battled the turmoil and constant rumors of break-up while raising their daughter bobbi christina. >> thank you, thank you so much. >> whitney decided to try her hand at acting, the first feature the body guard banked over 400 million worldwide and boasted the most successful sound track ever released. ♪ but don't make me -- >> she co-produced and co-starred in the movie cinderella. her next big screen performance took her back to church, the preacher's wife. whatever whitney houston touched seemed to turn gold. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> much more tonight. we will see the grammies tonight. could be one of the most watched performance of the grammys in years. 10 years of pretty terrible ratings up until last year. people will tune in to see acceptance speeches and hear. >> jennifer hudson. >> we should say that her ex-husband bobby brown was on a reunion tour with his original boy band new edition. he was so broken up he was crying and reportedly sobbing and had to leave the stage. more on whitney houston. rest of your headlines. dickenson state university in north dakota sunday fire for awarding degrees to hundred of foreign students who apparently didn't earn them. audit revealed more than 500 people all participating in special international programs were given a degree under false pretenses. the report dates back to 2003. the school says it's now working with the affected two students to help them earn actual degrees. well, it's a scene out of a a horror movie. angry man storms back into a bar armed with a chainsaw. this just minutes after he was thrown out of the bar for smoking. patrons say they couldn't believe what they were seeing. horrified people ran for their lives. some even threw bar stools to try to stop this madness. one person was severely hurt. patrons did subdue him before cops arrested him. >> you heard that right. jennifer winnings said t.s.a. airport in rock spring, wyoming turned her away because there were no female agents there to give her a patdown. >> i asked if i was a man to get on because i'm a woman i can he said yes, that's correct. >> the t.s.a. has a different story. they said the airline had already made its final boarding calls by the time winning arrived. let's go over to dave for some toys. >> thank you, aly. we are about to show you some the hottest toys. they are being show caused at the fair over the next four days right here in now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> my kids are focused right now on the hot toys. will little tykes cozy gold bubbles what is this. >> this is going to be at the toy fair. this is a push toy. and you hit the switch and it is going to shoot out bubbles. >> what age? >> really fun. about 3 plus. >> that's pretty affordable at $25. i have got my remote control ready. tell me about it. >> this is buddy the dog. i absolutely love. this this is from jada toys. he is so much fun. remote control. >> can you back him up. >> only about $50. he is so adorable. publish dog riding a skateboard. >> you can use this to entertain the cat. the cat would chase that thing all around. >> absolutely. >> the space shuttle. >> air max. inflatable spulgt. it can hold about 90 pounds. kids can role play. it's soft. you can do in the house, in the backyard. >> will it work in the pool? >> it's not really like for the pool toy. >> i can see the kids showing inflatable shuttle. clayton, you can ride it. we are done with that now. princess game. >> princess game. dazzling princess. the goal is you have your crowns that you wear and then you have. >> i will do it it. >> what do we do. >> you are going to go around and get different jewels. whoever finishes first win. >> did i win? >> i hope i did. >> this is actually glow in the dark. you can pen and decorate and wash and do it again. it's hours of fun and it will glow i love these because you can wash these and do it again and again. >> great value for parents. kids will keep playing with it. >> similar east you are bunny. >> this is a new product. >> this is from cray ola. prototype. it's loud. you can color on it. pick things you want to do say here. and it will color. you can write your name. >> show us how you can color. >> prototype. reason why it's not working. it worked before. yeah, it's really fun, can you color and play games. it will not make that noise and that's for a little bit of an older and kid. >> 10 and up? >> about 6 and up. >> okay. great. legos are still going. >> batman set. the new batman movie will be out this summer. so this is for a little older kid about 7 plus. it's going to retail for about $70. >> trust me. don't buy legos for your kids until they're ready otherwise, it's just something for dad to build and pieces to lose. >> i think kids are better at legos than most adults. >> ugly doll, ugly betty's. i see these things everywhere recommendation kids love them. between love them. it's new. it comes with a little friend. kind of a a pop culture icon. >> is it a stuffed animal. >> there are books that go along. stories that go along. comes in different characters and different personalities. >> all ages you have to like that. even better is the price. >> yeah. $20. >> 20 bucks. okay. waldo is still around. >> celebrating 25th anniversary if you can believe it puzzles from techno source based on the classic box. you can build the puzzle and looking for waldo it's double edge play. >> this is no simple deal. this is 750 pieces. again, not for the little ones, you say here ages 12 and up. again, very affordable. available in the fall of 2012. the toy fair is going on all the next week. >> toy fair is going to start this morning through wednesday. >> 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>> that's when they started adding cell phones back in 2008. prior to that it was simply a land line and it was intended literally as a lifeline to be used in the case of an emergency. if you go on the internet and look up free cell phone web sites, they tell you you can get 250 free minutes. you can get a free cell phone. you can call your friends, your family. certainly it's not being used for its intended purpose. a lot of people are getting multiple cell phones and reselling them on ebay and craigslist. there is hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud in this case. >> no surprise. i remember when cell phones came out the idea was you would keep it your car for an emergency. the idea behind this program. it is being taken to a different level, right? >> exactly. whether the government should being doing this or not. let's say everyone agrees they should do it, it's being abused. it's being taken advantage of by unscrupulous individuals. from another standpoint, many of those same people probably have cable television or they have the ability to get a cell phone, a lot of companies give them away. you pay maybe 10 bucks a month. i think most people could probably afford it if they want it, that's why you see multiple cell phones and people reselling them because they are taking advantage of the taxpayers. the ones that are paying their bills and subsidizing this program. >> which brings me to the biggest question. i can assure our audience sitting at home today is thinking today. is having a cell phone a. >> right the government is starting to look at broad band as an entitlement. so we can see this lifeline program going from land lines to cell phones to broad band. national broad band program. there is a new connect america program. so, in essence, the government is making the ownership of a phone or broad band capability an access into an entitlement now. >> remarkable. tom schatz for citizens against government waste. thanks for breaking this down for us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up on the show. sound asleep on the job. your ice aren't playing tricks on you. that's a judge snoozing in the middle of court. >> one little boy is fighting to make sure the pledge stays a part of every school day. ♪ one nation, under god. indivisible ♪ you give yourself away. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back. one nebraska boy fighting to make sure every student in the state has the opportunity to say the pledge of allegiance in school if want. >> now this 12-year-old is teaming up with a stay lawmaker to make that happen. andrew sheldon joins us now. good morning, andrew. >> good morning. >> an through, tell us what prompted you to want to write a bill to make kids say the pledge of allegiance? are kids in your school not saying the pledge of allegiance? >> no. they are. but it's -- we're supposed to be a school project [inaudible] i found out about the bill and i wanted to help to make it go to the full state senate. >> sorry to interrupt. why is the pledge of allegiance. why is the american flag so important to you? >> well, because it is assemble that represents all the rights we have. in other people in other countries might wish they have that and stuff like that. yeah, sure, of course. you are getting a real civics lesson here. you testified in front of the state legislature, i believe, this past week. what's 'been like working on. there is video of you. what's that like? >> it was kind of scary. i was kind of nervous about it. >> it seems like did you a good job. andrew, is it cool to be proud of your country at your age? what do the other kids think of you and your pride in our pledge of allegiance? >> well, i think it is. i'm not sure about other kids most of the kids at my school are proud of belief. >> i don't want to rain on your parade, some lawyers say it is unconstitutional to force kids to say the pledge of allegiance every day because of freedom of speech. how are you going to get past that? >> from what i have heard and read about. 35 other states have done. this and they there has been an opt out option so you don't have to like the parents can tell them they don't their kids to say it so they don't have to you would like to see the pledge brought back to public high schools. >> andrew sheldon. courageous young man. thanks for being with us this morning. >> you are welcome take two for mitt romney the massachusetts governor winning the cpac straw poll and the maine caucus. is this the conservative boost he has been looking for? or does the santorum surge continue? fox news contributor ed rollings is here on this next hour. >> our top story this morning we have been following the untimely and sudden death of whitney houston. we're going to go back live to los angeles for the latest in the investigation into what happened in her hotel room last night after the top of the hour. ♪ i have always loved you ♪ i will always love you does your business have the financial control it needs? 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(bike bell) >> alisyn: good morning, sunday, february 12th, i'm alisyn camerota, we start with sad news, the voice of a generation has gone, silent. ♪ ♪ i will always love you ♪ i will always love you... >> alisyn: if you are just waking up and hearing this news, we know how shocking it is, whitney houston dead at only 48 years old, we'll go live to los angeles for the latest on the investigation of her death. >> dave: a double dose of good news for mitt romney, scoring big at cpac and taking a win in maine, is this the big conservative boost he needed or could maine end up in the ron paul column? >> clayton: when all of the votes are tallied and shocking video, a school bus in flames. look at this: bus driver's quick thinking saved the lives of all the kids on board. the driver will share her story, this hour, fox friends, hour 4 on a sun, starts right now. -- on a sunday, starts right -- on a sunday, starts right now. captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. ♪ ♪ i wanna dance with somebody ♪ i wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪ ♪ yeah i wanna dance with somebody ♪ ♪ with somebody who loves me...♪ >> clayton: good morning, police at this hour still putting the pieces together on our fox news alert, mourning the loss of a legend. superstar whitney houston found dead in her hotel room at the beverly hilton hotel in california. >> dave: stunning news, now to kttv reporter, hal eisner, who is camped out there, has been all night with the story. what is the latest? you were headed to the hotel for coverage of the big party. and you found out the story had changed dramatically. good morning. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. good morning, and good morning, everybody, it was -- we were on our way to the pre-grammy party and the news broke that whitney houston died, 14 hours ago. a little over 5 hours ago, her body was taken from the beverly hilton hotel, to the los angeles county coroner's office which is near downtown los angeles. there were reports from tmz according to hotel workers her body was found in her bathtub, in the bathtub in her hotel room. but, that is not verified, from us at this point. and, it all will be up to the coroner who will don autopsy and determine the cause of death of the 48-year-old singer. police told me, though, there were no obvious signs of foul play. 3:43, yesterday afternoon, west coast time, beverly hills police got a call for medical help from someone in houston's entourage and they got to the 4th floor room, hotel security workers tried to resuscitate her and paramedics tried and there was no success with that and she was pronounced dead 3:55 p.m., west coast time, 14 hours ago. all night investigators combed the room, and while the body was still thinly radio and detectives did the work, four floors below, in a ballroom celebrities were trying to deal with the news that a party that has been a celebration, over three decades, tonight the kinks were playing, ray davies from the kinks and he was playing with elvis costello and jackson browne and it was supposed to be fun and exciting and yet it was overshadowed by the death of whitney houston and the investigation continuing here in beverly hills, this morning. we'll throw it back to you in new york. >> alisyn: thanks so much for the update there. from outside of the hotel where whitney died. we appreciate it and we should say, tmz, we haven't been able to confirm it. they report there were prescription pill bottles, no illegal drugs found in her hotel room, but prescription pill bottles and that jumps to people's minds, because whitney in the later years was seen as having a substance abuse problem, and, she has been in and out of rehab, the first thing people think and there is no official word of what caused her death. >> clayton: she went on oprah to declare she was free of drugs a few years ago and slipped back in, again, to drug use, over the past few years. and, just a tragic loss, and we should mention, hal talked about the celebration there last night, pre-grammy and everyone thought it would be a big celebration and tonight the grammy awards are tonight and, jennifer hudson will perform, shaka chan, a lot of big performances and they'll pay tribute to her. >> dave: you think of the super bowl, 1991, when she did that amazing national anthem with the back drop of the persian gulf war and you think of the lows, too, and the interview she did with diane sawyer in which she said, cute, the biggest devil is me, i'm my best friend or my worst enemy and we saw the highs and the lows, and, up to you, what you remember but to remember her at her peak. unrivaled, in terms of a model, a singer and a performer that captured your imagination. >> alisyn: and i don't know in we have the video, from two nights ago, thursday night, the last known performance that she gave. there it is. she was with kelly price, a young singer, singing "jesus loves me" and everybody said that whitney is such a show woman, such a performer, you can see there, she is -- the crowd is eating her up. and flash bulbs and her voice quality had changed so much. her voice was much lower and wasn't the booming voice that she had in the '80s and '90s. >> clayton: much more on the story that's morning unfolds, keep it here at fox news channel for the latest on the police investigation. meanwhile, let's turn our attention to politics. because there was big political news last night, if you were keeping track the week-long caucuses came to an end in maine, at least in part, there are system a few cities tabulating votes and enough, so they can come out and announce a winner. a lot of people thought ron paul would walk away with this and it turns out mitt romney came in at tops, in the maine caucuses. >> dave: look at the numbers, folks, a very narrow margin, as clayton mentioned, there are still numbers, system out there and we're talking about a margin of 194 votes. most of thou, though, we are not sitting talking about bad news, for mitt romney. this is not a tremendously influential state, but good news, good momentum, he also winning the cpac straw poll and that is one he was not expected to win. 38% to 31%, for rick santorum, amazing, i think the strangest thing i heard yesterday was dissecting all of the coverage, some said, well, if newt gingrich gets out of this thing, boy, mitt romney could have trouble with rick santorum. what a difference a week makes, right? we talked about santorum getting out a week ago. >> alisyn: right. >> dave: clearly, no one is getting out of this and the talk is too early. none of these four are getting out. >> alisyn: the cpac results are interesting, because mitt romney really tried to prove his conservative credentials there, and we told you yesterday, he said the word conservative, some form of it, 29 separate times, so it was a bit of a surprise that he won the straw poll, there, and -- ann coulter said he was going over really well with the crowd and got a rousing response and we heard other reports previously. >> clayton: governor huckabee said he needed to cut back on the talk, trying to prove his conservative credentials and yesterday he said similar things and sarah palin, at cpac, really riled up the crowd. i guess, they blew the roof off the dumpster? i don't know if the place was a dump. i don't want to speak out of turn, listen to her comments. >> we aren't red americans, we are not blue americans, we are red, why and blue, and president obama, we are through with you. [cheers and applause]. >> $135,000 per taxpayer, just in the new debt, $3 million more a minute. and, no plans to stop it. no plans. no budget. going on a thousand and some-odd days, and, still, no budget. he messed it up. the government is not too big to fail. it is too big to succeed. he says that he has a jobs plan now. a jobs plan to win the future. wtf... i know! [cheers and applause]. >> and i -- america, it is time that we drain the jaccuzi and throw the bums out and we need to work together, whoever it is to get 'em over the finish line so we can start capturing the defense of our republic. >> dave: did she take a swipe at mitt romney later in the speech? we'll ask ed rollins in a couple of minutes. >> alisyn: all right, let's get you the rest of your headlines, more news, because, more than a thousand people saying their final farewell to charlie and braden powell. their funeral was held in tacoma washington, days after their father, josh, set fire to this is home with the boys still inside and the tragedy unfolding two-and-a-half years after the boy's mother, susan powell, went missing. her father, choking back tears at the funeral as he thanked the community for their support. >> it helps us to be strong. it helps us to know that there are good people in the world, good people, that fight against evil and we know they are with their mother... thank you very much. >> alisyn: prosecutors now josh powell was responsible for his wife's death, and think he killed his little boys because they were starting to remember details about that night, if only prosecutors could have put it all together earlier. more than a decade after the attacks on 9/11, another victim has been identified. 42-year-old carol ann kesler worked for an investment banking firm on the 89th floor of the world trade center's south tower and officials using new technology to identify her dna in a tiny bone fragment just after the attacks, and tragically she was not even supposed to be in new york that day. her family says she had been in l.a., planning her upcoming wedding and decided to return home, a week early. new york city archbishop timothy dolan arriving in rome as he awaits his prestigious elevation to cardinal. he's leaving st. patrick's cathedral late last night and the cardinal designate thankful for all the well-wishes he has received. >> this was a tribute to the entire community and i'm glad the catholic family particularly feels excited about it. but i'm getting that impression, when policemen, when people and garbage collectors stop and wish me congratulations, that means the world and i'm glad they are sharing in my joy. >> alisyn: he will begin a week-long spiritual journey at the vatican before the pope elevates him to cardinal at st. peters basilica on saturday. snorder in the court? i apologize. you have to see the texas judge snoozing and he was supposed to listen to testimony. the judge has resigned, after his nap was caught on cell phone camera and he said the medication he's taking makes him drowsy and is blaming the lawyers in the case for not waking him up. can you believe this, guys? guys? guys... clayton? can you believe -- dave? it happens to everyone. i think that is the... it happens to the best of us. those are your headlines. >> clayton: it's the medication. >> dave: we always nap during the news breaks. coming up, mitt romney double victories, do they give the presidential candidate the conservative boost he's been looking for? fox news contributor ed rollins, is here next, on this. >> clayton: and, the tsa said she couldn't board her flight because she was a woman, why she was grounded. >> alisyn: and our top story, we're remembering the life and legacy of whitney houston, who died suddenly, last night, at the beverly hilton hotel. we'll bring you all of the breaking investigation news. 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[ male announcer ] want great taste and whole gin oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >> clayton: welcome to fox and friends, singing legends whitney houston dead at the age of 48. though queen of pop's home town of newark, new jersey, mourning the loss, this morning. >> dave: live at the new hope baptist church, where a memorial service was held earlier this morning, good morning to you, anna. >> reporter: good morning, before becoming one of the top selling artists in pop music history, she arguably got her start here at new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey in 1978, she began singing in the choir, and, the services have been going on, an impromptu service and the parking lot is absolutely packed, and the media has been asked to stay outside, out of respect for the family and we are doing so. but, we have heard from the pastor, pastor joe carter, and i'd love for everybody at home to be able to take a listen and get an idea of what the community is going through. take a listen: >> once again, we are asking for everyone to continue to lift up the houston family, with your prayers the family shared with me, with the world, but, whitney was a mother, a daughter, a sister, and, that is the focus we want to keep in front of everyone today. >> reporter: and really speaking to that as far that's family goes, it seemed diva ran in her jgenetic makeup, the daughter o sissy houston and the cousin of dionne warwick and the god daughter of aretha franklin and she sang backup for jermaine jackson and shaka chan and for the first time is where clive davis heard her sing in one of her mother's shows, at a club, and machineded up selling 55 million records, in the united states alone. and also, becoming a worldwide sensation. now, as i mentioned the parking lot is packed and the services have been going on, but you will see that the community really is shocked, by everything that has happened. the sign below here on the marquis, flashing, business as usual with the chicken dinners and the upcoming events and a make ship memoriakeshift memori set up with cards and flowers and whitney houston, dead at the age of 48. back to you, you guys. >> alisyn: according with her pedigree, and cousins like dionne warwick and godmother, aretha franklin and how long she has been singing at the church. more news, if you believe it. imagine getting a college degree, without doing any work? apparently what happened at dickinson state university in north dakota. an internal audit found since 2003, the school awarded diplomas to 500 foreign students mostly from china who didn't earn them and some cases the students didn't have the proper amount of credits, requirements or falsified transcripts from the old university. and the university said it is now working to help them earn actual degrees. and getting through airport security can be tough, what if you are kept from boarding your flight because you are a woman. that happened to jennifer winning who said the tsa agents at an airport in rock spring, wyoming, turned her away because there were no female agents there. to give her a pass down. -- a pat-down. >> i asked if i was a man i could get on and because i'm a woman, i can't and she said yes, i'm correct. >> alisyn: the tsa said the airline made the final boarding call by the time she arrive. and, some of our troops overseas, sending a special and cold -- sending a cold valentine's day -- spending a cold valentine's day there and want to wish everybody at home well-wishes. let's listen: >> i want to send a valentine's to my mom, theresa. i love you and thank you for everything you have done. >> i want to start off with my mom and my dad, happy valentine's day. i miss you guys, and appreciate the care packages and everything you guys have done for me. >> alisyn: tell us more. >> clayton: both young men stationed in kosovo, part of the north dakota national guard and the sweet messages met with something sweet in return, it is cool. a beautiful cake like the one from bake me a wish.com and p, you buy a cake, they'll send and identical one to a soldier overseas and our "fox & friends" viewers are great. this is the -- >> what is that one. >> clayton: the very chocolatey valentine's day freedom cake and they'll send it to the troops overseas and this is a valentine's day red velvet cake, and the one you get for valentine's day, the crew dove night and demolished. it was gone. >> alisyn: chris had an objection, he didn't get any. these look beautiful and smell delicious. >> clayton: a great cause, bakemeawish.com. send a soldier a indicate. >> dave: let's get to maria, so we can eat cake. >> save me some as i finish up the hit. we have cold weather, well below average temperatures from parts of texas up in through maine and that is all thanks to an arctic front that pushed through yesterday, leaving behind snow across parts of ohio and north carolina and here in new york, new york city, we didn't see accumulation but the temperatures are chilly. right now, 24°, and, the other problem is when you factor in the wind it feels colder, windchills will be in the single to teens across parts of the northeast and will be gusting over 20 miles per hour, today. something to keep in mind, otherwise, we have a new storm system we're tracking, exiting the four corners now and it will be producing some snow across parts of texas and oklahoma. so, you have the cold air in place and you'll get the moisture and that will produce some snow, now, as far as high temperatures, in the northeast, we expect them to climb en to the low 30s, for new york city an 33 philadelphia and 25 buffalo and a little bit of lake-effect snow will continue and some of the localized bands could produce up to a foot of snow, especially off lake ontario, and that is just outside of syracuse, to the west of it. drive carefully, otherwise, southeast a lot of sunshine, but, it's not going to be warm up much, a high of only 54° and that is a very chilly temperature for floridians. >> clayton: freeze warnings, unbelievable. >> alisyn: thanks. >> clayton: protect the oranges! >> dave: maria, come on in! exploring a relationship or whether you have been together for years, valentine's day is a perfect time to enjoy the taste of the bubbly with that special someone, in the case, you two. >> clayton: so sweet of you. to walk us through the options for every budget is samantha barnes, a champagne expert and to get to be a champagne expert. >> alisyn: how do we get the job. >> it is a difficult job with a lot of training and i could tell you about it later. >> dave: some of these are affordable and you think champagne and you have to spend 100 -- >> that is not the case at all. no matter the stage of relationship you are in, there is something for you, champagne or sparkling wine. >> alisyn: you just met somebody you like, what do you do. >> you just met. this is a great opportunity to open a bottle of chandon rose. from the napa valley, vibrant and freeway refreshing and $22 is a great value. >> alisyn: roses are festive. >> they are less formal, fun, and quit trying to open that! >> dave: send a signal to your date. we are just getting going. >> it is casual and not taking things too seriously. >> dave: step it up a notch in our relationship. >> rose imperial, you might be together a while and maybe things are going to the next level. >> alisyn: $54. >> the world's most loved champagne. it is the global leader and is definitely sending a message that... >> alisyn: i like that. okay, tell us about this. >> for the she can and stylish couple, was the first champagne to make a rose ever in 1775, and veuve cliquot. and it made the house famous. >> clayton: and they like pronouncing the name. >> dave: step up the relationship. >> alisyn: 55 for that and $75 for that. >> this is a real discovery, for people. reunart, the oldest champagne house in the world, founded in 1729 and paid from pinot noir and chardonney and is an elegant way to celebrate your valentine's day. >> alisyn: right to the top. >> these -- the last two bottles make a statement. crug, is the highest -- krug, scored a 95 out of 100. >> clayton: and dom perignon. >> the king of champagne, if you want to send a message, it is... >> dave: if your wife gives birth on valentine's day, which mine may. is that where you go. >> that is a good decision. >> alisyn: $329, this is $349, getting engaged or having a baby, go there. >> a good investment but i guarantee you will not be disappointed. >> alisyn: show us how to open a bottle. clayton is scaring me. >> it is really easy, people think that it is difficult but it's not. let's first remove the foil... don't shake it. >> clayton: i would never do that. >> and don't aim it at your valentine. >> clayton: if you have to go to the. >> doctor, on valentine's day. >> six turns of the cage. >> dave: six turns. >> here we go. hold the cork and flip from the bottom. >> clayton: you are mocking my... >> don't launch it across the room. >> alisyn: we'd better sample it. >> clayton: who ate the cake earlier? i'm about to fire this at your head. >> we have a selection of glassware which encourages people to drink champagne out of anything, not just the traditional flutes. >> and bordeaux-style. >> alisyn: a toast, everyone, for valentine's day, have a wonderful valentine's day. >> dave: we appreciate you helping us out. >> clayton: and congratulations to our lovely cohost, dave briggs on the impending birth of his child. cheers. >> alisyn: congratulations! >> clayton: and brandy as well, who is laboring right now. >> dave: coming up on the program, remember the story about george washington and the cherry tree? stories like that scarce these days and our next guest went out and started his own line of books, he'll tell us about it next. >> alisyn: and talk about scary moments in addition to what clayton is showing us, the school bus up in flames has a happy ending. the driver credit with saving all of the kids on board, joins us with her story. >> clayton: it will not... nothing to worry about! nothing to worry about! >> dave: he's a pro. 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>> i think it is really important, that is why one of the strong efforts we made was at first, we wanted to make sure the kids are having fun. and, peiquing their interest an my daughter finds a book and if he likes it he keeps reading it again and again and i thought, why not have her learn about the pilgrims. >> clayton: and my 18-month-old son, walks up to the ipad and says, he wants to read the books. >> dave: and shoot this camera, texas the t-rex, easy to go through page by page and tell us how we can find these book and how easy it is. >> now we're available on the ipad, iphone and amazon, for the kindle fire, we're going to expand to all platforms, go to the app store and put in cherry tree, the app is free and we offer the first text, the t-rex book free and, every other book after that is $2.99, and we have ten books available, in four different series, and, you know, texas visits a lot of the landmarks, he goes to cape canaveral and that is special hops, the good, the bad and the cuddly. that is a series of books and rabbits that protect the farm where the animals live, a little bit teaching kids about, you know, hey, there are people that protect you and they are good guys. and, you should kind of honor them and revere them. and i think you showed the money tree. >> clayton: our town u.s.a. and the eagles, special hops and t-rex. >> our town, u.s.a. is a series that -- fun stories to help kids learn a little about small town values and hard work and the money tree, the young son wants a toy and his mother says, well, money doesn't grow on trees and he goes, where does it come from and the next day goes to work with his father and spends the day helping his father at his auto shop and learning about what his dad does and hugh he earns money. >> clayton: great stuff. people bag on hollywood all the time but here's someone doing something great from that industry. check out these books, "the cherry tree" series as well. >> thanks for having me, guys. >> dave: great project, coming up, look at this video, a bus up in flames, coming up, the driver who saved the entire bus full of kids before it was too late. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? 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>> upon seeing the smoke, i did ask the kids to go to the very rear of the bus and i basically made sure that the because was parked and secured and i basically told the kids, i think it was time for us to make the big exit out the back. >> alisyn: well you were correct about that, because you got the kids all safely out the back of the bus and then went down the block, you got the kids secured on the sidewalk and turned around and what did you see? >> i saw a big cloud of black smoke, filling up the bus and then, later i saw the bus burst into flames. >> alisyn: have you not gotten the kids out when you did, it would have been the scene and you look at the video of the bus engulfed in flames, what do you think? >> i'm just very grateful for the basic training we have to go through, to have the knowledge to make the decision to do the job we do. and, the kids were safe and myself were safe. >> alisyn: we know those kids' parents and those kids are grateful you paid attention to the safety training an executed it so well. thanks so much for coming in, and sharing your story, we were just stunned when we saw the video. and heard the story behind it. lindora richardson, thanks for coming in today. >> thank you. >> alisyn: more fox and friends in just two minutes. 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