whitney. >> what she left for you was her love for god. and she had it. >> in moments, fox reports live from houston's church in newark, new jersey. also, getting inside the mind of a man accused of attempt to go destroy the heart of our democracy with what he thought was a weapon of mass destruction. tonight the latest developments on the suspect busted in a plot to target our nation's capitol. and rick santorum going on the offensive. >> and now governor romney suggesting rick santorum earmarked, as he requested, almost half a billion dollars in earmarks as the governor of massachusetts. the word hypocrisy comes to mind. >> now words coming from the romney camp. >> the top story, remembering whitney houston. family, friends, and some of the biggingest games in entertainment showing up. a casket carried into the new hope baptist church, the same church she first wowed the congregation with her voice when she was just a girl. ♪ and it was the church choir singing first today as more than 1,000 mourners gathered one week after 48-year-old houston died. among them her 18-year-old daughter, bobby christina, and her mother, cissy. it included members of the family joining with czars like keys and other speakers. on the list, music go gull. cleive davis. >> the whitney i knew still wondered am i good enough, am i pretty enough? will they like me? it was the burden that made her great, and the part that caused her to stumble in the end. whitney, if you could hear me now, i would tell you you weren't just good enough, you were great. ♪ and i will always love you >> and that great voice filled the ram one more time, houston's rendition of "i will always love you" playing as her casket was carried out. in the background as we watched together, you could hear her mom sobbing. flags in new jersey flown at half staff today. governor christie decide to go do that to honor houston an icon from new jersey. that decision drawing some criticism this week because of her history of alcohol and drug abuse. let's go to newark. we are joined from just outside new hope baptist church. kelly. >> good evening to you. it's been quite a day. the day began with plenty of sunshine, a little cold, but it was a great day for a celebration for a home going for whitney houston. she will be remembered forever by millions of adoring fans throughout the world. many of them classifying and describing whitney houston as one of the world's greatest musical stars. ♪ it's been a long long time coming ♪ >> in life there's a time to sing, there's a time to dance, there's a time to cry, a time to lie and a time to laugh. the funeral for whitney houston was filled with all of that and more. it was filled for songs taylor made for remembering her life. music mogul cleive davis described how he was blown away when he first heard whitney swing at sweetwater's nightclub in new york. >> you wait for a voice like that for a lifetime. you wait for a face like that, a smile like that, a presence like that for a lifetime. and when one person embodies it all, well, it takes your breath away. and that's the way i felt in 1983 when, in the middle of the act at sweet waters, cissy, your daughter stepped forward and shattered me with her version of the greatest love of all. and that night we connected and we connected with each other every night thereafter. >> the voices of stevie wonder, and others, and the church choir, could be heard throughout the pews. an outpouring of love for whitney. many sharing their precious memories of whitney, including her bodyguard, ray watson, who was with her the day she died. >> there's none other like her. but i say this, god gave us an angel, gave it to ms. houston, and she shared it with the world. her voice was so beautiful. we would sing so much together. but we got to give a little back to all our entertainers. we've got to treat them with dignity and treat them with love and stop ridiculing them. [applause]. >> ray watson receiving an applause for his statements about stop ridiculing some of the stars that are out there, and also going to the fact that whitney had given so much of her life to please people and to help people with her electrifying voice, but also with her charitable contributions to society, despite her demons that she had to face in some of her latter years. she would like many people to be remembering her as a woman who was a daughter, a mother, a sister, a friend, and a child of god. harris. >> we were reminded so many times today how much the glass house exists for each and every one of us. we all stumble. >> very much so. >> kelly, at one point during the ceremony it was very obvious that there had either been some miscommunication or something had happened. whitney houston's godmother, aretha franklin set to be there and perform but she didn't make it. >> yeah. unfortunately she didn't make it and there was some miscommunication. her cousin, diana warwick, had announced and now, ladies and gentlemen, we will hear from whitney's godmother, the great aretha franklin, and then she had to come back and say that she is not here. she would like to be. there was some communication on that part. that was the only ripple throughout this wonderful service. and the reason why aretha franklin or re-re as she's affectionately known by the family is because she'd taken ill. she'd taken ill and she had serious back spasms going on. aretha franklin herself has overcome pancreatic cancer and that was a difficult battle to fight and she won that battle. so we wish aretha franklin well, knowing that she would like to be here so she could sing for her god daughter, whitney houston. >> kelly wright, thank you very much for wrapping up our coverage tonight. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> fox news is america's election headquarters, and today a battle of he said-he said brewing between mitt romney and rick santorum. each attacking the other over earmark spending. santorum accusing romney of spending millions of dollars for saving the 2002 olympic games. and romney's team firing back with this statement sometimes when you shoot from the hip you end up shooting yourself in the foot. there is a pretty wide golf between seeking money for a post 9/11 security at the olympics and seeking earmarks for polar bear exhibits at the pittsburgh zoo, end quote. we have the latest en this spat between the two frontrunners. >> the fight likely to intensify as we approach super tuesday less than two weeks away. history has shown these kind of negative attacks work well and the race is feetening. but santorum also tore into the obama administration today with comments that will surely raise eyes in the democratic party. he said he is imposing his values entiris stan church. >> it's not about you, it's not about your quality of life, it's not about your job, it's about some phony eye kiel, some phony theology. not a theology based on the bible, a different theology. no less a theology. >> the obama campaign said the comments represent quoting now, the latest low in the republican primary campaign that's been fueled by distortions, ugliness, 3-0 pessimism and negativity. in a shift the obama campaign has gun to do opposition research on rick santorum, sensing mitt romney's nomination is not as certain as it once was, harris. >> very interesting. and newt gingrich i understand is also out on the campaign trail today. >> he was campaigning in his home state of georgia today along with a former opponent, now supporter, herman cain. he criticized romney's attack ads saying they are untruthful. and he claims both of them for back out of a presuper tuesday debate. >> i will say i was very disappointed that romney and santorum said they would not come to georgia to debate. and i would just observe that if you are afraid to debate me, you are not likely to do very well debating barack obama. >> he is not going to be stepping out of the race anytime soon. his latest benefactor, sheldon adelson has promised another $10 million to the campaign. >> thank you very much. we will stay on the campaign trail when republican presidential candidate newt gingrich joins anchor chris wallace tomorrow morning on fox news sunday. check your local listings for times. right now reports iran is deploying warships into the mediterranean. if this is true, it would only be the second time iranian ships have passed through the suez canal to the mediterranean since the islamic revolution in 1979. as you know, things are tense between ivan israel over the nuclear program inside iran. we are following the story. plus a police crackdown on a dangerous huh hallucination, ant turns up in one drug in particular, nearly $100 million worth. and a man who said he was working with al-qaeda to hit our nation's capitol. you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox news channel. 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[applause] >> you see, when you have people like tyler perry being able to say that and know that they know that they know what they are talking about, it resonates well with the people who were here. 1,000 invited guests who were here to actually have a private ceremony for whitney houston. but because of the public and because of her adoring fans, the family actually allowed a camera to be in there. the camera was very grace full and this is just a grace full day. a celebration for a legendary performer. >> kelly, before i have to let you know, i do want to touch on something because i heard you talking about it during the coverage, and i know this about you because you yourself have a beautiful singing voice, the gospel singer that you have. >> well, thank you. >> you're welcome. it's true. you have a connection, though, with whitney houston's mom. >> i do. its not as close as it could have been because of her schedule and my schedule. this business puts any a lot of unique situation, as a co-host for fox and friends years ago i had the pleasure of interviewing cissy houston on the show and we were talking about her daughter, whitney, and the intense love she felt for whitney, asking people to pray for her daughter and we went into a song singing one of her favorite songs, jesus loves me this i know. this is a sample that you are listening to right there. ♪ jesus loves me yeah ♪ yes, jesus loves me >> brings back a really good memory of cissy houston, as well as white any, and when you heard that cissy was sobbing, that is the most painful thing for a matter to say good-bye to a child and we experienced that today. i reflect back on that song because she was always trying to intervene and reach out for the best that her daughter could have and she was willing to give that at all costs. believe me, cissy houston would prefer it was her home going today instead of whitney's. but nevertheless that is a mother who deeply loves her child and her child is being fondly remembered here in newark, new jersey today. >> kelly wright, you remind us, we don't want to outlive our children. that's for certain. thank you so much for sharing inside your own perspective and notebook tonight. >> thanks, harris. >> a quick check now of some of the headlines at this hour. pope benedict xvi naming 26 new cardinals today and among them two americans. new york city's now cardinal timothy dolan and baltimore's edwin o'brien. an update on the condition of a federal agent shot by a coworker in california. police saying an immigration and customs enforcement agent wounded his supervisor after a dispute. another agent then shot and killed the gunman. we are now hearing the injured supervisor is in stable condition and recovering from six bullet wounds. emotional closing arguments in the murder trial of a former college lacrosse player, george huguely, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love. the prosecutor appearing to sob as he spoke to the jury. both sides have rested their cases. the jury could get that case as early as tonight. we will let you know if in fact that happens. a fox news weather alert now. tornado watches popping up along the gulf coast. the situation we've been watching closely over the last few hours. meteorologist malina with more. >> we have conditions that are favorable for tornadoes that's why the tornado watches have been issued along the gulf coast. there's two of them, one in effect until 9:00 p.m. central time, including portion of the florida panhandle and another tornado watch that includes portions of mobile, all the way down south of new orleans. that one is in effect until midnight tonight. we will continue to track these storms systems as we do push eastward. right now no tornado warns which is some good news. however there are a number of severe thunderstorm warnings and those are the ones highlighted in yellow. we could see damaging wind gusts, 60, 70 miles an hour and that is dangerous as well. everyone stay alert out here and the storm system will continue to head eastward. as we head into tomorrow we have another new threat for severe weather. this will be earlier this the day across portion of south carolina and into southeastern georgia and all the way down into central parts of florida, including the city of orlando. large hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes will be the concerns again. another aspect of this storm system is that it has a lot of moisture. so looking at flash flooding is a concern. there are a number of warnings out across new orleans. eastward into portions of the florida panhandle. generally 1 to 3 inches of rain possible, locally higher amounts and that is why we already have reports out here of flooded roadways. the form system is going to continue to head eastward and some of that moisture is going to clash with colder air along the mid-atlantic. by early tomorrow morning on sunday we will expect to see snow break break being out portions of kentucky, into virginia and some significant snowfall in the appalachians will be possible. we are talking about generally 6 to 10 inches of snow possible across southern portions of west virginia but the good news further off to the east, d.c. maybe an inch or two. >> that's amazing. everything from twisters to snow and not really all that much space between the storms. >> yeah, and that's pretty typical during this time of the year as we start heading into spring and we start seeing the storms in different aspects. >> glad you are on it. thank you very much. turning overseas now, it appears, despite pressure from washington, a politically charged political trial against 19 americans held in egypt will go forward. egyptian state television reporting the trial is set to begin february 26th. those americans worked for international pro democracy groups that are ray by egyptian forces late last year. and we've been reporting on fox news, sam law hood, the son of secretary ray lahood, 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[laughter] >> that's funny. the 50th anniversary of glen's original spaceflight again is on monday. moving on now to syria and the slaughter there continues. new amateur video capturing a fresh round of violence in the capital city, damascus. fox news can't independently verify the authenticity of the video and we tell you this because the country won't allow most foreign journalists in. they opened fire on thousands of people at funeral procession for a fighter. we have the latest from neighboring lebanon. >> sadly you will be worried by the scale of this demonstration today. apparently reports saying up to 10,000 people took to the street. that is big. perhaps one of the biggest we've seen so far. what started out as a funeral procession, harris, turned into one of the fiercest demonstrations where apparently, according to activists, government troops opened fire into the crowd and launched teargas to try to disburse them. guess what, harris, the old friend iran appears to be lending more support. according to tehran based news agency, iran is sending a destroyer and also a support directly to the court worrying the international community who wants to see an end to the violence. harris. >> all right, dominic. thank you very much. new developments in the cruise ship disaster off italy's coast. attorneys are now pressuring for new drug tests on the ship's captain. that's because traces of cocaine were reportedly found on the outside strands of a sample of his hair. no presence was found within his urine sample or within has hair and the attorney said the finding is nothing new and the captain did not take any drugs. still, the consultant for the prosecutor standing by the original test results. meanwhile a memorial mass was held today for a minnesota couple who were never found after last month's disaster. jerry and barbara heyl were remembered at their church at their church in a suburb of st. paul. they are the only americans officially missing in the report. >> their love for each other, their marriage, their commitment, they would have never left each other's side. i think they wanted to be together and they were ready for whatever was going to happen. >> jay was 69, retired from his job at minnesota's department of agriculture. barbara was 70 and very active this their church. they were among the 32 people who are believed to have died on board the ship. an airport worker dice on the job in a bizarre accident. it's our top story on the fox trip across america. >> arizona, phoenix police say a u.s. agent employ was working when he somehow became lodged between the upper and lower belt. he died at the scene. detectives saying there's no indication of foul play. virginia. a pilot walks away unscathed after making an emergency landing on a busy road just west of richmond. the plane somehow avoiding rows of power lines and cars in his path. coming to a stop in a ditch, barely missing a nearby home. >> the power lines coming across here, how he missed him, i don't know. you definitely don't come home from work and see a plain at the end of your driveway. >> the faa is investigating. colorado, one very terrified dog pulled from an icy lake in denver. at time the dog seemed too exhausted to keep swimming. two firefighters raced on to the collapsing ice to reach him, pulling him back to shore. the dog will be fine, we are told. authorities looking for its owner. oklahoma. going bananas for a special birth take at the tulsa zoo, the birthday girl a five-year-old chimpanzee. the party with streamers and balloon, plenty of guests, hugh man and otherwise. party like a rock star and that's a walk across america! parents want what is best for their kids and education is pretty high on the list. tonight the movement taking shape to give students the best opportunities to succeeds in schools and life. >> the draw of the past, a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs. 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