let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. outfront tonight, questions and sorrow over the death of whitney houston. this is what we know right now, family and close friends will say farewell to the poplar pop star saturday in newark, new jersey. chris christie has ordered the flags at half-staff in honor of whitney houston. sources tell us that her body was found by her assistant mary jones who she often called aunt mary. her ex-husband bobby brown released a statement about bobiy kristina saying this, obviously the death of her mother is affecting her. however, we will get through the tragedy as a family. bobbi kristina, as you are aware had been taken to cedar sinai hospital following the death of her mother. while the official cause of her death may not be known for weeks, police requested a security hold on the coroner s report which is a common request in high-profile cases. don lemon talked with the medical examiner today, and what did you find out today, don?
good evening, everyone. outfront tonight, questions and sorrow over the death of whitney houston. this is what we know right now, family and close friends will say farewell to the pop star saturday in newark, new jersey. chris christie has ordered the flags at half-staff in honor of whitney houston. sources tell us that her body was found by her assistant mary jones who she often called aunt mary. her ex-husband bobby brown released a statement about bobbi kristina saying this, obviously the death of her mother is affecting her. however, we will get through the tragedy as a family. bobbi kristina, as you are aware had been taken to cedar sinai hospital following the death of her mother. while the official cause of her death may not be known for weeks, police requested a security hold on the coroner s report which is a common request in high-profile cases. don lemon talked with the medical examiner today, and what did you find out today, don? a lot of interesting things. a
but as we gather international reaction, let s take a look at what might be written about the self-proclaimed dear leader in the history books. here s dan rivers. reporter: kim jong il always cut a bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and hair was parodied by some in the west. but for those in korea, kim was the embodiment of this state. he was loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father founded north korea with soviet backing after world war ii. he was just a little boy when the korean war broke out in 1950. but the soviet-backed north invaded the north. kim jong il became steeped in his father s philosophy of juche or self-reliance and the north became more reclusive. the north and south never signed a peace treaty, and remained technically at war. gradu gradually, kim jong il was groomed for the top, making public appearances in front of cheering crowds. when kim il-sung died in 1994, he was the president. and by 1998, as head o
down 9 1/2%. so what happens next? and is your money safe? these are the questions for legal ber and ali velshi. i ll start with you with the usual entreaty. what is going on, ali? the french economy, actually no growth in the quarter. global economies are slowing down. we re dangerously close to a recession. we may need more intervention from the european bank and more from the fed. you ve been talking about this piers, that rick perry said we can t have more intervention. if the fed intervened it would be treasonous. what s that setup? we have no political agreement in this country and add a few economic reports and i won t bore you with right now that came out again before markets opened this morning that added up into a big mix. people were running into the market, putting their money into gold, which hit another record, and savings bonds. this is pretty serious, isn t it? we ve been talking about the possibility of having some kind of second recession. is this lookin
with the usual. what is going on, ali? look, we started off the day this morning with a rough night in asia. european markets on news that, you know, the german economy, the strongest in europe has weakened to almost a stall, the french economy, absolutely no growth in the quarter. that took u.s. markets downright off the top. but before that, more than 12 hours ago, we got a report from morgan stanley to say what we ve all been saying, global economies are slowing down, that they were on the we re dangerously close to a recession, we may need more intervention in europe from the european central bank and more from the fed. and you know, you ve been talking about this, piers, that rick perry said that we can t have more intervention. in fact, if the fed were to intervene, it would be treasonous, it s that whole set-up, what are we going to do if things are really bad? we have no political agreement in this country. and add a few economic reports and i won t bore you with