from cnn center this is cnn saturday morning. saturday, may 19th. good morning, everyone. i m randi k yi kaye. the clind activist that broke free from china is on a flight to the u.s. president obama hosting world leaders at his retreat in maryland at this hour. the first commercial mission to the international space station is a dud. debt, defense, and diplomacy the theme at the high-stakes g8 summit. president obama welcomed world leaders a short time ago, laying out the ground work they hope to cover. this morning we ll be spending a lot of time on economic issues, obviously the eurozone will be one topic. and all of us are absolutely committed to making sure that both growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of a overall package that all of us have to pursue. cnn white house correspondent brianna keilar following the developments near camp david. brianna, good morning to you. tell us the latest from there? they have gotten under way with the w
you re exposed to sniper positions that are just around the corner on the other side of those buildings. final preparations are under way for a farewell, not to just a pop superstar but a daughter, a mother, a friend. whitney houston s funeral is tomorrow in the church where she sang as a child u the pastor says the service will be personal and dignified. it will also be a gathering of celebrities including houston s god mother, aretha franklin. on the today show, she talked about the difficulty of singing at that service tomorrow. it is not gonna be easy, i can tell you that. it is not gonna be easy, but cissy asked me to and i m just going to try to do my best. do you know what you are going to sing? not really sure right now. not really sure. the dow continues to flirt with the 13,000 mark, extending gains from yesterday s session. alison kosik is watching the action for us at the new york stock exchange. and the president boarding air force one in about an h
much more influence of evangelical he voteders. among those voting in the south carolina primary, 64% joy themselves as born again evangelical christians. that is up a bit from four years ago, it was about 60% then. so strong influence tonight from evangelical christians. we didn t have a tea party four years ago but 2010 when the tea party sprung up it was important in the governors elections and other elections across south carolina. 66%, two-thirds of those voting in today s south carolina presidential primary say they support the tea party, 25% neutral on that question, only 8% of voters oppose the tea party so evangelicals, tea party, a conservative electorate in south carolina. only 2% of those voting describe themselves as liberal, 37% say they are very conservative, 32% somewhat conservative. we have a 1re67 more cvery much conservative than iowa. many are men, 53% and 47% women. let s bring it over here for a second to show as the results come in, we ll watch this ar