be held at the predential center. the venue is closed to the new hope baptist church where as a girl she sang in the choir. we re going to go live and get the latest on her final hour of life and the investigation into how exactly she died. everyone admired houston s magnificent voice. she won more awards than any other female singer. and she s the only singer ever to have had seven conservative number one hits. for me, i idealized houston as a singer. the song went on replay back then what were boom boxes and that movie came out in 1992, the same year she married bobby brown. and many say that was the start of her downfall, an abusive relationship, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, prescription drugs, rehab, a few years back, she spoke about one drug she said she never actually even used. first of all, let s get one thing straight. crack is key. i made a point never to smoke crack. we don t do crack. we don t do that. crack is whack. the drugs and lifestyle took away her glor
i m erin burnett, outfront. whitney houston s funeral will be held at the predential center. the venue is closed to the new hope baptist church where as a girl she sang in the choir. we re going to go live and get the latest on her final hour of life and the investigation into how exactly she died. everyone admired houston s magnificent voice. she won more awards than any other female singer. and she s the only singer ever to have had seven conservative number one hits. for me, i idealized houston as a singer. the song went on replay back then what were boom boxes and that movie came out in 1992, the same year she married bobby brown. and many say that was the start of her downfall, an abusive relationship, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, prescription drugs, rehab, a few years back, she spoke about one drug she said she never actually even used. first of all, let s get one thing straight. crack is key. i made a point never to smoke crack. we don t do crack. we don t do that.
i m erin burnett, outfront. whitney houston s funeral will be held at the prudential center in newark, a venue that can hold 100,000 people. the venue is closed to the new hope baptist church where as a girl she sang in the choir. we re going to go live and get the latest on her final hour of life and the investigation into how exactly she died. everyone admired houston s magnificent voice. she won more awards than any other female singer. and she s the only singer ever to have had seven consecutive number one hits. for me, i idealized houston as a singer. the bodyguard was one of my favorite movies in high school. she was gorgeous. the song went on replay back then what were boom boxes and that movie came out in 1992, the same year she married bobby brown. and many say that was the start of her downfall, an abusive relationship, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, prescription drugs, rehab, a few years back, she spoke about one drug she said she never actually even used. firs
care of a funeral home in jersey. we re following developments on both fronts. cnn s don lemon on the west coast, deborah feyerick back east in newark. hello to you both. deb, let s start with you. what can you tell us about the arrangements? reporter: well, michael, whitney houston s mom, cissy houston, a gospel legend, is making all the funeral arrangements. and they decided to make it an intimate, invitation-only event, at the hope baptist church, the church where whitney houston grew up. another friend and church member said that at the church, whitney houston also felt safe and adored. her mother was the choir director there, the musical director. and whitney often would kick off her shoes and she would just be filled with the holy spirit. and she described her experience growing up in the church saying, when she was there, she was singing for god, and when she would visit later in life, oftentimes, michael, she wouldn t even bring security, because she felt so comfort
singer whitney houston. she was found in the bathtub at her beverly hills hotel on saturday afternoon, apparently her face underwater. the singer s ex-husband bobby brown canceled his scheduled concert in nashville on sunday to fly to l.a. to be with the couple s daughter bobbi-kristina brown. casey stegall joins us with more. when will we start getting real answers about what happened here? reporter: it really could be weeks. the assistant chief coroner of los angeles countie countied winter just came out and told roerts the autopsy is complete. there is no signs of foul play, no murder investigation. the body of whitney houston can be released to the family. he said that the family is in the process of making funeral arrangements. there have been online reports that the body would be flown to atlanta, or possibly to new jersey, of course her home state. whitney houston s family not