i will always love you the sound of houston s biggest hit i will always love you as pallbearers carried her casket out. the moment began with these remarks we re here today, hearts broken but yet with god s strength, we celebrate the life of whitney houston. [ applause ] opening the service, joe carter, pastor of the new hope baptist church, houston s famous friends one after another gave stunningly poignant tributes, like tyler perry. there was a grace that carried her. a grace that carried her from heaven down through cissy houston. a grace that brought her up through singing. from what i understand, she wasn t supposed to be able speak, let alone sing because of an incident that happened as a child. but there was a grace that kept on carrying her all the way through. this same grace led her all the way to the top of the charts. sold all of these albums and done some amazing things, won all these awards she s sang for presidents. there was a grace that kept on
good evening. i m tom foreman in for erin burnett. breaking news. a suicide attack stopped just short of the capitol steps. new details at this hour about the plot. authorities say the would be bomber had conducted a test in west virginia. chose the attack at a d.c. restaurant and allegedly told investigators he wanted to kill people, quote, face to face with an ak 47. if the investigation had not gone well, if detectives had not done their jobs, our lead story tonight would in short be a calamity. inste instead, the fbi and u.s. capitol police stopped it cold. he was arrested in a sting operation when undercover agents posing as al qaeda operatives gave him a fake suicide vest. it contained no explosives, so the public was not in danger. tonight, he is behind bars. brian todd is in alexandria, virginia, where he made an initial appearance today and was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. what are you hearing this evening about this alleged plot? to
say awful things and send them around the world. only in america. how do you put a price on the insanity? one fan wants to know. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, the big story tonight, details on the whitney houston investigation. her ex-husband bobby brown will attend. kevin costner, her co-star in the body guard will break his silence. performances by alicia keys and st stevie wonder. later, ricky gervais on the price of fame. i think it was oprah who said if you don t know who you are by the time you become famous, it will define you. i think, you know, these things don t command me. i love the work. we begin with the latest on the whitney houston investigation. don lemon has been all over the story. what s the latest tonight? we are learning the latest from a source close to the death investigation, piers. they are saying investigators are aware that whitney houston was partying even the night before she died in the hotel room, in the hotel, rathe
a moment. in the meantime, tomorrow, of course a time for deep grieving but also a time for celebration of an incredible life and music from one of this country s greatest singers, perhaps even one of the world s greatest singers. as you can expect, music will be a big part of the funeral tomorrow. stevie wonder and aretha franklin and kevin costner will speak. singer roberta flack will be there. bobby brown, a source of controversy whether he was going to be there. he has confirmed that he will be there as well. and aretha franklin spoke about her very close relationship with whitney houston and here she talks about the first time that whitney came to her studio. she was about 9 or 10 years old. she had these little pigtails with a part in the middle of the head. very cute little girl. she sat down, was very, very quiet for the rest of the afternoon. and i think they instructed her to be quiet. so she was complying. and at that time i did not know she wanted to be a singer
our spiritual guru, deepak chopra, was hollywood to blame? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening whitney houston s family preparing to say private good-bye s at the new hope baptist church and gospel singer and pastor wynans has been asked to give a eulogy and plan to have a jumbotron outside so people can watch. i talk to those close to the superstar diva. and crisis in the middle east, is iran behind it? i asked a top member of the israeli government? they would like to take control of the persian empire and the oil fields in the middle east and to have a nuclear bomb. we begin with our big story, latest on whitney houston s tragic death. i want to start by bringing you cnn s don lemon covering the story in los angeles where whitney died saturday night. you ve been with us from the start, endless twists and turns. i understand you spoke to the coroner today. what did he tell you? i did, piers. i want to be very specific what the coroner said because he warned