more fish. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin as we do every night with the big story. it s a very real threat of a war between iran and israel, one washington is desperately trying to avoid. no matter who wins the election in november, the president will have to face the reality that this country s closest ally in the middle east may be on the verge of attacking the islamic republic. the consequences could be catastrophic but is it too late to stop? joining me now is defense minister and former prime minister ehud barak. and a friend of the show. thank you for coming back, sir. you re here because tomorrow you go to washington to see defense secretary leon panetta on funding for a missile defense system for israel. this puts the whole atmosphere about israel s security to the central political fore right now and key issue is iran. everyone says it s a tale of two barack obama and ehud barak. you are the key figure who is keenest on taking military act
people dead here. four adults, three children, including an infant. and an elderly couple. we don t know what the relation is. but two of them in their 80s. a law enforcement official tells me that the driver of the suv appears to be one of the women who was inside the car. we know that one was aged 45, and the other was 30. they said that the suv was traveling at a very high rate of speed on the bronx river expressway, parkway, and for some reason, they don t know why at this point, it hit a barrier and went flying over the overpass, about 50 to 60 feet into the air. and the same distance down before it came crashing down in the very heavily brush area of the southeast perimeter of the bronx zoo. we re standing at the one of the side entrances right now. not near any of the animal exhibits or any of the investigate tors, totally out of the public view. this suv was crushed. it landed upside down. and all the people inside were pronounced dead at the scene. because it lande
in charlotte. you re still a very, very active performer. what type of toll does it take on a legend like you are, and like whitney houston was, not only the actual tour dates, but also having the paparazzi and people watching your every move? well, i think for the more experienced artist, one is pretty much used to that. but for a young artist, perhaps of whitney s age, it may have been very disconcerning to her. i don t don t know. you will be perform iing tomorrow night. will you be doing some sort of tribute to whitney? yes. there will be a moment of silence and tribute for whitney houston here in charlotte. there s one other thing i would like to say though before i hang up. and that is this. i would just like to caution younger artists, male and female, and particularly those who are in the very high level income, and that is that they should be prepared for what you re going to do when your success plays out. i would like to put it in the words my dad put it into
billboard magazine, thanks so much. thanks for having me. we re continuing to follow developments in the death of pop super star whitney houston. tonight an all-star tribute will be paid to the singer at the grammys. houston s body was found yesterday in the beverly hilton hotel just hours before she was to attend a pregrammy party. she was 48 years old. poised to make a comeback after battling drugs for years. houston s body is in the los angeles county morgue waiting for an autopsy that is expected to be conducted some time today. the beverly hills police say they will release information on their vebts investigation as early as tomorrow. we have a team of correspondents following this developing story. casey wian is covering the police investigation and entertainment reporter kareen wynter is covering the reaction from the music industry and the mood at the grammys today and tonight and deb feyerick in new jersey getting reaction in whitney s hometown. careen, to you
political turmoil brings economic hardship in syria. we speak to the people who are feeling the pain. and the captain of the capsized cruise ship in italy reportedly says that he abandoned ship after tripping and falling into a life boat. first up, though, the imf says it needs more money to safeguard the euro zone and the wider global economy. but in order to keep a large chunk of the developed world affront, it seems as though developing world countries will be footing much of the bill here. the imf is hoping to raise an extra $500 million in the short term and may double that over the next few years to come. $200 million has been pledged by eu nations but with washington refusing to prop up the euro zone and, of course, uk wavering on its own contribution, the lenders calls could yet go unanswered and the trouble with europe could potentially deepen, andrew. that s right, nina. the heart of the trouble obviously as we ve been reporting is greece. there s still no res