election, except for military personnel and ohioans living overseas. lawyers for the obama reelection campaign argued that it wasn t fair to stop voting. for some people, meaning servicemen and women, but not for overrules the judge agreed and told ohio that the state could not implement that law. in response, the obama campaign put out a statement saying, quote, we re pleased the court agreed to restore equal and fair access to early voting. they said people of ohio overwhelmingly expressed their desire to preserve the system which was so successful in recent years. on the other side, lawyers for the state of ohio had argued that the local boards of election need those last three days to prepare for the big election day. rick? rick: is there a possibility that the ohio attorney general could appeal this ruling? yes. ohio s attorney general says he likely will file an appeal on tuesday. he and the secretary of state, both houstons, say it s not
ron brownstein in person. editorial director of the national journal. and will cain. was that familiarity or disappointment? with love. will cain who i always like to see sitting next to me. good morning. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. it was a tough week obviously with the death of whitney houston and really at the end of the week an opportunity to remember her and her legacy. she was laid to rest yesterday in westfield, new jersey. the private moment followed a service in newark, new jersey, on saturday. family, friends, and stars paying tribute. it was a beautiful service. it was whitney houston s own voice that ended the ceremony. so good-bye please don t cry we both know i m not what you you need the service lasted four hours and it was interesting to talk to the baptist pastors who were there who said, listen, we want to make it very clear, this is a religious service. this is not a performance. this is not a concert. this is a homegoing. re
carroll is near that procession right now. he s in new york, new jersey, where services will begin 2 1/2 hours from now. jason, i understand you have some new information about what s going to take place today. i do, gary. i spoke to a friend of the houston family who gave me an all-details of exactly what we will be hearing, what we will be seeing when the service takes place. it s scheduled for about are noon, but the family friend telling me so many people will be backing into the new hope baptist church, they might have to slide it back just a little bit. but let s go over the program with you. it will begin with the processional. the new hope and new jersey mass choirs will be singing the lord is my shepherd followed by a scripture read by pastor joe carter. and when i spoke to caster carter a little earlier this week, he told me, yes, there will be tears, but this will be a musical celebration of whit knew houston s life. and you ll be hearing about that. there will
family and friends are arriving at a newark, new jersey, church getting ready to remember the singing legend. we have just learned who will perform at the funeral. we ll share that with you in a moment. and we ll talk with chile from the group tlc. and also whitney houston s principal, we ll talk with him also. he ll talk about what the famous singer was really like. from the cnn center in atlanta, this is cnn saturday morning. i m gary tuchman. well, aretha franklin, alicia keys, and stevie wonder, just a few of the people who will sing at whitney houston s funeral today. we re about two hours from the expected start. let s check in with jason carroll who s there in newark, new jersey, right now. what else can you tell us about the program that will be taking place today? reporter: a friend of the family gave me a rundown on what we can expect to see. the expected time, 12:00 noon. let s start off from the beginning so you know. first it will start off with the new hope
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