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
government s brutal onslaught in homs, day five, where neighborhoods are now raging battlegrou battlegrounds. a doctor there said bodies began coming in before the sunrise and says everyone is waiting to die. an activist echoed that earlier on cnn. what keeps you going? we have no choice, no other choice. we are dying slightly, and we tried to save each other at least, i mean, to keep somebody alive. because we believe we are all going to die here. with the death toll rising by the day, the u.n. is expected to take up an arab league proposal calling for a joint monitoring mission in syria. neighboring turkey, which has been critical of the crackdown in syria may offer to host a conference on what to do next. republican senator john mccain wants to help the syrian rebels. we can work with other countries to provide assistance in a broad variety of ways, and by the way, military equipment should not be an option, it should not be is an option that should be considered
gup gup gupta. ted, we saw alberto alvarez, he described dr. murray pushing down on michael jackson s chest with his left hand, telling alvarez they needed an pla ambulance. he says two of jackson s children came into the room. watch this exchange. paris screamed out daddy. when you heard paris scream out daddy, was she describing? yes, s cry something. yes, sir. did you escort the children out or indicate to them to go out of the room? yes, sir. dr. murray said don t let them see their dad like this. don t let them see their dad like this. and i proceeded to turn around to the children and kind of ushered them out and said, kids, don t worry, we ll take care of it, everything is going to be okay. also today in the courtroom, prosecutors played the call alvarez made to 911. ted rollinss, i know being in the courtroom, you re looking at the jackson family, how did they react to the news of paris and her crying that day? reporter: well, i could see la toya jac
call. american morning continues right now. i m ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. i m christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this american mornin morning . good morning. good morning. it is thursday, september 15. welcome american morning. good to be back with you guy. nice to have you back. havena lot of good news. you will love it. up first, taxpayer, you are on the hook this morning more more than a half a billion dollars. here is why. solyndra, a solar panel company in california, declared bankruptcy after receiving $535 million in federal stimulus money from your tax $. the white house trying to defend its decision to award th