this photo. shepard: congressman weiner resigned soon after. even with all the attention from the press, andrew breitbart made it clear he was still on the offensive. look mainstream media the gig suspect. we have figured you out. you are not on our team. you are not on the american team. you are on the progressive team. [cheers] we tried to play nice with you and nice is over. shepard: his father-in-law said breitbart had been walking near his house when he just collapsed. the l.a. county coroner s office reports it looks like he had some sort of heart problem. we will know more after autopsy scheduled for tomorrow. andrew breitbart dead tonight at 43. gas prices have been rising for weeks and analysts say it s fueling a surge in car sales. we will show you why. president obama defending his energy strategy. we will hear what he says and why a republic rival says it s
relations campaign against the hhs rule. catholics oppose the use of birth control as a matter of doctrine and don t want female contraception to be offered as health plan regardless hough is paying for it republic drew attention to his house bill that would overturn the hhs mandate introduced nearly a year ago before the rule was announced and boasts 190 co-sponsors including nearly a dozen democrats. it is the senate that is likelier to see a swift vote on a similar measure as senator majority leader harry reid has promised to the to block a vote. investigators looking into the death of whitney houston now shifting their focus to her prescription drugs and where she got them. officials are issuing subpoenas to her doctors and pharmacies. the l.a. county coroner calls that a normal procedure. police say they found several prescription pill bottles with at least three different anxiety medicines. in houston s beverly hills you should say at the beverly hilton hotel in the suite
trace gallagher is working on a live report for us. we should have that ready for you, shortly. we also have new developments on the controversial keystone oil pipeline. the white house, rejected the plan to ship oil to the united states from canada but just days after canada s prime minister then said all right, we ll go visit china to explore possible oil deals there, the company behind the keystone pipeline is looking to re refile in the united states hoping for a slightly rerouted path and hoping that rerouted path may get washington s approval for next time. william la jeunesse is live in l.a. we thought that date has left, we thought that date had found jut date to go to the prom with in china but the date has come back to us and said i m still looking at you, united states, are you still looking at me? reporter: but the future of that is still uncertain, because killing this pipeline is a huge win for environmentalists, though it does mean that the
into her untimely death. trace gallagher has the latest from l.a. reporter: on top of issuing the subpoena, they will also access the california data base which tracks all prescription drugs in the united states so they will know which doctors prescribe dollars the medications to whitney houston of the drugs prescribed in california, only under her name. remember celebrities are known to get their meds using different members of their entourage because they say it protects their privacy. they also have the prescription bottles as you mentioned found inside her hotel room, so we ll have a very good idea of what was left inside the bottles, and if she was taking the prescribed dosage. now, it s very unclear if this will lead to criminal charges because the coroner s office says that right now, this is very much standard operating procedure. they won t really know until the toxicology reports come in in 6-# weeks. remember, 6-8 weeks is too long because it takes only a couple of weeks t
fight hard to hold on to this state in 2012. a lot of states also in the midwest, ones that he is targeting and certainly had crowds fired up today as he talked about american manufacturing bringing jobs back to american shores and masterlock in particular. thomas? nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker traveling with the president. thank you. this hour, we re also following breaking news on the whitney houston death investigation within the past hour. the l.a. county coroner issued subpoenas for the medical and pharmacy records of the singer s doctors and medical providers. in move comes just days after her autopsy results of which are now under lock and key, also after bottles of prescription medication were found in her hotel room on the night she died. all this unfolding as her family makes plans for a private funeral to take place in new jersey. nbc s kristin dahlgren is live in los angeles with the latest on this one. explain to all of us why these subpoenas are so