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
for gas, once again becoming the new normal. what s behind that sharp price hike? wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley, you are in the situation room. an alleged plot for a suicide bomb attack on the u.s. capitol busted today in an undercover operation. officials say a moroccan man is under arrest after accepting a vest he believed was filled with explosives. cnn s brian todd is at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia. what s the latest there? reporter: candy, we re told the suspect has arrived at this federal district court in alexandria, virginia, for a court appearance this afternoon. we re also told that authorities are searching at least two locations in the northern virginia area, including possibly his home. here s what we know about the suspect. he is identified at 29-year-old amin caliphi, we are told he s living in the u.s. illegally. this official said regarding this alleged plot, that mr. kalifi had various targets, settled on the capitol, but prev
i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaunting its first iranian made nuclear rods. if iran is going to this is a crucial step towards building a weapon. now, a lot of this of course is propaganda and wearing the white labcoat for the cameras, president ahminedjad was on hand at a tehran nuclear facility as fuel rods were lowered into a nuclear reactor. rods contain the pellets of nuclear fuel. that s essential for nuclear reaction. while that was going on, iran was sharing other news. the plans of producing yellow cake, which is another step to enriching uranium to the 90% holy grail weapons grade level. now, ahminedjad, as we re all well aware, insists that iran s nuclear program is for medical and peaceful purposes. i.e. nuclear power. but no one buys it not even the watchdog i.a.e.a. and definitely not washington or tel aviv. have we reached a tipping point with iran? where sanctions will
really get it out that this is a fashion shoot that is supposed to be taken in a vein of art. and that images do get manipulated. and take a look. this is what it is. photo shop does this. and show them on the computer so that they can be educated that this is not reality. even the women on the covers of many, many magazines, it s not their knows, not the eyebrows, it s not the hair color. if you can talk about in and communicate this with your kids, that s brilliant. this is a very, very good opportunity. but also, read the article. it s a great article. it is. and it is beautiful. we love adele. love you, adele. we love adele. thank you very much. you re welcome. and now this. top of the hour here. i m brooke baldwin. quick here, any minute we are expecting a big moment at the united nations involving syria. we are told that the u.n. general assembly will vote on a resolution condemning the regime of syrian president bashar al assad. this comes as syrians beg th
i m candidate crowley, and you re in the situation room. just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnn s chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think maybe a problem for mitt romney? absolutely a problem for mitt romney. as you pointed out, in january neck and neck. now president obama is up. what s mitt romney s calling card as he campaigns he electability? what do republican voters say they want in all those dpit polls we ve been taking and all those primaries? somebody who can beat president obama. he kind of loses that argument. it s early, this is good news for president obama. we should say it s february, these numbers can change. an