you re exposed to sniper positions that are just around the corner on the other side of those buildings. final preparations are under way for a farewell, not to just a pop superstar but a daughter, a mother, a friend. whitney houston s funeral is tomorrow in the church where she sang as a child u the pastor says the service will be personal and dignified. it will also be a gathering of celebrities including houston s god mother, aretha franklin. on the today show, she talked about the difficulty of singing at that service tomorrow. it is not gonna be easy, i can tell you that. it is not gonna be easy, but cissy asked me to and i m just going to try to do my best. do you know what you are going to sing? not really sure right now. not really sure. the dow continues to flirt with the 13,000 mark, extending gains from yesterday s session. alison kosik is watching the action for us at the new york stock exchange. and the president boarding air force one in about an h
out front tonight, iran s threat to the united states in the united states. right here at home. now, as we said last night, no one buys iran s claim that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. today on capitol hill, james clapper drove that message home. iran s technical advances particularly in uranium enrichment strengthen our assessment that iran is more than capable of producing enough highly enriched uranium for a weapon if its political leaders chooses to do so. he also said that iran has the largest supply of ballistic missiles in the middle east and that they could one day be capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction. this is footage of iran s test missiles which they do like on show to the world to show the tower of their program and the country is working in intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well, developing them to deliver for 2,000 miles. and consider this, high ranking israeli official said earlier this month that iran is working on missile
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performing her former co-star kevin costner who we haven t heard from so far this week, kevin costner will be speaking during the funeral services for whitney houston. and her former husband, bobby brown, has now officially been invited. susan candiotti is in newark, new jersey, this morning. susan, authorities are also making special arrangements to try to maintain some security, also maintain a perimeter around the new hope baptist church since so many will be in attendance? reporter: that s right. after doing a walk through of the church we re seeing some of the new security measures falling into place. for example, perhaps you ve noticed right away the biggest change, we re no longer allowed to stand in front of the church right across the street from it, but we have been pushed back across the street and behind a parking lot. the parking lot behind me is the one where it is believed that the celebrities and all the invite tees, some 1500 people, it s one of the parking
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