passing of superstar whitney houston s. she will be honored tonight at the grammy awards theory of her body was found yesterday morning in a beverly hills hotel room furious houston was scheduled to of here at a free grammy events in los angeles last night. she was found dead hours for the event he reify an investigation is underway to determine the cause of her death. many big names in the music incredible police theory if a beautiful face. i remember the first time i saw her, just beautiful. ritalin the bodyguard, she would work all day filming, she would come into the studio and go up to the mike like a racehorse. she is the definitive group. i love great voices. hers was the greatest of all. i was one of her biggest fans. she influenced me so much, it is really devastating and shocking. she was an inspiration for so many people. we are their experience phi pham bobby brown performed just hours after learning about her death. he made some brief remarks about his ex-wife
wicked weather. first warning weather coverage on watches and warnings for maryland. i m don scott. i m sally thorner. people are talking about maryland being under a flood watch as wind and rain sweep across the atlantic seaboard. check out the scene in virginia where surfing conditions are way beyond rough. that is what is left from ida. the governor is declaring a state of emergency there. and we are tracking the weather system. marty and tim are following it in the weather center. good afternoon. we don t have to tell you if you have been outside or listening to the rain on the roof, you know what is going on. let s give you the update on first warning live doppler radar. we are dealing with a persistent northeast wind. this is a nor easter. this is the remnants of what was hurricane ida. these are pounding the shore with sustained winds up in the 20-25-mile-an-hour range. this is what is going on. this is the larger picture. this storm extends from hartford, c
how does that affect the gay community s relationship with the obama administration? it s one small step of our goal of full equality under the law. it was what the president was able to do short of new legislation. and it is a reminder that we have an ally in the white house as was the news yesterday that president obama has instructed the census bureau to include same sex married couples in the 2010 census. does this signing of this memo buy the administration more time to work on the appeal of the defensive marriage act and also the repeal of don t ask, don t tell? well, we don t have that much choice as we have to move ahead. we have to work with this president. and that means from both the inside and the outside. the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs is an old friend, mark agrast, a long-time gay activist and former legislative aid on capitol hill, a first rate person. we have some very fine people within the administration. we have advocates out