an hour before her death by someone in the very hotel room where she died, according to ed winter, the assistant coroner here. the person left the room and then came back about an hour later and found whitney houston s body inside the bathtub. and then ed winter said her body was removed from the bathtub. they tried to revive her. they coop revive her. of course, at 3:55 a.m. pacific time she was pronounced dead. as you know, you had been covering these beats when stars die, when people die. they want to do toxicology reports. and usually they have some sort of idea just from doing the autopsy which, by the way, has been completely. they might have an idea or a suspicion about how that person died. but using the toxicology reports, that s the final word. and i pose that question to ed winter a short time ago during a briefing. and i spoke to him afterwards, as well. here s part of our conversation at the briefing. and i ll tell but our conversation afterwards toxicology repor
finally, what the dickens was going on in the british government this week? i ll explain. first, here s my take. if you re trying to understand the recent protests against the putin regime in russia, one of the best guides is an outspoken columnist who s been writing trenchant essays in the nation s leading newspapers over the past month. political competition is the heartbeat of democracy. this author writes, noting the absence of such competition in contemporary russia. he describes the frustrations of the russian middle class, demanding political rights. today, the quality of our state does not match civil society s readiness to participate in it. on corruption, perhaps the issue that most riles the public, the author is scathing. the problem comes from the lack of transparency and accountability of government, he says. now, what makes this all deeply strange is that the author of these essays is vladimir putin. the architect, builder and chief enforcer of the system tha
unconscious in the tub of her beverly hills hotel room where she was pronounced dead. the site also claims her bodyguard attempted cpr and pills were found at the scene. this is also courtesy of tmz. a picture of the 18-year-old daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown, bobbi kristina rushed to a los angeles hospital in the last few hours. no word on why but her condition was thought not to be life threatening. fans gathered outside the hotel where houston died laying down roses and candles and ireport tributes have been rolling into cnn. tonight the music industry will honor whitney houston at the grammy awards. jennifer hudson and chaka khan will lead what is sure to be a stirring musical tribute. but let s begin with casey wian who is following the investigation in los angeles. casey, you have some new information about when we may see those autopsy results. reporter: that s right, ted. we can now confirm according to the los angeles county coroner s office that the a
and it is february 11th. good morning, everyone. this is cnn saturday morning. i m ted rowlands. it s 10:00 a.m. here in atlanta and 5:00 p.m. in syria. amateur video from inside over there shows the damage caused by the ongoing explosions and attacks in that country. a child s pink doll appears to be lying in the rubble. hear from an activist from inside the country who says the people there just want a moment to save their children. plus, the cia s website hacked. a group called anonymous has taken credit for the cyber attack, and they say they re not done targeting government websites. you re looking at a live picture from cpac. it s the conservative political action conference meeting in washington. it s the third and final day of the convention which brings together the nation s leading conservative activists. here s a look at today s highlights. at 4:15 the conference will release the much anticipated results of the much anticipated presidential straw poll. right
killing its people, and that 52 individuals died today, including 16 in the besieged city of homs. cnn s ivan watson has more on the crisis in syria from neighboring turkey. let s first hear ivan talk about aleppo and why this is significant. so many analysts over the last few months, ivan, said once bloodshed hits the city of damascus, that means things have changed. have they? reporter: we have not seen violence this that town which is not the stronghold of the opposition. most of the violence has been focused on those towns and cities where people have dared to say no to the regime of assad. believe it or not, aleppo has not been one of those centers. aleppo had this violence while homs is still facing siege-like conditions where hundreds of people were killed last week. in hundreds of cities across the state, we saw waves of protest. the theme of these protests, holla, were the russians are killing our children. why are syrian opposition activists saying that? well, the