a.m. in los angeles. good morning. i m gary tuchman. today the family and friends will lay the pop star to rest. and a romney campaign chair steps down after he s outed. and also accused of threatening to deport his former boyfriend. we re getting his side of the story. plus, jimmy carter talks about his faith in a new book and how at times he had questioned his beliefs. but, first, a quick check of top stories. china is calling for an immediate cease fire in the nation of syria. he was visiting his syrian counterparts when the military opened fire on anti-government activists in the capital city of damascus kus. as many as 17 people were killed in syria yesterday. china s vice foreign minister said both sides should sit down and negotiate and calling on syria s president to step aside. the new discovery of human remains and a possible serial killer on the loose in new york state and other sets of remains were found last year. police say they are not sure if the new dis
a.m. poolside and in the hotel bar. and her appearance suggests she was drunk. the source saying other hotel guests on both those days overheard the bartender accuse the bartender of watering down her drinks. this picture shes her poolside with a drink by her side and we don t know what the drink contained. this account comes from a single source, one cnn believes to be reliable and we received a copy of the preliminary death certificate and the cause of death is listed as deferred and that s because the drug screening won t be completed until as many as several weeks. the funeral will be on saturday. we ll be joined by the reverend who will be giving the eulogy who married whitney houston to bobby brown. and dr. sanjay gupta and drew pinsky are here to weigh in on mixing booze and pills, something that goes far beyond what happened to whitney houston. a conversation i urge you to listen to. it was eye-opening for me. we did it right before the show began. here s what investi
a bartender, didn t want her drinks watered down. and inside syria, cnn, breaches the borders and witnesses firsthand some of the slaughter. people grabbing children off the streets to protect them from snipers, wholesale violence and assaults in neighborhoods, we will get you inside and show you what s happening. we finally have a deal here. late last night word that a payroll tax cut is now in place and lawmakers are using a word you haven t heard for a while. it is called compromise. what was that? compromise. i m sorry. i m not feeling it. also, you ve heard all about the lin-tastic stories of jeremy lin and the magic he s been performing on the court. he s done it again. i m not sure this is going to keep going, this win, win, win. of course it is. do you think so? what happens if it doesn t? we re going to have all the highlights, the puns and story, what could be, as we move ahead in this guy s fantastic career. kind of good. so far at one minute pa
and you know, we are witnessing a massacre. cnn is now inside syria. our arwa damon is there. she is taking shelter in a safe house and she is saying the country is headed toward a full-blown war. that s what the folks that are living there are thinking is going to happen. and on the election front, some trouble on home surf for mitt romney. he s from michigan and seems to be losing it at this point. in the meantime, his super pac is funneling a ton of money into that state, but is it going to the right place? associatiso, parents out th would you feel if your child was forced to pay for something like not looking a teacher in the key? chicago charter schools are under fire this morning for fining children, many from low-income homes, for that and many other things as well. one minute after the top of the hour. exclusive details into cnn about whitney houston s funeral plans, how her family s coping with her death at this time, all at the same time that her body was flo
how much should we be investing in savings? i can t wait to hear your advice. plus, only in america the $5 billion success story. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. this is a special live edition of piers morgan tonight. welcome our studio audience and suze orman will be answering your questions on twitter and on our facebook page who better than suze orman to talk dollars and cents. president obama had his say. banks and lenders must be held accountable to help cause this crisis in the first place and all of us have to take responsibility for our own actions or lack of actions. controversial comments saying he s not concerned with the poor, the focus, instead, on middle class americans. i m in this race because i care about americans. i m not concerned about the poor. if it s there, i ll fix it. the number one finance guerrero is suze orman. welcome. thank you, piers. let s start with mitt romney. it sounded bad, didn t it? it sounded bad and i h