gervais. many people are offended because you exist. plus an exclusive tribute to whitney houston. no matter what they take from me they can t take away my dignity this is piers morgan tonight. a big story tonight saying goodbye to whitney houston, a family using of the superstar s body today. flags in new jersey are flying at half staff to honor whitney. i ll talk to governor chris christie about that. and more of my interview with ricky gervais. at least he can use expressions, most of them are too botoxed out, you can t tell if they re smiling or not. jason, you re outside the church in new jersey, tell me about what you can expect tomorrow. well, first let s set the stage in terms of what s happening out here in new jersey. i can tell you that just about ten minutes away from here, piers, at the funeral home, a private viewing is taking place this evening. i know that members of the houston family have already shown up, also we re told, clive davis h
her. was she in the room? yes. was there any signs of drug use or drug overdose? it s still under investigation. our detectives are upstairs right now. hotel security was trying to recess tate her? they did initially begin ree resuscitation efforts but they were not successful. who made the call? somebody in her entourage. was she staying with rayjay? i do not know that. what happens at this point? it is currently under investigation. our detectives are going to follow up. the first thing to determine is whether or not it was natural causes or some other cause of death. eventually it will be turned over to the coroner s office for investigation. first name is mark, mark, last name rosen and i m a lieutenant with the beverly hills police department. will you give us an update later? i ll be happy to give you an update, give you more information as it becomes available. she was on the fourth floor in her room? yes. and there are investigators
bill clinton will be speaking in a few moments. lauraingle has the latest, quite a memorial service already. it certainly has been. this has been, as they say, a tribute fit for a queen. aretha franklin, earning that moniker, queen of soul, when she was just in her 20s. that name bestowed kwon her from a d.j. in chicago once he heard her voice, he said that s it, she is the queen of soul. we have been listening to celebration of her life all day long. we can take you back inside with the cameras live there, anticipating former president bill clinton on the roster and on the list expected to speak at any moment. amazing musical tributes so far. 19 performers in all will be taking part in today s celebration of her life. celebrating her legacy. we heard from faith hill, arianna grande, we will hear from shaka kahn.