Afternoon the fbi is investigating. Late this ach the fbi confirmed to local10 news they are working the Miami Gardens police to learn what led a man to ambush an officer friday mororng, opening fire as the officer sat in his brews across are. Police say the gunman took off and crashed his own suv a short time later as officic chased close behind. I was making coffee and i heard a loud bang. Amy this neighbor said he heard a crash as the man bailed out of this black bmw on northwest 1 theres 0 0d avenue. But investigators say it started ate northwest seventh avenue. Veteran officer david starling was writing up a report if thinks cruiser when he noticed the man drive by him. Backed up and ab bushed the officer by surcharging a firearm in the direction of the officer. Amy starling try to take cover. Take a look at the damage as bullets shot out his windows. One of those b blets you hit starling in the back side. He tried to chase after the bmw as he callll will the police say the man th
inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. that s because we got usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is what s happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, we ve known each other now through a lot of presidential races. a long time. no, i don t tell anybody how long we ve known each other. also, got alex axis, he s a co. founder of read it. joining us. we had him on a couple of weeks ago when we launched this show. ali velshi of course is our chief business correspondent. and we ve got some of the dishes this morning. i m going to go with the mac and cheese. gain five pounds when you watch this show. parse that one out. yeah. i can t keep working on that. let s get right t
whitney houston could have filled the stadium with a public memorial. instead she d have a private funeral in newark. her body was flown home yesterday. from a plane to the golden hearse to the funeral home. we re told houston s mother was waiting inside. jason, you just had a chance to speak to the pastor there. what did he tell you about the funeral arrangements? reporter: right. that would be pastor joe carter, john. pastor carter was very gracious. he allowed us inside the very same sanctuary, inside the church where the services will be held on saturday. when i asked him about the service, he told me he would be officiating over the particular service on saturday. i asked him what are the words that he s going to use to try to bring comfort to those who are going to come here to pay their respects. he said i m going to have to find a way to acknowledge the pain and acknowledge the pain that everyone is dealing with here but also to celebrate the life of whitney houston
we begin this evening with the still growing political and legal uproar in the state of mississippi. state officials may ask for nation-wide help tracking down some convicted murderers pardoned this week by the outgoing governor halee barber. some victims families are worried and furious. we are in jail now and david is out of jail. we will forever be looking over our shoulder wondering if today is the day that david decided that he was going to finish what he started. cnn s martin savidge is in jackson, mississippi reporting the story. martin they ve been pardoned but now the state says guys you have to come back. do they have to come back? reporter: you know what, that s a really good question that they are still trying to decipher at this very hour, john. last night a judge granted an order that said at least for the time being the pardons that had been approved by former governor halee barber had to be stopped. that s at least those people who were still behind bar
serenade the world as you sing to my piano playing. in the immortal ways, take it away tony bennett. tony s tonight duets with today s top stars. that s why the lady is a tramp i love lady gaga. when i first met her on this record date and i was very impressed. all of the singers that i ve ever heard, amy was the best one. i m as good as billie holly day, as good as ella fitzgerald even. his career highs and lows. i realized i thought i was doing well with the drugs and i really wasn t. tony benity in his own words and music, this is piers morgan tonight. tony, welcome. thank you very much. how are you? just fine, thank you. life good? couldn t be better. you could say that again. what an extraordinary life you ve had. i know. do you ever stop to actually look back and think good god. at my age you do that. if you go right back to the beginning, early family, with the wonderful italian-american family that i grew up with. what do you thin