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reporter: aretha franklin there, of course, talking about whitney houston. franklin one of the performers here, stevie wonder set to perform, alicia keys set to perform, r. kelly expected to sing as well. she ll be eulogized by marvin winans, reverend winans will eulogize. there will be speakers and performers throughout the day. the funeral set to start at noon. we are told it will last about an hour and a half. however, there are very few people who believe it will just last an hour and a half. alex. i would think the tributes will be coming in and people want to have their say. we ll see you again at noon. craig melvin, many thanks for standing by there. whitney houston was honored at the naacp image awards. they showed images of houston being given past awards and then singer yolanda adams sang a spiritual as part of the tribute. i love the lord ....
very good friday morning to you. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started here. some developments overnight be want to tell you about, very unusual. a shoot-out? a federal building and ice agent killing another and another ice agent injured. how and why this happened. new details on whitney houston s funeral. we know who will sing, who will speak and who will simply witness it all. your car may be getting smarter as you get a little dumber. you see these images all the time, don t you? distracted drivers endangering you and me. the d.o.t. department of transportation is going to crack down on this. no facebook until you park, folks. it s a huge mystery. have you been following this, it s all over twitter. the stephen colbert show mysteriously canceled some shows. we re going to try to dig deep and figure out what happened for you. we wan ....