month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr
incredible voice coming from the choir. janet jackson knew and admired whitney houston and her voice. i talked to her today about her friend and the gift that she had. you ll hear her shortly. dr. drew pinsky joins us to help us understand the role of prescription drugs that houston was taking might have played in her death. and 360 sanjay gupta is on to talk about how houston s history with narcotics could have broken her body down over time. first, though, more on the very latest. the gold colored hearse was greeted by crowds of fans shortly before midnight last night as it pulled up to this funeral home in newark, new jersey. houston s mother, cissy arrived earlier. friends say she is overwhelmed but staying strong. newark is houston s hometown and a funeral will be held saturday at the house of worship she attended as a child, the new hope baptist church. how the 48-year-old singer died is still unclear, and the investigation has so far yielded very few answers. authori
i talked to her today about her friend and the gift that she had. you ll hear her shortly. dr. drew pinsky joins us to help us understand the role of prescription drugs that houston was taking might have played in her death. and 360 sanjay gupta is on to talk about how houston s history with narcotics could have broken her body down over time. first, though, more on the very latest. the gold colored hearse was greeted by crowds of fans shortly before midnight last night as it pulled up to this funeral home in newark, new jersey. houston s mother, cissy arrived earlier. friends say she is overwhelmed but staying strong. newark is houston s hometown and a funeral will be held saturday at the house of worship she attended as a child, the new hope baptist church. how the 48-year-old singer died is still unclear, and the investigation has so far yielded very few answers. authorities examining a bottle of prescription pills found inside her hotel room the day she died. friends sa