tried to expand her range of what performers could do in many different i was. what is your feeling that she was destined for greatness? we re looking at still images with dien w de dionne warwick. i don t think she was destined for greatness. i think it was something she had to work for. clive davis saw something when he saw her at that new york city at carnegie hall, yes. and took a chance to try to make her into something because you saw a lot of good raw material, dionne warwick being her cousin and cissy houston being her mom, but her album was not a huge hit out of the box. it day budde at it debuted at 166 on the billboard chart to reach number one. he stayed with it. she kept doing the circuit, kept performing, kept pushing on radio and became the whitney houston we all know. but she had to work at it, she had to show she had the stuff to be the icon she became. that s a beautiful lesson being underscored. thanks so much, christopher farley of the wall st
and it is february 11th. good morning, everyone. this is cnn saturday morning. i m ted rowlands. it s 10:00 a.m. here in atlanta and 5:00 p.m. in syria. amateur video from inside over there shows the damage caused by the ongoing explosions and attacks in that country. a child s pink doll appears to be lying in the rubble. hear from an activist from inside the country who says the people there just want a moment to save their children. plus, the cia s website hacked. a group called anonymous has taken credit for the cyber attack, and they say they re not done targeting government websites. you re looking at a live picture from cpac. it s the conservative political action conference meeting in washington. it s the third and final day of the convention which brings together the nation s leading conservative activists. here s a look at today s highlights. at 4:15 the conference will release the much anticipated results of the much anticipated presidential straw poll. right
and music s best star maker of clive davis, jennifer hudson, and have you seen anything like that? well, sometimes if i have enough energy to. and only in america, bra barbra streisand is having a special grammy moment. this is piers morgan the night. good evening, politics and pipes and president obama listening to mitt romney today at the political action conference. it has been a great conference so far and for that we should probably acknowledge president obama, because he is the conservative movement s top recruiter, and it turns out [ applause ] turns out he is really a good community organizer. i just don t think that this is the community he planned on organizing, but he did. so how is it that the president s campaign is going to be fighting back? joining me is stephanie cutter, campaign manager for obama in 2012. rough time for this. and what i can t understand is why nobody saw it coming. the criticism coming from the catholic church on contraception
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