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morning? >> reporter: good morning to you, kyra. the body of whitney houston flew back yesterday to new jersey. left the airport here in the los angeles area and is now back in new jersey. the latest is that the investigation, according to the beverly hills police department who came out yesterday and gave a press conference saying the investigation at the beverly hilton hotel is over and theyre saying it is not a criminal investigation, it is a death investigation. theyre saying that ...

they did tell us some very important things. they told us that there was no foul play involved. so this is not a murder case. and no signs of trauma. no physical injuries associated with her death. so we do know that she was found in the bathtub of her hotel room in los angeles. we also know that the paramedics on the scene tried to revive her with cpr but were unable to do that. so right now we are waiting for those tests to give us the all-important answers, and for the coroners to c...

administration could put out a compromise for catholics today. dan lothian is at the white house. dan, what exactly are you hearing? >> reporter: thats right, im hearing that a compromise or an accommodation as they like to call it here, im hearing this from a senior administration official, will likely be announced today. were trying to get more details but it will likely be some kind of a balance whereby women do have access to contraceptive coverage but on the other hand you will ha...

the city, its being under shelling, bombing, and everything. theres nothing to do. >> the embattled syrian regime is stepping up its brutal attacks. activists who want democracy and want president bashar al-assad to fall, theyre telling us more people are being killed. were seeing the neighborhoods right here reduced to rubble. in homs, syrias third largest city, more than 90 people are reported killed so far today. because foreign reporters are mostly ban from the country, we continue...

international journalists. russians foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? >> reporter: thats a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a heros welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and fri...

before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out were told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused -- the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last...

>> im fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. thats a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. lets get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? >> you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone r...

soledad. you look gorgeous. >> you like the hair. you satisfy. its all about the hair at the end of the day. >> see you guys. it could be the end of the fen year war. leon panetta says there is a new goal, end come bad and switch the role of u.s. and nato troops from fighting and training. presidential candidates already weighing in. mitt romneys trashing the plan. the chairman of the house armed services committee calls it premature. were going to talk about that? just a second. fir...

the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnns john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. johns, hows the turnout been? >> reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot...

their ground. were going to take you live to washington in just a few minutes. in northern florida, it looks like the aftermath of a bombing. look at these pictures. but these vehicles were actually incinerated by fire after a string of crashes on interstate 75. ten people lost their lives in the wreck. drivers say they could barely see anything because of smoke from a nearby fire. >> there was absolutely no warning whatsoever. it went from being just, i mean literally i dont know ho...