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martin frost is a former texas congressman. and connie rice is a civil rights attorney. nice to have you joining us this morning. lots to get to including conversations about whitney houston and i really want to talk about whether it is religious liberty or are we really talking about contraception. first, though, the headlines. christine romans has that for us. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. workplace dispute between two im immigration custom agents went into a shootout. left...

performing her former co-star kevin costner who we havent heard from so far this week, kevin costner will be speaking during the funeral services for whitney houston. and her former husband, bobby brown, has now officially been invited. susan candiotti is in newark, new jersey, this morning. susan, authorities are also making special arrangements to try to maintain some security, also maintain a perimeter around the new hope baptist church since so many will be in attendance? >> report...

This morning with more on the funeral and the investigation into her death. kristen, good morning. >> hey, good morning, thomas. yeah, a little bit of controversy over this funeral. lets start with what we know ability whats going to be happening, as you said, we just got confirmation that stevie wonder is going to be there, and aretha franklin and clive davis and marvin winans, gospel singer and pastor who married whitney houston and bobby brown will give the eulogy there. but as you said, the ...

whitney houston on a dangerous path days before her death. she drank heavily in the days before her death. she started drinking 10:00 in the morning poolside. also, have we got a deal for you. and i mean it. a payroll tax cut deal is now actually in place. the lawmakers using a word they havent used in a while, the big c word, compromise. iran showing off a new level of nuclear know-how and playing the oil card, as well. what does iran want and what is it capable of? were speaking ...

a.m. poolside and in the hotel bar. and her appearance suggests she was drunk. the source saying other hotel guests on both those days overheard the bartender accuse the bartender of watering down her drinks. this picture shes her poolside with a drink by her side and we dont know what the drink contained. this account comes from a single source, one cnn believes to be reliable and we received a copy of the preliminary death certificate and the cause of death is listed as deferred and ...

her appearance suggested she was intoxicat intoxicated. the source saying other hotel guest on both of those days heard her accuse a bartender of watering down her drinks. this shows her pool side on wednesday. a drink by her side. we dont know what the drink contained. we should underscore the account of her drinking cams from a single source. one that cnn believes to be reliable. we have obtained a copy of a preliminary death certificate. you can see the immediate cause of death is l...

is reliable. we have a copy of the preliminary death certificate. immediate cause of death is deferred. deferred because drug skeening tests will not be finished for several weeks. we are going to be joined by the reverend who is giving the eulogy and married whitney houston to bobby brown. we have the dangers of mixing boos and pills. something that goes far beyond what may have happened to whitney houston. it was eye-opening for me. we did it before the show began. here is what inves...

out to doctors and pharmacies that supply houstons meds. but so far they say nothing looks criminal. no signs, he says, of, quote, doctor shopping or over prescribing. the information at this point is far from over. and you might not want to take my word for it but under cause on whitney houstons death certificate it says deferred. the toxicology reports could take weeks to come in. her burial space is in westfield, new jersey. we have not been given an official word on whitney houston...

Center in newark. her familys decided to hold a much smaller funeral service. its going to be invitation only at the new hope baptist church where whitney houston sang in the choir as a teen. her mother was the choir director there. the church has special meaning. were told theres going to be a eulogy by marvin winans. bobby brown is denying reports that he is being kept out of the funeral planning, out of the funeral and also being kept away from his daughter. he says thats not true. while ther...

Run. israel convinced the suspects meant to use the bombs against israeli diplomats like two car bombings one day before, one in india. the other targeting an israeli embassy car in georgia. georgia russia, i mean. the attacks believed to be retaliation. iran blamed israel for killing one of its top nuclear scientists last month using a bomb attached to his car. whitney houstons funeral will be invite only despite reports that her family was considering a massive public service. family and close...