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
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 don t 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 that s because the drug screening won t be completed until as many as several weeks. the funeral will be on saturday. we ll be joined by the reverend who will be giving the eulogy who married whitney houston to bobby brown. and dr. sanjay gupta and drew pinsky are here to weigh in on mixing booze and pills, something that goes far beyond what happened to whitney houston. a conversation i urge you to listen to. it was eye-opening for me. we did it right before the show began. here s what investi
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 investigators are looking into now. precipitation pills found inside her beverly hills hotel room are the focus of investigation. authorities tell cnn they issued subpoenas to her doctors in los angeles and on the east coast seeking her medical records and are looking into what type of precipitations she was given. investigators are contacting various pharmacies where her prescriptions were filled including this one raided by the drug enforcement agency in 2009 after michael jackson died from an over
out to doctors and pharmacies that supply houston s 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 houston s 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 s will but forbes.com is stating that it does exist and she had a lot of money, a lot. she took in $35 million and her only child, her daughter, bobbi kristina, is likely the main beneficiary of all of her assets. in the meantime, houston s funeral, as you know, is probably going to take place here. they are trying to do it quickly. it s the new baptist church in newark, new jersey. funeral set to take place at noon on saturday. we now know that cameras will in fact be allowed inside that chu
really get it out that this is a fashion shoot that is supposed to be taken in a vein of art. and that images do get manipulated. and take a look. this is what it is. photo shop does this. and show them on the computer so that they can be educated that this is not reality. even the women on the covers of many, many magazines, it s not their knows, not the eyebrows, it s not the hair color. if you can talk about in and communicate this with your kids, that s brilliant. this is a very, very good opportunity. but also, read the article. it s a great article. it is. and it is beautiful. we love adele. love you, adele. we love adele. thank you very much. you re welcome. and now this. top of the hour here. i m brooke baldwin. quick here, any minute we are expecting a big moment at the united nations involving syria. we are told that the u.n. general assembly will vote on a resolution condemning the regime of syrian president bashar al assad. this comes as syrians beg th