♪ and i will always love you ♪ i will always love you ♪ i will always love you >> houston should be at the grammys with the rest of the superstars, but instead her life ended on saturday in a beverly hills hotel room. an autopsy has been performed on her body, but it could take as long as eight weeks to get the toxicology results back. investigators say a guard found her unconscious in a bathtub. they performed cpr, but she was pronounced dead at the hotel. tmz reports that pill bottles were found at the scene courtesy of tmz. a picture of the 18-year-old daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown being rushed to a los angeles hospital. seems she is okay. a source said she has since been released. tonight the music industry is honoring whitney houston at the grammiys. jennifer hudson is leading a musical tribute to a woman she considered a friend and an idol. i want to bring in case whoa is following the investigation closely into houston's death. it's good to talk to you and get the behind the scenes information. you mentioned we have heard from the coroner in the case. take us deeper inside of this investigation. >> that's right, don. you mentioned the coroner came out and revealed that the autopsy on whitney houston's body has been completed. he said there were no visible signs of trauma and foul play is not suspected at this time. that is about all that he would say. that is because the beverly hills police department has requested that a security hold be placed on the results of this autopsy. that is to allow the investigation to proceed. there were many people at the beverly hilton hotel when whitney houston died. the coroner is saying that these types of security holds are very common, especially in high profile celebrity deaths. one was placed on the autopsy of michael jackson for example. the coroner is saying he would not discuss reports of prescription medication. bottles found in whitney houston's hotel room or any other possibility that any drugs may or may not have been found there. he is saying he will not have further comment until perhaps wednesday of this week. as you mentioned, the toxicology results will not be available for perhaps to eight weeks according to the coroner. we may not know what killed whitney houston for quite sometime. >> for came as a shock to a lot of people when we learned about bobbi krstina had to go to the hospital twice. she has been released. do we know where she is now? >> our understanding as you mentioned is this afternoon she was taken to cedars sinai here in los angeles and she was there for a couple of hours. she has been released according to sources and she is traveling back to new jersey we are told to be with family. >> thank you very much. good job on reporting the inside of this investigation. we will look to you throughout the weeks until we get the toxicology results. whitney houston's ex-husband bobby brown did note join bandimates at a new edition tour in nashville. outside the metro nashville auditorium, what is the mood there tonight? what's going on? >> not the mood you expect at a regular concert. this concert was just about to start a few minutes ago when he went inside. when women went to the front door, this is what they saw that bobby brown would not appear with new edition. fans could get their money back if they chose to do so. people seemed to understand what's going on. obviously bobbi kristina was in a hospital with a nonlife-threatening condition. they are supporting the family and want to be here for bobby brown, but being here is bitter sweet. take a listen. >> i would love to have seen bobby tonight. i saw bobby years ago in south carolina. he was awesome then and i was looking forward to it, but i understand he needs to be with his daughter. >> my heart goes out to him and his family and whitney's family. i understand what he is dealing with and when i heart he was at a concert and heard, i expected for him to leave immediately and the fact that he came to nashville not knowing he was going to do the show or not, but hearing his daughter was in peril and left, again, as my friend said, he had to go. >> bobby brown was here at one point, but he left the city. he is not speaking on camera at this point, but he did release this statement i would like to read to you. he said i am deeply saddened at the passing of my ex-wife, whitney houston. at this time we ask for privacy, especially for my daughter. i appreciate the condolences towards my family and i at this most difficult time. the people are happy to support bobby brown and his family. some people miss seeing him, but they understand, don. . >> yeah. thank you very much. i should tell viewers, they are not saying this, but bobby came to l.a. to bring his daughter back to the east coast. we will see and work on getting more information on that. thank you very much. we appreciate your reporting. how can whitney houston rule the charts for a decade and a half. a look back at the golden years. . >> hers was a voice instantly recognized to millions. legendary recording artist whitney houston sold 170 million albums with hits like saving all my love for you and the greatest love of all ♪ i will always love you >> her crowning achievement was the cover of i will always love you. from her film theed about guard with kevin costner. she was born into a musical family in newark, new jersey in 1963. her incredible talent was discovered at an early age and signed by a rifta records in 1983. her first two albums brought seven consecutive number one hits, surpassing a record set by the beatles and the bee gees. she went on to become music's most awarded female artist of all time according to the guinness book of world records. six grammys, two emmys, 16 billboard awards and 23 american music awards and named female artistest decade at the soul train music awards in 2000. her career stalled as she struggled with drugs and alcohol and her stormy relationship with singer bobby brown became tabloid. she filed for divorce in 2006. in 2009, a come back. houston released her first studio album in seven years. it debuted at number one on the billboard charts. >> it humbled me and kind of like said okay, i think i want to do this one more time. >> her tour was reportedly plagued with vocal difficulties. her reps blamed an upper respiratory infection. in 2011, her publicist said she was seeking help for her addiction. she was said to appear in the film sparkle. her first role since the preacher's wife in 1996. her sudden death shocked fans and musicians across the world. >> i am absolutely devastated by this news. i am so sad for her. she was undoubtedly one of the greatest superstars of all time. one of the greatest voices, you know, in our lifetime that we will ever see. whitney houston's golden years as reported by fredricka whitfield. greek lawmakers felt they had little choice but to act, but protesters didn't see it the same way. they took out anxiety or police in athens. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. 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>> we had a lot of trouble today, especially in the lone star state. texas has been hit hard. take a look at the pictures. this is outside amarillo where interstate 40 was shut down for a while due to the snow and flan has been coming down in this area. a lost accidents occurred and the back up with lots of semis were jackknifed in the area as well. snow coming down and i-40 with a big thoroughfare. i-20 as well. this will continue into tomorrow and the storm system. we had two of them. one in the plains and one out west. this is what we will track in the week ahead. places like kansas city and des moines and st. louis. by the afternoon and likely a wintry mix. that's the pink we worry about where the roads are really, really slick. we think dallas probably mostly rain-free and places like atlanta and snow for in detroit and places like chicago. tomorrow's commute tonight. we will start out with the top five lists. snow, rain, and freezing rain. accumulation is light. san francisco on the storm number two. rain showers and wind. it will be really low for the cloud deck. we expect a lot of delays in san francisco. city number two, houston, texas. the showers and the thunderstorms for the storm. we are concerned about a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. keep that in mind and keep the safety plans in mind. city number one, don lemon. take a look at the tower cam. i will quiz you again this week. do you recognize that ball there? it's the reunion tower in dallas, texas. our worst city for travel, dallas looking for rain. >> beautiful shot. >> there snow flakes at the airport and don't see any in that picture. i don't know if you do. >> i don't see anything. beautiful shot and not so much for tomorrow morning's commute. you have been warned. jackie, thank you. appreciate it. we will get back to the story that's on so many minds right now. the death of singer whitney houston. the superstar was just 48 years young. the autopsy is done, but the toxicology results could take as many as eight weeks to get back. investigators say a body guard found her unconscious in a bathtub in the beverly hilton hotel. paramedics performed cpr and she was pronounced dead at the hotel. pill bottles were found at the scene. this was also courtesy of tmz. this is of bobbi kristina, her 18-year-old daughter being rushed to a los angeles hospital. she is okay. a source close to the family said she has been released. houston's ex-husband bobby brown pulled out of a performance with his group, new edition. he said he is deeply saddened by houston's passing. also in a concert last night, he mentioned his ex-wife and said he loved her and was thinking of her and her family. >> actress and singer jennifer holiday remembers whit me houston and spoke about memories of her friend. >> whitney was one of the most -- so down home and nice and kind hearted. i had met her early on because i knew so many of the same people that she knew. michael jackson and all the people that i knew through dream girls and then aretha franklin and singers and staff. i got to know her just as a nice person. she was always very kind-hearted. when i had fallen upon hard times and lost my home and trying to get my career back together, she stepped in to try to figure out how are you going to get work and how are you going to do it? 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