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"billboard" magazine, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> we're continuing to follow developments in the death of pop super star whitney houston. tonight an all-star tribute will be paid to the singer at the grammys. houston's body was found yesterday in the beverly hilton hotel just hours before she was to attend a pregrammy party. she was 48 years old. poised to make a comeback after battling drugs for years. houston's body is in the los angeles county morgue waiting for an autopsy that is expected to be conducted some time today. the beverly hills police say they will release information on their vebts investigation as early as tomorrow. we have a team of correspondents following this developing story. casey wian is covering the police investigation and entertainment reporter kareen wynter is covering the reaction from the music industry and the mood at the grammys today and tonight and deb feyerick in new jersey getting reaction in whitney's hometown. careen, to you first, there's been a lot of discussion about a real change to the grammy awards tonight. the tone, the tenor will be a lot more subdued. >> a lot of presenters, a lot of nominees, anyone really, fred, hitting that stage, this night will not be about them. they're going to be focusing on the great whitney houston, probably making some off the cuff, you know, just remarks about her life and reflecting on that. i wanted to let you know that we received -- actually it's a statement sent to "people" magazine working to confirm that by bobby brown who has apparently broken his silence. he was once married to whitney houston. i'm quoting he's saying that i'm deeply saddened at the passing of my ex-wife whitney houston at this time we ask for her privacy, especially for my daughter bobbi kristina. i appreciate ul of the condolences that have been directed towards my family and i at this most difficult time. we're hearing from the houston family. they're equally broken up over this devastating news. we got that in. we've confirmed this. their quote is we are devastated by the loss of our beloved whitney. this is an unimaginable tragedy and we will miss her terribly. we appreciate the outpouring of love and support from her fans and her friends. and some of whitney's closest friends, for example, jennifer hudson who really looked up to whitney and her entire life, she shared with our piers morgan recently how when she was 11 she would sit back and imagine that she was having duets with whitney houston and singing so many of her famous songs. "i will always love you." she's going to be performing a special tribute on stage tonight. we've been informed that chaka khan will be performing, although she was asked to perform by the recording academy although she doesn't know specifically what her role will be. it will be an emotional night, a lot of people taking that stage will reflect on whitney houston. whitney houston, she had no plans to attend the grammys. the only aten -- the only event she planned on attending was the clive davis party. she wasn't going to perform but she wanted to be with her good friends in the music business. little did she know tonight would be all about her, albeit in a tragic way, fred. >> clive davis, the man who quote/unquote discovered her was the first to sign her to the arista records, so a close relationship, very sad loss, deeply felt by so many who loved whitney houston. thanks so much. the investigation continues as to what caused the death of whitney houston. casey wian is on that case. what more are investigators saying, if anything? >> not much right now, fed reka. we know the beverly hills police department told us this morning that all of its investigators were gone from the beverly hilton hotel room. they did not say whether that meant that their investigation on that site was complete or if it meant that they may return at another time. we also know from the los angeles county coroner that whitney houston's body is at the los angeles morgue and an autopsy could be performed today, could be performed tomorrow. they're not saying when they might release the results of that autopsy. it depends on what they find. they're saying once that autopsy is performed we could have some preliminary results tomorrow, but perhaps depending on what is found it could take several weeks. we are also can pass along information that is being reported by the celebrity news website tmz and they are reporting, according to the family members of whitney houston and according to sources who were on the scene, that pill bottles were found in whitney houston's hotel room, that she was actually found in the bath it tub and that cpr efforts were initially begun on her by her bodyguard. those efforts, we know, were continued by the los angeles fire department which was also on scene. obviously those efforts failed. so that is the latest on the investigation. the people that we've reached out to who are there at the scene, have either not responded to our calls or are not willing to talk at this point. >> thanks so much. investigations of this caliber are certainly unlike most conducted in other jurisdictions. our law enforcement analyst mike brooks will be along to give us an idea of what might be taking place there in the beverly hills area. we're also going to go to the hometown of newark, new jersey. that is where whitney houston grew up in large part. it's also where she made her debut as a soloist in the junior choir at her church there. our deborah feyerick is at that church where people are remembering the whitney houston as a little girl and the whitney houstoned with quite the legacy. >> absolutely. and parishioners were coming in and out of church all day, there were multiple services starting at 6:30 this morning. many of them had fond memories. we know right now that her mother cissy houston appears to be at home in edgewater, new jersey, meeting with reverend jesse jackson. he is a friend of the family. he actually spoke with her last night and then spoke to her again this morning. and he was kind enough when he came out of services today to tell us exactly what he said to her and the impact that this loss is having. >> i spoke with cissy last night and this morning, i'm going to meet with her at her home now. obviously they're having to process this. this was not some long debilitating sickness. this was sudden. and so when this happens, there's no rationale explanation. you have to cling to your faith and holden to the morning comes. >> and members of the houston's extended family also in church today, honoring her legacy. we are told that the pastor gave a very powerful, uplifting sermon about how fragile life is and how you never know when something like this is going to happen. and many of the people motivated by that sermon because whitney houston was such a major presence here. there are a couple people who have stopped by, putting ball n balloons, some cards out, just little mementos to say we love you, we remember you, and we're sad that you had to leave. one of the big questions, fredricka, that everyone is asking is why. everyone knew about her very rocky marriage to bobby brown but she seemed to have gotten over it. she was finding that spark again. the spark she said she always got when she was here in the junior choir singing for god in her words. it seemed she was heading back on the right path. the question why now, why not get that second chance that she was sort of looking for, and you can see this video of her as a young girl. she said this is where she learned to sing. this is where she says, quote, i learned everything i ever needed to know right here in the junior choir. she learned how to sing when the tempo changes in the middle, she learned how to do a four-part harmony and how to sing ac ka pella. it's where she mastered this integrity and extraordinary voice and a lot of people now missing her and, of course, her mom, members of the family, they are grieving a very, very deep loss. fredricka? >> a lot of her fans thought they were seeing the parallels, you know, of her real life compared to her role in "the preacher's wife" where it did talk about that, kind of unveiled, you know, the power of the singing in the church. and kind of the properties that came with that. deborah feyerick, from newark, new jersey. we'll check back with you. we're following other developments overseas now. a protest in greece has turned deadly and this as the parliament debates austerity measures. buildings in athens are on fire. emergency crews have not been able to reach some of those buildings because the protesters have been blocking the streets. matthew chance is joining us live from athens. is there any end in a peaceful way? >> yeah, well i mean it looks like actually over the course of the past few minutes, the crowds and they numbered in the thousands on the center square here in athens, right outside parliament behind me, seemed to have dissipated somewhat. the police are still here in force. we're not seeing any of the running street battles that we've been witnessing over the course of the past five or six hours or so since these protests began. you can see there there have been running street battles for hours on end between the police and protesters in the streets of central athens. people furious in this city about what the government is currently debating in the parliament building right behind me, plans to impose yet more austere itty measures on this country in an attempt to sort out its debt problems. the country, though, the people in the country, very angry that this is being debated even further. they've endured two years of a harsh recession. they've seen their jobs get lost, their wages slashed and the public services slashed and there's really no appetite whatsoever amongst greeks for any more austerity cuts. the government is kind of being forced to make these cuts in order to receive the bailout funds it needs from the european union and imf so it doesn't go bankrupt next month which would be obviously very dire indeed. that parliamentary vote is expected to take place in the next few hours. >> matthew chance, thanks so much. we'll check back with you on the developments in greece and we're going to bring you up to date on the investigation taking place in the los angeles area involving the death of super star whitney houston. more after this. does any mother ever feel like their kids are adults? 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>> no. the only thing that struck me as unusual is how quickly they said, they pronounced her from the time that the units got there which says to me as a former investigator, that there were signs that there was no way they were going to revive her and they were probably talking to the doctors at -- back at the emergency room saying, look, we've done this, we've done that, we've tried this resuscitation process, and nothing is working. which says to me she may have been dead for a while. >> what's interesting also, we also understand, unconfirmed sources saying bobbi kristina, the daughter of whitney houston. >> right. >> tried to get to the hotel, tried to get to the room where the body of whitney houston was. we understand she was turned away and getting new information this being confirmed by cnn, that bobbi kristina has now been taken to the hospital herself. we don't know the details of that but apparently she has been rushed to the hospital now, barely, barely 24 hours after her mother was declared dead. sources are telling us that the fire department, is that right? the producer. the fire department making sure that she got to that hospital safely. not sure which hospital or what the circumstances are. but this investigation just of the mother's death, and now it looks like there may be further complicated by this extension. >> well, i'm sure the amount of suffering that she's been going through over the last 24 hours hearing that her mother had died, but there's a lot of questions that remain and this is the cause and manner. investigators, a lot of things -- a lot of people are asking, why was the body there at the hotel room for such a long time? once they -- >> almost nine hours. >> almost nine hours. there's into hurry. as an investigator there's no hurry to take the body if they pronounced her there, then they were going -- they'll go ahead and conduct a thorough death investigation because that's what it is because we can't say it's a homicide investigation, suicide, we don't know the manner of death and the cause. one of the other things they're going to look at, fred, the last 24 hours of her life, the last hours of her life trying to put together a timeline, how will they do that? they're going to take a look at video surveillance around that hotel. they're going to take a look -- >> whether in the hallway of where her room was, elevator, lobby. >> pool area, lobby area, bar area, to find out who she was with, who did she talk to? what was her frame, state of mind and what else was found there in the room? who was the last person to come in and out of her room and they will tell that because the cards you have, every time you go in and out of the room with one of the electronic card there's a record of that. >> it's conceivable a number of people had rooms -- keys to her room because she likely had an entourage of people who were dressing her, makeup, hair, since she was going to be going to a pregrammy event later on that sneenc that. >> some other things to investigate, reports a record executive who was staying in the room above her and she around 3:30 heard two large bangs. now was this out of whitney houston's room? there's all kinds of speculation of what it could have been and now we're finding out that it mostly likely was she was found in the tub, there might have been some prescription medication, other things there in the room, and this is why you might not get an official cause of death for quite some time because as they do the autopsy, whether it's done today or tomorrow, they're going to send out -- they're going to do tests, toxicology tests. those take time. if you recall back in 2009 when michael jackson died, it took the l.a. coroner almost three months to make an official cause of death. >> reminding us of that it wasn't immediate but i did not recall it took that long, three months. >> there's no rush. they want to make sure they get it right. a lot of people, though, fred have questions they want to know, because she was such an icon. but it's going to take some time and we might not -- we might hear a preliminary autopsy, but one of the other things that the beverly hills police were saying, there was no obvious sign of criminal intent that they could see in the room. >> quick to say that, just hours, just hours after confirming her death. so very interesting. and this being further complicated again by new reports that we're able to confirm that bobbi kristina, the 18, 19-year-old daughter of whitney houston, has now been rushed to a hospital. we don't have the circumstances of what may be taking place at that hospital, but, of course, when we get more information we'll pass it along. thanks so much, mike brooks, appreciate that. >> sure, fredricka. we'll have much more on this investigation. much more as we try to learn more information about bobbi kristina, the daughter of whitney houston, who is now reportedly been taken to the hospital, all that right after this. 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