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>> essentially, what he was arguing was, you know, that it was really sad that the miami had to leave. and what was interesting to me was that there's documentation that miami community members were standing there in the crowd listening to this guy lament the fact that they were no long they are. um, and so it's that iron that i found and kept finding over and over again that made me want to investigate it further. >> for more information on this and oh cities on the local content vehicles' tour, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> and now, ross doutha, this, contends that christianity...

Funeral will be saturday in newark at her childhood church, new hope baptist. be. meanwhile, california police say they're going to subpoena her doctors and pharmacies to help them determine the cause of death in this case. we're also hearing from one of houston's former bodyguards, whose behind the scenes view of her life led him to simply walk away from that job. here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: alan jacobs often spent 12 hours a day with whitney houston as director of security from 1995 to 2002. he saw seven years of ups and downs at the height of her singing career. >> it's like living...

With the state, with the world. this is their time now for their farewell. >> reporter: it's being held in the same newark, new jersey church, new hope baptist, where the singer got her start as a youngster. >> i'd seen her, you know, before she was the musical icon that we all know. and i'll take that with me. >> reporter: this clip is of the future superstar singing at new hope back in 1979. ♪ we now know it was houston's aunt, mary jones, who found her in the bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel saturday and tried to revive her. antibiotic and valium were found in the bathroom, as were cha...

that's paul mccartney quietly laying yellow roses and softly blowing a kiss. no sign of police or coroner investigators here as they wait for toxicology results to determine if the small amount of prescription drugs and alcohol abc news has learned were found in her room had anything to do with whitney houston's death. ♪ didn't we almost have it all fans in newark, new jersey found out this may be as close as they get to saturday's memorial service. houston's family, led by matriarch cissy, who welcomed her daughter's body home, it arrived in a golden hearse, told fans through the ...

♪ we could have had it all >> is she stealing the show from the singer of the year? good morning, everyone. we're going to take you live right now to the whigham funeral home in newark, new jersey. that's where whitney houston now rests. her mother, cissy, arrived there ahead of her daughter to receive the body in that golden hearse. and already, her fans are lining up outside. >> whitney's ex-husband, bobby brown, and her daughter, both accompanying her on her final journey home. we have new details on how her daughter bobbi kristina is doing after being taken to the hospital tw...