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we are just getting the details of what caused whitney houston's death. as you know, she was found last month in the bathtub of her hotel room in beverly hills. let's go to kareen wynter who joins us live from los angeles. what can you tell us? >> hi, candy. what i can tell you, the final cause of death has been determined to be drowning from heart disease as well as cocaine. that's right. there was cocaine in whitney houston's system at the time she was found submerged in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel back in february the day before the grammy's. the toxicology report also s...

settlement that some folks have missed is when was the last time you got 49 state attorneys general, 49 republicans and democrats having to do anything together? i think one of the important things here is this is a step towards doing big things across party lines. >> we'll leave it at that because "end point" ended a minute ago. fredricka whitfield i apologize for the 43 seconds i've stolen from you. >> that's okay. >> that's okay. i'm willing to share. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips who's on assignment. we begin ...

Ambien, claiming lives. >> vip drugs. do you know anything about that, david? we don't know i was watching assistant chief coroner, very good guy seems like, he's not ready to say anything as of tonight. it does seem like this story of joplin and hendrix and morrison, what a pattern. >> it's tough to talk about after someone passes but i think we have to remember inasmuch as her voice was an inspiration, her life should be a cautionary tale to folks who want to get in the business and advance in life, that drug addiction if it doesn't kill you, it can kill your talent. so i think that is very ...

Played a role in her actual death, the drug abuse stories we're used to from years past --. >> goes goback to judy garland. >> britney murphy, amy winehouse, not heroin, not cocaine, but valium, xanax, ambien, claiming lives. >> vip drugs. do you know anything about that, david? we don't know i was watching assistant chief coroner, very good guy seems like, he's not ready to say anything as of tonight. it does seem like this story of joplin and hendrix and morrison, what a pattern. >> it's tough to talk about after someone passes but i think we have to remember inasmuch as her voice was an spi...

be held at the predential center. the venue is closed to the new hope baptist church where as a girl she sang in the choir. we're going to go live and get the latest on her final hour of life and the investigation into how exactly she died. everyone admired houston's magnificent voice. she won more awards than any other female singer. and she's the only singer ever to have had seven conservative number one hits. for me, i idealized houston as a singer. the song went on replay back then what were boom boxes and that movie came out in 1992, the same year she married bobby brown. and ma...