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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 ...

"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 rele...

Monitoring the movements of those planes. supervisors both at andrews air force base and the regional control center in potomac which handles the flights a they come in -- as they come into the d.c. ar area. >> and that is when coming into effect? >> as of today. >> thank you, jeanne. also, surveillance video captures terrifying moments of a robbery in florida. look at this. you will see the panicked customers scrambling with three men opening up fire inside. this is a internet cafe. and you can see one of the gunmen wrestling for the security guard, and wait for it, because he is a guy in t...

Can you describe the situation in tokyo now? >> well, from our vantage point here things look reasonably calm. we're just at the border into the tokyo border. this particular area doesn't seem to have a lot of visible damage outside. there's some major stuff, and not too far way in the immediate ar area. >> you just mentioned shiba. a number of viewers and myself recall there was a fire at an oil facility in shiba. has that fire been extinguished by now? >> i have no idea. it's nothing i can see from here. >> okay, can you describe what you can see from your vantage point? >> and in particular...

February 7th was 4-3 in favor of smoking exemption. but they needed five votes for approval. what is next for you guys? will this be sustainable? can you get the smoking exemption? >> we hope so. there was one missing because he had a heart attack and he is supposed to be back next month and we will resubmit and ask for the exemption next month because 94 percent of our members asked we do that. they want smoking in our bar area. >> they want smoking in the bar and 30 percent of the members smoke, if 204 members there, and if you do not get this exemption what happens? >> if january, we do not...