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Her singing in a club with her mother. of course discovered her. some congregation members said he is never forgot where he is came from. >> the family shared whitney with the world, but whitman was a mother, daughter, sister and that is the focus we want to keep in front of us today to lift the family up and respect this time of grief. >> that was the pastor joe cart they're we heard from earlier before the service. we're told that people who attended the services by the religious correspondent laura green were told not to speak to the media. all the coverage we had so far has been before the...

Was her cousin. the god daughter of aretha franklin and clive davis heard her sing at one of her mother's shows. out of all of this, some congregation members that we spoke with say she never foregot where she came from. >> i'm sad as i'm sure we all are. here and her family have one legends of newark starting with the drinkard sisters and her mom cissy houston. i'm here to support them at this time of sorrow. >> reporter: another young woman was shocked by whitney houston's death and said that whitney houston was her "american idol" before there was an american idol. a small make shift memori...

He argues that we are overtaxing the enviro insatiable greed for profit he views this capitalist obsession as the most crucial issue for christians in africa. he's also opposed to a literal interpretation of the bible. we have many who are still thinking in terms of the. many congregation members who are not. political but. we think that even the bible itself has an. imperialist dick. and so on and we would that that's what we. do first african heirs like professor

Filling with those mourning the dead. in alabama alone, officials say at least 250 people were killed in those storms, and nbc's charles hadlock is live for us. a good sunday morning to you, charles. tell us what you are seeing there this morning. >> reporter: there's a lot of devastation still on the ground, workers are stringing new cable across most of alabama, which has seen about half a million people without power. church services are under way across alabama and a number of churches have been damaged or destroyed. congregation members have been scraping away the debris. today they're ho...

And charles, what is the latest from there? >> reporter: good moerpg. as you mentioned, church services are beginning across alabama. a lot of the damaged and destroyed churches, congregation members are clearing debris from the foundation of churches and they are planning on holding services at some of the locations today as an effort to the rebuilding processes. thousands of electrical crews from across the country arrived, and they are already reconnecting the power to many parts of alabama, including here in tuscaloosa. we have had crews as far as wisconsin and indiana working to get the p...