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i talked to her today about her friend and the gift that she had. you'll hear her shortly. dr. drew pinsky joins us to help us understand the role of prescription drugs that houston was taking might have played in her death. and "360" sanjay gupta is on to talk about how houston's history with narcotics could have broken her body down over time. first, though, more on the very latest. the gold colored hearse was greeted by crowds of fans shortly before midnight last night as it pulled up to this funeral home in newark, new jersey. houston's mother, cissy arrived earlier. friends say ...

in the pews, where people first heard the incredible voice coming from the choir. janet jackson knew and admired her. i talked to her about her friend. and dr. pinsky helps us understand how the prescription drug she was taking might have played a role in her death and how houston's history with narcotics could have broken her body down over time. first, more on the very latest. the gold colored hearst carrying the body of whitney houston houston before fans last night as it pulled up to this funeral home in new jersey. houston's mother, cissy arrived earlier. friends say she is over...

care of a funeral home in jersey. we're following developments on both fronts. cnn's don lemon on the west coast, deborah feyerick back east in newark. hello to you both. deb, let's start with you. what can you tell us about the arrangements? >> reporter: well, michael, whitney houston's mom, cissy houston, a gospel legend, is making all the funeral arrangements. and they decided to make it an intimate, invitation-only event, at the hope baptist church, the church where whitney houston grew up. another friend and church member said that at the church, whitney houston also felt safe a...

>> so he fell initially in the middle of that street, a young child running loose a midst sniper fire. watch again with me. this hero, this man here, grabs this child, swoops him up, whisks him to safety, kind of behind a bit of wall that he can find. then goes back to grab the child's stray shoe. folks, this is life in syria right now. and this is just in to us here at cnn, and you have to watch closely. this video was shot sunday in the capital city of damascus. it appears the bolster planes, they're using civilians as human shields. these men are apparently being forced at gunpoin...