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Singer's last sit-down interview before her untimely death. in other news, as i told you at the top of the hour, president obama moments away from a speech outlining his budget plan for america, a push for short-term spending, major long-term deficit reduction, but a familiar fiscal reality. the president forecasted adding another $1 trillion of debt in 2012 and nearly hitting the trillion-dollar debt number in 2013. so, is this plan dead on arrival? gerald bernstein is a contributor to msnbc and nbc and served as chief economist to joe biden. we're seeing president obama come out now. what ...

but first, we'll also be in contact with the family and give them our findings. >> the sidewalk outside the hotel where she died is now a makeshift memorial filled with flowers, candles and cards bearing whitney's name. a name also spoken in prayer and reference at last night's grammy awards. >> there is no way around this, we've had a death in our family. >> i just want to say to whitney up in heaven, we all love you, whitney houston. >> it was certainly an emotional night for music's biggest night there at the grammys. nbc correspondent jeff rossen joins me now with the very latest...

contact with the family and give them our findings. >> the sidewalk outside the hotel where she died is now a makeshift memorial filled with flowers, candles and cards bearing whitney's name. a name also spoken in prayer and reference at last night's grammy awards. >> there is no way around this, we've had a death in our family. >> i just want to say to whitney up in heaven, we all love you, whitney houston. >> it was certainly an emotional night for music's biggest night there at the grammys. nbc correspondent jeff rossen joins me now with the very latest on the investigation from l...

♪ our guests are back to tell us what we should know as the news unfolds this week. start with gerald bernstein. what's your people know? >> i think people should know that the unemployment insurance extensions and the payroll tax cut are in danger of leaving this economy and that is a very bad thing. these are policies that have been in place in 2011 and if congress doesn't extend them, they're going to leave the system. now, just keeping a fiscal policy like this, that's helping workers in the system doesn't give you any more of a boost because it's already there. it keeps your foot wher...

boss's editor of a magazine, and fighting for progress in the age of obama, and you see our next guess here on dylan ratigan's program, and it's great to have you. i have to give a shotout to my mom who made coffee cake for you guys. >> it's a beautiful thing. >> thanks, mom. >> we're a month away from the iowa caucus, herman cain suspended his race, otherwise known as getting out of the race, but staying in the race to raise money to get rid of the debts. and gingrich in the lead, and ron paul at second at 18%, and mitt romney in third. also last night, mike huckabee hosted a forum ...