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staying in the room above houston's says she heard two loud booms, and a man's voice about 20 minutes before houston was pronounced dead. it is hard -- nowhere to start to begin to describe the life of whitney houston. ♪ i get so emotional baby every time i think of you♪ both an entertainer and person, she's described as larger than life, born in 1963. gospel singer cissy houston, voice discovered when she was a young girl singing at her church. debut sold 12 million copies in the alone. recorded a string of billboard hits in the 1980s and '90s including "saving all my love for you" and "how will i know." ♪ we both know

i'm not what you need ♪ ♪ and i will always love you♪ houston went on to star with kevin costner in "the body guard," the sound truck one of the top ten biggest selling albums of all time including i a rema remake of "i will always love you." she battled drug problems, better known for her high-profile and tumultuous 15-year marriage to bobby brown of new edition. they had one child, bobbi kristina. before her death houston finished filming a remake of "sparkle." it is scheduled to be released nationwide in august, according to sony pictures. a list of who's who in music is reacting to houston's death. here's how they're remembering the woman who will ever be

remembered as the voice. >> she just had an incredible voice. you know, she just -- she's a beautiful, beautiful face. i remember the first time i saw her face on records, just a beautiful girl. >> i've known her from a little girl up, you know, her family, of course, and i'm venturing out to say this, and may get some flak, but there will never be another voice like that. >> whit was one of the greatest singers to ever open her mouth to sing, and i know that whit would want the world to remember her that way. i know that she would want people to remember her profound talent and to think of her in a positive light. whit was a sweetie pie. you know, she was a nice person. i know that she would want to be remembered that way. >> we're also going to talk to singer chaka khan coming up in 20 minutes live here on cnn.

whitney houston known worldwide as multiaward-winning chart-topping superstar but got her start in the choir in her hometown of now arc, new jersey. the pastor joe carter offers his condolences. >> the rich history that the new hope baptist church has is deeply associated with the power of whitney's voice and the influence that she's had not only in this church but across the world where we're saddened at this loss. >> deborah feyerick live outside the church dur what must be a very emotional day there, deborah? >> reporter: it's emotional, somber. about the people here, you know, with heavy hearts clearly. houston family a big part of this. her mom, cissy houston, the choir director here for 54 years, her dad also attended, he was an army serviceman but also entertainment executive.

whitney houston got her start here. there is is where she sang for god, that was her description of it. she loved gospel, she had a deep spirituality. you can hear her, see he almost unrecognizable. take a listen. ♪ >> reporter: and that song "have a little talk with jesus" there was something about her, everyone at church recognized that it was something special that it was something unique. she was poised. just the vocals were so strong. but it was a place that she always felt at home, a place that she connected with and felt very much a part of. later in her life she talked about the fact she was losing the spirituality and in her darkest days, though, still reach for the bible to try to find it and it was her mom who played such a big part here at the new hope baptist, it's her mom who came and got her out of what was a bad situation and a

bad marriage. right now, though, people just remembering her gift, remembering her songs, remembering the music and the kindness and the soul that was such a big part of this in newark community, ted. >> those people there were the first to hear that angelic, beautiful voice that we all of course got to know well. deborah feyerick, thank you very much, reporting outside the church in new jersey. >> reverend al sharpton will call for a national prayer this morning for houston's family during services at second baptist church of los angeles. he released a statement saying, quote, i am stunned at the passing of whitney houston whom i have known since the late 1980s. i have known her mother, the great gospel singer cissy and her aunt dionne warwick, down through the years, and the world is saddened by this great loss. more than 1,000 tweets a second in the hours right after the news of whitney houston's death. find out what fans are saying from around the world, how

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office a short time ago for an autopsy. pronounced dead at beverly hilton hotel yesterday at 3:55 local time. police say there's no obvious signs of any criminal intent. take a look at this tribute to whitney houston in new york, a sign at the famed apollo theater calling her a true music icon. houston's video for "the greatest love of all" filmed at the apollo in 1986. fans have flooded social media sites with tributes to whitney houston. our josh levs is monitoring that for us. good morning again. >> good morning again to you. folks, you know this, when people are mourning, like you, death of an ike conditicon, peo out to each other, strangers, and share thoughts and memories and reach out no cnn. we've been hearing from people throughout the night. literally from the minute this broke, we here at cnn have been hearing from people with memories about whitney houston. music can have an incredible amount of power. you're talking to us about the effect it had on your life.

from her official website. if you go to that website, you'll see images, videos, information, looking back at her, her life, legacy, what she has achieved. and all sorts of social media platforms, facebook, twitter, i-report, a couple of quotes that are the latest that we've been receiving. ireport.com. first one comes from k.l., her music always brought happiness to my mom. when i grew older i would listen to whitney houston and it would ma me feel better. her music is part of my life and my mother's life. i pray for her family and friends. another one that is interesting, speaking to whitney with quote as long the way, you were my every woman and the queen of the night. whitney, i will always love you. rest in peace, thank you for sharing your beautiful voice and talents with us. let's go to video. i want to talk to you about the kinds of messages that we're seeing. a lot of people are writing us about specific memories they

have of times that whitney houston's hmusic affected their lives many writing about the amazing super bowl performance and we are hearing one message from a soldier, remembers exactly what it was like for him at moment she sang at the super bowl. he said i stood up, placed my right hand over my heart standing attention, whitney's voice soared, tears rolled down my cheeks and i got goose bump. the breadth of her success, i read you a message from a woman in africa who said whitney helped open the door to black female performers in the new pop era, including in africa, fascinating. i read a message from a woman who is a successful opera singer who says whitney is admired and appreciated from opera singers everywhere for the passion she was able to pack into every note she ever sang. absolutely amazing. interactives check out during the day. look back at whitney houston, her life, her legacy, and weigh in. this is from our partners the "time" magazine.

they have put together a photo spread of iconic images of her throughout her career. if you go to the main page of cnn.com, you'll link straight to these. one photo of her early on. you can tell from that photo. i'll click through a couple more. part on in 1993, she was at a kid's choice awards some point in the '90s she was at the kids choice awards. i love this photo. this is her worldwide appeal. singing in the netherlands october 23, 1993, reminding how far back her success goes. just to show you our ireport assignment, this is where you go during the day, main page of cnn.com, join our social media system, weigh in with thoughts, memories, send us videos, stories, whatever it is you'd like to share about the way that whitney houston and her music might have affected your life. i'll be bringing more to you. ten-time grammy award

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a special tribute planned at tonight's grammy awards for whitney houston. r&b star chaka khan has been tapped to perform among others. chaka khan joins me live from los angeles by phone. chaka, before whitney became a pop superstar you knew her, sang backup, called her your little sister. first, insight about your relationship with her over the years. >> okay. i'm still in shock, trying to wrap my head around the whole thing. her mother, during the '80s when i was living in new york, used to record background with me a lot when i was -- when martin was my producer. one person -- she told me she had a daughter who was a great

singer. i said really? she said, yes. she's a teenager. i said, bring her down tomorrow, have her sing some stuff with us. so she did. you know, she was a tall, thin, little girl, a teenager but a very girlish, sweet quality about her. i immediately fell in love with her. we both fell in love, we were very tight. we've known each other forever and we -- we sang on about three, four numbers. and through the years she got her record deal and i started moving up in the ranks and handling and holding her own so beautifully i was always there to support her. we saw each other a lot.

we spoke on the phone a lot. we'd bump into each other on the road a lot. we always spend time together. >> we just -- we're watching her covering your song "i'm every woman" and you in that. what was that like to hear your song sung by whitney houston who had the voice of an angel? >> i've been covered by a couple of artists, whitney being the -- without -- hands down the best. in fact, when i heard her rendition i had to really listen hard because it was perfect. it's as if i sung in the background on the song. i was like -- i asked her, i said did you sing the background on that as well? she said, yeah. i sang all of the backgrounds. i couldn't believe it.

and she -- she said i sang it because of you. i wanted to make it a tribute to you, would you come and be on the video with me? of course. so that's with bobbi kristina that time. >> you knew her when she was so young, before any of us had ever heard of her. you like everybody watched her rise and through her troubled years, heartbreaking years with everybody watched in heartbreak, what was it like for you during her struggles? >> well, it was particularly painful for me because i went through a similar struggle pretty much almost the same struggle as she did with the drugs. many of our conversations, of course, were about, you know, when i got sober, where i was

helping, wishing for her to follow my lead and let's do this, be sober together and the whole thing. you know -- >> was she on path to recovery? >> sorry? >> was she on the path to recovery? >> it -- it appeared that she was. i just -- i was with her mother about three weeks ago, we did a show together, her mother informed me that she got this part in the movie. i said, wow, i said that looks like it. i said we've got to stay behind her, stay on it. stay behind her on this and we'll both, you know, back her up. we had every -- every -- every hope that everything was going to be great and that she was -- this is going to be, you know, her ticket away, you know from

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whitney houston died on the eve of music's biggest night, 54th annual grammy awards. she will be honored tonight at a live tribute with performances from stars with likes of jennifer hudson and chaka khan, who we just talked to moments ago. cnn also talked to the grammy's executive producer. take a listen. >> we're very saddened and we don't want -- we don't want to rush to anything that wouldn't be respectful. our plan, at this point, is we do -- i've asked jennifer hudson to come and we're really at this moment, you know, talking about what she's going to do. but it will be something respectful. it's not going to be a full-blown tribute. to me, that feels like it's too early, it's too fresh at this moment. so we're working on something that will be really respectful and appropriate to whitney's memory. >> throughout the morning we've been bringing you personal

stories about whitney houston from people who knew her well. joining me now from los angeles is allison samuels, she's a contributor for the daily beast. you refer to whitney houston as your sister/girlfriend. what did she mean to you? >> she was just this incredible iconic force that even though she was a huge major star, i met her at height of her career, she still sort of welcomed me into her world and sort of asking me, how are you doing? where are you from? why aren't you mothered? i'm going to help you find a man. she was comfortable with who she was and meeting new people. i was shocked by that. being as i said i met her at the height of her career. she didn't have any walls up, she was very comfortable with her fame. and i think for me that meant so much being that i sort of grew up watching her and seeing her in "17" magazine, i she was a model first. i remember seeing a short-haired

girl, chocolate girl, in the pages of "17" in junior high school. to meet her when she was an iconic singer was amazing to me. i never thought that she would welcome me in so freely as she did. >> were you at the beverly hilton when he you heard that she was dead? >> yes. i was actually doing a vh-1 interview, she was coming right after me to do an interview for "behind the music" they were setting up for her, we have to speed this up because whitney's coming in 30 minutes in the middle of my interview someone kept knocking on door saying whitney can't come, they're like whitney's dead. we were all -- just shocked because we just -- you know they were setting up, they're like she's going to be here in 30 minutes, she's going to give us this interview and they were so excited and the air just went out of the room when we heard she passed away. we were like, are you sure? we almost didn't believe it

because it was so surreal. >> you wrote this morning you had written an obituary for whitney five years ago. tell me about what prompted that and whether you saw things change in her life since -- since that time. >> i wrote it -- i wrote the obituary for her the last time that i had a major interview with her about she was really not herself. i had gone to dinner with her night before, she was not herself. the next day when i did an interview with her she was sort of not there. i had this feeling if she didn't get it together, there was going to be an unfortunate end to this inconsideredable life. i fell like i need to put this into words, let people know how amazing, how funny, how generous this woman was and how she had demons that a lot of people had and seemed to not be able to fight them. at a certain point i thought she was going to get over this and she would live this foul life. yesterday was incredibly sad for me because it brought to life what i always feared that she

would die early. >> do you still have that obituary that you wrote five years ago? did you keep it? >> i've been looking for it. we put it aside because we felt like, she's back on track. i felt that in the last couple of years. i saw her in a year in a half ago at mr. chow, she was great, she was happy, she gave me a big hug, i was thinking she's on track to do better things, she's feeling good. i sort of forgot about it. now i have to go and find it and sort of remember some of the things that i had said. i hoped it wouldn't come to this. i prayed it wouldn't come to this. >> allison samuels joining us live this morning from los angeles. thank you, allison. well, on the political front, mitt romney has had a pretty good week, winning two contests. more on whitney houston and more ahead on that. stay with us. you're watching cnn.

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romney, santorum, and newt gingrich all addressed the conference on friday. in syria, we are hearing that the military's actually putting civilians on their tanks to act as human shields. one opposition activist says it's happening in the city of homs which has been the epicenter of the uprising. syria's military bombing opposition forces and civilians in homs nearly 700 people, including children, died in syria just last week. arab league members are meeting in cairo today to discuss options for dealing with the worsening situation there in syria. the u.s. embassy is following the case of two american women who have been arrested during a demonstration in bahrain. this is one of the women, she and another woman were there on tourist visas, picked up for being at an illegal gathering. reports say the women are human rights attorneys who wanted to help monitor the situation in bahrain. this week marks the one-year

anniversary of protests and forcing democratic reforms in the country. meteorologist reynolds wolf is in our weather center now for a check at our weather. reynolds, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, ted. watching pretty interesting situations towards parts of the great lakes. right now, it's something that normally happen but was it's taken a while to get under way. talking about of course lake-effect snow fall. look carefully at the snow across parts of michigan, new york, even into pennsylvania and parts of ohio you can notice everything is moving from the northwest right across the great lakes. what's interesting is if this were happening in the northern plains and wind was moving across say parts of kansas it wouldn't mean a whole lot. however, because it's moving across a body of water it's picking up moisture, mixing it with cool air and result is snow. if you happen to be in cleveland, ohio you, might say, no big deal because i'm thawing out. good luck because it will be a tough plain for you by later this afternoon. one of the things we're watching

is l.a., backups in cleveland, because of the delays we estimate will be under an hour. if know continues to come down, you have issues on the runways, at tarmac, de-icing, it could give you headaches. philadelphia, wind could be an issue. chicago, wind. same song, third verse. miami, delays under an hour, yes, because of the wind. you white mite haght. >> reporter: pop-up thunderstorms in miami. now in terms of the rough weather in the east, towards the west we've got something building. notice the pressure over california. we expect that to make its way across the plains. snow in the east, some places could get 2 to 4, 103. towards west snow could be more extreme in the mountains maybe what we're going to see towards the great lakes, 8 to 12. out to west that system, as it makes its way towards the northern plains, we're going to have ahead of it advisories. watch what happens when the low kicks out.

when it does, it's going to tap into moisture. first the gulf of california, loses that moisture but picks up everything from the gulf of mexico. that's key play that's going to give you thunderstorms, dallas from austin along 35 into, san antonio. houston will get in the mix. the other side of the frontal boundary, all of the cold air in place, again same recipe, moisture, layer of cold air, icy mix in oklahoma city, wichita, towards kansas city. it's all going to be snow. we'll have more coming up during the next weather update moment as way. republican presidential hopeful rick santorum is coming off a strong week of victories in several states. he is a guest on "state of the union" host candy crowley joinsjoins us.

"state of the union" with c candy crowley coming up at top of the hour. candy, live with a preview. rick santorum, of course, on your show this morning. he is coming off a very good week. >> well, he had a better first of the week than end of the week. you know, ted there was a big cpac convention and cpac is conservatives, it's a collection, umbrella group, for leading conservative organizations across the country. they were meeting here in washington. they had a straw poll saturday, it was a straw poll of people who came a very large group, into the thousands and a straw poll on conservative leadership self-identified conservatives across the country. guess who won both times? this is rick santorum's group or the group he says he's a conservative alternative to mitt romney.

but mitt romney won. >> so -- >> mitt romney -- i was going to say, mitt romney won the main caucus saturday. he had kind of a, you know, hit a double on saturday for mitt romney. so, as i say, you know, as we saw on tuesday, rick santorum swept all three states on tuesday. so that's still major bragging rights. >> when you bring up the cpac vote, is this an indication that conservatives, although aren't happen with welcome backing romney the bottom line is, in the end, they know they will be? >> oh, sure. i haven't talked to a conservative yet who has said flatly, i'll never support mitt romney if he becomes the nominee because the driving force behind any election when it is -- when at stake is the re-election of a party of the opposite party, is to defeat that person and that person right now is president obama for republicans, whether they are conservatives or moderates, independents leaning republican, the most important thing to the republican party at

this point and that involves especially the conservative base, is the defeat of president obama. they'll get behind the nominee. i think it will take a while, but come november, they'll be at voting booths. >> we've heard rumblings of a brokered convention, possibly a long shot, people are starting to talk about it. your take, i'm interested. >> you know, i think we talked about that because it might be kind of cool. sort of you know, envision this, you know, let's all get in the smoke-filled room and find out how this works. it feasible. i just don't think it's probable. maybe it's just -- there hasn't been one in decades and decades, so i can't imagine it's going to happen. but for now what do you have? four people gathering up delegates, some more than others but nonetheless, continuing forward. until someone hits the magic number of 1144 delegates, all things are possible. >> it's possible.

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♪ my love my love is your love♪ >> those close to whitney houston are mourning the loss of not just a singer but a friend. i spoke to tony-award winning actress and singer jennifer holliday earlier about her memories of houston. >> whitney was one of most down, just so down home and just nice

and kind hearted. and i had met her early on because i knew so many of the same people that she knew, michael jackson, all of these people that i knew, of course, through "dream girls" and then aretha franklin and singers and staff. so i got to know her just as a nice person and she was always very kind hearted. when i had fallen upon hard times and had lost my home and trying to get my career back together, she kind of stepped in to try to figure out, okay, how are you going to get work, how are you going to do? she would offer me jobs. one time she had a birthday party and said i can book you to sing for that. she and i were label mates briefly, i was with arista and i sang for the clive davis which she was at and she personally took me around to people, introduced me, personally saw after. she was always trying to show

that she cared about people. she was also that same with musicians early on. i learned from her how to treat musicians, just in terms her piano play, a musical director, she loved them and his death was one of her first tragic deaths of the loss of the piano play somewhere how she cared for them and the family. she's always been a very caring person. and i think that it got all mixed up because she didn't have a lot to say about a lot of thing, meaning like i'm very deep and analytical about a lot of stuff. you didn't feel darkness from her. you know you can get that from some people, some artists. they feel dark, they feel secretive. you didn't feel that. you always felt a like from her. she was always uplifting and trying to help people by connecting them. >> whitney houston's impact wasn't limited to americans. people all around the world have been reacting to her sudden

death. you, of course, are from south africa. you say she made quite an impression in your country. >> absolutely. 1994 the year that nelson mandela became the president of south africa and i remember well whitney houston was the first major musician to come in november of 1994 and to a concert that she called the concert for the new south africa. you're seeing her with mandela, in fact 2001, they had a very special relationship. he referred to her as his daughter. this morning i spoke to the mandela family, they said whitney houston was an extension of our family. we are berefed and they feel for bobbi kristina. a special relationship. all of the money from her concert in 1994 went to south african charities. so a huge impact on that country. and when i spoke to david manoway nelson mandela's grandson, i could hear "i will

always love you" they were having a family lunch singing to whitney houston in memory of this beautiful woman, beautiful singer. it's not only south africa. china, front page, speaks of u.s. singer dying at age 48. bbc telegraph says terrible trajectory of modern fame. south africa's says, whitney houston, brilliant and tragic life. and australian speaks about the majestic diva ravaged by drugs, dies at 48. so, ted from ann arbor to amsterdam, from durbin to dubai, we will always love you, whitney houston. >> all right. nadya, thank you. there are so winter storm wornings out there. reynolds wolf up next with the forecast. >> voice was amazing. you knew exactly who it was. >> i will always remember her performance at the national anthem the year after 9/11.at or most rare and magical fruit.

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here are some other storeys making news this morning. mitt romney has another notch

his belt with last night's whip in the maine caucus. romney barely beat ron paul. paul spent a lot of time campaigning for a good finish in maine. the win ends a three-contest winning streak that rick santorum had. maine wasn't the hoenl only place where voters were giving romney the vote. cpac, of course the annual gathering of conservative activists, here are the numbers there. santorum did finish in a close second in the poll. romney, santorum, newt gingrich, all addressed the conference on friday. there were more voters in the cpac poll than in the maine caucus? syria, the military's actually putting civilians on their tanks to act as human shields. one opposition activist says it's happening in the city of homs where, of course, it's been the epicenter of the uprising. syria's military has been bombing opposition forces and civilians in homs, nearly 700 people died in syria last week. discussing options for dealing

with the worsening situation there in syria. the u.s. embassy's following the case of two american women who have been arrested during a demonstration in bahrain. this is one of the women, she and another woman were there on tourist visas. they were picked up for being at an illegal gathering. reports say the women are human rights attorneys who wanted to be there to help monitor the situation in bahrain. this week marks the one-year anniversary of protests aimed at forcing democratic reforms there in bahrain. well, reynolds wolf here is with us for another look at our weather this morning. good morning again to you. >> good morning, ted. we're watching the great lakes for snow that we see there. not unusual at all to get lake effect snowfall, it's part of what you deal with when you call the great lakes your home or community as long the great lakes in places like buffalo, erie, cleveland, detroit. snow shower activity. some towards the highlands.

they've been waiting for the snow there, too. it's been coming in. as we take a look, you might wonder how much snow? the answer, we'll turn to the computer model, 8 to 10, 8 to 12 in the heaviest spots, parts of 90 in new york. the heaviest precipitation. gusts are going toing strong, up to 30 miles per hour. you'd be surprised making your way down the roadway, it can give you whiteout conditions. might be tough. take it easy. you folks in new york and any place near the great lakes you know how to drive in this condition, i got that, but still wind can make a big difference. also any flights out of small airports or regionals towards perhaps syracuse, towards watertown or rochester, for that matter, you might have delays. the bigger airports, cleveland, snow and wind can give you a delay under an hour. philadelphia, wind a problem. also wind for chicago and miami, backups can be expected. that's not the only place we'll see rough weather in the northeast.

we're having a developing system that's going to take place, well, right now, near the four corners, this area of low pressure, it's going to grow a pair of legs hop into the central plains and texas. right now, what we have are winter storm watches, advisories and warnings. warnings were in the northern rockies, really central rockies. you're going to get snow in places like breckenridge, they need more snow, this is great for them. for anyone trying to travel monday, that area of lay pressure's a differencemaker. cold air we are talking about in the central plains, 36 for kansas city, 46 in dallas, 51 in houston. it will be in the central plains, an area of low pressure bring snowfall. some places could see anywhere 2 to 4 inches of snowfall, may more in oklahoma city, that's on monday and into tuesday event. certainly not as high as what you'll see in parts of the great lakes. ted, a quick snapshot of the forecast. your turn again. >> dolly partner says her heart

is, quote, one of the millions that are broken by houston's death. rick vincent looks back at the life that was marked by great success and some very difficult times. ♪ because the greatest >> reporter: her united states was a voice instantly recognized worldwide. whitney houston sold more than 170 million albums with hits including "saving all my love for you" and "the greatest love of all" ♪ and i will >> reporter: perhaps her crowning acleavement her cov or of dolly partner's "i will always love you" from "the body guard" with kevin costner. born into a musical family in newark, new jersey, 1963. her incredible talent was discovered at an early age and signed by aris ta records in 1983. two albums brought seven consecutive number one hits

passing the beatles and the beegees. she was music. 's most awarded artist of all of time, six grammys, two emmys, 16 billboard awards and 23 american awards and named female artist of the decade in 2000. she struggled with alcohol and drugs. she filed for divorce in 2006. in 2009 a comeback. houston released he first studio album in seven years debuted at number one on the charts. >> it humbled me and kind of like -- kind of like said i want to do this one more time. >> reporter: her tour was reportedly plagued with vocal difficulties. reps explained an upper respiratory infection. her publicist said houston was seeking help. she was set to appear in "sparkle" her first movie role

since "the preacher's wife" in 1996. her sudden death shocked fans and musicians across the world. >> i'm absolutely devastated by this in news. i am so sad for her. she was i mean undoubtedly one of the greatest superstars of all time, one of the greatest voices, you know, in our lifetime we're likely ever to hear. >> reporter: whitney houston, dead at age 48. rick vincent reporting. >> i'm ted rowlands. candy crowley up with "state of the union." stay tuned for coverage on death of whitney houston. ♪ lost without a cause after giving it my all ♪ ♪ storms have come