in 1983, whitney was discovered by clive davis performing in a new york city nightclub. that year, she made her nationally televised debut on the merv griffin show. she was 19 years old and performed a cover of the show "the whiz." this is the performance that launched her career. ♪ >> whitney houston was a huge talent. a krrc "360" starts now. >> thanks very much. good evening. a lot happening tonight. one of our correspondents has managed to make it inside syria and bring exclusive reporting on bashar al assad's war on civ civilians. also mitt romney's quest for the republican nomination could be in big trouble, especially in his home state but we begin with the death of whitney houston, her body being flown east to new jersey where memorial services

may be held. her family may be considering a wake on thursday and funeral friday at newark's 28,000 seat prudential center. showing whitney houston 10 years ago envisioning a happy ending to her story instead of the one we're watching now. >> 10 years from now, give me the perfect life for whitney houston. >> retired. sitting, looking at my daughter grow up, become a great woman of god. grandchildren. >> a perfect day is like on a sunday or something like that, when we like, like sit and, you know, we either watch tv or like listen to gospel music or have breakfast together. >> that was whitney houston and her daughter 10 years ago. instead, a long flight home

after a life cut far too short. the question, of course, now is why. we don't know either precisely or approximately how whitney houston died. we know she died saturday afternoon at the beverly hilton hotel. a member of her entourage found her in the tub, in the bathroom of her fourth floor suite. she wasn't breathing. an l.a. coroner official refusing to say if she drowned or what role alcohol or drugs might have played. >> you can look at a body and not know what the cause of death is. you might have a suspicion but the person could have suffered a heart attack or embolism or something. no matter what medications they're taking, until we run a tox and see the level and what's in the system, we're not going to speculate. >> she was found under water in that bathtub in that hotel room. that tox that edwin ter was talking about, the toxicology report will not be out for as long as six to eight weeks from now although preliminary results could be along a lot sooner.

he did say the amount of medicine prescription drugs recovered was less than found in most overdoses. he did not say which was found. tmz was told the anti-anxiety drug, xanex was among them and dr. pinsky says it only takes one anti-anxiety medication alone or in combination with alcohol to kill you. we'll talk to him shortly. he has very strong views on this latest celebrity death. we'll have a lot more on houston's battle with addiction and reports she was drinking as recently as friday night and thursday with her friend, singer kelly price. i'll hear from kelly price as well. first, what we know so far about whitney houston's final days. on thursday night, whitney houston takes the stage in what would be her last public performance. video taken at a party celebrating her friend, kelly price's grammy nomination. she hugs price on stage and launches into an impromptu

performance singing "jesus loves me." ♪ >> houston reportedly partied late into the night. these pictures show her looking disheveled. according to tmz.com, houston had a tense argument with another singer at the party. when she left, this photo of her was taken that appeared to show something that looked like blood dripping down her legs. cnn has not independently confirmed this. friends say houston was in good spirits that night, dancing, celebrating and drinking. >> what i can say on thursday night, whitney was partying, happy, sober, maybe a little tipsy because she had some champagne. but we had a good time thursday night. i will not let anybody say anything else about my friend because it's not true. >> houston was in town for clive davis' pre-grammy party staying at the hilton with her daughter,

bob bobbi kristina. this video shows them speaking to him at the hotel thursday. her behavior was erratic at the "los angeles times" saying houston was seen skipping around the ballroom and doing hand stands at the hotel pool. and houston was seen in mismatched clothing with dripping wet hair. on friday night, according to tmz.com, houston spent a long time at the bar at the hotel drinking with friends and being loud according to the website. the next day, houston was getting ready to attend the party and reportedly spoke to her mother, cissy houston at 3:15 a.m. saturday afternoon. less than 30 minutes later, a member of her entourage found her unconscious unresponsive inside the bathtub. pulled her out of the tub and called for help. >> when the officers arrived on the hotel room and fourth floor, the fire department and hotel security were already attempting resuscitation measures. at 3:55 p.m. this afternoon

whitney houston was pronounced dead at the beverly hilton hotel. >> investigators say there were no signs of foul play and will not comment if the prescription pills found in houston's hotel room had anything to do with her death. >> i know there's reports she maybe was drowned or did she overdo overdose, but we won't make a final determination until all the tests are in. >> an autopsy and toxicology tests were completed sunday. the l.a. county coroner's office says it will be six to eight weeks before they have any answers. houston's body has been released to her family who plan on holding a wake wednesday and burial in her hometown in newark, new jersey, friday. >> she got her start in church, as you heard a moment ago, she sang the last time impromptu performance thursday, she sang "yes, jesus loves me."

♪ ♪ >> her voice may not have been at its best but she was on that stage to support a friend. that's why we played you that video tonight. that is very important to kelly price, her duet partner there i spoke with earlier tonight. >> kelly, we just saw whitney houston singing with you in what turned out to be really her final performance on stage. how did she seem to you thursday nigh night? >> excited to be there. excited to be at the event. happy, sele ba to-cell ba to ce. she wasn't scheduled to perform

that night. i wasn't expecting her to do it. everybody was having a good time and we were singing and dancing, she was getting into everybody else's performances, encouraging everybody along and cheering everybody along. as i shared a moment with the audience, how she had been such a huge encouragement to me as we met throughout my career, she came on the stage. it was a shock to me she came on stage. i wasn't expecting her to. she wanted to sing. >> did you spend time with her before being on stage after? how long was she there? how did the evening go for her? >> she was there actually almost an hour before i got there. she beat me to my own event. we did, we spent a bit of time together. only to be interrupted by her visiting with other performers that were there and talking to them and communicating with them. we actually got a chance to spend a little time together before it was time for me to perform. we were downstairs in my vip

area, more private. we got a chance to catch up a little bit and hug each other and kiss each other and tell each other we love each other. she really expressed to me how proud she was of me doing this project and sticking to my guns to sing the truth. as far as r&b music, which was a big part of the celebration as it goes. she was perfectly okay. she was having a good time. she was laughing. she was greeting the other artists. it became a big moment, i think, because like myself, other artists, when they were around whitney houston, recognized she was whitney houston and it was an honor for any other artist, no matter who they were, to be in her presence. >> there are a lot of different reports what happened that night, a report she had a run-in with another woman at the club. pictures of her with what appear to be blood dripping down her leg. do you know any of that? >> i don't know anything about

any blood dripping down her leg. i know that at a point, there was wine that spilled and glass that broke. i don't know anything about any blood. i don't know anything about argument that took place. i didn't see one. i sat at the foot of the stage all night long because i sang almost in between every performance of every other artist. she was there with me with bobby kris, her brother and sister, her manager and we were there together, my husband,my manager in the corner as well as the background singers entering the stage, a very tight corner. she decided to come and be in that corner with me because the club itself was so crowded, the artists were having a hard time getting to the stage. it was souper crowded and super hot almost to the point the fire marshals shutting us down because it was so crowded. i don't know anything of those events. i knew there was wine that spilled, a glass that broke.

it was tight. we were knocking glasses over on the stage that were sitting by the speakers. so i can't account for any of that. what i can account for is that everybody had a great time and the whitney that i know and saw was cheering everybody on. she sang, she danced with her daughter, she danced with me. we had a great time. there was nothing wrong with her, that i saw. she was no more than three feet from me the whole night except when i was center stage. >> you say there was nothing wrong with her. obviously, her past battles have been very public. did she seem in any way high to you or intoxicated. i heard you said she had been drinking champagne. >> yeah. everyone pretty much had had champagne at some point in the night. they were toasting the event, toasting the grammy nominations. that's what was going on. she was not high. i'm a girl that group in the

projects in new york city. i know high when i see it. she was not high. we were literally having a great time, having a celebratory time. i stick to it because it's the truth. i stick to the truth because i'm so glad, if nothing more, i'm so glad that in this moment, i can say i had the pleasure of spending time with my friend, for the last time, and she wasn't high. she was happy. that's the way i get an opportunity to remember her. >> did it worry you to see her drinking at all, given her past? >> well, no, i wasn't worried about it. i didn't see where it was excessive. i didn't see -- i saw her with a couple of glasses of champagne. and our interactions were normal. there was nothing that seemed over the top. she didn't seem to be intoxicated to me. again, i know intoxicated when i see it. i wasn't worried about it at all. i don't think for her the night was about being in a club to get drunk. that wasn't the purpose.

the purpose was to come out and celebrate because everybody was toasting and excited about the moment and excited about what was coming. we were planning on spending some time together at clive davis' event on saturday. it would have been the most time we have had the opportunity to spend at one place at one time in a period of days in a couple years. i was excited about that. she was excited about that. bobby kr bobby kris was with her and my two teenage kids were with me. it didn't lead to that kind of behavior. i had my teenage daughter and son with me at the club. they came to celebrate their mother for the grammy nominations and love of r&b, the event. it was that kind of thing. i would have never wanted to bring my children into an environment i would have felt they would have seen something out of the way. i'm a very cautious mother. i was comfortable with the

environment that was there, to the point i would have my own kids there. her daughter was there, she was there and it was an enjoyable time. >> i'm glad you were able to have that moment with your friend. i'm sorry how everything has happened and my condolences to you and your family. >> thank you. thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> kelly, thank you very much for talking. >> let us know what you think. we're on facebook, google plus. add us to your circles, a sad story. follow us on twitter. anderson cooper, tweeting tonight. whitney houston and battles to addiction in the past. we don't know what killed her in final moments. there seems to be an epidemic of celebrity prescription drug deaths. >> politics, could mitt romney lose the state he grew up with and is he losing his lead nationwide? paints a pretty dark picture. >> the syrian government keeps

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whitney houston will be buried in newark, new jersey, not far from where they heard her first performance. she had been drinking champagne. you heard kelly price say she was happy. no denying her past two decades have been difficult. more from randi kaye. >> reporter: whispers about whitney houston's troubles began to circle shortly after she appeared in this michael jackson tribute. looking rail thin, the appearance fueled rumors her health was rapidly declining. she denied those rumors in this infamous 2002 interview with diane sawyer, insisting she didn't have an eating disorder and crack addiction.

>> whitney dying, crack in hails. >> first of all, crack is cheap. i make too much money to ever smoke crack. let's get that straight. i don't do crack. i don't do that. crack is whack. >> this says $730,000 drug habit. this is a headline. >> come on! 730. i wish. i wish whoever was making that money off me could share it with me. no way. no way. >> still, she admitted to battling other demons. >> is it alcohol? is it marijuana? is it cocaine? is it pills? >> it has been, at times. >> all? >> at times. >> if you had to name the devil for you, the biggest devil among them? >> that would be me. >> reporter: houston also had a

turbulent marriage to singer bobby brown. married in 1992, some pointed to their relationship as an a primary source of houston's troubles. houston publicly denied that brown abused her. >> has he ever hit you? >> no, he's never hit me, no. i hit him. in anger. >> bobby! bobby! >> reporter: that marriage and her erratic behavior eventually became reality show fodder on "being bobby brown." it did little for her reputation. >> we have to live with anthrax -- >> you watch too much tv. >> kiss my ass? >> in her later years, she attempted a comeback and divorced bobby brown and released an album in 2009 and it was plagued with vocal

difficulties a difficulties and in 2011, her publicist said she was seeking rehabilitation for her addiction. she was rehabilitating her image speaking with tv "extra." >> i think over the years being a mother and being married, i have matured in so many ways. my daughter is my greatest inspiration. she has trained me for this role. >> she has trained me. >> she trained me good. >> randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> officials have yet to pinpoint a cause of death or rule anything out, when a celebrity with a history of substance abuse is found dead long before her time, suspicions obviously turn to drugs and prescription drugs. i spoke about it with addiction specialist, dr. drew pinsky. >> as you hear the details now that have slowly begun to come out about whitney houston's final hours, what do you make about this? >> think about this, anderson.

there are leagues of rock stars that poured terrible amount of drugs in their system, they're still with us because they didn't get into the pharmaceutical spectrum. these days, drugs find their way to benzodi azepams, and oral opiums and a doctor prescribed them and they're all dead. >> what do you mean by ben do diazepams and oral opiums? >> it's the kinds of medications you're hearing about now having been found at her bedside. it hasn't been yet confirmed but it will be what it turns out to be and oral opiums are painkillers. that combination with alcohol suppresses respiration and people stop breathing. what's happening in hollywood is merely a reflection what's going on in our country. that same day whitney died, thousands of other people died prescription related death. >> there is the feeling because of prescription drugs, you need

a doctor who gave a prescription, they're somehow not as dangerous. >> that's right. people don't perceive the harm. everyone has been exposed to these and have in their medicine cabinet and their doctor gave it to me, it must be safe. you opened this conversation. what do i think about this? i'm outraged by it, sick of it. how many people do we have to hear about, amy winehouse, whatever it is, prescription related deaths, every single one. >> we heard from kelly price earlier, who said on thursday night, whitney was singing on stage with her, champagne was flowing, people said her voice was raspy, a photo of her looking kind of haggard leaving this club although it was late or early in the morning. i guess one is going to look haggard if you've been in a club. >> anderson, i got to stop you, i got to tell you. when i hear people around her say this woman with a long history of addiction and multiple courses of rehab is

doing fine, toasting champagne, that's so sad the people around her didn't recognize merely by the fact she's continuing to drink tells us she was treated last may as an out-patient i guarantee you abstinence was the goal and here she is toasting with champagne, that's sad? >> and people in their life happy whitney houston has shown up at an event and therefore won't comment or step in. >> that's the issue with celebrities. not the stress of a celebrity makes somebody a severe addict, they don't have the same consequences others do. people pulling them in saying, take care of this or employer saying you have to take care of this now. it's not just the people around them. how about the physician that prescribed this to them? >> there are reports whitney was back working on another film project, tried to have a comeback, could that have contributed to it?

>> yes. the fact this was a woman with chronic addictive pathology, treated as recently as may of last year and somebody thinks it's a good idea for her to be back at a movie in the fall or winter? absolutely outrageous. this woman should be taking 12 months to focus on her recovery. this is the other liability of being a celebrity, aside from the sick co-fans surrounding them, the people who make money off them push them and they love their work, it's gratifying for them. the paradigm story is robert downey. he kept going back to work. it wasn't until he stopped work, did not contemplate going back to work and focused on reality, he is a solid person and can now pursue a glorious career. >> when you're taking these pills or a few combinations, do you feel like you're in trouble? what does it actually -- do you feel like you're high? >> no. you feel like you need more. two processes going on, a pill

to solve your problems and regulate your emotions. that only works so long before pills cause withdrawal and emotional issues worse than before you started taking the pills. then there's the drive of addiction, the brain literally confuses the drug with survival itself, a positive drive you must use, becomes a priority that usurps all the other brain functions, you have the withdrawal and drive to use and that becomes a priority in one's life. >> how can someone drown in a bathtub. if you pass out, doesn't at some point your body make you wake up? >> remember, anderson, these medications make you stop breathing. of course, if they can make you stop breathing and not realize you stopped breathing, they can make you not realize you're drowning. the same phenomena, not breathing either way. i suspect she stopped breathing before the drowning. what i'm hearing of the coroner's reports, it kind of fits that. your body relaxes so much when you pass, you will slump in

something like a bathtub. that's usually the way this goes. people stop breathing. that's what this combination of substances does. >> dr. drew, appreciate it. >> thanks, anderson, please tune in at 9:00 p.m. we'll be discussing this in great detail. >> whitney houston's 18-year-old daughter, can you imagine what this is like for her? bobbi kristina overwhelmed as anyone would expect. sources close to the family said she was hospitalized twice because of anxiety of her mom's death. her life in the public eye next. "raw politics." is mitt romney in danger of getting swept away by the santorum surge? i'll talk to bay bu kchanan and david forum. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k).

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a source close to the singer's family says 18-year-old bobbi kristina was taken to the hospital twice after her mother's death. once to be treated for stress and anxiety. like her famous parents, bobbi has made headlines over the years. for an up close, tom foreman. >> reporter: snapped outside a hollywood restaurant last week, these are the last photos taken last week of her husband bobby brown and only child, kristy, na

brown. she appears to be overwhelmed by her mother's death and appeared with her mom in this video. she posted this video on youtube. ♪ >> reporter: but if bobbi kristina has shown hints of her family pedigree, she has shown some nack of controversy. >> i can figure for you to take me out. >> reporter: she was born in early 1993, while her mother was still riding a wave of media excitement over her role in "the bodyguard" and her marriage earlier. over seven years, her parents were battling addiction problems and frequently battling each other. audiences were watching bobbi kristina's struggles on the

reality show "being bobby brown" that first aired in 2005. the program ended after one season, however, the problems went on. the couple divorced in 2007, whitney took custody of their child and once again lit up the tabloids. since then, bobbi kristina has made headlines of her own. she's been cited by police for underage drinking. a celebrity website, media takeout.com posted a picture allegedly showing her with an assault rifle. just last year, she defended herself against accusations from the nation"national enquirer" s using cocaine, tweeting it's really not what it looks like. she went on to wage a public war of words on the internet with a former friend whom she said orchestrated the whole thing. through it all, whitney houston made it clear how much she admired her daughter. just a few months ago promoting a film on "extra" she said this. >> my daughter is my greatest

inspiration. she has trained me for this role. >> reporter: a source close to this family says bobbi kristina may now spend time with her grandmother in new jersey. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> there's a lot more news we're followin following. >> anderson, president obama unveiled a 3$3.8 trillion budge request spore spending and infrastructure and to pay for it proposes tax increases on rich and defense cuts and medicare and medicaid are hardly touched. in the streets, tens of thousands of protesters clashing with the police over the weekend and again this morning, today's riot came after the greek parliament approved new measures from the debt bailout from the eurozone. and in china, according to the independent labor rights organization, the tech formed

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it had a rocky start. some would say he just won the main caucuses and cpac straw poll. how does that make for a severely bad week? >> he had a severely bad week ending in a good weekend. he paid a heavy price for that good weekend. didn't do well in maine and cpac may be even more significant that was an organizational triumph. mitt romney has postponed again his move to the center and now crowded to the right ainu way. in december, when gingrich surged, romney endorsed the ryan plan. he had been looking for months to avoid doing that, a plan that removes the medicare guarantee for people under 55 and last week, with the santorum surge, he has been backed into endorsesing the santorum view contraception is a moral problem and shouldn't be covered. this is something that they introduced a bill saying

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tonight on "360" exclusive from inside syria, cnn's arwa damon managed to get inside the country to see the chaos firsthand. we will hear from her in a moment. at least 30 people have been killed and unrelenting violence and focused particularly harshly on homes that became -- on homs that became an opposition stronghold. we will not say exactly where she is for her own safety and the safety of her team. i spoke with her a short time ago. opposition police say at least 30 people have been killed in

syria. where are you? >> reporter: we're at a safe house we cannot disclose. there has been a non-stop flow of traffic here from members of the free syrian army who just defected and in a location from a medical clinic. however, because the area we're in is effectively under siege, as are many other areas around it, a lot of those in need of medical treatment have not been able to reach this particular location. >> what is the level of organization that you're seeing among opposition forces? >> reporter: there is a fairly impressive amount of organization. at this level, the free syrian army units in the village town to town level appear to be fairly well organized and lock ing in weapons and can't conduct defensive operations and the activists themselves are incredibly organized whether trying to disseminate information, get information around, there is a constant flow of information. >> there have been increasing reports of weapons being sent

into syria from a lot of different groups, a lot of different countries. allegations by the regime al qaeda is behind some suicide bombs. is there any truth to that? >> reporter: you do see weapons. the largest weapon was an ak-47 and after that rocket propelled grenade, no match for what the government has at its disposal. yes, there's been a slow trickle of weapons coming across various borders but it isn't going to put the opposition fighters in a military stance. what we keep hearing reiterated time and time again, opposition, the fighters even themselves do not want to and did not want to have to pick up weapons. it has been the regime's brutality that forced them into this position. when it comes to the issue of al qaeda, even the u.s. has said they believe some sort of al qaeda linked group is perhaps behind the mass bombs in

damascus, behind the bombing that just took place. they also do believe this is simply because al qaeda being the network it is is one fully capable of exploiting the kind of security vacuum that exists here. it is in no way, shape or form directly tied to the opposition itself but remains by and large a peaceful movement. >> arwa damon, stay safe. >> isha is back. >> robert champion's family sues the bus company. he died last fall allegedly from a beating during a haze iing incident. his family alleges he was beaten on a bus returning from a football game. justice stephen breyer was robbed last week while on vacation by a man with a machete

and luckily no one was hurt. and someone purchased a winning powerball ticket worth $336 million. the drawing was held satter day night. so far, the winner has not come forward. >> i wish them well. i will check in with piers morgan. >> thanks, anderson. a very sad night here in hollywood. tonight, i'll have chaka khan and others and they will bring me the memories of whitney houston. in america, she began singing her idol songs in the mirror and tonight, singing the song of the superstar coming up at 9:00. thanks. coming up, how a mayor of chicago made a 15-year-old boy break down in sobs. a heartbreaker on the "ridiculist." [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles,

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time now for the "ridiculist." we're adding the city of chicago's sticker controversy. the city had a contest for high school students to design a new vehicle registration sticker. they announced the winner, 15-year-old herbie. he was ellated and became a celebrity when he was on a talk show and explained his winning design was a tribute to people who saved his life when he was burned in a fire when he was just four years old. >> i drew this honoring the police department, the paramedic and the fire department and the helping hands of chicago, because obviously they helped m me. >> what a great kid, right? chicago's city clerk susanna man do za had those say at the time. >> 1.3 million cars in the city

of chicago will have your artwork, herbert, that's exciting. >> it is exciting. hold the phone, here's what chicago clerk mandoza says now. >> i cannot in good conscience ask anybody to put the artwork on their car if it can remotely be misconstrued of being affiliated as a gang. >> that's right. herbie has been stripped of his awa award because someone looked at his design honored for months and thought the out-stretched hands he drew maybe possibly look like they could potentially be throwing gang signs. here's how herbie reacted when he found out. >> i don't think that's fair. i tried the best i could. i don't have nothing that -- our design doesn't have nothing to do with no gangs, nothing. don't got nothing to do with no gang, no violence, no nothing. it's a picture someone worked

hard for and did the best they can. >> yeah. and they're taking away his prize, too, a thousand dollar saves bond. herbie's art teacher helped him work on his design. here's what she had to say. >> yes, i have peace of mind, is there no gang sign here. >> the art teacher said she showed him examples of hands to draw. the one on the right, his design is on the left. i think the city of chicago needs to looks into that teaching children how to succeed pamphlet for gang signs. she said it's nothing personal and will give herbie a saves bond out of her own pocket. here's herbie before. >> when i do make money and i am able to settle in a place where i could do good, i'm going to help people that are in situations where they don't have no food and no water,