violence and to encourage productive dialogue which would enable the syrian people to establish its national political institutions. also preserve the territory integrity and social unity of syria and know that's important to force all external intervention. now, mr. president, that the council has not been able to reach a decision to support the arab initiative, the road map still exists as the only tool and the exemplary framework which the arab league should continue to use in its efforts

to make active. mr. president, we are feeling terrible pain because of the horrible events we are all aware of, and we ask that god bless all those victims so that bloodshed might end and that the various factions of the syrian people might be able to reach a democratic state in order to create a single open-ended society which would enjoy understanding and concord. we hope that the security council will not have to deal once again with this situation whereas it is getting worse. we hope that all those who have

influence on all the parties spare no effort whereas the security council has not been able to arrive at a decision so that a larger number of the innocent victims does not occur and that we put an end to the reuse of violence. thank you, sir. >> i thank the representative in morocco councilmember for its statement and i now give the floor to the representative of france. mr. president, it is with great sadness and great concern that i note today that a double veto has just been exercised on a draft resolution on syria, a draft which was supported by all the other members of the council. it is a sad day for this

council. it is a sad day for syrians and a sad day for all the friends of democracy. and above and beyond the thousands of dead, wounded, tortured, imprisoned since the beginning of the repression almost a year ago, history has now compounded our shame, since today is the anniversary of the massacre and the day after another heinous massacre. father and son are killing and it would seem to be hereditary in damascus. it is now ten months that we have been discussing syria and we have only come up with a simple presidential statement on the 3rd of august, 2011, because of a veto which has already been exercised in october to a state which has also changed. what has happened in these past

ten months? more than 6,000 syrians have fallen victim to repression, and what do we know really about this? ten days ago the human rights commissioner said that hence forth she could not count the number of the victims of repression. the secretary general of the united nations has constantly called upon this council to act, to stop these crimes against humanity committed in syria, and the council has remained silent. the human rights council three times has pointed out the overwhelming responsibility of the syrian regime and this council has remained silent. 133 states in the general assembly have solemnly condemned these criminal actions and have called for an end to them without delay and this council has remained silent. the arab league in this same room only three days ago called on the council to support its action because of the refusal to listen of the syrian regime.

also in the face of the risks that this entails for the entire region, the secretary general of the arab league and the prime minister of qatar in this very place advocated a solution which is the only credible way towards a peaceful way of the syrian crisis. a resolution submitted by morocco and broadly co-sponsored in the council and outside it deemed consensual for the most part, proposed this support of the council to regional efforts. nothing more, nothing less, and the council still remains silent. we cannot -- we must not overlook this harrowing conclusion that permanent members of the council have systematically been obstructing any action on the security council. they are doing this with the full knowledge of the tragic consequences entailed by their decisions for the syrian people and they are doing this by making themselves complicit in

the policy of repression carried out by the damascus regime. they have taken the part of the assad regime, whatever they may say or do. i know the arguments that shall be brought in by those today who oppose the action of the council. i have already heard them say a few more days would have been enough to come to agreement. a few days where hundreds of syrians are dying every day and it's no longer possible to wait. as long as this draft resolution represents the broadest possible consensus of the international community by supporting the efforts of the regional actors to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. >> this is fredricka whitfield, cnn. we continue to watch the developments there with the failure of a u.n. resolution vote there as it pertains to intervening on the violence in syria. we're now going to judge our coverage with cnn international and combine our viewership in

the domestic audience as well as abroad. >> that's true, and it may back fire dramatically on the russians in the sense that be careful what you wish for. by not having a united resolution that dictated what states could or couldn't do, now you're back to the u.s. and the eu and the arab league as the leaders here. that could 9 some in the arab league a stiffer kind of reaction, withdrawal of ambassadors and others as we just heard from tunisia. it could mean the supplying now of arms. it could be the decision of eu and others to maybe create a humanitarian corridor for those who would like to leave because it's maybe worse than civil war right now. it may be a kind of anarchy as you heard from one of your reporters. so the free-for-all now is not in the interest of the russians and i thought their vote was very short-sighted. >> there's going to be so much frustration with this outcome today. i think a lot of people will throw up their hands in desperation that the outside world is doing nothing. but let's be fair, the outside

world has already from state to state acting independently or in groups taken a series of sanctions against syria. its economy is already being buffeted by them. >> i think that's a very important point and the sanctions can even go deeper. you can also incentivize something by saying for the next 30 days those in leader who decide to defect will be taken care of in certain ways. you can have multiple kinds of actions with good cop and bad cop with economic measures. but most difficult i think to lose in this resolution was the united condemnation and giving the political message to the assad regime that the days are over. it's going to be very different to determine that on the ground now and it becomes again much more costly as we're seeing in the loss of human life. >> george, thanks very much.

and so the security council votes. the chinese and the russians veto. we've been watching it unfold life here on cnn with the help of richard roth at the united nations, nic robertson recently returned from damascus live with us from london on this day. >> you've been listening to john mann reporting with cnn international and our team of reporters talking about that u.n. resolution that has now failed. any attempt to get a united front to intervene on the violence in syria has thus far failed. among the 12 countries that did give a thumbs up, a green light to some sort of resolution of intervention, the u.s. included there, but again, it appears that they're going to have to go back to the drawing board. meantime here in the u.s., all eyes on politics. the race for the white house. today the focus on nevada, where the republican presidential contenders are going head-to-head in that state's caucuses, the first contest to

be held in the west. voting began just two hours ago and it continues throughout the day and we continue to watch. we have our reporters all over the state of nevada. among them, cnn political editor paul steinhauser who is live at the caucus site there in las vegas and political reporter peter hamby who's in the town of henderson where people are caucusing. paul, let's begin with you. give us an idea of how the day is unfolding there. >> reporter: fred, it's just starting right now. we are in becker middle school and this is one of the caucus sites here in clark county. there are 16 precincts here. we're in the cafeteria. three precincts just getting under way. i'm joined by the caucus site manager here. wes, give me a quick idea of what we're seeing and what's going to happen. >> in this area there are about 7500 registered republican voters. those in the geographical area come to this location, they caucus. what that means is groups of about 30 to 75 people get together. they elect delegates, but the most important thing they'll do

is they have a presidential preference poll. they will vote for what they want to be the nominee for the republican party. they will do that, submit the votes here. we'll gather them up, take them back to headquarters. >> reporter: they vote but they also get to speak. does everybody get a chance to speak for the candidate of their choice? >> yes. in the caucus in nevada, everyone who would like to speak for a candidate has the opportunity to do so. they'll meet, listen to the arguments and then vote. >> reporter: wes, thank you. i know you're a busy man so i'm going to let you go. fred, as this action goes on here, let me tell you, this is just one of the 125 caucus sites across the state. so we're just talking -- and they all start at different times. that is what's really interesting here. you remember in iowa, they all started in the evening at the same time. but here they start at different times. and so it makes it a little more interesting here. of course this is a closed caucus which means it's open only to registered republican voters, fred. >> all right, thanks so much, paul steinhauser, we'll check back with you throughout the day

there in las vegas. now let's go to henderson, nevada, and that's where we find peter hamby. he's on the phone with us now. peter, give us an idea of what's happening there and where are the contenders? have they been to henderson to try to appeal to some of the electorate there? >> reporter: they have been to henderson. mitt romney was here in henderson last night. this is a large suburb of las vegas in clark county, one of the big republican strong holds in the state. but there's not a lot of people here, to be quite honest with you. this is only the second caucus that nevada has had so there's not that real political culture around the caucuses that we saw in iowa. but mitt romney has really done a lot of campaign events. he is by far the front runner. he's leading the polls, around 45%. he's had an organization here in place going back to 2006 when he ran last time. he won here with 51% of the vote in 2008. so no one here expects mitt

romney to lose. the real question is the battle for second place, fred. >> all right. now what about newt gingrich then, give me an idea of what he believes his strengths are in that state. we know that he's had the backing of a casino, a very influential or wealthy casino owner in las vegas. but is that influential enough? >> reporter: probably not, fred. the casino mag nate has given a lot to the super pac for gingrich but his campaigning is really falling flat. he's in second place by a pretty wide margin over rick santorum and ron paul but there's a question whether gingrich will finish second because ron paul has a strong organization in the state. a really strong ground game. ron paul is strong in the rural counties. newt gingrich doesn't have much of a campaign apparatus here at all. he hasn't had a lot of campaign events. he only has one on the schedule today and it's apress

conference tonight after the results come in. he's going to have a tough month ahead. a second place finish will be good for him. i think a lot of republicans here are saying second place will be between ron paul and newt gingrich. >> all right, fascinating stuff. peter hamby, we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. join us every sunday afternoon at 4:00 eastern time when we dedicate an entire hour to the presidential contenders in this 2012 election. of course you want to stick with us throughout the day for continued updates on what's taking place with the caucusing in nevada. tonight our expanded coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. with a special edition of "the situation room." you'll want to join wolf blitzer and the rest of the cnn political team on television for live coverage of all of the results. up next, an arizona judge rules one woman's spanish accent is too heavy to hold city council office. now she's fighting to get her name on the ballot. our legal guys will be weighing in. termisee it through.

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a graduate student claims she was kicked out of school because of her religious beliefs on homosexuality. let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman, joining us from cleveland. good to see you. >> hi. >> and richard herman is ready for the game. he's coming to us from las vegas. he's joining us from vegas with our -- you are go giants all the way, right? i hope you have your sunscreen on. >> go, giants. >> all right. good to see both of you. >> it's a good look. >> it's a very good look. let's talk about this grad student out of eastern michigan university. she said she was let go from the university because she refused to counsel a student who was gay and she says that's against her religious beliefs. and so, avery, she says this is an issue of religion. is it? >> yeah.

>> yes? >> well, a three-judge federal panel said it was in part because of her religion. julea ward was a grad student at eastern michigan university and she said she considers herself she calls it an orthodox christian and she wanted to refer it. a federal judge threw it out but a three-panel judge said it may be religious bias and the three-judge panel is sending it back so she may have her trial in front of a jury. so we now have to see if she can convince the jury that it was because of her religion that she got tossed out of school. >> richard, she says this is her quote, she said i had never refused to counsel homosexuals, i simply refused to affirm their lifestyle and she would then refer this student another counselor, which is something that many counselors just might do. why is it different this time? >> yeah, i don't know why it's different, fred. i tell you one thing, i don't

know what psychology students are doing providing psychological analysis and counseling to people. these are students, they're not qualified to do that, first of all. second of all, she is a student, so she has to deal with every situation that comes about. i don't think she has the right to turn down or refer outpatients when she's a student. i think she has an obligation to understand and try to evaluate and deal with any situation she's confronted with so i'm kind of on the school's side on this. the problem with the school is when they interrogated her, they tried to convince her to change her religious beliefs and i believe that's where the problem is here. >> and according to insidehighered.com, their reporting is that eastern michigan says that allowing someone to refer all members of a group to other counselors is a specific violation of the counseling association's code of conduct and that is why julia ward was dismissed.

final thoughts on that, avery? >> well, yeah. it's like saying i don't care for black people so i'll refer them too. but the three-judge panel said very quickly this doesn't mean she wins, she just gets to go to trial to convince them that it was because of religion. i don't think she's going to prevail in this case. we'll see. now we've got another case that's very different. this one at the center is discrimination, very different way. this out of arizona. this woman was running for st. louis, arizona, city council seat but then she was barred from running and a judge weighed this saying that her thick spanish accent was just too much for that constituency, you know, to understand her. and so, thereby, she's barred from running for city council. but now she's taking it a step further and she is suing that her name be put on the ballot. so, richard, why does she stand a fairly good chance of making

her argument? >> well, she does stand a good chance. the problem is it's not going to be decided in time, that's the problem. the legal process takes a little time and she's got a deadline i think of the 7th of february to get a decision. i don't think she's going to get one. but this is politically motivated by her adversary, fred. she didn't do herself any help by bringing in an interpreter during her proceedings. she graduated from the same high school as this man, she's able to speak english. the town is 90% spanish. i don't know, it seems such a political mess here, i think she's going to end up prevail g prevailing, but i don't know if it's in time. >> avery, you're shaking your head, why? >> yeah, she's going to get on the ballot. if it's handled right, she should be in federal court under the 1965 voting rights act which bars literacy tests. what arizona has done is used a state law that's 100 years old to keep mexicans out. under federal law, under the constitution, she wins. if she gets to court in time.

i think she will and i'd like to think she'll be on the ballot this coming week. >> we'll talk with you all again because we've got a couple of other fiery cases on our docket. in about 20 minutes or so we'll talk about a billionaire who adopted his girlfriend in order to protect his fortune. i can't wait to hear what avery and richard have to say about that one. and then another teacher is under arrest in los angeles. this one allegedly touched 7-year-old girls inappropriately, and apparently there are photos as well.

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great grandmother. >> reporter: three generations, plus one dog. >> okay. >> reporter: living under one roof. make that four generations when granddaughter, ella, visits. >> i really value family. it means a lot to me to have everybody together a lot. >> reporter: for the first time in decades, more generations are moving in together, reversing a trend that's been in place since world war ii. it's about culture, it's about convenience, it's about money. the trend has grown 30% over the past decade, fueled by immigration, people living longer and more recently job losses and foreclosures. >> we have a couple of bedrooms upstairs. >> reporter: new jersey builder baun burnes renovates single family homes to accommodate more than one generation. >> when you look at what's been happening in the housing market, you can see this is an area in housing that is showing growth, no question. are you seeing that in your business? >> absolutely. we have been doing multi-gen houses for 20 something years.

they're spotty, and then in 2009 it's grown to three to five projects per year. >> reporter: one of those projects, building an addition for the laflers. >> this is the kitchen. >> i could have never lived by myself. i could have never afforded it. i couldn't, you know. >> for her it was definitely economic. but for us i think it was peace of mind having her here. >> reporter: peace of mind also meant a new social dynamic to keep the peace. >> mom is sensitive to our family dynamics too. >> it was important for us to keep her room separate. she's an integrated part of the house but she could make it separate. she has a separate entrance onto the back deck. hopefully she feels like, hey, it is separate. i think those are the important things. >> reporter: but change comes with unexpected perks too. >> my washer and drier are right here. >> every couple of days i bring high laundry down and drop it off.

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a second teacher at the same elementary school in california is under arrest, accused of fondling two girls. also allegedly involved, bondage pictures of children as young as 7 years old. our thelma gutierrez has this disturbing story. >> reporter: this is 61-year-old mark berndt, an elementary schoolteacher accused of taking bondage pictures in his classroom of two dozen boys and girls between 7 and 10 years of age. on friday, los angeles county sheriff's investigators arrested a second teacher, 49-year-old martin bernard springer, a colleague of berndt's. >> the allegations involve two girls who were allegedly fondled in the classroom at miramonte school by suspect springer. they were approximately 7 years old at the time of the incidents, which were alleged to have occurred during the past three years. >> reporter: at this point in the investigation, officials could not say if there was a

relationship or connection between berndt and springer. both taught at miramonte elementary school in south los angeles, a low income area which is 98% latino. parents at the school are outraged that they're just learning about the sex crime allegations. >> i'm angry, i'm disgusted, i'm sad. >> reporter: investigators say the case against berndt broke in 2010 when a film processor noticed disturbing images of berndt with his arm around the children or his hand over their mouths. others showed the children with their eyes blind folded and mouths covered with tape. some depicted children with madagascar type cockroaches on their faces. >> the children felt this was a game. they didn't realize they were being victimized. they thought they were just being blindfolded and gagged as a game. >> reporter: detectives discovered 400 photos, some showed children with spoons at their mouths filled with semen which they believed was liquid

candy. they recovered a plastic spoon and empty container from the suspect's classroom, tested the contents and found a match to berndt's dna. so far 23 victims have been identified. >> there's at least ten children that we have not been able to identify. obviously we cannot put their pictures out. >> reporter: berndt had taught at miramonte for 30 years. gloria has two children at the school. she says she and other parents want to know why if the bondage photos were brought to the attention of authorities back in october of 2010, why berndt was allowed to remain in the classroom for three months until school officials finally removed him in january of 2011. los angeles school superintendent, john daisy, says the school district acted as quickly as it could. >> the police were very clear that we were not to be involved in the investigation and we followed everything to the letter of the law that they directed us to do. i believe that is why in the end they were able to collect the

evidence. >> reporter: she says if these crimes had been committed in another area where there are anglos like beverly hills, this would have been handled differently. she said news of the two arrests has shaken their trust in the school and now some parents are talking about pulling their children out of miramonte elementary school for good. berndt is being held on $23 million bail and his public defender has not spoken to reporters about the case. police say springer is being held on $2 million bail. charges are expected to be filed against him early next week. thelma gutierrez, cnn, los angeles. >> and straight ahead, more on the u.n.'s failed attempt to stop violence in syria. our richard roth joins us after this.

about 20 minutes ago in new york, the u.n. security council voted down a resolution condemning serious crackdown on anti-government protesters. let's go to richard ruth who is live at the u.n. 12 countries voted in favor of it, including the u.s. what happened? >> reporter: 13 actually, china, russia with a veto. they put their hands in the air, and they did the same movement in october..n. goes too far and

shouldn't get involved every time a country -- member country of the u.n. --

good to see you guys again. all right, this is interesting, gentlemen. so many of us have done internships and this young lady, diana way, says there must be a really big misunderstanding. she was an intern at the magazine's accessories department from august to december last year where she said she typically worked at least 40 hours a week and sometimes more than that. now she's saying to this magazine that they owe her back pay and overtime. avery, how is she going to make this argument and will she win this argument? >> well, it's a very clever one. she's arguing under the fair labor standards act that she essentially was doing the work of somebody that "harper's bazaar" would have to hire. so she's saying give me minimum wage, give me overtime. i think it's a principaled case

and i think it's going nowhere. >> okay. so, richard, typically internships, unless it's made very clear, typically you get college credit, you get class credit, you get the experience but most times you don't get payment. what would be different this time? would she be able to make such demands and actually convince a court that she's been wronged? >> nothing, fred. i don't believe this is a principled case. i think this is a sham and i think that she is absolutely black balled herself in the industry. no one is ever going to hire her now. so any aspirations she thought of working in an industry like this, forget it. "harper's bazaar" gave her an internship. she had four months there. now to claim that she's entitled to wages because she did work other people did, whether it's at "harper's bazaar" or a law firm for paralegals, these unpaid internships are invaluable. they provide experience, education, you get your foot in

the door. you see things you never would have seen before. this is a sham. she got bad legal advice here. it's going nowhere. >> and this is a statement from them. the internship programs at each of our magazines are designed to enhance the educational experience of students who are receiving academic credit for their participation and are otherwise fully in compliance with applicable laws. we intend to vigorously defend this matter. all right, we'll see where that case goes. right now let's talk about the case of wellington polo magnet by the name of john goodman who was charged with dui manslaughter in the death of a 24-year-old by the name of scott wilson to protect his estate, he has adopted his girlfriend so that she will manage the estate for his two children. so, you know, avery, you laugh, but apparently there's some real legitimacy in the way in which he adopted the girlfriend to protect the state, right?

>> yeah, you think so? you like that? >> that's what legal minds would say. >> maybe as long as there is no lineal -- close blood line goodman can do it. i think it's a fraudulent conveyance. so now the two children of goodman, the two children, you know, muffy and biff, or whatever their names are will now have to share the children's trust with the girlfriend, who is 42 years old. it's a technicality. i think it's terribly creepy, but i think she's going to get away with it. >> richard? >> i do not think she's going to get away with it. i agree with avery. i think it is a fraudulent conveyance. when you're faced with a big money judgment, fred, or someone has a judgment against you, the law says you cannot hide your assets. this trust that was set up for his children -- >> is this considered hiding? >> the judge said -- he said it's not part of the estate but now that he tried to adopt his girlfriend, which apparently he did, this is going to be looked

down on by the surrogates court. the purpose of the adoption statute is to create a parental/child relationship. that is not what was created here or you'd have an incest problem. this is a big problem, i think they're going to undo it. i don't know why he doesn't have enough insurance to cover this. he's going to get hitby a big number. i'm sure his policy will take over. he's going to have to settle the case if he's such a big millionaire polo guy. but this conveyance, this is a sham. nice try by the attorney. it's going nowhere. >> all right. now this next case perhaps underscores you've got to be real careful about what you tweet about because apparently what you tweet before you fly may mean that you will be grounded. that's exactly what happened in the case of two british tourists who had every intent to make their way to the u.s., but apparently what they tweeted got to the eyes of tsa and others. they said, no, they cannot fly. avery, complain more.

does it have to be very clear and fluid that you have malicious intent upon arriving at your destination or is it just that there are certain words that are trigger words that you just cannot utter? >> well, if you see words like "destroy america" and "dig up the body of marilyn monroe" i think that's a pretty clear idea to get the tsa guys cranked up. >> they say they were joking. the passengers say they were joking, they were taken seriously. >> hey, work for the tsa and try to run that by them. the fact that since 9/11 it's insane to do that. these are 20-something brits trying to come over to the united states. i think tsa did the right thing. they never intended to do it but that's how it goes. >> richard, this was one tweet that they exchanged. free this week for quick gossip/prep before i go and

destroy america? lesson to all, you don't joke about things like that. >> that's for sure. >> this was a joke, right? >> this is what it's come to. this is what it's come to in our society that everybody is so jumpy. look, we speak english in the united states, they speak english over there. they look down on our english. it's slang, i'm going to destroy america is a slang term for party up in america. look, homeland security obviously overreacted in this case. they just better forget about it, move on with it, it's going nowhere. they could have questioned them but they had to release them so it's ridiculous. >> okay. >> we've had a look at this giants jersey for the entire hit. i mean goodness gracious -- david gergen wrote about this -- myra kraft said, who passed away, the wife of the owner, the patriots are going to be out there fighting. let me show you, guys. there we go right there.

there it is. >> you should have been revealing that the whole time, they know we'd have equal time for the pats and the giants. >> no, i've got to be discreet about it. >> and i've got a little blue for both, you know. i'm indifferent. how's that? >> well, you're supposed to be. you're the anchor. >> i'm cheering for both teams. thanks so much. and i'm always cheering for you all. avery, richard, thanks so much. always good to see you. take care. >> oh, richard has more to say. what? you talking smack? >> forget about it. forget about it. >> giants big tomorrow, fred. giants big. come on. >> all right, thanks so much, guys. >> i heard haley barbour pardoned l.t., so we're ready. >> all right, thanks so much, richard, avery, appreciate that. now an update on one of the cases that richard and avery have been talking about the last couple of weeks. remember the case involving a woman who took honda to small claims court? well, she won, case closed.

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republicans in nevada are flocking to caucus sites all across the state to vote for their favorite presidential candidate. it's the first early voting contest in the west. mitt romney is leading in the polls by double digits. just about an hour ago, the u.n. security council voted down a draft resolution condemning syria's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. russia and china vetoed the measure. and the u.s. and 12 other councilmembers voted to pass it. an outrage overseeria's crackdown this week after army forces killed 260 civilians. all right, well, it shouldn't be unusual to see snow in denver, colorado. but it's been such a warm winter. our reynolds wolf is here giving

us an idea of why this weather, i guess system, has been so colossal for colorado. it did cancel a lot of flights. it's a bit of an inconvenience, but come on, it's colorado. >> absolutely. and you know what's interesting, parts of colorado, especially in boulder, have 20 inches of snowfall. you've got many ski resorts in colorado where they have had to make artificial snow, but the ski season there has been incredible despite that. now more of the snow that's leaving parts of the rockies and now moving into the central plains. parts of nebraska, back into iowa, even into kansas, you could see 8 to 12 inches of snowfall today. with wind gusts, you could have whiteout conditions. the area of low pressure is going to drive its way to the east. as it does, it will bring heavy rain to parts of the gulf coast, even into louisiana. with that 3 to 6 inches of rainfall and with that the possibility of some flooding. they already have flash flood warnings just northeast of alexandria and just west of jackson, mississippi.

44 degrees the high in kansas city, 67 atlanta, 55 seattle, 75 in los angeles and 46 in new york. fred, back to you. >> thanks, reynolds. have a great rest of the day. all right. you probably remember this, it's been 30 years since the hit television show "fame" debuted, making us all believe that there was a singer or dancer inside all of us. in fact reynolds right now is kind of dancing to aç tune tha he just heard. so remember all the tough talking that you heard from the teacher lydia, played by debbie allen? well, she's still tough talking, directing, choreographing, acting. she's still doing it all. next week she and i talk face to face about a lot of things. her new role on the tv show "grey's anatomy." her dance studio and the future that she sees in the performing arts. ♪ do you know where you're going to ♪ i need diana ross to come and tell me. i love her. i do have her number in my cell phone.