bring a certain depth to it, it won't be done otherwise. >> his father says reporting is what he lived for. >> he was a humble man. he was dedicated to being a journalist. he wanted to be a journalist all his life. he wanted to be the best and he was the best. >> he was, indeed. miss anthony shadid. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com breaking news. a suicide bomber's plot foiled. his target, the u.s. capitol. remembering whitney houston. friends and family prepare for her funeral and google, they have been tracking every site you visit. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm tom foreman in for erin

burnett. breaking news. a suicide attack stopped just short of the capitol steps. new details at this hour about the plot. authorities say the would be bomber had conducted a test in west virginia. chose the attack at a d.c. restaurant and allegedly told investigators he wanted to kill people, quote, face to face with an ak 47. if the investigation had not gone well, if detectives had not done their jobs, our lead story tonight would in short be a calamity. inste instead, the fbi and u.s. capitol police stopped it cold. he was arrested in a sting operation when undercover agents posing as al qaeda operatives gave him a fake suicide vest. it contained no explosives, so the public was not in danger. tonight, he is behind bars. brian todd is in alexandria,

virginia, where he made an initial appearance today and was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. what are you hearing this evening about this alleged plot? >> tom, some very interesting new details according to court documents. fbi affidavits and other documents filed today, mentioned a couple of different phases. that's really the interesting part of how this developed. last month, they had been tracking for a couple of months, but say that last month, one of the phases was the phase where he was allegedly planning to attack a restaurant. they say he not only handled an ak 47, but also an explosive as an example of what could be used in that attack against the restaurant. he conducted surveillance to determine the best place and

time for a bombing of that restaurant and that he purchased materials as part of that plan. at about that time, he met up the people who he believed were al-qaeda operatives, but in fact, they were law enforcement people. they were undercover. they were working him throughout this alleged operation. now, according to an affidavit, about mid january last month, he modified his plans and stated he wanted instead to attack the u.s. capitol building and the same day he informed his undercover contacts that he thought were al-qaeda operatives of that, he did go to that quarry in west virginia that you mentioned. they said he dialed a cell phone number that he believed would detonate a bomb placed in a quarry and after that, he said he wanted a larger explosion and told him the date for his

operation, february 17th, today, he planned on doing that. so this morning, he was taken down, tom. >> terrific information, brian todd. i want you to stick around because we may come back to you. joining me now, a former fbi assistant director, tom fuentes and stephen klein. as far as we know, he had no ties to any terrorist group. he is a classic, lone wolf. how on earth do you suppose they found out about him? >> normally in a case like this, what you're looking for is the lone wolf or lone individual is unable to carry out the attack he wants by himself, so even though he's thought up this idea by himself, he's intent on carrying out an attack. somebody has to help him. so, he has to reach u out. whether it's in the community or internet, reach out and try to find someone who can help him

with the explosives, vest, with the firearm, some aspect of the plot that he is unable to do all by himself. at that point, that's where the community outreach of law enforcement, this case, the fbi, really makes the difference because when that person reaches out, hopefully somebody in the community reports it to authorities and says this person is going to do something bad. we need you to look at him. >> in some ways, i can't help but wonder if his plan to switch to the capitol may have been helpful because that is such a big, hardened target where if you're hitting a restaurant, those soft targets, are so much more vulnerable. >> i think that's a safe assessment. if you look at the so-called lone wolf, it's all about intentions and capabilitiecapab. someone with capability, 300 million people that could have capability, but no intention, it's safe. so an individual with intentions

sought out a capability. >> steven, when you look at the level of planning we see here, the fact he had done things with explosives, at some point had an ak 47, was trying make contact with people. on a scale of one to ten, with ten being an operative plan, zero with somebody with fantasies, where would you put this? >> in a seven or eight category. looking at a model tracking these people, it's not perhaps unlike suicide. symptoms of somebody at risk and larm and intelligence can give us indications of somebody at risk, community outreach is so critical. >> washington, d.c. has so, so many places that could be hit. is it in some ways fortunate he turned his attention to something that draws so much attention? >> the capitol is chosen because

it ensures maximum worldwide media coverage. we've had bombings in restaurants all over the world. they happen all the time. in some cases, they get attention. here in the u.s., they don't unless u.s. citizens happen to be in that restaurant and victims of that. so hitting a restaurant, bus stop, a discotheque, library, we've seen that all over the world. there's only one united states capitol in the world. if you commit an attack on that, that's significant. >> brian, are there any indications when we might know more about the operational plan here and how the fbi and the capitol police got on to this guy? >> well, tom, we know from documents and from law enforcement officials that he first came under their radar a little more than a year ago. they became a ware of him in january of 2011 apparently from a human source who had confided to law enforcement that he had some ill intentions, so they had been tracking him now for more than a year.

now, as far as the hard, undercover working of this guy, that seems to have unfolded really in kind of a hard form over the last few months and really in material form over the last two months. december and january is when they started to work plans with him. you guys mentioned a little about the other targets. he apparently in january had plans to hit a military insulation along with the restaurant and was discussing those plans with the people he thought were al-qaeda operatives. >> again, as we say, this whole issue of the lone wolf being the one that is maybe the most dangerous because they're the hardest to get on to. thanks to all of you. we'll be on this story all weekend long. still "outfront," a desperate plea from syria. we will talk to ivan watson, who is in harms way on the ground there. the president riding high. he's winning the war against

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it just doesn't stop. in syria tonight, the government is expanding its crackdown. forces continue heavy shelling of the city of homs, but antigovernment protesters staged public demonstrations across the country. opposition activists report as many as 61 people were killed today. cnn's ivan watson is in north syria in an area emerging as an opposition stronghold up there. i asked him what he saw earlier today. >> reporter: tom, the syrian uprising has been going on for 11 months. more than 6,000 people have been killed in the ensuing government crack down on these protests and yet every week, syrians come out into the streets in what have become a ritual of defiance.

that's what we sea when we visited the small town of vinish. you had men who gathered for trid prayers. they paid respects to one of their neighbors who was killed they said by a nearby sniper and then they poured out into the streets chanting god is great and there under a freezing, winter downpour, this crowd engaged in a furious rally denouncing the syrian president, bashar al asaad. these people are people who know very well the threat of the syrian security forces firsthand. tanks have made deadly incursions. everybody can tell you the name of people who were either arrested and tortured or people killed and syrian tanks are parked about a five minutes drive away and yet, they continued with this. we also got reports unconfirmed

that similar rallies like this in towns to the south were attacked by syrian security forces. this is the face of the syrian r revolution. >> it is astonishing how it just goes on and on. we will stay on top of it through all these coming weeks. thanks again to ivan watson. international affairs is one of the things that is gone with the obama administration from the start and this is shaping up to be quite a president's day weekend for barack obama. the economy is doing better. at least a bit. the dow ended just shy of 13,000 today. that's a nice, high mark. his approve l rating is on the rise and today, a big political victory. after months of ripping the capitol hill crowd as a do nothing congress and pushing for an extension of the payroll tax cut, the president got what he wanted. the bill passed. >> this is a big deal and i want to thank members of congress for listening to the voices of the american people. it is amazing what happens when congress focuses on doing the

right thing instead of just playing politics. >> "outfront" now, john avlon is with us and ryan salom. ryan, just a couple of months ago, republicans were just like this over the election. let's go, let's go, and democrats were sweating bullets. now, it's almost like it's changed. what do you make of this? >> i think that's very true and it partly reflects the fact that we've had an economic environment that's improved. it's improved in the right places and ways for the president. in the midwest. the manufacturing sector has healthy. if you look at the voters that have tilted, they're doing a lot better. it's those swing voting constituencies doing better, where as a lot of the president's core constituencies,

like african-americans for example, who are still hit hard, but they're not about to go and vote for republicans. >> you say it's better somewhat. it is what is better, but housing prices are still terrible. unemployment still over 8%. but the trend is the president's friend and that's the most important thing. unemployment still high, but moving in the right direction. gdp growth moving in the right direction, so it's the issue of whether people feel like morning is coming in america. that's the significance of that clint eastwood chrysler detroit ad. that's the narrative the president wants to run and he's right, but half right. the other thing i think the president's benefitting from is this drawn out republican primary. where it's this sort of reality show cage match and the president really looks good by comparison. the longer this goes on, the better the president looks. we've seen that in some recent

polls, especially cnn polls showing independent voters. >> back up the machine. backing up a few years, that's what they said about the democrats. they're dragging out the election. that is a long time between now and november. >> this is a very different primary race. part of the reason, when you're looking at the race between obama and clinton, to compete for a lot of those voters, where as now, both are major republican candidate, more than two, they're competing for these solid conservative voters who are going to vote republican no matter what. right, this is the problem with polarization. you reap what you sow. when mitt romney says i'm a severe conservative to cpac, that does not resognate. >> let me ask you about

something related, that president's actually have so much influence on. gasoline prices last year were the highest they've been ever. over $3 a gallon on average. all year long. look at that chart over there. they're ticking back up again right now. people are talking about over $4 a gallon. maybe up toward $5 a gallon. i think if they are that level in july and august, nobody's going to care what happens in january and february. >> the president is alwaready preparing for that. one of the most potent messages republicans have had is that we're for energy from any and all sources. the president has coopted that language. he hasn't coopted the substance, but he's ek nuysed that's a potent political message. >> he also said i'm an energy president. if this happens, i think he's got a problem. >> a week's a long time in politics and we are still a long way out. if gas prices are high in the summer, it will add to that sense of irritation.

>> i'm not saying it's the president's fault. >> this is what's fascinating about the political times we're living in. the president only has so much control over the economy because the economy is so interconnected. a french finance minister has an enormous impact on the american election. >> thank you. always good to have you in here. new details are coming out tonight. really interesting material about the death of whitney houston. our don lemon has been on the case. he is joining us with the latest and under surveillance. google. they've been creeping and peeping and maybe at you. stick with us. [ wrapper coming off a vending machine waffle ]

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under surveillance tonight, google creeping and peeping. the internet giant slipping around your privacy settings to see what you're up to online. an investigation reveals that -- to spy on people's computers and phones to see which websites this were surfing. google says that's not the way it was at all. the journal report mischaracterizes that was what's happening. they have however stopped this type of tracking, so what is really going on here? i have no idea.

raf needleman joins us now. what exactly was google doing? >> well, one of their advertising areas had figured out a way to circumvent a privacy feature of safari. the browser is supposed to prevent advertising companies for any companies from putting a cookie, a way to track you, on your browser. google circumvented that so that the advertising companies could learn more about what you were doing online. >> so, a case of advertising, yet information saying he's looking for canoes, therefore i should push paddles at him. >> right. the thing that makes this so interesting is that apple's safari browser had a specific block against the easy way to do this, so google had to find a way to circumvent the apple

mechanisms for blocking the collection of third party advertising. what makes this even more fun is that the code behind the browser is called web kit and it was written by engineers working by google. >> i have to say, i just expect someone to be tracking everything i'm doing on the internet. reasonable for people to say our privacy should be safer than this. >> both. i think you're reasonable to expect people want to track that because of the economic incentive for an advertising company is so high. but there were companies like apple and google who were trying protect you and your privacy to an extent. apple did build a tracking prevention tool into safari to prevent other companies from doing exactly what google on the other side of campus did. >> thank you very much for explaining it to us. i have a feeling we'll be

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about, where we focus on our own reporting and did the work and find the "outfront 5." up first, authorities say a suicide bomb plot has been stopped. the target, the u.s. capitol. he was arrested in a sting operation when other acts posing as al-qaeda operatives gave him a fake suicide vests. he was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. number two, anthony shadid died yesterday while covering the conflict in syria. it's believed he died from an asthma attack while traveling from turkey into syria. his father spoke to cnn today. >> the world lost an amazing journalist and i lost a beloved son that i never asked anything of him that he didn't do.

he was the best at everything he did. >> he was indeed a terrific, terrific reporter. "new york times" photographer ti carried his body out. and new video of the italian cruise ship. take a look at this. this leaked video shows the chaos on the ship. that order did not come for more than an hour after the collision. experts investing for the discovery channel say the ship's captain had no reason to be so close to shore. >> there is good, deep water further away from the island, which he could have translated through without any incident, so that was one of the questions we had. why were they so close to shore

and why did he feel the need to take a greater risk than was necessary. >> 32 passengers and crew members did not make ilt off the ship. you can see more of the video sunday night on the discovery channel. cruise ship disaster, inside the concordia. airs at 10:00 p.m. eastern. four, crude oil hit $105 a barrel. founder of capital told us that will translate into a 15 to 20 cent increase in the price of gas at the pump. drivers could see that as soon as next week. crude oil prices have gone up partially because of uncertainty in iran and it has been 196 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? that's constantly the question. consumer prices up by two tenths of the percent in january. coming in lower than economists expected. one of the other huge stories we've been covering all week and

will be magnificently i think emotional and moving this weekend is the story of whitney houston and the net is spreading fast this evening in the invest into whitney houston's death. this hour, detectives are scrutinizing hotel survey r va lance video, seeing who was with her, they're scrutinizing video to see how she was acting and authorities have contacted doctors and pharmacies for information on who gave her what kind of pills and if anyone else should be blamed for her death. our don lemon has been all over the story. authorities seem to be trying to confirm many things that were reported all week. there were a lot of people around her. >> this is the first time i've actually gotten back, gotten the chance to sit back and pay attention to this story because i've been covering it so much. and just having you read that before, there's vast amounts of information that they are

dealing with now as we're preparing to memorialize whitney houston tomorrow. as you said from coast to coast, east to west, they have subpoenaed pharmacies and doctors. it's a death investigation. they don't believe there's anything criminal about it now, but what they are learning is that one thing leads to a next. when they contact one doctor, that leads them to another doctor or dentist or specialist. they don't believe she was doctor shopping, but it's amazing at the amount of information they're having to deal with and dotting their is and crossing their ts because of michael jackson. >> we still don't have any idea of what her cause of death and won't for a while. that is the concern to make sure. >> and we don't know the cause of her death and also, the circumstances surrounding her death are even more at question now because no one official according to a source i spoke to

close to the investigation, ever saw her in the bathtub or in the bathroom. the person who found her and the person who tried to, who pulled her out of the tub, the staff member and person who tried to revive her, but they are taking those two at their word. the fire department didn't see her. the coroner's office didn't see her. when they got there, she was face up on her back in the hotel room. >> one of the things that is fascinating about your coverage is that you have run into people who were friends, but you also meant plenty of people who have looked at her in recent years and said this person was not fine. >> i think that's natural. you and i know each other. just because we work together. and i would want to protect you as a colleague. now, imagine if i were a family member or friend or someone who worked with you, or a loved one. you would want to protect them

in some way and that is a lens you're viewing the situation through. but if you're an addict, admittedly, you probably should not be drinking alcohol. you shouldn't. and if you're on prescription medication, which was confirmed, do you know one prescription medication that says okay to take with alcohol? not one. there are people around her and if you're a friend, you go, oh, whitney, you look great and you want her to be well. i've spoken to her voice coach. the person who represents what everyone wanted from whitney houston. for her to come back. he met her in 2005. take a listen to him. >> i was shocked at her condition. her vocal condition. she had no voice. her speaking voice was virtually gone. she had one note. she was skinny, dishevelled. i went there because i would told and she wanted to make a run.

a comeback. >> when you hear that, don, and you talk to the people around her, you're getting a more complex picture than she's fine or everything's awful. >> absolutely and it's because of lifestyle choices that she didn't have a voice and regardless of the cause of death, her state when she in the days and hours up to her passing, it was because of her lifestyle choices that she was acting that way and i'm sure it's going to be something to do with years of abusing her body. >> is this timeline on the autopsy still the same? still several weeks away. >> originally, they said six to eight, now, they're hoping four to six. >> i know you'll be on it and it's been really, really interesting. let's bring in michael walden. this is all coming on the eve of whitney houston's funeral. excuse me, to the reverend in a moment, but this is all on the eve of whitney houston's funeral in newark, new jersey. which is going to be this

weekend. it's going to be quite an emotional affair. many of the people, some of the biggest names in showbiz will be there performing. they gathered today. a viewing today. joining me now from the church where this funeral's going to take place, reverend defori, she's known whitney houston since she was 14 years old. when you listen to all the reporting don has done this week, you hear all these conflicting reports about who she was, what was going on with her. what are your thoughts? >> my first thought is that don has done an excellent job. he's been balanced. he's been serious. he's been fair. and i just want to commend him. thank don on behalf of those who knew whitney for so long. every life leaves lessons behind, but there is a protocal that we accept and that is until the celebration of life, which will happen tomorrow, we try to

not only celebrate the good, but also to cover the family. right now, our focus is to help this child, mothers and brothers get through a very painful moment. beyond that, we'll have the rest of our live to dissect the facts, discover the lessons and attempt to grow from wa we know. >> let me ask you another one about this. your religious communities all over speak about our responsibility to ourselves, but also, a responsibility to the people around us. at this time as you look at the people around whitney houston who you knew from such a young age, what are your thoughts on that? >> well, i'll tell you frankly, no one really knows from the outside how much help whitney did receive from the people very close to her. i can tell you story after story about her mother, about other people close to her. who really worked hard to not only help whitney, but also

worked hard to get whitney to help herself. and so, we don't know the depth of her challenges. she was very public about the demons that she wrestled with. we don't know therefore the level of struggle she engaged. fact is is, we live in a society that is exposed to tremendous challenges, both famous and not so famous. and i'm not prepared to say that she did not get help. all of us could perhaps get more help, but i think many people would be surprised to know how much help she really received and how much love she really received. how much challenge. there were people who supported and challenged her. that's not assume that all of the people around her turned a blind eye to the challenges and struggles. >> thanks so much for joining us and we will be talking to you tomorrow. i want to return to you quickly with that little thought. this must be for all the people who talked to, also, a very

conflicted time. people in one breath saying i want to defend her, i want to be her friend and support her. but there must be many saying did i do all i should have done? >> and that's always the case. let's just be honest here. people don't want to, they're in denial in many ways and many african-americans are because drugs hit the african-american community disportion atly are in denial about abuse, illegal drugs and prescription dugs and having dealt with something similar to the story in my own family, my family member is still here, but having to deal with that, we were in denial for a long time. oh, she's just fine. and you do everything. until someone wants to change themselves, there's nothing really you can do. until they hit rock bottom or say i don't want to do this drug anymore. this pipe or drug or snort this in my nose is not doing any good. >> and they're a grown person.

you brought up a great point, of all the points i've heard, one that has to be remembered. when somebody has a problem with alcohol, oh, she was at a party, drinking, she was fine. they can't be at a party. >> and you can be on the wagon for years and then say i'm going to have a little glass of wine and next thing you know, you're in an alley. >> bring in michael walden, grammy award winning producer and song writer who produced some of whitney houston's biggest hits. you knew her from so far back and you saw so much talent. tomorrow is going to be such a day of emotion. what will you be thinking as this day comes? >> can can you hear me all right? for me, i'm thinking about my love for the great whitney houston. she was a beautiful woman in every way and i am here to celebrate her life and to inspire everyone to feel the love that she gave us.

very, very happy to be here. >> from the beginning, you were just overwhelmed by her talent. you knew you were in the hands of somebody remarkable when you started working with her. >> yeah, i was talked into working with her by jerry griffin. who's whitney houston? when you hear her, you're going to know why. so then, okay. we recorded a song, "how will i know" ♪ there's a boy i know he's the one i dream ♪ and so thin, so gorgeous. the whole package going on. so, it was fantastic for me to meet her and work with her. extremely confident. and her mother, cissy, is so beautiful. it's all a love fest. >> now, and one of the big questions everybody keeps asking about, the extraordinary life and legacy she left, one of the real focuses continues to be on her daughter, bobbi kristina, and the talent she has because

we've heard she's interested if getting into the music business at all. >> last year this time, a clive davis party, i met bobbi and she said to her mother, well, mom, i want to sing and she looked at me as if i can produce her. whatever your mom wants to happen, we'll do. god bless bobbi. want to say prayers for her, her heart is healing. we'll see what god wants in her future. >> thanks for being here. don, thanks for being here. and thoughts have to be with any teenager out there who lost a parent. just a terrible, terrible thing. it's going to be a difficult weekend for the whole family. >> it's really sad. very emotional now just sitting here. i know tomorrow's going to be just unbelievable. it's starting to sink in now. one week. can b you believe -- >> let's check in with john king in for anderson cooper. >> thanks. exclusive video out of syria. that's ahead on 360.

fierce fighting from the front lines leaked by the troops carrying out the killing. cnn cannot independently verify this video, but it appears to show the syrian military firing on the neighborhood of homs and the arrest of a 29-year-old man accused of plotting a suicide bombing. both sides ahead. those stories at the top of the hour. up ahead, we're going to go back to this notion of the responsibility in the death of whitney houston and for anybody having this type of trouble, how much blame, if in, should be placed on doctors and medical professionals? and whitney houston's impact on the music industry continues even after her death. billboard magazine changed their own rules in response to her success over the past week. stay with us.

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all week long, whitney houston's death has raised serious questions about the use of prescription drugs and how much responsibility falls on doctors who prescribe them. joining me now, dr. kai purr and paul cowen. i'm glad you can both here. when somebody unfornt like this happens and i want to point out,

we don't know at this point what happened in whitney houston's death, but when these questions arise about possible prescription drug problems or interactions with alcohol, how accountable should be the doctor who i certainly think that responsibility of the physician prescribing of any medication is there. we have to prescribe medications and tell people about side effects and potential interactions and the pharmacy also has a responsibility to give patients information about the medication they're taking. but ultimately the responsibility is a joint process. the patient is the one that's taking the medication, they're taking it in their own system, they need to be truthful about what other medications they may be taking and what other doctors they may be seeing, whether it's a dpentist or any other doctor

that may be prescribing. >> you were also a prosecutor, what would they have to do for us to start saying as a culture, no, no, no, this is beyond the pale. >> it does cross the line at some point. i think we saw in the michael jackson case, theo the decisiono give propofol, it is inappropriate. but i think when you look at someone who is a known drug addict, agent of celebrities, thigh have a public history. so a lot of doctor who is might not know a advantager coming in offer the street, would know that a particular person had a long history with drug abuse. if you prescribe opiates, if you prescribe some kind of dangerous situation to a drug addict in

that situation, it borders on criminality. >> what do you look for when you deal with patient who is come in. because you must have people who come in and you talk to them and you say this person's got a problem. >> i think knowing your patient is the key. we're physicians, we don't generally come at patients thinking we're going to commit a criminal act. it's really hard, if some patients were on television as a celebrity to see them and say, well they must be drunk, or they may be acting out. we can't do that with every patient. the main issue is that the prescription drug abuse is a nationwide crisis. in 2007, we had 28,000 deaths attributed to prescription drug overdoses, that's a serious number, that it doesn't just affect celebrities, it affects everybody. and it doesn't have to have fame

or money. it's not just about abuse, it's about use and misuse. if it becomes abuse, only if a the patient is doing it to get high. >> let me jump back to paul for one last question. paul, as investigators look at this, as they look at doctors as they look at pharmacies, as they look at the people around whitney houston, if in fact it is found to be an abusive situation, i'm guessing what they're looking for is was anybody a facilitator, a knowing facilitator who knew she was in trouble and kept leading her down that path? >> anybody who knew she was a drug addict and she was abusing drugs if they helped her get those drugs and those drugs caused her death, it borders on criminality. if it was a doctor or anyone else, that is criminal. because in the end, we're trying to protect people from their own misconduct and there's only so

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hit any whitney houston landed on the billboard singles chart. it's been almost 20 years since that song topped the charts for 14 straight weeks. during its original run, it was certified four times platinum. it helped make "the bodyguard" the number one sound track of all time. "the return to the church" is due to a massive increase in radio sales. which brings us to tonight's number, 6,723%. that is the increase in sales whitney houston's "i will always love you" experienced this week alone. just how big is that jump? so big, it's forcing billboard to change its rules. in the past, catalog songs, tracks that continue to air on the radio after they debut were

ineligible for the top 10 once they fell out of the top 50. they posted a statement saying going forward we feel that it is the proper move to -- under the brand-new whitney houston rule, classic songs that sell enough copies or get enough air play to crack the top 50 can now make a triumphant return to the hot 100 years after their initial popularity. whitney will be laid to rest on saturday in newark, new jersey, that will celebrate her life and music. her bodyguard co-star kevin costner will attend. the celebration of whitney houston's life begins on cnn, with whitney houston, her life, her music. the special will include live