the staples center tonight. lee, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff, yeah, this is certainly a town and a community of musicians gathered here for the grammies that is still reeling from the news of the death of whitney houston and the pain that is already take on, the family is painfully obvious today. her 18-year-old bobbi christina brown had to be rushed to the hospital suffering from exhaustion and anxiety but has since been released. as you mentioned the

investigation into the cause of whitney houston's death is just getting started. that could take months to sort out. it was by all accounts too late. cpr was performed but to no a vague and ambiguous. while the cause of death is still under investigation, police say they found nothing suspicious. but it left the music industry almost speechless. her producer and mentor clive davis. >> whitney was a beautiful person. and she had a talent beyond compare. >> reporter: her body was driven away from that hotel, she left amid a lightning storm, flash bulbs, the last spotlight for a singer most agree possessed one of the greatest voices of all time. ♪ didn't we almost have it all ♪ ♪. >> reporter: whitney houston provided the soundtrack for generations.

♪ how i will know ♪ if he really loves me ♪. >> reporter: she was one of the most awarded female singers of all time. 30 billboard muss ache wards, two emmy's and six grammy awardsness ♪ yes, i am saving all my love for you ♪ ♪. >> reporter: she grew up before our eyes with a small as broad as her vocal range. a combination hollywood couldn't resist. >> and you're ready to die for me. >> reporter: in 1992 she starred in her first film "the bodyguard" where she belted out what many now consider her signature song. ♪ and i ♪ will always love you ♪. >> reporter: her gift ran in the family. her mother cissy was a grammy winning gospel singer. her cousin was dionne warwick, and her goth mother,

aretha franklin. houston used her celebrity to support causes like nelson mandela and anti-apartheid movement and raised millions for charities and nonprofits. houston's marriage to r&b star bobby brown, many say that started a decline from which she would never recover. there were rumors of drug abuse, some of which she later admitted. and while she attempted a comeback the spark that had burned so bright, had somehow dimmed. still, what will be remembered is a genius that could take even the most familiar and make it spectacular. there is no better testament to her talent then during the persian gulf war where her performance at the super bowl in 1991 took the star-spangled banner to new heights. ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ now the number of artses

that whited knee houston influenced seems endless, one of them jennifer hudson plans on sing a tribute tonight at the grammy's, a performance that is sure to be packed with emotion. >> jeff: extraordinary stuff, thank you. whitney houston was a child of northern new jersey. today newark mayor cory booker said that houston went from a local church to the global stage. michelle miller retraces her steps from childhood. >> reporter: michelle richardson lived down the block from whitney houston in east orange, new jersey. she said their childhood together seems like yesterday. >> i'm still at the state that i don't believe it. like i really want somebody to say it's not happened. >> reporter: all were welcome in the houston home, she say, where gospel singing cissy and her husband john raised four children in a strict but loving household. >> she wasn't one of those celebrities that grew up and forgot where she came from.

>> everybody in the neighborhood would come, jump in the pool, turn to a barbecue. >> reporter: the neighbor and his mother knew her only by a child hoot nick name. nippy was all i knew, i never knew whit that knee until she made the album. >> reporter: when she made it big the town renamed the elementary after her but in newark she first found her voice in the choir. >> she had a voice of an angell. >> reporter: a voice childhood trend tracy mumford witnessed in action at her first club date in new york city. >> she sounded like a grown woman. she turned the place out. >> reporter: mumford also-- munford also attended what was supposed to be her comeback concert in central park three years ago. >> she grabbed my face like this, and she kissed me on my forehead. i said you know, this concert is not about you singing, it's really about

you taking your life back. >> reporter: though some say she never really did. harlem's apollo theatre was quick to show its respect. this was where she filmed her debut album video for the greatest love of all. ty woodson broke into tears after hearing the news. >> i want people to remember her for her music, her legacy, and no one can ever take that away from her. she will always be dignified as one of the true legends of music. >> reporter: kisha burkes and tridina dow grew up listening to that music. >> she is going to be great by everyone the community and the whole, a legend going through some-- . >> reporter: gone, but always remembered in her hometown. michele miller, cbs news, east orange, new jersey. >> jeff: reminder here you can see tonight's grammy's awards including that special tribute to whitney houston here on cbs at 8:00 p.m., 7 central. we move now overseas where violence flared in greece

again as lawmakers approved tough new austerity measures. buildings were torched today in athens and thousands of protestors clashed with police outside parliament. charlie d'agata has the latest. >> reporter: historic buildings in downtown athens went up in flames. furious protestors torched movie theatres, cafes and shops. rioters fought running battles with police, hurling rocks, molotov cocktails. greek police answered back with volley after volley of tear gas, dispersing crowds and trying to keep protestors from storming the parliament building. inside, lawmakers debated a deeply unpopular austerity package that will mean one in five public sector workers loses a job. it also slashes minimum wage from $5.80 an hour to $4.50. and sharply reduces pension payouts. the savage cutbacks are the only way greece can qualify

for the latest $170 billion international bailout and avoid bankruptcy next month. many say they sacrifice too much already. >> there is no future now. you cannot survive in greece, the average greek cannot survive now. >> reporter: the greek prime minister argued that bankruptee would be catastrophic creating conditions of uncontrolled chaos. he said the country would be broke, no one would be paid. but protestors aren't prepared to swallow the bitter pill and warned that their rebellion has only just begun. charl yee d'agata, cbs news, london. >> jeff: violence is also case lating in bahrain. the head of the first anniversary of a government crackdown on protestors. today video was posted on-line showing police vehicles being pelted with molotov cocktails. elsewhere authorities cracked down as teenagers blocked off streets with burning tires. the arab league disbanded its peacekeeping mission to syria and called on the u.n.

security council toil send a joint u.n. arab team. amateur video appears to show syrian forces resuming their attacks on the city of homs after a brief lull yesterday. protestors say at least four people were killed. clarissa ward reported from inside syria this past week. she joins us now from just across the border in turkey. clarissa, good evening to you. this is your second trip inside the country since the uprising began. i wonder how different it was this time? >> reporter: it is incredible how much has changed just in the last two months when i was in damascus at the end of november. protests were still considered very daring, if you will. now people are out protesting every single night. for the most part without real fear, although the government does still have regime forces, snipers who have been known to target people attending those protests. but definitely seen a real shift in the number of rebels and the amount of terrain they have been able to carve out for themselves.

>> jeff: let me ask you about that because a lot of names have been used to describe what is halfing now. i said it was an uprising, it has been called a revolution, some say it is a civil war, what dow call it? >> reporter: i think at this stage it would be fair to call it an uprising. but there are real fears on the ground about the possibility of a civil war. it is important to remember that these rebel forces are not united. there is not a coheesive leadership. they are all from different sects and they have different interests and for that reason there is a very grave concern that tensions could flare between the different sects within syria. >> jeff: do these rebels have any expectation that more help is coming? >> i think they have high hopes. but certainly they are very disillusioned and disappointed by the reaction of the international community. we attended a protest. we saw people burning photographs of president hu jintao and prime minister putin. there is a lot of anger with russia and china at failing to back a u.n. resolution.

there is also frustration with america. why is america not stepping in. america is about defending democracy. and this is what we are striving for as a people now, is to have freedom and democracy in our country. >> jeff: clarissa ward along with producer ben plesser doing extraordinary work inside syria, we thank you for joining us tonight, clarissa. in campaign 2012 now it's on to michigan and arizona following mitt romney's victory in the maine caucuses yesterday. romney captured 39% of the vote beating ron paul who had 36% while newt gingrich and rick santorum trailed far behind. during an exchange with bob schieffer on "face the nation" this morning, ron paul offered some perhaps inadvertent praise for mitt romney. >> do you think mitt romney, if he's the nominee, can beat barack obama? >> yeah, i do. i do. i think i could beat him too. >> jeff: later here, japanese men learning to voice their valentine's day

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>> jeff: tempera dropped sharply today across the u.s. east coast but it is nothing compared to what europe is dealing with. the worst winter weather in decades. as tony guida explains, there was no letup this weekend. >> reporter: rescuers in southern kosovo cheered when they found a five-year-old girl alive today. she had been buried for ten hours after an avalanche flattened her house under 33 feet of snow. her parents and seven relatives were killed. romania's death toll rose to 68 today after three more bodies were found. this residence said it's so bad in his town you can't even see the house next door. montenegro is under a state

of emergency, roads and railways across most of the country blocked by snow. the deep freeze across europe began in january, and the past week temperatures hit minus 40 below xereau in some areas, more than a hundred people died in ukraine, in poland 20 people died in the last 24 hours. even rome had two blizzards in two weeks. sunshine this weekend melted much of the snow. canals in amsterdam became bike paths. the lake at the centre of hamburg, a skating rink. forecasters predict gradual warming later this week. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> jeff: after weeks of delays because of bad weather and rough seas crews today resumed underwater pumping of the fuel at the site of the wrecked costa concordia. official say it could take nearly a month to pump the 500,000 gallons of fuel still aboard the marooned cruise ship. still ahead, she thought she had bought a house. but did the seller ever really own it? that story is next.

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>> jeff: valentine's day sales are expected to be a lot sweeter this year. a survey shows americans are forecast to spend a record $126 each to show their love. that is up 8.5% over last year for a total of 17.6 billion dollars. in japan it's women who usually give presents to men on valentine's day, typically chocolates. but some husbands in this traditionally reserved society are learning to express their love with their lungs. here's lucy craft. >> reporter: dozens of men climb the stage at the shout your love event in the downtown tokyo park. yelling in public what they can't seem to say in private. this man says, i skipped work to come here honey. you don't know how much i

care. for shy men who are clueless about how to express affection, instruction was even provided on how to hug their mate. yoshiharu nishiguchi needs no coaching. the 30 something salesmen was one of the most enthusiastic participants at the the event. a few significant others like his wife were also given a chance to scream their feelings. >> i love you, yashi haru, she yells. nishiguchi whose father is also a loving husband says he's not a traditional japanese man. instead of going out with colleagues after work, he heads straight home. his wife says it's a world apart from the affection free relationship of her parents. >> my mother and father were the exact opposite of us, she says. they had a very formal household so it was impossible to ever say, i love you. even expressing his affection by setting the table, this debting husband admits he's a-- this dotting

husband admits he is a work in progress. he says japanese are shy. we like to think that love needs no worsd. that it's automatically understood. but love needs to be stated. he says we're not always saying i love you, but this picture says it all. how we feel about one another. for young japanese couples like this one, the harmony's in perfect key, even if the words i 4r06 you sometimes go missing. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight, later on cbs "60 minutes" including a grammy night interview with singer adele about other vocal chord surgery. i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

why the chief coroner says he's . new details about her death we are just not getting them. why the chief coroner says he's staying quiet about what happened to whitney houston and what sent the singer's daughter to the hospital. >> lot of kids do ask, you know, are you a terrorist? a cultural misunderstanding, clouded by discrimination. what the bay area sikh community wants the world to know. and it grows as a living reminder of all the lives lost. the aids quilt on display here. how the man behind the fabric says it was designed to be a weapon. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next.