outrageous dress. her date dressed like the pope. negative buzz. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ♪ i will always love you ♪ i will always love you >> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, february 13, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. and that of course was jennifer hudson's heartfelt tribute to whitney houston at last night's grammy awards. the music world is still reeling from her sudden deaths but her colleagues are remembering her golden voice and her brilliant career. >> i'm erica hill.

new details from investigators on her final days, and also a look back at the highs and lows of her troubled life. and i'm gayle king in los angeles. i'll have the behind the scenes action from last night's grammys, and we'll speak with music legend quincy jones about the loss of her close friend. first, we begin this morning with a very different eye opener. ♪ if i should stay >> there is no way around this. we've had a death in our family. ♪ i would only be in your way . >> late word tonight that singer whitney houston has died. >> completely devastating. i don't know what to say. ♪ so i'll go >> she was the greatest voice of all time. ♪ but i know >> whitney would have wanted the music to go on.

and her family asked that we carry on. >> we're celebrating the beautiful mis-whitney houston! come on, y'all! ♪ this is a holiday ♪ that you're never, ever going to take away from me ♪ ♪ this is the -- >> we love you all so much. thank you. >> it's about what goes on in here and about what goes on in here. >> are we excited to hear adele's beautiful voice tonight? ♪ we could have had it all >> adele! ♪ rolling in the deep ♪ >> adele! >> adele! >> thank you so much. thank you. >> my homey, sir paul mccartney! >> and the truly great artists

leave us, their legacy lives on. >> we all love you, whitney houston. welcome to "cbs this morning." music lovers around the globe are mourning the loss of one of the industry's most beautiful voices. >> this morning, we are remembering whitney houston's life and her music after last night's emotional tribute at the grammy awards. gayle king is in los angeles this morning to begin our grammy coverage. good morning. >> good morning, erica. you too, charlie. it was such a weekend of conflicting emotions. because whitney houston was certainly on everybody's minds here over the weekend. as the industry's movers and shakers gathered for music's biggest night. and while there was certainly plenty to celebrate, the stars also took time to pay their

respects. >> there is no way around this. we have had a death in our family. >> the sudden passing of superstar whitney houston cast a large shadow to music's biggest night. >> heavenly father, we thank you for sharing our sister whitney with us. >> ll kool j hosted the 54th grammy awards and led the star-studded audience prayer. >> we are truly blessed to have been touched by her wonderful spirit. >> houston was snow stranno str the grammy stage, collecting eight trophies and performing eight different times. ♪ and i will always love you >> one of those performances was played on the big screen at the staples center, bringing the crowd of 20,000 to its feet. >> we are celebrating the beautiful miss whitney houston! >> throughout the night, performers and presenters -- >> we love you, whitney houston. >> paid homage to the fallen icon.

perhaps the most heart felt tribute when jennifer hudson, who considered houston a friend and mentor, performed one of her signature songs. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ >> houston's fellow artists reflected on the balance between the celebratory and solemn moods of the night. >> everyone is aware of the shock and the bittersweet nature of it, and it just adds a lot of emotion to the evening. >> emotions of a different kind were running high for the night's big winner, adele. she took to the stage for the first time since throat surgery. ♪ we could have had it all ♪ rolling in the deep >> the newly crowned queen of pop soul. >> adele! >> swept the six categories for

which she was nominated, including album of the year. >> mom, your girl did good! >> and good vibrations were felt last night courtesy of the beach boys, who reunited for the first time in 20 years. former beatle paul mccartney closed the show with a little help from friends bruce springsteen and dave gruel with a song fittingly titled "the end." it was really a daunting task for grammy producers. imagine they have this show all planned out, all set to go. you get this terrible news late in the afternoon. they have to total regroup. jennifer hudson was immediately flown in. she was not scheduled to perform. you have the cross between wanting to celebrate and wanting to grieve, and i think that yey figured out a way to do it beautifully.

>> gayle, how did you learn as you were getting ready for the parties and the celebration of music? >> well, this is the thing, charlie. i was in the hotel room right in the hair and makeup process getting ready to go to clive davis' legendary party that he has every year. and i have got this breaking news alert. and the producer came in and said that whitney had passed away. went of course on the wires, and it said it's not true. she is at home in new jersey. and of course that turned out to not be the case. then there was speculation, is clive going to have the party? not have the party? then the party was officially on. and it was interesting when i went to the hotel. it was almost eerie because while you're downstairs paying tribute to whitney and paying tribute to the grammy weekend, her body is still upstairs in the hotel room. and i think everybody in the room was very, very mindful of that. at one point, i thought jimmy jams said it best. he told me that, listen, clive davis introduced us to whitney. it's only fitting that clive davis would lead us all as we

say goodbye to whitney. somebody else told me that, you know, when whitney houston passed away, it was a game changer in the music business. and that, you know, we will all remember where we were and all want to figure out a way to celebrate and pay homage to her life. >> gayle, real quickly, what was it actually like, though, the mood inside that party? did people feel that they could celebrate the grammys? because as you mentioned, you know, her body is there, and they are mourning the loss of this incredible talent. >> yeah. i think it -- erica, i think that's such a good question, because some people said to me, you know what? i wasn't even going to come. i didn't want to be here. it didn't feel right celebrating. then on the other hand, they said i don't want to be anywhere else. i want to be with people who understand what this is like. and in the end, i think everybody was glad that they came, and everybody came together because everybody in that room had a connection to whitney houston. and you felt that in the room. and then in the end, i think people were glad that clive went ahead with the party, as l.a. reid said to me, when you're in

the music business, the show must go on, and that's how they felt. >> and the important thing is, whitney houston was planning to come to that very party. >> yes. o it was one of the few grammy events she was planning to do. she and clive together, sort of a legend in the music industry. that was the one thing she was planning to do this weekend. >> her death is not considered suspicious, but investigators are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. the l.a. coroner's office held a news conference yesterday, but released very little information. >> john is at the beverly hilton hotel where the singer died. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. whitney houston was staying here in beverly hills at the beverly hilton hotel before that big pre-grammy party held by clive davis. then mid afternoon saturday, a 911 call from the hotel brought an ambulance racing here. and paramedics found whitney houston unresponsive in her the hotel was already busy with fans and photographers looking to see recording stars arriving

for one of the big gatherings of the grammy weekend. instead, they were there as the van from the coroner's office carried away the body of whitney houston. houston had been in a room at the hotel's fourth floor. at 3:43 p.m., someone in her group asked the front desk to call 911. paramedics arrived quickly, but at 3:55, houston was declared dead. there was an autopsy sunday. >> there was no visible signs of trauma. and foul play is not suspected at this time. >> reporter: but what killed her remains a mystery. >> there will be no cause of death at this time because it is pending toxicology. and that could take up to six to eight weeks. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell cbs news there were prescription drugs, but no illegal substances found in houston's hotel room. houston's struggle with alcohol and drugs over the years were well known. but those who saw her in the days just before her death say they saw no signs of trouble.

>> we still are waiting for that great comeback. >> singer kenny lat immer was host of a pre-grammy party thursday night, when houston surprised kelly price onstage. >> it felt like it was a private moment where she was singing, "yes, jesus loves me," but she was singing it to kelly but she wasn't doing it in a way that was particularly for the audience. >> reporter: pictures taken of houston as she left the party suggests she was dishevelled, sweating, her hair soaking wet, and the photos show spots of blood on her leg. but latimer has only good memories of the last time whitney houston sang in public. >> the night of her last performance. >> i was looking at a woman who was in good spirits. her natural warm self. i just felt like she was happy. >> reporter: on sunday, the day after whitney houston died, an

ambulance was again called to the beverly hilton hotel here, this time for her daughter, 18-year-old bobbi kristina. she was taken to an l.a. hospital suffering reportedly from anxiety and stress. she was released later in the day. now law enforcement sources tell cbs news that the most likely theory, the initial theories, are that whitney houston died either of a heart attack or an overdose of prescription medications. but of course we'll wait until those toxicology tests until we know for sure what caused her death. >> john, thank you. whitney houston sat down with oprah winfrey about 2 1/2 years ago for one of her final in depth interviews. >> she hadn't talked about herself in public for several years, but in this interview she opened up about the drug abuse that had controlled her life for so long. >> the very first time i had on you on my show, however many years ago, i thought, you are the voice. you are the definitive -- you

are the voice. that was my name for you. >> you probably were the first person that really called me that. >> you are the voice. >> overwhelming title. >> the voice. >> yes. >> there was a time, i read, where you were actually thinking in this past seven years, because you haven't done an album since 2002, that you were thinking of i read going to an island and having a fruit stand. >> yeah. >> i find that hard to believe. >> and selling some fruit drinks to some people. and going -- >> nice organic fruit. >> yes, me and my daughter, live on a little island, on the beach, living the simple life. you have to understand, i have been all around the world, you know. >> yeah, yeah. >> and i have done it all at that point in time, i thought. however, i wasn't remembering the gift that god had given me. i had totally kind of put all that aside. and my daughter was growing up before my eyes. and i just wanted to grab hold of that. >> it's amazing how fast that

happens. >> oh, my god. it goes by so fast. and i wanted to watch her. i wanted to be the parent. because by that point in time, i was a single parent. and watch her go to school. and when she got home, be there. to be there in the morning say, honey, it's time to get up. and when she comes home, hi, you know. i wanted that moment. >> so we were talking about how light drugs before "the bodyguard" and then after "the bodyguard" -- >> heavy. >> it got heavy. >> heavy. and after that, because i knew then we were trying to hide pain. >> you knew then you were trying to hide pain? >> i was trying to hide the pain. yeah. >> because "the bodyguard" which to the world was one of the biggest moments ever in the history of, you know, cds, albums, and catapulted you to a level of stardom. >> right, right. and remember i did "waiting to

exhale" after that, and album -- >> and "the preacher's wife" after that. >> it was an everyday thing. but it was after i did the work like for a whole year or two, it was every day. >> drugs? >> yeah. yeah. >> every day? >> yeah. >> so your drug of choice was weed combined with cocaine. >> with rock cocaine, yes, yes. >> ok. >> yeah. >> and so the weed would sort of >> yes. >> well, and alcohol too, which is what i didn't do. i didn't drink. he drank. >> and you would do, what, volumes of that? >> oh, my god. i can't even begin -- i have no idea. a lot of money, you know. yeah. >> so during that time, obviously, when you're in the middle of taking the drugs, you're not thinking about the voice. you're just thinking about -- >> i had totally forgotten about that life. >> that was another life?

>> yeah. i had so much money by that point, you know, it was like -- i wasn't thinking -- i didn't think. i wasn't thinking about any of that. remember now we were flying all over the country in jets. >> right. >> going to paris for a day or two. renting yachts. cruising the mediterranean. >> did the drugs give you any sense of relief? >> at times. don't forget, there were some times we would laugh our tails off. you know, sometimes you do have a good time. but when it gets to point where you're sitting in your home and you're just trying to cover what you don't want people to know, you know what i'm saying, it's painful. and then you want more just so that you don't want to let anybody see you cry or let anybody see that, you know, you're unhappy. it's not working. something's wrong. what are you doing? what's happening? why aren't you talking to me? why aren't you talking to me? why aren't we talking? why are we just watching the tv? >> that interview with oprah

winfrey in 2009. gayle king is with us again from los angeles. what can you add to that interview that you had insight of? >> i remember it very well, because as it turns out i was there, and i didn't realize how painful it would be, i have to say, to look at it again. you know, they had the interview at new york's town hall. it lasted about three to four hours. it ended up being a two-part interview, one hour each. and it's just very difficult and almost poignant to see whitney and oprah together. when the interview was over, oprah said she had never felt a stronger connection to anyone that she had interviewed before. whitney i know was very, very comfortable and pleased with the interview at the end because they went over some very uncomfortable subjects. but in the end, the two of them had a great conversation. but looking at it again, i have to say it was difficult. and special thanks to oprah and sherry who agreed to let us use some of that interview.

you won't see that anyplace else on the news today, other than here on "cbs this morning." and i'm very grateful they shared it with us. >> thanks. >> that is really powerful stuff. and in fact the entire interview can be seen this thursday at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. remembering whitney: the oprah interview" on the own network. a major cleanup effort now in greece after a night of riots there. at least 45 buildings were burned in athens. the riots triggered by budget cuts that were approved early this morning. the new budget was demanded by greece's bailout creditors. over 120 people were injured in the protests. meantime, there are new tensions to report this morning between israel and iran. israel is blaming iran for a bomb attack on israeli diplomats in india. four people were wounded. a second car bomb

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♪ we could have had it all ♪ you had my heart and soul ♪ >> adele is back. wowing the audience at the grammys with her first

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the only thing that feels right is to begin with a prayer for a woman who we loved, for our fallen sister, whitney houston. heavenly father, we thank you for sharing our sister whitney with us. today our thoughts are with her mother, her daughter and all of her loved ones. and although she is gone too soon, we remain truly blessed to have been touched by her beautiful spirit and to have her lasting legacy of music to cherish and share forever. amen. >> the host of the grammys, ll cool j remembering whitney houston before last night's

award. we'll talk with her good friend quincy jones in just a few minutes. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> nearly everyone expected adele to go home from the grammys with a whole lot of hardware and she didn't disappoint. her six awards tied beyonce's one-night record for female artist. >> adele warmed up for her big night with a revealing "60 minutes" interview with anderson cooper. want to show you some of that conversation that you didn't get to see last night but did become part of "60 minutes" overtime. >> adele is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet right now. but she did it the old-fashioned way, with the power of her voice and her songs. when i interviewed her recently bs we talked about her image as an anti-pop star and the message that the modern media sends to young girl. for "60 minutes"over time, here's an except of my conversation with adele. >> one of the things that people remark on you is that you don't really fit the mold of the other stars who are out there right now performing.

rihanna, beyonce. even your appearance is not fitting the mold. >> totally. >> do you think about that? >> no. never. i've never let on my plus size so much bigger than others out there. i've never really thought about it at all. it becomes more attention if i was to read something about it. i think everyone else makes a bigger deal out of it. that's kind of their job really. >> does it bother you? >> not at all. not at all. >> do you ever feel pressure to, i got to look a certain way? >> never. i've never seen magazine covers and seen music videos and be like i need to look like that to be a success. i've never seen pictures of hot men and -- like if i want to be with them. to sell more records, i don't need to. exactly. it's not stopping me from doing anything. i don't find that attractive. i think even if i did that, you

know, sports illustrated body, i still couldn't wear elegant clothes. i wouldn't do it. i don't appreciate stuff like that. i just appreciate the music. people that dress like them, i love their music. i'm not going to -- i listen to the music. i don't watch it and get confused about who i'm listening to. >> if anything, you seem to be sending a positive message to a lot of young women about being comfortable -- >> yeah. no matter what you look like, the key is to first of all, you have to love yourself. you can improve things you don't like yourself, do them after you appreciate yourself. come and -- exploiting yourself sexually is not a good look, i don't think. i don't find it encouraging. >> when you see other people in magazines, you don't feel like, i wish i looked like them? >> not at all. i don't even look like that magazines. i've seen them up close.

they don't look like that. >> gayle is with us again from los angeles. i guess, gayle as you look at that, you have to say as the grammys remembered and appreciated whitney houston, they also celebrated adele. >> they really did, charlie. i mean, we have to say that adele was the belle of the ball yesterday. listen, i didn't get a chance to see the "60 minutes" piece because, of course, i was here. after hearing what you just showed, i love her even more. a girl who is comfortable in her own skin. hooray, hooray. >> i will tell you this. the backstage became totally quiet on to occasions. when jennifer hudson went to sing and when adele opened her mouth for the first time and the notes came out. when she came backstage to take the official grammy photo, it was a sight to see. her people said she's not doing any interviews tonight, doesn't want to talk tonight. we're saying please, we want to congratulate her and say job well done. they said no adele, wants to get

the grammys and likes to remain mysterious. everybody loves her. and without exception. she was clearly the hit of the night. everybody was pulling for her. every time the category was announced and adele as in the category and when she won, you got a standing ovation from people who were just watching. here at the four seasons hotel people standing around the bar stood up and cheered for adele. owe adele is really the new "it" girl in the music business. >> part that of is she came back from the throat surgery. there was much anticipation how well she could sing. >> she came back from the throat surgery and didn't you have a moment before she opened her mouth, you were thinking i hope you sound good and then she started with no music, no instruments, just adele and that voice. it just shows, again, that song that it's only adele and her voice, adele and the piano. it shows again that she really rocks. >> and talent rocks. >> i was going to say, there is

no substitute ever, mr. rose, as you know, for talent and she's got that in spades. >> i also heard she said she wants to change the type of music that she does. that hit song that she sang that is been played over and over and over again, she called it yesterday a song of relationship rubbish. you've all been there, you've had love gone bad. she said i don't want to do that anymore. i want to sing a different kind of song. by the way, she appears to have love in her life. >> which is maybe why she wants to sing a different song. she can celebrate the new love. >> we can hope this is a good person. >> yeah. you guys, we all know out of heartbreak comes great stuff. great stuff. >> indeed. >> there are times you want to say spare me. but out of heartbreak, you get some really wonderful music. >> but is it worth it? >> not to me. not to me. no thanks, charlie. >> trying to find out where you were going with that.

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♪ because the greatest love of all ♪ many of whitney houston's fans have long blamed bobby brown for troubles. they were married for 15 stormy years until their 2007 divorce. >> brown took the stage with his band just hours after houston's death and broke down several times during the performance. national correspondent ben tracy has more on their story of love, addiction and abuse. >> when whitney houston met bobby brown in 1989, it was the good girl who grew up singing in

the gospel choir falling for the bad boy singer. >> yes, bobby is the man in my life. i'm very much in love and i'm very happy. >> after the two married in 1992 at houston's lavish new jersey estate, she told rolling stone magazine, when you love, you love. i mean, do you stop loving somebody because you have different images? i am nobody's angel. houston's career was on the rise. the year she married brown, she also starred in "the bodyguard" and recorded the blockbuster soundtrack. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ >> in 1993, she gave birth to their own child, bobbi kristina. by the late 1990s, they were constant tabloid fodder dubbed the new ike and tina turner. their relationship was riddled with drugs and alcohol. in 2000, airport security guards

in hawaii found marijuana in their luggage. that same year, houston started canceling concerts at the last minute. in an interview in 2002, she admitted to struggling with alcohol and drugs. but defiantly denied using crack cocaine. >> crack is cheap. i make too much money to ever smoke crack. let's get that straight, okay? we don't do crack. we don't do that. crack is whack. >> you just whack. >> in 2003, bobby brown was charged with battery. houston says he hit her during a dispute but she stood by him in court. >> i need to -- >> the couple took their tumultuous relationship public in being bobby brown, creating more tabloid headlines. whitney houston filed for divorce a year later. during her recent attempt at a comeback, those years of hard living had finally confined

houston's once limitless voice. >> before i put on my makeup ♪ >> she admitted that ultimately, bobby brown was her drug. an addiction to a love she couldn't quite break. for "cbs this morning," ben

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she could sing gospel, she could sing, i will always love you, and make you cry. and she was the most beautiful woman i think i've ever seen. >> wow. elton john dedicating a song to whitney houston at his concert in las vegas saturday night as a celebrities are paying tribute. >> barbra streisand said "she had everything. beauty, magnificent voice, how sad her gift could not bring her the same happiness they brought us." beyonce said so many of life's memories are a tashd to her songs she is our queen and provided a blueprint for all of us. god bless her. dolly parton who wrote i will always love you said "mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of whitney houston. i will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and i can truly say from the bottom of my

heart, whitney, i will always love you. you will be missed." we now go back to gayle in los angeles. gayle? >> thank you both. the neighborhood at the four seasons hotel in los angeles at 5:00 a.m. nancy o'dell. e.t.'s nancy o'dell. thank you so much. >> i would like to say i was out enjoying myself still from the celebration from the grammy celebrations. no. >> e.t. does have a lot ex clues sifs as it pertains to whitney houston. i don't know about you, nancy. all night long where i go to different places, people i still can't believe this has happened. >> everybody has been talking about it. we have video that's quite telling of the day that she passed away and then also of her relatives on that particular day and then talking to everybody at the grammys. i was surprised. we are just talking about this. how many people she influenced to become music artists. it was amazing them talking about them dancing to her songs. hearing that. >> everybody has a story of used

to dance in the in ir roar with a hairbrush or blow dryer singing to a whitney houston song. last night when i was backstage, i would say what's your favorite song, would you hum a couple of bars and everybody had something. >> fergie was saying that she -- fergie of the black-eyed peas said she was in a child's show and sang, i want to dance with somebody. everybody had a story like that. kelly roland said they felt they could do so well because whitney wrote them letters of encouragement saying how incredible they were. she wanted to be whitney houston when she was little. >> i sew understand that. in this particular case, people say ex clues sifs and you see it. when you say exclusive, you real doi have them. we'll talk to you in the next hour. thanks nancy for being here at 5:00 a.m. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. ugh, my sinus congestion, and it's your fault. instead of blaming me, try advil congestion relief. often the real problem is swelling, not mucus.

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the er's good monday morning. it's 7:56. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. the los angeles county coroner's office is offering no new information this morning on the death of singer whitney houston. at a news conference that happened in the past hour, the assistant chief didn't comment on a report from tmz that celebrity website citing family sources as saying that houston died after consuming drugs and alcohol. today a federal appeals court in san francisco is set to hear a challenge to proposition 209. that initiative approved by state voters in 1996 ended affirmative action in admissions to uc system. an update on the roads and weather coming up.

good morning. these are conditions on bay area bridges. wet and windy. you can see it in our san mateo bridge camera. it's been rock and rolling so far this morning. a lot of shaking going on. you can see that high wind warning on the bridge in the caltrans camera to your upper right side of your screen. otherwise, the nimitz pretty quiet up and down north- and southbound 880 as you pass the coliseum. haven't seen any slowing there yet. slick conditions problems on the road. you can see incidents in the south bay. everything is off to the right shoulder. just it's kind of slow and go coming out of downtown san jose on 280. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> showers on and off today, they will continue around the bay area. out the door grab your opinion jacket. it's going to be cool. looking into the pleasanton area right now, skies break up a bit but we have more showers on the way. you can see some of that activity making its way in along the peninsula especially, some of that -- moderate amounts of rainfall coming in there now. it's going to be cool and brisk toward the afternoon.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is whitney houston's last performance. entertainment tonight found her singing a duet on thursday night. less than 48 hours later,

whitney houston died. it is 8:00. i'm charlie rose with erica hill in new york. gayle king is in los angeles. >> i'm so excited to talk to my two next guests. i'm sitting with two people who were everywhere last night who were also watching whitney houston during her final days and months. nancy o'dell and kevin fraser. you talked to kelly price a about that party. they're saying she looked terrible, she was out of it. what is kelly saying? >> kelly, very emotional on the red carpet yesterday. she said whitney was there, had a great time, and she was in a corner next to the stage with a group of people dancing, having a fantastic time. she danced so much she was sweaty. kelly even joked she almost danced her hair extensions out, but it was a great moment for

her because they stood toe to toe and they were singing. it was whitney as her mentor and big sister, not some kind of whitney that was out of control. >> anybody who's had a great dance party knows that at the end you can look like a hot mess. >> yes, you can dance your weave off. >> people have seen her doing that performance inside the club. tonight on "et," we have the video of her coming out of the club. we can see her where the fans mob her. she looks totally together, unlike the reports of her being a hot mess. it was an r&b party with all her friends. in defense of her, sounds like she was just having a great time. you can see looking at the video coming out, she's very much in control of hugging friends she sees and signing autographs for fans and taking pictures. >> i think sometimes that's part of the problem. when you have a troubled past, people instantly think the worst. they don't think maybe she was dancing.

they think, uh-oh, there must be a problem. but ricky minor, her musical director, also had stuff to say. >> ricky met whitney when she was 18. he was with her for more than 30 years. ricky said he was there for all the rehearsals. she sat next to him. she tried to sing along with all the songs while monica and brandy were rehearsing. she talked about, i'm getting fit, i'm swimming, look at my arms. but she was very playful and had a good time. wanted to surprise monica and brandy. that was the big deal. >> this is the thing i heard when i was at the clive davis paert party. she had gone to rehearsal. it turns out, guys, it was brandy's birthday on saturday. whitney had planned a surprise birthday dinner for brandy, unbeknownst to her. monica was telling me that. brandy looked so distraught and so upset and rightfully so. it just goes to show you that one day you're at rehearsals, you're singing, having a great time.

the next day -- hours, life can change. >> ricky was saying, too, she was also talking about -- ricky is the one to describe how much of a relationship they had. he produced that infamous national anthem she had. he actually put together the arrangement for jennifer hudson last night. he was talking about her future. she had really gotten it all together. she was so excited about the future and a movie coming out. i think that makes it feel like more of a tragedy. > >> that's what i keep hearing. the movie would be "sparkle." kevin, i saw that interview where you talked to her. >> it was great seeing her in detroit. it was almost like whitney was going through a rebirth. she was there with jordan sparks and the other actors, which is an iconic movie, "sparkle". >> would you mind if we played a clip? >> please, please. >> could we see the clip of kevin's interview? >> is this the beginning? will we see more movies from

you? honestly. people get a little salty sometime, whitney, because they feel like you're not giving them anymore music. >> i am 30 years into this business. >> i know that. you don't have to be snitchy with me. you can share it with us. >> listen, i'm not 25. i feel 35. i'm good. however, i'm at a good pace. you know hat i'm saying? i'm at a good pace. i want healthy projects. >> what's it like for you, kevin? listen, i got a jolt when i saw oprah talking to whitney in that interview from 2009. what's it like for you, who saw her very recently? >> it's very bizarre. you go to detroit. you're wondering, what is her state? is he okay? you know what? she was fine. it was very, very bizarre to

there was a lot of f there was a lot of fun and a few surprises at the grammys from a springsteen/mccartney jam

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that is jason aldean and kelly clarkson at the 54th grammy awards. there was plenty to celebrate last night, of course. adele won six grammys, tieing beyonce's record for most wins in one year by a female artist. foo fighters, chris brown, and lady antebellum were also big winners. but what would the night be without outrageous and controversial moments? here's a look. ♪ the scars of your love ♪ they leave me breathless ♪ i can't help feeling we could have had it all ♪ >> it was an emotional night for adele. and the gold was hers. adele won in all of the grammy's top categories, including song of the year, record of the year, and am bum of the year. she got a standing ovation too

after her first performance since vocal cord surgery late last year. ♪ rolling in the deep >> adele proved she still has those golden tones. >> what is this, 17 grammys for you? it never gets old, does it? >> no, not at all. more and more wonderful things happen at my age right now. i have no desire to retire. i love what i do. i try to make people feel good. when they feel good, i feel so content. >> could it be they're kinder to you, or could it be you're just a nice guy? >> i am a nice guy. thank you very much. >> i know you are. ♪ you chewed me up and spit me out like i was poison in your mouth ♪ >> in a not-so-subtle dig at her ex, russell brand, katy perry wowed the crowd with this revenge song. arguably, the most controversial

performance, nicki mm minaj's exorcism. people tweeted their outrage. in sharp contrast, it was the simplicity that brought the foo fighters their grammys, including best rock performance, one performed in front man dave grohl's garage. >> learning to do your crap, that's the most important thing. it's about what goes on in here, and what goes on in here. >> a heartfelt tribute to glenn campbell left the biggest names in the business clearly moved. campbell, who has gone public with his diagnosis of alzheimer's, led them all in a sing along of his classic "rhinestone cowboy." and what better way to end music's biggest night than a jam session with grammy legend, who joined paul mccartney, for a trip down abbey road.

wow every moment, as you might expect at the grammys, had been planned for weeks, down to the second. then the terrible news broke about whitney houston. suddenly, they had to find a way to honor her on music's biggest night. the man who made that happen is the executive producer of the grammys. ken got up early to join us. thank you so much. i was thinking backstage everybody was singing your praises. we were wondering how in the world is he going to pull this off while we deal with the grief of whitney houston, of course celebrate music's biggest night and its stars. >> well, we really needed to find a balance, you know. we didn't want, you know -- i had worked with whitney any number of times. basically, a lot of people that work on the show, we work these kind of shows. we work specials and music shows. it was pretty devastating, basically, to most of our staff. we realized that while we really needed to do something, needed to do something appropriate, we felt that we didn't -- we

couldn't decide what the grammys are all about, celebrating great music. so many other acts had worked so hard to get to that night. it had these years that had brought them to us that we really didn't want to let this one thing overtake the whole show. >> and before it started, you said, we are here to celebrate the power of music. i can only imagine what it must have been like for you when you got the news. because here's whitney houston, a friend of yours. here, you're a producer of this amazing show. did you instantly think, we've got to start from scratch? did you think, this has to go? this has to come in. i know jennifer hudson was flown in at last minute. what was your thought process? >> interestingly enough, i didn't think we had to start over. what i really thought was we needed to find those spots where we could do something. we needed to respond script-wise to what ll would say when he came out. >> was the prayer his idea? >> that was definitely his idea. >> i thought it was a lovely touch. >> it was pretty wonderful. you know, so from the beginning,

you know, if you set a tone, you can carry that tone through. with jennifer, i don't think it was a half hour, 45 minutes after we learned what had happened that i called damion smith, jennifer's manager, and said, we'd love to have you as a part of this. is jennifer up for it? he said, absolutely. then i talked to whitney's first musical director and a long-time friend of ours. i said, rick, i need you to help. >> was it always the intention to have bruce springsteen open the show? i'm thinking, everything is always better when bruce springsteen is involved. let's show a clip of that. i thought it set such a tone when bruce and the band opened the show. it set a celebratory tone from the beginning. ♪ even the title of that song, his new hit song, "we take care of

our own," wow. >> it's epidemic. >> classic bruce springsteen. >> you know what, i mean, as ll said in his opening after that, you know, bruce is one of the few people in our business who's the conscience of our business. you know, starting with "born to run" and "born in the usa." he's always been this kind of -- he speaks for us. >> yeah, i heard him described -- >> that was why i wanted to open with that. >> i thought it was a genius choice. people say he's america's poet. i would really like the explanation of nicki minaj. everybody went, what? what was she doing or trying to do? that just totally went by me. >> look, one of the things that is always very important is we don't like to restrict artists' creative freedom. she came to us with that idea. often the ideas are ours. sometimes they're the acts we work with. >> you look at the idea and say,

great? >> at that one? >> yeah. >> i didn't say great. i looked at it and said, okay. i knew about her alter ego. i was aware of what that was. i definitely had some questions. >> well, it's certainly something people are talking about along with chris brown's big win tonight. was that a surprise to you? >> it was a shock -- no, it wasn't a surprise. i was kind of rooting for him. i know how controversial he was and still is. if anyone has a reason to be a little questionable about chris, you know, it was on our show three years ago all that happened. i believe people deserve a second chance. the year he's had this year really brought him back into the public. you know, i think he really deserved a second chance. >> a lot of people feel that way. still, other people say, well, we'll see. in the end, were you pleased? >> the show just -- from what i heard afterward -- but

basically, we knew as that show was going along how well it was going, what a vibe it had. the right tone of whitney. everything worked together. >> i thought so. thank you so much for coming. i really appreciate it. in her prime, whitney houston can turn any song into gold. all you need to do is ask diane warren about that. we're talking to diane just ahead. you're watching "cbs this morning." rning." junior mints moviefone evil prince bollywood 3-d shark attack ned the head 5% cashback right now, get 5% cashback on movies. it pays to discover. chili's lunch break combos are full of delicious choices, starting at just 6 bucks. choose from savory favorites or our new philly cheesesteak sandwich. layers of shaved steak and grilled peppers served with fries and a tasty soup or salad. chili's lunch break combos. honestly, i'm having a little trouble with the eyes. find eye popping savings at the sears president's day event

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♪ with songs like that, whitney houston was as big a star as a star can get. the legendary producer, quincy jones, knew her back had she was singing in a new jersey church choir. >> quincy jones will be with us when we come back. we hope you'll stay with us for that. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." your local news is next.

a man was found shot to death on walk in the east bay t good morning. it's 8:25. i'm grace lee with your news headlines. a man was found shot to death on a sidewalk in the east bay this morning. hayward police have blocked the area around 7th and c streets as they investigate what happened. neighbors did call nine 101 after hearing gunshots around 5 a.m. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez is planning on testifying at his domestic violence trial. prosecutors say that mirkarimi left a large bruise on his wife's arm during a new year's eve fight. lopez will only testify if she is granted immunity from prosecution. a federal appeals court in san francisco set to hear a challenge to prop 209 within the next hour. the initiative approved by

state voters in 1996 ended affirmative action in admissions to the university of california system. we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. moment.

good morning. well, it is still slick out there on bay area roads. we have new accidents continuing to come in, including this one if you are heading out of san francisco right now. southbound one one at cesar chavez there is an accident there multi-vehicle crash blocking a lane and just within the last 10 minutes, they have

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♪ ♪ there's a boy i know he's the one i dream of ♪ looks into my eyes ♪ takes me to the clouds above ♪ ooh, i lose control, can't seem

to get enough, uh-huh ♪ when i wake from dreaming ♪ tell me, is it really love ♪ >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." that, of course, whitney houston by herself. just singing to effects, no musicians. just that pure, powerful voice. composer quincy jones is himself a true music legend. he's the career since she was a teenager and he's at his home in los angeles to tell us about this morning. we just have lost him. extraordinary thing about this relationship between whitney houston and the great quincy jones is that he met her when she was only 16. and she had come out of are you?

>> pardon? >> quincy, we had a little transmission difficulty right there. i was just telling people about you coming from the music legend that you did and having worked with sinatra and so many great people. in new jersey, there was this young 16-year-old singer who had come out of the gospel tradition. when did you meet her and what did you see and hear? >> well, what happened, i met -- it's ironic met valerie and simpson about the same year that whitney was born, 163, when i was vice president of mercury. later on had we were working on the wiz, they told me about this little 16-year-old girl that was -- wrote some songs together for the wiz. they told me about this little

girl. she was working on a reading on some broadway show. they kept raving about how great she was. i heard her and it blew my mind. at the age of 79, these memories stick with you. somehow we will always kind of put together by some kind of divine base i guess. it never went away. when michael jackson -- >> go ahead. go ahead, quincy. >> hello in. >> continue, my friend. we can hear you. >> when michael was doing the album "bad" he had a song called i'm just going to stop loving you, the first person he asked for was whitney or barbra streisand. we eventually used garrett on the same song. that was another reach out there. whitney presented me with the songwriter's hall of fame at the

radio city music hall a few years later, i guess that was '87. >> quincy, let me interrupt you. i want to talk about voice and gift. you were as i said, worked with frank sinatra, you've worked with some of the greats in the history of music. what did she have? tell me about her voice. >> she has -- i guess it's in the dna. because dionne warwick her aunt and her mother cissy, we used to work together all the time. therapy both great singers. what we call "it." >> can you define it? just the voice? >> i'm hearing voices in the back. >> so am i. >>ist just the voice. talk more about the voice and what you do with a gift like that when you have it. >> when you have it, it's like god left his hand on your shoulder longer than anybody else. you have something that comes

from deep down and it's a combination of amazing emotion, but also the instrument that can deliver that emotion. because it has to be the transportation for the emotion. whitney had that at a very young age. i met michael at 12, i met aretha at 12. i met stevie wonder at 12. they had it then at 12 years owed. whitney, i think, she had the same. >> why is it that so many people or notable ones have this gift and also it becomes in a way a burden for them? living up to this remarkable gift that she had that michael had, that amy had. it becomes almost impossible to bear. >> well, it's -- serious battle between what the gift is that god gave you and in most cases, they know that and so to give

back to god is the training of that voice and doing the homework and a lot of hard work to make sure that they can realrea really express themselves. if you don't have all of it together, success is very difficult to work with now. because the bottom line, you have to have humility with the creativity and grace with your success. i've seen thousands of artists literally and those elements, when you get up there and you go from a person nobody knows and they say, there goes michael jackson, there goes whitney houston. you have to be very prepared spiritually with how to take it in the right way. not think it's normal. realize that you're still a terminal for a higher power. you have to have that attitude. i think sinatra's and ray charles all of those people got that attitude going. that's why they stay around so long. >> she sang about love in a stunning way.

it was always certainly when she made the transition from gospel singer to pop diva. the songs that we remember were about love. >> exactly. but all the great singers started in gospel, aretha, dionne warwick, that's how they started. that was a tradition. when they come out, they understand what pure deep downey motion is about. they understand that. that's the transition is easy. that's not difficult. you're dealing -- a song is the vehicle and the lyrics and melody are already preconceived when it's laid out for you. a great song can make a terrible singer sound good but a good singer -- a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape. a great singer cannot make a bad song work. never. i've learned that -- 45 years ago. you cannot save a song. i'm sorry. >> my friend shall you have stayed up all night in

california to have this moment with us here and so i am deeply in your gratitude. >> do i sound like it? do i sound like it, charlie? >> you sound fine. thank you so much. see you soon. >> god bless you, man. bye. >> bye. great observation especially approximate that voice. like god left his hand on her shoulder a little longer. diane warren is one of the best. she'll tell us about working with wh [ female announcer ] this is the story of eves. [ eves ] years ago, i hurt my shoulder drag racing. that's when i decided to take it easy,

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just heard. could i have this kiss forever. diane warren joins us at the four seasons, our set here. thank you, diane. hello. >> thank you, gayle. >> i know you were up all night too. >> believe me, i understand. >> i wish i was up having fun. i was up not being able to sleep. >> i heard a sentence that stopped me cold for the first time. the body of whitney houston is in the los angeles morgue. they may perform the autopsy later today. just when i hear the body of whitney houston. >> i know. >> how are you processing it as someone who knew her? >> i don't think i've processed it yet. yesterday morning when the picture of the coroner the truck driving away, that's when i started crying, that's when it was real. i was like wow. you know what i mean? it's so surreal. the whole thing is really -- on this weekend. >> it really is. and the timing of it. i remember when her comeback album was coming out and you wrote the song, i didn't know my own strength. the first time i heard it, and

it's raw form. it made the hairs on the back of my neck, it gave me goose bumps, because i thought the lyrics were perfect for her. we'll run a clip of that and i want to know what you were thinking when you wrote this for whitney. okay. i'm sorry. i thought we had the clip of it. >> don't have the clip. >> you can sing it. >> i won't do that to you. >> what were you thinking when you wrote that song? say a couple of the lyric. >> i crashed down and i tumbled. but i did not crumble. i got through all the pain, i didn't know own strength. survived my dashest hour. my faith kept me alive. is that it? i was not built to break. i mean, i really wrote that song for her. a lot of times i write a song, not for a particular artist. that song i really wanted to write her comeback statement. her come back song. >> did you believe that she was coming back and she was okay. we're still waiting for the

results. we don't know the official cause of death. there's a lot of speculation. >> did you really think she was done? >> i did. from what i heard. i thought she got through it all. got to the other side of it. that's what i wrote the song about. i really -- i had had that title first. i didn't write the song. when i knew she was making her comeback record and she was okay, okay, i'm going to write that. i didn't know my own strength. i was so careful with it. i heard her in my head. i'm singing it sounding horrible and hearing her and singing it and hitting those notes and wondering, because she damaged her voice a bit. i was wondering like, will she be able to do it. >> tv jake said something interesting, a bishop from atlanta. said people for whitney houston loved her and supported her for her music and misery. we cheered her on because we so wanted her to be okay.

what can you say about both, her music and her misery? >> a lot of great artists are troubled souls, aren't they? musically her legacy and her work speaks for self-. it will stand the test of time forever. she influenced every singer that we know, modern singer has been influenced by whitney houston, whether it's christina aguilera. >> they will say that. >> mariah. >> they all say it. >> they all got it from whitney. i mean, her music will live on forever. no one will -- i saw when i was staying awake not sleeping, i was watching her perform the national anthem. come on. >> everybody has a favorite whitney houston song. we're all playing them today. diane, thank you for extending the night. i know it's been a long night. i really appreciate it. >> my pleasure, thank you. as diane pointed out, she's been part of our lives for a quarter century. when they come back, what they hear when they sing. goose bumps for me. you're watching "cbs this mo

biggest songs and how much they still mean to us. lee, all weekend everybody has a story about a whitney houston song and how it affected them. >> there's a lot of people reminiscing. they will continue to do so over the next days. songs put back in rotation for various tributes. like any good song, they have stories. the stories relates to people's lives and it's hard for people to forget what the stories are and where they were when they heard the songs. >>. ♪ say what you will about that 1980s. but whitney houston made music

for moments and you will never forget. maybe it was your first love your first kiss, but most have a whitney memory. >> saving all my love for you. >> ha does that bring back? >> the first time i met my boyfriend. >> for some, it wasn't even that. it may have been the first time you cranked up the volume. >> walking around the bedroom with the hairbrush singing the song. got to love it. >> right away, put me back to my sophomore year of college in an aerobics class of all things and everybody thinking i want to grow up and sound like her. it was pretty amazing. >> her songs were stories that her fans related to and whether it was 20 years ago or 20 minutes ago, whitney lingers.

♪ and i -- sniej >> it takes you back to past relationship. you're going to have a love for your ex or whoever it is. >> i will always love you, was a song performed with an honesty few could replicate. her fans weren't shy to admit, it hit pretty close to home. >> it reminded me it explained who you wanted to be with but couldn't be. >> somebody you wanted but couldn't have. >> truly. >> really? >> did you just unveil something here? >> it wasn't him. >> i'm every woman. ♪ if you think whitney was confined to those old enough to remember parachute pants, think again. >> all i remember with that is my mom belting it out in our living room. that was it. >> at just 22 chelsea knew her

songs and her friend michelle was actually named at whitney. much to her surprise. >> kids would make fun of me in middle school. michelle whitney like whitney houston. i said this to my mom one time. she's like oh, no, you're really named after whitney houston. i said what. she was a great singer at the time that you were born in 1989. >> if that makes you feel old, don't worry. in some ways that's the value in what whitney did. her music stands the test of time. and there can be no greater tribute to an artist than that. >> whitney, you did. you give good love. in the introduction, lee, we said the songs of the '80s and 90s. when you listen to the music it

does seem so relevant to me today. >> that's the one thing that the critics have been talking about over the last couple of days. with few exceptions most of her songs didn't really sound '80s or '90s. they don't sound dated. so many people compared her to people like frank sinatra, was able to sell a song that doesn't sound lieb it's dated. they are time less. performances are timeless. that's what people remember the most. you can still play them and not feel too dork i about it. >> sometimes dorky is good. her greatest hits album is now number one. charlie and erica, back to you in new york. >> gayle, thank you very much for the yoe mans work you did out there in los angeles at the grammys and remembering houston. at the end of these two hours, we're focusing on whitney houston because of talent and tragedy. i think most of talent this morning. many of us when asked what we wish we had, what talent. we say the ability to sing, whitney houston had one of the great voices. we never know how to answer the

question, what is your responsibility to a gift like that. how do you nourish it? how do you cherish? how did you give it wings to fly? perhaps only those with the gift can answer those questions. whitney houston had it. in thinking about her dream and her death, i am reminded of what ernest hemingway said of his friend scott fitzgerald. he said talent was as natural as the pen made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. at one time he understood it no more than the butterfly understood it and he did not know it was brushed or marred. later he became conscious of damaged wings and learned to think and could not fly anymore. the love of flight was gone and could only remember when it had been effortless. whitney houston, dead at 48. that does it for us, for erica and me here and for gayle in los angeles. thank you. your local news coming up. we'll see you tomorrow here on your local news coming up. we'll see you tomorrow here on "cbs this morning."

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a man was found shot to death on hayward this good morning. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines? >> a man was found shot to death on a hayward sidewalk. the area around 7th and c streets are blocked off as police try to figure out what happened. neighbors called 911 at 5 a.m. this morning when they heard gunshots. the search could take days as investigators look for more human remains on a san joaquin county farm. a convicted killer drew maps to find the bodies of as many as 15 people. they have recovered bones and other evidence from 45 feet down in a well. and demonstrators are expected to line up outside a federal appeals court in san francisco this morning. the court is set to hear a challenge to proposition 209 within the next hour. the initiative approved by

state voters in 1996 ended affirmative action and admissions to the university of california systems. we have a wet start to the workweek. lawrence has how long the vein going to last. >> grace, we have some scattered showers outside right now. breezy and cool conditions throughout the day. let's get you out there right now. not too bad looking toward the pleasanton area but we are going to see these scattered showers on and off throughout the day. occasionally you will see the rain moving on by and then drying up and more showers moving on through. continuing to see that into the peninsula and south bay even a wintry mix over the south bay mountains. temperatures this afternoon, expected to be cool. highs only in the low 50s toward the coastline. you will see some mid-50s inside the bay. over the mountaintops probably only in the 40s. chilly temperatures indeed today, warmer tomorrow and dry a few more clouds on wednesday. next best chance of rain possibly next weekend. all right. we'll check out your "timesaver traffic" camera coming up next. ,,,,

good morning. well, looks like we're drying out a bit right now across the san mateo bridge. but the roads are still slick and obviously it's still windy out there. cameras still shaking back and forth across the san mateo bridge and you will notice in the upper right side of your screen, high wind warnings still in effect for the san mateo bridge as well as the bay bridge and the benicia bridge. all right. problems on the roads, southbound 101 at cesar chavez. we have an accident there blocking juan lane. through san mateo county, southbound 280 by black

mountain road we have an accident there still blocking one lane. have a great day.