. >> ricky minor, even the mayor corey booker going on saying, god is in heaven and we know whitney isthe world and that talented voice. rubbing can i minor recalling her work, she was god's gift to me and i was god's gift to her because of her i am here. ricky is the banld director for jay leno. having so much of an impact. i could go on. tyler perry, quoting roman, nothing can separate us from god not principality, nothing. there is more. it was just a touching, moving memorial that whitney is gone but not forgotten. as one entertainer told me, james walker that works with a lot 6 artists, james said we were enamored but sometimes we enabled her. her bodyguard said today, our stars give us so much and we as our fans and those around her and even other superstars by making sure we try to help them to avoid the obstacles they go through life. that requires prayer and requires more than adoration, giving them the love that they have given to us over the years. it's really a touching day. i think a lot of people will walk away with fond memories of whitney houston and the life she has le

present to you the mayor of this great beautiful city, call newark, new jersey, the honorable corey bookernd gentlemenn, it is my privilege to welcome you all here to our great city. we are here to mourn our loss but to cell brate her life. god is in hen and with him is one of our angels, whitney houston. [applause] as the hens reverberate with joy and gladness, may we understand that though we weep now, weeping may endure through the night, but joy, joy cometh in the morning. we thank you for gathering here and i again want to say, we love you, whitney houston. thank you . [applause] will everyone please rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ carries him away with the flood, they are asleep in the morning. they are like grass which grows up in the morning it flourish and grows up. and in the evening, it is cut down and withers . for we are consumed by thineanger and by thy wrath are we troubled. thou set our inic quitties before thee and secret sins in the light of thy countenance. all of the days passed away in thy wrath. we spend our years as a tale that is told today of the years of three score year and 10 x. fo

among them, corey booker, the mayor of newark, was there. he said he was honored to be there.ege for him to be there. to really celebrate. he said, in his words, we are here to mourn our loss, but here to celebrate her life. you spent an awful lot of time outside that new hope baptist church today. and spent a lot of time with people who did not have an invitation to being inside, but they felt it was important to be there to honor whitney houston, a real daughter of the community what did they tell new large part as to why they felt compelled to be there even if they couldn't be inside the church? >> they didn't get as many people as they thought were going to come out because they had been saying, police had been discouraging people to come out and they did a good job of that. there were few fans who were at the perimeters, which was blocks away. to my left there is a neighborhood, the neighborhood right in front of this church. there were people playing loud music, whitney houston songs. to be quite honest with you, about this particular neighborhood and how this church is

the mayor of newark is joining us, corey booker.t to see you. >> thanks very much. >> we appreciate you coming out from being inside the church. we were remarking on not only how beautiful it was, but a difficult tone to strike to keep it a personal memorial service, but she is an icon to the world. that is a challenge. >> i think they did the right balance, bringing it back to where she started. she was born here in newark and raised in that church. it was an intimate affair. at the same time she is a global figure. it was good to have cameras inside so her fans who did have an intimate connection through her music, fans could have a chance to be there, as well. >> there was a plan to put it in the prudential center. that was scuttled. >> i think that was the right thing. it would have been a big mistake. you lose that sense of intimacy, that sense of community. it becomes more of a spectacle than it does of a special moment. i'm very glad the family did it this way. we honored their wishes and i think it went over so well, so beau

. >> we're getting word from corey booker, the mayor of newark, whitney houston's hometown, she alwaysd "a legend has died as the world mourns the loss. we feel an especially deep sadness. she went from a newark church to the global stage but always remained a deep part of pride in our collective heart. she will be missed. our prayers are with her family." do you think she brought a lot of the newark you have itness with her, as one of our guests had said, always a girl from newark? >> well i think the great thing about whitney houston is that she was the epitome of poise and class and polish but she had that newark in her, she was a tough girl and if you rubbed her the wrong way she had no problem letting you know. it was an interesting dichotomy, the voice of an angel but if she needed to be tough with you as a number of people came to understand, wendy williams being one of them, she would call you to the carpet and not above letting you have it. >> right which was something that was very appealing about her, you're referencing when wendy williams had a radio show and wasn't she mak

. >> we are here to mourn our loss but to celebrate -- >> corey booker and gospel singer kim burrell were among the speakers and singers at the funeral. houston was then buried next to her father at fairview cemetery during a private family gathering on sunday. >>> investigators still looking into the cause of whitney houston's death. any word when they might know something? >> well, you know, kyra, those toxicology reports usually take anywhere between six to eight weeks to complete. but a source close to the investigation tells us they have put a rush on those reports so we'll likely see something sooner, kyra. the source also telling us that the medicine and pill bottles found in houston's beverly hills hilton hotel room the afternoon she died are basically undergoing basic testing and nothing appears criminal. there's no evidence, they say, any doctors or pharmacies contacted so far did anything wrong, and that they are in fact cooperating with the investigation. as we have been reporting, kyra, the anti-anxiety drug xanax was among the prescription drugs found in the room. famil

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