and i was going to have amy winehouse. i wanted to tell her to stop. she doesn't stop, she'll do herself in. and it was just bad timing on my part because i was traveling and i couldn't tell her about that. tavis: one of the best tracks on this cd. speaking of great tracks, and i want to come back to her because you were at the top of your game and you get in trouble when you make these observations, aretha franklin was the greatest woman to ever sing. i'm her biggest fan. she does it well. she's amazing and when you think of franklin and bennett together. when i got the cd, i went right to that track. i wanted to hear what you sounded like together. tell me when the two of you get together on a song? >> the greatest moment that i ever experienced was the night at the metropolitan opera and did the big benefit for the met and surprisingly, she said i would like to do it with you. i said, great, let's do it. and i wanted her to do "lost in the stars" she said i want to do "how do you keep the music playing" with bergman and michelle. and she came out an

especially amy winehouse.s the one thing i regretted when i recorded with her, i knew about her reputation and so did everybody else, especially in britain, everybody in britain loved her and rightfully so. she was a great singer. better than any of the other young people i've ever heard. and i was never able to stop on the side and tell her, slow down because you're going to destroy yourself if you don't. >> let's have a break and talk more about amy winehouse. >> sure. >> it was a fascinating relationship, a short lived one between the two of you. i'd like to talk about that. >> sure. thank you. ♪ ♪ body and soul [ female announcer ] firm skin would be easy without gravity. with olay challenge that. regenerist day and night duo. the uv lotion helps protect skin and firms during the day. the cream hydrates to firm at night. gravity doesn't stand a chance. regenerist, from olay. aspercreme breaks the grip, with maximum-strength medicine and no embarrassing odor. break the grip of pain with aspercreme. ♪ body a

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do you feel lucky that none of your kids ended up like amy winehouse? >> lucky is not the word. dad was very well educated in the disease. he was very well read. he knew all about it. we were just blessed with our children that at the end of the day, it didn't get the better of them. >> what about me? >> what about you! >> i think she's referring to you as one of the children, ozzy. i interviewed kelly a while ago. i was pretty startled by how close she felt she'd come to possibly losing her life to drugs. >> you look at people like kelly and you look at amy winehouse. they're tiny little girls. tiny little girls. they've got nothing -- you know, you drink, drink, drink and you know, then they don't eat, then they throw up. then all of this stuff. how do their bodies take it? how do they think their bodies can continue doing this? and doing this? >> but at the same time, it has nothing to do with the size, the age, the width, it's to do with the look. how many people big guys honestly and they choke on their vomit. and it happens every night. >> sharon says she feels blessed that

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. >>> we finally know what killed amy winehouse, the tragic binge and the one item the coroner didn't find in her system. >>> some more rain and chilly temperatures temperatures headed our way. i'll have the complete weather forecast coming up next. >>> complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, kai jackson and first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark viviano, it's wjz, maryland's news station. ,, >>> it's 65 degrees and cloudy in central maryland right now. a 100-year-old power dam is sent crumbling to the ground in ohio state. >> explosives were used to blast through the base of the 2 story structure. the utility chose to remove the dam instead of retrofitting it for fish. >>> young children forced to live inside a dog kennel in nebraska. they called the living conditions the most unsanitary they have ever seen t. children ranged from 8 months to 8 years. large dogs were running free in the house while 2 of the children were inside the kennel. >> it's an open wire kennel that had a little mattress on the inside of it. the cane he will was -- kennel was

singer amy winehouse literally drank herself to death. the report found winehouse had consumed the equivalent of about 16 shots of vodka in the hours before her death this past july. >>> people for the ethical treatment of animals or peta, is accusing seaworld of enslaving its performing killer wales. peta has filed a lawsuit, on behalf of the wales, saying they are kept in conditions that violate the 1st amendment ban on slavery. >> free willy. >>> well, rain has plagued major league baseball all year, with more than 50 washouts. that's the most since '97, including game six of the world series last night. but a clear forecast means it's a go for tonight in st. louis. the texas rangers are up 3-2 games over the cardinals, putting them on track to clinch. if they don't, game seven is set for tomorrow night. >>> and for the highlights from the teams that did play last night, here's the crew over at espn news. >> good morning. i'm bernardo osuna with our espn news update. we take you to the big east. two teams sporting 3-4 records. pittsburg

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coroner rules how singer amy winehouse dies. >> now, how her family is dealing with the news. >> hi.'m kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> she drank herself to death. three months after british singer amy winehouse died suddenly, a coroner determines the singer did not die from drugs but alcohol poisoning. tina kraus reports from london. >> reporter: a brittish coroner says singer amy winehouse died from drinking too much. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the official cause is death by misadventure. the courthouse says winehouse voluntarily consumed alcohol and risked the consequences. the 27-year-old grammy-award- winning artist was found dead at her home on october 23rd. many people assumed she but aer said that winehouse was five times over the legal drunk driving limit when she die. -- died. and her parents learned that she hit the bottle after being dry for three weeks. winehouse's boss said he thought she was sleeping. but when he checked on her again several hours later, she hadn't moved. >> reporter: detectives say they found empty vodka bott

with the official ruling from the medical examiner. >> reporter: a british coroner says singer amy winehouse died from drinking too much. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the official cause is death by misadventure. the coroner says winehouse voluntarily consumed alcohol and risked the consequences. the 27-year-old grammy award winning artist was found dead at her london home on july 23rd. many had assumed she had overdosed. she battled drug problems for years. at an inquest wednesday, a patholgist testified winehouse was more than five times over the legal drunk driving limit when she died. and her parents learned their daughter hit the bottle after being dry for three weeks. >> reporter: winehouse's bodyguard said he thought the singer was sleeping here at her north london home on the morning she died. but when he checked on her again several hours later, she hadn't moved. >> reporter: detectives say they found empty vodka bottles scattered around winehouse's bedroom. he said that she was tipsy but calm the night she died and talked about her upcoming birthday. >> reporter: the autopsy revealed th

we finally now know how grammy award-winning singer amy winehouse died.edical examiner says it was extreme alcohol poisoning. >> reporter: a british coroner says singer amy winehouse died from drinking too much. the official cause is death by misadventure. the coroner says winehouse voluntarily consumed alcohol and risked the consequences. the 27-year-old grammy award winning artist was found dead at her london home on july 23rd. many had assumed she had overdosed. she battled drug problems for years. but at an inquest wednesday, a patholgist testified, winehouse was more than five times over the legal drunk driving limit when she died. and her parents learned their daughter hit the bottle after being dry for three weeks. >> winehouse's director said that he thought she was sleeping but when he checked on her again several hours later, she hadn't moved. >> her doctor told the court, the singer was tipsy but calm the night before she died and talked about her upcoming birthday. the autopsy revealed winehouse was not taking illegal drugs. but doctors say sh

. >>> new details this morning about the death of singer amy winehouse. now says she died because she drank too much alcohol. blood and urine samples showed she was 4.5 times over the legal drunk driving limit when she died. now, at first the autopsy on amy winehouse was not conclusive, saying they didn't find any illegal drugs in her body. amy winehouse's doctor says she started drinking again in the days before her death following a period of sobriety. >>> later today jurors in the trial of dr. conrad murray, michael jackson's doctor, they are going to hear from people who say the doctor saved their lives. defense attorneys are trying to prove dr. murray had michael jackson's best interests in mind and that michael jackson himself administered a lethal dose of propofol. yesterday they put a holistic nurse practitioner on the witness stand. she testified that michael jackson often asked her for propofol. but during cross-examination prosecutors say they showed she refused to do so. something, they say, dr. murray should have done. >> you were not willing

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>>> accident alcohol poisoning is ruled amy winehouse's official death. coroner made the announcement saying the singer's unexpected death was the result of drinking too much. her blood alcohol was five times over the legal drunk-driving limit. she was found dead at her home in july. there were jefrl empty bodies of vodka in her room. >>> two italian politicians exchange punches in parliament today. there they are. looking less than friendly. the fight erupted after a heated discussion in rome. they are members of different political parties. the night before the fight, one made sarcastic remarks about the other's wife saying she retired at the age of 39. the comment was made in reference to italy's generous pension system which is under consideration for changes. >>> a cop in nigeria is helping take the edge off rush hour and commuters. take a look. >> he dances to the music in his head while he's directing the traffic. check out his moves. one of his favorite songs, michael jackson's "thriller." every morning he gets up and does this, he gets his dance

. >>> we have now learned singer amy winehouse drang herself to death.om the coroner found winehouse had a lethal amount of alcohol in her blood, five times the british drunk driving limit. singer fought drug and alcohol problem for years was found dead in her bed in her london home in july just 27 years old. >>> hurricane rina just hours away from sweeping along mexico's most popular tourist destinations. vacationers in cancun, cozumel and rivera maya headed to the airport in droves more than a dozen flights were canceled and shelters filled with residents. winds have dropped to 85 miles an hour, it is sexpected to whacken more before the weekend. >>> the denver area buried by the first storm of the season. dozens of flights were canceled yesterday. thousands of folks are struggling through the night without power. some have no heat. and abc's correspondent is there braving the storm. >> reporter: if you can believe it three day as go out was 80 degrees here. now look, snow falling since early wednesday has turned neighborhoods around denver into winter

i kind of copied amy winehouse's obituary. it's -- i only had to change three things, though.e deceased. the location of the body, and the talent that will be missed. >> that was "comedy central." by god, that was dark. even you were grim massing. does anybody shudder at your humor? >> at the roast, yes. at every roast a part of me says, don't do it. don't do it. but they are so oddly loose and freeing that it's like a comedy vacation in a way. >> which has been your favorite, because you've done a few now? >> this last one was pretty -- i mean, it was dark but it was definitely fun. i was more relaxed than anything. >> what do you make of charlie? >> you know, it's funny. i don't really know charlie that well. my personal reactions with him, if you took out any awareness of anything that i read in the press, my personal interaction has been small. >> what if amy winehouse's family was watching that and actually phoned you to say, why are you making jokes about amy? >> what i would say is that the joke is about amy. >> would you be uncomfortable? >> oh, absolutely. if i got th

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. >>> amy winehouse's father has landed a book deal now.hree months after her tragic death. mitch winehouse signed an agreement to release a book entitled, quote, amy, my daughter. the publisher, harper collins, says he will write about everything from his daughter's childhood to her singing career to her well publicized struggles with substance abuse. amy winehouse died in july at the age of 27. the book will be out next summer available in the u.s. and britain. >>> a waterfall has drawn visitors to a park along the argentina/brazilian border. it's now in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of the world. it's been in contention for the honor since 2007. it's one of the world's largest waterfalls. it extends nearly two miles in a semicircle, straddling the border between argentina and brazil. other finalists to be one of the new wonders include south america's amazon, the great barrier reef, mt. kilimanjaro and the grand canyon. >>> now to an alert for parents and those caring for baby. more than 400,000 b.o.b. brand jogging stro

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sadly, the legal term for amy winehouse's cause of death may also have summed up the singer's too short life. death by misadventure. a coroner in london ruled wednesday the singer died from acute alcohol poisoning, vodka, to be exact, when she resumed drinking after weeks of absi nens. >>> on a lighter and happier note, bruce willis and wife emma hemming are expected. it will be their first child together. willis has three grown children with ex-wife demi moore. >>> hilary swank's appearance at chechnya's president drew criticism and an apology from swank. radaronline revealed she was paid $1.5 million to attend. >>> gisele bundchen watches what she eats, as you can see, and she got her 22-month-old son benjamin trained to think healthy from the start. she tells december issue of british "vogue," quote, when benjamin eats broccoli, he thinks it's dessert. we get if. >> chicken and broccoli from the chinese place with grease on it. that's about it. >> we get it, you're perfect. you're a perfect mother. you look perfect. come on. come on. poor kid. when he actually has a piece of candy. >