woman: and although beverly never lived in a shack, they would get rained in, and beverly would get anpportunity to stay overnight in the shack communities. buchanan: so i was exposed to a lot of practical things. so i saw, you know, calves being born, and horses and pigs and little baby chickens. westmacott: and it may not have meant much to her when she was doing it as a young child, but it certainly has permeated her memory and her work today. and it can be seen in a lot of the photographs that her father actually took while they were on these trips when he was documenting the state of life for the people that he was seeing. steinbaum: those memories of the shack communities are often shared with her audience through the work and through the legends. buchanan: "nellie mae went around the yard every day "looking for the right stick to draw with in the dirt. "the yard in front of their house "was her favorite drawing spot. "the road to town was too dusty and wide and busy. "her grandfather, ollie malcolm rush, "built this house for his family a long time ago. it's called a shotgun hou

jessica back to you. >>> thank you beverly. we're following the breaking news beverly was just talking about this morning. police investigating a deadly wreck at chevy chase circle. >> and a montgomery county police cruiser also sustained damage at the crash scene. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is there with more on what happened. >> reporter: we now have new information for you. apparently it appears this was a stolen car. the occupants inside four people and they were all young people. young teens -- late teens rather or young adults. let's take a look at a scene to brief you as to what's happening now. you can see that the chevy chase rescue squad is now here. extracting with the jaws of life we're told the two young people who perished in this fiery crash. they are two young people who were the backseat passengers in this crash. now let's look at some video that was shot a short time ago and tell you what we know so far after talking to captain paul starks with the montgomery county police department. this all started

beverly farmer will have traffic. she loves the show, too. howard bernstein is off today, too and anny hong is with us. >> it's one of the few shows my guy friends and i can talk about and how we love lady mary. she's such a class act. >>> speaking of class acts, your forecast today looking pretty classy i would say. lots of sunshine to start out the friday. leave your umbrellas at home. bring out the sunglasses. we do see some clouds filtering in later this afternoon. here's a look at your day plan forethis friday. happy friday. temperature -- for this friday. happy friday. temperatures in the upper 40s by 9:00. by 50s -- in the 50s by noon. temperatures topping out low to mid-60s for today. temperatures dropping in the in order and west of town counties. we're talking frederick, washington, jefferson where this is until 9:00 this morning for a frost advisory. farther north and west of town we have a freeze warning in effect until this morning. so temperatures dropping in those areas. kids, bundle up as you're going to your bus stop. right n

back to you. >>> thank you beverly. this morning, opponents of president obama's health care law may feel they have the upper hand. >> that's because the questions asked by the supreme court justices yesterday seemed to really challenge whether or not the law's constitutional. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the court as they get ready for final arguments on obamacare today. delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning mike. that's right it's going to be a very busy day here at the supreme court. the final day of this historic case, the three day, six hour arguments here at the supreme court. the justices yesterday focused on the individual mandate. the provision of the law that requires folks to boy insurance or pay fines. it appears a majority of the justices the conservative ones questioned that portion of the law. namely justices kennedy and scalia who seemed to express concern the government would force people to buy a product they don't need or want. question is without the individual mandate

right now beverly farmer how's it looking on the roads? >>> as far as the interstates are concerned picking up the barrels but into chevy chase via connecticut avenue that's another story. ongoing crash investigation southbound traffic detoured here near bradley lane. bradley boulevard south of 410 for the crash investigation at chevy chase circle. more on that in the news. also northbound i-295 closed in the district at suitland parkway for a crash investigation there. andrea back to you. >>> thank you. remember these numbers, 6, 6, 7. it has nothing to do with winning the lottery. maryland is getting a new 667 area code. new phone customers in central maryland and the eastern shore may get the new area code. customers with the existing 410 and 443 numbers will not be affected. the public service commission says the existing area codes are likely to be exhausted soon. >>> there are 82 living medal of honor recipients and yesterday american airlines flew 16 of them to washington ahead of national medal of honor day sunday. >> kristin fishe

beverly? >> absolutely.onnecticut avenue if you're heading down from kensington from the beltway, you're not going to be able to get as far as chevy chase circling. right now crews and police are detouring traffic on to fourth quarter 10 east-west highway. that will take you over to 355 wisconsin to head south into the district on into chevy chase. remember we're going to have added volume on 355 not only from the bailout of this situation but we're thinking down into bethesda with the added security at walter reed. keep that in find for the travels the morning. i-295 has been reopened in the district near the suitland parkway if you heard about that earlier crash. on 66. come out of manassas or haymarket crash clean-up is east of manassas before 29 centreville. has been tying up the left side of the roadway. the pace is better near manassas. northbound 95 has its challenges with the crash in springfield, one in the backup in 7100 newington, both are along the left side but delays pretty much out of wood bri

mike, back to you. >> thanks, beverly. we'll see you in a little bit. >>> the campaign to change the rating of the movie "bully" is ramping up fast. the documentary has a rate of an r. advocates want to change it to pg-13. people from hollywood to pennsylvania avenue are getting involved. there's a big take television on the internet too. the movie is brutally honest. it's a documentary about kids bullying kids and it's meant to be viewed by kids in an effort to help stop that but the r rating could get in the way. the movie got the r because of the f word that's used by the bullies that were caught on camera. >> the f word conveys the brutality of the bullying. it's important. it's not over the top. the film isn't laden with profanity. there have been many films with far more uses of the f word than this that have been given a pg-13. >> the online petition to get the rating change has already drawn hundreds of thousands of supporters. >>> what you're about to see may shock you and that's what the federal government intend

here's a look at your traffic with beverly. good morning, beverly. >>> good morning, anny. one accident to report 066 westbound if -- on 66 westbound if you're heading out toward the beltway. the crash in falls church near the exit for sick more street -- sick more street, washington boulevard. through the trees you can see the bright lights from the response. single file gets by westbound. all the overnight construction should be pulling out of your way right now on the beltway near 66. on the beltway near springfield. northbound interstate 95. some building volume heading into woodbridge but it's friday light volume we like to call it heading up towards springfield and on to 395. lanes open to the 14th street bridge. no problems to report on the greenway, the toll road. an overnight crash on the georgetown pike at spring hill has been resolved. everything reopened there. southbound 270 out of frederick toward urbana into hyattstown, lanes are open. pace still good getting past 109 and the truck scales. no problems on the utter loop into silver spring. next check of time s

>> thanks beverly. imagine being on a cross- country light when the pilot flynns -- flight when the pilot begins the freak out. the pilot started yelling and passengers had to take him down. greg black shows us the video inside the plane. >> reporter: terrifying moments aboard what should have been a routine flight from new york to las vegas. this remarkable video shows several people rushing to subdue jet blue 191's flight captain who'd begun acting erratically and yelling incoherent comments about needing to get the plane down and about the middle east. >> reporter: authorities say the captain got up to leave the cockpit during the flight. and his copilot already concerned about his behavior, locked him out triggering the rants. other crew and passengers held the pilot down until the flight could be diverted to amarillo, texas. where he could be safely remove asked the flight could continue on. david gonzalez one of the men -- was one of the men who subdued him. >> i said you know what? i'm going to s

here is beverly farmer.he's tracking the commute this morning with time saver traffic. >>> just enough fog out there to keep sky 9 grounded this morning. if you travel north on 95, good visibility and the volume is just starting to build on 95 for travelers coming up from the prince william parkway across the occoquan. here's 395 passing the pentagon, air force memorial in the background and a good pace to the 14 rght street bridge. virginia beltway is in good state. no problems on the inleer:headed from springfield toward tysons coarn. maryland drivers outer loop of the beltway around towards georgia avenue in silver spring seeing a little more volume develop as you make your way past university boulevard. your next check of time saver traffic coming up bright and early at 6:00al. mike, back to you -- 6:00 a.m. mike, back to you. >>> 5:50, army private bradley manning has a second straight day of court hearings today. the 24-year-old is accused of leaking nearly half a million sensitive documents to the wik

>>> thank you beverly. we've been combing through the day's daily deal e-mails and retailer websites and here's the favorites today. want a smart phone but don't want the big price tag? check this one out. best buy's deal of the day. $39.99 for a cricket samsung vitality android phone. no contract on this one. normally $99.99 and you're saving $60 here. >>> this is a good one for you road warriors, one of ebay's daily deals offering the armor tech 28-inch hard side rolling up right suitcase. this is from chow. right now it's $59.09 #. the suitcase normally sells for $300. so you're saving 80% on this one. plus you're getting free shipping. >>> and who wants a burger? google offers has a deal with z burger today. pay $7 and get $15 for burgers, fries and shakes. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. andrea? >>> later morning they will receive updates on the construction of the silver line and there are new concer

let's go to beverly farmer here at 4:46 with timesaver traffic. >>> howard, we're looking good. pulling all the barrels out of the path for your drive northbound 95 up out of fredericksburg and points north to quantico and woodbridge. getting to the beltway. 395 lanes are open making the ride out of landmark, shirlington into the 14th street bridge. downtown no incidents to report from police, the volume is nice and light. virginia beltway all the overnight roadwork is out of your way and tyson's, the roadwork on 66 and the beltway has been cleared out of the roadway. maryland drivers out of southern maryland lanes are open for you north on 4 heading into andrews. getting on to the beltway route 4 and the beltway near oxon hill everything is a-ok for you. here's 270 southbound still running at speed. back to andrea. >>> all this week the supreme court has been hearing arguments over whether the health care law mandating everyone of the health coverage is constitutional. some say the law helps small businesses, others sait hurts small businesses. arvene kiln says her business has

i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck, beverly farmer is in for monika

. >> we didn't see it like -- >> jimmy: she made beverly cry. you don't make beverly cry.>> i of all people have been a beverly champion. as you know, i cried -- >> jimmy: she cries all the time. >> i cried when i had -- if you saw the show, you know, right? so, if you saw the show last week, i think. yeah, last week. you know, i cried when i had to let her go. but i will say that in sarah's defense -- >> jimmy: i got it. >> you know, beverly cries easily. and i have members of my family who cry easily. >> jimmy: yeah, and beverly also lost twice. >> but she won twice. you know, she won -- she got in. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: she won once, right? it's a lot of math in "top chef." no. [ laughter ] but, i think -- so, i think when it all comes down to it, i'm going for my man paul. 'cause i like him. [ cheers ] and i like his wife. and he's married. >> his girlfriend. >> jimmy: or his girlfriend. sorry it's his girlfriend but he misses his girlfriend. and i like that, that he cares about her. and then sarah must be very, very good at cooking. [ laughter ] >> no, no, no,

back to you. >>> thank you beverly.ioned we begin now with breaking news out of chevy chase, maryland. >> two people were killed in a crash at chevy chase circle. >> two other people were taken to hospitals overnight. delia goncalves joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: a pretty devastating scene if you just take a look at this car and i'm going to step out of the shot so you can see for yourself it is torched. singed to pieces and barely unrecognizable. you can see the medical examiner is here on the scene and we understand that there's a single car. it was a single car crash. there was a police cruiser with front end damage that was towed from the scene a short time ago. we are at chevy chase circle and right directly across grafton street where the car apparently struck that tree and burst into flames. police on the scene have con farmed to us that people have died. however, we are waiting for more details into this crash. and to exactly what happened. we are waiting for captain paul starks who's a public info

mike, back to you. >>> thanks beverly. police video obtained bid abc news shows no blood on the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed the florida teenager last month. it shows police escorting george zimmerman into the sanford police station the night of the shooting. >> now zimmerman told police he shot trayvon martin in self- defense after the 17-year-old allegedly slammed his head into the ground and broke his nose. randall pinkston picks up the story from there. >> reporter: the police surveillance video shows the first moving images the public has seen of george zimmerman. obtained by abc news the video shows a handcuffed zimmerman being led through the sanford, florida police station shortly after trayvon martin was shot dead. what you don't see is any obvious blood on his face or on the back of his shaved head. zimmerman told police he killed martin in self-defense after the teen allegedly attacked him from behind, slams his head against the sidewalk and broke his nose. zimmerman remains free but now we're learn

beverly farmer, 6:00 a.m., how is it looking? >> a little more volume out there. some folks are headed to work. they're not watching their brackets from home. eastbound lanes of 66 we have the building volume as you make your way from manassas. the pace in i ven that getting past nutley street is pretty good. no real problems 95 north. just the building volume getting into woodbridge heading to springfield as you merge toward the beltway. 395 has been a good pace through landmark, past the pentagon and to the 14th street bridge. the outer loop of the beltway just building volume west of new hampshire avenue off and on past university boulevard and over to georgia avenue. one accident northbound if you're traveling out of burke near route 4 and 408 in waysons corner. initially it was the northbound right side of the roadway that was blocked with that. our next check of time saver traffic comes up at 6:10. >>> new this morning. the boy taken from a prince george's county school has been found. he's alive and well. >> he was found on the other side of the country in

monika samtani is off but beverly farmer is in.> they're doing a good job of picking up the road work too for the morning drive. on the beltway near tyson's, annandale should be pulling out of the way. 66 moving along freely here. looks good all the way in from markham coming to falls church. no early problems 95, 395 corridors, beltway to get to the wilson bridge. outer loop of the beltway heading west of college park into silver spring the work zone that had been before new hampshire avenue on the right side and here's the pace west from new hampshire avenue to bethesda. looks good on the parkway, 50 downtown no early problems, keep the fingers crosses, back to you. >> thank you beverly. >>> the nation's high court will hear a third dieoff arguments about the -- day of arguments about the health care reform law. yesterday there was serious doubt on the survival of the individual mandate. >> today the hearings are going to look at whether the law can stand without that provision. here's susan mcginnis. >> reporter: americans suppo

i'm beverly farmer checking your timesaver traffic.t on 66 east with the lineup trying to get into manassas. this is just a volume delay really. most of the bay into centreville. more delays fair oaks heading into vienna and inside the beltway still kind of crowded at falls chunk even though the rules are now in effect there getting on to the bridge. on northbound 95 still lined up. most of the way into springfield. more heavy traffic on 395 leaving edsall road past landmark and shirlington and then slow traffic approaching the 14th street bridge. maryland drivers i-270 stacking up heading south of 80 to hyattstown. heavy traffic again down past shady grove road the wind kicking a little bit on the cameras there too. southeast washington still a crash on the inbound side of pennsylvania avenue minnesota before kenilworth 295. better bet is 295 at the suitland parkway. they'll have some of the bailout. new crash prince george's county right before 450 now carrollton. inbound 4 out of upper marlboro a vehicle brown down and police were r

the first few nights, first time i was living in beverly hills i crossed into beverly hills a policeiser would come out of nowhere, put a blinding light on me for a couple of seconds and turn it off. the fifth or sixth light they turned the light on me, shined the light on him and didn't turn it off. he was black. they stopped and questioned him. what is it going to take to save the next treyvon martin before we realize how rampant this kind of racism is? >> it might take a treyvon martin to save the next. i'm talking about folks black white, it's not even a race issue, it's a morals and ethics issue. so often we have to deal with layers and layers of stereotypes and as young black men you raise these boys up to be strong and proud but wary. unfortunately in doing so, we steal their in sense. i'm not sure what it will take, but i think if there's any good out of this, is this treyvon martin and the community galvanizing around it and bringing attendance to it, no matter black, white, whatever your class is, it's hard not to be touched by this case. >> it's important to picture yourse

up in beverly hills was fantastic. >> i went to beverly hills high school. >> i went to beverly hillso beverly. >> beverly. >> beverly. >> one of the stars of it, docu series is what they're calling it. this is a reality tv show. >> it is. >> how would you describe it when i said it was like "jersey shore" you were -- >> you rolled your eyes. >> you rolled your eyes, shook your head no. >> i would say if you watch the series you wouldn't compare to it "years si shore." i have no problem being compared to "jersey shore" because we're nothing like them. but if you wacht and still feel that way -- >> are you ready to be a reality tv store. you have to entourage. who is your entourage today? >> bravo. >> is that a guy ? >> yeah. >> i have a handler. >> it will grow. are you really prepared to kind of like have this thing be huge? >> you know, i'm kind of -- i have my feet planted in the ground. my parents raised me right. i have a career. i'm doing this for one reason and one reason only. >> what's that? >> that's to bring some awareness to something that the president of the country i wa

here with me today is beverly with the vidalia restaurant and with her is kate jansen. kate is decorating -- go right ahead, kate. kate is decorating and showing us how easy it is to decorate a cake. it's not easy but she's making it look easy and beautiful. what type of icing do you have on that cake? >> cream cheese. >> i love cream cheese icing. let's talk about -- beverly, let's talk a little bit about the competition that's being held. why is this important? four different chefs decorating wedding cakes in a mall. what's the significance? >> a bride doesn't just buy her dress or plan the reception or invite her best friends. she has to select a perfect cake. and this area we're blessed with so many really talented bakers and chefs. it was our way to not only raise funds for scholarships but to showcase some of the wonderful talent that we have that we sometimes take for granted. >> in this area we do have some great bakeries and some -- cakes, wedding cakes have changed. when i was a little girl, it was just a white cake and it had some flowers on it but now you ha

. >> the person he needs to win over is beverly. >> we are notarizing what? >> we all get along with leonard. he is very, very likable and charismatic. just so friendly but so overly friendly. it's so fake. it's not for real. >> since coming to wabash he has been involved in several incidents that enforced his violent reputation. >> he was on the rec pad and he asked for a basketball and when they went to hand the basketball he actually come through the door and pushed his way through and began assaulting a couple of the staff members and several staff responded along with myself and there was about six of us finally to restrain him and get him down on the ground and get him in cuffs. >> sometimes emotionalism can push you over the edge. sometimes you can regret after becoming so emotional the things that you do especially when you know that one action can result in a lifetime of misery. >> but mcquay says he has had a spiritual awakening since converting to islam. >> it's a reflection of a new person and a new man, a changed man. >> he is not the only inmate

company is in the middle of beverly hills.y outright and sells for less than you get at harry winston down the street. usually use a resolving line of credit. for a loan when they need cash. then redeem them later. sometimes the same piece several times. it's not just jewelry. >> an unbelievable oscar we have in loan right now. i'm not going to tell you what film, category, or what person. >> did you get a picture taken with it in. >> i don't breathe on it or touch it. we have funded so many films i can't tell you. >> any of them go on to great success? >> can't tell you. one other new genre of collateral we've taken on is entertainment memorabilia. we've made seven figure collateral loans. >> what was the collateral? >> big diamonds. >> how often have you broken a woman's heart saying it was cubic zirconia? >> it has happened and it's not fun. it is not fun. >> wouldn't want to be there when that happens. by the way, only oscars before 1950 can be sold or pawned. the only hint i got was the recipient is no longer living. and

. >> reporter: houston's body was discovered in the bathtub of her beverly hills hotel room last monthhe day before the grammy awards. the coroner's office said the superstar was alive when she first went underwater but drowned because of heart problems and chronic drug use. >> chances are had she not had the pre-existing heart disease and cocaine use, she may not have drowned. >> reporter: the toxicology report also found low levels of marijuana and other prescription drugs in the 48- year-old's some but not enough to kill her. -- system but not enough to kill her. ♪ a houston family spokesperson says they are saddened to hear the toxicology results but are relieved to have closure. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> officials say it will be a couple of weeks before the exact amount of cocaine in houston's system is released. >>> coming up next, howard has the weekend forecast. >> oh jc, if we can only make it last. it's unbelievable out here today. temperatures right now almost 20 degrees above the average high and we still have the rest of the afternoon to warm up. we're going

whitney houston drowned in that beverly hills bathtub. >> coroner's report says she was musing cocaine just before she had died. it was the tragic news that friends and family feared. >> reporter: after weeks of speculation, the results of whitney houston's autopsy may not be surprising. the singer's death in a bathtub at the beverly hills hilton was caused by what her friend, family and fans had feared. >> the final cause of death has been established as drowning, due to ath row cler rottic heart disease and cocaine use. >> reporter: water in houston's lungs indicated drowning. her heart was weakened by blockage of her arteries. long-time cocaine use contributed to her death. there was no foul play. >> it appeared that the cocaine had been used in the time period just immediately prior to her collapse. >> reporter: houston's family was informed about the coroner's findings before the public. sister-in-law pat houston said, we are saddened to learn of the toxicology results. although, we are glad to have closure. houston had other drugs in her system that did not contribute to her deat

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here's beverly with your time saver traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. not too much going to cost you this morning if you head west on the outer loop of the beltway out of college park, west through silver spring and bethesda despite the fact state police out of rockville went to look for the crash on the outer loop before connecticut avenue seeing lighter volume building at university boulevard around toward connecticut avenue. so far i think what they'll find will be minor on the shoulder. virginia drivers 66 there's building volume east of man fan sas to head into -- manassas to head into centreville. if you're northbound on 95, heading up through dale city, woodbridge, we're below speed prince william parkway across occoquan. pace still good into newington. it's heavier volume but all lanes are open on 395 heading up to the 14th street bridge. that's a look at your time saver traffic. next check at 6:11. >>> at the top of the hour let's get to some of the stories happening today. the supreme court justices will deliver the health care case. the nine

go beverly johnson.ng to talk about the baby on the show in a second but i want to talk about you and your history. can you believe it's been 40 years? >> no, i can't. >> do you remember that moment? what was that like? >> i remember it like it was yesterday. it's still as exciting as it was that day. i mean, and even -- it means even more. i went to the civil rights in alabama march 2nd and we walked across the pettison bridge and i thought 1974, i was kind of angry. we never had a woman of color on the cover? really? >> how old were you? >> i was 21. >> did you even know what that meant at the time for you to be on the cover of "vogue"? >> i knew that's what every model aspires to do, is to be on the cover of "vogue." i mean, that means you have made it as a model. i did not know i was the first person of color on the cover. with that came this huge responsibility that i as a 21-year-old really wasn't prepared for dmoo that's a lot. for someone at age 21. when did you realize the responsibility that yo

. >>> coming up a beverly hills auction puts movie history on sale.al guest for viewers this week, take a look. ♪ >>> katie, welcome! >> hi, robin. >> great to see you. >> nice to see you. >> here's the keys to the joint. >> all right, have a great vacation. >> you're doing me a solid. >> i'll keep the seat warm. >> do that. >> so they're actually going let robin go away for a full week? >> a whole week? that's crazy. >> not happy. i hope they know somebody that knows something about morning tv to get to us. >> hi, guys. >> that will do. >> yeah. >> how are you? nice to see you. >> so good to see you. >> well, you are cooking in pink. >> hey. three, two, one. >> hi, everyone i'm katie couric, and i'm thrilled to say good morning america. >> and we are thrilled to have you, katie. >> thank you, matt -- i mean, george. >> gotcha ♪ >> good morning, america! [ kyle ] my bad. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ dennis ] ...the

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i've got your weekend forecast coming up but first here is beverly with your time saver traffic.ng. >>> good morning. good friday start. just overnight construction that is still lingering for folks really this morning. the volume out of woodbridge, dale city into woodbridge is still light northbound on 95 heading past the rest area into woodbridge, into springfield. but detours were still in place on the inner loop at springfield. the ongoing express lane work. inner loop of the beltway diverted on to 3895 north to edsall -- 395 north to edsall road. also 66 detouring travel to go 66 on nutley street. nice light volume here. no early troubles to report. if you're traveling the beltway in maryland, overnight road work on the outer loop between college park and new hampshire avenue should all be out of your way as you head west into silver spring. we're off to a good start. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> the controversy surrounding the killing of trayvon martin continues to grow it seems day by day. an use witness and the shooter's -- eyewitness and the shooter's brother

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you got to like that. >> and beverly hills hillbillies theme.ow, i'll have that in my head. >> sunshine back in the forecast. it will be breezy and a bit cooler. our temperatures later this afternoon are going to be only in the low to mid-60s. so about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday and with a bit of a breeze. you might want to bring along a jacket. we've had a nice string of days generally. even yesterday turned into a decent day as we should have a lot of sunshine. 50s off to the north and west. gaithersburg, 57 degrees. 55 the winning number in hagerstown and frederick. off to the south, fredericksburg, 58. these temperatures not terribly cold. quantico reporting 68 degrees. the cooler air kind of lagging off to the north and west and that is just starting to move in. cool to start your day but should be a beautiful afternoon. sentinel sat-rad, lots of high pressure or just one big area of high pressure will be moving in today. that will keep us nice and dry today. the showers and thunderstorms we had yesterday afternoon have pushed off the

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nbc's craig melvin is in beverly hills with this update. craig, good morning. >> ann, good morning to you. the beverly hills hilton, where whitney houston drowned in her bathtub on february 11th, thursday the coroner's office told houston's family what killed her. the coroner also released this one-page preliminary report. the report confirms what many suspected and feared. drugs helped kill the superstar. toxicology reports show whitney houston used cocaine before she collapsed and drowned in her hotel bathtub. >> it appears that the cocaine had been used in the time period just probably immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel. we know that when she slipped under the water she was stale live. >> reporter: although the official cause of houston's death is accidental drowning, a spokesman for l.a. county's korcoroner says cocaine combine with a heart condition played a key role. >> chances are had she not had the pre-existing heart disease and cocaine use, she may not have drowned. >> reporter: other drugs were found in