bobby brown reacted at the time.le who learned about the death of whitney houston in that concert and one is joining us via skype. hi there, can you hear me? >> hello. how are you doing? >> listen, thank you so much for joining us. i want to hear what it with you like at that concert but let's take a look at what you sent us from the concert and what bobby brown said. we love you. >> that was bobby brown, her ex-husband in that concert last night. we think it's possible when he referred to his own mother but meant her mother. you were there when this happened and i want to talk to you, what was it like to be in a room full of people at this concert see him break down and learn the news about whitney houston. >> it was a very surreal moment. the environment was a bittersweet. people were being very supportive of bobby. a lot of people were crying, going on, and people were really concerned about his daughter. they just thought about people clapped and screamed and hollered and reminisced of all of the songs that whitn

he was walking around the auditorium looking for bobby brown hoping to run into him. daughter was checked into a hospital earlier today. her condition is nonlife threatening. so the show tonight here does go on. new edition minus bobby brown. the first sign was right there on the marquee where it says new edition featuring. people paid $100 to be here. but they seem to be understanding. bobby brown will not be here tonight. we spoke to a few people who are surprised that the show is evening happening though tonight. take a listen. >> they were the couple before jay-z and beyonce. i can only imagine what's going through his mind. i feel bad for him. i really do. >> you have to be with your family in situations like this. you find your strength in love. i'm about to cry now talking about it. >> reporter: at this concert, just yesterday in mississippi, we had a few eye reporters in the crowd that say bobby brown was very emotional on stage. he was seen crying at times. he asked for prayers for himself, his mother, and his daughter. he did release a statement. i want to r

bobby brown saying on the stage i love you whitney.dest thing for me to do is come on the stage. it breaks my heart. >> and dr. segull. you said something, and i don't want us to speculate or go down the road. you said the death of whitney houston at age 48 reminds us to do something. we get used to good health and we see such a life force and major talent, we take health for granted but we are vulnerable the look how she was snatched from us at age 48. we don't know what happened to her. and we'll not know until tomorrow at the earliest. her life got taken from us it is a reminder that our life is precious and vulnerable. >> it is true and an excellent point. we are watching file footage of whitney houston. and her singing the star spangled banner in the super bowl and i shared from my twitter page from harris faulkner so much what you are say incorporating that into our overage tonight it is just an amazing thing to see the love that this woman generated around the world and people are defense and i have want to make sure her memory

cheering and applause ] >> reporter: for the first time since his ex-wife whitney houston's death bobby brown back on stage in concert with his former group new edition. brown thanked his family and friends for their ongoing support. >> i'd like to say thank you to you friends. i'd like to say thank you to you. >> reporter: brown appeared in good spirits performing the song with the group before addressing the crowd. he told fans life is life and sometimes you have to move on. many who came to the concert came with heavy hearts but were glad to see brown with new edition performing during a difficult time. >> my heart really goes out to bobby brown and his family. i think it's going to be a hard show for him, but i'm sure he's going to come with his energy that he always does. >> i feel bad for him. i really do. he and his family, my heart goes out to all of them. >> reporter: a lot of people thought tonight's concert was going to be sad, but there was a mood of celebration with a lot of people eager to see bobby brown and his band. i did a wonderful job, a lot of people -- he did a wonderful

they want to be here for bobby brown but they say being here is bittersweet. listen. >> i would have loved to have seen bobby tonight. i saw bobby years ago in south carolina. he was awesome then and i was looking forward to it. i understand he needs to be with his daughter. >> my heart goes out to him and whitney's family. when i heard that he was in a concert last night and he heard i expected for him to leave immediately. the fact that he came here to nashville not knowing if he was going to do the show or not but then hearing about his daughter and immediately left, he had to go. >> reporter: bobby brown was here in nashville at one point but we confirmed he has left the city. he did release this statement that i would like to read to you. i am deeply saddened at the passing of my ex'wife, whitney houston. at this time, we ask for privacy, especially for my daughter. i appreciate the condolences for my family and i at this difficult time. people say they are here to support bobby brown and his family. some people missed seeing him but people say they under

one thing about bobby brown.ee. clearly the original story was bobby brown walked out and some altercation happened. if you go by his statement, i clearly seems to have been treated disrespectfully himself. >> i haven't been briefed by my police officers. i came here. i do know my police chief and police director jumped and hustled outside because there was some controversy going. in i heard a few things back from some police officers. i want to get the official report on our side that he was coming in with a large entourage and there was no room. there was controversy swirling around that. at the end of the day, the sanctity of the sanctuary was made whole. i'm hoping in his spirit, he's at peace because today was a very good day. i extend him as mayor of the city, i extend him love right now in the spirit of the moment. >> gordon chambers joins us, as well. a well-known songwriter. you worked a lot with whitney. tell us about your experience inside the church. from where we are, it seemed amazing. >> i produced

they are supporting the family and want to be here for bobby brown, but being here is bitter sweet. listen. >> i would love to have seen bobby tonight. i saw bobby years ago in south carolina. he was awesome then and i was looking forward to it, but i understand he needs to be with his daughter. >> my heart goes out to him and his family and whitney's family. i understand what he is dealing with and when i heart he was at a concert and heard, i expected for him to leave immediately and the fact that he came to nashville not knowing he was going to do the show or not, but hearing his daughter was in peril and left, again, as my friend said, he had to go. >> bobby brown was here at one point, but he left the city. he is not speaking on camera at this point, but he did release this statement i would like to read to you. he said i am deeply saddened at the passing of my ex-wife, whitney houston. at this time we ask for privacy, especially for my daughter. i appreciate the condolences towards my family and i at this most difficult time. the people are happy to support bobby brown and his

a picture of the 18-year-old daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown, bobbi kristina rushed to a los angeles hospital in the last few hours. no word on why but her condition was thought not to be life threatening. fans gathered outside the hotel where houston died laying down roses and candles and ireport tributes have been rolling into cnn. tonight the music industry will honor whitney houston at the grammy awards. jennifer hudson and chaka khan will lead what is sure to be a stirring musical tribute. but let's begin with casey wian who is following the investigation in los angeles. casey, you have some new information about when we may see those autopsy results. >> reporter: that's right, ted. we can now confirm according to the los angeles county coroner's office that the autopsy is taking place today. they're saying once that autopsy is complete, whitney houston's body will then be released to the next of kin. they are also saying the toxicology results could take up to eight weeks and according to the coroner's office the beverly hills police department, which is leading the

and what happens to whitney's ex-husband, bobby brown today?tually asked to leave the funeral? a hollywood insider has details. ♪ and 90 years old. now back to justice with judge janine. >> i want you to know... i'm committed and clive i'll be ready. >> that was whitney houston's mentor, clive davis, she'll be buried tochl. joining us is dillan howard. good evening, gentlemen. very to start with you. everyone talking about whitney's ex, bobby brown at the funeral pt what happened today? >> judge, waits a day in which the world paid tribute to whitney houston, as we understand it there are conflicting reports. according to houston's family, who decided bobby brown turned up with an entourage of nine having been told there was only room for three people this, was a church that only holds 300 people, today it was packed with 1500. and bobby brown and there is a brief statement given to me from his camp. he says my children and i were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife, greet bid security and asked to move on three separate occasions. goes on to

originally i think bravo approached just bobby brown and i'm sorry, bobby wanted bravo to just allowdo the show and bravo wanted to have whitney in order to make it a show so i don't think whitney would have ever allowed cameras around but she did it for the love of bobby. she did a lot for him. she partied a lot and took on a lifestyle that might not have been in the lifestyle she was raised to be but did it because that's what she did for love maybe. >> it was a sad show for anybody who remembers watching it. she did not look to me to be in good shape. >> yes. >> chris hold on, i go to john murray, pop culture expert, he actually knew whitney houston. john, what are your thoughts right now. >> i've been up most of the night and though whitney wasn't a friend, she was somebody who i interviewed and met several times, i have a wonderful photo i just posted on my facebook page in memory of her tonight. it's such a travesty, even with all the highs and the lows of her career, and things like bobby brown and other things people are talking about tonight, she was probably the greatest vo

>> i think she is with bobby brown at the moment. >> where is bobby brown, do we know? h everything that just happened people are trying to scramble for information. supposedly bobby kristina is with bobby brown but whitney houston and bobby had a strange relationship and i think that they were, you know, definitely in talks but right now it is trying to figure out really how to honor whitney more so than everyone around me from john legend to alicia keys people are coming through twitter and every single social media to try to find a way to honor her memory and find more information about how this tragedy could happen at such a young age. more so than that, the grammies are tomorrow and this is her stage and i hope that the grammies step up and have a huge tribute to her. >> judge jeanine: do you know whether or not her mom or dean warwick are scheduled to be at the grammies or were scheduled to be at them tomorrow? >> they were not scheduled to be at the grammies. we looked into that. now, i would hope that either one would either make a statement maybe or come in. i t

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how about bobby brown being invited? what do you think of this?se of her getting hooked. you said something yesterday. people e-mailed me and said can you ask beckel about this. you may have said it in the break yesterday. if you say a drug addict needs to hit rock bottom before they get better, how can you be in favor of 99 weeks unemployment benefits for people out of work? don't people to have to hit rock bottom to get work? >> bob: i find that analogy different. they have to take responsibility for themselves, people have to let them go and hit bottom. >> dana: on the funeral thing i think it would be difficult for the daughter if he was no. excluded and not be invited. hep probably would have caused more problems than just invite him and let it be solemn occasion. if he makes a you know what out of himself like he did yesterday. >> eric: concert after a funeral? >> kimberly: you are not saying he is the most upstanding individual. but whitney houston was living a spiritual and wonderful life. top actress, one of the best singers still to this

her drug use was very public with her marriage to bobby brown.wo people seemingly using some sort of substance and then she apparently was cleaned up, she came out with that new album a couple years ago and then what did you hear about her use in the recent last year, two years? >> you know, in recent years any time she would have any sort of difficulty, people would first say okay, she's doing drugs again or she's abuses alcohol again, something along those lines and a lot of times representation would say it's exhaustion or something along those lines, the exhaustion line that we hear so often with celebrities whether it's true or not or a coverup or what might be going on. this woman had not battled all of her demons and we've heard from addiction experts every time there's a sad story along the lines, let's be clear, we don't know what the cause of death is at this point. >> no, we don't. >> any time you hear about the stories addiction is something these people deal with lifelong and with whitney houston her addictions were not something tha

prescription pills and alcohol and doing everything that was absolutely wrong and it is because of bobby brown and his influence in her life. >> what about bobby christina her 18-year-old daughter she went to the hospital twice. are drugs involved with the child as well? >> seems like they are absolutely. about a year ago we published photos that showed her showing what piered to be a white powdery substance. she never denied it was cocaine but that she was set up by someone. she is a troubled little girl. everybody wants her to go to rehab. there was reports that she disappeared family member saying she was getting high. this is a little girl who is troubled. her grandmother is going to try to get her in rehab. they do not want to see bobbi christina to have the same horrible ending her mother had. >> thank you for being with us. >>> thanks. >> how bad was whitney's drug addiction? is bobby brown really the nemesis or a scapegoat? our panel will answer the questions. is the race for republican nominations coming down to which candidate can be the most conservative on issues like abortion and

this statement from her ex-husband, bobby brown, saying i am deeply saddened at the passing of my ex-wifetime we ask for privacy, especially for my daughter bobbi kristina, i appreciate all of the condolences that have been directed toward my family and i at this most difficult time. and, again, we received confirmation that bobbi kristina, the daughter of bobby brown and whitney houston had earlier this afternoon been rushed to cedars-sinai hospital. it is unclear what her condition is, but our reporting says that it is a nonlife threatening event that sent her to the hospital. we'll keep you posted on bobbi kristina as well. overall, the music industry and fans all over the world are mourning the passing of whitney houston. the pop queen ruled the charts for a decade and a half. here is a look back at her golden years. ♪ because the greatest >> her was a voice instantly recognized by millions worldwide, legendary recording artist whitney houston sold more than 170 million albums, with hits including "saving all my love for you," and "the greatest love of all." ♪ and i >> but perhaps her

whitney's mother blames bobby brown for introducing whitney to hard drugs. e has attempted to keep bobbi kristina from her father, despite the fact that he flew to los angeles. there are grave concerns about bobbi kristina. she was rushed to hospital twice in 12 hours after her mother's death. she has been introduced to drug use in the past. that's well-known. that's well documented. there were even photos of her snorting cocaine some 12 months ago. so the family is very fractured at this time. no, we don't know for certain whether bobby has been with bobbi kristina. what i can tell you is that bobbi kristina was not inside the church today when all this scuffle, if you like, took place with security and bobby brown. >> judge: do we know whether or not there was visitation after the divorce? was bobby brown seeing his own daughter? not since whitney's death. >> no. no. we don't know for certain, judge. >> judge: all right. and finally, how was whitney's health prior to her death? do you know? >> very important facts to tell but tonight, judge. i can tell you

. >> reporter: on sunday, bobby brown, whitney's former husband, flew to l.a. 18-year-old daughter, bobbi kristina who was so distraught she was taken to the hospital by ambulance and subsequently released. meanwhile, at the grammys, jennifer hudson offered up a tribute to houston of her classic "i will always love you." ♪ and i will ♪ will always love you >> there was a sense of destiny about whitney houston's career. back in 1993, barbara walters talked to her about it. >> did your mother want you to be a singer? >> she had no choice. i was singing by the time i was 7 years old. i knew that god had given me a gift, you know, i was very, very shy. and very to myself. i mean, in high school, none of the kids knew i could really sing. >> reporter: could she ever. as the world was about to discover. >>> just ahead, in her own words. whitney houston on her stormy marriage and private struggles. >> is it alcohol? is it marijuana? is it cocaine? is it pills? >> it has been at times. >>> plus, the inside story of her most famous recording of all, "i will always love

they were very excited when bobby brown took center stage and paid a tribute to his ex-wife by saying "that's my love." brown joined his r & b group tonight at the show place arena. before the concert many fans told me they thought he wasn't going to show up. wnz's funeral son saturday. nbc news is reporting a spokesperson for bobby brown said that rumors that the family doesn't want bobby brown at the funeral are untrue. >> farewell to whitney. that's my love. life is life. you have move on sometimes. i love like i love god. >> brown will reportedly attend the ceremony to comfort the couple's daughter. shomari stone, news 4. >> all right. coming up next, part two of my conferring with irma goff. >> when you're vengeful like that and you're hateful, it hurts you, too. you become a different person. >> the wife and mother who lost four family members in a mass murder taurks abolks about the and how she was able to move on. >> amanda knox apparently has made a deal >>> 17 years ago a mass murder in potomac, maryland stunned the washington area. a doctor and his three daughters were kill

bobby brown skipped the grammys. she was not just a close family member she took care of mom as she struggled with her addiction. she idolized her mom. she was planning on becoming a reporting recording artist. a young girl doesn't know how they are breaking out>> bobby and christina brown relea-- bob christina brown released. phil neville met whitney houston. you know ourselves family famous neville family very big in the music industry. another pal of mine has toured, actually toured with whitney houston the pop icon. thank you for being with us. what is going through your mind your heart right now? >> it is so shocking, so sad. when i woke up this morning i really broke down last night. i cried like i am sure so many other people have done. when i woke up this morning and shook my head like it is still here. i am in new orleans visiting with my mom. all i could do is think about ms. houston. if my heart is heavy like this morning after i cannot image what her mother is feeling and to hear reports of bobby christin

more in a moment. >>> weigh in on bobby brown leaving whitney houston's funeral early yesterday afteron twitter, air hostess tweeted to me, bobby is hurting like the rest of the family and made a horrible decision to leave. i feel sorry for him. michelle tweeted, "it's typical bobby. things with him can't ever go smoothly. knowing how toxic their relationship was, he should have left." send me your thoughts, and we'll read more of them on the air. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. it's got tender white meat chicken. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like,

you knew her well and knew her lifestyle before she met bobby brown. is that true?an say this. that we were all around a lot of drugs and that she had -- i hate to say that she had started before she had met bobby brown. >> you see, i think that's important, simply for the background to how whitney ended up in the situation that she ended up in, because it is a presumed assumption that the bad again all this is bobby brown, but as chaka khan hinted to me and you confirmed with that detail, it may be more complex. >> it was around us all. at that time, when whitney had started and had become a star in the '80s, we were just around it all and there in new york, the aids epidemic had begun to take over. in new york, it wiped out not only the broadway community but quite a few of whitney's friends, especially her piano player who she adored and treated so wonderfully and loving and warm and i got to see her again, that light. but it had -- it had begun. we were around it and i-you know, i don't want to call names of people that were around her at that time. they may all

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we'll have the latest on the overnight investigation, plus what her ex-husband bobby brown is saying about the loss. another test for gop presidential hopeful. we'll tell you which candidate came out on top at the gathering the most conservative of the conservative in washington, d.c. this weekend. plus, the latest on the fight in syria to oust that country's president. what's planned to end the conflict diplomatically. this is "today in the bay." >>> a pretty chilly start to this sunday morning. hope you're all cozy and cuddled up in your comforter or your blankie, and -- and have a nice steaming cup of coffee this morning. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm kris sanchez. if you're not warm now, you're going to be really cold later. >> a little less clouds overnight and temperatures did drop off. patchy fog which is kind of slowing things down around santa rosa this morning. it is chilly out there. low 40s around santa rosa and concord. look at that, down to just about a tenth of a mile so that's the reason why we do have a dense fog advisory up to the north bay. increasing c