from his bad boy reputation to, yes, whitney and bobbi kristina. in his new book, "every little step" and it's appropriate because bobby took his very first steps towards star dam own who could forget those dance moves with new edition on the stage at the strand neither and memory-filled places all over boston. >> and we are coming into orchard park. boo-ya. this is where new edition first started. >> bobby brown is going home. >> we are definitely going into the projects. >> to where he grew up. >> this is bobby brown. >> hey, big boy. >> how are you doing. >> or at least trying to. >> this is where my house used to be. this was 116 eustice street where i grew up. are the same, he's finding you can't go home again, if home's not there. >> the was a tree is gone now, i used to climb it all the time. >> reporter: the climbing-tree is gone, and the boy grew into a man. he's now telling his story about the highs of celebrity, the depths of great loss, and every little step along the way. ♪ >> reporter: boston 1982, and bobby brown and his friends team

at the center of it all, bobby brown, father to her only daughter, bobbi kristina. tragically passed away three years after her mother. tonight, bobby brown speaking out about the women he loved and lost. >> i still loved her. >> reporter: bobby brown and whitney houston were a seemingly unlikely pair. ♪ i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> reporter: she was a reigning pop princess girl next door. and he was the bad boy of r & b. >> when you find love, you find it. it finds you, i should say. between me and her, it was so instant. we were so much like each other. that it made sense. >> reporter: they married in 1992. so, you broke tradition a little bit and saw her before the wedding. >> that was the first time i had actually saw her do drugs. >> reporter: cocaine? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: he says in his book he found her hunched over a bureau snorting a line of coke and she offered him a hit but he didn't indulge at that moment. >> the drugs wasn't her. she did drugs but drugs didn't do her. she knew how to handle herself. it only made me love and want to protect h

gordon's attorneys call the lawsuit heartless saying that he has been heart broken over the loss of bobbi kristinan an it's shameful such baseless allegations have been presented publicly but bobby brown says loss, not a lawsuit, has been his toughest challenge. >> hardest thing i had to do in my life was tell my daughter to let go. >> i can't even imagine the pain that whole family is going through. it's hard enough to have lost whitney but then to deal with that loss of bobbi kristina. for so many months trying to hold on to hope, it's heart >> it's a tough interview to watch but an interesting one indeed. it's going to be tonight on "20/20" at 10:00 p.m. right here on abc. >> when we come back, the chad drama continues "the bachelorette." >> and guess who just bought the playboy mansion. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> topping our skinny headlines this morning, it was all about chad last night on "the bachelorette." >> week three saw the show's favorite villain chad with all his muscles being described as a caveman, a ca

bobby brown reveals a lot toniggt on 2020 about losing his daughter bobby kristina and whitney houston and he tells robin roberts that he first learned about whitney's hard drug abuse on their wedding day. >> that was the first time i had actually saw her to drugs. >> cocaine. >> yes, ma'am. >> in his new memoir bobby writes in 1992 just before their i dos at her new jersey mansion he found his bride-to-be hunched over a bureau snorting a line of coke. >> she did drugs but drugs didn't do her. she knew how to handle herself. ♪ >> in our exclusive clip from 2020 bobby also relived his two greatest losses. whitney who drowned in a bathtub at the beverly hilton in 2012 followed by his daughter bobby kristina that died after she was found unconscious in a three years to the day later. >> two days pfr what happened to my daughter she was to come out here to los angeles with me. if i could get those two days my daughter wouud be here. >> he's haunted by those two days and that they had reconciled the father's day before. daughter back.. >> all i want is those two days back. >> when you're ta

reports labeled bobbi kristina's accident a mystery.er happened to whitney. only one person was around both occasions. >> you won't say his name, nick gordon -- >> i won't same his name. >> reporter: gordon was rumored to be whitney's adopted son. after whitney's death the couple claimed they were much more. >> married and we're fine. we're really -- we're really, really very happy. >> reporter: there had been no legal documents to prove that the couple ever married. >> nick gordon, the things that are being said by him recently, how do you approach that? >> he knows what happened. i don't know what happened. that night. but he does. >> reporter: for six months, bobbi kristina lay in a coma. on july 26th, 2015, she passed away. her official cause of death -- was lobar nick gordon's attorneys called the lawsuit meritless saying he has been heartbroken over the loss of bobbi kristina and it's shameful such baseless allegations have been presented publicly. bobby brown said loss not a lawsuit has been his toughest challenge. >> the hardest

bobbi kristina was also found unresponsive in a bathtub. but autopsy couldn't determine if it was intentional or accidental. both women had drugs in their system. in his new book, bobby brown says he first saw whitney houston do drugs the day of their wedding. she was, "hunched over a bureau snorting a line of coke." he said she offered him a hit and he said no. >> she wasn't that. the drugs wasn't her. she did drugs. but the drugs didn't do her. e knew how to handle -- she knew how to handle herself. protect her more. michelle: but many fans believed he was the pusher in their marriage. >> it wasn't me. it started her. i take my part and i take it hard for me even being part of it. but we all have our own minds. some of us are stronger than others. michelle: bobby brown joined a wrongful death suit against nick gordon in his daughter's death. nick gordon denies having anything to be do with her death. you can watch the rest of the interview with robin roberts tonight at so:00 on "20/20" and then stay tuned for abc7 news at 11:00. you are l

gordon's attorneys called the lawsuit meritless saying that he has been heartbroken over the loss of bobbi kristinas, not a lawsuit, has been his toughest challenge. >> the hardest thing i had to do in my life was to tell my daughter to let go. >> you often hear as parents, there's no greater pain that to bury your child. many have said he could have been a better parent to bobbi kristina. he doesn't hold back and he discusses it all. i'll have more of that interview tomorrow night, a special edition of 20/20 at 10:00/9:00 central on abc. >>> coming up right here -- taking back the beach. how to look and feel your best in a swimsuit, that's next. ♪ t in a swim suit, that's next. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. my psoriatic arthritis caused joint pain. just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and i was worried about joint damage. my doctor said joint pain from ra... can be a sign of existing joint damage... that could only get worse. he prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events

. >>> bobby brown taking the blame for bobbi kristina's down fall? says that he an whitney failed bobbi kristina. >> his number one regret revealed to robin roberts. >>> amber heard's own history of violence? the explosive court papers alleging she physically abused her ex-girlfriend. >>> beyonce's surprise appearance as bey is crowned fashion icon. >> how little blue ivy stole the spotlight. >>> then, bachelorette brawl. chad snaps as he's accused of roid rage. >> a lot of the guys

. >> you said that you felt that as parents you and whitney failed bobbi kristina? bobby: for us to have everything we wanted at such a young age, it was a blessing and a curse. we should have done better. j that was singer bobby brown telling all in a new book, story,"ittle step: my telling the story of his rise to fame and often rocky relationship with wife whitney houston. that interview will air .oins us with a preview roberts: robbie brown does not hold back. led himttle step has to this point and he wants to share and does tonight. we heard that little clip, how he feels about how him and whitney and their actions lead to everything that went on with their daughter as well. what was the emotion like during that part of the interview? raw atthe emotion was so that point. many people have seen the preview and the tears from bobby, and it was during that time when he was talking about bobbi kris, talking that the two days the twin the last time he called her and when she went into that coma and she was to come to l.a. their relati especially after whitney past, an

stories making news toda >>> number one, bobby brown's explosive interview about whitney and bobbi kristinarug use at its height? >> the last few years of our marriage, it was terrible. >> why their marriage really ended. we're investigating all of bobby's bombshell c >> he spit onme. >> that never happened. >>> then maria sharapova banned for doping. >> i did fail the test and i take full responsibility for it. >> how will this affect her $195 million empire? >>> and number three, th honor prince on what would have been his 58th birthday. >> i just need your body baby

stories making news toda >>> number one, bobby brown's explosive interview about whitney and bobbi kristinaug use at its height? >> the last few years of our marriage, it was terrible. >> why their marriage really ended. we're investigating all of bobby's bombshell c >> he spit onme. >> that never happened. >>> then maria sharapova banned for doping. >> i did fail the test and i take full responsibility for it. >> how will this affect her $195 million empire? >>> and number three, th honor prince on what would have been his 58th birthday. >> i just need your body baby from dusk 'til dawn. ♪ >>> plus, our "insider" bonus. >> michelle collins is not returning to "the view." how do you feel about that? >> candace cameron bure sounds off. >> it's been quite a rotating panel of co-hosts. >>> now, hollywood from the inside ou it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >>> bobby brown's bombshell revelations last night to robin roberts.

news exclusion he has the first in-depth interview with bobby brown since the passi passing of bobbi kristina a year ago. robin roberts sat down with brown watch her report tonight at 10:00. and watch two hours of the bachelorette and the 20/20 special and stay tuned for "action news" at 11:00 with jim gardner. >>> a young girl from afghanistan is proving that you can do anything you set your mind to. the 16-year-old was born without the use of her arms and learned how to use her mouth to draw portraits. this is a picture of canadian prime minister justin trudeau, she hopes to have her own exhibit in canada. >>> the beaches in rio de janeiro is going high tech for the olympics. they are using apps to sell their merchandise people with rent everything from a beach chair to umbrella or get water with the push of a button. >> i came here just because they have wifi. >> the beach goers say it's also safer, people can pay on the app they don't have to carry around a lot of money. >> we need that for the jersey shore. coming up no check of the forecast. looking live outside at sky 6 hd, the beaches

it is the first in depth interviews since bobby brown since the passing of bobbi kristina nearly a yearey houston in 2012. his memoir every little step my story will also be released this summer. the special 20/20 airs tonight at 9:00 on 6abc. nydia. >> it is 5:27 matt. coming up next on "action news," street fighter and mixed marshall arts pioneer kimbo slice has died. we'll have the details. >>> plus police want to find the person who put up this sign. more "action news" is next. is. >> developing now on "action news," bullets fly through a family's moment in chester. one strikes a five-year-old boy even as his father tried to shield him. >> armed robbers ambush a delivery man shooting him in the back of the head. >> new jersey is one of six states holding primaries today. but tallies indicate hillary clinton has already hit the magic number of delegates to become the first female to win a major party's nomination. >>> googoodgood morning, 5:30 os tuesday june 7th. nydia han filling in for tamala edwards. we have karen rogers until for david and matt pelman who is just here. [laughter

fact he was there.er >> you got to remember, nick gordon lived with whitney whitn houston and bobbi kristinars and years.ears. so he had been a part of thathat family for as long as you canuan remember. i mean she basically kind of, ko you know, not officially adopted but took him under her wing whee he was younger and raised nickk gordon as like another child sod he'd been around and so that's ' why he was kind of there at the time that she passed away as well. >> let's move on.>> are you char simmons what's going on with him? >> so on friday there was 911 91 call made from his house. house they said that richard incoherent. he didn't seem to be making anyg sense. se so they took him over to thetohe hospital to cedars they treatedd him. the part where it gets a littlel weird was, the next day his repp came out richard reps came out said he's all good, don't worryy about him much he's beenm much released from the hospital. fm h it was dehydration.on. well, you know we startedrted looking at photos and his long-time friend and likee housekeeper theresa kept going back to cedars for the next n

>>> bobby brown's new interview about whitney and bobbi kristina.gordon for their eerily similar deaths? >> there's only one person that was around both occasions. >>> then -- >> there's a fire next to my house. >> a panicked kylie jenner snapchatting as a massive wildfire tears through the star-packed hometown of the kardashians. >> getting really close. >>> plus, kanye incites a new york riot. how he enraged thousands of fans. >>> and taylor swift, the weddincr

houston opens up about his troubled marriage and drug use and the untimely death of their daughter bobbi kristinabin robbins spoke with us today about the no holds bar discussion. >> i actually saw her -- >> the singer is about to release a new book called every single step i take a reference to one of hi hits. it's a rumor that robin roberts said upset brown the most. >> he had more money going into the marriage than whitney had. we forget how successful he was and on a par with whitney before bodyguard and she went into the stratosphere. he rolled his eyes the most when questioned about the money. >> even whitney's father was like i want to see your bank account. he wants to make it clear it was never about the money. >> you can watch the interview tonight on a special 20/20, bobby brown every little step i take. tonight on 6 abc. i'm so sorry, ms. maroney. this personal essay is way harder than i thought, it's just not in my nature to brag on myself. not even a backdoor brag? what's a backdoor brag? sneaking something wonderful about yourself into everyday conversation, like when i tell people

and according to autopsy report bobbi kristina brown died of mix of drugs, alcohol and she drowned. and conditions that caused pneumonia that led to her death. >> went into coma for six month or something like that? >> and a book coming out called every little step i guess to talk about his life and what he's been through. >> so this nick gordon dude. >> yes. >> didn't whitney adopt him? >> yes, it was like her brother, like her brother/husband kind of thing. i don't know, i think people don't want to except, none of us want to except the truth or blame, or responsibility, but both bobby brown and whispy had huge problems with drugs. so part that far is not excepting the responsibility of what happened with their child and what you you modelled your whole life and want to cast the blame on someone else in a different situation. i don't know if he's own up to enough of, you know -- so that was a tough case. and a tragedy. >> here's what we want to do. we want to go outside this giant truck. >> the care mobile. >> excuse me, i have to interrupt. >> oh, no. >> that's your dad, texting

stories making news toda >>> number one, bobby brown's explosive interview about whitney and bobbi kristinat was the drug use at its height? >> the last few years of our marriage, it was terrible. >> why their marriage really ended. we're investigating all of bobby's bombshell c >> he spit onme. >> that never happened. >>> then maria sharapova banned for doping. >> i did fail the test and i take full responsibility for it. >> how will this affect her $195 million empire? and number three, th honor prince on what would have been his 58th birthday. >> i just need your body baby from dusk 'til dawn. ♪ >>> plus, our "insider" bonus. >> michelle collins is not returning to "the view." how do you feel about that? >> candace cameron bure sounds off. >> it's been quite a rotating panel of co-hosts. >>> now, hollywood from the inside ou it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >>> bobby brown's bombshell revelations last night to robin roberts. stories from his new memoir. but are they true? >> losing both his wife and daughter just years apart. but do the stories in his book which he's getting paid

revelations from bobby brown about his marriage to whitney houston and the death of their daughter bobbi kristina. brown says he was not the one who started using drugs. roberts says brown admitted to smoking marijuana but when it came to the hard drugs he saw whitney do cocaine on their wedding day before the ceremony. an emotional brown went on to discuss what kind of father he was. we spoke with robin roberts about the interview. >> robin, as a father, do you feel that he has any regrets? >> yeah, i do. i do. he admits in the book and he admitted to me that he failed bobbi kris so when he was breaking down, those were genuine tears, but i think they were also tears of guilt. >> you can watch the rest of the interview including the suspicions brown has about his daughter's death on a special edition of "20/20" here on abc 7 tonight at 10:00. >>> the last known rescue dog that served in the september 11th attacks has died. firefighters and rescue workers sa aleuted the as britney passed by yesterday in houston. the 16-year-old golden retriever was euthanized because of old age. britney had just

. >> tuesday night, bobby brown, with whitney and bobbi kristina gone.e? >> yes, ma'am. >> the marriage. >> i left the marriage with nothing. >> the unimaginable pain. >> the hardest thing i had to do in my life was let my daughter go. my baby is gone. >> now, the first steps on the road back. >> the robin roberts special "20/20" everyone will be talking about. tuesday night on abc. >> and tomorrow on "20/20" saturday, i look at o.j. fever. why o.j. simpson is back in the news. i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. we'll see you tomorrow night. have a great friday night. good night. >> wt need to vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me anchor: unsettled weather ahead. we are looking at isolated storms and possible severe weather on sunday. anchor: the region is at an increased risk for storms. steve

. >> tuesday night, bobby brown, with whitney and bobbi kristina gone.t time i saw her do drugs. >> cocaine? >> yes, ma'am. >> the marriage. >> i left the marriage with nothing. >> the unimaginable pain. >> the hardest thing i had to do in my life was let my daughter go. my baby is gone. >> now, the first steps on the road back. >> the robin roberts special "20/20" everyone will be talking about. tuesday night on abc. >> and tomorrow on "20/20" saturday, i look at o.j. fever. why o.j. simpson is back in the news. i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. we'll see you tomorrow night. have a great friday night. good night. >>> coming up next on "action news", a farmer gets stuck, chest deep in the grain silo, delicate balancing act to get him out safely and that is next. >>> this is the pennsbury pharmacy on new falls road in levittown. and, it looks like your basic, neighborhood pharmacy, and that it is. and, this morning it was the scene of a attempted robbery

he was barely a teenager when he was with new edition and talk about whitney and bobbi kristina and hislicia as they're expecting their second child. >> that's some powerful stuff and there will be a lot more tonight. exclusive interview, special edition of "20/20" right here on abc. let's go over to amy. >> all right, guy, coming up on our big board, the uproar as steph curry says he is skipping the olympics. what is really behind his decision. >>> also, one man waging a war against the traffic app waze saying it's causing gridlock in his neighbor. >>> and the pet parrot who may be at the center of a murder sentence. we'll be back in just two minutes. ♪ world saleilton is on honors members save up to 25% on brands like hampton, doubletree, hilton garden inn, and waldorf astoria so stop clicking around. book direct at hilton.com now that's satisfaction. and something amazing happens. that's our inspiration for fancy feast medleys. wild salmon primavera. tastes amazing. now in pate. fancy feast medleys. transform everything. so, we're doing a taste test. which tastes better? "b," "b," an

bobby also relived his two greatest losses. whiiney who drowned bathtub at the beverly hilton in 2012 followed by his daughter kristina that diedfter she was found unconscious in a bathtub three years to the day later. >> two days pfr what happened to my she was to come out here to los angeles with me. if i could get those two days back. my daughter would be here. >> he's haunted by those two days and that they had reconcil the father's day before. he felt he was getting his daughter back. >> all i want is those days back. >> when you're talking to someone likeethat, -- of course you let them grieve but you have ask the questions that so man of us have. kr would you put your child i that position with the reality show? she was just 11 years old. he takes ownership in saying there was mo that he could have and should have done. >> let's be veryreal. that reality show is completely out of control. h owns up to his own substance abuse. he says he has problem with alcohol and every now and again he goes in for a reboot. >> let's move on to muhammad ali whose funeral is friday in louisville, kentucky. he boasted it's hard to be humb