clive davis very well. he's been a mentor to so many great stars over the years. he's got his huge pregrammy party tonight. how do you think he'll be feeling tonight, clive? >> clive will be devastated. you know, clive was really the man behind whitney. he discovered her, he worked with her closely over the years, and he is, make no mistake, the man who helped whitney turn into a superstar. i have no idea how he's feeling, because he was like a father to her. but if i know clive well, i think he's going to use this night tonight to be what should be a tribute to her. like i said, not as somebody who we're going to remember as a troubled figure, but as a legendary superstar and she deserves, you know, that on this night. but he's going to find this very, very difficult because i've never known such a close relationship, piers, between a record executive and an artist. i've seen the two of them together, the way that he would sit in the audience and watch her every move. like i said, like a proud father. even

terrible loss for the industry, and when clive davis heard the news, he said that when clive davis firstr she was one of the best voices ever in the industry. and he calls her one of the best vocalists of our time. that's just coming in. i'm just reading it off of my e-mail and to cnn. >> i agree with that. >> yeah, i think, don, we're going to be hearing from clive davis very shortly. he's at this party at the beverly hilton. obviously it's a tragic situation where whitney houston was found dead at the hotel. she was staying there specifically for the purpose of attending the party tonight. it's a party she always looks forward to every year. clive was telling me off camera last night it's a thing she really enjoys and he was hoping she may get to perform. it's such a devastating thing to have happened. all these great stars and the others, they're just reeling from the shock of what's happened. but they're right to go ahead with this. all the guests we've had tonight are hitting the right tone here. whatever has gone wrong with whitney houston's life, and it's been very well documented

>> i'm sure she was there to be with clive and share the joy with clive, but hopefully tomorrow nighthere will be a big tribute for her. >> very, very sad night. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it on this desperately tragic night for the music business and the world. the death of whitney houston. don? >> it's unbelievable and you are going to speak to him as soon as clive davis calls in. >> it is chaotic and clive davis had to make decisions about whether to go ahead with the event. you may make a statement and i'm not sure clive doesn't know what to do. it would be appropriate. this was the greatest star he created. no doubt about that. on the day of his event. his heart goes out and if we can, he is immersed in i'm sure what will be an extremely sad and moving occasion. >> for anyone knows the man you are talking with, he knows how it is to find someone and know someone with that extraordinary talent and help shepherd them into the music business. you are right. it's chaotic and they are trying to speak to him and had trouble getting them. piers is going to stand by.

it is clive davis. >> did i say owens? mean that. >> clive davis having the pregrammy party tonight. it was whit whitney's mentor ad friend. her body board foun guard foune bath tub responsive and then her brother came in and she could not be revived. >> harris: how well did you know her? >> i didn't know her that well but i covered her for a long time and i know her cousin dionne warwick and her mom. she wasn't somebody that i hung around with or anything. i knew her over the years. and the family. >> harris: there was talk of a comeback. a movie coming out "sparkle." and yet we saw pictures of her from a few days ago where she didn't look like she had it all together. do you know? >> that -- what do you know. >> that was just the other night. a pregrammy party. she did look disshelfed and there was blood on her leg. just the other night she looked fabulous. she was out for dinner with her friend ray jay and they were shopping at sunset plaza in hollywood. i don't know what happened within that 24 hour period. but she had

>> i'm sure she was there to be with clive and share the joy with clive, but hopefully tomorrow nighthere will be a big tribute for her. >> very, very sad night. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it on this desperately tragic night for the music business and the world. the death of whitney houston. don? >> it's unbelievable and you are going to speak to him as soon as clive davis calls in. >> it is chaotic and clive davis had to make decisions about whether to go ahead with the event. you may make a statement and i'm not sure clive doesn't know what to do. it would be appropriate. this was the greatest star he created. no doubt about that. on the day of his event. his heart goes out and if we can, he is immersed in i'm sure what will be an extremely sad and moving occasion. >> for anyone knows the man you are talking with, he knows how it is to find someone and know someone with that extraordinary talent and help shepherd them into the music business. you are right. it's chaotic and they are trying to speak to him and had trouble getting them. piers is going to stand by.

she was in los angeles for the grammys, and to pay tribute to her mentor, clive davis. was supposed to attend an event tonight honoring clive davis at the beverly hilton. she was found dead earlier this evening in her row hotel room. they say there were no obvious signs of foul play or drug use. meanwhile, they are conducting an investigation. this is all very fresh. whitney houston dead at the age of 48. i want to be to gina kim in l.a. >> reporter: we are learning her body is still at the beverly hilton as we speak. as you can imagine, police detectives are swarming the hotel. it is also the scene of a huge gala event she was supposed to attend tonight with legendary r&b pop stars arriving at the hotel in tribute to clive davis. he is the one that puts on a pre-grammy party every year at the hotel, and whitney houston was supposed to be part of that. she was staying at her room on the fourth floor when she was discovered shortly after 3:00 this afternoon pacific time. time of death, they pronounced her dead at 3:55 p.m. they're not saying very much more than that, but

already on stand by at the hilton for the clive davis event. miss houston, though, was not responsive and was pronounced dead in her hotel room at 3:55 this afternoon. the question as everybody has been talking about, the question you have been asking is whether or not drugs or alcohol played a part. beverly hills police department said as of now there's no signs of any obvious foul play, but they refused to comment on whether or not they found drugs or alcohol or pills or any sort of paraphernalia in the hotel room. they say it is still too early on in the investigation. now, whitney's body is still inside at the moment. there's a lot of talk on how they'll be able to get it out of the hotel since it is so busy, there's the party, people are surrounding it, news media is here. in the past when events like this happened in los angeles, they have been able to sneak people out through garages or back doors. this entire hotel is surrounded. people know where the entrance and exits are and now there's talk whether or not the beverly hilton will uti

clive discovered her, clive turned her into a superstar.re about the mood from the party. >> well, it was very, very strange to be honest with you. i mean there were a lot of people weren't clear whether the party was going to be canceled or not at first. i think it actually may have been a little less attended than normal because of that. once you got inside, you know, everyone was kind of obviously talking about whitny. and i think people were kind of just unsure of whether it was okay to party. >> i understand some of the scheduled performers decided not to perform out of respect to whitney houston. clive said he wanted the party to go on, it was something whitney would have wanted. was there some uneasiness in that room because it wasn't canceled? >> well, i think at first, there certainly was. i mean a lot of the industry executives that i spoke with were sort of unsure exactly what to expect. but i think that ultimately everyone believed that if the party, if the performances, if the way clive set it up, if the mood was right, if they

davis. >> clive had a beautiful relationship with whitney.re than she trusted anybody on the planet. >> reporter: over the next seven years she'd become the only artist to chart seven consecutive number one billboard 100 hits. ♪ the greatest love of all ♪ i wanna dance with somebody ♪ how will i know if he really loves me ♪ >> reporter: and then at 29, a movie star. as the beautiful diva pursued by a stalker in the 1992 movie "the bodyguard." ♪ and i will always love you the soundtrack shot to number one. and stayed there 20 weeks. that same year, she married bad boy singer bobby brown. he already had three kids from two relationships. and many thought he was an odd choice for pop's golden girl. a year into the marriage, they sat down with barbara walters. >> think this marriage is going to last and last? >> oh, yeah. >> as long as we're here. >> till the end of time. >> reporter: or so she hoped. despite the public success, there were private struggles. throughout the '90s, there were persistent tales of substance abuse. houston finally sat

i think it will be very interesting what happens at clive davis's party tonight because clive was her mentor. he's the man who introduced her to america. so it's going to be very interesting what happens at that event tonight. and tomorrow on the grammys, what they will do. i will be on the grammy red carpet tomorrow and i know i'm sure it will be a very solemn event there. there were tributes planned for clarence clemons, an etta james tribute that was planned and there was talk if there would be a don cornelius tribute but you have to figure with this news the whole show will be shaken up and that something will have to be done there tomorrow night. >> so listen, i got the word, i just finished the show, i got the word as i was going downstairs and i ran up because i don't have my glasses and i didn't even have time to log on to the computer. i'm going to read off my blackberry some of the tweets that are coming in. soldia boy is saying rest in peace whitney. russell simmons, deeply saddened by the death of whit any house on. may she rest in peace. mark zuckerberg rest in peace, tha

but tonight inside the clive davis event the mood is somber. obviously i have a reporter inside there who says that the only thing that any celebrity and any attendee tonight is talking about is whitney. just kind of this somber feeling of shock. people really don't know what to do. it was obviously unexpected. and just, you know, people are finding it very difficult to come to terms with this new reality. >> harris: you mentioned you have a writer inside the clive davis party right now? >> yes. >> harris: and are you able to text back and forth? >> yes. >> harris: who is there? what is happening? >> my reporter inside is talking about the somber mood. britney spears is is there. lots and lots of people there. it is just a very odd atmosphere inside there as far as, you know, the celebrities that are there and what they are doing. it is really not like -- we have always covered the clive davis party. staple in the pregrammy party coverage. the night before it always happens. one of the most star studded events on the gramly calendar but tonight

but tonight inside the clive davis event the mood is somber. obviously i have a reporter inside there who says that the only thing that any celebrity and any attendee tonight is talking about is whitney. just kind of this somber feeling of shock. people really don't know what to do. it was obviously unexpected. and just, you know, people are finding it very difficult to come to terms with this new reality. >> harris: you mentioned you have a writer inside the clive davis party right now? >> yes. >> harris: and are you able to text back and forth? >> yes. >> harris: who is there? what is happening? >> my reporter inside is talking about the somber mood. britney spears is is there. lots and lots of people there. it is just a very odd atmosphere inside there as far as, you know, the celebrities that are there and what they are doing. it is really not like -- we have always covered the clive davis party. staple in the pregrammy party coverage. the night before it always happens. one of the most star studded events on the gramly calendar but tonight

we're waiting to possibly hear from clive davis.o discovered -- the man who discovered whitney houston. piers morgan is standing be, kareen wynters is standing by in los angeles, as well. paul? >> reporter: don, we were here just a while ago, 2 1/2 years ago when the michael jackson was here. and the grammy producer also produced that event. quite an ironic moment. now what do you do with the grammys show tomorrow night in light of what happened? >> as you know, we had a long-term association with whitney. whitney was a multigrammy winner. she appeared on the show a number of times. so obviously we're very saddened. we don't want to rush to anything that couldn't be respectful. so our plan at this point is we do -- i've asked jennifer hudson to come and we're at this moment talking about what she's going to do. but it will be something respectful. it's not going to be a full blown tribute to me. that feels like it's too early, it's too fresh at this moment. so we're working on something that will be respectful and appropriate to whe

she and clive were really, really close. clive shepherded her through her entire career. i've been speaking people to clive this is a better or worse relationship the two of them had. he never gave up on her, he always believed in her, and you know even when whitney was at rock bottom, clive was always there for her, so you know, it comes as no surprise that no matter where she was in her personal life she would make every effort to be in los angeles and be part of some sort of tribute to clive for the grammys, which are tomorrow night. >> clive davis of arista records known for spottingtal nt and often cited her as his jewel in the crown because of her voice. >> and it wasn't even just that she was one of the best talents that clive had ever spotted. she was one of the best talents ever spotted, period. her success in the vocal industry is really beyond compare. she's got one of the best voices that ever, ever, ever existed, and you know, of course clive can take tons of responsibility for that, but she was loyal to him, to the end, as was he. >> she certainly did have a

that is what clive davis' people call it.grammy party and no doubt a different tone and the gathering set to begin shortly. i will hand it back over to the viewers for a second. you guys that are driving the things that will be said your thoughts and feelings and love. steven ranting writing on twitter. only whitney houston sent chills up my spine with her voice. god bless you, whitney. you made moy home state proud. and gin ayou said you don't know what happened and be responsible and her death is news enough. a lot of that on twitter tonight. be careful with how you handle it. the importance of the death investigation warrants that reportedly is sought at this point . and more about such a tragec loss, she had a powerful singing loss and she will be greatly missed. and if you want to get your voice heard on fox news channel, we are happy to include it as we report the death of whitney houston. our coverage continues . we are getting details of how long the crime investigators have been at the scene. we'll talk to somebody o

. >> veteran record producer david foster was at the clive davis party.of 3 of houston's 6 grammy wins, i spoke to him this afternoon. so talk to me a little bit about the first time you met her. >> the first time i melt her was, you know, with clive when he gave that big party to introduce her. she was 18. i came in from the back of the room. and i saw clive and right beside him was this beautiful body, from the back, in this gold dress, but i just remember going, wow, could that possibly be the girl that clive has been talking about. and sure enough, she turned around and, glowing, whitney was such a star that you knew she was in the room even if you didn't see her. >> on sunday, bobby brown, whitney's former husband, flew to l.a. to be with their 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

and clive davis and i sat down and worked out a deal. right after that he asked me if i could do something for this artist. that's when he put on the tape and it was whitney houston singing. i said why don't we do something like a martin gay, tammy, and that's the approach i took from the very beginning. she's always been sweet. i would see her in places and she would say, are you okay, jackson? i say, yeah, i'm fine. are you okay? i always wanted her to get back on the right track. i don't want to talk about the things that happened in her life on the down side. she's done so much good for the world with her music and herself and that's what the media tends to do. they tend to look at the negative things. but there is a lot of good. she inspired a lot of young females, males and singers, and we loved her. my family loved her. and she is definitely -- >> jermaine, if i can jump in. again with the parallels about your brother michael. both were these hugely iconic entertainers. both were exposed to really ferocious media scrutiny and pres

that clive davis' party is tonight and, of course, earlier we had a statement from clive davis and, ofe, tommy mattola the former president of so sony music talking about how he met her at 6 and she blue him away with the strength and poured concreter in that voice. >> absolutely. >> judge jeanine: hopefully as you get more information this evening we will be talking to you. thank you so much. >> all right, judge. >> judge jeanine: all right, adam. you know, adam is right. we don't know what happened but you she was in a bath tub. pat. >> he makes a great point. what the lieutenant said was very clear. very specific that at this time at 3:43 p.m. there was no obvious signs of crim national intent. that is what he state. >> judge jeanine: no obvious signs of crim national intent. let's parse that one out. >> does that means as it relates to her doing something to herself or someone else doing something to her? what does that mean? >> without knowing jenkins it is difficult to know what his subjective call is. i think what he is referring to in terms of no obvious signs of criminal inten

. >> and music's best star maker of clive davis, jennifer hudson, and have you seen anything like that>> well, sometimes if i have enough energy to. >> and only in america, bra -- barbra streisand is having a special grammy moment. this is piers morgan the night. >>> good evening, politics and pipes and president obama listening to mitt romney today at the political action conference. >> it has been a great conference so far and for that we should probably acknowledge president obama, because he is the conservative movement's top recruiter, and it turns out -- [ applause ] turns out he is really a good community organizer. i just don't think that this is the community he planned on organizing, but he did. >> so how is it that the president's campaign is going to be fighting back? joining me is stephanie cutter, campaign manager for obama in 2012. rough time for this. and what i can't understand is why nobody saw it coming. >>> nobody saw the criticism coming from the catholic church on contraception, and remember where we started on the debate. the president announced two and a half we

and i can't imagine attempting to go the clive davis. we lost a pioneer and icon and whatever detractors she may have had, you can't deny the indelible mark she left. >> taku, percussionist and taking a moment to talk with us tonight . thank you, taku, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> as we go to a commercial break. wd wilson. i met whitney and enthat you willed with her beauty and talent. rest in peace beautiful lady. stay with us. b can be tricky. sometimes what you need is extra working capital or leasing options. and as one of the top-ranked small business lenders, regions can make the journey easy. see? so let's talk. my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. they clip grocery coupons, save spare change for laundry, and do their federal taxes for free with irs free file. everyone can free file. choose a brand-name software right for yo

meanwhile, the party you referred to, the clive davis pregrammy party.e. we hear music emanated from the beverly hilton, and michelle turner has returned from the red carpet, stars going into the party. it's surreal, it's odd that this party is happening. at the very hotel where whitney houston was found dead. >> right, and that's kind of the sentiment that was on the red carpet tonight. most of the celebrities i spoke with going to the party said this was very odd. it's a very solemn red carpet. all of the talk was about whitney houston. no other talk, period. and most people said they're just having trouble digesting it all, jane. one of the things when i spoke with gladys knight, she was so broken up. a tribute to her. this happened spontaneously and happening through the night. the party you refer to, the clyde davis pregrammy party is happening a stone's throw there. we hear music from the beverly hilton and michelle turner has just returned from the red >> that's what the fans say. i don't know if you can hear them, but they continue to sing as we

like clive doyle's daughter, shari. >> she made a statement to me.d and she got mangled or shot and was in a bad way, she said, don't let me suffer. and all i said to her, don't worry about it, shari, it's all going to work out. god's in control. >> on day 46 the standoff takes what could be a major turn. koresh says he wants time to write down his final message on the book of revelation. and if he gets it, he promises to lead everyone out. >> i can go on paper here and say that david koresh told me that as soon as he finishes this manuscript -- >> i'll be splitting out of this place. i'm so sick of mres. >> sick of mres, and no longer worried about getting raped in prison. >> can i say that i think that's one of your big concerns, is mr. bubba? >> i'm not worried about bubba. >> people were packing bags. people were all excited. it's over. all of this situation is about to come to an end. >> david, frankly, i'm eagerly awaiting this manuscript. >> well, i'll tell you what, it's going to blow your socks off. >> but the fbi doubts his intentions and h

she was scheduled to attend the annual clive davis pre-grammy party in the evening.of the premier parties before the grammys. music's biggest night, davis, the mega producer who helped launch houston's very successful career. he asked for aoment of silence at the party and said he is personally devastated by the loss of someone so dear, so close to him for so many years. as you can imagine, ted, reaction from many in the music business has been pouring in. many expressing deep sorrow about the loss. for example, tony bennett. he said houston was the greatest singer he has ever heard. christina aguilera said houston's notes soar to places most singers dreamed of reaching. she will be missed. and eddie lavert from the ojays has said the loss has left a hole in our souls. the recording academy plans to pay tribute with jennifer hudson taking part in the ceremony. ted. >> well, fans, about everybody i know, is reacting to the sudden loss of a great singer. twitter lit up in the hours following houston's death reaching as many as 1,000 tweets per second according to top s