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that is from cory booker. i'm being told by producers i'm getting a statement from quincy jones. i'm doing all of this on my blackberry. quincy jones is saying, "i am absolutely heartbroken at the news of whit any houston's passing. ashford and simpson first made me aware of whitney when she was just 16 and i always regretted not having had the opportunity to work with her. she was a true original and a talent beyond compare. i will miss her terribly." that's coming in tonight from quincy jones. we're getting information from a lot of stars. bret michaels tweeting "my deepest condolences to whitney houston's family and friends. i first met whitney when we were in rome" and then he had a link to something from that. again, coming in from all over the world. you know, when they told me that whitney houston had died and i ran up here right after the show, i was on my way down and they said do you have any information? i said i don't need any information, i don't need any wire copy, i don't need anything. i grew up with whitney houston, i know all about whitney houston and believe yo

mayor cory booker his words were wonderful, appropriate, and comforting at the same time.d and who i knew and who i thought the world of, and she was such a talent, and a good person and fun person to be around. and i'm just still shocked at the fact she passed at such an early age. our heart and prayers go out to her family, to her daughter, brothers and sisters, and her mom. >> as do all our prayers and thoughts are with them tonight. reverend watkins, tell us about the first time you met whitney houston as she was coming to the white house to meet president bush. >> well, i actually met her at a dinner, but i met her at a dinner in new york city for the united negro college fund and i thought she was so elegant and warm, and she just greeted everybody personally before the dinner started, said hi, i'm whitney houston, as if we didn't know who she was. here it is this superstar introducing herself to everybody in this wonderful way, and then of course i was talking with one of her staff people who said is it possible for her to come to the white house to meet the preside

just as the new york story demonstrated today, i mean mean, the madrid did that and the mayor, cory booker had no idea they did that. he was outraged. even the governor of new jersey didn't know about it. when he was the stop law enforcer in new jersey. >> summarize that. >> the nypd, their demographics unit, paul brown, the police commissioner denied existing went out and mapped newark, the documents released today they mapped newark, nassau county, and suffolk county on long island, and they cataloged muslim businesses, mosques and they mapped them as well. >> huh, goodness. and we're all paying for it in new york. adam goldman, investigative reporter of the associated press press. con gladalations on the award and series and. >> thank you very much. >> perhaps the most disturbing fact of that paranoia, there will be people who hear about that nypd program and will feel good about it, and then join the rest of us in dropping our jaws at the news that one commentator believes that a dr. seuss movie is harming the country and the threat comes from the girl scouts. you'd spot movement, gath

today newark mayor cory booker said that houston went from a local church to the global stage.steps from childhood. >> reporter: michelle richardson lived down the block from whitney houston in east orange, new jersey. she said their childhood together seems like yesterday. >> i'm still at the state that i don't believe it. like i really want somebody to say it's not happened. >> reporter: all were welcome in the houston home, she say, where gospel singing cissy and her husband john raised four children in a strict but loving household. >> she wasn't one of those celebrities that grew up and forgot where she came from. >> everybody in the neighborhood would come, jump in the pool, turn to a barbecue. >> reporter: the neighbor and his mother knew her only by a child hoot nick name. nippy was all i knew, i never knew whit that knee until she made the album. >> reporter: when she made it big the town renamed the elementary after her but in newark she first found her voice in the choir. >> she had a voice of an angell. >> reporter: a voice childhood trend tracy mumford witnessed in

present to you the mayor of this great, beautiful city called newark, new jersey, the honorable cory bookerte her life. god is in heaven, and with him is one of our angels, whitney houston. [ applause ] as the heavens reverberate with joy and gladness, may we understand that tho we weep now, weeping may endure through the night, but joy, joy cometh in the morning. we thank you for gathering here and i again want to say we love you, whitney houston. thank you. [ applause ] >> will everyone please rise. ♪ >> carries them away as if with a flood, they are as asleep in the morning. they are like grass which grows up. in the morning it flourish and grows up. in the evening, it is cut down and withers. for we are consumed by thine anger and by thy wrath are we troubled. thou set our iniqities before thee, thigh secret sins in the light of our countenance. all of the days have passed away in our wrath, we spent our years as a tale that is told. the days of our years are three score years and ten. if by reason or strength they be four score years, yet to their strength, labor and sorrow far too soo

he wanted this to be a vote and cory booker said you can't vote on somebody's civil rights. nd booker was right. i don't want -- >> absolutely. if we had voted on civil right, you and i may not be here at this table. >> i think pretty much everybody at the table would not be at the table actually. >> i think this is one of the moments in which i think the president will have to think about that the motion is moving. and that will he move along, will he evolve quickly enough to meet with the rest of the states. i know that this is going to be a fight for several state. we had maryland approve this. >> right. >> all around new jersey, except for new jersey and pennsylvania incidentally, you can get married if you're a gay couple. i think this is something that i think in the next five years we'll see a -- with prop 8 it's going on to the next phase. this is a definitive time to do that. >> i want to go to maryland. it is at this intersection that we were just talking about. the pro marriage equality group lobbied for african-american support here. part of it was interesting abo

outside of new york city to gather intelligence and what we learned today was the newark mayor cory bookerand governor chris christie of new jersey governor chris christie neither of these guys had any idea what the department was doing in in new jersey what the new york city police department was doing in new jersey it's pretty breathtaking the new york city police department is going into these other communities and conducting surveillance work without. telling local politicians in the people who are supposed to be in charge of those those communities what they're doing all that is breathtaking i'd say but you know it's basically illegal we found out that you had that i.p.t. working with the cia helping out you know helping to set up some of these domestic programs or monitoring u.s. citizens or just the muslim community here in the u.s. you know and now you have them extending their jurisdiction. i mean do you think that we would have. actions there and then get into any trouble how do you deal with a situation like this. well there are different groups in new york city are looking at d

actions well then i guess that that makes us senator robert menendez newark mayor cory booker the muslim public affairs council the a.c.l.u. and over thirty other organizations doing the exact same thing calling for investigations in this case i make small propagandise two or maybe just spies to be honest or slightly confused considering his logic makes no sense at the end there so for being culturally offensive scapegoating entire populations just plain failing to make a point michael walsh is tonight's tool time winner. guys it's time for happy hour this evening and joining me is lauren lyster host of the capital account here on r t and warren rojas roll calls are heard on the hill reporter hey guys ellen i was there thank you. don thank you doing as two of you want to keep writing like you've told timing in as great material now. let's let's first start with energy drinks so apparently energy drinks are already banned in certain middle schools in certain high schools but i guess that's a problem in elementary schools too which i had no idea but here's an old news story where they were

proposal that's going to be backed by multiple groups across new york city also we've seen mayor cory booker from newark new jersey demanding an investigation into the spying on not only in new york new york muslim communities but also in new jersey and also in connecticut so we're seeing outcry from local states on this illegal spying on muslims across the tri state area and. i'm sorry in the wake of all this do you see this whole issue of profiling based on religion based on ethnicity as getting better or where do you see this issue heading in the future. looking at nine eleven which was ten years ago on where i see our community right now is actually in a more hostile environment than we've ever seen even days after nine eleven i don't see this issue getting any better as you watch the g.o.p. debate you see that the muslims and islam and radical islam is at the forefront of these debates so i don't see this going anytime soon unfortunately especially recently with the passing of the national defense authorization act which basically says that we can a detained without charge even potentia

new jersey chris christi says this surveillance is and i'm quoting disturbing and newark mayor cory booker called for an investigation. >>> president can obama has issued a rare written apology to afghanistan's president hamid karzai over the burning of afghan korans, but president's show of remorse has not quelled afghan outrage which may have sparked the killings of not just one but two american soldiers in the afghan capital for us. nick paton walsh. >> america's got no one more senior left to apologize to the afghan people. president barack obama has had his ambassador hand deliver a letter expressing regret to the afghan president saying hale hold someone connecticaccountab. this has done nothing to stem the violence, two american soldiers shot dead by a man in afghan army uniform on a military base outside that base. there was a very angry protest against this koran burning. two demonstrators shot dead and seven injured. violence popping up around the country. great concerns there could be more aroundaround friday prayer. the afghan authorities are rushed forward an investigation, th

we heard from people like the new york mayor, cory booker speaking out, speaking about how whitney houston should rest in peace, how she was a legend. of course, she hailed from newark, new jersey. >> that's right. they always said she was a girl from newark. michelle franzen, thank you so much. a statement from mariah carey. statements are pouring in from all over the entertainment industry. mariah carey says heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable whitney houston. my heartfelt condolences to whitney's family and friends through the world. she will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth. mariah carey sending condolences about whitney's death. let's go to lola from the "today" show. what are you hearing? >> social media is talking about this in great deal. the outpouring of emotion about whitney houston's passing is tremendous. one of the five top trending topics on twitter are about her. so it is clear around the world, people are feeling the loss and people are wanting to share fond memories of not only whitney hou

. >> and over the weekend cory booker, the mayor of nuke, released a statement.as a daughter of new jersey. governor christie's quote, put it up there. "this is part of the new jersey top echelon of people. frank sinatra, bruce springsteen. count basie." he put her right there with all those great musician that's have come from new jersey. this was another paper today too. >> this is from the "daily news." and it says, "rx for" -- >> daily news not known for their subtlety or -- >> tact. >> or tact. yeah. that's not a great picture. this headline, this came from -- >> that's rushing to judgment, too. >> yeah. we don't know that for sure. the autopsy's not back yet. this headline i really like, though. this is from the "age" paper in australia. i really like what they wrote here, "the voice of an angel. stilled by life's demons." i think that kind of says it all toward the latter years of her life. that probably one of the most eloquent headlines to come from all that. as you hear that song right there, with t"one moment in som" give me one moment in time. more th

. >> governor christi and mayor cory booker want an investigation. >> it's deeply disturbing, addingut large segments of a religious community under surveillance with no legitimate cause or provocation, clearly crosses a line. new york's mayor michael plu bloomberg is unapologetic. >> the job of law enforcement is make sure they prevent things you only do that to by being proactive, you have to respect people's right to privacy. >> nypd spokesman tells cnn it was mapping out place where terror suspects from other countries may try to blend in to avoid detection. the surveillance shouldn't shock anyone. saying newark police were briefed and even escorted the nypd. still, muslim students livid. >> this tactic actually creates more hatred. a wbetter approach, engage the muslim youth at a large level. >> i disagree with the way this was implemented, wat way they went about trying to find terrorist activities. >> are muslim students being singled out without hard evidence or are police doing what they are supposed to do? protect public safety. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >>> you know

. >> governor christie's and mayor cory booker want an investigation.r said if the new york police had no specific reason to single out muslims, it's, quote, deeply disturbing, adding to put large segments of a religious community under surveillance without legitimate cause or provocation clearly crosses a line, but mayor bloomberg is unapologetic in defends his police department. >> the >> the job of our law enforcement is to make sure that they prevent things. you only do that by being proactive. you have to respect people's right to privacy. >> reporter: an nypd spokesman tells cnn it was mapping out places where tour terrorists from other countries may try to blend in to avoid detection. it shouldn't shock anyone, saying new jersey officials were briefed and even escorted the nypd. still muslim students are livid. >> this tactic actually creates more hatred. better to address them at a large level. >> i disagree with the way this was implemented, the way they tenth went about trying to find terrorist activities. >> reporter: and tonight, u.s. senato

. >> governor christie and new york mayor cory booker want an investigation of the nypd.n a statement booker said, if the new york police had no specific reason to single out muslims, it's, quote, deeply disturbing adding, to put large segments of a religious community under surveillance with no legitimate cause or provocation clearly crosses a line. but new york's mayor michael bloomberg is unapologetic in defending his police department. >> the job of our law enforcement is to make sure that they prevent things and you only do that to -- by being proactive. you have to respect people's right to privacy. >> an nypd spokesman tells cnn it was mapping out places where terror suspects from other countries may try to blend in to avoid detection. the surveillance shouldn't shock anyone saying newark police were briefed and even escorted the nypd. still, muslim students are livid. >> this tactic actually creates more hatred. a better approach would be to take a proactive em proech and engage the muslim youth at a large level. >> i disagree with the way this was implemented, wi

where she was born, the mayor, cory booker, said, quote, a legend and great american artist and always of newark's and new jersey's treasured daughters. and the governor of new jersey also weighing in, chris christie, saying whitney houston was a true new jersey treasure. her terribly premature death is an awful loss. >> when i came in this morning somebody asked me what is the first whitney houston song you played right after. i said i didn't have to. because they were playing all over the place. reliving one of whitney houston's finest moments, this was the first one i heard, the stunning rendition of the st"th star-spangled banner" of the super bowl in 1991. ♪ and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ o say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> everybody was talking about, that nobody ever sang it like that. it was the performance that moved a nation. fighting the persian gulf war. houston had planned a different arrangement with jazz chords and gos

jersey governor chris christi says the surveillance is "disturbing, an and newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker gas prices jumping more than three cents since you went to bed last night. according to aaa, the average gallon will cost you $3.61. live this hour, president obama, he's in florida. he's expected to talk gas prices and what he's doing to try and keep them from going even higher. we'll take the president live as soon as we see him again this hour. also, a third gang member has been taken into custody in the beating of a 20-year-old gay man in atlanta. fbi says 17-year-old dareal williams is now in custody in erie, pennsylvania. two other teens were already in custody in the beating which attracted nationwide attention after being posted online. >>> and some quick thinking and a jolt of adrenaline helped this michigan teenager lift a car. pull that will car up off his grandfather. austin smith and his grand dad were trying to repair the brakes when the car suddenly fell, trapping his grandfather beneath. smith still doesn't note how he was able to lift this on his own. just a quick cau

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