joining us is daniel baldwin. met whitney houston a number of times and doesn't think she wanted to get sober. why do you think she didn't want to get sober. >> the first three steps and 12 steps require no action. they are decisions and commitments you make, then you put these things you learn into action. you know, from what i understand from people i have heard from and obviously the outcome of the situation, i don't think she was applying herself and taking action to maintain her sobriety. >> people are tweeting me saying the woman carried on taking drugs and taking alcohol, why should we feel sorry for her. what is your reaction to that as a former addict? >> i mean, it's two-fold. it's a double edged sword. there's a side of me that think it's sad for anyone to die and succumb to this disease. i feel worse for somebody that doesn't have access like i or whitney houston had. this is a person, back in the day when she was bigger and hotter than this time, everybody and their brother wanted to see her get sober

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daniel parmentor. the cnn newsroom continues now with brooke baldwin. hi, brooke. >> thank you so much.with our horrible, horrible story out of ohio, breaking news. absolutely horrifying unfolding at a cleveland high school. a student opened fire, hitting five students. we know one of the students has died. here's what else we know. the alleged gunman is t.j. lane, who is believed to be a teenager. that paper also spoke with multiple eyewitnesses and one of the shooting victims. if you look close here at this video, this is a video from our affiliate. they appear to be taking a suspect, perhaps the suspect here, into custody in a very snowy ohio here this morning. here's how it unfolded the shooting took place at chardon high school. a teacher chased the suspect out of the building, ultimately. they were slapped into custody. i want you to hear how the students related it. >> i heard what i thought was firecrackers, i wasn't sure. then i saw a bunch of people run out, so i started running. once i got into the hallway, i heard a bunch of shots fired behind me. >> we thought it was a dril