with diane in 2002. i want to bring in dr. richard besser.k a couple years ago on that "good morning america" stage in central park. diane rooting for her ever since that interview up there dancing with robin too. but when you hear this, all different kinds in the hotel room. while we don't know what happened in that room, it does send up a red flag. >> every drug has side effects. when you combine drugs, the side effects are magnified. that's one of the things they'll look at. is that something that played a role here. >> she was so brave in acknowledging her struggle with substance abuse. this is not uncommon even for people away from the spotlight just how difficult it is to break the cycle. >> what you see, recovery and relapse. even when you have friends and family there to support you so that's not an uncommon situation. >> rich, i know you're watching this story closely too. >>> so are so many of whitney houston's colleagues in the industry. tonight many of the artists who have shared the pop charts with her are remembering her from ba

dancing with diane and robin. we were all pulling for her.ription drugs in that hotel room and we don't know what happened and you hear about multiple pills. you've reported on this before. the kind of things they can do to your body when they're mixed. >> that's right. every drug has side effects but when you combine drugs, you more than magnify those side effects, so what they'll be looking to see could a combination of drugs have had something to do with her stopping breathing and with her death. >> but her bravery there with diane several years back about addiction really shining a spotlight even for people who are far away from the camera who try to break the cycle. >> you know, what you tend to see is a pattern of recovery and relapse even when you have friends and family rooting for you. one failure doesn't mean you're not going to do it. but here in this case, that wasn't to be. >> that was hard. rich besser, thanks so much for following this too. whitney houston in her talent was in a league of her own, and tonight many of the artist

i can't tell you that i'm perfect, diane. >> everybody says it's day by day.s, yes, yes. >> but now do you say not at all or i can -- >> i can still tell you that. i can tell you that. i'm not a person who wants to die. i'm a person who has life and wants to live. >> so funny she made that comment about money because there were reports in her final months of her life, she was completely broke. nonetheless, the death makes news around the world. >> from the "new york post" says "diva's last hours." they said outside her bathroom door, several aides just waiting. they didn't know anything was wrong. >> and here the head line "the age." the voice of an angel." i think that says it all about her end. >>> other head lines. victims of the "costa concordia" are being remembered one day, one month after the ship sank. 15 people, including a couple from minnesota, are still missing and presumed dead. 17 bodies have been recovered. >>> over the weekend, crews began pumping oil from that sinking ship. officials say it will take 28 consecutive days to finish pumping all o

and one more thing to point out here, diane. today, donald trump said that he would not run as a third-party candidate if romney gets the nomination. a bit of a political coup to get one more of the potential candidates off the table. it's news, diane, spreading as fast through nevada here as the winds tonight. >> a lot of subplots in that story. a very aggressive wind tonight, david. nice to see all of us have trouble in that wind. thanks so much. >>> and now, the headline today about a dangerous salmonella outbreak at a popular food chain. but we did not know about it. it first happened three months ago. the name of the restaurant chain was withheld. today, we learned it was taco bell. so, why was the information withheld? it's raising questions about transparency, your right to know and government secrets. abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been looking into it for us. >> reporter: for the last three months, federal health agencies have tried to keep secret an outbreak of salmonella at taco bell restaura

diane? >> determined to go on even at six months a final -- >> not going to take that long, i don't think but could take some time for mitt romney to wrap it up. what he's done is what every successful nominee do, everyone takes a hit. they come back from it. george w. bush did it, barack obama did it after hillary clinton beat him in new hampshire. 'come back from that in florida tonight. >> the can he is do you take the hit and come back stronger or not? thanks so much, george and as we said, a very big night in the race for the nomination. >>> and we move on to a new warning about iran tonight. it's from america's top intelligence official about iran. the director of national intelligence says that iran is changing its game plan, stepping up and spying and more determined than ever to launch an attack on u.s. soil. abc's martha raddatz on the tensions now raised even higher. >> reporter: the saber rattling coming from iran has been constant. warnings to u.s. ships, threats to close down v

. >> reporter: good evening, diane. the prices are off the charts here. $4.99 for a gallon of regular. there's drivers who are paying more than $6 a gallon in alaska. these prices are starting to take a toll on drivers. and they are venting their anger. gas prices aren't the only thing on the rise these days. so are tempers all around the country. from flint, michigan. >> when they feel like they want to make more money, they up the price. >> reporter: to chicago. >> it's crazy. i mean, it's absolutely maddening. >> reporter: to atlanta. >> there goes $100, down the drain. but you know, i have to do it to survive. >> reporter: a trip to the gas station, now, an exercise in frustration. near los angeles, a gallon costs $4.05 at 11:00 in the morning and shot up 15 cents in three hours. >> almost 100 bucks. it's a big difference. and it really gets you. >> reporter: signs of gas gouging, too. in florida, nearly $6 for a gallon of regular. caught in the middle, the gas station workers. this san diego attendant says drivers

. >> reporter: great to see you, diane. these postings range from everything from nursing positions to trucking, software engineers to sales reps. and most importantly, we wanted to know, is the salary enough to support the family? and what we heard late today was encouraging. the number of employers now posting those ads, those signs, help wanted, now at a nearly three-year high. and when you look at the private sector alone, the picture is even brighter tonight. job listings at the highest rate in almost three and a half years. where were the jobs posted? more than 650,000 in the northeast. 760,000 in the midwest. nearly 776,000 in the west. nearly 1.4 million jobs across the south. and we wanted to know, how much do these new jobs pay? can they support a household? >> sales reps generally applicable across industry is 20 to 50 k. truck drivers, a lot of demand in the midwest and south. 25 to 55 k. technology only wags occupations, soft ware engineso, 40 to 100 k. health care occupations, registered nurses in the 40 to 80

>> reporter: good evening, diane. here's what we know. very small amount of radiation apparently leaked inside the far dome over there. barely measurable. quote, very, very low levels. that's a quote from a spokesman for the nuclear regulatory commission. however, the concerns were high enough that the plant is now closed. officials say the radiation leak likely occurred in the steam generator tubes of san onofre's reactor number 3. >> no danger to the public. no danger to our workers. >> reporter: did any radiation leak out? >> if there was any leakage at all, it would have been so minor. >> reporter: that steam system, which is supposed to be shielded from any exposure to radiation, was replaced in december 2010. so, the question is, why did those parts fail now? >> it could be a mechanical issue, due to new equipment. there is also the possibility that the equipment was defective and this is a harbinger of more problems. >> reporter: san onofre is one of dozens of u.s. reactors facing new scrutiny after japan's nuclear crisis. right on

i'm diane dwyer. the bay bridge may open sooner than expected. they are said to be making good progress on the second full day of the closure, largely thanks to sunny weather. caltrans is set to hold a press conference any minute where officials will give us the latest on the progress. kimberly terry has the latest on it. >> reporter: press conference began a few minutes ago. they are going over the work that crews are doing on the bay bridge. we are expecting to hear a major update on the reopening of the bay bridge. we expect it will be good news since yesterday caltrans officials were cautious but alluding to the possibility the bridge may be open to traffic ahead of schedule. that is thanks, in part, to the good weather, which allowed crews to work at a faster pace. caltrans says as far as the work goes, so far so good. >> nothing out of the ordinary. there hasn't been anything that's been particularly difficult on this closure. nothing that hasn't been anticipated. so things have gone smoothly thanks to the weather and motorists. >> reporter

diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: better world books is an orphanage of sorts for used books. they come into the company's mishaiwaka indiana warehouse by the hundreds where they get sorted, recycled, re-sold or donated to charity. better world's shelves are crammed with some four million hard covers and paperbacks with nearly 2.5 million unique titles. >> right here we're looking at a book understanding nutrition that could have come in from the university of nebraska or who knows where. and it's right next to a book about donald rumsfeld, yep it's a completely random put away. >> reporter: kreece fuchs is one of better world's three co- founders. the trio of former university of notre dame students hatched the idea for the company in their dorm. they found they could make more money selling their used text books over the internet than back to the school bookstore. >> over the course of that summer after i graduated, i would get an email saying your book sold and i would run to the post office and ship the book and you know a few days later i sold another book. >> reporter: l

secondly, some strategy here, diane. about almost half of the voters in the republican primary tomorrow are conservative evangelical christians who actually agree with rick santorum on this point. >> we'll see if the gamble is right. what about the other republicans watching all this? >> some concern about too much focus on these social issues. especially among these republican governors gathered in washington. jeb bush, one of them. they're saying they want the talk back on the economy. that's the way they believe they can beat president obama. >> it will be another exciting night tomorrow night. you and i will be right here at this desk with the powerhouse political team of abc news. full coverage as the results stream in. and we hope you will join us. >>> and one issue pulsing through this race for the white house like no other, the soaring price of gasoline. and tonight there is a new record. the highest price ever in the month of february. on average, $3.72. a gallon, according to new government numbers. aaa says th

diane?> well, chris, as you said, the damage and destruction spread all the way from you in harrisburg, across to harveyville, kansas. population 200 in that town. gathered in every, single one of them felt this destruction from tornadoes. abc's clayton sandell tell us the story that feels straight out of "the wizard of oz." >> reporter: debbie roberts and her husband were home with their 8-year-old grandson, michael, when the twister hit. >> the patio door came in. and i'm knocked back to here. and grab ahold of this. >> reporter: all of a sudden, the windows blew out. and the tornado her grandson ou. >> he went airborne. >> reporter: and came all the way -- >> and came all the way over here. and hit the coffee table and screamed. and rich reached out to the scream and caught him. >> reporter: michael's grandfather barely saved him. the family dog went flying out the window but survived. >> none of this matters. mike's okay. we didn't lose our grandson. all this can be replaced. >> what a s

diane also asked her about her physical appearance at that time.omes from the abc news vault from december 4th, 2002. >> you know that as we sit here and talk -- >> yeah. >> -- everybody watching this -- >> yeah. >> -- is going to be staring at you physically. >> yeah. >> and they're going to be saying, how thin is she now? >> yeah. >> how -- how many bones can we see? is she sick? and how sick is she? >> i'm not sick, diane. i am not sick. let's get that straight. i am not sick. okay? i've always been a thin girl. i'm not going to be fat ever. let's get that straight. whitney is not going to be fat ever. okay? >> the michael jackson vh1 appearance. i'm going to show you the picture. >> that's a bad shot. >> well, it may be a bad shot. but this is real. i mean, the bones. that's real. >> yeah. my bones, yeah. i'm 5'7" and thin. i can understand what you mean. >> anorexia. >> no way. >> they've written it. >> no way. >> bulimia. no way. >> that it's because of drugs. >> no. mm-mm. i grant you i party. but there have been times when i know i've been

[cheers and applause] >> diane, thank you very much for that very kind introduction . diane as newsom would say, is incredible when she presents people, but it's usually dead people. [laughter] >> am i ok? [laughter] >> diane is obviously as lieutenant governor newsom said, a very rare find. she was a rare find in 1969 when first elected directly to the board of supervisors, not appointed, directly elected, got the highest number of votes of anybody ever run for that job. and in those days, the highest number of votes made you the president of the board. you can imagine the other 10 people on that board trying to figure out what is going to happen to them with diane totally and completely in charge. she is intolerant of people who are not committed to addressing the issues effectively and with principal and she ran that board with an iron hand. and she still -- i am. see, she is still giving orders, you understand that. that's the nature of who she really is. and by the way, it's been all those years she talked about i am the co-chair of her campaign for re-election to

written by diane warren. >> i didn't talk to her about it.rashed down and i tumbled but did i not crumble. i got through all the pain . i didn't know my own strength. ♪ i got through all the pain ♪ i didn't know my own strength ♪ >> tonight, she has been returned home to newark. her mighty strength soon to be laid to rest. ♪ hold my head up high ♪ i was not built to break

diane. right, jim. with all these unanswered questions, i want to bring in abc's health and medical editor dr. rich besser. 8 to 10 weeks till they have these tests released. >> that's a long time. the coroner's office told me 8 to 10 weeks is their standard practice. but i talked to medical examiners around the country and they say the actual testing takes two to three days. add a little time to double-check that, many say they will hold the results if there's a possible criminal investigation. >> can you tell how recently she had, what amount of alcohol or anything else? >> you can tell some of that. you can tell the big causes of death, heart attack, stroke. whether there's a clot to the lung. you can see if there's been alcohol consumption recently or cocaine use recently. drug use, it goes way beyond that. it depends on the particular drug. >> today earlier you were saying to me when someone of her age dies in a bathtub, that is extremely unusual. older people, younger people perhaps. b

so there were a lot of them, though, diane. >> it had to be fun. it was also celebrity central at madison square garden. we saw kevin costner, mark zuckerbe zuckerberg, spike lee, who you were with, to make a few. what was it like for you and all the guys at pali to have that experience today, that sort of celeb central experience? >> oh, my. i mean, you forgot eva longoria, too. >> oh, sorry. >> but, no, yeah, no, no, it was unbelievable. i mean, just so many things have gone really, really especially the last couple weeks and, yeah, no, it's a great day all the way around, and we're still, we're still enjoying it. >> so what are you going to do with lin? i understand you're going to be hooking up with jeremy tomorrow with the team and jeremy? what's up? >> yeah, just have some time to catch up. obviously his time is very limited these days, so we're really looking forward to spending a couple hours with him. >> i mean, he's just doing incredibly well. i mean, incredibly well. he's just -- he just seems -- i don't know, diane, so much more himself

diane? >> i want you to write me with more of the meaning of that proverb. jake, thank you. >>> now, to the republicans who want to take back the white house. "your voice, your vote." more proof, tonight, of the big surge by the dark horse in the race, republican rick santorum. he is pulling ahead of mitt romney in a flurry of national polls. here's the new abc news poll of republicans. santorum leading romney among all republicans, including on the question of favorability. so, is this real? will it last? here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: rick santorum has been outgunned, outspent and outorganized. but he is on fire. >> wow. >> reporter: almost nobody saw it coming. not long ago, we saw his daughter running the campaign. his car, serving as his national headquarters. it's david versus goliath. and once again, david appears to have the edge. just look at the two campaigns. romney's events are carefully choreographed, lots of flash. santorum, no frills. recently appearing at washington stat

diane? >> thank you, pierre. >>> and there was a scare today in the skies above air force one that ended in a strange twist. as the president's plane sat on the tarmac in los angeles, minutes from takeoff, a cessna wandered into the airspace. two f-16s were scrambled. the cessna was forced to land. the pilot, reportedly found to be carrying marijuana. as for the president, he had an uneventful one-hour flight to san francisco. >>> and now, news of another pilot. this one with frontier airlines. he was moments away from taking the controls of an aircraft, with 29 people onboard, when an airport bus driver did something surprising. he turned in the pilot for trying to board the plane while allegedly drunk. abc's jim avila has that story. >> reporter: frontier airlines flight 1894, from omaha to milwaukee, stuck on the tarmac this morning. the commuter jet held at the gate for two hours because the pilot was allegedly too drunk to fly. in fact, something was so obviously wrong, the hotel shuttl

diane? >> tracking him down today. thank you, jon. >>> i want to bring in co-anchor of "good morning america" and anchor of "this week," george stephanopoulos. you have the first round of exit polling. what does it show you? >> the conservatives are dominating this electorate. six out of ten voters are conservative. here's why the race is so close, diane. they're split right down the middle between very conservative voters and somewhat conservative voters. those are going in opposite directions. another tidbit. one out of ten voters today are democrats. we saw rick santorum going after those. that's not as many as that voted in the past republican primaries. but it will make a difference. >> some democrats in there, a little jujitsu. >> absolutely. trying to make some mischief. >> we'll be bringing you the results as they come in through the night. and we hope you'll be joining us. >>> and we have another note, tonight, about someone whose face you may recognize. the principal voice of reaso

yes, i am. >> because most people -- >> i pray every day, diane.ther. and i won't break. and i won't break. >> is today a good day? >> today's a great day. it's a blessed day. >> no temptations today? >> i have a few temptations. but it's not about drugs. it's about kicking ass. but you know -- >> mine? >> no. this is a blessing. >> mm. so eerie to hear the words after they're gone. to me the most revealing part of the interview is when she said the biggest devil is me. none of us will get out of here without battling our own demons and vises. hers were on the front page. >> sometimes it's drugs, sometimes it's other things. >> what a life. "morning papers" next. f us want to hear we've done a good job caring for our mouths. that's why there's a rinse like crest pro-health multi-protection. it helps you get a better dental check-up. so be ready for your next dental check-up. try any crest pro-health rinse. >> announcer: "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >>> we've been just looking at some of the headlines on the front pages of papers

there were a lot of them, though, diane? had to be fun. it was celebrity central at madison square garden. mark zuckerburg, spike lee. what was it like to have that celeb central experience? >> oh, my. you forgot eva longoria, too. >> oh, sorry. >> yeah. no. no it was unbelievable. just so many things have gone really, really, specially the laths couple of weeks. and it was a great day all the way around. we're still enjoying it. >> so what are you going to do with lin. i understand you are going to hook up with jeremy tomorrow, with the team, what's up? >> just have time to catch up. obviously his time is very limited these days. so we are looking forward to spending a couple of hours with him. he's just doing incredibly well. i mean incredibly well. he just seems -- i don't know, diane, so much more himself. like he's smiling more. he's he seems happen pier than he's ever been. he was always kind of a stoic player in high school and college and now, i've never seen him smile so much. now he seems to be lovin' life right now. >> everybody

. >>> good evening, i'm diane dewire. republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich is in the bay area tonight, and his message? drill, baby, drill, he was the keynote speaker at the state republican convention in burlingame. we have more on why gingrich says if he were president, gas prices would fall to $2.50 a gallon. kimberly? >> diane, he says if elected president, he will authorize drilling and also the keystone pipeline to be authorized and built. i talked to republicans today who say they really like his ideas, but right now at this convention, the main focus is on building up this party. registration numbers in the state of california are down to 30%. that's an all-time low and the party does need funding. republicans remain optimistic with their party chairman trying to reach out to minority voters and calling on candidates to focus on economic issues. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich, the convention's keynote speaker focused most of his speech on president barack obama. he criticized high gas

diane. >> i agree. know enough to know that -- they might think it's okay for them to have a glass of wine when you're an addict. she's not doing crack or coke. what's wrong with a glass of wine? a lot of people don't know that. >> deepak, you mentioned the fame itself is a drug. i totally concur. i have seen people wreck their lives to this addiction of being famous. it totally wrecks their lives. you have seen that, i know, for other people. what is the cure for that? how do you treat an addiction to fame? >> you have to realize that fame actually causes the same brain chemical changes as a drug does. you have to have counseling for a situation like that. it's very difficult. i have a rehab center, we have a rehab center in paradise valley in british columbia, where we counsel people and also detox them emotionally and physically through various procedures, teach them meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, cognitive therapy and even then it's quite difficult. >> finally, i know you've been working wi

diane is going to join us live.tar. the most revealing that whitney ever did. >> do you remember that morning? >> i do remember that morning. we had nerve. >> we had some kind of nerve to do that. >> you guys ought to try some this summer, i think. i'll introduce you. >> we'll hear from the singer who shared the stage with whitney, what turned out to be her last concert. just two days before houston died. right there in a hollywood club late thursday night. a little impromptu duet, we'll hear from kelly price in just a minute. >>> and also as we've been talking about the triumphant return of adele. the singer rolling in the awards. pulling in six grammys last night. that plus tributes honoring whitney. more ahead on music's biggest, biggest night. that moment right there. please. you have got to watch that. let's get right to diane's extraordinary and revealing interview with whitney in 2002. we were exchanging e-mails over the weekend. as soon as i heard about her death, i immediately reached out to you. i remember

. >> i'm diane eastabrook in chicago. i'll tell you how food manufacturers are getting more while consumers are getting less. >> tom: we put that question to the c.e.o. of general mills, and hear how he's fighting inflatiot n. its our exclusive interview with ken powell. it's "nightly business report" for tuesday, february 21. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a reprieve in greece, but the risk has not been removed. european policymakers signed off on a $171 billion aid package for greece early this morning. now, private investors have to approve the deal, susie. >> susie: tom, there are some doubts about getting that approval, but investors here on wall street were relieved that greece will not default on its debt. the news powered u.s. stocks, helping the dow break through the 13,000 level, briefly. but by the closing bell, the rally fizzled-- the dow was up by onl