we'll now have a selection by reverend donny mcclerkin at this time.e what you say. ♪ to someone. ♪ tell me me what do you give. ♪ when you give him her heart. ♪ well, you just when there is nothing left to do. ♪ stand what the lord see you through. note after you've done all you can. ♪ you just stand. ♪ tell me how do you stand from your. ♪ how do you deal the savior. ♪ tell me how you can keep on smiling while your heart has been broken. ♪ so filled with pain. note tell me what do you think when you've begin all of your own. ♪ and it seems like you can't make it through? ♪ child, you just stand when there's nothing left to do. ♪ just go and stand and watch our lord see you through. ♪ yes you've done all you can. ♪ you just stand. ♪ you just stand. ♪ stand god has. yes ♪ yes, god has a plan. ♪ what do you do? ♪ when you have done all that you can. ♪ have you seen -- ♪ somebody help mow out. ♪ child you just stand. ♪ just stand. ♪ you stand. ♪ get up. ♪ you through the storm. ♪ stand up through the rain. ♪ through the heard. ♪ stand up through the pain

there will be a solo by donnie mcclerkin, followed by remarks by take ler perry who was close to whitney houston and the houston family followed by a solo by bebe wynan singing "home." then we will hear from bishop t.d. jake giving hi remarks. that will be followed by a solo by gospel singer kim burrell. she told me she will be inge singing "i believe in you and me." that is the song that was chosen by houston's family. that will be followed by remarks by kevin costner. everyone knows that, of course, he was whit knew houston's costar in "bodyguard." then we will hear from aretha frapg lynn. she will be singing a solo and sing "greatest love of all." aretha franklin also happened to be whit knew houston's godmother. then we will hear from clive davis. then stevie wonder will lend his voice and we will be hearing him sing a ribbon in the sky. also remarks by ricky miner, the band leader want and after he gives his remarkses, alicia keys will lend her voice. we're told she will be singing a medically of songs. that will be followed by art kelly. he will stand up and sing, "i look to you."

right after that there will be a script you are and reverend donny mcclerkin will sing with the choirthe song called "stand," and after that tyler perry, bebe winans and t.d. jakes. and a great deal of speaking earlier and reverend winans, when asked what type of service will this be? what will the tone be like? reverend winans said we don't have church. folks who might be watching this who might not be familiar with the black baptist church experience over the next two and a half, three hour, they are going see a quintessential black baptist church funeral. they've got it scripted at an hour and a half. it will -- >> everyone at the table is laughing, craig. >> everyone at the table laughed at the idea of an hour and a half in part because if you've been part of these experiences before especially a death like this, someone who is only 48 years old, who still leaves behind a very young woman as her daughter, the kind of outpouring of mourning and the desire to spend a little more time before we send that person home. >> reporter: i also want to let our audience know that we've been t