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coroner released its long awaited report on how whitney houston's life ended. combination of cocaine and other drugs in her system, as he drowned in a hotel bathtub. what it tells us about her final moments. >>> mean kids. real stories of children like yours beaten up, abused. a new documentary goes inside the world of bullies, including an outpouring of support from depp to street to gaga. >>> and nature of the beast. he's the rogue animal lover with a knack for capping exotic creatures in the most bizarre behaviors. his radical plan to save the endangered. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 22nd, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. drugs, jim morrison once said, are a belt with your mind. 40 years after his body was found in a bathtub, we have another belove and tortured artist to remind us of the stakes of that bet. the results of whitney houston's autopsy are in tonight, and they confirm her cocaine use and the toll that addiction took on her mi

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in houston.'s easy to mistake victims like maria for a voluntary prostitute because if the girls don't put on a good >> translator: around 9:00 or 10:00 at night so i could start working, i'd have to drink five or six beers so that i wouldn't feel what i was living. so that i could escape. >> houston is a hub. >> go in that room right there. >> you're under arrest for prostitution. do you understand what i'm saying? >> 500, 600, 700, 800. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of th

from dockside to downtown, houston's economy is humming. rising petroleum prices are part of the reason this city, home to big oil, is on a growth spurt. >> if i took a ruler and laid it across here, you'd actually see that we employ more people here than we did prior to the recession. >> reporter: economist patrick jankowski from the greater houston partnership shows how resilient houston's economy was during the recent recession. he says when crude tops $80 a barrel, as it has the past couple of years, oil companies add jobs. but petroleum isn't the only energy source creating jobs. the nation's gargantuan supply of natural gas is making it cheaper to make everything from glass to plastic. >> last time i heard, there were companies that had 10 or 12 projects that were going to be built somewhere on the gulf coast between lafayette, louisiana, going all the way south to corpus christi. now, maybe not all ten or twelve of those are going to get built, but many will be. they are going to be drawing that natural gas. >> reporter: within the n

. >> the official word on what killed whitney houston. her autopsy says she drowned but was under the influence of several serious drugs. >>> calls for an arrest in the death of trayvon martin are louder than ever this morning. but police aren't sure where his killer are. >>> louisville crashes the march madns sweet 16 party, sending the first number one seed back home, plunging brackets into further disarray. >>> and kim kardashian on the red carpet, goes from this to this. the flour bombing on the red carpet that left her covered in white. >>> good morning. i'm john muller, in for rob nelson. >> good to have you here this friday morning, john. i'm paula faris. whitney houston drowned in that beverly hills bathtub. >> coroner's report says she was musing cocaine just before she had died. it was the tragic news that friends and family feared. >> reporter: after weeks of speculation, the results of whitney houston's autopsy may not be surprising. the singer's death in a bathtub at the beverly hills hilton was caused by what her friend, fam

>> reporter: as whitney houston's sister in law, pat houston had rare insight into the superstar's troubled 14-year marriage, one marred by run-ins with the law and drug abuse. drug abuse blamed on bobby. but pat sees it differently. >> i don't think that he introduced her to drugs. i don't think that's true. bobby and i had a good relationship and she would always tell me that you're protecting him. i said i'm protecting the truth. >> reporter: houston's will was released this week, nothing was left to bobby brown, her entire estate going to their daughter, bobbi kristina. she's been the family's main focus since whitney houston's death. she was twice admitted to the hospital for exhaustion. pat was with bobbi kristina and whitney in the days before she died. with her the night, this now-infamous photo was taken of whitney houston looking exhausted and disheveled. >> to make sure she was going to be okay? >> yes. >> reporter: a concern, well warranted, whitney houston was found dead the next day, toxicology reports are still pending. >> were you afraid that she would be gone too soon? >> i

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yesterday the coroner told houston's family how she died. he also released this preliminary one-page report. this report confirms what so many feared and so many suspected. drugs helped kill the superstar. toxicology reports show whitney houston used cocaine before she collapsed and drowned in her hotel bathtub. >> it appears that the cocaine had been used in the time period just probably immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel. we know that when she slipped under the water she was stale live. >> reporter: although the official cause of houston's death is accidental drowning, a spokesman for l.a. county's coroner says cocaine combined with a heart condition played a key role. >> chances are had she not had the pre-existing heart disease and cocaine use, she may not have drowned. >> reporter: other drugs were found in houston's body including marijuana, xanax, benadryl, and a muscle relaxer. but these are not believed to have played a role in her death. the coroner's office did not say how much cocaine was found in the 4

a year before whitney houston died. a pre-grammy party. >> miss whitney houston. >> reporter: whitney was back. back from years of erratic behavior and drug use ♪ walk on by >> where's the voice? >> you're saying she couldn't sing? >> yeah. >> reporter: rock 'n' roll hall of famer sam moore was in the audience. and old houston family friend, he and his wife, joyce, knew the girl everyone called nippy growing up, was in trouble. >> she came in and she looked over and she saw me. and i said, nippy! hey, baby! she fell on her knees. i said, don't get on your knees. she's sweating. i said, joyce, she's high. >> reporter: high on drugs. far from the girl he first met decades earlier. >> i thought she was the cutest little thing! oh, my god. pretty. >> reporter: moore's career was just beginning. part of the singing group sam and dave. with chart toppers like "soul man" and "hold on, i'm coming." ♪ i'm a soul man >> reporter: he was traveling and performing alongside gospel greats aretha franklin and houston's mother, cissy.

now in houston's case, pretty serious, about 60% narrowed. that, of course, obstructs the flow of blood. now combine that with cocaine use and the results obviously can be deadly. last night on "anderson cooper 360" dr. sanjay gupta explained just how cocaine can damage the heart. >> you get this huge adrenaline surge. you also get this reaction where your blood vessels spasm so instead of allowing blood to sort of flow through normally, the blood vessels that go to the heart, it's spasming and therefore the heart itself is not getting enough blood. >> so, alina, obviously the family had intimated before that drugs were the bane of this woman's existence. are they talking about this now? >> they are. released a very short statement. the family was warned about what was going to be released in the report before it was taken out to the public. whitney's sister-in-law and former manager, patricia houston, did issue a short statement saying, quote, we are saddened to learn of the toxicology results although we are glad to now have closure. but yo

: september 2008 dealt houston's housing market a pair of crushing blows. first hurricane ike swept ashore, destroying or flooding more than a 100,000 homes. two days later, lehman brothers declared bankruptcy. the region's housing market, already flagging, went into a tailspin. fast forward to spring of 2012. houston's real estate is still a long way from the height of the boom years, but it's in better shape than most. shad bogany is broker-owner of e.r.a. bogany properties. >> houston prices have always been very steady. they go slowly up. appreciation may be 1%, 2%, very little 10% and 15% of appreciation. then also, we have a homestead law that doesn't allow you to borrow more than your house is worth. >> reporter: the homestead law didn't make the city immune from foreclosures, but it did keep fewer houstonians from winding up in underwater mortgages when the market crashed. while the housing market is recovering, credit remains tight. that's making life difficult for would-be homebuyers. hersh levitt is president of the levitt partnership. >> they sa

. >>> autopsy results on whitney houston confirm what many had suspected. drug use was a factor in her death. the official cause is listed as drowning but the coroner's report says cocaine and heart disease were factors. abc's juju chang has more. >> reporter: whitney houston's sudden death six weeks ago at the beverly hilton hotel was shocking. but not exactly a mystery. now the coroner's toxicology report clarifies what many people suspected. cause of death? drowning and cocaine use. officially, houston's death is crassified as an accident. she drowned in the bathtub. according to the coroner's report, cocaine and metab lights were also identified and contributory to the death. as was heart disease. also in houston's system, a host of other drugs doctors say did not contribute. among them, marijuana, xanax and benadryl. houston died the night before the grammys, just hours before music industry party she was planning to attend. she had struggled for years with drug and alcohol problems. but told abc's diane sawyer she had overcome her demons. >> i can't t

the speculation is over about what killed whitney houston in february. nbc's stephanie reporting. >> trouble pop star whitney houston actually drown in a bathtub with cocaine and heart disease as contributing factors to her death. the county core nor released the findings. >> we know that when she slipped under the water, she was still alive. we have evidence of drowning. there were water in the lungs, so that substantiates that findings. >> one day before the grammies. >> they attempted life-saving resuscitation measures. >> they did find indications of chronic cocaine use. but they did not contribute to her death. houston had planned to attend the pregrammy party the night before she died. houston leaves behind daughter bobbi kristina and the musical legacy that will forever be remembered. >> here's a look at some of those stories making news early in america. two active moon shine stills making booze that goes for a hundred dollars a pint. neighbors are also accused of making 190% alcohol. elsewhere in texas, a neighborhood is undersiege from a pack o

it came from patricia houston, whitney houston's sister-in-law. her former manager as well.ne line. they were saddened by the findings of the toxicology report but they were pleased to have some closure. that was the statement. as you noted there, whitney houston's struggles with drug addiction have been known for some time. she admitted over the course of the year, she admitted to using marijuana. she admitted to using cocaine. she admitted to having a problem with pills as well. but she also said very recently that she essentially cleaned up her act and her family thought that there were no drugs, no drug use going on. the family was very surprised that this is how it all ended for whitney houston. >> craig melvin in los angeles for us. thank you. >>> coming up, how the makers of etch a sketch are saying thank you to the republican candidates for putting the classic toy back into the spotlight. plus -- "hunger games" and its debut at the box office. but it is the film's political message that has fans buzzing. e- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middl

houston died the night before the grammys. she had struggled for years with drug and alcohol problems but told abc's diane sawyer she had overcome her demons. >> i can't say that i'm always going to be perfect. >> everyone says, it's day by day. day by day. >> yes, yes, yes. >> but now, do you say, not at all? or do you say, i can -- >> i'm going to tell you that. i am going to tell you that. i am not self-destructive. i'm not a person who wants to die. i'm na person who has live and wants to live. >> reporter: tragically, that wouldn't hold true. juju chang, abc news, new york. >> and patricia houston said in a statement tonight, "we are saddened to learn of the toxicology results, although we are now glad to have closure." >>> coming up, an abc news exclusive, the rutgers student convicted of a hate crime, speaking out to chris cuomo for the first time since that guilty verdict. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industr

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the department of the corner has concluded its investigation into the death of whitney houston. the final cause of death has been established as drowning. due to the floor disease. and cocaine use houston's body was discovered february 11th the evening before the grammy awards submerged in the bathtub of her beverly hills hotel room. investigators found several prescription medications in her room. toxicology tests revealed she had cocaine in her system and that it was a factor in her death. >>> cocaine use indicated an acute use and it appeared that the cocaine had been used in the time. just probably immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel. the tests also say houston had used marijuana and other prescription drugs but not an amount that would kill her. >>> the corners announcement and we can said speculation about whether the singer's death was the result of an accidental overdose or foul play. whitney houston was buried last month alongside her father in new jersey history citrus yes cbs news lost angeles. the search for missing mother from gilroy came t

also in houston's system, a host of other drugs doctors say did not contribute. among them, marijuana, xanax and benadryl. houston died the night before is thegrammies, just hours before a music industry party was she plank to attend. she had struggled for years with drug and alcohol problems. but told abc's diane sawyer she had overcome her demons. >> i can't say that i'm always going to be perfect. >> reporter: no, because everyone says it's day by day, day by day. >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: but now, do you say, not at all? or do you say, i can -- >> i'm going to tell you that. i could tell you that. i am not self-destructive. i'm not a person who wants to die. i'm a person who has live and wants to live. >> reporter: tragically, that wouldn't hold true. juju chang, abc news, new york. >> and patricia houston, her sister-in-law and manager said in a statement tonight, "we are saddened to learn of the toxicology results, although we are glad to now have closure." >>> coming up, an abc news exclusive. the rutgers student convicted of a hate crime, speaking ou

. >>> coming up next when the news continues, the coroner reveals how singer whitney houston died. we'll share those results coming up next. >> a room full of gifts for the pope. i'm monica in mexico and i have the story behind one of them coming up. >>> the singer whitney houston's family is expressing sadness over the late singer's toxicology results. the los angeles county coroner's office said that the superstar died from an accidental drowning caused in part by cocaine. teresa garcia reports now from los angeles. ♪ >> reporter: the los angeles county coroner's office confirms drugs did play a role in whitney houston's death. >> cocaine use indicated an acute use and it appeared that the cocaine had been used in the time period just probably immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel. >> reporter: houston's body was discovered in the bathtub of her beverly hills hotel room last month the day before the grammy awards. the coroner's office said the superstar was alive when she first went underwater but drowned because of heart problems and chronic drug use. >>

we also received a statement from patricia houston, whitney houston's sister-in-law and former manager. let me read that to you. we're saddened to learn of the toxicology results but we're glad to now have closure. you mentioned those two contributing factors. heart disease and cocaine. how does that play a role into the accidental drowning? we posed that question to coroner's yesterday. this is how they broke it down. it appears that whitney houston had a bad heart. drug use over time made things worse. unclear if she had a heart attack. there was a cardiac event that took place and caused her to go unconscious and go under water and combination of several factors there. cocaine, her health, her heart not in great shape and that caused her to drown in a foot of water. very sad ending to a woman who had so much promise and such a huge legacy and this unfortunately will be a part of it. >> there was cocaine found in her system. was there any cocaine found in houston's hotel room? >> reporter: that's where the focus now shifts, carol, to beverly hills police. they're not commenting right

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