we have congressman john sarbanes, democrat from maryland. zephyr teachout, associate professor of law at fordham university school of law and former chief economist and economic policy advisor to vice president joe biden -- howard dean's campaign. jared bernstein, and errol errol host of "inside city hall." all right. you probably heard by now singer whitney houston died last night in beverly hills at age 48. born in newark, gospel singer cece houston. one of the if not the greatest voices of the age. she would sell more than 55 million records over her career. over the last decade she battled drug addiction, often uncomfortably in the public life. she was found yesterday afternoon in a room in the beverly hills hilton. the cause of death is unknown. i was -- i heard it the radio last night, whitney houston died. i had would thoughts. one was just how awful, terribly sad it is. then i back to being -- being in the bronx as an elementary school student when i was 8 or 9 years old and give a shout out to tiffany, renee, sonya to which i used t