the great lionel richie on the phone now. get to you, lionel, we're looking at live pictures of the beverly hilton. whitney houston found unresponsive on the fourth floor in a hotel room there, and you're looking at live pictures. obviously the center of attention now. big clive davis grammy party supposed to be going on there. and then you have this. last time i spoke to you, we were at michael jackson's funeral and now we're dealing with this. are you there? >> yeah, i have to tell you, i'm absolutely devastated. i always say this all the time, you know, we are a business. unfortunately of such great talent, but also of great tragedy. you know, we see it happen so many times, from the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, 'the 90s, we watch them come and go. you keep thinking it can't happen to this next generation, and sure enough, here we go again. michael was enough to stop traffic with me. i couldn't believe it. and then you see whitney. i talked to her, how are you doing? are you okay? you keep hoping for the best. but when you get

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simon cowell touched on this and lionel richie.t got harder and harder to be a superstar in the music business because of the ferocious attention from the media and the internet and so on. do you feel that? do you sense it's becoming ever more pressurized with the environment to stay at the top? >> it's ever more pressurized, the thought of having a body of work that is compelling this somebody wants versus one song that somebody wants to download with the music competition and it's different than when whitney arrived on the scene. now with all of the media and the internet and twitter and all of the television exposure and the pressure is outrageously enormous. then be able to survive everything that will come at you. >> you knew whitney well. what kind of woman was she? most people earning you the caricature of the newspapers and the magazines and so on. what was she like. >> the whitney i remember was this absolutely stunningly beautiful young girl with this golden voice. smiling, laughing all the time. a church girl who came ou

simon cowell touched on this and lionel richie.t got harder and harder to be a superstar in the music business because of the ferocious attention from the media and the internet and so on. do you feel that? do you sense it's becoming ever more pressurized with the environment to stay at the top? >> it's ever more pressurized, the thought of having a body of work that is compelling this somebody wants versus one song that somebody wants to download with the music competition and it's different than when whitney arrived on the scene. now with all of the media and the internet and twitter and all of the television exposure and the pressure is outrageously enormo enormous. then be able to survive everything that will come at you. >> you knew whitney well. what kind of woman was she? most people earning you the caricature of the newspapers and the magazines and so on. what was she like. >> the whitney i remember was this absolutely stunningly beautiful young girl with this golden voice. smiling, laughing all the time. a church girl who

the great lionel richie on the phone now. lionel, we're looking at live pictures of the beverly hilton. whitney houston found unresponsive on the fourth floor in a hotel room there, and you're looking at live pictures. obviously the center of attention now. big clive davis grammy party supposed to be going on there. and then you have this. last time i spoke to you, we were at michael jackson's funeral and now we're dealing with this. are you there? >> yeah, i have to tell you, i'm absolutely devastated. i always say this all the time, you know, we are a business. unfortunately of such great talent, but also of great tragedy. you know, we see it happen so many times, from the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, 'the 90s, we watch them come and go. you keep thinking it can't happen to this next generation, and sure enough, here we go again. michael was enough to stop traffic with me. i couldn't believe it. and then you see whitney. i talked to her, how are you doing? are you okay? you keep hoping for the best. but when you get this kind

let's reflect here a little bit of is your interview with lionel richie over the weekend. >> she hadturn a story, a melody into just magical, magical notes. i think about it all the time in terms of watching her just -- there was no end to what range she will could hit. and, of course, you think, okay, she can't get any better than that. and then she comes up with another lick that's even more amazing than the last lick. >> piers, what's your take away from this celebrity outpouring? what strikes you the most. >> exactly what he said there. i think there's an incredible feeling amongst other singers in particularing that they've lost possibly the best of them all. you know, the number of people who have been saying what lionel richie say there i saw tony bennett and tom jones say it. a lot of people saying without any doubt, whitney houston had the best singing voice they had ever heard. that's what the industry and world has lost. yes, she had all these problems and issues in her life, well documented. i suppose my overriding feeling about it is that it must be incredibly difficult

. >> lionel richie, aretha franklin, whitney houston. >> reporter: the proof adorns the walls here.alden worked closely were -- with houston. on his facebook page, the producer said we're so grateful to have been a part of her legacy. >> shock, sadness, celebration. >> reporter: marilyn says the end came too soon for the young girl they knew but she gave them memories they will never forget. >> we love you, whitney. >> reporter: and then rubukum went on to write "i want to dance with somebody" and that one topped the charts in about 13 different countries. >> this was huge. thank you. can lin to whitney houston's bay area recordings -- listen to whitney houston's bay area recordings as well as get them on our website. >>> new at 5:00, it's a mess. broken windows, floors covered in paint. heas just some of the -- that's just some of the widespread vandalism discovered. here's more on why the damage is especially hard for the community to take. >> reporter: tomorrow this was supposed to be turned over as a shining new example of how bond money could help the iron triangles of the pres

was a time that was interesting, because you had michael jackson, you had tina turner, you had lionel richie ocean all of these artist were doing great things and just one time across the board on all formats and whitney houston was the book end to michael jackson. they could have gone to the prom together. they were doing the same thing at the same time and same level. >> talk about her influence with the next generation of young women who came up lookkingalt her as an inspiration and someone who patterned their lives and careers. absolutely. no doubt about it. they always say it is only one. >> it is only one whitney houston. but as far as her talent is concerned a great beacon to pattern your career after for sure. >> jeff, i didn't remember that that remembering that she made of the tar spangle would banner, she sang the anthem super 25. tampa, florida was the venue and that recording actually cracked the top 20 on the bill board 100, meaning that whitney houston is the only artist to make a commercial success of a very difficult song to sing first of all. >> think of how many people sun

. >> we've had thoughony bennett lionel richie and others saying she was not only the best singer butno doubt about it. she was nicknamed by oprah winfrey "the voice" long behalf her television show. "the voice." and she deserved the nickname. >> how do you as a paz torstor, do you speak to bobbi kristina who's going to be in the audience? there's an 18-year-old girl who lost her mother and her mother is beloved by most people in the world. what do you say? >> you want her to understand that first of all she has a right to be in pain. often religion makes people feel guilty for feeling badly, especially when they're feel li badly about something god was supposed to do. first of all it's human to feel pain. it's understandable to question god. those people who say don't question god, all great people question god. moses questioned god. everybody questioned god. mary questioned god when she said -- when he said she was pregnant. then you want her to know that she will be surrounded by people who love her. ceecee winans is her godmother and she'll supplement what her grandmother cissy do

making everyone pap razzy, the newspaper, rolling celebrity, television shows, people interviewing lionel richierobinson on the night she died saying it is much much harder to be in the pressure cooker of fame today than it used to be. >> the reason is we're living in a time anyone can blog anything about you, catch you on video and interpret it and put it back on youtube however they want to do it. there is no editing. i think we're living in a modern time where our personal privacy no longer exists. that also takes a personal toll on how we live as celebrities. back in this day, remember, there was no youtubes or outlets. anything we do, within 3.1 second, it's a blog version of what it is, whether it's true or not. >> what if you tweeted the following i thought was extremely powerful. the voice of an angel, the heart of a lamb, the spirit of a lioness, the presence of a goddess, love you, rip, whitney houston. >> i tweeted that for clive. i wrote this song called "my love is your love" going into the studio with whitney houston the first time, we were so nervous we was going into the studio w

. >> lionel richie -- >> reporter: weldon works closely with houston. on his facebook page the producer said we are so grateful to be a part of her legacy. >> ultimately was shock, sadness and then celebration. >> reporter: marilyn rubicon said the end came too soon but she gave them memories they'll never forget. >> whitney, we love you. >> reporter: christin ayers, cbs 5. >> you can hear more of the recordings on our website at cbssf.com. >>> today president obama rolled out his budget proposal for next year. the $3.8 trillion plan includes $350 billion to stimulate job growth. it renews the president's call for tax hikes on wealthy and ends tax breaks for big corporations and includes $4 trillion worth of spending cuts. >>> at a time when our economy is growing and creating jobs at a faster clip, we have to do everything in our power to keep this recovery on track. >> somebody asked me if the budget was dead on arrival and i said no, it's not dead on arrival, it is dead -- on arrival. >> and the plan would end post office mail delivery on saturday by

if you looked since the '50s, you can pick any artist from glenn campbell to lionel richie and dianat generation moves in. >> it must be desperately hard for some. >> not hard for everybody but some, sure. >> did you speak with whitney after things began to go with her voice, do you know how she felt about it? >> didn't really talk about it. >> dealt with it. >> was it the unmentionable? >> you made a record and made the best you could make. you wouldn't go for the higher notes as much. you would still push for what you could get out of it and that's the best you could do. it is a hard thing to deal with. i'm sure she had to deal with it. she didn't talk about it. i'm sure she had to deal with it, had to know it everyday. but she still, you know, it's not like she stopped. she kept singing. >> kenny, kenny is a great singer. you can't hit the notes when you were 20. >> yeah, i can, what are you talking about? >> you can? whoops, commercial. >> are we making too much of whitney's problems? did most divas in history of problems, you think back to judy garland and all of them. they all

simon cowell touched on this, and lionel richie, that it's got harder and harder to be a superstar in the music business because of the ferocious attention from the media, from the internet and so on. do you feel that? do you sense that it's becoming ever more pressurized, that environment to try and stay at the top? >> well, it's ever more pressurized and the thought of having a body of work that's compelling that somebody wants versus one song that somebody wants to download or if the star is made from one of the music competition shows is quite different than when whitney arrived on the scene and how whitney made it into the star making process. so now with all of the media and the internet and twitter and all of the television exposure of all the music competitions, the pressure is outrageously enormous. outrageously enormous. so you've really got to stand out from the fray in a big way. and then be able to survive everything else that's going to come at you. >> tommy, you knew whitney well. what kind of woman was she? because most people only knew the caricature from the newspape

love some lionel richie, man. back in the good old days. the jheri curl afro.nternet users spend more than 900 million hours a month on social networks. and they spend more than 400 million hours every month playing games. >> do you play games? >> no. not video games. >> okay. well, a new game that has some high-profile supporters is now giving those users a way to actually do some good while having a little bit of fun as well. >> reporter: from bejeweled to words with friends, social online gaming has become just as popular as stalking your ex on facebook. nearly 12 million people spend hours building fake villages on farmville. but what if you could build real villages instead of fake ones? that's the idea lincoln brown had when he created the new facebook game wetopia. >> wetopia is an online free to play social game on facebook where you build a better world for children in the game but while doing that you earn joy and then you get to give that joy to real world projects around the world to help give back and do good. >> reporter: so instead of winning poi