piers morgan is helping us out as well. as well as our folks who were there at the beverly hilton tonight. before we go to piers, i want to go to drew pinsky helping us as well. dr. drew, we want to pay tribute to whitney and remember the good things about her and the extraordinary voice and talent that she did possess. we would be remiss if we didn't talk about the possibilities, just the possibilities of what might have happened and some of the issues that whitney dealt with in her life. doctor drew? we lost dr. drew. piers morgan is standing by. piers morgan is standing by. i thought it was interesting when you spoke with simon cowell and i got to jump in and he mentioned the same thing that we should be honoring whitney houston. go ahead. >> i think there is a fine line when these tragic events happen. when you have somebody who had such a well-documented history of problems and terrible issues to do with substance abuse and brutal marriage and so on, there is a temptation to dwello that. this is the night that a remarka

piers morgan is helping us out as well. well as our folks who were there at the beverly hilton tonight. before we go to piers, i want to go to drew pinsky helping us as well. dr. drew, we want to pay tribute to whitney and remember the good things about her and the extraordinary voice and talent that she did possess. we would be remiss if we didn't talk about the possibilities, just the possibilities of what might have happened and some of the issues that whitney dealt with in her life. doctor drew? we lost dr. drew. piers morgan is standing by. i thought it was interesting when you spoke with simon cowell and i got to jump in and he mentioned the same thing that we should be honoring whitney houston. go ahead. >> i think there is a fine line when these tragic events happen. when you have somebody who had such a well-documented history of problems and terrible issues to do with substance abuse and brutal marriage and so on, there is a temptation to dwello that. this is the night that a remarkable talent has been taken from

piers morgan tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern.tive from chaka khan and jennifer hudson. she heard a frantic knock at the door by houston's assistant. allison joins me. take us back to that moment when there's the knock on the door. what went through your mind? >> i was actually there to do a vh-1 interview behind the music. whitney was also going to follow me in that interview to sort of talk about brandy from behind the music. i was going to hang around and talk to whitney because i hadn't seen her in awhile. then we had a knock on the door. we stopped taping. went to the door. her assistant came in and said whitney can't do it. whitney can't make it and then she said whitney's dead. room just sort of stood still because we couldn't believe this was happening. i couldn't believe it as someone who had met her so many times, interviewed her so many times, had that feeling that this day may come, but i never thought i'd be there at the very time and moment to hear the words that whitney is dead. >> allison, there have been some repo

piers morgan joining me in los angeles tonight with this coverage of the sad death of whitney houston, and piers, it's in mississippi, bobby brown is performing, south haven, mississippi. you're quite correct, performing with new edition, and he paid tribute, as you said, to whitney houston tonight. stand by. we'll get to a quick break. we'll be back with continued coverage of the death of whitney houston. ♪ clock strikes upon the hour and the sun begins to fade ♪ ♪ still enough time to figure out how to take my blues away ♪ ♪ hear... ...that mary got engaged? that's so 42 seconds ago. thanks for the flowers guys. [ both ] you're welcome. oooh are you guys signing up for the free massage? [ both ] so 32 seconds ago. hey guys you hear frank's cat is sick? yeah, we heard. wanna sign the card? did you know the guys from china are in the office... [ speaking chinese ] [ male announcer ] stay a step ahead with the 4g lte galaxy s ii skyrocket. only from at&t. ♪ what are you my grandmother? i'll rock white jeans whenever i want. and with tide plus bleach, they'll stay white. not whitish, no

piers morgan is standing by in los angeles. piers, you know what i'm talking about. kelly clarkson has an amazing voice, but people often compare, when you do a song that someone else has done well, they compare you to the person who many will say did it better. but to be compared to whitney houston i'm sure is an honor to kelly clarkson having sung the national anthem a few days ago. >> don, i understand we have the great larry king, and i think that larry, you have with you jermaine jackson, is that right? >> i think we're going on now. >> larry, it's piers. can you hear me? >> i hear you fine. >> thanks for calling in. what is your reaction to the appallingly tragic death of whitney houston? >> well, it's a real tragedy, piers. in fact, are you coming to the party? >> no, i was supposed to be going, but i've come into cnn and we're just rolling with the breaking news. what is the mood there like, are you there? >> yeah, that's all everyone is talking about, piers. only talking about whitney houston and the sadness. it's semi festive and semi -- it's almost cerebra

piers morgan is standing by. sting when you spoke with simon cowell and i got to jump in a little bit and he mentioned the same thing that i said, we should be honoring whitney houston. but the fact is -- >> i think that the real -- >> yeah, go ahead. >> there's a fine line, isn't there, don, when the events happen when you have somebody like whitney houston who has had such a well documented history of problems and terrible issues to deal with substance abuse and a brutal marriage and so on. there is a temptation to dwell too much on that. when this is the night that this -- a remarkable talent has been taken from us, and it is important, i think, to focus on that talent, on her as a human being, on the impact she had on the world. because we know what's going to happen in the next few days and weeks. every tiny part of her life will be raked over and cnn, like everybody else, will report on that as it's appropriate. but when you hear whitney houston singing in these clips that we're playing, it's very hard for m

piers morgan is standing by in los angeles. piers, you know what i'm talking about.ten compare, when you do a song that someone else has done well, they compare you to the person who many will say did it better. but to be compared to whitney houston i'm sure is an honor to kelly clarkson having sung the national anthem a few days ago. >> don, i understand we have the great larry king, and i think that larry, you have with you jermaine jackson, is that right? >> i think we're going on now. >> larry, it's piers. can you hear me? >> i hear you fine. >> thanks for calling in. what is your reaction to the appallingly tragic death of whitney houston? >> well, it's a real tragedy, piers. in fact, are you coming to the party? >> no, i was supposed to be going, but i've come into cnn and we're just rolling with the breaking news. what is the mood there like, are you there? >> yeah, that's all everyone is talking about, piers. only talking about whitney houston and the sadness. it's semi festive and semi -- it's almost cerebral. it's surreal. i've never been at a party like th

piers morgan is standing by. very interesting when you spoke with simon cowell and i got to jump in a little bit and he mentioned the same thing that i said, we should be honoring whitney houston. but the fact is -- >> i think that the real -- >> yeah, go ahead. >> there's a fine line, isn't there, don, when the events happen when you have somebody like whitney houston who has had such a well documented history of problems and terrible issues to deal with substance abuse and a brutal marriage and so on. there is a temptation to dwell too much on that. when this is the night that this -- a remarkable talent has been taken from us, and it is important, i think, to focus on that talent, on her as a human being, on the impact she had on the world. because we know what's going to happen in the next few days and weeks. every tiny part of her life will be raked over and cnn, like everybody else, will report on that as it's appropriate. but when you hear whitney houston singing in these clips that we're playing, it's very

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on that note, here is piers morgan tonight. e >> a mass attack. they are surrounding this whole area. >> the world powerless to stop it or is it? tonight what this country should do about syria. >>> and hollywood versus a bomber. it's not every day you hear a big star endorse a republican. >> governor romney is a man of faith, honor, love, and truth. >> also the unpredictable ali wentworth on her life with george stephanopoulos. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. tonight a candidate on the rise. people being slaughtered by their own government and a hollywood star breaking with the pack politically. but first rick santorum winning contests proving every pundit wrong. listen to a confident rick santorum just a few moments ago in texas. >> i feel blessed, truly blessed, to be here at a time when our country needs us. lots of generations don't get the opportunity we have right here to be a generation that reclaims the greatness of our country. >> rick santorum, mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul are fighting for the soul of the re

i'm joined by piers morgan, my colleague here on cnn. if i could ask simon a question. i'm noticing on twitter and from the reaction i'm getting, a lot of young people looked up to whitney houston. she meant to much to so many young people, especially performers. >> you know, it was interesting, and i was thinking about this tonight, is that i started -- as i said, i've been doing this a long time and every singer who aspired to be great singer always looked up to whitney houston and what's been interesting recently is that this new generation of singer who has come along and a lot of them are quite cutting edge, and she will freely admit that her inspiration, one of her biggest inspirations was whitney houston. this wasn't somebody who was just popular in the '80s and '90s when she was at her peak. she still had this unbelievable influence and this coolness which, if anything, has been growing over the last few years. and that's what is so depressing to hear this news now. the fact that she had such -- she was an inspiration to so many of these singers. that's what eve

this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. this is a special live edition of "piers morgan tonight." i want to welcome our studio audience and our special guest, suze orman is taking your questions on twitter and on facebook. who better, frankly, than suze orman to talk dollars and common sense on america's economy. and what would it take to turn it around? today president obama had his say. >> banks and lenders must be held accountable for ending the practices that caused this crisis in the first place and all of us have to take responsibility for our own actions, or lack of actions. >> controversial comments from mitt romney on cnn saying he's not concerned with the poor, the focus on middle class americans. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, we'll fix it. suze orman is the number one finance guru. her latest book is "the money class." she is joining me now. welcome, suze. >> thank you, piers. >> let's start with mitt romn

>> this is turning in to a piers morgan. >> of course. piers morgan show." >> what have i learned about myself? i'm going to answer you like ron paul would answer you. you know, i'm not really that interested in that question. [ laughter ] >> you find it uncomfortable talking about yourself? >> it's not important. might as well use the time for other things. >> "midnight cowboy" is a movie that exploded you on the scene one of my favorite movie tlaens is a brilliant story of how you got it. tell me quickly. >> it is not a quick story. >> otherwise we might get cut off again. >> listen, i was told, i did a screen test and i was told -- with three other fellas, great actors and i was told it came down to another fellow and myself and it was give on the the other fellow. it finally came around to me for some reason because they had a difficulty making this thing work and i get a call and they said, jon, it has come back to you so be at your phone at 10:00 tomorrow morning. this is saturday morning. and jon schlessinger will call you and invi

on my way to piers morgan on cnn. what were you getting at?edian -- >> what do you mean? >> i thought i looked intellectual. cnn is the home to intellectuals. yeah. >> you get tense on twitter. you get into proper battles with people. >> yeah. >> why do you take it -- >> at home i'm smiling. >> of course. >> when someone is arguing with me, it appears they are 5,000 years old. yes, i'm smiling. of course i'm smiling. the fundamental dispute is like an episode of the flintstones. i have to laugh. >> how does your atheism that you are passional about play with your american audience given that so many people in america are god fearing people. >> they shouldn't. why should they take offense that i don't believe in their god or any other god. tell me the reasons you don't believe in all the other gods. that's the reason i don't believe in yours. i have nothing against them at all. in fact, if it did make you a kind of person, if you are into good things, then great. there's the road. it's when i see some of these religious fundamentalists that tol

>> this is turning into a piers morgan -- >> of course.e on the piers morgan show. >> well, what have i learned about myself? i really -- i'm going to answer you like ron paul would answer you. you know, i'm really not that interested in that question. >> do you find it uncomfortable talking about yourself? >> it's not important. might as well use the time for other things. >> midnight cowboy was the movie that exploded you on the scene. one of my favorite all-time movies. there's a brilliant story about how you got it. tell me quickly. >> it's not a quick story. >> it has to be or we'll get cut off again. >> i was told -- i did a screen test with three other fellas. great actors. i was told it came down to another fellow and myself and it was finally given to the other fellow. it came back around to me for some reason because they had a difficulty making this thing works. i get a call. they said, jon, it's come back to you. be at your phone at 10:00 tomorrow morning. this is a saturday morning. john may invite you over to his place to get

piers morgan tonight, starts now. >>> tonight on the eve of the final farewell to whitney houston, superstar b.b. winans. >> it caught up off guard, but it didn't catch godoff guard. >> avinsanity -- and more of my exclusive interview with ricky jervais. >> many people are offended because you exist. plus an exclusive tribute to whitney houston. ♪ no better what they take from me ♪ ♪ they can't take away my dignity ♪ >> this is piers morgan tonight. >> a big story tonight saying goodbye to whitney houston, a family using of the superstar's body today. >> flags in new jersey are flying at half staff to honor whitney. i'll talk to governor chris christie about that. and more of my interview with ricky jervais. >> at least he can use expressi expressions, most of them are too botoxed out, you can't tell if they're smiling or not. >> jason, you're outside the church in new jersey, tell me about what you can expect tomorrow. >> well, first let's set the stage in terms of what's happening out here in new jersey. i can tell you that just about ten minutes away from here, piers, at the funeral home,

watch that interview on piers morgan tonight, cnn, 9 p.m.hitney houston's final have tomorrow and we are just finding out more big stars are being added to that guest list. "showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer joins us live with more details on this from new york. aj? >> the list of people confirmed to be attending continues to grow at this hour. we do know that aretha franklin, kevin costner, tyler perry, clive davey, stevie wonder, alicia keys, deion warwick and jesse jackson are all among those who will be there. and fred, "showbiz tonight" just confirmed more names, beyonce, jay-z, elton john and r. kelly will be saying good-bye to whitney tomorrow. >> and among those who are actually performing? >> we know that aretha, alicia keys and stevie wonder are expected to sing at the funeral 12 noon to the wine nans family is very involved, the houstons and its wine nans are practically family. marvin wine nan is giving the eulogy as we know, last night, he said he and his brother and sister will be singing at the funeral with members of their fa

rick santorum talked about it last night on piers morgan. take a listen. >> all my income is earned income. i mean, i have very, very little -- i don't know if i have any dividend income, probably a couple -- maybe $100 of interest income. no capital gains to speak of income. so i don't have any income that would come from investments or wealth. almost 90 plus percent of the money that's on those tax returns i went out and earned and as a result, you know, i'm paying social security taxes on them, i'm paying all the other taxes that come when you have earned income so that's why i ended up paying the higher rate of taxation. >> rick santorum today campaigning in michigan. we're just 12 days away from that primary as well as arizona. >> paul, rick santorum not the only one in michigan today. >> reporter: that's true, rivalries mitt romney there as well. romney was born in michigan. his father was a popular governor back in the 1960s. today romney will get the endorsement of the governor there, rick snyder, a moderate republican. we've seen th

. >> cnn is airing special coverage of the funeral, hosted by soledad o'brien, piers morgan and don lemon. it is beginning saturday at 11:00 eastern. >>> we have sad news to report to you of one of our colleagues, pulitzer prize honored and courageous "new york times" reporter anthony shadid, a friend of the cnn family has died in syria at 43 years old. he reportedly suffered a fatal asthma attack. his photographer carried his body over the border to turkey. you might remember his image because he did several interviews with anderson cooper here. he and his photographer were both kidnapped in libya last year. >> cnn's anderson cooper discussed that experience with shadid back in april and told cooper that telling these stories are are absolutely worth the risk. >> i think there are some stories that are worth taking risks for. it is a cliche, but endures some meaning to it, millions you're there covering -- unless you're there covering it nobody is going to know about it, unless you're there trying to bring meaning to it, a certain depth to it, it won't be done otherwise. >> shadid was re

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piers morgan interview starts now. >>> good evening. tonight the piers morgan interview comes from las vegas on the eve of the nevada caucuses. i'm talking to ron paul, running fourth but his influence to young people is greater than that. his supporters are making him a force to be recognized. tonight his formula for keeping america great. right now, ron paul. welcome. >> thank you. nice to be with you. >> this will sound like name dropping but last time i dined in this restaurant was with sylvester stallone and the parallel to me is clear. you are the rocky balboa of the campaign. how do you feel about that? >> i have no idea how to respond to that. i hope that's very positive. it sounds like it could be. >> americans love an underdog. you remain an underdog despite the continual extraordinary support with young people. people perceive you as the underdog. do you believe like rocky ball boa you could surprise everyone and win the race? do you genuinely believe you could become the nominee? >> yeah. obviously so. i think the record of

the piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. tonight the piers morgan interview comes to you from las vegas. i'm at planet hollywood to talk to candidate ron paul. welcome. >> thank you. >> this will sound like shameleshame less name dropping, but the last time i dined in this restaurant was with sylvester stallone, and the parallel to me is clear. you are the rocky balboa of this campaign. how do you feel about that analogy? >> i have no idea how to respond to that. i hope that's very positive. it sounds like it could be positive. >> what i mean is americans love an underdog. and you remain an underdog, despite this continual, extraordinary support of young people. people still perceive you as an underdog. do you believe like rocky balboa that you could surprise everybody and actually win this race? do you genuinely believe you could become the nominee? >> yeah. obviously, so. and i think the record of this campaign, you know, the republican campaign these last almost 12 months now shows you that a lot of the accompanieds are c