her voice was so beautiful. >> that last speaker was ray watson, houston's long-time bodyguard.g four hours. it included musical tributes from grace like stevie wonder and bibi. but one of the most powerful moments was saved for last when whitney houston's casket was being carried out with her music playing, while we're mom was heard sobbing "my baby, my baby." >> kelly, every reporter takes notes on things that maybe they observed that the rest of us couldn't see from not being there. what did you see today? >> well, what i observed was just the sheer magnitude of the love and affection and admiration that so many of whitney's close friends and relatives had for her, not to mention her legions of fans worldwide and all of that being expressed hear today in that four-hour funeral that was actually celebrating a home going, if you will, as they like to say in the black church. this is not a funeral this, is a home going. and usually that's reserved for people you know, have punched their ticket to get to heaven. many people hearsay that whitney houston did that. regardless of any

we're going to have expressions now from ray watson. >> the lord and savior. this is not a sad time, but a glad time. i don't have to say much, because everyone that has spoken, they've hit it, as we now say south on the head. but i would say that we had some good times. she accepted me as a brother, although i was her bodyguard for almost 11 years. i remember with "sparkle" everyone that left, and i wanted to go home bad. and she said, ray -- when she say ray, she called me uncle ray, that's her playful time but when she means business, she would say ray. i'm tired. i've done everything i'm supposed to do. i just want to hang back a little bit and just rest. i said, okay. all right. but the thing about it is when we got ready to leave, she says, i don't believe i want to fly. i said, well, how are we going to get there? she says, we're going to drive. i said, well, we're going to drive? not we. i said, you don't drive. she said i'm going to help you drive. i said, i'm not going to trust you to drive me. so, she said, we can do it. i said, okay. she said trust

many shared their precious memories of whitney, including her body guard, ray watson, who was with herother like her. but i say this, god gave us an angel, gave it to miss houston. and she shared it with the world. her voice was so beautifulment we would sing so much together. but we got to give a little back to all our entertainers. we got to treat them with dignity and treat them with love and stop ridiculing them. [ applause ] >> kevin costner, her co-star in the movie "the body guard" recalled how he and whitney shared a common bond beyond the movie, like whitney, costner said, he grew up as a member of a baptist church. >> the whitney i knew despite her success and world wide fame, still wondered, am i good enough? am i pretty enough? will they like me is this it was the burden that made her great and the part that caused her to stumble in the end. whitney, if you could hear me now, i would tell you, you weren't just good enough. you were great. >> as she proved to be a great musical talent for all to remember. her family said they had shared whitney's gift with the world and toda

that is a ray of hope for people at a time of increased isolation and international tension. wolf? >> ivan watson us. >>> the national weather serve has just confirmed with estimates winds. the winds blue, joining us on the phone from brandon, missouri, the storm's survivor, donna lowe. thanks very much for joining us. tell us where you were, what happened when this -- >> i was in bed sleeping. >> i ended up standing straight up. >> we're showing our viewers, donna, pictures of your trailer, your home upside down. did you get injured? were you badly bruised? >> no. >> i was holding on to that bed frame. >> and we can see your trail upsidedown. were there no sirens? no warning whatsoever? >> i could hear the winds, that's all i heard. what time did this occurred? >> i have no idea. i had gone to sleep at 12:30. i cake up within, and they said there was a tornado going through north of us, so i thought -- that was quite a ways from where i lived. i don't think i was asleep too long. i know by 2:00 everybody was on the other hand, long before 2:00. i was already out of the trailer by two. >> well, i