. >> sam moore. you probably know him better as half of the '60s singing duo sam and dave. but known for their hit "soul man." yet a drug addiction brought him to the bottom, devastating his life and career. >> his life intersected with whitney houston in many ways through the years. and at the end, he hoped to help bring houston back from her addiction. don lemon has the story. >> reporter: it was february 12th, 2011. 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

sam lewis' mother, hannah mendenhall's grave. if they wanted to exhume, that would be their determination. daniel moore was the son of henry and sarah moore. he was from prince william county, virginia. his siblings were taken to washington, d.c. and owned by mildred ewell. she was able to sell them to the union government. the union did pay upon emancipation money for slaves determined at the value of their owners. this is the only time that the federal government bought out slaves from their owners. on charity smith and evelyna moore were the sisters of daniel moore. they were witnesses on the pension for their mother, sarah moore. this is a picture of edgehill farm where daniel moore and his family lived and served the ewell family. i particularly like this picture of the fireplace because that is a fire that they would have undoubtedly tended. this is an outbuilding on the farm. it no longer exists. this is general richard ewell. and he plays a major role in the history of robert cooke, another sailor aboard the monitor. at the end of the war, he knew that gloucester county, virginia, was falling t

sam stein and catty kay. mark, game change premiere, washington last night. the star spangled event. tom cruise there and julian moor- >> you meant tom hanks. unless tom cruise was there and i missed him. >> tom hanks, tom cruise, it is the same thing. >> hbo does things very well and people seemed to like the film. >> and again they go away talking about that woman that we came in with, sarah palin. and i heard it again last night. a lot of people have a lot more respect for her especially the fight that she has. people just didn't realize that before she was going into debates. she was giving off the fun with her son hearing gun fire in the background and all that she went through. almost superhuman. >> one reason hbo was so attracted to the story was because she had those pressures. when people see the film tomorrow night i think they will see a pretty compelling portrait of somebody fighting back and dealing with a lot of adversity in a spot light. >> the irony of that clip is she is talking about the vetting process. when nicole wallace cornered woody harrellson and said did you guys not vet her? it was a rush.