she knew because sam moore was an addict himself.d him to get help. ♪ 30 years later, performing at the apollo, he is reminded of nippy. the theater was a site of a memorial after her death, a death sam knows all too well was tough to prevent. >> if they want it, they going to get it. don, you got enablers. you even got parents. they know that their child is doing it. that person is the cash car. so what are they going to say? >> sam's wife joyce believes whitney's own family helped fuel her habit. >> members in whitney's family, immediate and extended that had their problems with drugs. >> the family declined to comment and did not respond to our questions about these claims. whitney's mother, gospel singer cissy houston talks about her daughter's drug abuse in remembering whitney. whitney's brother michael talked about it with oprah winfrey when he and his mother both gave their first interview since whitney's death. >> we played together. and everything that you're doing together as you're growing up. and then when you get into dr

and sam moore, i'll put you out here, former miss georgia here in the usa. e knows all about style and how to look good. sam, you could teach me a thing or two. thanks so much. >> oh, pish-posh. >> thanks, sam, and thank you all for watching us here on "cnn newsroom." i'm errol barnett. we appreciate you kicking off your weekend with us. in the u.s., "new day" is around the corner. for everyone else, i'll have your top stories. >>> she's at the center of the donald sterling fire storm. now his alleged girlfriend is defending him. hear what she says about the infamous audio exchange and what sterling is saying about her. >>> we are not stopping. that is the vow from ukraine with the pro-russian militants from the street and air. the violence is exploding. now, real fears this morning of an all-out sifrl war. >> more deadly than the flu. now this virus is in the u.s. for the very first time.

our meteorologist sam moore is in the world weather center.derstand you found interesting ways they found to beat this heat. >> that is right. you have to find novel ways to keep your cool when the heat is on. this is premonsoonal. the big heat wave that sets up the monsoon that brings in their seasonal rainfall during the summer. so across india and pakistan, look at some of these numbers. well above average. in the low 40s for yesterday's high temperatures. and more heat on the way. so they're trying to keep their cool here at the zoo by hosing off the animals. i'm sure this beautiful lion, look at that mane, i'm sure it's hot, though, wearing that fur coat. keeping cool with a nice hosing down there. here, this is an interesting new exhibit or i should say park in ahmadabad. you can go inside and get in the snow. they've got sleds and toboggans. you can play in the snow and make snow men. that's an interesting way to keep the heat, even though it's in the low 40s, outside. and the humidity on the rise here in the south as we start to get a

sam drafted last hour by the nfl's st. louis rams. this was his reaction, he got the news by phone from the rams team officials. so the nfl has its first openly gay player. terence moore is here, sports contributor to cnn.com. terence, you can see the emotion there. what a big moment for michael sams. what do you think the reaction is going to be? >> well, you know, this is going to be one of those things that's going to be a big deal for a little while, but as time goes on, is going to kaup down, particular if he makes a team and particularly if he does well, and again, you look at the st. louis rams, this is a team that likes to have pass rushers blitz a lot. he's been getting a lot of criticism, michael sam, for being what they call a tweener. a guy who's not quite a defensive end, not quite an nfl linebacker. if you blitz a lot, you can get we with that. but let me tell you something else here. and i hate to be somewhat of a killjoy here, but this could be just a little bit of a publicity stunt in this sense. the st. louis rams last year were second to last in the national football league in total attendance. only the oakland raiders drew less than the rams. and t

controller. [ male announcer ] to celebrate, visit your local benjamin moore dealer today and get $50 off every $250 purchase. >> sour dough sam getting new levis just in time for the debut of the new levis stadium. it will be a monthed -- modern new look. they're a dark pima cotton. 11 -- fashionable, and trendy. you can tell something is going on. what else could you want? >> how about free stuff? >> michael finney is here to talk about that. >> do you want to talk about this? >> i'm going to eat it. >> this is a crazy guy demanding the city give him a monthly stipend, which the city did. so great. there are now tours. that is what it looked like. by the way you now have a trivia answer. check this out. this is their video. why would you spend that money when you can get it free? >> okay. there you go. >> yes. please >> yes. >> what you have here is our next item. this is from melting pot. it's a premier mondayed yu restaurant. >> do you have a problem there? doing good? that is what you're seeing here is that you can get a chocolate fondue. >> all right. >> what you do... is dial this number. i ate mine. >> yes. >> thank yo

sam is just a rookie but he sounds pretty media savvy, doesn't he? let's talk about it and his brand with a branding expert and ceo of demand works and terence moore isor mlb.com. what stands out to you about michael sam? how would you say he's handled his dupuebut so far? >> he's an incredibly courageous guy for even having made the move he made a few months ago before the draft knowing what he was putting on the line. he's very authentic and i think he speaks from the heart and he's so obviously a team player, that he's moving his brand, i think, toward or how people perceive him toward the mainstream in a really effective way. but i also think that michael sam is benefiting enormously from a shift in american opinion in general. i mean, in 2003, 55% of the population opposed, for example, same-sex marriage and today 59% of americans support it. so there's been this really rapid and extensive shift in american opinion around inclusiveness, around sexual orientation issues, around the kinds of things that have been very polarizing. it helps his brand. not to say all that has disappeared but a different environment, a different landscape for him that

sam gross. commander darren fathering ham. acting commander zooef dobel, commander of the criminal investigations decision. lieutenant kelly moore, overseeing the investigation and lieutenant steve johnson assisting him in that regard. i'll be joined by dr steven kaminski director of service at cottage hospital. he'll speak following my remarks. i want to acknowledge and thank community leaders present here today to show support. we have our second district country supervisor janet wolf. our third district county supervise doreen farr, chancellor henry yang from the u.c. campus in santa barbara, dr lauri gaskin, the president of santa barbara's city college. carlos kenino the special agent in charge. los angeles office of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, dr leslie lunt, who is with the santa barbara county alcohol, drug and mental health services, mark dearelli the captain and commander of the santa barbara office of the california highway patrol. jeff skoba, the assistant chief for coastal division of the californian highway patrol and lieutenant dave malard of the u.c. santa barbara police department. this is our s

sam gross who's in charge of our law enfonsment operations commander darryn factoringham acting commander steve robel who's the commander of our criminal investigations division, lieutenant kelly moorecriminal investigation, and lieutenant steve johnson who is assisting him in that regard. i'm also going to be joined by dr. stephen kaminsky, who is the director of trauma services for cottage hospital, and he will be speaking following my remarks. i also want to acknowledge and thank the community leaders who are present here today to show their support. we have our second district county supervisor janet wolf, our third district county supervisor doreen farr, chancellor henry yang from the uc campus in santa barbara, dr. laurie gas kin who's the president of santa barbara city college, carlos canino who's the special agent in charge of the los angeles office of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. dr. leslie lunt who's with the santa barbara health and human services. mark who's the captain and commander of the santa barbara office of the california highway patrol. jeff skoe ba who is the assistant chief for the coastal division of the california highway patrol and lieutena

sam gross who is in charge of the law enforcement operations and commander dar own foodingham. and acting commander steverobell who is commander of the criminal division. and lieutenant kelly moore is overseeing the criminal investigation and lieutenant steve johnson assisting him in that regard. i am going to be joined by dr. stephen ka mi nsy who is the director of trauma services and he will be speaking following my remarks. i want to acknowledge and thank the community leaders who are present here today to show their support. and we have a second county district department janle wolf. and doreen far and chancellor henry ya ng in santa barbara. dr. lori gadsen who is the president of the the city college. and carlos, who is special agent in charge of the los angeles office of bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. and dr. lesly lunt who is with the mental health services and mark derely captain and commander of the santa barbara office of the california highway patrol. and jeff skoeba assistant chief for the coastal division of the california highway patrol and lieutenant dave malard of the usc santa barbara police department. this is our second press conference to present

sam's private journey trying to make the st. louis rams, the backlash erupted and the show has been postponed. bring back mark lamont hill and mark ferguson and joined by terrence moore columnist for mlb.com. terrence, the show postponed. should it just be canceled? >> i tell you what. it's hard to say no to oprah. i was one on oprah's show way back in the day. in this particular case, you have to pull the plug. this is reset. either michael sam has lousy pr people or he's not listening to them. i mean, everything he has done since he's been drafted has been a disaster from the pr sense. let's go backwards. okay? if you're seventh round pick, you cannot -- i'll repeat it, you cannot have a reality tv show. you just kpt do it. all right? second thing, if you're trying to make a social statement and want to tell people who you are and all that sort of thing, it's perfectly fine after you're drafted to have an interaction he had with his boyfriend. i mean, that's fine. but if you truly want to be remembered as a football player, you cannot do that. so he's got to have it one way or the other. so far, this is awful with what he says he's trying to do. >> yeah. walking in