a boycott of the grammys involving a famous actress and model. ctor movie debut and a rap video and let's get the scoop from the pop culture.com author courtney hazlett. what is going on here? >> well a coalition of musicians from all over who are saying that the decision of the grammys were made without notice, and the recording academy said it is false that they were up front and transparent and painstakingly clear about why and how the awards structuring was done, and any allegations that the process was carried out in secret or without transparency are doubt. and many are saying they should not watch the grammys because of this, but there are many other reasons not the watch the grammys, but the changes are good, but too many categories, and to make fewer categories is more compelling. >> but latin jazz is one of the categories that people are upset about. >> and if you make that argument, you can say you are alienating men and women, because some of the categories are no longer gender specific, and best artist. so i understand that people up

the general was 75. >>> next, what happened to grammy winner amy winehouse? management at the time kind of stepped over and thought they were being the good guys by stepping in and strong-arming me into a rehabilitation center. but didn't really need it. >> the troubled singer was found dead in her apartment in london. a live report is coming up. >>> and 29 people treated at a ballpark due to the intense heat. we'll tell you where and if there's any relief in sight. >>> a lot of you have been asking for information and sending information on social media. you can reach out to us, twitter, facebook, cnn.com/don and on foursquare. the book is called "transparent." woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting expensive. man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes eas

the grammy-winning talent found dead. >>> also, another new deadline set for the debt talks. house speaker, john boehner, says it's time to get this done, in a manner of hours before the asian markets open. >>> hello to you all. i am t. j. holmes. today is the day where many can wave the 24-hour standard waiting period so they can get married right away. many are starting to collect at city office around the city. and suzanne candiotti joins me now. what is it like around the clerk's office this morning? >> reporter: there is no missing the nervous energy and excitement that i think any couple that is about to get married is facing, and beyond that, t. j., this is a day that many gay rights activist have been waiting for for a lifetime. you can see the couples lining up and have been here for a couple hours. some women in wedding gowns as well. a lot of tuxedos. and there are 800 couples getting married here, and more than half here at city hall. i spent some time yesterday helping to get things done, and noticing a lot of jitters. these two are way beyond excited. would you

want to go to the grammies? we will get you right in on the red carpet.ng this egg in thinking i should have taken the chicken suit job today. >> bill: doesn't it for anybody make it almost impossible to top yourself? any time she goes anywhere she has to do something bizarre? she can't just show up and give a concert and t is flat. >> i hear next year she is coming to the grammies inside chris cristie. that i want wait to see. >> like the alien thing right through the chest, huh? >> oh, no, not again. >> there we go, hey. ♪ >> bill: who is to blame for these segments? all right. now, one month from tonight, one month from tonight miller and i will do the first bolder fresher show at the west bury theater on long island close to where i grew up. the theater has just put 300 new tickets on sale. it will be quite an evening. don't forget, mohegan sun on the 29th. in a moment, the jersey shore tv program may be out of control this upcoming season. then more scorn directed at casey anthony. wait until you s >> bill: from the back of the book segment tonight.

in 2008 she became the first british woman to bring home five grammies in a single night. >> the grammy amy winehouse. >> reporter: winning record of the year, song of the year, and best new artist. but the demons were already catching up to the diva as her popularity soared, her weight plummeted. drinking and drug problems made her concert appearances increasingly erratic. just this past june, when winehouse kicked off a european tour in belgrade, she seemed lost, unable to remember her own lyrics. fans booed her off stage. it would be her last performance. soon after, her tour was canceled. this and after, police were called to her london home. >> the body of a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the scene and i can confirm the deceased is amy winehouse. >> reporter: in music, a history of tragedy hasn't written after 27th birthdays. janis joplin, jimi hendrix, jim morrison, and kurt cobain, all died in their 27th year. amy jade winehouse, a singer who somehow seemed destined to die young, has now joined their sad polite. so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done

michael rapaport is a talented actor who has gone behind the camera for a documentary about the grammy-nominated him pop group a tribe called quest. here now a scene from "beats, rhymes and life." >> the yin and yang, that was the perfect marriage. >> he picks the best loops. we would not be here. >> the only change is seeing those guys' relationship deteriorate. what's he had a problem with me. >> i am in a group with you. you are not my daddy. >> that was in it for me. >> good things to come to an end. tavis: we will talk in a moment about a tribe called quest. what is it about music documentaries that make them work? >> music documentaries, obviously, the music is always the star of the show. if that is really well done, it can be something more revealing, or interpersonal about a subject or the groups that you are doing a documentary about. i have been inspired by many documentaries before i thought about this. one by martin scorsese or "give me shelter" by the rolling stones and their concert that went terribly wrong that had nothing to do with the concert. tavis: is this one done well? >>

police say they do not note what killed the grammy winner. her today in her apartment but many are speculating her death is connected to her substance abuse. >>> retired army general john shall i -- shashalikashvili. he came to the u.s. as a teenager and reportedly learned english from watching john wayne movies. the president called him an extraordinary soldier statesman. the general was 75 a cross made of steel beams is now in a permanent new home. it was moved from a church in lower manhattan to the nearby site where national september

winehouse singing her hit "rehab" it carries historical significant right now, officials found the grammyning singer dead in her apartment. wine house became as well known for her addiction problems as for her talent. we're joined now live from london with the very latest. do we know anymore about the circumstances that led police to her apartment, anita? >> don in the last hour police came out to address reporters just outside of amy winehouse's north london home and they made a statement confirming what we already know that it was indeed amy winehouse who was found dead in her apartment this afternoon here london time. they're still saying that her death is still uncomplained and that a post mortem hasn't taken place yet and only then they will have a definitive idea of what caused her death. as we know, her substance abuse, drug addiction as well as alcohol addiction has been well documented not only in hiss songs but also in tabloids as well. not to mention also the performances that she had, many fans saying basically she just didn't seem with it. her latest performance on her europe

, it gets tested at that moment because it's like, you know, you wore that flag on your back at the grammys, and that's the first time they saw the haitian flag on tv but what does that mean, though? if you can't be on the ground right now picking up your own brothers and sisters, you see. >> in our years, we've covered race. >> for the young brothers and sisters, who have like i had, a rage at the center of my soul, how do you transform that rage or channel that rage into positive venues? >> we questioned responsibility. >> we have to take immediate responsibility for the images that we portray of ourselves. we cannot expect for others to respect us if we don't respect ourselves. therefore, we go out of the way to show the positive images of african-americans as much as we possibly can. >> and targeted violence in our community. >> i think we've got to say enough. we've got to stand up, we've got -- this is not about just saving a child. this is about saving thousands of kids. >> we asked are the police friend or foe? >> the concept of policing as a friend but when you have those agencies

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police say they do not note what killed the grammy winner. speculating her death is connected to her substance abuse. >>> retired army general john shall i -- shalikashvilshalikas. he came to the u.s. as a teenager and reportedly learned english from watching john wayne movies. the president called him an extraordinary soldier statesman. the general was

we are responsible for the grammy awards. we are also a membership organization. represent about 1,600 members here in the bay area and northern california. we strongly support this piece of legislation, we think it's really important to offer opportunities for performing musicians. this is the smallest of small businesses. is a performing musical artist. to be able to give these artists more places to perform is a way that we can give to some of the more disadvantaged members of our society, a place where they can actually go out and work and earn a living and support themselves and their families. this promotes, this piece of legislation promotes the ability of all types of general rass of music to be heard in ways that they are often neglected and ignored or just simply do not have a venue. this is a piece of legislation that i believe could help both the city of san francisco from a cultural standpoint as well as an economic development standpoint. because as we bring more arts and culture and musical groups and musical performers and artists into the city, it

she is turned numerous awards including a lifetime achievement award at the grammys. rs entertaining during the racially charged '50s and '60s thealthough she experienced a first hand bush will not talk about even when i asked her about it. her a hesitancy to mention their racial discrimination she may have experienced over the years does not surprise her attorney and longtime friend linda mensch. >> it is certainly an issue with the music industry generally that black artists are not paid as well as white artists. her focus is so dedicated to children and children's music that the issue of pay, the way she gets paid is through the heart. famishes working on a documentary based on her life. >> in my view and the view of the folks i am working with to produce a documentary about her, we see her and we do not see herself in this way but we see her as a real leader in the civil rights movement and on some later so to speak and i think the way she teaches will be part of her legacy peter. >> her lawyer didsaid that the company has been using her music for years. and they h

and had five grammys and had been hailed as one of the most talented singers of her age but her success was often overshadowed by a well documented struggle with drugs and alcohol the subject of her hit song rehab last month canceled a european tour after being booed off the stage during a performance in belgrade serbia. congress and the white house have failed to break a stalemate in negotiations in the u.s. national debt ceiling lawmakers must approve raising the fourteen point three trillion dollar limit or august second who avoid where the fall both republicans and democrats say the world's financial markets are at risk if the u.s. fails to pay its massive debts but president obama has already rejected any kind of quick fix measure as it could jeopardize investor confidence and the u.s. is triple a credit rating. the latest operations led by nato and afghan forces sixteen insurgents were killed in the country's south the raid comes in response to renewed taliban activity as nato begins a gradual withdrawal from afghanistan the plan is to require all foreign combat forces by the end

michael winger, president of the san francisco recording academy and the organization responsible for the grammy awards. we represent music kree yaytors and music professionals and feel this is incredibly beneficial to some of the smallest businesses which is working musicians and will create jobs and more work for the communities. there is nothing that gives an area more local flavor than the local live musicians. and this legislation is incredibly important in allowing more people to perform music live legally. and music is a magnet of culture and brings people into the city and keeps people in the neighborhoods. and if we allow more music into more neighborhoods in a setting which is not necessarily loud rock shows but a great diversity of music that is currently unheard to have a place to perform will be incredibly powerful for san francisco as a city and keep musicians in town. we have lost a lot of the music community to east bay and other regions due to the expense of working and living in san francisco and with a permit that is low cost and allows businesses that don't necessarily genera

the crowd. her 2006 album sold 10 million and won 5 grammys. >> the grammy goes to amy winehouse!> reporter: in march this year, she recorded a duet with tony bennett. tonight, he called her an exceptional talent and said that he had been honored d sing with her. but with the spectacular highs came desperate lows. tonight, she adds her name to tragic list of rock legends dead at the age of 27. janis joplin and kurt cobain. this is the track "rehab." ♪ make me go to rehab >> reporter: a defiaia answer about her refusal to get help. but they were taking her toll. this was her in 2004, this i i just three years later. with the physical decline came arrests for drug possession. seemed to spend as much time in police stations as she did on stage. soon the suicidal lifestyle affected her performance. just last month she was booed off stage here in belgrade. the tour was canceled. her own videos sometimes seem to echo the fears of friends and family about where it was all leading. her father said that he already prepared her eulogy. tonight, their worst fears came true. simon mcgregor-wo

me and then my manager call med the next day and he was like, you had a fabulous performance at the grammys plateless car with no license looking like a grandma. i was so -- i'm like, it's amazing! it's so fabulous. was not happy. >> jimmy: he was not amused? >> very angry. >> jimmy: got to be a little weird, because you're this big star and you, all these people work for yo but still, you've got people that say, you can't do this, youan't do that. and you kind of have to listen tohem, right? >> well, i think perhaps the reason we're all here is because i'm not very good at listening, am i? >> jimmy: yeah, maybe so. [ applause ] you are nominated, your hbo special, nominated for five emmy awards. will go you? >> yes. is that the award music? >> jimmy: and get ready, because also, you are nominated for the bowling hall of fame, i've heard. that's got to be even more -- are you a bowler? >> um -- i am a good bowl er pre-budweiser. >> jimmy: i see. >> yh. and then once the beers start loading up, i become worse and worse, which is really great for whoever is taking me out on a date. i'm a good

grammy but it did win a restraining order. [laughter] recently i decided that it was time for me to jump back into the music biz-iz-ness. needed a superstar producer to launch my comeback. and i found former. white stripe and nine-time grammy-winning rock guitar god jack white. ♪ white recently started his own production company, third man records, clearly the perfect person to turn this person from a has been into a has is. [laughter] tonight, i bring you part one of my three part series stephen colbert presents 2001 and one a rock odyssey. to revive my career i journeyed to nashville, tennessee, nash vegas, music city and home of third man records. i sat down with recording artist and label executive jack white. >> this is incredibly exciting. >> for me too. >> stephen: this is an amazing moment sitting across from a true genius, an icon from a generation. what does it feel like for you to be across from me? >> i know -- i don't know how to put it into words. >> stephen: okay. >> it's funny. >> stephen: don't try. if you don't know how don't try. >> i don't know how to put it into words. >> stephen: shhh. you are both

the grammy winner was found dead inside the home yesterday.horities say they are waiting for the results of the autopsy to determine her cause of death but she has struggled drug and alcohol abuse throughout her career. >> for the second time a large quake has jolted japan, the same area devastated by a deadly quake and tsunami. the quake was 6.2. the center was 59 miles off the coast from the city. just yesterday a 6.4 quake struck that same area. there are no reports of injuries or damage from either quake. about 23,000 were killed or left missing after the march 11th quake and tsunami. >> in other news, some hope in eastern china in the aftermath of yesterday's train crash after a child was rescued from the wreck. a 4-year-old was found just as rescuers were wrapping up clan up efforts. there is no word on the condition. yesterday's crash killed 43 and juried hundreds of others. lighting caused one train to loose power, a second then hit it. more clashes in egypt as men armed with knives and sticks attacked thousands of protesters. more tha

♪ >>> amy winehouse performing at the grammys back in 2008. london today, still no official word on what killed the troubled 27-year-old singer. her body was found yesterday in her apartment. let's bring in nina dosantos in london. when will we know the cause of death? >> it's likely that we'll know the cause later on in the week. for the moment the police are standing guard outside her home, they're currently treating this death as unexplained. they're performing the postmortem tomorrow. that's when we'll start to get a clearer picture of what exactly caused this extremely talented young british artist to die at a young age of just 27. >> and what has the investigation revealed so far? i mean, her body was found. who located her in the house? >> reporter: we don't have confirmation of exactly who found her. it's safe to say the police were the people who found her at 4:05 p.m. local time yesterday. so it's about 26, 27 hours since her body was discovered in that property behind me. i should bring you up to date with the number of tributes tha

the grammy winner was found dead in her london home on saturday. she battled alcohol and drug addiction. last month fans in belgrade, serbia booed her off the stage after she slured her way through barely recognizable songs. it was to be the first stop on her european come back tour. her management canceled the rest of the tour. now back to huckabee for all of your latest headlines go to fox news .com. you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox newschannel. >>> june 29, 2009, it said people have a right 20* exist, maintain and strengthen cultures and traditions. a lot of israelis believe that could speak very well to israel. >> we are an indigenous people. we have only been here 4,000 years, that's all. about the time of -- when abraham came here and the sons of jacob, one was called benjamin. it has only been 3800 years. we are pretty indig jus -- indigenous. >> israel should be in a pretty good position. is it a useful tool that israel has internationally and globally to be able to point to the u.n's own rules? and the resolutions to say

in 2008 she became the first british woman to bring home five grammys in a single night. >> the grammy, song of the year, and best new artist. the demons were already catching up to the diva, as her popularity soared, her weight plummeted. drinking and drug problems made her concert appearances increasingly erratic. just this past june when winehouse kicked off a european tour in belgrade, she seemed lost, unable to remember her own lyrics. fans booed her off stage. it would be her last performance. soon after her tour was canceled. in music a history of tragedy has been written after 27th birthdays. janice joplin, jim where i hendricks, jim morrison, and curt cobain all died in their 27th year. amy j. winehouse, a singer who somehow seemed destined to die young, has now joined their sad club. ♪ >> and you look at all those talented people to be taken so early. >> you just wonder what could have been and it's a tragedy all around. >>> betty nguyen with one more check of the headlines. we go back to her. >> good morning. the man who confessed to killing g people were shot and killed, po

jon stewart, here's jon stewart at the grammys or emmys or whatever they give for television.'t know because i'll never win one, but here he is with his writers. he's got 15 writers for this segment. i believe he's had as many as 40 writers. he uses these writers for six minutes of television and a total of 22 minutes a night. whoa. i want to bring in my writers, bring them all in because we have never seen them. can you bring them? bring them in. oh, here they are. dan and pat. hi, dan. hi, pat. see. its easy to speak from the heart. its easy to do things when you actually believe them. we've done it with a remarkably small and dedicated staff and remarkably large and dedicated audience and we thank you for that. >> glenn: my whole world has changed because of the time we spend together every day at 5:00, this is the last program. i want to show you little things that because we've met, things change. holding money. if i -- i wouldn't have said this two and a half years ago. i look at this one, ben franklin. abolitionists. willing to go looking crazy, go to his grave looking

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london police found the grammy award winner dead in her apartment. ey don't know how she died at this point. she's well known for her adetectivetion problems as well as her talent. we have the very latest from london. we just saw the body recently of amy winehouse being taken and put into a private ambulance. to police -- are they saying anything more about the circumstances surrounding her death at her apartment? >> reporter: police came out in the last hour to give a statement to reporters and they were saying right now all they are saying it's unexplained. they also said while there's been a lot of speculation and rumors she may have died of a drug overdose they said that's unconfirmed as a post mortem has not been done. we don't know when that will take place. police have been very limited in what they have been revealing. based on amy winehouse's past, we know her past has been well documented and troubled with drug and alcohol addiction, not only in her songs but with what we've been seeing in the newspapers and tabloids. even on stage when she

the grammy award winning singer was just 27. >>> an ohio jury has found anthony sowell guilty in connectiona kidnapping, abuse of corpses and murder of 11 women around cleveland. the crimes took place between 2007 and 2009. the verdict makes him eligible for the death penalty. >>> records are being broken by this latest heat wave. the mid-atlantic states are bearing the brunt of this searing heat now. it killed more than two dozen people across the country. temperatures are hitting triple digits again today. it is especially dangerous for people who work outside. >> it was hitting the beams and just evaporating immediately. it is hot. >> the temperature at this work site in d.c. registered a mind boggling 133 degrees. >>> let's get back to one of our big stories of the day, the debt talks in the nation's capital. president obama met with congressional leaders at the white house this morning to try to solve the debt ceiling crisis and the big question is why did the meeting last less than an hour? let's bring in congressional correspondent kate bolduan. what more can you tell us about the co

they don't know how the grammy award winning singer died.nd her in her apartment saturday and many speculate her death is connected to her wool chronicled substance abuse. well-wishers are leaving con doll,s in front of her home. winehouse was just 27 years old. >>> and the owners approved a new agreement. now, will the players? hall of famer fran tarkenton is back right after the break. come on, fran. let's talk about it. >> all right. hey can i play with the toys ? sure, but let me get a little information first. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. man on tv: ...rbis and 36 homers. swings at the first pitch and fouls it deep back into the stands. [ding] [fans whirring] announcer: chill raw and

the grammy award winning singer was just 27 years old. >>> asian financial markets opened lower monday the failure of washington leaders to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling. president obama met sunday with top democrats and house speaker john boehner held a conference call with fellow republicans. an obama campaign official tells cnn the president has canceled two political fund-raising appearances because of the debt ceiling impasse. >>> 35 people are dead and more than 200 injured after a high-speed train crashed in china. the cars of the bullet train dangle from a bridge as rescuers struggle to reach the victims. witnesses told china national radio that one train stopped on the tracks because of a power outage from a lightning strike. that's when the second train traveling in the same direction rear ended it causing four of the cars to derail. >>> the new york hotel maid who accused the former director of the international monetary fund of rape is going public with her story. in an interview with "newsweek," nafissatou diallo describes the alleged sexual assault in vivid det

the grammy award-winning singer was just 27. >>> back in this country, u.s. house speaker john boehner says he will try to reach a debt deal with lawmakers instead of with president barack obama. boehner ended talks with the white house yesterday over tax hikes which republicans are refusing to consider in any deficit reduction plan. he and other congressional leaders then met with the president at the white house this morning. we'll have more on those talks in a live report straight ahead. >>> about 4,000 faa workers could be furloughed today. congress adjourned last night without reauthorizing funding for the agency. essential staff like air traffic controllers will remain on the job, but faa engineers and construction workers are among those facing furloughs. the government will also lose about $200 million a week in airline taxes. >>> los angeles police say a man arrested for beating a san francisco giants fan outside dodgers stadium this spring was the wrong man. the charge against giovanni ramirez was dropped. two other suspects have been arrested now i

. >>> and more on the sudden death of grammy winning singer amy winehouse, the new details about her final hours. ,,,,,,,,,,,, and an autopsy today failed to the singer. >>> a private funeral for grammy winning singer amy winehouse is set for tomorrow. >> an autopsy today failed to determine what killed the singer. winehouse's parents visited mourners outside her home today. they say she saw her doctor on friday and received a clean bill of health. she was found dead by her body guard the next day. he says he saw no evidence of drugs. police say the autopsy didn't find a cause of death. further toxicology results will take 2 to 4 weeks. >>> the cost of some of the most widely used drugs are dropping and the savings will be significant. for example, the price of prodon ek to treat heart burn would go from $170 a month to $16. >> hi mr. tepper. nice to see you again. >> i ra tepper spends hundreds of dollars a year on lipitor, but says it is worth it to keep his cholesterol in check. >> if you take a look at my charts or all the blood work i've done everything is straight down the midd

education reform a major focus for the grammy-award winning artist. h us about education and his efforts to combat childhood obesity is john legend. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> we've long said on this program the great equalizer on this country is supposed to be a public education or quality education. 1.2 million kids dropped out. every 26 or 27 seconds a kid is a dropout. where do we begin? >> it begins, well, first of all, starts at home of course. as parents and as community members, we have to do a better job of nurturing our kids and preparing them for school. but realizing that a lot of kids grow up in circumstances, a lot of kids don't have the resources at home. we know that great schools can make a huge difference in kids' lives. i work with some great schools, some of them in new york, some of them around the country, and they're proving that working with the same kids that are challenged, the same kids that are failing in our schools, the same types of kids are coming to these schools and doing well. they have gre

in 2008 she became the first british woman to bring home five grammys in a single night. >> the grammyehouse. >> reporter: winning record of the year, song of the year, and best new artist. but the demons were already catching up to the diva as her popularity soared, her weight plummeted. drinking and drug problems made her concert appearances increasingly erratic. just this past june when winehouse kicked off a european tour in belgrade she seemed lost, unable to remember her own lyrics. fans booed her off stage. it would be her final performance. soon after, her tour was canceled. saturday afternoon, police were called to her london home. >> upon arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. next of kin have been informed. i can confirm that the deceased is amy winehouse. >> what people are looking for in a singer a lot of times is a sense of authenticity. she had way too much authenticity. >> reporter: in music a history of tragedy has been written after 27th pirt day, janis joplin, jimi hendrix, jim morrison and kurt cobain all died i

the grammy award winner was found dead yesterday at her north london home.t 27 years old. earlier i spoke to ian drew of "us weekly" who said it was clear she was a standout very early on in her career. >> she had an incredible fragility and vulnerability that i think is what set her apart as an artist. in speaking to her, there was just such a frailty there under everything. emotionally, she was very sort of unguarded. and i found that so refreshing and so beautiful. and i think that the great artists of all time sort of have that in them. >> for the latest now we head to nbc's tazeen ahmad, who's in london for us. tazeen-w a good morning to you. i know it's a somber day there in london. when might we learn what happened to amy winehouse? >> reporter: what we're going to learn, it will probably take place over the next few days. the autopsy is now expected to happen tomorrow rather than today. police are saying that the circumstances around her death are unexplained but not suspicious. so we still have to wait for those results to find out what's going on.

death remains unexplained in the twenty seven year old star one of marriott of awards including the five grammys for her music and she had been hailed as one of the most talented singers of her age and her success was often overshadowed by well documented battles with drugs and alcohol the subject of her hit song rehab and last month she canceled her european tour after being a booed off stage during a performance in serbia. the latest operations led by nato with afghan forces sixteen and search its have been killed in the country's south well the raid comes response to renewed taliban activity as nato begins a gradual withdrawal from i've got to stop well the plan is to recall all foreign combat troops by the end of twenty fourteen and nato military commander of the country general john allen wants quote tough times ahead for the war effort earlier this month the afghan president's half brother was assassinated by one of his own bodyguards and a separate incident one of have made cars top advisers has also got down well that you are activist brian becker thinks the u.s. led coalition is losing

. >> as we learn haunting new details of the grammy winner's lonely final hours. n frazier. >> i'm brooke anderson. >> "the insider" is on. >> singer amy winehouse is being laid to rest today. a source tells us, amy did it all, crack, heroin and cocaine. >> inside amy's demons as friend, kelly osbourne pays tribute today. >> the funeral and cremation. >> has a battle erupted over amy's millions? >> is there any chance money could go to her ex-husband who is in jail right now? >> kim k.'s mom -- on the record about cashing in on her own children. >> give up 20% and give kourtney my 10. >> is it weird getting a check from your kids? >> that's a great question.