the body of whitney houston now moved to the los angeles county morgue. was found yesterday in a beverly hills hotel room just hours before she was expected to attend a huge party ahead of the world's largest awards show. just 48 years old. reports paramedics discovered had her lifeless body in a bathtub and tmz reports prescription bottles in the room at the beverly hilton shall no word how that will figure into the investigation, thursday night houston attended a rehearsal for the grammy awards and witnesses at that party claiming she appeared disheveled, but singer who appeared with her at a club said she was happy. whitney on thursday night was one of the girls. of course, houston's past trouble well-known she admitted to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills and going to rehab more than once before telling oprah winfrey in 2010 she was finally drug-free. houston sometimes volatile marriage to singer bobby brown had been splashed on the tabloids and they divorced in 2007. from all accounts she started to bounce back and her mentor, clive davis, was hold

station sixty five is in the south los angeles area of our city. they actually have to paramedic rescues down there one of our busiest engine companies we have in the city of los angeles and unfortunately can't keep personnel that long there they come there they gather a lot of experience in a relatively short period of time and they want to go on to a better place. people will. still be a. thief three x. . firefighters at first were even e.m.t. and then they became e m t's and from my understanding it's a lot of firefighters pocket that maybe one of the many e.m.'s in fact when i started my venture as a firefighter i didn't want to do me a mass and i started out want to just do firefighting and they told us go get your empty license i said i can't hear you and can't do it and i took an e.m.t. course and i thought all right i'll do it took the class just to get a license to try to get hired i was only thing i was planning on doing it was just using the license to get out and it turned out that i thoroughly enjoyed the events aspect of it as well wit

punchdrunk deny my moscow's boxes celebrates a five nil whitewash over the los angeles matadors in the world series. but we start with tennis where in moscow team russia have put their place in the semifinals of the fed cup after a three one victory over spain after taking a tuna lead on saturday ten russia were able to complete the job on sunday spain did haul the deficit when world number thirty three now they have to try the last in straight sets to collar suarez in the fall of six six three is not sort of a finish by an off with a three sets when i was sylvia so that espinosa the russian easily took the arming set six to her she lost the second despite leading for one at one stage however she came back strong to take the third six two four six six three the final score russia will face a home tie against the belgium or serbia and they will some finals while the still uncertainty over whether sharapova will once again be available. when we have. the problem with sharapova is not her desire to play but the fact that she's participating in a lot of tournaments held in the states and i

we also know from the los angeles county coroner that whitney houston's body is at the los angeles morgue and an autopsy could be performed today, could be performed tomorrow. they're not saying when they might release the results of that autopsy. it depends on what they find. they're saying once that autopsy is performed we could have some preliminary results tomorrow, but perhaps depending on what is found it could take several weeks. we are also can pass along information that is being reported by the celebrity news website tmz and they are reporting, according to the family members of whitney houston and according to sources who were on the scene, that pill bottles were found in whitney houston's hotel room, that she was actually found in the bath it tub and that cpr efforts were initially begun on her by her bodyguard. those efforts, we know, were continued by the los angeles fire department which was also on scene. obviously those efforts failed. so that is the latest on the investigation. the people that we've reached out to who are there at the scene, have either not responded to

in just the last half hour, the los angeles coroner said no information will be released on whitney houston's autopsy for now, at the request of police investigators. the pop diva's death is casting a shadow over tonight's grammy awards. bigad shaban with more. >> reporter: a bittersweet day in los angeles. the stars, top performers at the red carpet came and went, all

the best for. us. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand superdome is not enough not enough apartment beds and not enough nurses. to take care of all the people. the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to ask i started out i want to just do firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the farmer problem is medical i've had a rescue a couple weeks ago waited four hours. i've waited sometimes three hours but i wouldn't say it's a francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall of patients and we have a federal law that mandates that if you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. least. move. down the official altie allocation tool on the phone called talk from the jumps to . launch

they used modern-day locations in the downtown los angeles to represent the los angeles of yesteryear. >>"the artist" tells a story about l.a. in the past. >> it holds dozens of ancient theaters from the 1920's built to show a silent films. this is the los angeles theater the way it looks today. switch it to black and white and it really does look like the 1920's. interior and exteriors include this building across the street. this building appears in the film as an actor descends one way while and actors climbs up the other. this gated section of the park provided exteriors of actor's homes, also using this grand villa. the hollywood sign appears as hollywoodland. the letters spelling "land" came down in the 1940's. >> i believe this is the movie that will win best picture tomorrow night. >> there has been so much buzz about it. that is one of the big categories to watch. coming up tonight at 11:00, we are going to take you inside the world of hollywood into thewhere celebrities received tens of thousands of dollars. >> i have never seen so much loot. i will talk about one category a

that take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to so i started out running just to firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem this medical had a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i wouldn't say say frances in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall in the face and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. we. street. exactly a year after. protesters are calling for the. immediately accusing them of hindering reform. more pressure is. a new resolution blaming. the first killing of a high ranking military officer protests began. with more cuts in exchange for cash people their frustration on the streets of athens. which now has to be given the green light by parliament. fifte

punch-drunk the nominee moscow's boxes celebrates a fall you know why watch over the los angeles not always in the world series. but we start with tennis where in moscow team russia have booked their place in the semifinals of the fed cup after a three one victory over spain after taking a tiriel lead on saturday team russia were able to see the job through well the explain the deficit when world number thirty three not lost in straight sets to call of suarez navarro six love six three. because now it's over finished with a three sets win over sylvia so that espinosa the russian easily took the opening set six two but lost the second despite leading four one at one stage however she came through in the six two four six six three the final school russia the price of home tie against either belgium or serbia in a semi final thoughts. on the english premier league where manchester united have the chance to close the gap on rivals or league leaders manchester city they're taking on chelsea at stamford bridge a win for united in their proper level on points with city of the sun mates howev

the city attorney of los angeles is here today to salute him. very distinguished justice is here today in justice mow renault to give -- moreno to give him the oath of office. one of the things i learned over a lot of years, ladies and gentlemen, is nobody does anything by themselves. it's all a team effort. so the assistant d.a.'s that work with this new d.a., the judges that the cases are presented before, all of this is extraordinarily important. and i was very proud to support george gascon in this race for district attorney. and i did so because of his record, because of his consistency, because of his directness, because of his ability. i'm very proud that gavin newsom as mayor appointed him police chief and then district attorney and many times people who are appointed can't win in an election, but george gascon did win and today he is here on his own as an elected official with 62% of the vote in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> he is the 12th elected d.a. and our first hispanic american district attorney. [applause] >>

you ♪ will always love >> regarding her death investigation, the los angeles county coroner confirms nbc news that prescription pill bottles were found in her room, but it could be six to eight weeks to determine the cause of death. >> the person could have suffered a heart attack or embolism or something. no matter what medications they are taking, we're not going to speculate. >> condolences continue to pour in from all over the world, including one from nelson mandela. >> it is a tragedy. we are at a loss for words. >> she had the gift of wanting to live, wanting to sing. that light has been taken out. >> the corner is expected to release her body to her family so they can make arrangements for her funeral service. >> as you heard, the los angeles coroner says it will take weeks to determine how the singer and actress whitney houston died. the legendary star died over the weekend. her body was found inside a hotel bathtub. we are told there were no signs of trauma. a woman living in baltimore is remembering her job but growing up with whitney houston -- her childhood growing up wi

monsanto serving on the council the board of commissioners in the city of lost angeles park and recreation the board of commissioners of the los angeles memorial coliseum and executive commission of the los angeles opera. the praise for his book as when wonderful including a the following the. >> it challenges assumptions and offers a way for word in that area of great importance to our nation. please help me to wellcome barry sanders. [applause] >> it is an honor and privilege to be here brahmans bookstore it. it is an institution in southern california the oldest and largest. the book "american avatar" derives from years of the king of the issue of how people form their ideas it is a book about ideas but i try to write it in a way from the point* of view of human nature and common sense. what i am asking when i talk about images of america not just why they hate us but you'll find the majority of people have a favorable impression that the question i am asking is how do people come by their ideas? how do they derive any idea? asked about the image of ecuador or finland and they may have some warren nine but it is worth talki

. >>> parents staged a protest today outside the los angeles elementary school rocked by allegation of lewd conduct charges against to teachers. the protests comes ahead of tonight's scheduled meeting between parents and the los angeles unified superintendent. today the district announced the school will be closed tomorrow and wednesday. officials say it is related to the investigation but not sure what will be happening. last week teacher mark berndt was charged with committing lewd acts on 23 children from 6 to 10. between 2005 and . four days later another teacher martin springer was arrested on suspicion of fondling two girls in his classroom. >> this morning st. ignatius high in san francisco reopened for the first time since the norovirus out brach sickened more than 300 students and 30 teachers. wednesday school officials and health department shut the school down after students began reporting stomach flu. crews scrubbed the school with bleach. norovirus is highly contagious and can be passed by casual contact. >>> fire investigators will spend the day trying to find a cause fo

dynamics' performance dhamma moscow's boxes whitewash the los angeles matadors five mail in the russian capital. but we start with tennis here in moscow where team russia are vying for a place in the second round of the fed cup they're taking on spain in the olympic stadium but it hasn't gone to plan so far on sunday after taking a two no late on saturday to russia have seen their advantage of the world number thirty three ninety of the troika lost in straight sets to call it swallows novato six love six straight so that means that long that is not so it will have to be sylvia so espinosa to avoid a decisive doubles rubber she's comfortably taken the first set six two and she leads three love sixteen russia are almost there that one set away they last won the event in two thousand and eight. sticking with tennis but moving to the men's game thomas burdick's will meet again one face in the open so to france find him on pele later on sunday talk think about it needing only two secs to knock out the cold front of germany the world number seven wrapping things up with a few difficulties six

houston's body is in the los angeles county morgue waiting an autopsy. the beverly hills police say they will release information on their investigation tomorrow. >>> we have a team of correspondents following this story. casey wian covering the police investigation and entertainment reporter kareen wynter covering the reaction from the music industry and the mood thus far at the grammys and deb feyerick in new jersey getting reaction in whitney's hometown of newark. we'll get to all of them. let's begin with casey wian in los angeles. what is the latest on this investigation? >> well, fredricka, as you can imagine beverly hills police are being careful about what they say less than 24 hours after the death of singer whitney houston. what we do know is beverly hills police department received a 911 call yesterday afternoon, 3:55 p.m., responded to the beverly hilton hotel, excuse me, 3:43 p.m. the call came in. responded to the beverly hilton hotel. already on the scene were the fire department and hotel security. they found whitney houston there unrespon

it's the same wind effect that drives the santa anas through the los angeles basin so we get the tail end. not as strong as what we're going to see in the los angeles area but enough wind to bring our temperatures into the 80s. morgan hill, 80 degrees for you. 77 in san jose. about 72 in danville. and san francisco today, 75 degrees. i brought your temperature up a couple degrees right by the water. elsewhere, we're going to level out where we ended up yesterday. through friday we start to drop to about 70 degrees, saturday into sunday things change. we cool off, more clouds, then showers monday into tuesday. staying cool next week. pretty good shower chances, wednesday and thursday as well. the next week looking much different. you look at the start of the seven-day versus the end, we're going to have changing weather around here so get ready for that. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, christina. 4:48. the army private accused of feeding classified information to wikileaks is set to be arraigned. bradley manning, a former military analyst faces a host of violations of army re

of the los angeles memorial coliseum, and the executive commission of the los angeles opera. that praise for this book has been wonderful, including the following from howard berman. in challenges assumptions and offers a way forward in this area of great importance to our nation. please help me welcome barry sanders. [applause] >> thank you. it's an honor and privilege to be here at vroman's brookstore. vroman's as a institution in southern california from the altar largest bookstore and it's wonderful to be here today. the book "american avatar" is a book that derives from years of thinking about the issue of images of our country and how people form their ideas. it's a book about ideas, but i try to write in a way that looks at it from the point of view of human nature and commonsense. so what i'm asking what i talk about images of america is not just the question of why they hate us, though there are people out there who do hate us, but you'll find the majority people around the world have always still to this day have a favorable impression of this country. so the questio

with the los angeles cou >>> welcome back, 4:41. a death certificate has been filed for whitney houston with the los angeles county department of health. it says that the possible singer will be buried in westfield, new jersey, at the cemetery where her father was laid to rest in 2003. the document lists the manner of death as pending investigation with the immediate cause of death listed as deferred. investigators are waiting for toxicology test results which could still take a few weeks. there are no plans for a public memorial but her funeral will be live online. the saturday service in new jersey is invitation-only at the request of the family. fans though have been placing flowers just outside new hope baptist church, where houston sang when she was a child. >>> 4:42 now. the house and senate could vote tomorrow to extend the payroll tax cut to the end of the year. negotiators sealing an agreement on capitol hill. it will save the average worker $20 a week. it stops cuts in medicare reimbursements to doctors. >>> two republican

is it unusual for the los angeles coroner's office not to be there yet. >> they are like every other rnment agency. the first thing they need to do is get the jurisdiction of the police force. i can tell you as of right now there is an issue between whether or not this is a los angeles county sheriff's case or whether or not it is a beverly hills police department case. right now as organized as media thinks that law enforcement would be at a time like this when there is a celebrity. this is a saturday late breaking news story where law enforcement the right hands and left hands aren't necessarily talking to each other and everyone is reacting in total shock and everyone is responding and no one knows who to necessarily take command from. beverly hills pd taking command at the scene but the coroner's office acts at the orders of the sheriff's department and that is why you see them involved now. >> harris: i'm glad you mentioned that point. i had gotten an e-mail from someone who said it is just the beverly hills police department. i could just look at the vans outside the hotel and h

school, passing the bar, all while raising a family and rising in the administrative ranks of the los angeles police department. it is really a testament to your dedication and perseverance. an l.a. homeboy, like me. we are here to support you and to administer the oath of office. let me and the bible to fabi ola, and we would get to the zero of office. please raise your right hand, place your left hand on the bible. i want to tell you a brief story. the reason why we ask persons taking an oath of office to raise their right hand is because, in england, we needed to know if the person had committed any felonies. in those days, if you had committed a felony, one of your digits had been cut off. i do not know if you can see, but he has all of the digits intact, so far so good. [laughter] george, if you would repeat after me. i, and george gascon, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the unit

attack the second part of a special report on how the los angeles fire fight has had to train rolls to become part of that excitement with us about. the orange dots show hospitals that are no longer here in the green dots represent those hospitals that are still in existence here what you don't see is any new hospitals because there are no new hospitals constructed in this area. if you look at this area from a health planning standpoint. that medical desert is the. day i came to try to get some medical records in and security said it's close i couldn't believe it was closed down well when i went in the security guard told me that a so for sale and all they basically doing here is film movies now and i was shocked can believe that this is what's going on now you know it was a great hospital this is the last house but i was in two thousand and two when i got shot. it was a sunday afternoon around twelve o'clock in just two cars came in and it was a big shot out and i just happen to roll by and i caught a bulletin yeah hit my spine i came to my legs i'm paralyzed you know if it wasn't for

we are learning from the los angeles police department now more details of the scene that they foundey arrived at the beverly hilton hotel. when we broke in with the news, more than an hour ago we knew there was a lot of comakes hotel.commotion a hotel we are aware of pregrammy festivities by music mogul clive owen. what we do know now is that the body of 48-year-old whitney houston lay on the fourth floor of the beverly hilton hotel. police showed up at 3:55 p.m. pacific time. responding to a distress call there at the hotel and they found whitney houston dead tonight. syndicated radio deejay ralphy joins me by phone. with no doubt, huge response in the music world right now. ralphy, are you there? >> i am harris, yes. >> harris: tell me what you are hearing from your perspective who you have been able to talk to? >> i tell you one thing that hasn't been spoken about too much yet is whitney houston's boy friend or the last person she was linked to romantically. an actor and singer as well. his publicist has come forward and said that he was not with whitney when she passed. on his t

attack the second part of a special report on how the los angeles fire fight has had to change roles to become part of that excitement about us. the orange dots show hospitals that are no longer here in the green dots represent those schools that are still in existence here what you don't see is the new hospitals because there are no new hospitals constructed in there so. if you look at this area from a health planning standpoint. the medical desert is from. the day i came to try to get from medical records. security that is closed i couldn't believe it was closed. i will when i went in the security guard told me that. the big.

but in january of 2011, the los angeles unified school district removed mark berndt from the classroom after they received some suspicious photographs. he resigned one month later after the board voted to fire him. this week, authorities arrested berndt, accusing him of sexually abusing 23 children between 6 and 10 years old, between 2005 and 2010. >> i'm a teacher and a dad. it's disgusting. it's appalling. >> reporter: investigators believe there could be more children who haven't come forward. a lawyer representing the parents of one alleged victim, a 10-year-old girl, filed the civil suit against the school district. >> this is no game. these are young kids. their lives, forever impacted by a sordid man. >> reporter: some 1,400 children go to the elementary school, almost all are latino. most are low income and more than half are learning english as a second language. some parents think these factors made their children vulnerable. >> i'm afraid. i'm thinking of moving my child from this school. >> reporter: yesterday a second teacher was arrested. martin springer, a 26 year vetera