one of her most infamous moments was with the tuck show host wendy williams back when wendy was on then new york city and had been doing a lot of derogatory stories about whitney houston. she called into the radio show and said if you don't stop talking about me i'm going to meet you outside so whitney didn't play, she was a tough cookie and not an easy customer. >> she didn't come from a hard luck beginning. she she's, newark is still newark. corey book er, she came from a musical background but she was a girl who had a strong connection to the inner city. >> what did you make of her marriage to bobby brown? it was puzzling to so many people. >> it was puzzling but sadly tonight bobby brown is working in mississippi with his group new edition and bobby seems to be dealing with sobriety well and has really turned a corner in his life. he's doing well, become a great father, he has a young child, he has a healthy, new relationship so a lot of times bobby brown was blamed in a very bad way for the things that were going on for whitney houston but as we're seeing now, bobby seems to have

wendy williams, wendy and whitney had their moments. that's all i'll say. i are saddened of the loss of a true icon and legend. our thoughts and prayers are with the entire houston family. sad day for music lovers. whitney houston should be celebrated for blessing us with her gifts, icon, mother, beautiful. of course i read the statement from the reverend al sharpton. he is tweeting but also said he'll ask for a special prayer service tomorrow morning in los angeles, which is the morning of the grammys. on the -- let's go now to kareen wynter, who is standing by in los angeles -- or in hollywood i should say. you cover whitney houston. we've been doing a lot of talking about the circumstances surrounding but what an amazing talent. i just got a text from a friend and co-worker, holly hughes, saying heaven just got another beautiful voice added to the choir there. what a fitting way to talk about whitney houston. >> such a sad day. you've been mentioning all the entertainers tweeting. the great tony bennett tweeted saying whitney houston was the greatest sin

we'll have the big shockers and show stopping moments and gloria stephen is wendy williams stop by thisur focus on your week ahead jackie in the cnn weather center. is the cold weather going to hang around? >> we have had a lot of trouble today. texas has been hit hard. take a look at pictures. this is outside of amarillo where interstate 40 was shut down for a while due to snow and freezing rain coming down. lots of accidents have occurred. you can see the backup. lots of semis were jackknifed in this area. that snow is still coming down. i 40 a big thoroughfare. a lot of people travel along that. i 20 has been bad, as well. this is going to continue into tomorrow. this is a storm system we have two of them. this is what we are going to be tracking in the week ahead. by tomorrow morning in places like kansas city, places like omaha and des moines getting snoempt ain't louis by the afternoon with likely a wintery mix. that is the pink where the roads get really slick. just wet on the south side here. dallas probably rain for you. it heads to the southeast by tuesday morning. atlanta the

also, you may remember way back in 2003 there was a hot interview between wendy williams, radio star,ws back in the day. and on her show addressing whitney's death she kind of got a little choked up when she was talking about whitney because she shared too that she, wendy herself, had drugs in her past and beat it and could relate to whitney on that level. take a listen. >> she's my jersey girl. she was a woman like me who's part of the subculture of our society. the addict. >> wendy said she's been clean now for 15 years. she says she recalls that infamous interview on youtube. it is fascinating. and the last line between the two was "i love you, whitney." she said "i love you, wendy." that's where they left it. she said she'll never talk about it again. >> also going back to the night of the grammys, chris brown, who three years ago beat his girlfriend rihanna the night before the -- the night of the grammys took some flak on twitter from miranda lambert and michelle branch, who were clearly upset that he had two performances during the grammys. well, he lashed out on his twitter ac

wendy williams used beer to trap her in a super bowl toast. >> so you're not pregnant!he wants babies. >> if your babies come out not tan what will happen? >> i'll spray them. >> reporter: from the delivery room direct to the tanning salon, jeanne moos, cnn, who are you

wendy williams used beer to trap her in a super bowl toast. >> so you're not pregnant!he wants babies. >> if your babies come out not tan what will happen? >> i'll spray them. >> reporter: from the delivery room direct to the tanning salon, jeanne moos, cnn, who are you calling an spore? huh? >> new york. >> thank you very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn.

. >> wendy and much colder as we go into the weekend. >> nbc nightly news with brian williams is next.

spring-like today but with areas of day light rain in prince william county moving off. 50 degrees in the district and leesburg in gaithersburg become wendyd that's when we have a high wind warning to the west and a wind advisory and the metro area. a few thunderstorms are possible later today between 2:00 >> all of america's weather in the next half hour. robin roberts with the west coast forecast. robin? >> 80 degrees and sunny. >>> this is how i roll, also. if i'm here in los angeles, hooirm are chris connelly. >> stars of every description ready to rock the red carpet in their sunday best. everyone wants to walk the oscar red carpet, even fission nal di fiction nal dick territotators. he wants to arrive in character. >> they're opposed to him using the red carpet as a promotional device. >> reporter: either way, star power will be in abundance. they get people out in action like no other night in hollywood. like this guy. >> i got really emotional. i'm trying to not go there right now in my head. i don't think i'm wearing waterproof mascara. >> reporter: for viola davis, the buildup has brought the chance to share with the world her s