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we're getting new details about the final days and death of pop superstar whitney houston. of these details are coming from the final autopsy report from the los angeles county coroner and the most surprising new information was this, the water in the hotel bathtub where houston drowned was very, very hot. i am talking in excess of 93 degrees. the singer was found facedown and was under water for as long as an hour before her assistant came into the bathroom and found her. i want to bring in a doctor, a forensic pathologist, that performed 17,000 autopsies and, doctor, the coroner ruled that whitney houston's death was an accidental drowning caused by the effects of heart disease and cocaine use and we all thought that she was, you know, in the bathtub, taking a bath, and perhaps had some kind of event like a seizure and you read this entire lengthy whole autopsy report. do you buy that? >> no, i do not. i do not know of anybody who takes a bath in a bathtub face down. she was facedown in as you pointed out very hot water, keep in mind that the temperature of that water woul

what are we learning about the sequence of events that led to whitney houston's death? >> well, gloria, i can tell you we know a whole lot more about what happened that day back in february the day before the grammy's when whitney houston was found dead in her hotel room in beverly hills. not just that but the detailed toxicology report just released. it is about 45 pages in length, quite extensive. we are still going through it. it outlines everything from whitney houston's autopsy to the medical examiner's findings through the different drug levels, mainly the cocaine levels. she died. that's one of the contributeding factors in her death. accidental drowning is what it was ruled. what i have been able it decipher so far, the timeline. what happened on that saturday. according to this report, whitney houston's assistant was with her in her hotel room on that saturday, february 11th. she was complaining of a sore throat. she had had it for a couple of days. the assistant said, go ahead, take a bath. i will run out for a bit and i will be back to check up on you. accord

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. ♪ from the moment i wake up >> reporter: rock 'n' roll hall of famer sam moore was in the audience. an 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!" and she fell on her knees. i said don't get on your knees. and she's going like this. and she's sweating. and i said, joyce. she said high? i said high. >> reporter: high on drugs. far from the girl he first met decades earlier. >> i thought she was the cutest little thing. oh, my god. pretty. >> reporter: moore's career was just beginning. part of the singing group sam and dave. with chart toppers like "soul man" and "hold on, i'm coming." ♪ i'm a soul man >> reporter: he was traveling and performing alongside gospel greats aretha franklin and houston's mother,

a pregrammy party. >> whitney houston. >> reporter: whitney was back. back from years of erratic behavior and drug use. ♪ walk on by >> where is the voice? >> reporter: you're saying she couldn't sing? >> no. >> reporter: hall of famer sam moore was in the audience. an old family friend, he and his wife joyce knew that she was in trouble. >> she came in and she looked over and saw me. and i said hey, baby. and she fell down and i said no, no, don't get on your knees the and she's starting to sweat. and i said high? and she said she was high on drugs. >> reporter: far from the girl she met decades earlier. >> i thought she was the prettiest thing. >> reporter: moore's career was just beginning, part of the singing group sam and dave with hits like "soul man." he was traveling and performing alongside aretha franklin. >> i remember her and i saw the first "17" magazine and i said, looky here. oh, my god, look here. >> reporter: whitney came to call him uncle sam. as quickly as he watched her rise, he watched her fall. it was the early '90s. >> when i firs

tonight, dolly parton opens up about how she felt about whitney houston and the famous song they both share. ♪ i will always love you >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," april 5th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. for many, the devil made me do it is a bumper sticker punch line or old flip wilson routine. but according to the three young women you're about to meet, satan is real and at least one member of his demon army might be living inside you tonight. the gospels tell of jesus casting evil spirits out of helpless victims and these teenagers say they can do the same. but are they driven by faith oral fame? here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: they are black belts in karate. they are ace horseback riders. and they are also demon fight earls. the leader of the pack, brynne. they call her the enforcer. she's 17, home school and a regular on the beauty pageant circuit. then, there's savannah, the compassionate one. she's 20, a college student and she looks likes to shop. and t

i don't get it. >> now, from hollywood, the "weekend insider" is on. >> news on whitney houston's motherssy after giving her first interview since her daughter's death. welcome. i'm brooke anderson. >> i'm kevin frazier. the sitdown happened inside new hope baptist church, the place where she nurtured a young whitney and said good-bye to her after her passing. here's this weekend's "inside story." >> this is the final report. >> surprising new details on whitney's final hours. >> for me, the biggest headline is whitney houston turned her luxury hotel room into a classic drug den. >> the report of cocaine intake. investigators found a spoon with a white crystal-like substance in it, and the notes on this body sketch indicate a hole in her nasal septum.

. >>> coming up next, whitney houston's daughter takes another surprising career step. >> and all the drama last night on "dancing with the stars." ron, it's okay. "the skinny" is next. it's really okay. dry your eyes. i know you're sad. >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after t

>>> and also this morning, whitney houston, sparkling on the silver screen. the first look at her final role. >>> and good tuesday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm tanya rivero, in for paula faris. we begin with the call for calm in lexington, kentucky, where about 15,000 fans poured into the streets when their basketball team won the national title. >> it was a party. but there's been dozens of arrests, arson. and one person was wounded by gunfire. abc's alex perez is in lexington this morning. good morning, alex. >> we are standing outside of state street. and the crowds of students have been making their way here. look at this mayhem here. so many students on the street that you can't even see where the street ends or begins. officers, having a hard time really trying to control the crowd. there's so many more students than there are officers. there's not much they can do. police, basically trying to corral the crowd on to the street, to try to keep things under control. we've seen students throwing bottles. we've seen students jumping on top

what exactly killed whitney houston? new details from the final medical report. >> and the road to recovery in texas. an update from the clean up after more than a dozen twisters hit the dallas area. >> looking ahead to the holiday weekend. 7 is on your side with news about sleep. help is on the way for people who wake up in the middle of the night and cannot get back to sleep. the fda has approved a drug that will help you sleep for about four hours. nearly half of all americans say they wake up in the middle of the night. 6:10 is the time. looking at traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> led seg i into lisa baden. >> a collision in the hov lanes northbound 95 headed to the occoquan river. you can get through this but give yourself extra time in the hov. and hov 66, eastbound slowing manassas through centreville. 27 south0 pounds, or action between 8109. travel times in our favor between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. looks good at the american legion bridge. -- 270 southbound, more action between 80 and 1

>>> this morning, the final word on what killed whitney houston. >> new details from inside the hotel room. the pop star found facedown in the bath, with evidence of cocaine use not far away. >>> the rough ride at 30,000 feet, forcing a plane to land, injuring half a dozen people. >>> gross and grimy. which part of your work space is dirtier than a day let seat. >>> and the pooch who ate his owner's ticket to the masters. but this determined owner got the ticket back. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. the new details from the coroner's 32-page reports only adds to the evidence that drugs played a major role in houston's untimely death. >> investigators reported that the singer had a hole in her nose, an indication she had been snorting cocaine for many years. the report is an account of whitney houston's final hours. it rules her death accidental. and it says that cocaine use as contributing factors. >> the report stands for itself. we've released it. and both to beverly hills p.d. and the family. >> reporter: the singer's assistant suggested she take a bath before a pregrammy part

a security worker from the beverly hilton hotel made after whitney houston's lifeless body was found he room in february. since people in the room repeatedly hung up on hotel personnel moments after discovering her in a bathtub, but he doesn't identify houston by name. >> i'm not sure if she fell or was in the bathtub with the water. apparently she's not breathing. >> she's not breathing? she's breathing now? >> no. the person that called was irate and couldn't get much out of here. >> coroner officials ruled houston's death an accidental drowning with heart disease and cocaine listed as contributing factors. beverly hills police have closed the investigation. >>> after rose saying thanks but no thanks, the guns 'n roses front man is not only refusing to attend this weekend's hall of fame induction ceremony, he doesn't even want to be inducted. they disbanded amid bitter feelings in the '90s. rose told the hall he's respectfully declining his induction. >>> a consumer alert concerning the quality of your food. shawn yancy with that and more in your fox 5 top five. >> we're starting of

>> reporter: in "sparkle" whitney houston plays a mother.ormer "american idol" winner jordin sparks is one of houston's daughters. >> my name is -- >> sparkle. >> reporter: houston hoped the film would help launch her come back. it was her first acting role in more than 15 years. she drowned in the bathtub of her hotel room in february after using cocaine. "sparkle" is scheduled for release in august. >>> oscar nominated actress katherine denueve was honored last night. the 39th annual chaplain awards gala paid tribute to the actress. >> it means a lot to me. to win the charlie chaplin award. very, very proud. >> reporter: the award was named after charlie chaplin. >>> bruce willis is a new daddy for the fourth time. the wife of three years designer and model emma hemming willis gave birth sunday to a baby girl. willis has three daughters with ex-wife demi moore. a representative for willis says the family is overjoyed about the new arrival. and that's your eye on entertainment. alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. >>> good morning and

michael jackson, whitney houston and a love affair.ls coming up in "the skinny." ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> welcome back, everybody. of course this weekend was the big white house correspondents' dinner in d.c. so all of the celebrities, politicians, media types get together to folk fun at each other and have a few drinks, a good old-time. do the whole fancy thing here. jimmy kimmel our own abc's jimmy kimmel was the host this year. he took target at keith olbermann who had employment problems in the past s ffew mon. >> i would like everyone to look under your seats, under each one you will find a copy of keith olbermann's resume. is keith here? keith burned more bridges than the arsonist of madison county. he has more pink slips than marcus bachmann, he plays cameron on "modern family." stand up and take -- where are you, marcus? there he is. awe all right, funny stuff there. keith had a big blowup at msnbc, current tv. he did not like what jimmy said. he voluntarily its not going to the dinner, since 1988 or what have you. he did twee

new details on whitney houston's tragic death from the coroner's report. what appears to be drug paraphernalia to rob her hotel room -- throughout her hotel room. the huge backlash to a woman's article claiming women hate her for being beautiful. writer.ear from that ry a controversial father shoot and our children are doing. jay leno's take on ryan seacrest's visit yesterday. >> 43 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> time now for some of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this was a fun one. this morning we asked -- have you left vacation time on the table because you didn't want to have more work waiting for you when you came back? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. i think a lot of people are feeling that way. i'm taking time off. >> if they pass for vacation days we did not take -- that happens in some companies. >> sometimes the best rest is when you are home. >> then there are those who f

this morning we're learning more details about singer whitney houston's death. in the final autopsy record the l.a. coroner found houston had cocaine throughout her system. detectives also found white powdery substances and a spoon with white residue in her hotel room where she died. the report also shows the asus stablts found houston face down in 13 inches of extremely hot water in the bathtub. blood was also coming out of houston's nose. it was rule shed died from accidental drowning. heart problems and cocaine use also contributed. >>> it turns out you might not have to go to the dog tore as often as you do now. there were 45 different tests or procedures that are considered overused. ekgs and antibiotics. medical experts say cutting down on these tests will help relationships between doctors and patients and cut down on your medical bills. >> i hope that by having more inforled patients and better conversations between doctors ant patients, that we can reduce the risk to patients of unnecessary procedures and also reduce waste in the system. >> despite the t

washington, thank you. >>> well, the final coroner's report is providing new details this morning on whitney houston's death last february. houston drowned accidentalally in a foot of very hot water in a bathtub in a beverly hills hotel. due the effects of cocaine and heart disease. the report says she had cocaine in her system and a white powder nearby. detectives also found a rolled up piece of paper, a small spoon and a mirror all items commonly used with cocaine. that report also revealed that houston had a percent rated nose filled with a bloody discharge indicating substance abuse. >>> now, here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. a former colorado sheriff caught offering drugs in exchange for sex. pat sullivan can be seen tossing a bag of methamphetamine to an undercover agent. moments later officers busted in and arrested sullivan who bleeded guilty this week to drug possession and cysttation charges. >>> in pennsylvania a multimillion dollar mansion went up in flames. the homebuilt more than a hundred years ago with 19 bedrooms just completely burned. the peop

before she died and also came back to the hotel room and found whitney houston.hey were putting this altogether. a couple of points medically that they put across in this report was that she didn't have cocaine that was found in her system, in her blood specifically but they also found the breakdown products of cocaine. that's important mainly because it suggests, as had been speculated by the coroners earlier that she had been taking cocaine recently but that she had also probably taken it within the last 12 hours to 15 hours as well. it would take that long for some of the previous cocaine to break down into those metabolites. so again, it doesn't change the cause of death, accidental drowning, but that's how they put it together. >> i know the autopsy report said she was found in 13 inches of water. you mentioned that it was very careful going through everything found in the bathroom. i wanted to put that screen up again and just read some of these out. an ashtray with multiple cigarette butts, small spoon with white crystal-like substance. rolled up piece of

. >> details from whitney houston's full autopsy report coming up. >> a piece of d.c. history is getting a makeover. >> first, taking a live look >> you are watching abc7 news at noon. this is abc7 news at noon. on your side. >> 5 in new orleans police officers will spend time in jail. the sentences ranged from 6-65 years. a federal jury convicted officers yesterday of civil- rights violation and covering up shootings in september 2005. prosecutors say police shot six people, two of them died. >> shocking new details about the death of whitney houston. the final report reveals she may have overdosed on a cocktail of illegal narcotics and prescription medications as well. investigators say they did find a white powdery substance inside the hotel room where she drowned. >> d.c. area homeowners are going to extremes to what avoid smoke. they say the smell is so bad they moved out of their condo. for five months they have been living with family in alexandria. they say strong second-hand smoke from the neighbor was making them sick. they said they spoke to the neighbor and

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believe that she blacked out before hitting the water. >> there was no escape regrettably for whitney houston. why? because she was not conscious, she was not physically capable of escaping from that bathtub. >> reporter: the autopsy describes the 48-year-old houston as muscular and fairly well nourished at 5'6'and 151 pounds. her body showed no signs of foul play. but prolonged cocaine use left her with a hole in her nasal septum. now, besides the cocaine there were prescription drugs in houston's system from muscle relaxers to allergy medicines and xanax. traces of marijuana, too. her heart showed signs of strain, as well. her blood vessels, 60% precluded but there was no evidence of a heart attack. george? >> she had a lot of problems. okay, jim, thanks very much. >>> new clues now about susan powell, the mom who vanished in late 2009. her husband, josh, under suspicion for so long for her disappearance. but why wasn't he arrested before it was too late? now, a family friend is speaking out about what might have happened. abc's rob nelson has the story. >> reporter: how to commit the perfe

. >> plus a fox exclusive, the mother of whitney houston speaks out for the first time since the singer's death, her thought on whitney's troubles and the intense media coverage. >>> but we begin with a mega millions mystery. thanks for joining us tonight i'm laura evans. >> i'm brian bolter. the winning tickets were sold in kansas, illinois and a 7- eleven store outside baltimore everyone wants to know the identity of that lucky local winner accident fox 5 will thomas working this still developing story. >> it looks like we'll all have to wait a little longer. so farther maryland lottery said the winner hasn't officially -- so far the maryland lottery said the winner hasn't officially come forward, but here's how the story is playing out tonight. it's the mother of all lottery jackpots and one of the three winning tickets came from this baltimore county 7-eleven. >> that's the winning machine right there. >> reporter: maryland lottery officials confirm it was a quick pick ticket sold here that matched all five numbers, but who bought it? >> she got seven kids and she needs it. she just h

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at this point, whitney's assistant said when she returned she used a key to get inside whitney houston'sedown in that bathtub filled with water. the assistant immediately contacted the bodyguard and they took whitney out of the tub and called 911. so it gives you an idea of what happened on that saturday right before authorities were called to the scene. what's also telling, wolf, and we'll have to rely heavily on our medical expert sanjay gupta to break down some of the medical verbage in here, but it also talks about, wolf, a powdery substance and it refers to that several times in this report again by coroners' investigators that they found remnants of a white powdery substance from a drawer and from a mirror in the singer's hotel room at the time and they found it in several other locations, as well, as well as spoons. so it will be interesting to see if that's actually tied to the cocaine that was found in whitney houston's system. investigators from the law enforcement and as well as coroners have been very tight-lipped about what kind of evidence was found at the scene. we were to

kabc's leslie miller has more from los angeles. >> reporter: whitney houston's death has been ruled as and coroners officials cited heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. the full coroner's report released says it was houston's assistant who found the singer face down in a hot tub of bath water about 12 inches deep. >> the report stands for itself. we've released it and both to beverly hills pd and the family. >> reporter: houston died on february 11th in room 434 at the beverly hilton hotel. now we know exactly what detectives found inside that room. a small spoon with a white crystal-like substance in it and a rolled up piece of white paper. remnants of a white powdery substance from out of a drawer and from the bottom of a mirror in the same drawer. also collected, an ashtray filled with multiple cigarette butts and a plethora of medication bottles, although the coroner concluded the prescription drugs did not contribute to the singer's death. along with cocaine, toxicology tests found marijuana, xanax, the muscle relaxant flexoril and benadryl in her system. the cor

clothes from whitney houston's closet went on auction in beverly hills, fetching $80,000 total.t included items from charlie chaplain. a >>> several of ray charles children are being sue bade foundation the late singer created. the foundation accuses the adult children of sending copy right termination notices to producers claiming they owned the songs which the foundation contends they own them. >>> still an appetite for the hunger games. for a second week in a row the film topped the box office cashing in more than $61 million this weekend that sends the total ticket sales now to $251 million. coming in at number two, this week, the wrath of the titans, followed by mirror mirror starring julia roberts. >>> 48 degrees outside. here are the stories we are working on for you this monday this morning. >> new developments in the trayvon martin case. >>> two students died over the weekend, i'm linda so what is planned in their honor. >>> a cool, crisp and windy this morning, how long the winds persist, coming up. when a carpet is clean and fresh, it's irresistible. experience this i