pop icon whitney houston was found dead the day before the show. next, whitney: her life, her music." ♪ i found the greatest >> an unforgettable voice. ♪ the greatest love of all >> silenced after a troubled life. one year after her tragic death, a look at whitney houston -- her life, her music. it's been one year since whitney houston's life ended tragically here in the beverly hilton hotel. a life cut short in the same dramatic fashion in which she lived. now we take a look back at her life, her final days and her death. ♪ but above all this i wish you love ♪ >> that legendary ballad, that blinding beauty, that breathtaking voice. ♪ and i will always love you >> whitney houston, the shy jersey girl who belted her way to superstardom. six grammys, and a record seven consecutive number one singles. for a time, she was pop's greatest love of all. ♪ is the greatest love of all >> to hear her voice was a miracle because for anybody to be able to do with a voice what she did with hers speaks to a divine order. >> whitney houston, the icon, unimaginably

the tribute to whitney houston. >> it is almost not believable when you knew her. ♪ >> hattie smith came just for him. >> i have great love for you. thank you so much for being here tonight. ♪ high have been there done it >> reporter: usher sang. as did miguel. jennifer hudson. and then the show stopper, gladys knight. ♪ he's leaving on that midnight train for georgia ♪ >> reporter: ever the showman, davis leaves the personal secret he has kept for the past 30 years for the last chapter of his book. you were married twice. divorced twice. which you had never publicly talked about, the fact that you had a relationship with a man and then several men. >> it's not that i write as the heavens opened up. i real ied in my case, the most important thing, i'm relationship oriented. i would open up my perspective, my life, my emotion, to have a relationship with a man as well as a woman. and so that, when it comes to the pure subject of sex, when our marriage was over, i did go through a period of having sex with two different women and with a male. and so that, for me -- t

whitney houston everyone has come through this living room. >> whitney, late at night in her pajamas the morning. >> reporter: he peicked the bungalow for privacy for his artists and himself. >> most importantly. i play my music loud. there are no neighbors. >> reporter: you are lake a ruddy teenarud rowdy teenager. >> reporter: i am. >> reporter: the rowdy teen is listening to brand new music from acclaimed songwriter diane warren. warren brought countless hits clive's way. >> i love the idea of this kind of song, duet. >> mary j. and jennifer. >> yes. this properly produced could be very strong. >> imagine that live at the grammys. clive will never let an artist pass on a hit song. people are scared of artists. don't want to hurt their feelings. clive is not. maybe they're mad at the beginning. when they sell 10 million record they're not mad anymore. >> reporter: his book is rich in stories. one of them the painful details of what happened a year ago when he got the phone call whitney houston was dead. >> i was here in this bungalow. and that phone rang on that desk. >> reporter:

behind the scenes look at last year's grammys after the sudden death of whitney houston.s hosted by ll cool jay this sunday at 8:00 p.m. and check out our grammy section on cbs baltimore.com. >>> all right. >> you are on. >> okay. we have windy, cold night around the region, no snow here. take a look at temperatures, conditions now, the winds have shifted back to the west, northwest and they are really gusting, 25 and higher winds in some areas, 35 degrees, humidity much lower than it was earlier and dew points come way down 22 degrees much drier, colder air coming in, currently only 21, still 40, patch river, we are in the low to mid-30s we dried out. clearing sky shortly, 32 westminster and 38 annapolis, dc and as far as winds go they have really picked up. they could be as strong as 40 to 45 miles an hour. 25 here, 21 dc. 20, with temperature of only 21 feels like 0. we still have in effect for the region, until 6:00 a.m., wind advisory north of us, it is still a winter storm warning, generally from new york, north and east they are still in the blizzard warning they h

whitney houston drowned in a beverly hills hotel bathtub on february 11th of last year... just hours before she was expected to attend a pre-grammy gala. in her lifetime, houston won six grammy awards... and was nominated 26 times. [b10]whitney memorial-tag >> pete was just reminded me this time last week. ask exactly seven days ago it was still drizzling through the superdome ceiling. the fun from a week ago, coming >> more than 130 churches over baltimore were filled with red today. it did not have anything to do with upcoming valentine's day. ladies were wearing red for the ninth annual red just sunday. the event is to raise awareness among women of heart disease, hardy of vascular disease kills one woman every minute in the u.s. many never know they are at risk. the started in 2005 just three churches. >> now sports with pete gilbert. >> marilyn's return from virginia this morning -- friday morning took several extra hours thanks to snow and sleet. thinking that explains the lethargy with which they played today against virginia. playing defense. certainly not here. joe

was a year ago that whitney houston was found dead.nd it was the birthday of brandy. >> it was really hard for me that mypt on my birthday. >> whitney houston was 48 years old. >> at the weekend box office, melissa mccarthy has scored in the first lead role in a feature film. , medina "identity the spur" $36.5 million. if a winter storm did not stop northeast, the storm could grossed $40 million. in second place was "warm bodies." 6, 37 degrees. >> it appears apple has a new product in the works. something you definitely will ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection.

you heard kevin touch briefly on whitney houston. he told christina a lot more. we'll take you back to kevin's tear filled tribute tomorrow. >>> more from my exclusive interview with robin roberts. for the first time, robin reveals to me just how close she came to taking her final breath. >> it was shortly after the transplant and i was in a bad way. i had just lost my mom. i had gone through extensive chemo. the transplant, i was unable to eat or drink. and i just felt that i was slipping away. and a wonderful nurse jenny who is here with me today. she was screaming my name, and i didn't know -- all i could hear was my name, robin over and over again. it was a scary feeling that you weren't going to be here. >> how do you think of that day when you thought you were dying? >> it's crossed my mind. that moment did pass. it's hard not to have it as a reminder. it's not quite in the rearview mirror just yet. >> robin and i actually go way back. in 2006 irinterviewed for a job at abc and she was there. >> i didn't get the job. you sent me a sweet note after that. whe

whitney houston's but you're the grammy host.ot nervous because i realized everything has to change. what are we going to do? how am i going to address this? >> how do we speak to this time, to this day? there is no way around this. we've had a death in our family. >> look, we have this terrible tragedy that happened, and we have to address it in a respectful way. >> but it's still a celebration of music. >> but it's still a celebration of music. so we had to find that balance. >> so here we are a year later, ll cool j, and how are you feeling? you've got be feeling pretty good. >> i feel pretty good. >> you know you can do it. >> i know i can do it. but it's challenging. you climbed everett's once before but you still have to check your ropes and bring extra oxygen because you're going back to everest again. >> dress cold this year, no breast, no butts, no puffy bare skin exposed. is that you? >> i still don't know what i want to wear. talking about musicians, them putting a dress code in place means they may come halfway decent

a behind the scenes look at last year's grammy's after the sudden death of whitney houston.ur grammy's section on cbsbaltimore.com. >>> moving onto weather it was rainy all this week kind of, over cast, rain. today windy and now -- >> tomorrow not as windy but some sun. >> all right. >>> still to come on eyewitness news saturday morning. >> the motor trend auto show kicks off in downtown baltimore. why aut >>> wjz first warning weather continues to follow the crippling weather in the northeast. snow and ice have trapped hundreds of cars. >>> cars are getting reved up in our area for the annual event showsing best cars on the road. >> more on a new trend that's putting fans behind the wheel. >> there are more than 300 cars to see at the convention center. this year the auto makers have upped the number of fuel efficient and electric cars they're showing. >> as the 2013 motor trend international auto show rolls into baltimore thousands of buyers are racing downtown. >> i can look at lots of cars at one time. >> when it comes to must haves fuel efficiency is a top priority. >>

the way ♪ >> one year ago today, whitney houston drowned in a hotel room in a bathtub. best friends are pausing to remember what houston meant to them. at university of phoenix we know the value of your education is where it can take you. (subway announcer; "now arriving at city hospital") which is why we're proud to help connect our students with leading employers across the nation. (subway announcer: "next stop financial center") let's get to work. >>> the 49 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. catholics around the world are waking up to news pope benedict xvi is stepping down at the end of the month. the 85-year-old pontiff surprised the world by citing his advanced amg as the reason for resigning. the vatican spokesman said it was a carefully thought out decision and not impulsive. >>> the city of los angeles hopes a $1 million christopher dorner is accused of police officer and two others in a revenge plot targeting the lapd. investigators have scaled back their search in a mountain resort community. some officials think dorner may have left the s

we're starting with whitney houston's mom, cissy, who is very upset.nnual party last year or leading up to the annual party last year that whitney houston died in the hotel. >> she performed at that party, remember that? last year. and then later that night went to the hotel and that's when she passed away. because the next night was the grammys. something like that. yeah. >> so mom says she got the invitation. she called it obscene. she says she has no idea why they would want me to come to the party in which she died. she called it unheard of. but she did say she probably -- she thinks they sent it to her for remembrance's sake. she's not attending the party. she's not attending the grammys. she did admit she will be tuning in to watch. and all of this ties into the fact that she also just released a book, which bobbi kristina tweeted out saying that it was disrespectful to her and her mother. to which cissy says she's grieving. we get it. but she knows that i love her. >> a lot of houston family drama. the daughter and the relationship with bobbi an

how they honored whitney houston one year after she died. >>> and they call it the oscars of the dog world, the contenders arriving in new york city for the westminster kennel club show. the pampering boggles the mind, blow-outs, manicures and pilates. ♪ >>> and good morning, america, on this morning after a storm for the record books. now the nightmare of digging out begins. life won't be normal for days for some people with the power out for more than 350,000 homes and businesses, and travel still at a standstill in some areas. ginger zee leads our coverage of what they're calling the big snowcane of 2013. >> part hurricane and hurricane-force winds and ginger doing what she loves this morning. >>> also coming up on the eve of the grammy awards, nearly four years to the day after he assaulted his girlfriend rihanna, in trouble again. how he totaled his porsche overnight and the role the paparazzi may have played. >>> for us girls ain't no mountain high enough. ginger and myself. we jumped, raced and now we're climbing. icy temperatures couldn't stop us from going to mt. washington.

. >> the famous madam tousseau's wax museum is celebrating the late whitney houston with four new whitneyston figures.c$ñ now modern family star sofia vergara. >> this guy sitting next to me at lunch thinks i'm coming on to him. you know i only have iz for that tall glass of diet pepsi. >> the commercial starts airing on sunday, catch her on modern family wednesday nights here on abc. also on abc, oscars, if you haven't already, down load the official app. >> still ahead on abc news at 4:00 an exclusive, new home videos of ethan, a young boy surviving a week long hostage standoff in a bunker and the call his family got the day he was saved.sáy6u >> celebrating 70 years in san francisco. taking a look at how this program has changed schools and lives. >> and san francisco new campaign keeping streets campaign keeping streets litter free y it's getting well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, b

. >> veteran music producer and the man who discovered whitney houston goes both ways, at least according to his recent appearance on the katie couric show. >> you don't have to be only one thing or another. for me, it's the person. >> and we totally support his choice especially after seeing an important film about bisexuality. here's a clip. god, tolerance is awesome. but back to clive davis. >> said he didn't have a gay relationship until he was in his 50's. >> he's dividing it up, first 50 and last 50. >> what caused clive's sudden interest in gentlemen? >> when you're that big, you just people. i've always said it. rock stars, whatever, they're every which way. >> it's true. rock stars will bone anyone and anything. on the other hand -- >> that sounds like an excuse to me. >> yeah. >> if you became a rock star, you would just sleep with everybody? >> i don't know. i'm not a rock star. i can't answer that question. >> so you're telling me there's a chance. >> well, either way, we're happy for clive so it is odd that we've never heard anything about this before now. >> never a whisper.

reid talks x factor, whitney houston and tells us his grammy predictions.i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> i was prepared to just rip you to shreds. doing a beatles song is prepresumptuous as if you are teen heartthrobs like the beatles and you actually are teen heartthrobs like the beatles. >> you may recognize them. he is also chairman and ceo of every record and played a key role in recent successes of artists including kanye we have, jennifer lopez and a little phenomenon called justin bieber. this week, the grammy salute. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> how does it feel to be an icon? >> i'm not sure. it come this weekend. a little bit scary. i feel like i haven't arrived at that point in my career yet. i'm a little bit young for it. >> of all your amazing successes with all these incredible artists, what's the one, if could i relive it. i said you have five

singer, whitney houston died the day before last year's grammies, leaving them to come up with a plan>> there's no way around this. we had a death in our family. g breaking news. >> whitney houston, one of the greatest voices of our generation has died. >> i'm l.l. cool j. when that tragic news hit, i was part of an extraordinary team preparing for the biggest night. >> just a super bowl. >> it's the grammy's, it's where everybody connects. >> there he is. >> through our sadness, one thing was for certain. the grammy's would honor this musical icon and the show has to go on. >> i have done 32 of these and this is pretty remarkable. it was a really tough show to do. things happen you never expect. >> we live in this bubble and we are in the middle of rehearsal. you don't realize the impact. >> my phone started to blow up and it was overwelming number of calls for people offering their support. >> a will the of us holding hands tonight. >> it's timeless. i think that's what all of us as artists are trying to achieve. >> i think the tone for this grammy's is different than any other. >>

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makers, known as the man with golden sic man, clyde davis talks about the first time he heard whitney houstong. here is a preview. >> you heard her sing when she was 19 years old. you knew her cousin, dionne war wick, you heard her sing in a club on the upper west side, she was singing back up for sissy houston, her mom. did you think, wow? this girl has got it going on. what did you think? >> i thought what you just said. i thought that this was, she was doing the greatest love of all in the middle of her act. that's the song i commissioned for the life of mohammad alley. i heard george benson do it. he had the young 19 year old girl was singing that song with a fervor and passion. it was amazing. so i knew this was a unique special talent. >> catch katie today at 4:00, here on abc 2, along with clyde davis, she will talk to usher, and former american idol winner, jordan sparks. that's happening at 4:00 today. >>> students at the university of maryland eastern shore will learn about how one of their classmates was killed. why the university president wants all students and staff to attends t

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don, you and i were here last year talking about whitney houston and we had the same conversation that people were not stepping up and getting her the care she needed, and lo and behold, you have a death. this is a deadly process, and it has to be given the priority and the intensity of services that we do to other illnesses. it's absolutely absurd that we give hopeless illnesses much more resources than we give this one that's treatable and can prevent people from dying prematurely. >> when you think of someone who has as much as mindy mccready had as a promising career and money by all accounts, more than most americans have, how do you lose sight of that and go down this dark hole and end up taking your own life. how does that happen? >> well, it is an interesting question, because people would think that if you had all of these things, that you would not get depressed, and that is simply not true. mental illness is not discriminatory in terms of who it affects or what socioeconomic -- obviously if your life is stressful, you are more prone to these things. but just because you have

. >> something i didn't know which is that whitney houston's version of the national anthem, one of theest, was charted after september 11 was precorded. not live. >> and so was the show. tell me something i don't know! mine is in march, the sequester, the $1 trillion one-year across thed board cut is going to happen. everyone knows it. themself four opportunities later this year to undo it. chris: will it hurt the comble? >> no. because they have four opportunities to undo it. chris: when we come back, joe biden will be very much inside. chris: when we come back, joe biden will be very much inside. is it doesn't matter if you're walking around the block, to work, to school or on this thing here. you'll take all the right steps the more you know chris: welcome back. hillary clinton officially left the state department this friday which brings us to this question. if she runs for president is she better off out there in the country than joe biden, who is still very much part of president obama administration? howard? >> yes. although hillary as an outsider say tougher sell but she might

last year whitney houston was supposed to attend this big pre-grammy party, but she never made it. ♪vitation only party is like a private concert. ♪ why do you play with my heart ♪ ♪ why do you play with my mind ♪ baby, baby, these tears i can't hold inside ♪ >> the funniest thing about the clive davis party is like it's the craziest episode of "hollywood squares" you've ever seen. >> reporter: it's an eclectic mix of fashionable stars. >> i like when my wife dresses up like. >> reporter: a mix of movies, television and sports, as well. >> secretly i love to be a singer. >> reporter: guests are invited by legendary music executive clive davis and the recording academy whose president explained that the loss of whitney houston is still being felt. >> any time you lose someone in your family, it takes a long time to heal. >> reporter: she died one year ago on the day of this party that she was set to attend. >> she was the greatest contemporary singer of our lifetime. ♪ i heard it through the grapevine yeah ♪ >> reporter: they celebrated whitney's life and each other past midnight. ♪ y

. >> veteran music producer and the man who discovered whitney houston goes both ways, at least according to his recent appearance on the katie couric show. >> you don't have to be only one thing or another. for me, it's the person. >> and we totally support his choice especially after seeing an important film about bisexuality. here's a clip. god, tolerance is awesome. but back to clive davis. >> said he didn't have a gay relationship until he was in his 50's. >> he's dividing it up, first 50 and last 50. >> what caused clive's sudden interest in gentlemen? >> when you're that big, you just [beep] people. i've always said it. rock stars, whatever, they're every which way. >> it's true. rock stars will bone anyone and anything. on the other hand -- >> that sounds like an excuse to me. >> yeah. >> if you became a rock star, you would just sleep with everybody? >> i don't know. i'm not a rock star. i can't answer that question. >> so you're telling me there's a chance. >> well, either way, we're happy for clive so it is odd that we've never heard anything about this before now. >> never a w

whitney houston and michael jackson have both lip-synched. was ridiculed after last year's performance. >> i would say her performance at the super bowl was not her best and she was not completely on cue, she missed some of her notes. that's an example when pre-recorded tracks can go wrong. >> reporter: the black eyed peas didn't in 2011 but probably should have. as for beyonce, she's not tipping her hand on what she'll sing, but we do know how she'll sing. >> i will absolutely be singing live. i am well-rehearsed. and i will absolutely be singing live. this is what i was born to do. >> reporter: and while she may have won many fans with her star spangled smackdown today, sunday provides her best chance to score redemption. >> i think what

join me >> whitney houston speaks out on one year anniversary of daughter whitney death. welcome to "access hollywood". weekend edition i'm shaun robinson. whitney died just hours before clive davis grammy party held at the very hotel in which she died but don't expect cissy to show up to this year party. >> i have an invitation to the party which is most obscene. i don't know why they would want me to come to the party in which she died. >> to the place. >> unheard of. >>reporter: invitation because it was the hours leading up to clive davis party last year that whitney drowned in the hotel bathroom. understandably one year has done little to heal the wawndz of the loss for cissy. coping with the loss and counter balance the inaccurate portrayal of whitney life she released a best selling memoir entitled remembering whitney. >> they didn't know whitney. she was a wonderful giving, wonderful person. and they didn't know they just moved over, get the real type of person she was. >>reporter: detailed accounts of houston