[Randi Kaye, Cnn Anchor:] Hello, everyone, I'm Randi Kaye. It's 1:00 on the east coast, 10:00 on the west. We've got a busy hour ahead, so let's get you in the zone. Almost two days after Whitney Houston's death in a hotel bathtub, one day after an autopsy turned up no signs of trauma or foul play, the assistant chief coroner for L.A. County says we do not know yet how Houston died. Here's what we do know. The coroner's office is denying reports on TMZ that officials told the entertainer's family Houston likely died of a combination of alcohol and prescription drugs. A spokesman also says it's too early to rule out drowning or to rule it in. And toxicology results won't come back for weeks. My colleague, Don Lemon, is outside the coroner's office right now. Don, you were at the briefing. What else did we learn?
[Don Lemon, Cnn Correspondent:] We learned that Whitney Houston was seen an hour about an hour before her death by someone in the very hotel room where she died, according to Ed Winter, the assistant coroner here. The person left the room and then came back about an hour later and then found Whitney Houston's body inside the bathtub. And then Ed Winter said her body was removed from the bathtub. Randi, they tried to revive her. They couldn't revive her. And of course, at 3:55 a.m. Pacific time she was pronounced dead. And then, as you know, you had been covering, you know, these beats when stars die, when people die. They want to do toxicology reports. And usually, they have some sort of idea just from doing the autopsy which, by the way, has been completed. They might have an idea or a suspicion about how that person died. But using the toxicology reports, that's the final word. And I posed that question to Ed Winter a short time ago during a briefing, and I spoke to him a little bit afterwards, as well. Here's part of our conversation at the briefing, and I'll tell but our conversation afterwards.
[Lemon:] The toxicology report is just a confirmation, but you have some idea, usually, just from the initial look and see
[Ed Winter, Assistant Chief Coroner, L.a. County:] No, that's not true. You can look at a body and not know what the cause of death is. You might have a suspicion but the person could have suffered a heart attack or an embolism or something. And no matter what medications they're taking, until we run a tox and see the level and what's in the system, we're not going to speculate.
[Lemon:] Yes. So, what he's saying in that, if you read between the lines, is that they have their idea about what it is, but until they're 100 percent sure, Randi, they don't want to say, well, we think it's this. They want to be absolutely sure, because this is very high profile, as you know.
[Kaye:] Yes, of course. And one of the things that there's been a lot of talk about is prescription drugs, of course, given Whitney Houston's history. Are officials saying anything there, Don, about prescription drugs, what might have been found in her hotel room?
[Lemon:] Yes, they are. And as you said, there have been reports that it was a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol, right? Well, the coroner won't go that far. But what he will say, Randi, and what he is saying, is that, yes, there were prescription bottles found, and initially, the coroner's office did not release the information. And that's what he said when I spoke to him afterwards. He said, there were prescription bottles found in the hotel room, but it wasn't anything that out of the ordinary or that would make them go, huh, what's going on here. And quite honestly, he said, I have more prescriptions, meaning the coroner, at home than was found in the hotel room. But as you know, if those prescriptions are taken in the wrong way, right, they could lead to someone passing out, being unconscious, and if they're in a bathtub, maybe they pass out and go under the water. Who knows. That's just speculation. And Randi, you and I talked online a little about those photographs. You've seen the photographs, haven't you? Of Whitney Houston leaving that club on Thursday night?
[Randi:] Yes, the scratches and the blood on her leg.
[Lemon:] You know, with Kelly Price when she was singing. Yes, yes. And so, and so and Kelly Price, the last person that she performed with, talked about that. She said, hey, listen, we were having a good time. Yes, there was champagne flowing. Whitney had some champagne. She left the club 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. Anyone who would leave at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, if you've been dancing, it's hot. You would be sweaty, and maybe you know, you may be a little bit tipsy. So but we don't know how much she had to drink and if there was interaction with the prescription drugs. But again, yes, you do see the pictures and you see that Whitney they're not flattering pictures of her leaving a club, Club True on Thursday night which was one of the last times she was seen publicly, Randi.
[Kaye:] Yes. Just so tragic. Don Lemon for us there at the coroner's office. Don, thank you very much for your reporting. And we also want to pass along word from a source close to Houston. The star's body, we're told, will be flown to her native New Jersey for a funeral on Friday or Saturday. More details on that as we get them. We'll have much more on Whitney Houston, but we're also focused on the president's $3.8 trillion budget which he announced this morning. Among the goals, cut spending to reduce the deficit. That includes defense cuts, but it would spend more on education and infrastructure. And to raise revenue, the rich get hit with a Buffett rule that would tax millionaires at 30 percent. Still, by the end of this fiscal year, the deficit would stand at $1.3 trillion. Republican leaders want more spending cuts and promised a fight over raising taxes. Live pictures now of a large fire in Long Branch, New Jersey. Take a look at this. We're told one of the four buildings burning is an apartment building, but we're not sure which one or if anyone might be trapped inside. But you can see the amount of smoke there, and the apartment does house 30 to 40 people. Smoke is so thick, you can barely see what's happening there on the ground, but of course, we'll keep our eye on the fire and update you when we get more information. Much of Athens looks like a war zone today after violent protests and clashes with riot police. Protesters went on the rampage after the Greek Parliament approved a package of harsh austerity measures demanded by the country's foreign lenders. The hugely unpopular deal aims to keep Greeks from defaulting on its debt. Protesters battled police for hours, yesterday, throwing Molotov cocktails, setting fire to more than 45 buildings and looting numerous others. Police fought back with tear gas. Scores of people and police were injured. Most of Jerry Sandusky's grandchildren will now be allowed to visit him at his home. A judge in Pennsylvania issued that ruling today. Sandusky, who's been under house arrest since December asked the judge to relax the terms of his bail last week. The former Penn State assistant football coach is awaiting trial on child sex abuse charges. Under today's ruling, Sandusky can visit now with 11 of his grandchildren but not three others involved in a custody dispute. Next hour, Washington's governor will sign a measure legalizing same-sex marriage.
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[Kaye:] The bill passed the House and the Senate last week. Governor Chris Gregoire says the state will, quote, "no longer deny our citizens to the opportunity to marry the person they love." The law is set to take effect in June but could be put on hold if opponents gather enough signatures to put the question on the November ballot. Somebody in Rhode Island is a big winner today, we just don't know who. The winner of the $336 million Powerball jackpot hasn't come forward. Whoever it is matched, the five winning numbers and the Powerball. The numbers are 1, 10, 37, 52, and 57, and the Powerball number was 11. Coming up, we're going to return to the death of Whitney Houston, specifically to the investigation and to what happened to her in those final hours. Did she drown in the bathtub as some reports indicate? Or could it have been an accidental overdose? We'll get into the scenarios investigators are exploring today when I talk with a forensic scientist. But first, the cloud of grief looming over last night's Grammy show was hard to miss. But there was a ray of sunshine and her name is Adele. In case you missed it, the British singer swept the night winning six trophies, including record, song and album of the year, especially impressive considering she couldn't even talk a couple months back after undergoing vocal cord surgery. So, choosing today's Rock Star was a no-brain for us. Congrats, Adele.