Whitney Houston's Funeral: Moment by Moment

E! Networks

We're on the scene at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., and will be bringing you updates as they happen, as the world remembers the singular pop icon.

8:30 am. Media and early fans stationed outside the church are kept at bay by cops on horseback, along with at least a dozen police officers standing in front of the building.

8:35 a.m. The Rev. Jesse Jackson pulls up in a black SUV,  one of the first to arrive at the church.

9:35 a.m. A golden hearse bearing Whitney Houston's body pulls up alongside the funeral home.