story, jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray. tonight for the first time he is being direct lid connected to the drug that may have killed michael jackson. we know murray was in jackson's house and on the scene when the 911 call was made. we know his office in texas was raided. tonight we know a lot more. randi kaye joins us with details. ran randi? >> a headline tonight, a source close to michael jackson's family with knowledge of the investigation tells cnn jackson's personal physician administered the powerful drug that investigators believed killed him. the drug is known by the brand name diprivan, also known as propofol. jackson's doctor gave it to him within 24 hours of his death. this is significant. conrad murray's lawyer never commented on the drug. all the lawyer has told us in the past was, quote, dr. conrad murray did not prescribe or administer anything that should have killed michael jackson. this, anderson, is the very first time dr. murray has been connected to propofol. he was at jackson's home the day he suffered cardiac arrest, june 25th. his lawyer has said he gave him cpr and tried to revive him. >> there were reports that propofol was found at jackson's home as well. >> absolutely. numerous reports of propofol at his home. his sister, la toya, said she saw an i.v. stand. propofol is only supposed to be used in a hospital setting. as you know. it's a very powerful sedative used during summary. jackson apparently liked it. a nurse who once worked for him told "360" he begged her for the drug to help him sleep. if this drug was inside jackson's home and dr. conrad murray provided it, this could mean big trouble. he is at the center of a manslaughter investigation related to jackson's death. when i asked dr. murray's office i was told, quote, we will not be responding to rumors, innuendo or unnamed sources. >> wasn't dr. murray supposed to meet with investigators last week? >> he was. he was tentatively scheduled to meet with lawyers first. that was supposed to happen last friday but never panned out. this by the way would be the doctor's third meeting with authorities. he was questioned twice after jackson died and his car was seized and examined. it was curious last week they announced he wanted to speak with them again and out of nowhere raided his clinic and storage facility in houston and now the third meeting has yet to be scheduled. he is, quote, understandably concerned and feels he's being made the scapegoat here. >> you mentioned the storage facility. you have new information of visitors to the storage facility in jackson's final hours. >> this raises questions about thetimeline of michael jackson's death. we know the call for an ambulance came in 12:20 in the afternoon los angeles time. now we have learned two unidentified women were hauling items away from dr. conrad murray's rented storage unit in houston hours earlier. hours earlier. the woman who runs the storage place said two women came by and appeared to be lows of dr. murrays and put what she called piles of paper in small boxes. they went in and out about six times. it took them about half an hour and dr. murray never came but says her record book says the women came by at 11:22 a.m. houston time which if you do the math is 9:22 a.m. los angeles time. that is three hours before the 911 call was placed for michael jackson. what were these women doing there? who sent them? we don't know. could this all be a coincidence? sure. is it possible jackson was in trouble maybe not breathing anymore long before that 911 call was made? his lawyer isn't commenting. it is curious because it took place the day michael jackson died and within hours of his death being reported. all at the same storage facility, anderson, that just last week was suddenly raided by investigators looking for evidence of manslaughter. >> randi, appreciate it. where will the new development take the investigation? let's dig deeper tonight with lisa bloom and jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, what do you think? >> it is potentially significant. we should have a lot of caution about this report. first of all, we don't know how michael jackson died. we don't know what the cause of death is. the autopsy report hasn't come out yet. diprivan is not an illegal drug, not a controlled substance. the fact he was giving it to him may not have been medically indicated but there's nothing per se wrong with it. also, who else was involved in giving him this drug and was michael jackson, himself, involved with giving him this drug? i think the inclination to make him a scapegoat is strong here and we have to be careful to say it's not clear a crime took place, much less dr. murray committed one. >> no doubt to be careful. lisa, if, though, this dr. gave michael jackson diprivan or propofol, what does that mean? it's not illegal. any other doctor says it is completely inappropriate to be given this drug outside of a hospital setting. >> there are certain guidelines and written instructions on the packaging for propofol that say a patient must be monitored. there must be artificial ventilation available in the event that the patient stops breathing. it is not clear whether this happened. if dr. murray administered propofol outside the hospital without the proper safety precautions, i think he is in trouble and probably looking at manslaughter charges. >> do you think that? >> i'm not ready to go that far. malpractice is certainly a possibility, civil liability. it could be some sort of professional misconduct. medical disciplinary. the criminal offense of manslaughter, that doesn't seem -- let's find out how michael jackson died, what killed him before we talk about who killed him. we're going to talk more with jeffrey and lisa in a moment. stay with us. we're going to continue the conversation. join the live chat at ac360.com. let us know what you think of the breaking news. also ahead tonight, much more on the man at the center of this investigation right now. dr. conrad murray. there will be others that are being investigated. clearly, right now, he appears to be front and center. what did he do before he became michael jackson's personal physician? you might be surprised. plus, the newly released 911 tape that shines new light on the story providing the nation. the arrest of prominent professor henry lewis gates jr. is race even mentioned on the tape? we'll play the tape for you. >> an older woman standing here noticed two gentlemen trying to get a house at that number, 17 ware street and they kind of had to barge in and they broke the screen door and they finally got in. >> we'll play you more of the tape that led police to the house. sarah palin stepping down officially as alaska's governor and taking a couple of parting shots at one of her favorite targets. breaking news tonight, for the first time michael jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray is being connected to the drug that may have killed the pop star. a source close to the jackson family, someone familiar with the investigation tells cnn dr. murray gave jackson the powerful anesthetic that authorities believe killed him last month. joining me again, legal analyst lisa bloom and jeffrey toobin. lisa says possible manslaughter. you think that's premature? >> it is possible. >> what is the difference between manslaughter -- what would qualify for manslaughter? >> the legal definition of manslaughter is unintentional homicide. killing someone unintentionally. prosecutors have an enormous amount of discretion. yes. that could be malpractice that goes terribly wrong. it could be professional misconduct. good faith medical mistakes tend not to be prosecuted as manslaughter. they tend to lead to civil judgments. they tend to lead to, you know, people losing their medical license. >> good faith medical mistakes. >> correct. >> would this be good faith if a doctor is -- there is off label use of medicine, but, you know, intravenous use of this drug in someone's home, by someone who is not an anesthesiologist. >> you would have to know so much more. has he taken it before? have other doctors prescribed it? were other doctors involved? dr. murray was only involved in michael jackson's life for two months. michael jackson has an enormous history with doctors. and the idea that murray invented the idea of using this -- >> clearly, we know from the nurse, lisa, that michael jackson was at least aware of the drug, diprivan, before. >> look, every doctor who commented on propofol has said it would be outrageous to administer this to michael jackson simply for pain medication or to help him sleep. propofol is a very heavy-duty anesthetic used to knock people out for surgery and it has to be in a hospital setting because it's known to lower heart pressure, blood pressure and occasionally to stop breathing. it would clearly be negligent even if michael jackson was begging for it and he probably was to be administering in a home without all of the safety precautions. manslaughter in california is a dangerous act that causes the death of another person. what could be more obviously dangerous, for foresee bli dangerous, than giving this kind of drug by a doctor who should know better as apparently all doctors do to administer in a home without the safety precautions that are required there on the label of the medication? >> would there be pressure to go for -- in a case like this, to go for manslaughter? >> this is always the issue with celebrity cases. you try to treat them like everyone else but prosecutors have a hard time doing this. this is, of course, in los angeles county. o.j. simpleson, robert blake. these are the cases that are sometimes brought that maybe that are treated differently. >> given, though, the chain of evidence problems which could be brought up at a trial, i mean, basically police went to the house and left and they didn't collect evidence until the next day after jackson family members had been through the house. a moving truck had been at the house. who knows had been in the house? >> if you try to put dr. murray on trial, the defense will be to put michael jackson on trial. to point out his history of drug use and his history of getting doctors to help him out in ways that are, perhaps, inproto. so the idea that murray is going to be made the scapegoat for all this, even if he acted irresponsiblily, if he committed malpractice, the idea you're trying to put him in prison i think is a big step. >> to do that is not hard. we tracked down an anesthesiologist who was on tour with michael jackson. we don't know what drugs, if any, he gave michael jackson. the very fact michael jackson had a traveling anesthesiologist with him on tour raises a lot of questions. >> well, look, every medical professional has an independent obligation to follow the law. it doesn't matter what the patient begs for. doctors are supposed to be more than glorified drug dealers. in california, in particular -- >> we're talking about l.a., lisa. >> about going after medical professionals like in the anna nicole case, going drugs to a known addict when it's contra-indicated. >> in the anna nicole case it wasn't manslaughter. >> no. they couldn't connect it. here i think the connection will be revealed. >> thank you very much. it will be revealed lateer this week when we play the toxicology. up next, dr. conrad murray is the one person that may know what happened in the final moments of michael jackson's life. what do we know about him? an up close look at the man who became jackson's private physician. police release the 911 call that started the whole mess of harvard professor henry lewis gates. did the caller mention race? hear for yourself coming up. as we told you before the break cnn learned the authorities believe jackson's personal physician gave him a powerful anesthetic that may have killed him. we're getting this information from a source close to the family with knowledge of the investigation. this is the photo of jackson's physician, dr. conrad murray. his houston office was raided last week. we told you that. law enforcement officers had search warrants looking for evidence that may lead to a manslaughter charge against him. with conrad murray known to be the center of the investigation, we thought we should tell you what we know about him. erica hill takes us up close. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray was one of the last people to see michael jackson alive. a man the popstar insisted having by his side. telling concert promoter aeg live only dr. murray would do for his upcoming london shows. >> he said, you don't understand. my body is the machine that fuels this whole business. okay? i need that kind of attention. you know what? when michael jackson says that to you and there's this much at stake, you don't argue. >> reporter: murray became jackson's personal physician in may and explained his leave to current patients as a, quote, once in a lifetime opportunity. an opportunity with a salary of $150,000 a month plus travel, hotel, and per diem expenses. but how did he get to the singer's side in the first place? the two met in las vegas in 2006 when dr. murray treated one of jackson's children on the rejs of a jackson bodyguard. murray's attorney told cnn's larry king their relationship went beyond a doctor and patient. >> let me clear up something and make sure we understand. dr. murray was not a doctor first. he was a friend first. they were a close, personal friend. michael jackson really treated him as a family. >> reporter: conrad murray is 56. he garage waited from the harry medical college in nashville and spent his internship and residency years in california. he operates clinics in both nevada and texas. until signing on with jackson most of his time was spent in las vegas. in a statement his attorney said the cost to maintain murray's texas clinic, quote, exceeds any collection. documents obtained by cnn show his nevada practice suffered financially. with some $400,000 in judgments for debt over the last couple of years. since his famous client's death murray has not spoken publicly except through his lawyer. though everyone is waiting to hear what the man who found michael jackson unconscious has to say. erica hill, cnn, new york. >> a lot of questions about the doctor and the drug he allegedly gave jackson, the drug that may have stopped his hard. joining me now, dr. rodriguez and dr. drew pinsky. dr. rodriguez, how serious of a drug is propofol? >> it is a very serious sedative, used primarily in the operating room and intensive care unit and in a few select other monitored circumstances. it's very serious and the reason is because it can make you stop breathing. as we can see it makes people die as well. >> if a patient says i would like to take it to help me sleem sleep, although we know it doesn't help somebody sleep, it puts them under. if they said they wanted this done in their home by someone who is not a trained anesthesiologist, does that make sense to you? >> insomnia is a common problem. many people suffer from it. this medication is not a medication that is commonly used for insomnia. there's many different ways to treat it. it wouldn't make sense for most of the physicians -- for any physician to use this in someone's home. >> dr. drew, have you heard of an instance where this drug was administered outside of a medical facility? >> i have not. i have seen propofol addiction in doctors. i'm the only one who has seen that -- it doesn't appear outside of a hospital. it's a dangerous medicine that requires careful monitoring. there isn't a protocol for a treatment of insomnia that includes propofol. "a." "b," it's a very serious problem for an addict. when it's combined with other things it's likely to cause serious problems and has been associated with cardiac rhythm disturbances. we hear stories about michael taking other medicines. the combination may have been what did him in. >> the people who take it and get addicted to it, anesthesiologists are talking about it. do they like the feeling it gives them? does it make them feel lie? does it give them a wisesy feeling? >> yes. they like to feel high and disconnected. people that are trauma survivors don't like to feel the pain they walk around in day in and day out. michael jackson has been reported being a pain patient. he may have had sleep problems related to pain, opiate recall, god knows what. this may have been a desperate attempt for relief but not a safe one and not an appropriate one and certainly never for someone with a history of addiction. >> how delicate, dr. rodriguez, is the dosing of this? >> extremely delicate and very dangerous as was just said. in fact, in some individuals people can overdose and people can start having significant impact on their ability to breathe. and so it really is something that can only be done under monitored situations by experienced physicians, primarily anesthesiologists. >> dr. drew, when you heard michael jackson had an anesthesiologist on tour with him during the history tour, did that make any sense to you? >> no. what i thought was, uh-oh, this is a very serious problem. even an anesthesiologist should be prescribing out of a hospital and certainly not for insomnia and an addict history. it's really just something that is just unfortunately really outlandish. i'm formulating a theory, methadone that pain patients get on all the time these days. there has been a rash of sudden deaths with that with serious cardiac rhythm experiences. it's been reported in combo with propofol. a cardiologist wouldn't be able to bring a patient back. it's sphere speculation but i have a feeling when we get the medicine report, we may hear of another medicine called methadone. >> doctor, there was a report that jackson was taking dozens of xanax? is that even possible? >> oh, yes. >> i took half a xanax one time after operation and i was knocked out -- it's incredibly strong stuff. taking dozens? >> you are what my patients call a lightweight. >> yeah. in more ways than one. >> that being said, my patients take 10, 12, 15 milligrams of xanax a die. i've seen up to 100 vicodin a day. addicts tolerate. if they start back up with customary doses or combine it with something it doesn't belong with, like in this case, propofol, that's where they get in trouble quickly. >> dr. rodriguez, dr. pinsky, thank you very much. >> tomorrow night on "360" "crime and punishment" joe johns reports. >> reporter: anderson this man was accused of killing a man. he stabbed him 61 times. he said it was self-defense and a jury believed him. joe biederman was acquitted. it began he says with an invitation. the victim asked him to come here to his apartment for a late-night drink. >> i thought he was a nice guy in there. it seemed like, you know, he was my neighbor. i didn't think anything that he was the devil. >> reporter: he said he passed out and when he woke up he was terrified, afraid he would be raped and killed. >> he didn't just make a pass at me. he had a medieval sword and dagger up to my throat. >> for two minutes they fought to the death and he worries why some still don't believe him. >> all they hear is 61 stab wounds, how could that be self-defense. >> reporter: it is one of those cases, the jury votes unanimously to acquit joe biderman, jet fyet for many, so many questions are unanswered. >> did he get away with murder? 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>> they were pushing the door in. >> reporter: for the first time we can hear the conversation that started it all. a midday call to police from a boston-area residence, lucia wailen, describing two men with suitcases pushing on the door of a house. >> i don't know if they live there and had a hard time with their key. i did notice they kind of used their shoulder to try to barge in and they got in. i don't know if they had a key for not. i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked a little closely, that's when i saw -- >> white, black or hispanic? >> um -- >> are they still in the house? >> they are still in the house, i believe. yeah. >> are they white, black or hispanic? >> there were two larger men, one looks kind of hispanic but i'm not really sure. the other one entered and i did not see what he looked like at all. >> reporter: the operator tells sergeant james crowley patrolling nearby of a possible break in. >> they are still in the house. unknown on race. one may be hispanic. >> reporter: in front of the house he says lucia whalen tells him two black men with backpacks are involved. she said she never spoke to crowley at the scene and said nothing about black men. nonetheless, as crowley waits for backup, he says he sees a person inside the house and goes to question him. when crowley learns it is a harvard professor he radios headquarters again. >> the gentleman says he resides here. a little uncooperative but keep the cars coming. can you send the harvard university police this way? have an i.d. on henry lewis gates. >> reporter: that's about it. the calls are notable. as much of what you don't hear is what you do. no sharp words, no raised voices, no indication this routine police call would turn into a national debate on race, police and who, if anyone, went too far. anderson? >> moments ago, senior white house official confirmed to cnn professor gates and sergeant crowley will visit the white house thursday at 6:00 p.m. eastern. president obama extend the invitation late last week after sergeant crowley suggested it saying he wanted both men to meet with him over a beer. the woman who made the call has take an lot of heat. earlier reports say she described the men on professor gates' porch as two black men. on the tape released today clearly she says nothing of the sort. wendy murphy, a former prosecutor and spokesman for ms. wailen. boy watkins, finance professor at syracuse university and author of "what if george bush were a black man?" jeffrey toobin joins us as well. the cambridge police reports told sergeant crowley on the scene she observed two black males with backpacks on the porch of gates' house. you say she never talked to sergeant crowley and never said anybody was black. what accounts for the police report? >> anderson, that is a question i can't answer. all i can tell you is when sergeant crowley arrived my client was standing there. she gestured to sergeant crowley, i'm the one who called 911. he said stay right there and he walked into the house. that was the entirety of the conversation. so i think you have a ask the cambridge police where they came up with that quote. i think they basically agreed at this point she never uttered those words. she never said black men. she never said the word black. she never mentioned backpacks. that's good. her name has been cleared. the police have helped with that to some extent. professor gates said he thinks she acted responsibly and did nothing wrong. she is feeling good people now know she wasn't the racist spark that fueled this fire. >> professor watkins, is there anything you take away from these tapes? >> well, i didn't get the sense that she was trying to do anything other than help out a neighbor and be a good citizen. she sounds about as innocent as you can sound on this tape. the issue with the police report is a serious issue. if the police report mentions black men and she says she didn't mention black men. then you have to find out, well, how did the words black men get into the police report? if it turns out there was police misconduct, that needs to be investigated. the other day i talked to jesse jackson, al sharpton and charles ogletree. one of the things they brought up that is race mutual is the abuse of police power. we know that is a serious problem. if there is abuse i hope it will be investigated. that's a serious problem here. >> what do you make of it? you know professor gates. >> we were colleagues at "the new yorker." we are trying to slot this in various legal categories. this was a misunderstanding. everybody just didn't understand the facts. everyone acted, i think, understandably given the circumstances. skip gates, he's arrested in his own house, for breaking into his own house. no wonder's upset. crowley gets yelled at by skip gates apparently. he gets upset. now they are working it out and having a beer. nobody is arrested. nobody is suing. nobody is going to jail. this seems like an appropriate resolution of an unfortunate situation. something that's nothing more than that. >> wendy, has your client met the professor now? >> she has not. all she has -- in terms of contact with him, she's read that he said he thinks she did nothing wrong. she acted as a responsible citizen should. that's good. she has not met him. she didn't know him previously. she doesn't live in the area. she worked in the area for 15 years for harvard. she felt terrible, frankly, that it became the explosive racial story that it did. but she's really pleased in a sense that things are moving ahead amicably. she wants -- this controversy with her and the police report and the disparity, she doesn't want that to change the fact things are moving in a good direction. >> did she hear anything while standing outside -- the interaction between professor gates and the officer? >> i'll tell you this much, she heard loud yelling and she told me the only voice she would hear that was loud and yelling was professor gates. >> jeff, you were saying this was just a misunderstanding. from the get-go, though, professor gates said the tone that officer crowley had made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. >> well, you can understand how independent of race the fact that professor gates is arrested for breaking into his own home. that would make -- >> that is why they were -- the arrest had not occurred at that point. >> but the interaction was such that it was leading that way. the idea of being investigated even for breaking into your own home, it would piss most people off and it undoubtedly pissed him off. he probably reacted in a way that was not as temperate as it should be have been. whether that should have led to an arrest? i don't know. what was crowley's ultimate motivation? what was in his head? i don't know that either. i don't think there is any way to know at this point. the fact is nobody is -- the resolution, the only person who acted inappropriately was barack obama sounding off about something he didn't know the facts about. >> go ahead, professor. >> what i was saying is there is a bigger point here. having a beer is great and i'm sure after the stress of the situation, a beer sounds like a good idea, maybe even some vodka. the truth is beer isn't going to solve this problem. we have to look at the fact that when things like this happen, the orch trial, you go back to rodney king, you go back to hurricane katrina and see that rage, you don't need to look at the situation. you need to look at the source of the rage. racism is a virus that has infected our political body, our national body. that virus must be attacked with precision and determination. if we have a beer every time this kind of thing happens we'll continue have to the same problem for the next 100 years. >> wait a second. that is a completely unfair analogy. there is a terrible history of official racism in this country. whether it is rodney king or driving while black. but to tie this event to those when crowley may have done nothing wrong. i think that's just an unfair comparison. >> can i be the voice of reason between you guys? two things can both be true. two things can both be true. professor gates felt discriminated against and sergeant crowley was doing no discrimination. those things can both be true. if we do move forward it could possibly be along the lines of each of them trying to understand the other one's state of mind better. i want to add at the end here, if we should point out anyone who acted truly responsibly here, it was my client. you listen to her on that tape. boy, she says everything right. >> professor watkins, i want to give you the final thought. >> look, here is the deal. i don't know if crowley is racist or not. i honestly don't believe he was. i don't know what was going through skip gates' mind. when this happened. i want us to move past skip gates and sergeant crowley and get to this teachable moment. when we have this opportunity in our nation to address a serious problem, we've got to look at the big picture and not worry about the nitpicking of whether or not sergeant crowley or professor gates was right. we know that sometimes police abuse their power but there are a lot of good cops in america. i don't want every good cop to be afraid of doing their job because they're afraid of being accused of being a racist. >> thank you. you can listen to the 911 tape on ac360.com. sarah palin saying goodbye and taking some shots at the media. >> democracy depends on you and that is why -- that's why our troops are willing to die for you, so how about in honor of the american soldier you quit making things up. >> what is she talking about and what lies ahead for palin? 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>> reporter: she was not complaining 11 months ago. >> and with your vote we're going to washington to shake things up. >> reporter: she was the toast of the political world, the fixation of the media and barack obama was in her sights. >> i guess a smalltown mayor is sort of like a community organizer except if you have actual responsibilities -- >> reporter: sarah palin was the yin to john mccain's yang. a fresh face, a no-questions-asked conservative, way outside the beltway and oh so quotable. >> they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull, lipstick. >> reporter: republicans were wild for her. the moose-hunting, fish-catching governor of alaska was a huge draw, giving john mccain the biggest crowds in the best two weeks of his campaign. then the interviews started. cbs' katie couric asked palin what newspapers she read. >> all of them. any of them that have been in front of me over all these years. >> can you name a few? >> i have a vast variety of sources where we get our news. >> reporter: charlie gibson with abc pressed on foreign policy issues. >> you can actually see russia from land here in alaska, from an island in alaska. >> reporter: she got chewed up on late-night tv. >> i believe that diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy and i can see russia from my house. >> reporter: complaints ranged from the serious to the silly, from foreign policy to her $150,000 wardrobe paid for by the republican party. >> i'm not taking them with me. i'm back to wearing my own clothes from my favorite consignment shop in anchorage, alaska. >> reporter: the republican supernova flamed out but the lights are seductive. as palin left the governor's office for parts unknown, it's evident a flicker remains. >> with this decision i will be able to fight harder for you, for what is right and for truth. >> reporter: she will write a book, help other like-minded candidates, give speeches and it is no coincidence her first appearance is in california at the ronald reagan library, mecca to conservatives. palin could make good money and some friends with that agenda. she could be on a path that leads to 2012. exit stage right but definitely don't fade to black. >> candy, can she really be on a path to 2012 having quit the biggest and most important job she's had midway through the term? >> reporter: it hasn't helped her among republicans. that's for sure. let's face it, anybody can run for president. she may have it in her mind or she may simply literally be keeping her options open. anderson, all the people i have known who have run for president at some point have believed they could be president even when you think, no, that couldn't possibly happen. they are surrounded by people who think they are wonderful. people tell them, you know what you aukt to do? you aukt to run for president. all kinds of people run for president. we don't know if she is thinking about it. but we do know that a lot of the things she is doing would help her if she decides to run for president. >> has the quitting, although she calls it leadership in a new more stronger form, has the quitting -- you said some republicans haven't liked it, has it lessened the interest in her to speak at places i imagine she would be a popular speaker all around the country. >> yes. certainly there are some places she is wildly popular. there are other candidates who have said already, listen, i don't really want her coming into my district. she has a 70% approval rating still in the republican party. it is particularly high among conservatives and evangelicals. she will be a huge draw on the speaking circuit where you can make a lot of money at the ronald reagan library. the fact is she's still a hot commodity right now and that's when you can make money and that's when you can make headlines. i imagine she will do both over the course of the next year. >> candy, thanks very much. i love the ending of your piece. great writing. thank you. michael vick allowed back in the nfl but still on thin ice. what conditions he has to meet if a team will take him. plus, when mascots take one for the team. update on breaking news. we received a statement from ed cherno chernoff, an attorney for dr. conrad murray. tonight he is being directly connected with the drug that may have killed jackson. in his statement, quote, it's a waste of time responding to all these timed leaks from anonymous sources. i feel like a horse swatting flies. everyone needs to take a breath, wait for the long delayed toxicology results. i have no doubt they want to make a case, for goodness sakes, it's michael jackson. but things tend to shake out when all the facts are made known. i'm sure that will happen here as well. erica joins us with the 360 bulletin. michael vick welcome back to the nfl if he can find a team that will sign him. the league reinstated him with conditions. vick can participate in all preseason practices and two preseason games but he won't be eligible to play in the reck season until october, pending full reinstatement by the league. vick recently released from statement after sevenirving two years in dogfighting operations. >> texts and driving makes you 23% likely to become more involved in an accident. those numbers from virginia tech's transportation institute who says truck drivers on the road over an 18 month period, it is three times higher than findings from the university of utah. that study involved students texting on a driving stimulater. texas pooch is home tonight more than ten months after hurricane ike. the storm damaged their family's home. while the fence was being repaired for the dog, daisy's family decided to board this little one but then she escaped. she escaped and they thought she was gone. a neighbor found her in a nearby town. apparently she was living in the woods. people kept seeing her come out and leave her food. he was a little skittish, so daisy's mom went to the scene, did the family whistle. daisy came running and lifted her paw for a handshake which was her signature move. >> ah, daisy. the "shot" is next. a mascot named bingo the bee gets a big sting. do we have the tape? 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bingo the bee is not the only wiley mascot. >> i do remember. >> "360" favorite. i forget the year but it was a good one. a sausage race in milwaukee takes a strange turn when a pittsburgh pirate first baseman hits one of the contestants. a woman dresses in italian sausage, with a bat as she runs by. she wasn't seriously hurt. he was cited for disorderly conduct. >> i could watch this 100 times. it makes me laugh. >> you and your sausage races. >> it makes me giggle every time. >> i noticed that. >> yeah. all right. there you go. boom. >> it makes you laugh because you weren't the one being hit with a bat, cooper. >> no one was injured. thank goodness. see the most recent shots at ac360.com. just ahead, the top of the hour, the serious stuff, breaking news in the michael jackson investigation. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. some pharmacies make you work for it with memberships and fees. but not walmart. they have hundreds of generic prescriptions for just $4 for up to a 30-day supply and no gimmicks. save money. live better. walmart.