prescription rate, the top 5%, let s say, of all prescription issuances and simply start by looking in places like that? i think that s an excellent suggestion. there s no question that we have the ability, the technological ability to find out how many prescriptions each physician writes, what types of prescription they re writing for, and again, we don t have to say you re guilty, but we say, let s review your practices. why are you using so much of oxycontin, and how many patients do you see a day? which they did in the jackson cl case. they looked at arnie klein, were able to look at the number of scrips he wrote to michael jackson for demerol. he said, it wasn t me, just my office. but you can track it. if we re serious about breaking this problem, john, there are things that we can be doing, but we are not doing. absolutely. and i always said, for different reasons, that this was a selective prosecution of dr. murray, but it serves a very
right now we re hearing from the state attorney general and the police commissioner. we really cannot forget in all of this the eight alleges victims, boys as young as 7 or 8 years old. we do have to warn you that the details reveiled revealed by the grand jury are report and hard to stomach. many news articles and opinion pieces have already been written about this and many of you are very familiar with the allegations contained in the presentment, as well as the defendants that have been charged and the institutions and organizations that have been mentioned in this case. i also understand that many of you have questions concerning the allegations. the criminal charges an other issues related to the case. commissioner noonan and i will attempt to address many of those as many of those questions as possible, but i need to qualify that statement by making it clear that this is an ongoing investigation and it s also a grand jury investigation, which means that there are
coming in from downtown today. hope you had a good weekend, everyone. good morning. we have a lot to get to. the brand new poll that shows why there is no clear front runner the republican race. and new details coming out from the only person who can real ly know what amanda knox i going through. the first interview he s given. and we re kick up the gma all-stars week. you hit down with faith hill. and leonardo dicaprio is here. he just becomes j. edgar hoover. first, the shocking allegations against a former penn state football coach. two members of the university have been asked to step down. dan harris has more. good morning, dan. reporter: hey, robin, good morning. they call this community here the happy valley out in central pennsylvania. this morning, it s anything but happy. the two university officials that stepped down overnight, one of them, the athletic director. they ll be in court this morning, turning themselves in. they re essentially accused of c
superstar showdown. justin bieber will take a test to prove least not the father. is the mother of the child believable? and second thoughts. kim kardashian flies to minnesota overnight to see her husband, kris. are they getting back together or is it just another chanter in the celebrity divorce? coming in from downtown today. hope you had a good weekend, everyone. good morning. we have a lot to get to. the brand new poll that shows why there is no clear front runner the republican race. and new details coming out from the only person who can real ly know what amanda knox i going through. the first interview he s given. and we re kick up the gma all-stars week. you hit down with faith hill. and leonardo dicaprio is here. he just becomes j. edgar hoover. first, the shocking allegations against a former penn state football coach. two members of the university have been asked to step down. dan harris has more. good morning, dan. reporter: hey, robin, good morn
doctor s office. i mean, come on! elaborate on that, jami. really, probably the biggest issue here is the ease with which powerful individuals can acquire illicit materials, whether it s actually, i ve got to say something. in referencing your book, it s not ease, it s greed. because these people can make vast amounts of money if they pay individuals. the doctors no, the individuals who demand these kinds of medications. you can persuade a doctor. look at this doctor. he was earning $150,000 a month. of compensation from michael. but you re saying because michael jackson s business was so profitable, that he could uniquely offer a physician 150 gs a month to do whatever he wanted. during the proceedings, wasn t there a question about the suitability of dr. murray. and aeg, the concert promoter was told that mr. jackson had a report with conrad murray. i ll tell you what the report was. it was $150,000 a month. and that conrad murray would say yes. the questi