two of the officers were eventually convicted. and michael jackson s behavior before and after his 2005 child molestation trial may have underdetermined him many the eyes of the public, but the jury let him off. the king of pop went into hiding in the mideast for several years after his acquittal. at the time of his death in 2009 he was preparing for a big come back tour. it was the subject of a posthumous movie this is it. what s next for casey anthony? we ll get our first glimpse tomorrow when we learn her sentence at 9:00 a.m. eastern where she could be released for time served. we ll all be watching. that does it for me. thomas roberts back in the hot seat. i don t have a picture like that. we get it thomas, you re coming back, tomorrow. that was a good picture. you took a good picture yourself. good too see you, the rhetoric heating up over debt. will republicans and democrats compromise on taxes to avert a
tom mass mesereau successfully represented michael jackson at his child molestation trial. good morning. good morning. the defense holding its cards close to the vest but one did say the question of who injected the propofol was, quote, the issue in the case. what do you make of this as a possible defense it was actually michael jackson who gave himself an overdose? well, the defense lawyers have to do something, and what they re going to try do is deflect attention a way from the client and on to michael jackson. the reality is, michael jackson was not suicidal, he was not self-destructive in the way they re trying to say, and hopefully their defense will not succeed. there is a difference, though, between suicidal and doing something accidentally, and many people have spoken since his death about his great difficulties in sleeping. is it out of the realm of possibility, do you think, that if the doctor was not in the rom if he could not sleep, if he felt he had to get rest th
fans paid tribute to the legend. fans honored his grave in glendale and celebrated with memorials. one year after his death, where does michael s legacy stack up in music history? a music critic and harriet cole is here with us. the question to you will be to harriet first. what do you think the public perception is of michael jackson a year later and has it changed? i think it s changed quite a bit. people thought about the controversy. it was almost like he was holding his head in shame in a sense because he never got out from underneath the cloud of child molestation trial, even though he was acquitted. but now, even children are discovering his music. new fans are discovering it. i think that at the memorial, there was a cleansing.
he equipment in jackson s bedroom where he was administering the drug and he left jackson unmonitored while he made phone calls and when he noticed something was wrong, he first called security before calling 911. he ordered that security to take the propofol, take the iv bag and put it into another bag out of sight of paramedics before he did call 911. the prosecution said when he was asked by paramedics what jackson had been given. he only said lorazepam. he never mentioned propofol until an interview with police two days later. let s bring in criminal defense attorney thomas mesereau who represented michael jackson in the child molestation trial. thank you for joining us. let s start off with the audio. i have to tell you when that was played, i don t know the reaction in the courtroom, but everyone was listening to it.