tonight dr. sanjay gupta, michael s lifelong friend kathy hilton. the trial of conrad murray. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. an extraordinary first day in the trial of dr. conrad murray today. michael jackson s parents, his brothers tito, jer maine and randy joined janet and la toya and rooeby there. it wasn t because it was right but because he was making $150,000 a month off the singer. he charged the doctor with gross negligence towards his patient. mr. chernoff called it a perfect storm that killed him instantly. murray wiped away tears during his lawyer s statement. but the most extraordinary statement of all came from michael jackson himself in a rambling recording played in court today. ted rowlands has that and more. a dramatic day in many ways, finally laying bare, really, all the rumors and whispers that we ve been hearing about this trial. i suppose one of the most dramatic moments of all came right at the top when the jury were shown a photo, whic
fixated to begin with, they sure were at that point. of course, family it was a very emotional moment for the family in the courtroom as well and for everybody to see that image of michael jackson. obviously, what they re trying to hammer home here, what they were early on in the opening was that this was the victim. he was an international star. and every one of those jurors, they know it, has an opinion and lass some connection to michael jackson. they knew that in voir dire. they threw that picture out and they established that connection searly. the perhaps even more extraordinary moment i felt came when david walgren played this recording from murray s iphone this which you hear a sedated michael jackson. i ll play that to you. then we ll discuss it afterwards. ted, that was one of the most sort of pathetic and pitiful things i think i ve ever heard from a celebrity. never heard michael jackson talking like this. what i found curious i m interested in your take o
jet in 172 dressed as a priest. the fbi says wright then forced agents to deliver $1 million ransom dressed only in swim trunks to prove agents had no guns. he flew to algeria and vanished, until now. he was living in a resort town and is now fighting extradition. for a second day workers are hanging outside the washington monument at the very tippy top, checking each marble block. that earthquake that shook the east coast last month did more damage than first thought. these engineers will have to inspect every stone. it will take at least a few days. park officials say they can work through heavy rain, but there f there s any threat of lightning they have to stop. 9 monument s been hit by lightning several times in its history. it is structurally sound. tribal fighters say they shot down a yemeni war jet north of the capital of sanaa today and captured the pilot. the fighters are aligned with a prominent gemny generyemeni gen defected. they raided the base for anti-a
series in london. prosecutors want to show that jackson was up to the challenge of performing. what was your overall impression of mr. jackson s performance at rehearsal on june 23rd, 2009? i thought he was strong. did mr. jackson appear to be excited and full of energy when he was performing? yes, yes, he did. yesterday we heard a lot about the pressures of preparing for 50 concerts when the original plan was 10. we also heard from jackson, like we d never heard him before. once again, michael jackson had the world s attention. this time, though, he was wasted, slurring his words. listen to this recording by jackson s personal physician, dr. conrad murray, made six weeks before his death. when people leave my show, i want them to say, i ve never seen nothing like this in my life. prosecutor david wallgren says that jackson was drugged up and dr. murray was not only aware of his addiction, but continued to the feed it, by supplying and administering drugs that e
that it does get better. here s a little bit of my story. december 2010, i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because we would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways and i felt i never could have escape it. people would constantly send me hate telling me gay people go to hell. he said he got hate messages on the site formspring which allows kids to post anonymous comments about each other and to each other. but back then, as you hear, he said he rose above the negativity. i promise you it will get better. i have so much support from people i don t even know online. i know that sounds creepy, but they re so nice and caring and they don t ever want me to die. two weekends ago after saying good night to his sister, jamie rodemeyer took his own life. he was only 14 years old. his school in williamsville, new york, does have a bullying preventi