gup gup gupta. ted, we saw alberto alvarez, he described dr. murray pushing down on michael jackson s chest with his left hand, telling alvarez they needed an pla ambulance. he says two of jackson s children came into the room. watch this exchange. paris screamed out daddy. when you heard paris scream out daddy, was she describing? yes, s cry something. yes, sir. did you escort the children out or indicate to them to go out of the room? yes, sir. dr. murray said don t let them see their dad like this. don t let them see their dad like this. and i proceeded to turn around to the children and kind of ushered them out and said, kids, don t worry, we ll take care of it, everything is going to be okay. also today in the courtroom, prosecutors played the call alvarez made to 911. ted rollinss, i know being in the courtroom, you re looking at the jackson family, how did they react to the news of paris and her crying that day? reporter: well, i could see la toya jac
authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. at least since january of 2011. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he thought was some explosive material. they said not a lot of it was the real thing because they were obviously trying to trick him, but it lasted until today when they actually took him down. did he ever have any connection to real people at al qaeda? they say the federal authorities say that he did not. there is no indication according to a law enforcement official that cnn spoke with today, no indication that he has any kind of connection with a foreign terrorist organization. he dealt with undercover fbi agents who
benefits. it s been really at 400 or higher since april. that s really not conducive to cutting the unemployment rate but a good number this week. it fell to 391,000 and that s better than we had expected. another important report, the final read on how fast the economy grew in the second quarter. this is the gdp report. gross domestic product. the sum of everything that this economy puts out and it grew at 1.3%. so, for all those people who are talking about a double-dip recession, this number shows it isn t technically a double dip recession right now. in the second quarter you had economic growth and economists are telling me that for the third quarter there was growth there, as well. so, you have an economy that is growing and you have fewer people than expected who filed for jobless benefits. it sounds like a couple of nonnegatives, which is, but taken together, that s positive for the market, at least this morning, kyra. we ll watch all the numbers and we ll know in 2
powerful allegations about murray s actions and inaction. let s go to ted rollins in los angeles. what s the latest, ted? well, joe, it was a compelling day in court so far. it continues this afternoon here in los angeles. all day, it has been alberto alvarez, the director of lodgistics for michael jackson and he has taken the jury inside the jackson house during those critical moments of chaos while jackson was lying on his bed. he describes the scenario where he gets a call, rushes in, sees murray in the room. sees jackson laying there with his mouth open. he also testified that murray asked him to help him collect bottles of propofol. i believe dr. conrad murray had the best intentions for mr. jackson, so i didn t question his authority. at the time. i knew it was a medical emergency, so i proceeded to follow mr. conrad murray s instructions. okay. what did you think when did you think these items were being packed up for? i thought we were packing, getting ready
no, just kidding. he was tired yesterday. we start with this. he was bent on jihad and he is no dummy. that s what the feds are saying after they arrested a man in an alleged plot to dive bomb the pentagon with remote controlled planes like these. the planes would be packed with explosi explosives. the suspect is an american muslim with a physics degree. brian todd with more on how his plot was foiled. federal authorities arrest ad 26-year-old man from ashland, massachusetts. in an affidavit he started his plot last year by buying cell phones, modifying them to act as electrical switches for ieds and giving them to people he believed to be members of al qaeda and hoped they would be used to kill u.s. soldiers overseas according to that document. but the people he was give thing equipment to were actually undercover agents from the fbi. authorities say that he then expanded his plot to use these. model planes. they say that he planned to use them like drones operated by remo