one of michael jackson s last performances there. his talent brought him fame and fortune but his face brought him jeers and jokes. michael jackson reportedly had dozens of plastic surgeries. now in a cnn exclusive never before seen photos remind us of who the king of pop was, what he originally liked. alan duke joins us. why have we not seen these photos before. these tos are from march 1978, a photo shoot at the studios here in hollywood bay freelance photographer who is a college student at the time. he is reginald garcia and i met him this week. he showed me these remarkable photos that have been in the closet in a box in his home for
all i want to say is they don t really care about us one of michael jackson s last performances there. his talent brought him fame and fortune but his face brought him jeers and jokes. michael jackson reportedly had dozens of plastic surgeries. now in a cnn exclusive never before seen photos remind us of who the king of pop was, what he originally looked like. alan duke joins us from los angeles. what do they show and why have we not seen these photos before? these are from march 1978, a photo shoot at stew yos here in hollywood by a frae lance photographer who was a college student at the time. he is reginald garcia and i met him this week. he showed me these remarkable photos that have been in the closet in a box in his home for the last three decades. he recently pulled them out
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a hydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see
before all that plastic surgery. we ll show you the photos that michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillway was opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. in they communities in the basin could be under many feet of water and force many people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. this underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next how we ll be joined by general russel hono honore. reporter: in don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see the water gushing out through that first gate, halfway down this morganza flood control struck purr. there are 125 gates. for now only one has been opened. officials say they will continue to open up more in the
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a high drydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you c