and la toya just arrived. janet jackson was staying down there and not returning for the verdict, but they are in the courtroom and waiting to hear if conrad murray has arrived here. we have that staked out and watching for him as well to arrive with the attorneys. we are less than 15 minutes away from hearing what the jury decided. people continuing to arrive and wanting to know if the jury has convicted the man that they at least blame for michael jackson s death. thank you very much and do stay with us. the prosecution sought to show that dr. murray agreed to treat jackson s insomnia with a procedure many other doctors flat out refused. let s bring in the doctor,
jackson s children. he said, for michael s children, this case will gone on forever. they do not have a father because of the actions of conrad murray. as we know, conrad murray is facing a single charge of involuntary manslaughter. potentially, he could face four years in prison, but he s a doctor, as we know. he has no prior crimes to his name, and our lawyers here, our experts, jami floyd and john kelly were just surmising that he ll definitely, if found guilty, lose his medical license, but perhaps will not have to serve the whole time. in closing arguments, the defense said dr. murray should not be held responsible for the actions of a grown man, actions that include him taking other drugs, such as the sedative lorazepam, which the coroner s office said contributed to jackson s death. let s listen to that exchange. what you need to do is
about the fact that he felt conrad murray was conducting a scientific experiment in a bedroom because there is not ann treatiologi theseiologist on the planet that would recommend this and leaving the room at the same time. was he effective? sure, the prosecution said the propofol should not be administered outside of a hospital setting. when he chose to do so, he should have been diligent and never leaving michael s side. even being diligent, he should have had life-saving equipment. that would be gross deviation from the care. the problem for the jury is can they conceive that mr. jackson did this to himself
we are following breaking news in the michael jackson case in the jury s verdict. charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop star s death. kristin dahlgren joins us live from the courthouse in los angeles. i understand members of the jackson family have literally just been arriving. yeah, martin, they have. the jury reached a verdict about an hour and a half ago when they gave the three buzzes. that was the designated signal they had finally reached a verdict. the judge told us he was going to give two hours for all of the parties to arrive. so far we have seen katherine and joe and rebe and his brother, jermaine. we haven t seen la toya yet, but she has been tweeting. in a tweet she said she was
i m erin burnett outfront tonight. markets plunged today. 297 points for the dow. the two-day drop, as i indicated, is close to 600. 573 points. it s a big story and we are covering it tonight. but first, we re starting with some breaking developments regarding herman cain. tonight, a report that one of the women who accused herman cain of sexual harassment wants to speak out. the washington post getting everyone s attention after posting a quote from the woman s attorney who told the post, it s very frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. he s asking the restaurant association to release his client from that agreement. it has been a gut-wrenching 24 hours for herman cain. allegations that he sexually harassed two women have his campaign back on its heels. but it wasn t the allegations or the fact that the women reported reportedly got financial settlements, but that he s