reporter: well, it was pretty remarkable, actually. they talked specifically about the fact that up until a couple of days before michael jackson died, that he was still getting procedures, three to four procedures, they say, a week on his face. they were really tifl minor procedures but he was on demerol. that demerol, as he was coming off of it, was acting as a stimulant. it breaks down as a stimulant and that stimulant was really very much keeping him awake. and that is why he needed all of these other medications to help him sleep. what i thought was even more remarkable, they were talking about this idea that on the day this happened, they say conrad murray did give propofol, this medication that we ve been talking about, and then observed michael jackson for at least ten minutes, according to these defense sources, and then he thought that michael jackson essentially fell asleep due to exhaustion, he had been up and rehearsing and then the doctor left the room. after
procedures but he was on demerol. that demerol, as he was coming off of it, was acting as a stimulant. it breaks down as a stimulant and that stimulant was really very much keeping him awake. and that is why he needed all of these other medications to help him sleep. what i thought was even more remarkable, they were talking about this idea that on the day this happened, they say conrad murray did give propofol, this medication that we ve been talking about, and then observed michael jackson for at least ten minutes, according to these defense sources, and then he thought that michael jackson essentially fell asleep due to exhaustion, he had been up and rehearsing and then the doctor left the room. after that, they say michael jackson had been playing possum. this is according to the defense team and sources that i ve talked to. they say that he was playing possum. he woke up, got out of bed, went to the bathroom where he had lorazepam, took eight pills, and then had a walkin
happy birthday, sarah. - thanks. - it s nice, right? - i love it. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com . tonight, the rescue of a man stuck under a burning car. we ll hear from the strangers who lifted it off of him. the tsa announces changes in the way that children will be screened in airplanes. a new connection between gary giordano and casey anthony. i m jim vance. and i m doreen gentzler. a teenaged couple in northern virginia planned to kill the girl s parents and had the gun to do it. jackie bensen joins us with more. reporter: police say the plot was uncovered after a gun was stolen from the burglary of a wood bridge home in august. now at that point, detectives began to investigate. they learned that the family s 16-year-old daughter made death threats against her parents. they determined that the 16-year-old gave the gun to her 17-year-old boyfriend who bragged about it on facebook. [ inaudible ] during the course of the investigation we learned t
taken a big hit in san jose. just as fire season starts to heat up, starting today, there will be fewer fire trucks available to respond to emergencies. one engine from fire station 29 is being taken out of service to save money. the number of firefighters on trucks is being reduced from five to four, and crews are all taking a 10% pay cut. as a result, the department says response times could increase. good news in oakland for some police officers. the city will hire back 22 of the 80 police officers that it laid off last year under a new city budget that was approved last night to close a $58 million shortfall. the mayor cast the deciding vote. the plan includes pay and benefit cuts that city workers have already accepted. work crews are cleaning up a mess in the east bay. east bay m.u.d. says that a water main broke near san pablo dam road in el sobrante around 9:30 this morning. crews were able to cap the 12 line but as you can see, several inches of water still rema
i m not sure well, there was the one republican and then the guy at the end with his hands up. i did read in a few leads yesterday afternoon that the president addressed skeptics of his health care plan. but maybe that was okay. maybe it was 100% great. i don t know, it seemed stacked to me. but i m pointing out at least yesterday afternoon the perception among many of the stories i read was that the president had addressed some skeptics. he was asking the audience, who s a skeptic, he seemed to be soliciting tougher questions. right. to the extent that there weren t as many people there as we ve seen in other town halls, people with legitimate concerns, is there anything you guys can do going forward in approaching the town halls to get an audience that is more representative of the bigger dispute, for example i don t have any question that the president took eight, i don t know how many we d say were people that were at least the last two, because