the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests against the presidential elections began. left the hospital in santa monica alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the limelight. michael jackson, dead at the age of 50, death was apparently declared at ucla medical center where our own michael oku is standing by outside. michael. reporter: there seems to be a collective sense of shock here as passersby continue to gather here by what appears to be the hundreds. the tribute to michael jackson started. i think fairly early on, it went from a surreal situation whether this pop icon, who had always been with us, and was now gone, it went from being stunned by that, to suddenly celebrating the life that this guy had. as the news spread, fans spontaneously joined together,
the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests against the presidential elections there began. this morning, he left the hospital in santa monica alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the limelight. michael jackson, dead at the age of 50, death was apparently declared at ucla medical center where our own michael oku is standing by outside. michael. reporter: there seems to be a collective sense of shock here as passersby continue to gather here by what appears to be the hundreds. the tribute to michael jackson started. i think fairly early on, it went from a surreal situation whether this pop icon, who had always been with us, and was now gone, it went from being stunned by that, to suddenly celebrating the life that this guy had. as the news spread, fans
the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests against the presidential elections began. left the hospital in santa monica alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the limelight. michael jackson, dead at the age of 50, death was apparently declared at ucla medical center where our own michael oku is standing by outside. michael. reporter: there seems to be a collective sense of shock here as passersby continue to gather here by what appears to be the hundreds. the tribute to michael jackson started. i think fairly early on, it went from a surreal situation whether this pop icon, who had always been with us, and was now gone, it went from being stunned by that, to suddenly celebrating the life that this guy had.
republican party as being a potential presidential candidate would implode the way he did. the governor s wife has also said she doesn t know where her husband is. where is mark sanford? he s a governor of a state, how can no one know where he is? as the sanford story picks up steam, the death of farrah fawcett continues to be the lead. in case you re just joining us, former charlie s angels actress farrah fawcett has died at a santa monica hospital after a long battle with cancer. this is a story we have been following, so that was obviously going to be the major story of the day, until that afternoon. the news had broke about farrah fawcett fairly early in the day, and i was assigned to stay in-house and put together the obituary. suddenly the news breaks about michael jackson. sometime around very close to 3:00, it s been reported that an adult in his home is
the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests against the presidential elections began. left the hospital in santa monica alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the limelight. michael jackson, dead at the age of 50, death was apparently declared at ucla medical center where our own michael oku is standing by outside. michael. reporter: there seems to be a collective sense of shock here as passersby continue to gather here by what appears to be the hundreds. the tribute to michael jackson started. i think fairly early on, it went from a surreal situation whether this pop icon, who had always been with us, and was now gone, it went from being stunned by that, to suddenly celebrating the life that this guy had. as the news spread, fans spontaneously joined together,