. >> reporter: jermaine jackson says his little brother was ready. >> i mean he could have did 200 shows. ♪ >> reporter: i sat down with jermaine following band rehearsals for an upcoming tour to gambia. >> i felt that he could do it because of the way the shows were spaced out and it wasn't like every day. ♪ see, like when we first started we were doing one-nighters where every day you're in a different place, riding the bus and you're sleeping on top of each other. that's tough. but this was -- and you didn't have to take the stage now, you were in one location. i think that night he finally accepted down deep in whatever the inner reaches of an artist's soul are that he could do this. >> reporter: was anything out of the ordinary that night? >> the only thing that might have been out of the ordinary is that michael was -- had a serious glow about him that night. ♪ ♪ all i've got to say thes don't really care about us ♪ you could see his confidence growing and you could see physically he was able to do the things that he wanted to do. ♪ i want to say is they don't really ca

. >> reporter: jermaine jackson says his little brother was ready. >> i mean he could have did 200 shows. >> reporter: i sat down with jermaine following band rehearsals for an upcoming tour to gambia. >> i felt that he could do it because of the way the shows were spaced out and it wasn't like every day. see, like when we first started we were doing one-nighters where every day you're in a different place, riding the bus and you're sleeping on top of each other. that's tough. but this was -- and you didn't have to take the stage now you were in one location. i think that night he finally accepted down deep in whatever the inner reaches of an artist's soul are that he could do this. >> reporter: was anything out of the ordinary that night? >> the only thing that might have been out of the ordinary is that michael was -- had a serious glow about him that night. you could see his confidence growing and you could see physically he was able to do the things that he wanted to do. >> we were walking to our cars and he put his arm around me at the staples center and he said, "thank you for gett

. >> reporter: jermaine jackson says his little brother was ready. >> i mean he could have did 200 shows. ♪ >> reporter: i sat down with jermaine following band rehearsals for an upcoming tour to gambia. >> i felt that he could do it because of the way the shows were spaced out and it wasn't like every day. ♪ see, like when we first started we were doing one-nighters where every day you're in a different place, riding the bus and you're sleeping on top of each other. that's tough. but this was -- and you didn't have to take the stage now, you were in one location. i think that night he finally accepted down deep in whatever the inner reaches of an artist's soul are that he could do this. >> reporter: was anything out of the ordinary that night? >> the only thing that might have been out of the ordinary is that michael was -- had a serious glow about him that night. ♪ ♪ all i've got to say is they don't really care about us ♪ you could see his confidence growing and you could see physically he was able to do the things that he wanted to do. ♪ i want to say is they don't really

jermaine jackson says the brothers are working on a reunion tour. jermaine jackson says that singing the music is healing for the jackson brothers, and michael would want them to continue on. jackson helped unveil wax statues of his brother yesterday in hollywood. saturday marks the second anniversary of michael jackson's death. and la toya jackson tells piers morgan that michael had been marketed and feared for his life. >> michael told me they would murder him. >> who? >> the people involved in his life. the people controlling him. this book "starting over" is about my life and about michael's life. it's the parallel between the two lives, where people come into your life, and control and ma nippa late, and control everything that you have, and that's what michael was going through. he knew that everything that was happening to him was not kosher or right. it disturbs him greatly. >> that's tonight on cnn 9:00. >>> and next hour, we're looking at a hard look with the new cigarette package headings. are they effective or is the government going too

it's devastating to catherine jackson, the mother. it's hurtful to the kids, to the brothers and sisters, to randy, to tito, to jermaine and janet, but joe jackson is the rock holding this family together now. >> alan, let me bring you into this discussion. when michael jackson died, nine of the top ten downloaded songs were michael jackson songs after his death. how is his music selling today? >> certainly, that explosion of all the interest and all the love that was allowed to come out after his passing. as you said, it was just nine of the top ten itunes downloads, the entire top of the album chart in the aftermath, all of this attention in sales and certainly didn't sustain to that level for two years since. i don't think there's any question, you hear a lot more michael jackson song on the radio now than you did in the months before he passed. i think it's clear that now the catalog is, you know, again part of the musical landscape in a way for the 10 or 12 years before his passing it really hadn't been. >> i know when michael ja

the jackson five. >> our music was positive. we were just kids with dreams and wanting to do something good. >> jermaine, jackie, tito, marlon, and michael. how these five kids from gary, indiana, literally became an overnight sensation. >> said, i don't want any kid acts. >> once we were in the studio, we were cutting our first record. >> and they were on their way to changing the face of music. the life, the legend, the jackson 5. >>> welcome to this "showbiz tonight" special event. we present real star stories, the jackson 5. tonight, a revealing look. five kids from indiana who became one of the biggest musical acts in history. millions of albums sold. countless images influenced. a lasting legacy that will likely never be matched. one of the original members of the jackson 5, tito jackson, is going to be sharing me to share his fascinating stories. first, we begin with the lasting legacy of the jackson 5. ♪ when i hadio to myself, i didn't want you around ♪ >> it's a minute that wowed the nation, the jackson fuv's first