but no friend of michael jackson would have given him the propofol. >> no friend of michael jackson and no self-respecting doctor. we heard from a nurse who had treated michael jackson with methods that some might consider not to be that conventional. she tried to get michael jackson to meditate. she tried to get everything to get him to go to sleep. she refused to give him propofol. she said straight out, "you might not wake up." we have heard from prosecution and defense witnesses, when asked, "would you have treated michael jackson in this way," the would not have done it. this jury has not heard from anyone who has supported giving michael jackson propofol in a home setting without the vital monitoring apparatus you would get in a hospital setting. it seems inexplicable, when explained by the defense. dr. marie went out on quite a limb to treat michael jackson. in his own words, he described in his police interview, which was played by the jurors -- for the jurors, how michael jackson was begging for hour after hour. you heard conrad murray refer to michael jackson asking for "his m

they said, michael jackson killed michael jackson. michael jackson went to all these doctors, never told conrad murray anything. it's not conrad murray's fault, he only knew the information he knew. >> reporter: and then it all rested with the jury. one charge, one man dead, and another man's freedom in the balance. >> this involuntary manslaughter charge, it's all about reckless behavior. did dr. murray do or fail to do something with michael jackson that created a substantial risk of injury. of great injury or death to michael jackson? and if in doing that, it essentially caused his death. >> with the jury deliberating, there was nothing to do but wait. >> the tension in this case is at a fevered pitch. what's on the line in all of this? dr. murray could go to jail for four years if he's found guilty. on the prosecution side, and especially for the jackson family, it's will michael jackson get justice? will there be someone held accountable for what happened to this man? >> we're following the breaking news this hour, a verdict in t

michael jackson was dead. but, even as his brother jermaine announced the news, in the same breath another story line began to emerge. >> his personal physician who was with him at the time attempted to resuscitate my brother. >> almost 2 1/2 years later, that physician, dr. conrad murray, is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. the case has gone to the jury and the tabloid circus that has always drawn its fuel from the trials of michael jackson is waiting for the verdict. how did twomen, one perhaps the most famous person in the world, the other an unknowned cardiologist end up on a collision course? tonight, you'll hear from a confident dr. murray trying to explain his actions to police. >> basically, i would pust in an i.v. >> for -- for hydration or -- >> hydration as well. because you know he when he exercises he loses a lot of water. >> and from michael jackson trying to make his dreams clear to dr. murray. >> god wants me to it do it. >> you'll hear court testimony. >> he

they said, michael jackson killed michael jackson. michael jackson went to all these doctors, never told conrad murray anything. it's not conrad murray's fault, he only knew the information he knew. >> reporter: and then it all rested with the jury. one charge, one man dead, and another man's freedom in the balance. >> this involuntary manslaughter charge, it's all about reckless behavior. did dr. murray do or fail to do something with michael jackson that created a substantial risk of injury. of great injury or death to michael jackson? and if in doing that, it essentially caused his death. >> with the jury deliberating, there was nothing to do but wait. >> the tension in this case is at a fevered pitch. what's on the line in all of this? dr. murray could go to jail for four years if he's found guilty. on the prosecution side, and especially for the jackson family, it's will michael jackson get justice? will there be someone held accountable for what happened to this man? >> we're following the breaking news this hour, a verdict in t

michael jackson is dead. and we have to hear about poor conrad murray. >> reporter: and with that, after six weeks, 49 witnesses, more than 330 exhibits, the jury was given the case. >> in a high profile case like this, jurors tend to take a little longer. they want to be seen as the o.j. simpson jury that came in after four hours. >> reporter: deliberations begin tomorrow morning. the fate of the doctor caught in the whirlwind that was michael jackson hangs in the balance. one of many who fed an icon what he craved. but when the medical musical chairs stopped, conrad murray was left without a seat. jim avila for "nightline" in los angeles. >> and the second that jury returns with the verdict, we'll have it at abcnews.com. thanks to jim avila. >>> and just ahead, who do you call when the municipal pelts' franchise needs reviving? how about the naked guy from "forgetting sarah marshall"? could it possibly work? stay tuned. [ male announcer ] at&t and verizon charge you extra for going over 2 gigabytes of data.

this is not a victory for michael jackson or the memory of michael jackson. >> it's such an interesting cultural moment. this is not the first time we've seen a piece of information like that to be responded to as this emotion as if someone just won the super bowl. >> don't you have to wonder how many of those same people were standing outside the michael jackson courthouse in 2005 with the signs wanting michael jackson to be convicted? >> there's a bigger issue here -- >> or -- >> no, no, if you go to another network that i will not name, some of the very same people who are today at this very moment cheering this conviction, i was on the air with those same people wanting michael jackson's conviction -- >> but there's a bigger issue -- >> they're very confused out there with their signs and celebrations, on the -- as you say, wrongly and wrongheadly confused about our criminal justice system and what it stands for. >> but isn't there a bigger issue with michael jackson, which is the cultural of reality television, that has become all of this, that people want to form a crowd in los an

michael jackson's dr. conrad murray has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a california court. the verdict comes after a six- week trial that painted him as a worthless care giver who released doses of a powerful anesthetic. he was handcuffed and taken into custody without bail. fans cheered the verdict. that is the end of today's show. to remember you can get constant updates on our website at any time, and to reach me, just go to twitter. from all of us, thank you for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> this is kim - about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell, we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most from our energy resources. let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you

michael jackson! >> with aeg live advancing a great deal of money for the production -- in fact, aeg live was bankrolling michael's house, his staff, and had agreed to pay dr. murray $150,000 a month -- it was no surprise that ortega's e-mail resulted in an emergency meeting at michael's house between randy phillips, the head of aeg live, ortega, michael, and dr. murray. in court phillips was asked about that meeting. >> kenny opened the meeting up by talking about his concern that michael needed to really focus and to really pay attention to this production, that it was massive and they couldn't do it without him. >> and what was michael jackson's response? >> michael didn't respond immediately. okay? dr. murray spoke for michael on the situation. and michael's focus and michael's showing up and guaranteed us that michael would get into it, would connect. >> jackson's problems at the rehearsals stemmed in part from a severe sleep disorder he had been dealing with for years. according to dr. murray an

now back to "michael jackson and the doctor." >>> michael jackson's performances in the rehearsals at staples center had not been going well. after the crisis meeting at michael's house between michael, murray, and the producers, the doctor decided to try to wean him off of propofol. murray says that two days before jackson's death, he managed to get jackson to sleep without propofol. the impact on jackson's performance at rehearsals was immediate and could readily be seen in the footage played at trial in kenny ortega's testimony. >> he entered full of energy, and desire to work and full of enthusiasm and it was a different michael. we had two very successful days at rehearsal, and michael was feeling great and he looked at me and asked me if i was happy and i said i was happy. i asked him if he was happy, and he said he was very happy. >> as you know now, he never returned to staples center. following that rehearsal, michael was taken home and arrived home at 1:00 in the morning and the question is what transpired then from 1:00 in the morning to michael's death. >> his last rehears

now back to "michael jackson and the doctor: a fatal friendship." >>> michael jackson's performances in the rehearsals at staples center had not been going well. after the crisis meeting at michael's house between michael, murray, and the producers, the doctor decided to try to wean him off of propofol. murray says that two days before jackson's death, he managed to get jackson to sleep without propofol. the impact on jackson's performance at rehearsals was immediate and could readily be seen in the footage played at trial in kenny ortega's testimony. >> he entered full of energy, and desire to work and full of enthusiasm and a different michael. we had two very successful days at rehearsal, and michael was feeling great and he looked at me and asked me if i was happy and i said i was happy. i asked him if he was happy, and he said he was very happy. >> as you know now, he never retu returned to staples center. following that rehearsal, michael was taken home and arrived home at 1:00 in the morning and the question is what transpired then from 1:00 in the morning to michael's death.

murray did and then you their michael jackson. this is a bizarre world. >> it makes you wonder about that comeback tour. 50 concerts? it sounds like he could not even do one concert. i think the most important piece of evidence put in was that tape of michael jackson. because it was taken in may. early may. he didn't die until the end of june. this doctor, for some reason tape-recorded him and he knew what kind of shape he was in. he knew he was drug dependent or drug addicted. he knew his health was failing. and yet as walgren said, what did he do? he ordered more propofol and more benz over diazepine for michael jackson to die jefls i think trent is exactly right. that tape of murray plus this tape of michael jackson sealed the deal. conrad murray locked himself in early. i only gave him 25 milligrams of propofol and i was only gone for two minutes. the rest of the testimony proved that that just wasn't true. it just couldn't have been true. >> dr. gupta, is there a message to the medical community in this message? or is dr. mur

six are michael jackson fans. six are not michael jackson fans. and interesting because most of the jury, eight of the 12, are not fans of celebrities in general because they believe they bend the rules and get special treatment. these people are diverse and watch fox news, listen to howard stern, a lot of them watch television crime shows like "csi," and some closely follow the the casey anthony trial showing that the jury see the evidence a lot differently than the majority of the public. they are all big supporters of their doctors. they trust their doctors. and ten of the 12 have children. >>shepard: thank you, trace, from los angeles. that is interesting, how does it splay in they think that celebrities get unfair and preferential treatment. randy on the right and arrest 30 on the left, each lawyers. what do we make of that, randy? >>randy: we are seeing it right now. lindsay lohan has been what, in trouble how many times and spends a grand total of three minutes. >>shepard: well that is california more than lindsay lohan. >>randy: member rob

michael jackson's music began to play. many of the fans have been out here throughout this whole six-week trial. others during the two-hour period that we were given notecation that there was a verdict gathered here. and it's been a celebratory atmosphere for the fans. but you talked about michael jackson's childhood. the district attorney brought up that in his news conference. a remainder that paris, prince and blanket no longer have a father. they weren't here in the courtroom but they were featured pretty prominently in this trial. the prosecutors saying that the actions of dr. conrad murray left them without a father, al. >> kristen dahlgren, thank you for your reporting this evening. joining me now, brian oxman who represents the jacksons over the last 25 years. he served as joe jackson's attorney in the wrongful death case. and torray, msnbc contributor. brian, let's start with you. some of us that have been close to the family, i was in the house with the three children and mrs. jackson right after his death leadin

i's so contrary to the michael jackson, the visual we know michael jackson to be. but, it begs the question of drug addiction. it begs the question of why a doctor would give narcotics and medication and the quantity given to michael jackson with who he was and what he was suffering from in his life. >> we have heard about the potential of probation all the way to four years. but, you compared it to something that another story we had on earlier, lindsay lohan, overcrowding. he may not see jail time. >> i think the reality is he won't see the inside of a jail just like lindsay lohan. california has a different system of calculating time and they have a policy in place about overcrowding. different from here. the likelihood of him going behind bars as we know jail to be is unlikely. >> the sen sense will come at a later time. you think there's more to come in profession here? >> like in the civil sense, like o.j., we'll see a prosecution in the civil sense about myrrh rare here. >> he could lose his medical license. >> i think he will. >> thank you so much. we appre

on multiple levels, justice for michael jackson. referendum on medical practice, medical malpractice, and referendum on pharmaceutical drug utilization, and certainly sections of our culture, if not across the board. how much do you think this verdict will ripple through those three levels, martin? >> i think jami was referring to on my broadcast just now -- it's yours, actually, but the overwhelming, the overriding issue here is about the ease of access to medication that people can get. i come from a country in europe -- i'm sorry to make a point about this -- >> your accent gives it away. >> where we have a national health service. you can't order drugs in this way. you can't ring a doctor and say, can you give me a prescription? it doesn't work like that. you can't be a celebrity and pay huge sums of money in that way to acquire medication. we're talking about a doctor who received gallons of propofol, and these were sent to his girlfriend's apartment. they didn't even go to his doctor's office. i mean, come on! >> elaborate on

of michael jackson. conrad murray abandoned michael jackson. conrad murray gave him propofol and abandoned him. conrad murray is criminally liable, justice demands a guilty verdict. >> i understand, it's a touchy thing to say. no one wants to say it. and i want you to take this case out of michael jackson. take it away from michael jackson. think about that. take it away. let's put it somewhere else. let's put it in a psych hospital. some patient kills himself. put it in a hospital where some patient breaks into a cabinet. put it in family situation where somebody overdoses. put it anywhere you like. but at least if you make -- if you're going to hold dr. murray responsible, don't do it because it's michael jackson. this is not a reality show. it's reality. and the decision you make isn't making good tv, it's how it affects real human beings and people that love them. so i hope that you do the right thing and find dr. murray not guilty. >> ed chernoff, the defense attorney, david walgren, the prosecutor

murray for the actions of michael jackson. if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would this doctor be here today? so was dr. murray supposed to watch michael jackson to save him from himself at all times? was he never to leave? should there be an alarm in the bed? at what point do you draw the line ability dr. murray's responsibility for a grown-up? >> that was conrad murray's defense attorney, ed chernoff. that's the scene outside the courtroom live. but right now, my colleague dylan ratigan will take over with our legal experts john kelly and jami floyd. dylan, i'll join you in a moment. it's all over to you. >> i look forward to that. toure also sticks around to join us this afternoon, as what will be an interesting period of time, to say the least. we're minutes away from the verdict. martin will not be going far. we'll be tapping into martin's personal experience. the jackson family has now gathered inside the courtroom, as michael jackson's fans stand vigil outside the courtroom. live now inside the

or, as the defense contends, did michael jackson kill michael jackson? michael jackson's life was such a drug-addled mess when he died, today, prosecutors had to find a more sympathetic victim to fuel the jury's sense of justice. enter prince, paris and blanket, jackson's innocent children. the opening act to the district attorney's two-hour closing argument. >> for michael's children, this case will go on forever, because they do not have a father. they do not have a father because of the actions of conrad murray. >> reporter: the prosecutor weaving a story of a michael jackson who wanted to clean up his life, but on june 25th, 2009, a hired hand, the $150,000 a month dr. conrad murray, killed jackson and his dream. >> he hit the lottery. he was going to get $150,000 a month. michael jackson trusted conrad murray. he trusted him with his life. he paid with his life. >> reporter: dr. murray's, quote, bizarre behavior, mistakes and neglect. delaying the 911 call for help, district attorney walgren said, caused the singer's death. >> what on earth would mo

or, as the defend contends, did michael jackson kill michael jackson? michael jackson's life was such a drug addled mess when he died, today, prosecutors had to find a more sympathetic victim. enter prince, paris and blanket, jackson's children. the opening act to the district attorney's two-our closing argument. >> for michael's children, this case will go on forever, because they do not have a father. they do not have a father because of the actions of conrad murray. >> reporter: the prosecutor weaving a story of a michael jackson who wanted to clean up his life, but on june 25th, 2009, a hired hand, the $150,000 a month dr. conrad murray, killed jackson and his dream. >> he hit the lottery. he was going to get $150,000 a month. michael jackson trusted conrad murray. he trusted him with his life. he paid with his life. >> reporter: dr. murray's, quote, bizarre behavior, mistakes and neglect. delaying the 911 call for help, the district attorney said, caused the singer's death. >> what on earth would motivate a medical doctor to delay making that call,

conrad murray and for michael jackson. and sheriff's deputies, lapd have lined themselves up and down the street to keep the two sides separated when the verdict is read. now jackson's family as i said was inside, is inside the courthouse they have been attending most of this trial including closing arguments last week in which the prosecution said they feel they have an overwhelming evidence in this case against dr. murray that he was responsible for jackson's death administering that dose of propofol that highly powerful anaesthetic and then leaving the room and also delaying in calling 911. dr. murray has pleaded not guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, that is what it comes down to, just one count and the defense all along has said they don't believe he did anything illegal and they say michael jackson administered that final fatal dose of propofol. if conrad murray is found guilty he could face up to four years in prison and of course would lose his medical license. reporting live in downtown los angeles,

conrad murray guilty in death of michael jackson. >> dr. murray is remanded to the custody of the los angeles sheriff with no bail. >> now the reaction from the family. >> justice was served. >> and michael's fans. what price will conrad murray pay? plus new accusations against herman cain. what this woman says he did to her. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. >> shocking allegations. i'll talk to her tonight along with her attorney gloria allred in their first live primetime interview. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. we'll have much more tonight on the conviction of michael jackson's doctor including my primetime exclusive interview with a member of conrad murray's defense team. but first, political bombshell. the only herman cain accuser to go public. sharon bialek worked for the restaurant association for several months in 1997. she said that cain made an unwanted sexual advance after their dinner together. the details are shocking. >> he also grabbed my

breathing. >> michael jackson trusted conrad murray. he trusted him with his life. he paid with his life. conrad murray, in multiple instances, deceived, lied, obscured, but more importantly, conrad murray acted with criminal negligence. >> during that period of time -- >> the defense claim mice call jackson injected himself with the drug that killed him. >> what they're asking you to do is to convict dr. murray -- murray for the actions of michael jackson. if you're going to hold dr. murray responsible, don't do it because it's michael jackson. this is not a reality show. it's reality. >> but the swrur decided dr. conrad murray was responsible for michael jackson's death and convicted him of invol tear manslaughter. >> the verdict brings to an end what's been a huge media event here in los angeles with the trial being shown live on television every day. dr. conrad murray will be sentenced at the end of the month and faces up to four years in prison. >> correspondent david willis joins us from l.a. david, this was the verdict that many

the michael jackson case, was justice done? jermaine jackson angry there but it was the maximum sentence. >> i think justice was done, but i think everybody's avoiding the real question. why didn't conrad murray adhere to the hippocratic oath that he took when he became a doctor? and that was to do the thing that was in the best interests of his patient. i think he must have known if he was michael jackson best friend, as his attorneys say, that michael jackson was heavily addicted to all kinds of prescription drugs. and the best thing he probably wouldn't be in jail today, conrad murray, and michael jackson might be alive if he'd have said, michael, the best thing i can do is put you in a car and take you to rehab. everything else can wait. the big payday for the tour that's upcoming. everybody else can wait. i know you're addicted. i'm giving you drugs every single night. let's go to rehab. >> are there many doctors in hollywood that would ever do that to somebody of michael jackson's stature? >> i think that they have to kno

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to michael jackson. >> dr. murray is perhaps the only person who might know what really happened that fateful day. his relationship with jackson began in 2006 in las vegas when he made a house call to care for jackson's children. murray was recommended by one of jackson's body guards. >> i took care of him and his three children initially and we developed a relationship as of that time on. i cannot really enjoy his property. paparazzi was here and fans were around and everybody was looking at the property. we escaped many time in this vehicle. he would climb into the back seat and tell security don't follow. they have no authority. my heart pounded a little bit. he liked those risks. i think he kind of cheered it on. >> one thing that murray said that he and jackson had in common was a difficult relationship with their fathers. he said his father didn't publicly acknowledge him until his late 20s. >> in many ways we had mirror imans of our lives. we didn't have the full appreciation from our fathers. i had a da

abandoned michael jackson. >> guilty! guilty! guilty! >> for a crime to be proven, prosecution has to show that dr. murray actually killed michael jackson. >> justice demands a guilty verdict. >> we, the jury in the above entitled action, find the defendant, conrad robert murray, guilty. >> 23 days of testimony. 49 witnesses. and more than ten hours of deliberations for a jury to find conrad murray responsible for the death of michael jackson. he faces up for four years in prison. he's being held without bail until sentencing on november 29th. sheppard kopp defended michael jackson on child molestation charges and has been following this case and joins us tonight from los angeles. thank you for being with us. were you surprised at all by this verdict? >> not at all. although i think the defense did everything that they could, dr. murray himself dealt them a bad hand and they played it the best way they could. >> i know you say that. you also were interested in the fact that the defense didn't pursue some things. prosecution tried to say

michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, guilty of involuntary manslaughter. ted rowlands was at the courthouse today. the most dramatic day of many dramatic day in this trial. were you surprised by the verdict in the end? >> not surprised, piers, especially when you take into consideration the amount of time that the jury deliberated. it was in that spot where, if they did come to a unanimous decision, which we knew they obviously did because they came to a verdict, and it was only ten hours of deliberation, likely it was going to be guilty. that said, you never know what they're going to say. but i wouldn't say that many people were in that courtroom were surprised. >> what was the reaction from michael jackson's family? you could hear a few gasps when the verdict was announced. was that from members of his family? >> yeah, it was from right behind me. it was la toya jackson and kathy hilton, they were sitting basically next to each other. when the verdict was announced, you could hear it over the audio transmission, but i could definitely hear it right behi

murray for the actions of michael jackson. >> reporter: but the defense claims michael jackson killed himself with the fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol and that dr. murray is only on trial because of his superstar patient. >> if you're going to hold dr. murray responsible, don't do it because it's michael jackson. >> now, the cameras may be here because of michael jackson, but we are here because of the actions of conrad murray. >> reporter: the jury is made up of seven men and five women. professionally, they range from the unemployed to a partner in a management consulting firm and a handful of them have said they are fans of michael jackson's music. what kind of factor do you think it's going to be, the fact that michael jackson was such a huge celebrity? >> well, i think it's going to be a double-edged sword in some ways, because he is very beloved. on the other hand, you know, his history and some of his conduct is so outside the box. >> reporter: but the defense urged jurors not to get caught up in the celebrity factor. >> this is not a reality show. it's reality. >> report

most appear to be fans of michael jackson. just about a half hour ago, they saw members of michael jackson's family, his parents, siblings, walk through that crowd to the courtroom to hear this verdict which we expected to be delivered in about 25 minutes or so. another thing we have seen over the past hour or so develop here is a much expanded police presence. my producer paul ver cammen was p up on the ninth floor and he said there was quite a bit of security provided by the l.a. county sheriff's department up on the ninth floor. there are several lapd officers here to sort of keep the piece outside the courtroom. we have not seen any indications of any trouble or any disturbances. just people very, very interested, very, very anxious, very, very nervous awaiting this verdict, brooke. >> casey, thank you. stand by. i want to go to ted rowlands. as promised, he has just called in. apparently he's in the hallway leading into the courtroom. ted, set the scene for me and also tell me which family members you've seen. >> reporter