dehav d debehavior, beyond negligent. reckless not to be weaning him in a hospital setting to attack care of him. beyond that, there's the issue they talk about at some length that doctors when they administer propofol do in in a hospital because you must monitor a certain way. >> a portion of today's testimony live. again, court beginning 11:45 eastern time. a judge may decide today whether tucson shooting suspect jeremy loughner should stay in psychiatric care or face trial. these on medications hoping to restore his compentencies. congresswoman gabrielle giffords was among the wounded. it took 41 years but the fbi caught a longtime fugitive. george wright escaped from prison back in 1970 driving off in the warden's car. he allegedly hijacked a delta

jet in 172 dressed as a priest. the fbi says wright then forced agents to deliver $1 million ransom dressed only in swim trunks to prove agents had no guns. he flew to algeria and vanished, until now. he was living in a resort town and is now fighting extradition. for a second day workers are hanging outside the washington monument at the very tippy top, checking each marble block. that earthquake that shook the east coast last month did more damage than first thought. >> these engineers will have to inspect every stone. it will take at least a few days. park officials say they can work through heavy rain, but there f there's any threat of lightning they have to stop. 9 monument's been hit by lightning several times in its history. >> it is structurally sound. tribal fighters say they shot down a yemeni war jet north

of the capital of sanaa today and captured the pilot. the fighters are aligned with a prominent gemny generyemeni gen defected. they raided the base for anti-aircraft weapons. iran says it might station navy warships off the atlantic coast of the united states. the state news agency says iran is taking this step, because "the arrogant world power keeps ships in the persian gulf." no immediate reaction from the pentagon. a. amazon unwrapped its new tablet just in time to wrap it up for christmas, perhaps. it's called the kindle fire. a direct competitor to apple's ipad which commands 75% of the tablet market. >> if you think about the ipad, the ecosystem makes it so smooth. the app store, the music, the videos all of that. amazon has that. a music service a video service, online streaming. they have all of the components

at an apps store, they have all the components. >> apple says it will have a beg announcement tuesday. it is widely expected to show off the new iphone 5. he's been complaining on sunday nights for 33 years and now andy rooney is done. he is giving up his weekly segment on "60 minutes." he once said life is like a roll of toilet paper. the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. he can slow down now at the age of 92, and riding off into the sunset of retirement. now back to our lead story. the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray. testimony is set to resume in los angeles, and we'll take you in live. minutes ago jackson's family members arrived to court. his personal assistant is expected to testify about the chaos that played out the morning of the pop star's death.

cnn's ted rollins is outside the courthouse in los angeles. ted, give us a preview what we are likely to hear in court today. >> reporter: well, when testimony resumes at 8:45 local time, on the stand, paul gongaware, he negotiated the contract with dr. murray. they're trying to say murray was greedy first asking for $5 million to take care of jackson and eventually settled on $150,000 a month. after that, we'll hear from part of jackson's security detail and personal assistants when the prosecution will lay the groundwork what exactly happened in the hours before michael jackson died. >> and, ted, a lot of dramatic moments during the opening states. the record are of jackson, slurring his words. the picture of his corpse on a hospital gurney. what has been the reaction to all of that thus far? >> reporter: well, i'll tell

you, it was shocking initially, because the prosecution typically, you know, in a lot of cases, is fairly stale, if you will, in their delivery, but david walgren really, in a lot of people's opinion, hit it out of the park with not only engaging but in an abrupt opening statement that, like you said, had not only that photo, which was jarring, but then that incredible audiotape of the slurring michael jackson, the reaction inside the courtroom clearly was palatable, and it was the family, of course, that endured the most significant reaction, as you might imagine. just imagine hearing your son speaking that way. michael jackson's mother and father were visibly upset in the courtroom, and then that has been the talk, obviously, from everybody outside the courtroom as well. now, as you look here, michael flanagan, one of the defense attorneys is arriving here at court. the judge asked the attorneys to arrive here to court a little bit earlier than the jury.

they're going to deal with some housekeeping details, and then they'll get at it at 8:45 local time. >> defense team arriving. some family members already entered. you mentioned michael jackson's mom and dad seem to be, you know, pretty tearful, as was the defendant, dr. conrad murray, in court yesterday. kind of wiping away his own wet eyes. at what point was he showing that kind of emotion, and was there any response coming from the family or even the courtroom to that? >> reporter: well, no. you know, it was interesting. he was very stoic and actually didn't look really at the jury much during the prosecution's open, but when his attorney ed chernoff started to address the jury, he was more engaged, and then you saw him wiping the tear away. it was when chernoff was talking to the jury about the relationship that murray had with jackson, and he was detailing how they first met and

how they became friend and he became his doctor. it wasn't a dramatic moment where everybody felt some sort of emotional reaction. it was just murray clearly, he is obviously the focus of all this and he had a moment there for whatever reason just broke down in court. >> all right. ted rowlands, thanks so much. outside the courtroom. of course, we'll check back with you and again in about, now, 40 minutes or so court is to resume there in that trial. so we've heard a lot about this anesthetic, propofol, and its role in michael jackson's death. we're going to talk to an anesthesiologist about how the drug is misused and how it is supposed to be used. dr. zeve cain will join us around 11:30 eastern time. stick around for that. now here's your chance to "talk back" on one evered big stories of the day. today's question -- why do republicans love new jersey governor chris christie?

carol costello has more from new york. in, out? what's going on? >> relentless. chris christie is not running until president until, he is -- maybe. the only thing we know for sure is many republicans want him to run desperately. christie is enjoying every single moment of it and delivered a speech fit for a presidential candidate at the reagan library. >> insists that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the american dream. that may turn out to be good re-election strategy, mr. president, but it is a demoralizing message for america. >> sold. you could feel the crazy for christie vibe at the reagan library. >> my italian mother, she told me to tell you that you've got to run for president. >> we need you. your country needs you to run for president. [ applause ]

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got the lead they needed. they arrested him in portugal, in a tourist town near lisbon. he is fighting extradition. why? in the '60s convicted of killing a world war ii veteran during a gas station robbery. he was serving time when he escaped from a new jersey prison in the warden's car. he made his way to detroit where he joined the black libber ace army. in 1972, wright and four other members hijacked a miami-bound delta flight out of detroit. wright was dressed as a preefie asmuggled on a gun in a hollowed out bible. hijackers demanded $1 million in cash, the most ever asked, for the safe release of some 80 passengers. fbi ats delivered the money wearing bathing suits as a way of guaranteeing they weren't carrying any weapons. the hijackers forced the pilots to fly to boston where they got more fuel and another pilot. then flew across the atlantic to

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we're waiting for the second day of testimony to begin in the trial of michael jackson's doctor, dr. conrad murray. court convenes in about 15 minutes or so from now. already we know that family members of michael jackson have arrived, as have attorneys for the defense. dr. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in jackson's death. the trial got under way with a dramatic recording of jackson drugged. his speech slurred.

cnn's randi kaye recaps the first day of trial. >> reporter: once again, michael jackson had the world's attention. this time, though, he was wasted, slurring his words. listen to this recording by jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray. it was made six weeks before his death. [ mumbling ] >> when people leave my show, i want them to say, "i haven't seen nothing like this in my life." >> reporter: the prosecutor, david wall grgren was drugged ud dr. murray was not only aware of it, but continued to feed it. >> it was dr. murray's repeated incompetent and unskilled acts that led to mr. jackson's death on june 25th, 2009. >> reporter: prosecutors continue to hammer murray's

so-called gross negligence, leaving the room while jackson was hooked up to a propofol i.v., calling the pop star's bodyguard when he stopped breathing instead of 911, and urging him to hide the drugs and vials in the room. and this bombshell -- prosecutor walgren told the jury, as paramedics fought to save jackson's life, dr. murray held back a critical piece of information, that he had given michael jackson propofol, the powerful anesthetic. >> they were told prazepam, and conrad murray never mentioned -- >> reporter: then the defense's turn. jackson died at his own hand taking more propofol without murray's knowing. >> michael jackson swallowed up to 8 pills on his own, without telling his doctor, without permission from his doctor, and when dr. murray gave lihim the

milligrams and dr. murray left the room, michael jackson self-administered a dose, an additional dose of propofol, and it killed him. and it killed him like that, and there was no way to save him. >> reporter: as conrad murray listened, he wiped away tears. the defense portrayed him as a good doctor. a friend to michael jackson. a friend trying to wean him off propofol. >> the evidence is not going to show you that michael jackson died when dr. murray gave him propofol for sleep. what the evidence is going to show you is that michael jackson died when dr. murray stopped. >> reporter: leaving michael jackson, according to the defense, to take the drug himself. later in the day, prosecutors called their first witness, kenny ortega, the director and choreographer behind jackson's

"this is it" tour. prosecutors attempted to establish jackson appeared in good health and played this rehearsal clip in court. ♪ >> one more time. ♪ >> second verse. >> what was his demeanor, his condition on tuesday, june 23rd. >> he endered into rehearsal full of energy, full of desire to work. full of enthusiasm. and it was a different michael. >> reporter: two days later, michael jackson was dead. randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. the coroner says michael jackson died from acute propofol intoxication combination with sedatives. propofol san anesthetic commonly given to sedate during procedures like colonoscopies. in his open statement, they talked about how much of the

drug jackson's doctor ordered. >> we learned from shipments from april 6th and the shipment of june 10th conrad murray ordered 255 separate vials of propofol. totals 155,000 milligrams of propofol. equivalent to 15.5 liters, or 4.09 gallons of this general anesthetic agent. >> so i want to talk more about the use, the misuse of propofol as well as the role it may have played in jackson's death. dr. zeve cane is with us from the university of california, irvine and joins us now from los angeles. good to see you, doctor. all right. first of all, why should propofol only be used or administered in a hospital or a medical setting?

>> propofol is basically an anesthetic, there to induce medically induced comb pa. therefore, you need to monitor the heart rate, oxygen levels in the blood and how well they are reading continuously. these are the understandings of the american society of physiology. there, it must be administered in a medical setting. >> continuously, when you hear testimony dr. murray may have administered this propofol, may have left the patient, may have left michael jackson, gone to the bathroom, et cetera. prosecutors say he was abandoned. would you agree with that? that you would have to watch as this drug is constantly being administered to the patient? >> in my opinion and based on the standards of the american society of physiology, you must continuously monitor a patient who is getting propofol.

with all the monitors indicated. let's remember, not only the patient was not monitored continuously, but also did not have all of the monitors on him. >> the danger of his being administered at home and that this was allegedly being used to help michael jackson sleep, describe for us the difference between putting one to sleep and putting someone into a medically induced coma, which is what propofol would be used for. >> absolutely. these are two different things. okay? going to sleep at night basically generates some changes in your brain waves, and you just fall into sleep naturally. we're suppressing, decreasing the activity of all the brain waves in your brain. so this is, as you said -- this is a medically induced coma. this has nothing to do with sleep. now, occasionally we do tend to use these terms interchangeably

when trying to describe the patients before they undergo anesthesia surgery, oh, you're going to sleep, but it is not the same. it is absolutely not the same. it's two different phenomena and let's just remember that the medically induced coma, witness you stop monitoring the patient, the patient will die. >> what would a patient feel like when they come out of this medically induced coma? whether one time, or over a period of days or weeks? is that patient feeling like they've had a lot of rest? >> well, that's an interesting question. propofol infusion is known to give you a feeling of energy and vitality when you actually stop getting the propofol. and that's the basically source of people getting addicted to it. you've got some propofol. you wake up. you feel great. or you just fall to sleep again, and this time it's naturally induced sleep. that's why there are reports

about people who are abusing propofol. >> how common would it be, or uncommon, that a doctor, personal doctor or otherwise, would administer propofol at home and not in a medical setting? >> this is the first i've heard about such a case. and as i've indicated before, this basically goes against all the rules and the medical practice. remember, propofol infusion can cause you to stop breathing, can drop your blood pressure, can practically kill you. that's why you must be monitored by medical personnel and all of these monitors. so very, very uncommon. i've never heard about a case like this. >> dr. zeev kain, thank you so much for your expertise. >> you're welcome. we are about ten minutes away now from day two of the conrad murray trial. we're monitoring the testimony and will bring you live coverage

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passionate jump into the race for president, but one woman last night who made this impassioned plea to him, really implored him to run for president, and here's what he had to say. >> do it for my daughter. do it for our grandchildren. do it for -- our sons. please, sir, don't -- we need you. your country needs you to run for president. >> it's extraordinarily flattering, but by the same token, that heartfelt message you gave me is also not a reason for me to do it. that reason has to reside inside me. >> reporter: and i talked to a close adviser to governor christie yesterday who basically said, look, this is -- this storm of speculation is incredible, but this is a decision that will come from chris christie. fredricka, it's interesting that that adviser would sort of lose that language and we can are guilty of parching these too

much. we all thought the decision was played. he wasn't running for president. yet here is this adviser saying the decision will come on his terms when he's ready to make that decision. so make of that what you will. >> okay. reflect in a different way now. who was leading the polls at this time during the last presidential election? >> reporter: you know, it's amazing to look at these polls from four years ago, because it does tell you that at this point four years ago you know, we were all looking at very different candidates in terms of who might win the nomination. take a look at september 2007. the republican choice for nominating in 2008. rudy giuliani and fred thompson were on top, going neck and neck, and everybody thought it was going to be one of those two guys. it ended up being john mccain. look at the democratic field. hillary clinton on top of that field by a healthy margin. yes, barack obama was starting to catch fire and people were

talking about that, but hillary clinton was really the odds-on favorite to win the nomination there. so, you know, take this all certainly back to chris christie you know, there is a reason why there are all of these republicans saying, well, maybe chris christie should get into the race. they know even though it's late, it's not too late. >> all right. jim acosta, thanks so much. >> reporter: you bet. of course, for the latest political news, you know exactly where to go. cnnpolitics.com. all right. meantime, we want to let you know, the president right there. he is beginning his roundtable discussion that will involve d.c. high school. we're continue to monitor the discussion that he is part of right there out of washington, and we'll share with you that information as we get it. meantime, both sides lay out their cases in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. we'll talk with a legal insider about the bombshells so far in what we can expect in the next

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court is set to convene any minute now in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. we expect to hear from his personal assistant about the day michael jackson died. holly hughes, former prosecutor and attorney, holly, so far what stands out to you? this is going to be a very complicated case, in your view. why? >> it's going to be the battle of the experts. it's coming down to the science.

you know, do you believe the prosecution's expert, that michael could not have possibly ingested or injected himself with additional propofol once dr. murray administered the initial dose. or do you go with the defense, now saying, well, additional pills. he helped himself to these eight pills and in conjunction with the propofol, dr. murray is not responsible, because he didn't know. it's coming down to the science. again, like we were talking about on the break. this is about standard of care. even by the defense's own admission. even if you believe michael took the pills himself, you still have to look at that doctor and say, but you knew he was an addict and desperate to sleep. >> even if being paid handsomely saying i want more, i want more, you as the licensed professional still should have the'ser hand on, i really can't give this to you. that's what's on tree here. >> that's exactly what it is. it's that standard of care. your children would beg you to eat snickers every day for

lunch, but you're not going to let them, because it's not good for them. so if your patient, an admitted addict. he said that in his interview, if you know that about him and you leave him in a room with access to drug, you are still negligent. you're still not operating with the proper degree of care. >> and as we're talking right now, trial has actually just started. one more time from my producer, what we understand to be -- okay. right now they're questioning the ceo of aeg, live now. something that was expected. they're going to be talking about, or likely to testify about, is the demeanor of michael jackson the day before he died. we know from previous testimony and interviews, that they're going to be able to say you know what? it seemed like he was functioning fine. seem like a healthy man. how is it the next day he could just be dead? >> exactly. that's where it all comes down to each side doing its job. what the prosecution is doing,

and rightfully so, humanizing michael. not just making it about the science. bringing in his friends and producer, his co-kraecti co-cre director saying, is this a man so on the edge that he would willingly overinject himself with propofol the very next day? if he had all that energy, he obviously had gotten enough sleeve and wouldn't have been that desperate. >> and if the doctor stod by his practice, why would he hide, or not share with first responders propofol was used here? >> not with first respoenders, we're paramedics or e.r. doctors. consciousness of guilt, we call it in guilt. running around trying to clean up the scene and preserve your reputation i think as a doctored first thing you'd want to do is preserve your patient's life. >> holly hughes, we'll check in with you throughout the day as testimony just now underway in the trial of dr. conrad murray. thanks so much, holly. and, again, we're going to

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a texas wildfire has forced thousands of their homes and destroyed hundreds of houses. now we're getting new information on just how much damage those fires actually caused. jacqui jeras in the weather center now with more on that. jacqui, i know it was bad. >> yeah, we knew it was bad, but we didn't know it was going to be this bad. and it's now officially the most destructive wildfire in texas history. we have some numbers that have been just released for you now out of bastrop area, outside of

the austin area in the eastern parts of texas. the cost of that thing, about $250 million. so that makes it, number one, they are on that list. 34,000 plus acres have burned, 1,500 plus homes have been destroyed, just in this one fire. and believe it or not, the whole thing isn't out yet. this is still 90% contained. so there are firefighters that are still actively working on this thing, they're cleaning up, they're doing what they call mop-up. they're putting out any hot spots that still happen to be out there. this thing has been going on for weeks and weeks and the drought has been such a big part of this fire and just no rain in the area. when you combine the drought along with the heat wave that you've been dealing with in texas, also with the wildfires, and you combine those things together, the total damage is over $5 billion. so that's one of the top ten billion-dollar weather disasters that we've seen so far in this year. and speaking of the drought, we have this new animation we want to show you, fredricka, and this is just incredible. take a look.

that brown is where we see that vegetation and we see that drought that has been building. and this is the animation since january. and you can see, as we progress in time, as this spreads throughout parts of oklahoma, into kansas, into new mexico, as well as colorado, just how intense this is. it's worst than the dust bowl of the '30s. this is really the worst thing we've seen in our lifetime. >> boy, that's remarkable. and so many lives just upended, just turned upsidedown. thank you, jacqui. >> sure. and a reminder to vote for today's choose the news winner. text 22360 for the story you want to see. text 1 for aussie female fighters. australia women will soon be on the front license of battle, but not everyone is happy about that. text 2 for world war ii sunken treasure. we take you to the bottom of the sea where a team of treasure hunters is working to recover what may be the biggest shipwreck haul ever. and text 3 for liz taylor's jewels. diamonds certainly seem to be among her best friends. you'll get to see elizabeth taylor's famed jewel collection.

the winning story airs next hour. well, it wasn't funny for ellen degeneres when it happened. she was checked out for possible heart problems two days after feeling some pressure in her chest. now she is able to joke about it and she's not the first celebrity to turn a heart scare into something funny. here's cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: ellen degeneres may have called paramedics for chest pains, but that didn't stop her from dancing. she described how she felt in the middle of the night. >> a tightness in my chest and all the scary things, like something was heavy on my chest, and it was a cat, so i moved pit. >> reporter: she joked about her heart, she joked about the fireman who came to the warner brothers lot where she tapes her show. >> and they come in with an ax, and break the door down. which it was open, so i don't know why they did that. >> reporter: and thus did ellen join the ranks of comedian who take heart.

>> normally my heart's like -- >> reporter: robin williams had a heart valve replaced with a cow valve. >> i can't eat meat now, because, obviously, he's one of us. >> reporter: here he is with letterman, showing his scar. >> already it's starting to grow back. that was five minutes after the surgery. >> reporter: remember dave the first day back from his own surgery? >> while i was gone, i had quintuple bypass surgery on my heart! plus, i got a haircut. >> reporter: there's a lot of show and tell after celebrities have heart surgery. regis and letterman, for instance, compare legs. >> they take the arteries, the stuff they bypass your clogged arteries -- >> what do you think they're going to do, go to home depot. >> this thing will not heal! all the way up my leg. >> reporter: and dick cheney's practically been giving people heart attacks with his show and tell. >> mr. vice president, i want to talk about this little bulge here. >> i'm guessing that line was

especially unsettling on the view's radio broadcast. >> reporter: former vp has an implanted pump that helps his own heart. >> battery operated. this is the control element. >> reporter: he's been setting the thing off -- >> it will bleep in a moment. [ beep, beep ] >> and that means you better put it back. >> reporter: in interview, after interview. >> please put it back in. >> reporter: like some heartfelt practical joke. >> what does that mean? >> it means -- >> put the battery back. >> reporter: robin williams talks about how emotional he got after his heart attack. wait a minute, are those palpitations or is that a punch line i hear? jeanne moos, cnn -- >> mine's like -- >> reporter: -- new york. all right, today's "talk back" question might have a few hearts racing. why do republicans love chris christie. richard says, "maybe he's a true

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new day, and they were told they can no longer love bachmann, romney or perry. they can't officially love palin yet, so this week, it's chris christie." and autumn says, "aren't people worried he would have a heart attack due to his health issues?" barbara says, "because he stands for no bs and he speaks for what's right for the people and what's wrong with the system. i like him too." ben says, "the base of the party is full of rage and want a candidate that matches that mood. the only problem is, governor christie would also not be able to stand the scrutiny. he's a moderate conservative and has policies and views that would burn under the heat of the base." this is from nick, "flash, it's not just republicans who love him. i bet he gets more votes for honesty than any other liar gets for saying what he thinks we want to hear." please continue the conversation. i'll be back with you in eight or nine minutes or so. >> we'll look for that.

thanks so much, carol. all right, top of the hour. i'm fredricka whitfield. let's get you up to speed. michael jackson's personal assistant is expected to testify today in the manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. we expect he'll take jurors through the minute-by-minute events that unfolded june 25th, 2009, the day the singer died. and jackson's famous family is back in court, as the second day of testimony begins. they heard prosecutors lay out their case that murray allowed jackson to overdose on anesthesia. prosecutors say murray stockpiled four gallons of propofol in the days leading up to jackson's death. i talked with an anesthesiologist last hour, who says the use of propofol for sleeping goes against procedure. >> propofol infusion can cause you to stop breathing, can practically kill you.

that's why you must be monitored by medical personnel and all these monitors. so very, very uncommon. i've never heard about a case like this. >> we'll bring you portions of today's testimony live here on cnn. the executors of michael jackson's estate are in court today as well. they're asking a judge to turn over $30 million to jackson's mother, katherine, who cares for his three children. some of that money will go to charity. the estate has earned $310 million in the two years since jackson's death. a florida judge could release a jailhouse video of casey anthony today. the footage shows anthony's reaction when she learned her daughter's remains had been found. the judge refused to let the jury see that tape, calling it, quote, highly inflammatory. that jury acquitted anthony of murder. it took 41 years, but the fbi got a longtime fugitive, george wright escaped from

prison back in 1970, driving off in the warden's car. he allegedly hijacked a delta jet in the 1972, dressed as a priest. the fbi says wright forced agents to deliver a $1 million ransom, dressed only in swim trunks, to prove that the agents had no guns. wright flew to algeria and vanished until monday. the fbi found wright, now 68, living the good life in a portuguese resort town. he is fighting extradition. a typhoon roared away from the philippines today, heading towards southern china. the storm killed 21 people in the philippines, another 33 are missing. the typhoon brought torrential rains that put many areas underwater. take a look at this right here. the storm was so powerful that it grounded this huge cargo ship. for a second day, workers are hanging outside the washington monument. they're checking each marble

block. that earthquake that shook the east coast last month did more damage than first thought. >> these engineers are going to have to inspect every stone. it will take at least a few days. park officials say they can work through heavy rain, but if the there's any threat of lightning, they'll have to stop. the monument's been hit by lightning several times in its history. >> engineers say, despite the cracks in the monument, it is structurally sound. u.s. immigration officers say they have arrested almost 3,000 illegal immigrants. the week-long sweep covered all 50 states. agents say everyone that they have in custody has a criminal conviction. the suspects come from 115 countries. health officials now say 13 people have died after eating tainted cantaloupe grown in colorado. melons marked as rocky ford continue lopes contain listeria, a bacteria that can be deadly, especially among older people. officials say most of those who

died were over 60. all right. now back to our lead story, the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray. court reconvened just a short time ago. jurors will hear from jackson's personal assistant about the chaos that played out on the morning of the pop star's death. cnn's ted rowlands joins us live now outside the courthouse in los angeles. so, ted, bring us up to date on what's happened so far. >> reporter: well, the witness you're talking about, michael williams is scheduled to come on next. right now the defense is finishing up their cross-examine of paul gongaware, and he is the co-ceo of aeg. this is the guy that negotiated the contract with dr. murray, and the prosecution threw him up there to establish that murray was a greedy doctor, that he was in it for the money. and gongaware said that originally murray wanted $5 million, but that they haggled

back and forth and actually michael jackson was part of that negotiation to get it down to $150,000 a month. of course, murray was never actually paid by aeg. that's what the defense will try to establish as they finish up their cross of gongaware, but everybody anticipating michael omere williams, because this will be the beginning of this trial where we get the details of what happened in those hours and minutes as michael jackson perished and before those critical -- that critical time. and he will also talking about dr. murray's actions during that time, which the prosecution really hammered home in their opening, saying that murray didn't tell emts that he had given propofol to michael and also didn't tell the emergency room doctors. >> i know it's very early, but have there been any rumblings from the attorneys of dr. conrad murray on whether he intends to take the stand? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you

what. you know, the defense always will hold that until the very end. but the way that the defense is shaping up their case, in their opening, they said, we are going to provide you with a lot of the unanswered questions. to accomplish that, you really do have to put murray on the stand. and every legal expert will tell you that a doctor is hard to convict, no matter what. if you put a doctor on the stand and they come across as legitimate to a jury, it's very difficult for a jury to say that a doctor's decisions, whether they were right or wrong, if they were made in good faith, it's hard to get a guilty verdict against a doctor. so nothing's been said either way. i've talked to defense sources. they're, obviously, looking at it as a possibility, going through the practicing with murray to see if they need to put him on and if they think he can withstand the cross-examine. so we'll probably have to wait until the end of the trial, but absolutely, it's on the table in this case.

>> ted rowlands, thanks so much, in los angeles. all right. here now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question, why do republicans love new jersey governor chris christie? carol costello has more now from new york. carol? >> hello, fredricka. chris christie is not running for president, until he is, maybe. the only thing we know for sure is many republicans want him desperately to run. christie is enjoying every single moment, and he delivered a speech fit for a presidential candidate. >> insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the american dream. that may turn out to be good re-election strategy, mr. president, but it is a demoralizing message for america. >> sold! you could feel the crazy for christie vibe at the reagan library. >> my italian mother, she told me to tell you that you've got to run for president.

>> we need you. your country needs you to run for president. >> the daily beast says republicans unhappy with the current field of candidates have a messiah complex. they want a conservative, authentic man's man. you mean like rick perry? seems like just yesterday that conservatives were begging perry to run. but that was then. christie is now. so the "talk back" question today, why do republicans love chris christie? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> all right. we look forward to that. thank you, carol. >> sure. all right. here's what's ahead on the rundown first. after 41 years, an escaped killer and hijacker is found. his story sounds like a hollywood movie. and the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor resumes in los angeles. find out who jurors are likely to hear from today.

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arrested george wright in central portugal, which is a charming tourist town, about an hour from lisbon. that's where wright was living under an assumed name and he is now fighting extradition. why? well, in the early '60s, he was convicted of killing a world war ii veteran during a gas station robbery. he was serving up to 30 years for that crime when he escaped a new jersey prison in the warden's car. he made his way to detroit, where he joined the black liberation army. and then they hijacked a miami-bound delta flight out of detroit. wright, who was dressed as a priest, apparently smuggled a gun on board in a hollowed out bible. once the plane landed in miami, wright and the other hijackers demanded $1 million in cash, the most ever asked for the safe release of some 80 passengers. fbi agents had to deliver the money wearing bathing suits, a way of guaranteeing that they weren't carrying any weapons. the hijackers forced the entitles to fly to boston, where they got more fuel and another pilot. they then flew across the atlantic to algeria, where they

asked for asylum. the government there briefly detained and then released them. now, four of the hijackers were arrested in paris about four years later. wright's next appearance in a portuguese court is expected in two weeks. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> the 1978 hijacking led to new laws. the faa ordered all airports to inspect passengers and their carry-on baggage before boarding. checking stories across the country now. when underground gas leaks set a major intersection on fire last night in roosevelt, california, people in nearby businesses were ordered to evacuate. the same intersection caught fire a year ago because of a gas line leak. and people living in tucson and phoenix were hit with another big dust storm last night. their fourth of the year. these storms are called haboobs and generally take place in desert regions or during very dry conditions. an 8-year-old in florida was so moved by a september 11th

memorial that he convinced his brothers and sisters to actually give their birthday presents to u.s. troops. at least 80 kids attended the siblings' birthday party. the money will be donated to soldiers' angels, an online organization that sends care packages to troops. >> dear army, thank you for fighting in the war for our freedom. i know a lot of you have died. it means a lot to me. i just thought about it and came up with it. >> i honestly was surprised that four kids agreed, collectively agreed to give up their presents. it's pretty amazing. >> indeed, that is pretty amazing. wall street started the day on the plus side. some say lately, that could be amazing too. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. so how are the markets looking right now? >> so much for that rally. it's fizzled just a little bit. the dow is still in the green. the nasdaq is in the red. still, there is optimism, fredricka, that europe is going to be getting a handle on its

debt issues. but look at where the dow has been all week, we've seen a nice run-up, the dow is up 400 points for the week. so what you're seeing, a bit of caution right now. investors don't want to go out too far on a limb right now until they know things are for certain about a change in europe. the good news is oil prices are moving lower. we just want to see that translate to the gas pump. fredricka? >> so protesters are back in the financial district, apparently, today. tell us about the group and why they're there. what they're saying. >> you know what, they're kind of angry, for all sorts of reasons. you know, there's really not one cohesive message that's coming out of this group. they've got a list of grievances that's a mile long. but i'll tell you what, they truly do believe in their cause or causes and they are getting some celebrity help. on day 11 of occupied wall street, the number of protesters didn't appear to be growing, but their star power was. >> i think that all change starts from the bottom up and i think people have gotten tired

of hearing the same little news quotes every day in and day out and it's time for a new paradigm. >> reporter: the protesters have descended on lower manhattan to express their outrage on the financial system they say is broken, but no one can agree on how to fix it. >> most people agree, you're right, the system isn't working for most average americans. so that's what we want to focus on. what do we agree on? what do we, as americans, agree on, and what can we do about it? >> organizers say that lack of focus hasn't stopped the movement from growing, but it is fueling skepticism about their ultimate goal. there are so many reforms occupied wall street wants to see happen, and this sea of signs really gives you a good idea about how many different demands that they have. >> it's usually summed up as social and economic reform. >> reporter: but it's clearly a protest against corporate america and wall street, and yet it's a big corporation these protesters are relying on to get their message out.

>> you bought a computer from one of the most valuable companies in this country, apple is next to exxon the most valuable company, so it sort of flies in the face of what you're sitting here for, day after day. >> i think that's a very good point. and it is true that this mac is, you know, represents the values that i'm not -- but i'm just one person, and 90% of my life is in the direction that i want to be. >> reporter: one of hundreds who really believe in their cause, so much so they've traveled thousands of miles to be here. >> it's a matter of working the same job for next to nothing for the rest of my life or creating a system in which there is an the opportunity for advancement. >> have you called your boss yet? >> i called in and told him there was a family emergency. >> reporter: i think he's going to know the truth now. >> i hope not. >> so his boss probably knows where he is at this point.

so this group is called occupied wall street, but the funny thing is, they are not actually doing that at this point. there are barricades that are blocking people from coming close to the new york stock exchange where i am. they're actually protesting a couple of blocks away. i asked them, how long are you guys going to be here? most of them told me, as long as it takes f s to see change in t country. they may be here a very, very long time. >> they've invested days and are promising days more. we'll be checking. thanks so much, alison. he's been hiding for months now, but a military spokesman in libya says he knows where to find moammar gadhafi. we'll find you where the former dictator may be holed up.

okay. it's an extraordinary picture, not one you see ordinarily, but, again, there was an earthquake last month and it caused some damage at the washington monument, so you see two of the workers right there repelling from the top of the washington monument, as they're checking each one of those marble blocks for any damage caused by that earthquake. there's a live picture right now of that fixture on the national mall. we're going to continue to watch, and of course, we're going to continue to await results from the inspections that these workers are doing. meantime, a possible lead in the hunt for moammar gadhafi. a military spokesman says they think the former libyan leader could be hiding out in the southern desert, possibly near the algerian border, near a town called ghadamis. they think a tribe there may be protecting him. the longtime dictator hasn't been seen in public in months now. important to note here that the claims of gadhafi's whereabouts have been wrong before, so with

we have to take it all in stride, with a grain of salt. all right. she was an important player in the libyan revolution, helping rebel fighters get hold of medicine and supplies. that was until a neighbor ratted her out to gadhafi's forces. our jill dougherty has this report. >> reporter: enas helped win the libyan revolution, but she's not finished yet. this 26-year-old computer engineer was working at tripoli's urban planning agency when the conflict began. government security agents suspected her of helping the rebels target gadhafi forces in the capital, which she now acknowledges. she was arrested and thrown in prison, and she agreed to retrace those painful steps with us. our first stop, the interrogation center where she was beaten and held for almost three weeks. i was questioned in this room, i

slept here, she says. i used to hear voices and screams of people who were being tortured. now, did they threaten you here? is this where they threatened you? yes, they told me they weren't going to rape me, she says, but they had ways of making me talk. and there would be screaming, and you could hear the voices? >> yes. >> reporter: downstairs, we see the filthy cells where the men were held. enas was transferred to the notorious abu salim prison. did they let you go outside? she was ordered to be executed september 1st. one week before that, rebels took tripoli and freed her and the other prisoners. it was a beautiful feeling, she says. i'm very proud of the revolutionaries of libya. without their help, i wouldn't be alive. enas still is helping the

rebels, collecting medical supplies and clothing for the men who are fighting the last battles. yes, she's suffered, she says, but other women suffered even more, many were raped. her sufferings were worth it, enas says, the gadhafi regime is over. jill dougherty, cnn, tripoli. breaking down the issues in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. we'll get some insight from criminal defense attorney holly hughes about the testimony so far and what we may be able to expect going forward. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense.

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all right. here's a rundown of some of the stories we're working on next. it's day two in the trial of michael jackson's former doctor. what does the prosecution need to do to prove its case? i'll talk to a former prosecutor. then, you might say this 31-year-old internet pioneer is living on top of the world. napster's founder, shawn parker, sits down with our dan simon to talk about the future of social media. and later, a college student is accused of getting paid to take the s.a.t. for some desperate high school students. we'll explore that.

a second day of testimony is underway in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. on the stand right now is a woman the concert promoter contacted to broker an agreement between dr. conrad murray and michael jackson. up first today was an executive of aeg, the company promoting the concert tour jackson was planning. the jury will also hear from jackson's personal assistant. he is expected to testify about what happened at the estate the morning that the pop star died. so let's get some insight on what's happened so far in the conrad murray trial. joining us right now, again, is criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor holly hughes. okay, so right now this attorney that is on the stand is talking about the agreement brokered between aeg, the concert promoter, and dr. conrad murray. so how specific or how detailed have they gotten so far and what kind of contract and what was said in that deal? >> what this is, it's a services

contract. basically, they're contracting michael jackson and aeg are going to contract for the services of dr. mary. this is the partner of that allow firm who actually drew it up. so they're getting a little technical. they're talking about how it went back and forth, who did you have contact, who did you speak to about the terms of this contract, where did your information come to to actually draft it up. so she's been able to testify that aeg gave her the initial terms. shedraft ted it up and sent it o conrad murray. they're trying to paint dr. murray as money grubbing. and what she testified to, which helps them, is that when he got the draft of the contract, he came back and he said, well, i still want to be paid for those three months when the show is on hiatus, when he's not working on that show, when it's dark, i still want to get paid for those three months. >> so this is a contract about payment. has she testified thus far that

this is also a contract that spelled out the kinds of services that dr. murray was to give michael jackson and during that hiatus, would he still continue to give him medical care, or was it simply payment, even though they hadn't seen each other during a three-month hiatus? >> we don't know, because she hasn't testified to any of that. but i suspect what we're going to see, the contract is going to be entered into evidence and the jury will be able to read it. what she did tell us so far is that the terms of the services came from aeg. so you can be sure that those things were addressed in that contract. but the interesting thing also comes up is michael jackson never signed or executed that contract. now, dr. murray wasn't supposed to technically start working under this contract until everybody signed it, all the parties, aeg, michael, and the doctor, but he would still be paid starting from may 1st of that year. so even though he wasn't technically on the payroll, he was still going to get paid, which is another interesting point when you talk about, it's

all about the money. >> now, when did he actually, dr. murray actually sign this contract? has she already testified that that signature came very late? >> actually, yes, that's a great point, fred. what she said is, she received that contract back with dr. murray's signature on june 24th, which is the day before michael jackson died, which would mean it was never executed by michael or by aeg. >> but he had already received payments? >> he had been being paid, retroactively, back to may 1st. >> interesting. >> yes. >> all right. now, a personal assistant of michael jackson is also to testify a little bit later. highly anticipated. that will help establish the demeanor of michael jackson that morning, the morning of his death. >> absolutely. and the other thing the personal assistant is going to be able to talk about is what went on in the house after michael was found in distress, after it came to dr. conrad murray's attention that his patient was in trouble.

what did dr. murray do? so the assistant is going to be able to talk about, i got this phone call, it didn't say call 911, it said, just something's up, come on up here, help me clean up the room. they're going to get into the nitty-gritty here. this is going to be an extremely important witness for the prosecution. >> i asked dan simon earlier, he said, it's too early, the attorneys hadn't necessarily revealed whether conrad murray would take the stand. but in your view, a case like this, how could he not take the stand? >> i think he's going to have to. because basically what they're doing is attacking his standard of care as a physician. they are saying this man did not do what she was supposed to do. so even though he is innocent until proven guilty under our legal system, the jury is still going to want to hear, because if they say michael took it himself, who was in that room that night, fred? dr. murray and michael jackson. so during that crucial time frame when something went terribly wrong, there were two players present. one of them is deceased. if we want to know what

happened, we're going to have to hear from the other one. dr. murray will have to tell his side of the story. >> holly hughes, thanks so much. >> thanks. >> and of course, we'll continue to monitor the testimony in the trial and bring you live coverage here on cnn as the developments happen. for completely trial coverage throughout the day, you want to tune into our sister network, hln. all right. he changed the way people listen to music online. the founder of napster tells our dan simon what he sees coming next in the digital revolution.

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bigger screen, better cameras, voice recognition, and more carriers. all right. he was the guy behind napster and the first president of facebook. now in a cnn exclusive, sean parker tells our dan simon what he sees as the next big thing for online music fans. ♪ say, oh, yeah ♪ say oh, yeah >> reporter: snoop dogg performing at a private party for silicon valley's young elite. just several of marquee acts that included the band james addiction. it was an event that incredibly had only been planned two days earlier by technology pioneer, sean parker. he decided at the last minute to throw a party to coincide with the big facebook concert in san francisco, and to bring attention to his latest internet venture, but more on that in a moment. >> how much fun are you having? >> putting this event together in the last 48 hours was both incredibly fun and also incredibly stressful.

>> you're a zillionaire. >> not technically. >> reporter: parker's known as the guy played by justin timberlake in "the social network". >> just facebook. it's cleaner. >> reporter: in silicon valley, parker was already a legend as the cofounder of napster, the music piracy site that fundamentally shifted how consumers got their music, from store-bought cds to the internet. he talked about how he and another shawn, shawn fanning, went from being hackers to internet trailblazers. >> fanning and i immediately realized that we had an interest in more than just computers and software and hacking and security, that we actually had an interest in doing something with a broader cultural importance. one of those ideas was napster. >> reporter: 11 years later, parker has returned to his music roots as one of the largest investors in spotify, a

london-based music service he recently helped bring to the u.s. he has steered the can company into an alliance with facebook, where users can now listen and share music with their facebook friends in realtime. >> it's my belief that by bringing network effects and the power of social to the music business, we will create the dominate music platform in the world. >> reporter: a bold statement in a business category now dominated by apple, but parker's intuition has served him well. and though he says being rich isn't as glamorous as it seems, it certainly wasn't evident on this night. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> all right, they're having a lot of fun there. so a long island new york high school is at the center of a first-of-its-kind cheating scandal. students are accused of paying someone else to take their s.a.t.s. i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too.

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students have been accused of cheating on it. but it's the way they allegedly did it that has people asking, could this happen again? cnn student news anchor carl azuz following the story. this is really fascinating. >> it's absolutely fascinating. and it could have happened at another school. and really what happened here is that teachers at great net north high school, this is a renowned high school in long island, they started hearing rumors that some students were paying other students to take the s.a.t. for them. what they started doing, what prosecutors started doing as part of this investigation is looking at who was doing really well on the s.a.t. but not doing so well academically. and that led them to arrest six students at great net north high school, as well as a seventh student. you see him right here. he's a graduate of great net north high school who now goes to emory university in atlanta, georgia. prosecutors say he received between 1,500 and $2,500 a pop to take the test, posing as these other students. >> interesting, because the kids

had that kind of money to allegedly hand over to him for him to take the test, but there was a girl in there. how was it that he was able to kind of assume the identity of all of these kids in order to take the test? >> as far as how he posed as a girl, that's sort of an unanswered question at this point. we don't know her name, because they're minors and they haven't released the names of the students who were accused of paying him to take the test for him. but what police say sam eshigolf did was, they signed up at another school to take the s.a.t., where they wouldn't be recognized, people wouldn't know who they are, and sam eshigoff, he had fake i.d.s with these students' name and information, but his own photo. so the administrators at these other schools wouldn't know him from adam, so he went ahead and let him take the test, and up until now, it worked.

>> quite an elaborate scheme. so let's talk about these charges. pretty serious. >> very serious. he's pled not guilty to these. the lawyer says, don't judge him yet, but the charges he's facing includes first-degree falsifying business records, first-degree scheme to graduated, and second-degree personal misidentification. >> carl azuz, fascinating stuff, and sadly, they're lives are -- they have this mark now been they've even really gotten started. >> if they're found guilty, they will. today's "talk back," question, why do republicans love chris christie? markus says, better question, "why do democrats still love obama?"

all right. in denmark, strange lights in the sky, but they're nothing to be worried about. it's just nature putting on a spectacular show. these time-lapsed pictures are from one of our danish ireporters. the northern lights are usually seen in areas north of there. chad myers explain to us, it is pretty extraordinary. thing folks would naturally be a little freaked out when they see that initially, after saying, oh, that's really pretty. wait a minute, what is that? >> if you live that far north, you've seen them before. but it was a very large solar flare that came out called a coronal mass injection. this came out on saturday and sunday and eventually into the ionsphere and if you went up into the pole areas, you could

really see of it. all of this came out of sun spot number 1302. it came with a big, big, just a huge area of -- even the international space station could do it, of this magnetic pole energy. they're called the aurora borealis. let's take a look at some of these pictures. really all you want to do with this is just say, ohh. this is the segment, things that make you want to say ohh. the pictures coming here from our ireporters, they are just so incredible. i have seen the aurora borealis, the northern lights, just one time in my life. i was up in northern minnesota, in the detroit lakes area fishing, it's just something. it's mesmerizing. >> that is fascinating. >> and this one was so impressive, you could see it in some of the mid-latitude areas, and this isn't over. we're going into a sun spot

cycle, this isn't going to be over until 2013. we'll have pictures like this all the time. >> it sounds to me like people need to start making some arrangements. if they don't live there, start booking their flights, so they can get lucky and see something like that. >> that's the good part. but when you get a big ejection like that, you can do damage to the power grids and damage to the satellite. one big one happened in the 1800s and telegraph booths caught on fire because the power that came down from the sun hit the wires, the wires sent the power to the wooden boxes that these men and women were in and caught these boxes on fire. >> oh, my goodness! >> so there's a bad side to them too. >> so we won't get as excited as i thought we should. thanks so much, chad. >> you're welcome. of course, you've been sounding off on our "talk back" question to have the day. carol costello has some of your responses. carol, i know folks are fired up. >> they are, they always are. a very spunky group of friends. this is the "talk back" question, why do republicans

love chris christie? joshua says, "wake up, everyone, the question should be, why haven't we made more of an effort to convince christie to run for president?" this from edward, "because we know christie would utterly destroy obama. and he would actually make things better for america. get us out of debt, fix the education system, correct issues with illegal immigration, and overall help america progress economically." this from tom "because the republican party has turned into a two-faced what have you done for me lately, willing to say or do almost anything to win. unfortunately, it seems to no longer be a party of ideals and ideas." keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn and thanks as always for your comments. >> oh, yeah. i know people are conveying their messages, you know, via tweet and facebook, but it's nice to get a card every now and then, isn't it? you like greeting cards? >> i do, i do. >> well, there is still a market for them, and in fact, they've expanded quite a bit now.

your choice have gotten quite creative. so if you've lost your job, don't be surprised if you might get a nice little hallmark greeting card that kind of empathizes, sympathizes with you. the companies say, carol, that they had to widen the range a little bit more, and that customers actually asked for this. so they're not making fun, poking fun, they're not seizing the opportunity, but they're actually delivering on what people have asked for. pretty fascinating, right? >> if i were fired and someone sent me a card like that, i don't think i'd be too happy. >> oh, you wouldn't? >> i just made up a rhyme, though, for hall hark, just -- i mean, it was instantaneously in my brain. roses are red, violets are blue, i lost my job and so will you. >> oh, my goodness! >> that's what some of the messages are like. would you like to get that, even if it's a joke? >> i'm sure it's a little bit more comforting than that, that's what i'm hoping. that's what i'm thinking.

carol, thanks so much. >> sure. okay. well, you at home, you also told us what you wanted to see. your choose the news story, just moments away.

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