king live." thank you very much for watching. time now for erica hill and "ac 360." good night. jim, thanks. tonight breaking news until the michael jackson investigation. a source close to the family telling us they are aware it could turn into a criminal probe, and 360 has learned the scope of that probe is widening. a multi-doctor, multi-state, multi-faceted human conveyor belt to give michael jackson what he wanted in great quantities. powerful prescription drugs. randi kaye has been breaking stories all week long. she has a "360" exclusive live from los angeles. you're learning disturbing details into michael jackson's alleged drug history. what are you finding? >> erica, i have right here actually a confidential police document. this is from the santa barbara county sheriff's office. it is from 2004.

it contains confidential interviews done with two of michael jackson's former security guards, interviews done in preparation for the child molestation case against jackson. he was acquitted in that case, you may recall, but there is plenty he right here that paints a dark picture of the drug habit and the sophisticated operation that was in place to apparently help him get the drugs and the doctors he may have been getting those drugs from. we are not naming the security guards, but according to this document that we have, one of them told investigators jackson was taking, quote, ten-he plus xanax pills a night. and he said that he expressed concerns about that to other jackson employees and was told by one, quote, jackson was doing better because he was down from 30 to 40 xanax pills a night. down from that. so 30 to 40 xanax pills a night. this is information, erica, coming right from his own security guards. >> and those numbers are just --

they're almost unfathomable. what's in that document that's more specific about how jack ston got his hands on all of those drugs? >> one of the security guards told investigators that he would get xanax prescriptions at pharmacies for jackson under, quote, fictitious names including the security guard's own name. he named three other employees who were also getting prescriptions for the pop star under their names. the other security guard questioned backed that up according to the document. he said he had picked up prescriptions for jack stson in other people's names. >> what do the security guards say about the doctors that he's getting the drugs and prescriptions from? >> we're not going to name the doctors, but one of the security guards actually named five doctors that he said were writing prescriptions for michael jackson. again, not all of those prescriptions were in michael jackson's name. this security guard said in several states across the country, new york, florida,

california just to name a few he personally drove jackson to different doctors' offices, which paints a picture of doctor shopping. that is in line with what our source close to the information is telling us. he told us that investigators want to interview every doctor who ever treated jackson. so if he was going around the country getting prescriptions, you can see how wide the net really seems to be getting in this investigation. >> it's amazing to think about that any of these former employees use the word "addiction"? >> one of the security guards described jackson as sharp and, quote, in tune before the doctors' visits and afterwards he said he would be out of it and sedated. that same guard said he talked to one of the doctors and told investigators that the doctor told him, quote, jackson was addicted to demerol but said he was giving jackson a placebo to wean him off of it. according to the document we have, the security guard who really provided most of the information here quit his job with jackson after he says,

quote, jackson fell on his face in a hotel room and hurt himself. this employee told investigators that he told jackson he was just not comfortable getting prescriptions for him, and he left the job. >> wow. incredible information there. i know you spoke with a friend of jackson's, the guy who tried to jump start his career in las vegas after the child molestation trial. did evgehe hav he have any insi? >> he said that when they were trying to get his show started in vegas back in 2006, he often appeared, quote, drugged up and incohere incoherent. that's how he described michael jackson. he said sometimes he was so weak, so emaciated and thin that he had to use a wheelchair. that michael jackson was getting around las vegas in a wheelchair. eventually the stage show and the comeback was canceled because this man told me that he just said he just wasn't up to it. >> it's incredible to picture michael jackson getting around in a wheelchair in that state. he mentioned that he was drugged

up, appeared drugged up. did he ever witness jackson taking any drugs? if so, what were they? >> well, he says that michael jackson would never use drugs in front of anyone. that's something he never did. he said the general attitude among jackson's employees and his doctor who is hung around him all the time was, quote, let's keep the golden goose going and keep him happy. nobody really tried to stop jackson from taking all the drugs and from harming himself. he said that he was taking all kinds of drugs including the xanax that i mentioned earlier, 30 or 40 pills a night at one point. it's really hard to believe. >> and it's a he sad picture on so many levels. randi kaye, thank you. digging deeper now into not only the sheer magnitude of the drugs but also the type and how anyone could get to this point. we'll bring in sanjay gupta. when you listen to some of the that information that she just gave us, as many as ten xanax a night down from 30 to 40, how is

that possible someone could take that much of this drug? >> nothing about this has been normal or usual. the first thing that struck me as a doctor is i want to know what the dosage of these pills were. leaving that aside, no matter how you cut it, this is an extremely high dose of xanax. typically what happens, erica, in situations like this. people start off taking a few and take more and more and build up tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we study addiction for a cnn special, one of the pain doctors said he had a patient that took 80 vicodin a day, a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> you mention addiction. xanax is highly addictive, correct? >> it is very highly addictive, and that's determined by a couple of things. if you stop taking it, the withdrawal is awful. people get tremors and seizures and shakes and sweats. it's an awful process.

that dictates addiction. >> one other person reported an addiction to demerol, which was reportedly treated at this time by a doctor with placebos. would that be a connection between the treatment for addiction to demerol and this seeming addiction to xanax? >> these are two different classes of drugs. when you talk about pain medications like demerol and the xanax is a benzodiazepime. you don't usually interchange them, to say they gave it on them to wean it off seems unlikely. >> is the demerol a red flag to you? that's a big pain medicine, isn't it? >> it's a red flag. you're talking about something catastrophic potentially happening here, specifically you start to shut down one's ability

to drive one's own breathing. they can't breathe on their own and can lapse into coma as a result of that. even with the tolerance i was talking about, these doses are exceedingly high for any human being. >> it's amazing a body or person could withstand any of that. we heard -- it sounded like there was a lot of visiting of doctors around the country, what a lot of people might call doctor shopping. >> there was. i saw some of that same stuff. you know what's interesting as we've been investigating this, erica, for the last couple of weeks now is how little regulation there is toward preventing that thing. doctor shopping does occur 100%. i have patients in my practice who have doctor shopped in the practice. you go from one pharmacy to the next and forge names and get medications and it's hard to stop. what we need and what this speaks to is some sort of national registry that can minute by minute track the people who are obtaining this level of medication, narcotics,

and other drugs that are potentially dangerous in these doses. we don't have it. it's remarkable how much this sort of thing happens. >> i only have time for a kwi yes or no. could that change based on the celebrity of this case in particular? >> i think people are talking about this more than ever before. they're talking about substances being controlled. the answer, the quick answer is yes. >> good. i'll take it. dr. sanjay gupta. thanks. >> thanks, erica. let us know what you think of all this. i'm on ac 360 along with some of the staff at ac 360. anderson is not with us tonight. he's on his way to africa for an exclusive interview with president obama. up next, though, it's another 360 exclusive tonight. we're uncovering the outlines of a potential deal to end the fighting in afghanistan. learn who's pitching it, how it would work, and a sit-down with the taliban leader who right now has a $10 million american bounty on his head.

a little later a look at the lives of the jackson brothers and sisters, some famous and some forgotten. >> he always said that his family is first and his fans are second. i know he'd be so happy you're here supporting him. >> latoya, marlin, tito, what they're doing today when "360" continues.

tonight a 360 exclusive about a possible opportunity to end the fighting in afghanistan. what used to be called american's forgotten war is now the fastest growing war and president obama's top priority. at least 635 americans have died in combat there since the fighting began. there's a massive american offensive under way right now, and no one expected to be the last one. what if it could be? tonight in a "360" exclusive michael ware learned about talks with the taliban and how a deal

might, just might be reached. >> reporter: i came to these mountains to unravel how the taliban in afghanistan are based from here across the border in pakistan. in these remote mountain valleys of pakistan's northwest frontier province, the taliban can hide, train, smuggle weapons, and launch military strikes against u.s. forces in afghanistan. for generations the border here has been little more than a vague blur among the peaks. that is what is crippling the american effort in afghanistan. to put it simply america cannot win the war in afghanistan. certainly can't win it with bombs and bullets, and it can't win it in afghanistan alone. part of the answer lies here where i'm standing in these mountain valleys in pakistan on the afghan border, because this is al qaeda and taliban territory. right now there's as many as 100

taliban on that mountain top between the snow-capped peaks. they're currently under siege from local villages driving them from their bunkers. at the end of the day it's the pakistani military who tolerates the presence of groups like the taliban. it's not until america can cut deals with these peoples that there's any hope of the attacks on american troops coming to an end. the key leader the u.s. may have to deal with is this man, mohammed omar, the one-eyed cleric who created the taliban and led the regime. the man after the 9/11 attacks sheltered osama bin laden choosing war with the u.s. rather than surrender bin laden. even with a $10 million reward on his head, omar has defied all american attempts to capture or kill him. he still commands the afghan taliban as they continue killing

u.s. and nato troops. he and other top commanders do all of this according to u.s. intelligence from sanctuaries here in pakistan. it was the pakistan military who helped create the taliban. when the cia was funding many of these same afghan groups in the 1980s in their war against the soviets, it was the pakistan military that delivered the money, expertise and weapons like stinger missiles. now for the first time in this cnn interview, the pakistan military concedes it still maintains contact with the taliban. at the military headquarters we med a major general who concedes the army's links with the taliban were toned down after 9/11, but -- >> but having said that, more intelligence organization in the world shuts its last door on any of their organizations. >> more than talking to the

taliban, the general says the pakistan military can actually get the taliban to sit down with the united states and broker a cease-fire. that's where pakistan can perhaps provide valuable assistance to the americans? >> i think, yes, that could be worked out. that's possible. >> this is one of the men who says he can help work that deal. >> people like me who serve the cause of the freedom of afghanistan. >> former cia ally general hameed gole, he's famed as the godfather of the taliban. in terms of american national interests, who does america need to dialogue with? >> omar, nobody else. >> the most important taliban leader. but to get him and the other taliban to the table, pakistan wants something in return. it wants the united states to

use its influence to reign in pakistan's number one military rival, india. india's close association with the u.s.-backed government in afghanistan worries the pakistanis, and the pakistanis accuse india of supporting armed separatists in one of pakistan's provinces. senior u.s. officials tell cnn the obama administration is willing to raise those concerns with india, and that the u.s. is willing to talk with omar and other taliban commanders. erica. >> it's interesting to see if those talks happen. michael ware with that cl exclusive. a brutal war between a polygamist sect and mexican drug cartels. latest from iran where nighttime chants of god is great are giving way to daytime battle

cries of death to the dictator. a brutal response from the government. all that and more ahead on "360."

coming up, a polygamist sect in mexico takes on the drug cartel with deadly consequences. we have a "360" bulletin. we begin with the deadliest day in iraq since american forces pulled out of iraqi cities. at least 60 killed today in bombings throughout the country. the worst attack was in a northern city. the u.s. government is warning that the swine flu may be back stronger by fall. at a flu summit they say a

vaccine should be ready for mid-october. president obama interrupted his work at the g-8 summit to address the conference by phone. recent studies show americans still are not inclined to splurge at the mall. they say retail sales for june fell 4.9% compared to gain of 1.9% the year before. this was the tenth straight monthly sales decline. and are you interested in a green collar job? do you keep track of your frenemies and planning a frugal vacation? do you know what i'm talking about? if not, you can look it up. there are three of 100 new words added to the dictionary. check it out. the green collar is an adjective used to describe people that work with the environment. a frenemy is a fake friend and staycation is spent at home or nearby. i tried it recently and it was

relaxing. >> we heard positive reports on it. >> so you know i staycation. american polygamists battling mexican drug cartels. it's a fight that turned deadly. the secret behind a compound full of u.s. citizens just ahead. a bit later, his brothers and sisters, michael jackson's siblings, their sorrows and struggles. an up-close look at all of them when "360" continues.

to two more americans dead in mexico, gunned down by drug cartel killers. in addition to being u.s. citizens they were members with a sect with roots on this size of the border. ga gary tuchman has been following this story. an odd intwine here. >> we've dot done a lot of stories about polygamy and mexican drug cartel violence, but we never imagine they would mesh like this. we're in el paso, texas just to our south of the mexican state of chihuahua. there was a small town founded 80 years ago from american mormons from utah because they were angry they made polygamy

against the religion. all the people are very vocal against drug cartel violence. apparently they made members of the drug cartel very mad. this week about 15 gunmen went inside one of the homes, dragged two men out of the homes, both american citizens with ten children between them and killed them in a very violent way. how did hundreds and hundreds of american polygamists end up living in mexico for the last eight decades? after the mainstream mormon church abandoned the practice of polygamy in the 1890s not all mormons were happy about it. some who wanted to practice plural marriage broke off from the church. some settled here, and others who didn't want interference from u.s. law enforcement moved north to british columbia. they moved south from mexico in galeana in the state of chihuahua. it's where they started the church of the first born of the

fullness of times. they've lived here for a good part of the century. about a thousand work as farmers, and though illegal in mexico, some still practice polygamy. they're very well-known in the local community for their opposition to the drug cartels and their kidnapping. >> we want to be an inspiration and the conscience of all afflicted people from kidnapping. >> this man, 32-year-old benjamin lebaron would not back down. his brother was kidnapped. he was eventually released. he head rallies and march to the state capital. early this week been gentleman min lee bran was dragged from his home and killed. the recent drug violence crippling the country, they suffer along with them. >> gary, it seems obvious that

this killing was some sort of message to this community that has been fighting back. what's the reaction in the community? are they backing down? >> reporter: well, you're right, it was a message. there was a note found near the bodies that said, we are very angry that 25 of our people were arrested following these killings arrested for drug violations. they said don't do it again. it was a warning clearly, but the members of this town said they will not back down. they admit they're scared and don't have arms. mexican weapons laws are strict, so they don't have guns to protect themselves. they say they will continue to fight and make an issue about this. at the least they want more protection from the state government of chihuahua and the national government out of mexico city. >> thanks. tell us what you think about this story. you can join the live chat at ac36 da ac360.com. we'll dig deeper about this battle. we'll look at what's at stake here and what this means for

america. we'll go inside that war next door. there are allegations of racism at a philadelphia area pool. dozens of children say they were kicked out simply because of their race. the swim club denies it. we have the details.

before the break we told bu a polygamist community which called mexico home. hundreds of americans belong to this group, and this week two of its members were killed by a drug cartel. they were described as crime fighters who stood up to the cartels and who died defending what they believe in. fred burton is a counterterrorism expert joining us from austin, texas. also with us is gary tuchman in el paso tonight. americans beaten, dragged out of their homes and murdered in cold blood. it seems pretty brazen, but in some respects is this another day sadly in mexico? >> erica, i'm afraid you're right. the area where this took place is a disputed territory.

you have the suarez and the loras cartel fighting over this geography. what is more troubling is this location has the largest concentration of mexican law enforcement and military than any other place in mexico for the past two or three years. i look at this as a failure on the part of the mexican authorities to protect mr. lebaron and his family after the abduction of his brother. >> what do you think that failure stems from? the fact that the government simply can't control these drug cartels or more about corruption? >> i think it's a combination of both. i think you're looking at the inability to secure and hold territory. i think you're looking at intelligence gaps here as to what this group may do. it's really unclear as to who may have murdered him, although the leading suspects are clearly probably elchapa who leads the

cartel. >> you talked a little bit before the break about the residents there, how they aren't backing down and they're afraid. have they talked at all about whether or not they feel they're getting support from the local law enforcement? we're told there was anon muss tip and two guys end up dead? >> they have had troops move into their town right now. they are absolutely still scared, as are many people throughout the entire nation of mexico. we were in tijuana a couple of months ago and talked to a family with small children. the small children never leave their house anymore. the parents talk about how they were out all hours of the night when they were kids. mexico is a very difficult place to live right now because there's so much terror and people are frightened everywhere, particularly in this little town. >> one thing that was surprising, though, was the fact that eric, the little 16-year-old brother of benjamin lebaron was kidnapped recently

and the family didn't pay and they returned this young boy. that sounds like it's rather out of character. >> it is. it's very odd that no ransom was exchanged. i find that very odd. now, of course, this could be a new tactic, meaning if no money was paid to release this child, that may be a new public relations kind of move that the kidnap and ransom negotiators may have taken. just don't announce that a ransom was actually paid. >> okay. so they made that announcement. moving forward, basically i have to say it doesn't paint a real -- it doesn't give a lot of confidence of how things are run in mexico. do you think they're starting to make effective changes? >> we see no stop or slowdown this year of the violence. in fact, we're trending on the same kind of body count stats from last year. there's no segment, as gary said, of the country that's not

touched by this cartel violence. again, i hate to say it, but this is just another day in mexico. >> we hope something will change soon, but it makes you wonder when. fred burton, good to have you with us. gary tuchman, thaw. fred is writing about america's role in mexico, surging gun tree. he clarifies some of the numbers out there in terms of how many guns come from mexico to the u.s. a great read there. tomorrow night we have a "360" investigation with help from erin brock vich. we teamed up with on the story about the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. it is not over yet. dr. sanjay gupta has a preview. >> desperation is mounting here. families are terrified about their health. >> death, cancer. everyone deserves a future. >> this is the largest

environmental disaster ever. >> we have to convince someone that inhaling cancer-causing chemicals is bad for you. it just doesn't make any sense to me at all. somebody has to protect these people because they're going to find out ten years too late. it will be the oops moment. i do have cancer. i am sick, and then there will no recourse for them. >> everyone deserves a future, that story and the search for justice tomorrow night on "360." coming up tonight, new protests erupt in iran. ilook at the jackson siblings to their public grief to the private lives. an up-close look just ahead. >> michael, when you left us, a part of me went with you. a part of you will live forever

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in iran an anniversary sparking new protests today. an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people filling the streets of tehran. protestors using this occasion to resume demonstrations against

the outcome of last month's presidential election. police armed with batons dispersed the crowds. it's after a relative lull following last month's bloody crack down. always good to have you with us. >> thanks, erica. >> today is the tenth anniversary of that uprising at tehran university. how are the protests of today and the pro-democracy movement different today than from a decade ago? >> they're more experienced now than they were a decade ago. the uprising at tehran university often referred to as the massacre, the date the massacre occurred was primarily university students calling for greater rights, greater freedoms and it was easy for the government at that time to say this was a threat to the stability of the state and then to crush the protestors without

any kind of response, any kind of reaction or consequences. ten years later the protestors are sophisticated. they understand the way to change this regime is by using the legal means that the regime gives you, limited as they are, to your advantage to in a sense shame the regime, to say what you stand for is not what you are actually doing in practice. in a way it makes it harder to stamp out a movement by opening fire on protestors like ten years ago. >> it's easier to get that message out because of the technology that's available to them today. >> you're absolutely right. ten years ago there was this incredibly iconic movement i wrote about today when a young protestor took a shirt stained with blood and held it alot ft, and that picture became the symbol for that student uprising. multiply that by 100, by 1,000.

you think of the image of that poor woman who was shot by a member and watching her slowly pass away. that image was seen millions of times around the world. so it's a whole new world that these protestors deal with as well. >> you mentioned using that to their advantage, not in the way they protest but the technology to shame the regime into showing they're not what they say they are. is there any ray for the government to regain its religious or even electoral legitimacy or is that tarnished? >> that's the perfect way to put it. unless this government figures out some way to at least address some of the grievances and demands of this massive protest movement, which is not really a pro-reform movement, it's an anti-ahmadinejad movement that swept up at least half of the population if not more. it will have a legitimacy

problem moving forward. >> there's that problem but the reality, which is tough to understand in a country like u.s. we're tight on time. what are the chances that we're going to see real regime change in iran or democracy one day? >> well, you're definitely going to see democracy one day. the iran of 2009 bears no resemblance to the iran of 1979 or '89 or for that matter '99. 70% of the population under 30, 50% under 24. democracy is coming to this country, but it's going to be a long, slow process. right now, the real issue is that the revolutionary guard, the military intelligence apparatus is more more politicized. they're gaining control over the state, and this has galvanized some of the major factors to yoin the protest movement. >> truly the beginning of the story. thanks. >> thanks, erica. at the g-8 summit in italy

president obama said they have made important strides in combating climate change. they were quick to point out the meeting didn't produce specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, that is. tomorrow he'll meet with the pope and it's on to ghana where he'll sit down with anderson. back at home, president obama has a lot on his plate. there are new poll numbers that suggest some of his supporters are growing impatient. we have the raw politics. >> reporter: almost six months after taking office, president obama is still taking the world by storm. highly popular overseas and at home, too. however, the latest cnn opinion research corporation poll found a jekyll and hyde side to his support. 70% of those surveyed say he's a strong leader, almost as many say he is tough enough, but just 53% say he has a clear plan for solving country's problems. all three measures are way down

from february. at "the washington post" chris is watching the shifting tides. he says democrats are holding firm. it's the independents who are restless. >> people are saying, wait a minute. we elected this guy to fix the economy. is it unfair to expect the president to fix the economy in six months? yes. does that mean it doesn't matter in terms of politics? no. the key to president success is that independents largely voted like democrats. >> on the recession, health care, and the wars, the president wants patience. >> change doesn't happen overnight. >> but even overseas reviews are now mixed. a new international study found that in many nations, including china, mexico, and indonesia, people believe president obama will push america's relations with their countries in the right direction eventually. but so far they find those

policies still lacking on military power, respecting international law, global warmin warming. steven cole runs the worldpublicopinion.org. >> there's a perception that the u.s. is a bully that pushes countries around. they're looking for real fundamental changes in u.s. foreign policy, and we don't see those changes yet. >> that's changing numbers abroad and at home for president obama. tom forman, cnn, washington. up next, kicked out for being black? a day care center says dozens of children were forced from a pool because of their race. the swim club denies it. we have the details. we'll let you decide. and back in the spotlight since their brother's death. we take an up-close look at michael jackson's eight brothers and sisters, their lives and relationships with the pop star. that's ahead.

the world lost a star, but they lost a brother. tonight as the jacksons mourn the death of the king of pop, we're learning more about this famous and understandably heartbroken family. here are the jacksons up close. >> they started this journey together. and now the jackson family grieves together. mourning the brother whose star shined the brightest. >> i would like you to give our brother, my twin brother brandon

a hug from me. i like you michael, and i'll miss you. >> marlon jackson, bearly a year and a half older than michael, speaking of his win that died at birth. the cloes closeness of this family. at the b.e.t. awards janet spoke of their michael. >> to you michael is an icon. to us, michael is family. and he will forever live in all of our hearts. >> while the jacksons may be the most famous family in music history, only a few of the nine children raised by joe and katherine jackson managed to make a career of their talent. 43-year-old janet is perhaps the most well-known after michael. the actress and singer was on a film set when she learned about her brother's death. 59-year-old rebe jackson is the oldest of the siblings.

she had a hit single in the mid '80s and is married with three children and calls las vegas home. latoya made headline when is she posed for playboy. she's divorced living in beverly hills. shortly after the three sisters addressed their brother's fans. >> i want to thank you all for being here for him. >> as for the surviving members of the jackson 5. 355-year-old tito is divorced. he was recently a celebrity judge on a british reality show. marlon is married with three children. there were reports he was working at a san diego department store last year. perhaps not the life their parents majd, but the lesser known siblings may have been the lucky ones. >> we were never, never understand what he endured. not being able to walk across

the street without a crowd gathering around him. being judged, ridiculed. how much pain can one take? >> 54-year-old jermaine, the original lead singer of the group has been married and divorced three times. >> i said, michael, why did you go? why did you leave me? what was going through my mind, larry, i wish it was me there instead of him. >> logon to ac36.com to trace the family tree and read part of latoya's controversial book there. let's look at the other headlines from randi kaye. hello, again. the hardest working woman at this network. >> thanks, erica. four workers at a historic cemetery in chicago are facing felony charges. they're accused of digging up hundreds of corpses and reselling the plots.

they dumped the remains or reburied them with other bodies. in pennsylvania a day care center that paid to use a private swim club's pool on a we can weekly basis is alleging racial discrimination, they said they made comments and canceled the swimming privileges. a local television reports that the workers in charge of monitoring the tracks were actually outside the park at a nearby denny's restaurant at the time of the crash leaving a maintenance worker in charge. a 21-year-old train operator was killed. disney said it suspended three employees pending an investigation but gave no other details. an unusual request from a california animal shelter. it's looking for television sets for its cats. workers noticed rescued felines are drawn to the only television not just for the warmth.

they allegedly like watching tv. the shelter says being a couch potato can help these animals get used to being around people again. i don't know about you, but i have a cat. he does tend to watch a movie with me when i'm watching tv. >> sometimes lulu does like to jump at the tv every now and then. i'll have to watch closely now. i'll report back. >> my cat actually once went behind the tv to see what was going on there. he couldn't understand it. >> that's good. you could have won money with that on one of those shows. right now somebody has a chance to win a t-shirt. our daily challenge to viewers a chance to show up our staffers by coming up with a better caption. tonight's picture, actor george clooney attending the opening ceremony in italy. our staff winner tonight, chuck, his caption, sure anderson cooper is considered king of the silver foxes but can he do jazz hands?

we know he can't because he refuses to dance, so your loss, ac. our viewer winner with this caption ten times, ten times erica hill has turned me down. >> is it true? >> we're friends. if i ever heard from george clooney, don't you think you'd know? >> yeah, i do. i don't think you'd turn him down. >> i'm just saying. r.j., your shirt is on the way. still ahead on a new york subway train a he spirited tribute to michael jackson. the music was blairing and the riders were grooving. it was good. the latest details into the breaking story. the widens investigation into michael jackson's death and the possibility it could lead to criminal charges. mr. evans? this is janice from onstar. i have received an automatic signal you've been in a front-end crash. do you need help? yeah. i'll contact emergency services and stay with you.

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ready for tonight's shot. a dance visual for michael jackson the day after he died on a new york su way in the last car of the brooklyn bound l train to be exact. take a look venlt. a jackson fan used twitter to tell people about the celebration. as it raced towards brooklyn, the car party really heated up. just another day in the new york city subway. >> i've never seen people having such a good time on the subway or getting that close to each other. >> me either. i think i live on the wrong subway line. >> nice he way to honor him. >> that was the joy. coming up at the top of the hour. there's the exclusive story.

randi kaye will be back with you. what "360" is learning about the widening investigation into what may have been michael jackson's staggering drug habit.

tonight breaking news in the michael jackson investigation. a source close to the jackson family telling us they're aware it could turn into a criminal probe. "360" has learned the scope is widening. a picture coming into focus of a multi-dock to her human conveyor belt used to provide michael jackson exactly what he wanted and apparently in great quantities. powerful prescription drugs. randi kaye has been breaking stories all week long. she joins us with this 360 exclusive live from los angeles. you're learning easily described as very disturbing details into michael jackson's alleged drug history. what are you finding?

>> erica, i have right here actually a confidential police document. this is from the santa barbara county sheriff's office. it is from 2004. it contains confidential interviews done with two of michael jackson's former security guards, interviews done in preparation for the child molestation case against jackson. he was acquitted in that case, you may recall, but there is plenty right here that paints a dark picture of his drug habit and the sophisticated operation that was in place to apparently help mihm get the drugs and the doctors he may have been getting those drugs from. we are not naming the security guards, but according to this document that we have, one of them told investigators jackson was taking, quote, ten-plus xanax pills a night. and he said that he expressed concerns about that to other jackson employees and was told by one, quote, jackson was doing better because he was down from 30 to 40 xanax pills a night. down from that.

so 30 to 40 xanax pills a night. this is information, erica, coming right from his own security guards. >> and those numbers are just -- they're almost unfathomable. what's in that document that's more specific about how jackson supposedly got his hands on all of those drugs? >> one of the security guards told investigators that he would get xanax prescriptions at pharmacies for jackson under, quote, fictitious names including the security guard's own name. he named three other employees who he said were also getting prescriptions for the pop star under their names. the other security guard questioned backed that up according to the document. he said he had picked up prescriptions for jackson in other people's names. >> what about the doctors, then? what do security guards say about the doctors that jackson is apparently getting the drugs and prescriptions from? >> we're not going to name the doctors, but one of the security guards actually named five doctors that he said were writing prescriptions for michael jackson.

again, not all of those prescriptions were in michael jackson's name. this security guard said in several states across the country -- new york, florida, california just to nakme a few - he personally drove jackson to different doctors' offices, which paints a picture of doctor shopping. that is in line with what our source close to the information is telling us. he told us that investigators want to interview every doctor who ever treated jackson. so if he was going around the country getting prescriptions, you can see how wide the net really seems to be getting in this investigation. >> it's amazing to think about that any of these former employees use the word "addiction"? >> one of the security guards described jackson as sharp and, quote, in tune before the doctors' visits and afterwards he said he would be, quote, out of it and sedated. that same guard said he talked to one of the doctors and told investigators that the doctor told him, quote, jackson was addicted to demerol but said he was giving jackson a placebo to wean him off of it.

according to the document we have, the security guard who really provided most of the information here quit his job with jackson after he says, quote, jackson fell on his face in a hotel room and hurt himself. this employee told investigators that he told jackson he was just not comfortable getting prescriptions for him, and he left the job. >> wow. incredible information there. i know you spoke with a friend of jackson's, the guy who tried to jump start his career in las vegas after the child molestation trial. did he have any insight for you? >> he sure did. we spoke with a man named jack wishnunn. he said when they were starting to get his show started in vegas in 2006 he offense appeared, quote, drugged up and incoherent. that's how he described michael jackson. he said sometimes he was so weak, so emaciated and thin that he had to use a wheelchair. that michael jackson was getting around las vegas in a wheelchair. eventually the stage show and the comeback was canceled

because this man told me that he just said he just wasn't up to it. >> it's incredible to picture michael jackson getting around in a wheelchair in that state. he mentioned that he was drugged up, appeared drugged up. did he ever witness jackson taking any drugs? if so, what were they? >> well, he says that michael jackson would never use drugs in front of anyone. he just said that's something he never did. he said the general attitude among jackson's employees and his doctor who is hung around him all the time was, quote, let's keep the golden goose going and keep him happy. nobody really tried to stop jackson from taking all the drugs and from harming himself. he said that he was taking all kinds of drugs including the xanax that i mentioned earlier, 30 or 40 pills a night at one point. it's really hard to believe. >> and it's a sad picture on so many levels. randi kaye, thank you. digging deeper now into not only the sheer magnitude of the drugs but also the type and how anyone could get to this point. we'll bring in sanjay gupta.

when you listen to some of that information that she just gave us, as many as 10 xanax a night down from 30 to 40, how is that possible someone could take that much of this drug? >> nothing about this has been normal or usual. the first thing that struck me as a doctor is i want to know what the dosage of these pills were. leaving that aside, no matter how you cut it, this is an extremely high dose of xanax. typically what happens, erica, in situations like this. people start off taking a few and take more and more and build up tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studies addiction, for example, for a cnn special, one of the pain doctors said that he had a patient that took 80 vicodin a day, 80 a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> you mention addiction. xanax is highly addictive, correct? >> it is very highly addictive, and that's determined by a couple of things. one is that if you stop taking

it, the withdrawal is just awful. people can have tremors and seizures and get the shakes and sweats. it's a really, really awful process. that's usually what dictates addiction. >> one other person reported an addiction to demerol, which was reportedly treated at this time by a doctor with placebos. would that be a connection between the treatment for addiction to demerol and this seeming addiction to xanax? >> these are two different classes of drugs. when you talk about pain medications like demerol and the zan xanax is a benzodiazepime. there are various medications to use to wean people off narcotics or benzos but you don't usually interchange those. to say they gave it to him to wean him off seeming very unlikely. >> is the demerol a red flag to

you? that's a big pain medicine, isn't it? >> it's a red flag. you're talking about something catastrophic potentially happening here, specifically you start to shut down one's ability to drive one's own breathing. they're simply not able to breathe on their honey and they can lapse into coma as a result of that. even with the tolerance i was talking about, these doses are exceedingly high for any human being. >> it's amazing a body or person could withstand any of that. it sounded like there was a lot of visiting of doctors around the country, what a lot of people might call doctor shopping. >> there was. i saw some of that same stuff. you know what's interesting as we've been investigating this, erica, for the last couple of weeks now is how little regulation there is toward preventing that thing. doctor shopping does occur 100%. i can tell you it occurs. i have patients in my neurosurgical practice who i know have doctor shopped in the past. you go from one pharmacy to the next and forge names and get

medications and it's hard to stop. what we need and what this speaks to is some sort of national registry that can minute by minute track the people who are obtaining this level of medication, narcotics, and other drugs that are potentially dangerous in these doses. we don't have it. it's remarkable how much this sort of thing happens. >> i only have time for a quick yes or no. could that change based on the celebrity of this case in particular? >> i think people are talking about this more than ever before. they're talking about substances being controlled. the answer, the quick answer is yes. >> good. i'll take it. dr. sanjay gupta. always good to have you with us. >> thanks, erica. let us know what you think of all this. join the live chat on ac360.com. anderson is not with us tonight. he's on his way to africa for an exclusive interview with president obama. up next, though, it's another "360" exclusive tonight. michael ware uncovering the

outlines of the potential deal to end the fighting in afghanistan. learn who's pitching it, how it would work, and a sit-down with the taliban leader who right now has a $10 million american bounty on his head. a little later a look at the lives of the jackson brothers and sisters, some famous and some forgotten. >> he always said that his family is first and his fans are second. i know he'd be so happy you're here supporting him. >> latoya, marlon, tito, what they're doing today when "360" continues.

tonight a 360 exclusive about a possible opportunity to end the fighting in afghanistan. what used to be called american's forgotten war is now the fastest growing war and president obama's top priority. at least 635 americans have died in combat there since the fighting began. there's a massive american offensive under way right now, and no one expected to be the last one. what if it could be? tonight in a "360" exclusive michael ware learned about talks involving pakistan and the taliban and how a deal to end attacks on western forces just might, might be reached. >> reporter: i came to these mountains to unravel how the taliban in afghanistan are based from here across the border in pakistan. in these remote mountain valleys of pakistan's northwest frontier province, the taliban can hide, train, smuggle weapons, and launch military strikes against u.s. forces in afghanistan.

for generations the border here has been little more than a vague blur among the peaks. that is what is crippling the american effort in afghanistan. to put it simply america cannot win the war in afghanistan. certainly can't win it with bombs and bullets, and it can't win it in afghanistan alone. part of the answer lies here where i'm standing in these mountain valleys in pakistan on the afghan border, because this is al qaeda and taliban territory. right now there's as many as 100 taliban on that mountain top between the snow-capped peaks and amid those trees. they're currently under siege from local villages driving them from their bunkers. at the end of the day it's the pakistani military who tolerates the presence of groups like the taliban. it's not until america can cut deals with these people that there's any hope of the attacks on american troops coming to an end.

the key leader the u.s. may have to deal with is this man, mohammed omar, the one-eyed cleric who created the taliban and led the regime. the man, who after the 9/11 attacks, sheltered osama bin laden, choosing war with the u.s. rather than surrender bin laden. even with a $10 million reward on his head, omar has defied all american attempts to capture or kill him. he still commands the afghan taliban as they continue killing u.s. and nato troops. he and other top commanders do all of this according to u.s. intelligence from sanctuaries here in pakistan. it was the pakistan military who helped create the taliban. when the cia was funding many of these same afghan groups in the 1980s in their war against the soviets, it was the pakistan military that delivered the money, expertise and weapons like stinger missiles.

now for the first time in this cnn interview, the pakistan military concedes it still maintains contact with the taliban. at the military headquarters we med a major general who concedes the army's links with the taliban were toned down after 9/11, but -- >> but having said that, more intelligence organization in the world shuts its last door on any of their organizations. >> more than talking to the taliban, the general says the pakistan military can actually get the taliban to sit down with the united states and broker a cease-fire. that's where pakistan can perhaps provide valuable assistance to the american mission? >> i think, yes, that could be worked out. that's possible. >> this is one of the men who says he can help work that deal. >> people like me who serve the cause of the freedom of afghanistan.

>> former cia ally general hameed sguel, he's famed as the godfather of the taliban. >> in terms of american national interests, who does america need to dialogue with? >> omar, nobody else. >> the most important taliban leader. but to get him and the other taliban to the table, pakistan wants something in return. it wants the united states to use its influence to rein in pakistan's number one military rival, india. india's close association with the u.s.-backed government in afghanistan worries the pakistanis, and the pakistanis accuse india of supporting armed separatists in one of pakistan's provinces. senior u.s. officials tell cnn the obama administration is willing to raise those concerns

with india, and that the u.s. is willing to talk with omar and other taliban commanders. erica. >> it's interesting to see if those talks ever actually happen. michael ware with that exclusive. just ahead tonight, one of the least likely stories imaginable. a brutal war erupting between a polygamist sect and mexican drug cartels. the latest from iran where nighttime chants of god is great are giving way to daytime battle cries of death to the dictator. a brutal response from the government. all that and more ahead on "360." ddddddddddddd

coming up, a polygamist sect in mexico takes on the drug cartel with deadly consequences. first, randi kaye as a "360" bulletin. we begin with the deadliest day in iraq since american forces pulled out of iraqi cities. at least 60 killed today in

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two more americans dead in mexico, gunned down by drug cartel killers. in addition to being u.s. citizens they were members with a secretary with roots on this side of the border. gary tuchman has been following this story. an odd intwine here of two stories "360" has been following very closely. >> that's right, erica. we've done a lot of stories about polygamy and drug cartel violence, but we never imagined they would mesh like this in a tran logic way. we're in el paso, texas just to our south of the mexican state of chihuahua. in chihuahua there was a small

town founded 80 years ago by american mormons from utah that went down there because they were angry the mormon church made polygamy against the religion. all the people are very vocal against drug cartel violence. apparently they made members of the drug cartel very mad. this week about 15 gunmen went inside one of the homes, dragged two men out of the homes, both american citizens with ten children between them and killed them in a very violent way. how did hundreds and hundreds of american polygamists end up living in mexico for the last eight decades? after the mainstream mormon church abandoned the practice of polygamy in the 1890s not all mormons were happy about it. some groups that wanted to continue the practice of plural marriage broke off from the church. some settled on the arizona/utah border. others who do not want interference from u.s. law enforcement moved north to british ya columbia. in 1924 the lebaron family moved

south to mexico in chihuahua. that's where community members started the church of the first born of the fullness of times. they've lived here for a good part of the century. about a thousand work as farmers, and though illegal in mexico like the u.s., some still practice polygamy. members of lebaron family are very well-known in the local community for their opposition to the drug cartels and their kidnappings. >> we want to be an inspiration and the conscience of all afflicted people from kidnapping. >> this man, 32-year-old benjamin lebaron would not back down to the cartels after his 16-year-old brother eric was kidnapped this past may. he refused to pay a $1 million ransom, but eric was eventually released. he head rallies and march to the state capital when another person was kidnapped. earlier this week benjamin

lebaron was dragged from his home and killed. with the recent drug violence crippling the country, they suffer along with them. >> gary, it seems obvious that this killing was some sort of message to this community that has been fighting back. what's the reaction in the community? are they backing down? >> reporter: well, you're right, it was a message. there was a note found near the bodies that said, we are very angry that 25 of our people were arrested following these killings arrested for drug violations. they said don't do it again. it was a warning clearly, but the members of this town said they will not back down. they admit they're scared and don't have arms. mexican weapons laws are strict, so they don't have guns to protect themselves. that worries them. they say they will continue to fight and make an issue about this. at the least they want more protection from the state government of chihuahua and the national government out of mexico city. >> thanks. tell us what you think about this story. you can join the live chat at ac360.com.

we'll keep gary tuchman around because we'll dig a little deeper about this battle between the polygamists and the mexican drug cartels. we'll look at what's at stake here and what this means for america. we'll go inside that war next door. there are allegations of racism at a philadelphia area pool. dozens of children say they were kicked out simply because of their race. the swim club denies it. we have the details. (announcer) imagine one eye drop so exceptional, it relieves seven symptoms. new visine totality multi-symptom. now reduce the red; bathe the dry and gritty; soothe the itch, irritated, burning and watery. visine totality. no other drop does more.

before the break we told bu a polygamist community which called mexico home. hundreds of americans belong to this group, and this week two of its members were killed by a

drug cartel. they were described as crime fighters who stood up to the cartels and who died defending what they believe in. fred burton is a counterterrorism expert joining us from austin, texas. also with us is gary tuchman in el paso tonight. americans beaten, dragged out of their homes and murdered in cold blood. it seems pretty brazen, but in some respects is this another day sadly in mexico? >> erica, i'm afraid you're right. the area where this took place is a disputed territory. you have the suarez and the loras cartel fighting over this geography. what is more troubling is this location has the largest concentration of mexican law enforcement and military than any other place we've seen in following mexico for the last two or three years. i look at this as a failure on the part of the mexican authorities to protect mr. lebaron and his family after

the abduction of his brother. >> what do you think that failure stems from? the fact that the government simply can't control these drug cartels or more about corruption? >> i think it's a combination of both. i think you're looking at the inability to secure and hold territory. i think you're looking at intelligence gaps here as to what this group may do. it's really unclear as to who may have murdered him, although the leading suspects are clearly probably elchapa who leads the cartel. >> you talked a little bit before the break about the residents there, how they aren't backing down and they're afraid. have they talked at all about whether or not they feel they're getting support from the local law enforcement? we're told there was anon mu anonymous tip and two guys end up dead. >> they have had troops move

into their town right now. they are absolutely still scared, as are many people throughout the entire nation of mexico. we were in tijuana a couple of months ago and talked to a family with small children. the small children never leave their house anymore. the parents talk about how they were out all hours of the night when they were kids. it was perfectly safe. mexico is a very difficult place to live right now because there's so much terror and people are frightened everywhere, particularly in this little town. >> one thing that was surprising, though, was the fact that eric, the little 16-year-old brother of benjamin lebaron was kidnapped recently and held for ransom and they wanted $1 million. the family didn't pay, and they returned this young boy. that sounds like it's rather out of character. >> it is. it's very odd that no ransom was exchanged. i find that very odd. now, of course, this could be a new tactic, meaning if no money was paid to release this child, that may be a new public relations kind of move that the kidnap and ransom negotiators may have taken.

just don't announce that a ransom was actually paid. >> okay. so they made that announcement. moving forward, basically i have to say it doesn't paint a real -- it doesn't give a lot of confidence of how things are run in mexico. do you think they're starting to make effective changes? >> we see no stop or slowdown this year of the violence. in fact, we're trending on the same kind of body count stats from last year. there's no segment, as gary said, of the country that's not touched by this cartel violence. again, i hate to say it, but this is just another day in mexico. >> we hope something will change soon, but it makes you wonder when. fred burton, good to have you with us. gary tuchman, thank you. fred is writing about america's role in mexico, surging gun tree. it's a fascinating read. you can check it out at

ac360.com. he clarifies some of the numbers out there in terms of how many guns come from mexico to the u.s. a great read there. tomorrow night we have a "360" investigation with help from erin brocovich. we teamed up with on the story about the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. it is not over yet. dr. sanjay gupta has a preview. >> desperation is mounting here. families are terrified about their health. >> death, cancer. everyone here deserves a future. >> this is the largest environmental disaster ever. >> we have to convince someone that inhaling cancer-causing chemicals is bad for you. it just doesn't make any sense to me at all. somebody has to protect these people because they're going to find out ten years too late. it will be the oh, oops moment. i do have cancer. i am sick, and then there will no recourse for them. >> everyone deserves a future,

and they also deserve answers. that story, "the search for jut," tomorrow night here on "360." coming up tonight, new protests erupt in iran. a look at the jackson siblings to their public grief to the private lives. an up-close look just ahead. >> michael, when you left us, a part of me went with you. a part of you will live forever within me.

in iran an anniversary sparking new protests today. an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people filling the streets of at that tehran on the tenth anniversary of a major stuntd uprising against want regime. protestors using this occasion to resume demonstrations against the outcome of last month's presidential election. police armed with batons dispersed the crowds. the new demonstrations come after a relative lull following last month's bloody crackdown. always good to have you with us. >> thanks, erica. >> today marks the tenth anniversary of the uprising at the tehran university. how are the protests of today and the pro-democracy movement different today than from a decade ago? >> they're very different in a lot of ways. i think most importantly they're

more experienced now than they were a decade ago. the uprising at tehran university often referred to as the 18-tier massacre, that was the date that that the massacre occurred, which is today, of course, july 9th, was primarily university students calling for greater rights, greater freedoms and it was very easy for the government at that time to say this was a threat to the stability of the state and then to crush the protestors without any kind of response, reaction or consequences. ten years later the protestors are sophisticated. they understand the way to change this regime is by using the legal means that the regime gives you, limited as they are, to your advantage to in a sense shame the regime, to say what you stand for is not what you are actually doing in practice. in a way it makes it harder to stamp out a movement by opening fire on protestors like ten years ago. >> it's easier to get that message out because of the

technology that's available to them today. >> you're absolutely right. ten years ago there was this incredibly iconic moment i wrote about today when a young protestor took a shirt stained with blood and held it aloft, and that picture flashed on the cover of the "economist" the next day became the symbol for that student uprising. multiply that by 100, by 1,000. you think of the image of that poor woman who was shot by a member and watching her slowly pass away. that image was seen millions of times around the world. so it's a whole new world that these protestors deal with as well. >> you mentioned using that to their advantage, not in the way they protest but the technology to shame the regime into showing they're not what they say they are. is there any way for the iranian government to basically regain

its religious or electoral legitimacy or is that irrep riblly tarnished? >> that's the perfect way to put it. unless this government figures out some way to at least address some of the grievances and demands of this massive protest movement, which is not really a pro-reform movement, it's an anti-ahmadinejad movement that swept up at least half of the population if not more. it will have a legitimacy problem moving forward. >> there's that problem but the reality, which is tough to understand in a country like u.s. we're tight on time. what are the chances that we're going to see real regime change in iran or democracy one day? >> well, you're definitely going to see democracy one day. the iran of 2009 bears no resemblance to the iran of 1979 or '89 or for that matter '99. 70% of the population under 30, 50% under 24. democracy is coming to this country, but it's going to be a long, slow process.

right now, the real issue is that the revolutionary guard, the military intelligence apparatus is becoming much more politicized, and they're gaining control over the state. this has galvanized some of the major factors to the regime itself as to the protest movement. >> truly the beginning of the story. thanks. >> thanks, erica. at the g-8 summit in italy president obama said they have made important strides in combating climate change. the critics were quick to point out the meeting didn't produce specific targets for reducing greenhouse emissions, greenhouse gas emissions. tomorrow he'll meet with the pope and it's on to ghana where he'll sit down with anderson. he'll have an exclusive interview. back at home, president obama has a lot on his plate. there are new poll numbers that suggest some of his supporters are growing impatient. we have the raw politics. >> reporter: almost six months after taking office, president obama is still taking the world by storm.

highly popular overseas and at home, too. however, the latest cnn opinion research corporation poll found a jekyll and hyde side to his support. 70% of those surveyed say he's a strong leader, almost as many say he is tough enough, but just 53% say he has a clear plan for solving country's problems. all three measures are way down from february. at "the washington post" chris is watching the shifting tides. he says democrats are holding firm. it's the independents who are restless. >> people are saying, wait a minute. we elected this guy to fix the economy. is it unfair to expect the president to fix the economy in six months? yes. does that mean it doesn't matter in terms of politics? no. the key to president success is that independents largely voted like democrats. >> on the recession, health care, and the wars, the president wants patience.

>> change doesn't happen overnight. >> but even overseas reviews are now mixed. a new international study found that in many nations, including china, mexico, and indonesia, people believe president obama will push america's relations with their countries in the right direction eventually. but so far they find those policies still lacking on military power, respecting international law, global warming. steven cole runs the nonpartisan worldpublicopinion.org. >> there's a perception that the u.s. is a bully that pushes countries around. they're saying we're looking for some real changes, some fundamental changes in u.s. foreign policy, and we don't see those changes yet. >> that's changing numbers abroad and at home for president obama. tom forman, cnn, washington. up next, kicked out for being black? a day care center says dozens of

children were forced from a pool because of their race. the swim club denies it. we have the details. we'll let you decide. and back in the spotlight since their brother's death. we take an up-close look at michael jackson's eight brothers and sisters, their lives and their relationships with the pop star. that's ahead.

the world lost a star, but

they lost a brother. tonight, as the jacksons mourn the death of the king of pop, we're learning more about this famous and understandably heartbroken family. here now, the jacksons up close. >> reporter: they started this journey together. and now the jackson family grieves together. ♪ i'll be there mourning the brother whose star shined the brightest. >> i would like for you to give our brother, my twin brother, brandon, a hug from me. i love you, michael, and i'll miss you. >> reporter: marlon jackson, barely a year and a half older than michael, speaking of his twin who died at birth. the closeness of this family has been well-documented and public. speaking at the b.e.t. awards, janet spoke of their michael. >> to you, michael is an icon. to us, michael is family.

and he will forever live in all of our hearts. >> reporter: while the jacksons may be the most famous family in music history, only a few of the nine children raised by joe and katherine jackson managed to make a career of their talent. 43-year-old janet is perhaps the most well-known after michael. the actress and singer was on a film set when she learned about her brother's death. 59-year-old ribi jackson, the oldest of the siblings. hit single in the mid-'80s, married with three children and calls las vegas home. la toya, 53, made headlines when she supposed for playboy and a tell-all book. divorced, living in beverly hills. shortly after the memorial, the three sisters addressed their brother's fans. >> we want to thank you for being here for him. >> reporter: as for the surviving members of "the

jackson 5" jackie is a divorced father of two. 55-year-old tito, guitarist for the group, is also divorced. recently a judge on a television show. perhaps, not the life their parents imagined, but the lesser known siblings may have been the lucky ones. >> we would never, never understand what he endured, not being able to walk across the street without a crowd gathering around him. being judged, ridiculed, how much pain can one take? >> reporter: 54-year-old jermaine, original lead singer of the group, has been married and divorced three times. >> i said, michael, why did you go? why did you leave? why did you leave me? i -- what was going through my mind, larry, i wish it was me

there instead of him. >> log on to ac360.com to track the family tree of the jacksons and read part of la toya's book there. headlines from randi kaye. the hardest working woman at this network, i think. >> four workers at a historic black cemetery near chicago are facing felony charges in a grave digging scheme. accused of digging up hundreds of corpses and reselling the plots. they dumped the remains in the remote part of the graveyard or reburied them with other bodies. in pennsylvania, a daycare center who paid to use a swim club's pool is saying racial discrimination. swim club members made racist comments about the black and hispanic students who came to the pool and canceled their swimming privileges. details in the deadly monorail accident at disney

world. the workers in charge of monitoring the tracks were outside the park at a nearby denny's restaurant at the time of the crash leaving a maintenance worker in charge. a 21-year-old train operator was killed. disney has suspended three employees pending an investigation. an unusual request from a california animal shelter, looking for television sets for its cats. workers noticed rescued felines were drawn to the television, not for the warmth but liked watching tv. being a couch potato can help abused or neglected animals get used to being around people again. i don't know about you, but i do have a cat. i do have a cat and he does tend to watch a movie with me when i'm watching tv. >> sometimes lulu does like to jump at the tv. i'm going to have to watch her closely now. i'll report back. >> my cat actually once went behind the tv to see what was going on there. he couldn't understand how the

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just saying. ahead, on the new york subway train, spirited tribute to michael jackson. music blaring, riders grooving. it was all good.

tonight's shot, a dance visual for michael jackson. it happened the day after he died on new york's subway in the last car of the brooklyn bound "l" train to be exact. take a look. apparently a jackson fan used twitter to spread the word about the celebration as the train raced toward brooklyn. the party really heated up. just another day in the new york city subway, randi. that's what it's like every day on my way to work. >> i've never seen people having such a good time on the subway or getting that close to each other. >> i think i live on the wrong subway line. >> nice way to honor him, i will