the pictures offer new revelations about the iconic singer. much of it is kept in a secret location in los angeles. joining me now in exclusive interviews, michael's mother, catherine jackson and his mentor and good friend, brett livingston strong. welcome to you both. we're surrounded by this incredible art, most of which has never been seen, that your son michael did. what i'm struck by, i love this picture, catherine. how old is he there, michael? >> he's about nine or ten there. >> and he's touching his own work of art. i don't know what's more impressive, the art or the fantastic hat he's wearing. very stylish. clearly, from an early age, he loved art. tell me about that side of michael. >> michael loved art a lot. he love paintings, he loved water colors. he loved even the crayons. and he would always draw.

when he was even in school, he would draw pictures and they took one of his drawings and put it on the front of the yearbook. >> was he self taught? >>. >> he taugt himself. >> amazing talent. >> it was just a talent that he had. and i can't say too much more about him. only his father -- his father was an artist, too. he loved to paint and draw. so i thought maybe he might have picked it up from him. but he had a natural talent for it. >> did he always paint? was he always painting secretly? >> yes, yes. when he was just a child, when we moved to havenhurst, before we remodelled, it had a little house in the back and he took that little house and he made it out to an art studio for himself. >> what do you think the art brought him? painting and stuff? what did it give him? >> well, you know what? i really don't -- i really can't answer that question.

but sometimes whenl he's not doing anything, he would go and start painting and i think that's just the way of him relaxing. >> a bit of escapism. >> yes. >> brett, you got to know michael 25 years ago. tell me about how you met and tell me about this art collection. it's something people don't really know much about. >> well, when we first met was about 1979 through mayor bradly of los angeles and also through lawrence wells, two different occasions. and the first time that i had a chance to talk to michael, he says, now you're a sculpt p tor. and i says yes. he says wow, i've never met a monument builder before. i said to him, i'm thinking i know who michael is, and i said what do you do? and he says i love life. i'll always remember that. wow, that's a great job. i love life, too. and he says i'm an artist, too. and i like to draw things that inspire my life. >> and this collection, how many

pieces are there in it? >> well, i have -- we have 98 pieces. other people have some. and there's about maybe this 20 of those pieces i draw he did artwork on the other side. i made the paper for michael in the 1980s, special paper. so if anybody got it, they couldn't counterfeit it. >> i mean, some of the pieces here, i mean, the martin luther king picture, abraham lincoln, aparentally, he drew a lot of form former presidents. >> he loved the whole aspect of people being free. artists inspiring people to create his music. >> catherine, he had a strange obsession with the number 7 and with chairs.

tell me why those two things occur in the pictures all of the time? >> michael was the 7th child. his name had seven letters in it. he would always talk about that. and you know, 7, the number 7 means completeness in the bible it tells us. >> so it's like a lucky number for him. >> for him. >> and what about the chairs? why did he like drawing chairs? >> he just had an obsession of chairs. not just a plain chair, but chairs that you see have a lot of art in it. a lot of curves, a lot of other things like that. >> there's one very prophetic picture which is of a little boy sitting on his own in the corner. and what's so poignant is that michael had written next to this, before you judge me, try hard to love me. look within your heart and then

ask have you seen my childhood. what do you think he meant by that, catherine? >> you know what, i couldn't tell you. but that is the picture. i have one, too, like that. are they showing it? >> yes, we're looking at it now. it's a very -- and the boy looks, i guess -- >> he looks sad and he looks -- you know, i think it's because michael aulgs said he missed most of his childhood. and he loved to run and play. he loved children. and i think this is what this picture stands for. >> i've interviewed a lot of people about michael. many of your family, your children, i've interviewed. janet, latoya, jermaine. they all said the said thing. he's a happy child. he loved playing pranks on people. that kind of thing. do you ever feel a regreet as his mother that he did lose the childhood, really, to super stardom? if you had your time again, would you want the kids, especially michael, to go into that crazy world?

>> well, to a certain extent. none of my children were really just loose. my husband was sort of -- i should say very strict about things like that. where we came from, there was a lot of crime. and we cared about our children. we didn't want them out there in the street running around, breaking in cars and doing -- like most of the children did back then. and we did things with them in the house. and that's when they started the singing. but as far as having a good time and all, they were in the little league and things like that. and then they learn today play the music. and michael always said he didn't have a childhood, but he enjoyed what he was doing. >> i think that's true, isn't it? when you talked about his father being tough with them, was he too tough? did he have to be that tough? >> i didn't think he was too tough. but back in those days, everybody raised their children about the same.

if you did something wrong, that was terribly wrong, you got a scalding for it and you also got a "licking" as they called it. but today you can't do that. so michael looked back at those times and they said he was abused. well, they call it abuse, but sometime, if it wasn't for the strap, what would this world be like today? >> do you think that the world has gone a bit soft in terms of discipline? >> i think we've gone a bit too soft. i really co. and then they have too much things out there for our children to do. and they're too open with a lot of things. things that we weren't open years ago about. and i just feel bad because i know that the world is -- i think it's doomed. >> do you? >> the bible tells us the world will be destroyed. so i think.

>> when you look at america, modern america, where do you think people are going wrong? especially in bringing up children. >> well, i think society is sometimes the fault of it. they tell the children to call 9-1-1. and in some cases, maybe they need to do that. but then some cases, some people -- some parents are afraid of their children. and some children tell their parents, well, if you do this to me, i'm going to call 9-1-1. or i'm going to call the police. what are the parents to do? >> it's interesting, when i talk to your children, all of them had said at the various stages of their life, we had this really tough upbringing, their father was really strict. but they've all, as they got older, and in some cases had their own kids, they've begun to realize that maybe it was a kind of tough love that they needed. it's been interesting for me to talk to them. now that they're a bit older.

it must be, for you, it must be an interesting experience, too, to hear their views change as they get older. >> they do. children change. for itself, tito, he was one of them that said -- excuse me -- that said i'm going to raise my children just like -- they called their father joseph -- just like joseph raised me. obviously, my children don't get in trouble or anything like that. all of these terrible things they laid on michael, he didn't do these things. but it's just -- there are wicked people out there and they accuse you of them. >> it must have been very hurtful for you as his mother, some of the thingingss that mic was accused of, the court cases he had to fight and stuff. how did you feel as his mother? >> oh, my gosh. it almost destroyed me in a way, you know, when i say it just hrt because i know michael didn't do those terrible things. but then there are so many wicked people.

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i'm with michael jackson's mother catherine and his long-time friend, brett livingston strong. did you ever try to advise michael that his own behavior -- you know, i interviewed michael a few years ago and he had a very child-like quality to him. but did you ever feel concerned that he was allowing himself to get put into positions, you know, when he had all of these young boys come around to stay and so on, did you ever say, as miz mother, michael, i think you ought to be careful here. the rest of the world may not see this the way you do. >> i've talked to him about it. i never told him to stop. but he did stop having a lot. m most of the children that were

around michael was his own relatives. i can remember that my sister in law, she walked into the store and she saw this -- one of these tabloids. and they had something ugly to say in them, in the headlines. she just went crazy. she said those are my grandchildren. they're michael's cousins. why are they saying this about him? >> do you think all the accusations, the allegations, the trials that he had to go through, do you think it all contributed, in the end, to his physical condition? and his early death? i mean, do you think that all the drugs he was taking for the anxiety, for the lack of sleep, the painkillers and so on, was it all connected, do you think, in the end, to the pressure that he felt and the tension and the stress? >> you know what, i think a lot of that was exaggerated about the different things that he was taking. because i had been to my son's house unannounced. and i've been there announced.

i have never seen him in that way. i know he was taking painkillers because he got burned on the top of his head. very painful. but all of this other stuff they added to it, i don't know if that was the truth or not. but i don't think that had anything to do with the way he died. >> what do you think, as his mother, caused his death? >> i don't know. all i know is they used propophal and they shouldn't have used it and they used it in the wrong setting. and that's what caused his death. >> what are your feelings toward conrad murray? do you blame him? >> you know what, i can't even describe the way i feel about him. he did a terrible thing. and it might have been others involved, i don't know that. but i feel that.

you know what, i'd rather not answer that question. the only thing he did -- for a person's life, four years in jail is not enough. i'll never see my son again. but he can get out and he'll enl joy his children. but -- >> michael trusted him. >> yes, he did. he did. >> he trusted a lot of people. >> he trusted everybody. >> did you meet conrad murray? >> never met him. still, to this day, i have never met him. >> has he ever tried to contact you? >> i don't think so. >> he's never written to you or anything? >> no. >> it was a devastatingly awful thing to happen. you lose this son of yours. he's just 50 years old. it's half a life, really. will you ever get over this, catherine, do you think?

>> never. every morning, all through the day, i think about michael. if i wake up through the night, my mind is there. but -- >> what do you think when you think of him? >> i just miss him. but being a christian and believing in resurrection, i feel that i'll see him again. i'm sorry. i just. >> it's perfectly understandable. you're his mother, you know. it's -- i can't imagine a worse thing. i'm a parent myself to four kids. i can't even imagine how horrendous it must be to lose a child. it's so unnatural, isn't it? >> yes, it is. and it should be. >> lots of people say, catherine, that michael, in the

build up to his death, was working too hard, was too tired. he couldn't sleep. he's hurdled this. is that true? i've also heard from people that were working with him on the tour and everything, that he was pretty fit. that he was enjoying it. he was having a good time. and he was excited. what's the truth? >> what's the -- excuse me? >> how did you think he was in the build up to his death, physically? >> you know, we have a trial going on and i'd rather not say. i talked a lot already about it. >> well, were you concerned about him? >> oh, yes. oh, yes. because when they told me that he had 50 shows going on, i was concerned about those shows. i thought it was a little bit too much. michael hadn't been on stage for about ten years. and i called him. and i told him. the way they had instructed, they said every other night that he would be working. on a night, off a night.

on a night, off a night. and he was used to working at least once or twice a week. and i just kept calling him and telling him they have to change that schedule because that was -- i didn't like the way it was going. i thought it was a little bit too much for him. >> did he listen to you, micha l michael? >> oh, yes. >> did you feel that there were bad people around him? >> yes, i do. >> enabling i guess is the word you would use. people that were allowing him to -- >> it was -- i just don't want to answer those questions right now. but i do feel that there was. they can't care about him. all they cared about was money. >> it was all about money, you think? >> yes. >> let's take a short break. when we come back, i want to talk more about this incredible art. and i want to talk about how

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and i just wanted to say i love him. i love him so much. >> the heartbreaking scenes at michael jackson's memorial service there. i'm with michael jackson's mother, catherine jackson and his art mentor, brett livingston strong. it's got to be painful for those poor kids, particularly in public like that. you've now taken them into your home. you're bringing up michael's children. >> yes. >> how are they getting on? >> they're getting on very well. >> you seem -- i mean, to be doing remarkably well. they also seem to have, between them, all of his kind of zest for life, his talent, his confidence in public, all of those things. it's extraordinary to watch. it must be for you, too. it must be like almost reliving michael. >> they're in school.

the two oldest children go to private school. the youngest doesn't want to leave home yet, so we have a teacher there for him. excuse me. and the oldest, prince, the oldest boy, is such a great student. >> is he? >> his grades are so good. they're a pluses. >> do you see the spirit of michael in them? >> yes, i do. i do. >> how would you feel if they want to go? i mean, paris has already started down this road, if they want to go into showbi business? >> i'm pleased and concerned at the same time. i don't think michael would have wanted her to be out there this soon. she wanted so badly and she kept saying please, grandma, i want this, you know.

and so it was something she really wanted. so i just gave in and said okay. >> and how good is she? >> she's very good. she was showing me, i say well, how do you know you can act? you haven't had acting? so i started sending her to acting, after that. but before then, she said just try me. just try me, she said. and she said i can cry on cue. and she showed me how she can cry. and then -- >> amazing. that's not easy. >> she's very good. she is good. >> how do you think they have coped with losing their father? >> you know, i don't think that they act like normal children. they play, they have good time. but i don't think they'll ever forget. i don't think so.

but they're doing quite well. very well. >> brett, come back to you and michael because you knew him extremely well. >> yes. >> very heart rending toward catherine about all of this stuff. you can't get a more powerful voice, really, than michael's mother. does this resonate with you? i mean, what was your feeling about michael and the build up to his death? were you concerned about him as a friend? >> well, his enthusiasm to succeed brought all of his strength out in him. and he just wanted to create mo more, and he wanted to be in front of his fans again. he was enthusiastic. >> were you concerned as a friend of his about what was possibly going on? >> well, during the time that he was pretty much studying to do these concerts, i had very little contact with him.

so with the contact that i did have, it was -- he was upbeat and enthusiastic. he would call me early hours of the morning and leave me some fantastic messages. so i never knew that he had any problem. but i do know that over the years, that, you know, he would trust people and he would not guilty do any due diligence or sometimes his inner feelings, he wouldn't listen to them. and i think he had a lot of trust that he should have questioned. >> you also said an interesting thing to me on the break about michael's relationship with his father. >> yes, he loved his father. and i think a lot of the publicity that's come out that his father, you know, may have been harsh on him, you know, i think people should know that he respected his father. he thought his father was fantastic. that, you know, gave him and his brothers and sisters a wonderful future.

and he respected him. his father turned up at all of those terrible trials that he had to go through. he was always supportive of him. he loved him. >> catherine, what would you like my kichael's legacy to be? >> i know he'll be remembered as the artist he was. but a lot of people misunderstood him. they didn't -- michael loved life. he loved people. and he gave so much charity. and he always loved to give to the people that didn't have. even since he was a little kid about 6 or 7 years old. as i always tell the story about he was laying on the floor watching tv and remember when these little black kids had the big stomachs and the flies flying all around them in their mouths and all and he would start crying and he was telling me, he said mommy, one day i'm

going to do something about this. >> you mean the scenes from ethiopia and places in africa? with the starving young children? >> with starving young children and the big bellies. and he's always gave -- he's always been giving to charities and things like that. and he gave more than people knew. >> what do you think is the biggest misconception about michael from people who didn't know? >> the things that were coming out. the things that -- media. and, you know, most people believe what they hear and what they read. and these were all terrible lies. >> like what? like what? >> like they were saying he was molesting young boys and all the things that he was doing. that he might have been on pa painkille painkillers, things like that. but as far as them trying to make him out to be a terrible

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there have been many disgusting statements made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part. i ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or condemn me. don't treat me like a criminal. i am innocent. >> and you're his mother. you would know michael better than most people. do you think it is even remotely possible that he could have done anything inappropriate with a young boy? >> no way. no way could michael have done that. he would always tell me. the things that he loved the most was children. he would rather slit his own wrist than to hurt a child. and we would sit and talk about that. and he said people want to make out for me to be this terrible person.

>> he was misinterpreted by people who may have been jealous of his success but also he loved animals. he loved nature. and children was -- had a special feeling in his heart. and he would -- you know, he was an inspiration for him. >> michael, he was unconventional. he never really grew up, even though he was a fantastic businessman and incredibly successful. you always got the feeling that he wanted to be within a kind of child-like world. it was like a security blaenket for him in many ways. >> michael, you know, he was one of my younger children. his brothers had children and he grew up with them. he grew up in play all of the time. hoe grew as an adult and the kids would come over and play

hide and go seek with him. he did neverland. he did it for children. and, also, i imagine he did it for himself because he didn't get a chance to go to those theme parks like other children did and he would have bus loads of children, school classes, children that even in his theater, he had two beds, two hospital beds, and he would have the sick children to come and watch movies and rides and things like that. and the children that was b bedridd bedridden, he made sure that he had a place for them, you know, so they can see the movies or, you know, have chills on the stage and all of that. >> how did you feel about the extraordinary level of fame that michael had? he was the most famous person on the planet for years. did that scare you? that level of fame? >> no, not really.

i was like michael, i guess. he didn't act like it. he didn't act like he was the most famous person in the world. he didn't act like -- he was just a down-to-earth person. he's very, very mild tempered. >> how often would you talk to him? >> i talked to him at least twice a month and sometimes more. >> did you feel you had a very close relationship? >> yes. >> do you feel he confided in you? >> yes, he did. >> did you ever hope he would find true love? >> you know, i always thought about that. but michael seemed happy. so i wasn't too worried about it. and when he found a lot of joy in his children. and then his -- some of his nephews and nieces that he would -- he was very close to.

>> i mean, the thing i think that was -- should always be reminded, i think, when we talk about michael. it's just his unbelievable talent. i mean, i have never seen a more talented entertainer, the singing, the dancing, the showmanship. i was telling you before we started about a show i saw in paris when he did the stunt at the end and the space guy flies out of the stage. i mean, it's just so crazy and it was so brilliantly done. you really thought michael had done this. and it was the end of a spell binding concert, the like of which i've never seen before or since. he was a unique talent. one of the greatest talents ever in entertainment. can you answer that? as his mother? or not? do you feel that? >> i did. michael was a perfectionist. he -- whatever he did, he wanted to be the best.

he was the first one to have so many number one hits on his album because, remember, albums used to be where you only had one hit or two hits and the rest of them would be album songs. and he told me, he said i don't believe in album songs. i believe every song should be a great song. >> would he try stuff out with you? >> yes, he played most of the things he had. he played for me. >> if you said michael, i don't really like that one, would he drop it? >> yes. you know what, i didn't see anything that i didn't like that he did. >> what was your favorite of all of his songs? >> man in the mirror? >> was it? why? >> that's one of my favorites. and i like the earth song. >> but why man in the mirror? >> well, it was a message. a great message. a lot of his songs had messages, but i think this was the best of all. >> was michael happy, in the end? do you think? >> i felt he was happy.

i could never -- and i always talked to the girl that was the kids' nanny, grace. and she always said that they was -- i always say michael happy? they were accusing him of all of these things. and she would always say michael had good times, we had good times together. me and the kids and michael, we would play. you know, michael liked to run and play on the beach or whatever. and she assured me that, you know -- >> despite everything, he managed to have a lot of happy times. >> a good time. um-hmm. >> that's good to hear, snt it? >> yes, that's good to hear. but when you know you're not guilty of anything. you know what, if he was guilty of these things he was accused of, he could never smile again. and they put it in the papers. well, they had the trials. and this -- the first kid that accused him of child molestation

because his father made him do it, he even told michael his father made him do it. i don't know if many people know, but after michael died, i think his name is jordan? yeah, jordan. he came out and he said he wished that he could have told michael before he passed, let him know that he had come into the public and admitted he never touched him. >> how did that make you feel? >> it made me feel good. but you know, i knew it all of the time that michael hadn't done anything. i know he wouldn't do that. >> i'll tell you, michael's great wish was to build a memorial. and i want to talk to both of you about that after the break. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state.

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i'm with michael jackson's mother, catherine and his long time friend, brett livingston strong. i remember when michael died, i went home to london. i've got three sons. my youngest son was only, i think, 8 years old. . and he suddenly began playing

michael's music over and over for weeks and months. he had never heard of michael jackson before. and it was really amazing to me that a whole new generation, and it was the one positive that i could see coming out of his awful death was that actually a whole new generation of kids fell in love with michael jackson again and played his music and realized how phenomenal entertainer he was. amazing thing. >> um-hmm. >> brett, let's talk about two things i want to just wrap up with. one is what are you going to do with this art? >> well, michael spent a good part of 25 years making this art. and, you know, it was like a private well for him. him while public thought that he may have been doing things that they thought he shouldn't be doing, he was actually creating art. and it was like a world for him to retreat into this spiritual

type of feeling where he would express his ideas, and he absolutely loved that, and it made him feel good. >> people are going to hear about this and they're going to see these amazing pictures, and they're going to want to know if they can get hold of any. >> michael always wanted to exhibit his art. and unfortunately, that didn't happen. he did want to sell it. and so a few pieces were sold before his passing, but since then, we've been working together, planning what -- how to exhibit, but he did a long time ago want to build a monument for where he wanted his fans to get married. and we have a model of it here. >> it's amazing. it's based on the prince albert monument in london. >> he loved monuments. and he thought that i was deeply into monuments and he wanted me to go around the prince albert

monument. he wrote on a card that he got that day, and he said, we should try and work out a design together on that. so we came up with this kind of gothic, futuristic -- >> and his concept it would become like a wedding chapel. >> he wanted his fans -- >> and he would be there. >> that was his statue, but by 2002 he had one of his lawyers write me a letter saying, hey, brett, can you put a sculpture of michael and his three beautiful children in there, michael wants that. he wanted me to get that officially so that i have that in writing saying that he wanted that. but he wanted somewhere where his fans could go and in this structure he wanted his music. >> and is this going to get built? >> yes, because we can sell his art and build his -- even though it's a monument for where he wanted people to be married, it's a monument to his love of

life. >> where would it go? >> to the time he was thinking las vegas. and after what happened to him in santa barbara, he wanted to live in las vegas. he had found a house. he was calling it wonderland, but he was counting on the success of "this is it" -- >> the idea will be obviously that monument but also maybe to exhibit the pictures and to sell some of the pictures. >> yes. he would like -- he wanted -- he thought that his fans would support his art and by the sale of the art, he could support the children's hospital of los angeles. and we all went there and put some of michael's art in the hospital when it was opened, and he was hoping to be there in like 2007 or '08 after he came back from bahrain. but they weren't finished with the hospital. when it did get finished, we went there with burt and mary

sugarman, mary hart. and i was hoping that they would put michael's art in there because it's a children's hospital. they welcomed his art with open arms. >> that would be great. >> he also wanted from the sale of his art to support not only children but animals and like some of his music was in support of the world. he was a very warm person who, like his dear mother here, very sweet and honest person. >> it's been a fascinating experience meeting you catherine and talking to you. you're one of those people that i've looked at from a distance and always wondered what you'd be leak, how you would talk about michael. it's been a riveting interview. i didn't expect this. i do appreciate you being honest and open. his fans, will, too, because you've given extraordinary insight into your son.

and good luck with raising his kids because i can't think of a more valuable testimony to his life than those kids get the best chance in life to live up to him. >> thank you for having me here. >> it's been a real pleasure, thank you. very nice to meet you. >> thk, nice meeting you also. >> nice to meet you too, brett. >> thank you very much. >> extraordinary interview, katherine jackson and brett livingstone strong. coming up, only in america. >> this is a very interesting piece because michael wrote this quote about michaelangelo. he loved michaelangelo's work, and he often wrote these little notes. and so he is quoting michaelangelo. >> inside the private world of michael jackson. an exclusive tour of the secret location full of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art that michael created. [ manager 1 ] out here in the winds,

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for tonight, the michael jackson you never knew. you saw some of his drawings and sketches here tonight but most of his artwork is behind closed doors at a secret airport hangar. few have seen it until now. this is a world of michael's paintings and portraits. its location, as i say, has to remain a secret, but its cont t contents have now been revealed. this is how he found happiness

away from the stage and studio. he wanted to be known as an artist, not just the most famous entertainer in american history. some have valued the collection at a staggers $900 million. here a picture of the statue of liberty. here a sketch of frankenstein and peter pan. he's obsessed with chairs and the number seven. he was the seventh child as his mother explained earlier. and here on paper words from michaelangelo that michael cherished. i know the creator will go, but his work survives. that is why to escape death, i attempt to bind my soul to my work. michael jackson did not escape death but his soul lives on in the muse can aic and the art he created. that's all for us tonight. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. the stories you're talking about. first up, more than 3 million

homes across nine states are dark and uncomfortably hot tonight. no electricity, no relief from the heat that is baking so much of the country. last night's wave of powerful thunderstorms killed at least a dozen people. triple digit record highs were the norm in many places today. atlanta set an all-time high of 106 degrees. new time lapse video we want to show you right now documenting the devastation of the waldo canyon fire in colorado. towering flames, as you can see, are sending families fleeing for their homes. the fire has destroyed 350 homes and killed two people. earlier i talked with major neil harlow about the challenges of fighting fire from the air. >> extremely high temperatures. everything is causing these fires to burn hot as they are creates big problems for us. the aircraft doesn't perform, we're flying right to the edge of the envelope. >> there's one bit of good news