breaking news tonight as the mystery and investigation surrounding the sudden death of pop superstar michael jackson heats up and expands. reports, tonight, show that investigators are not just looking into michael jackson's drug use, but his alleged aliases and fake names that may have been used to score drugs. reports swirling the california attorney general's office is looking into dozens of doctors. and, tonight, you will hear a previously unreleased never before heard michael jackson song. also tonight, as we wait for toxicology results, is possible

drug abuse the result of a 1984 jackson commercial gone horribly wrong? we have extraordinary footage of michael jackson on fire. was this pain the start of his downward spiral? what did he go through at that time? >> i'm doing well and i am strong. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help. he's not breathing. >> it's not the bad health that possibly killed michael jackson, it's the fact that he was taking this drug, propofol and diprivan that may have stopped his heart. >> you have a celebrity and, yes, people around them that are going to get them this. it's just a bad cycle, isn't it, as we see played out by michael jackson? >> they were blinded by the fame, glitter and being close to a superstar. >> michael's dermatologist, klein, said he's not surprised that police found numerous bottles of prescription drugs in his home. he said the singer had struggled

with drugs before. >> the investigation seems to have a narrow focus now focusing on prescription drugs and whether or not they contributed to michael jackson's death, and, of course, which doctors stlied them. >> you have doctors who allegedly overprescribed or abused of used aliases. >> he tried to get it any way he could. any means necessary to get these drugs after that incident. and, tonight, we need your help as investigators desperately scramble to find 2-year-old andrew christianson, allegedly snatched after child protective services was supposed to take him to safety. tonight his mother is in custody but allegedly not cooperating. law enforcement asking the public for help to find a beautiful 2-month-old baby who's

vanished. little andrew christianson was supposed to go into the custody of child protection services but instead he disappeared, allegedly taken by his own parents, parents who cops say had previous domestic violence incidents and other investigations into the facility of the baby's home. cops track down andrew's mom but andrew and his father, nicholas christianson, nowhere to be found. >> i'm jean casarez of the legal network in session in for nancy grace tonight. the mystery surrounding pop superstar michael jackson is expanding. will we see criminal charges? >> we have a personal doctor here with him, sir. >> you have to doctor there? >> he's not responding to anything, no -- he's not responding to cpr or anything. >> the lapd hasn't ruled out homicide. knowing what we know and learned about possible doctor shopping, all of these different prescription drugs. >> there's another report out from tmz suggesting michael jackson's attorney, dr. conrad

murray, is at the center of the vax. >> reporting dr. conrad murray made incriminates statements to authorities when he was interviewed a few days after michael jackson died. he said he performed cpr on michael jackson. we know he was interviewed twice we investigators. whatever was said during the interview was not made public at all. it's part of an on going investigation. unless they, meaning tmz, which was reporting this, were sitting 234 the room, it is bogus. >> she was saying she thinks his behavior has been extremely suspicious. he disappeared from the hospital. the next time she looks around after she's been to see her brother's dead body, the doctor cleared off. >> the lapd told me the other day the investigation is on going and has not been determined if it was criminal yet. >> i was there, i don't know what they gave him. >> i don't like what happened. >> let's go straight out to natisha lance, live in los angeles. natisha, what is the latest in regard to the information coming

out today in regard to prescriptions allegedly written, alias names for michael jackson? >> reporter: that's right, jean. what we're hearing now is michael jackson may have had many hail yass. we also know when that -- the room he was staying in at that home in holmby hills, there are many pill bottles found at the home with various names on them. we also heard from various bodyguards of michael jackson who have said they were requested to get prescription drugs for michael jackson and in of them ended up leaving the job because they ended up denying to do so. >> natisha, how many doctors do we think are being investigated now for writing these prescriptions? >> reporter: right now, they are looking at about five doctors, however, the attorney general's office is looking at dozens of docketers who may have been involved in getting prescription drugs for michael jackson. >> dozens of doctors writing prescriptions allegedly in the names of aliases. let's go out to a very special guest. so honored to have him. dr. joshua perper coming out of

broad county, florida. forensic pathologist, for broward county. you did perform the autopsy of anna nicole smith. we did wait for a very long time until your results became public, results of the autopsy, the toxicology results. what you determined to be the cause of death for anna nicole smith. tell us what los angeles coroners are doing right now, because we are waiting for the result result. who did you interview during this time to give us a look at what they may be doing? >> there are a lot of really astounding similarities between the death of anna nicole and death of michael jackson. and in both cases one of the drugs which was used was an unusual drug, cloro hydrate, usually a sleeping pill. in the case of michael jackson, also a drug called propofol,

which is, again, not used as a sleeping drug, used as anesthesia. basically at this time, because i understand that the medical examiner in los angeles asked for an additional delay in the toxicological examination, most likely they did not find so far sufficient amounts of the drugs or, perhaps, not enough explanations for the death. chemical overdose. so they have to expand it and try to enlarge the toxicological analysis or to do additional special tests in order to make a determination. what drugs caused his death. and obviously propofol is a major suspect, although other drugs might be involved as well. >> when you look at diprivan, how long does it stay in the system?

because we don't know exactly when the testing was done, do we? >> no, that's a drug which is broken down or metabolized extremely fast. the life of the drug is about two hours, sometimes in other cases, longer up to 24 hours. so this means that within two hours the concentration, the amount of the drug in the blood is dropping by 50%. so the longer the person survives, the smaller the amount of concentration of the drug. however, if he was a chronic user and used large amount of drug i think it's a very good probability that they would find the drug in the blood. the action of the blood is really taking place within seconds, within 40 seconds or so. the actual action is over in a few minutes, but the drug is

still then distributed in tissue so it doesn't enter the blood and affect the brain bl one more question before i go on. there is toxicology testing. is there even more sophisticated toxicology testing they could be doing now at this point? >> it's possible that they try to come with more precise or better estimates of the actual concentration of the drug so they may use more sophisticated technique than they usually -- as i said, that's a very unusual drug which we see very rarely in a case of an overdose. >> let's go to former nassau county police investigator, now a private investigator. the issue that the investigation is now expanding into alleged impropriety with petitions writing prescriptions for drugs in the names of aliases. we know that is a felony in california, it can be because of anna nicole smith and the doctors.

howard k. stern was charged recently in that case. they go to an internet database in california. how can that help determine what doctors wrote what prescriptions in what name? >> well, basically the database, what it will do is it will identify for any doctor in the state who suspense the control substance. through process of elimination and tedious legwork, they'll go prescription by prescription in necessary. they'll create almost like a grid and narrow it until they can focus in on the physicians that they believe were complicit in dispensing drugs to him inappropriately. >> that can take a long time i think. the way i look at it, we have several investigations going on at this point. let's go to the attorneys. jason oshins. patricia saunders, clinical psychologist. we'll get to you in a second. to our attorney, i see various levels going on now.

there's an investigation into writing prescriptions in bogus names. that could be a felony. especially when it's a conspiracy. there's also a investigation into the cause of death. there's multiple layers to this, right? >> absolutely. there really are. you're dealing with an iconic man right here. he's world renowned. everybody is going to be as thorough as they can be. as the detective told you, they're going to scour the records, check with manufacturers. they obviously have a finite list of doctors involved with them. they're going to keep pushing that until they come up with more answers for their questions. absolutely. >> jean, there's really two layers here. one is administrative in that the doctors certainly are going to have to be accountable for what they prescribed. administratively they face the loss of license. the second and more severe layer, of course, that's the criminal investigation as to whether they could be deemed criminally culpable for death.

he was the biggest superstar in the world. we're just now recognizing it. >> aeg told cnn jackson passed a five hour medical exam in preparation for his tour. >> all i know is the michael jackson that hugged me and said good night, was a healthy, vibrant human being. >> when i hear people saying that michael was in great shape and that he was raring to go, i know this is untrue and they know it was untrue as well. michael was not in good physical shape. michael was not raring to go. >> reporter: in response to allegations aeg refused to make jackson's schedule easier, randy phillips told us jackson had agreed to 50 shows, adding he needed the money. rowe believes jackson was weakened by ha he calls the

singer's addiction to prescription drugs. >> i'm doing well and i am strong. as you may already know after my tour ended i remain out of the country undergoing treatment for dependency on pain medication. this medication was initially prescribed for the excruciating pain i was suffering after recent reconstructive surgery on my scalp. >> reporter: rowe told me one week before michael jackson died he spoke with some of his family members about getting him help, including his father, joe jackson, and his brother, randy. he said they all agreed to get jackson into rehabilitation. but they never had the chance. he died before they could even make a move. >> i'm jean casarez of the legal network in session in for nancy grace tonight. video has come out that has been sheltered for 25 years. it was in 1984 that michael jackson had such a critical, critical injury as he was filming a pepsi commercial. we want to warn you that this

video that you're about to see is very, very graphic. it's very, very disturbing. it's hard to watch but it's important to watch because this may be the reason as to why michael jackson developed such a serious addiction to drugs. an addiction that he admitted in video. you see him walking down the steps there. he doesn't even realize that his head is on fire. it's reported that he felt a burning sensation, thought it was the lights. all of a sudden, as you can see, he realized something was wrong. everyone came in to help him. the fire department was standing by. when he raised up, we saw something that michael jackson allegedly wanted the public to see in 1984, he wanted the public to see that his head was burned. that it was very, very seriously burned. there is his scalp right there. to melanie bromley, west coast bureau chief of u.s. weekly, you are out in los angeles right now. that is a clip obtained by u.s. weekly of the pepsi commercial

tape showing how severe michael jackson's injuries were when his hair caught on fire. you got this clip, i assume, after michael jackson died? >> yes. we obtained this clip recently, yes. it's 25 years old and it's still shocking to watch. especially knowing what we know now about his addictions and how long his addictions went on. you look at this tape and it's kind of haunting to think this could have been where it all began. >> sure. what more have you learned about his addictions that emulated from that injury? >> we know he suffered second and third degree burns from this commercial that went wrong. because of that he was prescribed pain medication. this was when he was first prescribed it. this is when it kind of began. it was also when he started having reconstructive surgery on his scalp in order to be able to repair the damaged skin. it's also when he started to make some sort of changes to his physical appearance as well.

you can pinpoint this is the moment that really was, in a sense, the beginning of the end. it's when he started on pain med kpapgs it's also when he started having surgery. >> to brad lamb, board certified interventionist. why didn't a rehab facility work for michael jackson? >> that's such a great question. i've had compliants that have gone to treatments four and five times. sometimes families have called me and gone through this so many times. sometimes you don't know where the math is, when the miracle will happen. i when you're addicted to the type of medications it was reported michael jackson was addicted to, it's hard to stop and more difficult to stay stopped. >> to dr. joshua perper, what did michael jackson actually go through pain wise with second and third degree burns? >> most likely he had physical

burns from the second or third degree. certainly third degree with destruction of skin, with reconstructive surgery. it's very painful. one o the most painful type of pain is that of burns. people who experience that know that. >> and would the skin on your head be more sensitive than skin on other areas that is uncovered? >> well, the skin on the head is a bit thicker, but it's still sensitive. the skin in other areas. it's thicker than on other portions of the body but it's still very sensitive to pain. there are a lot of pain receptors in the skin. >> to dana in delaware, good evening, dana. what's your question? >> caller: good evening. thanks for having me. my question is, do you think now with all of the suspicions around these doctors who prescribe all of these addictive medications that maybe now there can be new laws made concerning how these doctors prescribe medications or better enforce

the existing law concerning how the doctors can prescribe all these medications? >> great question. we'll touch on it when we come back from break. i think one issue is diprivan is not a controlled substance. should it be? we'll look at that when we come back.

we have got some breaking news coming into headline news right now at this hour. walter cronkite has died. the most trusted name in america, a newsman that we all watched, grew up with, walter cronkite has died at the age of 92. we will have more information on this as it becomes available. back to michael jackson, the investigation into his death. the investigation into the cause of his death. i want to go to the attorneys right now. jason oshins, defense attorney out of new york. joey jackson out of new york.

esteemed defense attorney as well. i, myself, i called the drug -- the dea, the drug enforcement as station to ask them questions about diprivan. what i found out was that as we may have known already, it is not a controlled substance at this point. but they said that they are involved in the investigation in los angeles in regard to the death of michael jackson. for two reasons. number one, they have so much expertise into doctors and issues of medications. but number two, they have been looking to make diprivan a controlled substance for two years now. they want to look at this case to help determine if they should do that. to jason oshins, there are a lot of federal laws that cannot be brought against any doctor at all because this is not a controlled substance. >> well, you know, couple issues we're talking about. one was the question just ask by the caller in terms of the laws in effect. there are significant laws in effect. you talk about enforcement. that only comes forward when a situation like this comes to light. certainly it crystallizes the

need, perhaps, in the manufacturer's mind to have this as a controlled substance to prevent this situation from happening. >> joey jackson, your thoughts? >> i think it's not because of its lack of availability. in other words, it's generally used in a hospital. it's used when its supervised by doctors. certainly to the extent it could bring about potential prosecution or save lives, it needs to be considered in terms o that. >> that's one thing the dea said to me, it has not -- they have not found wide-spread abuse in it but it is growing. that is one reason they want to look at this case as a prototype. let's go out to teresa. hi, good evening. >> caller: good evening. my question is do you think at the custody hearing the judge is going to ask for dna testing on the kids and debbie rowe and the dermatologist that michael jackson, who claims is the father? because what's going to happen if katherine gets custody of the kids and she has a heart attack, falls over and dies, god forbid. what's the psychological effects

the kids are going to have on all this? >> that's a very good question. it is presumed the people on the birth certificate of the child are the parents, but that's a rebuttable presumption. let's go out to jason oshins, defense attorney. what do you think in. >> you're head on on that. that's only going to come up if someone has searched the fact that they are the parents of that child. that's when it will show up.

a nurse who worked with the superstar is making some pretty shocking claims. she says that jackson suffered from severe insomnia and claims she rejected his request for an extremely strong sedative called diprivan. >> he said i really just need something that's going to help me to sleep. he was very persistent about it. >> there are reports that police found diprivan, a powerful anesthetic in michael jackson's house. >> not a drug which is usually prescribed. it's an anesthetic. the dea is looking at lot numbers and trying to narrow

where the bottles that they found at michael jackson's homes he was renting, where they came from, what hospitals, what facilities they came from. if that's the case, you have to examine the doctors that are in those medical units. >> generic name is propofol, brand name in diprivan, both interchangeable. same drug in vials like this. drawn up in a syringe. >> isn't there a way to find or track where the propofol came from? >> it's very difficult to track. it goes from the manufacturer to wholesalers, to distributors. there were middlemen involved in this, and if they were supplying michael jackson with this diprivan in his house, there was some kind of middleman involved because you would need buckets of this to be asleep for 72 hours. >> i'm jean casarez of in session in for nancy grace tonight. i want to go out to ian, the author of a brand new book,

"unmasked: the final years of michael jackson." thank you for being with us tonight. this book has to have come out in the last week, right in. >> yes. it did. it was on the press, obviously, we pulled it the day he died, then we released it. first off, peace to walter cronkite. rest in peace. we have a major crisis developing tonight, because i have learned that there have been leaks from the report to journalists and this is improper. what we need is a proper police investigation. i think the world at large is tired of seeing lapd do these high-profile investigations for celebrities and get them wrong. stuff has been leaking out about a homicide, a possible criminal probe, i think we might have to start right over and this report that's going to come out in the next couple of weeks might not even be credible. >> what do you think is going to come out in the next couple of weeks? >> well, i'm not a coroner, i'm not a cop.

i just want to see a fair investigation. i want to see the police do due diligence. there's been a lot of misconcepti misconceptions. you alluded to the michael jackson video tonight about his last days. well, today i met with legendary publishing icon in new york, judith reagan who told me even a few years ago she refused to give jackson a deal -- a publishing deal because he was too weak then. i've said all along he should not have been getting ready for a 50-day concert tour. he should have been in a hospital getting proper medication and proper attention, and unfortunately the enablers around him disregarded that. they had dollar signs in his eyes. and today, there's a dead man and there's three children without a proper game plan. we've got to get to the bottom of this asap. >> here's what i want to ask you. you have a very large book that's come out. hundreds of pages on michael jackson. did you meet michael jackson? >> yes, i did. i met him several times. almost a couple years ago. i met him several times in

crowds when i was doing my investigation. i also went undercover as a hair stylist at one point. i found michael jackson to be the most personable, one of the greatest people i ever met. no ego whatsoever. it's a strategy the way this has all been dealt with. we have a dead man. we have three children right now without proper parents. i urge california child welfare to step in immediately, not let them go to debbie rowe who's almost practically said she'd auction them off if she could make a buck. you have the jackson family who has hinted they want to steer them into a career of show business. >> i don't think we have official statement from debbie rowe at this point. she is the biological parent of the children, but i want to ask you about your book. at the conclusion of your book, you talk about someone leaclose michael jackson told you two hours after michael jackson died that he had not wanted to live any longer. talk to us about that. >> the problem there, jean, was,

the fact that michael realized he could not do the 50 days. his standard of performance is extremely high. he has always promised he would never perform less than 100%. unfortunately, he needed proper medical attention and he said he didn't think he could pull it off. and by not pulling off those 50 dates, he had hundreds of million dollars in debt. he just felt this was the end. how was he going -- >> you wrote in the book, he told me two hours after he died that, quote, michael was tired of living. explain that. >> well, what the source meant there was michael was confused. he really did not know where to turn because of all the debts. he didn't know how to dig himself out of it. he knew, and i said this the night his concert tour was announced. i said i'm not even buying my plane tickets. i said these concerts would never happen. michael jackson realized quickly -- he was in a

wheelchair wearing a surgical mask. they tried to prop him up with all kinds of drugs. these enablers have got to be brought to justice. a proper investigation has got to be done asap. >> jackson family friend, former family spokesperson, do you know michael jackson in these straits? was he that sick the week before he died? do we have firpo car? >> i'm here. >> i can hear you. was he that sick in the weeks before his death? >> michael jackson was a healthy person. you saw him there. but he would fluctuate in and out of good health and bad health or poor health. i like to say, also, in regards to michael jackson, that he was a man who had a lot of weight on his shoulders. true enough, his investigation by lapd will be a good one. i'd like to defend them here, especially having worked for them. having known the principles there, particularly commander kyle jackson who's in charge of robbery/homicide division.

also chief william bratton. these guys are top-notch guys and all have the best looking after this investigation. but in regard to michael jackson, very specifically, i'd like to make the point that this man was, yes, he was a conflicted soul, but he was a man who cared a lot for his fans and he would give 100% and he wanted everyone, obviously, to be on their best fee bafr. >> firpo, he didn't want to die, did he? one of the causes of death they're going to look at is suicide. >> no, no, no, no. this was not a suicide. forget that. that's madness. he knew he would not -- in fact, he kind of said that to me that he would not grow to be an old man in this system of things. he felt, as lisa marie presley said after what i said which was similar that, hey, he would not grow old here. at the same time, this was not his time. this was not a suicide by any stretch of the imagination.

>> firpo, we want everybody to listen to a brand new song, previously unreleased of michael jackson. this is michael jackson's unreleased song. ♪ >> and that was a song that has previously been unreleased. we have not received confirmation from seony. it is a song america recorded with a different name. they were given permission to allow michael jackson to record it. that is the song. let's go to a caller now. to pam in massachusetts. hello, pam, thanks for waiting. >> caller: hi, jean, how are you doing tonight in. >> i'm okay, thank you. >> caller: something is bothering about the kday he die

with this 911 call. there have been conflicting reports. number one, they said he was by himself when the doctor found him. then they said that he collapsed in front of blanket. what is this going to do to that child? who made the 911 call? nobody's ever discussed this 911 call to any great length. it doesn't make any sense. they did not say the name of the patient who was michael jackson, which would have probably been much better for them to do. also, do you think there's a possibility that the doctor put him under and could not bring him back so that's why it took so long for this to happen? >> you know, you have some questions that are at the heart and soul of the investigation that is going on right now. a very, very good investigation, i believe, from los angeles county. to mary margaret, senior news editor, radaronline.com. response? >> we do know that it wasn't blanket.

prince might have been in the room. in terms of who made the call, it was his bodyguard. we do know there was a lag time between when people found michael jackson collapsed and when officials were called.

investigators scrambling to find 2-month-old baby boy andrew christi christianson, after he's vanished. cops say andrew was supposed to go into child protective custody when his parents disappeared. andrew's mom found days later but andrew and his dad still missing. >> i'm jean casarez of the legal network in session in for nancy

grace tonight. we need your help in finding a 2-month-old baby boy, a precious baby boy missing now. out to clark goldbrand, nancy grace producer. tell us what has happened? >> jean, law enforcement is concerned out of clark county, washington, for the welfare of 2-month-old boy andrew christianson. he was taken by his parents in the vancouver, washington, area, sometime earlier this week. what happened was his parents were supposed to turn the child over to cps. now, jean, this was because of past violations including a home that was allegedly not fit to live in as well as the mom's alleged meth use. >> cps being child protective services. what is -- the belief now is he was with both parents. the mother is in custody? >> exactly right, jean. mom, shandra christianson was in custody since wednesday. picked up on a probation

violation. the dad is 5'7", 190 pounds, brown hair, hazel eyes. investigators think he may have his son, 2-month-old andrew. >> let's go out to public information officer of clark county sheriff's department. we want to try to help you to find this little baby boy. what is the latest on the investigation? >> i was just updated by one of our detectives who said he had warrants that were generated out of clark county for both the mother and father for a couple of different charges. the father was also issued a warrant for an assault in the second degree that was a domestic-violence related issue not with the mother but with a previous. >> domestic violence on the child? is that what you just said? >> no, the father had a warrant issued for him for domestic

violence charge against another individual. >> okay. all right. when i was the baby last seen? >> the 15th when when they were supposed to be handing the child over. >> now, the mother is in custody, is that correct? >> that's correct. she was picked up down in an area called layne county, michigan, on an outstanding probation violation. she's in our custody right now. our impetus was to get these warrants from our jurisdiction signed so they could hold on to her without allowing her to be release the. >> i assume she was not with the father of the child or the baby. was she walking, in an apartment? where was she when she was arrested? >> i don't know those answers. that was from a different state, different jurisdiction, obviously. our concern was mostly she was scheduled to be released today at 5:00 had we not have gotten the warrants. we're going to hold on to her for that. they're going to hold on to her. >> what is your concern for this

baby, andrew christiansen right now? >> we just don't know where he is or the father is. shandra has been in jail for a couple of days and has not given any indication she wants to give information about the whereabouts of them. that's concerning. it's not an abduction type of a case. it's simply cps had determined this was an unfit home for whatever reason at the time and was going through a process with these folks. they obviously decided to not go by what the agreement that they had with child protective services. >> we want everybody to hear and see the tip line right now. let's see if we can show that. if you know where this baby is, the number is 1-877-274-6311. again. 1-877-274-6311. out to patricia saunders, clinical psychologist. what is the mindset of a parent

that knows she should not be with his child at this point, that he should be with child protective services? >> someone who has really impaired judgment, jean. that their judgment was bad enough they didn't fix the home environment, that was it was judged to be unfit, they didn't do anything about it. this baby is really at risk with a dad who is on the run and may not be able to take care of him at all. >> obviously a 2-month-old baby does not know what is happening, right? there is nothing that could emotionally injure the little boy at this point, correct? >> not really. he could be at risk physically and in terms of negligence or possible abuse. >> back to sergeant scott shoniker, pio at the clark county sheriff's office. last time the baby was seen with the father, was he in a vehicle, near the interstate? can you give us any more

information so people out there, truckers out there listen to radio on this, could help find this child? >> we know the vehicle they were last seen in has been impounded down in layne county. it is unknown to us right now whether there is a vehicle. >> okay. so you don't believe he's driving with the child anywhere or are you just uncertain at this point? >> it's hard to tell. the vehicle that they had when leaving clark county is accou accounted for. so they don't have access to that vehicle. they could be in a borrowed vehicle or something like that that nobody knows about. >> as you can see, it's right on the border of washington and oregon. the state of oregon. once again, tip line. 1-877-274-6311. 2 months old. blue eyes and brown hair. let's find andrew christiansen. and tonight, "cnn heroes."

>> i've never seen any place as beautiful as rio de janeiro. it does have its dark side. there is violence all over. >> the bad things that happen here are shootings. >> it's the kids that have it the toughest here. >> sometimes i get scared. >> they don't have any options. kids die every day from making the wrong choice. but every time i see it, the first thing that comes to mi mind is potential. my flame is flavio canto. i'm an olympic jude oist. i usually tell the kids that we can't let ourselves get used to the violence that surrounds us. we have to find back somehow.

instead of fighting the streets. they learn how to use your energy in the right way. >> i feel that flavio helps me win lot of championships, and he helps me feel very proud of myself. >> helping kids avoid the wrong choice is one of our goals. they don't need to follow the destiny everyone told them they would have. you can change it. they're the true heroes.

and now a look back at the stories making headlines this week. >> i want to show you that video that many people believe is the inception of michael jackson's addiction to prescription painkillers. that pepsi commercial taping shows how severe jackson's injuries were. >> they were blinded by the fame, blinded by the glitter and blinded by a superstar. >> so the editor of "us weekly" that he traveled the world trying to get drugs from various doctors and succeeded. truth? >> absolutely. and he did it all the time in

any way he could. >> debbie rowe agreed to drop any custody challenge for $4 million. now, her attorney denies it, says it's completely false and rowe doesn't want jackson's money. she's even asking for the "post" to file retraction. >> charges that michael jackson was murdered. >> he sat down for four hours with this reporter last thursday and began to discuss what she thought was the murder of michael jackson. >> a tragedy occurred in escambia county with the murder of byrd and melanie billings. >> police say the billings were ambushed when two groups of men burst into their home killing them execution style. >> who would kill a couple who opens their homes to special needs kids? >> we have found them and they're in custody. >> a lot of people are writing and calling in wanting to know where the 16 children are.

where are they? >> a lot of them are grown. the nine that were in the house were young and they're with other family members right now. >> tonight let us stop to remember 30-year-old marine corporal thomas saba, toms river, new jersey, killed in iraq. he was awarded the purple heart. he loved the movie "braveheart," the sport roacquetball and tae kwon do. he planned on becoming an elementary school teacher. he leaves behind his mother barba barbara, his father anthony, one brother, two sisters. thomas saba, he is an american hero. thank you to all of our guests. but our biggest thank you is to you for being with us, inviting us into your homes this friday night. see you tomorrow night, 8:00, sharp even. good night, everybody.

coming up next on "issues," remember this headline last week in the "new york post." "do i want the kids? hell no." now debbie rowe has filed a defamation suit against the woman that says she sent her those e-mails. debbie rowe saying those e-mails that she doesn't want the kids are totally bogus. and we're also going to analyze michael jackson's famous 1993 in which he said he was innocent of molestation plans but admitted to having an addiction to painkillers. we'll break that speech down for you. also the latest on the double murder of that wonderful florida couple that took care of so many special needs kids. their funeral held today. a community in mourning, but also outraged. a stunning new development in

the investigation continue to come in. on "issues," next.

i'm sorry. i can't hear you very well. announcer: does someone you know have trouble hearing on the phone? dad. dad, let me help you with that, okay? announcer: now, a free phone service shows captions of everything a caller says. i'd like to make an appointment to see the doctor. announcer: to learn more about captioned telephone, call 1-800-552-7724