tonight on "nightline," right to the edge. as the michael jackson manslaughter probe intensifies, new details tonight about the extent of the pop star's drug use. and his confession to a friend that narcotics could take him to the valley of death. was this the moment he couldn't come back? for richer or poorer. he says he saves, she spends. our hidden cameras show you exactly how to avoid them. plus, the president's choice.

he served the first family on first valentine's day in office and cooked for oprah for more than a decade. tonight, the southern-style delight as this chef to the stars. captions paid for by abc, inc. good evening. we begin tonight with disturbing new details about michael jackson's death and his seemingly relentless use of narcotics. according to one jackson conif i didn't, the singer was looking into a drug that could bring him mortality and there's the much anticipated toxicology results that is likely to be dispenned. there's no delay in the death

probe. one that is increasingly probing the doctor. as chris connelly now reports. >> at 8:00 this morning investigators swarmed and entered the offices of dr. conrad murray, who was home at the time, not to arrest him, but to execute a search warrant. they emerged with a computer. and the office was raided a few miles away. >> they'll looking for different things and seizing documents that relate directly to what the search warrant states. >> with manslaughter charge against his client potentially in the officing, dr. maury's attorney said said that they began to execute a search warrant to look for medical records relating to michael j k jackson and all of the reported

alias aliases. it came hot on the heels of a report by the associated press telling the a.p. that dr. murray did inject michael jackson with the powerful fast-acting anesthetic. >> i have a few that have become addicted, because it doesn't get out of the hospital. using it outside the hospital for insomnia is crazy. >> what does propofol feel like it? >> it makes you gone, feel like nothing. if you have been a chronic pain patient, i'm sure he felt tremendous relief. >> so it's in fact a rational intervention in the sense it will induce the goal of relief, but the whole situation is irrational that you're going to that to compensate for so many

other problems. >> but according to deepak chopra, it had something else -- >> he said, something that takes me right to the edge, the valley of the death, and brings you back, do you think anything about it. >> what did he mean about that? >> well, in hind sight, it takes you right to the edge, and brings you back. it's a short-acting anesthetic. >> he must have had a doctor offer it to him long ago, it's an adulteration of the doctor/patient relationship. whenever the patient is calling the shots, the patient had a fool for a doctor. >> among the items found in his bedroom were an i.v. line and that jackson relied on the drug

like an alarm clock, instructing it be stopped at the hour he wake up. >> it can be only administered intravenously and strictly speaking should not be given unless you have the ability to intubate a patient. so they should be given either in the emergency room or in the hospital setting where you have emergency procedures available to you to resuscitate a patient. so this drug should not have been in his facilities at home. >> reportedly, investigators never found within the walls of the mansion any heart monitors which are required whenever anyone administers in a hospital setting. >> we know that michael was rehearsing until midnight almost. he was -- from what the video show, you know so whatever killed him was given him to

after midnight. and if it was diprivan, he was given intravenously which he couldn't give himself so it was administered to him. >> this is the mansion where jackson died. inside his bedroom, investigators found a chaotic scene, clothes strewn about. some 20 handwritten notes stuck to the wall, one reading children are sweet and innocent. >> michael lived on the edge. now, of course we have to see the full context of his life, the childhood, the pressures, the adulation. at the same time, the lack of self-love and self-loathing, lack of self-esteem. shame that came with guilt going back to his childhood that he wasn't good enough. >> with that background as prologue, drew pinsky speculates that dr. murray may not have fully grasped what he was being

asked to manage medically. >> i don't think he understood what he was getting himself into. in reality, when looking at this person with a severe long-standing addiction, don't attempt this alone, i need a team of doctor should have gone through his mind. >> and dr. murray did in fact inject jackson with diprivan, dr. chose passes this -- >> he probably was not familiar with what he was giving and he couldn't refuse michael. i don't think dr. murray had criminal intent, you know. why would he? but he gave in to his patients' demands. >> i'm chris connelly for "nightline" in los angeles. >> murray who has not been formally called a suspect was inside his home during the raid and cooperated with the search

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for better or worse, for richer and for poorer, marriage is a relationship loaded with challenges. from satisfying the in laws to getting the children to school on time. it also is the case that many couples cite their finances as a major source of tension, particularly during a recession. but there are ways to survive the slowdown and maintain that marital bliss, as neal karlinsky now reports. >> do you have the list? do you have anything? i know we talked about this before. >> i was not able to find the

list. >> diary of a couple caught in the grips of a seemingly endless squabble. the hansons, chris and kathy, squabble over one issue that stands to break up their issue. >> do you have a hard time staying on gj with the grow shes. >> money. >> i would say trying to protect our family. >> it's an issue millions of couples struggle with, but they say they need help and they're making their lives an open book in order to get it. first, chris is a 40-year-old software engineer and kathy a stay at home. they have three kids and a house in california. >> dear lord, we pray that in our weakness that we would be be made strong. >> by day, at the mall, kathy admits to having a bit of a wandering eye. >> this is where i get in trouble. >> especially when it comes to buying things for her kids. >> you plead guilty? [ laughter ]

on occasion. >> on occasion i plead guilty. i do, yeah. and so that causes tension, absolutely. >> for us it's probably the thing we're most likely to fight about. i think one of the difficulties for us in marriage is when there are expenses that are not planned and aren't really d discu discussed, so some of her freewheeling ways can lead to surprises on the credit card statement. >> a statement they pulled out for us. >> a $20 check, $50 check, $25 check. there are times i see this and i'm just fuming mad and i don't want to talk to her. i know i have to wait until i can hold myself back. >> the hansons need help, fast, so we brought in personal finance expert. >> so we're talk about living

less for rich. >> she's written books on the issue. >> money problem are the number one reason cited for divorces and when i talk to couples across the country it's the number one issue. it outranks sex and with today's economy it's escalating. >> she arrives for an interventions to learn them how to deal be each one in what she calls the 60 minute workout. >> i think they're at the point where -- they're almost at a stand still. >> after a quick hello -- >> great to meet you. >> it's down to business. >> well, we're going do a little exercise here. we're going to play the newlywed game. complete this sentence, when it comes to money, i wish my partner would stop -- >> worrying so much about the small amounts i spend. >> i wish my partner would stop spending without discussion.

>> time for the workout. step one, the warm-up. >> you're going to tell your partner one thing that is positive about them. >> kathy, you're excellent at keeping our home. you do a -- you do a great job with our kids. and i believe it's because you stay at home that they're the kind of kids we could compliments on regularly. >> kathy, your turn. >> chris, you are an incredible leader for our family and you're courageous. you're my hero. >> step two, strength training, setting goals. >> we want to come up with a spending plan. a real brief overview and then you're going to look at it long range as well. >> well, for savings our projected amount should be about

$700 a month and then clothing and dry cleaning would be abo about -- which this sounds very high to me, would be about $350 a month. >> i like that number. >> you don't have to do this. >> step three, the budget for laying out a plan to achieving these goals. >> that's where you're burning the financial fat. it can hurt a little bit. it's the tough work, but a good kind of pain, you know? because there will be a positive result to it. and so that's when you sit down and bring in all your bills and crunch your numbers and start to put feet to your plan. >> it is indeed the ideas to set down a disciplined plan. no more picking up toys on the fly or extra snacks while at the grocery store. >> theyed a good coupon for -- they had a good coupon for pop tarts. >> for both of them, keeping better track of the bank balance and an open line of

communication. >> you know, find one shirt and i see some on sale for $3.99 over there. >> and taking your heart work is getting credit reports and cutting up extra cards. and then step five, the cool down with thank yous after an intense hour of planning. what is their biggest planning? >> they didn't talk about money. because they weren't communicating they didn't have a spending plan. >> i have been avoiding the problem. i have been putting off the discussion. not wanting to deal with it. not wanting to face the facts. >> so beginning tomorrow or even beginning later today, is this family going to operate differently? >> oh, yeah. >> i hope so. i really hope so. i mean, i think that the key for us is going to be in the follow through. here's probably a big problem area, recreations, vacation,

christmas. >> their marriage is strained and they're desperate for it to work. we left a camera with them to record their progress one week later. >> it has been easier for me to talk a little bit about the things that are coming up. >> by having the work out at least we have a clear picture of what we intend to spend in the next few weeks. >> i have very high hopes for us. >> mommy. >> diary of a family's finances, trying to keep money from bankrupting a marriage. i'm neal karlinsky in es condee doe, california. >> let's hope they live heavily ever after. and when we come back, the artful chef who is on call for oprah and whose recipes enticed the obamas. it is tonight's "platelist".

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the stars. satisfying the pallets of luminaries like the president an first lady and even nelson mandela. while it doesn't hurt to have oprah winfrey as his primary reference to. but art smith is known for comfort food, home cooking, that starts at home. as he explains in tonight's "platelist". ♪ >> growing up in jasper, florida, we always went to church which i didn't mind, but i particularly loved the fact there was always food. i knew at the end of the long winded sermon, there was going to be food at the church or we're going to my grandmother's georgia or grandmother's mable's and it would be a fabulous laid out meal.

fresh chicken is better if you soak it in a little salt water and then in buttermilk. we'll take our chicken. i always like to start with the dark meat first. make sure that it's not too hot because if it's too hot what will happen is it will get too brown and the inside of your chicken won't be down. fry each side and what would it be like without potato salad? we have red beets, bread and butter picklings. simply delicious fried chicken. my mother continues to this day to be my biggest confidant. i'll call mom, mother, i'm going to go cook at the white house or

mother, i'm going to cook for mr. men della. she says, that's so nice. so we'll take our fish, going to put it right there in our crushed pecan, thyme, parsley, parmesan cheese, white cheddar and a little flour. we take that, we're going to turn that over. look here. isn't that beautiful? so we've got our pan hot, add a little oil. then i'm going to add a little bit of this yellow squash. that's delicious. i'm going to add some carrots and some zucchini, a little sea salt, a little pepper and thyme and a little parsley. going to go to out plate. gorgeous. we take our fish. we're going to put that on top like that. i mean, that is absolutely delicious.

i love things pretty. i was such a martha groupie when martha came out with entertainment. martha, i love you, make sure you live life pretty, pretty. we were charmed and amazed by the fact you could take whole cabbages and put them on the table. they may block your guests' view, but they were pretty. we have about a cup of cornmeal -- make sure you some get some stone ground cornmeal. some sugar and salt. we're going to add our water and a little melted butter. we are going to take that and stir it. we'll make a cake. there it is. i'm going to take a little bit of salmon a little bit of onion, some wonderful sour cream and fresh dill, some chive and caper berries and a little bit of

cavier. so here you have a wonderful, simple, traditional historic dish with a modern twist. that says delicious to me. when people say to me, art smith, this reminds me of my mother's cooking or my grandmother's cooking, hook, line, sinker we have caught it, food is love. when you feed it to people, show your love because they can sure taste it. >> and reportedly up next for art smith, the dalai lama himself. when we come back, bernie madoff is the subject of tonight's "closing argument."