thmotown family mourns the death of our fend and brother michl ckson, who was like a son me.it that july day in 19, and blew us all away. the jackson 5 was just amazing, and little michael's performance waway beyond his years. this little kihad an incredib knowingness about him. he sg with such feeling, inspiratio michaehad a quality that i couldn't completely unrstand, but we all knehe was special. asidfrom singing and dancing like james brown and jackie wilson, he sg a smoky robinson so called "who's loving yo. he sang wi the passion of a man living the blu with heartbreak his whole le. as great as smoky sang it, i thought michael was better. i went to smoky and i , hey, man, i think hgot you on that e. smoky said, me, too. that was motown. motown was built on love and competition and sotimes the competition got the way of the lo, but the love always won out. we cpeted on everything. ancalifornia, we had a baseball game every week, the jacksons versus the gord. unfortunately r us, tito and jackie were big run hitter they would kno the ball out of the park. but then so would

michl never stopped. michael never stopped.s tee chiren to know, wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. was sange what your ddy had deal with. >> beg judged, ridiculed, ho much pain c one take? ybe no michael, they will leave yo alone. >> i can tell u, as a member of the united stat congrs, we understan the constitution. we understan law. and we know that people a innocent until proven otherwise. that is what the constitutn stands for. >> but of crse that really applies in the urtroom, no really necessarily social and pele are free toresum guilt all thehey want. it looks ke some o her colleaes are doing just that. here's what represeative peter king thinksbo michael jackson. >> this y was a pervert, a child molester and to be giving him this much covera, nobody wantso stand up anday we don't need michael jackson. >> mik viqueira joins me now we played two sound bites. looks like there a a handful of lawmakers that are taking sides on whether or not officially, to honor michael jackson. whatre you learning >> reporter:aking si

as the world sd good-bye to michl jackson. >> in fact,t, the mor i thinknd tatalk about michael jackson, i feel the king o o pop is not bi enough for him.. think he is simply -- i i thin heis simplyly thehe greatest tertainer that ever lilived. >> to the unanimouspprov of thaudience in thehe staples ceer, jackson wawas repepeedly calleded the greates entertaine o ever lived. our guests toninight will talal about t at mad michael jackson ch apopula and enduring figure in ameran music and cucuure. and this beingng "hararall," we wi talk politics. our own anea mitchchell got an inteiew with sar palin last night in alaaska, d she'll join with the latesest on the palin saga. >>> d while thewod's eyes werere on the staples centeter today, a a franken ised his rit hand and was sworn in as minnesota's junioror senator. the democrats' 60thth senato a the 100th senanar. more on that laterer. >>> we begin witith today's tribute to micichael jackson. our r courtn hazazlett was i ii staples centerer. courey, there's always a different feeeeling inside t t building o on thes eventsts thae can psibly

michl, i love you. i will ms when we said our good-byes.e with him. so i thank you, chael. that you pced in many pele'ses hearts. i thank you for everything that you've done for others acss is globe the lord's name. and i have one reque, michael, one request. i would like forou to give our brother,y twin brother, brandon augor me. i love you, michael anll miss you. >> i think janetants to say somethg. >> i just want to say ever since i was born dddy has been th best fher you couldver im imine. and i just nt to say i love him so much. >> we want to thank you all for loving my her and supporting our family. thank you and good night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> just before we go, there will never be another michael jackso his musicapresence has le its mark on his family, his friends and the millions of fans who have sang and dand or at ast tried to do so like mr. michael jackson. he was oft imitat, but ver duplicated. he wand to heal the world throughis usic, and in a sml way he succeeded. himusic reached across the barriersf race, culture a en national entity

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michl jackson's other, jermaine jackson, was the o meer of the jackson 5 to perform.gefightingack tears and sang the songsmile." ♪ did you sme through your rrow ♪ ♪ mbe tomorrow ♪ youl find that life is fied ♪ ♪ if yojust smile >> and just before jeaine took the stage, we learned from brooke shields that "smile" was michael's favorite song. t'bring in nbc's gina kim. she's standi by live at the beverly wilshire hel. gina, whats happening there tonight, and is this emotion continuing o at this private celebration tonight? >>epter: well, fortunately, only invite ed guests are being invited inside, can tell you we do have a producer in thereho's confird for us that the family members have rrived. usher, wesley snipes, brooke shields, they are all in there withhe family along with hureds of other people. but it is an invi-only list that is in thereight now. and byall accounts, this is where all of thevents of today, all the emotional and probably atimes stressful events of the day wi end for the family. after this wepresume they will go back home. but right now they a rea

and that is real, really important, because michl jackson, clearly didn't have that. unfortunately, these stars suffer fro th. >> charlie, we celebrate the accomplishment at thexpense of alife, accomplishment -- i don't even mean a life and a ung death but aife as you're living, as bizre as i may be, who wants to be sittg in a house with no friends? you know? theris nothing attractive about th so you become the mostamous and wealthiest performers in the world but sitting alone inside your own amusement park. >> they thinkhey are willing to sacrificthat because for the fame and to the pay. >> gentlem, nowe see the procession binning from encino, california, hading about 12 miles away to forest lawncemetery. this is whereichael jackson eventuly will be laid to rest d where the filyill be observing, presumably, a private funel, although we knowhat the helicopters are there,he news cameras areutside the compound watching this caravan gets under way. i saw a pture of s, michael ackson's little girl, she was at the cemetery with her aunt and here she was looking for, you kn

kateen hall jamieson, kaie couric said the michl jackson story lipse other news. how would you chacterize what happened thipast week? >> ll, when michael jackn's death gets more coverage in me broadcast d cable news outlets an did t climatechange legislation thatassed the house the day after, i think we' got a problem. and when michl jackson morial took me news time in tho cable and broadcast outlets than did the wrap-up of president obama's summit in russiwhich included a provisnal agreement to rede nuclear armsi think weeed to worry about ne judge. and it raes for me tis questin, let's ppose that we're now dealing with next week news. howuch live coverage is jge sotomayor's confirmation hearing going to get. is it going to be comparab to whatmichael jackson's merial got. d hypothetically what ould have happened if the confirmation hrings had been up against the memorl. what would thaws jgement have been. >> b smith what was the arument for giving it so muchime and do you worry about what w being mied? >> well, nothing was ssed on o showthank you for askin becaus

assess f me what you thoug, what you saw, what you heard when you got little stevie wonder kid, michljackson kid, you got twoids her >> well, stevie wonder was firsand i tried not to even see michael jacon because stevie was iredible. he was young guy. he was a younglack kid and his mother was s tough on us ani didn't even le his singing, you know. i didn' like hisinging at all. he played bongos and sung. i lov his harmoca playing the first recor we put out o him was a harmonica. he was great, but for theind of work and trouble. he hado have a tutor he had to have a produr would travel with him. he had a teacher. his mother was with him. it was like an entourage and the blind kid wasn't bringin in any money at all. and his mothe was demanding all this stuff. she was so lovble and she loved her child souch and she really thought he was greater than he was at the ti. tavis: athe time. and he wanted tbe with motown s bad, but, y know, but his mother wasike -- and she turned out to be just a great wonderl mother. we have ng talks andtuff like that. and he just developed into -- his hmonic

talento demonsate god's love in an effofort to ing the world togetherer in tr sister and brbrherhoo michlhumani. michael was alwaysysoncern with o oers wi humanity. ani want the world to knknow at despite being embroroiled i accutions and persecutions, , as humanitarian, he sought t it not robby to concern himself w with is world's other grereatest humamanitarian our mother during her illness just t three mons before h her dea. inin october005, i was with mom whenichael called her all ththe way fr the middle east. although shehe couldt speak because of her debililitating stroke, she listenened as heaid to her thahahe hadeen praying his kes every day for her. that to him, she was a america true royalty. and heanted her to know if music was being played i in her roomecause of its healing g fects. my only wish is that he e could have seen the glowow on heface. if fac could smile as we knonow theyey do, tt day michael jason made our mother's s ce smile in spipi of hecondition. what an unforgetetble mont. he w such a thoughtful and selfless man, fufull of th uncondndional ve of god and goodork

. >> reporter: for six hours, police and drug enforcement agents searched the home and office of michl jackson's doctor. >> we are executing a search warrant here at the doctors office and at his home. >> reporter: less than a week after raiding his houston medical practice and storage facility, in search for evidence linking him to manslaughter, authorities again seized boxes of documents and records that might contain evidence that he killed michael jackson. >> it seems like the net is closing in on dr. murray, so if he's to be arrested, it could actually happen sooner than later. once the coroner issues his toxicology report, which should be very shortly. >> reporter: dr. murray was home while agents seized items including a cell phone and internet hard drive. and they even intercepted a u.p.s. delivery package. sources tell abc news that jackson used the powerful hospital anesthetic propofol to sleep at night. he rrleceived the drug at home using an i.v. and the associated press now reports that law enforcement jackson with the drug in the ed early morning hours the day he died. in

though it ended way too soon, michl's li was beautiful. surethere were some s times and maybe some questionable decisions on his part, but michaelackson accomplished everythinge dreamed of. at 10 years ol head passion. had passion to be the greatest entertainer in th rld and he was willing t work hard to do whatever i tok toecome what he indeedbecame, the ndisputeding of pop the world over. what kid wouldn't give his right arm to fulfil his wildest childhood dreams michael loved it all,very ment on stage. every moment in rehearsal. michael loved creating what had never be done before. he loved everythingand everybody, especially his fans. i must say though that heid have two personaties. offstage he was shy, ft-spoken and child-like. but when he took the stage in front of his screaming fanse turned intonother person, a master, take--prisoners showman. it was like kill or beilled. imean, michael was asome. totally in charge. fact, the more i think and talk about michael jackson, i feel the king of pop is not big enough for him. i think he i

michl jackson was the seventh ni cldren. my producer thinks thiss very creepy. >> yeah? isn't seven like -- >> sen, yeah? >> the number o god that created the wor in seven da. >> rest it on the seventh day. >> we might be pushing it a little bit. >> by a lot. nd of like using taxpayer money touy the economy to cast michl jackson as the number 7. it's doomed fa. using taxpayer money to create jobs? i don't know about the nmber >> what is the new deal? >> you create a structure but, in other words, the only structure we have as we take taxpayer money and pump it into people's paychecks. i'm with him. i'd love toarguut i can't. >>e' come back with take-away. sarah palin as maverick. sh casave us. >> they y don'tay merick anymore. they are tired of that. hey, it's me, wat. did you know that w you filter me ahohome i'm pretty mumuch the same as s i am in n plastic bottle? excepthat you'll save, ke, $600 bucks a yearar. but other than that,t, we're pretty much the same r. good, clean wawa it rieves seven sysytoms. new visine totalityy multi-symptom. now reduce t the red; bathe

michl and i were here in the final,inal stages of mounting whate all knew and we all saw, i promise you in this place, thetaples. so before we conclude toy's memori, we wanted to present a performance fromhe london "ts is it" concert. the fans have been aing for it. this is one of michael's very, very favorite moments inhe show always. he created thid brought it to life. its a living testament to his ability to be timeless and tily. musical and magical, this is for him, his living lega, his care, his het, hisoncern about our planet, about e human condion. michael jackson will le in our hets forlways, heal the world, make this a betteplace for our children, for ou children's children. michael, we love you me. join us. ♪ ♪ there comes a time when we ed a certain call ♪ ♪ when the world st stand together as e ♪ there are people dying d it'sime toend a hand ♪ ♪o life the greatest gift of all ♪ ♪ we can't go on pretenng day by day ♪ ♪ tt someone somewhere will soon make a chge ♪ ♪ we are all a rt of god's great big family ♪ and the truth you know love is all we need ♪ ♪ we arthe wod we are t

. >>> the michl jackson rumor mill conties to chrn.gf pop took as many asten xanax pills a t and that his body restingn the forest lawn cemetery. what we ow is that there are offials stepping up their investigatn, looking to talk our nbc stion in los angeles caught up with the plice chief to ask about where the investigation is headed >> the lapd invesgation -- >> the department waiting for the coroner t make s determination to what was t cause of mr. jackson's death. >> lee cowan has the latest of our burbank buru. do we know how myoctors have been subpoenaed? we know it's a handful. it's not necessarily all that much a surprise. we knew thatlice d plan t issue some kind subpoenas,at least ruest. the question , there's obviousl a confidentiali problem. somedoctors may want to with hold some ofit. it's the star of a lengthy process in figuring out what michael ckson was being prescribed and by whom? >> any update on the tox kol ji port >> the reality is that probably, they already have at least the bac toxicology result in. they probab

believe the majorityf amicans thi tre been terrible excess here by the media i the glorification of michl>> congressman kingcertainly s a rit to feelthis i would. there are people who agree wth him. deatcertainly does not erase all the ong or right you hav ne. the thing that strikes me most is king in s comments claimed he wanted honor the reel heroes in our society. firefighters, teachers, veterans, like mywn father a master sergean the y, but in his grandstanding, he too, upstages those everyday hero at is we all love. whatever happe to no comment on michael jackson? but today i'd like to honornd then rea your list of peoe whoyou say, congres king, kay deserve to be honored. it cute when a 3-year-old says somethinoff the cuff, but what you call it when adult, better yet a leader, does it? crossing the lin you tell me. twitter us at twitter.msnbcom. we'd love to hr fr you. crossing lineat wa a great it'slmost 4:00 on the east coast. we're just getting strted. up next, the hunt for a possible serial killer terrorizing a small town i south carin wel have a live repo. >>> lso, sarah palin i

>> prince e michl l , but we callll himlalaet. >> you call l hiblblant? >> yes. .etet? >> because i is s anxpression i use ththy family, and my ployees. i i y,y, y should blanket me, i mean, you should blanknketerer with somethihi.. meananing,t't'like -- a blanket a blessing. it's w w of showing love and ring. >> who is blanket't'momoth? >> blanketet's mhehe i can't say because she e wi b be mbarded with, you know -- - weavave agreement that we can'n't a a ntntraual agreement -- talk k about t o o shis and everything. that's how we woworkedhahaout. >> and w was s s seone that you hahad relationship with? >>>> y. ♪ >> t thoanandsf miles away, jackson's bebeviviors a father was about to come undedeseseris scrutiny. fefeweeks later i went to o me him in berlin. anjust as i was arriving, , this happened. michael jackson hahad stst dgled his new baby o out oththwindow of aerern hotel. hifans outside were going g crazy. whenen iotot uto his room, i was worrd.d. ere was a manic qualitity ouout him that i had n nev s see before. d he was loving the atatteioion of the screa

in hisery beautiful and very human heart, michl jackson wanted notng more than to give lo to the worldngular talent and s soul, anderhaps be love back in rurn. through his wor, his music, an his countless good deeds, michael did so much to try and heal or world. and so for theackson family and for all who grieve hisoss everywhere in our world, may this moment of remembranc a moment o healing, a moment of music and a moment oflove bring comfort to those who loved our frnd. god bless you. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ou and i will make a pact, must bring salvation back ♪ ♪here there is love, i'll be there ♪ ♪'ll reach out my hand to you, i faith in all you do ♪ ♪ just call my name, and i'll be there ♪ ♪ i'll behere ♪ your my world and drms around me ♪ ♪ i'm sglad that i found you ♪ i'll be there with a love so strong♪ ♪ i'll be your strgth ♪ you know i'll keep holdi on ♪ ♪ yes i will ♪ let me fill yr heart with joy and laughter ♪ ♪ togetherness,ell is all i'm afr ♪ ♪ just call my name and i'll be there♪ ♪ i'll be there to protect you ♪ with an selfish love that respts you ♪ ♪ just call my name and i'

. >> is there aing to the fct th the russian people did n respond toarack obama nor to michle obama the way other members of t public did on previous summits when he wa in prague, when he was in cairo, even? the "new york times" t, clifford j. ly and ellen barry writes cros do not clamor for views of him. telesion programs was uninterrupted. devote test to of therussian jue judy had nothing to fear even during the war, ron fad reagan created a stir when he did a walkabout in red squa. >> i think tha really is exactly right. it i partly a matter of the times, we do not have therama of the cold war,we do not feel the sions made at tes meetings will have immediate and stratec impact on our liv as weid the cold war but part it ishe nature of the rusans. not understood in russia to put it delicately. i'm not srprise there had was outpouring o emotion surrounding obama and think in me ways, that is probably healthy, that it gives him a chance to pursue e kinf realistic, i would s coldlooded politics tt he practices pretty well. >> to put it undelicately, race may have been a facr the yet for

. ♪ ♪ do me tt way >> thank you, michl. thank you, micha.erched in a crescent moon. >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. and i just wted to say ilove him so much. ♪ when there are clouds in the sky ♪ ♪ you'll get by ♪ gontoo soon ♪ we follow each other on the window ♪ ♪ we got nowhere to go ♪ thas why want yo to know ♪ ♪ i'm srting with the man in the mirror ♪ >> in our darkesthour,

if you look at t t t ten sales list it's s all michl. the number one is his numbeber e and number t two is "thriller."" impressive. 8f 10 if not 1 10of 10 now stephehen a., howclosel did you watch the merial yesterday y d what are yourthough now 12, hours or 2424 hour maybe later? >> i definitely watatched it ani definitely thoughtht iwas very tasteful the way they hdled evererything. no denying t tt. i got to admit to you, e even ai was watchiningit, as toucheds i was byhe ceremony and his lile daughter speaking a at the enen by a sharpton's s speech a lot of prformances bysher andd mariah carey andnd jejenni hudson and hers. i'm lookinat theourse of 1.5 llion r the fununeral and i think it's insa for anybody t be asking the public at lar to help for the funer. the lalast tim i check when folks pass away, usual it's ththeir ve own famamily th ends up paying for the funeral. this is a gugu w're talking about, whethther or nohe is 500 million in d debt o ohether his estatete, how mu that is worth and things off that natur and this i is pe

diana ross d elizabeth taylor wh did not wish to go to the staplesenter but wished to also celebrate michl's li with the family, wantedo be with them here toda and this would be more of an appropriate ven for people such as diana and elizabeth and otrs who weren'tble to make it to the chaotic ene thats the staples center and perhaps they wilbe joininghem here. there will certainly be enoh room forhem to do that if, indeed, we are to expe up to 800 people. >> nbc's jinah kim at the beverly wilshire. thanks so much. >> i'm curious abouthe crowd control. they we lking about the scene at the staples center. it's not as if this hot is far away like nevland where it's an effort to g to. it wilbe quite a scene think as fansealize this is where the family is going. we have amy palme with "in touch" magazine. chris jaing wastalking about michael jackn's chdren and pas and sayinghose brave words. our es are teang up. when you see a child front and center come out a say those rds, b lisa marie presley was abl to ep a lowfile until she got olde and decided she wanted to be in the celebrity world. is i

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an optimist would say she's looking restore her relationship with the children in lightof michl's deathteresting. now of course we're hearing from joe jackson of course, michael ckson's father, michael jackson had aeged that his father abused him. nojoejackson is talkg about that "katherine and i" should raise them. is there any indication michael did not want his father involved in the raising of thcldren? >> boy norah, i think there is every indication michael didn't wa his father invved in the child raising. he namedis mother custodian, t father. think this isn't th different tn custody hearings ich are always fairly complicated for regular people. but ithouldn't dissuade a judge sed on the evidence to awardustody to therine if at's how itcomes out. joe may want a role in the children's lives. he may not get what he seeks. >> we know that according to th will that the childrent, i believe it was, 40% of what's left of michael jackson's estate who then cntrols that money for the children while they're still minors? is it katherine jackson or is it someone else? >>t looks like tre is g

prescription that's why they're issuing the subpoenas, trying toiece together who prescribed drugs to michl what exactly was taking. that really what everyone is trying to gure out. so much of at is still coming in right now. >> any incation- >> and also the toxicology reports. >> any indication when there might be word on t famy's second autopsy. the whe point of the family having a second autop was to get information bck fast. >> yeah, and think joe jackson addressed that in that inrview you shod. he saithey're still waiting on that as well. they don't have that information. but joe jacksos interview, spking of which that yo owed, that was pretty interesting becae he is now saying that h suspects that it was ul play, which i thought was very interesting, especially coming off of the remarks that bi brattonade yesterday saying was i homicide? was it accidental overdose? agn, this is all sculation, but it seems to be ratcheting things up. >> the police chief said they're not ruling out homicide. that's not spelation. that's investigative work this circumstance he, but some of th conversatio

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life, i still have that sadness that he's gon >> reporter: inside the emotional tributes foced on michljackson the person and the performer. familyriend and motown founder barry gordy rememberedackson this way. >> from the fit beat of billie jean and the toss of that hat i w mesmered. but when yo get hi iconic moon walk ias shocked it was mic. >> reporter: the memori came after dayof legal wrangling over jackson's will anover custody of his thr children. it also follow disclosures about police investigatns into jackson's use ofrescribed drugs ch news seemed of little consequence to fan since jackson's death, tensof thousands of fs have descended on los angeles. many went to the sitef a makeshift shrine the family hom oths came to sign billboard sized posters outside the staples center. tusands of reporters from arou the world covered and fed the frenzy. city offials worried about the possibility of unmanageale crowds closedtreets in a two- ock perimeter around the venue. t message from the city, s, if you don't have a ticke stay out. >> the part of the perimer is for crowd control. only

. >> but michl jackson accomplished everything he dreamed of. >> reporter: for the thousands of michaelat the odds and won a ticket to the memorial service, it was an overwhelming and emotional experience. michael jackson's death certificate right now lists the cause of death as deferred. it is still unclear where the king of pop will are buried. jeremy? >> t.j. winick here in los angeles. we'll have more coverage from l.a. throughout the morning here on abc news. later this half hour, some insight on michael jackson's ex-wife debbie rowe and her intentions after his death. >> thanks. the farewells to michael jackson extend well beyond the confines of los angeles. last night at thee rock 'n' rol ll o famee i clevendnd fans paid tributeo egend at a a candlelighig. mimiioore gatherereded i inn puc and p privatewoworldwide t to >> reporter: airpororts aunund the world werere filled with fa of michael jackson t tuesday, a lucky few of whwhom won a ticke to the memorial.l. >> it't's sueal. very surreal. we weren't expectiting itt all. >> reporter: others arrivivede loles without titickets, s

pling michael jackson andmt for the first time who knows how lg actual played music vids and played michl jackson music videos nonstop and people were like actually saw t. yove heard the music but ve rarely do people see the music deos except for yubers. >> you were born in 8? yes. >> it' interesting tome when people are born afr the moment of some these greatest celebritie you don really lies how gigantic michael was in '83. even chris jansing is saying, wow, this is azing. whenid youcome around i personally feel thisuy and like this guy? where your introduction? >> i think after kind of i'm a huge -- as i said "back to th future" fan and the cafe they arplaying "beat it." i'm singing along. i' been deejaying about seven years an private parties and clubs and whatave you. just comng in and being exposed to tat ty of si not only michael jackson but, you know, different artist inis genre has shaped crrent musicand akon and so and so. >> so u hear that and understand that? >> when the 2 anniversary of "tiller" came out on carbon dioxide and you cd and akon and so many other aists contributi

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, live pictureses om l anangeles d officis a bracing r big crrowds today ahead of the memorial for michlyty foong the billl. and now ththe mayayor asking fs to c cover the ct. and l let's go live to th cecen. george, , what is the latest?? hahave youeard anything about fans footing theheill for ththe service?e? >> reporter: we aree haring the city will set up a sight for the on rvice pay pal where fanss can hp with thee cost thhis day of moururning. and for jackso ththis is where it all begins at the home in encino. out 7:00his mornining they will go to t the forest lawn metery for a pvate rvice. ththe body of michaeljackson wil be tken to the staps center. th casket will be takeken to th center foror the pubc memorial service. we don know what the l logistic associateded with th are, b but obviously ththat will be a a ghtmare for police the city is sayingthe tab for protectionon and for thether services going on today is going to top ababout $4 million. so not surpringly, they are looking foror ways to defrey th costs. >>>> thanknk you vy much. msnbc will have live coveragef the m memor

crowd th there would be a vo on a resolution that laid out in grt detail the factual achievements of michlkson's career, his records and that st of thingnd that would be put through to the floor of ngress and voted on. wellhouse speaker nancy pelosi told us yesterday at she does not think that shou go the oo she does not think there should be a vote on it. and we aed her why and s said because when you have a debate you alsoan have countering viewsndaybe that would not live up to the spit of what sheila jason-lee was so that probablyremind you of peter ki, congressman of new york, the republican. he said some really harsh thin thatany americans ma agree with about michael jackson, about that uglier perio ofis life, and nancy pelosi said i don't think we need to do th people can go t microphone and say kind things about michael jackson. you remember they paused for a moment of silence on theay th he ed. then i wtalking to sheila e jackson again and it's jerine jackson callg to touch base with her. e tells me s concerned thathe family mightbe disappointed by this if the resolution doesn't go

michle, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. gator that lives back he never bothered anybody until saturday morning when it grabbed david brown's 45-pound dog around the middle. >> you're okay. yeah. good girl. >> reporter: reunited with her best friend who just got home from the hospital, you have to wonder if mandy the wheaton terrier knows just how loyal her owner is? >> i saw the wake in the water from the alligator. >> reporter: david brown saw it slice through the sparkling water sate morning and a second later his best pal mandy, sniffing around in the brush, was trapped between the two hungry jaws of this seven footer. >> i just ran straight through the bushes to her. >> reporter: ran at the gator. to save his trusty friend. >> he had her like this in his mouth. and the upper jaw with this hand and i was hooking his eye and she got out pretty easy and i remember just thinking, that was pretty easy. >> reporter: but then there he is holding a gator's open mouth. he tried to throw the reptile and it snapped off the top of