i'm joined now by michael houston, who is from cmc markets. michael, i'm not quite sure where -- there you are, michael. good morning. sorry, not sure where to find you in the studio of ours. michael, good to see you. what do you think the markets are telling us this morning? it slightly suggests to me that the markets think angela merkel will win that big vote tonight. >> i think she will, charles. i think the markets are reflect that. i think the magic number we're looking for is 311. that's how many votes she needs to pass this vote and not emerge politically damaged. if she gets less than 311 she'll be relying on opposition politicians to get this bailout through. i think it will pass. it's a question of how politically weakened she emerges from it. >> sum up -- okay, given that, that's seasonally an assumption. the other assumption as i see it, there will be a greek default, probably quite a bit one. what do you think will be -- where will we stand in terms of the european sovereign debt crisis in the mind of the markets? >> well, i think

houston. >> george howard. >> michael c. howell. >> steven leon howell. >> jennifer l.ley. >> milagros hromada. >> marian r. hrycak. >> stephen huczko, jr. >> kris robert hughes. >> paul rexford hughes. >> robert thomas hughes. >> thomas hughes. >> timothy robert hughes. >> susan huie. >> lamar hulse. >> and miy aunt. we love you and miss you ever date. >> and my son. your brother is and i dearly miss you. every moment of our lives. you rushed into the burning towers to rescue humanity and transcended the barriers of race and ethnicity and gave the ultimate sacrifice. abu died two years later. america honors you today. you died defending the american values of democracy, liberty, and freedom to pursue the faith that your choice. you are not only my young jedi, but you are america's jedi, an american solution. -- and america salutes you. [applause] >> william christopher hunt. >> kathleen anne hunt-casey. >> joseph hunter. >> robert r. hussa. >> abid hussain. >> thomas edward hynes. >> walter g. hynes. >> joseph anthony ianelli. >> zuhtu ibis. >> jonathan lee ielpi. >> m

michael jackson trial. again thshgs is the trial of dr. conrad murray. his houstone a listen to sound played in the courtroom. this is michael jackson -- possibly, possibly under the influence of propofol. take a listen. when people leave my show i want them to say "i've never seen nothing like this in my life. go. go. i've never seen nothing like this. go. it's amazing. he's the greatest entertainer in the world. i'm taking that money, a million on. >> again, some sound that was just played inside that los angeles courtroom as the trial for dr. conrad murray has gotten under way there. opening statements are being made right now. we expect the first witness to take the stand in a few hours and we will, of course, continue to follow that trial and lots more here on msnbc. i'll see you right back here at noon eastern, tomorrow, 9:00 a.m. out west. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to

conrad murray, the houston cardiologist who was in michael jackson's home when the pop singer died moremarch of 2009, three months before jackson's death. this when he announced his final concert series called, this is it. today the trial judge ruled the video will not be allowed to be shown to jurors, saying it's proof he was hungover and not healthy. randi kaye takes us back to that day more than two years ago. >> reporter: the desperate 911 call comes from inside michael jackson's rented beverly hills mansion. it is just before 12:30 p.m., june 25th, 2009 in los angeles. >> he's pumping his chest but he's not responding to anything. >> reporter: the king of pop's heart had stopped. he's unconscious. his personal physician, dr. conrad murray, who can be heard in the background on the call made by jackson's security guard is attempting cpr. >> did anybody witness what happened? >> no, just the doctor, sir. the doctor's been the only one here. >> okay. so the doctor see what happened? >> doctor, did you see what happened, sir? just, sir if you -- if you can please -- >> we're on our way

conrad murray, the houston cardiologist who was in michael jackson's home when the pop singer died morerch of 2009, three months before jackson's death. this when he announced his final concert series called, this is it. today the trial judge ruled the video will not be allowed to be shown to jurors, saying it's proof he was hungover and not healthy. randi kaye takes us back to that day more than two years ago. >> reporter: the desperate 911 call comes from inside michael jackson's rented beverly hills mansion. it is just before 12:30 p.m., june 25th, 2009 in los angeles. >> he's pumping his chest but he's not responding to anything. >> reporter: the king of pop's heart had stopped. he's unconscious. his personal physician, dr. conrad murray, who can be heard in the background on the call made by jackson's security guard is attempting cpr. >> did anybody witness what happened? >> no, just the doctor, sir. the doctor's been the only one here. >> okay. so the doctor see what happened? >> doctor, did you see what happened, sir? just, sir if you -- if you can please -- >> we're on our way.

houston. if you like good runs, good tackle runs this is for you. michael hayes, the force is strong with this one. he's a tackle breaking machine, i tell you, all the way to the end zone from 34 yards out. ucla would hang on, close late. houston hangs on to win 38-4. >>> minnesota versus usc. second quarter, usc up 6-0. that's matt barkley, and he's going deep to find robert woods. 43 yards later, that's a touchdown. two-point conversion would fail. usc on top 12-0. usc's lead minnesota down 2. usc hangs on 19-17. >>> switching gears to the diamond, a's getting a great performance off the bump for the mariners. cliff pennington snaps the base hit to left. to put the a's up 2-0. brandon mccarthy pitched a gem. a's win 3-0. and that's it for a full day in sports. back to you. >> thank you very much, john henry. >>> california's state parks system is preparing for a new round of cuts that could affect a quarter of its parks historic areas and preserves. the new closures would hit the bay area hard. there are more than a dozen parks on the list including redwo

houston. all of a sudden michael jackson goes into -- i don't want to speculate over what he went into -- >> he died. >> before that though, before he dies, here's dr. murray trying to administer cpr. yesterday it sounded like this doctor didn't know a whole lot about how to do cpr. >> it's as stoundsing, craig. if you had any doctor, an emt, police officer, a firefighters, they know how to do cpr. this is a cardiologist. for heaven's sake he didn't know enough to put him on a hard surface. he started to do cpr with one hand and asking for help in how to do cpr. that's an astounding fact. >> also the demerol yesterday, we had all heard there was demerol that michael jackson used but it sounded like demerol was common place. >> the thing with the demerol is of course the defense says look, it's not ultimately that it was this dose of propofol that they say of course that michael jackson took but this addiction that he had to demerol that was prescribed by dr. arnold klein, whom he used to see on a regular basis, emerge from klein's office with slurred speech. >> we'll monitor the trial throughou

host: our first call from houston, michael. you are on "washington journal."aller: i am curious what the arguments are pro and con to separate out college sports, perhaps just football and basketball, and making them a professional in some sense. guest: an interesting question and certainly an alternative where you have a for-profit entity under campus. the usa is the only country in the world that have put schools and sports together. in europe, sports clubs exist away from the schools. this is true in our high schools and everything else and it has created the kind of conflict we see in america that is unique. that is certainly an alternative. you could say we should manage them as businesses. there are overriding laws on that, including title ix creating opportunities for women, did not know how title ix would fit in. it is a very complicated issue. i'm not sure that would be a favored solution, but it could be a possibility. host: hunts bill, alabama, you are on with tom mcmillen -- huntsville. greg, you there? i think we lost greg. tell us about your back

houston and ucla. case entering his sixth year with the cougars. michael diligence here. >> that looks like herschel walker lowering that shoulder running over people. amazing effort. keep the feet driving. when you keep your feet moving, good things will happen. >> so no case in this highlight. a running highlight for houston. you don't see that often. 34-yard score there. the cougars beat ucla, 38-34. keenum did have 330 yards passing. >>> the crimson tide opening their season home against kent state where coach saban played football. >> a.j. mccarron, good timing on this throw. up and over for the touchdown down the middle of the field. >> trent richardson here. >> heisman hopeful, just 37 yards for three scores. >> he got in the end zone three times but did not have a good yards-per-carry day. >> kent state 0-22 all time against ranked teams. >>> bsc national champion auburn getting a scare from utah state. fourth quarter 31-28. utah state fakes the field goal. >> this leads to a touchdown that put them up by ten. utah state is up ten with 3:30 to go.

houston george howard brady helowell michael c. howell steven leon howell jennifer l.gros hromada marian r. hrycak stephen huczko, jr. kris robert hughes paul rexford hughes robert thomas hughes thomas hughes timothy robert hughes susan huie lamar hulse >> and my aunt, we love and miss you every day. >> my son, my breath, my life. we dearly miss you every moment of our live this. -- of our lives. he rushed into the burning towers and gave the ultimate sacrifice. all these years later, you are my strength and courage. we honor your sacrifice today. your daughter has offended the american values of democracy and freedom. you are america. america salutes you. [applause] >> john humber jr. william christopher hunt kathleen anne hunt-casey joseph hunter peggy hurt robert r. hussa robert hinnel ynesas h abid hussain thomas edward hynes walter g. hynes joseph anthony ianelli zuhtu ibis jonathan lee ielpi michael iken daniel ilkanayev frederick ill, jr. abraham nethanel ilowitz anthony p. infante, jr. >> and my father. we miss you, and love you dearly. >> and my father, jeffre

he's the houston cardiologist whom michael jackson hired back in 2009 to see him through a grueling 50-show farewell tour. well tomorrow, prosecutors here in los angeles will tell a jury that murray committed involuntary manslaughter by giving michael jackson a surgical anesthetic to treat insomnia. the defense will say jackson was in shaky health to begin with and murray did nothing criminal. ted rowlands sets the stage. >> your honor, i am an innocent man. >> reporter: the jury in the conrad murray manslaughter trial will have several questions to answer. one, did dr. murray give michael jackson a lee shal dose of propofol. prosecutors say there's no doubt, murray and his attorneys say there is no way. >> there's no way that dr. murray would pump michael jackson full of propofol sufficient for major surgery and walk out that room. not going to happen. that's not the doctor dr. murray is. >> reporter: murray claims the day jackson died he only administered 25 milligrams of propofol, far less than what was found in jackson's body by the coroner. how did it get in him? >> well that's a

murray and myselfed and michael pena, sitting over there, from houston who knew dr., we met with police detectives at the ritz-carlton marina del ray. the only thing that we chose was the location because we were staying there and the time because we had to fly in. you will learn that everything else at that meeting was decided by the police, detective martinez and detective smith. you will learn that prior to that meeting a phone call was made to dr. murray and michael pena returned it immediately and said, yes, of course we will come and talk. and you will learn that it wasn't just dr. murray that had a lawyer in this case. nine of the people's witnesses also had a lawyer in this case. it was just that type of case. now, prior to meeting with dr. murray drn a-- and by the we scheduled the meeting for 2:00, you'll hear, they rescheduled it for 4:00. with we were ready to go. >> you've been listening to the defense attorney make his case, his opening statements, in the trial of his client, dr. conrad murray. we'll have much more from that trial in just a moment after

houston went for a big drug problem. you've seen this. how could it be -- is it possible that michael could have been a drug addict without anyone around him who cared about him really knowing? >> i don't think so, no. michael was not made that way. michael was a very gentle, caring and concerned human being. of himself as well as others. and to be able to do what he did, no, there's no way in the world. no. no. >> what is your gut feeling tell you has gone down here? >> i don't know. i really don't know. and for me to give an opinion about something i have no knowledge of would be hearsay, gossip, things that i don't participate in. >> it's sad, though. tell me about your relationship with michael. you were very close. >> yeah, michael -- >> what kind of man was he? >> he was wonderful. he was such a giving human being. i remember the very first time i ever met him, he was 9 years old. and the group had come in to basically audition for barry gordy. barry had this wonderful house up in the hills of hollywood. and this is where the boys came to do what they had to do. and michael sat

michael jackson's death has taken a dramatic turn. >> reporter: weeks later, july 22nd n a surprise raid federal agents searched dr. murray's houstonc, they take a computer hard drive, documents and rolodex cards. five days later, july 27th, a major bombshell. a source tells cnn, dr. murray gave michael jackson propofol, within 24 hours of his death. >> for a patient to be administered propofol in their home, to me is outrageous. >> reporter: on july 30th, search warranties to for his home, prescribing to an addict, also evidence of manslaughter. on august 18th, dr. murray makes his first public comments. he releases this video online. >> i have done all i could do, i told the truth and i have faith that the truth will prevail. >> reporter: august 24th, the l.a. county coroner concludes that michael jackson died of an overdose of propofol. >> propofol killed michael jackson the preliminary coroner report is telling us so. >> he was apparently trying to wean him off of it. >> reporter: according to a affi did, avit dr. murray said that he had been treating him. the day he died, he gave him 25 milligrams. 911 was called almost two ho

michael jackson as a male ticket. the financial motives work the other way because murray, who had all sorts of problems in houston wasing $150,000 a month with one patient. there weren't a lot of other options for him to make that money. >> we'll talk to you in the coming days. >>> engineers getting ready to rappel down the washington monument to check for earthquake damage. their mission is called off. we'll tell you why. why being a spelling bee champion could helped a tattoo artist. i can't enjoy my own barbecue with these nasal allergies. i know what works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris, to the nose! did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and sore throat. i tossed t allergy symptoms out of my party. [ man ] omnaris. ask your doctor. battling nasal allergy symptoms? omnaris combats the cause. get omnaris for only $11 at omnaris.com. >>> coming up on the ridiculist, a tattoo artist who needs spell-check everyones a spot. but first isha

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michael jackson's death has taken a dramatic turn. there are reports that police found diprovan in his house. >> reporter: weeks later, july 22nd in a surprise raid, federal a littles searched dr. murray's houstonnic. investigators are authorized to seize evidence related to the offense of manslaughter. they take a computer hard drive, documents and roll o dex cards. five days later, july 27th, a major bombshell. a source tells cnn that dr. murray gave michael jackson propofol. also called diprovan. within 24 hours of his death. >> for a patient to be administered diprovan in their home or the outside world to me is outrageous. >> reporter: search warrants to murray's home are made public. >> the search warrant says they were looking for evidence, quote, demonstrating crimes of excessive prescribing or prescribing to an addict. >> reporter: an august 18th dr. murray makes his first public comments. he releases this video online. >> i have done all i could do. i told the truth. and i have faith that truth will prevail. >> reporter: august 24th. the l.a. county korcoroner concludes that jackson died of an overdose of propofol. lethal levels of prop po follow killed michael jackson. the report is

houston, they say, to support dr. murray. now to the players that you asked me about. the players, of course, michaelkson, even though he's no longer with us, he's going to loom large in the courtroom and dr. murray, he is michael jackson's doctor who was there at the last moment and here's an interesting thing and it should be counted here and he has won more cases than most. he's a former district attorney. he lost one felony trial and has gotten something acquitted and involved in propofol death in a wrongful death suit that was and on the team was mark geragos. he knows michael jackson intimately. and conrad murray has been together a very smart team of attorneys to represent him. it's going to be interesting what will happen. >> we'll watch it with you the entire way. don, thanks so much. >>> in just about ten minutes, we're going to talk about the defense and prosecution's strategies with our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. well, this morning, the consumer confidence index was released just a few minutes ago. christine romans, what do you think? what's the outlook? >> it didn't get worse.