. >> bryan monroe, former liof "ebony" magazine, your thoughts on seeing this?ho the pallbearers are, several brothers are helping out. it is sad, but it's also the tribute is going to be phenomenal today. i understand inside the staples center it's going to have a very solemn and serious tone and will be both memorial and funeral. there's not a lot of pomp and circumstance. but we will remember him in a very somber way. >> stuart backerman, worked with him as a publicist back in 2002. it's got to be surreal to see this. >> it is surreal, but to tell you the truth, i think he would have loved this. he was particularly distraught about the fact that he was beloved all around the world, but in the united states, particularly after the trial, he kind of sensed that he was a persona nongrat ta. to have u.s. fans paying this kind of tribute and attention to him would have made him proud. >> reverend sharpton said it is great to have this outpouring for him but where was it when he was alive? it's certainly something he felt with the allegations being made against him

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. >> bryan monroe reporting for us, helping us better appreciate what's going on. for an impromptu vigil on what was supposed to be opening night of michael jackson's london tour. our internet reporter is watching what's going on online. abby, where did it take place? >> reporter: the very place where right now michael jackson should have been finishing up opening night of the this is it tour. organizing this impromptu gathering on site, like facebook, showing up, sharing their pictures through twitter. i'm showing you the pictures. cnn spoke to people there who had traveled in from new york, from italy, from finland who said that they just wanted to be there, that the fans are organizing this themselves, in the absence of any kind of official commemoration for jackson in london. there's been a huge amount of buzz about a possible tribute concert sometime at the end of next month but the concert promoter saying at this point there's nothing to confirm. >> thanks very much for that, abbi. let's check in with lou to see what's coming up at the top of the order. >>> t

let's discuss this with two more guests, bryan monroe, the last person to interview michael jackson and jim moray chief correspondent for "inside edition." did peter king go too far? >> the fact is i covered the trial. michael jackson was acquitted on all counts. he was found not guilty and able to walk out of that court a free man. i talked to his attorney last week. he said that the jury spoke so loudly it was basically saying this guy did nothing wrong. there are a lot of people who think michael jackson's weird. al sharpton went further. he said the media have really painted a horrible picture and there is a double standard in al sharpton's view. if you look the way frank sinatra was dealt with, elvis presley, michael jackson he says is being treated differently. he said the u.s. postal service should waive its five-year moratorium after his death and honor michael jackson today. >> we'll speak with his former attorney in the next hour, bryan. let me ask you this, do you think the media has been fair to michael jackson in its coverage? >> there's been a range of sides shown in the l