>> who was that, jim murray? >> yes, jim murray. >> jim murray, l.a. times. >> absolutely. i'm glad you brought jim murray up because we have not spoken a lot of sports columnists or humor columnist. they are two of the great john rest. humor columns were the earliest of column. there were side by side with the editorial. and it is a tradition that we have sort of lost. you go back to mark twain, dave barry being a master of the forum here at miami when he was writing for the "herald," people like russell baker. these are enormous. the great thing about humor columnist, is what we learned from john stuart and steven colbert today. sometimes satire is the best way to tell the truth. the master the art of the lead. heat go back and read, breath smith on bobby thomson, shirley povich, the luckiest man in the world, jim murray and the l.a. times. so many others, great sports columnists really capturing the floor and it is one of the best. >> "deadline artists" is published by overlook press. what is the picture on the front? >> an old school man and a typewriter smoking a cigar

but when the medical musical chairs stopped, conrad murray was left without a seat. jim avila for "nightline" in los angeles. >> and the second that jury returns with the verdict, we'll have it at abcnews.com. thanks to jim avila. >>> and just ahead, who do you call when the municipal pelts' franchise needs reviving? how about the naked guy from "forgetting sarah marshall"? could it possibly work? stay tuned. [ male announcer ] at&t and verizon charge you extra for going over 2 gigabytes of data. t-mobile slows down your data speed. with sprint you don't get charged extra and you don't slow down. and you get unlimited data, text and calling to any mobile -- for only $79.99. the best unlimited plan...wins. make the most of unlimited data with a brilliant screen on a pencil thin phone. introducing the samsung galaxy s ii epic 4g touch. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. [ snoring ] [ clears throat ] hop to, gang. it's showtime. uh, do you know this guy? i'm not gonna cry, am i? only if you don't believe in the power of friendship. really? you guys are goo

murray's lawyer is standing by to take those questions. but first, here's jim avila with the latest. >> find the defendant, conrad robert murray guilty. >> reporter: for the defense, there were huge hurdles to overcome. first, the victim. a worldwide icon. and a feeling someone had to pay. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would this doctor be here today? >> he's facing up to four years in prison. if it weren't a high-profile case, i would suspect that the person would spend 90 days. >> reporter: then, conrad murray's own words, admitting in his police interview, that he succumb to his patient's dangerous request. >> i agreed at that time that i would switch the -- over to the propofol. >> reporter: the fingerprint evidence helped to negate the defense's main premise, that michael jackson died from self-administering. his print was not on the i.v. line or the bottle. dr. murray's print was. >> it had to prove that michael jackson was a real chance that michael jackson injected himself with the fatal dose. in tend, the jurors didn't b

asking the jury to, quote, do the right thing and find conrad murray not guilty. jim avila, abc news, los angeles. >>> the texas judge shown on videotape beating his disabled daughter with a belt will not face criminal charges. police say simply too muff time has gone by to go forward with the case. william adams, who actually presides over child abuse cases, is being investigated by the state judicial conduct commission and the family protective services. he told a texas tv station that the video, quote, looks worse than it actually is. >>> the 20-year-old woman who is suing teen idol, justin bieber, for child support, could be in hot water herself. she says he fathered the son two years ago. but bieber was 16 then. the two issues are totally separate and that bieber has a duty to provide for his son. >> wow. >>> time, now, for your sports news. here's the gang at espn news. and mr. will selva. >> good morning. and with one win, florida state would become bowl-eligible. but standing in their way was boston college. florida state came out pumped up. b.c., oh, boy. thi

murray who simply could have walked away and said no as countless others did. >> with us now, jim moretdimond, and cnn senior analyst jeffrey toobin. hardly a guarantee conrad murray will spend anywhere near that amount of time in prison, right? >> in california, there's a guarantee he won't because of a recent court ruling dealing with overcrowding in prisons here in california. he can't be sent to state prison, he's going to be sent to county jail and it's likely that he'll serve months instead of four years. and i think we even heard from the judge he was frustrated from that because the judge is mindful of the obligation of the sheriff's department to clear out the overcrowding situation. giving him four years was most he could do but conrad murray will serve at most two, most likely just a matter of months. >> jim makes the point you could hear the judge's frustration, sense his frustration. a lot of people out there, if they believe conrad murray killed michael jackson will think you get four years, only four years, and in the end less than that? >> i had a similar reaction to the

and then, ed chernoff asked for the jury to do, quote, the right thing and find conrad murray not guilty. diane? >> jim, thank you so much. i want to bring in abc's legal analyst, dan abrams, once again, tonight. you were saying earlier, this is an uphill battle for the doctor because even if the jury isn't convinced that he administered that last dose, he's in trouble. >> that's right. the judge issued a huge victory to the prosecutors, telling the jurors, in effect, even if you think michael jackson may have administered that final dose, you can still find him guilty if you think it was reasonably foreseeable that harm could occur by leaving him alone in the room with the drugs. >> you mean a drug within arm's length could still be a manslaughter charge? >> reporter: involuntary manslaughter. big fight, by the way, the defense was furious when the judge agreed with the prosecutors to give that instruction to the jury. >> so does the defense have anything to hope for? >> reporter: i think it's a human hope. they have to believe that michael administered the final dose but they think, this is a guy who

murray his livelihood and his freedom. the judge immediately sending him to jail, awaiting his sentencing on november 29th. jim avila, abc news, los angeles. >>> how much time will murray serve? we'll get into that with our legal experts on "good morning america." >>> and some sad news from the sports world this morning. boxing great, joe frazier, has passed away. smokin' joe was the first man to defeat muhammad ali. his career will ever be linked to ali's. they fought three times, including epic bouts in the so-called thriller in manila. he lost twice to ali. until late in his life, he always resented being ali's foil. he was diagnosed with liver cancer a few weeks, actually. frazier died last night. he was 67 years old. >>> now, some "monday night football" highlights. we get those from espn news. >> good morning. my name is todd grisham. this is your espn news update. let's show you some "monday night football." are you ready? eagles, hosting the bears. second quarter, bears up 10-3. jay cutler hits matt forte, who was great all game, except for this one, glaring mistake. he is stripped by brian roll, who r

murray. what was it? here's abc's jimla to tell us about it. >> reporter: a standoff on the defense team. sources tell abc news, conrad murray was getting conflicting advice right up until the end. lead defense attorney ed chernoff adamantly against his client taking the witness stand, while michael flanagan, in the second chair, told murray to win the case, he had to explain directly to the jury. and with cameras off, judge michael pastor to dr. murray. "if you want to testify, you will testify. do you understand this is an individual decision?" "yes." "what is your decision?" "my decision is that i will not testify in this matter." >> there's no way you can handle the cross examination. you're going to be defeated before you even start. >> reporter: part of the jackson family in court again today, and now that the evidence is all in, tito and rebbie, michael's siblings in london, to promote a tribute concert, talked about how helpless they feel about their brother's drug habit. >> he was in denial. we tried very hard. t

hearing evidence, it took the jury just under nine hours to decide that murray's action had cost jackson his life. and here's abc's jim avila in los angeles with the latest. jim? >> reporter: bill, the houston cardiologist brought to los angeles at a whopping $150,000 a month to try to put michael jackson to sleep tonight sleeps in the los angeles county jail. conrad murray, a friend and personal doctor to one of the most famous men in the world found guilty of killing his one and only patient. michael jackson's parents, two of his sister, two of his brothers rushing to court with high hopes. la toya tweeting en route verdict is finally in. i'm shaking uncontrollably. promising followers that michael would be with them in the courtroom assuring the right verdict. once inside, the family sat just a few feet away from the stoic dr. conrad murray. the moment's tension broken by a scream from la toya as the verdict was read. >> we, the jury, in the entitled action find the defendant, conrad murray, guilty of involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: outside the courtroom -- hundreds erupted in shouts of justice as back insid

conrad murray to four years behind bars for his role in jackson's death. and blasted him as a disgrace to medicine. abc's jim avila has covered this case from the beginning. >> reporter: conrad murray leaving court for nearly two years in los angeles county jail. blow kisses to his mother and girlfriend. but he had none for the judge, who had just sentenced him to the maximum for killing michael jackson. >> i thought he was open ll lly hostile. >> reporter: judge michael pastor became the story today, not just for rejecting conrad murray's plea for probation and instead sentencing michael jackson's former doctor, seen in today's booking photo to four years, no electronic monitoring or house arrest, a judgment that because of jail overcrowding is automatically cut in half. but because of that harsh tone in which that judgment was dealt. >> dr. murray created a set of circumstances and became involved in a cycle of horrible medicine. >> reporter: judge pastor called conrad murray a disgrace to the medical profession who performed a medical experiment on michael jackson that killed his part. and even with his m

murray was led away in handcuffs. here's jim in los angeles. >>reporter: michael jackson parents, 2 of his sisters, 2 of his brothers in the packed courtroom. just few feet away from a sticky dr. conrad murra murray. broken bay scream from la toy 0as the verdict read. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant conrad robert murray guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >>reporter: outside the courtroom. >> guilty. guilty. [ screaming prosecuteen [. >>reporter: hundreds erupt in shouts of juchltz within moments judge michael pastor sent conrad murray in handcuffs and stripped of medical license to wait to up to 4 year sentence in la county jail. >> our sympathy go out to the jackson family at this time for the loss that they have suffered not pop icon but son and brother and i think that's most important. >>reporter: jackson family leaving the court house to cheers. joe jackson saying cripcly and la toy 0who tweeted earlier mike app would be in court with her expressing pleasure at the verdict. >> wonderful. absolute

asking the jury to quote, do the right thing and find conrad murray not guilty. jimgeles. >>> to the jury it goes. >> not a reality tv show. played out like that. >> that's for sure. >>> there may be lots of guilt to go around in the paternity case against teen idol justin bieber. a 20-year-old woman suing the pop star for child support. she says he fathered the son. said the two had sex a year ago. >> bieber was 16, according to the los angeles police department, the woman could face charges of unlawful sex with a minor, though. so far charges have not been filed. >> yesterday we found out it was like a 30-second tryst backstage at a show. >> read the documents, his first tryst. >> his first time. >> first time. >> classy. >> aren't you glad i tell you these things? >> explains the 30 seconds. >>> here's your friday weather. it will be pleasant and dry in the northeast. showers in the southeast. drying out in the afternoon. and the south will warm up today. the best weather, though, in the midwest. california will see rain from one end to the other. >> new york, kan

murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter. good evening. welcome. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. eks later, after the guilty verdictverdict, cheers e. conrad murray taken into custody without bail after hs

jim? >> reporter: diane, a heart doctor hired to put michael jackson to sleep tonight will sleep in the los angeles county jail. conrad murray, a friend and a $150,000 a month personal doctor to one of the most famous men in the world tonight is guilty of killing his one and only patient. michael jackson's parents, two of his sisters, two of his brothers in the packed courtroom, just a few feet away from a stoic dr. conrad murray. the moment's tension broken by a scream from la toya as the verdict was read. >> we, the jury, in the above entitled action find the defendant, conrad robert murray, guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: outside the courtroom -- >> all: guilty. [ cheers ] >> reporter: -- hundreds erupted in shouts of justice. and within moments, judge mike cal pastor sent conrad murray away in handcuffs, stripped of his medical license to wait for his up to four-year sentence in l.a. county jail. >> our sympathies go out to the jackson family at this time for the loss that they have suffered, not a pop icon, but a son and a brother, and i think that's most important. >> reporter: the jackson

deciding whether to find conrad murray guilty or not. jim avila joins us to look inside that jury room. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it's day two of deliberations. so far the jury has picked a four-person and deliberated about six hours on conrad murray's fate. could this be the day? some think it could be since the jury is deciding one simple question. and this is involuntary manslaughter. up or down, did michael jackson kill himself or did his doctor do it? the jury will reconvene in a small deliberation room right off the ninth floor courtroom at 8:30 this morning, pacific time. the seven men, five women include an actor, a tv director, a cartoon animator. and five people who say they like watching tv crime shows. inside the jury room is a coffeemaker, 400 pieces of evidence, and a buzzer to communicate with the judge are in the jury room. two buzzes mean, we need a break or have a question. three buzzes means we have a verdict. there's only one charge on the table, involuntary manslaughter. did conrad murray kill

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but the jury will have to make its decision without hearing from murray himself. abc's jimovered all 22 days of the trial in los angeles. jim, this decision defied his defense team? >> reporter: yes, the team was divided. now, they suffered a huge setback, george, at the hands of the judge, who has told them he will give an instruction to the jury that could make it almost impossible for an acquittal in the thought of some observers. he's going to tell the jury that even if michael jackson took the propofol himself, dr. conrad murray could be guilt if he left them in michael jackson's reach. that proposes dprim closing arguments for the defense. >> are there any additional witnesses for the defense? >> no, judge. >> reporter: next up, closing arguments tomorrow. the jury expected to get the case friday. >> ladies and gentlemen, you've seen and heard all of the evidence in this case. >> reporter: but not without drama. a standoff on the defense team. sources tell abc news conrad murray was getting conflicting advice from his lawyers right up until the end. lead defense attor

> as we know a critical week for michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, the jury continues deliberating first thing in the morning. jimis there. >> rep up of seven men and five women, near perfect are flexion of los angeles, tv crime show aficionados, return to the ninth floor of the courts building in los angeles 8:30 tomorrow. most observers expect a quick verdict, only one count, involuntary manslaughter but here is the kicker, jurors historically don't like to convict doctors, some people on that alone we could get an aquick at or hung jury but does little good to geese ges when and what the jury will do. stay tuned, perhaps a verdict tomorrow. remember inside that jury room there is a buzzer to communicate with the judge. it's two buzzes if they want to walk around or ask a question, the one we're listening for, three buzzes, they have a verdict. >> jim avila waiting for the buzzer in that courtroom. >>> in florida owners with exotic animals as pets flocked to sea world to gim up the animals without getting into trouble h hundreds exotic pet owners took advantage of the one-day amnesty with pythons to mini marsup

for now murray sits in jail after being led away unhandcuffs. our coverage begins with abc's jim avila. >> reporter: michael jackson's parents, two sisters, two brothers in the courtroom feet away from the stoic dr. conrad murray. the tension broken by a scream from la toya as the jury was read. >> we the jury in the above entitled action, find the defendant, conrad robert murray guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: outside the courtroom. >> yes! hundreds erupted in shouts of justice. and within moments, judge michael pastor sent conrad murray in handcuffs and stripped of his medical license to wait for his up to four year sentence in l.a. county jail. >> our sympathies go out to the jackson family at this time for the loss that they have suffered, not a pop icon, but a son, and a brother. >> reporter: the jackson family leaving the courthouse to cheers. joe jackson saying cryptically. there is more. >> reporter: and la toya tweeted earlier michael would be in court with her expressing pleasure at the ver divenlgt. >> wonderful. absolutely. justice was se

but the jury will have to make his decision without hearing from murray himself. abc's jim us from los angeles this morning. jim, this decision actually divided his defense team? >> yes, the team was divided and they suffer aid huge setback at the hands of the judge who told them he has given instruction from the jury, that would make it impossible for an acquittal according to some observers. even if michael jackson took the propofol himself, conrad murray could still be found guilty if he left the drug within michael jackson as reach. >> the people rest their case? >> yes. >> reporter: next up, closinging arguments tomorrow, the jury expected to get the case tomorrow. >> ladies and gentlemen, you've seen and heard the evidence in this case. >> not without drama, standoff from the defense team. sources tell abc news conrad murray was getting conflicting advice from his lawyers right up until the end. lead defense turn ed chernoff taking the witness stand, his partner, michael flanagan had to explain his side to the jury in person. out of view, the judge said this to dr. mu

jackson's doctor, conrad murray, is in the hands of seven men and five women, the jury now behind closed doors deliberating over the question who is to blame for the pop star's death. abc's jim avila now with a look at the jurors wrestling with a very big decision tonight. >> reporter: they never see this raucous scene because the conrad murray jury meets at a secret location miles away and is bussed to the courthouse to deliberate. sitting in the box for six weeks, it is a quintessential l.a. jury, seven men, five women, four crime show watchers, an actor, tv director and a cartoon animator, now spending 8:00 to 4:00 in a jury room next to court with no windows, no phone but filled with nearly 400 exhibits and a buzzer to communicate with, two buzzes for a smoke break or lunch, three to signal a verdict. the prosecutors stationed in their 18th floor offices at the courthouse. lead defense attorney ed chernoff is at his santa monica hotel. everyone promised two hours' notice to scramble back to court. >> hi, dr. murray. >> reporter: conrad murray taped on the street in santa monica by paparazzi today awaits the verdict at his girlfriend's apartment. >> i'm with friends and f

nearly 50 witnesses they could decide as early as today whether conrad murray ties blame for the death of the king of pop. more from jim avila. >> reporter: no one knows what the seven men and women are think they asked for no help or questions during the first day of deliberation. there are clues on what makes the jurors click, questionnaires filled out before they listened to 49 witnesses and considered hundreds of pieces of evidence. >> keep an open mind and freerly exchange your thoughts and ideas about the case. >> reporter: jurors include a postal worker, tv director, cartoon animator and viewers of tv crime shows. half of the jury is white. five hispanic. one african-american. >> would you please stand and face the jury. >> reporter: several watched the o.j. simpson trial on television and now 16 years later they're in the same courthouse deliberating conrad murray's fate. several are michael jackson fans and half of the jury believes celebrities use stardom to bend the rules including getting away with crimes. the judge did not allow jurors to hear from dermatologist arne klein, blamed by conrad murray's lawyer

murray trial. the first juror to speak out sat down with jim avila. and he joins us now.morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. behind the closed doors of the jury room and inside those secret deliberations for the first time, the first conrad murray juror tells "gma," that, in fact, the trial was long. the jury was split at the beginning. and the nine hours of deliberations were not easy. >> i think we really did our job. >> reporter: she is juror number five, debbie franklin, the 48 mother of two, a paralegal, put in charge of ringing the buzzer, to tell the judge and the world a verdict had been reached. >> our hearts were pounding to go out there. >> reporter: franklin is the first and only juror to reveal what went on inside the jury room. in our exclusive interview, she says while nearly all the jurors had decided on guilt during the first day of deliberations, not everyone was convinced that dr. murray was solely responsible for michael jackson's death. >> towards the end of the day, we finally took a vote. it was not unanimous. and we talked a little more

conrad murray was drilled by the prosecution and even felt the wrath of the judge. abc's jimd the trial from the start and has today's evidence and drama. >> you keep throwing out these kind of rehearsed lines. >> reporter: day 21 of court, and on the last day of the defense case, the testiest of testimony. >> would the court admonish the witness? >> reporter: the prosecutor, david walgren, versus the star defense witness, paid $3,500 a day for his testimony. dr. paul white, who says dr. conrad murray may have just forgotten a detail when he did not tell emergency room doctors he was giving michael jackson propofol. >> it was obviously overlooked. he didn't -- >> well, not obviously, it could also be a lie, correct? correct? that's another option. >> if you say so, i guess, yeah. >> reporter: deputy d.a. walgren back on the attack over dr. murray's delay in dialing 911, because the jackson mansion had no land line. >> conrad murray had a cell phone in his hand by his own statement. are you saying he was not capable of pushing 911? >> reporter: in the end, the expert who helpe

jim handly. here's what's happening at cdxxx. close arguments under way for dr. conrad murray.nted him as knowing what he was doing. jury deliberations are expected to get under way. >>> smoke alarms were not working during a deadly house fire. it broke out early this morning on iris street. the woman who lived in the house died. another man who lives there was take ton the hospital. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. >>> it's possible one of the women involved in the cain controversy may tell her side of the story. republican leaders are growing disturbed about the distraction it's become. >>> stocks rallied in the final hour of trading. the dow was up 208 points to close at 12,044. nasdaq was up 60 to close at 2,698. s&p 500 closed at 1,261. >>> there are a lot of obstacles when maneuvering through the streets with bikes, pedestrians and kids. imagine doing it in a 40 foot bus loaded with passengers. >> we received eye-opening videos demonstrating how testing it can be. we have the story we brought you first on 4. >> reporter: it's a rare look inside a rainy day metro