klein's attorney say that the last time that michael jackson went to klein was three days before this he couldn't have demerol in his system and nobody is going to testify that demerol was in his system, neither the coroner's report or autopsy shows demerol and the defense is going to have a problem with that. i know they're trying to shift the blame to dr. klein but at the end of the day, there is no demerol in his system. martha: what that does establish with these visits to dr. klein, and the assistant testified, he said at one point, michael jackson looked at me and he said something to the effect of you must think i'm crazy, that i go to this doctor all the time. what it does establish is these were independent actions on the part of michael jackson, he went to this doctor all the time, to dr. klein, giving him this stuff so it made it so that he could barely walk down the stairs and at home, he was taking propofol and perhaps he gave himself the final injection or infusion that killed himself. >> absolutely. dr. klein -- yes, it establishes that he gave him demerol and yes, it e

tonight, we have the book, and abc's rick klein is pouring through it. >> reporter: banks were failing, the dow was tanking, economists feared another great depression. and in the white house, according to a new book by journalist ron suskind, obama's economic team was fighting with itself. a top economic aide, larry summers, is quoted as telling a colleague in 2009, quote, "we're home alone. there's no adult in charge. clinton would never have made these mistakes." and two female members of the president's senior team sound off about a white house they depict as a boy's club. "this place would be in court for a hostile workplace," former white house communications director anita dunn says. another top economist, christina romer, said she was sometimes treated like she didn't matter. quote, "i felt like a piece of meat." the white house push-back has been fierce. summers, dunn and romer say they were misquoted and claimed that suskind exaggerated incidents. others who were there say the book doesn't ring true. >> you put a bunch of economists in a room, we're going to argue and we're g

we'll bust that myth next with ezra klein. >>> and donald trump says willard m. romney is participating in the trump primary by coming to visit the reality tv star in new york. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. >>> coming up, president obama says it's not class warfare. it's math. we'll do the math on the president's economic proposals with ezra klein, next. >>> and later, mitt romney and rick perry share a little secret. something they don't want voters to know about them. we will, of course, reveal their secrets in the "rewrite." >>> either we gut education and medical research or we have to reform the tax code so that most profitable corporations have to give up tax loopholes that other companies don't get. we can't afford to do both. this is not class warfare. it's math. >> time for the math. that was president obama today making the argumen

klein's office? >> it could fluctuate. there were times when he was going almost every day. >> i mean that is -- that is to me fairly dramatic in the sense that it establishes this pattern of regular trips to a doctor and coming away slurring speech, all the kind of thing we heard in that extraordinary tape yesterday. talk me through the rest of the day, ted. an interesting bit on twitter i thought overnight with your little exchange with jermaine jackson. jermaine pretty upset by our conversation last night in which you sort of intimated that his brother had been a drug addict and he said, look, this is not about michael being a drug addict. and you kind of accepted based on that one tape that wasn't the case. are you still feeling as confident given the evidence today? >> well, yeah, what jermaine jackson, his point was and it's well taken, that audio recording that we heard in court was so dramatic. i mean his speech was so slow. on the air i said he sounded like an addict. what jermaine's point was, one tape, one shot

klein. dr.octor, we all have doctors in our lives and most of us has had more than one doctor. anytime you go to a new doctor, they generally order the records from the past doctor. michael jackson also made it clear in 1993 that he had a problem with prescription drugs. he was an addict. so dr. murray armed with this information that the rest of the world was armed with and certainly everyone especially given the attention that the business hat concerts was already getting, everyone knew michael was going to dr. klein's office being given medication for something. dr. murray had the responsibility to know this. >> i want to ask you about michael's children because there was some really emotional testimony while i was in court yesterday about his two older kids, prince and paris, who were tapping at the bedroom door as michael appeared lifeless. i want to play that sound bite very quickly and ask you about the kids in a moment. >> paris was on the ground balled up crying and prince was just stan

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. >> two years ago reni klein was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had surgery and the doctor wanted to follow-up with radiation. but he was unsure. >> he turned to the second opinion. >> there was a lot of discussion back and forth andi wanted to the euro just who was then turned to me and said, these were his exact words. if i were your brother, i would tell you to do it, and i would do it sooner rather than later. >> klein chose radiation. >> two have someone say, this is what i think you should do, it's like an enormous weight off of your back. >> after his meeting called to set it on surgery and radiation. >> it's priceless that you have confirmation from seven specialists. >> delia feels she is reassured she is on the right track. >> have been telling me that the treatment i'm taking is the best treatment i could have gotten. >> and anna, she's going to try to cancer drug with less side effects. >> at the end of the data so it matters to the volunteers. giving patients fighting the tough fight for peace of mind. >> for more information on second opinion or how to donate time or

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that is the way joe klein describes at. a human convulsion of epic proportions was in progress.wn as the farms emptied and the highway is filled. on the country music station jimmy rodgers was up there yodeling and singing the california waters tasteay ust like cherry wine. and woody and half a million migrants from the dust bowl region grow their way westward towards those legendary vineyards and orchards in california. they were chasing a dream. somquiehing that woody later called the stingiest thing i ever ran onto and this was the promise of unscrupulous labor contractors in california who were aware of the dust bobow crisis and decided to exploit it by flooding the dust bowl region with things like this promising work for every idle hand. hundreds of thousands of hand needed to pick the peaches and grapes and a per cots and croons. they d3 min't need hundreds of thousands of hands. they needed a couple thousand in particular periods of time. work out the implications for wage. you can engineer a crisis when you have a couple hundred thousand hands changing a couple thousand

we've got joe klein. and joe klein has bumper stickers, on the road again. on the road again.ow me. look at these bumper stickers. this is big, joe klein, very big. so let's start with rick, though. i think you just put this guy on your cover because he shares your first name. >> you know what? i hadn't thought of that before. >> not a way to start. >> no, joe, you're misunderestimating me too. we were talking before, rick perry is on our cover. we did the first interview with him since he declared. beautiful portrait by the portrait artist platton. platton asks whoever he's shooting what their favorite beatles song is, and do you want to guess what rick perry's? i told joe. you can't guess. >> "here comes the sun." >> you read the thing already. that is so unfair. >> cheat. how did this reveal the soul of rick perry? >> so rick perry, mark haleprin and i talked to him, we wrote a very good story, and i think rick perry is on to something. i think he's tapping into something in the republican electorate, particularly the primary electorate, something that hasn't been out there

so, we bring in senior washington editor rick klein. rick, at this point, does it even matter if sarah palin running? >> reporter: jake, sarah palin's waited so long that she may not be a factor, even if she wanted to be and she does get into this race. she was going to face severe skepticism even under the best of circumstances. but this prolonged waiting game leaves her less relevant when it comes to 2012. one poll last week showed more republicans wanting her not to run than wanting her to join the race. the other candidates are just starting to pick it up and more and more republicans have just moved on. >> and rick, this is a big week for politics, starting tomorrow. >> reporter: that's right. and we're going to start seeing the republican candidate s draw differences with each other, not just president obama. the major candidates will be at a forum in south carolina tomorrow sponsored by tea party groups. on tuesday, mitt romney y is gog to lay out his jobs plan, in part to try to counter the influence of rick perry, the new front

joining me now is "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. thanks for joining me. gg@ú >>> before the president's speech today, the congressional supercommittee on deficit reduction met for the first time for an hour-long organizational meeting. tonight, the president issued a new challenge to that supercommittee. >> the agreement we passed in july will cut government spending by about a trillion dollars over the next ten years, it also charges this congress to up come up with $1.5 trillion in savings by christmas. tonight i am asking you to increase that amount so it covers the full cost of the american jobs act. >> the president says he will issue a more ambitious deficit reduction plan aweek from monday which will call for reforms to medicare and tax revenue increases. joining me now is "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. thanks for joining me. >> good evening. >> did i hear the president say i'm going to have the super committee do the pay for side of this bill and then let, you know, the bridges and all of t

klein was unsure. >> what should i do, when should i do it? am i making the right decision?porter: he turned to the second opinion. >> there was a lot of discussion back and forth and finally one of the urologists who was there just turned to me and he said, his exact words, if i were your brother, i would tell you to do this. and i would do it sooner rather than later. >> reporter: klein chose radiation. >> to have someone say this is what we recommend, this is what i think you should do, is like and enormous weight off your back. >> reporter: after his meeting, paul decided on surgery and radiation. >> it's priceless to have confirmation from 7 specialists that that's probably the best way to go. >> reporter: delia feels reassured she is on the right track. >> they have told me that the treatment that i'm taking is the best treatment that i could have gotten. >> reporter: and anna is going to try a cancer drug with fewer side effects. >> it was worth listening to so many different doctors with different opinions. >> reporter: at the end of the day, that's what matters to t

i want to bring in our senior washington editor, rick klein. and we know chris christie said he's not running. we also are going to hear in the coming days that same followup question diane asked him a few months back, which was, why not? here's how he answered her and i want to get your reaction here. >> if you see things falling apart, most people have the impulse to go in and try to save the situation. >> good way to put it. you don't make a decision to run for president of the united states based on impulse. i don't feel ready in my heart to be president and unless i do, i don't have any right offering myself to the people of this country. >> so, we heard him say then, he doesn't have it in his heart. but in politics, can you change the heart quickly? >> that is the big question right now. and there is a concerted effort by big name and big money republicans to get chris christie to reconsider. and if he does change his mind, he would have serious explaining to do. but the bigger obstacle would be putting together a campaign organization qu

sgli 'm ezra klein in for martin bashir.f president obama is ready to go big enough to tackle the nation's crippling unemployment crisis. >>> and was there a win over the gop debate last night someone who was not on the stage? it is all coming up. >>> well, tonight, the nfl season opener kicks off with the matchup of the two most recent super bowl champs, the defending champion green bay packers taking on the saints and of course, the wiper of the lombardi trophy two seasons ago, but the last one is the one that matters. both are led by the mvp quarterbacks aaron rodgers and drew brees. that is going to be a good game on nbc. >>> and an olympian is arrested for assault in ohio. >>> and the hip-hop awards nominees are out. >>> and an ice cream that issic but apparently tastes good. we go the courtney hazlett. >> well, the olympian is paul ham arrested saturday who was hitting and kicking a taxi driver. this happened in columbus, ohio, and he is also accused ofr not paying the $$23 cab fare. and you see him passing out, and wa

now i don't believe it. >> feeling our backs to the wall right about now. >> robert reich and ezra klein of the "the washington post" and msnbc contributor. thank you for your time tonight. >>> coming up, the republican presidential candidates pounced on today's jobs report, but what did they say they would actually do to create jobs? richard wolffe joins me. >>> and later, frontrunner pressures on rick perry. will he be leading the pack after the first presidential debate wednesday? and is perry on the verge of getting an endorsement from sarah palin in o to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's pos

already arrested the rogue trader, 31-year-old quakeo abdubole, seen here safely contained in a calvin klein ad. folkes, as scared as we all might be for our savings i want to point out the real victim here-- ubs. they've announced this incident will result in a net loss for the third quarter. but i am confident that ubs will earn back every dollar way banks always do-- by rolling up their sleeves and raising your a.t.m. fees ( laughter ) ( applause ) folks, i gotta say, i love the american jobs act. no, jimmy, jimmy, not obama's bill. that thing is a heat-seeking turd. no. ( laughter ) i am talking about the other american jobs act reulosed yesterday by texas republican congressman and tequila worm stunt double louie gohmert. you see, despite running around with their hair on fire, the president and the democrats forgot to file their bill with the house of representatives. so gentlemanert got there first and filed his own bill with the exact same they will it's american jobs act. that's what political stiffs call a parliamentary ( bleep ) block. ( laughter ) and i gotta tell you i have a co

it is by ezra klein. "insights into a deficit reduction should be applied." that is ezra klein. charles is a democrat. you're on. caller: you have a picture of william jennings bryant. he once said the first duty of government was to make sure that rings were put in the noses of every hawk. that needs to be done with c- span. we have a structural problem in our economy. a right-wing economists -- they agreed that roosevelt initiative programs. there was something i heard in my college class. there were all new deal economists then. someone had to do something to give the country hope. we have a lack of leadership. some demagogue will come along, capture america, and we will be in worse shape. host: we have a comment from " the new york daily news" about the obama speech tonight. "it is now or never." "he must find a way to reverse what one democrat turned to a growing crisis of confidence." guest: let me say that the president -- have the is the head that wears the crown. the buck stops usually on pennsylvania avenue. he is leading in uncharted waters, it is inheriting a difficu

let's check in with policy analyst ezra klein. this was a rare bipartisan rebuke of the house leadership. does this give leverage to democrats? >> we should say from the beginning, for him to lost control he would have had to first have it. he brings these bills to the floor and they simply go down. it is not something that would happen under nancy pelosi or tom delay either. whether it gives them leverage for fema funding depends if he decides the way to get it going and to go to the left or to the right and then force one of these government shut down negotiations and maybe some other concessions get made and finally in the 11th hour we pass it and go through the senate, too. remember, whatever goes through the house will have to pass a democratically-controlled senate. there are a couple of chapters death yet to be written. >> other spooem speakers that have gone before him, political coe had a story referencing gop lawmaker saying this would have never happened when tom delay, the hammer speaker. do you think this is a regular

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klein has grown to become the world's second largest economy. although there are concerns about issues such as run-away inflation, other countries are paying close attention to the market. now to flash news. >>> this week we start with a series of deadly attacks in afghanistan. gunfire and explosions erupted in the afghan capital on tuesday. insurgents fired rockets at the u.s. embassy. the nearby headquarters of the international security force was also hit. the militants exchanged fire with government troops for more than 20 hours. all six gunmen were killed. >>> in the west of the city, meanwhile, suicide bombers targeted police fieldings. all told, the attacks claimed the lives of nine people with 23 wounded. a taliban spokesperson told nhk his group was responsible. the violence erupted just after the tenth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks on the united states. the raid in the heart of kabul drew condemnation from the u.s. and afghan governments. president hamid karzai said it would not stop the transfer of security to af

rick klein, abc news, washington. >> the white house already on the call this book a combination of half truths and old news all dramatized for effect. >> a critical time. >> of course, and especially dealing with the economy. >> and his poll numbers not looking so good these days. maybe he doesn't need this right now. >> exactly. not the right time. >>> coming up, the winners and surprises at last night's emmy awards. >> from the memorable staging of the best actress category to all the must-see fashions for better or worse. you're watching "world news now." údúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúúúúúúx >>> welcome back. the stars were certainly shining in hollywood last night at the 63rd annual primetime emmy awards. >> joining us from buenos aires, argentina, for a complete wrapup of last night's show is the "world news now" media and music consultant bruno del granado. good morning, bruno. look at you, you little world travelers. >> good morning, linsey. >> let's get right to it. who was the night's biggest winner? >> the biggest winner by far was "modern family." 5 for 5. the first four awards handed

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arnold klein, whom he used to see on a regular basis, emerge from klein's office with slurred speech. >> we'll monitor the trial throughout the course of the hour. we appreciate you as always. >>> to alabama now, that state now has the distinction of having the strictest immigration laws in in country. a federal judge upheld two key aspects yesterday, authorities can question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally and also can check the immigration status of students and public schools. wednesday the govern alabama defended the state's stance on illegal immigration. >> it would not have been necessary to address this problem if the federal government would have done its job and enforced the laws dealing with this problem. however, they have failed to do that. >> helene, how do you respond to what the governor said, if the feds had done their job then alabama would not have been forced to enact such stringent rules and laws now? >> we absolutely agree with that statement because what waive been asking for for a number of years now is for federal action on immigration, wh

abc world news senior washington editor rick klein joins us.ice to see you, rick. >> hi, greta. >> greta: what was the president told about solyndra? how soon and what was he told? >> the latest we're learning is from the "los angeles times." they're reporting that top administration officials, including the treasury secretary and larry summers, a tom economic aide, were warning president obama last fall this was a big issue, that this whole loan program that had been structured by the obama administration, money going out to companies like solyndra, it was likely to lead to failures, a lot like what we just saw happen with solyndra. so we're hearing that the top levels of the obama white house oppressioned feeling that there were going to be problems, the white house picking winners and losers. >> greta: if they found out about it last fall, could it have been stopped so that we're not on the hook for over $530 million or so on a federallically-backed lone loans being the taxpayers? and did they take steps to minimize the damage to us? and thr

ed rah ezra klein of nbc and the "washington post." and bruce bartlett of the reagan and h.w. bush administrations. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi says that you can forget what you read in the "new york times" this morning, democrats really are solidly behind president obama's jobs plan. enthusiastically behind it. the importance of keeping that image of unity up is next. >>> and later, the republican party's obsession with donald trump. now it's texas governor rick perry who is paying homage to trump for some reason that jonathan capehart's going to >>> he sends members of his >>> he sends members of his policy and re-election team to capitol hill today to get all democrats on board to fight for his bill. this as the white house works to increase the pressure on speaker boehner. >>> and later, savannah guthrie's exclusive interview with author joe mcguinness, the man who moved next door to sarah palin while writing a book about her. you will learn more about palin's future plans. >>> while the president was out in ohio i

ezra klein joins us from "the washington post." good day to you. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> john boehner's big idea includes no new taxes, rewriting the tax code, getting rid of federal regulations but even he admits the rewriting the tax code part will not happen any time soon. so does this plan have any chance of moving forward? >> not really. it could in the long run because he's not proposing all that much but what is striking it is not a plan for now. john boehner is offering up sort of a continuation of the gop's long time economic agenda which is fewer regulations, lower taxes, less government involvement and intrusion, that is fine and over time something we'll talk about, tax reform clearly has to happen in the coming years or decade given washington's normal schedule but when you have 9% unemployment, unemployment is that elevated and we're in a cryis of household debt driven by weak exports because of the eurozone with debt problems and market slowing down, boehner doesn't have a response to the short term jobs crisis. it's har

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>> i think they're going to put a lot of emphasis on arnie klein.that that is, to them, kind of the alternate suspect, if you will. he's the guy that the defense has propped up as giving and dispensing and basically being michael's pusher, so to speak. >> they are saying he was giving him demerol. >> right. giving him demerol and pushing it on him and doing it under different prescriptions and the like. by doing that, unbeknownst to conrad murray, as the defense theory, that's what set michael up for his demise. >> sanjay, one of the things that surprise me most in the security guard's testimony was that dr. murray didn't appear to know how to give cpr, even saying that was the first time that he had done it. does that surprise you? i mean, a cardiologist who doesn't know how to administer cpr? >> yeah, it's very surprising. and i think if you sort of put it together, he was doing it with one hand, they said, he was doing the cpr on the bed. the problem with doing that on the bed is you're not getting the adequate chest compressions. you know, ander

klein that prescribed dardemerol. >> the time line? that the logistics and the personal chef were giving timeline for the prosecution. they're really doing a good job, a really good job but the defense is also getting their licks in. >>pam: michael, thank you. a very controversial trial. rumblings from reno, nevada with a possible gang bike with hell's angels san jose chapter. >> the san jose hell's angels chapter is quiet tonight. nobody came or commented on a recent member of the death of chuffed jethro. the 51 year-old president was shot and killed the reno, nevada casino last weekend. striking fears of possible retaliation and hostility between rival motorcycle clubs. motorcycle surveillance showing him getting shot as a rival san jose motorcycle gang. >> we have been monitoring, and and eight times that there's a ripple effect. any time like this happens. we are concerned that something could happen in the san jose as a result of that but no specific information. it is our job, as a police department to keep the public safe and in

her attorney said she could not proceed without her klein present. the judge scheduled her next court hearing for october 24 when she is expected to enter a plea to murder charges. >>> an oakland community is outraged and grieving after a fatal shooting outside the east bay dragon's motorcycle club. this happened last night. kraig debro is live. this victim had an important role at that club. >> reporter: good afternoon. i'm outside the east bay dragon's motorcycle club. you see a memorial to the man who was slain last night. inside a group has gathered. one man was shot here last night. that man was the president of the club. >> i'm heartbroken. they called me sleeping. i only slept about two hours. i been crying all day and all night. >> 40-year-old hassan ari sayyid is the president of the east bay dragons african- american founded motorcycle club. members of the dragons had gathered for the club's tuesday night ritual, watching the cable tv show "sons of anarchy," a show about a motorcycle club. fellow club member sweets of running late. >> he ca

>> i think they're going to put a lot of emphasis on arnie klein.nk that that is, to them, kind of the alternate suspect, if you will. he's the guy that the defense has propped up as giving and dispensing and basically being michael's pusher, so to speak. >> they are saying he was giving him demerol. >> right. giving him demerol and pushing it on him and doing it under different prescriptions and the like. by doing that, unbeknownst to conrad murray, as the defense theory, that's what set michael up for his demise. >> sanjay, one of the things that surprise me most in the security guard's testimony was that dr. murray didn't appear to know how to give cpr, even saying that was the first time that he had done it. does that surprise you? i mean, a cardiologist who doesn't know how to administer cpr? >> yeah, it's very surprising. and i think if you sort of put it together, he was doing it with one hand, they said, he was doing the cpr on the bed. the problem with doing that on the bed is you're not getting the adequate chest compressions. you know, an

ezra klein, "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor and bruce bartlett, senior former policy analyst and deputy assistant secretary, he's now contributor for "the new york times." thank you both for joining me tonight. >> good evening. >> bruce, i'm struck by this bill, this republican bill to cut the corporate tax rate to zero, because as i've been listening to republicans oh, these many months, it seems that the argument behind everything they're saying would with lead to virtually all tax rates to go to zero. i can't figure out what they think the optimum tax rate is. is there a tax rate that's too low? >> well, i think we're already at rates that are really too low to raise the revenue the government needs, but you're absolutely right. i've never once in my life heard a republican say that a tax cut was too large or tax rates -- cutting rates to some level, such as zero, is too much. and you're right, implicitly, they believe tax rates should be zero. >> ezra, the -- was the speaker still making that phrase about common ground, but what common ground, after the speaker's

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arnold klein, he did often times leave the office looking -- did he often times leaving the office looking a little tipsy, a little intoxicated? >> yeah. >> reporter: the involuntary manslaughter trial is expected to last about a month. kendis gibson, cbs news, los angeles. >>> if you are north of highway 20, stay out of the woods. that's the warning from the mendocino county sheriff's department for people in the mountains between fort bragg and willits. they used automated phone messages to deliver that message. now, it came after a state forensics lab confirmed a fingerprint found in a burglarized cabin is that of aaron bassler. the 35-year-old is believed to have broken into other cabins in the area and one of them had a surveillance camera that took this picture of bassler carrying an assault rifle. >> we seem to be closing in on him at points. >> i'm scared. they will find him. he is scared so he is being sneaky. >> bassler is wanted for two killings in august. the victims were matthew coleman and fort bragg city councilman jere melo. >>> new charges are being filed against six young

it is by ezra klein. "insights into a deficit reduction should be applied." that is ezra klein. charles is a democrat. you're on. caller: you have a picture of william jennings bryant. he once said the first duty of government was to make sure that rings were put in the noses of every hawk. that needs to be done with c- span. we have a structural problem in our economy. a right-wing economists -- they agreed that roosevelt initiative programs. there was something i heard in my college class. there were all new deal economists then. someone had to do something to give the country hope. we have a lack of leadership. some demagogue will come along, capture america, and we will be in worse shape. host: we have a comment from " the new york daily news" about the obama speech tonight. "it is now or never." "he must find a way to reverse what one democrat turned to a growing crisis of confidence." guest: let me say that the president -- have the is the head that wears the crown. the buck stops usually on pennsylvania avenue. he is leading in uncharted waters, it is inheriting a difficu

they'll bring up this demerol, arne klein he was hooked on that. you'll hear from a security guard who will say that michael jackson's speech was slowed when he visited dr. arne klein. sometimes as many as five times a week and he'd get demerol shots. we'll hear from another security guard, the chef, and then the two paramedics who arrived first and then we'll hear from, not hear from the family, but we'll see the family's arrival and then i'll see them in court and see their reactions, as well. >> don, thanks. >>> let's go overseas now. dominique strauss-kahn went face-to-face with another one of his accusers. this time it's the french woman who claims that kahn attacked her eight years ago. zain verjee following that story from london. zain? >> in france they call it confrontation to meet face-to-face with no lawyers and with only police present down at the station and that's basically what dominique strauss-kahn did today. she alleges that he tried to rip off her clothes and there was a lot of kicking and punching and accuses him of attempted ra