michael jackson was the most googled term of last year.ating to generations of people. it's not a surprise he would get the coverage he got. >> my problem was the volume of the coverage. >> if there had been something major happening in the world -- >> there couldn't have been anything major happening. it was all blacked out. >> bill press, looking back in media terms, michael jackson's death was bigger than ted kennedy's passing and certainly walter cronkite's. >> i think the fundamental problem is we have too much time in our hands in the media, particularly cable tv. you have a lot of hours to fill. i've been with the shows and something comes along like a train derailment or a scandal. boy, you just eat it up because that fills wall to wall. then you get in the copycat thing. as long as one cable channel is still covering it, all the others will still cover it. there you go. >> the overnight ratings. my problem, chris, to finish up on this, after the first day or two, the child abuse allegations, dangling the baby over the railing, tha

that's where the world first saw michael jackson's talent. thousands of people lined the streets to try to get into that, but two people there were fans and friends of michael jackson. al sharpton, the reverend al sharpton, and spike lee. the famous filmmaker. i caught up with both of the guys. take a look back at the scene. >> everybody is here to celebrate the life and the brilliance of michael jackson. >> and this is what, before i move on to another question, what kind of guy was he on stage? >> well, you know, it is a celebration. we are not here to mourn. we are here to celebrate. we are here to let the world know how michael made us feel. and all of us grew up in the same generation with michael, so we went back to the days when we grew up playing "abc." spooik and i remember that day. >> that scene was unbelievable. it was a hot, hot day in harlem that day. >> people lined up for hours. >> hours down the block, some ten blocks down the street, but to get inside just to dance to some michael jackson music for just a few minutes, pay th

the death of michael jackson. >> another one of the biggest stories in the country. certainly, all of us in some way, form or fashion were a part of that coverage, but i got an opportunity to go to the apollo theater where michael jackson got his start. the jackson 5, wee little guy singing onstage. first got to see michael jackson's talent. >> i was working on my coin collection. how about that? >> that's what i was doing in 2009. >> we did a lot. in fact, talked to newsmakers, celebrities, politicians. >> ran the gambit, really did. >> a good show. we're airing it tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. >> bright and early. we know you'll be watching. at least we hope you'll be, and we'll be there, too. >>> we hope you'll continue to watch, the "newsroom" with fredricka whitfield continues at the top of the hour. football today. >> does that mean you get to sleep in an hour tomorrow? >> no, ma'am. we'll be here. >> no such luck for us. catch you on the tail end tomorrow, but today we'll continue with "newsroom." noon, and the stories we're working on. talk about new year's r

. >> another big story we cannot forget about was michael jackson, the death of michael jackson. >> certainlycountry. all of us were a part of that coverage. i got an opportunity to go to harlem, new york, the apollo theater, where michael jackson got his start. the jackson 5, the wee little guy up there singing on stage when the world first got to see michael jackson's talent. >> just a little clip of our special that aired this morning from 6:00 to 7:00. if you didn't get a chance to see it, you had one other chance tomorrow morning 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. eastern time. if you're not up that early, you definitely want to make sure you record it because it's something worth watching. stay with us. the favorite flavor with a fever on top. code orange. when the fever is high enough to be a code orange, you need children's motrin. the brand pediatricians recommend most... to bring high fever down fast. children's motrin. who's not answering. announcer: there's a better way. intuit quickbooks online p9 organizes your business in one place, and helps you stay on top of your business anytime, anywh

michael jackson, the king of pop dies in los angeles.rmy psychologist nidal hasan opens fire on military personnel in fort hood texas killing 14. and the coverage that january on january 20th when barack obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the united states. jim, you're chomping at the bit. >> i would connect two of those, obama and fort hood. i think that the obama administration's response or lack of response to the fort hood shooting and all the discoveries we've made about muslim jihadist infiltration into the united states is going to prove to be the biggest story of 2009 and frankly, obama's term in office. >> jon: judy. >> i think that the phenomenon of home grown radicalization will be certainly the national security story of 2009. i have to agree with you, jim. >> jon: all right. you're jumping a little bit ahead of us because we're going to get into that. ellis, your take on president obama and his year just completed. >> well, it reminds you that a really huge story one year can produce an almost as huge story the seco

i love everything michael jackson sang pretty much. >> just keep them coming. >> the creditors are after's estate. we should say that too now. there's some claims of up to $20 million now. >> some of them thought to be bogus so we'll see. >> no doubt, yes. >> you know, remember in december when alexa ray joel was hospitalized after a bad breakup, i guess, heartbreak. now she's speaking out on her facebook, thanking fans for their support. and it's actually encouraged her to help out the community with a new project. she says to help young girls with something i feel i know a great deal about, heartbreak-related depression. so this whole thing happened last december when she almost took her life after breaking up a long-term relationship with rocker jimmy riot. moving forward she says she's going to continue her education to better understand her depression and try and help out girls line herself. >> they said when she went into the hospital she had swallowed a bunch of homeopathic pills. i don't know what that is. >> doctors say you couldn't die from it but her roommate i guess was reall

>> the official michael jackson opus. it's so heavy.nomenal. >> larry: opus meaning? >> it's the -- it's one of the most beautiful -- the only one that exists complete and utter tribute to michael jackson. every single word in here are original words created for the opus. the essays that are written are solely created for the opus. and the interviews that were done are from people who have worked -- have experience working with michael jackson? >> you bring it tonight? >> because we're going to donate this to raise money. >> larry: you're going to auction it off? >> yes. the artists that are here tonight signed it. the pictures are treated, they're made to look like they're -- they're all original pictures. 80% of the pictures in this book haven't been seen before. >> larry: we can bid on this. i don't know how we set up to do this while you're calling in. >> go to cnn.com/larryking and -- >> good thinking, paula. c cnn.com/larryking. let's go to ryan at the tweet scene? >> a family scene, paula bailing us out. garsel is with me now. yo

but i remember one night watching ronald reagan and michael jackson with his sequinned glove walking out of the white house on nbc news, and i was shocked. i thought it was the most bizarre thing i'd ever seen in my life. and i think from that that kind of put an idea in my mind, gee, what is this sort of taking place here when these stars are visiting our elected officials? what are they doing, you know, why are they there and what are they accomplishing, if anything? >> what are they accomplishing? >> well, i think it depends on why they're there, but i think certainly in the end you have celebrities and actors, entertainers who are americans, after all. and they really want to influence policy and decisions or in the case of michael jackson, it was a great pr publicity stunt. >> this last one i really like, and it's totally bizarre. it's andy warhol and president jimmy carter, and it looks like a warhol portrait of carter, correct? >> that's correct. you know, andy warhol painted these portraits of, limited-edition portraits of jimmy carter, and the carter presidential campaign ba

. >> reporter: more than six months after the shockinging death of michael jackson, cbs news has confirmed that conrad murray, jackson's personal fish, has hired a high profile l.a. defense attorney. this in advance of reportings that murray will soon be charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> the fact that he's the subject of an indictment is not very surprising at all. >> reporter: he was injecting jackson with a variety of drugs. in a youtube video, murray denied any wrongdoing. >> the truth will prevail. >> reporter: while the l.a. district attorney's office says the report of pending charges is not true, the associated press says charges will be based upon medical treatment that was an extreme departure from standard care. >> i think it really will turn on the issue of whether or thought the doctor's care of michael jackson ros to the level of being grossly negligent. >> reporter: conrad muirry has returned to work if houston, but will likely be back in los angeles facing trial. hattie kauffman, cbs news, los angeles. >>> here to it talk about what these possible charges might mean

michael jackson died in conrad murry's bed. he knew he knew what he was doing. he should have been charged with murder, too. so the day went on and when i was trying to do is nail down the story. is it true that conrad murray about to be indicted. i got off the phone with the la county district attorney not more than 15 minutes ago. they absolutely deny this story. they say it is not true, that conrad murray is not about to be indicted. >> the associated press is wrong? >> they said flat out that linda deutsche, the best court reporter maybe existing, certainly at the associated press, they said that linda deutsche's story is wrong. >> wow. >> however, there is the more common way to proceed with these cases because indeed, dr. conrad murray has just hired jay michael governor george pataki -- flanigan who represented britney spears during her hit and run came i spoke with flanigan, he confirmed to me that murray did retain him this week, so here is what i think is happening. i believe that the l.a.p.d and l.a. county district attorney will do what they usually

. >> the death of michael jackson and the aftermath, enough already. >> eleanor. >> balloon boy. know pat loved it, but way over done. >> monica. >> all of the challenges facing the new president. it was as if president obama was the first president to discover the presidency is hard. >> the octomom. she had another eight, which goes to prove you that too much of a good thing is not necessarily a good thing. >> the most over reported story of 2009. tiger woods, on the basis of journalistic ideals. it was over reported. not the basis of the public interest. the public wants to hear more and more. okay, most economic waste. > lobby for the chicago olympics, have them rejected before they get down to andrews air force base. >> is that where he had his meeting who came down from london? >> yes. >> was that whole thing designed to get him face to face with mccrystal? >> general get out of my face -- >> wasn't that the first time he had a meeting with mccrystal? >> second face to face meeting. right. >> i don't know what you are getting at. the president has done his due diligence on w

for instance, i don't have to say michael jackson, all i have to do is put on one glove and dance like nobody else in the universe ever could. >> that's why tiger would have no basis to sue as long as you didn't use his name, but all of us would know exactly who it was. >> i understand. now, let me ask you this, jason oceans. i think i got you over the barrel. isn't the truth a complete defense? >> well, we're talking something published or slanderous as opposed to some sort of spoof porn movie? >> what would be his claim in a lawsuit? you just said we could sue. >> i did not say you could sue, i said he would have no basis to sue as long as you did not use his name. >> okay, that doesn't make sense, because you don't have to use his name for him to be identifiable. >> the question was, would he have a basis to sue? there would be no reason for him legally to get one. none. >> agree, peter odom? >> portraying someone or using their image or name in a very unfavorable, flattering situation that is not true, such as a porn movie with tiger woods, could be what's called false defamation.

we are helping to auction off the michael jackson opus on our website. to port-au-prince. dr. sanjay gupta. a lot of focus on aid from outside haiti. i understand you have reported about a hospital being operated by a pair of haitian twins. what's that all about? >> there is an assumption that most of the aid is coming from outside. but a lot of the haitian doctors who were there beforehand, they stayed. they stayed open for business as soon as the earthquake ended. this particular practice is run by two brothers, two twins, well trained. they trained in france and came back and decided to practice in port-au-prince. and three days after the earth wak quake, and started taking care of patients. i saw them driving around the streets when i got here. they were in their vehicle, picks up pakts off the street, and brings them back to their clinic. the aid is starting to slowly come in. they were adamant with me. it's eight days and we need to get up and full capacity. and it's not there. remarkable guys doing a lot. the community. >> larry: are more people b

more about the increased security measures and read the press release from the tsa on the front michael jackson>>> a time approaching 6:21. ahead in sports, nfl season comes down to final game. we have the entire playoff report. >>> in what will probably be the final game at giants stadium, jets came up big. beat the bengals 37-0. >>> 6:24. there will be a couple of rematches in round one of the playoffs. we finally know what the first round looks like. let's start with the nfc. eagles and cowboys meet saturday night, packers visit cardinals. saints and vikings have the week off. >>> onto college basketball. so far so good for georgetown and big east. they visited depaul. austin freeman had 17 points. georgetown visits marquette wednesday. >>> maryland visiting greensboro. they went on run to start the second half. maryland hosts florida state sunday. >>> 6:25. ahead, more on firing of jim zorn. sources say he was let go just hours ago. >>> and live look at southbound 270. crash up the spur past montrose, causing big slow down. angie has more when 9 news now returns. cycycyc;c;ckccoc/c/ produc

we're hoping to auction off the michael jackson opus on our website. go to bid. last time i looked, it was up to $19,000. let's go to port-au-prince. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn's chief medical correspondent, practicing neurosurgeon. a lot of focus from outside haiti. i understand that you reported about a hospital being operated by a pair of haitian twins. what's that all about? >> yeah, you know, i think there's an assumption that most of the aid is coming from outside, but in fact, a lot of the haitian doctors who were there beforehand, they stayed. in fact, they stayed open for business even as the earthquake -- just as soon as the earthquake ended. so this particular practice is run by two brothers. they are twins. both general surgeons. very well trained. they trained in france. decided to practice in port-au-prince. over the first three days after the earthquake, they immediately went there and started taking care of patients. 75 patients within that time period. i saw them driving around the streets when i first got here. i didn't know who they were. they were

. >> another high-profile case, the doctor of the late michael jackson, dr. conrad murray.ring discussions about involuntary monies slanslaught d according to the associated press and other media out let's. avery, was it your thinking perhaps doctor murray would escape charges because he's been able to return to his practice as cardiologist in houston and kind of carry on? >> yeah, i don't know who's -- i don't know hoop going to him as a patient, but the truth is, that this is actually both richard and i talk in terms of a likelihood of a, an involuntary manslaughter charge. i think that's what we're see this week. his behavior was so far below, such an extreme departure from standard of care. that's exactly the crime he should be karged with. >> richard, involuntary manslaughter, if the charge, is that the charge you perhaps expected? >> well, i'm not going to rely on la toya jackson saying it was intentional murder. yeah, fred. that's realistically, if charges are going to be brought here, they're going to be brought under involuntary manslaughter indictment. what the pr

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long-time senator ted kennedy and superstar michael jackson. from wall street to main street, we faced the biggest recession since the great depression, resulting in millions of people losing their jobs nationwide. and what many people would consider the historic moment that capped off this decade. >> i barak obama. >> the election of the first black president of the united states. so a decade filled with unforgettable, unimaginable and unpredictable events. looking ahead, an economic situation that is not in our rearview mirror yet. and elections and debates that will change the halls of congress, 2010 begin has new year and a new decade with more to add to the history books. >> what a decade. our thanks. >> charlie sheen, new twist in the latest domestic case. turns out that his wife now wants to try to work things out in their marriage. >> yeah. but there is the little thing of that protective order and allegedly. >> the 911 call. >> may have been a knife involved. >> he held a knife to her throat. here is the question, how much harder will

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