the issues we have seen in this case go further than michael jackson's bedroom. >> the jackson family are arriving. we are awaiting the jury verdict. unusually, perhaps, we know quite a bit about this jury of seven men and five women. >> yes. we know that through the questionnaires that were released shortly after the jury were seated. they filled up those questionnaires so that the judge and the prosecution and the defense could find out about these jurors, their past opinions about michael jackson, his family, or his music, and whether they were capable of reaching a decision based on only the fact of the testimony in this case. although we did not learn their identities, we know that a biochemist is there, and a librarian. a lot of them acknowledge they are michael jackson fans. some of them remember the jackson five, those years ago. but the lawyers on both sides were satisfied that this was a jury of 12 people who could put any other idea they might have had about michael jackson, his life, and his music aside, and simply judge dr. conrad murray based on the evidence they heard.

they said, michael jackson killed michael jackson.nything. it's not conrad murray's fault, he only knew the information he knew. >> reporter: and then it all rested with the jury. one charge, one man dead, and another man's freedom in the balance. >> this involuntary manslaughter charge, it's all about reckless behavior. did dr. murray do or fail to do something with michael jackson that created a substantial risk of injury. of great injury or death to michael jackson? and if in doing that, it essentially caused his death. >> with the jury deliberating, there was nothing to do but wait. >> the tension in this case is at a fevered pitch. what's on the line in all of this? dr. murray could go to jail for four years if he's found guilty. on the prosecution side, and especially for the jackson family, it's will michael jackson get justice? will there be someone held accountable for what happened to this man? >> we're following the breaking news this hour, a verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. >> we, the jur

they said, michael jackson killed michael jackson.s not conrad murray's fault, he only knew the information he knew. >> reporter: and then it all rested with the jury. one charge, one man dead, and another man's freedom in the balance. >> this involuntary manslaughter charge, it's all about reckless behavior. did dr. murray do or fail to do something with michael jackson that created a substantial risk of injury. of great injury or death to michael jackson? and if in doing that, it essentially caused his death. >> with the jury deliberating, there was nothing to do but wait. >> the tension in this case is at a fevered pitch. what's on the line in all of this? dr. murray could go to jail for four years if he's found guilty. on the prosecution side, and especially for the jackson family, it's will michael jackson get justice? will there be someone held accountable for what happened to this man? >> we're following the breaking news this hour, a verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. >> we, the jury, in the ab

and michael jackson has got to be the best example of that. ather, actually, went to high school with joe jackson. in my house, you can't say anything about joe jackson, michael jackson, any of the jackson clan. but i have real questions about what happened to that young man, how he was turned into a product. and i think it teaches some really important lessons to us, not just about michael jackson, but about the way we treat athletes in this country, the way we treat other pop stars. and especially, when they own the product themselves, what does that do to the psychological of a person? especially if they start that way as a young person. one other thing, the only thing i want to say, i know we're tight on time, i don't think we can get a fair trial when the victim is a celebrity. but these celebrity cases aren't representative of our criminal justice system. the system works in most cases, i worry about the presumption of guilty in these kinds of cases, but i do believe our system works in most cases, john. >> stipawrip away the personali th

michael jackson was dead. dr. iny was coming. >> michael didn't want to die. he just wanteded to sleep. he had problems with sleeping. >> jermaine jackson writes about seeing his brother that day in this new book. >> he was laying there on this gurney, just lifeless. so i walked in and i rubbed his head. his head was still soft, his forehead, and i pulled his eyelids back just to look in his eyes one more time, just -- so emotional to see your brother lifeless. i noticed his body was just doed. i just told him i loved him and i'm going to miss him a lot. >> the los angeles county coroner's office ruled that michael jackson died from acute propofol intoxication. but who gave jackson the fatal dose? was it dr. murray? or the singer himself? >> he said, can you find me someone? >> snunomeone who will give him the drug. >> yes. >> he said, i will pay them whatever i want. >> had michael jackson used propofol before? >> iwas given to him by other doctors. like this. [ mumbles ] mommy taught me bunny ears. ♪ ♪ [ laughter

we have the spokesman for the michael jackson world network fan club. >> it was a harder life for michael jackson than perhaps any of us really knew. to hear that the slur -- to hear the slurred voice recordings to see the photos of the autopsy, it's traumatizing for anyone, but especially for the fans. but there are two sides to it. i think the concert footage at the he hearse -- rehearsals showed a healthy michael jackson. to a degree he had issues with sleeping and other things that dr. conrad murray was hired to help with. but he was healthy. i think that's the worst part of this, someone who is healthy could have been looked after, treated in a proper way, and sadly, mistakes happen and we're now left without michael jackson. >> disarray in italy adding to europe's economic woes. finance ministers are switching their focus from athens to rome where prime minister burlesconi is facing a growing mutiny within the ranks. there are concerns that the injure zone's third largest economy may be unable to repay its mass i debts. we speak to a political analyst who just returned from a politi

tonight, the fate of michael jackson's doctor is in the hands of a jury. after a day of traumatic closing arguments. we'll take you inside the courtroom. >> for michael's children, this case will go on forever, because they do not have a father. >>> strange bedfellows. he was the jilted lover in "forgetting sarah marshall." they are the beloved band of g-rated misfits. tonight, what happens when jason segel really loves the muppets. >>> and awkward family pets. a pup in leg warmers. a poodle in brides. a pooch in foil. tonight, we examine off the wall pet owners and the animals who seem to love them. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. he was paid $150,000 a month to keep michael jackson healthy. but conrad murray could soon spent 48 months earning prison wages. after the death of the pop star, six weeks of testimony, 12 men and women are deciding murray's fate tonight. as today's tense closing argument

to michael jackson. >> dr. murray is perhaps the only person who might know what really happened that fateful day. his relationship with jackson began in 2006 in las vegas when he made a house call to care for jackson's children. murray was recommended by one of jackson's body guards. >> i took care of him and his three children initially and we developed a relationship as of that time on. i cannot really enjoy his property. paparazzi was here and fans were around and everybody was looking at the property. we escaped many time in this vehicle. he would climb into the back seat and tell security don't follow. they have no authority. my heart pounded a little bit. he liked those risks. i think he kind of cheered it on. >> one thing that murray said that he and jackson had in common was a difficult relationship with their fathers. he said his father didn't publicly acknowledge him until his late 20s. >> in many ways we had mirror imans of our lives. we didn't have the full appreciation from our fathers. i had a dad

murray did and then you their michael jackson.his is a bizarre world. >> it makes you wonder about that comeback tour. 50 concerts? it sounds like he could not even do one concert. i think the most important piece of evidence put in was that tape of michael jackson. because it was taken in may. early may. he didn't die until the end of june. this doctor, for some reason tape-recorded him and he knew what kind of shape he was in. he knew he was drug dependent or drug addicted. he knew his health was failing. and yet as walgren said, what did he do? he ordered more propofol and more benz over diazepine for michael jackson to die jefls i think trent is exactly right. that tape of murray plus this tape of michael jackson sealed the deal. conrad murray locked himself in early. i only gave him 25 milligrams of propofol and i was only gone for two minutes. the rest of the testimony proved that that just wasn't true. it just couldn't have been true. >> dr. gupta, is there a message to the medical community in this message? or is dr. murra

six are michael jackson fans. six are not michael jackson fans. and interesting because most of the jury, eight of the 12, are not fans of celebrities in general because they believe they bend the rules and get special treatment. these people are diverse and watch fox news, listen to howard stern, a lot of them watch television crime shows like "csi," and some closely follow the the casey anthony trial showing that the jury see the evidence a lot differently than the majority of the public. they are all big supporters of their doctors. they trust their doctors. and ten of the 12 have children. >>shepard: thank you, trace, from los angeles. that is interesting, how does it splay in they think that celebrities get unfair and preferential treatment. randy on the right and arrest 30 on the left, each lawyers. what do we make of that, randy? >>randy: we are seeing it right now. lindsay lohan has been what, in trouble how many times and spends a grand total of three minutes. >>shepard: well that is california more than lindsay lohan. >>randy: member rob

after a six-week trial, michael jackson's dr. conrad murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and gross negligence in the pop star's that. the verdict comes to a half years after jackson died from an overdose of sedatives. we have this report from the court or the verdict was handed down. >> i am advised the jury has reached a verdict. >> we find the defendant, conrad robert murray, guilty of the charge of involuntary manslaughter. >> there was a scream from la toya jackson from the public gallery, but nothing up from the man who had been michael jackson's dr.. >> is this your individual and personal verdict, jurors one? >> yes. >> your dog? -- juror two. >> for fans, this was the verdict they had been waiting for. >> i am so grateful. >> what is your reaction? >> i am happy that he finally got justice. they tried to make it like he killed himself. >> it is hard to overemphasize the power michael jackson still has four people who idolized the man and his music. michael jackson was shown rehearsing for demanding run

michael jackson's music began to play. many of the fans have been out here throughout this whole six-week trial. others during the two-hour period that we were given notecation that there was a verdict gathered here. and it's been a celebratory atmosphere for the fans. but you talked about michael jackson's childhood. the district attorney brought up that in his news conference. a remainder that paris, prince and blanket no longer have a father. they weren't here in the courtroom but they were featured pretty prominently in this trial. the prosecutors saying that the actions of dr. conrad murray left them without a father, al. >> kristen dahlgren, thank you for your reporting this evening. joining me now, brian oxman who represents the jacksons over the last 25 years. he served as joe jackson's attorney in the wrongful death case. and torray, msnbc contributor. brian, let's start with you. some of us that have been close to the family, i was in the house with the three children and mrs. jackson right after his death leadin

many of them michael jackson fans. they've got signs. e been cheering when the family arrived, shouting things like "justice for michael," in a repeated chant. so many of them eager, as we all are, to hear what the jury has decided. the the jury deliberated over two days. they began on friday, deliberated for about seven or eight hours on friday. and then there was another hour or so this morning. and that's when they gave that three-buzz signal. the court had set up a signal for them to give the court when they had finally reached a verdict. so just before 11:00 here, they gave those three buzzes and now we've just been waiting to hear what that verdict is, again, just moments away here, dylan. >> and if you were to look in the context of the carnival that can occur outside of a los angeles courtroom, almost uniquely in american culture, is a courtroom in los angeles quickly turn into a carnival of sorts. o.j. simpson's verdict, perhaps, being the most obvious of that cultural phenomenon, just as we pay attention, obviously, to the gravi

michael jackson! the production -- in fact, aeg live was bankrolling michael's house, his staff, and had agreed to pay dr. murray $150,000 a month -- it was no surprise that ortega's e-mail resulted in an emergency meeting at michael's house between randy phillips, the head of aeg live, ortega, michael, and dr. murray. in court phillips was asked about that meeting. >> kenny opened the meeting up by talking about his concern that michael needed to really focus and to really pay attention to this production, that it was massive and they couldn't do it without him. >> and what was michael jackson's response? >> michael didn't respond immediately. okay? dr. murray spoke for michael on the situation. and michael's focus and michael's showing up and guaranteed us that michael would get into it, would connect. >> jackson's problems at the rehearsals stemmed in part from a severe sleep disorder he had been dealing with for years. according to dr. murray and others who testified at the trial, jackson treated t

i's so contrary to the michael jackson, the visual we know michael jackson to be. but, it begs the question of drug addiction. it begs the question of why a doctor would give narcotics and medication and the quantity given to michael jackson with who he was and what he was suffering from in his life. >> we have heard about the potential of probation all the way to four years. but, you compared it to something that another story we had on earlier, lindsay lohan, overcrowding. he may not see jail time. >> i think the reality is he won't see the inside of a jail just like lindsay lohan. california has a different system of calculating time and they have a policy in place about overcrowding. different from here. the likelihood of him going behind bars as we know jail to be is unlikely. >> the sen sense will come at a later time. you think there's more to come in profession here? >> like in the civil sense, like o.j., we'll see a prosecution in the civil sense about myrrh rare here. >> he could lose his medical license. >> i think he will. >> thank you so much. we appre

he will be sentenced for the death of michael jackson. we are waiting it hear from the jackson family. some members of the family. maybe we will hear from some of the jurors. well have breaking news coverage. we are also watching other important news here in the united states. including an ugly new allegation of sexual misconduct by herman cain. this time the woman is publicly telling her story. i will speak this hour with the accusers lawyer, gloria allred. all straight ahead. we are watching all of the breaking news. but let's go back it los angeles. here, the prosecution team is about to make a statement. let's listen in. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. very good. michael jackson died on june 25, 2009, our major crimes division, working with the los angeles police department and county coroner person toll determine what had happened. the coroner ruled the death a homicide. lapd investigators secured and then poured through evidence to see where it led. it led to dr. conrad murray. after an exhaustive review of all of the evidence an

conrad murray and for michael jackson. and sheriff's deputies, lapd have lined themselves up and down the street to keep the two sides separated when the verdict is read. now jackson's family as i said was inside, is inside the courthouse they have been attending most of this trial including closing arguments last week in which the prosecution said they feel they have an overwhelming evidence in this case against dr. murray that he was responsible for jackson's death administering that dose of propofol that highly powerful anaesthetic and then leaving the room and also delaying in calling 911. dr. murray has pleaded not guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, that is what it comes down to, just one count and the defense all along has said they don't believe he did anything illegal and they say michael jackson administered that final fatal dose of propofol. if conrad murray is found guilty he could face up to four years in prison and of course would lose his medical license. reporting live in downtown los angeles, f

from day one, michael jackson's doctor cannot hold back his emotion. ecutor david walgreen shows little sympathy, hammering home what he calls murray's incompetency. he called to say something was wrong with jackson but never to say he stopped breathing or to call 911. >> were you asked to call 911? >> no, sir. >> reporter: day three, the head of logistics testified that murray was hiding vials in jackson's home before paramedics arrived. >> i was standing at the foot of the bed. he reached over and grabbed a handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said, put these in a bag. >> reporter: day four, this los angeles paramedic told the court that murray never told him that he had given jackson the powerful drug propofol, the drug that killed jackson. >> did conrad murray ever mention the word propofol to you during the time that you were at the location or in his presence? >> no, he did not. >> reporter: day six, a harem of women, a stripper, a former cocktail waitress and murray's girlfriend all testified they were with murray the day jackson di

>> he was found criminally responsible for michael jackson 's death. it was the verdict they wanted and the verdict they have been waiting for. >> i am happy he is going down. >> what is your reaction? >> i am happy that he finally got justice and people saying negative things and people tried to make it look like he killed himself and he would not do that to himself. >> is hard to overestimate the power that he still has. michael jackson was shown rehearsing her for a demanding run of concerts'. hours later, he was dead. a shocking recording of him was played in court. he says how he wanted the shows to be the best he had ever done. >> i want to say -- [inaudible] >> all these drugs were found at his house. medical experts explained that it was a hospital anesthetic that should never be used to treat insomnia and not at home without proper monitoring and constant care. conrad murray was paid 100,000 pounds a month ago but was out of the room when he stopped breathing. >> michael jackson trusted him with his life. he paid with his life. conrad murray i

or, as the defense contends, did michael jackson kill michael jackson?ichael jackson's life was such a drug-addled mess when he died, today, prosecutors had to find a more sympathetic victim to fuel the jury's sense of justice. enter prince, paris and blanket, jackson's innocent children. the opening act to the district attorney's two-hour closing argument. >> for michael's children, this case will go on forever, because they do not have a father. they do not have a father because of the actions of conrad murray. >> reporter: the prosecutor weaving a story of a michael jackson who wanted to clean up his life, but on june 25th, 2009, a hired hand, the $150,000 a month dr. conrad murray, killed jackson and his dream. >> he hit the lottery. he was going to get $150,000 a month. michael jackson trusted conrad murray. he trusted him with his life. he paid with his life. >> reporter: dr. murray's, quote, bizarre behavior, mistakes and neglect. delaying the 911 call for help, district attorney walgren said, caused the singer's death. >> what on earth would moti

conrad murray guilty in death of michael jackson. >> dr. ay is remanded to the custody of the los angeles sheriff with no bail. >> now the reaction from the family. >> justice was served. >> and michael's fans. what price will conrad murray pay? plus new accusations against herman cain. what this woman says he did to her. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. >> shocking allegations. i'll talk to her tonight along with her attorney gloria allred in their first live primetime interview. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. we'll have much more tonight on the conviction of michael jackson's doctor including my primetime exclusive interview with a member of conrad murray's defense team. but first, political bombshell. the only herman cain accuser to go public. sharon bialek worked for the restaurant association for several months in 1997. she said that cain made an unwanted sexual advance after their dinner together. the details are shocking. >> he also grabbed my head

>> i think we'll see a lot of them because they were michael jackson's greatest work. people say these kids turn out so nice. they're interesting. well spoken. they're very smart, sharp children. how could that possibly be? because that was michael's job in his life as he saw it. this was his most important project. it was his greatest work. and for the public to look at them and say, how did that happen? those of us who knew michael who knew what importance his kids were, we say but of course it had to be. >> i want to ask you about this. conrad murray, so he receives a guilty verdict. by virtually all accounts, michael jackson had a problem. he had an addiction problem with drugs. do you feel that family friends like you or people in the family were also part of how this came to such a sad ending with people enabling his addiction? >> any time you have someone who is experiencing this kind of usage of medications, you have both a sense that they have to be individually responsible and of course they can be and they should be but the people who are around michael who d

the michael jackson case, was justice done? jermaine jackson angry there but it was the maximum sentence. >> i think justice was done, but i think everybody's avoiding the real question. why didn't conrad murray adhere to the hippocratic oath that he took when he became a doctor? and that was to do the thing that was in the best interests of his patient. i think he must have known if he was michael jackson best friend, as his attorneys say, that michael jackson was heavily addicted to all kinds of prescription drugs. and the best thing he probably wouldn't be in jail today, conrad murray, and michael jackson might be alive if he'd have said, michael, the best thing i can do is put you in a car and take you to rehab. everything else can wait. the big payday for the tour that's upcoming. everybody else can wait. i know you're addicted. i'm giving you drugs every single night. let's go to rehab. >> are there many doctors in hollywood that would ever do that to somebody of michael jackson's stature? >> i think that they have to know

michael jackson, as a patient, was vulnerable because dr. murray put mr. position where dr. murray was responsible for the very life of mr. jackson. dr. murray engaged in a sophisticated scheme to obtain propofol through insidious me s means, by lying to the pharmacist, to concoct a story, by not keeping records and by allowing his personal life to interfere with his professional responsibilities. at the very time that people are depending upon dr. murray to be candid with them regarding mr. jackson's medical condition, dr. murray is lying. he's lying to the aeg people. he's lying to mr. ortega. he's lying to the insurance carrier. and anybody else he can. and he's engaged in personal matters while he should be paying attention to his patient. anybody who takes an objective view of what was going on here has to come to the conclusion that dr. murray abandoned his patient. and this is not a simple one-off occurrence. this is an unacceptable, egregious series of departures from the appropriate standard of care which undermine the physician/patient relationsh

jackson. just now i've seen michael yakson's parents, his brother jermaine. en hard to see anyone else through this crowd, but i know several members of the jackson family are here. one of the defense attorneys also already in the courtroom. must be a great relief for the jackson family for this verdict to finally have come down. as you may remember friday afternoon it was a rainy day here in southern california, they drove from their homes in the san der demand dough valley, got a hotel room near the courtroom so they could be close to the court when the verdict was read. obviously that didn't happen friday. they must be very relieved it's finally happened today, brooke. >> from what i understand, casey, 10:56 this morning your time in california when the jury hit the buzzer three times. is that correct? >> caller: that's correct. about ten hours of total deliberations by my quick calculations over two days. this trial began back in september. jurors heard from 49 witnesses, lots and lots of evidence. it was a very, very intense, complicated trial. lots of te