. >> michael king, serving a life sentence for murder, managed to break out of another tennessee prison1994. >> i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of a warehouse crew. i've taken yoga for several years, and i just squeezed myself in there. very cramped position. brought some water with me and everything else. about an hour and a half before they shipped me out, they put me in the back of the truck. then they took me to north carolina. they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. >> king was sent to brushy mountain's max unit. >> this is supposed to be the most secure building in the state. and that's why they house them here because they've got the wall around the outside. in between the stone wall and this building, we've got razor wire, chain-link fence plus the towers on the walls. so they don't really have an avenue to go out. we have certain inmates we have to move once a month from cell to cell to make sure they're not trying to tunnel out or something of that nature. >> i gues

that man was michael jackson. >> michael jackson, the king of pop -- >> was taken to the hospital.rumors -- >> he was apparently administered cpr in the ambulance. >> fans around the world hoped and prayed. but the music megastar would not survive. >> my brother, the legendary king of pop, michael jackson, passed away on thursday june 25th, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. >> the los angeles county coroner would rule jackson's death a homicide. the cause of death, acute propofol intoxication. propofol, a powerful anesthetic administered by michael jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray, on june 25th, 2009. murray would be charged with involuntary manslaughter. coming up, what happened in the final hours of michael jackson's life? and who was responsible? [ male announcer ] campbell's angus beef & dumplings. hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice. mexican-style chicken tortilla. if you think campbell's 26 new soups sound good, imagine how they taste. m'm! m'm! good! retirement solutions from new york life can help you keep good going. "stubborn love" by the lumineers did

michael jackson, obviously the king of pop. we all loved him. we love his music. o think he was living this cloistered, addictive life. >> that's right. but i've been following michael jackson's lawsuits for many, many years. his side has generally prevailed, at least in the big cases. in the 2005 child sexual abuse case, the criminal case, he was acquitted in that case. the case involved conrad murray, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. when you're talking about a celebrity, sometimes you have to fight harder to prevail beyond the usual standards of proof. this jury may just have sympathy for michael jackson's side, for his family, for his mother who testified, over 80 years old, talking about the pain of a loss. the children in this case who are looking at very substantial damages. i think that's a factor in cases like this. >> and there's no real face on a brand like aeg live. >> big, bad corporate entity. >> yeah, it's just a faceless corporation, and michael jackson, we all know, as being the king of pop. >> so aeg's council has their work cut out

was michael jackson. >> there were rumors. >> he was apparently administered cpr in the ambulance. >> fans around the world hoped and prayed. but he would not survive. >> my brother, the legendary kingpassed away on thursday, june 25th, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. >> the los angeles county coroner would rule jackson's death a homicide. the cause of death acute pr propofol. murray would be charged with involuntary manslaughter. coming up, what happened in the final hours of michael jackson's life? and who was responsible? we got the ball rolling. in cities across the country, coca-cola joined with communities and local leaders to roll out a summer filled with activity. from atlanta to l.a., people all over found that getting moving can be fun. in fact, it can be a day at the beach! all in all, we inspired three million people to rediscover the joy of being active. now, let's keep it going all year long and make a difference... together. retirement solutions from new york life can help you keep good going. ♪ male narrator: there's something positive being generated in california. when ordinary energy is put in the hands of extraordinary people, amazing things happen. the kind of things that dri

jury decides whether to hit michael jackson's concert promoter can damages in the hundreds of millions, for wrongful death. the king of pop's original doctor feelgood z in another world exclusive i interviewed the man behind the antimuslim video blamed for murders of our men in benghazi. he's just out of federal prison. and is first up, right after the break. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> stlr no words that excuse the killing of incents. there is no video to justify an attack on an embassy. >> there is no justification. none at all. for responding to this video with violence. in fact, this was not a preplanned, premeditate add tack. what happened initially was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> the notorious video called "innocence of muslims" portraying the prophet mohammed as a womanizer and ch

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>>> a verdict expected soon in the dramatic court battle between the family of michael jackson and the kingromoter, a lawsuit filed by jackson's mother claims that promoter, aeg live was negligent in hiring the personal conviction, the doctor later quiconvicted in the pop star's death. so what can we expect after 80 days of testimony? you know, robert is going to be with us in just a second, a little trouble with his audio, i think. but doug, let me start with you, doesn't it come down to who actually hired dr. conrad murray, who later was convicted of involuntary manslaughter? >> yes, you came right down to the detail, we get so lost in the trial, but this jury is going to be focusing on one thing and one thing alone, which is exactly what you just said. if in fact michael jackson insisted he be hired, then it is ball game over. the idea that aeg really hired him to me is a bit of a stretch, honestly, because it seems to me from the evidence that i have d eye gest -- digested, would have a lot to say about who would be hired. >> robert shaw, let me go to you on that. i was on a program a c

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. >> reporter: the king's county tennis league is a non-profit run by michael mccaslatt, a forensic scientist who moved into the neighborhood from washington, d.c. five years ago and brought his love of tennis with him. >> you hit it to you two and back of the line. >> reporter: when he saw the housing project's run down seldom used courts, he saw an opportunity. >> i said this is too good to be true, almost meant to be a. >> reporter: with a bucket of tennis balls and used rackets he invited kids to join him. the program got off to a slow start. at first only one kid showed up, but mike was determined, and four years later more than 100 kids are involved. >> everyone is ready. >> reporter: tennis is now offered at four public housing projects free of cost. he's recruited lawyers, chefs, consultants to volunteer what they know about the game and about life. >> tennis is the medium to have these interactions so that these kids can see what opportunities are out there. >> reporter: his approach to the game got the attention of the u.s. tennis association, now big financial supporters. >> we don

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king of pop's death. jackson's family is suing promoter aeg live. a video was shown of michael jackson playing with his children. lawyers for aeg live tried to convince the jury that jackson hired his own doctor. >> ultimately it was his money, his doctor and his choice and he certainly wasn't going to take no for an answer. >> jackson's family said it was aeg live who hired murray to pressure jackson for a comeback tour. kelly? >>> they're billed as the safer alternative to cigarettes. that's until they blow up in your face. now attorney generals from 40 states are calling on the fda to regulate these so called e cigarettes. one of the complaints came from a former mckenzie barlow. it blew up in her face burning her son. >> big bang and smoke everywhere and she was screaming in the back seat. >> scone for suffered firsthand second degree burns and will be fine. a woman in georgia had hers explode while it was charging inside her house. at least three other complaints have been filed with the fda. >>> tonight was in the a -- we're going to show you how some people are turning f

. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> who is responsible for killing the king of pop? michael, or his last concert promoter? well, as we take a live look inside this courthouse in los angeles, the jacksons' attorney here is telling the jury right this very moment that concert promoter aeg live is to blame. he's wasted no time telling these jurors that aeg live is blaming everyone but themselves. >> i want to tell you from the heart what i believe the evidence has shown in this case. come up here and accept no responsibility and put it all on michael, mrs. jackson, karen fay, everybody but them. and when you point the finger at someone, you have four fingers pointing back at yourself. it's a case about shared responsibility. okay? we're not running from it. michael paid the ultimate price. he's not here anymore. okay? sure, he took propofol. but remember, remember, every time he took propofol, he didn't die. until one thing happened. an unfit and incompetent doctor in a conflict of interest situation did it in an inappropriate setting. >> that's one side. meantime, closing argu

michael jackson's career. part of an effort to show that the king of pop could have earned more than $1 billion had he lived, damagesaid should go to jackson's survivorless. first, jurors must decide if murray was an employee of aeg, despite the fact that neither jackson or aeg signed his contract. pannish displayed an e-mail exchange between two aeg executives. >> we want to remind him that it's aeg, not mj, who is paying his salary. >> reporter: and as we heard during aeg's closing arguments, they plan to bring up jackson's long history of prescription drug abuse. and they argue he was responsible for his own death. >>> three trains collide in texas, derailing 30 cars and injuring up to four people. it was rear-ended on an eastbound train. a few seconds later, a westbound train hit the wreckage. four people were transported to the hospital. two are reportedly in critical condition. the cause is under investigation. >>> a predawn blaze destroys several buildings along georgetown, south carolina's historic waterfront. fire officials say flames broke out in one building, and quickly spread, sending black plumes of sm

. >> reporter: lawyers for the company that was backing michael jackson's farewell concert told jurors wednesday that the king died because of his own bad choices. >> aeg live never would have agreed to frontal boundary this tour if it knew mr. jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray was giving michael jackson a combination of pills and prop e propof propofol. this nearly five-month trial remains on one question. >> who hired conrad murray. >> reporter: lawyers for michael jackson said ae di did. >> they knew exactly what they were getting. unlimited medications. they knew that. >> reporter: murray was helping jackson get through the grueling rehearsals for his "this is it" show but aeg says he was hired by jackson. they never had a signed contract with him and had no idea the doctor was giving jackson propofol. >> plaintiffs want you to hold a concert promoter liable for michael jackson's overdose. in his bedroom at night behind locked doors. >> reporter: yet in an e-mail, the jackson lawyers called the smoking gun an aeg executive wrote a letter, we wa

king is here to help but it's going to cost you. how much is too much for low calorie fries. >> jurors here closing arguments in the michael jackson civil trial. how much is at stake. >>> plus, the exercises and diet that gets your dog in shape for possibly doggy yoga. >>> squat on camera -- caught on camera, this guy is showing off. he jogs while juggling, also known as joggling, and he did it backward. he finished the entire 26.2 miles in less than two hours. he's also completed a triathlon while doing that. >> pandemonium in china. they're getting some bonding time. they're all artificially bred. the oldest cub is four times heavier than the youngest. they've all passed the most fragile stage but they didn't open that are eyes until they're almost 100 days old. >> check this out. this is a bear hanging out in the trees at seven 11. he spent more than seven hours, then climbed down and scampered away. the bear is about three years old weighing in at 350 pounds, looking for those chili dogs. >> i thought the issue was date -- gators. five sweeps all clear. skies crystal clear, as clear as they get. look at baltimore. do you see even on

resign along with american astronauts michael hopkins now carter who's been to space before in two thousand and seven and two thousand and nine before resigns king hawkins this is their very first time but this is a mission with a difference let me see and also if i can become the first people in history to carry the olympic torch into open spaces all part of the olympic relay that's going to see the torch travel around russia head of the winter olympics in sochi in february now of course the torch will be alight when it's taken on a space walk for the very same torch will then be arranged during the opening ceremony of those winter games in sochi on february the seventh so we are seconds away i think the nation thirty seven is about to head towards new international space station and. you know you know i am. really remarkable. for our time in history but i must write wrong if you take what is known as the director and the current crew being in the national. center in its fifth year now and with the successful launch of expedition thirty seven it seems that the good work of the ira is set to continue for some time yet. and i had online for all t

>> trace: after five months of emotional testimony by michael jackson's son, his mother, and his ex-wife today, closing arguments began in the kingpop's wrongful death trial. millions, maybe billions of dollars are at stake. we're told that jackson's family lawyers plan to play videos of the late singer in court. the jury will decide if aeg live was responsible for hiring dr. conrad murray, and if so, how much to award the king of pop's three children and his mother. murray, as you recall, was convicted of causing jackson's' death in 2009 by recklessly providing the king of pop with a powerful sedative that killed him. murray is sevenning a four-year present sentence for that conviction. jackson's mothers catherine claims that only did aeg live hire murray but specktives watched her son waste away. aeg denies any wrongdoing, arguing that michael jackson himself personally hired murray. let's bring the arthur aidala. great to see you, my friend. >> you just summarized the whole thing so well, can i just leave? you summed it up. tray. >> trace: we'll get you out of here. we talk about who hired conrad murray and who didn't. great t

michael jackson's wrongful death trial. and jurors must decide whether concert promoter a- e-g is liable for the death of the king of pop. >> reporter: people behaving badly coming up! >> gary: where is aldon smith today? also, more details on the american cup, coming up next to later in the (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter: passed a new law it's bieng called the three foot law and it's to protect bicylist no not the riders that are using ths sidewalk, it's for people using the roadway along with cars, trucks and buses >> reporter:the three foot law creates around bicyclist to give them an added piece of protection the law goes in to effext in 2014 >> reporter:what this means, cue the bad behavior here: when you see a bicyclist you can't pretend you are in an imaginary race >> reporter:you have to give the rider space because let's be frank even though you are passing up the bicylist you both will end up at the >> reporter:unless the bicylist were to run said light and speed up to a suv making an illegal you turn you are on your own >> reporter:this sign reads c

...state your full name, please. ( gruntsi)king ) ( panting ) just admit to who you are... ...or this is what happens. say it. just say your name. john michael? no. ( sniffles ) but now i am alone. no, you're not. like i said, all you have to do is let go. they're waiting for you. ( faint music playing ) ( faint music continues through headphones ) ( siren wails in distance ) ( paper rustling ) ( grunts ) ( music playing faintly ) ( groans ) ( faint music continues ) you are a liar! why don't you just admit who you are? why didn't you just let me help you? jack: danny, this isn't what you think it is! you're not alone, jack. doris? ( faint music continues ) ( phone ringing ) ( sighs ) ( ringing continues )

michael has the so he gets to choose. choose nice ones. >> and i'm interested in clarence king, a man with a very big secret. could you say more about him? >> i could say much more about him and, in fact, he was, he became very interesting to me. the secret to which it alluded here is the fact that clarence king was a very young man. he didn't go to the war but, rather, went west and surveyed the west and became the first chief of the united states surveying expedition, was very well known, a bon vivant. brilliant man, earthly. a club man -- evidently. a club man, a good man, a man who wanted to be a writer and wrote a very popular and still, i think, very good book called "mount nearing in the sierra nevadas." a man who loved the west and who kept a secret, and the secret was he was the common law husband of a black woman in new york city or in queens, i think. he told her, he gave her an alias. she never knew that -- she never knew that he was clarence king, and his friends who included notables like henry adams, john hay, they never knew that clarence king had secret marriage and several children. so he's

: spectators in the court teared up when he played a video highlighting michael jackson's career part of an effort to show the kinge lived, damages should go to jackson survivors. first jurors have to decide if murray was an employee of aeg despite the fact neither jackson nor aeg signed his contract. >> we want to remind him that it's aeg, not mj, that's paying his salary. >> reporter: that e-mail may be the e-mail may be the strongest in favor of katherine and children. she had dramatic testy changes with aeg during the trial. paris and prince testified by videotape. paris survived a suicide attempt during the course of the nearly five-month trial. during aeg's closing arguments, attorneys also planned to bring up jackson's long history of drug abuse, but they'll use it to argue he was responsible for his own death. now how responsible michael jackson was for his own death could play into the jury's ultimate damage award if in fact they find in favor of the jackson family. the attorney for the jackson family concealeded as much yesterday in closing arguments that aeg is going to argue that this 50-year-old man w

going to save you from the beast about to strike ♪ >>> the king of pop taking center stage in a los angeles courtroom today. a lawyer for michaelday played clips of jackson's performances. the lawyer told jurors the videos show that jackson's earning power was in the billions of dollars. remember jackson's family claims concert promoter aeg failed to properly investigate dr. conrad murray ahead of what was supposed to be jackson's final tour. of course, murray's in jail for giving jackson a deadly overdose of the powerful sedative propofol back in 2009. aeg denies any wrongdoing. it claim jackson himself hired murray. trace gallagher with more live in our west coast news. trace, jackson's drug problems are not the issue here? >> reporter: no. in fact, that closing arguments, katherine jackson's attorney claimed he had been abusing prescription drugs for years, but he also said that aeg knew that jackson was abusing those drugs, but the company would have done anything to get jackson up on stage including hiring dr. conrad murray to give him those drugs. jackson's attorney says aeg wrote dr. murray's contract. the problem is, no

king. and willie sits down with michael j. fox as he continues to battle parkinson's disease.and a tns debate last night ahead in the political playbook. first, he's not tense. >> i have been tense about this. >> it is? >> that's my tell-all book that's coming out some day. >> i can't wait to read it! >> it's very entertaining. >> you need to e-mail him the picture you have of him in pantyhose. >> back cover. >> that's when he wears something under his pants. >> what? >> wow. >> once again, too much information. >> i didn't take it over the top that time. it was mika. in four months we'll have the winter olympics in russia. they are concerned with getting the facilities done in place and because of the epic floods the olympic committee is inspecting things. they have had a mud slide and had a state of emergency declared because of so much rain. hopefully things will be colder, whiter and snowier in sochi. you can look at the b problems they will have. in the states, the skiers in the northern rockies, it's almost your time. it's snowing in the northern rockies from butte, mont

king with the 49ers, while carol was building something in seattle. now it's chip kelly's turn with the eagles. former oregon coach bringing his um tempo offense to philly. turn the redskins defense, michael vick perfect, scores in the second quarter. rushes for 263 yards, 184. mccoy, eagles win 33-27 in kelly's debut as a profootball coach. u.s. open final between rafael nadal and novak djokovic. it was the 37th time they faced each other in their careers. nadal wins in four sets. he is 13 major championships overall, which is one behind pete for second all time. how about baseball? giants down 2-1 against colorado, but brandon continues to score. double down the line. that tied the game. giants just won behind another brandon bell, 3-2 the final. rangers helped pad the a's lead in the west. against the pirates. gave up the game's only run on an rbi double by pedro alvarez. the pirates clinch their first winning season since 1992. more importantly for a's fans, you have a two-game lead in the american league west. a's closing in. i am furious about this, because i might have to spend some money when we go on the road. >> that's not a good thing. >> got to take care of the viewers, though

doing everything and the very very oddly michael bloomberg in an interview with new york magazine the big apple's billionaire want to be king accuse me all candidate bill de blasio of running a racist campaign because de blasio who has an african american wife and a biracial son is making an appeal using his family to gain support. in case mayor bloomberg didn't notice blasio is a politician and all politicians use their families to gain support only racist years male mayor bloomberg for thinking that what de blasio is doing is any different than what all other politicians do because the last. his wife happens to be black and that is just very very ugly. crazy alert captain america and batman save a kid who for a burning house no really batman and superman saved a kitten from a burning house it all happened over the weekend and not in west virginia at the u.c.h. us t.v. out of west virginia as the story. john buckland into a markham were both think costume and event at the nearby american legion post they teach positive lessons to chill during the interview. but the lesson became real life they spring into action rushing to

as we speak, charlie dent of pennsylvania, peter king of new york, they are working the phones, others as well, michaelenough votes to stop this on a proposal vote. that vote will happen within this hour, and we'll see if they can do that. just looking at the map of the republican caucus, they probably would need in the ballpark of 20 republicans to go against their leadership and more importantly to go against the conservative base, who definitely would wage political war against them for doing this. >> so basically what they would do presumably all the democrats to vote in favor, but if you're saying 20 or 30 more moderate republicans join the democrats, then they would be able to pass this procedure language to allow the government potential to stay open? is that right? ivities it would happen in the opposite way. the republicans would join democrats in opposing the procedure vote, which would effectively stop house republicans from bringing their plan up for a vote. this procedure vote has to happen first. it's call the rule that sets the terms of the debate on the house floor. if that doesn't pass

spectators in the court teared up when he played a video highlighting michael jackson's career, part of an effort to show the kingre than $1 billion had he lived, damages he say should go to jackson survivors. first, jurors must decide if murray was an employee of aeg. he displayed an e-mail exchange between two aeg executives. >> we want to remind him that aeg, not m.j. that's paying his salary. >> reporter: that e-mail may be the strongest evidence in favor of jackson's mother katherine and his three children. the family mhad exchanges with him during the trial. paris survived a suicide during the course of the nearly five-month trial. during aeg's closing arguments, attorneys also planned to bring up jackson's long history of drug abuse but they'll use it to argue he was responsible for his own death. casey wian, cnn, los angeles. >> i've covered this a lot. and for all the legalities and the pain of the family, just shows you, no one is immuned. prescription drugs certainly one of the new scourges of addiction. the litigation is going to go on. it's a big sympathy move here. not as much based on law as sympat

michael jackson wrongful death trial. the defense making its closing arguments. pointing the finger at the king of pop himself. saying his own bad choices, not concert promoters aeg lied. david wright has more. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: more than $1 billion of his clients' money hang on his arguments. >> you've been asked to decide if aeg lied, killed michael jackson. >> reporter: but if the lawyer defending concert promoter aeg against a wrongful death lawsuit felt the pressure, he didn't let on. >> aeg live would never have agreed to finance this tour if it knew mr. jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. the attorney claimed that aeg never hired dr. can rod murray. that murray was jackson's private doctor for years. >> aeg live didn't hire him. on the contrary, they tried to talk mr. jackson out of it. >> reporter: on the incriminating e-mail in which paul gongaware, he wanted to remind murray, it's aeg, not jackson, paying his salary. >> he wanted to help mr. jackson any way he could. >> reporter: but they insist that the jacksons' demand for $1.5 billion in damages

king of pop. closing arguments starting today. and billions of dollars in damages at stake. we're going to hear from michaeljackson's mother, katherine, in a rare interview. and dan abrams will be along, as well. >>> we saw michael douglas honored at the emmys for "behind the candelabra." and he wants to see his son. why he has been prevented from seeing his eldest child for more than a year now. >> so vocal about that. >>> and the happy bride in her wedding dress con viral. being pictured all over the world. this one will make you smile. >> they are having fun. >>> we begin with the candid comments from leah remini. dan harris has done extensive reporting on the church of scientology. he's here with the story. good morning, dan. >> reporter: leah remini has spoken selectively and carefully about her departure. but last night on "dancing with the stars," her comments were blunt. in this behind-the-scenes footage aired monday night on "dancing with the stars," leah remini opens up about her bedeparture from the church of scientology is weighing on her. she joined the church at age 7. but then, after what she

king's answer to fattening french fries. they are launching satisfries. it could be a sign the nation's fast food chains are scrambling to answer demanding for healthier alternatives. michaelgator of "new york times" and also the author of "salt, sugar, fat," how the food giants hook us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> this is getting a lot of attention. this is a smart business move by burger king, right? >> absolutely. although the name itself i don't know if i'm going to be standing in line asking for that. it is a smart move in that they're practicing the fine art of line extension, coming out with a new product. good for their bottom line maybe. questionable what it's going to do for our waistlines. >> because you think even though there's a reduction of 30% of the fat they're still quite unhealthy? >> the problem is health officials will tell you it may give you permission to overeat. you drink diet soda and you think it acts as a profill lack it is against cal roys and you get an extra large muffin. it's not a taste. it's a sensation, that warm gooey toasted cheese sandwich sensation goes right to the pleasure sensation. >> is that why we like bacon? >> yes.

king of pop in their arena in london. they wanted it so badly that despite these comments they make about michael jackson and the tabloids and everything, they wanted him to badly they would do whatever it took to get him on stage and they told that to dr. murray. they told dr. murray, we want you to have everything you can have. they knew exactly what he offered. unlimited supply of prescription medications during the time the pain, stress, and anxiety to get michael jackson on stage. they knew that. they knew what they were getting. now they want to come in and deny. we'll talk about that. as was stated in e-mails, too much was at risk to cancel now. remember the press conference just hours before. michael was found locked in his room and drunk and despondent. mr. phillips said it was the scariest thing he's ever seen. michael was emotionally paral e paralyzed, riddled with self-loathing and doubt. in order to get him out of the room, mr. phillips had to scream so loud that the walls in the room shook. he threw michael in the shower and slapped him to get him to it the press conference two hours late and as a result of

king of pop's death? that billion-dollar question, which has played out in this l.a. courtroom for five months, will finally be in the hands of the jury in a matter of hours. michaelkson's immediate family, now asking a jury to award $1.5 billion in damages. attorney brian punish representing katherine jackson and michael jackson's three children, argued that concert promoter, aeg live, is liable for hiring dr. conrad murray. murray prescribed the fatal dose of propofol that killed jackson. >> why did he do it? >> reporter: aeg insists the company is not to blame for the pop star's death. that murray was jackson's employee, not theirs. but panish argued this e-mail proves otherwise. >> we need to remind dr. murray that aeg, not m.j., that's paying him. >> reporter: that incriminating message, sent by top aeg executives less than two weeks before jackson's death. on the witness stand, the executives did their best to disavow it. >> i don't remember. >> i don't remember. >> reporter: on tuesday, the jacksons' lawyer appealed to the jury's emotions. showing heartbreaking home videos of michael jackson with his kids. today, aeg's lawyer makes his closing argument. he