it's listen, we didn't pick conrad murray, michael jackson picked conrad murray.ichael jackson had a history of drug abuse. he had a history of this kind of behavior and he single-handedly chose the person to help him with his addiction. >> i spoke with aeg live's president and ceo three years ago about similar allegations. and in that interview philips said the decision to hire conrad murray and pay him $150,000 a month was solely michael's choice. >> he stared at me with this very deep stare and said you don't understand. my body is what fuels this entire venture and like barack obama i need my own physician with me 24/7. okay. that's not negotiable. >> after 83 days of testimony, the juror reached a verdict. >> there has been a verdict in the michael jackson wrongful death lafayette. >> was dr. conrad murray unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired? answer. no. >> jurors decided that while aeg live had hired dr. conrad murray the concert promoter was not liable for michael jackson's death. >> they felt that they were limited to focus on s

conrad murray. >>> when we come back, conrad murray speaks for himself.t torture on my hair. well you gotta use head & shoulders for men. it's all you need to reach polamalu levels of scalp and hairness. check it. ♪ [ male announcer ] head & shoulders for men. with seven benefits for a flake-free scalp and great looking hair. even if you wear a helmet for a living. i know. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders for men. 100% flake free. >>> he did not act as a medical professional using sound -- >> -- in mr. jackson's body -- >> for over a week dr. conrad murray listened as district attorney david walgren portrayed him as reckless. >> conrad murray abandoned michael when he needed help. >> then, on day 9, for the first time, jurors heard murray's own voice and his version of events in a police interview recorded just days after jackson's death. >> your name. >> it was jackson, murray said, who told him all about propofol and insisted he use it to ease jackson's crippling insomnia. >> cautioned him and claims murray tried to wean him from the drug. still, jac

aaron murray. >> gary: both coaches are trying to project to their team right now that you have got to be calm. you've got to make the plays. "we practiced this. settle down. let the announcers, let the fans are excited. we have to play assignment football." >> verne: lynch in the backfield. chris conley and reggie davis are two wideouts. here is murray. drills it. >> gary: no chance. >> verne: threw it away. >> gary: nobody to throw this football to. had to get rid of it. >> verne: 1:46 remaining. temperature >> verne: 1:46 remaining. got it. that's reggie davis. >> gary: but short of a first -- no, no, first down, right? short of it, i think. >> verne: it is short, i think you're right. >> gary: third and inches. again. green has the first down. out of the tackle. stiff arm to the 49 yard line. >> gary: nice fundamentals by green. he's a freshman. he shifts the ball. just what butch jones is trying to do. same thing from the other side for mark richt. settle down. we've practiced this. do your as

they argue that they agreed to pay murray's salary and murray secretly in debt was under pressure to. >> we got to get him. if heave do doesn't perform i d get paid. a con flflict of interest. >> reporter: the jackson family lawyer said this e-mail proved otherwise in it an aeg producer expressed frustration with murray allowing jacks on to miss rehearsals. >> remind dr. murray, aeg, not mj -- >> reporter: top aeg executives back pedalled furiously. >> i don't remember. >> i don't remember. >> i don't remember. >> all they would say, truthfully is i don't remember the e-mail. he said he was getting hundreds of e-mails a day. >> reporter: aeg any lawyer argued murray was jackson any private doctor. only murray and his famous patient had any idea about the nature of his treatment behind closed doors. >> aeg live never would have agreed to finance this tour if it knew mr. jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. >> reporter: aeg argued michael jackson alone is to blame for what happened. >> a grown man, he is response bum for his own health. certainly his own hea

conrad murray? answer, yes. >> my name is greg.jury ruled in favor of aeg. >> as far as the case, this was a difficult decision for us to make. >> reporter: the foreman acknowledging it might not go down well with the king of pop's fans. >> we reached a verdict that we understand not everybody is going to agree with. it's been an exhausting five months and it's been an extremely stressful last three or four days. >> reporter: this civil case, a wrongful death lawsuit following up on the criminal case. >> we the jury find the defendant, conrad robert murray, guilty. >> reporter: in 2011, a different jury found jackson's doctor guilty of involuntary manslaughter. he's now behind bars. it was conrad murray who administered the fatal dose of hospital grade anesthetic propofol killing the pop star. the question in this case, who was murray working for? jackson or aeg live? >> if they hired him, they were controlling -- >> reporter: attorneys for katherine jackson, his mother, and his children, argued aeg live agreed to pay murray's sala

murray says he discovered it shortly before coming to wabash 121 years earlier. he's serving a 60-year sentence for beating another man to death and says that this has helped him come to grips with the murder. his pendant and his many tattoos are symbols of his fate. >> vieking age is a large portion of it. >> but prison officials have begun to see this as something else, a front for white supremacist gangs. ahave been able to hold services at some prisons but wabash has banned the meetings. >> it's been quite disruptive, even at the other facilities. >> murray denies any link to these white supremacist meetings. >> it does not pro mote gang mentality or any criminal elements at all. it's a religion based on virtue and knowledge. >> the ban also hasn't stopped murray from recruiting new members. his latest williams jones jr. >> he's been teaching me what the hammer means and what the different gods and goddesses are. >> jones who also denies being a white smem cyst came to wabash three years ago at age 18. he was sentenced to six year for burglary. >> i was hangi

murray?wer, yes. >> after nearly 14 hours of deliberations the jfr sided with aeg live jurors heard from 50 witnesses with attorneys for the jackson family playing this home video during closing arguments. appealing to emotions plaintiffs in this case claimed aeg live hired dr. murray with pressure to get jackson ready for the come back tour. >> to do more than just agree to pay dr. murray $150,000 a month. they asked him to help with insurance. >> aeg live argued murray was a personal doctor ended up giving a deadly close of the drug profofol it was his money. his doctor. and he wasn't going to take no for an answer. conrad murray set to be released from jail this month after spending two years behind bars. >> now the last half hour jurors found out why they did not find the doctor negligent he had a license, graduated from an accredited college. and we felt he was competent to do the job of being a general practitioner that, doesn't mean we felt he was ethical. >> stay with us ask we'll hav

i read about a lawyer named pauli murray. who is pauli murray? polly murray was the person, the one person who more than anyone i would say is responsible for sexist termination being against the law. because pauli murray was a lawyer. she was a 1944 graduate of howard law school, and by thendo time she graduated she came up with this idea she called jane crow.the time s gradu well, jane crow sounds very she call familiar. it's like jim crow. that was herm idea. calmed jim jim -- called jim crow which lots of people was trying to show was contrary to law. there was something called jane crow sex segregation and she argued it was more or less the same thing. it was a radical thing to say in 1944. let me just read a little bit how pauley murray came to have this radical idea that effects all of us today. in the fall of 1941, she arrived in washington, d.c., for her first year of study at howard law school. wanting nothing more than to represent her race and struggles with segregation. she described her civil righted a vote -- ed a vote she was egge

it became really tough. >> murray would understand how tough a few years later.fter earning a phd in political science at m.i.t. he went to work for a washington think tank with a government contract to evaluate the effectiveness of the great society's anti-poverty programs. murray's groundbreaking research transformed him from a liberal to a libertarian and helped transform the nation's welfare policy as well. was there a eureka moment during your research? >> there was. i came across a source which had calculated the poverty rates back to world war ii. the poverty rate had been going down even faster before the war on poverty, and that was the moment i said, oh, it's only after the war on poverty was a few years along athat we stopped making progress. >> it slowed. >> it stopped. >> murray's landmark 1984 book "losing ground" not only concluded the war on poverty failed to help people out of poverty but it had devastating consequences for an underclass stuck in a culture of dependency. your findings were controversial. >> very much so. they're conventional wisd

el doctor conrad murray obtuvo el beneficio de excarcelaciÓn gracias a un plan del estado de californiarcel del condado de los angeles el doctor conrad murray, despuÉs de cumplir dos de los cuatro aÑos de sentencia por el homicidio involuntario de michael jackson en julio de 2009. >> en el condado de los Ángeles se cobra un dÍa por cada día que estÁs ahÍ. Él completÓ dos aÑos. >> el malestar por la temprana liberaciÓn provocó que la abogada del doctor murray se enfrentara con los admiradores. el doctor estÁ apelando su juicio y condena sosteniendo que fue michael jackson quien se autoinyectÓ el propofol que le costÓ la vida. el doctor busca recuperar su licencia profesional. >> analistas seÑalan que cuenta con un aliado inesperado. el veredicto del juicio civil, que la madre de michael jackson entablÓ en contra de la compaÑÍa que contratÓ al desaparecido cantante para realizar sus conciertos. >> el jurado llegÓ a la conclusiÓn de que el doctor murray sÍ actuÓ de una manera competente como mÉdico. lo importante es que eso le puede dar fuerza y apoyo a renovar su licencia de mÉdico. >> en

he has cousins in every town in america. >> stories like jason's worry murray.wasted, it's the lies murray believes that are being frittered away. >> that guy is going to get some. he is passing time as pleasantly as possible right now. that is not what constitutes to satisfy him in life. the sad thing is that the whole philosophical grounding of the welfare state encourages people to think of life in terms of aic p nick. >> or as jason would call it, the rat life. he gets the last word after the break. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. infrom chase. so you can. (dad) just feather it out. (son) ok. feather i

murray is with us exclusively on the phone. murray's attorney valerie watts is with us as well. dr.ay, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> i want to know your reaction. i know you were watching the verdict live as it was handed down, what was your immediate reaction? >> my immediate reaction was one of tears, certainly, i cried, but i cried only because i am not taking sides in this matter, first of all, let me make that clear. i cried because, for once, the world was

conrad murray el a dr.r a michael jackson es hombre libre, dicen que saliÓ de la cÁrcel esta madrugada por urna puerta trasera, personas cercana al mÉdico de cabecera del rey del pop afirma que tratara que le regresen su licencia para practicar medicina pero aseguran que no tendrÁ oportunidad alguna de volver a ejercer. >> lo que sucede con estrada y no nos invitÓ a su fiesta de disfraces. >> ay! que pena, pero bueno, hablando de disfraces seÑores, quiÉn se tendrÁ que poner un disfraz es co conrad murray, tendrÁ que llevar protecciÓn ya que los fanÁticos del rey del pop aseguran que no puede ser, 4 aÑos era la sentencia cuando entrÓ a prision y resulta que por su buena conducta ahora konr conrad murray es hombre libre. >> es situaciÓn que sucede en todo el paÍs es que hay sobre poblaciÓn en las cÁrceles entonces que pasa que ahora un dÍa de prisiÓn vale por 2 y como hubieron 4 aÑos en la cÁrcel lo liberaron y ahora lo que Él esÁa tratando de hacer ahora es que la re instaurar la licencia para hacerla como s

murray. an isolated one off occurrence or incident, he died because of a totality of circumstances which are direct litany tribtable to dr. murray because of a series of decisions that he made. does dr. murray actually think with words like that on record that he could ever get his license to practice medicine back? >> well, that was the comment of judge pastor. that was one individual. and i was at the sentencing hearing. and i believe that that statement was orchestrated for a live television audience. he was quite harsh. i disagree with his per. >> understandably you disagree but it's record and it would come up in any hearing because it's the judge who originally would hear the application to get a medical license back and dr. murray would have to be cross-examined which means his orders would be on the record and they could come into any appeal. don't you find this a very trickoff wicket to be in? >> gosh, that's a hard question because a medical board proceeding is an administrative hea

murray. >> reporter: aeg argued that murray was strictly jackson's personal doctor, that they had nool over his treatment. >> aeg live never would have agreed to finance this tour if it knew mr. jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. >> reporter: in the end it seems the jury was persuaded by that argument, ruling once again that aeg did hire conrad murray, but that conrad murray was not unfit for the job. in other words, aeg was not culpable for his death. the verdict means that the jackson family essentially walks away with1 diane? >> watching this minute by minute. thank you, david wright. >>> we move on now tonight because david muir is back with a brand new report exploring the world. this time a stunning gift from an american doctor who traveled to ethiopia and is giving people back their sight. david is back here with us now. he was with us from the moment they opened their eyes. >> it's extraordinary. as you know, 40 million people are blind around the world. for three out of four of them it's reversible. we get that care here in america, but where we

conrad murray is a free man this morning.doctor convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the death of michael jackson is out after serving two years of a four-year sentence. nbc's jennifer bjorkland is outside the l.a. county jail with more. >> reporter: the media descended on conrad murray's lawyer when word spread her 60-year-old client had been released. even she didn't know how. >> did you see him leave in a police escort? i didn't. >> we got information -- >> probably to avoid all of you. >> reporter: a sheriffs spokesman didn't elaborate. >> he was released safely. he's no longer part of the l.a. county jail system. >> reporter: his lawyer says she's grateful murray was able to sidestep the cameras outside. >> i know he's out safely. i'm greatly relieved. i'm thrilled because i know first hand how horrific this has been, what an ordeal it's been. >> reporter: murray was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for giving je ining jackson a de of propofol, a surgical anesthetic that the singer used to fight insomnia. murray

conrad murray was released to his representatives.personal safety has been a cause of some concern. he is hated literally by many michael jackson fans. they hold him responsible for the king of pop's death. two years ago a jury convicted murray of involuntary man laut slaughter, that he administered the dose of propofol that killed jackson. he is hoping to practice medicine once the appeals are done so he can get back on his feet financially. his attorney spoke with us this weekend. >> it was a roller coaster. thank god we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and now he's out so i'm happy he'll be able to resume his life now. >> conrad murray's license to practice medicine in california is suspended, licenses in nevada and texas are active, but restricted. as for where dr. murray is right now, well, that's anyone's guest. he has been free for 6 1/2 hours now. reporting live from los angeles, for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >> in marin county court room chef guy fieri is to testify in the trial against 18-year-old

conrad murray is a free man.e was relieved from a california prison this morning after serving two years for involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. murray had his medical licenses revoked in texas and colorado and nevada. his lawyer says he is trying to get them reinstated so he can get touchback to treating patients. >>> chris brown faces charges this morning. he was arrested on a felony ashalt charge after police say the 24-year-old got into a physical altercation with 20-year-old isaac adams parker outside the w hotel and happened at 4:30 a.m. sunday morning. brown's bodyguard was also arrested. >>> lou reed passed sunday after a long battle with liver disease. he influenced generations of musicians and took rock 'n' roll to places it had never gone before. here is nischelle turner. ♪ >> reporter: with classics like "sweet jane" lou reed influenced generations of rockers also riske lyrics. he created creative forces with andy warhol. the debut album was the 13th greatest of all time. >> i ge

murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. the senior senator from washington state. mrs. murray: mr. president, the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the senate will be in order. the senator deserves to be heard. the senator will withhold just a moment. if conversations could -- the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: mr. president, when a house is on fire, the reasonable thing to do is put it out and then figure out what happened so you can prevent the next one. when a ship is headed towards rocks, the reasonable thing to do is to steer away and then work on charting a better cour course. when a government is shut down and is headed towards a default that economists would say is catastrophic, the reasonable thing to do is end the crisis, steer away from the next one and work together on a long-term plan to avoid these crisis in the future. mr. president -- madam president, we are now in the second week of this ab

conrad murray, they had every reason to believe conrad murray was fit for the job.ng. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> lawyers for convicted pedophile jerry sandusky say they will appeal to the state supreme court now that a lower court has refused a new trial. the decision came two weeks after they heard arguments in the case. sandusky is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence and without a new trial will likely die in prison. >> an attorney for boston marathon suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev are asking for them to ease the conditions in jail. they claim it's harsh and impairing their ability to work with him. his lawyers say that prosecutors have not presented any evidence showing that such conditions are needed. no word on when a ruling will be made on this. >> i'm having a hard time feeling sorry for him. >> i'm really not so worried about it. >> yeah. here's a little bit more. he has no access to news media. no communication. restrictions put in place by the attorney general concerned about alleged terrorism. i don't have a problem with that either to be honest with

murray. >> reporter: aeg argued that murray was strictly jackson's personal doctor, that they had nontrol over his treatment. >> aeg live never would have agreed to finance this tour if it knew mr. jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. >> reporter: we know that the jury has made the determination that aeg did hire michael jackson's doctor. what the7o!m potential damages t be, we don't yet know. we will be paying attention as the jury continues to read down the list of questions. at stake could be millions or billions of dollars. >> watching this minute by minute. >>> we want to tell you about a developing story out of tennessee, a head on crash involving a church bust. at least 8 are dead and 12 had to be rushed to area hospitals near knoxville. police say the driver lost control when a tire blew out and crossed the median into on coming traffic and slammed into a tractor-trailer that burst into flames. drivers struck on the% could see the smoke for miles. >>> we move on because david muir is back with a brand new report exploring the world and this time a

conrad murray. murray has already been convicted of voluntary manslaughter for giving michael jackson an overdose of a drug called propofol back in 2009. katherine jackson, michael's mother, claims the promotor should have down a thorough background check on murray. aeg denied hiring murray and says jackson picked that doctor himself. >>> a sad story from tennessee. eight people have been killed after a church bus crash. the bus blew a tire on i-40 near knoxville. the driver lost control, crossed the center median and collided with a tractor trailer on the other side of the road. the bus was carrying seniors for a north carolina church group. the entire highway will stay closed for most of the night while the crash is investigated. >>> coming up, a suspect unarmed shot and killed by police. what neighbors say they heard before officers arrived on the scene. >>> two men arrested after another stun gun attack in the district. could there be a connection to a series of similar crimes? >> i'm out of wor

conrad murray released from prison early.hy fans of michael jackson are outraged. [ inaudible ] there are people bleeding really bad. >> terror at the state fair. the person facing charges after half a dozen people are hurt in that accident. >>> we're very scared. i didn't think we were going to make it out. >> surrounded by flames. the cause of this firestorm in california. >>> and warmer temperatures make a return. bob is updating the first warning weather forecast. just gorgeous out there right now. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is mostly sunny. 65 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. in california, two people are injured, after a big rig crashes and catches on fire. the truck crashed into the side wall of a freeway, and moments later, exploded into flames, closing lanes in both directions. the truck was carrying 8,000 gallons of oil. the driver of the truck managed to escape. the cause is under investigation. >>> a worker is in the hospital after being injured while taking

conrad murray?>> reporter: after nearly 14 hours of deliberations, the jury sided with aeg live, ruling while the concert promoter did hire dr. conrad murray, it is not liable for michael jackson's 2009 death. >> was dr. conrad murray unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired. answer no. >> reporter: jurors heard from 50 witnesses after 87 days in court. >> the decision was reached after five months of testimony. >> michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. he was a big star. >> reporter: the plaintiffs in this case, katherine jackson and jackson's three children claim that aeg live hired conrad murray. >> we are not happy with the result as it stands now. we will explore all options legally. >> reporter: aeg live argued murray was his personal doctor ta gave the singer a deadly dose of the drug propofol. >> aeg live didn't do something wrong here and weren't going to allow themselves to be shaken down. >> michael jackson's fans were disappointed with the verdict.

murray competent when aeg hired him. >> was dr.onrad murray unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired? answer, no. >> conrad murray was hired to be a general practitioner and maybe had the word ethical in the question, it could have been a different outcome. >> reporter: the jury deliberated 13 hours after sitting through five months of testimony and the presentation of thousands of documents. this much less publicized trial full of twists and turns including testimony from katherine. parents hospitalized and still getting special treatment after a suicide attempt. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. >> our thanks to miguel. >>> lawyers for boston marathon bombing suspect zokor tsarnaev is kept in total isolation and only out of his cell to meet for short periods. they say restriction is needed gause of tsarnaev's continued efforts to insight. >>> authorities say 39-year-old zellco told the agents he had a bomb hidden inside his backpack but it turned out to be a hoax. the airport was evacuated nearly six hours.

conrad murray is a free man. he served about half of a four- year prison sentence for his role in the death of michael jackson. kara finnstrom has the latest from outside the jail in los angeles. >> we're out here to see conrad murray get out. >> die-hard michael jackson fans and media crews were waiting outside the men's central jail at midnight. >> he's unfit, unethical. incompetent and greedy. >> safety trumps everything. and so, the l.a. county sheriff's department decided to take a safe route, and we did. i'm not going to discuss that. how we did that. >> reporter: murray served as jackson's personal doctor, for the pop star's comeback concert. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, for giving jackson the fatal overdose of the powerful anesthetic, prop fol. >> reporter: under state sentencing guidelines, with some time considered served, he ended up spending about half that time in jail. >> i'm just happy he is finally out and can start his life as a free man again. >> reporter: valerie wass would not

murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i think there is one thing that every one of us can agree on. there are innumerable problems across our country, families that have been challenged, sad stories that should be taken care of in every part of our country, in each one of our states and families we know who are hurting because of this government shutdown. there is one answer to that, and it is an easy one. it is for the house of representatives to simply take up the bill that is in the house today and pass it. we know that they have a number of members of congress who can pass that today, and every problem that we have heard about or haven't heard about yet will be solved. republicans simply need to end this government shutdown so americans stop hurting. and our families need to know that they're not going to be threatened with a catastrophic default, and when that happens, we will be waiting at the table, as we are today, to negotiate a long-term deal in the budget conference that the other side has spent mont

the vehicle was coming at me at 75 miles per hour. >> murray stops the speeding vehicle.ice dashcam shows the officer walking toward the suv when the driver erupts into a shrieking fit of rage. >> i'll have to plead guilty. i have to work. i can't afford to take the day off. you damn, [ bleep ]. >> i knew almost immediately this wasn't going to be your typical traffic stop. when i approached the vehicle, he was upset. you can hear him say that. just give me this thing and let me get the bleep out of here. >> i know what i do. you're ripping me off. >> murray stands a couple of feet from the driver's window and attempts to explain the ticket. >> can i explain to you, sir, so you'll know what you need to do? >> but the driver doesn't want to hear it. >> i don't deserve it because i didn't do nothing wrong. just give me the [ bleep ] ticket, and i'll look at the date. if i'm working, i'll pay the [ bleep ] fine because i can't afford to take the day off. >> unfazed by the tirade, murray makes a second attempt to explain the ticket. >> what i need you to do is sign the "x" so

murray.and jackson's lawyers say they will look at this verdict and see if they can take it somewhere else. chris? >> all right, miguel, thank you very much. let's bring in one of michael jackson's former defense attorneys to dig through the wrongful death verdict. mr. tom mesereau, a defense attorney. thank you for joining us. great to have you. >> thank you, chris, pleasure to be with you. >> let's step on some controversy here. the juror comes out and says if the word ethical had been there, the verdict may have been different. is there any cause to assume that we had an improper instruction here or is this just a layman, a nonlawyer making a statement that isn't legally relevant. >> well, chris, you never know what a jury will do. people are complex, when they get together in a jury room, the chemistry is complex. you never know who the dominant personalities will be. trials are a mystery and juries are as well. however, i must say i'm quite surprised by this. i thought the primary battle

a lawyer for murray tells us the doctor's first pry sort to see his family. but he does want to practice medicine again. murray served two years of a four-year sentence after being convicted of giving jackson a lethal dose of an anesthetic in 2009 but eventually led to his death. >> the 49ers taking care of business across the pond. we'll tell you why the scene may look different after the bye week. >> emotional night for the sharks backup goalie. he makes his first nhl start after bouncing back from a devastating injury. >> a live look, the camera, it's moving around, gusty winds. heard about all the stuff that fell down at the shopping center. we'll talk about the traffic flow which is moving pretty nicely. >>> welcome back. it's 4:53. the 49ers spend the next couple weeks resting up after a busy trip across the pond. they are on a bye this week and won't take t field until november 10 against the panthers. yesterday, the niners took care of business in london. rolling over jacksonville. a great game to watch. the niners score a touchdown on their first fou

the family blamed murray's decisions for jackson's 2009 death. murray was lateconvicted of involuntary manslaughter, and is serving a four year prison sentence. authorities in canada released their final report on the death of glee star cory monteith. the coroners report finds the 31-year-old died from a mix of intravenous heroin use combined with alcohol. monteith was found dead in a vancouver hotel room in british columbia, canada on july 13th. he had a history of substance abuse. today's report ruled his death an accident. ad lib toss to vytas if you have a jeep or a ram truck, you may be getting a message to bring it in to the shop. what's the problem? it's news you need to know...when the late edition returns? and a judge's duties can range from sentencing hardened criminals...to performing lovely weddg ceremonies. usually the two don't happen at the same time. a story that defies common sense...next. chrysler is recalling more than 140 recalling more than 140 have hail damage to both their cars. ted ted is trying to get a hold of his insura

we're hearing from conrad murray. the jury ruled aeg live was not liable for jackson's death. dr. murray says he cried when he heard yesterday's verdict. >> i cried because for once the world was allowed to hear some of the facts as it pertained to this matter. i was very relieved. >> murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of jackson's death in 2011 and sentenced to four years in jail. he's expected to be released in a few weeks due to the overcrowding issue. >>> ten years ago, her ticket led to community service, which led to a whole new mission in her life. >> that community service she chose to do was at the community theater. they asked her if she was interested in working on a fashion program for kids. that was right up her alley and ends up being tonight's bay area proud. in the basement of a church, in the heart of the bay view -- >> everybody settle down. >> -- might to some seem a long way from the fashion houses of new york and milan. to her, it is nothing less than a shortcut to the top. >> everything that i have learned and gotten to be really good at is beca

conrad murray, but decided murray was not unfit nor incompetent.ray's in jail now after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in michael jackson's death. the pop star died of a propofol overdose in 2009. his family sued the promoter saying it was negligent in hiring dr. murray. >>> an airline passenger who slapped a crying toddler to quiet him down pleaded guilty today to simple assault. prosecutors say that joe ricky hundley used a racial slur to refer to the 19-month-old boy then hit him as their delta flight descended into atlanta this year. sentencing scheduled for january and prosecutor want hundley to serve six months. >>> san francisco's rowdy bay to breakers race has a new owner who says he wants to ramp up the fun factor. wasserman media group just bought the race and the ceo says he is bringing a fresh approach to the event. he met with racers and officials to get input. the race draws thousands of people dressed in quirky costumes or sometimes none at all. wasserman plans to improve security, clean-up and the post- race parties tha

murray has worked to save otters for 20 years.e love them because they're so cute but that's not necessarily their nature. >> no. i like to consider them sea wolverines. they are not very friendly. they're rather pugnacious. >> reporter: since otters learn from their mothers how to hunt and feed, orphan pups are unlikely to survive in the wild so the orphans rescued by the aquarium have to be taught. a decade ago the aquarium tried using human surrogates who play the role of otter mother, even showing pups how to dive for shells and break them with a rock. you gave up on that? >> we're not very good sea otters. we're not only not that cute but we just can't do what they do. >> reporter: it turned out some of the female otters part of the aquariums otter exhibit make excellent surrogate mothers. so the otters in your aquarium are much more than something just to look at? >> absolutely. everyone works for a living over there. >> reporter: with tags and implanted tracks devices, dr. murray can follow the success of the animals he hel

murray answer yes. question number two was conrad murray unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired? answer no. >> conrad murray was hired to be a general practitioner. con rat measured ray -- con ray murray had a license graduated from an credited college and we felt he was competent. >> the verdict comes after five months of intense trial the court battle between the jackson family and a.e.g. live began four years after the king of pop apps death at 50. dr. conrad murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter forgiving jackson an overdose of drugs. >> jackson's mother claimed he was negligent but a.e. y -- g claims they have done nothing wrong. >> as i said from the very beginning would we have considered settlement no. we wouldn't consider settling for the very important reason that a.e.g. live didn't do something wrong. >> the jackson family was seeking $2 billion but after the jury apps decision they're not getting a cent -- will carr, fox news. >> bestselling author tom cla

but murray says he knows nothing about the drugs...only the price of facing charges he has since lost two job opprunities becuase of the pending charges. authorities... now say ...a.. power generator ...caused a fire... that shutdown... the bay bridge.../ and.. backed up traffic for miles.. the generator... was in a construction zone... under the bridge,... when the fire started... sunday evening.../. fire crews... put out the flames... from above, .../ while fire boats... checked for falling debris... on a barge below.../. the westbound span... was closed... for about two hours .. causing a huge headache ...for anyone heading back from the eastern shore... this weekend.../. no one.. was injured. maryland's attorney general says gun advocates waited too long to challenge tougher firearms regulations set to take effect tomorrow. doug gansler has asked a federal judge to deny their request for an order blocking enforcement of the law. a group of gun shops, firearms associations and private citizens filed two lawsuits late last week challenging the law on constitutional grounds. a court

conrad murray. >> dave: dr. conrad murray, remember this guy? he was -- went to prison, dr.murray, he's out of prison. he's out of prison now. he served two years out of a four-year sentence. he got time off for volunteering on death throw so that was nice. (laughter) you think about that guy, you think, gee, i wonder how a guy like that sleeps at night. (laughter) you know, got a new book out, that dick cheney, former vice president dick cheney. dick "boom boom" cheney. (laughter) he did an interview on "60 minutes" which, of course, is right here on cbs with sanjay gupta. did you know sanjay gupta was on "60 minutes"? >> paul: it must be a new thing. >> dave: it must be a new thing. here, now, is an excerpt of former vice president dick cheney talking to sanjay gupta about his heart condition. watch. >> you've had four heart attacks three catheterizations, bypass surgery, an implanted defibrillator, a left ventricular assist device, a mack can heart, a baboon heart, paid a high school kid six dollars an hour to manually squeeze your heart every five seconds to keep blood f

conrad murray if he wants to be called dr. murray again. >> he might but a lot will fight that. thank you so much. >> 5:44. middle school students will return to class at sparks, nevada a week after a classmate brought a gun to school and opened fire, killing a teacher. students will be greeted by extra police officers. last week 12-year-old jose reyes shot and killed math teacher michael landsberry. two others were shot. they survived. reyes turned the gun on himself. he got the gun from his home. >>> the young math teacher murdered in massachusetts will be laid to rest today. hundreds of people attended a viewing for colleen ritzer last night. many wearing pink ribbons. pink was ritzer's favorite color. she was found dead behind danvers high school where she taught. she was killed by one of her students, ritzer was 24. >> it's 5:44. this morning emotions are still running high in santa rosa following the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy. hundreds gathered at a private mortuary in winsor to pay respects to young andy lopez. last week a sheriff's deputy shot the teenager seve

conrad murray to be the singer's physician without considering whether he was fit for the job.pening statements in the case - here's the verdict being read. and the jury's reaction. >> we had to focus on. >> reporter:aeg live denied any wrongdoing and said it was jackson who hired murray. murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter after giving jackson the overdose as he prepared for a series of comeback shows. >> reporter:the jackson family was seeking billions of dollars in damages. pam? still ahead on kron 4 news. >> pam: strip-searched and left naked. who one woman is suing. and what she says happened following a dui arrest. >> pam: woman says how life without her father will never be the same. gabe slate tech report (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >>waste of time/reprehensible/stupidity on steroids/where the hell is the commander in chief? >> pam: congress doing what it seems to do best. pointing fingers, as the government shutdown enters a second day. right now there is no sign of a break in the impasse. president

conrad murray this morning two years after he was convicted in the death of michael jackson. >> now,early for good behavior, and if he gets his way, it won't be long before he'll be practicing medicine again. abc's larry jacobs has the story. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray has spent the past two years calling a los angeles prison cell his home, but this morning the disgraced physician found guilty in november of 2011 of involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson will likely leave detention, two years shy of the four-year sentence he received. >> it's going to be a shock, i believe, physically and emotionally when he walks out the door. >> reporter: murray was treating jackson on june 25th, 2009, the night the pop singer died. murray, acting as jackson's private physician, administered an intravenous drip of the anesthetic of propofol along with a cocktail of other anti-anxiety drugs and muscle relaxants in an effort to help jackson, a chronic insomniac, sleep. >> i would think he would say giving propofol wasn't the best idea and should have walked away. jackson would h

murray served two of four-year sentence.allowed the time to be cut down. >>> ellis island reopening for tourists. been shut down since it was swamped last fall. it will reopen in about 15 minutes. a group of women from europe plans to be there today. . >> would just like to see it. >> ellis island was under 8 feet of water during sandy. the storm destroyed broilers, electrical systems, flooded the system. some parts still being repaired. >>> a check on traffic with lisa. how is it looking out there? . >> looking pretty good. a couple hot spots. going to start off with the livermore area where very busy vas key road is jammed up. a three-car accident. travel delayed in the area, vas key normally a good alternative to delays on 580. not the case this morning. westbound 580 extremely slow from the 205 interchange. stays heavy. see the sensors, all the way to the dublin interchange. set aside extra time. west 580, very long delays between the altamont and the dublin interchange. the bay bridge commute, the metering lights are on