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prince said his father handed him wads of cash to give to murray. >> now we know that only person who's ever paid dr. murray in this time period was michael jackson. >> reporter: in emotional testimony about the day michael jackson died, prince said he saw his father half hanging out of the bed as dr. murray administered cpr while his sister paris screamed she wanted her daddy. but murray turned to them, prince testified and simply said, sorry, kids. dad's dead. paris hospitalized for weeks following a personal health crisis will likely not testify in court. mike taibbi, nbc news, loss los angeles. >>> and in brazil, police fired off tear gas. anti-corruption demonstrations have pressed into the second week there despite lawmakers' efforts to meet some demands. >>> justin bieber's former pet monkey has a new home. mali the monkey was confiscated and bieber brought him along. he was moved to a zoo in northern germany. he's a clever little guy who should settle in quickly with the other monkeys there. 8:05. let's get another check of the weather from al. >> thank you so much. got a lot of friends here. you have that warm weather hair cut. i like that. very nice. low maintenance. i like that face. pick city today happens to be panama city, florida. partly sunny, isolated thunderstorms out there. and the radar you can see we have a lot of activity in the east. rain moving into the pacific northwest. four areas of severe weather, the northeast down to the southeast, midwest, also up through the great lakes. >>> 8:05 on a thursday morning. clear as a bell over the east bay and i can tell you right now, it's going to be a hot day. make sure you're ready for it. climbing by about five degrees from yesterday's highs and yesterday was rather warm. we hit the upper 80s. today, going to trade those in for the 90s. 92, livermore, 84, fremont today. the place to be is right by the coast, 72 in san francisco and 79 degrees, rather warm down in santa cruz. not as warm as where we are headed. going to peak on monday at 103 degrees inland. >>> y quiÉn gana esta >> and the cute baby contest winner goes to -- what's her name? 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phillips. randy phillips was so bad and out of it or was it michael jackson. >> can you call your insurer and get money if randy phillipsis straight jacket bad. isn't a performer getting jittery nerves? bryan, that sounds ridiculous. >> this is ridiculous. what they knew up at the very top of the corporation is that michael was in big trouble. they're saying it over and over again. the circumstantial evidence is clear. they knew. they were so concerned about their money and these concerts going forward that they simply wanted it to go forward at whatever cost. i just think you look at the totality of what you've seen so far and big trouble is exactly the way to describe it up at aeg. >> i'll keep saying i wish cameras were allowed in this courtroom because wouldn't this be interesting to watch every day. >> i feel awful for the children of michael jackson who have to -- they're part of the petition. they're kids. thank you both. appreciate it. >>> she grew up in the kwhowhit house, daughter of a president and secretary of state. she's now her own woman make things better around the world for girls globally. >> one of co

> we want to let you know on friday it will be hot on this plaza because american idol champ phillip phillipshe last week, the crowd started singing his song. i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer and al roker and natalie morales. >> he is a great actor and vine and has been taking over our vine account this morning. he has been busy posting videos. >> who here knows me from vine? who here knows me as people's sexiest man alive? >> that's pretty good. >> quick punch line. >> we're going to see more from will sasso and vine in just a little while. >> all right. also entertainment weekly is out with it's list of top movies, music, videos of all time. >> we'll start arm wrestling on what is the best movie of all time. well, i don't know. i won't weigh in. >> we're giving them all away right now. >> okay. those are the nominees. >> also when it comes to summer fashion we'll tell you the five must have items you should be getting. >> first let's get a check of the weather. >> we'll show you what we have. a risk of strong storms from the northeast, new england on into the ohio river valley. ra

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one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillipsvery reason under the sun to attack the first lady and today they are going after her again, this time for defending herself. it all stems from an incident last night when mrs. obama responded to a heckler doing a private fund-raiser. >> right now, today, we have an obligation to stand up for those kids. and i don't care what you believe in, we don't -- wait, wait, wait. one of the things i -- one of the things that i don't do well is this. do you understand? one of the things -- [ applause ] >> the heckler was an lgbt rights activist pushing for executive order on gay rights.xr according to the pool report, the first lady then moved over to the protester saying, "listen to me or you can take the mic but i'm leaving. you all decide. you have one choice." the crowd cheered and the protester was escorted out. but it wasn't stopped there for the right. the editor matt drudge tweeted, audio of the first lady is concerning, tight and wound up like ready to explode even before interruption."

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