. >> i spoke with aeg live's president and ceo randy phillips three years ago about similar allegationshat interview, phillips said the decision to hire conrad murray and pay him $150,000 per month was solely michael's choice. >> he stared at me with this very deep stare and he 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. >> phillips believed michael had a very personal reason for taking on the scheduled 50 concerts. >> i said why now? i'd been chasing him to come out of retirement, to get on the stage and perform live for three years. this was, you know, like a mission of mine. a quest. and he said to me, very interesting, was very poignant, he said, i'm doing it now because my kids are old enough to appreciate what i do. >> michael's children could end up playing a major role in this case. 16-year-old prince, the oldest, is on the witness list and has already testified during depositions. stating that he was intimately involved in his father's affairs. >> when prince jac

. >> i spoke with aeg live's president and ceo randy phillips three years ago about similar allegationshat interview, phillips said the decision to hire conrad murray and pay him $150,000 per month was solely michael's choice. >> he stared at me with this very deep stare and he 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. >> reporter: phillips believed michael had a very personal reason for taking on the scheduled 50 concerts. >> i said why now? i'd been chasing him to come out of retirement, to get on the stage and perform live for three years. this was, you know, like a mission of mine. a quest. and he said to me, very interesting, was very poignant, he said i'm doing it now because my kids are old enough to appreciate what i do. >> reporter: michael's children could end up playing a major role in this case. 16-year-old prince, the oldest, is on the witness list and has already testified during depositions. stating that he was intimately involved in his father's affairs.

so the president of aeg is randy phillips and hi apparently saw some of michael jackson's problems andailed people about them on the day michael jackson would announce the shows for the tour he sent an e-mail saying mj is locked in the room drunk and despond en. i'm trying to sober him. he's an emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time. they knew that this guy had problems. >> sure. >> is it possible they said we'll get a doctor to do what we want? >> his personal physician. again. >> again, coming down to -- >> comes down to who did dr. conrad murray work for? that's the bottom line. mark is a great lawyer. i heart him. he knows that. i don't know that the jackson family gets over that hurdle. and i actually disan i gree with mark because the fact that conrad murray was, you know, found guilty of involuntarily manslaughter sort of helps aeg because a jury may think, well, someone is already been found responsible for this. why do i find aeg responsible? and i think the jury will also perhaps think, you know, he was addicted to propofol, p

this is from the aeg live president, randy phillips, who was with jackson in march 2009 about to announce the this is it in tour. writes in his frantic e-mail to his boss, mj is locked in his room, drunk and despondent. i'm trying to sober him up. he's in an emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with seth loefling and doubt now that it is show time. i don't know what to make of that. how damage could it to the defense? >> it's damaging to both sides. it goes to show that michael jackson had a substance abuse problem of some sort even before this this is it concert tour set to start. but it shows he's a fragile, vulnerable person. i think aeg, miguel is right, aeg is going try to paint an ugly picture of michael jackson having a mess of a life, long before they ever entered his life and entered into this contract with him. but then the jackson side can counter, you knew how frail he was, how dare you, you kept pushing and pushing him. there's another e-mail. i think that you'll bring up, that talks about conrad murray -- >> let's read that one. this is the one that says, 11 days before jackso