. >> i spoke with aeg's president randy phillips three years ago about similar allegations.e 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? because i had been chasing him to come out of retirement and 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 have played a major role in this case. his oldest son prince took the stand in june. >> he made an impact on the jury perhaps most importantly in humanizing the loss of michael jackson as a father. he describeded life, the birthday party, he d

the ceo randy phillips responded we have a real problem here.al included testimony from jackson's son prince and former wife debbie rowe. she claims the addiction to painkillers began when he was seriously burned while making a pepsi commercial in 1994. >> does this seem like a fair complex case for the jury to wrestle? >> i think it's a complex case. we've been here four or five month and there's a lot of evidence that we have to go through. >> reporter: and there's a lot at stake. the jackson family wants damages that could total more than $1 billion. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >>> and a new study says we might be able to reverse one of our basic emotions. fear. that's next on "cbs this morning." ♪ when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center,

randy phillips said he hired them, but we got to spend a lot of time on this. >> this trial has focusedervise conrad murray, the doctor who gave michael jackson that fatal dose of propofol? if so, how much should it pay to jackson's mother and children? alan, for those who have not been following this case as closely as i know you have, what is the critical piece of evidence in this case? >> reporter: well, there's a lot of e-mailing and there's testimony. e-mail, including one from one of the top aeg live executives, saying remind dr. murray who is paying him and who he answers to, it's us, not michael jackson. the first question the jurors have to decide is if aeg live actually had a contractual agreement. there was a written contract, it's just it was only given to dr. murray the day before michael died, so everybody didn't sign it. those are the crucial questions. did they hire him, and was it negligent? >> okay. alan duke for us in los angeles. i know possible compensation here if the jackson family wins this thing is in the billions of dollars. alan, thank you. >>> twitter, facebo

randy edsall in the house. stags down, third and goal for the falcons, and cameron philips picks off that pass. he's headed the other way. phillipss verbally committed to virginia tech. you can see why. 95 yards the other way. remember that number, 95. they took a 14-0 lead. here's their running back. he's headed to wisconsin next year. and this kid is the real deal. 95 yard touchdown run. great play there. he's going to get a big hug from his head coach, ejieja brooks. they win big over good counsel. 21-0. huge run. >> he's taller than me, about 6'1", 6'2", and he looks like he's about 200 pounds. i met him yesterday, and he's a great kid. >> big kid. >>> well, with just 24 hours left to go, you've got to guess the six brand new cast members of saturday night live are more than a little nervous. >> season premiere tomorrow night. big season premiere. millions of people will be watching them live. "snl" is going big right out of the guilty, bringing back tina fey to host. seth myers will have a new cohost, sesally strong. he's taking over for jimmy fallon on late night in 2014. "snl" debuts tomorrow night on nbc 4 for its 39th se