turns out, four of katherine's children, rebbie, janet, jermaine and randy, had taken the 82-year-oldere she was hold up for ten days. because of that sudden disappearance, a california judge appointed her grandson, t.j. jackson, temporary guardian over michael's kids, prince, paris and blanket, the youngest. t.j., by the way, is the 34-year-old son of tito jackson. i hope you're keeping up with all this. but justay, katherine's attorney announced that she and t.j. had agreed to now share guardianship. even still, the drama is not over yet. joining me to make some sense out of all this, criminal defense attorney and jackson insider tom mesereau, who famously defended michael jackson in his 2005 molestation trial. along with us, marco gonzalez, senior reporter for x-17 online. good morning to you both. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, thank you. >> tom, let me start with you on this one. clearly a confusing story with a lot of moving parts. but despite all of that, what do you think is really going on here? you know this family well. >> well, first of all, it's a lovely

county sheriff's office says she's been th rebbie in arizona.ppened last night where the kids still are. janet, jermaine and randy were on the scene. sunny hostin joining me now. goodness. i mean, it sounds like everybody's sort of pointing fingers at one another here. who's the bad guy in the situation? what's the deal? >> it's too hard to tell. i got to tell you, i've been poring over these documents and these stories since this morning and i still can't tell who the bad actor is. i mean, of course these siblings, the jackson siblings are pointing the finger at the executive of the state saying the will was a fraud and sham and their mother is being taken advantage of. but now we see the tweets coming from paris and she's saying, huh-uh, i haven't seen my grandmother in nine days and counting. whoever is responsible for this will pay. so she seems to be pointing the finger at her aunts and ung ls. so this really has become such a family feud that it is really difficult to tell what is going on. >> so we don't exactly know the what's going on.

katherine surrounded by her children, along with rebbie's daughter and employee of the resort where she has been staying. >> there are rumors that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'm here to let everybody know that i'm fine and i'm here with my children. and my children would never do a thing like that holding me against my will, it is very stupid for people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday night her nephew trent reported her missing and paris tweeted: my grandmother missing i haven't spoken with her in a week. i want her home now. michael jackson's will names katherine as guardian of his children. temporaryhnz custody was handed over to their cousin 34-year-old tj jackson. >> i'm devastated that while i've been away my grandchildren have been taken away from me >> reporter: in court the judge said katherine is being prevented from acting as a guardian by acts of a third party. >> ruling in court was about the guardianship. i think it was based on lights. -- based on a bunch of lies. i have a good idea who is doing that. >> that was nick watt reporting. today the

words in ten days, the jackson clan matriarch, surrounded by her children, jermaine, jan element and rebbie, katherine gave her side of this explosive story. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'll here today to let everybody know that i'm fine and i'm here with my children and my children would never do a thing like that, hold me against my will. it's very stupid of people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday night, katherine's nephew trent reported her missing from the jackson compound in came glabas. paris tweeted "my grand mother is missing." an abc reporter at the reading of this statement was not allowed to ask questions. >> and now people are saying that they are there with nothing to eat. i'm sure they have something to eat, but it's not healthy because the cook is not there. i haven't called because i just gave up my phone. i didn't want to have any phone calls and while i was here, my assistant janice smith has been calling back home to see how things have been going and she has been keeping in contact with my nephew,

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janet, jermaine, randy, tito and rebbie are on the other side. >> i can't speak for them.g jermaine and randy and some of these others, but money's not a bad guess. >> reporter: and it gets weirder. howard mann went to court over mann and katherine jackson selling m.j. merchandise. michael jackson's estate is now worth $1 billion and counting. more money rolls in, more temperatures rise, and it looks like those left behind just came to blows. and back to that video which we just obtained which appears to show janet jackson, paris jackson, as well as jermaine and randy in the driveway of the jackson family home. katherine jackson's lawyer claims one of the people involved admits there's been a plan in place for three yearso try to take the kids away from katherine. so many claims and counterclaims here. tough to know what the truth is, but, robin, so much to come on the story. >> you're right about that. thank you, nick. for more we're going to bring back dan abrams and p.r. specialist howard bragman joins us in los angeles. howard, you see the video in the driveway. this h

they say she's in arizona at rebbie's house.t simple, why doesn't somebody pick up the phone and communicate? >> that's the thing. marlon, jackie and tito want to talk to their mother. they haven't been able to reach her. the other side of the family, the siblings are saying mom is not getting on the phone. everything that's stressing her out, we want to keep her away especially from the executors whom we feel are taking advantage her and michael's children. you have a portion of the family who decided we're going to keep mom in arizona, going to let her get away for a while and another part of the family saying we just want to talk to her her. they expected to see her in albuquerque and arizona and in los angeles. when they didn't see her in los angeles, they became really upset and worried. >> kevin, what was the relationship like prior to this? could it just be that she's decided, she's a grown woman, she can pick up the phone and answer a phone call. was there a strain prior to this current drama? >> in my opinion, i think i

and rebbie's daughter.m fine. i'm here with my children. my children would never do a thing like that, hold me against my will. it's very stupid for people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday, her nephew, trent, reported her missing. and paris tweeted, my grandmother is missing. >> i gave up my phone. i didn't want to have any phone calls. while i was here, my assistant janice smith has been calling back home, seeing how things have been going. she had been keeping in contact with my nephew -- i mean, my grandson. and he says everything was going fine. but -- i was still thinking about the children. i still worry about them. but they're fine. >> reporter: here, by the way, is the miraval resort in tucson, arizona. jermaine has explained she's there under doctors orders. >> they saw i needed rest. they wanted to take me away for a while, just a short vacation to rest up. they've taken very good care of me and made sure that i got the rest i needed. >> reporter: michael jackson's will names katherine as

she was in arizona with -- >> rebbie, the only jackson we never hear about. >> continue the story. >> so now custody of the three children is being given to t.j., son of tito. got that? we need a graph. we need a graph. there he is. by all accounts, a very sweet guy. >> with arrows saying what's going on. >> right. the family tree. >> well, then, at one point janet was outside of the family home and she was saying something to paris, the daughter. remember this video? she looks like she tried to take a swipe at her phone because she maybe doesn't want her tweeting. meantime, paris pulls it away, and lo and behold, everyone is videotaping. now janet's videotaping. who is videotaping? paris is videotaping. >> can't they afford a bigly okay raver? whatever they're called. >> everyone is videotaping everyone. it's exhausting. >> you think for a future court battle, that's why they want it on tape? i don't understand. >> the mom jackson went on "nightline" last night and read some prepared statements about how it was crazy. clearly, this is about a money issue, when we boil it down to the

she left her calabasas home with daughter rebbi, and it appears based on everything i'm told that sheof her children. however, her lawyer, her manager, and her grandchildren, michael jackson's children, appear very concerned about their grandmother's safety. in fact, the 14-year-old daughter of michael jackson, paris, in the custody of the grandmother tweeted, yes, my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken to her in a week. i want her home now. and she in fact tweeted the telephone number for her security guard saying if anybody sees my grandmother, please call the authorities or this number. it's unclear exactly why they're worried other than the fact that they've not been able to reach the grandmother who is never out of touch with michael jackson's children. the ones who have been living with her since their father died three years ago. >> so is there anything we know about their relationship with jermaine? is that strained? >> reporter: well, it's not just jermaine but randy and rebi and janet and tito all signed this letter just this past week that was blasting the people close

. >> it's not unity until they have rebby and latoya on stage with them. >> stephanie: isn't it rebby something really--just terrifying as they separate teenagers were their cellphones. [ screaming ] i guess paris has been tweeting a lot. >> oh dear. >> she has been tweeting about the situation. can i just say. >> stephanie: apparently the jacksons have been conspiring for three years to kidnap catherine. it's all over the will, i guess. >> whose will? >> stephanie: michael jackson's will because he didn't leave anything to his other siblings or his father. >> because they had so much money left over. >> stephanie: so they're contesting the will. >> the kids are in the middle of this because it's their money. >> stephanie: yep, yep. >> i think this is a plot by the jackson family to keep us talking about them. it's not going to work. we in the media will not discuss you. >> stephanie: oops, too late. we fell for it. all right decorating a club with naked pictures of his mom. >> oh. >> stephanie: okay. it's called bootcy bellows. it has pictures of his late pin-up mom brenda, including

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. >> reporter: prince also posted this screen grab of what he called a text between janet, rebbie and grandma. which he demanded speak to his grandma. don't let them. ing >> they're good kids at the heart. they're really kind, intelligent, shockingly normal kids considering the kind of upbringing and what they had. >> reporter: while katherine was away convalescing at an arizona spa, a judge handed temporary custody to their cousin, t.j. the next turn, katherine's lawyers are expected to get custody of the kids back. if michael is looking down on all this, he must be holding his head in his hands. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> all right. >>> now, a couple in washington state watching their front yard disappear. plunging bit by bit off a 200-foot cliff and there is not much they can do about it. abc's john schriffen has that story. >> reporter: it almost doesn't look real as chunks of their front yard continue to fall off this 200-foot cliff. their workshop where roy makes a living is slowly sliding to oblivion. the couple who live north of seattle ar

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that's why it's so confusing because i saw pictures of katherine jackson playing uno and she's at rebbie's somebody pick up the phone and communicate? >> that's the thing. marlin, jackie and tito said they want to talk to their mother. they haven't been able to reach her. the other side of the family, the other siblings are saying, mom's not getting on the phone. she's staying away from all the business and everything that was going on that was stressing her out in l.a. we want to keep her away, especially from the executors who we feel are taking advantage of her and michael's children. you have a portion of the family who has decided we're going to keep mom here in arizona. let her get away for a while. another part of the family, we just want to talk to mom. the brothers are expecting to see their mother in a.m. ba kurk can i and they wanted to see her in los angeles. >> what was the relationship like before this? could it be that she's decided -- she's a grown woman. she could pick up the phone and answer a phone call. was there a strain prior to all of this current drama? >> in my opi

chilling in arizona with her daughter rebbie. last night, paris tweeted eight days and counting.ndmother. white grandkids still can't talk to her, unclear. while jermaine said the whole grand mother missing saga is a conspiracy to deflect attention away from a letter we wrote asking for resignation of michael's will. >> they will not stand down because the siblings who were left out of michael's will want them to. >> reporter: they believe it's pulling the family apart. >> i believe katherine and the children who are the benefactors of one side of the estate fall on one side. janet, jermaine, and tito fall on the other side. >> i can't speak for them. i don't know what's motivating jermaine and randy and some of these others, but money's not a bad guess. >> reporter: and it gets weirder. their mother and howardman face off in court overman and katherine jackson selling m.j. merchandise. michael jackson's estate is now worth $1 billion and counting. more money rolls in, more temperatures rise, and it looks like those left behind just came to blows. and back to that video which we

. >> i saw pictures of her playing uno at rebbie's house. >> now the government is coming after me. >y are we laughing about a baby getting socked in the face jay roach? >> because it's a movie. >> why isn't this movie coming out now? >> people are really into dance these days. ♪ >> come on charlie. join in. >> please, i want charlie rose. >> your begging will not do it. >> all that. >> i love a waffle house. >> you love a waffle house? >> that's right. >> you know what it's like when you got to find the bathroom. >> emphasis on that. >> take two. >> okay. >> and all that matters. >> who is my little sweetie pie? >> going to make me feel -- on "cbs this morning." >> anything for charlie. when charlie asks. i got to do it. >>> good morning. it's 80 degrees right now on tv hill. the forecast for today calls for a high of 95. we're going to see showers around thunderstorms around mainly later this afternoon. still humid, partly cloudy over night. tomorrow partly sunny it's more of a mention than a concern over spotty thunderstorms. hot, 92 is but more pleasant than this day and yesterday

. >> i saw pictures of her playing uno at rebbie's house. >> now the government is coming after me. >>> haven't -- >> one second. >> why are we laughing about a baby getting socked in the face jay roach? >> because it's a movie. >> why isn't this movie coming out now? >> people are really into dance these days. ♪ >> come on, charlie. join in. >> please, i want charlie rose. >> your begging will not do it. >> all that. >> i love a waffle house. >> you love a waffle house? >> that's right. >> you know what it's like when you got to find the bathroom. >> emphasis on that. >> take two. >> okay. >> and all that matters. >> who is my little sweetie pie? >> going to make me feel -- on "cbs this morning." >> anything for charlie. when charlie asks. i got to do it.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, >> announcer: today... >> rachael: my gosh. i don't know where to begin. >> announcer: our twins show is twice as nice. >> rachael: i want to make it up to you all, do you think you can bake your way out of this one? >> announcer: marcia cross reveals her favorite moment between the sheets. >> rac

an investigation found she was safe and with her daughter rebbie in arizona.of last wednesday she had yet to speak with her grandchildren prince, blanket or paris, who has taken to twitter to urge that her grandmother come back home. >> i'm protecting her and i'm looking out for her best interest. i don't have no motive behind what i do. she want me there, i'm going to be there. >> trent jackson told us after watching tape of the ugly incident at the jackson home, he's embarrassed and hopes his family can sit down and work things out together. but above all, he just wants katherine jackson back home with her grandchildren. savannah. >> all right. jason kennedy in los angeles. thank you. now we want to get a check on our lovely weather with mr. roker. hey, al. >> hey, guys, thanks so much. we are here along the thames. we've got some friends from minneapolis. hi, what's your names? >> julie. >> katie. >> having a good time? for the olympics? no? what? when are you going home? >> we're going to paris from here. >> not so bad. a nice consolation prize. >> the wat

there is a huge fight it sound like, you've got janet and rebbie and jermain and randy over on one sidehey think they've been cut out of the 400-plus million dollars i would point out th estate has made skwreupbs michael jackson died. you have the other side which is the three children of michael jackson. basically katherine has been watching them and taking care of them. and now t. j. has taken them away. >> the judge had no choice in introducing the temporary taking away of the children. she left three kids at home without a guardian. what was the judge to do looking at the best interest of the children at that time, he said you're not going to have custody. when you come back you can have custody. martha: there are security people at the house, a structure in place with the children, like all families they have been communicating via twitter. that's what my family does whatever we want to take to each other. let's take a look at what paris said, here is her tweet that alerted everybody to this. nine days and koupbgt, so help me god i will make whoever did this pay. the assumption is

the third parties that the judge refers to of course are katherine's children, janet, rebbie, jermaine, and randy. the judge did leave open the possibility guardianship could be returned, if katherine jackson returns home, which of course now she has done. a close source to the jackson family did tell cnn that shortly before 1:00 a.m. this morning katherine jackson arrived home to be reunited with the family. the police didn't follow the family the entire way from arizona. it was just the last part of the trip. katherine was accompanied by her children in the car. i can only wonder what happened when they all arrived to the house. and paris jackson, michael's daughter, welcomed her grandmother back with a tweet reading, grandma's home, with a #thank yougood. paris had been complaining she hadn't been able to talk to her grandmother. katherine tried to reassure everyone in her prepared statement last night that everything was ok. let's watch that. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know that i'm fi

picture of her -- apparently now they say she is recovering from a mysterious health crisis with rebbiestion is, why isn't she in contact with michael jackson's children who she's supposed to be taking care of? >> brian: there was a huge conflict. jermaine shows up and they try to take the phones from the kids and they refuse and evidently they exchanged pleasantries and used the b word and it wasn't brian and it wasn't itch. it's somewhere in between. all caught on surveillance camera. then tito's son, trent, grabbed randy, the oldest from the jackson cartoons, that's the last time i saw him, he gets randy in a head lock. so it was a whole ambush and stealingment phones and stopping the tweets is not going to happen. michael jackson was complaining about the same thing. the jacksons don't work anymore. they live off the 1970s andy williams specials. >> steve: so apparently what is being alleged is that janet jackson slapped paris when she was trying to grab the phone out of her hand. now it's being called asking much bigger. >> anna: apparently jealousy issue going on between janet and