want to bring back russell wetanson for that. all right, russell. who knows how much money we're talking about here, but lay out what deals are on the table that we know of. >> that's right, today's court hearing, the money is starting to flow from the michael jackson estate, but not without a lot of judicial oversight. so today on the table we had a movie deal with columbia pictures to release footage from the rehearsal, of the upcoming -- or no longer tour of michael jackson. then we had merchandising deals, which involve agreements between aeg live and bravado to deal with michael jackson merchandising arising out of perhaps other kinds of events not associated with the tour. then -- >> go ahead. >> sure. and then there was a lot of talk about the aeg agreement, the overall agreement and the confidentiality of it. and the attorneys, there was a lot of sparring over how confidential that should remain and the exceptions to that confidentiality provision. >> so the aeg agreement is standing in the way of these business deals, is that what you're sa

lethal means it killed him. >> russell wetanson again. russell's also an attorney, besides covering this for popsquire.com. russell, we've had callers say michael jackson was a grown man, he wanted this stuff. that's not an excuse, is it? you're a doctor. you're supposed to do what's right for the patient, not just what they want. >> that's right. and that's something we've been wanting from the beginning. the question is why did he give it to him to begin with in the initial six weeks and how much and why did he give it to him on that fateful day? you know, dr. conrad murray released a youtube video last week where he said he told the truth to police and that truth will prevail. well, in this case the truth may not be a defense. >> all right. we had talked to randi last hour, randi kay from cnn, and she had not received word or any kind of comment from dr. murray's camp. we're getting now reaction from the jackson family. here's the jackson family statement, saying this, "the jackson family has full confidence in the legal process and co

joining us to talk about it, russell wetanson, an attorney, entertainment reporter, legal analyst for popsquire.com. he was in the courtroom. we'll get to russell in a second. also with us, jennifer smetters, an attorney who specializes in family law. and also joining us stacy kaiser, a psychotherapist. again, call in. 1-877-tell-hln. all right, russell. we get the curveball, huh? lawyers for dr. klein show up. what happened here? >> yeah, this was definitely a bit of a curveball. but there's been a lot of speculation about this for quite awhile. so mark vincent kaplan, who also represented britney spears's ex-husband, kevin federline, shoepd up to court and tells the judge his client wants some role in the kids' lives. the reasoning he says is that he had a long-standing commitment to michael jackson at michael's request. the judge quickly chimed in and said what is your standing, and his lawyer said, he is not the presumed parent and then asked for a sidebar. so this was definitely a bit of a dramatic moment. and the judge after the sidebar came back and said, listen, you don't have