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and we are about to talk oil drilling in santa barbara as well., and he wrote a piece on drugs and drilling as a way out for california. and jonathan capehart. what are you thinking? >> thanks for having me on, dylan. there is so much sensitivity about oil drilling off the coast of california given some of the history that has occurred there, but the fact of the matter is is that we are able to drill in the gulf of mexico with very little environmental damage. and california is sitting on capital. and my advocacy of drilling -- >> we just went in, and as you are talking, we literally went in to one of the nicest beaches in california, which is santa barbara. i will interject. we are off the coast of santa barbara in paradise, i would say, and you are telling me you can drill without being too invasive. how does that work? >> yeah, i believe we can drill -- i don't believe that we can drill without risk, however i think the state faces such enormous problems with its school system and budget that it's very difficult at this point to decide not to e

but the state -- rather, the county of santa barbara county, santa barbara county would have to give the okay. and that could be a long, drawn-out process. >>> new claims this morning that michael jackson may have taken more than ten xanax pills a day. a 2004 police document says jackson asked some employees to get the prescription sedative xanax under their names and also says jackson traveled to doctors' offices in other states to get the drug himself. this dock yoomt -- document contains interviews with two of jackson's former security guards. one guard saying in there he was concerned about jackson taking ten or more pills a day but was told by his colleagues jackson was doing better because he was down from 30 to 40 pills a night. >> people start off taking a few and they take more and more and build up a tolerance. if you stop taking it, the withdrawal is just awful. people can have tremors, they can have seizures, they get the shakes, they can have sweats. >> xanax is an anti-anxiety medication, also commonly used to treat sleep disorders because it causes drowsiness. >> anoth

he could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it. so far they in santa barbara say they have not been approached either way. >>> jackson's home town of gary, indiana, plans a memorial tonight. 400 members are already rehearsing and they'll pay tribute. they have been practicing their "thriller" moves four times a day since monday. michael jackson's father, joe, is expected to attend. >>> the pennsylvania human rights commission is investigating whether a swim club a private swim club north of philadelphia told a group of kids not to and back because of their race. some of the kids with the creative steps day care center said they heard adults at the club making racist remarks the first time the kids were visiting the pool. the kids were invited there. they told the day care center owner, don't come back and he returned a check the day care had given the club. one of the kids who said he overheard grown ups making derogatory comments told susan candiotti he was stunned and hurt. >> why are these black kids here? then they were saying,

santa barbara county has to get the green light.ry ahead on the most news in the morning. >>> shocking alsos of racial discrimination at a pool this morning. whether day campers were kicked out because of their skin color. the club is denying it but the incident allegedly happened here in the philadelphia suburb of hunti huntingdon valley at a swim club called simply, "the valley." that's where susan candiotti is now. good morning, susan. >> good morning, joe. the club is closed this morning. protesters left behind signs. home grown protesters out here until late yesterday afternoon. and now the pennsylvania human rights commission has launched an investigation. >> reporter: swimming once a week at the spacious huntingdon club. exciting for the kids at the creative day care summer camp. >> i was excited, the parents and children were excited. >> reporter: when the youngsters showed up to the pool, after the camp played a $1900 contract, this happened. >> the children came running down the hill saying miss rice, miss rice, those peop

. >> hi, anthony king, i am a student at santa barbara. this question is for mr. cohen, and i apologize if you addressed this, but could you extrapolate on the plan "b," that u.s. and allies take if obama should be buffed. >> first plan "b" is a series of paper and special report and three conferences. but seriously, be prepared to share. and steve will contribute to that too. seriously i think that there are -- there is a debate in town about whether u.s. has any leverage over russia. so for plan "b," we have to undertake an assessment. what is our leverage? bakers spring

diversos seguidores en el rancho neverland que fuera la casa del Ídolo en los olivos cerca de santa bÁrbarafro, pero la gente cantaba y bailaba sus canciones sin importar su color de piel y por eso hoy su mÚsica se escuchÓ en todo el planeta. blanca rosa vil che tiene todo esto. >>> desde time square en pleno centro de nueva york, a harlem el lugar histÓrico para los eventos de la comunidad afroamericana, en el centro de beirut en el lÍbano hasta rusia con globos de colores de la paz y el amor a travÉs del mundo fanÁticos y seguidores de jackson in to nato nar jackson entonaron sus canciones. >>> mi vuelo sale maÑana y hoy querÍa ver a jackson lleguÉ a nueva york para celebrar y apoyar a jackson gracia as dios encontrÉ este lugar. >>> para la profesora de danza, el artista tiene una gran influencia en su carrera profesional. >>> siempre he utilizado la el estilo de michael jackson, dentro de la creatividad y la evoluciÓn de la mÚsica y del baile. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>>sus imitador nosotros hong kong como en otras parte del mundo bailaron para entretener a la gente en rusia el presidente obama h

they got about 20 minutes outside of santa barbara and turned around and ended up at a small cottage hospital in santa barbara and just walked in by themselves, no entourage, checked in him at 5:00, laying on a gurnee in the emergency room. they hooked him up to i.v. fluids and for the next 12 hours from 5:00 p.m. to 5:15 a.m., when we checked on him again, he was still taking i.v. fluids. he was that dehydrated. and, in fact, the doctor at the time was said to have told this adviser that he had he not been brought in he may have been dead. >> amazing, really, dehydrated. listen to joe jackson, michael jackson's father. he gave an interview to abc news, and he had this exchange. listen to this. >> who do you think should raise these children now that michael is gone? >> their grandmother, katherine, and i. yes. there's no one else. >> now, obviously, katherine, the grandmother, has custody, but there's been some concern about joe jackson given the charges that his own son michael made that he was abusive to him as a little boy. >> well, you know, joseph has played a strong role in mi

located in santa barbara county, about 150 miles northwest of los angeles. michael purchased this property from william bohn in 1988. renamed it neverland after the fantasy island, of course, in "peter pan." we'll see lots of it tonight as this is a primetime exclusive for "larry king live." and with jermaine jackson, one of michael's older brothers. a former member of "the jackson 5." jermaine sang the co-lead with michael for a number of years. before we talk about this incredible place, first, thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> larry: thank you for flying up with me. you were a nice companion. we seen this today and yesterday, but jermaine has not. so we want you to look at this tape of your late brother in his last rehearsal 48 hours before he died. watch. ♪ ♪ >> larry: how does that make you feel? >> wow. he looks great. strong, very, very strong. >> larry: when you see reports of him looking bad, he don't look bad to me. >> he looks incredible. he was going to put it on them. very strong man. >> larry: how does it hit you now, jermaine? >> it hits

those folks in santa barbara say they have never seen it happen.t an application they will review it. they are not against it but at point they don't have a template on how to move forward. so it could take some time. >>> a memorial celebration for michael jackson will be at 7:00 month his hometown of gary, indiana. his father joe and al sharpton and jesse jackson are expected to attend that. >>> a new jersey company found a marketing angle for its beer. name a new brew after each exit on the new jersey turnpike. the motto proudly brewed in new jersey. you got a problem with that? the first is a belgium style ad. however, the idea is falling flat with the turnpike authority and the mothers against drunk driving. for a link to their website, log on to website wusa9.com and click on the news links. >>> new tonight the new ad pushing to make marijuana legal. >>> can you believe it? the hottest car of the new gm looks like a muscle car from the 1970s. i'm bruce leshan. the story coming up. >>> we're also going to talk about an unconventional way to kee

if santa barbara county says they never dealt with this in their entire history.y really don't know what they're going to do if the jacksons come to them. at this point, nobody from the jackson family or any representatives have come to the county and said we would like to bury michael jackson at neverland. >> all right, ted rollins for us tonight with the very latest on that information and that exclusive interview with cleave bratton. we'll see if this turns into a criminal investigation. >>> a connecticut couple's divorce nearly turned dead think week when a man held his ex-wife hostage. he called the reporter during the siege. she recorded everything. you're going to hear it in a minute. rjjbjbjbjbjbjbjbjb%!b'nl1m4m >>> this next story sun believable. it is real. a lot of it caught on tape. police say this man kidnapped his ex-wife. he held her at gun point for most of a day, holding off police by threatening to blow up the house. well, luckily she escaped and he later set fire to the house which burned to the ground. he repeatedly called a local newspaper rep

santa barbara county has never done it before. >> ever. they don't know -- they don't have a template. so what they're doing is waiting to see if, indeed, the jacksons do decide. it sounds like there isn't a decision, obviously. >> we don't know if there is a split within the family. >> right. >> as far as santa barbara county is concerned, they haven't heard from him. they'll deal with it after they get an application. clearly, they indicated to us, it could happen. >> so like the rest of the story, everything is still a mystery. >> yeah. >> okay. there's more. did janet jackson stage an intervention to help her brother michael? we'll get to that right after the break. >>> we're talking to mico brando, friend and long time employee of michael jackson. michael was his best manned at his wedding and godfather to his daughter. ted rollins, a cnn correspondent is back with us as is drew griffin, cnn investigative correspondent. carlos diaz is here and a psychiatrist and addiction expert. thank you for joining us. we're talking about the lates

the other thing you need is approval from the county which in this case is santa barbara. at this point nobody from the jackson family has contacted the county. if someone does, they say it's possible they'll give the okay. >> we have had no formal application either from the jackson family or from the property owner. and at that point in time, we would review the application and make a determination. >> reporter: what's unclear is if everyone in the family wants neverland to be jackson's final resting place. joe jackson seemed to shoot it down when asked about it in the days after jackson's death. >> that's not true. that's not true. >> reporter: the bottom line, in terms of the state of california they say it's really no problem if the family wants to pursue this. the only hurdle could be santa barbara county. it just doesn't happen very often. that's the key. the county says if they get a proposal, they'll look at it. the last person to be buried on private land, according to the state, is ronald reagan. >> we'll see if it's done. thanks, ted, very much. >>> the final o

those folks in santa barbara said they've never seen it happen.hey don't have a template to move forward, so it could take some time.

the other thing you need is approval from the county, which in this case is santa barbara. at this point nobody from the jackson family has contacted the county, if someone does, they say it's possible they'll give the okay. >> we have had no formal application either from the jackson family or from the property owner, and at that point in time we would review the application and make a determination. >> reporter: what's unclear is if everyone in the family wants neverland to be jackson's final resting place. joe jackson seemed to shoot it down when asked about it in the days after jackson's death. >> that's not true. that's not true. >> reporter: the bottom line here is that people burying individuals on private land just simply doesn't happen very often. the last time it happened in california was when ronald reagan was buried at simi valley, that's a different county than santa barbara county. those folks in santa barbara say they've never seen it happen, so if they do get an application, they say they'll review it. they're not against it, you about at this point they do

. >> reporter: to generate cash, the expansion of oil drilling near santa barbara, a move not seen off the golden state's scenic coast in 40 years. brian, while the state may have a budget deal, some local cities and counties may sue california to get their earmarked money back. >>> miguel amagere, starting us off tonight, miguel, thanks. >>> the senate vote to save a lot of money by cutting off spending on a fancy fighter jet, the f-22. its critics charge it requires 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in the air. they say an estimated $44,000 is spent every hour it is aloft. so the senate said no to $1.75 billion for just seven more jets. john main and president obama both agree on this. they oppose the f-22. the president said today he will veto any more money for the advanced fighter. the context for all of this, of course, this gathering storm in washington this week, over what the president has made his number one priority. health care reform. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd has the night. from the front lines chk, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian.

with us from minnesota historian doug brinkley and standing by from santa barbara california bob schieffer. good morning, all. >> good morning. >> smith: senator glen, let me ask you this. you even reacted. how many times have we seen that clip in the last two days and we still react to it. did the space program have a better friend than walter cronkite? >> no, i don't think so. he was very much interested in this. i feel like i'm almost sitting in for wally chiarra this morning. after he left nasa and wally passed on about a year or so go. wally and walter were a real team on all those broadcasts after launch after launch after launch. you just expected to see them both. they both did such a great job. i feel like i'm almost substituting for wally this morning here. walter was extremely interested in the space program. and in the details of it too. it was a... it was something for him he saw as sort of a big thing for this country and a big step for the whole world. he was interested in it. >> smith: bob, talk a little bit about working with him and working for him. here was a guy who was

. >> reporter: miguel almaguer, nbc news, santa barbara, california. >>> and that's our broadcast fors monday night. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> reporter: miguel almaguer, nbc news, santa barbara, california. >>> and that's our broadcast fors monday night. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-esting condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%.

hang-up, a plan to raise additional revenues by expanding offshore oil drilling in the waters off santa barbarailed to pass this afternoon. the legislature also gave back to the cities, $1 billion it was threatening to take away, that may stop some of the lawsuits but leaves holes in the budget. the governor will have to come up with gimmicks to fill the holes. amy. >>> nbc's george lewis. thank you. >>> the federal minimum wage went up today. the final step in a three-phase increase that started in 2007. a 70 cent per hour jump from $6.55 an hour to $7.25. some small business owners criticize the timing of the increase saying it is a burden in a weak economy. >>> turning to wall street. stocks hung on to the huge gains this week. the dow up under 24 points. nasdaq snapped a winning streak with a seven-point decline. s & p 500 gained under 3 points. >>> when "nightly news" continues this friday evening -- a sobering new report on swine flu from federal health officia officials. what you need to know about vaccines. >>> and later, making sure a disability did not keep them from getting to the to

, there's a lot of things at play here, not the least of which is they're trying to do this in santa barbara places on the planet to jump through hoops in any kind of planning commission or zoning commission. now, let's go back to where neverland is. it's in ranch land. michael jackson's neighbors are viable ranchers. that's called agriculture preserve. so when you get into this, even the governor may not be able to supercede county laws which say this is what you can do there. for example, michael jackson's ranch right now, they couldn't sell it and make it into condo world. those parcels, as i was told by a county planner, can only be divided into three separate pieces. so that's what they're fighting. >> got it. paul vercammen joining us from the staples center. tuesday, set to go down, quite the spectacle as the vultures circle around michael jackson's dead body. they're trying to make money off his memorial. you are seeing just-released video, private video of michael jackson in full dress rehearsal just hours before he collapses in front of his young son and dies. ♪ >> this will go dow

we're here controlling this robot in santa barbara. we're here in texas. dr.hung does this all the time. could be controlling the robot in this hospital or anywhere around the world, right? >> anywhere around the world. >> the robot moves freely and pretty fast. with three motorized wheels. there are sensors around the torso that signal obstacles in the way. and a high-quality camera allows the robot to move its head from side to side and record images from angles. there's a laptop and lets the doctor zooms in to check the patient's pupils, vital signs and examine their brain scans remotely. >> i had ha situation in iraq and i was the only neurosurgeon out there, didn't have nurses, they asked me to take off my journalist cap and put on my surgeon cap and perform operation. >> say the general surgeon had never done that particular procedure you performed, theoretically, that person as quickly as they're able to pick up the phone, call somebody, have them log into a robot that's prepositioned at that location -- >> let me take a look at the vent real quick, aga

family said to be divided over burial at neverland ranch, michael jackson could be buried there in santa barbara the family inquired about burying him at neverland ranch. jermaine jackson would like to see it happen. >> i would love to see it here. there's a place near the train station. >> everyone in the family wants it to be the final resting place. joe jackson shot it down when asked in the days after his death. >> straight out to elle. it seems like the whole kit and caboodle are showing up in court monday regarding guardianship. is debbie rowe going to? >> debbie rowe hasn't filed anything about her intentions. she said she plans to fight for her kids. >> to you, lewis, a state attorney joining us from new york, what will happen on monday? >> well, it's fair to say the judge is going to follow the recommendation of the will unless there's evidence to do otherwise. a will appoints kathrine jackson as the guardian. >> to you carman st. george, going into the home is direct opposition to what he wanted to keep his children away from his father that beat him. >> i think, nancy, it's got to be

this time jackson's stage was the roof of an suv outside the santa barbara county courthouse. the king of pop was about to face the music. >> i was trying my best to get him down. i knew it wouldn't look right. i knew it wasn't appropriate. >> ben brothman was one of jackson's attorneys. >> he recognize this is michael jackson, 12-year-old superstar with thousands of people shrieking and screaming. he is not trying to affect the legal proceedings in any way. i think he was responding to his fans by showing them his face. >> reporter: bravman says the superstar was terrified. >> we were alone in a room. it was the first time i really had an opportunity to be completely alone with him. all other meetings there were the whole entourage present. dozens of lawyers and bodyguards. without warning he just broke down and began to sob. we were sitting very close. he actually collapsed on my shoulder. he was sobbing. >> reporter: it would take a year before a jury was seated and the trial began. the circus surrounding the trial seemed more than jackson could bear. the superstar seemed t

after the fact that michael was acquitted of all 14 of those charges back in the trial in santa barbara. but michael jackson, and i saw this when i sat down with him, was one of the most complex people i've ever talked to. a brilliant, brilliant, creative force. he knew music. he knew literature. he was also an amazing talented dancer. he would get calls from his mentor, fred astaire. i remember he told me once about michael calling him after -- i mean, he calling michael after the famous motown 25 performance and just saying he watched him that night. he recorded it. he watched it the next morning and knocked people's socks off. he was also a father. and a brother. he was complicated. >> let's get in a caller right now. i believe our caller is linda or mary? linda is calling us from me vad a. what do you think? >> caller: i think they are trashing him. they're questioning the parentage of his children. which is no one's business. number two, business. number two, they're asking people about what they said, somebody said this, somebody said this, but there's no proof. the person that sa

sheriff's department and the clamoring for news everywhere, we've now learned that the santa barbara sheriff's department has released to other media a confidential interview that marc did with debbie in 2003 that was never to be released, was seized from marc's home under a search warrant executed prior to michael jackson's indictment. it should have been returned to marc and all of a sudden shows up in the hands of the media. so, we're pursuing a claim on behalf of marc and debbie over that breach of confidentiality and breach of the law. >> all right. howard king, thank you so much. marc schaffel, thanks, as well. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> harry, over the you. >>> call it three men a a beer. president obama, cambridge sergeant james crowley and harvard professor henry gates will meet at the white house thursday to discuss race in america. cbs news correspondent bianca solorzano is in cambridge, massachusetts, with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. with the release of tapes, we have had our first chance to hear what happened when a break-in was reporte

this is from the santa barbara county sheriff's office. it is from 2004. it contains confidential interviews done with two of michael jackson's former security guards, interviews done in preparation for the child molestation case against jackson. he was acquitted in that case, you may recall, but there is plenty he right here that paints a dark picture of the drug habit and the sophisticated operation that was in place to apparently help him get the drugs and the doctors he may have been getting those drugs from. we are not naming the security guards, but according to this document that we have, one of them told investigators jackson was taking, quote, ten-he plus xanax pills a night. and he said that he expressed concerns about that to other jackson employees and was told by one, quote, jackson was doing better because he was down from 30 to 40 xanax pills a night. down from that. so 30 to 40 xanax pills a night. this is information, erica, coming right from his own security guards. >> and those numbers are just -- they're almost unfathomable. what's in t

santa barbara county officials say the family have not approached them for permission. >>> presidenthe closing speech in italy. they say they will not wait for iraq to drop their nuclear ambitions, and pretty soon he has his meeting with the pope. >>> this is a live picture. it looks to me like reporters are getting to ask questions of them because he's been speaking. the company's bankruptcy ended today, and it only lasted six weeks. that's believed to be the fastest ever for a company of gm's size. those are the top stories. welcome back. we'll get more details out of that press conference, too, with jennifer westhoven throughout the morning. >>> the investigation into michael jackson's death might turn into a criminal case. l.a. police said they cannot rule out the possibility of criminal charges. meanwhile, michael jackson's father, joe, is speaking out for the first time since his son's memorial service. he told abc's nightline that he does not think his son's death was an accident. >> i just couldn't believe what was happening to michael, because i just couldn't believe it. and

. ♪ i'll be there ♪ i'll be there >> larry: we're at the neverland ranch, north of santa barbara, theo say, late michael jackson. this is an exclusive primetime special for "larry king live" on cnn. and we're spending time with jermaine jackson, we'll check in with ted rowlands in a moment. one thing about katherine, your mother, do you think it's proper that she be responsible for the kids? >> yes, i think it's very proper, because the way my mother raised us, the way we know how she's very -- just the love, the joy, and making sure that they'll be okay. i thought it was the right choice. >> larry: age any hindrance, her age? >> no, because she has a staff and she's always with all of our kids. there's 23 grandchildren. >> larry: what do you make of the ex-wife possibly seeking custody? >> we'll see, larry. the will is what it is. and the will was really written well and it was executed by the executors and they did a great job. it's what it is. >> larry: so you don't think she has a shot? >> well, no, no. because this is what michael wanted. we're looking at michael. this is all abo

. >> today, michael jackson was taken into custody at the santa barbara airport. >> according to policeob was nervous but kept his mouth shut, a move that some speculate endeared him to jackson. >> i'm innocent. none of the stories are true. >> but it is his striking resemblance to the youngest child blanket that continues to fuel the speculation. ob was also given a front row seat with jackson's family at his memorial service, which some jackson fans hope means jackson's genetic legacy may live on in one more son. >> geraldo: more tomorrow,

. >> a santa barbara district attorney issued a warrant for a complete examination of the pop star including accuser had described to investigators. in december of 1993, strict conducted the exam. >> michael had a disease in which the pigment lost and attempts have been made to bring it back which is unsuccessful and then to bleach it out so it was one color. >> investigators feared a trip before the exam was to have himself altered so he didn't match the description of the scar. >> the genitalia were oddly colored with light skin and dark skin and i was told that the photos matched what the child described. >> describe the examination. that must have been a bizarre scene. >> it was an intention situation with his attorneys there and his security force and michael and his crew wanted none of the examination whatsoever. the whole time of the examination michael is basically throwing a tantrum like a six oracy venice-year-old. he seemed to be a healthy buy. the lupus is an autoimmune disease and he only had skin involvement which destroyed part of the skin of his nose and the nasal surgeries r

but this time, jackson's stage was the roof of an suv outside the santa barbara county courthouse.lestation, the king of pop was about to face the music. >> i was trying my best to get him down. i knew it wouldn't look right. i knew it wasn't appropriate. >> reporter: ben brafman was one of jackson's attorneys. >> i recognized that, you know, this is michael jackson. he's a 12-year-old superstar with thousands of people shrieking and screaming. he's trying to not affect the legal proceedings in any way. i think he was responding to his fans by at least showing them his face. >> reporter: cnn's jeffrey toobin was in the courtroom. >> this was certainly the most bizarre criminal trial i ever saw. every day, michael jackson showed up in one of his captain crunch outfits. and he just didn't look like anyone else you'd ever met. >> reporter: michael jackson was officially charged with seven counts of child molestation and several other felonies. he pleaded not guilty. >> the criminal charges were not a total surprise because several years earlier, jackson had settled a civil claim again

but this time, jackson's stage was the roof of an suv outside the santa barbara county courthouse. of pop was about to face the music. >> i was trying my best to get him down. i knew it wouldn't look right. i knew it wasn't appropriate. >> reporter: ben brafman was one of jackson's attorneys. >> i recognized that, you know, this is michael jackson. he's a 12-year-old superstar with thousands of people shrieking and screaming. he's trying to not affect the legal proceedings in any way. i think he was responding to his fans by at least showing them his face. >> reporter: cnn's jeffrey toobin was in the courtroom. >> this was certainly the most bizarre criminal trial i ever saw. every day, michael jackson showed up in one of his captain crunch outfits. and he just didn't look like anyone else you'd ever met. >> reporter: michael jackson was officially charged with seven counts of child molestation and several other felonies. he pleaded not guilty. >> the criminal charges were not a total surprise. because several years earlier, jackson had settled a civil claim against him by a boy un

a small group of people huddled around a big screen tv just outside the gates of the santa barbara estate clapped along with mourners at the loss service. one 46-year-old woman said she drove there from arkansas. last week there was speculation neverland could be jackson's final resting place and become a new sort of graceland. >>> as you can imagine the death of michael jackson and his memorial service today are making headlines across the u.s. and around the world. here's a look at the "l.a. times" website. the paper focused a lot of its website today on the funeral and traffic impact it was having on the roads and freeways around l.a. to london now and the daily telegraph. providing live minute by minute coverage of the memorial service and events leading up to it. that service happened in the early evening in england. most people were at home watching. and now all of the way over to australia where the memorial service took place in the middle of the night. the sydney mourning herald gave those who were up at that hour complete coverage of today's events. we broadcasted the memorial s

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