i want to go to ted rowlands. as promised, he has just called in. tly he's in the hallway leading into the courtroom. ted, set the scene for me and also tell me which family members you've seen. >> reporter: well, outside it's very crowded here. they are starting to line up the folks that have passes. there are eight members of the public that won a lottery this morning that will be allowed in. and then each media -- >> it's tough to hear him. we'll -- there's latoya jackson stepping out of her car. we saw -- who did we see? katherine jackson, joe jackson. reportedly jermaine jackson is there. many of the jackson family members heading into this courthouse. can we go back to casey? casey, tell me who you've seen. >> reporter: well, you're seeing latoya jackson. just now i've seen michael yakson's parents, his brother jermaine. it's been hard to see anyone else through this crowd, but i know several members of the jackson family are here. one of the defense attorneys also already in the courtroom. must be a great relief for the jackson family for this

i'm ted rowlands in for fredricka whitfield.re are some of the top stories we're following. officials in libya's new government insist that saif al-islam gadhafi will be tried in libya, despite his indictment by the international criminal court that requires him to appear in the hague. he is the former libyan leader's second oldest son, he was tracked down and captured yesterday in libya's southern desert. >>> tragedy in philadelphia today. two men collapsed and died while running the marathon. wtvi reports the men, one 21, the other 40, apparently had heart attacks. word is they were near the finish line when they collapsed. >>> a new contract for major league baseball all but signed. sources say labor negotiators shook hands on the deal. now they're putting it in writing. the new five-year deal reportedly raises the minimum salary for players to around half million dollars a year. >>> a french investment company agreed to buy a major online poker playing site. but there is a couple of pressing issues to be dealt with first. u.

t.j. >> thanks to ted rowlands. let's turn to greece now.inister there appears he's going to be able to keep his job, just barely. that's important to all of us. we'll explain, george papandreou survived a vote that could have forced him to dissolve his government. while the political mess is sorted out, a deal to save greece's economy is gathering dust right now. this is the proposed bailout for greece that would have wiped out half the country's debt, it also would have forced severe cuts in public programs. that led to widespread rioting. you may have seen pictures of that in the past weeks. what may be worse is the fact that greece's economy is linked to world markets. that's why this is important for all of us. so many banks bet big on greece's recovery and a lot are losing a lot of money now. meanwhile world leaders pledged support for the greek debt deal and other drastic measures. while meeting in france for the g-20 summit, they wrapped up meetings by unveiling a two-page document, an action plan. the plan is short on specifics, how

ted rowlands is riding an amtrack train to chicago. ted? >> reporter: brooke, we've been talking to people all morning long. we started at st. louis at 4:30 in the morning. melvin joined us later on in the trip. you like the train? yes or no? >> yes. >> why? >> it's convenient, you know. it's just convenient for me. my daughter is in st. louis, i'm in chicago. it's a quick trip. >> and cheaper, too. betty is on her way to virginia, eventually and betty, why do you like taking the train? >> well, it's a better ride. it's more economical. there's no sense in flying from st. louis and i've changed planes at midway. so it's just more economical. i only pay $30 round trip for my train ticket. >> you're going to see your son for thanksgiving? >> in fairfax, virginia. >> back for christmas? >> exactly. >> and she's going to be taking the train again, brooke. she has seen it all. she serves beer, liquor, and other things on the amtrack trains. this should be a reality show you a you should star in it? >> yes, absolutely. >> absolutely. we want to s

ted rowlands is joining us now. our correspondent inside the courtroom when the verdict was announced, what was it like in there, ted? >> well, as you can imagine, wolf, very intense during that moment right before the court clerk read the verdict. and then afterwards, i don't know if you could hear it over the court audio, but a couple members of the jackson family and kathy hilton who was also sitting with the jackson family, let out an outburst basically a celebratory one and that got a stern reaction from bailiffs. murray's side, obviously, the opposite. conrad murray wheb they put the handcuff owns him, he turned around and locked at his daughter who was crying, and his mother. anna nicole alvarez, who has been staying in l.a. since the trial, said i love you, as they carted him in handcuffs out of the courtroom. the jackson family, for the most part, besides the outburst was very quiet. the family show and katherine jackson, showed no reaction as the verdict was read. she did in a very poignant moment lead the

ted rowlands was at the courthouse today. the most dramatic day of many dramatic day in this trial.you surprised by the verdict in the end? >> not surprised, piers, especially when you take into consideration the amount of time that the jury deliberated. it was in that spot where, if they did come to a unanimous decision, which we knew they obviously did because they came to a verdict, and it was only ten hours of deliberation, likely it was going to be guilty. that said, you never know what they're going to say. but i wouldn't say that many people were in that courtroom were surprised. >> what was the reaction from michael jackson's family? you could hear a few gasps when the verdict was announced. was that from members of his family? >> yeah, it was from right behind me. it was la toya jackson and kathy hilton, they were sitting basically next to each other. when the verdict was announced, you could hear it over the audio transmission, but i could definitely hear it right behind me and in the courtroom it was very loud. other than that, the jacksons didn't make much in term of a n

>> questions raised by ted rowlands. great job covering the trial. now joining us to ago little deeper, legal contributor for "in session." and sunny hostin. i start to start with you. what sealed it for the prosecution? >> it had to have been the pharmacy records. four gallons of propofol delivered to conrad murray's, not his clinic or a hospital but to conrad murray's girlfriend's house. and then of course, transferred over to michael jackson. it was the trail. i wrote this on the daily beast today. it was the trail that conrad murray left for himself that really was his undoing. those pharmacy records. his phone and e-mail records. that show he couldn't possibly have been paying attention to michael jackson those final few hours of his life. he was on the phone and he was sending e-mails on his imphone. >> let's follow up. i want to you listen to the testimony of the cardiologist who was part of the prosecution's case, making the case that number one, dr. murray was negligent for giving michael jackson the drug in the first place. then he goes on.

ted rowlands is outside of the courthouse. fill us in. what happened today? >> reporter: well, the big news was that dr. murray, when asked about the judge in this case if he wanted to testify, are you sure you understand the ramifications of this and he said, yes, i completely understand. we have some testimony. we finished it up with the defense expert and then the prosecution in the rebuttal case finished up their expert. as you mentioned, both sides rested and now the testimony is in. the jury has sat through a month of testimony and collectively i'm sure they are sighing, thank you. they are done. they are done with at least this part of it. now it's up to them. >> soits up to them, from what i understand, they get a break tomorrow and the case goes to the jury, what, thursday? >> reporter: yeah. the judge is giving them the rest of today and tomorrow, the lawyers to prepare for their closing arguments. thursday they will have their close and then the jury will get their instructions following the closing arguments. so i suspect they will start deliberat

>> cnn's ted rowlands in los angeles. thank you, ted. one person who was not called to testify in murray's trial is jackson's dermatologyist. dr. klein talked to jean casarez on trutv and what he had to say was shocking. >> do you believe he was addicted psychologically to prop poll? >> no, he was addicted to propofol, because he could not fall asleep with it. you have to read wikipedia about me, because i once chartered a plane to los angeles because i went to hear that a doctor was give canning him propofol, and i knew he had a dependency about it, and the reason why i, myself, and my nurse slept on the floor to the room to prevent the plastic surgeon there to give him propofol, and i knew that the problem happened and i did my best to prevent it. i did my best, but i'm only one man and i have to take care of my own life. i knew that the problem existed and we had long discussions about it. he did it in new york once, and i went there to save him, because a drug made him go running down the street. >> to see the entire interview tune i

. >> i'm ted rowlands at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'll see you back here tomorrow night at 6:00, 7:00, and 10:00 eastern. good night. >>> this is independence hall, the birthplace of our american form of government. and for us, the starting point for our journey in to why so often that government is failing us now. been asked to do a report on gerri mandering. what do you there about gerrymandering. >> i think gerrymandering is a great guy. >> they're lined up to see the liberty bell. >> what do you think about gerrymandering? >> i don't know him. >> how about you? >> i never heard of him. >> it's actually the way politicians draw up congressional districts. >> oh! >> into weird-looking shapes so they can protect their own seats. >> okay. >> we brought along these inkblot cards as examples. what does this look like to you? >> like california coastline. >> tell me what's the first thing that comes to mind. >> skyline. >> how about this one? >> haven't a clue. >> a dragon. >> a dragon? very good. do you know these are u.s. congressiona

our ted rowlands is ready to ride the rails. ted, can you hear me? ted? ted? oh, ted. >> reporter: i don't hear anything off air. >> i don't think ted can hear me. >> reporter: well, we are at -- we're in st. louis right now. and we're going to be traveling from st. louis to chicago. normally, of course, we'd go to an airport on this day, the busiest travel day of the year, but instead of talking to angry airport passengers, carol, we've decided to take the train and talk to some of these folks. 42.5 million people will be taking the train, and we're going to be taking the train along with them. we're going to use this little backpack thing here. this will enable us to go live from inside the train . it's a 5 1/2-hour train ride. we'll be on the train reporting, talking to people about all kinds of things from the super committee to why they chose the train and where they're going. we're hoping our technology works. and we're hoping to meet some great people on the train. 42 million people traveling this week. but only about 1 million of them take the train. w

i'm ted rowlands. fredricka whitfield is off today. facing negotiation deadlocks and a looming deadline cnn has learned that the deficit cutting super committee is no longer discussing if a deal can be reached. now they are talking about how to announce that talks have failed. barring any last minute solution. both sides are talking about the official end of work to trim more than $1 trillion from the deficit. lisa is on capitol hill. it looks like this is over, lisa, what happens now? >> right. a couple of things happen. first of all we'll get the official announcement as you're talking about, saying that may come tomorrow, discussions under way. as the super committee fails that would trigger across the board cuts of 8 to 9% to most every government agency and those would not go into effect another year. a lot of speculation to whether congress will pull that back. but let's get back to sort of where we are right at this moment. behind the scenes, we have many, several sources republican and democrats, telling us they're planning for

>> i'm ted rowlands at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'll see you back here tomorrow night at 6:00, 7:00, and 10:00 eastern. good night. >>> tonight, joel osteen, christian rock star and the man who preaches to a faithful flock of millions. last time he was here he made headlines by saying this. >> is homosexuality a sin in your eyes sf. >> yes. i've always believed, piers, the scripture shows that it's a sin. >> now he's back and he'll be answering some more tough questions. >> how do you explain that a just god can allow these kind avenue trofts to happen? >> the world we live in is not a perfect world. >> what is your view of state executions? >> i'm for second chances and mercy. yet there's consequences for what we've done. >> if i ask you about abortion, what would you say? >> my view is that every baby should live. >> do you like being interviewed or do you find it a bit of a minefield? >> you know what, i enjoy it. >> tonight, joel and victoria osteen. >> it's great to be back with you. >> we're still praying for you. >> this is

ted rowlands is at the courthouse and joins me now. no verdict. what does that tell you? we've had a full day of deliberations. clearly the jury are still thinking about this. why? >> reporter: well, seven and a half hours of work today piers. what we do know is it wasn't a situation where they went back, took a vote, and were all in agreement. now is there major discourse here? who knows? if they are going to come to an agreement, of course there is a good chance or a significant chance there would be a hung jury. likely what they're doing is taking their time. this is a jury we've been watching over the last six weeks and they've taken notes and they seem like a very serious bunch. not surprising that they would be diligent in their deliberations. >> ted, stand by for a moment. i'm going to bring in somebody who is an absolute jury expert. i've just read these amazing statistics on your career. a thousand trials you've consulted on. you've picked over 600 juries. so i need to ask you the salient questions about this jury. they are the people now deciding the fate of who

let's go to ted rowlands outside the courtroom. ted, when with might we know the verdict?porter: well, we'll likely find out at 1:00 pacific time, so 4:00 eastern time, the target time. i just talked to a source close to the defense and they say they have received a call from the court and they have been told that the verdict will be read at w 1:00 pacific time. i also talked with someone with dr. conrad murray right now. apparently he's getting dressed to make the trip from west los angeles toward downtown to hear his fate. we will hear it live. the judge has allowed cameras throughout the trial and will allow a camera in during the reading of this verdict. there's one count, involuntary manslaughter, either guilty or not guilty. there was nothing else that this jury had to comp up with, seven men, five women. they had 7 1/2 hours deliberating on friday and they've gone about 2 1/2 hours today. we just got word about the top of the hour they had come to a decision on conrad murray's fate. >> ted, stand by. i want to talk more about the members of the juries. jeff toobin,

allies just as our sort of life rosales likes and i mean time american political culture and author ted rowlands says that diplomatic pressure isn't aimed at the opposition and that the endgame in syria is ultimately regime change. obviously the armed opposition groups are not are disparate they don't they're not they don't follow a unified leadership and anyway the demand is clearly not upon them when when nato got involved in libya they certainly weren't telling the rebels not to engage in violence against the gadhafi regime so clearly it's obvious which side is being picked here this is not a case keeping effort this is an effort to push out of power they'd like to use the force of words and the force of precedent what happened to khadafi and to saddam hussein but if that doesn't work who knows how far they'll go. meantime hundreds across libya poured onto the streets celebrating the around of the late leader moammar gadhafi is the most prominent son crowds thought guns and blasted car horns to mark his capture saif gadhafi was seized along with two of his aides while attempting to flee to ne

here is ted rowlands with a look at what we can expect. >> carol and christine, in a few hours we willind out definitively one way or another if dr. conrad murray will take the stand. at the end of court yesterday, the judge after the jury left asked murray flat out are you going to take the stand or aren't you, and murray said he hasn't made up his mind. the judge said you better hurry up, you have until 8:30 tomorrow in court. he is expected to tell the judge one way or another if he takes the stand. that would be a bombshell if he decides he wants to get up in front of the jury. monday, there was fireworks in court between david walgren, lead prosecutor in the case, and dr. paul white rgs defense expert and star witness. walgren tried to dismantle the defense theory about how michael jackson died and also attacked white in the way dr. conrad murray acted after he found jackson unresponsive, specifically he asked white about the fact that murray waited 20 minutes to call 911. >> there's no justification for what conrad murray did in failing to immediately call 911, is there? >> as i

ch ted rowlands has the latest for us. >> when court resumes, we'll find out whether conrad murray takesdefense. after court was over, the judge asked him point blank, after everyone had left the room, are you going to testify? murray replied he hadn't made up his mind yet. the judge, in essence, said he better hurry up and gave him until 8:00 a.m. to decide whether he would take the stand. lead prosecutor david walgren attacked the witness on the stand. he tried to dismantle the theory that michael jackson killed himself with an injection of propofol. he also attacked white in that he asked him about standard of care issues. specifically at one point he talked about michael jackson being found unresponsive yet dr. conrad murray waiting 20 minutes to call 911. >> there is no justification for what conrad murray did in failing to call 911, is there? >> as i said earlier, i think he should have called 911 sooner. i do not, however, think it would have made any difference in the outcome of this case. >> dr. paul white is expected back on the stand when court resumes. we're expecting one mor

ted rowlands joins me now. ted, another dramatic day and now we will get to i guess the final answer. describe what happened today. >> well, piers, two very passionate arguments by both sides. david walgren started off telling the your this wasn't a case about a doctor/patient relationship. this is a case about a guy willing to do something very dangerous for $150,000 a month. he also reminded the jury about michael jackson's three children that will be growing up fatherless. the jackson family was in the courtroom as they usually are and there were a few moments where it was very emotional. one of them and we'll take a listen in just a second here was when david walgren was talking about that minute where michael jackson likely died. >> this is when conrad murray gave just an ounce of attention to michael jackson to see what his condition was. but again, how long he had again in that condition, we'll never know. was conrad murray in another room? did michael jackson yell out for help? did he gasp? did he choke?

i'm ted rowlands in tonight for don lemmon. it looks like the abbreviated season will happen after all. the players and owners have agreed to end the 149-day lockout. it will be 66 games instead of the usual 192, and it will start christmas day. a lot has to happen in the next month for this to go off as hoped. training camp would start december 9, free agency begins and trades will start happening fast and furious. that will be exciting for fans to watch. then, as we mentioned, december 25, the regular season would begin with a television triple header. the miami heat versus the dallas mavericks, the boston celtics at the new york knicks and the chicago bulls at los angeles lakers. we explain how this deal finally came together. >> the second longest work st stoppage in nba history may finally be over. they reached a tentative deal with regard to the lockout. >> we reached a tentative understanding which is subject to a variety of approvals, but we're optimistic that that will all come to pass and that the nba season will begi

ted rowlands is standing by for us.hat's happening today and what to expect regarding procedure if the verdict is reached. >> reporter: well, don, right now we have just been informed by the court that deliberations in day two began at 8:30 local time. about five minutes ago. they were at it for 7 1/2 hours on friday. when the jury reaches a verdict, they will buzz in the courtroom. there's a system in the courtroom where they can either do one buzz, two buzzes or three buzzes. one says they are in there doing their job. two means they want a break or they have a question. when they buzz three times in the courtroom, that means they have reached a verdict. everything will go into action. the judge has given the parties two hours maximum to get to the courthouse and assemble for the verdict. that's taking into consideration the jackson family who are scattered around the los angeles area and attorneys and dr. conrad murray as well who we understand is in santa monica. so once that three buzz is hit, the wheels begin and

ted rowlands has been in the courtroom every single day. lk about it, erin, but clearly there's something going on here. there's an author that sits in court every day behind conrad murray next to his mother and he's been there for pretty much the duration of the trial and there have been swirling human rumors about a documentary deal that possibly or may have been inked. but nobody has talked about it. >> interesting. that does add something to the story. if he's not found guilty, he can close the deal. but if he's found guilty, will be he be able to it, they pre-loaded it and he was paid for the rights to a movie and a book, then the transaction would have already transpired before any guilty verdict and as long as he spent the money, he's got four attorneys he has to pay, i don't think that they could get that money at all. >> interesting. okay, closing arguments begin tomorrow, as we said, it was dark today, but around noon, any indication of how long that will go? >> well, the judge is going to start with jury instructions expected to l

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm ted rowlands in tonight for don lemon. u.s. and nato troops in now our soldiers will have to hold out while desperately needed supplies just sit across the border. cnn's rez acehal joins me from islamabad. first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. it's important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal region right along the afghanistan border. there's a lot of militant activity in this region. what you have often is pakistani troops, nato troops carrying out a lot of operations here but the agreement is for pakistan to stay on its side and nato to stay on its side. officials here say