trent jackson is closest to her because he's her driver, her assistant, essentially her valet.dles a lot of her businesses. he's been concerned the past week since he hasn't seen her since then. but what most worries him, her lawyer, is the fact that prince, blanket, and paris, have not been able to speak to their grandmother. in fact, this morning early this morning, paris took to her twitter account and said, yes, my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken to her in a week. i want her home now. if anybody sees grandmother, please call authorities or this number -- and gave her security guard's number. she's very upset, i understand even got into a -- a shouting match of sorts on the phone with janet jackson who -- who told her she couldn't talk to her grandmother because her grandmother was resting. now it sounds like if she's resting she's okay. what the lawyer says, what the manager says and what trent says is they're concerned because it's not like katherine jackson to -- to not talk it them in a 24-hour period. now it's been a week. she left her calabasas, california, ho

deputies broke up a scuffle minutes later involving randy and jermaine jackson and their cousin trent jackson. no one was arrested, although a battery report was taken and an investigation is ongoing. this incident comes amid a very public dispute over the whereabouts of katherine jackson. she was reported missing over the weekend, but later found. too much texting... is leading to a spike in carpel tunnel syn. syndrome..statistics show teenage girls between 13 and 17 send and receive an average of áá4-thousand 50áá texts per month.for teenage boys... it's more than 25- hundred.but sooe doctors insist... it's not just texting that's the problem. 129-134 "texting too much can cause a lot of problems, but that is not a cause of carpal tunnel."((butt))141-151 "it's often confused with carpal tunnel because people have pain in their hands from overuse of texting, overuse of computers, whatever they use, a blackberry or an iphone. iphone.doctors say the bottom line is this... if you are doing a lot of texting... you might want to give your thumbs a break. it's got the right name for a weed startin

jackson back, get the [ bleep ] of here. it was like a scene from "the jerry springer show." trentn the mouth and grabbed randy in a headlock. >> reporter: paris, prince, and blanket have not seen their guardian katherine jackson for days. she is in arizona. the children believe she has essentially been kidnapped by michael jackson's siblings. many claim it is over money, jermaine wants a share of his dead brother's fortune. >> i believe katherine and the children as benefactors of the estate fall on one side. and then randy and jermaine and reeby, janet, and tito fall on the other side. >> reporter: now according to tmz, tj jackson, the 34-year-old cousin is making a bid to become their temporary guardian. claiming that the children are being manipulated, but they can visit katherine at any time. >> the grandkids force her, and she is a force of calm. when she is not there there is a real void in the family. >> reporter: michael jackson's estate is now worth $1 billion. two former managers will be in court asking for unpaid commissions. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >> do you s

trent jackson claims jermaine and the group tried to take the kids. >> janet slapped paris jackson in the face. after the slap, janet pold paris you're a spoiled little [ bleep ]. paris retal yated and blasted janet back, get the "f" out of here. it was like a scene from a jerry springer show. trent punched jermaine in the mouth. >> reporter: paris has not seen their grandmother for days. she's in arizona, many claim it's all over money that jermaine wants a share of his dead brother's fortune. >> i believe katherine and children who are the benefactors of the estate fall on one side, and randy and jermaine and janet and tito fall on the other side. >> reporter: now according to tmz, t.j. jackson is making a bid to become their temporary guardian. the children are being manipulated. that they can visit katherine any time. >> grandkids respect her. when she's not there there's a void in the family. >> reporter: michael jackson's estate is worth about a billion dollars. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> thanks to t.j. for sorting that out for us. >> another victim of a gruesome crash

what we do know is that a police report was made saturday night by trent jackson, who is a nephew of ckson. he told police he hadn't heard from her for about a week, since this past sunday. and he was very worried. he gave some information, might be traveling in albuquerque, new mexico, but not a lot of precise details. he gave police several phone numbers that they could reach her with and the police say they have not been able to contact her at all. so the case has been handed over to a missing persons bureau for investigation. at this point, they're saying they do not believe there has been any foul play. now, the situation got complicated when a tweet was sent out by paris jackson, michael jackson's 14-year-old daughter, the tweet said, in part, something to the effect that she hadn't seen her grandmother -- let's see, i'm sorry, the tweet says that, yes, my grandmother is missing, i haven't spoken with her in a week and i want her home now. there was also some conflicting information, another tweet by jermaine jackson that said, i want to reassure everyone, including all sudden m

trent jackson the cousin taking care of the youngsters claimed jermaine and the group tried to take theckson slapped paris jackson in the face. after the slap, janet jackson told paris jackson, you are a spoiled little [ bleep ]. paris jackson retaliated. paris jackson slapped janet jackson back, get the [ bleep ] out of here like a scene from the jerry springer. trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth and grand randy in a headlock. >> paris, prince and blanket have not seen their guardian katherine jackson for days. she is in arizona. the children believe she has essentially been kidnapped by michael jackson's siblings. many claim it is over money, jermaine wants a share of his dead brother's fortune. >> i believe katherine and the children ben factors of the estate fall on one side. and then randy and jermaine and janet and tito fall on the other side. >> reporter: now according to tmz, tj jackson, the 34-year-old cousin is making a bid to become their guardian. claiming that the children are being manipulated but than visit katherine at any time. >> the grand kids force her and s

past week that was blasting the people closest to katherine, her lawyer, her manager, and nephew trent jacksonher constantly. and that sort of shows a riveft. keep in mind la toya, marlin, and jackie jackson did not join in the letter. what we're seeing, frankly, is fault lines in the jackson family that we've seen before have basically erupted into an earthquake. and it's going to be interesting to see what happens. basically, paris is saying, please, let me talk to my grandmother. i want to make sure she's okay. >> so at this point, is this a family drama, or have authorities been called? >> reporter: no, they've actually filed a missing persons report in the los angeles county sheriff's department missing persons homicide unit, that's actually investigating this. >> her children say, as you mentioned, that katherine jackson is being mistreated by her advisers. mistreated sounds like a tough word especially when you think about a woman in her 80s. is there any valid ity to that? >> reporter: well, as far as her advisers, some of her children say she's going given bad advice, advised ton cont

and what happened was, trent jackson, who lives there with katherine -- he is the son of joe jackson'surity would not allow janet and randy into the home, their mother's home. so, of course, that caused tension, and they had no idea they were being videotaped from inside the house. and so, what you see there is paris talking to janet. there were reports on various websites saying that janet slapped paris,nd janet absolutely said that's absurd. and as you see in the footage -- let's look at that footage right there. you see janet holding up her cell phone, and that was merely to protect themselves, because they said that this exact thing would happen. the story would be spun that there was slapping and that she called her the "b" word and all this stuff, where they have that footage. i mean, to prove that that did not happen. but the fact of the matter is that katherine's own children weren't allowed inside her home. they were instructed, apparently by security, that they could not come in. >> right. it's just incredible that -- >> we do know that from -- >> marco, it's just incredible

jackson members. >> reporter: tmz describes this as -- >> a scene from "the jerry springer show." trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth. >> reporter: tonight randy gave his version on msnbc. >> yesterday we did go to the home to let paris and prince know that they can visit or talk to their grandma at any time. we felt someone was trying to twist the story and make it as though we were the problem denying them access to their grandma. when we got to the home, we were denied access to our own home. >> there's a lot of anger and frustration built on top of the sadness of michael's loss, the billions of dollars that are now coming into the estate. fueling this craziness. >> reporter: kathryn's nephew trent reported her missing. paris tweeted early sunday, my grandmother and missing. i want her home now. >> jermaine, incredulous, explained she's resting on doctor's order and a photograph surfaced showing her playing cards, looking relaxed and happy. but he didn't explain why she still hasn't spoken to the kids. today brother marlon described the situation on "the insider." >> we have

deputies broke up a scuffle minutes later involving randy and jermaine jackson and their cousin trent jacksonport was taken and an investigation is ongoing. this incident comes amid a very public dispute over the whereabouts of katherine jackson. she was reported missing over the weekend, but later found. a lot of people have been saying thaa i "changed" a&i wanna apologize for the attitudea& there's just a lot going ona& i promise: the ego = gone (: goodbye gangsta rap.rapper snoop dogg is diving into the áreggaeá music scenehe's already released a new song.. la la la...listen in snoop single single this will be released on his new project "reincarnated".he's also changing his name from snoop dogg to snoop lion "reincarnated" is scheduled be out later this year another rapper is in the spotlight...not for his music. music.flo rida is putting together a work out video.the rapper said he has a very specific fitness regimen that gives him the rock hard body it could be out later this year. we always want to keep you up to date on the latest news whether its from hollywood or right here in balti

when katherine jackson is out of town, there are nannies and trent jackson who drives katherine jacksonlifornia. there's a constant stream of family inside the house and around the house. it's not like the kids are home alone. there's a myth that the kids are running wild, they're home alone. katherine is gone. there's a lot of family around. there's always an eye on the children. >> we all appreciate the genius of michael jackson. it was clear and evident in terms of the talent. why are we so fascinated by this story and his family? >> you know, in a sense, the jacksons are american royalty. you know, i was with the brothers on saturday night, sunday night for their concert. when the brothers were at the concert on the stage, it was just pure bliss. when they come off the stage, then things seem to be fractured. but i was told by a family member on sunday that everything was fine. anyone who wanted to talk to katherine jackson could talk to her. there was no issue. by monday, when i heard about the issues, there was all of a sudden a fracture in the family and then when i sat down with

jackson back, get the [ bleep ] of here. it was like a scene from "the jerry springer show." trentris, prince, and blanket have not seen their guardian katherine jackson for days. she is in arizona. the children believe she has essentially been kidnapped by michael jackson's siblings. many claim it is over money, jermaine wants a share of his dead brother's fortune. >> i believe katherine and the children as benefactors of the estate fall on one side. and then randy and jermaine and reebie, janet, and tito fall on the other side. >> reporter: now according to tmz, tj jackson, the 34-year-old cousin is making a bid to become their temporary guardian. claiming that the children are being manipulated, but they can visit katherine at any time. >> the grandkids force her, and she is a force of calm. when she is not there there is a real void in the family. >> reporter: michael jackson's estate is now worth $1 billion. two former managers will be in court asking for unpaid commissions. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >> do you see my mind explode right now, trying to figure out who is w

and legal guardian of michael's three children was reported missing by police saturday night by trent jacksonember who lives with the 82-year-old family mat remark in california. in response, michael's brother jermaine tweeted his mother was fine and resting in arizona under doctor's orders. but that didn't stop the confusion. sunday paris jackson, the 14-year-old daughter of the late pop star tweeted, "my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken with her in a week. i want her home now." raising concerns from katherine jackson's lawyer. >> her grandchildren mean the world to her. she absolutely adores them and they her. she will never go more than 24 hours, if she ever does go away on a short trip, which is very rare in and of itself. >> late sunday night the l.a. sheriff's department investigating miss jackson's where about confirmed detectives have spoken with katherine. they say she's safe and with a family member. jermaine insists the trip was a planned vacation and told nbc news, how can our mother be missing if she's in arizona with her own daughter. this latest conflict began wednesday

. >> trent jackson told us after watching tape of the ugly incident at the jackson home, he's embarrassed 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 water is kind of low here but in phoenix just outside of phoenix, boy, was it wet. you want to talk about flash flooding, because of all the burning going on, there was no vegetation to hold back the water. so you can see how quickly they had flash flooding here, really unbelievable. let's take a look and see as far as the heat is concerned again, a very wide area, very hot conditions, excessive heat watches and

up to try to talk to paris, and this incensed catherine jackson and fired the security team and trent jackson, her caretaker on the spot, and they are still at the property saying they are estate property and are paid by the estate, so no telling what is going on behind the doors and a lot of moving parts. >> well, it seems that paris jackson is pretty prominent in all of this and she is a i have on, i guess, conveying everything on twitter. this is apparently what she most recently said saying that grandma is here, thank god. she is obviously very happy that her mom is back. but i wonder if the family is taking issue with the fact that she is publicizing so much. >> well, that is what they are afraid of and sources close to the family told me that this is the very thing that michael worked so hard as a dad to keep his kids grounded and shield them from the spotlight and look at what is happening here. for the last week, we have seen unprecedented tweets from the children who are protected so heavily with paris sounding off, and prince sending out a tweet s saying he is so hurt, although i'm

jackson family feud which may be turning into a fight over custody. turning physical yesterday, michael's three kids live. they're under the care of the older cousin, trent. officials say some of the siblings paid a visit. >> a minor scuffle between two jackson family member autos trent claims the siblings tried taking the kids and kidnapped catherine. germaine says that is not true and the children can visit any time. actor fred willard is speaking out about an alleged lewd act. he wrote wait until you hear my version, more pg. my review, lousy film but it would make a terrific racket ball court and there is a new neighborhood watch flick. >> i'm a fan and richard is so funny. it's fun to let these guys carry the ball out. >> it's in theaters friday and get other needs right now at otrc.com. >> and next on abc 7 news... >> shopping online could get more expensive. a congress woman is at the center of a battle between silicon valley and washington, d.c.. >> senator feinstein says the romney campaign is twisting words and using them against president obama. >> era of tax free online shopping may be coming to an end. >> congress is working on tax legislati

. >> 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, i mean, my grandson, and he says everything was going fine. but -- i'm still -- i was still thinking about the children, i still worry about them. >> reporter: here, by the way, is the resort in tucson, arizona. jermaine has explained she's there on doctor's orders. she's an 82-year-old woman, she's emotional, she was reading from a prepared script and she needed some help from time to time. michael jackson's will names katherine as the guardia

trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth.put him in a headlock. >> when she is not there there is a real void in the family and it plays out in all sorts of crazy ways as we have seen. >> i really do feel like you're my soulmate. >> i found my everything. and i promise you that if you let me into your life, you will never feel lonely ever again. >> i bet they will be really happy. a few weeks while they're still together. >> jef, with one f. i know, my babysitter tevoed it and watched it with my daughter. >> so sad. >>> that is the news for this half-hour. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> on twitter -- abcwnn -- use the hash tag #wnnfans. make sure you see us behind the scenes on facebook. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80

trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth and trent grabbed randy and put him in a head lock. >> reporterdes to this story. al sharpton on msnbc. >> we did go home to let paris and prince know they can visit with or talk to their grandma at any time. >> reporter: brother marlin gave his to the insider. >> i don't know where my mother is. i don't know where my mother is. >> reporter: apparently he moved her afoot to secure the kids' access to grandma. and appoint a temporary guardian while she is still out of the picture. >> these kids love her and want her home. >> reporter: this isn't just about the children. it's probably about michael's money. >> if the kids go, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, potentially billions of dollars. >> reporter: they stand to inherit everything. michael's siblings get nothing. >> it's the heat of summer, katherine is gone, paris is tweeting. it's a perfect storm for the jackson family. >> reporter: a perfect storm that ended with an indignified scuffle in a drive wave. the executors of michael's will said they will do everything they can to protect th

trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth.ily and it plays out in all sorts of crazy ways as we have seen. >> i do really feel like you are my soul mate. >> i found my everything. and i promise you that if you let me into your life, you will never feel lonely ever again. >> i bet they will be really happy for the next two weeks if they're still together. >> jef, with one f. >> huh? >> jef, with one f. i know, my babysitter tevoed it and watched it with my daughter. >> so sad. that's the news for this half-hour. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> on twitter -- @abcwnn, use wnnfans. >> more news on abc. make sure you see us behind the scenes on facebook. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

. >> reporter: saturday night, katherine jackson's nephew, trent, reported her missing to police but police quickly confirmed mrs. jackson was safe in arizona with family members. >> the glue to that family has always been mrs. katherine jackson and i think once she is back in los angeles and she is well, that she will be able to, as she always has, pull the family together. >> reporter: wednesday paris tweeted a lyric from one of her father's songs. everyone's taking control of me, it seems the world's so confused. >> the order granting temporary guardianship is only valid until august 22nd. katherine jackson's lawyers say they plan on addressing this whole thing well before then. savannah? >> jason kennedy in los angeles for us, thank you. >>> now we want to head to new york for the morning's other top stories and miss hoda kotb is standing by at the news desk. >> hello, miss savannah guthrie. good morning, everybody. we begin with the crisis in syria where aleppo is under siege for the sixth day. nbc's chief foreign correspondent is inside syria with more. richard engel. >> reporte

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 controversy continues. michael jackson's 15-year-old son prince tweeted a photo apparently showing a group text message from monday to his aunts, in it he demanded to contact his grandmother. janet allegedly responded, please don't let them. prince tweeted he believes his grandmother was lied to. a lot of drama and there's much more on this coming up on "good afternoon america." >>> right now meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> [ laughing ] >> airing

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 controversy continues. michael jackson's 15-year-old son prince tweeted a photo apparently showing a group text message from monday to his aunts, in it he demanded to contact his grandmother. janet allegedly responded, please don't let them. prince tweeted he believes his grandmother was lied to. a lot of drama and there's much more on this coming up on "good afternoon america." >>> right now meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> [ laughing ] >> airing

jackson and paris. >> these people can't take so much as a move or do anything without every single person in the world taking it and running with it. >> reporter: saturday night her nephew, trent, reported her missing to police. >> the glue to that family has always been mrs. katherine jackson. i think once she is back in los angeles and she is well, that she will be able to, as she always has, bring the family together. >> reporter: paris tweeted "everyone's taking a role for me." >> the order for temporary guardianship is only valid until august 22nd. but katherine jackson's lawyers say they plan on addressing this whole thing before that. savannah? >> miss hota kotb is at the news deck. >> we go to syria where the city of aleppo is under siege for the sixth day. >> reporter: syrian soldiers are trying to maintain control of the city of aleppo. it's considered critical to the survival of the syrian government. witnesses say aleppo has been surrounded and is being shelled by syrian troops. syrian troops had to leave this village in order to join the attack on aleppo and villagers here worry about the thousands of civilians who remain trapped inside aleppo and under attack. >>

then tito's son, trent, grabbed randy, the oldest from the jackson cartoons, that's the last time i sawphones 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 paris, orthros there is rumors of that because she landed a movie role. it's wild even to see paris' face because ever since 2009, you're starting to see her face. but before that, it was always the veil. >> brian: resemblance to michael is uncanny. >> steve: there she is right there. we don't really see her or prince or blanket very much. >> brian: tito if you're watching, i salute you, because you decided you didn't want any part of this. >> anna: 8:39. moving on. more troubling evidence in al-qaeda and other islamist extremists are trying to hijack the syrian