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>> thank you very much indeed. who should aeg -- should aeg be blamed for michael jacksons death. thats a question for tom, a defense attorney and represented him in the molestation case. a fascinating day with debbie row but in the end was a picture built that helps aeg in the sense of jacksons clear long-time use of propofol and all these doctors, not just conrad murray supplying it for him? >> i think it helped kathryn jackson and michaels children, piers. both sides are trying to prove that ...

Each other, who could give the better drug? these idiots were going back and forth the whole time and not caring about him, unquote. one of the doctors she accuses her longtime employer, dermatologist, arnold klein, who treated jackson nearly 30 years. rowe said, quote, michael had a low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. i think the doctors took advantage of him that way. rowe testified that jackson obtained propofol, in a hotel suite in germany once, two doctors administered t...

Starbucks. >> right. in this study it was eight ounces of coffee, when you drink four of those a day, the death rate started going up. this was more than 44,000 people. so, you know, you cant ignore it, but also probably not the last word on coffee. >> all right. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. >> thanks. well, today, michael jacksons ex-wife returns to the witness stands in the wrongful trial of the singers murder. row said two german doctors treated jacksons insomnia with the anesthetic ...

In germany during the 1997 victory tour, michael jackson getting propofol in a hotel room saying it looked like a surgical suite for sleep two consecutive nights or two accept pretty nights during the tour and talked about drug use and how low he got during this period. it comes back to the doctors she said was taking advantage of him. she did the one thing for aeg who put her on the stand and that was to describe the event in germany. she wanted her to tell jackson and jackson himself plotted t...

Responsible for his demise and if they are held liable they want to keep damages low. they want to say his addiction lowered the value of his career, lowered whatever expectations there were what about he could earn. both are trying to prove he was addicted. i think she helped catherine and michaels children. what she described is something that aeg, in my opinion, had to know about because of their constant involvement with michael, particularly the executive that was his tour manager on two to...

Tour. lets bring in ted rowlands. he was in the courtroom watching it unfold. what happened, ted? >> well, wolf, it was not only emotional. it was incredibly engaging. she talked about what it was like to live a life with michael jackson, things like bearing his two eldest children. talked about watching a movie with him, "to kill a mockingbird" and calling gregory peck to talk about the movie, and watching his fall into addiction. it was absolutely mesmerizing. >> which side did she shep? >> ae...

Own demice and number two, if they are held liable they want the damages low. addiction to painkillers and medication lowered the value of his career, lowered whatever expectations there were about what he could earn. so they are both trying to prove he was addicted. i think she helped kathryn and michaels children. what she described is something aeg in my opinion had to know about because of their constant involvement with michael jackson, particularly that executive who was the tour manager o...

Happened? >> well, you know what, it was sad, piers, the story she told. that is of competing doctors trying to give mn michael jackson as much pain medication as they could and trying to one up each other while he was recovering from the pepsi commercial debacle where he burned his head and through his life and she testified she saw during the munich germany, victory tour michael getting propofol proep. she talked about his drug use and how low he got during this period. it comes back to the do...

Aeg in my opinion had to know about because of their constant involvement with michael jackson, particularly that executive who was the tour manager on two tours. so i think aeg will be hard pressed to say we never heard this was going on. we knew nothing about it. its news to us. particularly when they said they investigated conrad murray to see if he was suitable and changed their position and said we said that but really didnt do it. >> but if conrad murray simply is the latest in a long line...

She said it, "looked like a surgical suite as two an theseiologists put him to sleep." >> they want to say he was responsible for his own demise and if they are held libel, they want to keep the damages low. >> reporter: rowe is the mother of jacksons two oldest children. she gave up custody and says now they reconnected and have an ongoing relationship. the jackson children along with jacksons mother, katherine, are suing aeg live for more than $1 billion saying it contributed to michael jackso...