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His estate, as you know, jim, is in the black now. certainly was not in the black when he was alive. its in black because he is not here to spend the money. >> not only that, don, when we covered the molestation trial some years ago, it would not have surprised me if he didnt show up one day -- actually he was late one day. he came in his pajamas. we remember that. he was so frail at that time that i dont think anyone would have been surprised in his life has come to an end then. to say his life...

Worked for aeg. he could certainly end up helping both sides of the case. he would probably plead the fifth here. but do you think its -- what does it say -- whats the significance of that contract? does that contract show that aeg is responsible here for dr. conrad murrays actions? >> the contract is important. if the jury decides or the judge decides ultimately that there was no oral agreement to hire conrad murray by aeg, theyre out of the case. so the existence of the contract is important a...

So they say, okay. hes your doctor, well agree to hire him. and then of course conrad murray goes on to kill him by administering propofol. to think a jury would blame aeg for doing exactly what michael jackson asked them to do is a bit farfetched. but whats important, if you assume that he fired conrad murray, that aeg fired him that day, the day he was killed, does anyone believe that michael jackson wouldnt have just hired him himself to administer the propofol? there was no way jackson survi...

And the crux of which is whether dr. conrad murray worked for michael jackson or whether he worked for aeg. he could certainly end up helping both sides of the case. he would probably plead the fifth here. but do you think its -- what does it say -- whats the significance of that contract? does that contract show that aeg is responsible here for dr. conrad murrays actions? >> the contract is important. if the jury decides or the judge decides ultimately that there was no oral agreement to hire c...

But michael jackson was a big spender. his estate, as you know, jim, is in the black now. certainly was not in the black when he was alive. its in the black bauds hes not here to spend that money. >> not only that, don, when we covered the molestation trial some years ago, it would not have surprised me if he didnt show up one day -- actually he was late one day. he came in his pajamas. we remember that. he was so frail at that time that i dont think anyone would have been surprised in his life ...

Its in the black bauds hes not here to spend that money. >> not only that, don, when we covered the molestation trial some years ago, it would not have surprised me if he didnt show up one day -- actually he was late one day. he came in his pajamas. we remember that. he was so frail at that time that i dont think anyone would have been surprised in his life has come to an end then. to say his life came to an end now isnt surprising. when you look at the show that aeg was putting on and look at t...

Did come in to testify. there are lots of other sources of information about how he was hired and who hired him. so i dont think it will make that much of a difference. >> jim, lets talk about the money here. is this case all about the money? were talking about millions, possibly billions for the jacksons if aeg loses this case. is this really -- conrad murray seems to believe this is all about the money. aeg says its all about the money because theyre not suing dr. conrad murray. is that what i...

Personal physician, to be available on the tour. this is a condition precedent for me going on the tour. so they say, okay. hes your doctor, well agree to hire him. and then of course conrad murray goes on to kill him by administering propofol. to think a jury would blame aeg for doing exactly what michael jackson asked them to do is a bit farfetched. but the second thing that is important is that if you assumed that he fired conrad murray, that aeg fired him that day that he was killed, does an...

Forth here on who might be able to build the best case? >> i think it is xleer conrad murray came from michael jackson. michael met him years and years ago in las vegas where he had come to treat his children. had the flu in a hotel room. thats where michael jackson first met him and he liked him and thats the doctor he wanted. there is some evidence that aeg wanted a london-based doctor. thats of course where the concert tour was going to be. but michael insisted it be conrad murray. the questi...

But i think it is about the money because you know whos responsible legally for the death and that is dr. murray. and dr. murray doesnt have any assets. who, then, to go to? aeg, you have to go under the assumption that he was working for aeg. and i agree with paul. i dont think it makes a lot of difference if dr. murray testifies because dr. murray may say aeg was my boss but aeg, as you said in that special, didnt pay him a dime, didnt have an executed contract and didnt act in accordance with...