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Everybodys legacy is fair game for exploration but i do think that it should be viewed separately from this court trial which is apparently in jury selection today. >> open up his life. it wont be. >> give him some peace. >> denied a childhood an ensee that in the adulthood and im not convinced he did it. give him the benefit of the doubt. >> but to the point, i think we agree the person to blame for michael jacksons death is number one michael jackson. >> of course. >> conrad murrays doing time...

About how they believed all these people were around michael forcing him against his health, really, to do this tour. how significant will any of that be when this trial starts? >> could be very significant. apparently there are e-mails from his choreographer, ken ortega, warning aeg that hes not well, he has serious physical problems, serious psychological and emotional problems, hes asking for professional help, and im informed that there are some e-mails from aeg basically telling murray you ...

And given the situation at the time, it was my approach to try to get him off of it. i never knew he was an addict. he was going to dr. klines office and being loaded up with humongous, you know, levels of demerol. basically, this was causing his insomnia and -- because thats a huge side effect. >> i listened to conrad murray when he came out, he obviously didnt testify in his case but he then gave an interview to the "today" show at the time and its more of the same. very much you cant blame me...

Would not have surprised me and it would not have been abnormal but he never was a problem for us when it came to talking to him, getting information from him, telling him what was going on. he was a delightful client to represent. >> one of the e-mails you alluded to is from aeg live ceo or co-ceo paul gongaware which says we want to remind murray it is aeg, not jackson, who is paying his salary. we wants to remind him what is expected of him. quite explicit in terms of whos responsible. on the...

Level, that. you can quite see why he didnt testify, because clearly, i suspect his legal team werent entirely sure how he would behave on the stand. but when you hear conrad murray behave like that, thats not the behavior of, as he would pitch himself to us, being a decent honorable straightforward physician, is it? >> no. he has never taken responsibility for what he did. he has always blamed michael jackson for everything thats happened to him. he wasnt professional. he violated medical ethic...

Him, and that aeg is paying his salary. jacksons family believes aeg pressured murray, even threatened his $150,000 a month job as the singers personal physician. all so michael jackson could rehearse, despite his fragile health. aeg denies this, saying it was jackson who chose and handled murray. michael jackson died just two weeks before his tour was set to open in london. randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> joining us now by phone right now from the los angeles county jail is conrad murray. also wit...

Enough information to know that he was a danger to michael jackson, should they have fired him. there are three theories the plaintiffs are relying on. theyre saying they negligently hired him, they negligently supervised him and they negligently kept him around. three different theories. they had agreed to provide medical equipment. murray actually had asked for a cpr equipment, portable equipment. he asked for a gurney. he wanted saline and syringes. they agreed to provide this equipment and n...

>> they were only concerned about the show, moving the show forward. >> these are people working for aeg? >> these are people working for aeg, working for him, working for the show. >> they controlled everything that he did, the people that were around him. they knew he wasnt healthy enough to do those shows but yet they said he was fine. >> when you hear the family talk like that, not entirely surprising, but certainly a familiar pattern. from michaels father to his mother to the siblings, all ...

Were talking exclusively tonight with dr. conrad murray, you no serving a four-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. he will be appealing that verdict. he hopes to get his medical license back. i will talk to him about his appeal. jury selection in a civil trial just got under way today. jacksons mother and kids suing aeg live which is the concert promoters who are managing the pop stars comeback. the jackson family says that they were responsible for hiring...

Job as the singers personal physician. all so michael jackson could rehearse, despite his fragile health. aeg denies this, saying it was jackson who chose and handled murray. michael jackson died just two weeks before his tour was set to open in london. randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> joining us now by phone right now from the los angeles county jail is conrad murray. also with us, his attorney. valerie was. dr. murray, appreciate you being with us. there are a lot of questions i would like to ask ...