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How to explain the e-mail away. thats why shes a good lawyer. can they explain it away this theyll point to the interview dr. murray gave police telling detectives, im michael jacksons employee, not aeg live. thats my understanding. >> to which brian pannish the lawyer for the family is going to say, yeah, of course thats what he said because he was talking to the cops. he ended up getting convicted. the fascinating thing about this case is that the prosecution of conrad murray and the convictio...

The one that employed and paid for conrad murray. and because of that, they were the employer so they should be responsible for his actions. that civilly they caused the death of michael jackson. that they knew or should have known or should have been foreseeable that conrad murray, being so much in debt, was so in need of $150,000 a month that he would do anything so that michael jackson could take the stage. theres a critical e-mail, ashleigh, that the plaintiffs are definitely going to rely u...

Paying his salary. we want to remind him what is expected of him." and an e-mail on the day that jackson announced the tour is specific. "m.j. is locked in his room drunk and despondent. he is an emotionally paralyzed mess, riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time." miguel, with that, that sounds pretty pointed and pretty specific where evidence is concerned. but there has to be the counterargument where aeg is concerned. what is it? >> well, aeg is going to come back with e...

Michael jacksons kids, paris and prince michael, are expected to testify. theyll talk about their father in open court. thats something well never have heard about before. the will lawyers for aig saying they will extensively talk about michael jacksons medical records in that trial as well. so we can expect to hear some revealing details about the king of pop. >> are there going to be tv cameras inside that courtroom? >> that is yet to be determined. the court today was on fire between these tw...

>> reporter: the plaintiffs, jacksons mother catherine and his three kids, blame aeg. the lawyer says there was never a signed contract, and murray who was never paid anything served only at the pleasure of michael jackson. >> if you look at the draft explicitly, he was chosen there by michael jackson to be there at michael jacksons behest. michael jackson was the only one who could get rid of him at will. >> reporter: possibly testify, jacksons 16-year-old son prince michael and his daughter pa...

Concert promoter aeg. dr. conrad murray mains his innocence despite being convicted in the death of michael jackson. well talk to him from prison and ask him about that, his relationship with michael jackson and the wrongful death lawsuit filed by jacksons family as i said that begins today against aeg live. that and more at the top of the hour. >> looking forward to that interview. see you in a few minutes. now the fifth story. doubling down. an airline ceo says he meant it when he suggested ...

Family gets over that hurdle. and i actually disan i gree with mark because the fact that conrad murray was, you know, found guilty of involuntarily manslaughter sort of helps aeg because a jury may think, well, someone is already been found responsible for this. why do i find aeg responsible? and i think the jury will also perhaps think, you know, he was addicted to propofol, prescription pain meds. he is a grown man. he has to be responsible for himself. and i suspect that they may play some o...

Long months. a lot of history there, but this could be the wildest jackson trial, thats been the quote. they may have a case, because theres e-mails talking about from aeg, we hired him, we want him to do this. hes responsible to keep jackson up and standing and going for the 50 concerts that were to be performed in london. but theres also a question about whether or not the contract was signed, and we know that conrad murray signed a contract the night before jackson died, no one else has signe...

Has got to do it with michael jackson. so, the pressure is on conrad murray. >> what is the dollar amount? what will the dollar amount be, in your mind? >> reporter: thats going to be up to a jury, and they are asking for the amount of money that michael jackson would have earned if he had lived out the rest of his life. >> $40 billion? >> thats speculative, billions, yes. but its also very speculative because of michael jackson and the person he was, the life he led, and thereby you have aegs d...

Hiring dr. conrad murray. >> this is it, see you in july. >> reporter: this is it meant to herald michael jacksons comeback. like so many things in jacksons life and death, its become a supersized trial. of course, the jackson family seeking from concert promoter aeg as much as $40 billion for the wrongful death of the 50-year-old king of pop. reports the jackson camp deny. >> that the jury feels the family deserves $40 billion, thats what they are going to give, but i can tell you, no demand ha...