part of the performer s rehearsal for his ill-fated this is it tour was the first video clip played by his family s lawyer during opening statements. jackson s mother, katherine, and her three grandchildren, paris, prince michael and blanket, say concert promoter aeg live was a greedy commercial enterprise that put profits ahead of jackson s health by hiring and controlling dr. conrad murray. murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for injecting the insomniac pop star with a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol. seated in the court s first row, 82-year-old katherine jackson listened as her lawyer told the jury, aeg ignored the obvious red flags and they hired dr. murray. they were ruthless and they wanted to be number one at all costs. the jacksons say aeg live should pay. on the witness list, jackson s defense attorney in his child molestation trial. the question is what was michael jackson s life worth? he died at 50 years of age.
correspondent s dinner at senate minority leader mitch mcconnell as a pucnchline. some people don t think i spend enough time with congress. why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell they ask. really? why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. the senator is returning the serve. the re-election campaign tweeting a picture of the republican leader sitting at a bar with an empty seat and two drinks. greetings from coal country out of kentucky. ahead on starting point, the michael jackson wrongful death trial is expected to get ugly. one potential witness is attorney tom mesereau. he represented jackson in the 2005 child molestation trial. live next. we he brought you the story of ryan panetta, he jumped into rushing floodwaters during superstorm sandy to save his
injecting the insomniac pop star with a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol. seated in the court s first row, katherine jackson listened as her lawyer told the jury, aeg ignored the obvious red flags and hired dr. murray. they were ruthless and they wanted to be number one at all costs. the jacksons say aeg live should pay. on the witness list, jackson s defense attorney in his child molestation trial. the question is what was michael jackson s life worth? he died at 50 years of age. he was the son of a wonderful father of three beautiful children. what was his life worth? it was worth quite a bit. he was the best-known celebrity on the planet. reporter: but aeg live defense attorney marvin putnam told jurors the blame in jackson s death lies with jackson. promising the case will get ugly. putnam said jackson ex-wife debbie rowe helped administer propofol ten years ago and his decades-long use of the drug was jackson s deepest, darkest secret. they didn t see this coming. they h
so i think this issue is well founded by the siblings and i think it s going to be a big issue for the plaintiffs. and i think aeg will have a tough time explaining it. aeg s lawyer said it was the 2005 child molestation trial which you obviously were involved in which caused michael to dramatically increase his drug use. do you think there s any truth in that? i really don t. now, i was his lead criminal defense counsel in that trial. i talked to him throughout the trial. he was lucid he was articulate, he was cooperative. i never had a problem working with michael. my co-counsel both thought he was one of the nicest clients we ever represented. and i did not see drug use as a problem during the trial. now, the verdict day, he didn t look well, i will say that. he had been through over five months of trial, all the stress and strain, we were in court five days a week, and i do think that he suffered physically and emotionally during the trial. but i never saw him take a prescripti
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 he s not well, he has serious physical problems, serious psychological and emotional problems, he s asking for professional help, and i m informed that there are some e-mails from aeg basically telling murray you better get him to rehearsals. so i think this issue is well founded by the siblings and i think it s going to be a big issue for the plaintiffs. and i think aeg will have a tough time explaining it. aeg s lawyer said it was the 2005 child molestation trial which you obviously were involved in which caused michael to dramatically increase his drug use. do you think there s any truth in that? i really don t. now, i was his lead criminal defense counsel in that trial. i talked to him througho