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Piece of tape. this is michael jacksons voice in a telephone message to dr. conrad murray. take a listen: >> ive never seen nothing like this. go. its amazing. hes the greatest entertainer in the world. gregg: all right, so judge, wasnt the doctor clearly put on notice by virtue of that tape and probably other events that michael jackson had a serious substance problem of some sort which, therefore, demands that the treating doctor, conrad murray, exercise a higher level of care for his patient?...

procedures but he was on demerol. that demerol, as he was coming off of it, was acting as a stimulant. it breaks down as a stimulant and that stimulant was really very much keeping him awake. and that is why he needed all of these other medications to help him sleep. what i thought was even more remarkable, they were talking about this idea that on the day this happened, they say conrad murray did give propofol, this medication that weve been talking about, and then observed michael ja...

Now, that follow,, again, an hour and 15-minute long opening statement by the prosecution and the deputy da, theyre laying out quite a case, in part playing a phone message from may 10, 2009, roughly a month and a half before the deatof michael jackson where he sounds extremely drugged. during this message his sister, janet jackson, in the courtroom was shaking her head in disgust, im told, by our producers. take a listen to part of that phone message. >> i wan to say ive never seen nothing like...

>> ted rowlands was inside the courtroom when that audio was played. ted, it was stunning to hear. i cant imagine what the reaction was like inside the courtroom where michael jacks jacksons family was attending. >> reporter: to be honest, drew, i was not inside the courtroom during that audio, but i think anybody who heard it was shocked. and the prosecutors used it for one reason, to show that dr. conrad murray knew what he was doing to michael jackson, knew the drugs he was administ...

Here. and they put out a news about that about everything thats going to be taking place. >> and rick morgan, who will never shop anywhere again. thanks again. >> i -- well, actually, i called nicole, who had talked to me the first time about the first interview i had, and i left her a phone message on wednesday. i said, well, i just spent about an hour in my storm shelter for the first time in many years. >> all right. >> and the tornado didnt come but im going to keep spending it there when th...

Joplin, i bet, right, john? >> they are going to rebuild here. and they put out a news about that about everything thats going to be taking place. >> and rick morgan, who will never shop anywhere again. thanks again. >> i -- well, actually, i called nicole, who had talked to me the first time about the first interview i had and i left her a phone message on wednesday. i said, well, i just spent about an hour in my storm shelter for the first time in many years. >> all right. >> and the tornado d...

that is a monster tornado. >> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of natures power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop ca...

>> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of natures power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers mo...

whats happening. thats ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to li...