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Involuntary manslaughter. adam housley live at california superior court in los angeles right now, adam. >> reporter: the two expert witnesses, one is already on the stand, hes expected to go relatively quick. then the more famous expert witness, if you will will take the stand. lets go live inside the courtroom right now. you can get a look alternate the dr. robert waldman he specializes in addictive medicine. hes expected to say that michael jackson exhibited the possibility of being addicted ...

Rick. >> reporter: jenna, were talking about a nine-year-old boy, robert wood, jr., he went missing five days ago, apparently he was taking a walk with his family sunday when he wandered off. and this is playing out about an hour and a half south or so of the nations capitol, washington, d.c., and the search began immediately after they realized he had gone missing, blood hounds were called out to the scene and they actually picked up on roberts scent near where he disappeared, but the dogs then...

And dr. conrad murray didnt know about it when he was giving him his own cocktail of drugs. one of the side effects of dem roll withdrawal is crippling insomnia. this places the claim that michael jackson was so desperate to sleep he gave himself the fatal dose of propofol. at times, dr. waldman became contradictory. >> based on my prior definition and whats known about his public behavior and this course of treatment that he was probably addicted to opiate. >> would you diagnose michael jackson...

Summer. its difficult and there a lot of things beyond the scenes. democrats feel that the proposal they put forth was showing that they were serious. they were willing to cut entitlements and revenue in there, but they were trying to make a show. they have been very much dismissive and saying that its very much in bed with grover norquist. republicans say the same. democrats should have known this would not go anywhere. this tax increase was dismissed by speaker boehner and barack obama. this i...

The prosecution. take a look. >> have you ever had someone come to you and you have had an opportunity to review their prior care. have you had that happen? >> what do you mean by review their prior care? >> however you want to interpret it. >> you are asking the question. >> court instruct the witness to answer the question. >> would you like it reasked? >> i would like to reasked. >> i said there were two more questions. where are things right now? >> he is still on the stand. next comes anoth...

to keep more cash reserves as a cushion against losses. so why should americans care? well i mentioned stocks but that is just the start. my colleague alison kosik has a whole lot more from the new york stock exchange. first, catch us up on the markets, both here and abroad. >> okay. randi, first stocks are at some of their best levels of the session, the dow up 293 points. if you look at this month as a whole, it is shaping up to be among the best ever. the dow is up more than 1,200...

police chief said he is treating this incident tuesday night with an iraq war veteran the same way they would investigate a police-involved shooting. school olesons has been upgradeed from critical to fair condition. his family is going from wisconsin to california. he is appalled by police action. the iraq war vet was hit in the head by whats believed to be a police tear gas cam. officers were trying to kick occupy wall street protesters out of the campç they occupied for two weeks ...

and how you can fight back. and bringing america back. the american town nearly wiped off the map by a tornado, brought back by an american icon that refused to abandon them. good evening. diane is on assignment tonight. and all day today, they were hard to miss. perhaps because we hoped for them so much. signs of life in our economy. starting with the stock market on a tear. up 340 points today. okts is now on track to be the single best month in 25 years -- 25 years. a hallry fue...

good evening. diane is on assignment tonight. and all day today, they were hard to miss. perhaps because we hoped for them so much. signs of life in our economy. starting with the stock market on a tear. up 340 points today. okts is now on track to be the single best month in 25 years -- 25 years. a hallry fueled by good news overseas in europe and here at home, too. we learned today that the american economy grew faster than expected over the summer. not roaring yet, but a growth spur...

>> what about addicted? >> possibly. >> reporter: dr. robert waldman examined medical records from a dermatologist, who was treating jackson with injections of demmerol. >> i would suggest that injections over 230 minutes. >> the defense is trying to show jurors that jackson was on many different drugs. but prosecutors say it was an overdose of propofol and anesthetics that caused the superstars death. and that dr. conrad murray is responsible. >> reporter: he is not listed as a witnes...