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Like this." >> we heard about paris breaking down. very powerful visual. >> jim moret is chief correspondent for "inside edition." >> from the perspective of a juror and as a parent, can you imagine seeing your own father lying there, most likely dead, with his eyes wide open? >> we have a gentlemen here that needs help and hes not breathing. >> okay, how old is he? >> finally at 12:22 p.m., alvarez called 911. as they waited for an ambulance, murray asked alvarez for more help. >> he reached ov...

Legend 25 milligrams of propofal, a powerful surgical anesthetic, finally putting jackson to sleep. soon after, all hell broke loose. to describe the scene firsthand, securities guard, alberto alvarez. >> he was laying on his back with his hands extended out. i observed that his eyes were slightly open -- or were open and his mouth was open. >> alvarez said murray was frantic and vague about jacksons condition. >> i asked dr. conrad murray what happened? and he said he had a reaction. he had a b...

You have a half-attitude. >> travis payne was michael jacksons long-time choreographer. >> we were on a journey with michael that was going to return him to the stage, you know, that he loved so much. and i know that we were eight days away from leaving for london. >> the stage is where michael was most at ease. on stage, there was no one better. ♪ >> since age 5, he had electrified audiences around the world with hit songs like "i want you back." and the world appeared ready to welcome him ba...

>> aeg live stood to lose or gain millions based on the results of jacksons concerts and the jackson family claimed aeg live instructed murray, "not to look out for jacksons best interests, but rather, to do whatever medical procedures were calculated to get jackson to perform." and an e-mail, aeg live ceo sent to the shows director seemed to support their theory. >> it really is a smoking gun. its probably one of the most important pieces of evidence that michael jacksons attorneys have that ae...

Prosecutors, of mistakes, delays, and recklessness by dr. conrad murray. >> the d.a. added into evidence each vial and bottle found at jacksons house, one after -- >> 20-milligram propofol bottle. >> after another. >> to take a patient with valium, lorazepam, midazolam and propofol and to leave them unattended in that state is medical abandonment. >> murray saw things quite differently, providing his version of events in a police interview recorded just days after jacksons death. >> conrad rober...

Taking to sleep. some of the things he was taking, i can pronounce the words. every time i saw him, he was 1,000% coherent. >> michael jacksons addiction runs deeper and many in his inner circle were aware. >> certainly wasnt worried about concealing it. >> gotham chop practice was a personal friend of jacksons. >> new endless doctors and how to manipulate certain systems and also had many doctors who were always willing to write new prescriptions and just wanted to be around him and they wanted...

Prescription for a narcotic. >> i said i wasnt going to write a prescription. i confronted him. he started to cry. he said, you dont understand. im in a lot of pain. >> chop practice fear for jacksons health and with a member of michaels family, he arranged for an intervention. >> so upset, angry. the temper,ichaels family, he for an intervention. >> so upset, angry. the temper, left the room. >> according to biograh fer, randy tab bore rely, jackson was introduced to prescription drugs in 1984....

The fatal dose, it was jackson himself. >> when dr. murray left the room, michael jackson self-administered a dose of propofol, that with the lorazepam, created a perfect storm in his body that killed him instantly. >> they said it was the final fatal move. dr. robert waldman reviewed records from jacksons dermatologist n the months before his death, jackson got frequent treatments and lots of painkillers. >> i believe there is evidence that he was probably addicted to opioids. >> for the jackso...

Jacksons crippling insomnia. >> he knew that that was the only thing that worked for him. i constantly cautioused him. >> cautioned him, and claims murray, tried to ween him from the drug. still, jackson pressed for propofol on the day he died. >> he said, i cant function if i dont sleep. so i agreed that i would switch over to the propofol. >> then, murray said, he sat at jacksons side. >> i monitored him, saw his oxygen saturation, heart rate, everything looked stable. then i needed to go to t...

>> ill be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had a lot on the line. >> it was his comeback. it was his renaissance. his rebirth on stage. after so many years of being out of the spotlight, a lot of people were wondering if he could pull this off. >> this is it. and see you in july. >> but there were questions about whether jackson was ready. kenny ortega, the director for "this is it," called a private meeting at jac...