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jurors heard an audio recording of a barely coherent jackson just weeks before his death, and saw a picture of him dead on a hospital gurney. cnn's don lemon is live from los angeles, he talked to the jackson family. were you inside the courtroom, don. set the scene for us. >> reporter: ah, good morning to you, carol, and good morning to you, ali, as well. how do you say this? yesterday, when it all started, the jackson family walked in, and they were -- they are a strong family. i've never seen them together this much, the funeral, but now they are co-hehesantx and walken together supporting their mom, katherine jackson who is a strong woman. when they dimmed the light, played videotape and played that audiotape of michael jackson, they had to play it twice, because the first time you couldn't hear it. it was heart wrenching, and everyone sort of looked at everyone saying, is that michael jackson? hear it for yourself and then we'll talk about it. [ mumbling ] >> when people leave this show, when people leave my show, i want them to say i've never seen nothing like this in my life. go. go. i've never seen nothing like this. go. it's amazing. he's the greatest entertainer in the world. >> so that was that. and they had to endure it twice, and i -- you know, listen, i'm a young reporter but i'm human. my heart goes out to the jackson family, but it really goes out to that mom who sat right in front of me. i kept thinking about my own mom had this was happening, and when he played that tape, everyone, janet, tito, receive, la toya, jermaine, all looked down the row at their mom and started passing tissue down and she started crying. the whole courtroom was stunned, carol. >> explain to us where this audio recording was taken from. >> reporter: so the audweudio recording was when dr. conrad murray had just started treating michael jackson. it was an ireporter on a cell phone and conrad murray had recorded michael jackson's, either a conversation or something he was taping him doing and that's what the prosecution found. i don't know the exact date of that recording, but that was heart wrenching. now, the other part, too, that was heart wrenching, along, carol, with this videotape is a pick color. you saw the picture of him on the gurney. so we want into the courtroom and they start the prosecution and it's normal. then the lights dim and it becomes this production of a movie that they're taking you through. a heart wrenching movie. you see michael jackson up on the stage on the 24th and then the 25th, nine hours later, you see this picture that was taken of him in the hospital, and you wonder, what's going on? how is this family going to endure it? there are jurors who can't even look at picture. they'd look up and then they'd look down, it's so hard to look at, and you -- again, i have to say, as a family, if this had happened to me, i don't know if i would be able to sit in that courtroom without someone picking me up off the floor. it's hard to deal with. it's hard to look at, but that's the reality of what happened to michael jackson. so today we're going to go back inside of michael jackson's home. we're going to go back inside the final moments of his life, back to the rehearsals, back to all of that, and i'm going to have to sit again right behind that family and witness it all. and they're going to have to relive it all over again. >> yeah. don lemon reporting live from los angeles. the point of that audio recording as far as the prosecution is concerned is that it shows that dr. murray knew that michael jackson was a drug addict and he continued to administer these drugs to michael jackson and, of course, we all know what happened in the end. as don said, the trial continues today. for complete analysis of the michael jackson death trial check out our sister network hln. amanda knox's lawyers are set to give final arguments tomorrow after a break today in her bid to have her murder conviction overturned. knox is a college student from seattle convicted of the gruesome murder of his housemate in italy. yesterday defense lawyers compared knox to jessica rabbit, the cartoon character, saying she isn't the femme fatale the media made her out to be. shep was just drawn that way. the mysterious outbreak from cantaloupe is the deadliest in almost a decade. 72 infections and 13 deaths are are now lynch elinked to the ta fruit, from california to maryland. it appears to be the generalses fa jensen farms in the colorado area. and the al qaeda-linked group, haqqani, is anticipated for a move by secretary of state hillary clinton, significant because it would freeze accounts in american banks. officials tell cnn an announcement could come soon. building 1 no ing 1,000 new east jerusalem. britain and other european countries condemned a settlement expansion. secretary of state hillary clinton says the decision is counterproductive to restarting israeli/palestinian peace talk. and moves navy ships very close to u.s. waters. the move is in response to the presence of u.s. war ships in the persian gulf. the u.s. government has had no immediate response to this. back in february, two iranian navy ships passed through the suez canal for the first time since 1979. in the worlds of politics it's going to be a titanic move to get the president re-elected. that's in the words of david axelrod, speaking in new hampshire and was surprisingly blunt about the challenges ahead. >> we had the wind at our back in 2008. president obama got 53% of the vote. 47% of america voted against him. we don't have the wind at our backs in this election. wep have the wind in our face because the american people have the wind in their faces. so this is going to be a titanic struggle, but i firmly believe we're on the right side of the struggle. >> axelrod went on to say he believes the president will prevail in 2012, because he's on the right side of the struggle, and republicans are spending too much time blaming democrats for everything without offering up solutions of their own. well, will he or won't he? no denials this time, just a clever deflection from chris christie. the new jersey governor delivered a foreign policy speech entitled "real american exceptionalism" as the reagan library last night in simi valley when someone in the audience asked the inevitable question about whether he's running for president. >> are you reconsidering, or are you standing firm? [ applause ] >> listen, i have to tell you the truth. you folks are an incredible disappointment as an audience. the fact that that took -- the second question -- shows you people are off your game. that is not american exceptionalism. >> he had them eating out of the palm of their hand. >> yeah. but he didn't say no this time. he has been very, very clear about no, no, how many ways die have to say no? do i have to commit suicide to say i'm not running. >> although, he did point the audience to politico and politico has on it a videotape of every single denial. >> isn't the same as saying no. i just feel like there's a shift last night. >> he's just enjoying it. wouldn't you get into it if people were begging you to run for president of the united states? >> yeah, but unfortunately, sarah palin's already got that one corner. enjoy people wanting you to run for president. he was pushing his own record as governor of new jersey. we're going to talk about whether or not he's going to do it. more people are saying, his closest supporters. >> yeah. that will happen in the 7:00 hoyer, eastern of "american morning." up next, a visit to the west coast, raising millions for his re-election campaign, so why do we, the taxpayers, have to foot the bill for his trip? breanna keilar take as closer look. this life story reads like an international crime novel, but after more than 40 years on the run, the hunt for a man who escaped from prison and hijacked a plane is over. and hallmark is sorry for your loss, or shall i say your job loss. the greeting card maker, launching a line of cards for the unemployed. it's our "talk back" question this morning. are job loss greeting cards kind or inappropriate? join the conversation. it's 11 minutes past the hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that should do it. enjoy your new shower. 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that's not colorado. it's actually wyoming, and they both have pretty mountains. >> not a mistake rob marciano would make. on assignment in broward county, florida. but he still gets up to give us the forecast. good morning. >> deep in the everglades. tell you why in a second. it's warm and buggy down here. i'll take to you denmark, much co cool cooler. a spot where they saw the northern lights. that geomagnetic storm is over for the most part, but this i'm taking, obviously in motion a little bit. you see this in person it is a spiritual event, no doubt about it. folks across the northeast, hoping for drier weather. a stubborn, stubborn storm system continues to sit and spin and showers pop up in areas you don't need it, especially eastern pennsylvania and northern new york. issues there. in some cases they've seen 9 to 11 inches of rainfall. allentown, included in flash flood watches posted through tomorrow morning for an additional 1 to 3 inches additional rain possible. when will it break down? a low across the great lakes for almost a week. it will get a kick in the pants from a little spot of cool air from canada, and that will help shift things off to the east and bring cooler air down across mitch of the southeast and the northeast over the weekend, but finally switching up this weather pattern just a little bit. all right. the reason we are down here, because reptiles and amphibians, better known at herpaphona, invaded florida in the last 10 to 20 years and it's becoming a big, big problem. we'll talk about more of that in the next hour. guys? >> what is a cutoff low you just talked about? >> you know, it's basically -- >> from canada? >> yeah. a kick in the pants. basically like a stick in the stream that gets caught and doesn't go anywhere. eventually a bigger stick comes down and moves it out of the way. that's the best analogy i can come up with at 6:00 a.m. things might change in the next few days, guys. >> good to see you, rob. stay as unmanagyunmanagy -- unm you can down there. >> thank you, rob. our "talk back" question, are job loss greeting cards kind or appropriate? it's a strange question. when there are hallmark cards for everything. birthdays, kwanzaa, valentine's day, depression, divorce, cancer. yes, cancer. well, hallmark's latest, unemployment. it's launched a line of job loss cards. that's right. if a loved one has just lost their job and is on the edge of bankruptcy, just send them a card. imagine them opening up a card and experiencing this hallmark moment? is there anywhere i could hack up a hairball, like on former employer's head. others are more thoughtful. like the one about taking the lemon life gives you and making a martini with a twist. you'll handle this like you do everything else, in your own unique way, and everything will be more than okay. psychiatrists say although hallmark is capitalizing on a niche, it may work for some people. hallmark told us, "cards for people who lost their jobs are a reflection of the times. hallmark customers were asking for the cards to support their friends and family going through a difficult time." with unemployment perhaps the biggest fear america has right now, i'm not sure a hallmark moment can make it better. or can it? 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