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Are those going to be things that ultimately affect his legacy or are a lot of the things we heard in court things we knew anyway? >> i think we knew but we didn't know as much as he learned in this trial. ten years of using propofol according to his ex-wife, she said she warned him years ago that it could kill him. and he said, i just need to sleep, i need it. he was begging for it. i also think that helps aeg. aeg's position is he was a drug addi addict. this is very sad but he was going to get this one way or another. he was addicted to propofol years before we came into the picture. >> lis...

Monday. gina kim bringing us up to speed. >> are you going to let them get away with this? >> reporter: the jackson family attorney waged all-out war against aeg live with his final words to the jury, labeling the concert promoter's top executives as greedy, manipulative liars who repeatedly refer to michael jackson as a freak. >> they don't care. they don't care about the person. they don't care about the individual. all they care is how much money is this freak going to make for them. that's what they're all about. >> reporter: at issue in the civil trial is who lihired dr. conrad murray who...

After shopping around for doctors he could control. putnam said aeg live couldn't have known what jackson was doing in his private home and what's more, the singer was already on a self-destructive path. >> the sad truth here is mr. jackson's death was caused by his choices, and it would have happened no matter what, with or without aeg live. >> reporter: now the case is in the hands of the jury, which must decide if aeg live should pay damages that could exceed $1 billion. >> that was nbc's gina kim report. msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom, has been following the courtroom drama. she's here in...

Of the drug propofol. >> ultimately it was his money, his doctor, and his choice. and he certainly wasn't going to take no for an answer. >> reporter: the plaintiff in this case, katherine jackson and jackson's children, claim aeg paid murray's salary and pressured him to get jackson ready for the upcoming tour. >> we need to remind dr. murray it's aeg, not mj, that's paying him. >> reporter: they're can go the jury for up to $1.5 billion. >> these jurors have made up their minds. >> reporter: in a civil case like this, a unanimous verdict is not required. only 9 of the 12 jurors must agree. >...

Fireball. firefighters covered the area with foam. the female victim or the passenger in the aircraft died. former nfl defensive back paul oliver has taken his life. he wore the number 27 for the chargers. after leaving the university of georgia back in 2006. police say oliver was found dead from a gunshot wound tuesday night near his home in atlanta. he leaves behind a wife and two children. he was 29 years old. lawyers for michael jackson's family get one more chance today to argue their negligence suit against concert promoter aeg. the day begins with their final rebuttal. jurors could ...