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michael jackson's director of logistics is on the stand. ricki, how would you characterize the prosecution's case? >> huge day for the prosecution, banner day. they got to show the depth of michael jackson and show a doctor who is not caring for michael jackson. this dr. conrad murray as a defendant instead of dealing with his patient and trying to revive him in a way that would save his life if it could be saved. he's more worry it appears about hiding the evidence. take the vials and i.v. bag and get it out of the way. consciousness of guilt. >> that picture is the i. virks stand that alvarez mentioned seeing inside the jackson bedroom moments before his daughter walked in. we'll have more from alvarez
next few minutes he's going to talk specifically about what happened the night of michael jackson's death. we want to bring ricky back in here. let's talk about what we heard yesterday as well. one of things i found particularly striking, we were talking about this, moments ago, dr. conrad murray a cardiologist, board certified based in houston. all of a sudden michael jackson goes into -- i don't want to speculate over what he went into -- >> he died. >> before that though, before he dies, here's dr. murray trying to administer cpr. yesterday it sounded like this doctor didn't know a whole lot about how to do cpr. >> it's as stoundsing, craig. if you had any doctor, an emt, police officer, a firefighters, they know how to do cpr. this is a cardiologist. for heaven's sake he didn't know enough to put him on a hard surface. he started to do cpr with one hand and asking for help in how
>> and was he looking straight up at the ceiling? was he looking in one particular direction? >> his face was slightly towards the left. >> okay, you say the left, that would be toward the foyer area essentially? >> correct. >> now, as you came in and saw conrad murray giving compressions or what you described as compressions, was he using one hand or two hands? >> he was using one hand, sir. >> can you describe for the jury exactly what you saw with that one hand on the bed? >> he had his hand with his palm open and he was giving chest compressions in this manner. >> and you've indicated his -- you used your left hand. is it your recollection it was conrad murray's left hand? >> yes, sir. >> so you've indicated for the record he -- while michael was on the bed conrad murray used
jackson in security. also, how often he saw dr. conrad murray at the house, he said five to six nights a week. now they are talking about that final rehearsal. he was with michael jackson that night at the staples center saying he appeared to be doing well, in good spirits and looking pretty good that night. of course expected to get more dramatic as we go through the day because he was the first person other than dr. murray and michael jackson in michael jackson's bedroom on that fateful day that he died. he's expected to talk like he did in the preliminary hearing about how dr. murray ordered him to get rid of propofol bottles and what looked like an i.v. bag before he was ordered to call 911. we're expecting to hear from michael jackson's personal chef today. she has said in preliminary hearings that dr. murray yelled down to her the kitchen that he needed help, that something was going on with michael jackson but she said she wasn't told to call 911. time permitting we'll also hear
>> do you know what a condom catheter is? xbl i do now sir. >> you do now? a medical device used so someone can urine ate in the bag without moving from the location? >> yes, sir. >> did you know what a condom catheter was at at a thythat ti this. >> no, sir. >> eventually you called 911 per conrad murray's instructions, correct? >> correct. >> at any time prior to calling 911 or after calling 911, did you observe any heart monitor or any type of equipment monitoring equipment in that room? >> no, sir. >> did you ever see -- do you know what a blood pressure cuff is? >> no, sir. >> did you see anything attached to michael's arm, like a black band that would be used to monitor someone's blood
take it. you have normally something that would get the court's attention. federal appeals court overturning an act of congress and a split among the circuit courts. i would be astonished and i think everybody else would be too if the supreme court did not take this case. the earliest it could be argued is this coming february. and that would mean a decision by the end of june in the middle of the presidential campaign. pete williams, thanks. >> security guard alberto alvarez on the stand right now in the michael jackson death trial. alvarez was jackson's director of logistics, he was the one who placed the 911 call. he also testified in a previous hearing that dr. conrad murray ordered him to remove drugs from jackson's bedroom before calling an ambulance. nbc's kristen dahlgren is live outside the courthouse. what has alvarez said so far this morning? >> so far they've talked about what exactly he did for michael
you've described as far as what was in the room and the condom court and ju catheter on michael january jack sob son, these are taking place simultaneously? >> yes, going back to physically what happened. you indicated the children to leave the room, is that accurate? >> yes, sir. >> conrad murray then as you are coming back tells you michael had a bad reaction? >> yes, sir. >> did he then instruct you to take some viales or do something with some vials. >> he reached over and grabbed a handful of vials and reached out to me and said, here, put these in a bag. >> where was conrad murray when he did that? >> he was kneeling down here in this area here. >> okay. and you've indicated the area to
>> it's really powerful, what you have is dr. murray calling in the security fellow and he says to alvarez, basically, help me clean up this crime scene. he asks him to take the vials of medicine and throw them in a bag and take the i.v. material and throw it in a different bag. this is really great stuff for the prosecution. and terrible for the defense. >> we also heard his description of michael jackson's daughter. when she walked in and saw her father there, palms up, mouth open. >> palms up, mouth open and looking toward her because that's the way his head is placed. and she is screaming daddy and crying. and the one good thing dr. conrad murray says is he says basically get the kids out of the room. then the security guard alvarez says don't worry, kids, everything is going to be fine and moves them out of the room. this has to be a memory for
at the foot of the bed as conrad murray is telling you to take the vials and take off the bag from the i.v. stand? >> correct, yes. >> at that point in time when you're standing at the foot of the bed, are you as you stand in front of the bed and are looking at the head board? >> correct. >> are you more to the left side of the bed or more to the right side of the bed or in the middle? >> i was closer to the left side of the bed, sir. >> so in the diagram, people's 22, you would be closer from a vantage point of the foyer, closer to the far side of the bed? >> correct. >> you have been watching and listening to the michael jackson death trial in los angeles. we're going to take a quick break. before we do that, ricky, are you still with me, right? >> i am, indeed. >> let's talk quickly about what we just heard. this sounds like at least right now this is the prosecution's strongest witness to this point.
>> yes, sir. dr. conrad murray said, hurry, don't let them see their dad like this. don't let them see their dad like this. and i proceeded to turn around to the children and kind of ushered them out and said, kids, don't worry, we'll take care of it. everything is going to be okay. and so i walked them out towards the landing area, towards the front door of the suite. >> and at that point did you ask conrad murray what had happened? >> yes, sir. when i returned back to the situation, i was approaching the room or the bed and i asked dr. conrad murray, what happened? and he said he had a reaction, he had a bad reaction. and i was standing at that time at the foot of the bed.