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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. ....