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series in london. prosecutors want to show that jackson was up to the challenge of performing. >> what was your overall impression of mr. jackson's performance at rehearsal on june 23rd, 2009? >> i thought he was strong. >> did mr. jackson appear to be excited and full of energy when he was performing? >> yes, yes, he did. >> yesterday we heard a lot about the pressures of preparing for 50 concerts when the original plan was 10. we also heard from jackson, like we'd never heard him before. once again, michael jackson had the world's attention. this time, though, he was wasted, slurri...

Trial that millions of michael jackson's fans have been waiting for. today prosecutors will explain what they really believe led to the death of the king of pop. was michael jackson's death the fault of his personal physician, dr. conrad murray, or was the killing of the king addicted to dangerous painkillers and his death a tragic accident? that is the question facing 12 jurors in murray's involuntary manslaughter trial. the jury is made up of seven men and five women. one is a mailman. another an unemployed accountant. there is even a television director within the group. one factor that cou...

Director. and perhaps more importantly, half say they are michael jackson fans. veteran l.a. defense attorney and former legal counsel to jackson himself, mark gerragos says that could be an advantage to the defense. murray's attorneys are expected to argue that he was only trying to control jackson's use of the anesthesia propofol. >> if the defense in this case is that he was trying to wean michael jackson off of these drugs, i mean if that's the road they're going down, then they may want michael jackson fans. >> reporter: potential jurors were asked if they followed other high-profile case...

there, or are you alone? >> reporter: i am alone except for the crew and some other reporters. i had to look around. we're sort of in a bubble. you know how that is, but, where do we start, ali? oh my gosh. there is so much to talk about in this case. when you talk about propofol. we didn't know anything about propofol before michael jackson. some people get it when you go into procedures but you didn't know the name of it. as you said, opening statements, starting about 8:45 local time, which is 11:45 eastern. that's when the judge will come in, give the jury instructions, about 15 ...

Was still awake, so murray told police he tried another drug, a sedative. that didn't work either. what jackson really wanted according to murray was the anesthetic propofol. murray told investigators jackson repeatedly asked for the drug that final night but insisted he repeatedly denied the singer. murray claims he was actually trying to wean jackson off of propofol at the time fearing he had formed an addiction. ed chernoff is murray's attorney. >> he doesn't have any specialized training in addiction recovery, that's true. who else is addicted to a drug like propofol? there's no protocol f...