he moved to bahrain with his kids. then moved back. >> reporter: bahrain and back again. the king of pop was now a king in debt. a lavish lifestyle. and legal woes led him into near financial ruin. >> after the trial, he had spent a lot of money on lawyers. and had very little coming in. he wasn't touring. he wasn't making new records. and he had this towering $270 million debt. >> reporter: and his beloved neverland was toxic asset number one. >> neverland, which cost him around $19 million in 1987, had a staff of about 150 at its peak. and all these carnival rides, exotic animals which required full-time veterinary care. it cost him around $10 million to keep that up at its peak. >> reporter: $10 million a year he could no longer afford. so an auction of his most personal items seemed like the answer. from his sequinned glove to a life-size replica of darth vader made of legos. things ultimately michael would not give up. >> he backed out of the auction. so when you're selling your furniture to make money, it's like -- yeah, it's not exactly a yard sale but he definitel

he moved to bahrain with his kids. then moved back. >> reporter: bahrain and back again. the king of pop was now a king in debt. a lavish lifestyle and legal woes led him into near financial ruin. >> after the trial, he had spent a lot of money on lawyers. and had very little coming in. he wasn't touring. he wasn't making new records. and he had this towering $270 million debt. >> reporter: and his beloved neverland was toxic asset number one. >> neverland, which cost him around $19 million in 1987, had a staff of about 150 at its peak. and all these carnival rides, exotic animals which required full-time veterinary care, it cost him around $10 million to keep that up at its peak. >> reporter: $10 million a year he could no longer afford. so an auction of his most personal items seemed like the answer. from his sequined glove to a life sized replica of darth vader made of legos, things ultimately michael would not give up. >> he backed out of the auction. so when you're selling your furniture to make money, it's like, yeah, it's not exactly a yard say, but he definitely f

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first he headed to bahrain and then briefly to ireland. happier, but his career was nowhere. it this was a period where he rarely saw his family and sources tell us he was becoming fixated with music superstar celine deon and that permanent show she was starring in in las vegas. jackson thought it might be a path for his return to showbiz, so he moved there in early 2007, believed to be living in this large rented home. two sources close to the family saying janet jackson hadn't seen her brother for most of the time he was out of the country visited him there and was shocked. we're told the house was nearly barren of furniture and creepy looking according to one source. but it was the sight after extremely thin dishevelled michael jackson that frightened janet and anderson, that brings us to the nba all-star game weekend in las vegas that february. janet jackson o jackson was there with two brothers, she asked both of them to go back with her to the house to try to convince mike to get help. reportedly michael ordered his new security team

the five people arrested in the buffalo area and the sixth in bahrain were accused of conspireing with al qaeda. they eventually pled guilty to terrorism-related charges. >>> there may be a new lead in the search for suspects wanted in the shooting death of a border patrol agent. "the los angeles times" reports that an injured man was arrested in mexico near the crime scene carrying a border patrol-issued weapon. investigators are looking for at least two suspects and they think one of them was hurt in the incident. that left agent robert rosas dead there. thursday night. the fbi is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. rosas was the first border patrol agent to die in a shooting more than ten years. >>> alaska governor sarah palin leaves office tomorrow. she gave one of her last speeches as governor yesterday at a picnic in her hometown of wasilla. about 1,000 people showed up. >> from the bottom of my heart and especially this being my last time to speak to the valley community as your governor, i do want to tell you sincerely that i love you. i appreciate

charges, he deemed his home at neverland ranch tarnished and took his kids and moved to the country of bahrain in the middle east. michael jackson was known as the king of pop and shared startling similaritys to another king, elvis presley. to eerily similar stories. they share a family connection, but will michael and elvis share the same legacy? here is keira phillips with the two kings for "showbiz tonight." >> reporter: you can't help but wonder if we've been watching history repeat itself all this time. from humble beginnings in tupelo, mississippi, and gary, indiana, to iconic mega stardom. moves and music to scream for. to cry for. the powerful reaction of fans around the world made it clear. these guys were not your average pop stars. they were game changers. the king of rock and roll, the king of pop. one goes into movies, the other makes thrilling music videos. one becomes a sad, unrecognizable caricature of his former self. the other comes to look like a totally different person. his appearance and a litany of personal drama as upstage his career. one isolates himself at graceland,

after he was acquitted, michael basically went off the map, first living in bahrain and then briefly in ireland. here we explain why jackson apparently decided to move to vegas. >> sources tell us michael was becoming fixated with celine deion. so he moved there in early 2007. >> it was believed michael was living in this rented home in 2007 when the alleged intervention attempt had happened. >> so how did michael supposedly respond to his family when they tried to help him? >> this is interesting, robin. michael told security guards not to let family in when they tried to intervene, and sources say jackson refused to see anyone who tried to stop him from using drugs, one source saying people would not hear from michael for long periods of time. he even here, robin, apparently refused to take calls from his own mother katherine, who had been repeatedly pleading with him to get help. >> they're known to have a close relationship and he didn't take her calls, supposedly. richard, thank you. >>> journalists in north korea finally made contact with her sister here in the united states. >

at the time, just back from hisself-exile in bahrain and ireland, jackson simply couldn't afford the $22 million pricetag. he says he believed the concert tour would have been michael jackson's path way back to this house, a permanent show in las vegas, and a new retreat he would have called wonder land. >> mike brooks in for nancy grace. well, the investigation intensifies. into the death of michael jackson. was it manslaughter? was it homicide? was it accidental overdose? we don't know. and we're taking your calls live. out to the phones, marcia from oklahoma. thank you for joining us. >> caller: hi, mike. >> hi, marcia. >> caller: did the dea or lapd raise dr. murray's las vegas office at the same time that they did the houston office? >> out to natisha. did they search any properties in las vegas? >> we don't have any information on that. we have a cnn reporter that says it looked like the las vegas office was completely shut down. there was a drape over the window and a note on the door that said to contact the building manager. it doesn't seem like that las vegas office is stil

another was picked up in bahrain. they all pleaded guilty to terrorism related charges. sending the military would have raised legal questions since the constitution bans unreasonable search and seizure and 1878 law prohibits the military from acting in a law enforcement capacity. military man, i was asked, i would have so no, i don't believe you need to do it because we'reh@ trained. it's very important to us and we're not trained to be law enforcement. we're good at other things. so my recommendation to him would be don't do it. >> have dick cheney or thedly urged him to consider sending the military, urging the wake of security warranted a move. he relied on a justice department memo saying the president, quote, has amp constitutional and statutory authority to make such a move. at least one top level meeting was held to discuss the idea and at the meeting, there was strong opposition from national security advisor condoleeza rice and f.b.i. chief robert muller. >> thank you so much. >> and now to the political crisis in honduras. the ousted president trying to get ba

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five were picked up in lackawanna in september of 2002, a sixth arrested in bahrain. they all pleaded guilty and serving time. >> new that the news is out this plan was considered, -- now that the news is out this plan was consideredding, according to "the new york times"s are they weighing in on possible use of troops? >> reporter: they don't think they there will be nut use and relieved there was no past use. one military expert said he would have advised against the president if he'Ñs were asked o take such a move he said the military is forbidden from acting as a law enforcement agent while the fbi and local authorities are well trained and well equipped to carry out such a plan and they should have been the ones to do it. and it would have been the first since the civil war, unprecedented. >> interesting new development, steve centanni, thanks. >>> let's talk about your money, particularly your 401(k) getting a boast. dow going above 9,000 for the first time since january. is the economy really recovering or is this just another false start? joining us author o

. >> when he was in bahrain in the persian gulf, of course we were there before him and there was some type of dheel did not go through as far as michael and the other parties are concerned insofar as his record deal. so real quick-like, i will say this so we can finish it on the other side of the break, they offered to cancel the deal if he converted to islam. he did not. it was settled out of court in london from, what i understand. so there is a lot more to that. >> the plot thickens, doctor carr. >> indeed. >> so we will ask you to stand by as we hear from debbie rowe right now. >> my kids don't call me mom because i don't want them to. they are not -- they are michael's children. it is not that they are not my children but i had them because i wanted him to be a father. and i said oh, michael, come on, we're having a baby, come on. how can that be weird, we're having a kid. if anything, it is beautiful, it is wonderful, it is great. boy, was i wrong. and we were very excited. michael was definitely more excited than i was and he goes oh, my god, this is so beautiful. now, having c

he all by does appeared, first going to bahrain and then briefly to ireland. we were told he was happier but his career was going nowhere. this was a period when he rarely saw his family. sources tell us michael jackson became fix sated with mu ics superstar, celine dion and that permanent show she was starring in in las vegas. he thought that kind of show might be his path back to showbiz. so he moved to va gag. in early 2007, he was believed to be living in this large, rented home. two sources close to the family say janet jackson who had seen little of her brother in recent years visited him there and was shocked. we were told the house was nearly barren of furniture and creepy looking according to one source. it was the site of an extremely thin disheveled michael jackson that brightened janet. that brings us up to the nba all-star game weekend in february in las vegas. janet jackson there with two of her brothers. she asked those wroebrothers to back with her trying to convince michael to get help. reportedly, he ordered his new security guards not to let

theseids have been mad and lived in bahrain and vegas hotels and i d't think they know thisamily that ll. w are they suddenlwith the person they never called mom? they called their nanny mom >> we will contie the conversation and joined by the maging editor of "rolling stone." they are doing a mor cover story and overall dedicating an ise to michael jason's legacy, appropriately. so wwill be talking to ll, stephen d toure and others. >>> right now a bpartisan tax force on.s. miation pty. arguing that t failure to reform immigration ws and procedures notnly threatens that issue or the issues, but fact, the u.s. econo diplomacy and nationalsecurity. joining us now to talk about this is mackcclarty. he was chief of staff to present clinton during the early 1990s. good to see you. thank you for jning us. >> good to be with you. >> do youeally believe -- we've been talking out imgration here for a numb o and john mccain among other things stepped up t get something done the lt couple of years. is it believable we could pas major immigration reform this year including everything else presid

another was picked up in bahrain. they all pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges. sending the military would have raised legal questions, since the constitution banned unreasonable search and seizure and the 1878 law prohibits the military from acting as a law enforcement capacity. military man, if i was asked, i would have said no, i don't believe we need to do it because we're trained in the tactic, it's very important to us and we're not trained to be law enforcement. we're good at other things. my recommendation to them would be don't do it. >> where why is -- vice president dick cheney reportedly urged him to send the military, arguing national security in the wake of 9-11 warranted such an unusual move. he reportedly relied on a justice department memo saying the president, quote, has ample constitutional and statutory authority to make such a move. at least one top level meeting was reportedly held to debate the idea, but the meeting said there was strong opposition from condoleeza rice and f.b.i. director robert muller. >> thank you. >> hillary clinton call

he was in a self-exile living officer in bahrain and ireland after his acquittal on the molestation charges. he comes back to las vegas to study the celine dion kind of permanent vegas show thinking about that. janet jackson hadn't seen him in a while. and went to visit him and was really shocked, frightened, according to one source. he was living in this rented home that was almost baron of furniture. and according to our sources, jackson found -- janet jackson found her brother shin and disshovelled. she was so shocked by that. when she came back to las vegas in february with a couple of her brothers this was for the nba all-star weekend, she convinced them that let's all go over and see michael jackson and try to stage an intervention to try to have him confront his drug abuse problem. we're told that the security for michael jackson actually prevented janet jackson and her brothers from entering. and at the same time, catherine jackson, his mom, was trying to call him on the phone. he simply was not taking the phone calls. >> and, drew, we have heard friends of michael jackson's say the

another was picked up in bahrain. they all pleaded guilty to terrorism related charges. sending the military would've raised legal questions since the constitution bans unreasonable search and seizure and in 1878 law called posse comitatus prevents the military from acting in a law enforcement capacity. >> is a military man, if i was asked, i would say no, i don't believe you need to do it, because we are trained in the posse comitatus act is very important to us and we're not trained to be law enforcement. we are good at other things. so my recommendation to them would be don't do it. to back vice resident cheney reportedly urged the president to consider sending a military arguing that national security in the wake of 9/11 or did such an unusual move. he reportedly relied on a justice department memo saying the president "has ample constitutional and statutory authority to make such a move. those quote at least one top-level meeting was held to discuss the idea and admitting there is said to be strong opposition from national security adviser, condoleezza rice, and fbi

. >> reporter: at the time just back from his self-exile in bahrain and ireland, jackson simply couldn't afford the $22 million to $25 million price tag. he says he believed the concert tour would have been michael jackson's pathway back to this house, a permanent show in las vegas and new retreat he would have called wonderland. drew griffin. cnn, las vegas. >> wow. you saw that special investigations unit drew griffin. interesting story. >>> powerful winds slam into east florida and along for the ride, a devastating tornado. jacqui jeras is that right? >> yeah. a lot of waterspouts, too, don. pictures we'll show you coming up of it forming, really cool stuff and also what about the rest of your weekend? what kind of weather can you expect? a lot of storms to talk about. that's coming up next. long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not

the kings wanted to fight their wars, they couldn't bahrain up, they could not tax enough so they started to be printing money. that is why the government began to control and get interested in controlling the money supply. in the more recent times under bismarck, under fdr, it became apparent that the welfare, welfare state cannot be answerable to the people here it's got to depend on the mechanism of printing money and the federal reserve is essential two that. the only way to get back to our republic, the only way for the government to be answerable to the people not to propose programs before in knows how to fund the programs is that we abolish any means by which the government can control the money supply. nano this i haven't said anything about economics yet, i'm talking about fundamental political values that are vital to the maintenance of freedom. that is the fundamental reason my we have to abolish the federal reserve and, indeed, not just abolish the federal reserve and understand that any government control of the money supply because control of the money supply by the governm

. >> reporter: at the time just back from his self-exile in bahrain and ireland, jackson simply couldn't afford the $22 million to $25 million price tag. but he says he believes the concert tour would have been michael jackson's pathway back to this house, a permanent show in las vegas, and a new retreat he would have called wa eed won. drew griffin, cnn, las vegas. >> it sounds amazing. >> a secret cave in a rock fountain, how cool if you are a kid? >> that's where so many stars go and they can make a lot of money in vegas. >> he needed to make some money. >> eparentally he needed on to. he never got a chance. that's it for brooke and i. thanks for being here. be back tomorrow morning. >> bright and early. >>> "cnn newsroom" continues next -- >> you sound so enthusiastic, brooke. >> i love being here, t.j., thank you. >> all right, have a great day. >> thanks. >> sneak in a nap, maybe, so you can wake up bright and early again. thanks so much. >>> justice for the blood that has been spilled. freedom for activists in jail. that's what protesters are demanding. a small group turned out in

. >> reporter: at the time back from his self-exile in bahrain and ireland, jackson couldn't afford the $22 million to $25 million price tag. he believes the concert tour would have been michael jackson's pathway back to this house, a permanent show in las vegas and a new retreat he would have called wonderland. drew griffin, cnn, las vegas. >> what might have been, i suppose. >>> you can join the live chat at ac360.com. >>> he was once funded by the cia. now he may be holding a u.s. soldier hostage. michael wehr joins us for a chilling profile of a top taliban commander, a former ally who's now the enemy. >>> a "360" special, america's high: the case for and against pot. we'll introduce you to a doctor who called marijuana the greatest medication he has worked with. 's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways.

he all but disappeared going to bahrain and then briefly to ireland. we're told he was happier but that his career was going nowhere. this was a period where he rarely saw his family. sources tell us michael jackson became fixated with music superstar celine dion and that permanent show she was starring in in las vegas. jackson thought that kind of show might be his path back to show business. so he moved to vegas. in early 2007, he was believed to be living in this large rented home. two sources close to the family think janet jackson who'd seen little of her brother in recent years visited him there and was shocked. we're told the house was baron of furniture and creepy according to one source. but it was the sight of an extremely thin dishevelled jackson that frightened janet. that brings us to the all-star weekend in february in las vegas. janet jackson there with two brothers, she asked the brothers to go back with her to michael jackson's house trying to convince michael to get help. reportedly, michael ordered the new security guards not to let

iran tried to sponsor shia coup in bahrain. it set up lebanese hezbollah. and, it adopted a policy of undermining the arab states for the gulf corporation council. iranian calls for arab mon narcs to be overthrown united those count behind saddam hussein. so it was detrimental to iranian interests. but among the fundamentalist factions in the revolution, and there are many different groupings. you had nationalist, markists liberals but among the fundamentalist factions there was a widespread belief that iran could export its revolution. it was applicable to the arab world and islamic world at large. also, that some of the radical events in iran at that time, the u.s. hostage crisis for example, had a very domestic dimension that is not often looked at. the fundamentalist factions in iran that supported ayatollah khomeni, the founder of the revolution, really used that crisis to consolidate their own power and beat the other factions. so you have to consider that fax alism has been a large part of iranian behavior in the last 30 years. after the end of iran-

he is expected to deliver a speech in bahrain. and vice-president biden is in the ukraine, supporting their bid to join nato, on of russia is not a fan. ever feel like you live at the office? at los angeles international airport, some employees are doing exactly that, and they do not mind. william la jeunesse is reporting from lax. why have airline workers chosen to live at the airport? >> welcome to the glamorous airline industry where the people who fly our plans, fix our engines, wake up to the smell of burned tires and gasoline overhead. this is an executive jet coming in right now. it gives you an idea of how close we are. this is a sign of the times. because of the downsizing of the airline industry, to keep their jobs, these guys have been moving, and chasing their job. that means either they have to commute from smaller places like denver or dallas, where they used to be assigned, or they have to get a crash pad with some other people. or you could get an rv here and park at lax. trace: are there safety concerns here, will

back in 2007, now, michael had just returned from living in bahrain and ireland. he comes back to las vegas because he really wants to get in on the permanent shows like celine dion had. he was there studying trying to get back into show business after the molestation chile which he was acquitted of. janet hadn't seen him in a long time. she visits him in early 2007 and walks into this house that is nearly barren of furniture, creepy looking and is frightened by michael jackson's look. he is disheveled, extremely thin. she comes back later in february for the nba all-star weekend with two of her brothers and tries to go and have an intervention at michael's home. michael will not let them in. security guards, actually, keep two brothers and janet from coming into the house. all the while, katherine jackson is trying to phone him. he won't take the call. they knew back then they were having troubles with him. there is some kind of a medical drug issue. he just shut them out. we have heard that from a lot of people. >> what we do know, like his financial issues, he

he all but disappeared, first going to bahrain for a self-imposed exile and then briefly to ireland. we're told he was happier, but that his career was going no where. this was a period when he rarely saw his family. sources tell us that michael jackson became fixated with music superstar celine dion and that permanent show she was starring in in las vegas. he thought that might be his path back to show business, he moved to vegas. in early 2007 he was believed to live in this large, rented home. two sources close to the family say janet jackson who had seen little of her brother in recent years visited him there and was shocked. it was creepy looking, according to one source. but it was the site of an extremely thin, disshelved michael jackson that frightened janet and that brings us up to the nba all-star weekend in february of las vegas. jackson there with two of her brothers and she asked those brothers to go with her to jackson's house trying to convince michael to get help. michael ordered his new security guards not to let them in. we also learned that michael jackson, at that

. >> reporter: at the time, just back from his self exile in bahrain and ireland, he couldn't afford the $22 million to $25 million price tag. he believes the concert tour would have been michael jackson's pathway back to this house, a permanent show in las vegas and a new retreat he would have called wonderland. drew griffin, cnn, las vegas. >>> here are some of the other stories we're watching right now. a pair of astronauts moments away from starting another spacewalk. today's work could take nearly eight hours. they have more to do today because wednesday's spacewalk was cut short because of a faulty space suit. >>> deposed president jose zelaya is headed back to honduras today. in a caravan going through nick rag wu. he is going home despite threats by the current government to have him arrested. >>> no vote on health care until after august. senate majority leader harry reid dealt a blow to president obama's timetable for reform. he will meet with the president later in the oval office today. right now, though, republican members of congress are holding a news conference in was

for approximately the next year my law partner and i helped him after he moved to bahrain, then we moved on. >> did he pay all his legal bills? >> michael was good to us, yes. >> i'll leave it on that neat. mr. mesereau, i know you liked him a lot and i'll express our condolences to you on the loss of a friend. >> thank you very much. it's a very sad moment. >> we are going to have more on the legal aspects of what's going on following michael jackson's dechlt jeff toobin will join us later with more analysis on some of these new developments today. >>> a chilling new taliban tactic, training children to be suicide bombers. now there is disturbing new video ceremonying the worst. plus a twist in the death of a super bowl quarter about who bought a gun before his killing. >>> betty nguyen following some other stories. >> a nephew of steve mcnair's girlfriend says she bought a gun a few days before she was found dead next to the foreman nfl quarter. police told them about the gun purchased. police had no immediate comment and say 36-year-old mcnair was the victim of homicide, but they aren

. >> reporter: at the time, back just after his self-exile in bahrain, he couldn't afford the $22 million to $25 million price tag. zara said he believes the concert tour would have been michael jackson's pathway back to this house, a permanent show in las vegas, and a new retreat he would have called wonder land. drew griffin, cnn, las vegas. >>> we're closely watching developments in the honduran political crisis, right now clashes erupting as jose manuel zelaya crosses the boardser into his country on foot. we veal the latest coming up. >>> plus, sarah palin preparing to leave office. what are her plans? will she be missed? and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe betall do announceit keeps my airways. and's t a sterannounceit my. to helme breathe better to help me breathe betall do all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe bette

we are putting into bahrain, and a variety of other initiatives like that, and then a lot of activity, again to ensure that proliferation of various components for nuclear weapons and missile cannot take place. egypt, the president mubarak, and the king of saudi araina, both have met with the president of syria, in recent months. there are a number of efforts to reach out to syria and indeed one of our assistant secretaries of state, jeff feltman and others, have meats trips to damascus as well. it will be interesting to see how that develops. one would think that overtime syria will see its future lies more with the arab world the western world than with iran and again, given their economic challenges, and given the relative economic opportunities, one would think that that would be the way of the future and we will have to just see it that happens, and also see what the impact of the upheaval in iran might have on that. and then there is considerable outreach with the arab world to iraq which is concerned about iranian influence in iraq, and frankly, ambassador crocker and i visited

i think he has a speech scheduled in bahrain later this week. he will have the opportunity to express once a check -- a once again our gratitude for his message last week. >> what about ambassador pickering's meeting last week? >> ambassador pickering is a private citizen. >> are you concerned that the israeli ambassador was -- for the government? >> we have had conversations about this with the israeli ambassador on this and other subjects. >> when will ambassador holbrooke visited afghanistan and pakistan this week? >> i think he makes regular visits to both countries. he will also be traveling to india and brussels on this particular trip. in afghanistan, he will be looking at the current situation and conferring with afghan officials both on the current military campaign, and also on progress in development of civil society issues. they will confer with a range of pakistan the officials. they will also check on the status since -- the status of pakistan citizens. his departure date will be sometime next week. >> do you have any lower level a