>>> with the latest on the trial of michael jackson 's doctor. attorneys for conrad murray are expected to begin making their case today, and nbc 's jeff rossen is in los angeles again for us this morning. jeff, good morning to you.
>> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. just to give you an idea how different the theories are about how michael jackson died that day in 2009 inside his mansion, dr. murray says he gave michael jackson 25 milligrams of propofol, this much, right up to here in a syringe this size. the prosecution's expert now says that's not true. he did the math and dr. murray gave michael jackson 40 times more than that, this much propofol and you can see the difference in size. this morning we have exclusive, new details how murray 's defense team will try to keep him out of jail. dr. conrad murray has spent weeks listening to prosecutors blast him.
>> that misplaced trust in the hands of conrad murray cost michael jackson his life.
>> reporter: now, it's the doctor's turn. sources close to the case tell nbc news murray 's lawyers have developed a new time line , and they'll lay it out for the jury this week. don't stop 'til you get enough
>> reporter: 1:00 a.m ., michael rifz home from rehearsal, takes a shower and a valium. 2:00 a.m ., dr. murray gives michael two milligrams of the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam, 3:15 p.m . michael falls asleep but by 3:30 he's awake again. 5:00 a.m ., dr. murray gives michael another two milligrams of lorazepam but the singer nt can't sleep. between 2:00 and 7:00 a.m . he become panicked he can't sleep, they'll have to cancel that day's rehearsal, putting the entire show and the day's paycheck in jeopardy. it's in the window, 7:00 to 10:00 a.m . where murray 's lawyers will claim michael enters his private bedroom where no one is allowed and swallows eight pills of lorazepam, never selling dr. murray . 10:40 a.m ., dr. murray gives jackson 25 milligrams of propofol, experts say a low dosage. 11:00 a.m . michael makes phone calls to his office and girlfriends. murray claims michael injects himself with more propofol. 11:15 a.m . dr. murray notices michael jackson has stopped breathing.
>> all the defense has to do is kick up enough sand and hopefully something sticks with some juror that creates reasonable doubt .
>> reporter: murray 's defense team plans to call at least 15 witnesses and in court this week will argue what they told me at the start of the trial, that michael jackson essentially killed himself .
>> this was a gentleman who couldn't sleep at night period.
>> reporter: your contention is he would have done anything, including give him propofol and lorazepam.
>> he would have done anything to get the sleep he needed.
>> reporter: a new development breaking overnight, janet jackson , michael 's sister has canceled several concerts in australia this week to be here at the l.a. courthouse with her family. in a statement overnight she says "after talking with my family overnight we decided we must be together."
>> nbc 's jeff rossen in los angeles , thank you. star jones , former commentator and prosecutor r, good morning to you.
>> good morning.
>> they're saying michael jackson took it upon himself to walk into the private bedroom, take eight lorazepam, unbeknownst to his doctor, conrad murray . don't they have to offer some evidence of this? they can't just make allegations and put no proof forward?
>> can i remind you what's sitting here with me and hearing that in the casey anthony case that there was some sort of child molestation? they made allegations without any proof whatsoever. she's at home right now, okay, and that's the kind of thing that a jury will look to. if they don't want to "ruin" this man's life, conrad murray could get the benefit of beyond reasonable doubt .
>> statement, prosecutors very effectively have used conrad murray 's own words.
>> absolutely.
>> the statement he gave to police and prosecutors are making the argument even if you just take conrad murray at his word we've established gross negligence .
>> yes. they're saying, the prosecution is saying we don't believe anything that he says, and because of that, he's guilty. then they're also saying if you believe everything that he says, because of that, he's guilty.
>> this is a pretty steep hole that the defense now has to climb out of. they are going to put on their own expert, forensic expert to counter the experts we've heard now from the prosecution, most of whom seemed very effective in court. is it possible the jurors just kind of throw their hands up and dueling experts and they cancel each other out?
>> the battle of the experts sort of ends with the jury tossing out the main central issue which is the propofol. that's why dr. steinberg is going to become so, so important. he laid out the six elements that could make gross negligence in and of themselves and of those six, five of them would find conrad murray guilty. that's what the prosecution is depending on. the defense very clearly just needs to do reasonable doubt when it comes to cause of death . that's where they're going.
>> and to that end the defense was actually severely limited by the judge before trial in terms of what it could put on for evidence of his former addiction, and his financial pressures. at the same time, evidence has come in that michael jackson had some kind of addiction problem. do you think jurors may find, you know, we'll never know what really happened here and that that would be sufficient to have reasonable doubt ? maybe michael jackson did take these drugs himself?
>> the jury throws its hands up and says i just don't know, that's enough to find a defendant not guilty. the bigger problem for the defense is, their alternate theories that can get to guilt. if the juries are arguing over one aspect, the prosecution has another card to play, and they've played them all. it's very skillful. there's a hole they have to get out of.
>> you stand by your position no, way conrad murray takes the stand this week.
>> absolutely not and you agree with me.
>> just checking, keeping in touch on that one. star jones ,
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