[Anderson Cooper, Cnn Anchor:] Tonight: the damning testimony against O.J. Simpson. His aging B-team posse might not have been dangerous when they burst into that Vegas hotel room, but a witness today said Simpson wanted them armed. That is the testimony, and it directly contradicts what Simpson has said. There was also a wicked counterpunch. We are digging deeper into where the case goes next. Also tonight: disturbing new details about the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother, and new word from the coroner on how she died. And, later, the power of prayer Politicians and others prayed for rain in Georgia today, but can prayer actually heal? You will hear from doctors who say it can, skeptics who say it can't, and Drs. Deepak Chopra and Mehmet Oz will be here live. They are going to be taking your calls and answering our questions. E-mail your questions or calls. The power of prayer, that's the topic. The toll-free number is 877-648-3639. We will be repeating it throughout the program. Or you can e-mail us, going to CNN.com360, clicking on the link. We begin, though, with three words, "Get some heat," the words of O.J. Simpson, according to a golfing buddy, probably an ex-golfing buddy by now. That old pal testified today as a preliminary hearing in Vegas. If a judge buys it, Simpson goes to trial. Then, if a jury buys it, Simpson goes to prison. That wasn't all that went down today. There was stinging cross-examination, not to mention more than just a hint of sleaze, maybe a big dollop of sleaze. Details from CNN's Ted Rowlands.
[Ted Rowlands, Cnn Correspondent:] O.J. Simpson seemed in good spirits, arriving at the courthouse. But that quickly changed inside, listening to two of his former co-defendants testify that the decision to use these two handguns during an alleged armed robbery was Simpson's.
[Michael Mcclinton, Alleged Accomplice Of O.j. Simpson:] I brought my weapon because O.J. Simpson wanted me to have a weapon.
[Walter Alexander, Alleged Accomplice Of O.j. Simpson:] Can you bring some heat?
[Unidentified Male:] What did that mean to you?
[Alexander:] That meant that he wanted me to help him to acquire some guns. I looked over at O.J. and I was like, what if they call the police? And he was like
[Rowlands:] Walter Alexander and Michael McClinton, the only two men carrying guns during the September armed robbery in a room at the Palace Station Hotel, both made deals with prosecutors to avoid long jail sentences. Both men painted Simpson as the ringleader.
[Mcclinton:] He said to show them your weapon and look menacing.
[Unidentified Male:] Are those defendant Simpson's words?
[Mcclinton:] Mr. O.J. Simpson said that to me.
[Rowlands:] Simpson has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and told CNN there were no guns involved at all. On cross-examination today, Simpson's leader attorney, Yale Galanter,. ripped into Alexander's credibility.
[Yale Galanter, Attorney For O.j. Simpson:] He lied during the statement. He's a pimp, Judge. That's the relevancy. He's not a realtor.
[Rowlands:] Galanter accused Alexander of selling sex through a Web site. He also played a tape recording of a phone message Alexander left for a friend of Simpson's, offering to change his testimony for money.
[Alexander:] If I got some help, then I will do whatever I can. What I was saying is that what I could say in court could definitely I really felt that he was set up. So I felt like I could lean toward that angle, rather than telling the exact truth.
[Rowlands:] Alexander and McClinton had significant differences in their stories about what happened. It's unclear how significant those differences will be if the case goes to trial.
[Cooper:] Ted, how long is this hearing going to go on for?
[Rowlands:] One more day. Prosecutors say they have one witness to go, Al Beardsley, one of these alleged victims. We should hear another version of what happened in that hotel room tomorrow. And then attorneys will have an opportunity to address the judge quickly. And we do expect that the judge will rule from the bench tomorrow whether or not he will hold O.J. and the other defendants over for trial.
[Cooper:] I mean, does anyone believe that O.J. is not going to be held over for trial?
[Rowlands:] No. That would be a huge bombshell. But what might happen is the judge could bifurcate or choose different charges, say, yes, OK, this guy is held over on this one. This one is here and O.J. for these charges. We will have to wait and see. But the judge does have that option. But I don't believe anybody believes that the judge is going to say, go ahead. You guys are all free to go.
[Cooper:] All right. Joining me now are perhaps the two best Simpson watchers in the business, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Run of His Life: The People Vs. O.J. Simpson," and Linda Deutsch of the Associated Press, who covered the hearing today. Linda, Simpson all along has said he didn't know anything about any guns. But these two witnesses today said, not only did he know about the guns; he asked for them, and he asked, in one case, that the gun be taken out of its holster. This has got to spell big trouble for the guy.
[Linda Deutsch, Special Correspondent And Legal Affairs Reporter, Associated Press:] Today, I think we got the idea of what the crux of the prosecution case is. And it is these two men that testified today. They are the ones that say that, not only did O.J. Simpson know there were guns, but he asked them to bring them. It's pretty heavy testimony, except for the fact that the defense, of course, came up with a pretty significant attack on one of them for his credibility. And you heard him saying that, if he had been paid enough, he might have not told the exact truth. He might have given a different story. So, we can only figure what a jury will conclude when and if this goes to trial. And they will have to decide, did O.J. Simpson tell them, as they said, to bring heat, or did he not?
[Cooper:] Well, it's like trying to decide which of these guys is the least sleazy. It's not an easy choice. Jeffrey, you called today's testimony hilarious. Why?
[Jeffrey Toobin, Cnn Senior Legal Analyst:] The Walter Alexander who testified, you know, you don't have a great prosecution witness when he's asked, were you a pimp? And he starts saying, well, I don't think that's relevant. And then he's at first denying his involvement with a Web site called mysecretgeisha.com. And then he is sort of acknowledging, well, that he may have had something to do with it. I mean, look, he's a total sleaze. I thought you were extremely generous in referring to this cast of characters as B-list. I think D is about as good as they are going to get. There was one thing in the testimony that I thought potentially helped Simpson a good deal, which was that Walter Alexander saying that Simpson thought these were guns for self-defense, not for intimidation. The problem for Simpson is that Walter Alexander then testified that Simpson told him to lie later on about whether guns would be involved.
[Cooper:] I want to talk just after this break about Alexander on the stand, about his admission that maybe he was kind of willing to stretch the truth if he got paid. We are going to talk about that in just a moment with both of our guests, including we will talk a little bit about what Simpson allegedly said about the confrontation after it went down. And, later, Drs. Deepak Chopra and Mehmet Oz are here taking your calls and questions on the healing power of prayer; 877-648-3639, that's the toll-free number, again, 877-648-3639. Back in a minute.