[Daryn Kagan, Anchor:] Any indications of the format of today's news conference?
[Jonathan Freed, Cnn Correspondent:] They haven't, as far as I know, although they've given us a lot of notice. We found out early this morning, when the public information officer for the police department, who 9has been the main point of contact for us, he seemed somewhat void when he said, "Look, we have some news. There has been a major development and there was going to be a news conference this morning." We tried to press them to find out exactly how they would handle it. But a few days ago they were much more they were much more accommodating at the news conference, sticking around for a good half hour and answering a wide range of questions. So we have seen both. It's not as though this police department has been sticking to a statement and walking away. There's a good chance that if there is a significant direction in the case we might see a more open conference today. We'll find out in a few minutes.
[Kagan:] All right. We are standing by. And you are, as well. Jonathan Freed in Madison, Wisconsin. There is the live picture from where that news conference will begin. We'll go back there live once it does begin. Meanwhile, let's get some other news in. A California judge is hearing motions today from players in the Michael Jackson child molestation case. Our Miguel Marquez at the courthouse in Santa Maria this morning.
[Miguel Marquez, Cnn Correspondent:] While Michael Jackson was three time zones away in the nation's capitol, accepting an award for his charitable work in Africa, his lawyers are hard at work here discussing several issues in court. Mark Geragos says that they want to discuss the gag order. They want more access and more ability to respond to leaks in this case. They're also discussing the evidence in Michael Jackson's 1993 molestation case, a case that was settled out of court, and his lawyers want to know exactly what the prosecution intends to bring into this matter. They also want to set up preliminary hearing date today, but it's not clear if that preliminary hearing date will mean a whole lot. Mainly because grand jurors are meeting about an hour and a half south of here, hearing testimony in a grand jury proceedings for possible indictment of Mr. Jackson. If that grand jury does indict him, then the whole procedure we're talking about today would be superseded by that, and Mr. Jackson would have to be arraigned all over again. Miguel Marquez, CNN, Santa Maria, California.
[Kagan:] Let's talk about the Jackson case again with Harvey Levin, executive producer for "Celebrity Justice." He is at the "Celebrity Justice" studios in Glendale, California. Good morning, Harvey.
[Harvey Levin, Executive Producer, "celebrity Justice":] Hi, Daryn.
[Kagan:] Are you surprised about all the hush-hush efforts for this case?
[Levin:] Well, it really is extraordinary. I can tell you that one of the things they were doing is they were giving people four hours' notice and literally changing locations on witnesses as they were driving up from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. So they are going to great lengths to make sure that it is as secret as secret can be.
[Kagan:] I think one thing interesting about Santa Barbara County, it is a huge county, as big as some of the states on the East Coast. And Santa Maria, where this preliminary hearing, where the trial would take place, very different type of jury you're going to get than in the southern part of the county, in the city of Santa Barbara, where the grand jury is being convened.
[Levin:] Yes, and I think this is all kind of part of it. I don't think they wanted the hoards of media in Santa Barbara, which is kind of a metropolitan area, where the courthouse is. I covered the Rodney King case a long time ago, and that was held in Simi Valley. And it actually worked better for the courts to do it in a rural area where the media isn't all over the place. I think rural just tends to be less disruptive than urban.
[Kagan:] Although you saw what happened with Jackson's first court appearance. It couldn't have been more disruptive.
[Levin:] Well, but imagine if that happened right in the middle of downtown Santa Barbara. As crazy as that was, it would have stopped the city. So I think, you know, you can only imagine how many times worse it would have been if it were right in the heart of Santa Barbara.
[Kagan:] Good point. Meanwhile, in terms of interesting twists for this story, Michael Jackson shows up on Capitol Hill talking about fighting AIDS in Africa. Now he wants to go to Africa in the middle of August. Is that going to happen?
[Levin:] Well Well, there's a slight problem, because the judge kind of has his passport in his back pocket, in a figurative way. This is going to be a problem for him. And, you know, it's interesting that you do have you have kind of the American justice system being played out here, and that a man is innocent until proven guilty, and he's allowed to do what he does in the Washington, D.C., venue as the grand jury proceeds hearing a very serious criminal charge against him in Santa Barbara. So it is quite interesting to me. And you know, we know something else about this grand jury hearing, by the way.
[Kagan:] What's that?
[Levin:] It's not just about the allegation of molestation. One of the things we know the grand jury is hearing is a story about the family and how they first became concerned when this boy allegedly began acting out in strange ways at home. So the D.A. is not just presenting a case about what Michael Jackson allegedly did to the boy, but he's going back in time, and having the family talk about this strange kind of behavior that got them very, very concerned. And so it's more a story than just a charge.
[Kagan:] And the next time you think that we're going to see Michael Jackson in the courtroom?
[Levin:] Well you know, it depends on what happens with this grand jury. I'm assuming that if there's a saying in Santa Barbara that a grand jury would indict a sandwich. So, you know, it's very easy to get a charge to stick with a grand jury, because you don't have the defense rebutting anything. So assuming Michael Jackson is indicted, then he has to answer to the charges, and he would be back in court for that.
[Kagan:] All right.
[Levin:] But realize, what happens here is you completely avoid a preliminary hearing, which the prosecution, I think, in this case, really wanted to do for various reasons.
[Kagan:] I understand. Understood. Harvey Levin, "Celebrity Justice." Thank you, Harvey. Yes, next time. We are standing by waiting for a news conference to begin in Madison, Wisconsin. We'll get to that as soon as it begins. You'll see it live right here. The latest on the young college student, Audrey Seiler, who said she was abducted. Do police still believe her? That still ahead. First, though, today's Fortune 500 project.
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