VELSHI: Forty-six minutes after the hour. Here's what you need to know to start your day.</s>VELSHI (voice-over): Day two of the testimony at the Michael Jackson death trial. During opening statements, jurors heard an audiotape of a drugged up Jackson just weeks before he died. Prosecutors accuse Dr. Conrad Murray of repeatedly giving Jackson the drug, Propofol, to sleep. The defense says Jackson, himself, is to blame for the fatal overdose. The Iranian navy threatening to move navy ships near the U.S. east coast saying, the move-in response to the presence of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. government has had no immediate response. Israel announcing plans to expand settlements in East Jerusalem. U.S. officials aren't happy about it. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it's counterproductive to efforts to restart Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. Tear gas literally raining down on hundreds of native Bolivians. They're against President Evo Morales' plan to build a highway through the Amazon on their ancestral homeland. Morales says he never gave the order to break up the march. He will suspend construction of the road during a national debate. Powerful typhoons slamming the Philippines, killing at least seven people and leaving thousands of people displaced. Nearly 75 mile-per-hour winds sent huge waves crashing over sea walls. In the capital, many roads are impassable. Schools and businesses are close for the day. The storm is now moving offshore. The race for the last two playoff spots coming down to the final day of the major league baseball season. Tampa and Boston tied for the American League wild card. St. Louis and Atlanta in a dead heat in the national league.</s>VELSHI: That's the news you need to know to start your day. AMERICAN MORNING is back right after this.
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