Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that all of my colleagues, at this special network, will be allowed to focus on the issues that matter without the distraction of myself or my ill-judged comments.

It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family [of the child]. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

I have an inate curiosity about people.

Michael Jackson has some contact with his mother. I know she is involved with the children

It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?

He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.

The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.