>>> dr. drew pinsky is best known for helping celebrities with their addictions on "" celebrity rehab "" but now the busy doctor has two shows, "life changers" where he takes on the headlines, trying to understand why people do what they do. a heck of a job. and dr. drew pinsky is with me. good morning.
>> good morning, tamron.
>> i want to talk about "life changers." i know it's very important to you. but i want to get your thoughts first on amanda knox . we saw that video.
>> yeah.
>> she spoke out. her father says she needs time to adjust. but how do you adjust after four years in prison, and still have unsettled feeling.
>> right. i've been watching the story very carefully. and i was convinced she would speak.
>> why were you convinced?
>> this girl is going to be angry, no doubt in my mind. and is she has a story to tell. and i think she wants people to hear it. so what i expect is, one of the ways she is going to deal with this trauma is by being of service to other people, by telling her story. she was a naive young girl that went into an environment without really understanding that she wasn't under the protection of the american system , she got involved with people she shouldn't have been involved with. and it's a cautionary tale for other parents, sending their kids overseas. but she needs to make this experience a cohesive narrative. she needs to incorporate who she is in her life. and i think when she does that, she'll start to be of service to others by telling her story in a way that may help other young people .
>> matt spoke with one of the attorneys and asked is it a good idea to hide her from the press? you can pretty much make her a prisoner within her own home.
>> that's right. and her dad said she just wants to lie on the grass. she needs to be left alone for a while. but no, i don't think this is someone that can avoid the press. i don't think it's someone -- as i said, when she got off that plane, i knew she was going to speak.
>> so she needs that.
>> it's going to help her get there. not everyone would do that. but i've watched this story very carefully. and i tell that's who this young woman is. and the whole story is -- listen, i get angry when i hear the story, because the way the prosecutor painted her is not the way anybody behaves who doesn't have a preexisting history of all kinds of funny stuff.
>> she still has to deal with the loss of her friend.
>> absolutely. that was her roommate who was murdered and her boyfriend incarcerated. and the horrible things this girl has been through. she looks to me as a strong girl, family behind her. family was divorced, got together on her behalf. she'll get through this.
>> let's transition to conrad murray. a lot coming up from his personal life to some of the questionable behaviors, a doctor. first, you've got conrad murray sending propofol, the drug that killed michael jackson , to his girlfriend's home.
>> right. i think i heard you say an astroid just landed in the ice rink . that's about as normal as an astroid landing here at 30 rock . it's biz sgharrbizarre.
>> bizarre or negligent?
>> bizarre to the point where physicians haven't heard of such a thing, propofol being used outside a hospital. then to do it without nursing, without a team, without the proper monitoring equipment. you're getting negligence. and what they're showing with the young ladies --
>> his series of girlfriends. he had a girlfriend and a mistre mistress.
>> seven babies with six women. assaulting his character. but on the other hand, establishing a time line , so they can show that he really was absent for quite a period of time. and that's where they're going to establish the negligence.
>> is this assault as you referred to of his character fair game , and the jury is trying to know who this guy is?
>> it is -- it's the stuff that normally probably would not have been admitted that into the court of law, but because there is a time line , it got in. there is a lot of smoke and mirrors by the prosecution where they assail this man. what they're doing is tearing down his character and showing consciousness of guilt. that's going to cause -- the jury to think, hey, this guy is maybe not just a good guy and could be negligent.
>> you don't hold back on your thoughts so far from what you've heard.
>> yeah.
>> is it this a case of negligence?
>> i think he's in big, big trouble .
>> let me talk to you about your show "life changers."
>> please, fantastic.
>> it's so inspiring, taking on perm stories.
>> it's a great show, 3:00 on the cw, where we take people, sometimes we do small changes like today you can see a young girl -- you'll see in a minute, she is going to lose her vision, we restore her eyesight. we have found a new surgery.
>> and we have a clip.
>> it's airing right there.
>> it makes me feel scared that i'm going to go blind and i'm not even going to be able to see anything.
>> when i heard your story, i mean, it's obviously deeply moving. and i really felt like me and this program could make a difference for you. and i want to tell you, we're going to do this. we're going to fix her eyes. restore her vision, and she has no progression. and people at home can understand if they have this problem, there is a restorative procedure. not only is there a change -- we follow up on people.
>> i know you're a doctor, but you're a dad, to see that girl.
>> it was a big deal . there is more of me than -- my kids get involved, my wife is involved. it's all about things you can use to change your life by showing the stories of change that we follow in this program.
>> congratulations on the new show.
>> appreciate it.
>> can't wait to see it. thank you very much, dr. drew pinsky . and you can catch "life changers" weekdays. check your local listings. coming up,
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