the bank manager quietly calls 911. 9:21, cheshire police learned of the hodge situation. >> we haveys that her husband and children are being held at their house. the people are in a car outside the bank. she is getting $15,000, that if the police are told they will kill the children and the husband. she is petrified. >> reporter: minutes later she leaves the bank with the ransom money. >> they told her that they wouldn't hurt anybody if she got back there with the money. i think she's walking out now. she's walking out now. >> reporter: 9:26 a.m., hawke-petit gets into the car along with the suspect. the bank manager describes the vehicle to the police. police are dispatched to the house to set up the plimt. a police officer tells them not to approach the house. almost 30 minutes go by. still, not a single officer approaches the home. no other authorities are alerted. not the fire department. not state police. uncourt police testified that was protocol. in a hostage situation, they said, they don't storm the house. they had no reason to believe anyone was in immediate danger. at 9:

security expert tom ruskin defends cheshire's small 49-man force but in hindsight says -- >> you havetake the house immediately. if you knew what you knew today, what was going on then, first officers probably as quickly as they could would have taken that house. >> reporter: we wanted to ask police about what they did that day and why they did it. but because of a court-imposed gag order, they told us they couldn't answer our questions, except to say this -- that they were confidence in what they did and followed their protocols. >> very emotional. >> reporter: during trial this week, dr. petit took the stand and jurors looked at crime scene photos of the burned remains of his wife and two daughters. >> one juror was crying openly, a female. a male juror i saw wipe a tear away at one point. and even the jurors who weren't crying were extremely somber. >> reporter: the attorney for hayes admits his client's role in the crime in hopes of escaping the death penalty. there's no escaping what happened at this memorial garden where a family's house once stood. >> reporter: questions about

was great magnificent it was world class i knew i did very much the girls did a great job in the cheshire in their universe all of them there in top form i liked it so much i couldn't help smiling. let's go stateside where in the n.f.l. the new orleans saints have made a bit of history after winning a second straight opening game in consecutive seasons for the very first time the saints were away at the san francisco forty nine er's way to fourteen late in the final quarter however with just over a minute remaining the host clawed it back to within two points courtesy of frank gore in the seven yard touchdown run then alex smith passed to vernon davis for a touchdown and with the two point conversion that would tie the game at twenty two all the officials need to consult a video replay before confirming the ball was over the line but san francisco celebrated garrett hartley hit a thirty seven yard field goal with the clock ticking down to give a twenty five twenty two victory. the continental hockey league resumes on tuesday after a day's break with nine games taking place this evening wi

by now, nearly 40 minutes had passed since the bank manager had warned cheshire police about the nightmareio unfolding at the family's home. 40 minutes. police would soon learn jennifer hawke-petit had been strangled. she and one of her daughters, sexually assaulted. in chilling testimony dr. petit described how he had been beaten with a baseball bat, then tied to a pole in the basement. he said the suspects yelled to him, quote, don't worry, it's all going to be over in a couple of minutes. and it was. dr. petit managed to free himself through a basement door but minutes later the house was on fire. his wife and two daughters dead. hayes has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and murder. around 10:00 a.m. the suspects race out of the driveway in the family's suv. as smoke billows from the back of the home, the suspects slam into police cruisers. only then do officers realize the situation has much more urntht. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> it's just so sickening, the story, a family tortured and slaughtered allegedly by these two men. police say the suspects met at a halfway house and t

by now, nearly 40 minutes had passed since the bank manager warned cheshire police about the nightmare scenario unfolding at the family's home. 40 minutes. police would soon learn that jennifer hawke-petit had been strangled. she and one of her daughters sexually assaulted. >>> in chilling testimony, dr. petit described how he had been beaten with a baseball bat, then tied to a pole in the basement. he said the suspects yelled to him, quote, don't worry, it's all going to be over in a couple of minutes. and it was. dr. petit managed to free himself through a basement door, but minutes later, the house was on fire. his wife and two daughters dead. hayes has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and murder. around 10:00 a.m., the suspects race out of the driveway in the family's suv. as smoke billows from the back of the home, the suspects slam into police cruisers. only then do officers realize, the situation was much more urgent than they had thought. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> 17 minutes past the hour here now. coming up, students and parents need to hear this. student loan debt in

cheshire police did respond to the petit home but never went inside. on the stand, the police captain testified they followed protocol, telling the jury if we had any indication of violence, i would have been the first one through the door. prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty in a crime that was as brutal as william petit appears strong. jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back here tonight, new hope for those trapped miners in chile. >>> a collision today on the new york state thruway has left at least six people dead. the accident involved a church van carrying 14 that collided with a tractor-trailer. seven people were critically injured. >>> in chile, the first of three drills has reached the 33 trapped miners, breaking through to their compartment 2,000 feet below ground. the plan now to make the hole wide enough to bring the men to the surface. that is expected, however, to take weeks. >>> for actress lindsay lohan, it was confession time on twitter. she told fans today she has failed a court-ordered drug test. that could m

cheshire police first learn of the home invacation, and hostage situation. >> we have a lady who is inle are in a car outside the bank, she is getting $15,000. that if the police are told, they will kill her children and husband. she is petrified. >> reporter: minutes later, she leaves the bank with the ransom money. >> they told her they wouldn't hurt anybody if she got back there with the money. she believes them. i think she is walking out now. she is walking out now. >> reporter: 9:26 a.m. hawke-petit gets into her car, along with suspect, steven hayes. the bank manager describes the vehicle to police. officers are dispatched to the house to set up a perimeter. 9:27 a.m. a police captain tells officers not to approach the house. almost 30 minutes go by. still, not a single officer approaches the petit home. no other authorities are alerted. not the fire department, not state police. in court, police testified that was protocol. in a hostage situation, they said, they don't storm the house. adding, they had no reason to believe anyone was in immediate danger. at 9:54 a.m., a police

physician, tied him up and beat him then killed his wife and two daughters in their home in the town of cheshiree first of two defendants charged with the 2007 murders is on trial in new haven and tonight elaine quijano tells us the jury heard chilling 911 tapes. >> reporter: this chilling bank surveillance tape shown in court shows jennifer hawke petit minutes before her death as she withdraws $15,000 she nervously alerts the teller that she's getting the money for men holding her family hostage. as mrs. petit walked away, a bank manager called 911. >> reporter: by the time the police encountered the suspects at the petit home 33 minutes later, mrs. petit and her daughters 11-year-old mikayla and 17-year-old hayley were dead. mrs. petit had been raped and strangled. her daughters died after inhaling smoke as their home was set on fire. her husband, who had been beaten and bound, barely escaped to a neighbor's house. >> reporter: questions today centered around why the police took so long to try to rescue the family. an officer testified they were following hostage protocol. dr. william petit wa

, despite the fact that it is strongly supported by business and by all local authorities across cheshireand merseyside, including the chancellor's local authority. how will cutting projects like the mersey gateway help economic growth in the northwest? >> we are not making any further cuts in capital spending. the honorable gentleman ought to ask the question of those on his own front bench. the labour party went into the last election with a 50% cut in capital spending in its figures, and did not tell us one single project that would be cut. we have said that that is far enough; we should go no further. we will be protecting capital spending to help to boost the recovery in our country. >> my right honorable friend the prime minister, in his excellent speech on parliamentary reform, promised far more free votes in the committee stage of major bills. can he confirm that this bold and courageous policy will apply to the parliamentary voting system and constituencies bill? >> we have already taken some big steps to pass power from the executive to parliament -- we established the backbench

what we'll talk about the petit family from cheshire connecticut did the local law enforcement have the resources and training to better handle a situation like that. we'll discuss that. >> also, another top story, the weather of course, at least two people are dead after hurricane carl barrelled through central mexico. damage is widespread and more trouble brewing in the atlantic. o our correspondent don teague is in irving, texas with the latest. good morning, don. >> reporter: good morning, betty. many parts of texas are still feeling the effects from the last tropical system that made landfall in mexico about two weeks ago. you can see the water in the dallas area is still very high. now, hurricane karl won't cause flooding here in texas but it's already caused significant damage in mexico. hurricane karl crashed ashore near veracruz, mexico friday as a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour and torrential rain. at least eight inches fell in just 90 minutes as the storm made landfall, causing widespread flooding and mud slides that destroyed homes and killed at

. >> let's talk about this gorgeous cake america voted, by anna, from cheshire, connecticut.iful tiered cake. >> these are homemade flowers. can you believe they're made by hand? unbelievably natural. >> ahead to touch them she doesn't want to know. >> and they're beautiful and smooth. the lovely thing, not only does it look good on the outside, there are four different flavors on the inside. >> wow. a surprise when you take a bite, what flavor you get. this is what we got on last week's vote. we asked viewers to personalize and more than 50% voted for the wish box from things remember. >> this will last forever. i'd consider having a guest book. ask each one of the guests to write a beautiful note and wish for the bride and group on 5 x 7 card and should they hit a bumpy patch along the road, they can always refer back to the loving wishes of family and friends. >> you already wrote a wish as well. >> let's go downstairs to the salon level where the real party gets started. that's the dance floor. what else do we have planned? >> a great dance floor and d.j. fabulous cocktai

susan candiotti, cnn, cheshire, connecticut. >> both suspects in the petit murders are convicted felonsere on parole at the time. the co-chair of the state judicial committee mike lawler said warning signs were clearly missed here. >> well, these two guys, the younger guy is the more dangerous guy. the clearly -- the potential future predator. he had been identified by many people in the system, for example, the sentencing judge in his case had said, this guy is a potential killer down the road. but that information never got to the department of corrections. >> how could it not get to the department of corrections? what went on that it didn't go there? >> well, turns out connecticut has this antiquated information system for police and prosecutors and parole officials. they relied on photocopies and the u.s. mail when many other states do this electronically. i think in this day and age that's just not acceptable. in the three years since the tragedy, the governor, the legislature up here made these kinds of changes. in the future this won't happen. clearly in retrospect, this was prob

a police official is actually on the stand right now from cheshire.most emotional part of this came yesterday when dr. william petit spoke about his final moments with his family on the stand. he was incredibly brave with the man accused of killing his family right in front of him. dr. petit spoke on how he heard his family, his wife and two daughters. one is 11 in this family picture you can see, michaela and the other 17 years old, hayley, all being tortured in a section of the house. he was tied up with rope downstairs in the basement. he was tied to a pole and virtually helpless to help his family and he miraculously was able to break free and get out of the house and went to a neighbor's house for help and he said it was too late, because the suspects, according to prosecutors, burned the house down. killing his two daughters after they already strangled his wife to death. and, so, you saw some of those photos. there is a picture of the fireball that was their home. prosecutors said they doused the entire place with gasoline. that is some of the

has gotten the national and international attention because you think to yourself, especially in cheshireeighborhood. we don't even lock the doors around here. this was one of those towns. it was random. it could happen to anybody at any time, it appears. >> thanks, as always. >> thanks, thomas. >>> protecting young athletes from concussions. a new push to put safe in place. we are going to talk about that and let you know what you can do to protect your kids. this is msnbc. after using rogaine for a while, i went to my stylist and she said hair was growing back... i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. until the combination of three good probiotics in phillips' colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that's the best part. i love your work. [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. >>> a house committee is considering legislation that would issue minimum guidelines ho

steven hayes and an accomplice broke into the cheshire, connecticut home of dr.isputes that the men sexually assaulted petit's wife and 11-year-old daughter, that they tied up petit's two young daughters and set the home on fire, killing everyone except the doctor. and yet the defense asks this jury for decency. >> the defense gets up and talks about decency when they're defending two people who strangled a woman with multiple sclerosis and tied a 17-year-old and 11-year-old to their beds and set the house on fire. >> reporter: hayes, a former drug addict and small-time thug, went on trial for a crime so gruesome prosecutors had to warn jurors that the details would make them uncomfortable, that they would hear indescribable events in the testimony. hayes' lawyer conceded much of the prosecution's case and told jurors, "things got out of hand. i hope i don't sound callous or indifferent," he said. "these are the chilling facts of the case." indeed, three jurors asked to be removed from the panel. the question is will hayes get life in prison for the crimes or wil

outback steakhouse and the foundation and the ride will start in bristol, connecticut and end in cheshirer a big turnout. the foundation has been a wonderful thing for bill to really focus on and keep the memories of jennifer, michaela and hayley alive by doing some good things out in the community and supporting some local charities and some national charities, it's given -- it's given bill and the family a sense of purpose and keeping the family and what the girls really believed in how they were always giving individuals. so, it was -- very good for him. >> ron, we thank you so much for your time this morning, we appreciate it, sir. >> thank you. >> for more on the petit family foundation and this weekend's charity bike ride all you need to go to our website, early show.cbs >> up next, starting today, we see the first real impact of health care reform. we'll look at the changes and what they mean for you, when we come back. [ female announcer ] stay once... stay twice... earn a free night! two separate stays at comfort inn or any of these choice hotels can earn you a free night -- only

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while cheshire police did respond to the pet home, they never went inside.n t stand, the police captain testified they followed protocol, telling the jury, if we had any indication of violencei would have been the first one through the door. >> a crime this vicious, and this personal, at the hands of strangers, makes many jurors think to themselves, my goodness. could this have happened to me? >> reporter: prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty, in a crime that was as brutal as william petit appeared strong. for "today," jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >> and now for a check of the weather with bill karins. bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, amy. and now here's a look at the weather outside your window. >>> temperatures mostly in the 50s first thing this morning except for you folks lucky enough to live by the chesapeake bay where it's milder. 60 in annapolis. 62 in st. mary's city. 55 in la plata. 54 degrees in fairfax and falls church. 48 in frirks maryland. beautiful weather on the way for today and for tomorrow. today's high up near 79 d

while cheshire police did respond to the petit home, they never went inside.e stand, the police captain testified they followed protocol, telling the jury, if we had any indication of violence, i would have been the first one through the door. >> a crime this vicious, and this personal, at the hands of strangers, makes many jurors think to themselves, my goodness. could this have happened to me? >> reporter: prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty, in a crime that was as brutal as william petit appeared strong. for "today," jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >> and now for a check of the weather with bill karins. bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, amy. and now here's a >> good plorning, everyone. i'm tony pann. we're off to a cool start on this saturday morning. the temperatures will jump quickly as we head into the afternoon. expect mostly sunny skies. you might see you know, if you're going to go to weather.com and get your local forecast, you want it in york, pennsylvania, right? all these people from york, pennsylvania. amy? >> bill, thank you

. >> this small town, cheshire, connecticut. when you look at that video of her at the bank. thing in telling the teller this was going on? >> absolutely. she did everything right. she really did. and the bank, they called 911 and they did say that she wasn't -- there was no harm taking place at the time. but the police, you know, there's a chain of command. as a quasi military factor there that police have to listen to -- >> the captain on scene said don't go in. set up this perimeter. what should -- i mean, you watch this story you can't help but think, what would i do if someone bursts into my house and had my family. what do you do? >> there are a few things. one, first you have to be patient. you have to also know it's going to take awhile. you have to understand that the first 10 to 30 minutes in a hostage situation is what we call panic reaction. that's where the hostage taker is getting organized. the hostages are getting organized. the police are responding. you have cover and containment. everyone, it's fight or flight. so that's the toughest time. that's where most

cheshire, connecticut. >> we all hope justice will be served.d morning to you. >> good morning, juju. definitely is outside. yeah, this has never happened before. i may never -- i mean, i feel like i'm actually in your house with you this morning and you're getting ready watching us. >> you're actually at the spa. >> you guys are all part of spa week. >> today kicks off national spa week which means luxury spa treatments all across the country at spaweek.com. >> can i get a little treatment, maybe a rub on the shoulder. i mean, come on. we're all keeping our robes on. let's get to the board. one or two things going on we want to talk about. in boston, by the way, look at this, a little cloudy sky here. boston on the edge of this front will stay cloudy and cool. you're really good at this. this spa weak week thing i like it. here's a look at temperatures as that front moves through. there will be strong storms once that pops up. elsewhere around the nation, it's fairly nice and dry. on the west coast, it's hot in the southwest.od >> something els

while cheshire police did respond to the petit home, they never went inside.n the stand, the police captain testified they followed protocol, telling the jury, if we had any indication of violence, i would have been the first one through the door. >> a crime this vicious, and this personal, at the hands of strangers, makes many jurors think to themselves, my goodness. could this have happened to me? >> reporter: prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty, in a crime that was as brutal as william petit appeared strong. for "today," jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >> and now for a check of the weather with bill karins. bill, good morning. >> good morning toyou, y. >>> all right. good morning to you. happy saturday. going throughout the afternoon, a lot of cloud cover, plenty of mist and drizzle. there's rain in ukiah. amthat will get into napa count and sonoma county later tonight. most of the places north will be cloudy. right now the 60s. the showers are for the far north bay late tonight. it is not until tomorrow we see some of the rain close to san franc