deb feyerick was in the courtroom when the verdict came in. take us inside the courtroom.hat was the reaction? >> it was very, very emotional. the jury came in. they did not look at the defendant. a lot of times people say it is because it is not going to go in his favor. when they read the verdict, guilty on all counts the members of the petit family wept in court the relief of this moment because they had been sitting through it for so long. meantime, joshua komisarjevsky, he had no emotion. he sat and stared at the jury as they read the verdict and then he got up and it appeared he actually yawned as he was let out of court and back to prison. a different reaction clearly on both sides. most surprising the lack of reaction, the lack of remorse from joshua komisarjevsky, john. >> dr. petit makes an important point. he said the case is not over yet. the sentencing phase of the trial is yet to come, right? >> that's right. we are going to hear more testimony during that phase. as a matter of fact, the defense lawyers, believe it or not, want to introduce 100 pages of lette

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deb feyerick. thank you. we will be speaking to a lawyer for five of the victims' families that filed a lawsuit later on this morning. deb feyerick, thank you so much. >>> also, major election calendar drama settled. nevada voted to shift the date of its republican caucus to february 4th. this after threats of candidates boycotting the state. nevada initially moved its contest to mid-january in hopes to play a big early role in choosing the nominee. that jumbled the entire caucus calendar and risked violating national party rule. we'll talk about that later in the show. >>> meanwhile, president obama heads to las vegas pushing new rules for underwater homeowners to refinance and avoid foreclosure and holding three fund-raisers during a three-state tour of the west, dropping by los angeles and on wednesday announce changes to make it easier tore college students to repay their loans. >>> world series tied at two games apiece. the texas rangers beat the st. louis cardinals 4-0. the catcher for the rangers the s

cnn's deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? >> reporter: well, ali, christine and carol, we can tell you that he is facing eight charges today. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. the charges against him, attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and also conspiracy toy commit terrorism. the nigerian grat witt student turned accused suits bomber is acteding as his own attorney and umar farouk abdulmutallab shown he is defind. during jury selection he invoked his meant, jihad mentor, recently killed in an air strike in yemen. anwar is alive saying "the mujahadin will wipe out the u.s." >> when he got on the plane and came to the united states, there were only two things that were going to happen. he was either going to be dead or he was going to serve life in prison in the united states. >> reporter: defense lawyer ed mcmahon is not on this case but handled similar ones. >> the idea of giving one last speech or one last moment in the sun before he goes off to pr

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i'm deb feyerick. we begin with two vitally important international stories. one, the future of u.s. troops in iraq. the other, the end of a brutal dictatorship in libya. let's begin with the war in iraq. it will officially end on december 31st. that's when president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be home from iraq. it is welcome news at places like texas where marty savage joins us live. how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home? >> reporter: well, you know, i've been to a lot of mill bases and seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. perhaps the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is they're coming home. that's exactly what they've heard here at ft. bliss. rumors have been circulating here for some time. not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in july and august. all that was made official yesterday when w the announcement of president obama. that means the 3,500 or so troops that are in iraq for the first armor division will all be coming home a

i'm deb feyerick at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. have a great week. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com 4:00 a.m. on this sunday morning, most of mississippi was still asleep. >>> coming up, kiss inc, and how kiss, the band, is making tons of money from kiss the brand. >> i think every step you take should be on kiss ground and every breath you take should be kiss air. it should be planet kiz -- oh, i'm sorry, we have already trademarked that. o'brien and sanjay gupta. mississippi. it's a brutal killing allegedly fueled by race and by rage. >> we broke this shocking story right here on cnn. a young, white teenager accused of killing a black man. just because of the color of his skin. >> over a four-month investigation we found even more disturbing details, uncovering how the teenager and some of his friends had this history of violent and racist incidents. >> and raising questions also about whether authorities turned a blind eye. drew griffin has been digging into t

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." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm deb feyerick. here are the headlines.n the case of a missing baby girl in missouri. cnn has learned this surveillance video of an unidentified man walking in the area of baby lisa irwin's home, you can see him there at the top of the screen, is now in the hands of the fbi. the 11-month-old baby has been missing now for 19 days. tonight, the child's family held a prayer vigil. her parents, deborah and jeremy, attended. >>> in eastern turkey a powerful earthquake today collapsed dozens of buildings. at least 138 people are dead. hundreds more are hurt. the 7.2 quake struck midday near the city of van which sits next to a large lake. strong aftershocks have been frequent. the red crescent has put out an urgent call for rescue workers, heavy equipment and drinking water. >>> new video appears to show the last moments of moammar gadhafi's life. we must worn you that the images are disturbing.

i'm deb feyerick in for don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. thank you for spending part of your saturday here with us. i will see you right back here tomorrow night, 6:00, 7:00, and tomorrow night, 6:00, 7:00, and 10:00 eastern. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com stars in the world, one of the most acclaimed actors of our time. tonight johnny depp, the man who rarely grants interviews, sits down with me and opens up about his fame. >> it's the card i drew so i'll deal with it, that's fine. it doesn't mean every single moment you have to be sort of okay with it. >> his family. >> i don't want my kids to company me as a novelty. i want me kids to know me as dad. >> he's a wolf man. he'd give you anything. >> plus, we'll go on a tour of his private office, memorabilia and his paintings. it's all ahead on this larry king special: johnny depp. >> we're sitting here in johnny depp's office, an office like none i have ever seen. later we'll get a chance to explore it a little. lease one of most celebrated and versatile actors of his generation. hi

i'm deb feyerick in for don lemon and you're with us right here in the "cnn newsroom." but first, an early holiday gift from president obama to military families all over the country. the president announced this week that all u.s. combat troops will leave iraq by the end of the year. welcome news at places like ft. bliss in texas where our marty savidge is will speaking with families' reaction to the president's decision. it has to be bittersweet. >> reporter: there's always that. that is a concern for any military town. those that are coming home and those that continue to serve. we're at ft. bliss army base outside of el paso, texas. there's an air show going on, if you hear noise going on around me, don't be alarmed. bliss is exactly what they're feeling today. 3,500 families, to be exact, here in this country. they're the ones that have been told that their loved ones serving in iraq will now be coming home, according to the president, by the end of the year. many of them only deployed in july and august. and the families anticipated that they wouldn't see them all

i'm deb feyerick in for don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. thank you for spending part of your saturday here with us. i will see you right back here tomorrow night, 6:00, 7:00, and 10:00 eastern. have a great night. >>> kelsey grammer is one of the most talked about, one of the most famous, one of the most beloved faces in american television history. he joins me now. you are, aren't you? you've been part of the american television consciousness for so long. you must walk around the street and everyone goes hey, kelsey. everyone must think they know you. >> well, those things do happen. those events do take place. sometimes it's hey, frasier, but more often than not, it's hey, kelsey. >> do you like the kind of mass attention you still get? or i've done it, i just want to just go and -- >> it's always pleasant. it's always flatter. it's always meant in an optimistic kind of affectionate way. so i take it that way and return the compliment actually. >> you enjoy the status of television icon? >> sure. i've be a fool to say i didn't. >> i would

i'm deb feyerick. here are the headlines.ew piece of evidence has emerged in the case of a missing baby girl in missouri. cnn has learned this surveillance video shows aun unidentified man walking in the area of baby lisa irwin's home. it is now being examined by the fbi. you can see him up there at the top of the corner. the 11-month-old baby has been missing now for about 19 days. tonight the child's family held a vigil. her parents attended. >>> in turkey an earthquake collapsed dozens of buildings today. at least 138 people are dead, hundreds hurt. the 7.2 quake struck midday near the city of van which sits next to a large lake. strong aftershocks have been frequent. an urgent call has gone out for rescue workers, heavy equipment and also drinking water. >>> and new video appears to show the last moments of moammar gadhafi's life. we've got to warn you, the images are disturbing the pictures show the libyan leader bloodied, but there he is. he's alive. pushed by his captors and repeatedly hit and kicked. it's still unclea

deb feyerick has the story of a vietnam vet who exposed a major case of fraud. >> reporter: going throughzed he was being billed for nursing care he wasn't getting. you weren't even here on some of the days that the company alleged they provided services for you. >> i wasn't here. i got no service. >> and yet here it is. it's billed. >> reporter: the 63-year-old vietnam veteran suffers from muscular dystrophy and requires nurses seven days a week just to shower, dress and replace the oxygen tank he needs to breathe. yet when he called the medicaid hotline to report maxim health care services and complain his nurses were either leaving early or not showing up at all, he was told he was wrong. >> they were getting paid for eight hours and i was just getting sicker and sicker and they did nothing. >> reporter: his spirit intact, the former u.s. infantryman hired a lawyer and filed a whistle-blower lawsuit in 2004 triggering a six-year criminal investigation. are you surprised at just who people will try to do to rip off the medicaid system? >> yeah, i'm surprised every day. >> reporter: tom

. >>> bring in deb feyerick, covering the case. it's such a terrible case to cover. dr.st his wife and two daughters in this tragedy. what did he have to say about the verdict? he's been pretty vocal through the whole thing? >> actually, he's been quite quiet and refrained, restrained, i should say. one of the reasons, he didn't want to say flig to potentially trigger a mistrial, didn't want to incite the defense. komisarjevsky had a very different defense than the accomplice who was a year ago sentenced to death row. dr. petit described it, it's true, with great dignity, great composure. he would think of his wife poking him saying, cut that out. cut that out. stop acting like that. he didn't want to get enraged or show outrate anger. he thought, it wasn't a way to honor the memory of his wife and two daughters. one thing he did say is, it kept coming back, listening to the taped confession of joshua komisarjevsky talking about what he did during this horrible, chilling home invasion. how he molested the 11-year-old girl. it kept coming back to this weird dynamic that t

. >> cnn deb feyerick has the story. the whistle-blower, the vietnam vet to exposed a major case of health care fraud and she joins you now. >> reporter: something that's costing taxpayers billions of dollars a year. $18 billion in fraud in medicare alone. it can be a matter of life or death because they're being cheated out of services they desperately need. going through this statements one day, richard west realized he was being billed for nursing care he wasn't getting. >> reporter: you weren't even here on some of the days the company alleged they provided services for you? >> i got no service. >> reporter: and yet, here it is. it's billed. the 63-year-old vietnam veteran suffers from muscular dystrophy and requires nurses seven days a week just to shower, dress and replace the oxygen tank he needs to breathe. yet when he called the medicaid help line to report massive services and complaining his nurses were not showing up at all or leaving early, he was told he was wrong. >> they were getting paid for eight hours