deerfield you have had way more love and hatred come your way? >> yes. the hatred was more widespread but even when the world hated me trying to murder me there were really deep bottomless pools of blood from different sources that kept me going. when it is on scales the love i have been given far outweighed the hatred. >> host: damien echols thank you for being here. [applause] >> and david, his most recent book is called showdown the inside story hal obama's fought back. is the showdown referring to any specific incident or politics in general? >> both. it is behind the scenes account what happened in the white house after the 2010 election. when the republicans and tea party knocked barack obama for a loop taking control of the house. the tax cut deal, fights over the budget, the debt ceiling, deficit reduction, egypt, libya, and how obama's made the decision and took the actions he to go up but to explain how this is done to set up the 2012 campaign. he had a theory he could make the 2012 race a choice between different approaches to government and e

tg id÷; >>a man from deerfield who confessed to beating his girlfriend's mother to death has been foundguiltly of murder but mentally ill. the judge handed down the verdict against daniel baker in a bench trial today. baker's lawyers never disputed he beat marina aksman to death in 20-10. however, they argued he was insane at the time. they claim he snapped after aksman said he could no longer see her daughter. today's verdict means baker will still be sentenced to a long prison term but he will receive mental health treatment in prison. family and friends are stepping up the search for a mother from joliet missing for two weeks. linda barr fellenbaum disappeared sunday, october 21- st. she was last seen running from her boyfriend's home, barefoot. family and friends spent yesterday looking for clues at the nearby mistwood golf course in romeoville. fellenbaum has three young children. she also left behind her car and cell phone. fellenbaum's family says she moved in with her boyfriend about two months ago. anyone with information is asked to call the joliet police department. closing a

how deerfield with the market's going korver? some companies seem tepid. >> as should be.the european exposure, this go cliff, there could be a new administration in. over the next four days and six months should have trepidation where they position themselves but you cannot set the bar to high to perform better than expectations. >> we had them monumental opening it is interesting. i am glad to be here. >> history of the making. stocks are down but the better than expected jobs report. we have a chief market strategist with russell investments, steve, let's talk about the market and the economy and how hurricane sandy plays into this. what about the economy? >> we have headwind, the fiscal cliff, the election. all of those business decisions that were not made will not be made going into 2013. sandy will add to that. we don't know yet but it will be material. ashley: if the president is reelected orbit romney wins how does a play out? >> we are neck-and-neck. ultimately i like talking policy. ashley: if you price it did with the president? >> i don't agree but the next pr

recent hurricane sandy affecting many parts of new york, especially long island and staten island, deerfieldt many voters will stay all and this could help romney with the popular vote -- will stay home and this could help romney with the popular vote? guest: i do not know what is going to happen with the election. i know there has been some improvising allowing people to vote by e-mail or allowing people to vote in districts where they do not live, provisional bots. -- dallas. -- provisional ballots. i do not know that it is more democrats than republicans. i suppose, it could drive down the popular vote for obama nationally, but i don't know that it will necessarily do that in any of the states that were hit. host: kristie from tennessee. caller: we all know as americans, whether we are democratic or republican to run a health care reform is very important. i am a political science major at my state college. i know a little bit about the dynamics of how politics works on an elementary level. you say in your article that obama and the next four years would be willing to cut deals with repub

john is in deerfield beach, florida, on our republicans line. hi, john. caller: hi. good morning, guest: good morning. caller: two questions. one would be if the benghazi situation was a real demonstration, we saw no signs of "death to america, death to israel," which seems really change. why doesn't anybody ask -- and one question about the fiscal cliff. why does no one ever say, raise the payroll tax cut to say $1 million or $250,000? guest: they are good questions. obviously i do not have those answers, especially in benghazi on why people haven't said this or done this. i just resort to the fact that we set ourselves up for these problems mainly because we shouldn't be involved in doing these things. but you're right. the investigation should look into that. who made the rules and who made these decisions? solving these problems is like raising more taxes and moving up the ladder and put more taxes. spending is the tax. the tax is all secondary. it's the spending. so as soon as the spending occurs, they're either going to have the -- have to tax us which people k

we have henry several of deerfield beach, florida, proud world war ii veteran.s needed. here is catherlean smith 101 years old out of steubenville, i think dean martin's old hometown. gardening in is her thing and she loves to work in the backyard. can't beat that. outside's the best. johanna staley of williamsburg, virginia. beautiful town, rockefeller, they put their money in that -- unbelievable. 106, longevity secret, vodka, vodka and butter, but not together. i love butter. real butter. butter's butter, right? whole milk and butter. that's it. that's all. butter. now back to new york. >> all right, willard. thank you very much. who gets cash and who gets gifts? we're going to have some tips on holiday tipping. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:37. 'tis the holiday season, and you want to thanks to everybody from your hairdresser to your mail carrier, but when it comes to tipping, how much should you give? the age-old question. here with advice nbc analyst heatha. does it matter how much you tip by geographic area? i think a little goes a