dr. petittroom after a five-minute recess. they didn't want to be involved in listening to whatever joshua komisarjevsky or the defense had to say. >> i want to interrupt you just for a moment here because i understand that the grandparents are speaking. the family of jennifer hawke-petit are speaking now. let's listen in. >> to stay and listen to what joshua komisarjevsky has to say. >> what did you think about that? >> we didn't listen. >> i didn't listen. thank you. >> talk a little bit about bill has been -- you said the bill we knew is gone as well. can you talk a little bit about that? i've never heard you say that before. >> well, i said it after the first trial and you would have to know bill as we knew him, you know, he's starting to come back a little bit now to what he was. he never will come all the way back, or at least i hope he does but i doubt that he can. he's just -- to know bill, the brilliant young doctor that he was, the happy young man, the good father, brother, cousin, un

he killed jennifer hawke-petit, then tied up her two young daughters and set them on fire. dr. william petit said in court today, i lost my wife, my family, my home, my partner. for what? money. why did komisarjevsky do it? i got some insight when the murders first happened in 2007 from one of komisarjevsky's friends. >> reporter: a hint of violence, a disturbing prediction of what might come buried in this letter from prison. >> i need someone like you who knows a little bit about my past to keep me grounded in the future when my criminal demon wants to wander. >> reporter: days after the attack, we interviewed this woman who told us she was a close woman. she shared the letter he says he sent her from prison years before. >> prison was a hard pill for me to swallow. there isn't a day that goes by that i don't get angry or the pain of being taken from my daughter. >> reporter: he writes about his dreams of becoming a real estate developer. >> my daughter needs me and i can't accomplish my goals when i am locked up. >> reporter: police say komisarjevsky followed mrs. petit owe o

he was convicted in december in the murder of jennifer petit and her two daughters 11 and 17. the father dr. william petit is expected to speak at the sentencing. the accomplice stephen hayes was sentenced to death in december of 2010. >>> a burglar in north carolina stole a donation jar from a convenience store and several hours later came back and the owner was showing the new station the surveillance video when the suspect walked into the store e didn't tell police why he -- he didn't tell police why he came back but confessed to the break in and showed the bat he used to smash his way into the store. >> a tale of two rescues in alaska. a coast guard crew was called in to rescue the fewer member- crew of a fishing crew. they had to abandon the mission because of high wind and waves. early wednesday morning it was redirected to alaska where another fishing veste was sinking. a third -- vessel was sunk a third helicopter made it to the third accident and rescued the crew. everyone is doing okay this morning thank goodness. >>> it's the 11th annual world of pets expo and if you have a pet e

dr. william petit says evil does live among us and we need to rid the world of it. >>> the company that owns the costa concordia is looking to cut a deal with passengers who were forced to abandon ship before it capsized off the coast of italy, looking to lessen the wave of class action lawsuits that are likely headed its way, the company is offering passengers a $14,000 settlement right now, in addition to a refund plus travel expenses. as you can imagine, a lot of passengers decided to take a pass on accepting the deal. >>> overseas tonight, a dramatic surge of violence in syria. government forces there have killed more than 70 people since thursday. reportedly including women and children, including what's being called the slaughter of at least one entire family. making the last 48 hours among the bloodiest in the ten-month uprising in syria. the death toll so far since last march, more than 5,400 people. >>> no place in that part of the world has people more nervous than iran and this growing war of words over that country's nuclear program. it has all focused attention on a vital choke

dr. debra petit says she's grateful to the parents. >> parents have not complained. they've stuck with us. so as of february 1st we'll be back on the normal schedule of. reporter: teachers won't have to drag their materials to and from the classroom anymore. >> i'm looking forward to getting back on to schedule, having a five-day week. reporter: the new campus has 22 buildings including administration buildings, a cafeteria, a gymnasium and this is the library. >> that's our flag. we'll be hanging it up. reporter: in louisa county, peggy fox, 9 news now. >> the earthquake repair goes on at the washington monument as well and today the federal government got a big help in paying the $15 million price tag to fix up our monument. d.c. philanthropist and businessman david ruben stein announced today he's donating $7.5 million to cover the repair costs saying he's repaying the gift to a country that was so wonderful for him, very cool. still not opening for months and months up. >> believable. the early i think kristin said was june of 2013. >> tomorrow night there will b

dr. petit was able to escape just barely.se two men have since been convicted of murders and are on death row. >>> well, for more than 130 years kodak has not just been one of the biggest names in photography, it has also been a symbol of american innovation. but the digital age has not been so kind to the film pioneer. now "the wall street journal" is reporting that kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy. a far cry from the days when the company's products were on the cutting edge of technology. ♪ >> kodak announces a whole new way to make pictures. introducing disk photography. >> flash cube. >> put it this way, man, drop in the film, get yourself a flash cube, pop it on -- >> the flash turns itself on and flashes automatically when you need more light. even turns itself off. you'll never worry about flash again. megyn: oh, michael landon. oh. kodak is not the only american business icon that could be in trouble. stu varney knows the rest. he's the anchor of "varney & company." don't you remember that? the flash cubes? i

petit. the only survivor, dr. william petit, was beaten with a baseball bat but escaped. he called it a personal holocaust as he testified am. >> steven hayes has already been sentenced to death. >>> a cargo ship crashes into a kentucky bridge and destroys it. the 300-foot-long ship was too tall to fit under the structure, which caused the bridge to collapse. no one was hurt. state officials are inspecting the bridge, which was already in the process of being replaced. >>> mitt romney and newt gingrich are racing for a win in florida. at a conference today, the two continued their immigration battle. danielle nottingham reports for wjz from jacksonville. >> reporter: mitt romney and newt gingrich are speaking directly to florida's latino voters. >> i would like to extend [ speaking in spanish ] to every american. >> reporter: the front runners attacked each other. >> those people who have come here illegally, should be given a temporary status, a temporary work permit, if you will. but at the end of the work period, they would return home. >> this is where i had a deep di

dr. women petit. his wife and two daughters were murdered in the brutal home invasion. dr. iam petit is engaged to a woman that volunteered for events at the petit family foundation. congratulations to him as he tries to move on past this tragedy. jon: well, there's some new information in the controversy over fracking. the drilling technique used to get oil and natural gas buried deep in the earth in layers. a top scientist for the cdc is now saying much more research is needed to determine its possible impact on the environment and people. alicia acuna live from an oil field in commerce city, colorado. alicia? >> reporter: hi, jon. yes, this comes on the heels of colorado's announcement it has imposed the toughest regulations on tracking in the country which might sound like a major crackdown on industry but this happened with oil and gas interests regulators as well as environmentalists all coming to the table and all at the behest of colorado's governor. >> if both the industry and the conservation committee made great compromises. i think no one is really happy. >> repo

dr. debra petit says she's grateful to the parents. >> parents have not complained and stuck with us ands of february 1st we'll be back on the normal schedule. reporter: teachers won't have to drag materials to and from the classroom anymore. >> i'm looking forward to getting back on to schedule, having a five-day week. reporter: it's as normal as can be with 22 buildings including a library, cafeteria and fitness area. the principal says he's expecting to be in these temporary buildings for about three years. at some point a decision will be made on what's more cost effective, to repair the old building or tear it down and rebuild it. i'm peggy fox in louisa county, back to you. >> thank you. the number of fema damage claims has more than doubled over the past few months in, part because of the cold weather. folks would turn on their pushes or light a fireplace and -- furnaces or light a fireplace and realize they've got a problem. five counties have been added to be covered by fema aid, but residents need to get claims in by march. >>> a lot of name calling and finger pointing in one b

the man convicted in the killing of the petit family may now face the death penalty. dr. s wife and daughters were brutally murdered in a home invasion that dominated headlines in 2007. at noon in connecticut a judge will decide his fate. >>> many of us will never forget hurricane katrina. when those levies broke it devastated new orleans. now a grassroots group wants those failed leaf have is listed on a national register of historic places. they want them preserved and never forgotten. >>> and celebrating the life of football coach joe paterno. more than 16,000 people gathered to remember his legacy of 46 years. paterno died sunday at the age of 85 after battling lung cancer. >>> immigration, one of several hot topics at the cnn republican debate last night in florida. >> i want to control the woirder. i want english to be the official language of government. i want us to have a lot of changes. >> mr. speaker, i'm not antiimmi grant. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in whales. they came to this country. the idea that i'm anti-immigrant is repulsive

dr. william petit is getting married.e and daughters. he is now engaged to a photographer he met at a charity event. petit said he has changed from a man of despair to a man of hope. >>> now, here's diane sawyer with what's ahead on "world news." >> good morning, josh. great to see everyone at "gma." tonight, on "world news," we're going to tell you about a devastating, crippling disease, that strikes in the prime of life. there's revolutionary, new treatments. we're going the show you how they're changing lives. the whole picture, tonight on "world news." see you then. >> all right, diane. >>> i'm an admitted soccer fan. maybe as big as they come. take a look at what happened yesterday in the english premiere league. this is goalie, goalkeeper, tim howard, an american playing in london, for england. for everton. that's clearance. and that's a goal. about 100 yards. the other keeper off his line. the wind swirling. so, when it touches down, it actually picks up speed. no hope for the other keeper. >> like the super bowl.

dr. william petit lost his wife and two daughters.after a horrific invasion in the state of connecticut. he reportedly met his future wife through the charitable foundation that was set up to commemorate his murdered family. the two men convicted of these brute physical crimes were sentenced to the death penalty just recently. martha: wow, he deserves a little happiness in life. he has been through so much. let's talk a little bit about the economy and we're getting some brand-new numbers on how the holidays really went for some of the big retailers. u.s. retailers posted mixed numbers during the peak of the holiday shopping frenzy. sales were up at macies. stores including the gap and kohl's and target came in lore than expected. they say the hol say season i holiday season is a crucial one for all of these stores and is a huge chunk of annual sales. bill: a bit low in the stock market today, off about a hundred points. giving back when we gained yesterday. that's the way it's been for years, about ten years for crying out loud. rick

petition for a referendum on the november ballot. a senate hearing on the issue is set for some time next week. today, baltimore city school c.e.o. dr. salanso and students made their pitch for more school funding. right now, the school gets about $32 million from the state. school officials are asking lawmakers to allow them to invest those dollars for long-term projects. >> the most important thing is flexibility but we also need predictability as in, no bank is going to allow us to borrow unless they know what we're getting right now we're going to get in the future. >> baltimore city says it would take at least $3 billion to build and renovate schools. the city has some of the oldest school buildings in the state. former governor bob ehrlich paid $168,000 in leftover campaign funds to attorneys defending aide paul shirek during the robles trial. the use of the campaign funds to pay an aide's legal defense is not clearly addressed by law but expenditures have to be campaign-related. last month, a jury victed the aide on charges that he authorized robo calls to express express -- suppress the african-american vote. authorities say

town hall event earlier at the detroit church where petitions for a citizens repeal of the emergency manager law were scirculated. but today honoring dr. king, jr., there was a march on governor rick snyder's house. or rather this was a march on the very well guarded gatehouse well outside his house. joining us now from detroit is reverend david bullock, state director of the rainbow push coalition senior pastor at greater st. matthew baptist church in highland park, michigan, a participant in the march. thanks for joining us great to have you here. >> thank you for having me today. >> i have been following this issue in michigan for a long while now you have been following it much closer up, in the way that i explained that there, did i get anything wrong or leave anything important out? >>> your analysis is so precise, i enjoy your show every time i get a chance to watch it. this public act for emergency dictator or manager law in michigan is odiou and draconian. i can't believe michigan has become the new mississippi, liberty is being lynched in michigan. democracy is being dismantled. our vote doesn't count. we cannot take it, we