dr. william petit, a prominent connecticut doctor, a leading expert in the field of diabetes played golf with his dad. earlier that day, his wife of 22 years, jennifer hawke-petit, and her daughter, michaela, 11, had gone grocery shopping at this stop & shop supermarket. >> the younger daughter was going to make a special dinner for her family. so she and mrs. petit went to the stop & shop here in town. >> reporter: the older daughter, hayley, had just graduated from a prestigious prep school. she wanted to be a doctor like her dad. as jennifer hawke-petit, a pediatric nurse, drove back from the supermarket, she had no idea she was being watched. watched, police say, by two career criminals paroled from prison just weeks before. within hours, their worlds would collide. >> i often liken it to what armies do to countries when they take over, raping and pillaging and that's kind of what happened in that house. >> reporter: the two men allegedly watching mrs. hawke-petit and her daughter are joshua komisarjevsky and steven hayes. between them, they've been arrested nearly 50 times. on hayes'

dr. william petit. guilty. count seven, jennifer hawk petit, he's been found guilty. eight and nine, the kidnaps of the daughters. he broke into the home and held these folks hostages for some seven hours, torturing them effectively while he tried convincing them all they wanted was money and that wasn't the case at all it appears. waiting to hear on nine and tep. but the jury making their way reading each of these. >> okay, i'm going to let you keep reading your e-mail on your blackberry. sunny hostin, thank you so much. a quick break and continue this conversation as we're watching and waiting for all 17 counts to come down. also, minutes from now, south korea's president will address a joint meeting of congress. this is a big deal. especially after it comes one day after lawmakers sign on a new trade deal. we could be looking at a big turning point for unemployment in america. john park is our go to guy in america. he is independent standing by live in south korea, next. [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, availa

dr. william petit, called the verdict a relief. >>> an 11-year-old maryland boy still missing tonight, hiss been in contact with maryland authorities all day. they tell us curtis lopez, who is estranged from his wife was arrested in charlotte, north carolina after he gave inconsistent statements to police. the 11-year-old william mclean has not been seen since september 30th. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> number three. research in motion, maker of the blackberry, says service has been fully restored after its largest outage ever. executives say the outage was caused by a hardware failure followed by the failure of a back-up system. it spread around the world like a plague. investors have this rugged off the news. the stock off 18 cents. and our blackberries are working again, thank god. >>> number four, senator's john mccain and rand paul laid out the alternative to the jobs plan. the plan would cinsimplify the code by reducing the overall rate, something the president has sort of seemed in line with before. the plan includes the repeal of the health care r

dr. william petite was the only survivor. he could face the death personal. >>> tonight we're learning of early warning signs about the man suspected of killing 8 people in southern california hair salon. his wife claimed abuse and instability. >>> investigators are learning more about the alleged killer scott,. >> respect scott entered the location at 500 specific coast highway and opened fire with a handgun. ultimately killing 8 people and critically killing one. >> the 41-year-old is in custody. the only suspect in wednesday's shooting massacre at the salon where his ex-wife worked. the salon was full of customers who scrambled for cover as the gunman opened fire. the quiet seaside community is in shock. >> i knew that one of the girls that worked here. she was so well loved. a beautiful lady. >> investigators confirmed the names of those killed. among the dead the ex-wife 48- year-old michelle, her coworker and friend and the salon owner randy, five other men and women were shot to death. people who knew the former couple

dr. william petit, sexually assaulting his wife, two daughters, tying them down, setting the house on fire in what was the most awful crime a lot of people can remember. mother and both daughters died of smoke inhalation. his accomplice was also convicted and is on death row. >>> in l.a., the trial of michael jackson's doctor went on. the prosecution called its very last witness today. one of the leading experts on the powerful anesthetic propofol. the prosecution's case is expected to wrap up monday. then it is the defense's turn. sources close to the case say the defense will argue that michael jackson had taken an anti-anxiety medication hours before his death and never told dr. conrad murray. that, the defense will argue, is what killed jackson, not the propofol. >>> meanwhile, the drumbeat against iran continued at the highest levels of the u.s. government for that alleged plot that sounded contrived to people like a hollywood movie plot. the one in which an iranian american hires mexican drug lords to kill the saudi ambassador in washington. our chief foreign affairs correspondent an

dr. william petit furious after the defense made a suggestion about his daughters, the ones killed in that brutal home invasion back in connecticut. now the jury is debating that as they decide the fate of an accused killer. that is next. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. >>> if it's interesting and happening right now, you're about to see it. rapid fire, let's go. beginning in michigan a., a stunning reversal of the underwear bomber pleading guilty. this is a guy who two years ago tried to blow up an airliner flying into detroit christmas day with explosives hidden in his pants. >>> congressional republicans zeroing in on attorney eric holder about a botched undercover operation and top house republicans say they are doubting holder's denial of prior knowledge of the

dr. william petit has been in court every day sitting stoically, saying very little to reporters. not long ago he spoke about the man convicted of brutalizing his family. >> i'm not surprised is at all. i thought from the beginning that he was a lying sociopathic personality. and probably at this moment doesn't think he's guilty of anything. he's convinced himself of that i suspect. >> you will hear more from dr. petit and debra feyerick who was right there in the courtroom. but first, herman cain has gone from underdog to possible top dog. the latest nbc "wall street journal" poll shows cain with support from 27% of republican voters. mitt romney is four points behind him. ranked third is rick perry with 16% saying they would vote for him. today, as you may have seen in the last hour on cnn, cain sat down with erin burnett for an interview that covered several topics. we begin on the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. watch. >> i happen to believe in a this attempted assassination, that iran has its fingerprints all over, based on the reports that we'

dr. william petit, called the verdict a relief. >>> an 11-year-old maryland boy still missing tonight, hisd with first degree murder. "out front" has been in contact with maryland authorities all day. they tell us curtis lopez, who is estranged from his wife was arrested in charlotte, north carolina after he gave inconsistent statements to police. the 11-year-old william mclean has not been seen since september 30th. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> number three. research in motion, maker of the blackberry, says service has been fully restored after its largest outage ever. executives say the outage was caused by a hardware failure followed by the failure of a back-up system. it spread around the world like a plague. investors have this rugged off the news. the stock off 18 cents. and our blackberries are working again, thank god. >>> number four, senator's john mccain and rand paul laid out the alternative to the jobs plan. the plan would simplify the tax code by reducing the overall rate, something the president has sort of seemed in line with before. the pl

dr. william petit, that is to say, the sole survivor, here's what he had to say after yesterday's verdicthought from the beginning that he was a lying sociopathic personality and probably at this moment doesn't think he's guilty of anything. >> yeah. meanwhile, his co-defendant steven hayes pictured there was sentenced to death last year. he is now appealing his conviction. >> new video just into fox news. you have a chinese fighter jet nose diving into the ground at an air show. the jet crashed head first, exploded. the pilot managed to eject from the cockpit right before the plane slammed into the ground. he's ok. nobody on the ground hurt. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> it's like the scene out of an action movie. police in florida chasing a car full of thieves at 100 miles per hour. the suspects were reportedly on the run after police caught them trying to use stolen credit cards at a nearby bank. that's when they took off. you can see them zipping down the highway before getting off at an exit and continuing to chase right through the neighborhood. eventually, the s

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dr. william petit, called thursday's verdict a relief. >>> the pentagon denies that defense secretary leannerge troops in afghanistan beyond next summer as president obama planned. panetta told a house committee thursday the initial 10,000 surge troops will leave by the end of this year as scheduled but the remaining 23,000 will depart by the end of the fighting season next year, which some say could extend into next fall. >>> now let's head to wall street, cnbc's courtney reagan is at the stock exchange. >> downgrade is the unfortunate theme of today. standard and poor's is downgrading its rating an spain's ability to pay its long-term debt amid uncertainty and sluggish growth and separately rating agency fitch downgraded its credit rating on ubs and puts seven other banks on credit watch negative including morgan stanley, bank of america and goldman sachs. meantime internet darling google reported strong earnings that could help give tech a little bit of a boost in today's trading. >> hope for a good day. courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange thank you. >>> let's look at "what's t

dr. william petit and sister had angry words to say while the cameras were facing them outside of the courtroomf the basement precipitated things, as if there had been no plan in place for hours prior to that. that perhaps if hayley petit had done something different, the what if scenarios were a little nauseating to listen to. >> i thought at first my ears were deceiving me when he said that my brother's actions had precipitated the events of july 23rd and then later on donovan repeated it in his closing argument and said they not only precipitated it but they caused it and then went on to say that hayley, had she gotten out of her room and climbed out of her window, the events wouldn't have taken place and if she can gone out of her room and into michaela's room, and gone out that window, the event wouldn't have happened. >> steven hayes was found guilty last year and sentenced to death. >>> and with all of the news about steve jobs' and prostate cancer, the deadly disease and the connection with vitamin e. >>> and new research released this afternoon about teenage boys and it has to do with

dr. william petit seen there, beaten and tied up in the family's basement. forced to listen helplessly to the cries upstairs. he broke free, survived and has been in the courtroom throughout every phase of these two trials. right now a jury deliberating whether joshua komisarjevsky will go to prison for life or be sentenced to death for his role in the crimes. his attorney says that he was abused as a child. and that that should be a factor as the jurors decide his punishment. his codefendant, steven hayes, sentenced to die by lethal injection. connecticut by the way only executed one person since 1976 and the state's death row has only 10 inmates. it could soon have one more. we'll keep you posted, jenna. jenna: rick, we'll stay on it. thank you. jon: a fox news weather alert for you now. hurricane rina, strengthening to a category 2 storm. rina's winds are topping 100 miles an hour right now and it is gaining power in the warm waters of the caribbean. is this storm going to hit the u.s.? meteorologist janice dean is tracking rina in the extreme weather cen

dr. william petit, killing his wife and their two young daughters, as well as raping the 11-year-old.omisarjevsky did not take the stand. it had been speculated that he might but he did not do so. the defense has rested. it will be onto the jury sometime next week. court will be back in session on tuesday. we'll keep you updated on we'll keep you updated on this horrible case. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. i'm ready. let's do this! i'm so ready. [ female announcer ] when you're prepared for you

dr. william petit with a baseball bat. listen to his voice. >> he let us out of this unearthly scream.had never hit anybody in the head with anything, never mind a baseball bat. i kept hitting him until he finally backed up into a corner of the couch. >> reporter: he admits molesting the girl he casually calls k.k., the family's nickname for her. >> i used a pair of scissors and cut her skirt off and shirt off. >> reporter: he would later call the child angel of my nightmares. she along with her older sister haley died in a gas-fueled fire while their mom had already been strangled downstairs. attempts by mom jennifer to save her family's life withdrawing $15,000 in cash and alerting bank tellers her family was in trouble were not enough. her tormentor, steven hayes, drive her to the bank and back before raping herring and lighting up the house. he is seen here buying gas, prosecutors say which fueled the fire. he now sits on death row convicted last year of the murders. the question is whether joshua will share the same fate. his lawyers argued he took part in the home invasion intend

dr. william petit lost his wife and two daughters in this tragedy. 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 this now accused killer really thought he had some connection wi

william petit with a bat. they tied him and rest of the family up. they sexually assaulted the females. the house was doused with gasoline and set on fire. the only survivor, dr. petit was table to break free and run for help. the jury took several hours to convict hayes. he is on death row. komisarjevsky we may learn his fate anytime now. we'll bring you the verdict, jenna as soon as we get it. jenna: looking for justice for the family. rick, thank you very much. we have this second fox news alert. the state department issuing a worldwide travel alert for all americans. hi, everybody, year glad you're with us on this very busy day. i'm jenna lee. gregg: it is busy indeed. i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. brand new development in the brazen terror plot busted wide open. iran's elite military unit accused of directing the plan but tehran is denying everything. that plot centering on the assassination of the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. the plan reportedly to blow him up inside a d.c. restaurant packed with hundreds of diners, possibly including members of congress. also there is word the plot included bombing the saudi and israeli embassies in washi