komisarjevsky writes -- >> reporter: and in a surreal passage, komisarjevsky calls dr.etit a coward who ran away when he felt his own life was threatened and left his wife and children to die at the hands of madmen. >> his comments about dr. petit are quite interesting and inflammatory. some commentators have suggested that they really are an attempt to traumatize the last person left in the house, to retraumatize him in some way so he could still assert control over him. >> reporter: if these self-described madmen did kill three members of the petit family, the question is why? >> i think he saw michaela that day at the stop & shop get into the mother's suv. i think he followed her home because of that. i think he marked that house because of that. >> reporter: you think she was the target? >> yes. >> reporter: in closing, hayes' defense team told the jury, things just got out of control. a psychologist testified that hayes was so filled with remorse after the murders, he wanted the state to kill him. after deliberating for four days, a jury gave him his wish and dr. p

komisarjevsky goes on trial next year. manuel gallegus, cbs news. >>> in other news, it may be later today before power is fully restored in new england following a surprisingly strong storm. in maine, more than 60,000 homes and businesses lost electricity, and another 15,000 in new hampshire. there were wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour monday. that downed trees and power lines. >>> a presidential commission investigating the gulf oil spill found no conscious effort on part of bp to trade safety to save money. but the panel says that doesn't mean bp is not at fault for the largest offshore oil spill in u.s. history. the panel found more than a dozen questionable, but explainable, decisions leading up to the blowout. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia tumbled this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with more on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, betty. asian markets lost ground. japan's nikkei lost half a percent today after hitting a three-month high while hong kong's hang seng was d

komisarjevsky responded i'm putting kid to bed, hold your horses.lol. >> that was significant. and i recall looking over at the jury and they were glaring at steven hayes when that evidence was on the projector. >> reporter: and there was this surveillance video of hayes at a gas station buying the gasoline that was later poured throughout the house and on the victims. the jury was also convinced steven hayes had every opportunity to walk away. >> he left the house to buy gasoline. he left the house with mrs. petit. they left the house to park their car somewhere else. time and time again he had the opportunity to not be involved in these murders, and he never walked away. >> reporter: as the death sentence was read in court, steven hayes staired straight ahead and smiled. his lawyer says hayes is happy with the sentencing. so full of remorse, steven hayes wants to die. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> diane kind, one of the seven women and five men who decided whether steven hayes should live or die. we just heard the piece. it was a trial of torture,

as for his co-defendant, opening arguments in joshua komisarjevsky's case won't begin until next september. one of the points that william petit was making yesterday, he said that capital criminal cases in too many states take far too long. maggie? >> jeff glor in new haven, connecticut, thank you, jeff. joining us now from six members joel zemke, michael cardona, diane keim, jennifer turner, herbert gram and paula calzetta. i know that you were pooled yesterday to make sure that your decision was unanimous. so let me start by asking each one of you now, are you 100% certain that steven hayes should die by lethal injection? start with you, jennifer? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> the fact that you took four days to reach that decision, and the sort of questions that you were asking, led some people to believe that maybe you were divided in your decision, or leaning against the death penalty. was that ever the case, michael? >> i think everybody went in with their own thoughts, their own ideas and we all wanted to hear the evidence and we wanted to weigh everything prope

as for his co-deft, opening statements in josh ka komisarjevsky's case won't be made until next year. dr. petit says it takes far too long. maggie? >> jeff glor in new haven, connecticut, thank you. joining us from six members of the jury. joel zemke, diane keim, paula calzett calzetta. are you 100% certain that steven hayes should die by lethal injection? jennifer? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> the fact that you took four days to reach that decision and the sort of questions that you were asking led some people to believe that maybe you were divided in your decision or leaning against the death penalty. was that ever the case, michael? >> i think everybody went in with their own thoughts and ideas and we all wanted to hear the evidence and wanted to weigh everything properly. we definitely took our time and wanted to make sure we followed the laws of the state of connecticut and the instructions that the judge gave us so we took our time and we did it. >> at one point in his closing, the defense attorney said, look at him. he is not a rabid animal. he is a human

. >> reporter: prosecutors say stephen hayes and joshua komisarjevsky broke into the home for a robberynd tied the daughters to these bed posts upstairs and forced a terrified jennifer petit to withdraw money from a local bank. the house was set on fire, the girls dying from smoke inhalation. doctor petit barely escaped, but as relived those haunting memories every day in court. >> michaela was an 11-year-old little girl, tortured and killed in her own bedroom, surrounded by stuffed animals. and hayley had a great future. she was a strong and courageous person and jennifer helped so many kids. >> reporter: sentenced to death on all six capital felonies, hayes who has tried to take his own life behind bars, smiled as the verdict was read. >> he is thrilled, he's very happy with the verdict, that's what he's wanted all along is suicide by state, since he can't kill himself. >> reporter: but dr. petit says this case was never about revenge and always about his loved ones. >> it's a huge void in my life and our family and friends' lives, i was sad for the loss that we have all suffered. >>

. >> the man prosecutors say committed the crime with hayes, joseph komisarjevsky, will be tried nextoes not end there. later this morning members of the jury will discuss their difficult decision and several days of emotional deliberations. that's coming up later today on "good morning america." >>> even prison couldn't stop a former cia officer from spying for russia. harold jim nicholson admits he continued to collect money from his old contacts while behind bars. he pleaded guilty to passing messages on crumpled napkins to his son, who then relayed them to russian agents and collected the loot. the adult son pleaded guilty last year. eight more years could be added to nicholson's sentence. >>> now to the president's overseas travels. mr. obama is meeting with the president of indonesia during a one-day visit there. after which the two men will hold a news conference. later, the president and first lady will attend a state dinner. it's all part of a ten-day asia tour that started in india where mr. obama focused on trade as well as diplomacy. jim sciutto has that story. >> reporter

. >> reporter: hayes testified he and suspected accomplice joshua komisarjevsky who is yet to stand trialme from a store parking lot and returned later at night to rob them. jennifer was sent to the bank to withdraw money. it was there she slipped the teller a note that her family was being held hostage and would be let go if she returned with the money. petit escaped the home after being beaten and tied up in the basement. now, three years later, after losing his family, he is still waiting for justice. and inside the courtroom on the first day of deliberations, families of the victims, and even the defendant's brother, were talking and offering comfort and words to each other while they wait. >> michelle franzen this morning. thank you. >>> let's head over to the news desk now where trish regan is following some other headlines this morning. good morning, trish. >> good morning, amy. good morning, lester. good morning, everyone. we begin here in haiti where hurricane tomas hit parts of haiti's northern coast, sparing most of the earthquake-ravaged capital. mbs's mark potter is live in p