jennnna: it's a big day for drew petersen today. the former illinois police officer convicted of murdering his third wife while under a cloud of suspicion and the disappearance of his fourth wife. a judge is now deciding whether or not petersen deserves a new trial. if that bid is rejected the judge will proceed to sentencing. and petersen could get as many as 60 years behind bars. steve brown is live outside the courthouse in illinois with more on this. steve, we've heard that apparently petersen's defense team made a bad call. what are people talking about with that? >> reporter: well, specifically they are talking about a -- testimony coming from harry smith who is a divorce attorney. more specifically he was the divorce attorney for kathleen savio the victim in this particular case. but he did have on one occasion a chance to have a meeting with stacy peterson. now stacy peterson met with him, according to testimony, to hire him shaoefplt was lookin. she was looking for a divorce in that she knew that her husband, drew peterson

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how the battle between petersen's former lead attorney and his current lawyer could determine whether he goes to prison or gets a whole new trial. >> this is not between me and joel brodsky, this is between drew petersen and the people of the state of illinois. jenna: crime stories we are keeping an eye on. lawyers for the man convicted of killing chandra levee say his conviction was predicated on a lie. heavy of course was 24 years old when she disappeared in 2000, suc2001, such a big story at that time. still is. her body was found in a washington park. >> a home set on fire during a narcotics investigation. police are searching for two men they say are likely armed and dangerous. they are warning residents to stay inside. a third suspect is in custody. a missing canadian tourist found dead in a water tank on the roof of a los angeles hotel. police say a maintenance worker discovered her body, this 21-year-old's body after getting reports from hotel guests about low water pressure. she was last seen at the hotel on january 26th. >> this is their post-trial motion? i mean this is dre

. >> i think that drew petersen is guilty as sin, but at the same time u know, they did a terrible investigationestigation, and at the end of the day i think that his new trial is going to be denied because he had these six lawyers. martha: thank you very much. louis and tam rarbg tamara, thanks a lot, guy. bill: new calls for congress to repeal that medical device tax which kicked in at the beginning of this year. 2.3% tax that the industry claims will cost 43,000 jobs and ultimately cost patient's lives. steve ferguson is president of cook medical, the largest medical company. good morning to you. i am told you have 40 years experience in this business. what does this tax do to your business do you believe? >> for us, and the impact is on patients and employees, but for us it amounts to more than a 20% increase in our tax rate, our federal tax rate, because when it's 2.3 at the top when it gets to the bottom it drops down and increases our tax about 20%. for the industry as a whole it's a very small industry, in terms of the size of companies. 98% of them are less than 500 employees. 90% are l