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now, in these new letters, stephen hayes claims to have killed 17 times before the home invasion, hes each murder preceded by raping these victims, he said in these letters he would have killed komisarjesky if he had tried to get away during the home invasion. the judge rejected the motion for the continuance, said the letters were not relevant and court moved on. now, prosecutors opened their closing argument by telling jurors, everyone is here today because of joshua komisarjesky, and stephen hayes' cold and calculated decision to terrorize the pettitte family, going over evidence learned in the trial, komisarjesky's defense team has repeatedly argued throughout this it was stephen hayes who poured the gasoline and lit the match that turned the pettitte home into an inferno where the two pettitte daughters were tied to the beds. prosecutors highlighted a part of the komisarjesky confession to police when he says on the tape we didn't pour any gasoline in the office then he quick li corrects himself, saying he, referring only to hayes, so it seems like he caught himself there. prose

he is interviewed by stephen hayes, senior writer of the weekly standard and author of genie. [applause] >> good morning and welcome to the american enterprise institute. i am danielle pletka, let me first remind everybody to turned off their telephones or put them on vibrate and ask everybody when the session ends to please remain seated in order to allow our speakers to leave the room. final housekeeping note. booksellers are available with the books in the reception after the end of the event. when arthur brooks who unfortunately couldn't be here invited the vice president dick cheney to join us to date it was with a view to remembering the attacks of 9/11, ten years later in and considering the lessons learned and those that were not since that day. but the first thing to recall about 9/11, the long war we are still fighting is the many who gave their lives, families who sacrificed beloved ones and the awful loss. first and foremost now is a time to remember those many brave americans who died at home, fighting men and women who risked everything so that we can live in fre

stephen hayes was already convicted and sentenced to die. i might say, hey, why not? throw sort of a hail mary here and put my client on the stand? >> you hit the nail on the head, it is a hail mary. here is what the defense is looking at. with komisarjevsky they're playing the cards that he was less culble, not more culpable than hayes. they're trying to say hayes is the diabolical mastermind of this deal. they're saying hayes is the one that brought murder into the situation. and komisarjevsky, the whole time was saying hey, we're just here to rob these people. we're not here to kill them. where it gets dark for komisarjevsky his defense counsel is running out there and nobody is going to like komisarjevsky. nobody in that whole courtroom is going to like him and his defense attorney is being overly aggressive. the jury will also respect an aggressive defense attorney doing their job ethically and honestly treating the situation with respect. in this case i don't know that jeremiah donovan is treating the situation with respect. he referre

stephen hayes. go to foxnews.com/"america's newsroom", file a question for steve or anybody you'd like today, bya, because you asked, hemmer, foxnews.com, twitter is at bill hemmer and we have questions for that, martha maccallum, also there out of new jersey, and she writes this, i don't know, what's on your mind? by the way! >> martha: so it's being called the toughest immigration law in the nation and it has some illegals in alabama running scared, kids, skipping school, people not showing up at work, because they're afraid of this legislation. so now the justice department has set up a hotline to try and catch abuses of the law. we're going to talk to the alabama attorney general on this, great guest. bill: a child hit by a car not once but twice. but what happens afterwards is truly shocking. we'll talk about that. martha: and no, that is not a smoke cloud, folks. we're going to tell you about the devastating dust storm that has people running for cover. >> it got pitch black and the teachers k

stephen hayes out of washington, thank you. martha: so we've got the 999, right? then rick perry's flat tax proposal, romney's 59-point plan, the republican candidates coming out with several proposals really to do one thing that is clearly on americans' minds, and that is to try to reform this huge tax code system we have here and get the economy back on track. so what do voters think about these ideas, about the proposals so far? we'll show you new poll numbers and talk to reagan's former economic adviser about the plans on the table, because that's really what it's all about. bill: sure is. meantime, home page, foxnews.com/nerk's -- "america's newsroom" and our question is this: do you support a flat tax plan? weigh in and we'll bring you the results later in the show. it's a big part of our polling. we'll show you those results here. martha: and you can check out where newt gingrich is. he's picked up a little steam, he's in third place, double digits in most of the polls we're seeing, edging out rick perry. rick perry is really making an effort out there to t

it was his accomplish, stephen hayes who was really the bad guy, right? >> i think that's right.y're certainly trying to save his life. and certainly his mother and father, they are testifying in an attempt to do that. when there's a death penalty case, and we're in the penalty phase of this trial, there are mitigating factors that the defense tries to bring forth to the jury. and those factors, they hope will sway the jury away from death penalty recommendation and more toward a life in prison without the possible of parole. certainly mitigating factors that are considered are one's mental state, one's life circumstances. that's why i think we're seeing so much of this playing out at trial. >> as you pointed out, it is life or debt for komisarjevsky. case number two. a couple fighting to get their kids back them claim their children were taken away because of their names. this is the couple. they name their son, adolph hitler campbell and their daughter joyce lynn arian nation campbell. so whatever you think about the names, can a court really take kids away because of a name? t

welcome to a nonturkey stephen hayes of the weekly standard and fox news contributor.nd i thought it was interesting, if art laffer was a consultant on this, you wonder why herman cain wouldn't have said that when he was asked. it made it look like he didn't have adviser basketball you ahead laffer! >> yeah, one of the problems that her can cain has had in the rollout of this plan is the fact that he isn't disclosing who helped him come up with it other than rich lowry of cleveland and i think he would have done well to use art laffer if art laffer was willing to acknowledge the fact that he talked to herman cain about putting this together but those are, as you point out, those are two pretty good names, well respected economic thinkers, and if they give an endorsement, a partial endorsement even, of the plan, i think that helps mer main cain. martha: do you think we're going to see paul ryan campaigning for herman cain or supporting him in any way , because people are clamoring for him to run, everybody loves how specific he is, well versed in all of this. >> no, i d

stephen hayes, fox news contributor. good to see you. >> hi, martha. martha: some say the wall street occupiers are the tea party version of the left. in fact let's start with this sound bite from van jones, who used to be the green jobs czar at the white house. here is what he said about the wall street protesters. >> it is extraordinary thing. we know we have the young folks and struggling folks down there on wall street. [applause] give them a round of applause. they went down there to the scene of the crime against our future. martha: now we know what van jones is doing. we found him. what do you think about that statement, steve? >> well, i think the only thing that these protesters have in common with the tea party is that they're protesting and that it has something vaguely to do with money. otherwise they have nothing to do with the tea party. there is no political movement there. there is no thirst for any kind of a political movement there. they wouldn't have the backing of the american public. if you look at gallop surveys over past few year

stephen hayes is a senior writer if the weekly -- for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor. couple of years ago, steve, being with barack obama was seen as political magic. what's happened? >> it was. he had the magic touch, and politicians would flock to try to get face time with him whether at campaign event or having him do fundraisers for them. obviously, now, as you suggest with the polling numbers the president eat not nearly as popular as he once was, and democrats in some cases are scrambling to get away from the president. you had a situation in virginia where the president wuss on in the jobs tour where ward armstrong, the house minority leader who's a democrat, is running ads contrasting his views with the president's views. this is how democrats in a lot of these key battleground states are approaching the president. it's not helpful to the president. jon: juan, you think it's more a matter of, well, the president's perm popularity rating -- personal popularity rating remains very high. >> i think that's a key point. and, you know, just to pick up on what steve w

five hours to convict the other man charged in this horrific case we've talked so much about, stephen hayes was his name, he is now on death row. komisarjesky could also face the death penalty if convicted on capital murder charges. dr. william pettitte is sole survivor of this brutal attack back in 2007, his wife jennifer and daughters hay lee and mckaila were murdered. we'll bring you the verdict as soon as we get it, we expect it to happen at any moment. >>> we'll begin with more breaking news, everybody, we're glad you're with us today, we start with the deadliest shooting in orange county history, shattering a quiet southern california beach town. gregg: this is horrific. i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. we're here in the fox newsroom and "happening now", seal beach, california, witnesses say a gunman, apparently enraged over a custody battle, walked quietly into a beauty salon where his ex-wife worked, pulled out guns, and opened fire. now eight people are dead. jenna: police arresting the suspect about half a mile from the scene. take a listen to their reaction: >> it's really unb