Quote, godzilla el nino on the way. Good evening and its great to have you with us tonight. We begin with the case that horrified this country and a major decision today by the Supreme Court of connecticut. Youll remember the petit family, the home invasion, the mother, their two daughters tortured and killed, the home then set on fire. Only the father would survive. Two men convicted of the horrendous crime sentenced to die, but tonight a stunning reversal of fortune. Those two men given the Death Penalty, their lives now spared os the court bans the Death Penalty in that state. The husband reacts. Reporter with tonights ruling, the convicted killers of three members of this family will have their lives spared along with those of nine other death row inmates in connecticut. This is a solemn day in connecticut. Reporter it was a case that captivated and horrified the country. The wife and two daughters of dr. William petit, sexually assaulted and murdered in their own home. The intrude
East and a warning about a, quote, godzilla el nino on the way. Good evening and its great to have you with us tonight. We begin with the case that horrified this country and a major decision today by the Supreme Court of connecticut. Youll remember the petit family, the home invasion, the mother, their two daughters tortured and killed, the home then set on fire. Only the father would survive. Two men convicted of the horrendous crime sentenced to die, but tonight a stunning reversal of fortune. Those two men given the Death Penalty, their lives now spared os the court bans the Death Penalty in that state. The husband reacts. Reporter with tonights ruling, the convicted killers of three members of this family will have their lives spared along with those of nine other death row inmates in connecticut. This is a solemn day in connecticut. Reporter it was a case that captivated and horrified the country. The wife and two daughters of dr. William petit, sexually assaulted and murdered in
in mitt romney. then against cain, he s up 11%. 49% to 38%. he s up 12 points to rick perry. good numbers for obama there. it is important to note that in that matchup with mitt romney, you want to see the numbers close to 50 if you re the folks in the white house. the interesting thing to note about mitt romney is the inability that he s strog move up nationally from the 23% position. why isn t romney gaining more traction with the average voter? that s a great question. in our august survey, he was at 23%. in this survey he s at 23%. when you look inside the numbers, it s not that republican voters don t like romney. they like him fine. but he gets strong support from the republicans. he s maybe their second choice. he s hoping that s the formula for success later on. mark murray, great to see you. thanks. now that he s sitting at the top of the national polls, it s time to find out more about the man who has everyone saying 999 right now. joanne, it s good to see
in mitt romney. then against cain, he s up 11%. 49% to 38%. he s up 12 points to rick perry. good numbers for obama there. it is important to note that in that matchup with mitt romney, you want to see the numbers close to 50 if you re the folks in the white house. the interesting thing to note about mitt romney is the inability that he s strog move up nationally from the 23% position. why isn t romney gaining more traction with the average voter? that s a great question. in our august survey, he was at 23%. in this survey he s at 23%. when you look inside the numbers, it s not that republican voters don t like romney. they like him fine. but he gets strong support from the republicans. he s maybe their second choice. he s hoping that s the formula for success later on. mark murray, great to see you. thanks. now that he s sitting at the top of the national polls, it s time to find out more about the man who has everyone saying 999 right now. joanne, it s good to see
time for hanukkah. in the air sometimes faith saying a-yo spin the dreidel the new holiday version lighting up the internet today, december 3, holiday version lighting up the internet today, december 3, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith viera and i think we have been officially one upped. who are those guys? they re good. more video just ahead. also ahead, some new details tied to the controversial website wikileaks. overnight the provider of wick wikileaks.org s domain name pulled the plug on the website. we re going to get the latest in a live report from sweden coming up. and disturbing video, especially if you are a parent. a terrifying carjacking caught on tape. young parents watch as a man steals their car at a gas station with their 6-month-old daughter inside. that is when they both jumped into action. the mom was dragged through the parking lot