euro. they will have no budget deficits, have automatic sanctions, they will have stricter rules, tighter regulation. the whole thing will be much, much better run. they're going to get on and do that. the only problem is the united kingdom said no and could become troublesome in the future. i promised i wasn't going to be boring and bore on about it, but the one thing they did also do was increase their firepower. the so-called big ba zuk ka to stop the contagion. hundreds of millions of dollars pledged,s the dow p up over 180, 190 points, they might just have done the trick. for today. >> for today. stop the contagion. you mentioned we're not looking at the minutia. the british angle is a huge one because -- i mean, is it an ominous sign that britain opted out of this agreement? >> reporter: britain opted out for its own domestic political reasons, its own self-interest. it wanted an opt-out clause on a particular tax. it didn't get it so it said it wouldn't agree to the treaty. the other countries, the 17 plus the rest of them except britain all going to plow ahead. britain can be troublesome. she can be bothersome. and she can be obstructionist in the way they do it. but, ultimately, my gut feeling is they're going to move ahead with this change. now, whether or not they have built a new house sufficient to withstand the hurricane of the financial crisis, well, the markets will give their judgment. as of today, they like what they see. the u.s. has welcomed it. the white house has welcomed it. the imf has welcomed it. but we are still not out of the woods because this whole thing that they've arranged doesn't really come into force until next year. and between now and then there is plenty of opportunity for slip and fall. >> and we will continue this discussion, you and me, about this hurricane, richard quest. thank you so much in brussels. next on reporter roulette, this is frightening, california hospitals facing fines for medical errors, such as leaving foreign objects in patients' bodies during surgery. yikes, senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, what? what's happening? >> can you imagine you go in for surgery and afterwards you're feeling a little bit of pain, you get a fever? what's going on? the doctor left something this size of you, a piece of gauze this size in you. well, this does happen. you don't always hear about it but it happens. in california, the state looked at records and actually hospitals reported things that had gone wrong. so at 14 hospitals things had happened and they had fines ranging from, like, $25,000 to $100,000. let's take a look at some of the types of things they were fine for. objects left inside patients. there were seven examples of this at these hospitals. medication mistakes, for example, someone was supposed to get 20 milligrams of morphine. wrong surgery, patient was operated on the left eye instead of right. baby snatched. a baby was taken by somebody posing as a nurse. these are errors occurring between 2008 and relatively the present. >> i had acl reconstruction surgery and i remember waking up and seeing a "no" on one knee and "yes" on the other. >> that's one reason for that. >> give me that napkin. this is easy, don't put it in the patient. why is this happen something. >> you need to soak up blood to see the surgical field. there's a reason. so what you're supposed to do is before the surgery you say, all right, we have 14 sponges. it's not really that number. let's say 14. then at the end of the surgery, 14 should come out. and what happens is sometimes they miscount and so it really was 13 but they counted 14. so human error is responsible for a lot of this, but a lot of people have blamed hospitals for not doing a better job of staffing because the same nurse who's counting those sponges also maybe has a lot of other things to do. >> got it. >> there is criticism against the hospitals here. >> so final question, what are the hospitals doing about this? >> the hospitals say they are doing more and more. they really have, we definitely have seen them take greater steps. but many people say they're not doing some things they really should be doing to take care of errors. now here's the question. given the that this is an imperfect system and humans will do things wrong, you as a patient have to be empowered and do what you can do to keep yourself error-free in the hospital. there really are things that you can do. if you go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient, writing on your surgical site is one thing along with your surgeon. but you really can protect yourself. >> cnn.com/empoweredpatient, thank you very much, elizabeth cohen. next on reporter roulette, poppy harlow in new york is talking taxes with jay-z. pop poppy? >> i know, not the combination you would think of, brooke. this happened yet. you see the press conference that jay-z held in new york. he's announced he'll headline two shows at carnegie hall, the first hip-hop show there. it's all about scholarships for kids to go to college, something he didn't do. when we sat down to talk about that, we then moved on to talk about politics and taxes. and i asked him, should rich people like yourself pay more in taxes, like obama's asking them to do. take a look. >> me personally, i wouldn't mind paying more taxes, if it went to the things that really mattered, if it went to education, people in poverty, and you know if it went to the right things. i wouldn't mind. i think it should be more -- it should be clearly defined, you know. clearly defined where all of the money is being allocated. because you can understand paying so much for taxes and then things not improving, you're, like, where is everything going to? that's why i'm saying -- >> so you get that argument. >> yes. >> so he's telling you it's okay, just wants to see where the money goes if he's paying that extra in taxes. >> right. >> you also asked him about occupy, the occupy movement. what did he say? >> i did because, you know, his company has come out with these t-shirts that say occupy all streets, which is interesting playing off of occupy wall street. they're not financially supporting the occupy movement, but he does support it very, very much. he says, i think it's a very good thing that young people are getting their voices out there, pushing for change, change that needs to happen, whether it's education or health care. brooke, what was interesting is he talked to me a lot about something you know very well, and that's social media, how twitter and facebook are enhancing this movement. which they certainly are. and he said ultimately to have young people out there voicing their opinion is a good thing. it's always interesting to sit down with him and talk about politics, about the social movement, because he's very engaged. i is xed him, will we find you in washington lobbying congress? not yet. he's still on tour. we have a lot more on the interview on taxes, obama, scholarships, more. >> poppy harlow, thank you very much. that's your reporter roulette on this friday. still ahead, tensions are escalating between the u.s. and russia. at the center of this whole thing, two heavy weights, here they are, why we're just haur hours away in a big moment between putin and hillary clinton. plus this -- >> i'm not in very good health. i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> those desperate words from a former fbi agent who has been held hostage for years. as this new video surfaces, his wife speaks to us here at cnn. also, a death row inmate off the hook after a discovery is made involving his trial and a juror. speaking of social media, a tweelt. and he is the man behind the world's most popular legal thrillers. now john grisham is speaking to cnn about several cases in the news, including the west memphis three. we'll be right back. you're about to see rapid fire, let's go. beginning with police, they're searching for the culprits behind a letter bomb attack in rome. this blast happened at italy's tax collection agency. one person was injured. reports indicate an italian anarchist group is claiming responsibility for this. also, german police are investigating a link to a similar bomb mailed to the president of deutsche bank in frankfurt earlier this week. that bomb was deactivated. >> reporter: authorities say rob by had set up a web came in his dorm room. >> randi kaye talking about this man, former rutgers student accused of streaming live video of hitz roommate's sexual encounter with another man. today da resume rauby turned down a plea deal that would allow him to avoid jail time. his roommate tiler clemente killed himself. a woman who doused black friday shoppers in california will not be facing felony charges. >> my eyes are burning! >> their eyes are burning, they're screaming. firefighters had to treat ten people who had been pepper trayed spraied there. the los angeles city attorney's office will consider possible misdemeanor charges now. and have you heard about this woman who police say tried to mix up a batch of meth in the middle of a walmart store? police arrested this woman in tulsa, oklahoma, yesterday, some alert employees apparently noticed this woman mixing different cleaning supplies in a bottle in the store? so what do they do? call police. one police officer suffered minor chemical burns as he took the bottle out of the store. and country singer mindy mccready speaking out today saying she did absolutely nothing wrong when she took her little boy across state lines which violated a custody order. her 5-year-old son zandt zander was taken into custody and mccready spoke on "good morning america" spoke that her mother was an abusive guardian to her son. >> zander was being beaten with a wooden spoon. there are scars on zander's back, there are scars on his bottom and his legs from the spoon. >> abc reached out to mccready's mother. she denies those allegations. texas police now have a new weapon to battle drug dealers and human smugglers along the border. arm gun boats, the fleet will be used along the rio grande and lakes. the price tag here? each boat more than $500,000. it comes equipped with night vision cameras and machine gun turrets. breaking news just in, a sentence decision has been reached in the home invasion trial in connecticut. we'll take you there live, next. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our military, veterans and their families. from investments... to life insurance... to health care options. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. as we mentioned, we're getting an update, break being news into cnn. a sentence decision has been reached in the home invasion trial in connecticut. let's go straight to deb feyerick who is standing by outside the courthouse in new haven. this is obviously regarding the fate of joshua komisarjevsky. deb, what do you know? >> reporter: here's what we know. the knock came just a couple of minutes ago. the jury is going to have to go through each of the six counts and decide whether they have voted unanimously on death on each of the counts or whether some of the counts will get life in prison. now, this all goes back, as you know, brooke, to the brutal home invasion here in connecticut that left a mom strangled to death and her two daughters who died in a terrible blaze set by this man, joshua soem ccomkomis. the petit family is ready for justice. they have been here every day to make sure the jury didn't forget how heinous the crime was and the deaths of jennifer hawke-petit, her brutal death who was strangled to death by the accomplice stephen hayes but also the deaths of michaela and 17-year-old hayley. we're waiting for the verdz to come in, again, a lot of people in the courtroom just waiting, talking about whether this is going to be a slam dunk for the prosecutors, whether in fact he'll get death by lethal injection on all counts or whether, in fact, some of those counts will carry life. i'm getting an e-mail from my colleague who's in there. he says, right now they're waiting on one of the defense attorneys. the judge is telling spectators to keep calm. when we heard that knock, the marshal went to the door. usually there's a little chitchat. he looked very serious. the judge was immediately alerted and got the bench ready, bringing out some water, really trying to keep control of the room. but a lot of people, you know, waiting and waiting, brooke, for the last five days. it's very trying. clearly there is a lot at stake here, but the family who simply wants justice, who wants to be able to moved ahead, this is what they've been waiting for, brooke. >> yes. as you mention, stephen hayes was the first, the accomplice in the crime, tried. he was sentenced to death. we'll wait and stay in close touch with you, deb feyerick and your crew. as soon as you learn any more, we'll pop you back p up live and talk to you in new haven. for now, deb, thank you so much for the update. moving on, it is a rare look at a war that's gone on for a decade now. u.s. marines have released their it personal footage of a fire fight in afghanistan, and it's one they did not see coming and one they were determined not to lose. we want to go to pent begagon a bring in barbara starr. barbara, tell me about this. >> brooke, you're about to see gripping footage, to say the least. this was a 3 1/2-hour fire fight in southern afghanistan. these are the men of first battalion sixth marine regiment. >> gets you out of nowhere. i'm in a sleeping bag still. you hear the flair going off, then fire just started going f off. >> just to the northwest of us across the helmand river they have a ridgeline up there. there's cavs in the ridge line that they've crawl into and they engage us from there. >> by the time, like, a couple of hours we were like -- probably had a hundred still left and that was it. just got really bad real quick. >> idf 30 millimeter grenades hit inside the compound, getting close, real close. took a couple casualties. you hear about people being battle-tested. this one tested the boys. >> we have to get him on the bird as fast as possible. >> been one hell of a day. you're thinking, yeah, regular patrol, any other day. it ain't happening that way. definitely teaches you how everyone has to be ready from now on. you never know what's going to happen from now on. we lost one person to injuries whoflt kn who knows what will happen next. >> another day, man. another day. >> hopefully whoever sees this will actually know this was actually happening. at the end of the day, we're the ones out here. >> this was shot by a young marine lance corporal jacob lagozi under fire for the fire fight. down to their last hundred rounds. we did check, brooke. auflt marine whoz were wounded in this fire fight are we covered or thankfully have already returned to duty. >> you heard him say another day, just another day for them in afghanistan. barbara starr, thank you, at the pentagon. coming up next, rick perry has a new ad accusing president obama of inciting a war on religion. and a new poll suggests americans are fed up with congress. how fed p up? that's next. before we talk politics we just want to remind you we are awaiting news from a jury in new haven, connecticut. in fact, live pictures outside the courthouse as we have a crew awaiting the fate of joshua komisarjevsky, the second person involved in that horrific home invasion in which a mother, jennifer hawke-petit, and her two daughters were brutally killed some years ago. we're awaiting the fate -- the jury is voting on life or death. as deb feyerick was reporting, the knock has come, meaning they've come to a conclusion. he's facing six counts. it must be unanimous on death, if he receives death. and then later the judge would sentence joshua komisarjevsky. that is how the legal system works. we're going to -- as soon as we hear anything more from our crew in new haven, we'll bring it to you live. could happen any minute. meantime, let's go to washington, shall we? check our america's choice 2012 politics update with our senior political editor mark preston. mark, lets's talk about this new ad, rick perry ad, calling out the president on religion. >> yeah. you know, brooke, the fact of the matter is, we are just a few weeks away now from the first vote that's will occur in the republican presidential nominating contest. it will happen in iowa and the iowa caucuses are dominated by social conservative voters. if fact, rick perry has a television ad out where he does attack the obama administration on the whole issue of religion. in fact, let's take a quick listen to some of it, brooke. >> i'm not ashamed to admit i'm a christian. but you don't need to be in the pew every sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate christmas or pray in school. as president, i'll end obama's war on religion and i'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. faith made america strong. it can make her strong again. i'm rick perry, and i approve this message. >> wow, right, brooke? >> war on religion. >> you can't say it any stronger than that. clearly rick perry reaching out to the conservative voters, those iowa caucusgoers who can really make or break his campaign. he really needs to do well in iowa to continue on in the republican presidential nomination. that's what we're seeing in that 30-second ad, brooke. >> how about this poll? the voters are saying, congress, get out. >> get out. you know, if you're a congressman right now and you believed the numbers, you might want to start looking for another job. this new gallup poll has devastating news for them. let's look here. 76% of americans think that members of congress do not deserve to be reelected. basically, as donald trump would say, you're fired. now, what's interesting about these number sz, when it comes down to it, though, most americans probably do not want to see their congressman fired. they want to see other people's congressmen fired. so the fact is, people are very upset, of course, what's happening here in washington or what's not happening here in washington, brooke. that's what we're seeing in those numbers. >> that's why it's so, so important to vote. the onus falls on us the voter, right, mark preston? >> absolutely. >> thanks very much. ahead, election fraud is spoking protest. vladimir putin says hillary clinton instigated all of it. we'll tell you why in this battle between the two had heavyweights and why tomorrow could change everything. plus -- a death row inmate is getting a new trial, all because a juror was caught tweeting. that story next. but first -- each and every week right around this time we introduce you to someone who has achieved something pretty remarkable despite having to overcome major challenges. for a georgia tech baseball player colby wren, just figuring out what was wrong with him was half the battle. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta has this week's "human factor". >> reporter: for georgia tech first baseman colby wren just playing division 1 baseball is a huge accomplishment. >> i know i love the game, i love being out here. >> reporter: because colby has a mitochondrial disorder, which means in the cells in his body, the mitochondria are failing and can't convert oxygen and food into life-sustaining energy. as a teenager colby realized his body wasn't working like his twin brother kyle's. >> i would get really sick, throw up every day. i had brown urine and small incidents of -- i would lose consciousness and black out. >> apologies. we've got to break away from that because now we have a vote in the fate of joshua komisarjevsky. straight to deb feyer