the director of the movie is josh fox. he went to the house today. they were having a house subcommittee yo on energy and environment meeting, and it was about fracking and it was in the raburn building, so he goes down there to tape it. and the republicans. >> i was within my first amendment rights. >> had him arrested. they had him arrested. their report said up to 16 cops were sent to get him. he looks very dangerous. you saw it there. it's a public hearing. why are they arresting this guy? josh wrote in i was arrested today for exercising my first amend rights. i was not expecting to be arrested for practice be journalism. abc news was shut out of the hearing room. republicans are desperate to hide something about their fracking policy. we have a lot of questions for you, zack. first of all, what are the rules on this kind of hearing? couldn't the press normally cover a hearing like this? >> it's been just as a citizen of the units show up and ask to be permitted in the hearing room and they will seattle you. they were trying to film the hearing.

when we come back josh fox was arrested. why? he is going to tell us in person. ♪ only one who thinks an amendment to the constitution may be in order. that's next on "the war room." good job. we'll explain what that means when we come back. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >>> all right back on "the young turks." josh fox is the director of gas line anominateded for an academy award on a movie about fraccing. he was arrested. that's weird because it is a public hearing. and maybe this is what they were trying to hide. here is a clip from his movie. well that's where they put the light to a water tap and it just lights up. it's an amazing movie. josh fox joins us now. i wanted to ask you why you think you got arrested. tell me from the beginning when you went to go cover it and when did you think there was trouble. >> the hearing was announced on monday. and this was a case we have been followed for three years. these cowboys kicked and screamed and got an investigation done on the ground water there. and epa showed the r

. >> as the maneuvering continues today, josh fox was arrested while trying to film a congressional hearing on the environmental impact of frac-ing. republicans objected to filming, and instructed capitol hill police to arrest fox when he did not leave. an abc news crew was also denied joining us now, steve israel, tonight. >> good to be with you. >> a poll just conducted found that 64% of americans support the pipeline, 22% oppose. and 13% undecided. i appreciate the environmental concerns, but is it wise politically for the democrats to fight this thing? >> i would imagine if you polled the american people before the oil spill in the gulf of mexico, the majority of the american people might have supported that, and then when the well erupted, the vast majority said wait a minute, maybe we shouldn't go that fast. you have to prove it is safe. let me give you my second point. these republicans, this is why they are so -- they are sliding down this hill. this is why the bottom is dropping out of them, because they are hypocrites. when in the history of tax cuts did the republican party ever

>> fox was arrested on a charge of unlawful entry, maybe they don't like what josh fox stands for. here is a clip from "gas land." >> it was the same story, water trouble. >> we never had a problem with the water. after they drilled the water was bad. >> oh, man. >> health problems. >> i'm never healthy. hazardous explosive conditions in the house. >> whoa. >> joining me exclusive oh on "the ed show," josh fox, academy award nominated who directed "gas land" working on "gas land ii" we saw the video of your arrest, we want you to describe it from your perspective, what happened, what went down? >> i didn't expect to be arrested for documentary film making and journalism on capitol hill. i was prepared for it but didn't expect it. i did think they would come to our senses and let them film the hearing. we were there covering a very crucial hearing about a case of ground water contamination in pavilion, wyoming, three-and-a-half year investigation by the epa shows subjects from the first film from pavilion, with ground water contamination resulting in 50 times the level of benzene in

josh fox says he has been quote, blacklist frd the hill. he will join me live next. >>> first, there's a lot going on today. here are some things we thought you should know. how much money would kwou pay for president obama's old car. apparently not a million dollars. that was the starting bid. one ebay seller said for the 2005 chrysler. the auction closed yesterday. zero bids from the car's owner. he said he will put it back on the market and relist at a lower price closer to the fall presidential election. >>> meanwhile, mrs. obama was on the ellen show to talk about health, eating and physical fitness. that's when ellen had the idea to challenge the first lady to a push up contest. >> 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. [ cheers and applause ] >> woo! that was amazing. >> that was amazing. the first lady did 25 push ups. she said she could have done more. >>> thank you. thank you guys. >> all right. if you didn't notice the song that romney campaign manager played after his victory speech, you can hear a bit in the background. k' naan noticed. h

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now tonight we're going to speak to josh fox director of the anti fracking documentary gasland yesterday while attempting to film a hearing on the hill foxes arrested by capitol police so he's going to tell us his story that will take a look at what an earlier withdrawal plan in afghanistan really means giving up and packing our bags and should we have done this much sooner robert farley is going to join us plus federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he gave a gloomy warning today in testimony on capitol hill he says the unsustainable deficits have major costs and stokes fears that the u.s. could be the next greece so is he right or discuss it with william black we're going to all that and more for tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. it so yesterday secretary of defense leon panetta announced some big news that contrary to what the schedule has been thus far for u.s. troops to hand over control to afghan forces the end of twenty fourteen well all that might be happening more than a year earlier. the end of u.s. co

on capitol hill the house subcommittee on energy in the environment was meeting today and filmmaker josh fox the guy who made gas land was arrested while trying to film the the event he was you just showed up but he was trying to film this thing at this this hearing on fracking at the orders of republican chairman and here here it is. the moment. that this is. when we hear you work with the public and with the right man you think you know you're already. out. there you go. i want to move you out so when. we receive. yeah as you know some of the democrats in the media were saying where's the transparency fox later released a statement about his arrest he said the first a member of the constitution states explicitly congress shall make no law that infringes on the freedom of the press which means the no subcommittee rule or regulation show he should prohibit a respectful journalist or citizen from recording a public hearing congressman jury now adler agreed he said i've served in the house of representatives since one thousand nine hundred two in all that time i cannot recall a chair of an

>> josh fox, great work, we'll do it again with you, thank you so much for joining us. a story that every american needs to hear. >>> thanks, ed, great to be out. >> you bet. >>> that is "the ed show" i'm ed schultz, "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you, my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. >>> the best thing on the radio in the united states is a show called "this american life" the best thing about the show it has been the best thing on the radio in this country for the whole time it's been on the air, which is going on i think 17 years now. this american life is not just good it's unbelievably consistently good. i think that is because the host, ira glass, and the other people who work on the show designed a format for the show that is flexible enough to handle basically any topic, any subject but they are super, super rigorous in terms of requiring excellent story telling. sometimes what they do on this american life is pure story telling. the story of a mother who knew she had taken a baby that was not her's home from the ho

josh fox was trying to direct a film on natural gas drilling. a director can be heard on the film asking the arrest to be stopped. capital police charged fox with unlawful entry saying he did not have permission to. >>> in i has since been released. >>> have you -- to film. he has since been released. >>> have you heard of contempt of cop? there were so many complaints against d.c. police city leaders set out to rewrite the law and today we got a progress report. here's fox 5's matt ackland with the upday. reporter: it was an arrest at the corner of 17th and u streets in northwest in 2009 that caught the attention of city leaders. pepin tuma shouted a comment at a group of officers nearby. one of the officers didn't like it and the next thing tuma knew, he was under arrest for disorderly conduct. >> he had the ability to do, it but i doesn't have the legal power. this is a question about abusive police power. this happens all the time in the city. reporter: in response to numerous complaints of abuse of power by police, d.c. leaders d law. on we

what can we look forward to today hey liz well we've got a great show for you tonight for starters josh fox who is the director of the academy award nominated documentary gas land which talks about the dangers of fracking he was on capitol hill yesterday trying to fill my hearing that was talking about a new report from the e.p.a. looking at water contamination in wyoming and he was not allowed to film and then he was arrested so we're going to get the full story from josh himself on exactly what he thinks happened there also of course there is a big announcement from defense secretary leon panetta yesterday that u.s. troops there would be ending their combat role in afghanistan in mid two thousand and thirteen that's a full year before the end of twenty fourteen which was the original plan so i don't know we have to ask some questions does this mean that they finally have decided that the best strategy is just to pack up the bags and go home and then of course federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he had some dire warnings also for congress today comparing the u.s. and our deficit cris

you should know a former guestor josh fox was arrested wednesday at a house science subcommittee hearing on the epa's investigation into whether fracking played a part. p staffers claim fox did not have the proper media credentials. when fox tried to it up his tripod to film the hearing capitol police officers entered the room and handcuffed him. you should know syrian forces killed more than 200 people on friday night in what appears to be the bloodiest attacks since uprising began 11 months ago. in response of the shellings, syrians running cairo, kuwait city stormed their own embassies in protest. u.n. resolution calling for syria to pursue a peace plan laid out by the arab league received 13 votes in the security council and was blocked by vetoes from china and russia. you should know in virginia in the state senate janet how el launched her own protest against a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound f. a cardiac stress test before getting prescription for erectile dysfunction. the state senate rejected her amendment and passed the ultrasound bill similar to another one in texas

fox journey to find him. >> we come to you on behalf of an old friend. >> you could have just texted. >> reporter: crystal came to the rescue after real-life drama rocked the awards. unfortunate comments by original show director brett ratner forced him to resign. and his hand-picked host, eddie murphy, dropped out as well. that's when hollywood veteran brian grazer stepped in and convinced crystal to come back. >> i think he's going to deliver on every front. >> reporter: after last year's pairing of james franco and anne hathaway was widely panned, it's no surprise the academy is serving up something familiar and reliably successful. so what can we expect this year? >> well, billy crystal has been working on the movie skits that are going to open the show. and i hear they're outrageous. >> reporter: as for crystal, he may be a little older, but he's more than ready for one more round as master of ceremonies. >> to find that way to come back is there's so much expected of this. you know, i would just tell people to please lower your expectations. >> reporter: diana alvear, abc news,

david lee miller, fox news. >>> shocking new details in the case of josh powell, the father who brew up his house with his two children -- blew up his house with his two children inside this past weekend. a lawyer for powell's in-laws discovered incestuous image ooze powell's computer two years ago but was -- images on powell's computer two years ago but was never told about this. police say they found a comforter in a storage unit this week that tested positive for blood in initial exams and will be tested further. >>> a new report by the l.a. times says a teacher accused of lewd acts with children got 40 grand to resign. the paper said mark berndt was fired from miramonte elementary school in february, 2011 while under investigation. he appealed and the case was dropped after he was paid with back pay. law enforcement told the school district not to interfere with the criminal case. >>> what the gop candidates are doing to sway voters as they head into town. >>> also ahead she escaped after a man tried to kidnap her at wal-mart. now she's standing up in front of her entire school t