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,

josh, god to see you. thanks, gentlemen. >> arthel: all right. a programming note for you. tonight, fox news takes a look at the career of the rhinestone cowboy, country music legend glenn campbell. special featuring interviews with campbell and his family as the 75-year-old battle alzheimer's disease. take a listen. >> just little things with i think people that have alzheimer's, you have to start being aware of that you kind of need to keep your eyes out just in case. >> i don't have alzheimer's. >> you got part-timers, right? >> part-time, that's right. i only use it when i need it. >> arthel: okay. don't miss glenn campbell fighting alzheimer's hosted by shepard smith, offering a an inside look at campbell's courage to perform despite his disease. again the special airing at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> rick: what a challenge. it seems from that short clip that they're handling it with as much grace as you can possibly hope for in that situation. we'll watch that special with shep later on. also coming up, a major battle over the security of

jenna: well, now this fox news alert, an iranian armed with hand grenades link today a series of explosions in bangkok. the attacker wounding several people including himself, and it's unclear if there's a connection to yesterday's bomb attacks targeting israeli diplomats in india and the republic of georgia, but the incident certainly increases suspicion that iran is conducting a campaign of international terror. targeting israelis in revenge attacks. the israelis are clear on this but, again, allegations at this time. kt mcfarlane is a fox news national security analyst, and let's bring it back to us here at home. we have bangkok, we have india, we have the state of georgia, is this going to happen here? >> it's already happened here. the iranians sent a hit squad to washington to try to assassinate the saudi and israeli ambassador, so it's already happened. we're already in a form of war with iran, it's just a covert war, and it's a war of sabotage and assassinations and spies. and so, yeah, things are absolutely could happen here. jenna: does a war like that have an end? should we just

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

and that is first from fox this tuesday night because now we know josh powell attacked his two young sons with a hatchet before they died in a gasoline fueled fire that he set. a father used a hatchet to chop into the necks of his two young children. 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old bray deb. that happened on sunday after josh powell lured his kids into his home and locked the doors so a social worker supervising a custody visit couldn't come inside and foil his plot. investigators in washington state released new details of the children's death after autopsy results came back. medical examiners report the kids and their dad actually died of smoke inhalation from the fire the father set. so the hatchet wounds left them bleeding. caused them excruciating pain and likely panic in the moments before the thick smoke killed them. we reported here yesterday that josh powell sent a series of emails before his horrific attack and now we know there was a voice mail as well. that he apparently left for relatives. >> this is josh. i'm calling to say goodbye. i am not able to live without my so

of course josh powell has always been the person of interest but now the fox station here in seattle is reporting that there is another person of interest and that would be steve powell, josh's are father. west valley police would not confirm that but they did tell us that there is a high probability that someone else besides josh knows what happened and he was obviously refering to steve powell who is in jail right now on child porn charges. steve powell is on suicide watch at the jail. there is a report that he almost showed no emotion when told about what happened on sunday. he continues to be uncooperative with police but the west valley police say they are going to continue to investigate this to get closure for the cox family. bill: a difficult story to report. dan springer in seattle on that story. developments when we get them. >> we're hearing from the boys grandparents who say the children were happily playing in their home that morning and they didn't want to go visit their father on the day they died. now the grandparents are trying to cope with this news. >> i felt it, t

and that's "the fox report's" top five. on this day in 1952, princess elizabeth came the queen of england. her father king george the 6th died in his sleep while 25-year-old elizabeth was traveling in kenya. and in june of '53 she was officially crowned. starting a reign that continues to this day. though 12 british prime ministers have come and gone and an even dozen american presidents. did you know the empire ministers and presidents with whom this queen is now working weren't even born when she came to power? and today the 8 a-year-old queen elizabeth marked six decades on the throne in a modest asession day ceremony. the big party, the official diamond jubilee celebration set in june. a princess became a queen 60 years ago today. and a football player became a king. the king of new york 24 hours

rod wheeler, a fox news contributor joins us. i want to play a sound byte of the brother-in-law of josh powell, here it is. >> closer for us would have been all the answers coming forward, all the questions resolved. there is no answers any more. unless josh told something to somebody else, or he had an accomplice, those answers are gone with him. gregg: rod, did the answers to what happened to susan powell likely die with josh powell. >> they likely did. there is not a whole lot of more information the police can learn pep maybe they can find susan's body at some point. they never have found her body. yesterday's event was more tragic. the more interesting question here, tkpw*eg is whether or not the courts missed the warning signs with josh powell. gregg: were there? >> i think they did. i think there were a number of warning signs actually. last week at the hearing there was a custody battle last week on wednesday of last week and the police testified that they were concerned about the welfare, gregg, of the two little boys. w

this picture here is the grandfather of josh -- the father of josh powell, the grandfather of the little boys. last september, he was arrested for child pornography. >>> fox news alert now. a federal judge in california has just called a hearing to determine jarrett loughner's future. loughner, the accused tucson shooter, has spent more than a year at a detention center where he's been forcibly medicated. we expect that judge to agree with the report that he's not competent to stand trial to allow the government more time to observe him. he faces 49 charges related to last january's shooting that left six people dead and then congresswoman gabrielle giffords in serious condition. >>> he constantly pushed the limit chasing wild storms since he was just 16 years old. but it wasn't a tornado that killed professional storm chasing andy gabrielson. the 24-year-old died in a car crash on his way home from track ago storm in texas. he was hit head on by a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on a turnpike in oklahoma. he was the father of three-year-old daughter, and just two weeks shoo i

. >> greg: fox news alert. word of an explosion the josh powell. two children and maybe an his wife susan disappeared in december of 2009 under suspicious circumstances. while the couple was living in utah. he lost custody of his two sons last year: we haven't been able to confirm this that a case worker had just dropped off powell's sons at a home sunday afternoon for a supervised visit. powell then shut the door. the coworker locked it. the case worker then reported smelling gas fumes, then an explosion ripped through the home. a developing story. we will get you more information as we receive it. >> and hello, i'm heather childers. welcome to brand new hour inside americans news headquarters. >> greg: i'm greg jarrett, welcome with us. >> big political contest on tuesday. but, right now, mitt romney celebrating victory beating rival newt gingrich in last night's nevada caucuses by more than 20 points. but not all the votes are counted. john roberts is live for us in las vegas with the latest. hi, john. >> hi, heather. there is a team of 18 peopl

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

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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

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 fox was 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 or 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 of the u.s. could be the next greece so is he right or discuss it with william black or have all that and more free tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. 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. combat o

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

. >> 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

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

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.

>> 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

>> 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