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our guest tonight documentary film maker josh fox is here. [ cheers and applause ] very good. but let's get straight into it with this morning's historic news. >> breaking news from the supreme court. doma, the defense of marriage act, ruled unconstitutional. >> prop-the justices ruled 5-4 that opponents of same-sex marriage in california do not have the grounds to sue which clears the way for gay marriage in that state. >> john: yes. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ men and men and women and women ♪ we did it! we did it. well, technically the supreme court did it. but we watched. we watched. [ cheers and applause ] we watched them do it. this morning the supreme court struck down both the defense of marriage act and california's prop-8 amendment. a hugely exciting day and not just on the steps of the court. >> the capitol district historically gay neighborhood here in san francisco is preparing for a huge celebration bringing in music and djs and closing the streets down. >> john: as it's known in the castro district, wednesday. i guarantee you, there will be people there tonight wh

as scientific and from a link between fracking and earthquakes, we will speak with josh fox, director of "gasland part ii." hownew film looks at natural gas drilling is leading to water contamination, air pollution and health problems. >> my throat would start swelling, i was gasping for air read i started stuttering, stumbling. my face drew up on my left side. >> then we get to north carolina where over 700 people have been arrested in the past 10 weeks in a weekly protest called moral monday. >> it means using bills to suggest their pro-life when in fact they are pro-hypocrisy. >> we will look at moral mondays and a move by north carolina lawmakers to shut down abortion clinics by adding anti-choice restrictions to a bill on motorcycle safety. prisonersover 12,000 in california enter their fifth day on hunger strike to protest solitary confinement, we will speak with a reporter who survived solitary in iran, shane bauer, author of, "solitary in iran nearly broke me. then i went inside america's prisons." all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the w

is josh fox.s been five years since the first proposal to drill thousands of gas wells came knock being at my door. with thousands of cases of water contamination, air pollution and health problems across the u.s. -- >> we have found no instance of hydraulic fracking. >> joining us now, josh fox. thanks for joining us. tell us a little bit about why you chose to do a sequel to gas land. i know part two focuses more specifically on corporate interests. tell us a little bit more about that. >> well, as you said, we have one of the most controversial issues in america, this huge natural gas drilling campaign in 34 states. if foreign multi-national oil companies and national oil companies were drilling all over our backyard and that people were complaining about this, complaining there was a movement spreading all throughout the united states, why was no one stepping forward to protect americans in the face of these human rights violations that the companies were putting on them in their backyards. wh

our guest tonight documentary film maker josh fox is here. [ cheers and applause ] very good. but let's get straight into it with this morning's historic news. >> breaking news from the supreme court. doma, the defense of marriage act, ruled unconstitutional. >> prop-the justices ruled 5-4 that opponents of same-sex marriage in california do not have the grounds to sue which clears the way for gay marriage in that state.

and i'll sit down with josh fox who's new movie,

risks and benefits and who is really getting the rewards i'm pleased to be joined by filmmaker, josh fox. he's academy award nominated feature gas land exposed the dangers of natural gas drilling and he's just released a sequel titled gasland 2. we're excited to have him with us tonight on "viewpoint." welcome to the show, josh. >> thanks so much. great to be back. >> john: great to have you back. your first feature gasland stemmed from an offer you received for the natural gas drilling rights for your property and it opened up a national conversation about fracking. but in the end, about 60% of your neighbors sold their drilling rights. that didn't happen in this matt damon movie i saw. were you disappointed in your neighbor's decision? >> it is actually not 60% of your neighbors. it was 60% of the landmass. it was controlled by 30% of the people who live in my township. the majority of people were against -- are against fracking and didn't sign up to lease but that wasn't the majority of landmass. unfortunately, in this debate, often, it is the dollar amount that matters or the landmas

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josh? >> these headlines just breaking on hulu. 20th century fox, nbc universal and disney right now announcing they will maintain their respective ownership positions in hulu and together provide a cash infusion of $750 million an order to propel future growth. the president of 20th century fox saying they believe the best path forward for hulu is for a meaningful recapitalization that will accelerate its growth under the new ownership structure. >> let's bring in julia boorstin who covers this beat for us and is on the phone with us right now. julia, your reaction to this and the implications of this decision. >> reporter: that's right, sue. now this, comes as hulu's bidders had narrowed down, interested in purchasing them outright, directv which had made a bid as well as a joined bid made by peter chernin's company, the hollywood veteran in, conjunction with at&t. those are two companies who wanted to buy flat out. the third bidder was time warner who wanted to take a minority stake in the country. the fact that hulu's owners have decided to not sell say they weren't interested in the bid. i

there is a case where the government went after a fox news reporter for espionage and that is a whole another can of worms as well. the: josheyer, he's global security correspondent in 2012.z started he's also the director of education outreach for the national security journalism initiative. we are talking about wikileaks. aw hard would it be to become copycat on the level of wikileaks? guest: i think there are other organizations doing the same thing. one of the things that wikileaks did at the beginning when it first launched is established an online dropbox for people to themely secretly mail confidential documents. i think there are others that are trying to do that as well. i think once of the barn was open when it comes to this, there will be a lot of other outfits and organizations that do that. i think you're seeing newspapers that are following wikileaks and saying please send us your anonymous tips and e-mails and documents and we will protect them and send them to these channels. i think they started the trend. host: will go to larry in alabama, the public in color. caller: i would just like to know where the ou