joshua powell and his two sons were inside and all three died. this was an act of evil. they are calling it a murder suicide and saying josh powell set this up and rigged the house to explode and burn and that's what happened. the bodies have been taken to the medical examiner in tacoma and they will have autopsies to determine if there was another cause of death. did he use a method to kill them or they died from the fire itself. >> good reporting. i want to get to troy. you said you believed that the time that josh powell set this up. >> we are asking as a suspect that he killed both of the kids. there is no doubt about that. there was only three people in the house when this happened. we have to wait for the official confirmation, but we recovered all three bodies and believe they are josh powell and two kids. it is a double homicide and he planned it. he used accellerant because the house went up very, very fast. we have just now gotten to the point where they processed the scene and the origin and cause of the fire. >> what about reports of the e-mail? is it from jos

joshua powell left and looked distraught. i have talked to josh powell since i first met him this summer. i have seen him get more distraught. he looked ten years older than the time i met him. he had dark circles under his eyes and then this happened here today. >> thank you very much. we appreciate your reporting. >>> many hoped that josh powell could someday shed some light on what happened to his wife. earlier i spoke with a criminal defense attorney. >> the saddest part is now we may know what happened to the two young boys but we will never know what happened to susan. that's the torture and that's a sick mind. that's a criminal mind. >> you believe he knew something about susan's disappearance. >> absolutely. and i think because the boys were getting older i think they were starting to verbalize and maybe he got scared of what those kids were saying. >> these poor kids. this was a disturbed family. >> yes. absolutely. there were a lot of reports we know that josh powell's father was arrested for child porn had put the m

. >>> a move is underway to keep joshua powell from being buried near the two sons he killed this month. crimestoppers of tacoma, washington is buying gravesites surrounding the final resting places for charlie and braid own powell. their father set her house on fire when a social worker attempted to get in. josh powell is effected in the disappearance of his wife two years ago. there are plans to bury susan powell near her sons when her remains are found. >>> sentencing expected to be handed down today for the underwear bomber. he has already pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a detroit bound passenger jet in 2009. the nigerian's lawyer is challenging a mandatory life in prison sentence. he claims it's cruel and unfair because he was only the only one hurt in the incident. he was burned badly when he tried to ignite the bomb hidden in his underwear. >>> coming up on 9news now, andrea mccarren's campaign against underaged drinking receives national attention. details just ahead! plus, dr. phil weighs in on the latest issue with anita brickman. we'll be right back. >>> it all starts at

. -- joshua powell. >> those who failed to support even suspected child abuse could joke -- could go to jail. details coming up. >> i thought it was a mistake, i kept knocking, and then i called 911. >> the latest twist in to the seattle investigation of the house explosion that killed the missing woman's two sons and their father. a terrifying picture of the moments just before it joshed powell allegedly blew up his home. the social worker attempted to get a dispatcher to send authorities quickly. powell was scheduled for supervised visit with his sons and the worker when he lost himself in and then according to authorities, used hatchet on his kids before lighting a home on fire. >> there are two little boys in the house and an adult man. he has supervised visitation, and he blew up the house and the kids. >> police say he planned the double murder the day before buying gasoline, transferring several thousand dollars of his bank account, and even giving away his children's toys. also released last night, his chilling voice mail. he has been named a personal interest hint the boys'

blood on a blanket found inside joshua powell's store raj locker. could it be from his wife, suen? we have new pictures of josh in his final hours. all this, ooze his children are laid to rest today. >>> school bus hero. no one would have survived this if not for the quick actions of this woman. we hear from her and the kids whose lives she saved. >>> meet baby blue ivy. the first pictures of beyonce and jay-z's daughter and we've got them. why they turned down big bucks for the shots? and are we looking at the most famous baby on earth? >>> well, that could be one of the cutest babies on earth. she's adorable. head full of hear. beaming parents. she's four weeks old. and beyonce just looks gorgeous, of course. and beaming jay-z, he posted them on his website. >> they could have made millions eling is this to tabloids. they put them out there for free overnight. >>> a wrenching day in the trial of the star lacrosse player from the university of virginia. this young man is charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend. what had this normally emotionless defendant doubled over and sobbing

blood on a blanket found inside joshua powell's storage locker. could it be from his wife, susan? this morning, we have new pictures of josh in his final hours. all this as his two children are laid to rest today. >>> school bus hero. take a look at this video. a school bus in flames. no one would have survived this if not for the quick actions of this woman. we hear from her in an emotional reunion with the kids whose lives she saved. >>> meet baby blue ivy. the first pictures of beyonce and jay-z's newborn daughter are out and we've got them. why the carters turned down big bucks for these shots. and this question. are we looking at the most famous baby on earth? >>> well, that could be one of the cutest babies on earth. she's adorable. head full of hear. beaming parents. take a look at that. she's four weeks old. and beyonce just looks gorgeous, of course. and beaming jay-z, he posted them on his website. >> they could have made millions if they sold this to one of the tabloids. they put them out there for free overnight. we'll take a closer look. >>> also this morning, on the

josh powell weisman was responding to a car fire on the highway when you fell down into the water -- joshua weisman. he was taken to the hospital. in the trial of george huguely, prosecutors say his relationship with yeardley love turned abusive before he allegedly killed her in charlottesville in may of 2010. >> washington state is about to become the seventh state to allow gay marriage. they passed the same-sex marriage bill yesterday and now goes to the governor, who is expected to sign it into law next week. gay marriage is currently legal in new york, connecticut, iowa massachusetts, new hampshire vermont, and washington, d.c. the house expected to vote today on a bill to ban insider trading by lawmakers. democrats are not happy with parts of the house bill, but many of them will likely vote in favor of it. it will then go through a conference committee. >> 7 is on your side with. if you suspect that your doctor is not being totally honest with you, you could be right. more than half of the doctor's questions in a new survey described a patient's prognosis in a way they knew was a litt