since steven powell's arrest the boys have been removed from the house and are in protective custody. powell pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of voyeurism and one count of possession of child pornography. since the investigation began, the story has become more and more disturbing. when we spoke to steven and josh powell last month, they both claim susan was flirtatious and had a history of being promiscuous. even with her own father-in-law. >> she did it. i did it. i mean we interacted in a lot of sexual ways because susan enjoys doing that. >> reporter: do you think a part of you started falling in love with susan? >> that's pretty likely. yeah, i would say so and there's no question in my mind that the feelings were mutual. but, again, she was a married woman. i'm single. and we had -- there was a different dynamic for her than there was for mow. >> see the birdie. >> reporter: he says his son josh knew about their unconventional relationship and after a while was okay with it. though he seemed a little uncomfortable talking about it often camera. your dad told us that he had a some

>>> back in this country, steven powell, the father-in-law of missing utah woman susan powell, has been arrested on child pornography charges. the 61-year-old powell, the father of susan powell's husband josh, is charged with voyeurism and possession of child pornography. prosecutors say the charges are based on computer and photographic evidence seized from his home last month. >>> take a quick break on this friday morning. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," roll over einstein. why scientists may have to rethink the entire universe. >>> plus, round and round it goes. we will have the latest on the satellite debris expected to hit earth today. this is the "cbs morning news." for a while now, you've been taking an antidepressant.

♪ >>> that is steven powell. s daughter-in-law, susan powell, has been missing for more than two years now. we have new information this morning about steven powell's shocking arrest. we'll get into the latest on that. >> he said strange things. this crosses the line. >>> also, royal confessions this morning. a new book out about queen elizabeth. lots of juicy detail about the wedding and the candid comments about why his grandmother ordered him what to wear. >> i heard the "dancing with the stars" music in the background. >> if kate were on "dancing with the stars," we would break in. >> oh, yes, we would. got that right. >>> and making a personal decision very public, maria menounos is talking about why she's freezing her eggs. >>> now to the shocking allegations of susan powell's father-in-law, steven powell. he's been arrested on charges including child pornography. >> reporter: there have been so manidy czy many bizarre developments in the case recently. secretly recorded videos. allegedly taken by her own fa

they were living with josh powell and steven powell and as you may recall, last week police raided stevener 1,000 images of women and many of those photos taken secretly. some showing two young girls as young as 8 and 10 years old nude. in court it seemed investigators tried to indicate that josh powell may have been involved in those pictures vial. >> mr. josh powell indicated to the cps investigator that he does take pictures of people's legs in public without their knowledge. >>> in court, josh shot back. >> i do not take photos of people. i certainly do not take any photos of any persons body parts. >> josh's wife susan went missing in 2009 on the same day that josh told investigators he took his two young boys camping in a snowstorm. he was never named a suspect, but he was name said a person of interest though he denied involvement in the case. the family feud between josh and susan has continued ever since that disappearance and now it's heightened in the custody battle. both will be back in court in the coming weeks. >> thank you for that report. coming up for you, why a couple of

is steven powell that person? susan powell's father is with us live this morning. >>> bar fight. bristol palin lets loose on a man at a bar who makes harsh, even lewd comments about her mother. >> she is evil. >> is it the latest example of a lack of civility in our political discourse? or just a protective daughter defending her mom? we have the whole, ugly confrontation caught on tape. >>> and the plunge. check out this kayaker, going over a 100-foot waterfall. this is not an accident. he did it on purpose. he survived. and he's here this morning to answer the big question -- what was he thinking? ♪ free falling free falling ♪ ♪ i'm free falling >>> speaking of free falling, that satellite finally hit earth. i know you were tracking it for us for about a week and a half. >> i know. it's been an credible story. and i also love the tom petty reference. >>> and also this morning, amanda knox back in court. a very big day for her. >> day two of closing arguments in her appeal. there's a good chance knox will be set free when this is over. but the prosecution has been unrelenting. w

steven powell told nbc news that susan used to flirt with him.e a listen. >> susan and i, it just happened. i don't know, i think it was more her than me at the beginning. but as it progressed, it was both of us. >> what do susan's parents say when they hear comments like that? >> they are outraged. and those comments were false. and why was he saying these kinds of things as the investigation seemed to heat up into her disappearance? there were search warrants here in washington state, utah and nevada. and then he would go out on national television, steven powell, the faesther-in-law, saying false things like that, she was sexual, she was interested in me, et cetera. and then josh powell, his son, would say similar things. so it's very bizarre. and now it's come to where the police are saying they've only seen a fraction of the types of images they've already found. there may be thousands more and a lot more charges out here in tacoma, washington. >> police have removed susan's young sons. they're 6 and 4. there's a custody hearing on wednesday

investigators say they found the images on steven powell's computer and dvds, inside the same home heth josh and the couple's two, young sons. >> i had no knowledge of any wrongdoing, nor any indication that there could be any wrongdoing on my father's part. >> reporter: steven powell has pleaded not guilty. in court yesterday, susan powell's father, chuck cox, argued his grandchildren should live with him and his wife, saying josh powell has tried to keep his sons away from them. >> those kids may know something. and he sure, as a dickens, doesn't want these kids talking to anybody who could help identify what it is they do know. >> reporter: a teary and emotional josh powell defended himself. >> i love my sons. yesterday, i had a visit with my sons, supervised at the cps office. they came in. they ran and played. and they repeatedly jumped on my lap and came over to hug me. >> reporter: the coxs were given temporary custody of the 4-year-old and 6-year-old boys. later this morning, a judge is supposed to make a final determination in the case. robin? >> abbie, thank you. >>> joining

authorities arrested 61-year- old steven powell in tacoma, washington yesterday.is daughter-in-law susan powell has been missing for almost two years. investigators confiscated the images during a search of steven powell's home last month. they say they found more than 2,000 secretly recorded videos of girls and women, including many of neighbors shot through windows and some of susan. >> there's some pictures of her, susan cox powell that were also taken without her knowledge. it looked like they were secretly taken and inappropriate. >> the only person named as a person of interest in susan powell's disappearance has been her husband and steven powell's son josh. josh claims his wife disappeared while he was on a camping trip with his two sons. >>> time now is 8:10. we were just talking about the republican presidential debate. the sparks were flying at that laits debate. -- >> at that latest debate. >> i think americans just don't know sometimes which mitt romney they're dealing with. >> how are the democrats reacting to all of this back and forth? we'll take y

boys are 4- and 6 years ole and have been liveing with their father josh powell and the accused steven powelln powell disappeared two years ago. >>> there was another legal twist in that case. the judge rejected a request from josh powell for permission to publish the teenage wife's diaries and journals. they give them a chance to defend themselves. investigators have named josh powell as a person of interest in his wife's disappearance and no charges have been filed against him. >>> and casey anthony learned today she'll have to pay more reimbursement costs to investigators who searched for her messing toddler. a florida judge added another $119,000 to the bill show must pay bringing the total to more than 2 huthousand dollars. back in july -- $200,000. in july, she was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter caylee and convicted of lying to officers. >>> and nasa is tracking a falling satellite. we learn today that it may be headed towards north america. >> no child left behind. while many of the east bay school want to leave behind no child left behind. so...what do you think? i'm

they said steven powell had thousands of pictures and videos of girls as young as 7, taken without their knowledge. some of them neighbors of powell's. powell first raised eyebrows, in fact, when he recently spoke to us here at "good morning america" and described his relationship with his missing daughter-in-law. >> susan was very sexual with me. she was very flirtatious. i mean, i'm her father-in-law. and she would do a lot of things that i mean, she was just -- she did it. i did it. we interacted in a lot of sexual ways because susan enjoys doing that. >> now, police say some of the seized images were of susan powell and also appear to have been taken without her knowledge. they were found in steven powell's home last month during the investigation of susan's disappearance. >>> take a look at a remarkable view from space. not of the northern lights. this is a look at the southern lights taken from the international space station. it's an aura, created by a collision of charged particles in the atmosphere. video was sped up as the earth's magnetic field moved over the indian ocean. if

overnight, susan's father in law steven powell was arrested on charges of voyeurism and child pornography. during the investigation of susan's disappearance, they found thousands of indecent images of susan, other women and young girls in this man's home near seattle. susan's husband josh and two young sons have been living in the home. >> we found a lot of different photographs that are inappropriate of young girls taking showers, on toilet, in bathtubs and it appears they were neighbors. he has high tech camera gear. >> joining me now is profiler and msnbc analyst, clint van zandt. >> this story has more turns and twists than a utah highway and it's getting creepier every time. it all centers back on either susan powell's husband or now her father in law. realize her father in law is the man who came out a couple of weeks ago and with this terribly obnoxious grin on his face suggested he had an ongoing sexual relationship with his daughter in law. something that his own son denied knowing and all of susan's friends said that would not be possible. she considered him a creep. >> with tha

subject of the child pornography and voyeurism charges that were filed against the grandfather -- steven powellickens doesn't want the kids talking to anybody who could help identify what it is that they do know. >> jamey, i know you are up there looking at us. and you are not a victim. you are a lesson to all of us. >> i believe we need to build the fence to keep the illegals out. i think we should open our heart and pay for their education. two people, jesus and rachel maddow. no? >> an extraordinary week. snl, barometer for the political climate. next week, baseball playoffs about to kick off, amanda knox verdict. >> apple, the unveiling of ipod 5. get your credit cards ready. >> when we come back this morning, the hottest dress on the market today, that actually is an optical illusion. >> yes, kate winslet wore it and looked amazing. so did lots of other celebrities. you can wear something similar at a fraction of the cost. we'll be back in a minute. ♪ never looked so nice >> welcome back, everybody. va-va-va-voom. the question did you ever look so nice? the answer in the next number, you b

addressed in the in the political dialogue the former supreme court justice john paul stevens and also lewis powell both of them after they retired gave interviews in which they said both of them did were deciding votes in maintaining. stevens and yet stevens in establishing that powell in maintaining it definitely and both of them said now that they regret it in the thirty seconds we have left here do you see this case as maybe being the thing that will turn america. who knows it's a maybe for a lot of people not the most pressing issue they may have an opinion of a good behavior but the economy and education other things good i think it helps i think it's a step in that direction we're people and that part of our position in the film was not to get into that kind of group but in terms of the state's right the troops them to put that in terms of competence so i think most people were there they were with the state can do that or they assume that it's him correct and what the film says this is serious that it's not everybody's and what a gentlemen thank you very much as you have some thoughts. on j

>> try. >> more headlines for you this hour, while you were sleeping, steven powell, the father-in-lawcomputer and that's not all. the arrest video just into fox news, police say they found thousands of images of other women and minors being photographed without them knowing. susan's husband josh lives with his father and has been repeatedly questioned about her disappearance. but so far, never charged. >> all right. many people make poor decisions on having too much to drink. a new study says you should stop blaming the booze and start blaming yourself. the university of missouri studied this and finds that drinking has no effect on your brain's ability to detect and stop bad behavior? >> yeah, right. >> i'd like to see another study. however, the study did find drinking makes people care less about the consequences of their actions. i think this needs further review. who am i? >> meanwhile, it looks like a child's doodle. which prominent white house official signs their name like that? take a guess. the doodle is actually the autograph of budget director jack lu. >> i don't see it. i

steven powell was arrested last week, after police say they discovered thousands of lewd photos of womenhildren as young as 8 on his home computer and dvds. police say among the secret photos were pictures of susan powell. he was arrested on 14 counts of voyerism and 1 count of child pornography and has pleaded not guilty. the family contending the state exaggerated many of its claims. that noose police say they found. the family says it used to be an exercise rope. and now, it's part of an art display. now, the judge ultimately handed the boys over to susan's parents. but even -- this is even after the -- josh pleaded with the judge, saying why don't you take foster care over the cox family? he thinks the cox family hates him so much, they're going to change the way the boys feel about him. but that was clearly not enough to sway the judge's opinion. robin? >> it was not. abbie, thank you. >>> dan abrams is back to weigh in on this. i don't think many of us are surprised the judge ruled because of the investigation. >> yeah. it's a really big deal to take children away from biological p

items of computers seized in august when authorities teached steven powell's home and found footage ofirls recorded in a bathroom without their knowledge as well as secretly recorded images of susan powell. the police chief there tells the deseret news, they don't know we have more stuff than they can even imagine. josh powell told a judge in tacoma, washington, he would rather have the his boys go to foster home than susan's parents. the acrimony rising. jenna: thank you, very much. jon: a new law in new york state gives gay couples the right to get married but can the state protect religious beliefs of a small-town clerk at the same time. the clerk at the heart of this controversy joins us next. >> hey, everyone, i'm megyn kelly. new reports suggest republicans have excellent chance of regaining control of the u.s. senate in 2012 but the one thing that could stop them today. plus a democratic governor suggests we should just let house members skip the next election so they can feel free to do the right thing even if voters don't want it. now she says she was joking. we'll play you th

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yes stevens in establishing that powell in maintaining the death penalty and both of them said now that they regret it in the thirty seconds we have left do you see this case as maybe being the thing that will turn america. who knows. maybe for a lot of people not the most pressing issue they may have an opinion of it but believe it or worried about the economy and intrusion of the things i think it helps i think it's a step in that direction were people in the part of our position in the film was not to get into the country. in terms of the state's right to kill someone to put them in terms of competency so i think most people were there agree with you were the state can do that and they assume that it's him who are correct and what the focus is the serious that it's everybody's and what the gentlemen thank you very much for as you have saw from the pressure. on june sixteenth one hundred forty four our nation executed fourteen his name was george stinney he was accused of murdering two little girls sheriff at the time said the boy confessed but no confessions ever been found standees

former secretary of state colin powell and condoleezza rice say it takes cheap shot at members of bush administration. we're back with dan herringer and joining us bret stevens. dan, you interviewed the vice president. another hardship assignment out of jackson hole recently. talk about the book. what was the surprising thing that you learned? >> it was very comfortable and the vice president was relax and peaceful. we talked about the policies and what came across as the most surprising is how by and large the people are in the situations about policies write or wrong. wmd, invading iraq, wiretaps and so forth. but what came through is how important the individuals are the personnel to decide where they can go.