freedom for the first time in 444 days. the crisis began in 1979 when a group of radical iranian students stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran took hostage more than 60 people. i was sitting in my office and maybe 60 yards away from the gate. berry rosen was the agency press attache. many of us were held alone. some of us held two or three together. first three months we weren t permitted to speak blindfold. shepard: in the months ahead attempts at negotiation failed miserably, rescue mission died in the desert when a u.s. transport plane collided a helicopter. back at home, yellow ribbons appeared as symbols of support. everpresent reminders of those held captive and the hope that they would one day walk free. just moments after ronald reagan took the oath of office. i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear. iran released the last 52 of
shepard: tonight, the challenges ahead. you are home alone and you have an important question to ask? how are you going to spend all that money? shepard: sex on television. nothing new. but what about when some of the actors are as young as 15? the content of the show is perhaps the most graphic and the most explicit that we have ever seen. shepard: tonight, accusations of kiddy porn over this mtv show and a response. plus, 30 years ago, iran released the american hostage from the embassy in tehran. [cheers] today, another big welcome, courtesy of west point. we ll take you there. but, first from fox this friday night, a fiscal crisis in states all across america. and the new possibility that some states could actually end up declaring bankruptcy. it s a simple problem. people are making and spending less money. so state governments are collecting less money in tax revenue. but many of them haven t slowed down their spending to match. and as state governments tr