blade runner, oscar pistorius, all of a sudden he too faces murder charges. it s all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on studio b. but first from fox at 3:00, opening arguments are under way in the high stakes civil trial against bp over the 2010 disaster that devastated the american gulf south. a judge in new orleans opened by warning this will be a lengthy trial. some 400 minutes of opening arguments. 11 teams of attorneys, and 80 witnesses set to testify. witnesses including a taped deposition that bp s former c.e.o., tony heyward, it the man who said he wanted his life back. 11 men died when it exploded, the well gushed oil three months. close to 35 million barrels of crude poisoned wildlife, contaminated coastlines and cost people livelihoods. bp struck a deal on the criminal charges. in the criminal trial they paid $4 billion in fines. now, billions and billions more on the line in the civil case, which seeks to prove bp and partners from grossly neglig
the family of bla runner oscar pistorius, he s up on murder charges and now a family member facing charges for the death of a different woman. fox reports, the new developments on the legal firestorm surrounding the olympic star. and this bartender fired for trying to do what she says was the right thing. and simply had a very drunk person leaving the bar, he s going to kill someone. but she lost her job anyway. why? i m harris falkner, first tonight on the fox report, the great american race. the daytona 500 is in the record books. the day began with a series of firsts for nascar racing and ended with a familiar name for the second time the daytona 500 goes to jimmie johnson, five-time champion. harris: jimmie johnson and danica patrick was third entering the final lap, but faded into a flurry of action, she still has the best finish ever by a woman. and this time last night as you know on fox report, the story of tragedy unfolding on the same track more than 30 peo
0 purpose is to please him. if that before you, who can be against you. chris: you may want to keep him on the political radar. he retiring this june, so he is going to need something to do. now this program note. next sunday we ll have the first interview with mitt and ann romney since the election. we ll ask him about the campaign and how they dealt the defeat and what governor romney thinks of president obama s second term agenda. it s an exclusive interview. that is it for today. have a great week. we ll see you next fox news sunday. this is a fox report. tonight, jimmie johnson wins the daytona 500 and an amazing day for nascar s first lady of racing, too. and all eyes on the vatican on this sunday. as a huge crowd displays an outpouring of love and admiration for the retiring pontiff. pope benedict xvi, sunday s final blessing as leader of 1.2 billion catholics, and worshippers packing st. peter s square as they prepare for the transition. in the next minute, the pontiff s wo
0 earned his third academy award for best actor. jennifer lawrence might have enjoyed her best actress win for silver linings playbook if she hadn t take an spill on her way to the stage. she didn t let that incident get her down. thank you. you guys are just standing up because you felt bad that i fell. this is nuts. she is amazing. second nomination. she s just 22 years old. rounding out the list of awards, anne hathaway took the prize for best supporting actress for les miserables. and christoph waltz won his second supporting actor. as for the host, reviews are in. it s a mixed bag for seth macfarlane. time magazine calls him american dud. but the washington post thought that he proved his worth calling him a versatilite host. we ll show you ben affleck s rambling acceptance speech. but first, let s get to the news, here, live at 5:30 a.m. we begin overseas, where afghan president karzai gets his way, american special forces will be banned from a key area in the cou
and it s hollywood s biggest night. we ll talk about who s expected to go home with oscar and who will have to be sleeping alone. i hope you re having a great sunday so far. i m susan hendricks in for randi kaye. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start with the latest on oscar pistorius. he isn t the only one in his family accused of killing someone. overnight we learned his brother is charged in the death of another woman. we spoke with carl pistorius attorney from johannesburg. what did you learn from his attorney? reporter: you know, it s another bizarre twist in this oscar pistorius story. carl pistorius, who is oscar s older brother, charged with culpable homicide. his lawyer tells me in relation to an incident that happened in 2010 when carl pistorius collided with a woman on a motorcycle. we understand from the lawyer that this woman was injured immediately but she was taken to hospital and died silver days later. carl pistorius lawyer telling us he