may dominate the evening. reporter: this is the first academy awards since this me too times up moochl have sprung up and many are calling a national reck reckoning. we will not see all black dresses but see some time s up pins. the director has come out and she has said they are, quote, standing down at the awards show this year that they don t want to make every single red carpet in hollywood about time s up but they want to be strategic going forward. i actually went to washington, d.c. earlier this week and i spoke to tina chen, michelle obama s former chief of staff who is heading up this legal defense fund and she said that they have had thousands of requests for help but that they have raised some money but it s still not enough. let me we recruited lawyers and a lot of these lawyers and public relations professionals will do this work pro bono and continue to represent people for free, but we also know the need is great and not every lawyer can afford to give free legal
trust law enforcement. you rely on those relationships. and we had been seen a stepped up ice and forced it and sanctuary cities overall the arrests were up 41 percent in 2017 and for example in new york city sought 87 court house arrest last year compared only six and 2016. the local judge went so far as to help a illegal immigrant escape out the employee entrance to the courtroom. they all has tensions in boiling between immigrant rights groups and supporters. and across the country in new haven connecticut. they remained in the hot button issue that never seems to cool down. thank you. let s take a look now at the red carpet in hollywood. as tinseltown holds the first academy awards since the scandal that sparked the me to movement. the experts make some predictions and would you agree.
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texas. two senators revealed because of cuts. detainees from custody in february many of whom had criminal records. number one tonight, a second top official is out at the irs. the agency that targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. and that s the fox report s top five on this day 1929 a hollywood tradition was born with the first academy awards ceremony things were much different back then, duh. sound had just been introduced to movies. so only silent films were up for award. about 250 people attended. tickets? they were five bucks. forget about the expense. the academy had already announced the winners months before the ceremony. that changed in 1940 with the start of those iconic envelopes. but oscar first arrived in tinseltown 84 years ago today. and they have been loving themselves ever since,
wings won the equivalent of best picture at the first academy awards in 1929. for the first time since then, silence could again be golden. everybody has fallen in love with the artist eight others are best contenders including the help the descendents and hugo but it s the artist that s expected to charm academy voters. it is a story about old hollywood, about the ups and downs of a career in the movie industry, and it s also a great romance. reporter: the artist star dujardin is a cofavorite for best actor along with the descendents george clooney. i have to say, i love dujardin, i love clooney, i m happy. reporter: best actress another duel between viola davis and meryl streep, a two-time oscar winner. it does sound weird to say that meryl streep winning an