>> NEW TONIGHT, FOX NEWS REPORTING ON A FESTUS CHIMPANZEE COMPOUND NOT ONLY CAPTURED THE INTEREST OF A NATIONAL DOCU SERIES, BUT IT ALSO HAS A U.S. SENATOR TAKING ACTION AND IT ALL STARTED WITH FOX FILES. INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HAYES SERIES OF UNUSUAL REPORTS THAT BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. >> REMEMBER THAT EERIE QUIET WHEN FEW PEOPLE WERE ON THE STREETS, THEN THERE WAS A CHIMPANZEE ESCAPE THAT TOOK US INTO AN UNUSUAL WORLD. THAT'S NOW A NATIONWIDE FOCUS IN JULY 2020, A CHIMPANZEE FROM THIS FESTUS COMPOUND, A SKATE BEGINNING A SERIES OF FOX 2 REPORTS THAT INTRODUCED THE WORLD TO TANYA HADDOX. THE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP, PETA BELIEVE THE ANIMALS WERE NOT GETTING PROPER CARE AND THAT CITIZENS WERE ALSO IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THE ESCAPES. THE COURT AGREED AND HADDIX RESPONDED WITH DEFIANCE DURING EXCLUSIVE FOX 2 INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO BRING SHERIFF'S MCGRATH TO RUN EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN NOT OUT NOT GETTING. >> NOW I'VE DECIDED KEEPING SHE EVENTUALLY LOST AS U.S. MARSHALS OVERSAW SEIZURES OF THE CHAMPS AT THE FESTUS PROPERTY HAD EXCLAIMED ONE NAME TONKA HAD DIED, BUT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES LATER FOUND TACO LOCKED IN HAD EXCESS BASEMENT AS SEEN IN THIS PICTURE. HBO EARLIER THIS MONTH, PREMIER TO 4 PART DOCU SERIES CALLED CHIMP CRAZY BASED ON OUR REPORTING AND ACTION BY THE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP, PETA. >> PETA IS HOPING THAT VIEWERS TAKE AWAY FROM THE DOCU SERIES, WHICH WE EXPECT IS GOING TO AT TIMES MAKE THEM ANGRY AT TIMES, MAKE THEM SAD. >> AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO TURN THAT PASSION. >> INTO ACTION. CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING ACTION AS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION BANNING PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF PRIMATES. HIS LEGISLATION HAS GARNERED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. SO FAR ATTENTION TO THESE CASES IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND IT WAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TOMMY ADDICTS WHO WAS LYING TO COURTS AND VIOLATING COURT ORDERS LEFT AND RIGHT TO KNOW. >> THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT WAS ON HER FROM ALL SIDES. THE SEIZED CHAMPS ARE REPORTEDLY DOING WELL TO DIFFERENT FLORIDA ANIMAL SANCTUARIES. >> PETA SAYS ONE NAMED CONNER DIED LAST YEAR FROM CANCER. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO TANYA HADDIX TO GET HER THOUGHTS ON THE ATTENTION SHE'S BEEN GETTING SINCE OUR MULTIPLE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH HER OVER THE YEARS.