mr. murdoch. i asked you whether this letter stimuliing on the record as evidence given to this committee, for whatever reason of a criminal investigation being withdrawn, would you like to withdraw it? >> respectfully, i'm not aware of the legal technicalities of withdrawing that or submitting it on the record. i think it is a relevant document in trying to understand how news international was thinking at the time. >> we'll ask you the question when we -- >> i would say no, but i can come back after taking counsel and seeing if it's a better idea to do it . >> i'll also wind up given the time, but i have a few more questions. as you've described it and as colin described it, the e-mail investigation was carried out by the i.t. democratic apartment an by john chapman and the human resources director daniel cloak. is that your understanding? >> pardon me? what was the question? i don't understand. is it my understanding that -- >> the investigation itself. you described it and colin described it to

mr. murdoch that perhaps you and you mr. rupert murdoch ought to take the time and read through everything in that file personally. >> for clarity, i did say that i did read some of the contents of that. they were shown to me, and what i saw was sufficient to know that it should be -- that the right thing to do was to hand these over to the authorities to help them with their investigation. >> i understand that, but do you not think that under the circumstances, and the enormous reputation tphal damage, i'm sure you'll be the first to admit has been done to news corp., don't you think as senior executive of the company you should take the time to read through the entire file so you are completely comprised of what happened? >> i'm happy to do so. i think i've seen a bit of it. >> okay. my last question is for you mr. rupert murdoch. you said that your friend of 52 years, i think, les hinton has stepped down and has resigned because he was in charge of the company at the time. in other words, he said he was the captain of the

mr. murdoch, you can answer some questions for mr. watson seemed to indicate you had a rather involved approach to your company that i think the point you made was that in "the news of the world" was less than 1% of your entire worldwide business as though you couldn't really be good to know the ins and outs of a going on. could you just give a demonstration of how many times -- how often you speak to the editor of your newspapers, how often you speak to the editor and the news of the world. >> very seldom. sometimes i would coach the "the news of the world," but just to keep in touch. i read "the sunday times" nearly every saturday, not to influence what he has to say at all. i'm very careful as to process the inquiry. and i'm not really attached. i know that most of the time this would be in the same building. but to say that we are hands-off is wrong. i cannot tell you the multitude of issues that i have to handle every day. >> i lost sight maybe because it was so small in the general frame of our company, but were doing a lot of o

mr. murdoch plus news corp. at a time that his british newspapers are struggling to maintain their bottom line. this care prices have fallen around 20% over the past nine days. -- the share prices have fallen to around 20%. what has rupert murdoch lost? >> this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire one oedipus and son of a business that has extraordinarily good prospects, trajectory which is good. >> 1989, the dawn of a television new age. >> mr. murdoch would see himself as the founder of bskyb. to be told by politicians that he should not press ahead, this is a setback as embarrassing as any in his decades that the pinnacle of the british media industry. >> for more on the political pressure bearing down on the moroccan pyre, i'm joined by our financial journalist. thank you very much for joining us. i would like to start by asking you, the family has been right at the heart of the british establishment for so long and now they are out. >> i don't think they can survive. the process which we have seen

mr. murdoch sr., you in answer to questions from mr. watson seemed to indicate that you had a rather hands-off approach to your company. i think the point you made was that "news of the world" was less that 1% of your entire worldwide business, and so you wouldn't really be expected to know the ins and outs of what was going on. could you just give us an illustration of how many times -- how often you would speak to the editor of your newspapers? how often you'd speak to the editor of the sun, for example, how often you would speak to the editor of the "news of the world." >> very seldom. sometimes i would ripping the editor of "news of the world" on saturday night and say we have news tonight, just to keep in touch. i'd ring the editor of "the sunday times" nearly every saturday. not to influence what he has to say at all. i'm very careful to premise any remark i made to him, it's just an inquiry. i'm not really in touch. but to say i'm hands-off is wrong. i work a 10 or 12-hour day and i cannot tell you the multitude of issues that i

mr. murdoch. i asked you whether this letter which is still lying on the record as evidence given to this committee is not for whatever reason, would you like to withdraw it? >> respectfully, i am not aware of the legal technicalities of withdrawing that or submitting it on the record. i think it is a relevant document in trying to understand how news international was thinking at the time. >> we'll ask you the question -- >> so i would say no, but i can come back after taking counsel and seeing if it's a better idea to do it. >> i want to wind up given the time, but i've got a few more questions. as you've described it, and as collin miler described it to us, the e-mail investigation was carried out by the i.t. department and it was overseen by the director of legal affairs, john chapman, and the human resources director, daniel cloak. is that your understanding? >> pardon me, what was the question? i don't understand. is it my understanding that -- >> the investigation itself. you have described

mr. murdoch. a man of his stature is not accustomed to throwing subordinates under something so lowly as a bus. [laughter] yes, the number 23 bus to piccadilly circus was a rougher ride than normal, as the streets of london were apparently lined with the freshly strewn news corp employees hastily jettisoned by grandpa disappointment. but as you know, in every cloud there is a silver -- or in this case diamond-encrusted platinum -- lining. as betrayed, duped and clueless as mr. murdoch apparently was here, there is a sharp, young go-getter in the company to turn this whole thing around. >> mr. murdoch, have you considered resigning? >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted, i'm not saying who, i don't know what level, have let me down, and i think they behaved disgracefully, betrayed the company and me, and it's for them to pay. i think that, frankly, i'm the best person to clean this up. [laughter] >> jon: [whispering] that sounded kind of threatening. [in australian accent] "i w

mr. murdoch sr., you in answer to some questions mr.o indicate that you had a rather hands-off approach to your company, but i think the point you made was that "news of the world" was less than 1% of your entire worldwide business, so you wouldn't be expected to know the ins and outs of what was going on. could you just give us an illustration of how many times -- how often you would speak to the editor of your newspapers, how often you speak to the editor of the sun, for example, how often you speak to the editor of "news of the world." >> very seldom. sometimes i would talk to the editor of "news of the world" on saturday night. it was just to keep in touch. i read the sunday times nearly every saturday. not to influence what he has to say at all. i'm very careful to premise any remark i made to him saying i was just inquiring, and i'm not really in touch. i'm going to tell you that i've -- if there's anything i've had the most trouble with is the "wall street journal," because i'm in the same building. to say that we're hands off is

mr. murdoch.ays ago he closed the "news of the world" because his reputation was so tarnished by the allegations. tended his ago, we found out about the alleged hacking of the phone of the murder teenager in the phone of the parent of a stone victim and the families of seven victims that had been invaded, along with other shocking revelations. >> this is a victory for people up and down this country who have been appalled by the revelations about phone hacking. it is beyond belief that mr. murdoch could win this -- could expand his stake in the british media while this going on. >> rupert murdoch won a to increase its ownership of bskyb from 39% to 100%, because he would have had access to the vast amount of cash generated by the u.k.'s biggest tv business. in the past, bskyb's profits were around 1 billion pounds, which would have been useful to mr. murdoch at a time when his british newspapers have been struggling to maintain revenues. as for bskyb other shareholders, they have also paid a big p

mr james murdoch, through all the civil actions, have you-not you personally, but your organisation-been paying glenn mulcaire's legal fees? >> as i said earlier in answer to a question from mr davies- [interruption.] >> let's keep it short. yes or no? it is a yes or no question. >> i do not know the current status of this. you asked the question have i paid all mr mulcaire's legal fees. >> have you been paying legal fees for glenn mulcaire during the course of the civil actions? >> i don't know the details of the civil actions, but i do know that certain legal fees were paid for mr mulcaire by the company. i was as surprised and shocked to learn that as you are. >> can you understand that people might ask why a company might wish to pay the legal fees of a convicted felon, who has been intimately involved in the destruction of your reputation, if it were not to buy his co-operation and silence? >> no, it is not. i can understand that, and that is exactly why i asked the question-when the allegations came out, i said, "how can we? are we doing this? is this what the company is doing?" on

mr. murdoch.ust days ago he closed the news of the world because of the allegations that they instigated the alleged hijacking of a phone of a murder teenager, and the phone of the parents of the victim. >> this is a victory for people up and down this country will have been appalled by the revelations about phone hacking. they started beyond belief that mr. murdoch would, when this criminal investigation is going on, expand his stake in the british media. >> it would have given him access to the vast amounts of cash generated by did you pay television business. 1sky b's profits are around billion pounds. that would have been useful to the news corp. corp. at a time that they have been struggling to maintain their revenues at the newspapers. they have also paid a price from the failure of the takeover. b sky b's share prices have fallen 20% in the past nine days, white mean almost 3 billion pounds -- losing almost 3 billion pounds from the value of the company. >> this is an opportunity to acquire

mr. murdoch. there has to be some personal responsibility and look, mr. murdoch seems to be taking that and put out an apology and visited the family of that eight-year-old girl, but there has to be personality responsibility and stop blaming the left and liberal media like it's the liberals fault this happened. >> let's look what some of liberals are saying, with martin brashear comparing rupert murdoch to-- >> i've dpoot the right wing, news max. >> i've got more. >> the review. and right right wing, to defend something world of-- >> we're talking about two different things, with the law on one side and-- >> and the left, right-- >> wait a minute, stephanie glock, with about time, about newscorp and murdoch suffered damage. >> and a financial post, not about hacking it's an ideological war to bring down newscorp as if there's no cull pablt. >> both can be true. there can be puculpability and-- >> runs the logo of fox, know the news corporation not news of the world, but fox, that would say they're a little too gleeful trying to attack-- >> most people do

mr. murdoch. as i say i do very much appreciate your immense courage in having seen this session through despite what just happened to you. >> thank you. >> i will allow mr. watson a very brief on closing question. >> when you signed off the taylor payment did you see or were you made aware of the four level email, the transcript of the mail? >> no, i was not aware of that at the time. why on earth -- you paid an astronomical sum and there was no reason to. >> there was every reason to settle the case given the likelihood of losing the case and given the damages that we had received counsel would be levied. >> if taylor and cliffford are prepared to release their obligation to confidentiality will you release them from their confidentiality clause so that we can get to the few facts of those particular cases? >> k not comment on the cliffford matter at all. i wasn't involved in that matter. as to the taylor matter et is a confidential agreement. i don't think it's worth exploring hypotheticals. >>

mr. murdoch.rom the associated press, quote, rudy giuliani told new hampshire voters late thursday that the company's chief executive, rupert murdoch, is a very honorable, honest man. giuliani says he has confidence in rupert murdoch, a regular acquaintance, despite allegations that one of murdoch's companies may have tapped into the voicemail of 9/11 victims. rudy giuliani in fact is going to make another run for the presidency. on the platform, famously described by his rivals last time around as a noun, a verb, and 9/11, anything borne out under investigation about mr. giuliani's friend, mr. murdoch, hacking the cell phones of 9/11 victims, is going to be a hard one for him to spin on the campaign trail. that is going to be a big deal in tomorrow's news, i am guessing. the interview is next tonight. it is the great bill moyers. please stay tuned. ♪ we believe doing the right thing never goes unnoticed. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> last night on this show, we

mr. murdoch. the threat of debt crisis is threatening europe and the world.oining me live from boston is a former chief economist for the i.m.f. harvard professor ken roguff. do you think the call for bolder more swift action from the i.m.f. should have come a little sooner? >> well, it certainly should have come a little sooner. it's not just necessary to be bolder. it's also necessary to be realistic. the europeans have been trying to have no european country default but greece especially and probably ireland probably also need to reorganize their dealt. if you don't have money you're not credible no matter how much money you throw at it. >> there has been some disagreement on this such. who from and what would you do to try to prevent the crisis? -- from getting out of control? >> it is getting harder and harder but i think we've reached the point where we have to have a realistic plan which allows restructuring of the private debts of greece, portugal, and possibly ireland then cast a very big safety net over spain and italy, at least the central governme

mr. murdoch and his family. >> if he was to sell or close to u.k. newspapers, would that help the overall business? would that isolate the problem, do you think? >> this is an idea was pitched to news corp. before the scandal because newspapers are slower growing that fox news, the chain will channel -- the cable channel, or the hollywood studios. the idea has always been rejected by rupert murdoch. he loves income and paper. now, it is spoke about much more openly in the company. we are away from that. this would cut off a gangrenous leg of the company but this is a difficult thing to do. >> thank you for joining us with that analysis of the murdoch empire. in russia, president dmitry medvedev has urged that the investigation of all transport services after the sinking of a boat. 10 people are missing and feared dead. this is the worst reaction accident the country has seen in three decades. more than 200 people were on board when i witnesses say the boat keeled over in stormy weather. we have a report from moscow. >> as they broke over the river,

mr. murdoch over the years. i also think there have been liberal politicians, democrats, who have been more loath to criticize mr. murdoch in the past, or fox, for fear of having some of the kind of repercussions that british politicians were also afraid of. they do not become targets of fox news. >> in congress, concerns are growing, especially after the suggestion, still unsubstantiated, that news of the world journalists may have been hacking the phones of 9/11 victims. calls have been made to the department of justice and the securities and exchange commission to investigate the allegations. u.s. companies are banned from paying bribes to foreign officials. >> last week when the story broke, this became an interesting story to americans. we found it titillating, fascinating, but it was not necessarily penetrating the consciousness of the greater american public. this week, on the other hand, we are starting to see greater american interest in the story because it could affect americans, not just people in br

mr. murdoch, you can answer some questions for mr. watson seemed to indicate you had a rather involved approach to your company that i think the point you made was that in "the news of the world" was less than 1% of your entire worldwide business as though you couldn't really be good to know the ins and outs of a going on. could you just give a demonstration of how many times -- how often you speak to the editor of your newspapers, how often you speak to the editor and the news of the world. >> very seldom. sometimes i would coach the "the news of the world," but just to keep in touch. i read "the sunday times" nearly every saturday, not to influence what he has to say at all. i'm very careful as to process the inquiry. and i'm not really attached. i know that most of the time this would be in the same building. but to say that we are hands-off is wrong. i cannot tell you the multitude of issues that i have to handle every day. >> i lost sight maybe because it was so small in the general frame of our company, but were doing a lot of o

mr. murdoch uhis son james and rebecca brooke, ceo of news international, the uk unit face questioning in parliament. >> susie: this raises questions about succession. rupert murdoch has always talked about having one or all of his kids running the company. james, has been the heir apparent. what is the future of the murdoch dynasty? >> it's probably in jeopardy right now. the outcry against the murdochs in the uk has not really begun to penetrate the situation in the market here. but independent directors of news corp may be looking at that whole question of succession, and the murdoch dynasty. certainly the market has been downgrading over the years news corp because of the nepatistick approach bringing his three kids into the company. that has depressed the share price and market value of news corp. it's very likely that there may be somebody other than a murdoch running the company in the future. >> susie: let's talk a little. we were talking to a big institutional shareholder who is very concern body the outlook for this stock. would you buy news corp at $16. is this an opportunity f

mr. murdoch withdrew that, asking for the deal to go to the ofcom. the delay in the takeover is better for him than the alternative of abandoning it all together. as a result, of the corporation an announcement this afternoon, i am wonder referred this to the competition commission. and we will be writing to them this afternoon. >> the leader of the opposition did not want to hear from mr. hunt. >> the prime minister was wrong not to come to the house of commons today. as on every occasion during this crisis, he has failed to show the necessary leadership the country expects. >> here is what the prime minister said to mr. miliband. >> if i was running that company now with all of its problems and the difficulties and the mess that they are in, there's a focus on cleaning that up rather than the next course of moves. >> the deputy prime minister met the family of the murdered school girl buried it was a disclosure that the phone was hacked that did so much damage to the reputation of mr. murdoch's company. >> was thinking about picking up the voicemai

mr. murdoch. he was hit in the face with a plate of what i assume is shaving cream. >> it was delivered by the member of the public. it was rewarded with a right to the. the police to arrive sometime later. it is the sort of story rebecca brooks would have loved when she edited the news of the world. but now they follow the murdoch into the room. >> such fundamental issues. >> i don't know anyone in their right mind that would authorize approval of anyone listening to the voice mails. >> someone did if and someone covered it up. we did know that this is a day he did not enjoy. >> use of the moment that he was attacked with a plate of shaving phone. -- fome. -- foam. the protester's name is jonathan and has been charged with a public order offense. he is charged with a section 5 of the public order act. the husband turns with the public order offense. same with the story, within the last hour, the a trillion army will have questions to answer there. the country who controls a 70% of the newspapers.

mr. murdoch's operation. he's a guy that is fairly direct. he enjoys having control of some of his objects. it's fun for him. >> brown: john burns, tell us a little bit more about murdoch's personality and history as a media mogul. he's had to survive troubles in the past. tell us what you can about him. >> oh, he's a tough guy. he's been known in britain for about 40 years as the dirty digger. i need to explain digger is a common slang for australian. dirty referring to the rough house tactics that he's been prepared to use most notably famously against the print unions who wanted to hang on to the old days of hot pipe in newspapering. and the revolution that swept over newspapers here in the u.k. and i dare say to some considerable extent also in the united states in the 1980s, owes much to rupert murdoch having bulled his way through that. he has also been notwithstanding his profession today to be absolutely a hands- off guy. he's also been very much a hands-on guy with those newspapers. he's picked his friends and his enemies and he certa

mr. murdoch. at what point did you find out that criminality was indemmic in "news of the world." >> indemic is awide-ranging word. careful not prejudice the cause of justice which is taking place now. that has been disclosed and i became aware as it became apparent, the -- i was absolutely shocked, appalled, and a shamed when i heard about the milly dowler case. >> did you read the last report into the matter where we referred to the collective amnesia of your executives who gave evidence to our committee? >> i haven't heard that. never made that particular... >> parliamentary inquiry, the senior executives in the u.k., guilty of collective amnesia, and, nobody brought it to your attention? i don't see why you are... believe that is not very serious. >> but, you are really not saying amnesia. you are really saying "lie." >> well, we found your executives guilty of collective amnesia. i would have thought someone would like to bring that to your attention. that it would concern you. did they forge

mr. murdoch, have you considered resigning? >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted-- i'm not saying who, i don't know what level-- have let me down and i think they behaved disgracefully and betrayed the company and me and it's for them to pay. i think that, frankly, i'm the best person to clear this up. >> reporter: bottom line, the murdochs pleaded ignorance today. they didn't know what was going on in their newsroom, they said, because nobody told them-- not their lawyers, not the police, and not certain employees who, as you just heard, they're still refusing to name. bob? >> schieffer: thank you very much, liz. the overriding question, of course, at today's hearing went unanswered. can murdoch maintain control of this worldwide empire that is now valued at $42 billion? anthony mason now with more on that. >> reporter: rupert murdoch has used his vast media empire to gain access to the world's most powerful leaders and to influence the election of presidents and prime ministers. >> rupert murdoch, you said earlier on that

mr. murdoch admitted to no culpability in the scandal. >> do you accept that ultimately, mr. u are responsible for the whole fiasco? >> no. >> i am joined now by a woman who is a personal friend of the murdoch family, and vicky ward is a contributing editor of the "vanity fair" and works on several of the murdoch newspapers. >> thank you, martin, for having me. >> rupert murdoch is known to be a fierce businessman and creating a vast media empire, and do you honestly believe that mr. murdoch knew absolutely nothing that was going on in the london offices of his newspapers? >> i mean, look, i'm not rupert murdoch, so i i'm not inside of his head, but the man i would believe what he said today, yes. i think that he may, you know, he made the point that the "news of the world" was one percent of a vast empire and he also made the point that he puts people in senior positions whom he trusts. and he got let down. and his aim is to get to the bottom of how exactly he got letdown, and who it was that let him down. and i think that what was quite interesting today was it seems quite c

mr. murdoch would see himself as the founder of bskyb. to be told by politicians that he should not press ahead in its sent to own all the company and to do as they insisted, this is a set back as many -- as any. "to have reaction from australia where rupert murdoch started his media empire a little bit later. stay with us. in egypt, the government said more than 600 senior police officers are being removed from their jobs. they have demanded any action against any police killed -- any people killed by police. >> the protesters are still camped out in tahrir square. since they forced him from office, their demands for change in town. they were demanding swift change in actions. >> we have been trying to give time for the government to just continue the initial demands. still, nothing. >> the police officers are still dealing with people in an arrogant way. we want fair and transparent trials to take place in front of the egyptian people. the government hoped they might have made some progress which will appease the public. the interior mi

mr. murdoch's executive -- and mr. murdoch's british operations. at some point, he needs to be seen off. >> we have continued fallout from this. they have identified 4000 possible phone hacking victims and hundreds more have contacted them saying that they might have been targeted. we have the latest on the investigation. >> this might have spelled the end to the biggest newspaper. the repercussions of its existence will continue. the police are facing questions. the military was shot by new allegations. hundreds of people might be victims. the police are struggling to cope with calls from people worried that their privacy has been breached. on top of that, the most senior policemen as a separate inquiry. the "news of the world," documents prove that journalists applied his officers' for stories. >> a small number of officers might have engaged in such a practice. that is what it is. i am determined to do what we should do. >> the former upload news of the world," editor told a court that he knew nothing about it. the reaction from campaigning labo

mr. murdoch sr. had been hit. you can then -- in later pictures if you look close, you can see the foam. more than one person suggested that, you know, this could have been a brick, it could have been, you know, nails, it could have been much more serious. you have to bear in mind if it had been anything like that, it wouldn't have got into the room. we don't know how he got in with some shaving foam. he could have said he was just been home doing the weekly shopping. who knows? it was serious, but not because it could have been a much more vicious attack. it was serious because it was a disgrace. because anybody coming to give evidence in the mother of parliaments has a right to do so with dignity and in courtesy. >> amen to that. and that is -- those disruptions something we see many times in the u.s. congress as well. richard quest thanks for your remarkable reporting today on this remarkable story. thank you. >>> let's dig deeper and continue, joanne litman is a columnist for the daily beast. and i want you to

mr. murdoch has vowed to initial pressure. >> parliament has already -- was to hold record brooks and rupert murdoch accountable. why were so many people's phones pack in the name of news? it was a summons that they could not ignore. >> do the decent thing. you cannot hide it away from this level of public anguish. >> at first, they were reluctant witnesses. rupert murdoch told the committee he could not attend was to a's session, however looking forward to the inquiry. rebecca brooks said she is available to the committee on that date and welcome the opportunity to do so. but, she said, she would not be able to do -- say anything related to the ongoing investigation into hacking. i find, even imprisonment -- it appears the threat has worked. the murdoch's change their mind and said they would answer the questions. in a second letter, james murdoch confirmed their attendance. he said he was concerned they were asked to answer questions in a different forum. what ever the forum, the questions keep coming. why did news of the world mislead parliament? why were some victims paid? what did the m

mr. murdoch was unhurt. before that, rupert sought to distance himself from the news of the world thought to be one of his favorite titles. >> this is not an excuse. here's the one with less than 1% of our company and 53,000 people around the world. we have prior and great and unethical and distinguished people. >> one was sitting beside him. his son whose apparent lack of knowledge at times seemed almost comical. here questions about key documents that weren't initially handed over from news international's lawyers to the police >> the lying with them. >> i cannot speak to other individual's knowledge in the past. i can't. i simply can't speak for them. >> stewart? >> the same goes. i simply can't speak for them. >> critics call this stonewalli stonewalling. james murdoch was clear on one point. >> i would like to say how sorry i am and how sorry we are. to particularly the victims of illegal voice mail interceptions and their families >> at times they appeared overwhelmed or unsure how to answer or could s

mr. murdoch and the people that work there. at the same time, if you looked at the front page of the wall street journal, splash, big story, three more stories inside. you have an editorial you're ganging up on us, but your own paper, biggest, most important business paper in the world sought it fit to publish four hard-hitting stories about it. >> right after the chain saw line, while being insulted by it i admired the insulter. they want -- they, they want their read toers believe based on no evidence that the to be loid excesses of one publications tarnished thousands of news corp. journalists across the world, making the case immediately the isolated of the crime makes it key of the importance. >> free floating nation state that operates by its own rules that roams off corners wherever it can. it takes regulatory and tax average of whatever jurisdiction it operates in. for the most part, those of us who cover the story have admired their aggression and ability to win over and over. it was assumed that they colored on the li

mr. murdoch, at what point did you find out the criminality was indemic? >> it's a wide ranging word and also had to be extremely careful not to prejudice. of course justice taking place now. >> a criminal inquiry underway let murdoch duck that question. but later when he couldn't or wouldn't answer more pointed queries about who did know what was going on at the newspaper, his son tried to come to the rescue. >> did anyone else investigate this at the time? >> no. >> can you explain why? >> i didn't know it. >> we'll come to you mr. murdoch. >> i want to clarify. >> your father is responsible for the wrong doing. he is revealing in itself what he doesn't know. >> a hearing that was supposed to run one hour had gone twice that long. weather suddenly murdoch's life leapt out of her seat and ran spectacular interference on a pie filled with shaving foam. promptly arrested and led away. when the hearing resumed, murdoch came back unruffled, though minus his jacket. >> this terrible thing happened on your watch. have you considered resigning? >> no. >> why not

mr. murdoch. >> i need to clarify this. >> your father is responsible. vealing in it what he doesn't know. >> a hearing that was supposed to run one hour had gone twice that long when suddenly murdoch's wife leapt out of her seat and ran on a pie filled with shaving foam. aimed at murdoch by a young protester who was promptly arrested and led away. >> when the hearing resumed, murdoch came back unruffled, minus his jacket. >> how do you consider this? >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted, i don't know what level, they let me down and i think they behaved and betrayed the company and me and it's for them to pay. i think that frankly i'm the best person to clean this up. >> the bottom line, the murdochs pleaded ignorance. they didn't know what was going on in their newsroom because nobody told them. not the police, not their lawyers, and not certain employees who is still refusing to name. elizabeth palmer, london. >> suspected cyber criminals from the bay area are among 16 people arrested in a nationwide raid. fbi agents searched home

mr. murdoch withdrew those undertakings, in effect asking for the deal to go to the competition commission because the delay in the takeover is better for him than the alternative of abandoning it all together. >> as a result of news corp.'s announcement this afternoon, i am now going to refer this to the competition commission and will be writing to them this afternoon. >> rupert murdoch, a week has been an eternity in business, and why a long delay in the bid is now, for him, perhaps the best he can hope for. >> on top of the troubles, the bbc has also learned that two other news international newspapers allegedly targeted the former prime minister, gordon brown. documents and a telephone recording suggest illegal attempts were made by the "sunday times" to obtain his private financial and property details while he was chancellor. what impact could all of these revelations have on the global empire of rupert murdoch? for answers, we are joined from new york by murdoch as a biographer. could the fallout from the scandal now contaminate the entire murdoch empire? >> i think it is really ab

murdoch. can i also thank you for making yourself available to the committee this afternoon. >> we are more than prepared to talk to you. >> thank you. perhaps i might start with mrmes murdoch. you made a statement on the 7th of july in which you stated that the paper had made statements to parliament without being the part of the facts a and that was wrong. you said parliament was misled in has we had been told. can you tell us to what extent we were misled and when you became aware of that? >> mr. chairman thank you very much. first i would like to say as well just how sorry i am and how sorry we are to particularly the victims of illegal voicemail interceptions and to their family. it's a matter of grave regret of mine, my father's and everyone at news corporation and these are standards, these actions do not live up to the standards that our company aspires to everywhere around the world, and it is our determination to both put things right, make sure these things don't happen again, and to be the company that i know we've always aspired to be. as for my comments, mr. chairman and my statement, which i believe was around the closure of "the news of the world"