james murdock, number three at the corporation. from here we simply don't know, but it is far from over, although murdock certainly does seem to have become a lot more willing to compromise. >> an apology won't end it quite yet, david faber, as always, thank you for coming by and spending time with us. >>> now overseas to the news today about libya. secretary of state hillary clinton on the road made the announcement now official, the u.s. formally and officially considers the rebels in libya to be the legitimate government. gadhafi still controls tripoli, but on the ground, the rebels fighting in the western mountains could use support from the international community. nbc's mike tiabbi has been in the fight this week and reports from the town of qawalish in that region. >> reporter: by any measure, this has clearly been an up and down week for the rebels, winning and losing and fighting to retake a single town, wrk qawalish that would have moved them one notch closer to tripoli. the new promise of international, financial and pol

. >> reporter: rupert murdock chairman and chief executive of news corp and son james murdock the chief operating officer faced the music today. after weeks of allegation of wrongdoing at one of the newspapers and arrests and resignation at the company and scotland yard, the murdocks appeared before committee of british parliament. >> the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: half hour in the testimony, protester hurled shaving cream at rupert murdock. his wife wendy fought back and saved the day. the man was taken away by authorities. earlier, they confirmed the voice mail were hacked by "news of the world." not just public victims but soldiers, victim of terror and victim of crime, including 13-year-old british girl dowler who was kidnapped and killed in 2002. >> i was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when i heard about the case. only two weeks ago. >> murdock went on to reject report phone of 9/11 victims had been hacked. >> we have seen no evidence of that at all, and as far as we know the f.b.i. haven't either. if they do, we will treat it the same way we treat it here.

james murdock.her, rupert, what is going on in the succession there. >> you have four adult children of rupert murdock. ultimately, actually, the way it's set up.p. they each have one vote. there's no tie-breaking mechanisms. very murdockian. james is the heir apparent. he's the executive in charge of -- has been, of europe and asia. he has essentially been running the response to this scandal is deeply involved in it. he signed the original check, the payments, people who were -- huge payments which would prompt the question, what am i getting here, silence. his father has been unhappy with his management of this scandal. but, his father is -- there's a lot of pressure from the children, for the father to stay -- to not be involved, to stay out. you know, these are very accomplished, his children are accomplished, and he is devoted to them. and -- and then there's wendy, his wife, in her pososion, it's -- >> you know, to bring it back to where it really affects our daily lives, the division, if you

the initial investigation into the scandal was botched. >>> rupert murdock, james murdock and rebeccao testify before parliament tomorrow morning. cnn will cover their testimony live. >>> and it's time now for a cnn political update and someone else is set to take the republican pledge in the deficit debate. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joining us from washington. who's signing on now? >> michele bachmann for minnesota, she becames the latest of these republican candidates to do this, just about all of them have signed this pledge. she's going to sign them in south carolina, and that's the first southern primary to vote and it's also the home of the mastermind behind this cut, cap and balance pledge. let's look closely at what it's all about. cut calls for cutting a substantial amount of spending into bring down $1.5 trillion in that deficit. cap the government spending at 18%. right now it's at 24%. and balance, that is to pass a balanced budget amendment. as you can imagine, this is a little bit controversial with a lot of democrats, but on the republican side, a l

murdock is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that the tabloids sometimes turn the tables on those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before this scandal ploou up in the media in recent weeks. martin moore of the media standards trust tells us when british parliamentary looked in the tabloid press a couple years ago, he heard of allegations that they were discouraged from repeatededly inviting rebecca brooks to testify. >> the allegation was they were told, members of that committee were told, do not invite her again. do not press this one, do not push it, because if you do, you'll regret it. that was made very clear. >> reporter: a news corporation spokesman would not comment on that allegation. are you concerned that they might hit back at you and dig into your personal life or whatever? >> i'm not worried about my personal life nor am i worried about my next term. i've been here 27 years. when you grow up in a pove

murdock is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that the tabloids sometimes turn the tables on those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before this scandal ploou up in the media in recent weeks. martin moore of the media standards trust tells us when british parliamentary looked in the tabloid press a couple years ago, he heard of allegations that they were discouraged from repeatededly inviting rebecca brooks to testify. >> the

but it didn't work. >> rupert murdock has rarely been thwarted in his ambitions. the fact that is for the most part, he has ultimately achieved what he has wanted to. >> reporter: and he has achieved a lot building the largest media empire in the world. starting with a single newspaper inherited from his father, rupert murdock has amassed some of the world's best known, most watched brands. movie studios, television networks, cable companies, internet properties, magazine and book publishing, all part of the murdock empire. if you're watching "american idol," "the simpsons" or "glee" you're watching news corps. "the wall street journal," the "new york post," fox news and 20th century fox movie blockbusters like avatar or x-men. all news corps. and it's all made a fortune for murdock and given him enormous business and political clout. now really for the first time, that power is in jeopardy. tonight there's signs that murdock's troubles could spill out of the uk and across the atlantic. there are three u.s. senators and one congressman calling for separate, u.s.-l

murdock's papers.you weren't on good terms with him or he didn't like your political position, your life would be extremely difficult. that's why all the politicians at every summer party that rupert murdock hosted, including this year, every politician that was anyone attended the party. there was a sense that everybody was subject to the influence of this man. it's been amazing. the last ten days, you could count before ten days ago on the fingers of one hand the number of politicians who stood up to rupert murdock. now, they are treating him as though he's got contagious lep ra si. >> amazing. >> it's poisoned the environment. it's not just the poll titician. it's the case. the metropolitan police has 45 press offices. ten of them worked for news international. that's 25% of the metropolitan police. >> unbelievable. >> that's the kind of influence we are talking about here. >> incredible influence. a little color here. i have a new hero. >> who is that. >> i need him here. >> who's that? >> the orde

murdock, james murdock and ms. brooks will cooperate. but they didn't say necessarily that they'll testify so there's some question as to what form that cooperation will take. >> what does news international have to say about the latest allegations concerning former prime minister gordon brown? >> well he made these very anguished charges that news corp. had essentially targeted him, had sought to damage him. and interestingly, the allegations involved two newspapers that are not the tabloid news of the world but now we know it's been shuttered because of the role in the growing scandal. he says the times of london, reporters for the excuse me sunday times, had misrepresented themselves in order to obtain private and personal financial documents and other records. he said he was the subject of other forms of bragging they call it here and voice mail hacking efforts. in addition he says the saab lloyd sun newspaper, part of murdock's stable had somehow gained access to private medical records for his infant son. several years ago there wa

murdock's testimony, a disturbance in the room. a man carrying a pie tin full of white foam of some kind approached the ceo. >> no, no, no. >> oh. >> outrage. >> shepard: rupert murdoch's wife in the pink there coming to her husband's defense. the hearing resumed after a short break with the now jacketless rupert murdoch, the attacker under arrest. by the way, as the murdocks testified, news corps' stock rose up 5.5% on trading today in new york. a gain on paper of $2.15 billion. but even with that uptick, the company's still lost on paper about $6 billion in value since this scandal broke. the details now from the fox business network ashley webster live with the news in london tonight. ashley? >> yeah. it has been a remarkable day. day of apologies and accusations. a day of high drama and low comedy. no doubt about it, today the spotlight fell squarely on hue pert -- rupert murdoch the ceo and son james murdock. much of the information focusing on who knew what when. both murdocks were unaware how extensive the tactics of phone h

murdock's wife sprang into action and murdock was shaken but okay.st drama in a tense exchange. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> both murdock and his son james apologized for the scandal threatening the core of the company. >> these actions do not live up to the standards our company aspires to. >> news corporation has been reeling for two weeks since the murdocks shut down "news of the world" after allegations it's employees illegally hacked into voice mails of celebrities, politicians and a 13-year-old murder victim. >> there are other here, you're responsible for this whole fiasco. >> murdock and his sons say they didn't know hush money was paid to settle lawsuits and murdock says he has seen no evidence september 11th victims had their voice mails hacked. another woman said she was sorry. >> of course there is a part. >> but the scandal will not end with this hearing in parliament. there is a criminal probe underway in britain. now abc news learned u.s. justice department will investigate news corporation to see if american employees

. >> reporter: rupert murdock arrived in london reading a copy of his now notorious paper. for the cameras as he headed out for dinner his british ceo. this is damage-control by a man who knows well how to manage his message. the phone hacking scandal has cost him one of his most profitable papers. yesterday evening staff leaving the news of the world for the last time put a brave face on the murdock decision to shut is it down. the news of the world was the best selling newspaper in britain. a cheeky blend of skin, scandals and got you journalism squarely aimed a british working people who enjoyed see l powerful taken down. but not families touched by grief. the news of the world is under police investigation for hacking into voice mails belonging to relatives of fallen soldiers, and murdered teenager. journalists also hacked into the phones of celebrities who found out and sued. it was james rupert murdock's son who authorized a reported million dollars out of court settlement to at least one of the hacking victims. this week, he admitted it was a mistake. >> i acted on t

rue put murdock and his son james are expected to testify as well.ch more on that on "world business today" in just a moment. >>> mubarak is reportedly suffering from many problems including irregular heartbeat and complications from cancer. he's supposed to go to trial on august for allegedly ordering police to kill protestier. >>> human activist nelson mandela turns 93 today. ♪ happy birthday to you >> they're asking people to vote 67 minutes to help others in honor of nelson mandela's birthday. one minute for each year of his life. "world business today" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone, and a very warm welcome to you on "world business today." i'm anisha tank in honor congressing. >> as the crisis at news corp deepens, we'll look at rue put murdock's empire. >>> the debt crisis continues on both sides of the atlantic. >>> and protecting its pretty tors. the pacific island is determined to safeguard shark tourism. first up, though, investors are are finding more reasons to sell news corp's stock today. sh

and rupert murdock.step in if there's a management takeover. >> you talked in your last piece that i read how this seems counter intuitive but it's good for roger ayles. >> for once, all the critics are not talking about fox. fox is not involved in this, as far as we know in the hacking saga. it's a legitimate business. what's going on with murdock's tabloid has nothing to do with fox news. >> explain how his enemy's within his family and news corp. are going up in flames now. that leaves ayles stronger. >> that's been roger's thing the whole time. james murdock stepping in as the heir is caught up. the politics are different. for roger, this means a corporate rival has been dragged into this total tabloid mess. he doesn't have to worry about him. >> if the murdock family is weakened, roger is strengthened? >> he is if he can run his business the way he sees fit. the open question was, what would the murdock children do to roger's business if and when they took over for their father. you saw the quote in

would rupert murdock, or people under him have known of these practices? >> when rebecca brooks who was his right hand woman in england, we had the same book, and we were spending 4,000 pounds a week on private investigators doing these kind of practices and just extraordinary, if she was the department boss, she then moved up to be editor, how could you not notice the spending of over 100 grand a year on this kind of thing and not even ask what it's for, so her position is ludicrous, and even worse than that, and for her to turn afternoon and initially, to turn around and say we don't know about it, it was a rogue reporter acting on his own. and five reporters have been arrested and i was taken into scotland yard and threatened with being arrested three times. it's just like a general saying it wasn't me, it was the soldier. >> okay, paul, for those of us who are on this side of the pond, as you say, we're learning that there's now an fbi investigation, also "the wall street journal," the person who heads "the wall street journal" and was a news of the wo

with murdock on the ropes, the silence has been broken. scotland yard released a statement saying that the steady leaks to the media are getting in the way of their investigation. but scotland yard itself is accused of being involved in this scandal for taking bribes, as well as turning a blind eye to the news of the world's tactics. >>> leon panetta has been to iraq and afghanistan before but never as defense secretary, that happened this weekend, he's only been on the job for 11 days and already those traveling with him say there's been an unmistakable change at the top at the pentagon. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is traveling with him and tonight has an exclusive interview with the secretary. >> reporter: the new secretary of defense leon panetta surveyed iraq from a u.s. military helicopter today and was troubled by the landscape below. u.s. forces here, set to withdraw by the end of the year, are once again caught up in a war. 15 troops were killed last month by roadside bombs. panetta told a gathering of soldiers toda

murdock for 30 years. it is the bigger wider question, is there undue influence between his news papers and politics and governments in this country or is it a conspiracy theory. >> and of course the fbi is in the throw oigs of its investigation alleging that a private eye here in morning was asked to hack in to the poen records of 9/11 victims and their families. and they're trying to get down to the bottom of that, too. it's been quite a week. >> all right, susan, thanks so much. we'll check back with you. >>> the united states and japan facing off tomorrow in the woman's world cup soccer finals. fans around the globe are excited, but in one country, the game of soccer is actually helping girls reach a level playing field. >> translator: here in bolivia, will are more opportunities for girls than for girls to play soccer. >> bolivia itself is one of the poorest countries in latin america.in-equality is quite wide. level playing field is a nonprofit social enterprise based in the u.s. and our mission is t

media mogul rupert murdock murdock and his son are answering questions as we mentioned and they will be answering questions all day long along with the ceo of -- the former ceo, rebekah brooks, of "news of the world." >>> just a short time ago, here's james murdock when he arrived at the parliament building in london. a little different than when his father arrived. his car is better known and his father's car was swarmed by members of the media as he made his way to today's proceedings. as charlie d'agata reports from london, today's testimony comes one day after the mysterious death of a key whistle-blower. >>> reporter: now it's rupert murdock himself who takes center stage in the unfolding hacking drama that has engulfed his empire. >> for critics of rupert murdock this is the best thing that could happen. this is the best case they have ever had to argue against murdock and say he has too much power. >> reporter: murdock and his son james will tell british lawmakers how much they knew about allegations their journalists tapped into voicemails and regularly paid off police. so wi

. >>> rupert murdock and his son james are before the british parliament answering lawmakers' questions about the phone hacking scandal that has plagued the family's news corp empire. we hear them they are getting coached by some of the best pr execs in england. as charlie d'agata reports, this comes one day after the mysterious death of a key whistle-blower. >> reporter: now it's rupert murdock himself who takes center stage in the unfolding hacking drama that has engulfed his empire. >> for critics of rupert murdoch, this is the best thing that could happen the best case they could have to argue against murdock around say he has too many power. >> reporter: he and his son will tell how much they knew about the scandal. so will former british ceo rebekah brooks, who police are already investigating. the controversy has forcerd the head of scotland yard and his deputy to resign over their alleged links to a former murdock executive. the scandal has reached the highest levels of the british government, with opposition leaders saying the prime minister himself has questions to answer abou

rupert murdock again one of the most powerful men in media, he runs fox tv, "the wall street journal.egan, of course, with the revelations of wrong doing by journalists listening to people mobile cell phone messages and this week, there's even been reports that the voicemails of other victims may have been accessed although there doesn't seem to be any evidence to prove that. the prime minister here is even under fire because she was so close to rupert murdock's people and even the police are close to them despite investigating them for what may have been criminal activity. to call it a crisis does not do it justice. >> when we look at the words that were used by rupert murdock initially and from his company when his reports first came out, they were saying absolutely these are preposterous, now we're hearing i am sorry, is there more at stake that the murdock empire might be facing in the coming days or coming months? >> ei think there's absolutely o question of that. it smells of an alleged cover-up and the fact that there were all these denials for years and then slowly things emer

murdock is a larger than life character.has achieved whatever we may think of what has happened here in britain recently, and possibly as we now learn in the united states, possibly -- rupert murdock has had a huge footprint, has made a huge difference, in fact, to the landscape of newspapers and television on both sides of the atlantic. in fact, around much of the world. james murdock is his son. and of course, these are very big boots to step into. and i have to say, from what i'd heard, it's no surprise that james murdock has not, it would seem, been fully equal to the task. though i think one has to be cautious and say it will be some time before we know the full story here as to what he knew and didn't know and what he did and didn't do. >> james murdock seemed to be the real champion of this giant deal over there for bskyb. and his father seems to be the one who say, no, we're not going to do that right now, we can't do it. is this deal to quote "the princess bride" all dead or only mostly dead? >> well, the deal, had

rupert murdock, the chairman of news corp.zing today to the family, accusation of phone hacking to a girl's cell phone started the news of the world phone hacking story that exploded in the u.k. now in the u.s. with allegation there was phone hacking victims as well. what about the story and where it goes and where it's been? >> the apology was important. the visit that murdock made with the parents important. it was out of the ordinary. it was egregious. the british accept culture where politician and celebrity and sport stars and royals are tapped into and the cops are paid. we were amused in '90s when we got all the details of what charles was saying to camilla. but this is different. that is why it's a scandal. apparently there was a lot of this kind of stuff unusual and way beyond the pale. it's an emergency and murdock by accepting the resignations and with a personal apology is beginning the repair work. >> bret: think he sells the british papers? >> i don't know if he will do that but people are dropping. it's largely

coming up a connection to today's raid of a hacker group sympathetic to wikileaks and rupert murdock faces parliament over phone-hacking tackics and someone tries to pie him. >> i'm sandhya patel. warmer weather is on the way. i'll let you know how long summer warmth is going to last when i come back. >> unexpected problem pushing devil's slide tunnel project way back. find out what happened as the news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the head of news corporation has spoken about the phone hacking scandal that engulfed his company. rupert murdock and his son, james, told lawmakers they were not aware of practice of this phone hacking. the hearing was interrupt bid a protester who stormed towards rupert murdock with a shaving cream pie. his wife shoved the pie towards him. after a recess rupert murdock told the committee he had no intention of resigning. >> i feel people i've trusted, not saying who, let me down. i think they behaved disgracefully and betrayed the company and me. it's for them to pay. >> the company then heard fr

murdock. you know him very well.hese methods that were being used? >> he cannot have known because he would have stopped them long ago. they are absolutely appalling abuse of journalistic procedure. unforgivable to tap the phone of a murdered schoolgirl or the phones of relatives of troops killed in iraq or afghanistan and murdock would not have tolerated it. i'm afraid that -- >> i'm soer are. i when you think about what was done and the despicable things done, do you think he made the right call of just canceling it? it's done? >> it's a very difficult call because it's a very old historic paper which has a very great history, though it has committed abuses in the past like all tabloids do, but it's also exposed a lot of fraud and misdeeds, most recently it exposed corruption in the pakistani cricket team which was an important story. it's very sad. it's sad for also for the 200 people who work there, frightful for them. many of them will be given jobs in other news of murdock's papers in london. and he probably wi

the news of the world, the lynch pin of rupert murdock's media empire, gone as of sunday. >> reporter: the latest allegation that may have been the breaking point that grieving relatives of british solders killed in action have had their cell phones hacked and their voicemail messages accessed. >> if the actions are proved to have been verified, i'm appalled. i find it disgusting. >> reporter: prime minister david cameron and both sides of the aisle in a rare emergency session in the house of commons. all in agreement that the public needs to know who was hacked, who did it and what they're doing about it. >> obviously the people responsible must pay a penalty. >> reporter: in fact while 80-year-old rupert murdock dodged reporters' questions, his son james said if the allegation is true, the breach is inhuman. >> reporter: and what might be the impact on rupert murdock's bottom line, his legacy, his bulletproof reputation? >> he has weathered major, major scandals, this is certainly a big one and certainly one that has him more back on his heels than anything i can remember. >> report

this is all standard procedure at rupert murdock's london tabloid. but since fox news, "the wall street journal," "the times of london" were very different cull k uchs and operate independently, i don't think it's fair to tarnish them. although the murder ok brand is tarnished by this. >> why would murdock be so quick to let this newspaper fold? >> my reporting suggests that he had become such a liability that he may be trying to protect some of his top execs, like rebecca brooks. she was the editor of "news of the world" during these crucial years when the phone hacking took place. and i think this was a form of damage control, a desperate move to be sure by murdock to say, the paper is so tarnished and is the focus of so much outrage in britain over the targeting of terror victims, not just celebrities, why not get rid of it? and murdock is trying very hard to salvage a major media deal he wants to do in britain. it's a $12 billion deal and he wants to make this scandal just go away. >> howard kurtz will be talking again about the scandal in much m

all the way to parliament and the prime minister's office and today the media empire run by rupert murdock announced it is shutting down the newspaper for good. but that's not going to make this go away. nbc's mike tiabbi with us tonight from london with more. mike, good evening. >> good evening, brian. even among media watcher who is have been transfixed by this story, there's one comment i heard many times today is we didn't see this coming, the closing of rupert murdock's empire, gone as of sunday. >> reporter: the latest aegsz allegation that may have been the breaking point that grieving relatives of british solders killed in action have had their information hacked. >> i'm appalled and i find it quite disgusting. >> reporter: the prime minister recounted on both sides of the aisle in a rare emergency session in the house of commons. all in agreement that the public needs to know who was hacked, and what they're doing about it. >> obviously the people responsible must pay a penalty. >> reporter: although rupert murdock dodged reporters questions, his son james said if the allegation i

during the questioning, murdock said it was the most humble day of his life. >> mr. murdock, at what point did you find out the criminality was endemic at "news of the world"? >> endemic is a very hard -- very wide ranging word. and i also had to be extremely careful not to prejudice the course of justice which staking place now. >> -- which is taking place now. >> he said there is no evidence that any victims of the september 11th attacks were hacked. the fbi is still investigating that. >>> let's get a quick look at traffic and weather. kristy, trying to think, the weather yesterday, can you remember yesterday? >> it was gorgeous. if you liked yesterday, you'll love it today. we're pretty clear already this morning. taking a look at satellite you can see the marine layer isn't in the picture at least for the bay area. farther to the south it is but cloud cover, really not an issue this morning. a little bit of patchy fog. current temperatures pretty mild also still sitting in the 60s in some locations, 62 in fairfield and in concord. 58 in fremont 5. 4 in pacifica.

along with rupert murdock and his son james.n finally, parliament called an emergency session for wednesday to address the phone hacking issues here. bret? >> bret: we'll continue to follow all parts of this story. amy, thank you. a group of internet hackers claims to have tampered with the website of rupert murdock's son newspaper. murdock is the chairman and parent of news corp. earlier today, visitor of "the sun" website was redirected to a page that had a story saying murdock's dead body was found in the garden but now they're redirected to lull's twitter feed. they called the attack successful part of murdock meltdown monday. no comment from "the sun." a rare bipartisan moment when it come to government healthcare in grapevine. a group of vladimir putin supporters show how far they'll go to get their guy back in the kremlin. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. ♪ geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> bret: now fresh p

brooks is set to appear before a parliamentary inquiry tuesday alongside james murdock and rupert murdockre questions if she'll be able to testify. >> those bombings last week in india. hillary clinton had a trip planned there. she's still going ahead with that trip? >> yeah, we understand this is a key trip for secretary clinton. it comes less than a week after a series of explosions in mumbai that left 19 dead and about 100 injured. she says it's more important than ever that we stand with india. no one has claimed responsibility for those blasts. and counterterrorism measures are set to be high on clinton's agency during the three-day trip. she's likely going to press for better ties between india and pakistan, right next door. that relationship has been shaky for some time. clinton will also focus on economic ties. as you know, india has a $1.6 trillion economy. it's quite vital for india and the u.s. to have good economic relationships. >> big economy and a growing economy. thanks very much, check in with you later. >>> carter evans live here in new york. he's at the nasdaq market si

murdock landed in london. that's where we find jeffery kofman, good morning you to. >> good morning you to. this it, the final edition. "the end of the world," thank you and good-bye. nobody wanted to be associated with a tabloid that became tainted and toxic. let's be clear here, while the paper is dead, the scandal surrounding it is just beginning to unfold. for the world's most powerful media barren, rupert murdock who owns the wall street journal and foxnews, this may be the biggest crisis his empire has ever faced. it was not just another paper in the portfolio. it was the best selling paper in the english language. but today the tabloid that lived on scandal has died on a scandal of its own. >> obviously, they've done wrong. obviously, they have been caught doing wrong. >> reporter: and the final edition of "the news of the world" acknowledges that. we've demanded high standards write the editors inside. but as we are now only too painfully aware, some who worked for us, or in our name, fell shamefully s

or the extent of it. >> rebecca brooks was arrested, and now all eyes are on james murdock and not so heir apparent, admits to paying $1 million to a soccer star whose phone was illegally hacked. >> there was a particular settlement i authorized and said was made with information that was incomplete. i acted on advice of lawyers within complete investigation. that is a matter of real regret for me. and this could have repercussions in the ugs us, home to more than half of the $33 billion murdock media empire, including fox tv and fox news. >> there is a clause in the regulations for tv stations is that you have to be certified to be of good character. >> tuesday, rupert murdock, james murdock and rebecca brooks will appear before a committee of the british house of commons to answer questions. this is the first time they've spoken about the scandal since it broke. it's certain to be yet another dramatic day here. >> and time for a check of weather. >> there is some bumps up and down this week. we started with sunny skies in the coast and it was a mild day at the coast z now, low cloud

and there's rue put murdock himself. there he is on the left with rebecca brooks. his latest concern is the mounting pressure on lawmakers to block his takeover of british sky broadcasting known as b sky b, pauline. >> it's not just the uk that murdock is having a tough time. as reported, the scandal is being felt across the globe including murdock's homeland of australia. >>> it's having implications in australia where rupert murdoch began his global media empire. australian-born murdock took over the family business at the age of 22 following the death of his father. well, starting with just one newspaper, murdock went on to acquire dozens more, flounding "the australian." his holdings in australia, which make up 70% of the nation's media landscape, the most of any country in the world. now including eight of the 12 metropolitan dale is plus a 30% stake in "sky news australia." we'll be seeing more. japan relace add statement claiming that the behavior uncovered at the ne"news of the world" is an affront to good journalist and, quote, phone hacking is the an tif

. >>> rupert murdock put 200 out of work abruptly shutting down "news of the world." they lost advertisers after it allegedly hacked the voice mails of thousands to the families of england's war dead. the scandal has also frozen murdock's attempt to take over a hugely profitable pay cable channel. it's now thought murdock will run a sister tabloid "the sun" on sundays. >>> crazy red sox, the cleveland clinchers, and the comeback cubs. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather as we approach this hot weekend, we're also going to see numerous areas dodging thunderstorms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning to you. if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sports the yankees' derek jeter continues his grinding towards the baseball milestone of immortality, 3,000 hits. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. we begin with your daily derek jeter update. no, he has not hit number 3,000 yet, but he did get one step closer. jeter wasted no

and that paper is one murdock own autos the corner zone of the consumer protection bill is set to be launched in just a week. >> you foe the consumer financial protection bureau is clouded in controversy. and. >> republicans don't like this thing them think there is too much power, they're trying to reign in that power. and there is president ob yaupa hasn't even nominated a director yet. the agency's director told congress consumers should be able to get products that are easy to understand. >> we're opposed to complicated forms and fine print. we believe they did not help consumers and do not work for responsible lenders happy to have their products compared head to head in a competitive market. >> and they're asked about what products agencies might ban. we've reported about a restaurant in pennsylvania banning children under six years of age. now it looks like this is a growing trend. this is mcdane's restaurant outside pittsburgh. the own jerz crying babies can ruin a night out. starting this weekend, kids under six no longer allowed in his restaurant. >> nothing against the bab

. >>> the hits just keep on coming for rupert murdock's embattled media empire. amid a fresh round of allegations that reporters of two of his other english newspapers "the sun" and "the sunday times" packed boo the bank account, legal files, and medical records of former prime minister gordon brown. stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the tabloid news of the world" is finished, but the allegations keep coming in. former prime minister gordon brown is accusing "the sunday times" another murdock paper, of illegally pursuing private medical and financial information about him and his family. there are also reports that a member of the royal protect guard responsible for the royal family security sold a list of phone numbers to "the news of the world." >> the things we're hearing are appalling. what people need to know is i am determined to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: there are already sign s that the expanding crisis is affecting news corp.'s business. the deputy prime minister nick cleg called on rupert murdock to back down on his deal to merge with

murdock's wife lunged at the man and murdock told the plea he had not been aware of the phone hackingn the newspaper. >> people i trusted... i'm not saying who. i don't know what level. let me down. i think they've behaved to betray the company and me. and. >> the committee then heard from the former editor of "news of the world". she resigned and was then arrested. >> and tonight's money matters new signs of stability in the housing market a cording to data quick, foreclosure activity has fallen in california, down 19% from last year, and may be bottoming out. >> wells fargo reported a 30% jump in profits last quarter, freeing up some of the money set aside to cover bad loans and said would it cut $11 billion by next year. another disappointing quarter forra hoo. the company's earnings up 11% but revenue is sinking when wiss ar are -- businesses are pouring more money into internet advertising. >> the dmv delay in sending registration is causing confusion tonight. a lot of drivers are wondering how much do you have to pay? michael finney is here to sort this out for us tonight. >> at

rupert murdock tomorrow is in the hot seat.been summoned to answer questions and just translate that for me. does that mean he will be sworn in to testify or is he simply asks questions and what kind of questions can they anticipate? >> i don't know whether he's going to be actually made to swear an oath before the select committee of members of the british parliament, but obviously, this is, you know, the british government and british mps, british lawmakers wanting to hold to account, the scrutinize, cross-examination the head of news corps about the activities of his executives, what he knew about his company's activities, what his executives knew. this is a huge scandal that's really rocked the british establishment, in the past 24 hours, we have had the two senior most officials in the metropolitan police, the biggest police force in britain, resign because of how they were involved in this hacking scan z scandal. >> then you have rebecca brooks, former news of the world editor, she was arrested yesterday, but this is diff

i mean, she was rupert murdock's golden girl.want her to resign, but she couldn't take the heat. there was so many people calling for her just to leave. she was actually editor of "news of the world" when young teenager, 13 years old, by the name of milly dowler was murdered and it's come out that "news of the world" had hacked her phone and was deleting all these messages that gave the parents hope that milly dowler was alive. and she was the editor. they want to know, still, even though she's resigned, what she knew, when she knew it, as "news of the world's" editor, she's got to have known what's happened. they want to know how deep this has gone. this is a significant move. many are saying it's great, but it may be too little too late for news corp. >> many questions remain for her. zain verjee in london, thanks, zain so. >>> second round play under way at the british open championship. thomas ba yorn sharing 5 under par. didn't know he was going to be playing until another golfer withdrew on monday. >> for rory mcilroy, he h

. >>> and murdock's mess, his phone-hacking scandal deepens. can he survive it? what does itean for fox news? >>> welcome to the show. tonight's lead, we need to stop having the wrong conversation on jobs. the new jobs numbers came out today. and they are good. unemployment hit 9.2%. and if we needed any more proof, here it is again. the republican approach of tax cuts and huge spending cuts is all wrong. we democrats are doing what you wanted. but this jobs report swwake-up call. there is not a singed jobs bill since they took power and they block the president at every turn. >> the debate here in washington has been dominated by issues of debt limit. but what matters most to americans, and what matters most to me as president, in the wake of the worst downturn in our lifetimes is getting our economy on a sounder footing more broadly. >> we extended the bush tax cuts in december. remember? and look where it got us. instead of hiring people, corporations are holding -- are holding on to a record of $1.9 trillion in cash. they have taken our bailouts and tax money

>> tom: a rare about face for one of the towards biggest media moguls, rupert murdock's news corp. will shut down its british tabloid "news of the world." that paper may not be on your news stand, but it is a best seller in the u. k. with almost 3 million subscribesers. the decision to close it comes after revelations the paper hacked into cell phone voice mails celebrities, royalty, and a teen-age murder victim. pressure has been building with big advertisers like ford and virgin pulling their business. and even the british prime minister calling for an