followed shortly by andy coulson, exworld of the news reporter and exhead for david cameron. n used to employ coulson. he's friends with charlie brooks and rebekah brooks. he goes horse riding with them. it will cause potential interruptions at news corps. rebekah brooks is out on three different charges, charges related to phone hacking, also related to the coverup of phone hacking, and charges related to private and public officials because that's what could really get news corps in trouble in the u.s. on the foreign corrupt charges act. it's going to be months and months ahead of us, specifically today actually it might be anticlimatic because the jurors are arriving, being sworn in. the prosecution may open their case but may not until tomorrow morning. i have no doubt i'll be back there tomorrow and bringing you more as the trial unfolds. >> that's the latest outside of the old bailey which houses the number one criminal court. is the housing market capturing a chill following falling home sales. we'll take the temperature of the home market and pending home sales. that's

rebekah brooks and andy coulson are former editors of rupert murdoch's "news of the world" tabloid, now out of business. they allegedly plotted to hack the phones of celebrities, politicians, and crime victims, and illegally paid public officials for information. wall street's week started on a subdued note. the dow jones industrial average lost a point to close below 15,569. the nasdaq fell three points to close at 3940. still ahead on the newshour, how the uproar over u.s. spying is straining relations with europe; new york city prepares for the next mega-storm; michigan's governor takes the stand in detroit's bankruptcy trial; penn state settles with sandusky's abuse victims; a new book peers inside the power dynamics of the bush white house; and remembering a rock legend. >> ifill: friction among friends continued to grow today amid new revelations of the scope of u.s. surveillance in europe. left unresolved so far: what sort of spying is acceptable? here to tackle that are john mclaughlin, former c.i.a. deputy director and then acting director. he now teaches at the johns hopkins s

among those pleading not guilty are rebekah brooks and andy coulson.dly. a cell phone saved the day. the suspect seen here grabbing cash from the register then fired a shot before making his get away. the clerk was hit in the abdomen. he didn't even realize it at first. that's because the cell phone blocked the bullet. the phone didn't fair so well. check it out. the clerk, he's just fine. amazing. >>> police officer in milwaukee also lucky after a dramatic high speed chase. his dash cam rolling there when the suspect he was pursuing lost control of his car. the car went airborne. smashed right into the officer's windshield. the officer was injured but he did survive. the suspect was drunk driving and going more than 100 miles per hour. >> scary pictures. >>> cirque du soleil and a las vegas casino are facing charges for the death of a performer. the osha finding could pave the way for civil lawsuits in connection with that accident. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: more than 100 million spectators have seen the cirque du soleil. in june they wa

we are hearing from inside the camp of one of the defendants, andy coulson that they expect if they dolty verdict, that they're looking at at least six years in jail, so, you know, this has some serious consequences, not only for the jail time they may face, but the revelations that may come out and however this may go up the food chain within news corporation and whether or not this will actually touch upon rupert murdoch himself. >> like the n.s.a. spying scandal here, this particular scandal in london has had some pretty big names attached to it. >> oh, yeah, absolutely, not the least of which rupert murdoch. james murdoch was actually here during this period, rupert murdoch's son was very much involved in the news of the world, so this could go much larger than just the eight defendants who are here today. dell. >> phil ittner joining us live from london, thank you very much. >> some are saying here we go again, flips slowing the federal health care website to a crawl, but this morning, a new glitch shutting it down fleet for a while. the problem is called the data hub problem. it

rebekah brooks and andy coulson go on trial. it could lead to more revelations with the competitive world of british tabloid journalism including relationships with the political elite. >> one is whether we've learned somehow that this is connected in a way of the mourdock family in ways that we didn't appreciate. >> connected to the nsa? is this about phone hacking? >> this is about phone hacking. >> we know and don't say anything. >> whether this touches the mourdock family, does rebekah brooks try to rat out the family? i don't think so. becky, in the u.k. do they change the laws around the press? there's been some talk about trying to beef up the laws. some things that would protect the press in good ways but other things that would make it much more difficult. >> are we tamer here than mourdock's tabloids? >> yes. >> we are until we know otherwise but i think we are. >> this couldn't have been more ridiculous. >> that's? >> the new york snoes. >> geno's interceptions cause -- >> the post, you love it? >> they're one step ab