now the british parliament calls a rare emergency debate. 16 years after the massacre, caught in the netherlands, who they say was partly to blame. >> the draught in east africa as a human tragedy of unimagine bling proportions. and japan's government tra proves more money to aid the recovery from the country's earthquake and tsunami. it's 9:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> it's 2:00 a.m. here in london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. this is "newsday." >> the british parliament has called a rare debate about the phone hacking scandal. one of its newspapers, the news of the world, is said to have paid a private detective to hack into the mobile phone of a missing teenage girl who was later found murdered. the action has prompted calls for a public inquiry. >> for months, this scandal has been growing and growing, as more and more celebrities and politicians were informed their phones had been hacked. but now a much more serious allegation has shocked the country. 13-year-old myly went missing in twoufment her body was found six months later. the latest c

." >> the british parliament has called an emergency debate about the phone hacking scandal surrounding news international. the action has prompted calls for a public inquiry. >> for months, this scandal has been growing and growing as more and more celebrities and politicians were informed their telephones had been hacked. now a much more serious allegation has shocked the country. a 13-year-old went missing in 2002. her body was found six months later. the latest claim is that the news of the world hacked her phone while she was missing and some messages have been deleted in the process. david cameron and made his feelings clear cari >> if they are true, this is a dreadful act and a dreadful situation. what i read in the papers is quite shocking, that someone could do this, knowing that the police were trying to find this person and trying to find out what had happened. >> all this puts more pressure on the prime minister's friend rebecca brooks. she is the chief executive of news international. she was also the editor of the news of the world when the girl went missing. she, like oth

it prompts a rare debate in british parliament. >> and concerns portugal may need another bailout after its debt rating is reduced to junk status. >> and will it beya has produced a western arc to protect the city of misratah. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm david eades. also coming up, the news of family in. how could this latest tragedy have been prevented? >> and the focus of the berlin fashion week. >> the phone hacking scandal right at the heart of the media group news international continues to deepen as the british parliament prepares to hold an emergency debate on the issue. police now told the relatives some of the victims of the 1995 bombing that some of the victims' cell phones may have been hacked by the news of the world. >> tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the london bombing. today some of the enter reaved are enduring fresh anguish, what is described as details discovered as part of the latest investigation into phone hacking. >> these parents lost their son david in the bombing. he is not definitely a hacking victim, but he has been told his address and phone number

phone hackingh scandal -- media mogul rupert murdoch called before a committee of british parliament. >> do you have a responsibility? >> no. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> here is the deal -- as we require this program, we don't know how the debt ceiling business is going to play out over the weekend, but we have to put a program on the air, so here goes. president obama said he hopes to elevate the tone of her political discourse in washington. >> the way we run campaigns, the demonization of what the other side, i think that is broken down some of the trust and washington. >> anyone who witnessed his reckless spending ahabits the past 2.5 years or sat across the negotiating table the past few weeks could be forgiven for being skeptical of his recent attempts to come across as a fiscal moderate. >> that is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who has made no secret of his hope that president obama is a one-term president, but as mark said last week, at least he is honest about it. some democrats are angry at the president and his people, some

over phone hacking allegations murdoch and his son were earlier grilled by the british parliament over the scandal that has shaken police politicians and the press. and challenges on earth to those challenges and space are few sophie shevardnadze sits down to interview one of the first men to step foot on the moon buzz aldrin he tells r t that the lunar landing is one of the most important parts of the astronaut mission interview coming up next. and it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us here today thanks so i always wanted to ask you are we alone out there. there's no evidence that says that. we're not alone but i really think to get to the question of are they out there of course they are where there are no there's no evidence but you think if you. go you know that's that's a. jumping to bizarre results with incomplete information we were very careful not to excite the people who would jump to the conclusion that an observation immediately meant some thing that. was from somewhere else either in the testing of unusual objects or something from beyond the earth. there are

she was one of the three people who has been subpoenaed to british parliament to testify. she is the one, she's a british citizen, so she is compelled to go, although we do have news this morning that both rupert murdoch and his son, while rupert murdoch is not a british citizen, will in fact testify before parliament. there she is, rebekah brooks, being supported by rupert murdoch, she has offered her resignation and has left the company. >>> can you guess which newsmaker made this statement about media mogul rupert murdoch and the news of the world's alleged hacking of 9/11 victims here in the united states? quote, he is a very honorable, honest man. this can't be something that he would have had anything to do with. we'll tell you who said it right after this quick break. nine minutes after the hour. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ sometimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announcer ] flick, stack, and move between act

over phone hacking allegations being grilled by the british parliament. five am in moscow i met treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t the entire country of norway has been shaken by friday's deadly rampage as it mourns the ninety three people massacred in the bombing and youth camp shooting prime minister stoltenberg says the two days since the attacks have been filled with shock. or he's daniel bushell has more from awsome. so a day of mourning there's a memorial service behind me attended by king harald of norway looking very somber the prime minister of norway says that the two days since the tragedy have seemed like an eternity the people of israel tense they're still trying to understand how something like this could have happened and the police say they'll still looking there's potential there are more victims to be found on the island disaster just outside there is criticism rising for the police that it took them from an hour to an hour and a half to actually find the to find the killer and to stop t

explosive week ahead with murdoch in front of british parliament. is there any chance that what he might see could be l lally incriminating. >> reporter: it could be. there's a right against self-incrimination there. i don't expect him to invoke it. remember, he's showing up voluntarily. he's a u.s. citizen. he doesn't have to go. but he is still going, it seems, to appear in front of parliament. >> we're watching the dominos fall. we saw so many more again today. when does this become concerning here on this side of the pond, criminal charges? >> reporter: well, we already know there's an fbi investigation. but there could also be another investigation into something called the foreign corrupt practices act, which is a 1977 law which effectively makes it illegal for a company or an executive to bribe a foreign official, in this case, it would be one of those police officers. >> all right, dan abrams, thank you. >>> we turn now to the dangerously hot weather settling in tonight and not moving, for many days ahead. in fact, in a moment, we'll go to t

this week the phone hacking and police bribery scandal was taken to the british parliament rupert murdoch his son james and former u.k. c.e.o. rebecca brooks were all grilled by lawmakers for several hours the trio said they were deeply sorry for what happened but new allegations have emerged that news chairman and news international chairman james murdoch missal lead and he's by saying he was unaware of the true extent of illicit phone tapping by his company's reporters meanwhile questions are being asked over the death of journalist sean hoare a man credited with revealing the phone hacking scandal in the first place as are his or amateur reports it's drawing eerie parallels with another whistleblower. another political scandal erupts anough the whistleblower it dice hole was the first full menus of the world journalists to go on the record to alleged phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that it said it's have an actively encouraged it who was found dead in his house on monday setting up locust into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't this story bigge

before the british parliament right now. being grilled about the phone-hackling >>> let's go live to london. media mogul rupert murdock and his son are before parliament receiving questions about the phone hacking scandal that rocked that nation over the news corp empire. now, not only are rupert and james murdock there, but their former "news of the world" ceo rebekah brooks will also be questioned this morning. >>> a dust storm hit phoenix for the second time this month. look how bad the visibility was yesterday. the cloud was 3,000 feet high, winds gusted at 40 miles per hour. this is actually called a haboob and they are more common in the sar har ra desert and the middle east. >>> -- in the sahara desert in the middle east. >>> earlier this morning, the space shuttle atlantis undocked from the international space station ending their very last rendezvous between a shuttle and the station. the two spacecraft were nearly 250 miles above the pacific ocean when they separated. atlantis left behind a year of supplies and is s

also this week the phone hacking and police bribery scandal was taken to the british parliament rupert murdoch his son james and former u.k. c.e.o. rebecca brooks were all grilled by british lawmakers for several hours the trio said they were deeply sorry for what happened but the new allegations of emerged at the news international chairman james murdoch misled them saying he was unaware of the true extent of illicit phone tapping by his company's reporters and murdoch's could now face legal challenges in the u.s. over claims the voice mails of nine eleven victims were also targeted meanwhile back in the u.k. the scandal appears to be spreading beyond the murdoch empire with claims the sunday mirror tabloid may have also valued celebrities voicemail messages but authorities got a cheeky on reports critics believe the issue is just the tip of the iceberg in a world that may no longer value individual privacy. as the scandal over phone hacking by the murdoch media empire rages on public and political fury has mainly focused on ruthless tabloids out of control prepared to invade people's

phone hacking scandal that engulfed a news corp including before murdoch's testimony to the british parliament yesterday was that performance the real end of his career robert greenwald the brain in film stories that's also yet another statement by a u.s. official has been found to be blatantly wrong so we're going to tell you what it is when we speak with glenn greenwald and aaron swartz has been arrested for downloading millions of documents from jay store on mit's network and could face up to thirty five years in prison we're going to speak about the debate over open access but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. a g.o.p. presidential candidate michele bachmann is served to the number two spot in a new poll right behind mitt romney and just like all the presidential campaigns this one's getting dirty anonymous former bachmann staffer told the daily caller that michele bachmann suffers from migraines and what do you know the mainstream media has just gone absolutely crazy over it. is surging in the polls but consider your migraines affect michele bachman

rebecca brooks will be in the hot seat taking questions on the phone hacking scandal from the british parliament. the murdoch's originally said they wouldn't attend what is bound to be a grilling, triggering a strong rebuke. >> my message to, you know, to rebecca brooks, the murdoch, is just do the decent thing. >> reporter: within hours political pressure led to a sflip flop. now all three say they will answer the government's questions. while news corp endures an ever widening crisis here in the uk, suspension that the company targeting americans is gaining momentum. the fbi has opened an investigation into an unsourced report in one british tabloid that "news of the world "account attempted to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. news international, the subsidiary in the uk, tells nbc news they have seen no evidence to support the claim. but with brooks gone and a full-blown investigation on going in the uk that involves a former prime minister and the royals, among others, some experts believe investigators in the u.s. will hold off for now. >> the u.s. is not going to want to be seen as trying

held into the phone hacking scan >>> right now, british parliament hearings are being held in the phone hacking scandal. we're looking live as all these questions that are going on. 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. >>

separate development, two former executives have directly contradicted evidence given to the british parliament on tuesday by james murdoch. the business editor has more. >> we had a very potentially important development tonight when the former "news of the world," editor and of the former legal added there -- legal editor put out a statement contradicting evidence that james murdoch gave to the committee on tuesday. this is really quite an important dispute because james murdoch has consistently said that it was only recently that he became aware of the hacking and wrongdoing went wider than the reporter and the royal editor -- he said when he was peddling a claim for damages from lord taylor, the head of the football is union, that he was not aware when authorizing a settlement of something like 650,000 pounds. he was not aware that the wrongdoing went a wider than what the news international had said at the time. he said he was not aware of a particular e-mail that mr. taylor's lawyers had obtained. now, they are saying that they told him about this e-mail. the point about this e-mail is th

there were some unexpected fireworks in the much anticipated hearing before the british parliament in the "news of the world" phone hacking scandal. that is the now defunk newspaper owned by newspaper corp, parent company of fox news. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has the latest. >> 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

wrongdoing, as well as arrests and resignations, the murdoch's appeared before a committee of the british parliament. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> 2.5 hours into the testimony protester threw shaving cream at murdoch. the man was taken away by authorities. earlier he entered reports, not just of public figures but victims of terror and crime including a 13-year-old girl who was kidnapped and killed in 2002. >> i was utterly shocked, appalled, and ashamed. i heard about it only two weeks ago. >> rupert murdoch aggravated sin may be the betrayal of readers trust. >>> late this afternoon to san francisco board of supervisors decided that at&t will not have to do an environmental impact report before installing more than 700 utility boxes. it came in spite of opposition from neighborhood groups. at&t is in the process of building a stronger network to deliver stronger internet service. >>> a new report says californians use about 16 billion throwaway plastic bags a year, and many end up in the ocean could have become a huge pollution problem. they hope they will adopt a ban on plastic b

whistle blower in the case has been found dead 24 hours before murdoch and his son face the british parliamentt, rudy giuliani is putting his credibility behind murdoch the same way he did for someone who is now known as inmate number 84880054.rite. with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. so, i get claritin clear. non-drowsy claritin relieves my worst symptoms. and only claritin is proven to keep you as alert and focused as someone without allergies. no other brand can say that not even allegra. live claritin clear. >>> time for tonight's rewrite. rupert murdoch has a character witness. >> he's a very honorable, honest man. this can't be something he would have anything to do with. >> well, that wraps it up, i guess, case closed. former u.s. attorney comes out and says you're clean, you're clean, right? let's see the rest of that interview about murdoch. >> as you know, "news of the world," owned by rupert murdoch, who has been a friend and supporter of yours for a lo

cautious how they deal with him but this has changed the whole attitude of the british minister david cameron said this. >> the parliament hearings began tuesday when british prime minister david cameron was on a four-nation trip to africa. cameron cut short the trip to return to address the murdoch matter before parliament. cameron was asked whether he had discussed with rebekah brooks murdoch's now withdrawn $12 billion bid to acquire the mighty british sky broadcasting satellite system. rebekah brooks was murdoch's chief person and the editor at the news of the world in a, quote unquote, personal friend of the prime minister. >> that is why rebekah brooks was quite able to say at the house of commons yesterday that there wasn't a single conversation that coul taken place in front of the select committee. >> question. is cameron insulated by the fact that rupert murdoch and rebekah brooks were also extremely close to the labor party's prime minister, gordon brown? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> especially because gordon brown has come out and said that his medical records were hacked into for a young son with cystic fibrosis.

> it is tuesday in london, and rupert murdoch is now just hours away from testifying to the british parliament, and bloomberg news is now reporting that the news corp board is considering elevating coo chase kerry to ceo to succeed rupert murdoch if necessary. the phone hacking scandal just keeps growing, and the arrests and resignations keep coming. assistant police commissioner john yates resigned from his position today, following criticism of his refusal to reopen the phone hacking investigation in 2009. yates is reported to have spent just eight hours reviewing 11,000 pages of evidence. his resignation came as british police confirmed today that a second former "news of the world" employee was employed by scotland yard. while the editor of the irish edition of "news of the world," alex morinchuck, was also employed by police as a ukrainian language interpreter with access to highly sensitive police information between 1980 and 2000. yesterday, it was revealed that former "news of the world" executive neil wallis worked as a public relations adviser to the police department. that news forc

murdoch was questioned by members of the british parliament by the phone hacking scandal that has rocked media empire. investigations are ongoing in britain and in the u.s. >>> british prime minister david cameron spoke to parliament yesterday. cameron trying to distance himself from his former communications chief, andy coulson. coulson is a former editor at murdoch's now-defunct "news of the world." cameron denied claims that he tried to stop the investigation into the hacking. >>> it turns out that hacking into someone's phone isn't that hard at all. bill whitaker has that part of the story. >> reporter: the targets of the tabloid hacking scandal include british royals, commoners, and screen stars, like hugh grant. >> i think this is the watershed moment. >> reporter: but don't think hacking is just the scourge of the celebrated and sensational on the other side of the atlantic. your phone and my phone can be hacked. >> my ex-girlfriend found her way into my voice mail on my cell phone. >> reporter: -- just as easily as l.a. screenwriter where, rich keith. >> she would know things onl

. >> reporter: members of the british parliament did not give rupert murdoch a chance for opening remarks but it didn't stop him from making statements. >> i would just like to say one sentence, this is the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: lawmakers honed in on what murdoch and his son james who also testified may have known about phone hacking accusations at his news of the world tabloid. including murder victims, politicians and celebrities. murdoch's answer, he had no knowledge of hacking or of cash settlements paid to hacking victims. >> do you accept that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible, who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run and then maybe the people they trusted. >> reporter: murdoch said the now closed tabloid was more than 1% of his news corporation that includes fox news and the wall street journal. the commissioner and assistant commissioner resigned. someone commissioner asked murdoch if the hacking extended to the 9/11 victims. >> as far as we know the fbi haven't found any. >> reporter: police d

rupert murdoch and his son james appearing at a british parliament hearing to address that ongoing hacking scandal surrounding their company news corporation. the elder murdoch called this the most humbling day of his career. british lawmakers grilled murdoch for hours, but the media mogul insisted that he is not to blame for on the incident that brought down his tabloid news of the world. >> did you close it because of the criminality? >> yes, we felt ashamed at what had happened. >> do you accept ultimately you're responsible for the whole fiasco? >> no. >> you're not? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted. >> the former ceo of murdoch's news international group rebekah brooks, she also answered questions in front of the committee yesterday. brooks offered a personal apology saying she was shocked by reports that journalists had hacked a teenage murder victim's phone. but the biggest fireworks came when a protester tried to hit murdoch in the face with a shaving cream pie. there it is. murdoch's wife wendy raced to defend her 80

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that's going to be what the british parliament wants to find out.he media mogul, his son and former editor of "news of the world" all set to testify this morning. this ain't a congressional testimony. a little different. we're expecting that hearing to begin any moment and we'll bring it to you live when it happens. >>> this is the "daily rundown" on msnbc. s the way, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...add a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. wow! it's even bigger than i thought. welcome to progressive. do you guys insure airstreams? yep. everything from travel trailers to mega motor homes. and when your rv is covered, so is your pet. perfect. who wants a picture with flo? i do! i do! do you mind? got to make sure this is -- oh. uh... okay. everybody say "awkward." protecting your family fun. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> all right. bottom of the hour now. let's go right to london. rupert murdoch is set to testimony any mom

this came shortly before the british parliament began a debate on the phone hacking scandal. >> rupert murdoch's in the news for the wrong reasons. this is one of the great humiliations' for his career. "we believe that the proposed acquisition of bskyb would benefit both companies. it is too difficult to progress in this climate." there was protests inside and outside of the deal. >> i have been saying that this company clearly needs to sort out the problems there are at a news international, at the news of the world. that must be the party. that was the right decision for the country. >> this is the second massive setback. his reputation had been tarnished by allegations. the news of the world is to get the list hacking of the phone of a murdered teenager and the parents of 7/7 victims. >> this is a victory for people up and down this country who have been appalled by the allegations of phone hacking. when this criminal investigation is going on, people don't see how report were not expand his ownership in british media. >> it would have to minimax us to a vast amount of cash generat

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