this is brooke.ory of elizabeth smart was still fresh. she was the 14-year-old snatched from her bedroom in utah, held captive by a deranged street preacher then amazeinglyamazingly, after nine months, returned to her family alive. >> i would think, maybe somebody just has her captive and they will just decide to let her go one day. >> a family friend put the wilberger family in touch with elizabeth's uncle. >> was it comforting? >> it was comforting. he was very positive, of course, because of their experience and he said, never give up hope. just keep thinking positive. >> and she came home. >> right. right. and so i was like, you know, i i don't know how, i don't know the circumstances, but i cannot give up. >> and while the search continued, what seemed to be a lead emerged. >> that burglary pointed them to this man, sung koo kim. >> the name sung koo kim came to the attention of investigatorsless than a week after brooke vanished. kim was a recluseive 30-year-old with a degree in genetics and bi

and at least brooks knew it. >> we needed to get to a hospital or we were going to die. >> brooks carriedlie out to the family car. they were terrified, all but sure the killers must be out there somewhere lying in wait for them. >> i remember also thinking they might be at the end of the driveway so i drove really fast. and they weren't there. and thinking they might be on the highway. >> as they raced up route 81, brother and sister had a surreal, surprisingly composed conversation. >> it was very strange because there was, you know, moments of silence and, you know, then leslie asked me, are mom and dad dead, and i said, yeah, they are. and she goes, so, you know, what are we going to do? i guess we'll go live with our aunts and uncles. and i said, i guess so. i just said, we don't need to worry about it right now. we just need to, you know, need to get better. >> brooks was doing better than 100 miles per hour in his dad's 1970 plymouth duster. they drove to the lawn of a family friend, a doctor, and blurted out what happened. >> didn't believe us. we said, we're shot, mom and dad are

from the moment this scandal broke rebecca brooks has been a lightning rod. the editor of the "news of the wor world" when the most damaging we allegation of phone hacking took place. >> james miller and rebecca brooks can deny knowledge but they can't deny responsibility. >> reporter: in 2002 reporters for the paper are accused of hacking voice mail, a 13-year-old murder victim. brook shut down the paper last sunday firing hundreds but her offer to resign last week was declined by news corp. today the company accepted. meanwhile, brooks' former boss, rupert murdoch, has gone on the defensive choosing to talk to one of his own papers if in an interview with the "wall street journal," he said the damage done to news corp's reputation are irresist viable. murdoch pledged to investigate any charges of wrong doing and defended his son james, the deputy chief operating officer. i think he acted as fasts he could, the moment he could. as for how the scandal was effecting him personally, murdoch said he was getting annoyed. i'll get over it. i'm tired. murdoch will

brooks testifying with andy coulson. coulson went on to become david cameron's spokesman and has since resigned and has been arrested in the scandal. >> can i ask, the one element if you ever pay the bliss for information? >> we have paid police for information in the past, and it's been -- >> will you do it in the put? >> it depends on -- >> within the code and within the law, there is a clear public interest and the same holds for private detectives, subterfuge. >> it's illegal for police officers to receive payments. >> no, no, no. i just said within the law. >> this is not only the beginning of the scandal. it's the beginning of the news corporation's attempts at damage control. coulson stepping in to blunt brooks' answers. i spoke with the other british whistleblower about the death of sean hoare and about the spread of allegations of illegal practices up the chain of command at news corp. here are the other stories we're digging into tonight, first. >>> deadline, do they know what the word means in washington? two

brooks was at its very center. she wined and dined the rich and powerful on behalf of her boss and mentor, rupert murdoch. brooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world," and shortly after "the sun," both named by murdoch's news international. she spearheaded a controversial campaign to, quote, name and shame alleged pedophiles, publishing their names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of "the sun," brooks testified to parliament that her paper had paid police officers for information. and it was under her editorship that the "news of the world" allegedly paid a private investigator to hack into the voicemail messages of millie doweller, the 13-year-old girl murdered in britain whose investigation and court case made front page headli

rebekah brooks is supposed to be there as well. but her spokesperson says that because of her arrest, her attendance right now is up in the air. lester? >> stephanie gosk in london. the question tonight then is just how far the ripples of this scandal will reach across rupert murdoch's vast media empire. which includes some big brand names in this country. cnbc's david faber joins us in new york for some insight. david, this has now reached to one of murdoch's top deputies. what does this do to his damage control efforts. >> he's been trying to do damage control since the middle of last week in some ways when he finally started to distance himself from rebekah brooks who resigned, of course, a couple days later. the scandal does not appear to have crested yet. despite giving up the purchase of b sky b for what would have been a $12 billion deal for news corp., a huge important deal they wanted to complete in the uk and, of course, letting go of rebekah brooks and his long time lieutenant les hinton. >> on a personal level for murdo

re re rebeen rebecca brooks.een released on jail. >> reporter: in the koesy world of politics rebecca brooks was at the very center. she wined and dined the very powerful on behalf of her boss, rue put murdock. now arrested by british police, investigating allegations of phone-hacking and police payments by murdoch newspapers. just how did rebecca brooks get to this point? brooks first came to news international as a secretary of "news of the world." she quickly developed her reputation of tenacity as a reporting jurntist. described as both ruthless and charms she was soon the young evidence editor of "news of the world" and shortly after that, "the sun." she spearheaded a controversial campaign to, quote, name and shame alleged pedophile, push living their names and addresses in the newspaper. as the editor of "the sun," brooks testified to parliament they had paid police officers for information and it was under her editor "showbiz flashpoint" that "news of the world" privately paid an investigationer to hack i

brooks had been heading the british arm of murdoch's news corp. media division when she stepped down last friday. a spokesperson says brooks turned herself in and she's cooperating with police, but continues to deny any wrongdoing. >>> and then late last night london's police commissioner abruptly resigned, paul stephenson announced he was leaving his post amid allegations that his united, which was investigating this scandal, was corrupt and had close ties with the former executive editor of news international's now defunct "news of the world." nbc's stephanie gosk with the latest from london. >> reporter: london's police chief resigned under intense pressure after it emerged scotland yard hired a former "news of the world" editor as a media consultant in 2009. the same year investigators decided not to further pursue the phone-hacking case. the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have heard suggestions we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say u

brooke?> do we know yet if barack obama has picked up the phone and reached out to the prime minister yet of norway? >> we do not know at this point. in fact, i did inquire of a senior administration official if, in fact, he plans additional briefings on this information that we're still gathering. hope to have more on that later. >> dan, always appreciate it. thank you. >> okay. >>> still ahead, this was a scene on a new york highway this morning. really the aftermath of this horrific fire after a tractor-trailer slammed into a bus filled with tourists. some amazing stories of heroism here. that is coming up. st. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to d

brooke? >> the kids, they really -- they tell the story, as you mention, the numbers are staggering. we're going to pull up a couple of the pictures that you've been tweeting, david. this first one, let me set it up for you. it's this picture. we see a woman on the inside of what looks like, here she is, a gated off area. many other people are on the other side sort of staring in at her. she's got a yellow sack over her shoulder. can you set this up for me? tell me more about this photograph. >> reporter: well, brooke, this is a woman who's coming in and getting her registration. effectively, people have to go -- to walk from somalia. imagine walking from one country to the next. you're already hungry. you're already thirsty. your family is starving. and moving across the border, you get to a place like this which in itself is not that welcoming. this woman would have to arrive at 5:00 in the morning, perhaps earlier, wait for hours, come to this gate. between her and the registration there i

rebecca brooks was the editor of news of the world from 2000 to 2003.andy colson became ceo of news of the world. he became communications director for british prime minister david cameron. colson was arrested last week, rebecca brooks was arrested yesterday. the scandal is spreading beyond murdock's media empire. paul stevenson resigned yesterd yesterday. his assistant commissioner john yates resigned today. the initial investigation into the scandal was botched. >>> rupert murdock, james murdock and rebecca brooks were all scheduled to 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 souther

rebecca brooks is the highest profile yet, and the one closest to rupert murdoch himself. >> brooks admittedolice for information. i asked lisa bloom why it wasn't a bigger deal back then. >> i think we got the answer to that today, don. it appears law enforcement was intimately tied up with the corruption scan danld hacking scandal with britain's top cop saying he should have handled things differently. i believe this is the beginning of the uk's watergate. there is too much corruption at too high of a level. this is a woman virtually admitting, sure, we paid police for information. now the police have four years' worth of files of at least 4,000 hacking victims and they did nothing. they didn't even notify victims of hacking. i think this is just the beginning of an unfolding scandal that will get bigger as each day goes by. >> i had a chance to speak with jeff jarvis. he thinks the scandal is enough to force rupert murdoch out of the news business all together. >> news corp. is primarily an entertainment company. nobody expects that entertainment executives are anything but rapacious, but

but it's being reported it was rebekah brooks rebekah brooks.arrested and has been released. >>> an exciting final match at the women's world cup soccer tournament. it was a u.s. versus japan and we'll tell you who came out on top. but first i want to tell you about this. census bureau, more than 10 million americans are self employed. some even become business owners before graduating high school. cnn education editor introduces to us a couple in tonight's perry's principles. >> reporter: she's not your typical 18-year-old. she's met the president. rang opening bell at the new york stock exchange and started her own business, mama mi a's vegan bakery. it was served at the waldorf-astoria hotel. >> you started a vegan cookie business in high school. >> yes. summer after 10th grade. my parents became vegan after my mom contracted breast cancer. >> what do you know about business? >> just in that month of nifty. a low profit inspiring low-income students to stay in school. at their can competition last fall her bakery won the $10,000 grand prize.

rebekah brooks may be unable to shed light on what really happened.rescott think rupert murdoch's got a lot to answer for. >> everybody is scared to do death that he doesn't like so he's the spider in the middle of the when and it's about time we took him on. >> reporter: the chairman in charge of the xwriling is keen to hear why the company previously told him phone hacking was just the work of a rogue reporter, then later admitted that wasn't true. >> we took evidence from senior executives of news international and rupert murdoch has publicly stated parliament was misled. parliament takes that very seriously and so we want to ask him why he has discovered that we have been misled, who misled us and how long he's known about that. >> reporter: for rupert murdoch, this isn't a court appearance but it may feel like he's on trial. for years, rupert murdoch has been behind numerous cruel tabloid headlines. now suddenly he's on the front page himself, and that's a pretty awkward place for a press baron to be, suddenly the target of what they call in brit

brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking and has apologized. restoring confidence in news corp may be difficult. something the company admitted in a second full-page ad in british papers this weekend. "apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps," the statement says. "it may take some time for us to rebuild trust." >> and that was nbc's stephanie gosk reporting. and rupert murdoch and his son james will face tough questioning in parliament tomorrow. rebekah brooks is scheduled to appear, as well, but her spokesperson says her arrest will change that. >>> to washington now, with the showdown over raising the nation's debt ceiling is fast approaching the august 2nd deadline with no resolution in sight. there are plenty of plans, but no consensus. and while some of those proposals are headed for a vote, the white house suggests that the bare minimum may be all that's possible. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington. brian, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. the white house says it is confident will meet that august 2nd

that's rebekah brooks. she wants to reiterate, she says, how sorry i am for what we know to have taken place. she is resigning as the ceo of news international, which is the parent company of the news corporation newspapers. she's been there for 22 years. she's been under a great deal of pressure. 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

>> brooke, thanks very much.ouse of representatives, i know you'll be covering it momentarily. the house speaker has a proposal that he's putting forward to see if they can advance the situation as far as raising the nation's debt ceiling. only one week to go before the u.s. could potentially default on some of its loans, some of its financial obligations. you heard harry reid come out with his plan a little while ago. harry reid's plan, as you pointed out, has no tax increases which is what the republicans want. at the same time, no real cuts in entitlement spending like social security or medicare. i just posted it on our cnn situation room blog. something very interesting. both the president and the speaker, president obama and john boehner, they were both llg -- willing to upset their respective bases. the president willing to have cuts in entitlement spending, medicare, social security, medicaid, change of cost of living index, formulas, for example, what's called means testing a lot of democrats didn't like

and by the way, brook, six locations are in atlanta. than two hours a day for the employees. >> i imagine so. but let's say if you are in atlanta, some of these more rural areas, rural towns, if you want to mail a package, you have a p.o. box there, what do you do? >> you're going to have to drive to the next closest location, but for if you just want to buy stamps, there's a village post office located in perhaps a local business. a pharmacy, a grocery. by going back to this concept, the postal service should be able to save some money. >> the past is new again. thank you so much. let's talk about this study here. many black and hispanic american households are faring worse in the recession than white households. why the disparity? >> it's all about where you put your money. while the housing market here, especially out in the west took a hard hit. and that is the biggest reason the pew research study says there's such a disparity in household wealth. take a look at this. according to the study, the median household income, or actually

we are waiting for rupert and james murdoch and rebekah brooks testifying.under way already. atika, what is the headline out of the hearing so far? >> reporter: well, basically, getting a grilling by the lawmakers about the relationship between his senior officers and news international executives. but, so far, no smoking gun. basically, they are focusing on the hiring of neil wallace, a former deputy of news of the world and he was hired by the metropolitan police as a sort of communications consultant for about a year. now they are questioning about that, because neil wallace was later on arrested for his -- in connection with the investigation into the phone hacking. so a lot of questions being thrown up now. according to paul stephenson, he said they had no way of knowing he was, in any way, involved with phone-hacking allegations when they hired him. he personally did not know of any reason why not to hire him at the time. he is still being grilled on this issue so there may be more coming out of this yet. >> everything has come up about this already. o

rex i am pleased that rebecca brooks has finally accepted -- >> i am pleased the rebecca brooks has finallyccepted responsibility for the people that were heard on her watch. this is not just about one individual. it is about the culture of an organization. >> the man picked to replace for becher brooks is already at his desk. and he has been brought in from italy. james murdock thank ms. burke's fourth 22 years of service, adding that she can be proud of her many accomplishments as an executive. we will support her as she take steps to clear her name. one of news international's more vocal critics stated a desire for her to remain on the bridge. >> she did not know what was going on or what direction it was. that is why she has gone? this afternoon, rupert murdoch acted to underline -- >> this afternoon are rupert murdoch acted to underline her actions, traveling to see his daughter. -- to see the family of and the daughter that was the victim that has sparked this outrage. >> it was a private meeting. i was appalled to find out what had happened. that is why i went there to apologize. >>

just how did rebekah brooks get to this point?ooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist. reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world" and shortly after that, "the sun," both owned by murdoch's news international. she spoerheaded a controversial campaign to quote name and shame alleged pedophiles, publishing their names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of "the sun" brooks testified to parliament that her paper had paid police officers for information, and it was under her editorship that the "news of the world" allegedly paid a private investigator to hack into the voice mail messages of millie dowlor, the 13-year-old girl murdered in britain whose front page revelations made headlines. brooks had scaled the corporate ladder to become chief executive of news corp international, a position sh

so brooke was very upset. and you know, but the point is that she had a contract with vh1 as well as did her dad and they had to try to make amends and make things work. so in her way maybe it was easier for her to just go look, mom, i can't deal with you right now, i've got to deal with dad, do my show. so we really didn't have a lot of communication that first year. and i just -- i let her go. i let her find her space because i felt that she has to get through this her way. and as far as mine, it was almost kind of like i knew it. it was kind of like, okay, i knew i wasn't that crazy. >> this might be wrong of me, but the bit in the book i really -- it's a bit like one of those "rocky" films where you're just willing you to get off the ropes and do a bit of punching. and i can't think of a better way really -- i know this might be wrong of me to think this. that you begin dating a 19-year-old lad called charlie. yes. and i bet part of you's thinking exactly that, checkmate, yeah? >> i mean, you know, girls d

only a week or so ago rupert murdoch said he had total confidence in rebecca brooks. the first thing he did when he flew into london to try and sort this crisis out was stage a photo opportunity with his arm around rebecca, asked what his first priority was on landing in london. he pointed to her and said this one. >> rose: so why did she resign? >> i think because the attempts to take the pressure off so far had failed. the closure of the news of the world is dramatic and expense move. this pap had been going for 160 plus years. ruperturdoch bought it 42 years ago it was his big entry on to the world stage after leaving australia. >> rose: the largest circulati paper in london. >> 2 million a day, used to sell 6 to 8 million in its glory days. so this is an extraordinary, papers don't shut down overnight like that either. in these troubled mes. he had done that he pulled the bid for sky. he had agreed after changing his mind on thursday to appear before parliament. none of those things had taken the pressure off. the reason that he had kept rebecca brooks right by hi

that brings us to rebecca brooks at the top of the news corp.ain, possibly the linchpin, reaching the britain corridors of power. as cnn's atika schubert reports tonight, brooks had a long way to fall. >> reporter: in the cozy world of british politics and media rebecca brooks was at its center. she wined and dined the rich and powerful on behalf of her boss and mentor. brooks first came to news international as a secretary at news of the world. she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming she was soon the youngest editor of the news of the world. shortly after that, the sun, both owned by murdock international. she spear headed a campaign to quote, name and shame alleged pedophiles publishing names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of the sun she testified that her paper had paid police officers for information. it was under her editorship that the news of the world allegedly paid a private investi

brooks, that mr.ton or any of those executives had knowledge of that and their asoer asserti assertion, ms. brooks and her knowledge of those things to me has been clear. nonetheless, those resignations have been accepted, but it's important, you know, on the basis that there is no evidence today that i have seen or that i had any knowledge of that there was any impropriety by then. >> i'm going to turn to tom watson. >> good afternoon, sir. you've repeatedly stated that news corps has a zero tolerance to longdoing by employee wrong employees? is that so? >> yes. >> is it true you made your speech, let me be clear we will vigorously pursue the truth and will not tolerate wrongdoing. >> yes. >> so if you were not lying then, somebody lied to you. who was it? >> i don't know. that is what the police are investigating and we are helping them with. >> but you acknowledge that you were misled? >> clearly. >> can i take you back to 2003. are you aware that in march of that year rebekah brooks gave evidence

brooks for her service.e said we support her as we takes the step to clear her name. >> one of the more vocal critics referred to her desire to remain on the bridge. >> she now says she likes to be on the bridge. i would not have liked her to be on the bridge. that is why she has gone, thank god. >> this afternoon, rupert murdoch acted to underline the apology offered by his former chief executive. he traveled to meet the family who lost their daughter and are among the alleged targets of the phone hacking. the shock expressed by her parents and sister has fuelled a sense of national outrage. >> mr. murdoch emerged after an hour to a barrage of questions. his lawyer eventually gave details of the conversation. >> he was humbled to give a full and sincere apology to the dowler family. we told him, the family told him, that his papers should lead the way to set the standard of honesty and decency in the field. >> tomorrow, rupert murdoch's signature will appear on an apology and everyone of their papers. he sa

don't laugh, brooke. worse, mcdonalds is forcing its executives to go on a listening tour to hear from experts. listen to this -- >> that's the sound i made when i heard about the listening tour. mcdonalds is my hero. they represent everything that is amazing about america. they make something you are ceable and make it available to everybody cheaply. and now they are being punished through a harassment campaign by people who hayes success and not frys. it is like michelle obama. she will condemn fast-food, but later she will be eating the lovely, lovely frys and who can blame her? mcdonalds says apples is what customers were asking for. sorry, no real mcdonalds fan would ask for an apple. if they want an apple, they won't go to mcdone eld thats. they will go where there are apples. apple store? apples suck. if you disagree with me you are a homophobe. >> paul? >> yeah. >> if that's your real name. should mcdonalds be serving apples or is that communism? >> have you lost your mind? >> don't change the sub

i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now.buried in cement. but a shocking report reveals more than a dozen people may have known about the abuse and said nothing. we're on it. plus does the casey anthony verdict affect how the u.s. prosecutes terrorists? one republican leader says oh, yeah, it sure does. sunny hostin is on the case. a couple of presidential candidates may be wishing they read the fine print. two republicans under fire for signing a controversial pledge involving slavery. joe johns has the "political pop." and want to boost morale at the office? how about blowing up the boss's car? harsh words coming from secretary of state hillary clinton moments ago. she's speaking, reacting to these scenes from syria where angry pro government crowds attacked the u.s. and french embassies in the capital city of damascus earlier today. we'll listen to secretary clinton and what she had to say momentarily. i want to take you straight to the white house, developing story there. we've been following it here at cnn. kprushl talk

see brooks having any interest in bringing anyone else down. she will fight very hard to clear her name. >> reporter: sarah smith says that's because brooks still values her ties to the murdochs or may have an eye on a editor job elsewhere. he won't comment on reports that she has several million dollars coming in severance pay. the list of casualties appears to be inching closer to the powerful ruling family. paul stevenson and john yates have resigned over their handling of the scandal. there was eddy colson out as prime minister david cameron spokesman this year, arrested earlier this month. last hint in chief checktive of dow jones and publisher of the wall street journal is gone. news of the world has been shut down. many observers say john murdoch, is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's prints can be found. >> james murdoch has made it clear he paid off a huge amount of money to gordon taylor who was a trade unionist who had his phone hacked. james has made it clear that he regards that as an error on his pa

will brooks will be able to. we don't know the conditions of her release is and she's very closely linked to this investigation. lawmakers will be restricted in what they can ask her because they can't prejudice the ongoing police investigation. so it could really constrain that hearing at parliament. of course, james murdoch and rupert murdoch will also be there and they may be constrained by what they can say because of the ongoing investigation. >> and it seems like this would present other problems because scotland yard questioning her, arresting rebekah brooks and yet scotland yards is being investigated because of their inappropriate relations with this media empire. >> well, that's just it. a lot of people are asking just how close were reporters at "news of the world" with police because of new revelations that a former "news of the world" deputy editor was a communication consultant for the police at the same time that he seemed to be reporting back to news international. so there is a lot -- it's a big

brooke: ¿cómo vamos a respirar?generadores de oxígeno aunque suene exagerado, estos chicos van en direccio Ón correcta. barnhart dice que ya esta n planeando la siguiente fase del campamento, para incluir hÁbitats espacialescon estructuras inflables. temporada de vacaciones y las visitas a las piscinas ..es por esto que monicnavarro nos ofrece algunas recomendaci ones muy improtantes para no lamentar una desgracia... buenas tardes, se viene otra fecha de copa america, argentina se medira a la clasi, tenemos la previa del partido. de ambas selecciones las expectativas están eh en ante, nosotros porque estamos defendiendo la primera posición en el grupo después argentina como local y con la selección que tiene obviamente va a salir a buscar el partido y el resultado si obligaciones van a tener siempre porque, porque son favoritos en todos los torneos que juegan de todas maneras nosotros ehh estamos bien para ehh fue importante haber iniciado ganando eso te da mucha confianza, tranq

brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking, and has apologized. for the last decade, the charismatic editor has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, and the powerful. she has had close personal relationships with the three most recent prime ministers. as recently as last december, david cameron met twice with brooks in visits that his office describes as social. cameron has come under fire for his connections to murdoch's news international. his former spokesman andy coleson, also a former editor of news of the world was arrested last week. cameron himself admits the relationship between politicians and the media has become in his words cozy and comfortable. the head of the opposition says it's time for change. >> unless politics is willing to come clean about these relationships, unless it's willing to shine a light on these relationships, then the public is not going to have confidence in the future. >> reporter: restoring confidence in news corp. may be equally difficult, something the company admitted in a second full-page ad in british pap

brooke has been braving pretty bad weather. brooke? >> reporter: yeah, e.d., not just my, but many, many people there, probably ten people in front of me here on this platform. we have dozens other here, part of our cnn crew krfrg this monumentous occasion. yeah, that lightning was quite a spectacle in the sky. thus far we're still a go, and still wondering if this launchpad, launchpad 39-a, if it was damaged by that possible lightning strike. we know crews are evaluatic that. we'll keep you posted, but, you know, all we talk about this era of the space shuttle began april 12th, 1981, with sts-1, and here we are some 30 years later with the launch of "atlantis," this is squlim maser, president of pratt & whitney rocket dyne. it's quite an accomplishment. par for the course down here, working with folks like this. i do want to talk about what is next. a lot of people are wondering, okay, this is the end of the space shuttle. when will we see astronauts back up there? do you have the answer to that, sir? >> no, i do not. i wish i did. we

brooks denied any phone hacking and apologized. she has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous and the powerful. she has had close personal relationships with the three most recent prime ministers. as recently as last december, david cameron met twice with brooks in visits his office describes as social. cameron has come under fire for his connections to murdoch's news international. his former spokesperson, andy cowl so coulson was arrested last week. cameron says the relationship between media and politicians has become, in his words, cozy and comfortable. the head of the opposition says it's time for change. >> unless politics is willing to come clean about these relationships, unless it's willing to shine light, then the. public won't have confidence in the future. >> reporter: restoring confidence in news corp. may be equally difficult. something the company admitted in a second full-page ad in british papers this weekend, apologizing four our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps. it may take some time for us to rebui

what might rebekah brooks have meant wh she said that? yoain't seen nothing yet, there's worse to come. >> she said she told the "news of the world" newsroom even as she bade them farewell and said i'm sure we've all seen performances like this, you know this hurts me more than it hurts you, she said, as she ended the careers of 280 journalists and sailed off merrily orrobably not merly on her way. we don't know what she meant but she did say in that speech on saturday evening at the "news of the world" as i recall "there's worse to come, there are dark days ahead." now maybe she was referring to some of the things we've mean? the days since then having to do with bribery of the policend the invasion of the queen's security and privacy. but i suspect that there is worse than that. we've heard talk about burglaries and break-ins. alan has just mentione the association with known criminal elements and in one case a murderer. you begin to wonder where's the bottom of this pit? it may be some way deeper than we have seen yet. >> and part of t

brooke? >> let me circle back with you to the point you were making as -- as i do remember his story. viewers may not remember his name, but we have some sound. i just want to play, he was interviewed by a number of media outlets including our nashville affiliate. we have sound of this man speaking about how he didn't want to go overseas based on his religious beliefs. let's just listen to that for a moment. oh, we don't have the sound, but barbara starr, to go back to your final point being -- here he is. >> i had different views on war. i had different -- i had different views on what islam as a peaceful religion allowed and did not allow. >> okay. short and sweet. here we have it. barbara, finally, he is not tied thus far from what you're hearing to any kind of, you know, larger terrorist organization. do we know yet, and i know it's so, so early, whether he was potentially a lone wolf here, or did he have help? >> reporter: at this point there's no indication he was working with anybody,

you have rebekah brooks who resigns at our time 5:25 basically in the morning.gns like 5:00 in the afternoon. >> ahead of dow jones. >> you have two resignations at the end of the day. what other perception can you have other than the media is playing it up? no. news corp is playing this up because everybody is going down. >> to emphasize why this matter, this is as big a crisis in britain in a generation plus. it's the police, political establishment, media establishment and the most important media person in the u.s. which is rupert murdoch. not to cover this would be journalistic malfeasance. >> you have the democratic senatorial campaign putting out a statement. you wouldn't see that liberals who don't like rupert murdoch are just milking this for all it's worth? >> if this had no connection whatsoever to the nature of the operations, especially through fox news, you might say they're reaching. since the basic accusation that michael wolf was saying, that murdoch is using his media power for political ends is similar in the u.s. and the u.s. it's natural the

as brooke, no.throw me under the bus tonight. like, just not tonight. like, give me a break tonight, it was as if i provided the bus. >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] >> and i laid down and when -- >> jimmy: it was an open net. yeah, you got to. >> -- open net, and i -- but my vengeance was that i did not crack once. so, but she did. she made like a calvin klein reference or something. >> jimmy: what did she do? >> she was like, want to know what comes between me and my calvins? [ laughter ] i was like, not going to get me on that. >> jimmy: she didn't get it. i love it. >> nope. >> jimmy: you guys got to go see brooke shields in "the addams family." [ cheers and applause ] you're the greatest. come back whenever. mike birbiglia joins us next. he's hanging out in the bud light lime greenroom, right there. hey, mike birbiglia. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we used to bet who could get closest to the edge. took some crazy risks as a kid. but i was still over the edge with my cholestero

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

what brooks and the murdochs, on the other hand, will do, is to be contrite. that's the new buzz word, apologize, apologize, apologize. there are biographers and media experts saying this could only hurt them today, this hearing will not help murdoch nor brooks nor the murdoch empire. lynn, back to you. >> jim maceda in london for us. jim, thanks so much. >>> well, back here at home on capitol hill the back and forth battle over the nation's budget crisis will reach the house floor today when republicans vote on a plan calling for steep spending cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling. well, democrats say the measure will never pass the senate, and president obama has vowed to veto the bill. still, the president is saying he is seeing progress. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. republicans are calling this bill cut, cap and balance. essentially they want to cut the deficit, cap what the federal government is spending and then move toward a balanced budget amendment. an amendment to

you, i'm brook baldwin. we are talking debt again today, keep in mind the clock is ticking down, another day closer to default. now six days and counting. here's the deal, at this hour, the house of representatives has nothing to vote on, no rescue package because john boehner oversold that plan he promised back on monday night. now as the rest of washington waits here, speaker boehner has spent the day trying to find more cuts to a program that he re -- the same congressional bean counters who check boehner's plan has now checked harry reed's. today those same bean counters are saying, yep, reed's numbers are wrong as well. but they also say that when it's all said and done, reed's deficit cutting trumps boehner's by, listen to this, more a trillion dollars. reed's plan, ten years, $2.2 trillion in net debt reduction. meantime boehner's plan $850 billion. again, six days until default. so what about the white house here? no debt meetings, not today, at least not publicly on the president's schedule. so let'

the man picked to replace rebecca brooks is already at his desk. tom markridge has been brought from italy. james murdoch thanked ms. brook for 22 years of service adding she has been one of the outstanding editors of her generation and she can be proud in her accomplishments. we applaud her to take this step for clearing her name. >> i'm told she likes to be on the brink. she didn't know what was going on and where she was going and what direction it was. and that's why she has gone. >> this afternoon, rupert murdoch acted to undermine the apology by his former chief executive traveling across london to meet the family who lost their daughter and who are amongst the alleged targets of this phone hacking, the shock expressed by milly as fueled a sense of national outrage. mr. mur -- emerged after an hour to a barrage of questions. >> it was a totally private meeting. >> i was appalled to find out what had happened. >> were you -- >> i apologize and i have nothing further to say. >> the solicitor spoke for the family. >> he was humbled to give us hi

(laughter) please welcome brooke gladstone. (cheers and applause) hey, brooke!to see you again. thanks for coming on! >> thank you. >> stephen: now you are the host of npr's "on the media." and you are also the author of the new book "the influencing machine: brooke gladstone on the media." what is the influence magazine? is it this? >> yes, actually, it is. >> stephen: i am a member of the media? >> you are part of the influence magazine. except that there is no influencing machine. this it too is what i want to fight: the popular notion that the media are controlling our minds. it's really a mirror. what? no, i have control! i have control. clap for me, my monkeys. (cheers and applause) i believe the words you ear looking for "check and mate." (laughter) what do you mean? the media does not have... but that's everything that i shear that the media has control over the minds of its audience. we're all being brainwashed. >> well, the media are reflecting everything that we are as a people and as a civilization. and some of that is pretty disgusting. some of that