reporter emily smith tells us why murdoch says he is not guilty personally responsible for what happened. >> reporter: members of parliament did not give rupert murdoch a chance for opening statements. but it did not stop him. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: lawmakers honed in on what murdoch and son james who also testified may have known about phone hacking accusations. including murder victims, politicians and celebrities. murdoch's answer he had no knowledge of hacking or of payments paid to hacking victims. >> would you say you are responsible for all this fiasco. >> no. >> you are not responsible. who is responsible? >> the people i trusted and more importantly the people they trusted. >> reporter: the now closed tabloid was 1% of his news corporation that includes fox news and the wall street journal. but hacking allegations have spread to claims that journalists paid police for information. the commissioner and assistant commissioner resigned amidst ten arrests. one commissioner asked murdoch if the hacking extended to 9/11 victims. >> reporter: a man atta