then his successor, gordon brown, apparently the murdoch and the brown family is so close that their children used to play together right behind me there. rupert murdoch is furious at the impact of this public inquiry on his business, his reputation, and let's remember, on his corporate wealth as well. >> ok. that will be a very fascinating hearing. thank you so much. and in other news from around the world, the secret service scandal surrounding barack obama's visit to colombia earlier this month has seen more agents revealed resigning. that brings the number 28. -- to 8. the first criminal charges have been filed in the deepwater horizon case. and engineer has been accused of destroying evidence. it allegedly outlined how the measures to prevent the outflow of oil were failing. >> the israeli government granted legal status to settlements. palestinians say the sediments were and still are illegal. in syria, there are multiple reports of violence from the capital today. a car bomb exploded in central damascus. this could be blamed on armed terrorists. these are the latest unverified

murdoch said that he had never gotten into a row with gordon brown, but then described this telephone call. >> he said that your company had declared war on my government and we had no alternative but to make war on your company. i said that i was sorry about that, gordon. thank you for calling. and of subjects. -- the end of subject. -- end of subject. >> in a statement tonight, mr. brown has said that mr. murdoch account is completely wrong. as for david cameron, he was flown out to meet rupert murdoch on a yacht in the mediterranean. why did politicians go to such trouble to see him? he was asked. >> politicians go out of their way to impress people in the press. >> one other politician who has crossed his path? the first minister of scotland. >> i do not know him well. he is an amusing man. i enjoy his company. >> he seemed to most stressed that he never traded endorsements from his newspapers, particularly "the sun," for some commercial favor. but one thing that he did except was that he had made news in his own newspapers. -- accept was that he had made news in his own newspaper

gordon brown which was either on the 30th of september 2009 or shortly after it. and you remember that conversation in your evidence about it. there has been, as it were, realtime commentary by mr. brown and he strongly denies there was any such conversation. he said the only conversation he had with you took place in relation to a letter he wrote to the mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan. can i take it in stages. do you remember a conversation with mr. brown over that matter? >> over? >> over that matter. namely the letter he wrote to the mother of a british soldier killed in afghanistan. >> i don't remember a conversation with mr. brown about that. although at the time i think i spoke to the editor and i thought it was too hard on mr. brown. that he had taken the trouble to write to the mother, obviously in a hurry. his handwriting wasn't very good. but it seemed to be very cruel because he had taken the trouble. but i don't think i rang him personally to apologize or talk about it. i may have. but as for the other conversation which he's denied, i said t

he's standing by his comments from yesterday that gordon brown threatened. and also banking earnings dominating the session in europe. deutsche with disappointing figures. figures. >>> let's start in the united states where we're looking at an up picture for the markets right now in terms of the u.s. futures. looking like the dow will open by 14, the nasdaq coming back a little over the flat line now and the s&p 500 could be up by about 2. this after solid gains for stocks yesterday. good momentum from apple's report. the nasdaq had a good day snapping a five day losing streak, its best day since december 20th. so interesting to see if we can keep that momentum up today here in the united states. how does it look in europe? >> momentum swung to the down side. we've just hit the session lows. 3:2. it was the other way around earlier on. corporate numbers from the likes of shell, unilever and barclays all barely good. but just down about a third of a percent after gains yesterday. cac down a third. ibex has turned down 1.8%. if you've just woken up, there has

prime minister gordon brown declared war on his company for switching allegiance for the twenty ten election murdoch's testifying to a british media ethics inquiry about his relations with top level politicians his son james told m.p.'s on choose day about the family's close ties with current prime minister david cameron also a key government it is quit after email surfaced suggesting the culture secretary helped murdoch's now failed attempt to take over satellite broadcaster b. sky b. . nicolas sarkozy's finance ministers given a grim outlook for europe's financial future quote that the debt crisis is far from over and more cuts are vital and quote the time is not good than for the president who has been forced to fight for his job in a runoff election sarkozy's handling of the economy is blamed for a slump in the polls with socialist rival francois alarm winning over disillusioned vote yes. india may have structuring growth these days and have been rated just above junk by standard and poor's on wednesday but there's still a helping hand for america the country is outsourcing call center a

prime minister gordon brown declared a war on his company first switching allegiance for the election in two thousand turned murdoch is testifying to a british media ethic inquiry about his relations with top level politicians earlier his son james told m.p.'s of the family's close ties with current prime minister david cameron e-mails have also emerged suggesting the culture secretary helped murdoch's now failed attempt to take over the satellite broadcaster b. sky b. . cozies finance minister has given a grim outlook for europe's financial future that is the debt crisis is far from over and more cuts are vital the timing is not good for the president who is being forced to fight for his job in a runoff election sarkozy's handling of the economy is blamed for a slump in the polls with the socialist rival francois on learned winning over a disillusioned voters it's. business time with katie and just two weeks after getting together with exxon mobil it seems like ross enough is bringing in another international partner yeah that's right carol russia's biggest is putting more muscle pow

being seen as believing the bloc of both energy and influence political science professor clear gordon brown believes it's down to the policies which extend the dawning gap between rich and poor but evil influence is waning for reasons that have to do with the so-called the crisis that is where europe and new years of trying to saw a crisis which banks invented by not taking the appropriate measures and also all these new liberal policies but make the rich richer and poorer but there is an tag in his employ on the part of many people they want a different kind of europe they are hostile to the way europe runs its followers is or is totally incompetent when you comes to solving this so-called debt problem is if we had a functioning central bank it would be no problem so there is this weird hostility against this particular kind of your. minority dot com report on russia's far reaching and this sense the most potential is up for grabs to say scientists as russia plans to be at the forefront of a stabber sing a permanent manned mission on the lunar surface. but as an american fighter jet crashe

the united kingdom went through and back in 1997, then chancellor -- inspector gordon brown, increased the taxes of retirement plans by about 5 billion pounds a year. the net result, obviously, was a collapse. the second thing that they did was that the uk continuously tinkers. they come up, they set up a program, they actually have a brilliant program called n.e.s.t., national employment savings trust, that starts to go into effect this fall. except that the government just announced within the last week or so that now they're looking at a completely different approach. and what that does is to breed confusion and distrust. >> so is there anything we should take from the different foreign programs that you evaluated and looked at putting in place here? >> the ones that worked the best are the ones that have the broadest coverage, and start people young and keep them saving throughout. australia has a mandatory system, which works exceedingly well. i'm not suggesting that the united states move to something along that line. but the broader the coverage, the better it is. and it is poss

gordon brown? either on the 13th of september 2009 or shortly after it. ou remember the conversation. mr. brown denies there was any such conversation. he has said that the only conversation he had with you to place in relation to a letter he read to another soldier killed in afghanistan. can i take it into consideration -- do you remember conversing with mr. brown over that matter? >> -- >> namely, the letter he wrote to the mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan? >> i do not remember a conversation about that whole although, i spoke to the editor and i thought he was too hard on mr. brown. he had taken the trouble to write mother in a hurry. the handwriting was not good. it seemed to be very cruel because he had taken the trouble. i do not think i a blame him personally to talk about it. i may have. as to the other conversation, which is -- i said that under oath and i am standing by every word of it. i would just like to mention that you did not find something yester day in the materials you put to me. lord mendelson charged news international with h

thank you for calling. >> gordon brown responded within hours describing that testimony as wrong, buty suggestions that all of his papers reflected his personal, political views. >> you can't say that of "the sun." >> i think we're perhaps the only independent newspaper in the business. >> reporter: for his enemies outside that was simply outrageous. the murdoches have corrupted british politics for a generation. now we're beginning to heart whole truth and politicians need to take their desistance from the murdochs and tell them to go home. >> reporter: rupert murdoch's enemies hope that will be the beginning of the end of the murdoch mafia. the truth is rupert murdoch maintains massive press in the uk and he owns 36% of the uk market. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> ask according to "fortune" magazine, rupert murdoch, is behi behind -- time warner is third. you'll probably sympathize with florida senator marco rubio, the republican mentioned as potential running mate for mitt romney had one of those uncomfortable public speaking moments earlier today. take a look and listen. >> the 21st

things were always chummy between murdock and leaders here, including former labor prime minister gordon brownurdock claims said this after hearing he wouldn't endorsed by murdock's sun newspaper. >> he said well, your company has made, declared war on my government. we have no alternative but to make war on your company. >> they've closed "news of the world" newspaper that triggered this inquiry, murdock had this to say. >> i don't believe in using hacking or using private detectives or whatever. that is a lazy way of reporters not doing their job. >> he is going to appear before second and final day tomorrow. in london, carl paladino, fox news. >> bret: nato says two service members have been killed in separate attacks in southern afghanistan over the past two days. commanders say two others died in the same period from non-battle injuries. we don't have names or nationalities yet. activists in syria say security forces fired rockets that ripped through a building in hamas today killing 12 people there. heavy fire was reported in damascus. they said they should consider military action if th

that laundry list of officials included former prime ministers margaret thatcher, tony blair, gordon brownichael bloomberg who's re-election he supported as well as barack obama. and he said his newspapers in the u.s. took an opposing stance to that. but given 60 years of empire building and political hub nubbing, ts committee has a lot more work to do tomorrow even though it's only a half day. and, tyler, we'll report live throughout the day in a very windy and rainy london town. back to you. >> looks like a perfect london day there, kayla. thanks. up next on "power lunch," investors gearing up for the latest fed economic forecast just minutes from now. it's going to be a market-mover. how traders are positioning themselves. that's next. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i will take a chance with the two of you." and we've been loyal to bank of america for the last 71 years. [ mujahid ] there was a little bit of trepidat

list of officials are very long, including the prime minister's margaret thatcher, tony blair, gordon brownlike michael blam berg and barack obama. they were last in the 2008 election even though it was unpopular. given 60 years of empire building, the committee has quite the task ahead for tomorrow even though it is only a half day of questioning. we will be reporting live from london and have more from you then. back over to you. >> thanks so much. next, we will have today's rally on wall street. don't miss an interview with starbucks ceo and the latest earnings after they are released. stay with us on closing bell. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the 5-day moving average just crossed above the 20. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 we're hitting new highs. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the spx is on my radar. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and i'm on top of it all with charles schwab. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i use streetsmart edge and its tools like... tdd# 1-800-345-2550 screener plus. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i can custom build my own screens tdd# 1-800-345-2550 or use predefined ones to help me find tdd# 1-800-345-2550 p

the united kingdom went through and back in 1997 ben gordon brown increased the taxes of retirement plans by about five pounds a year. the net result obviously was a collapse. the second thing they did as the u.k. continuously tinkers. they come out, set up a program, actually have a brilliant program called mask and the and programs trust that goes into effect this fall except that the government just announced within the last week or so they are looking at a completely different approach and that breeds confusion and distress. >> is there anything we should take from the different form programs which are evaluated on the guy putting in place here? not the ones that work best are the ones that have the broadest coverage and start people john can keep them saving throughout. australia has a mandatory system. which works exceedingly well. i am not suggest dean the united states would want that line, but the broader the coverage the easier days and it's possible to do a simple system like the ira. and keep it very cheap. frankly we study overseas systems very extensively in developing it. >

. >> brown: gordon, just tell us briefly, if you would, about the larger reforms that i referred to in the setup where the justice department is working with the police department in a civil case. what are they afterthere? >> well, there's a whole range of things. it's expected to be the most wide ranging consent decree that the country has ever seen. these are documents that the justice department negotiates with local police departments that they... when they find a pattern in practice of civil rights abuses typically and they've done them in los angeles and cincinnati and pittsburgh and some other places. something that's directly related to this case that will come out of it is they're going to definitely change their policies on use of force, investigations like police-involved shootings and typically the feeling here is that they haven't been investigated particularly well in the past and the danziger bridge case is an example of that. the n.o.p.d. found nothing untoward happened here. so that will be one thing that the justice department will insist on changes in the way those a

here is his account of a conversation with former prime minister gordon brown, after murdoch told himn newspaper would not be endorsing him. >> he says well, your company has made -- declared war on my government. and we have no alternative but to make war on your company. >> reporter: as for the phone hacking scandal at the now-closed news of the world newspaper which triggered this probe, as well as other probes, resignations, and firings, as well as arrests, here's a bit of what mr. murdoch had to say about that: >> i don't believe in using hacking, i don't believe in using private detectives or whatever. i think it's just a lazy way of reporters not doing their job. >> reporter: that subject will be taken up in more detail when rupert murdoch appears once more before this inquiry tomorrow for a second and final day. rick. rick: greg palkot live for us in london, greg, thanks. jenna: new polling just out. we're going to talk to scott rasmussen about where americans think we're headed n. the right or wrong direction. we'll have that. >>> plus, new information in the five-year-old my

gordon brown, which is either on the 30 of of september, 2009 or shortly after coming in you remember that conversation about it. it has been as it were real time commentary about mr. brown and he strongly denies that there was any such conversation. and he said the only conversation he had with you to place in relation to another of a soldier killed in afghanistan. do you remember a conversation with mr. brown of for that matter? will for that matter, namely the letter he wrote to the mother of a soldier in afghanistan. >> i don't remember a conversation with mr. brown about that, although at that time i spoke to the editor and i thought it was too hard on mr. brown that he had taken the trouble to write obviously in a hurry, and writing wasn't very good, and seemed to be very cruel because he had taken the trouble. but i don't think that i ran personally to apologize to talk about that. as to the other conversation which is denied, i said very carefully yesterday under oath and i stand by every word of it and you didn't touch on it yesterday but in the materials you put me in questi

gordon brown, which was either on the 30th of september, 2009 or shortly after. do you remember that conversation in your evidence about it? there has been, as it were, a real-time commentary by mr. brown and he strongly denies that there was any such conversation can, and indeed he says the only conversation he had with you to lace in relation to a lesser hero to the mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan. can i take it in stages? do you remember a conversation with mr. brown over that matter? over that matter, namely the letter he wrote to the mother of a british soldier killed in afghanistan? >> i don't remember conversation with mr. brown, although at the time i think i spoke to the editor and i thought it was too hard on mr. brown, that he had taken the trouble to write to the mother, obviously the handwriting wasn't very good but it seemed to be very cruel because he had taken the trouble. but i don't think i wrote him personally to apologize. i may have. but as for the other conversation which he has denied, i said very clear figures under oath and i st

>> gb is gordon brown. >> of course.tb's sense was that murdoch wanted to back us, but the senior people at the sun -- probably with trevor in the lead -- were telling him he must be mad." is that correct? >> i don't remember, it's possible. >> "tb said that he felt we got a fair crack on some issues, but not on europe. murdoch said he hated the idea of the single currency, full stop." might you have said that? >> most certainly. i had arguments for ten years with mr. blair about the subject. >> "but by and large tb felt it went okay. they agreed to differ on a few things, but his sense was murdoch was reassured on the economy, tax, et cetera, and had lost any kind of respect for major and the tories." that's certainly true, isn't it? >> yes. >> "tb didn't like having to deal with them. he knew they were very right wing and only even thinking of backing us because they wanted to back winners and be in a better position to deal with us if we did win. but he felt there was something unpleasant about newspaper power and inf

we look at jrm-9 again, and your meetings with gordon brown, they appear to be of social nature, is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. pretty much. and i remember -- the middle one, the 15th of december, 2008, i don't remember but he would have -- he would have told me lots of things about the economy, the like. >> when was it in 2009 that news corps began to hatch the idea to acquire the remaining shares in viscaibe? >> i remember there was a meeting in the summertime in los angeles in august. it started to come together thinking would it be possible to do that. >> ok. come back to that. then mr. cameron probably best to deal with this chronologically. look at jrm-10. these are meetings with leaders of the opposition. we can see a number of meetings -- this is page 02863. in 2006, 2007, 2008, who's mr. adlington? >> i don't remember. i think a banker, assembling business leaders to listen to the leader of the opposition towards his attitude toward enterprise, if i recall. >> at the early stage, did you have any doubts about mr. cameron's suitability to be prime minister? >> i don't t

to the good stewardship of mayer brown and others and the good stewardship of ed lee, it never is going to happen again. then, in around 1983, into my office what gordonnson, then the head of the chamber of commerce, and rick, who suggested doing and historic trolley festival, and that historic trolleys festival was set to just operate during the tourist season from fisherman's wharf down to castro just for four months. the next year, 1984, was the democratic convention, it was easy for me to convince him to continue that that year. then, it was expanded to a five- year plan, and it existed for five years. well, it has been a few decades since then, and the historic trolley festival is still going on. [applause] now, i understand the route is going to be extended. one of the great things about this city is you have people who really do care, not a year in and year out, but decade after decade after decade. rick is one of those people, so you would do me a great honor if you would give him a big round of applause. [applause] i will tell you a little story -- we were standing in this little museum, which you all have to go in and see. i asked him if it

gordon. thank you for calling. end of subject. >> how could mr. brown had declared war on your company? >> i don't know. i don't think he -- he frankly, he could have, i don't know. >> more commissions, god knows there's plenty of commissions around us now. so that was it. later i think the hacker scandal broke, made totally outrageous statement, which he had to know was wrong. and when he called as a criminal organization. and because he said we had hacked into his personal medical records. when he knew very well how "the sun" had found out about his son, the condition of his son, which was very sad. a father in the hospital in a similar position call those, told us and said, there's some charity or research on this and so on, and mrs. brooks immediately snatched it from the news alerts and said, let me handle this. and she called mrs. brown and said, look, this is going to be out, you should be careful. how would you like it handled? and one or several days later we published the story, and four or five days later mr. brown wrote a personal letter to mrs. brooks, thanking her for her sensitivity and t

. >> after an admission like brown's, not to mention the statements of those other recanting witnesses, lawyers gottlieb and gordony come to one conclusion. >> he's as innocent of albert ward's murder as i am. >> he's innocent. >> i'm certain. >> they're about to take this investigation to the manhattan district attorney, but some legal heavyweights in new york say this case is no slam dunk. >> once the defendant is convicted, it is an uphill battle and the odds are against you. >>> coming up -- j.j. doesn't just want the d.a. to believe him. there's someone else who may matter even more. >> i'm almost there, jay. i'm almost there. people believe in me. you need to believe in me, too. . >>> he is living everyone's worst nightmare. >> lawyers celia gordon and bob gottlieb say the eyewitnesses who have now changed their story are proof that jon-adrian velazquez is an innocent man. >> everything about this case screams innocence. everything. >> and they say it underscores an even larger point, their proven unreliability of eyewitness testimony in general. >> since 1998 when this happened, there have been a legion of

to the good stewardship of mayer brown and others and the good stewardship of ed lee, it never is going to happen again. then, in around 1983, into my office what gordonnson, then the head of the chamber of commerce

these stocks are hitting new highs, starbucks, abbott, brown forman and southwest airlines the biggest gainer after an upgrade at barclays. gordon us and help us make sense of the triple digit loss and show us how to play what appears to be come kind of pullback. plus eddie lamb pert telling "squawk box" that some retailers must adapt or die. we'll see what that means for retail stocks you may be invested in. less than half an hour away from the european close. markets overseas down more than 1%. we'll help you play it all with the strategist who manages more than $50 billion. and romney making a clean sweep in tuesday's primary. the one and only larry kudlow, sir lawrence, makes his return to post nine to talk about what it means for the race for the white house. that's all coming up in the next hour. first breaking news. from steve liesman. >> thanks, carl. the new york fed out with its annual report about what happened inside what is now a $2.6 trillion portfolio all the trading, rejections about what's going to happen to it, and new york fed is projecting that net income will decline, this is the income that the fed takes in