i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> we'll get to michele bachmann's campaign in a few moments. there's been so much buzz about mark halperin's suspension i wanted to address it at the top of the program. he's an msnbc analyst, "time" magazine contributor as well. >> are we in the seven-second delay today? i wanted to characterize how the president behave had. >> we have it. we can use it, right, alex? >> go for it. >> let's see what happens. >> i'm behind you, you fall down. >> the precedent has been set. go ahead. >> i thought he was kind of a [ bleep ] yesterday. >> oh, my god. delay that. delay that. what are you doing? >> i think the president -- >> i can't believe you -- i was joking. don't do that. did we delay that? >> they did not delay it. we bleeped it. you probably know it was a word that was tossed around in the anthony weiner scandal. joining us to talk about this, michelle connell, washington correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast. a.b. stoddard, columnist for "the hill" and matthew as well. halperin made a stupid joke. he apologized. keep your

. >>> coming up, howard kurtz, anchor of cnn's "reliable sources" will be after that. >>> to washingtonot on the side of the white house and congressional republicans who need to agree on a debt ceiling increase by the end of the week. the treasury says the day, the day for default is august 2, but lawmakers need time to draft legislation and feel there's nothing to draft. they will be voting in the house on a plan that the president is vowing to veto. it was calling for a balanced budget amendment to the conversation. as you may have seen live last hour, mr. obama turned his attention to another financial decision, he appointed a well known critic of big banks. he also knows his trivia, way back in 1997, he was a five-time champion on jeopardy. he used his winnings, nearly $45,000 to pay off loans from law school. >>> and general david petraeus today handed over command of the afghan war to general john allen. at least five native soldiers and an afghan police chief were killed in separate attacks. >>> and yesterday another top aid to president hamid karzai -- the taliban claimed respo

. >>> i recently talked with howard kurtz and asked him if the scandal will put murdock's media outlets here in the united states like "the wall street journal" and the "new york post" under scrutiny? >> i don't think it's fair to take the tactics that "news of the world" used, lying and having people being impersonated, the famous shake sting was carried out against fergie. this is all standard procedure at rupert murdock's london tabloid. but since fox news, "the wall street journal," "the times of london" were very different cull k uchs and operate independently, i don't think it's fair to tarnish them. although the murder ok brand is tarnished by this. >> why would murdock be so quick to let this newspaper fold? >> my reporting suggests that he had become such a liability that he may be trying to protect some of his top execs, like rebecca brooks. she was the editor of "news of the world" during these crucial years when the phone hacking took place. and i think this was a form of damage control, a desperate move to be sure by murdock to say, the paper is so tarnished and is the focu

i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> it would be comical if it weren't so serious. washingtonality its worst as all of us in the news business trying to keep up with a story that changes by the hour. the senate scheduled to vote today at 1:00 p.m. to avoid a crippling default. look at the rolling news coverage suggests one inescapable conclusion, we often aren't sure what's going on either the countdown continues, american anger and anxiety keep building as the politicians let another day go by without a deal on the flash debt. >> it is one week and counting to august 2nd, the day the president says the government will run out of money and, among other things, will have to stop sending out social security checks. >> we are not yet in the end game. we are still in the bluff stage of the negotiations. >> tonight, do you know who said this? >> get your ass in line. >> maybe a vote in the house of representatives tonight as part of the effort to fix the debt ceiling, but it probably won't fix anything. >> can president obama find a way to bypass congress if america star

>> joining me from washington, d.c., to talk about how the media covers high-profile cases is howard kurtzn's "reliable sources," and here in the studio again the jeff toobin, cnn senior legal analyst. howard, let me start with you. that was about as blistering a critique of the media as i can imagine. was he right? >> he was half right in the sense that, look, there obviously have been legal bow wows who have gone on tv convicting casey anthony, maybe don't know what they're talking about. by and large the talking heads have not been incompetent. they have been detailing the avalanche of evidence against casey anthony but forgetting as we do in this business sometimes there's a difference between somebody appearing to be guilty, the evidence pointing them to be guilty, and the prosecution going into a courtroom and proving they're guilty, particularly in a murder case. >> howard, that is a hugely important distinction. jeff, i want to turn to you as, you know, the sophisticated lawyer in this. there is a presumption of innocence that attaches to anybody in a criminal case in the united st

this question -- is the press guilty as equally to blame when that may not be the i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." >>> that phone hacking scandal had been spinning out of the control for months, but this week they made some stunning disclosures that went well beyond rogue journalists they access the the phone of a 13-year-old, and hacked phones of families of victims of the bombing. >> they interfere with her messages, raising hopes she might still be alive. >> it is frankly a staggering -- another staggering development in this whole phone-hacking scanned add. >> the news of the world is to be no more after this sunday. the final episode because of the problems that has beset it. >> an extraordinary moment, "news of the world" is to close, victim of its own phone-hacking scandal. >> the 168-year-old numbs has now fallen victim to scandal joining us emily bell, director of columbia for video media. here at washington, toby harden, and matt frey of bbc world news american soon to join channel 4. how angry are people at the latest disclosures, and directed at rupered murd

thank you, jeffrey toobin, howard kurtz and richard levick. >>> up next, a major hacking investigationnvolving the fbi unfolding in the u.s. right now. we have the very latest details about some new arrests. to your kids' wet skin. new neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. >>> now to a major hacking investigation under way right here in the u.s. we're getting word that more than a dozen people have been arrested for their possible link to the notorious hacking group amon mouse. brian todd is digging into this. tell us the very latest. >> reporter: randi, a law enforcement federal official says at least 14 suspects arrested so far in an ongoing operation aimed at taking down the now notorious hacking group called anonymous. this follows a day where several arrest warrants were issued across the country. many of them in the new york city area, in brooklyn, the bronx and long island. the arrests, we're told, though, occurred in florida

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howard kurtz is host of "reliable source" which airs every sunday morning. howard, the u.s.nce may not be too familiar with "news of the world." could this change their perception of other news corp. properties like fox news, "the wall street journal," the ""new york post"" if 9/11 victims and their families are involved in this scandal? >> that would make things more dramatic. the fbi is conducting a preliminary inquiry under some pressure from politicians, as you noted. it may well be that "news of the world" was going after 9/11 victims because the tabloid thought it would be a great story. but we shouldn't make the leap and say that fox news or the "new york post" engaged in it -- >> why shouldn't we? is it not necessarily the kind of thing that would happen in the united states? >> the whole culture is a lot looser and more permissive and more questionable, in my view, than what we have here in the states. "news of the world" beyond the phone hacking thought it was a great idea to have a reporter dress up as a fake sheikh. that wouldn't fly here in the united states of

i'm howard kurtz. this is "reliable sources." >>> the murdoch media empire is in all-out damage control mode as the scandal at the british papers continues to spread on this side of the atlantic, the fbi opened a preliminary investigation on whether phone hacking took place in the u.s. and the dizzies pace of developments has made headlines around the world. >> mps finally forced murdoch to withdraw his bskyb bid. his empire has cracked, but is it broken. >> following breaking news in london where the embattled chief executive of murdoch's newspaper has resigned. >> news international will issue a statement to say that rebekah brooks has resigned as the chief executive of news international. >> more damaging details are emerging in the phone hacking scandal. other news corp properties are being implicated in the growing scandal. >> rebekah brooks resigned leaving the fight for news international's future to james and rub bert murdoch. >> rebeckah brooks was forced ot as the head of the newspapers, arre

i'm howard kurtz. join us sunlds morning 11:00 a.m. eastern for another critical look at the media. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. >>> it's hard to find common ground when nobody budges. today, meetings without movement. the administration's take from treasury secretary tim geithner. >> it's unthinkable that this country will not meet its obligations on time. it's just unthinkable we'd ever do that. >> the leadership view from house republican tom price. then senior democratic senator dianne feinstein. and presidential politics with governor tim pawlenty in iowa, doing what it takes. >> t-paw! >> he's the president. come on out to the lawn of the white house with a microphone and tell us your plan on entitlement reform. and he won't do it because he doesn't have the courage to do it. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >> late into the night, leaders scrambled for a last-minute debt deal, a two-step plan that would raise the debt ceiling through 2011 in exchange for about a trillion dollars in spending cuts. both sides are on board. but

i'm howard kurtz. join us again next sunday morning. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. > speaker boehner balks as a big deal, but tonight's white house meeting is still on. today, the debt deal in peril with republican whip kevin mccarthy and democratic leader chris van hollen. then the economy in 2012 with rick santorum. >> we have a president who's in denial. >> and after the space shuttle with nasa administrator charles bolden. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." hope for a grand debt deal got buried last night in a blizzard of status quo rhetoric. speaker boehner writing -- out of the white house, communications director dan pfeiffer responded -- joining me now to try to make sense of where things stand, house republican whip, kevin mccarthy of california. if i am out there listening to all of this, i want to strangle all of you. why can you not get this deal? this looks to me like a strategic bargaining ploy rather than where we're actually going to end up from speaker boehner. >> i don't se

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i'm howard kurtz. join us next sunday for another critical look at the media. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins ritd now. >>> it's down to the wire, and a deal on the debt ceiling could be near. today as negotiations wall at the white house continue, where were three of the key players? the man who could cut the final deal, leader of the senate republicans, mitch mcconnell. the democrats' chief message maker chuck schumer and the president's lead economic adviser, gene sperling. then moody's chief economist mark standi to tell us whether a deal would save the u.s. credit rating. i'm gloria borger in for candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." we're just an hour away from a vote in the senate on a democratic plan to raise the debt limit, but the real action is between the president and the republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. i spoke with him earlier, and he was optimistic about getting a deal. let me get right to it. can you announce this morning that a plan has been reached, there's a deal? >> we're very close. we had a very good day

i'm howard kurtz. join us next sunday morning 11:00 a.m. eastern for another critical look at the media. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. >>> a week of a lot of heat inside a lot of meetings which produced no debt deal. today, dodging default with white house bum et director jacob liu and republican senator lindsey graham. then rudy giuliani on the president, the republican field, and gay marriage. >> i don't know what the heck the republican party wants to do getting involved in people's sexual lives and personal lives so much for. stay out-it. >> and the politics of red ink with former biden chief of staff ron klain and former congressman tom davis. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the president said he wanted a deal by friday so lawmakers met with him at the white house day after day after day. they took a break friday, and the president pushed again. >> if washington operates as usual and can't get anything done, let's at least avert armageddon. >> joining me now, white house budget director

howard kurtz from reliable sources said you can't compare him then to now >> he recognized when he createdachine he believed leaned to the left. not to put out republican talking points, but to give the other side of the story >> we're asked the author of a book how the memo reflects the nixon white house's dealings. >> it said they did not trust the mainstream media and viewed it as an instrument of the political left. they believed they were never going to get a fair shake through the media >> what are a potential counter attack. the memo lays out every production cost and a schedule from videotaping interviews with republican congress men in the morning -- >> getting to the national airport to the cities. >> for shows me roger ailes had a great attention to detail, but this was an era before satellite interviews and you had to find a way to not only do the interviews with your own republican partisans, but to physically get the tape to television stations to play them in the same news cycle. >> the plan never appears to have gotten off the ground, but ailes established the fox news chan

we'll talk to howard kurtz for "the daily beast" and host of reliable sources on cnn. tomorrow we go live to london, probably back to dan for some of the testimony from rupert murdoch, his son and former x executi executive, rebekah brooks as they face parliament. >>> here's a rundown of some stories ahead here. first, the insane heat outside. we get a full report on warnings posted across the midwest now. >>> a new twist to an old airport story. this time it's a passenger accused of groping a tsa agent. >>> then casey anthony is free, but what next? we'll ask our legal expert what to expect. >>> the hatch closes for one last time on the shuttle "atlantis." dan on nasa's space shuttle program. >>> morgan freeman will join us in "the newsroom" to wish nelson mandela a happy birts day. 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

. >> howard kurtz, thanks so much for that. >> thanks, joe. >>> all eyes not only on casey anthony butunced. we'll look at their reaction and the major role they played in the trial. >>> plus, fewer hours in the levels of deliberate riggs. how did the jurors reach their verdict so quickly. we have a jury consultant standing by to give us some insight. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. >>> we're getting a first look at the evidence in the casey anthony case. we'll be bringing you that in a moment. but first it wasn't just a legal spectacle. also a real-life family drama playing out in front of the world as casey anthony's parents took on a major role in her trial. let's look at their reaction as the verdicts were read and some of the testimony they gave. >> as to the c

let's dig deeper with the senior legal analyst and howard kurtz, the host of reliable sources i saw when the robust apology not only in the newspapers, but the damage control, did you get a sense that he was involved in helping him deal with the crisis? >> he got good legal advice. that was apologize and don't speculate and answer only what you can precisely prove. don't volunteer any information. he got the contrition part right. he was humble and sorry, but when it came to taking responsibility, the old murdoch confidence arrogance came through. there was a great moment where one of the problems of parliament said are you responsible and you just were waiting for him to say yes, the buck stops here. he said nope, they let me down. >> let me play the clip and we will get how to respond. listen to this. >> do you accept that ultimately you are responsible for this fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people i trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted. >> what did you think of that response? >> it was not very persuasive, wolf. earlier he ha

this tweet from howard kurtz, quote, every detail of scandal that rupert says he's not familiar with makes him look more disengaged as a ceo. >> murdoch looked out of it. he looked like a ceo whose not in touch with what's is going on in his own company even as the evidence began to mount of wrongdoing at "news of the world" and overseen by people he had put in place. >> shareholders, ironically seem to like what went down inside parliament. newscorp stock price rebounded by nearly 6% after multibillion dollars worth of losses in the days leading up to the hearing. >>> on another topic that's important to you. duelling proposals to keep the government from defaulting on his obligations, 14 days to go before the u.s. can't cover its bills. the house passed the cut, cap and balance plan. it cuts spending, caps the spending and calls for a constitutional amendment for washington to balance its budget every year. this plan has no chance of passing the senate. even if it did president obama repeatedly said he would veto it. >> as a symbolic measure to get the tea party people in congress