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chief and his son james murdoch. we have been following the hearing from the get-go. rupert murdoch started it off by saying michelle, this is one of the most humble dayings of his life. >> he said that. later he did change that to say this is the most humble day of my career. i don't know if that was intentional. the second time he was reading it off a peace of paper. where do you begin? this has been such a day. first we heard from police who have resigned over this. we know the tentacles extend far into many levels of society here. police, the press, the public, politicians, all those important people. to be questioning the murdochs a lot of good questions and many of the questions that we've been hearing now of them without them having the luxury of them present things like who knew what and what did you know? did you ask this person this question? what did they know? why didn't you ask that question? i think it got to a point over these hours of them basically getting down to the same thing. saying we're not really that intimately involved in the daily workings of

louder than republicans. >> michael steele, thank you for your time. >>> coming up, rupert murdoch's son james has been less than truthful when he testified tuesday before a parliamentary commission in britain. the justice department in this country is investigating whether the murdoch empire broke the law. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> texas governor rick perry still deciding whether to run for president. a couple of new polls also show him closing out mitt romney. take a look at this poll. perry is polling strong among republican men. we'll be right back to "hardball." as a home, there are things i'm supposed to do. like, keep one of these over your head. well, i wasn't "supposed" to need flood insurance, but i have it. fred over here chose not to have it. ♪ me, i've got a plan.

the irish prime minister and tax the vatican saying that he was standing by his -- james murdoch claims he did not mislead parliament about the phone hacking allegations. with almost half of somalia's people short of food, the u.n. announces emergency food drops. lucian freud has died. >> it is to i am here in london. you are watching "newsday." leaders of the 17 countries which use the euro have agreed to the terms of a second bailout plan for greece. the greek rescue package will be worth more than $150 billion and there will be billions more from private investors such as banks. >> nearly 10 years ago, the euro had been lost to a fanfare of celebration. they are now facing the greatest test. the leaders came up with a historic package designed to draw a line under the greek debt crisis. the french president and the german chancellor pushed through a rescue plan which amounted to nearly 110 billion euros. the deal not only covers short- term funding but is intended to cover the debt burden. >> i have made it clear that today is not someone standing up and waving a magic wand but it is

it may come down to where else james murdoch's fingerprints can be found. >> james murdoch made is cleare paid off a huge amount of money to gordon taylor who had his phone hacked and james murdoch made it clear now that he regards that as an error on his part and he much regrets it. >> reporter: if it's found that james murdoch knew more about the hacking than what's been revealed so far, smith says shareholders, board members, may force his father's hand. >> if they demand that he change the way the company is structures to stop james from taking over, he would have to listen to them. >> reporter: there are reports that independent board members are going further questioning whether a change of leadership is needed. in other words, replacing james murdoch all-together. contacted by cnn, a member of that board called those reports total crap. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> all right. japan has banned the shipment of cattle from the fukushima region. officials are afraid that radiation from the region could contaminate the beef supply. the area is still recovering from that nuclear acci

disputes it, but if the lawyer is accurate it shows that james murdoch knew there was other criminal wrong doing in 2008, and failed to report it to the police, and he also settled a case with a crime victim that came with a con ffidentiality clause, and he could have been buying silence, which in this country is an illegal act, and that's why i referred it to the police. >> what happened here? there was an e-mail from one reporter to another about illegal hacking going on that mr. murdoch apparently knew about, or at least the other officers said he did know about, and he sat in front of you and said he did not know about it? is that it in a nutshell? >> yeah, there was a voice message trance scribed that had been illegally hacked and he sent it to another journalists and the journalism got the documentation through court disclosure and at that point the lawyer and the editor of the paper go to murdoch and say we think we should settle the case, and here is a e-mail saying others were aware of hacking into the can company, and what do you want to do? he signed off on the case for te

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 part and he much regrets it. >> reporter: if it's found that james murdoch knew more, smith says shareholders, board members may force his father's hand. >> if they were to really demand that james no longer be the heir, that he change the way the company is structured. he would have to listen to them. >> reporter: there are other reports that independent board membersover newspaper corporation are going even further questioning whether a change of leadership is needed. in other words, replacing james murdoch all together. contacted by cnn, a member of that board called those reports total crap. >>> some of the key players testified on tuesday before what is the british equivalent of a congressional hearing. among them rupert murdoch, his son james and rebecca brooks who resigned as head of the british paper this month.

. >> rupert murdoch and his son james are in the hot seat as british lawmakers grilled them up over what they knew about the phone hacking scandal. scheduled for execution, mark stroman is set to die by lethal injection. hoping to make a splash in the london olympics, with just a year left to go, we follow one british swimmer working hard to make the cut. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. shocked, appalled, a shame, the words that british -- that rupert murdoch used before british lawmakers. he was addressing the scandal which has sent shock waves through the metropolitan police. appearing beside his son, the senior murdoch apologized for the hurt that has been caused but maintained he was not responsible. the proceedings were interrupted by a demonstrator using a plateful of foam. >> the policemen are there to protect rupert in james murdoch, not taken in for questioning. that job fell to a committee of and peace. that tycoon's wife was behind him offering physical and emotional support. his son and once heir apparent said anxiously at his side -- sat a

you saw james murdoch leaping, looking to go to his father's defense. his father, rupert murdoch, remains seated throughout and it doesn't seem at that point -- there we go. look. it doesn't seem as if anything happened in terms of actually getting to the murdochs, then a member of the police, traditional british bobby right down to the helmet goes and joins in. we don't know what it's all about. there you see the pictures again. we'll keep showing you that so you can make your own judgments. what have we heard over the last two and a half hours? long detailed testimony. jeffrey robertson is a leading human rights attorney who argued many landmark media cases, acted both for and against rupert murdoch. he is with us now. very detailed, but what do you make of what we've heard? >> well, the first interjection, rupert said this is the most humble day of my life. that was his carefully rehearsed interjection because the strategy of the murdochs, father and son, was clearly to let james do all the talking in his rather management-speak, donald duck accent, d

-- james murdoch inherit the empire? >> i'm not sure he will want to. >> america is concerned about pakistan. following their success in the osama bin laden operation, people are wanting to the ideas of stopping the terrorists in their tracks. >> pakistan might prove to be the major challenge in the so- called war on terror. the rising confidence of extremist groups is making observers extremely nervous, especially as the country is home to what the jihadists like to call the islamic bomb. the last time the world was jittery about security in pakistan was nearly a decade ago just after the 9/11 attacks when washington developed an emergency plans. we have been told that these plans are coming once again and they are contemplating the country expanding their nuclear arsenal at a time of weakness. these are the images behind the latest attack of nerves, a naval base in karachi. they destroyed two u.s.-made spy planes in a well-executed operation which is believed to have received support from elements within the armed forc

if james murdoch disputes it, and if the lawyers account is accurate, it shows that james murdoch knewl wrongdoing in the company in 2008 and he failed to report it to the police. and he also settled a civil case with a crime victim for an astronomical sum of money that came in the confidentiality clause. so he could have been buying a crime victim's silence which in this country is an illegal act. and that's why i it to the police so they can get to the bottom of this. >> give us some very simple terms the nuts and bolts of what allegedly happened. there was an e-mail from one reporter to another about illegal hacking going on that mr. murdoch apparently knew about or at least these other officers say he did know about and he sat in front of you and said he did not know about them. is that it in a nutshell? >> yeah. one of his journalists trandescribed a voice mail message that was illegally hacked. he sent it to another journalist. the victim of the hacking took a civil case and got documentation through court disclosure. at that point, the lawyer and the editor of the paper go to mu

you questioned rupert and james murdoch in parliament on tuesday.arlier he gave me his reaction to what he heard at that session. >> i think the important thing in terms of the "news of the world" in the u.k. that rupert murdoch made it perfectly clear that he put his trust in the senior management. and i think he's lost that confidence and that trust in those people and he made that perfectly clear. so i think that was one of the most important things, and i think he said at one stage that he -- he was sort of disappointed at the performance of senior management. >> it was interesting to see how you and other members of the select committee were very keane to focus very much on rupert murdoch himself and bringing the question back to him whenever his son tried to intervene. was that a deliberate move on your part or was it something that you discussed with your colleagues beforehand? >> no, certainly not. at the end of the day, rupert murdoch is the head of the news international group. but to be perfectly honest with you, my individual sort of per

rupert murdoch and son james saying today they had no idea this was happening on their watch. en you're the boss, is that even possible? >> you know, it's possible but it's not leadership. rupert murdoch missed an extraordinary opportunity today to show leadership. while his son james was doing a good job in talking about the facts and showing himself to be an executive, rupert murdoch was periodically stumbling, didn't answer questions particularly well. when asked the question do you take responsibility? he flat out answered, no. he should have taken the opportunity to say i do not take legal responsibility but i am the leader and talk about leadership. >> is ignorance enough, do you think, to get you off the hook, or to get him off the hook, or might he see -- might the murdochs see some jail time here? is that possible? >> it certainly seems unlikely based on the facts that have come out so far. they mps were skeptical about the murdochs' claim that they had no idea that all had hacking was going on but they didn't have specific evidence to refute those claims with. so i ha

sitar. >> reporter: the bottom line is rupert her doc rupert murdocn james who was based in london at the time. often rupert murdoch tried to defer to james. but they both said they were terribly sorry for any wrongdoing, but that they didn't have knowledge of things that had happened after 2009. they said they felt let down by the people they trusted who had gone on to hire people they trusted and basically there was a lot of disappointment among them all. martha: thank you very much. amy kellogg with the latest on that. now we are moving on. we have new numbers that show that we are not making flog the battle of the bulge. obesity actually on the rise. as we hit a dubious milestone. plus a bizarre string of events at estate of a pharmaceutical tycoon. first his girlfriend was found hanging from a balcony. then his son fell down the stairs and died. new developments in this investigation and brand-new questions about what happened here. two would-be robbers had to run when they met poco. see how a tiny dog is now a huge hero. >> when i saw the video and saw them pointing the gun at poco it sent a chill down my bac

murdoch came back as you saw without his suit jacket. and that concludes nearly three hours of testimony, the 38-year-old son james, saying the actions of phone-hacking are regretable and apologized but the toughest questioning appeared to come at the very beginning of this hearing when mr. murdoch was asked whether or not anyone was lying to him, who else was involved, what was mr. murdoch told by whom and when? now several of those questions mr. murdoch defered to his son james, who by the way is the deputy chief operating officer at news corporation. now in return, the company, james stated, has established a group to cooperate fully with the police and scotland yard. a police agency that is not absent its own issues. the top two police officers in london have since resigned. now we are awaiting rebekah brooks, a long-time executive with news corporation, the parent company of the fox news channel. brooks ran the tabloid "news of the world" when the hacking occurred some six to eight years ago. she has since resigned her position with the company last friday. as we await on ms. brooks, shares of news corporation, rather, are trading o

then this could become part of that. >> and big surprise, a very, very sharp contradiction in james murdoch's out today. and the murdoch response was basically no response at all. >> right. you know, the interesting character to watch there is tom crone, the lawyer. he's made clear that he's not going to be the fall guy here. and if they -- if the murdochs and news corp. try to lay everything on him, because he was the chief lawyer for "news of the world," he's not going to sit idly by. so if the brits are looking for a john dean character in all this, i would think that tom crone is the guy to watch, and the statement today contradicting james murdoch's testimony about that email is the first sign that he may in fact be willing to go there. >> nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. thank you for joining me tonight, michael. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, virginia governor bob mcdonald flip flops on the debt ceiling, even though he never actually understood what the debt ceiling was in the first place. that's in tonight's "rewrite." >>> and later, one of our fa

so what questions were they asking about james murdoch and his governance of this company? >> rose: charlie, i think the answer t this question is that everybody in this we're just willing it away. murdoch was willing it away, the police were willing it away, the other newspapers were willing it away, the politicians were willing it away. and actually, newscorp dirtors were probably willing it away. and because the newspapers in a sense can influence the terms of debate so much, actually i think people thought it uld go away. we've got a situation now, for example, where the prime minister-- chose judgment is profoundly in question-- sort of saying, well, nobody really told me. somebody told me today that... this is just me, i've written 37 different pieces about cameron and coleson being a disaster waiting to happen. but they just look the other way. and i think news looked the other way the whole time. they didn't think this was going to happen. and if they'd actually been strategic about it, they'd have realize this was inevitable once they decided to go down the route th

not sure that's right but it was astonishing. >> charlie: and james murdoch to be protective of his father. >> there was also a moment when rupert murdoch stopped his testimony and said my son is telling me to stop gesticulating. >> i think he's fairly a good display of a limits of a family and the ize which is wh news corps is. we tend to look at it as a large spectral media company brought low before parliament, father and son. and i think they did a good job of saying that. there was a lot of roll up and roll out. i do think thhere wer tim when jam seemed o of his depth and rupert seemed plain out of it especially at the start of the hearing. the hearing problems and mumbling problem and as john pointed out this is an 80-year-old man and ian was in the room but on television when the pie thing hap ended you can almost see the room tilt toward him because it's a reminder that look, all these guys pointing the crooked finger at you, rupert murdoch can't even keep you safe. that guy could have had something in the f flecklsness. >> as wendy launched her up you are cut and you see constable

many doubted james murdoch will ever succeed his father as his head -- as its head. >> investors need to know that there is a capable leader. there is some question now as to whether james murdoch is that a capable leader to actually run the enterprise. the other thing shareholders need and are looking for is reassurance that advertisers are not going to flee the worst -- flee the newspaper titles. in the worst-case scenario, should you get the fleeing of advertisers there that you had here from news of the world, the only other option is to actually kill those brands in the way that news of the world was anesthetized or euthanize. -- euthanize td. >> very likely at some point there will be an entire new management team at the company. the murdoch influence, despite their defacto control of ownership, is going to be removed. >> last year, murdoch was in charge of an empire worth roughly 20 billion pounds. now, events are spinning out of his control. >> senator barbara boxer joins us now from washington. thank you for joining us. you too are a foreign journalist -- were a foreign journ

produced to us by gordon taylor's lawyer," prompting this from british prime minister. >> clearly james murdochas questions to answer in parliament and i am sure he will do that. and, clearly, news international has some big issues to deal with and a mess to clear up. than than james sure would respond saying allegations have been made as to the voracity of my testimony to your committee on tuesday, and as you know i was questioned thoroughly and i answered truthfully. i stand by my testimony. i am preparing a written response to the questions that i undertook to follow up when i abothers before you july 19. and the politician and parliamentary investigations are continuing. >>gregg: jonathan, thank you. jonathan will be chatting about the headlines throughout the hour on foxnews.com/shep and clip on "on the hunt," link. a brooklyn jury convicting the father of an admitted terrorist of trying to cover his son's plan to bomb new york subways and authorities arrested the man in 2009 after prosecutors accused his son and two other would be suicide bombers trained by al qaeda. the dad denied ever k

it does not stack up. >> and when she said that her former employer rupert murdoch and james murdoch were open and honest and going out of the way to say that, and richard, the other thing that when the deng murdoch and this woman's name is trending at the top of the internet when you put her name in, and people are searching after this moment, and play it again, played out at the end of rupert murdoch's testimony. we have not been able to independently identify this man, but he leapt out of the crowd and attempted to smash rupert murdoch in the face with this pie. let's play it. we don't have it. nonetheless, richard, this woman is now intrigued by who she is and the role, and when you look at some of the articles focused on wendi mur do, and now one in harper's bazaar magazine and she has a movie coming out "sun flower and the secret fan" and she a vixsen running things behind the scene. who is this woman? >> no doubt that rupert murdoch runs the company and the children from the previous marriage. she a marketing executive and i have met her and she is fiesty and we have friends in

the accusers say james murdoch lied when telling parliament that he did not have knowledge of the hacked phone transcripts before ordering a large payout to the reporter who obtained the records. murdoch says he stands behind the testimony. this story doesn't end just yet. >>> still ahead on "way too early" this morning, after getting a pink slip, tiger woods' caddie, you know the guy, he's now speaking out. he is not happy and he says he's, quote, lost respect for his former boss. plus, breakout the kiddie pools, triple-digit temperatures are here to stay. it feels like a hair dryer is on right now. your blistering forecast with bill karins when "way too early" comes back. 85 degrees right now in new york city. >>> milwaukee police were led to an apartment in this building after they were flagged down by a handcuffed man who imklaed he'd been attacked. what they discovered was almost unspeakable. [ female announcer ] ever wish vegetables didn't taste so vegetably? well, v8 v-fusion juice gives you a full serving of vegetables, plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit.

. >> let's look ahead to tomorrow, rupert murdoch, james murdoch, rebekah brooks to testify in house of commons. what can we expect from this? >> the big box office will be rupert murdoch, one of the world's most powerful media moguls, sitting in front of members of parliament in the british house of commons, being cross-examined essentially about what he knew at news international, news corp, about this phone hacking scandal, we are expecting to hear much less from rebekah brooks, former ceo of news international. editor of "news of the world" as with she's already been arrested so there is a police investigation into her conduct and her -- what she's been up to. and so she's going to be much more con stained as to what she'll be able to see legally to the mps, who will be asking questions. also constraints on what the mps can ask rebekah brooks. they don't want to jeopardize the ongoing criminal investigation into what brooks may or may not have done. an interesting day to watch tomorrow. >> matthew chance in london tonight, thank you very much. >>> now more on in-depth coverage. to

yes. >> this is to james murdoch. it was reported that when rebekah brooks spoke to staff when the news of the world announcement was made, the closement that she said in a year's time they might understand why the paper would have to close. do you think what's that significance of a period of time in a year? reexpecting more revelations to come out that made the closure inevitable? >> i can't speak to what she was specifically referring to. she made those comments herself and you know, as a -- when she was saying good-bye sadly to the staff. but i can say that what happened at the news of the world in the events leading up to the 2007 affairs and prosecutions and what we know about those things now were bad. and there were things that should not have any place in our organization. they're things that we unreservedly and really sin seriously am sorry for. we haven't seen the end of this in terms of the ongoing police investigations that are there. as you know mr. collins there are a number of people who have been arre

to james murdoch, it is a mystery to us how sunday newspapers are run. i am very familiar with the engineering industry. could you try to paint a picture of a week's operation at the news of the world? at what period were you closely involved in controlling the news of the world? >> my involvement in the business is overseeing the region of europe and asia. just to be clear, in 2008, starting in the middle of december 2007, i was chief executive for europe and asia, our european television business and our asian television business as well as our uk publishing business, one title of which is the news of the world, so i cannot say that i was ever intimately involved with the workings of the news of the world. >> what results would come to you within seven days of publication? presumably, the sales and the advertising income, and you would judge the newspaper on its profitability week by week. i know that rupert murdoch is far removed from that, but when you were in close proximity >> i certainly get that from all over the world, every week. >> these are e

so this suggests that possibly james murdoch actually knew about this much earlier and that he settledlaimant on this issue in order to basically cover it up. now, james murdoch has replayed to this challenge by his former editor and lawyer saying just very similar ly, i stand by my testimony to the select committee. very kurt reply. the committee members are not happy about this at all, they say they want to hear back from james murdoch to explain exactly what happened. was he lying the the committee, was he mistaken, did they forget. they want some reason for this apparent discrepancy. >> there has not been a day, has there, atika, where there hasn't been some new development or conflict in the story. thank you for following it for us. we'll continue to follow the story very closely. >>> the military is about to take its final steps towards eliminating don't ask don't tell. today the pentagon is expected to certify it's ready to integrate openly gay service members without sacrificing national security. that's according to a u.s. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. the

james murdoch then issued a statement saying he stands by his testimony on tuesday. betty? >> very interesting. jeff glor in london for us, thank you. >>> contract talks to end the 132-day nfl lockout have yielded half a deal yesterday. the owners overwhelmly approved 10-year contract to end the impasse, but last night, the players union took a pass refusing to vote for now. the players say they want to to see the proposal's fine print first. >>> one person was killed and at least 20 injured early this morning in a fiery tour bus crash in western new york state. the bus collided with a tractor-trailer. both vehicles caught fire. the truckdriver was killed. police say a passing soldier saved lives by pulling victims from the wreckage. >>> 16 minutes past the hour. let's go back to marysol castro and saratoga springs, new york, is it hot enough out there for you? thanks so much. that is your latest weather. now back over to rebecca. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, why uncle sam wants payback from john edwards. >> he is facing campaign fraud charges and why the next hurdle coul

murdochs? >> the institutional shareholders are the people who will count on that, and we all know what the fault line is in the states. my impression is that james, grasping for the shakespearean analogies, has nothing, nothing? my impression it is that rupert murdoch is not happy with the idea of james' succession. that is what rebecca was about. >> i think you will see a strong arm of corporate governance finally imposed on news corp. and news international companies. the board structures are not compliant with best practice of corporate governance. >> and that is all for this week. for all of us, good night. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc newsnight" was presented by kcet, los angeles. 

james murdoch is on the defensive again.taking the defensive that he was accused of lying on tuesday. two former top executives from the "news of the world" say that the younger murdoch misled the committee on an e-mail apparently showing that hacking was widespread of the tabloid. say that after murdoch saw the e-mail he authorized a huge payout to the hacking victim to keep them quiet. murdoch is standing by it. a statement from news corp says james murdoch stands by his testimony to the select committee. >>> it seems that it may spread to the u.s. operations. nbc news is reporting that the u.s. justice department is investigating allegations that news corp has been hacking into the computers. the case ended when news corp bought the rival's assets for almost $13 million and now australia years regulators. news corp is a part owner of fox tell. they say the decision has nothing to do with the hacking scandal in brittain. >> and while we're on the subject of resignations. britain's prince andrew stepping down at the britain

has closed down and now that rebekah brooks has resigned and been arrested, many observers say james murdochgest son of rue matter murdoch, chairman and ceo of news corp in asia and britain, is now on the firing line. >> james murdoch has already made it very clear that he paid off a huge amount of money to gordon taylor who is a trade unionist who had his phone hacked, and james murdoch has made it clear now that he regards that as an error on his part and he most regrets it. >> reporter: if it's found james murdoch knew more about the hacking than what's been revealed so far, smith says shareholders, board members may force his father's hand. >> if they were to really demand that james no longer be the heir apparent, that he changed the way that the company is structured to stop james from taking over, he'd have to listen to them. >> reporter: there are other reports that independent board members of news corporation are going even further than that, questioning whether a change of leadership is needed. in other words, may be replacing james murdoch all together. i spoke to a member of the

these hearings will only last an hour for rupert and his 38-year-old son, james murdoch. and another hour following that for rebekah brooks, who was as we know now, the chief executive of murdoch's british newspapers before she suddenly resigned last week. members of parliament in terms of what we're going to hear today, they'll try to get the murdochs and brooks to commit themselves on the record. saying things that they might be able to use against them later. especially if what they say turns out to be misleading. they're not going to be on oath, but they are going to be on what they call here, on honor and that's just as significant. the murdochs, and brooks on the other hand, will try to be as they have for a week now, very contri contrite. it's all about apologize, apologize that seems to be the new strategy. we'll also hear questions specifically to james murdoch, who has already admitted giving phone hacking victims back in 2008, huge payouts, some over $1 million, to effectively buy their silence. and of course, there's pressure mounting on david cameron, he's hea

you've pretty much summed up the day in britain's parliament and rupert murdoch's phone hacking scandal. he and his son james and former news corp. executive rebekah brooks were grilled today. the elder murdoch apologizing but refusing to take the rap. >> do you feel that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> nope. >> you're not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it. and then maybe the people they trusted. >> no apology and no stepping down. >> have you considered resigning? >> >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted, not saying who, i don't know what level. have let me down. and i think they have behaved disgracefully and betrayed the company and me. and it's for them to pay. i think that frankly i'm the best person to clean this up. >> and speaking of cleaning up, the proceedings were interrupted briefly when a protestor deliver a shaving cream pie. take a look at this. keep your eye on the lower left-hand corner of your screen. it happens pretty quickly. >> oh! >> here it is quickly again in slow motion. here comes the pie. and that p

james murdoch.ou for making yourselves available to the committee this afternoon. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we are more than prepared to. >> thank you. perhaps i might start with mr. james murdoch. you made a statement on the 7th of july in which you stated that the paper had made statements to parliament without being in the full possession of the facts and that was wrong. you essentially admitted that parliament had been misled in what we had been told. can you tell us to what extent we were misled and when you became aware of that? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i would like to say as well how sorry i am and how sorry we are to particularly the victims of illegal voice mail interceptions and to their families. . it's a matter of great regret of mine, my father's, and everyone at news corporation and these are standards. these actions do not live up to the standards that our company aspires to everywhere around the world and it is our determination to both put things right, make sure thes

testimony, the former editor of "news of the world" and the legal manager have both claimed that james murdoch misled parliament in relation to some of the things he was saying. do james and rupert both retain your full support? >> i went public by supporting mr. rupert and mr. james after the hearings because i know them very well. i know mr. rupert since 20 years. i know james since more than 5 years ago, and i know them of being of high integrity, honesty, and honor. and i take their word for granted in front of the uk parliament presented by the culture committee. but at the end of the day, we have to let the investigation process take its procedure, and we have to see where this ends. so let's not anticipate what the investigation will come up with, and we have to wait for that. >> when we come back, i want to talk about the middle east, about the extraordinary uprisings in that region that we've seen thus far, and saudi arabia's role in all this, which is obviously crucial. the eagle flies at dawn. the monkey eats custard. price-line ne-go-ti-a-tor. so, you've been double crossed by othe

. >> rupert murdoch and his son james r. and not see. the british law makers grill them over what they knew about the scandal. a dramatic attack interrupt the hearing. -- is due to die in texas tomorrow. it is now one of his victims fighting to save his life. hoping to make a splash, the london olympics. we follow one british athlete training hard to make the cut. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. shocked, appalled, ashamed, the words that rupert murdoch used before lawmakers. that was his reaction tuesday phone hacking scandal that has unraveled his empire and sent shock waves through the military -- through the metropolitan police. they apologized for the hurt that was caused but they claimed that they were not responsible. the proceedings were interrupted by protesters with a plateful of foam. >> the moment when two of the world's most powerful media moguls, rupert murdoch and his son,, arrived to be held to account for the way that there company invaded the privacy of individuals. >> do you have anything to say about the pho

james murdoch testified before parliament on tuesday saying he was unaware of critical evidence in the scandal. but a former editor and one of murdoch's former legal advisors both say that's not so. they say there was an e-mail years ago outlining how wide spread the problem was. and james murdoch, they say, knew about it. >>> just ahead on "the morning news," find out which state has the most binge drinkers. >> plus, what's wrong with this picture? the rotten to the core details up next. but first, bob schieffer has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news". >>> every month, millions of americans depend on social security to support their families and make ends meet. but now they may not get the next check if the debt ceiling crisis is not resolved. that story tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> as much of this nation swelters in record heat, a large rural region of chile where it's wintertime is suffering through what they're calling a snow catastrophe. as much as nine feet of snow has blocked roads and stranded thousands of people in remote areas and it's not over yet. another stro

the murdochs said they would come and answer the questions. >> in a letter, james murdoch said "i am now coming. i would like to answer them in a different forum." the questions keep coming. why did the news of the world mislead parliament? why did the management failed to find out what was going on and stop it? as for rebekah brooks, we ask about what she told the mps. the mp whose committee will be asking the question was optimistic. >> i hope the committee will want to hear the truth. this is not about a lynch mob or an opportunity. >> the lawyer representing the family of the girl his phone was tapped as his doubts. >> we will be skeptical. we will see the three monkeys. they will say -- no one was speaking about this. >> in an interview, rupert murdoch insisted that his company had handled the crisis extremely well and he denied he would sell his newspapers. he said that he would work to establish his integrity. this scene is set for an extraordinary confrontation between parliament and the press. a chance for parliament to discuss these issues. >> austerity is the word and cond

and one actual parliament member has said that he is asking for the suspension of not only james murdochion to that, there is this other question about whether some of this is going to spill over to the united states. we are hearing the fbi wants to get in touch with actor jude law regarding alleged hacking, at least those with the claims that jude law is making. >> reporter: that's right. what jude law is saying that when he got off the plane at jfk airport in new york, basically -- one of news international ab lloydtabloids to hack into his phone and find out information. because he is claiming that happened in the u.s., this comes under the jurisdiction of the fbi and this is one of the things they are investigating and, obviously, expand is dramatically is not just to the uk but to the united states. >> atika, you got an update on the pie-thrower. the guy who got cut off at the pass but got a little bit of shaving foam on rupert murdoch. what is the latest with him? >> also known as johnny marbles, he is a stand-up comic and thought it would be funny. he is charged with public order

only occasionally stepping in when he felt that james murdoch needed some help. after the pie incident, we saw a different murdoch, a much more assertive one where he said and at this point he appeared to be talking, i thought, to the investors on the other side of the atlantic ocean principally and to his own board at news corporation where he said very clearly," i'm in charge. i am the founder of this corporation. i've been at this for over 50 years, and i am going to lead this corporation out of this mess." that seemed to me the clearest signal that he's going to hang on. >> brown: let moo ask david about those investors, about the board here. is there a real question about murdoch's ability to hold on to his empire at this point? and is it up to him, how much power do investors and does the board have? >> well, almost singularly in the media world, you have a publicly traded company based here in new york with a global reach which really is driven by the vision and the ambition of one family and in effect one man k.rupert murdoch himself. it's been... he's bee