for news corp, the split would put its newspapers, like "the wall street journal" and "new york post," into one company, and its so-called entertainment units-- fox television, cable and movies-- into another. >> this would shine a brighter light on the entertainment assets, which have a lot of good growth potential, both domestically and overseas. >> tom: a split like the one news corp chairman rupert murdoch confirms he is considering usually is seen as an effort to cleave apart businesses with different profit growth potentials. in this case, newspapers are seen as slower growing, compared to news corp's fox properties. the company's newspaper operations in the u.k. have come under intense scrutiny since last summer's phone hacking scandal, leading to government hearings and charges against former top news corp executive rebekah brooks. viacom had the same break-up strategy in 2005 when it separated its viacom businesses, like movies, mtv and nickelodeon, from its cbs network, which included tv, radio, and book publishing. pulling apart what has taken years to put together takes a

speaking of the "new york post," we have a headline. he's dead to us! ey're saying that about that man right there, cory booker, the current mayor of newark, new jersey, rising star in the democratic party. on may 20th, he went on "meet the press" and said he was ne espnenews -- nauseated about the attacks on bain capital. he thought he had a chance to be h.u.d. secretary. the white house says he's dead to us. >> that's according to the newspaper. there are a couple of things that don't add up to me. he's been out campaigning. did a west coast trip for him. i don't know. but cory booker is a smart guy and well liked by a lot of people. he's a successful mayor in newark, new jersey and whether or not, you know, he becomes h.u.d. secretary, i don't think that defines where his career is going later on and by the way, president obama may not win a second term so it might not matter. >> evidently, the report said he's never been tight with president obama. they don't like the way they handled after making those statements, don't like the fact that it took hi

an administration officials telling the new york post the white house and the obama campaign's feelingsut newark new jersey mayor cory booker is quote he is dead to us. booker one of the many democrats who attacked obama for talking about romney's record. he posted a video trying to backpack. that also enraged the president. >>> the nfl is getting hit with a master complaint for over 80 concussion lawsuits. the complaint summarizes claims by more than 2,000 former players. the nfl concealed for decades the long-term effects of head injuries. the suit argues they had an ongoing strategy of deception and denial. the nfl denies the claims and is committed to player safety. kevin turn you are was diagnosed with als also known as lou gehrig's disease in 2010. he is one of the plaintiffs. >>> new york post may be hard to put down but this is one place you really should wait to read it. a metro north engineer busted reading the paper as he drives the train to new york's grand central station. not even taking his eyes off it as he reaches for the controls. an angry passenger taking the video we

i am going write a series of letters to the new york post edit section. none will make any sense because they will get published. joe, should all music at the ceremony be banned just to be safe? it seems like it is offending everybody. >> i never heard the justin bieber song "baby" but the lee greenwood song" i'm proud to be an american" i was forced to sing that in the boy scouts at every monthly meeting. at the end of the meeting we had to sing that song and salute a flag. but to me it represents huh poke craw see and a dampening of the human spirit, so i agree with the prince pl. i am going to have to listen to all of justin bieber's songs. >> do your research, michael. is this the most controversial kindergarten ever? i think we have done this story about 14 times. >> we did this one last night. >> i thought something was happening in my head. didn't we talk about this? the best thing about this new updated story beyond the comment from bloomburg who by the way said that she was singing it? was the principal singing it? >> i guess so. >> lee greenwood

from there, she wrote for "the new york post," and later "the new york times," "esquire," and finally online at "the huffington post." and while she often turned her wit on her subjects, she was noted for her openness about herself. nora ephron was 71 years old. >> actresses such as carrie fisher and meg ryan said they enjoyed working with ephron because she understood them more than male directors. nora ephron is survived by her third husband and two children. we'll take a quick break on the "morning news" on a wednesday morning. >>> when we come back, drowning in debt. stockton, california, set to become the second u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. this is the "cbs morning news." [ lane ] your anti-wrinkle cream is gone... but what about your wrinkles? neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. its retinol formula visibly reduces wrinkles in one week. why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. >>> stockton, california, p

. >> and vickar got some money to put out parodies of "the new york post" and the "new york daily news". >> rose: because they weren't being published. >> they weren't being published. this was way before anyone knew what these parodies were. so when they actually came out, they were a giant disaster because people thought that the strike was over, and put down the 10 cents or something that it cost to buy a post but of course our papers were trying to be sold for considerably more than that, so we could get some money. the point is no one read these parodies except the staff of the newspaper. >> rose: right. >> and the editors of "the new york post" read it and wanted to sue. and the owner of the post dorothy schiff said don't be ridiculous. if they can parody the post they can write for it. hire them. and that is how i got a tryout. >> rose: so you are now reporting and now a reporter. >> yes. >> rose: this must have been a happy time, huh. this was what -- >> oh, i was in-- it was bliss. >> rose: why did you grow tired of journalism? >> well, i done think i grew tired of journalism.

but the new york post ann--the daily news, not the post. the daily news. ann can.ve the woman alone. >> there is a lot of love-hate. the danger is that the people who love her backlashed. it may be hard to replace here and there is a situation where they're all out is to to get the new person. it shows how hard it is to make a transition in television. >> joy: is really is hard. in a certain way it juices up the show. >> it may. it may. i'm curious to see the ratings because there is a lot of charter online about ann curry. she ises trending topic on twitter. when was the last time she was trendy on twitter? >> joy: the thing about it nbc why are they complaining? the average is 400,000 more viewers this year than vma not to mention they're up in the demographics. what are they pitching about. >> gma has won in a few weeks that hasn't happened in 16 years. the notion there is a competition going on is making people at nbc nervous. when there is something going on, there are usually a bunch of different reasons. it would be difficult to write a robert about all the

>>guest: well, again, the new york post article said they were extremely upset and they wanted him to back track and they were more upset when he went on the show that night and he has damaged that relationship there. that was the point of article. so, again, it shows that you really, it comes down to who do you trust. do you trust the "wall street journal" or an administration that promises to give a state of the world address, or the administration that still is stonewalling when it comes to giving congress answers on "fast and furious." >>neil: but all the democrats talk about massachusetts patrick, and we talked about bill clinton and cory booker, but there is a method they are trying to send a signal to the president, maybe a well intended signal. look, you have for get more to the middle here. you are out on a limb criticizing private capital. you are out on a him bashing the rich and they are trying to amend, take it back a little bit, and they are getting slapped for doing so. >>guest: that is the real key. it is not just that the obama administration is trying to control the

new york, philadelphia, st. louis, san diego and the caribbean. the "new york post" reported in april that the new york sags having an impact op -- although there's acting sacs in these divisions, they may or may not feel empowered to make the decisions needed or policy changes needed, due to their acting status. and, again, i'm a former deputy sheriff and knowing how important a stable command is, knowing your ranks need to have the direction, knowing there should be policies answers procedures in place, why are so many sac positions vacant, and are you doing anything to fill these? and when will they be filled? >> thank you for asking the question. in filling these vacancies, some are open for extended periods of time, but whng a zach leave, retires or is-there is someone put in charge. it's only recently we had an administrator, myself who rose up through the ranks and a confirmed deputy that causes this domino effect. so as we move our chief of operations into the -- now we are moving the pieces. we are putting people in place. all of the field divisions that ha

citing police sources, "the new york post" says that drake will be charged with reckless endangerment. and it could be based on evidence provided by brown's lawyer, mark geragos. geragos told "the post," i turned over evidence that it was drake who instigated this. the evidence makes it clear that chris is the victim in all of this. which, if true, would be important for brown because he's still on probation for the 2009 assault of rihanna. the female pop star was allegedly the reason for the brawl. brown reportedly sent a bottle of champagne to drake in the nightclub wip. drake sent it back with a note that said, i'm still expletive the love of your life. deal with it. both men dated rihanna. and both have been seen with her recently. as for the incident, brown's management said brown never sent the bottle of champagne. there was no bottle sent to drake. there was no note. top the lies. there were no punches thrown. just glass. now, police are reviewing the video, according to "the post." and if drake doesn't agree to turn himself in, police could arrest him at a concert tonight near

new york. after writing for "newsweek" and "the new york post," she moved to fiction and hollywood. and more recently she worked with meryl streep on "julie and julia." nora ephron was 71 years old. >>> always a pleasure to be one on one with ike legal g.t.e. if you live in the county, you'll have an opportunity to weigh in on what the county is calling a best in class rapid transit proposal. there will be a public hearing held on thursday, jewel 12. the county executive is here to talk about it. this system is going to be how long? a hundred and how many miles? 160 miles overall. it's not something we'll build overnight. we'll do it in stages or a period of time. one of the big challenges for us is of course the cost. but i'm confident you can build it in stages over a period of time. then we can come up with a system and development plan that will allow us to construct it. it's a public hearing before i make my recommendation to the full council, an opportunity for them to weigh in on it. in addition to that, the council would have a chance to discuss their recommendations as well

the "new york post" is now reporting principal hawkins has had a change of heart and will not have theer song either. it is not known now what song will be sung for the finale at the june 20th graduation. joining me now is mark thompson, host of sirius xm's "make it plain" and more importantly, a proud new york city public school parent. mark. i leave town for a couple of weeks, i'm out here in l.a., the city is now out of control. >> that's why you can't leave. >> what is this?! i mean, this thing is something you'd expect to happen, i don't know, somewhere in the bible belt or something, the most cosmopolitan city in america and there's some problem over what the kids are going to sing in a kindergarten graduation? >> well, yeah, obviously, there is. and thank you for having me, as always, lawrence. it's unfortunate that there's such a controversy. and it's effort that people would seize upon this to question patriotism and even to hurl racial epithets at the principal. i think that's very, very unfortunate. i spoke at my son's school's career day a couple of weeks ago. he's a new yo

these divisions include boston, new york, philadelphia, solution, san diego, los angeles, and the caribbean. the new york post reported there's significant impact on agent morale. there's agenting iacting sacs divisions. and again, i'm a former deputy sheriff. knowing how important a stable chain of command is, knowing that your rank and file need to have the leadership, knowing that they need to have the direction, knowing that there should be policies and procedures in place, why are so many sac positions vacant? and are you doing anything to fill these? >> thank you for asking the question. in filling vacancies, some are open for extended periods of time, but when a sac leaves, retires, or is transferred, there is someone put in charge. it's only recently been that we've had a confirmed administrator, myself who rose up through the ranks, and a confirmed deputy that causes this domino effect, and so as we move our chief of operations into the deputy position, now we are moving the pieces, we are putting people in place. all the field divisions that have been vacant have had very, very strong and good leade

community is the bad guy here i want you to take a look at that if you didn't already see it in the new york post this shows those scary muslim terrorists building bombs as the new york police department sits outside asking the a.p. saying they'd like to register a complaint come on this is a ridiculous and the facts back me up on this if anything hate groups and white supremacists are the ones who have been waging war on american soil soil not muslims so for perpetuating lies and trying to trying its best to make muslims the target of america's hate eric bolling is tonight's tool time winner. all right it's thursday and it's time for happy hour on tonight's show before we get to all of our good topics we just want to give everyone a heads up that alona will be doing happy hour from murphy's pub she'll be joined by david pacman and julia for a one zero so you won't want to miss that let's get back here to d.c. and hey guys it's a ladies night joining me tonight producer adriano saddo and that is the money roll calls heard on the hill report are all right as a what do you think of when i say nine

fails to close the guantanamo bay military prison we get reaction from people on the streets of new york. post for moscow time more world news in brief twin car bomb explosions have rocked the iraqi capital has killed at least twenty five and injured dozens the blast targeted neighborhoods where thousands of shia pilgrims had gathered to mark a religious festival the violence was the latest in a wave of attacks on shia muslims in recent weeks with seventy killed on wednesday now qaeda linked group in iraq said it was behind the bombings. plans or that the restarting of two nuclear reactors the first to go back online since all the countries plants were closed after last year's fukushima disaster the decision despite massive public opposition could open the doors into more restarts among japan's fifty working reactors the officials say the move will help to avoid power outages and will fasten an economic recovery. saudi arabia's crown prince next in line to the throne has died in a hospital outside of the kingdom prince nayef was appointed in october after the death of his elder brother to king

the series writer told "the new york post" that the move makes the comic a realistic depiction of society. >> garbage truck driver in seattle washington saw something really strange rolling through a busy intersectsch a runaway baby stroller. caught on camera. the driver stopped his truck to block traffic, and then he ran after the carriage. the woman watching the baby apparently did not know that the stroller wasn't locked. nobody was injured. the driver even said the baby was giggling after his unexpected ride. >> my goodness. the truck driver sure wasn't giggling. >> he wasn't. >> no. >> so are we almost in the clear? >> we are done. we are done. we are in the clear. that its the good news. just about everybody out of the tornado watch. that tells, everybody, we can take a, at least breathe a little sigh of relief here and start to see what we may have to clean up. this weekend. and right now the weekend is looking pretty good. take a look outside right now. out towards the airport. partly cloudy. mostly cloudy skies across the area. not a bad evening west of washington, right now. a v

you've probably heard it's the school of business there but according to a report from the new york post administrators are teaching price fixing by example you could say i did mr rader it's come out through this program forge professors names to raise the g.p.s. of students and their master's program high enough so that those students could stay and rolled into school could keep raking the tuition checks rolling in because it's forty five thousand to seventy five grand i think and these are these kind of full time get a master's and m.b.a. program and it's a lot of mid-level wall street i think i don't know why this guy going down in there says this is this is an innovative program i think these guys are learning look you can go to school and just learn theories in business ethics forget that you're going to success on wall street you should learn how to price fix how to cheat to get ahead how to lie out to steal those should be the core part of the curriculum for any financial m.b.a. right so i applaud these people at this university because they're teaching these bankers these these g

. >> andrea: some of our producers pulled up a story in the "new york post" about the sleazy teacherse a frog at graduation. they called the tos on the kids for releasing crickets and frogs at graduation. cops. they now have arrest on the record. but the list of teachers are making $49,000. this is sexual assault. >> bob: you are taking out a few teachers branding all of them bad. one more thing is next. gh s >> eric: time for one more thing with kimberly. >> kimberly: i asked if there was a pickle on the plate, because it looked really good. that is coming up with andrea so don't turn the dial for a moment. i want to celebrate a man that i thought was extremely entertainm. richard dawson used to say "susurvey serz" he was beloved and won emmy for game show host in 1978 i guess. people would love him because he kissed everybody which was friendly and sweet. popular. >> bob: did he die? >> kimberly: yes. celebrating his life. i was thinking, bob we could go on family feud, us against "the view." on a serious note. way to say we are sad he did pass away. in ucla from complications froco

probably in the "new york post". >> i already starting some things. >> what about that?that was a better joke. >> at least you admit it. >> you wait for better jokes. >> ahead of my time. >> and we'll be back with andy levy. back in a second. >>> this weekend, 2:00 a.m. eastern time, brand-new redeye returns on monday. >> andy levy. >> sanity 1:00 a.m. and not 11:00 a.m. and magic mike, how is your book doing? >> it's the best selling book of all time. >> excellent. >> nicky, upcoming gig? >> i will be at the south denver comedy store. >> joe, that thing ever happen or no? >> you are doing the plug. thank you. my current web series can be seen on website, what are we waiting for. next two episodes are coming out bed rook, one is called overrated and one is called bad date and they come out july and august. i'll be at comedy club in western new york on the weekend of july 13th. >> thank you andy. >> a little hiccup there. >> thank you very much. you hotter me and i won't forgive you for that. i'm greg gutfeld. >>> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> you will not see yo

she had a great career in new york city at "the new york post," the "esquire," "new york" magazine as a journalist, as a writer. she started out and made it possible for so many other women like myself to come behind and then, of course, her voice, her unique character and take on everything. just think about "you've got mail." how many of us understood the culture of e-mail at that point when she wrote that screenplay. and, you know, all the other "sleepless in seattle," the merging of music and character and nostalgia. sweetness. >> you know, it was always about love. it was always a yearning -- >> and kindness. most recently, memorably she was at the state department, hillary clinton flew back for 36 hours for the kennedy honors and she did the tribute and people were still talking about it and amazed at just how funny and wonderful she was. the toast to meryl streep, her friend, one of the honorees this year. she was hilarious in teasing hillary and, of course, paying tribute to meryl streep. just the kindness of this woman, generous spirit. >> willie geist, we absolutely loved ha

that is the headline on the "new york post." being a druged of the u.s. anti-doping agagency. lance firing back saying he has taken more than 500 drug tests and never failed one and that there e is a vendetta to get hi. board the carly "call me maybe" p train. after this performance this trend has officially jumped the shark. maybybe. maybe ♪ jon hamm told he'd never be a head of a tv network. >> getting together with keifer sutherland and kelsey grammer for the emmy roundtablee series. >> i have never been out of work. >> cheryl burke's daddy is on bethenny." >> you have not spoken to your father in a decade? >> right. cheryl telling frankel she him overwith christmas. got in a really bad so it was important for to reachh out to my dad to if anything were to happen. >> tomorrow bethany talking bras and what is in them. >> the big movie trending right now has to be "rock of ages." an's across the grove with a marathon makeout cruise. bad. >> malin ackerman up against the wall and loving every minute of it, turning up the heat with tom cruise in "rock of ages." you're making ou