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. together with sean hoare, paul mcmullan was one of the first to go on record alleging illegal activity. he was a features executive. whatever you think of his behavior as a tabloid journalist, is he one of the few to blow the whistle on news corp behavior. mcmullan used to work with rebekah brooks and his professional relationship with her did not end on happy terms. also, we reached out to the spokespeople for brooks, andy coulson and news corporation for their response to mcmullan's allegations. we haven't heard from them at this time, but when we do, we'll pass their response along to you. i spoke with paul mcmullan earlier and asked how being caught up in the story is affecting him. >> i've got at least one story -- and someone else keeps ringing

rebekah brooks may be unable to shed light on what really happened.rescott think rupert murdoch's got a lot to answer for. >> everybody is scared to do death that he doesn't like so he's the spider in the middle of the when and it's about time we took him on. >> reporter: the chairman in charge of the xwriling is keen to hear why the company previously told him phone hacking was just the work of a rogue reporter, then later admitted that wasn't true. >> we took evidence from senior executives of news international and rupert murdoch has publicly stated parliament was misled. parliament takes that very seriously and so we want to ask him why he has discovered that we have been misled, who misled us and how long he's known about that. >> reporter: for rupert murdoch, this isn't a court appearance but it may feel like he's on trial. for years, rupert murdoch has been behind numerous cruel tabloid headlines. now suddenly he's on the front page himself, and that's a pretty awkward place for a press baron to be, suddenly the target of what they call in brit

but it's being reported it was rebekah brooks rebekah brooks.arrested and has been released. >>> an exciting final match at the women's world cup soccer tournament. it was a u.s. versus japan and we'll tell you who came out on top. but first i want to tell you about this. census bureau, more than 10 million americans are self employed. some even become business owners before graduating high school. cnn education editor introduces to us a couple in tonight's perry's principles. >> reporter: she's not your typical 18-year-old. she's met the president. rang opening bell at the new york stock exchange and started her own business, mama mi a's vegan bakery. it was served at the waldorf-astoria hotel. >> you started a vegan cookie business in high school. >> yes. summer after 10th grade. my parents became vegan after my mom contracted breast cancer. >> what do you know about business? >> just in that month of nifty. a low profit inspiring low-income students to stay in school. at their can competition last fall her bakery won the $10,000 grand prize.

>> it's difficult to see how rebekah brooks has any interest in blaming anyone in news corporation. o clear her own name. >> reporter: itn correspondent sarah smith says brooks still values her ties to the murdochs or may have her eye on a future editing job elsewhere. she'll answer questions to the best of her ability and won't comment on reports that she has several million dollars coming in severance pay. the list of casualties in the scandal is inchi ining closer te ruling family. top officials paul stephenson and john yates have resigned. andy coulson is out as prime minister's spokesman this year arrested earlier this month. and les hinton is gone. now that rebekah brooks has resigned and been arrested, many observers say james murdoch, chairman and ceo of news corp divisions in europe and asia is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's fingerprints can be found. >> he made it clear that he 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. >> repo

rebekah brooks is testifying today. >>> time now for our political ticker.or political editor mark preston on the phone from washington. good morning to you, mark, the debt ceiling a new cbs poll shows that americans continue to be split on what to do about the debt ceiling. >> yeah, ali, what's amazing about this is that, right now, we showed that the country is split 46% now -- support the idea of increasing the debt ceiling. 49% don't want to see it increased. what we have seen, ali the number has increased by 22% by people in favor of doing so. this is split now. among the american people. as we get toward the deadline, we could default on our loans. >> that's concerning people more. causing people to think about accepting tax cuts. they're allowed tax increases along with spending cuts as opposed to just spending increases -- just spending cuts, i mean. >> what's interesting about that, too, even though the democrats are demanding that there would have be to tax increases along with spending cuts and republicans only want to see the spending cuts. 66% o

rebekah brooks may have left the bridge.er role in this developing story and her appearance with her former employer at next week's select committee will remain -- ensure that she remains in the headlines. >> the fallout continues on both sides of the atlantic. for more on the u.s. reaction, we go now to new york. thank you for joining us. the fbi is looking into allegations. how serious could that be for news international? >> it depends on what the fbi funds. they are looking into the allegations. the allegation is that of the good news of the world" employees tried to obtain phone numbers and records of 9/11 victims from a private investigator who was a new york city policeman. that is the allegation. the fbi has to investigate and find out whether it was proven and whether any american privacy laws were broken. that would be the issue. i am told this will be a lengthy investigation. we should not expect anything soon. if it did result in any criminal prosecution, that would be very problematic for news corporation on thi

today it was rebekah brooks, former head of rupert murdoch's newspaper arm here in the uk, who resigned herself on friday. it was just a week ago that murdoch flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a meteoric rise at the company, becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. neil sean worked for another murdoch paper, "the sun." he is now an nbc news analyst. >> she rose to the top through sheer ambition, fantastic networking and, of course, an ability to do the job. >> reporter: it was in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that "news of the world" reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager milly dowler. a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking and has apologized. for the last decade the charismatic editor has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous and the powerful. she has had close personal relationships with the three most recent prime ministers. as recently as last december, david cameron met twice with brooks in visits that his office describes as social. cameron has come unde

all three of them are still scheduled to face parliament but there's a question as to whether rebekah brooks will brooks will be able to. we don't know the conditions of her release is and she's very closely linked to this investigation. lawmakers will be restricted in what they can ask her because they can't prejudice the ongoing police investigation. so it could really constrain that hearing at parliament. of course, james murdoch and rupert murdoch will also be there and they may be constrained by what they can say because of the ongoing investigation. >> and it seems like this would present other problems because scotland yard questioning her, arresting rebekah brooks and yet scotland yards is being investigated because of their inappropriate relations with this media empire. >> well, that's just it. a lot of people are asking just how close were reporters at "news of the world" with police because of new revelations that a former "news of the world" deputy editor was a communication consultant for the police at the same time that he seemed to be reporting back to news international. so

that's rebekah brooks. she wants to reiterate, she says, how sorry i am for what we know to have taken place. she is resigning as the ceo of news international, which is the parent company of the news corporation newspapers. she's been there for 22 years. she's been under a great deal of pressure. she was one of the three people who has been subpoenaed to british parliament to testify. she is the one, she's a british citizen, so she is compelled to go, although we do have news this morning that both rupert murdoch and his son, while rupert murdoch is not a british citizen, will in fact testify before parliament. there she is, rebekah brooks, being supported by rupert murdoch, she has offered her resignation and has left the company. >>> can you guess which newsmaker made this statement about media mogul rupert murdoch and the news of the world's alleged hacking of 9/11 victims here in the united states? quote, he is a very honorable, honest man. this can't be something that he would have had anything to do

and this testimony from rebekah brooks will be broadcast live not only here but around the world. they have to be fairly careful about what they ask her and she will have to be careful about what she says, and i would imagine she will have lawyers sitting by her side. and now she will questioned after rupert and james murdoch. it will be the first time we hear rupert marurdoch questione about the affair. there will be no hiding tomorrow. the spotlight will be firmly on him. >> what can we expect, do we think, the murdochs to say tomorrow? do you expect any big surprises? >> reporter: well, the whole party line, if you like, has been we didn't know what was going on, and we had no idea about the extent of illegal activities. i think they will be requesting closely about come on, guys, there was money being written out to the detectives doing some of the illegal work, and you were signing the checks, didn't you have any idea this was going on? that will be difficult for them. if they say they didn't know, that is incompetent, and then if they did, then that is something else, and i

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 on wall street. they're up 5% during the testimony of the past three hours. our coverage continues from london. and also with happ being now. -- "happening now." our colleagues to follow us. after this commercial break. i'm bill hemmer in new york. diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes. then try this. freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna-- [beep] wow. yep, that's the patented freestyle zipwik™ design. did it just-- [both] target the blood? yeah, drew it right in. the test starts fast. you need just a third the blood of one touch.® that is different. so freestyle lite test strips make testing... easy? easy. great. call or click-- we'll send you strips and a meter, free. free is good. f

: wolf, right now all eyes are on the british parliament, and its hearings tomorrow featuring rebekah brooksnew ex-murdoch executive. a spokesman for brooks tells us she will answer their questions the best she can, but the focus now is on what she may or may not reveal about the murdoch empire and who could be next to fall. arrested, questioned for nine hours and then released, rebekah brooks could play a key role in the investigations into the phone hacking scandal. for weeks she was the firewall between the public's furry and rupert murdoch's family. now somewhat she's an ex-murdoch employ who faces more scrutiny from police and parliament -- can rebekah brooks, will she bring someone else down in news corporation? >> it's difficult to see how rebekah brooks has any interest in blaming anybody else in news corporation. she will fight very hard to clear her own name and make sure she's not held responsible for knowing about the phone hacking that went on. >> reporter: itn correspondent sarah smith says brooks still values her ties to the murdochs or may have her eye on a future editing job

rebekah brooks was murdoch's chief person and the editor at the news of the world in a, quote unquote, personal friend of the prime minister. >> that is why rebekah brooks was quite able to say at the house of commons yesterday that there wasn't a single conversation that coace in fron select committee. >> question. is cameron insulated by the fact that rupert murdoch and rebekah brooks were also extremely close to the labor party's prime minister, gordon brown? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> especially because gordon brown has come out and said that his medical records were hacked into for a young son with cystic fibrosis. besides, this linked account are the ones that are occurring right now. cameron is acting as though his government could fall. he called for a very strong investigation. i think he will probably eat pie, but he's on very shaky ground. >> let put -- >> my thoughts, please. he's in a coalition government with a liberal party, and they're like two scorpions in a bottle. so tin treeing over there is really -- >> john, here's the key thing. first, i think the murdoch papers, s

rebekah brooks ran the tabloid news of the word and went on to run news international. she quit and was arrested yesterday. brooks' deputy at news of the world was andy colson who ran the paper when much of the hacking was going on. he resigned and became top aide for prime minister who he resigned over the hacking scandal. the prime minister is also friends with rebekah brooks and james murdoch. back to coulson. he employed clive goodman who hired a private investigator to hack the phones of aides to the royal family. scotland yardman the investigation into the hacking and arrested goodman, colson and brooks. paul stevenson resigned. part because he hired neil wallace used to work at news of the worlds. john yates, number two at cotland yard step down yesterday because he refused to open the hacking scandal investigation a few years ago and also has ties to neil wallace. stephanie, we've tried to put that together as best we can, give us more on this tangled web in britain. >> chris, it's not easy and people will look at that and go huh? it is very confusing, this has b

what might rebekah brooks have meant wh she said that? yoain't seen nothing yet, there's worse to come. >> she said she told the "news of the world" newsroom even as she bade them farewell and said i'm sure we've all seen performances like this, you know this hurts me more than it hurts you, she said, as she ended the careers of 280 journalists and sailed off merrily orrobably not merly on her way. we don't know what she meant but she did say in that speech on saturday evening at the "news of the world" as i recall "there's worse to come, there are dark days ahead." now maybe she was referring to some of the things we've mean? the days since then having to do with bribery of the policend the invasion of the queen's security and privacy. but i suspect that there is worse than that. we've heard talk about burglaries and break-ins. alan has just mentione the association with known criminal elements and in one case a murderer. you begin to wonder where's the bottom of this pit? it may be some way deeper than we have seen yet. >> and part of t

rebekah brooks is scheduled to appear, as well, but her spokesperson says her arrest will change that. >>> to washington now, with the showdown over raising the nation's debt ceiling is fast approaching the august 2nd deadline with no resolution in sight. there are plenty of plans, but no consensus. and while some of those proposals are headed for a vote, the white house suggests that the bare minimum may be all that's possible. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington. brian, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. the white house says it is confident will meet that august 2nd deadline, but right now it's not at all clear how that's going to happen. today on capitol hill, senator tom coburn unveils the most ambitious plan yet to break the debt ceiling stalemate. >> oh, i wouldn't expect it to pass. but i would expect people to look at it. >> reporter: he's taking aim on $9 trillion in government cuts. >> pick half of them. half of them solve our problem. >> reporter: it's just one of several competing republican efforts to beat the august 2nd deadline to raise uncle sam's credit limit

when rupert murdoch and his son james were done, rebekah brooks who you were just watching, rebekah brooks was on the hot seat, and joining me live from london is michelle ckosinski, ad this day started off with rupert murdoch mobbed by photographers as he prepared to testify, and before we talk about rebeckah brooks and what she had to say, there was a lot of buzz on rupert murdoch being humbled by this, but not taking responsibility for what was happening with the company he owned. >> yeah, that was interesting. i mean, he said, yes, i'm in charge of this company, but this is an enormous company, and the "news of the world" is less than 1% of it all and i don't have that much involvement in the day-to-day workings of it and neither does my son here james. and they said basically they didn't know anything about this, and when they were informed that something bigger was going on, they did everything possible to help the police and they turned over all of the documents that they didn't know existed before, so it is a complex web who knew what when, and the murdochs saying they didn't know

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, arrested to day by police in london in connection with the scandal. her predecessor less hinton who ran the dow jones resigned on friday. murdoch was forced to drop his $12 billion bid. the company took out full-page ads with a simple headline, we are sorry. in an interview with "the journal" murdoch says the company has made only minor mistakes in handling this debacle. joining us, from new york, michael wolf, author of a biography of rupert murdoch. david faulk ken flick and here in washington sarah smith, washington correspondent for the uk's channel 4 news. sarah smith, rebecca brooks being arrested by the police, how much does this further the damage? >> on the face of it it looks very, very bad. it means we're probably one step closer to james murdoch being questioned and arrested over this which would damage the company and the family very, ve

do you regret closing the "news of the world" to try and save rebekah brooks? in hindsight do you wish you'd accepted her resignation to start with, in order that that paper with a fine tradition could probably continue and all of the people who are now out of work could still be in work? >> i regret very much the fate of people who will not be able to find work. the two decisions were totally unrelated. absolutely and totally unrelated. >> so when you came into the u.k. and said your priority was rebekah brooks -- >> i'm not sure i did say that. i was quoted as saying that. i walked outside my flat and had about 20 microphones stuck in my mouth so i'm not sure what i said. >> so you were misquoted? >> i'm not saying that. i just don't remember. >> i'm sorry, mr. chairman. mr. davies, it's important that the closure of a newspaper with a history of 160 some odd years history is something that is a grave thing and something that is a serious matter of regret for us, for the company. but much more serious than that is the seriousness of really the violation of pr

a former top murdoch aide rebekah brooks was arrested yesterday.en resigned over questions about a former news of the world reporter and a whittle blower turned up dead. stephan steph boanie gosk is covering t story. to the tangled web that may be the best way to describe this hacking scandal as the parties involved, murdoch's empire, government and the police all have ties one to another. it begins with rupert murdoch, the chief of news corporation, which includes the british any news international. his son james handles european operations for newscorp. on friday, les hidden resigned, he ran murdoch's dow jones and published the "wall street journal." rebekah brooks ran the tabloid news of the word and went on to she went on to run news international. she quit and was arrested yesterday. david cameron became prime minister. coolson later resigned from the prime minister's office over the hacking scandal. the prime minister is friends with rebecca brooks and james murdoch. a royals reporter named clive goodman hired a private investigator to hack

. >> [unintelligible] rebekah brooks? >> i forget, but i expect that with my son we were both in daily contact. >> [unintelligible] >> no. >> you were not informed? >> no. >> at no point were you aware that they were being paid payments? >> no. >> the u.s. hockey committee, if there was a victim of the crime, having to address the matter of mr. taylor in some detail? >> my father became aware, after the settlement was made, in 2009, after the confidential settlement had become public and the newspaper reported afterwards. the understanding was that the settlement out of court was a civil claim, something of that nature we did not believe that a company our size, with responsible executives in the territory of the country, would be authorized to make. my father is the glow will chief executive. >> mr. murdoch, when you found out that criminality was in debt met at open quote news of the world close "? -- "news of the world"? >> [unintelligible] justice taking place now. it has been discouraged. we were shocked, appalled, a

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 condition that many europeans have been forced to adopt even though it sparked massive protests. on thursday, the senate passed their own cost-cutting package which comes after investors started to worry that the third largest economy could be the next to go into the debt cri

there's only an hour with the two murdochs, only an hour with rebekah brooks.that tends to mean a lot of gatlin gun questions, very short answers and this happens a lot in the states, lawyers sitting next to each one of them, leaning in, interrupting, giving advice along the way. >> right. >> >> reporter: it's fireworks but not likely, chuck, to see a lot of that actually in the meeting. back to you. >> okay. jim maceda, following this in london. here's live pictures. murdoch is -- and his son are now sitting down in front of this inquiry commission. i want to bring in to nbc news investigative reporter, mike isikoff and msnbc reporter and political analyst richard wolff. mike, is there an equivalent of a fifth that either one, either the two murdochs or ra bebecca brooks can take? >> the standard ongoing investigation. what struck me about only an hour for this testimony? which striiks me as very short time. >> we're going to start listening and dip in when there's a break. >> -- would come out during the course of questions. if you feel that's not the case th

only a week or so ago rupert murdoch said he had total confidence in rebekah brooks. the first thing he did when he flew into london to try and sort this crisis out was stage a photo opportunity with his arm around rebekah, asked what his first priority was on landing in london. he pointed to her and said this one. >> rose: so why did she resign? >> i think becausehe attempts to take the pressure off so far had failed. the closure of the news of the world is dramatic and expensive move. this paper had bn going for 160 plus years. rupert murdoch bought it2 years ago it was his big entry on to the world stage after leaving australia. >> rose: the largest circulating paper in london. >> 2.3--.7 million a day, used to sell 6 to milon in its glory days. so this is an extraordinary, papers don't shut down overnight like that either. in these troubled times. he h done that he pulled the bid for sky. he had agreed after changg his mind on thursday to pear before parliament. none of those things had takethe pssure o. the reason that he had kep rebekah brooks right by his side f

and the departure from your company in the recent few days of rebekah brooks and les hinton, is that them are any foj knowledge of pho phone hacking? >> i have no knowledge and there is no evidence that i -- that i'm aware of, that mrs. brooks or mr. hinton, or any of those executives had knowledge of that and their assertions, certainly mrs. brooks and assertions to me of her knowledge of those things has been -- has been clear. nonetheless, those resignations have been accepted. but it's important to know on the basis that there is no evidence today that i have seen or that i have any knowledge of, that there was any impriority by them. >> turn to tom watson. >> mr. murdoch sr., good afternoon, sir. you have repeatedly stated that news corp has a zero tolerance of wrongdoing by employees. is that right? >> yes. >> in october 2010, did you still believe it to be true when you made your speech and you said, let me be clear, we will be vig -- we will vigorously pursue the truth and we will not tolerate wrongdoing? >> yes. >> so if you were not lying then, somebody lied to you, who was

. >> rebekah brooks was released on jail. >> rupert murdoch is said to face the scandal head-on tomorrow. >> now we move to david cameron. >> is cutting short a trip today to south africa. >> order. when are they going to do the decent thing and resign? >> congress now has 15 days to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling before the united states government goes into a catastrophic default on august 2nd. today harry reid announced the senate will meet every day until the debt ceiling is raised. yesterday, david rogers of politico discovered and reported that house speaker john boehner and eric cantor held a secret meeting with barack obama at the white house. a republican leadership aide said "the lines of communication are being kept open, but there's nothing to report in terms of an agreement or progress." tomorrow the house republicans will hold a vote on the tea party's preferred solution to deficit reduction, the cut, cap, and balance bill, a bill that would slash spending and make raising taxes even more impossible than it seems to be now. the head of the non-partisan center on budg

rebekah brooks, former head of rupert murdoch's newspaper arm here in the uk who resigned herself on friday. it was just a week ago that murdoch flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a immediate otheric rise at the condition, becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. neil sean worked for another murdoch newspaper, "the sun". >> she rose to the top through sheer ambition, networking and an ability to do the job. >> reporter: in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that "news of the world" reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager milly dowlor, a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking and has apologized. for the last decade, the editor has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous and the powerful. she has had close personal relationships with the three most recent prime ministers. as recently as last december, david cameron met twice with brooks in visits his office describes as social. cameron has come under fire for his connections to murdoch's news international. his former sp

rebekah brooks ran the tabloid news of the word and went on to run news international. as arrested yesterday. brooks' deputy at news of the world was andy colson who ran the paper when much of the hacking was going on. he resigned and became top aide for prime minister who he resigned over the hacking scandal. from the prime minister's office over the hacking scandal. back to coulson, while at "news of the world," he employed a royal's reporters named clive goodman who hired glenn marcair, scotland yard arrested goodman, marcair, coulson, and brooks, but paul stevenson resigned yesterday in part because he hired neal wallace as a pr consultant who used to work at "news of the world" under coulson. now john yates, number two at scotland yard stepped down today because he refused to open the hacking scandal two years ago, he also has ties to neal wallace. stephanie, we've tried to put that together as best we can, give us more on this tangled web in britain. >> chris, it's not easy and people will look at that and go huh? it is very confusing, this has been a mind-bending

he defended rebekah brooks.e defended les hinton, the former dow jones ceo who also resigned last friday, and he said he had been betrayed by unname other employees. it was not overall an impressive performance. >> we mo this has to be costing news corp. millions. how much of a liability is it to keep rupert murdoch where he is right now? >> i don't know if the liability is to rupert murdoch but it is his leadership. i think he has to stay and use others as a human shield for as long as he can. he's been a liability in many ways if you look at the value of property for so many years. but when is news corporation going to get out and do the top to bottom investigation not just of their british publications and they're only doing that right now but, in fact, going worldwide? and until they do that they will always be behind the story and as long as he's at the helm and performing the way he did today, he will increasingly be a liability. >> what are your thoughts about strategy here? rupert murdoch is 81 years old

here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship with rebekah brooks. she talked about her relationship with the prime minister yesterday. alex spillius. guest: as mr. cameron was saying, she has been friends not just with him, but previous prime minister gordon brown, and probably tony blair, too. his point was "it is not just me." she slept over at the official country residence one time when gordon brown was prime minister. but david cameron is prime minister now and he is very close to her. in the light of what we now know about what "news of the world closed what journalists were up to, people in britain are having a heart -- what "news of the

why rebekah brooks was arrested yesterday and what they found in the trash yesterday. plus, how extreme is the republican cut, cap and balance plan for the budget? it makes the ryan plan look reasonable. we'll break down this groofy legislative stunt he next. having the right real estate agent on your side is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find the experts you need, whether you're trying to sell of hoping to buy. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >>> there's only two plans to raise the debt ceiling this week. one, a hopeless stunt that everyone knows is hopeless. the other is a last resort plan in which each side claims some sort of victory. today the president issued a rare obama veto threat against the stunt. house republicansle call it the kupt, cap and balance act of 2011. it would cus spending by $111 billion, cap future federal spends at a fixed percentage of gdp, require congress to pass a balanced budget amendment and send that amendment to the states for ratification before granting the president authority to ra

he is right to take a position that rebekah brooks should go. with the abuses and the pattern of deceit that we have seen, does he agree that it would be quite wrong for them to expand their stake in the british media? desi further agree that if the house of commons speaks with one voice today, rupert murdoch should drop his bid to be -- should recognize the world has changed and should listen to this house of commons. >> i agree with what the gentleman said. i think it is good that the house of commons is going to speak with one voice. the government does have a job to do to act at all times within the law. yes, as the honorable member at said, we should look at amending the laws. we should make sure that this is right. we should make sure the competition and enterprise act are right. i think it is perfectly acceptable to obey the law as a government and to send a message from this house of commons that this business has got to stop the business of mergers and get on with the business of cleaning its stables. >> i look for work to debating this

let's talk about the arrest of rebekah brooks. she's out on bail right now, but her arrest over the weekend a big surprise. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, she was -- the length that she was detained for was incredible as well. 12 hours she spent -- more than 12 hours in a police station in london answering questions, and she wasle only released around midnight last night local time. so that was a huge development in this. she's out on police bail now, but that doesn't mean she's excused from appearing before a committee of mps tomorrow london time. she's still going to turn up and be careful about what she says, and the politicians are going to have to be careful about what they ask her as well. there could be a trial down the track if she's charged, and therefore they're going to make sure under the rules here that they don't sort of prejudice any forthcoming trial. nevertheless i think she's going to get a pretty tough interrogation at the hands of politicians as will her former bosses rupert and james murdoch who appear now separat

>> les hinton resigned, sadly, last friday, following rebekah brooks resignation and saying i was in charge of the company during this period that we are under criticism for and i feel i must step down. >> were either rebekah brooks or les hinton, were they asked to leave or did they ask to leave? >> they both asked to leave. >> why did you not accept rebekah brooks's resignation when she first offered it? >> because i believed her and i trusted her and i do trust her. >> so why did you accept it the second time around then? >> in the event -- she just insisted. she was at a point of extreme anguish. >> can you tell us how much all of these characters have been paid off? how much they have been given as a financial settlement on their departure from news international? >> no, i can't tell you. but in the case of mr. hinton, it would certainly be considerable because there would be pensions for 52 years serv e service. >> 10 million? 5 million, 10 million? >> it's certainly confidential. >> and is there anything --

containing a laptop computer and a cell phone in a parking garage trash can near the london home of rebekah brooks. brooks, of course, is due to answer questions about the hacking scandal in front of a parliamentary committee tomorrow. rupert murdoch and his son james are also expected to appear. we will be showing the committee hearing live here on the fox news channel tomorrow from 9:30 eastern. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt live in our new york city newsroom. jonathan, thank you. investigators are now looking into a pair of deaths and a strange set of circumstances at a san diego bay mansion. the home of a high profile pharmaceutical executive. when in the last week this man's 6-year-old son and 32-year-old girlfriend you see here both have died. due to what police describe as seemingly unrelated incidents inside this historic home. they say somebody found the girlfriend's body last wednesday hanging by the neck from a rear balcony with her hands and feet bound together. it happened just a couple of weeks after the executive's son tumbled down a flight of stairs according to the report in wha

so will former british ceo rebekah brooks, who police are already investigating. the controversy has forced the head of scotland yard and his deputy to resign over their alleged links to a former murdoch executive. the scandal has reached the highest levels of the british government, with opposition leaders saying the prime minister himself has questions to answer about his close ties to the murdock empire. >> but at the moment, he seems unable to provide the leadership the country needs. >> reporter: rebekah brooks is a friend and neighbor to the prime minister. the pair met repeatedly since cameron took office 14 months ago. the prime minister cut short a trip to africa and called for an emergency session of parliament. in a further twist to the scandal, police found one of the first whistle-blowers about hacking dead at his home. police are calling sean hoare's death unexplained but not suspicious. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> all right. 6:13 now. one year after a freak accident, a paralyzed bride is set to tie the knot. what is so surprising about on

that will be with rebekah brooks. we expect rupert murdoch there, quite clear, saying phone hacking is wrong, paying police officers is wrong, has no part in news international, no part in news corp, and saying there will be no excuses. our colleague looks at these things from a rounded point of view, did the murdochs do what they needed to do to put a bit of shine back on the company, or not? >> i think, richard, if you look at all the comments they made over the course of the past three hours, what comes out loud and clear to me are two executives who appear profoundly out of touch. some of the statements that we heard earlier, i made lots of notes as you can imagine, all news organizations use private investigators, as if that legitimizes the practice. i trusted people. excuse me, the chief executive of a company is responsible. so mr. murdochs, both, need to own what has happened in their organization. the culture is clearly broken. there are so many other comments like that. >> right. let's go round, we will stay

today rebekah brooks often referred to as murdoch's surrogate daughter. f the same department that arrested brooks, metropolitan police commissioner falls victim. what brings sir paul stevenson done. the executive editor of the paper. back to rebekah brooks. at the top of the murdoch food chain and a lynch pin in an unfolding drama. brooks is answering police questions. >> reporter: the crisis surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire here in britain has claimed new victims as of sunday. first, rebekah brooks, the former "news of the world" editor and chief executive at news international, she had an appointment on sunday to meet with police investigators. but a spokesperson for her said she did not expect to be arrested when she walked in to meet with them but that's exactly what happened and she was still in police custody late into sunday night being questioned not just on phone hacking allegations, but also on allegations that "news of the world" reporters actually paid police for information. now rebekah brooks is, of course, a very senior executive a

here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downingeet under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship with rebekah brooks. she talked about her relationship with the prime minister yesterday. alex spillius. guest: as mr. cameron was saying, she has been friends not just with him, but previous prime minister gordon brown, and probably tony blair, too. his point was "it is not just me." she slept over at the official country residence one time when gordon brown was prime minister. but david cameron is prime minister now and he is very close to her. in the light of what we now know about what "news of the world closed what journalists were up to, people in britain are having a heart -- what "news of the worl

on the case of rebekah brooks. as i said, i don't think it's right for the prime minister to start picking and choosing who should run, who shouldn't run media organizations. but it's been reported that she offered her resignation over this, in this situation, i would have taken it. but before i take your questions, let me just say this -- for people watching this scandal unfold, there is something disturb being what th dissiturbing about what they se. think about who they put their trust in, the press, the police, and politicians. all of them have been let down. after the questions are over and the truth found out, i want a police that's proved itself beyond reproach. a political system that people think is on their side. and a press that is, yes, free and vigorous that investigates and entertains, that holds those in power to account and occasionally maybe even regularly drives them completely mad. but in the end, we need a free presses that is also clean and trustworthy. that is what people want. that is what i

so will former british ceo rebekah brooks, who police are already investigating. the controversy has forcerd the head of scotland yard and his deputy to resign over their alleged links to a former murdock executive. the scandal has reached the highest levels of the british government, with opposition leaders saying the prime minister himself has questions to answer about his close ties to the murdock empire. >> but at the moment, if he is unable to provide the leadership the country needs... >> reporter: rebekah brooks is a friend and neighbor to the prime minister. the pair met repeatedly since cameron took office 14 months ago. the prime minister cut short a trip to africa and called for an emergency session of parliament. in a further twist to the scandal, police found one of the first whistle-blowers about hacking dead at his home. police are calling sean hoare's death unexplained but not suspicious. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> 5:06. a bipartisan plan is being fine- tuned in the u.s. senate. now, this is in hopes getting around the nation's debt cri

he was not in day-to-day control. >> was rebekah brooks in day-to- day control? >> yes. >> why is she still being backed when it is clear that legal opinion will come to see what kind of responsibility, she was the editor when the phone was being attacked. >> i understand what happened. what month ofw was doing carrying on supporting her. >> she is innocent of the charges against her. what damage ultimately happens to the wider entire - -empire? >> i don't know. this global scandal, murdoch is one of the best things that ever happened to this kind of journalism. without murdoch, there were probably be no "guardian," "independent," or competition for you at the bbc. >> said that is a perfectly fair point. he loves newspapers. the thing that we should talk about is what has happened over the past two years. for the last two years, this company has been denying it. they went to parliament. they have misled everyone. they're still paying the person knows the truth. they have been high resistance to all of the lawsuits. they have been desperate to get the story out an