you will hear from rupert murdock and how his father went up against a general to save the lives of country men in world war i. come along for a glimpse of combat journalism, what some called the first draft of history. >>> >> war correspondents have to deal with absolutely everything. >> it was so close. >> there were too many witnesses. >> sometimes it's too much you feel like closing your notebook. >> of all of the wars you have worked on which one was most accurately reported as it happened? >> i would have to say none of them. >> phillip nightly is a journalist and author. the first casualty with in-depth study of war report. william was the first silian sent to the front. before then generals reported their own wars. >> this war was fought in the part of eastern europe now called the ukraine. it back in 1853 over control of holy sites in jerusalem and nazareth and pitted 6 countries great britain and france against russia. with almost 100,000 british troops committed to the fight they sent william howard russell to the front. >> we have documents relating to russell's career. we have

chairman rupert murdock said in eto staff "she was driven by determination misdeed of tyrant and sufferingvictims did not go unreported." jay carney called it reminder of the rifts they take and more. >> it's a reminder, too victims are many. and overwhelmingly in this case they are innocent syrian civilians. >> reporter: officials here can't say where will the syria targeted the journalists but one official called syria's request today that all foreign journalist register with the government the height of hypocrisy. bret? >> bret: wendell goler live at the state department. thank you. somalis are taking part in operation to fight piracy in and near their country. fox news recently went along with the maritime police force in an overfly of pirate flotillas and land bases. unit also conducts operations on the ground. it was set up with the help to united arab emirates. member of the house is allegedly not keeping up his own family's house later in the grapevine. here is tonight's infinity sponsored text to vote question. should the u.s. arm syrian rebels? text sr1 to 36288 for yes. text sr2

embattled media mogul rupert murdock is under increasing pressure this week.agship tabloid "the sun." you remember in fact last summer murdock shut down "the news of the world" in the wake of the scandal. at "the sun" the staff is reported as being despondent. could be some charges filed here in the united states. michael wolf literally wrote the book on murdock. he wrote the book, "the man that owns the news." thanks for being with us. murdock is returning to london this week. how bad is this crisis right now? >> i don't think you can -- i can't imagine a corporate crisis that is larger than this. >> they talked about being despondent, the employees unhappy. it's worse than that? >> they -- from -- remember, there are essentially two companies that you're looking at here, two parts of the company. there's the american company which comprises most of the assets and the earnings and then there is the british company which is largely newspapers. kind of a legacy company. it's where -- one of the places where murdock got his start and one of the places where his

. >> for what its worth, rupert murdock tweeted great values really do count in america and he says win michigan. game over. thank you. >>> now to the issue that started to impact the presidential race and could threaten the economic recovery. surging gas prices. the national average inched up again overnight. it now standss at $3.50. the average price is already over $4 in hawaii and california is is fastly approaching that in alabama, new york and connecticut. parts of california are seeing prices over $5 for some grades of gas. we could see five bucks solid by memorial day. here is what jay carney said minutes ago. >> rising gas prices is clearly the effect of a variety of factors on the global price of oil. they include unrest in certain regions of the world. they include growth in areas like china and india. >> joining me now oil industry analyst, peter. i think if you ask anyone at any gas station, they will say it's about iran. is that the case? >> it's partially about iran, but it's partially about greece. it's about the stock market making new highs. it's about economic data su

. >> rupert murdock's newest newspaper launched today in great britain. the sunday edition of the sun came out about two weeks after five employees were arrested and accused of -- paying bribes to police and defense officials. the new sunday tabloid replaces news of the world. you may remember that closed down last july amid a phone hacking scandal. >>> a scathing report on the state agency charged with protecting california's most vulnerable citizens. >> the investigation on the care of developmentally disabled as well. california watch reporter ryan gabrielson joins us next. >>> still to come, all of the politics and money involved in the america's cup in san francisco. >> and after the record setting temperatures last week we are looking at a bit of a chill down across the bay. we will see breezy and cool today as a bit of winter returns and slight chance of showers tonight. i will have the details coming up in your complete forecast in just a few minutes. people who show up in a public space silly together. >>> 8:41. you heard of flash mobs. large gro

. >>> turn now to london where rupert murdock is in meetings with angry staffers at his sun tabloid. this morning they're trying to clean up after the company had a phone hacking scandal. ten current and former senior staff members of the sun have been arrested since november. murdock is expected to assure employees that he's committed to keeping the newspaper going. >>> the so-called underwear bomber has been sentenced to life in prison. umar farouk abdul-mutallab tried to bring down a jet liner over detroit in 2009 by setting off a bomb in his underwear. prosecutors showed a video demonstrating the power of the explosive material found on umar farouk abdul-mutallab. as that video played umar farouk abdul-mutallab said several times god is great. his attorney plans to appeal. >>> germany's president stepped down this morning because of the corruption scandal. christian announced his resignation. it is seen as a major blow to chancellor angela merkel who hand picked him. >>> baseball hall of fame catcher died thursday of brain cancer. his nickname was the kid. carter played 19 season

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james murdoch, the youngest son of rupert murdock, announced that he is stepping down from his positionexecutive chairman of "news international news corps." they've been at the center of a hacking scandal. we're working to get further details and bring them to you as soon as we can. >>> an interesting story coming out of brazil. zain verjee has a story of what could be the worst fake i.d. in history, but for a moment it was effective, wasn't it, zain? >> reporter: some people just can't handle the truth, fred. they can't lie very well either. this is basically what happened. there's this guy called ricardo barros, he's 41 years old. he went off to a bank to open the account. they asked the basic question, can we see some i.d. he fishes out some i.d. and he hands them a picture of jack nicholson, which of course nobody would recognize, right? anyway, in brazil they looked at it and said, wait a minute, this is jack nicholson, not you. it ended up breaking open a case that police had been pursuing for about three months or so. there was a guy out using people's i.d.s, opening credit card

rupert murdoch's empire was larger than luce's ever was. i don't think murdock, although i'm sure he has a political view, that's not really important to him. it's really just a moneymaking institution in the fact that it's generally conservative and sensational. it is mostly because that makes money. so, i think murdoch is not like luce. i think luce had a vision. i think murdoch had a company. >> let me include roger ales in this and see if anyone on the panel wants to take up the question. >> i want to steal a march on my friend mike over there. my "m" word is mccormick. in the tower of the tribune tower. this gentleman, robert mccormick. he was the publisher of the "chicago tribune." referred to franklin roosevelt as a dictator with regularity. when martin luther king died, he said he had it coming because he told people they did not have to follow the law. "the chicago tribune" was as powerful as fox news. it was the newspaper of the midwest. it was the "new york times" of massive parts of the united states. so, it was always the reactionary publishers reac

murdock is heading to london this week to face another crisis. >> there are rumors he may shut down his flagship paper "the sun." charlie d'agata is in london. charlie, good morning. >> good morning. ruperthe tip-off came from murdo murdoch's own people. they're making accusations that they're being hung out to dry. he's going to return to london this week in a desperate attempt to contain a crisis that won't go away. in fact, it's got even worse. now he's facing a showdown at the crowned jewel of his british empire. it triggered predawn range in what staffers called a heavy-handed witch hunt. >> if we sep that this is disproportionate and a proportion needs to be restored, then you wind down some of the activities. why do you need 20 police officers for a single journalist. >> reporter: murdoch may be coming to assure "sun" employees and avoid a mutiny. but the last time his paper was in this much trouble, he shut it down. but those who work for him say the media mogul has a reputation for surviving a crisis. >> he's got battles on his hands, but this is a man who's battled for the last 60-plus years. he's been sued by the queen. he's had to write a check for a million pounds to sir elt

rupert murdoch is in meeting. he and his top aides are trying to clean up after the company had a phone hacking scandal. ten, ten current and former staff members have been arrested since november. murdock is expected to assure employees that he's committed to keeping the newspaper going. >>> the so-called underwear bomber has been sentenced to life in prison. umar farouk abdul-mutallab tried to bring down a jet by setting off a bomb in his underwear. >> at the sentencing, prosecutors showed a video demonstrating the power of petn. that's the explosive material found on abdul-mutallab. as that video played, abdul-mutallab said several times, god is great. his attorney plans to appeal. >>> rick santorum is back in east lansing. i'm sorry about that interruption. let's continue the conversation with the question about foster friess comments. what have you said to him about the comments other than what you have said to the press? >> well, you know, this is someone who is a supporter of mine. i'm not responsible for every comment that a supporter of mine makes. lot of folks, it was a bad joke, it was a stupid joke. not reflected of me or my record on this issue. you know, it's funny that i'