would have to pay 9.6 billion pounds for the british sky broadcasting shares. following this news today, the media regulator says it has a duty to be satisfied that the holder of the broadcasting license is fit and proper. there is a risk it could be brought or unscrambled. b sky b directors may say that news corp. has to pay more to compensate for the risk or the deal may never happen. there may be incentive for news corp. to delay the takeover, pending greater clarity on whether they will be suitable owners of sky in the light of what ever further shocking disclosures are made about how the news of the world of pain stories. -- about how the news of the world cup team stories. >> this is the bbc. >>> the maid had lines, the news of the world newspaper faces new allegations of phone hacking and rupert murdoch has ordered full cooperation with the police. at the 35 people from a wedding party were killed in northern india when their bus was hit by a train at a railroad crossing. >>> the philippines' foreign minister will visit his counterpart in beijing thursda

he's trying to save the takeover of his british sky broadcasting known as b sky b. it does have the backing of news corps. despite that monday's independence says the deal appears, quote, dead in the water, pauline. >> well, charles, let's take a look at how all of this has affected the stock. it's dented news corps shares. it was one of the worst performing stocks on the sydney today, down 5.1%. at the close on this monday, it was selling at 15 aussie dollars. with the deal in question, it could slide even further. charles? >> don has been following this saga and joins us outside the house of commons. dan, what is the mood. is there a mood to stifle this whole takeover? >> reporter: well, it's interesting. the culture secretary jeremy hunt is reportedly taking this back to the regular later, asking them in light of all these allegations if they are now going to reconsider weather news corps is a fit and proper company to run a broadcast. one of the tests that has to be in place. that has sent b sky b's shares up, nose dieshing down 6.7%. it may be months before thi

door to enjoy the billions of dollars of profit that news corp will make from acquiring british sky broadcasting the people being named as his potential successors are all individuals who've been closely groomed by murdoch and who have been calling the shots behind the scenes for so many years so as outraged as british lawmakers and the public may be over the scandal right now they may soon have to face the grim reality the very little has changed the media landscape as long as corporate profits trump journalistic integrity.

the scandal scuffled plans to take over british sky broadcasting. >> i will be focused on clearing a mess there is on news international with problems still coming out. and deal with that and human shares and the rest of it. >> this british papers are accused in these charges being made today. >> and an 83-year-old woman got unexpected and inaccurate news from social security. >> they said she was dead. and michael finney is here with the story. >> yes. exactly. >> and the 83-year-old's social security checks stopped arriving in bremerton, washington. she wanted to know why. she asked and the federal government told her she was dead. >> interesting concept. isn't it? when you're walking around in your alive? and doing things we do. >> somehow, her name was included on the list of dead people. and this took a while, but things were straight yend out. this is a take home for you. a spokesperson says one out of 200 entries is false. and there is a bill making buying a car in california safer, car dealers have come to an agreement allowing a boost and allowed document fees from $55 to 80

that is disrupting murdoch's plans to take over british sky broadcasting.aking a multimillion-dollar hit. dropping 10% just yesterday. 7% just yesterday. >>> president obama saying it's time to get serious about raising the nation's debt ceiling. talks continue today after leaders came up empty again yesterday. the president is insisting he is not accepting any short-term fix. >> so, we might as well do it now. pull off the band-aid. eat our peas. >> right now, republicans are refusing to budge on taxes and some democrats are saying all entitlement benefits like medicare must be spared. >>> nearly half of the country now feeling the heat this morning to a dangerous degree. there are heat advisories posted in a whole bunch of states. 23 states from new england to oklahoma and from the deep south to the ohio valley. the heat index could reach 115 degrees today in some places. little doggy. >> rob marciano is in the extreme weather center. watch out for the dogs, watch out for small kids, for the elderly. a lot of people vulnerable to getting sick when talking

about an application for his company to take over full ownership as you said in your piece of sky broadcasting here. that decision was supposed to to be answer this week. it's been announced just hours ago that it's now been kicked into the long grass and it will be decided at the earliest in september. >> as i understand it that bskyb's revenues are bigger than news of the world. ned temko, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> brown: now, president obama takes a step to better acknowledge suicides in the u.s. military. under the new decision, the president would send his condolences to families of soldiers who commit suicide in combat zones. it follows years of increasing focus on the issue. last year, for instance, there were 468 suicides throughout the entire armed forces-- more than died in combat in iraq and afghanistan. 301 were in the regular army, reserves and national guard up more than 20% from the year before. there were 54 air force suicides -- the most since 1994. suicides in the u.s. marine corps fell nearly 30%. the navy saw a slight decline as well. for years, service chiefs a

and media baron rupert murdoch dropped his bid to take over british sky broadcasting, amid allegations of phone hacking by his tabloids. at the "newshour" online, we've posted a story tonight about child marriage-- a practice that is far more common than you'd think. hari sreenivasan speaks with a photographer who has investigated the phenomenon across several continents. >> sreenivasan: more than 50 million girls under the age of 17 are already married in developing countries and 100 million more are expected to marry in the next decade. photojournalist stephanie sinclaire has traveled documented the practice of child marriage. over the past eight years she's gained intimate access to families and child brides who can be as young as five years old at the time of marriage. her photographs were recently featured in "national geographic" magazine in a story called "too young to wed." she joins me now. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> the story of the five-year-old little girl in india that was being led off to her wedding was so powerful. you were looking at that

is trying dubbed by one of the important business media businesses in the u.k., british sky broadcasting. his news corp. owns just 39% of it. the reason he wants 100% is because bskyb is a growing business, generating huge amounts of cash. this year profits are close to 1 billion pounds. news of the world off is under pressure. mr. murdoch has been arguing that his takeover should be allowed to go through without a lengthy investigation. jeremy hunt had a deal. now mr. murdoch withdrew that, asking for the deal to go to the ofcom. the delay in the takeover is better for him than the alternative of abandoning it all together. as a result, of the corporation an announcement this afternoon, i am wonder referred this to the competition commission. and we will be writing to them this afternoon. >> the leader of the opposition did not want to hear from mr. hunt. >> the prime minister was wrong not to come to the house of commons today. as on every occasion during this crisis, he has failed to show the necessary leadership the country expects. >> here is what the prime minister said to mr. mili

sky b shares. the media regulator, it has a duty to be satisfied that the holder of a broadcasting license is fit and proper, there's a risk that the takeover could be blocked or unscrambled. so b sky b's directors may insist that newscorp may even more, to compensate for the risk that the deal may never happen. >> so there may be an incentive for news corporation to delay the takeover. pending greater clarity on whether they will be seen by the regulator as suitable owners of sky in the light of whatever further shocking discloshese are made about how the news of the world obtained stories. robert peston, bbc news. >> this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore. >> in london, our main headlines this hour, the news of the world's newspaper faces new allegations of phone hacking, rupert murdoch has ordered full cooperation with the police. >> international aid agencies have issued an urgent appeal on behalf of millions of people who have been affected by what's being called the worst drought in east africa for 60 years. the philippine foreign minister albert del rosario will visit his counterpart to disc

newscorp dropped its bid today to buy all of british sky broadcasting group. it abandoned the offer over allegations the media conglomerate used unethical reporting tactics at some of its british newspapers. stepping away from the huge $12 billion deal is a stunning defeat for rupert murdoch, the powerful mogul who founded and runs newscorp. murdoch's conglomerate may now face more scrutiny. virginia senator jay rockefeller wants a government investigation of newscorp's operations in the u.s. murdoch presides over a $32 billion media and entertainment empire. it owns prestigious names like hollywood film studio 20th century fox, fox news channel, the "wall street journal," the "new york post" and many british newspapers, including the "sunday times." joining us now, porter bibb, managing partner of media tech capital, a media investment firm in new york. >> susie: hi, porter, nice to have you with us. >> great to be here, susie. >> porter, it cements like every other day there's an announcement of a business or merger or take over that the news corp is abandon

s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. crumbles under political pressure as the hacking scandal spreads beyond britain u.s. senators now call for an inquiry following reports that journalists from murdoch papers tried to bribe police for information after nine eleven britain's best selling tabloid the news of the world was closed down after allegations of a mobile phone. politicians and celebrities and victims were hacked with the editor's knowledge. more trouble for the eurozone as the irish economy slides further central bankers fear italy and spain may be heading for their own financial abyss brussels is concerned it won't have enough cash and. italian debt. as europe's largest economy italy's too big to fail but it has a debt problem that either portugal or ireland. coming up our special report on one of the most scenic regions in russia from lush woodlands to my. region is a sight to behold discovering russia next. the region deep in the sun. is one of russia's newest territories. two thousand and eight it brought tog

s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. crumbles under political pressure as the hacking scandal spreads beyond britain. more trouble for the eurozone as the irish economy slides for their central bankers fear italy and spain may be heading for their own financial abyss. two am in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r t our top story revelations keep coming out about the ill fated voyage of the sunken pleasure cruise around the volga river as one former captain says the ship was quote technically dead long before sunday's catastrophe more than a hundred people are now confirmed to have been confirmed to have been killed after the ball garia went down in just a matter of minutes in russia's republic of tatarstan twenty three of the bodies recovered so far have been children artie's tom barton has the latest from the scene of russia's worst boating accident in decades just a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. the camp behind me will remain busy throughout the night and into the next

because it is trying to buy british sky broadcasting. although rupert murdoch is credited as the founder of bskyb, his new corporation -- his news corp. owns just 30%. the reason he wants 100% is because it is a growing business generating huge amounts of cash. this year's profits are expected to be close to 1 billion pounds, whereas revenues of his favorite newspapers, those left after the closure of the "news of the world" are under pressure. mr. murdoch has been arguing that this takeover should be allowed to go through without a lengthy investigation by the competition commissioner, and he gave undertakings to protect the independence of sky news security agreement and for the deal. this afternoon, in a dramatic ball back, mr. murdoch withdrew those undertakings, in effect asking for the deal to go to the competition commission because the delay in the takeover is better for him than the alternative of abandoning it all together. >> as a result of news corp.'s announcement this afternoon, i am now going to refer this to the competiti

taking a tougher stance on newscorp's proposed takeover of satellite television company british sky broadcasting. the deal has come under a full- scale inquiry by britain's competition commission. separately, newscorp today withdrew its offer to spin off sky news if the b. sky b. deal is approved. >> susie: while washington is focused on the debt debate, tonight's commentator wants to have a bigger conversation about growth. he's glenn hubbard, dean of the graduate school of business at columbia and former top economic advisor to president george w. bush. >> our current national debate over fiscal austerity masks a conversation we need to have about growth-- to raise incomes and create jobs. faster growth doesn't just happen. a supportive policy environment is needed. we need to encourage participation in the workforce and to provide education and training that match the skills required for today and tomorrow. the productivity of our workforce also depends on the plant and equipment and software businesses have. we need tax reform to promote that investment. growth is powerful. at a 3% growth ra

murdoch's newspaper hacking killed a pending murdoch broadcasting deal, namely, to purchase british sky broadcasting a deal valued at $12 billion. the sitting uk prime minister and the british public sidelined the planned merger. >> what has happened to this company is kisses graceful, it's got to be addressed at every level and they should stop thinking about mergers when they've got to sort out the mess they've created. >> on this side of the atlantic, lawmakers in the u.s. congress call for a hearing. house homeland security committee chairman peter king and the senate intelligence committee member jay rockefeller. >> you know the department of justice and all kinds of other federal agencies will be going after this very hard, and we will too. >> question, democratic senator robert menendez has called for the justice department to probe allegations that a murdoch newspaper propose hacking the cell phones of 9/11 victims' families. how incendiary is that allegation? >> well, if it's true, it certainly incendiary and the hacking has actually delegitimized his company. he was forced to -- in a very

discussed with rebekah brooks murdoch's now withdrawn $12 billion bid to acquire the mighty british sky broadcasting satellite system. 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 coul taken place in front of the 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

but you know the only way the british government can stop that acquisition of british sky broadcastingis by showing that murdoch has too much media power, too much influence to be concentrated in the hands of news corp, it's not supposed to get into ethical and moral questions of journalism. the feel on murdoch's part, the sooner "news of the world" becomes history, and it will disappear after sunday, the easier it will be for him and his company to put the scandal behind him. i'm not sure. i think it will resonate strongly, with all of the investigations prime minister cameron calling for a probe between relationship between politicians and "news of the world" and other news organizations. i don't think the story's going to go away. murdoch trying to minimize the fallout. >> you'll be talking about it on "reliable sources." howard kurtz. >>> a spectacular career inspired bit tv series "star trek." we'll find out what it's like to fly in a space shuttle from the first african-american woman in space. [ owl hooting ] things aren't always what they seem out here. like that big fella over

forced the paper to cease production and is threatening murdoch's efforts to take over british sky broadcastingt hacking controversy involves a medical records of frasier brown, the son of former prime minister gordon brown. the younger brown was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. >>> people across the country are dealing with some excessive heat. it could reach dangerous levels this week in nearly two dozen states. as we report, some areas have already seen temperatures well above 100 degrees. >> it's about 105. >>> reporter: and forecasters say that's just the beginning of the heat wave. 23 states are under heat warnings from oklahoma to connecticut at from the deep south to th ohio valley. in illinois a 51-year-old man died because of excessive heat. his air-conditioner wasn't work. in oklahoma, temperatures topped 100 degrees for several days in a row, causing a road to buckle. and in milwaukee, dozens of runners were either hospitalized or treated for heat-related issues during a half marathon sunday. doctors say anyone, know matter what same they're in, can fall victim to the heat. >> it can

"wall street journal" and the fox network, and he was on the verge of acquiring the british sky broadcasting satellite network. but elizabeth palmer reports the tabloid hacking scandal forced him to pull the plug on that deal today as lawmakers on both side called for investigations. >> reporter: it's a sight many people thought they would never see. media tycoon rupert murdoch in retreat. today he abandoned his controversial $12 billion plan to expand into britain's lucrative satellite television business in a surrender to public outrage and political pressure. >> what has happened to this company is disgraceful, it got to be addressed at every level, and they should stop thinking about mergers when they've got to sort out the mess they've created. >> reporter: the prime minister david cameron met today with the parents of the teen-age girl milly dowler whose stone lies at the heart of this scandal. she was murdered in 2002, but only last monday the public learned her phone had been hacked by murdoch's paper, "news of the world." and messages were even deleted, which gave her parents false

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media asset i'm talking about british sky broadcasting. yeah i mean the there's all sorts of different interests going on here the most and certainly the people who have been attacking murdoch and so keen to see these allegations go forward other people who would suffer from for example murdoch buying sky from consolidating his grip on the british media industries so that he saw a lot about elites out there like the b.b.c. and other media outlets really be capitalizing on this and seeing this is a great opportunity to to to weaken the murdoch empire as it were i think i think there are a lot of people within these media organizations who have over the years been. irritated. by by murdoch in one way or another i'm quite happy to see him cut down the size of a little bit he's a global media player and people like the guardian the b.b.c. would like the same size that is no it just occasionally however for the kinds of things that the news of the world has done just finally you are a british journalist what is it doing for your reputation the

parties including prime minister david cameron have expressed opposition to his bid to buy british sky broadcasting saying quote this house believes that it is in the public interest for rupert murdoch and news corp to withdraw their bid for b. sky b. turns out bureaucrats can dish it but they did take it when it comes to spotting the tide turned against murdoch and company after former prime minister gordon brown gave a televised testimony last tuesday condemning several news corp outlets which client with claims that they invaded his personal information including bank accounts tax records and even personal health information about his son several of several british politicians including three senior liberal democrats wrote to murdoch with the following news international is simply no longer respected in this country given the history of the last six or more years it should be of little surprise to you that many people in this country have no desire to have any more of our media fall into your hands tainted as news international is by a history of completely unacceptable journalistic practices. t

and at some peril if we continue to do so in this case there are predictions that the deal for sky broadcasting may fall through i won't be so quick to make that announcement we'll see how this shakes out i do admire rupert murdoch because he's a risk taker when he bought the times and sunday times of london the newspaper business was absolutely in peril in the u.k. mostly because of the unions and because of some other economic factors he turned that around and he basically there are people who will say that he saved the newspaper industry and london because of the whopping revolution in one thousand nine hundred six so here's a guy who's not afraid to take risks and he's been well rewarded for doing so fabulous i mean let's be more said i like your cynical take on this even more cynical business now if you go after some of her docs assets he's weak you know really hit him hard down and start taking some of his assets away from her making him sell them or are or become less competitive because one of the things that not to use politics because he's just all pervasive to murdoch empire is so pe