expand in british media has come to a halt public and political rage over thirteen hacking the sports news corp to drop its bid to buy satellite broadcaster b. sky b. but some say he's already killed the british press and they were saying it as far back as one thousand nine hundred eighty one that's when he went on a media spending spree and bought amongst others the world renowned times newspaper news international has been playing a toxic part of our public life for so long but it worked under his ownership circulation just kept on rising in a market that killed off others and sky t.v. a loss making and obscure satellite network rocketed to become the biggest player in the u.k.'s pay t.v. market i do admire rupert murdoch because he's a risk taker when he bought the times and sunday times of london.

expand in british media has come to a halt public and political rage overthrown hacking the sports news corp to drop its bid to buy satellite broadcaster b. sky b. but some say he's already killed the british press and they were. saying it as far back as nine hundred eighty one that's when he went on a media spending spree and bought amongst others the world renowned times newspaper and news international has been playing a toxic part of our public life for so long but it worked under his ownership circulation just kept on rising in a market that killed authors and sky t.v. a loss making and obscure satellite network rocketed to become the biggest player in the u.k.'s pay t.v. markets i do admire rupert murdoch because he's a risk taker when he bought the times and sunday times of london there are people who will say that he saved the newspaper industry but now it's clear that success came with a heavy price tag morality murdoch's journalist kept ratings high by violating and exploiting the vulnerable they hacked the private voice mails of families of dead soldiers and of murdered children a

also news corp owns fox sports and 37 television stations from new york to los angeles.en you look at the map, across the country, each of these antennas actually represents a station that is under murdoch's control. and this, also, of course, fox news, fox business and other cable networks including fx and the national geographic channel. moving on from tv for you, murdoch's film division is also highly lucrative, bringing in more than $7 billion a year. largely thanks to the success of popular 20th century fox films such as "avatar" and "star wars" franchises. its newspaper oldings also important. also profitable in the u.s. with such titles as "the wall street journal" and "new york post" and owns u.s. publisher harper coll collins with c.s. lewis under their belt. >>> as the british prime minister david cameron was announcing a public inquiry into the scandal, he was being blasted, himself, in parliament for hiring a former murdoch editor as his spokesman. listen to this blistering criticism then cameron's response. >> he just doesn't get it. he just doesn't get it.

accept that now the secretary of state for culture, media, and sport is in possession of information relating to the behavior of news corp, which information he could possibly not have been in possession of at the time he made the original decision? it must be open to him, as a matter of law, to reconsider his original decision and make the reference that is now sought. >> my right honorable friend is sitting next to me and i'm sure has noted the comments the right honorable gentleman has raised, and therefore will be in a position to respond to them if he wishes. i give way to the honorable gentleman. >> the right honorable gentleman said in the middle of the quasi- judicial process that the assurances have satisfied the secretary of state. so why is he in the middle of the consultation process where he has not made his mind up yet and is meant to be open-minded about whether to refer this to the competition commission, if the assurances have satisfied him? the consultation is a mockery. >> my right honorable friend said he was minded to accept the assurances. he is sitting next to me. and if i may say to the honorable

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sport. embrace the sun. >>> though he's in the thick of the british media scandal, rupert murdoch is an american citizen and his company, news corp company. a murdoch competitor that "news of the world" journalists offered a former new york police officer a bribe in exchange for the private phone records of 9/11 victims with the intent of hacking into those victim's voice mails. appearing before the british parliamentary committee today, the murdochs left open the possibility that those claims might be true. >> you're absolutely confident no employee or contractor of news corp. or its properties hacked the phones of 9/11 victims or their families? >> we have no evidence of that at all. >> any credible allegations? >> no, i was just going to say -- sorry, i was just going to say those are incredibly serious allegations and they've come to light fairly recently. we do not know the voracity of the allegations and are trying to understand precisely what they are. i'm well aware of the allegations and will eagerly cooperate with any investigation or try to find out what went on at that time. >> joining me now, nbc news national invest

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as news corp chiefs try to whether major media storm the six eight there's no surprise the standing up to the society of prophecy has been severely to evaluate. what everybody's hand out with all sports and we hear that talk n.b.a. time and so forth into europe this summer because of the legal lookout that's up movie seeing some of these incredible basketball stars in russia well it's hard to say whether kobe bryant's will throughout this country if any of that matter but sell one russian of a star has already started with his old team tell you about that in all in a moment. this is sport on r t come and see a life from moscow an amber man calls for the first headlines. the r.v. man march on says must go extend their reach the seven points at the sides of the russian premier league. while back home basketball starts him up a miles got signed and sealed with former side team key until the n.b.a. lockout is over. grandmaster splash windsurfing champion becomes so called bike specialist r.c. profiles russia's mikhail yet to show. how we get to those stories in a moment let's start in the far east where russia have extended their domination in the synchronised swimming and that quite exp

sports wrap. >>> rebecca brooks is free on bail tonight. brooks is a close confidant of murdoch. brooks was in charge of news of the world when she allegationly bribed police about tips on celebrities and politicians. news corp. has since shuttered that paper. >> with hindsight i wish we had handled some matters in this differently. i didn't and that's that. >> reporter: hours after brook's arrest, the head of scottland yard he finally resigned. he says they wish they would have done something differently. the police have come under fire for failing to investigation the phone hacking issue thoroughly back in 2006. executives are expecting a grilling by parliament on wednesday. >>> teenagers from around the country are enbarking on a cross cultural mission. >>> one of southern california's busiest freeway is back open today. >>> and the changes drivers will notice starting tomorrow. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. >>> 32 teenagers from around the u.s. are in san francisco tonight. but likely too excited to sleep, tomorrow they head to japan for a first of its kind cultural visit dedicated to two americans who parished in that quake and tsunami. debra villalon here to explain how this all came about. >

news corp made only minor mistakes even as the f.b.i. moves in over the possible phone hacking of nine eleven victims. americas to face torture tactics rising uproar over the u.s. training at a sporting brule interrogators while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. and the e.u. scrambles to cut spending as the debt hole sweeping the block threatens to sink italy as the greatest task yet for the leadership's efforts to keep the wavering currency alive. more on the eurozone debt drain acts to speed up the valley asks his guest whether the e.u. has enough financial firepower to save it from ruin. if you. want to. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle a currency in crisis european finance ministers central bankers and politicians remain at odds on how to rescue the euro as pressure mounts for another greek bailout and investors worry about italy is the euro a dysfunctional currency and who will ultimately foot the bill. came. across not the eurozone crisis i'm joined by dennis gartman in virginia he is editor of the government letter in single part we go to jim rogers he's an author and financial commentator and in washington we go to sherry's ide raymond she's pr

accept that now the secretary of state for culture, media, and sport is in possession of information relating to the behavior of news corp, which information he could possibly not have been in possession of at the time he made the original decision? it must be open to him, as a matter of law, to reconsider his original decision and make the reference that is now sought. >> my right honorable friend is sitting next to me and i'm sure has noted the comments the right honorable gentleman has raised, and therefore will be in a position to respond to them if he wishes. i give way to the honorable gentleman. >> the right honorable gentleman said in the middle of the quasi- judicial process that the assurances have satisfied the secretary of state. so why is he in the middle of the consultation process where he has not made his mind up yet and is meant to be open-minded about whether to refer this to the competition commission, if the assurances have satisfied him? the consultation is a mockery. >> my right honorable friend said he was minded to accept the assurances. he is sitting next to me. and if i may say to the honorable

news corp empire to withdraw the twelve billion dollar bid for b. sky b. and now murdoch and two of his senior executives have been called to testify before britain's culture media and sport committee and influential legislative committee that scrutinises the media more and more media experts are saying that this scandal could just be one example of the many juby is practices that have become standard operating procedure within murdoch's media empire which includes fox news and the wall street journal here in the united states joining me now to offer her take on why this unfolding scandal may point to rot at the top is murdoch's in murdoch's media empire isabel stand washington bureau chief at alter net org adele welcome back great to be here it's great to have you with us let's just walk through this narrative of what we know so far about what's going on with murdoch and news corp they have they want to partake of all show they were targeting political enemies of the us well i mean gordon brown came out the former prime minister u.k. former chancellor of the exchequer came out yesterday and revealed that different murdoch newspaper not the news of the world but more vene

news corp hacking scandal. it's mostly taking place in london, where a hearing took place in parliament before a parliament committee, specifically the culture, media and sports committee. we have a committee of our own who has been analyzing what has been going on there. legal analyst jeffrey toobin joining us from new york and also howard kirtz, media analyst for cnn. gentlemen, we will talk about the testimony in a second, but first, the drama which came right towards the end of this hearing, when there was a disruption, and this took place. a man apparently carrying a styrofoam plate and shaving cream plastered it directly on the face of rupert murdoch, the chairman of the corporation. i guess the question that everyone is asking in that room, how, how did this happen? >> you know, one of the themes of this story is the incompetence of scotland yard. the head of scotland yard has left, the deputy to scotland yard has left and the incompetence of london's authorities was very much on display in that hearing room. there are only 50 seats in that room. that's not wembley stadium or yankee stadium. that is a small room. the idea that the authorities there cou

news corp. when you get close to the prime minister? >> not at all. i have read many allegations about my current relationship with prime minister david cameron including my extensive sportseekend. i have never been caught writing with the prime minister. i don't know where that story came from. i was asked three days ago to disclose the race course with the prime minister which i do not and i was asked a week ago to explain why i own some land with the prime minister which i do not. i am afraid in this current climate many of the allegations put forward that i tried to answer honestly but there is a lot out there that just isn't true. particularly around my relationship with david cameron. the truth is he is a neighbor and a friend. diet been the relationship to be wholly appropriate and at no time have i had any conversation with the prime minister that anyone would disapprove of. >> adrian sanders. >> newspaper reports the other day advised david cameron as a press spokesman. >> i read that. >> what was your reaction to that? >> it is a matter of public knowledge that it was george osborn's idea that when andy coulson left "news of the world" they should start discussi