who needs serious legal help. in addition to hiring three public relations giants in the last week, the "new york times" reports news corp. has hired brendan sullivan jr., one of the most-accomplished criminal defense lawyers in the country, joining me now, one of the senators calling for a closer look into news corp.'s u.s. practices, california senator, barbara boxer, thanks for joining me tonight, senator. >> thanks for having me on the show. >> senator, what has provoked your interest specifically, and why direct your letter to dow jones? >> well, here's where we are, lawrence, at this point. we do want to ensure the american people that their phones weren't hacked into, that there weren't payoffs going on whether it's corporate espionage or anything else. we want to make sure that