welcome, everybody. it is friday, july 15th. i m soledad o brien. you are watching snoonk kiran is off, christine is off, welcome soledad. good to see you. thank you. we have a lot to do today. let s get right to it. serious new pressure on rupert murdock and his global media empire. the justice department says it s now investigating the claims that one of its tabloids tried to hack 9/11 victims phones. a report in another british tabloid, the mirror quoting a source who says news of the world, the newspaper which folded under the pressure of the hacking scandal, hired an investigator to try to tap the phones. now lawmakers, law enforcement, and 9/11 families are all demanding the truth. susan candiotti following the latest for us on this and breaking, one casualty of the news international, rebekah brooks has resigned. the question is, does this mean that the walls are crumbling at news corp. it s too early to say, bulls this is a crack in the wall. she was a prot
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good morning. it is thursday, july 14th. this is your a.m. wakeup call. here s break is news. we just learned that british police have made an arrest in that scandalous phone hacking case that brought down that is bringing down parts of rupert murdoch s news empire. i ll get you more on that in just a moment. i wish i could say there s big news about the debt ceiling talks. i can t tell you that. there s more drama than dealing going on in d.c. right now. a fifth round of talks is set for today. but yesterday didn t go so well. house republicans called for a short-term extension and house majority leader eric cantor says this is what the president said in response. quote, don t call my bluff, eric. and then he walked out a few minutes later. president obama said all along he d veto any short-term measure. ed administration says failure to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by august 2nd could trigger a partial default on the part of the united states. thanks to that de
hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline there s no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fifth straight day of talks aimed at raising the debt limit. the frustrations and tempers have been laid bare. let s go to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she s over there with the latest. what do what do we expect from the negotiations? as you know, it s been 24 hours of extremely high tension with each side accusing the other of political posturing. now they re back to see if they can sal van these negotiations or if they have to move on to plan b, or maybe plan c. today w
nearly all mainstream medical and psychological associations say there s no evidence that works. and there s plenty of evidence that it can be hurtful and harmful. this might not even be a story except mr. bachmann has denied the clinic he and his wife own practice reparative therapy. now congresswoman bachmann is refusing to answer questions about it. neither one is talking about it now. what s surprising is for years congresswoman bachmann and her husband have spoken extensively publicly about their views on sexual orientation which they clearly believe is not something that people are born with and which they believe can be treated. here s some of michele bachmann s comments in the past. this is an earthquake issue. this will change our state forever. because the immediate consequence if gay marriage goes through is that k-12 little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it. if you re involved in the g