quick break and come back with a whole lot more. breaking news coverage as first group of hostages is released. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc and i thank you for that. e diaz-balart reports on msnbc and i thank you for that you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that s how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin s now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. good morning. just over 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. 6:01 p.m. in tel aviv. breaking news on msnbc, a regional diplomat with knowledge of the situation confirms to nbc news that the 13 israeli hostages have been freed and are in the hands of the red cross. they are in egypt. a live look at what is
not necessarily legitimately because both leading democrats and leading republicans say wisconsin is its own microcosm, but the reason it is so relevant is because debt and spending have been major issues there. those are major national issues. and many of the big picture issues we seen play out across the nation are playing out in wisconsin right now, namely money and the influence of super pacs. an independent nonpartisan group estimates dlfr 70 million to $80 million will be spent in the state of wisconsin. that s mind blowing in to a state where air time is so inexpensive. governor walker has outspent his democrat 7 to 1. governor walker today has raised $30.5 million to the democrat barrett s $4 million. that s not even taking into account how much labor unions and super pacs are pouring in. then there s the ore big question that both sides, democrats and republicans are using this as an opportunity to organize the state for november. kate? absolutely. the numbers, th
we begin with the resignation of a key executive in the rupert murdoch media empire. rebekah brooks is out. many people were outraged when brooks kept her job after the newspaper was shut down for scandalous reporting tactics. and as brooks steps down, the investigations ramp up. the fbi now investigating the murdoch empire right here in the united states. lawmakers demanding the probe amid reports that murdoch s journalists hacked the cell phones of 9/11 victims and their families. susan candiotti in new york with the details now. susan? reporter: hi, kyra. good morning to you. yes, this investigation is now 24 hours old. as fbi tries to figure out how they are going to approach this. all of it started, kyra, with a report in a british tabloid that a private investigator here in new york, that there was an attempt to hire him to hack into phone records of 9/11 victims and families, as well as reach out into the voice mails of 9/11 victims and families. the fbi, that appear