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
rebekah brooks and world of the news in great britain, and rupert murdoch and the media empire is something that s reached here in the united states. would you like to see congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you that there are questions about whether the foreign corrupt practices act has been violated by rupert murdoch and his news empire, and what s going on in england is startling to think of the extent that they went to to break the law to try to report a story. we need to follow through with the fbi investigation and also with congressional investigations. senator demint, what do you think? david, we need to let law enforcement work here. congress has got a big issue in front of us. we need to handle our own business for a change. and the focus this week is on the only plan we ve got, and that s cut, cap and balance. all right, we re going to leave it there.