blindness ? mr. sanders, do you care to elaborate? it is a term that came up in the enron scandal, the willful blindness is a legal term and states if there is knowledge that you could have had, and should have had, but chose not to have, you are also responsible. mr. sanders, do you have a question? i don t know what you would like me to say. i m not aware of that particular phrase. now you are. because i have explained it to you. thank you. i have heard the phrase before and we were not ever guilty of that. thank you. as you are. acknowledge that when we had or inquiry in 2009 the evidence given by news international executives was rather hopeless, really, they came with a game plan and their
association with news international executives. he had to cut short a trade mission to africa. he is now back in the country tonight. that hearing will begin late tomorrow morning, shep, and we should also mention news corps, of course, is also the parent company of the fox business network. shepard: ashley, some of the families of 9/11 victims here at home have requested a meeting with officials in washington to discuss their concerns over whether people have hacked their voice mails. and today justice department indicated that the attorney general eric holder is willing to go ahead with such a meeting. in a statement, a spokesman wrote: the attorney general has met with 9/11 family members on a number of occasions and would welcome the opportunity to meet with them to discuss any concerns they would like to bring to the department s attention. we ll have continuing coverage of this scandal, the tabloid hacking scandal, including a look at how this all began. it s the top story comi
members of the britt parliament. they are supposed to hammer him and his allies on a empire destroying jobs and careers and now raising new questions about his company s conduct right here in the united states. bribery, hacking, corruption of power. lawmakers say the allegations are not about just sleazy journalism, about the power of an empire that has gone largely unchallenged, before now. it s 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. on the west coast. thanks for joining us. here are other stories we will take a look. another step in the nation s debt crisis but not any closer to a final deal. the house will vote on a republican measure but the president says he won t even consider it. the government deadline remains august 2nd before it runs out of money. the space shuttle atlantis on its way home. this morning, it did undock from the international space station and began the final voyage in the program s 30-year-old history. now back to the murdoch media scandal
police and politics. prime minister cameron was accused of being too cozy with news international executives. two dozen meetings in less than two years. i never had one inappropriate conversation. reporter: as for rupert murdoch. might say the murdoch brand itself is hopelessly tarnished. reporter: still, the verdict in britain is that murdoch couldn t have asked for better publicity than the pie attack during yesterday s parliamentary committee meeting. it deflected some attention from phone hacking, bribery and corruption, on to wendi murdoch. the press verdict? what a wife. come the moment of abei atta she leapt in, and my goodness, she certainly brought it to life. reporter: murdoch isn t off the hook by a long shot. his son james could be asked to return to answer more questions. there are sure to be more hearings, and there are sure to be more evidence, things will
america, after what he called the most humble day of his life. order. order. reporter: leaving behind uproar in parliament s emergency session. the prime minister. where prime minister david cameron ate humble pie, too. you live and you learn, and believe you me, i have learned. reporter: cameron had rejected advice and hired his communications chief andy carlson, a former editor of news of the world. in 20/20 hindsight, i would not have offered him the job and he expect he wouldn t have taken it. reporter: he was arrested two weeks ago in the phone hacking scandal. it is engulfing britain s media, police and politics. prime minister cameron was accused of being too cozy with news international executives. two dozen meetings in less than two years. i never had one inappropriate conversation. reporter: as for rupert murdoch. might say the murdoch brand