department of justice. the department of justice has regulations that bind itself to certain procedures before issuing a subpoena. the attorney general has to approve personally and explicitly all subpoenas issued to news media organizations. reporter: as cook mentioned, the attorney general must sign off on each. in response, news corporation said we have not seen evidence to suggesting 11th phones or has anyone cooperated. this arose when an unidentify person speculated that the british newspaper of whether it happened, and that paper printed the speculation, and that has since mushroomed with no substantiation and there is no public timetable in the preliminary inquiry but cook says by most standards it is moving quickly because he believes the allegations involving 9/11 family members are very serious.
that report comes from the wall street journal, which is also owned in part by news corps. this is all because of the controversy at u.k. s news of the world tabloid and, remember, investigators say staffers there hacked into the voice mail accounts of people whom they were covering, including a teenage murder victim. news corps has since closed down that newspaper but the controversy continues. our catherine herridge with the news live for us in washington. catherine? well, thank you, harris. official law enforcement source did not deny the wall street journal report, but said to fox news that the subpoenas are really standard and cursory and an investigating a lawyer who is a specialist in government investigations says that one justice department wants to get this information they have to taken certain steps. the department of justice has promulgated that bind itself to certain procedures before issuing a subpoena. the attorney general has to approve personally and explicitl
british tabloid hacking scandal. that report comes from the wall street journal, which is also owned in part by news corps. this is all because of the controversy at u.k. s news of the world tabloid and, remember, investigators say staffers there hacked into the voice mail accounts of people whom they were covering, including a teenage murder victim. news corps has since closed down that newspaper but the controversy continues. our catherine herridge with the news live for us in washington. catherine? well, thank you, harris. official law enforcement source did not deny the wall street journal report, but said to fox news that the subpoenas are really standard and cursory and an investigating a lawyer who is a specialist in government investigations says that one justice department wants to get this information they have to taken certain steps. the department of justice has promulgated that bind itself to certain procedures before issuing a subpoena. the attorney general has to
victims. there are now investigators on two continents. it stems from allegations that news corps hacked into people s sell phones and news corporation is the parent company of the fox news channel and the wall street journal and now, the news, like, from washington, dc. reporter: federal law enforcement did not deny reporting of the wall street journal but said the subpoenas are normal and anthony specializing in government investigations says that getting information from a news organization in any case, has special requirements for the department of justice. the department of justice has regulations that bind itself to certain procedures before issuing a subpoena. the attorney general has to approve personally and explicitly all subpoenas issued to news media organizations. reporter: as cook mentioned, the attorney general must sign
the country. he ll face a pretty friendly audience as he focuses on hot-button issues like border skurkts illegal security, and drug related violence. but the president is also being questioned for statements he s made, false statements about the media which he says ignores terror attacks. the white house has walked back that claim, a little bit. not really. cnn s joe johns at the white house. what are you hearing? reporter: they have walked it back, john, when you think about it. the point, according to aides, if you listen to them, that the president was trying to make is that terror attacks have lost or are losing their perceived news value because of their frequency. but the problem is, that s not what the president said. he said news media organizations are not reporting certain terror attacks. he implied there were reasons for that, but he didn t articulate the reasons. and president trump has been accused before of allowing his