agreed to make the date, which is next tuesday. earlier this morning the deputy prime minister nick clegg said all three should appear before this committee. i think there are big question marks about how news corporation is being run. why is it that people higher up the food chain have yet haven t yet taken accountability for what is emerging as an industrial-scale scandal, in the way in which these newspapers were being run? certain politicians have called for brooks resignation, as she was editor of news of the world at the time. it s alleged to have hacked into the voice mail of a school girl who was abducted and later murdered. she is murdoch s trusted deputy in the u.k. rowpert murdoch has said himself he cannot make next tuesday s appointment before this committee but has offered to give evidence to the upcoming judge-led inquiry here in the u.k. and james murdoch has said he can t make next week s meeting, either, but would be happy to do that on
bill: we re going to talk to them next week and let you know how know how they re doing on the last mission. so stay tuned for that. martha: and in court, we are getting reports that news international reef rebekah brooks will testify before a british parliamentary committee investigating the news of the world phone hacking scandal, british lawmakers also calling on others to testify. news of the rorld was owned by news corporation, parent of fox news. fox news foreign affair correspondent amy kellogg joins us with the latest on this story from london. good morning, amy. reporter: hi martha. there are actually two things going on. there is a very sweeping public inquiry here looking into the phone hacking and the allegations of payments to police for information at the news of the world, and then, there is this parliamentary committee that has asked to question rupert murdoch, his son james and their chief deputy in london, rebekah brooks. so far only brooks has
phone hacking scandal. that news of the world phone hacking scandal that we ve been reporting recently. reuters saying that. we ll continue to watch the details on that. we ll have the very latest at the half-hour. again, rupert murdoch being called to testify according to reuters. a clinic run by congresswoman michele bachmann and her husband is coming under fire for claims they can pray away the gay. plus it almost happened again. a baseball fan nearly falling from the stands while trying to catch a home run ball. first, a look at how wall street is doing right now. up 20 points this after we saw them jutting over the last couple of days. we ll watch that as there are some concerns about contagion don t worry, lucky, these wheat thins crunch stix will save us. [ crunch ] uh-huh [ male announcer ] wheat thins crunch stix.
groups were not involved in the discussions. we have a statement from the nra. it will not affect drug cartels and not prevent violence along our borders. atf lacks the authority to do this. the nra will file suit as soon as atf sends the first demand letters end quote. the question s put out there. can the white house do this unilaterally? they re saying they can. that s one of the problems of doing it through executive action. they re bypassing action. in the white house they re telling me look at the legislative situation. we can t get anything through. we spoke with a couple members of congress who said this is not how laws get made this is not how democracy works. there s going to be some heavy opposition from gun group groups and from congress. daniel stone newsweek, great article, thanks again. mpbls breaking news this hour. we re just hearing that rupert murdoch will be called to testify about news of the world
les hinton ceo of news corp s dow jones division and publisher of the wall street journal quit friday. and brooks resigned as chief executive of news international. two days later sunday brooks is arrested in connection to the scandal. it isn t just news corp executives resigning. two top british police officers have resigned. commissioner sir paul stevenson resigned sunday. today scotland yard s commissioner yates stepped done. there s more. former news of the world reporter sean hoare was found dead in his home today. he was the first to come forward. coulson has resigned as the prime minister s press secretary. police are investigating hoare s death saying it is not considered to be suspicious. investigators claim the