that s the shot we re looking at. live shot. that s going to get tough over there. the investigation goes on. pat buchanan, we talked about this last hour. how does murdoch survive this? i because you this stock is losing money every day. this corporation is bleeding tens of millions of dollars. at some point, isn t it an economic decision for he and his family to take the money and get out before their fortune collapses even more? what you do in a situation like this is you make a hard determination whether you can survive this or not. if you re not going to survive it, you jump before you re pushed. murdoch is 80 years old. he does not have longevity at this company. he s built a magnificent country, certainly on this side of the atlantic. i agree, it s about dead over there in great britain. it s really it s being bombed continualou continuously. what i would do if i were him, if it s not going to survive and
51,000 people, i see the wall street journal s report i m curious how they walk the fine line to cover this story. 51,000 employees that have worldwide avenue revenue, i think it says, $32 billion. and for noting what we watch when it happens, the testimony today, rupert murdoch, pat, you know 80 years old. this is, as it s been reported, as we all know, what his aides for years have been trying to avoid, putting an 80-year-old man before parliament. a lot of the people in parliament, these were the guys getting helped throughout these years. interesting conversation. let me throw this back up to new york, and i m serious. i bring up piers morgan s name for a reason. he was 28, 29 when he ran news of the world . is that correct? it s been a while. but yet, that s just, oh, it s rebecca brooks. sam stone, maybe you know this as well. jump in if you do. sure. when was piers morgan there. and i don t know if you all read that excerpt from his book, but he describes specifical
saying the high-ranking delegation delivered a, quote, stern message for the libyan leader to step down. according to the washington post, the meeting took place in an undisclosed company last weekend. not a negotiation there s no plans for a sitdown in gadhafi. it follows the decision by the u.s. and others to the opposition party. libya is facing the worst political crisis since gadhafi seized power more than 30 years ago. pat buchanan, fascinating developments coming out of libya, the president, nato backs up against the wall. can t get this man out of power. what s the next move? i think he s going, joe. the steady attrition on the eastern front, they re in braga now. they ve moved out of the east and moving to the center a bit. i think gadhafi is going to go. they ve cut off the money, they turned the money over to the rebels. i think the problem is the attrition of his forces that are
today, rupert murdoch, pat, you know 80 years old. this is, as it s been reported, as we all know, what his aides for years have been trying to avoid, putting an 80-year-old man before parliament. a lot of the people in parliament, these were the guys getting helped throughout these years. interesting conversation. let me throw this back up to new york, and i m serious. i bring up piers morgan s name for a reason. he was 28, 29 when he ran news of the world . is that correct? it s been a while. but yet, that s just, oh, it s rebecca brooks. sam stone, maybe you know this as well. jump in if you do. sure. when was piers morgan there. and i don t know if you all read that excerpt from his book, but he describes specifically how to hack people s phones. new york magazine has picked it up. he seems to be bragging about it. i m curious why there hasn t been more attention to this. it pushes it timeline back 20 years. i m sure.
segment called scandalous phone call of the night. welcome back to morning joe. the view from the top of the rock. nice bug on the camera. we re live in los angeles this morning. back with us in new york, we have mike barnicle, pat buchanan, nicolle wallace, and peter alexander and joining the table, former white house press secretary president george w. bush the head of ari fleischer communications, and republican host sam stein. we ll start off in the hour with the scandal. there s new reports surrounding the scandal as the mogul and his son prepare to appear before parliament today.