doesn t he do more than give half an apology and provide the full apology now for hiring mr. coulson and bringing him into the heart of downing street? well, for more on today s emergency hearing, i m joined now by itn reporter sally biddulph. how did he do and what s your assessment? were things better or worse after things were done? well, rich, the consensus here in the uk is that david cameron actually did pretty well today. it was a difficult session for him in parliament. he was fielding, as you said, a number of questions from very angry mps. he stopped short of giving a full apology for hiring andy coulson to be his head of communications, andy coulson, of course, being the man from the news of the world, the editor at the time of the phone hacking allegations. the opposition didn t like the fact that he didn t give a full apology for hiring andy coulson,
getting into southern somalia. the un declared a famine in two regions of southern somalia. they say nearly 3 million people are suffering from acute malnutrition. they say that this is hitting that benchmark, that nearly a third of the people could die if they don t receive food aid fast. the worst hit zain are the children. we ve seen children here hungry, desperately in need of food aid and we ve even seen children dieing here. one father told me they just came here to find help. they didn t get what they wanted, hi buried his child sarah in the ground near us yesterday morning, zain. how difficult is it, david, because of the fighting going on in somalia as well for aid agencies to operate? reporter: el shabaab controls parts of southern somalia. they kicked out the un some time ago t. world food program and the un refugee agency is asking for assistance, asking for access to those areas. they need to give them assurance they will have the corridors to bring in aid sa
good morning to you. thank you for being with us. 6:00 a.m. in new york this morning. tuesday, july 19th. i was hearing that in parts of iowa the heat index felt like 130 yesterday. it s been brutal out there. even this morning on the east coast, it felt different. it felt hotter. we ll be covering that. we re watching that and millions are watching with a worldwide media empire hanging in the balance rupert murdoch is just hours away from facing his defining moment. in less than four hours, murdoch, his son and former top newspaper executive will appear before the british parliament. they will be asked what they knew about this phone hacking scandal that s growing wider by the day. it s threatening to take down news corp and perhaps murdoch himself. and the question is what they are going to be called upon to explain, what they re going to be compelled to explain and how that s different from being called before congress. who is going to be asking the questions today
found dead. sean ward said andy coulson hacked into phones. police are not treating the death as suspicious. a u.s. official says a meeting between the u.s. and libya at the weekend was meant to deliver one message, that moammar gadhafi must go. libya called the face-to-face talks in tunisia a first step. the u.s. says the meeting was a one-off event. the women s world cup team soaked up the limelight after bringing japan its first cup title. japan s the first asian nation with a world cup championship. those are the headlines. auto jane verjee at cnn in london. world business today starts now. a very good afternoon to you from cnn hong kong, i m alicia tank. good morning from cnn london. you re watching world business today. time to testify, news corp boss rupert murdoch, his son james and ex-news international chief rebekah brooks will prepare to face british legislators. two giants of tech as ibm powers ahead but cisco loses its way. and banks lead the los
amended to include these phone hacking allegations. so multiple fronts on which news corp is facing problems at this point. the other big question is what did rupert murdoch know and when did he know about this scandal. exactly. that s clearly going to be front and center tomorrow at this extraordinary hearing in the house of commons. both rupert murdoch and his son, james murdock, who is deputy chief operating officer of news corp worldwide, are going to be facing those questions. it was james murdock, the heir apparent, and murdock s son, who approved those out of court settlements, $1.6 million a couple of years ago to settle cases over the phone hacking. so the question is going to be what did he know about how far this went in the company and why did he approve those settleme s settlements. nbc news national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff with insight there. thanks a lot. team usa is headed home this morning, unfortunately.