called on the carpet before the british parliament today over the phone hacking scandal that shocked and afalled the world. along with a son and former chief executive, murdoch was hammered with questions about alleged crimes that brought down his popular tabloid, the news of the world. we felt ashamed of what had happened and wanted to bring it to a close. people lied to you and lied to their readers. we had broken our trust with our readers. it was rivetting, rivetting with the hours before these members of parliament. the headlines richard on what we learned. rupert murdoch said and admitted, this was the most humble day of his life. he was ashamed, as you just heard. but he also learned that they don t take responsibility for what took place. he said they had been misled by those people he trusted and people they had trusted. and how the people at the top did not know about this scandal that was growing nor and more. instead of what i think we did get very much
and harry potter fans unite for one last wave of the wand. it s the end of the news of the world. that shamed british sunday newspaper is shutting down. after this weekend s edition and 168 years of history, the last edition of the news of the world will have rolled off the printing presses. now, as outrage spread from the public to the politicians and finally to the advertisers, rupert murdoch took decisive action. his son, james, announced the paper would close after this coming weekend and that all the staff would be out of a job. james, of course, is the chairman of news international. he posted his statement online for all to see. the key line in that statement, the news of the world is in the business of holding others to account, but it failed when it came to itself. charles? it appears that failure could lead to the arrest of this man. former editor andy coorson. reporting suggest that he is supposed to turn himself over this morning in the phone hacking sca