come up with a plan of spending cuts, changes to medicare and medicaid, and taxes. at the top of the show we ll talk to a tea party republican, who says no to taxes, and don t worry about default, spiking interest rates or an american downgrade. our new poll shows the public is taking sides. also, what a day it s been for parliament s investigation into the murdoch scandal. at one point, as rupered murdoch was explaining he knew nothing of the phone hacking and didn t try to cover it up. a man tried to hit him with a plate full of shaving cream. his wife came to his defense and he was unhurt. and lieuies gopper, has come up with a typically irrational explanation for why the deadline isn t really a deadline. joe walsh is a republican from illinois. i want you to go through a couple of details for the bill you re voting on.
supposedly charged with representing and protecting the public. so what you have is an have a break down in and you know it was absolutely the essential commodity. if you can t trust your politicians and you can t trust the police, and you can t trust the media, you re running out of trust for any kind of institution in your country. that s why the government, the parliament in this country has suddenly risen up and woken up to what s happened. that s why there s an immensz amount to get to this bottom. it s not just rupered murdoch and his empire that s in trouble. it s actually the nation s essentially trust, the things that glue the elements of martin, thank you. thank you, sarah. thank you both for your time. ahead, the republican party
during this period, not only was there this very close relationship between the all-powerful media mogul which could literally swing elections, but members of his staff were paying police officers, who were supposedly charged with representing and protecting the public. so what you have is an have a break down in and you know it was absolutely the essential commodity. if you can t trust your politicians and you can t trust the police, and you can t trust the media, you re running out of trust for any kind of institution in your country. that s why the government, the parliament in this country has suddenly risen up and woken up to what s happened. that s why there s an immensz amount to get to this bottom. it s not just rupered murdoch and his empire that s in
rupered murdoch used to be the most feared media boss in the world. today he says he wasn t responsible for what happened at his own company. yeah? and denial is a river in egypt. plus bill clinton s smash-mouth advice for president obama. but does the president have a better plan of his own? we ll have that hot story. welcome to the show. i m al sharpton. tonight s lead, i think we may have found the answer to what s happening to the republican party. they ve been drinking so much tea, i think they may be dizzy. at this hour, house republicans are debating and are expected to vote for the most extreme budget plan in years. it s the tea party s cut, cap and balance bill. earlier today, president obama
hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline there s no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fifth straight day of talks aimed at raising the debt limit. the frustrations and tempers have been laid bare. let s go to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she s over there with the latest. what do what do we expect from the negotiations? as you know, it s been 24 hours of extremely high tension with each side accusing the other of political posturing. now they re back to see if they can sal van these negotiations or if they have to move on to plan b, or maybe plan c. today w