political influence involved in this. the white house continues to insist that would be a nuisance to turn over those documents and they also say there has been no evidence so far that there was any political muscle going on here, shep. shepard: ed henry live at the white house and previously in the cube. ed, thank you. a news corporation executive today denied misleading british lawmakers about the tabloid phone hacking scandal. news corporation is the parent company of this channel. earlier this year it closed down britain s news of the world tabloid after accusations that staffers there hacked the voice mails of people whom they were covering. today a parliamentary committee about more about the controversy for chief
they re making him triple double. why? this! new triple double oreo. yo stufy, come here! [ shoes squeaking ] looked better on paper. [ strike! ] good morning move. i m thomas roberts. topping the news now, osama bin laden s successor has released a new al qaeda video. he says arab spring movements that have overthrown leaders in egypt, tunisia, and libya will establish what he called true islam. the hour-long video comes just two days after the world marked the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. the tape also features previously unreleased footage of osama bin laden four months after his death. newscorp s james murdoch is wanted back at the british parliament for another grilling surrounding his company s tabloid phone hacking scandal. the request comes after a string of former newscorp execs raised
it s a large and powerful circulation. but because of the southerly flow associated with what s left of lee, it s going to help to redistrict the storm. so a huge wakefield we re going to see those waves and also rip current threat making its way toward the east coast even as the storm is curved around toward the east. carl parker, thank you, sir. appreciate it. neither snow nor rain will keep the postal service from making its deliveries. but its skyrocketing debt just might. the postmaster general heads to congress today to plead for federal assistance. without the help the postal service could default and face shutdown coming up early next year. four former news international execs are testifying before british parliament today on the tabloid phone hacking scandal. all four have challenged the recent testimony given by the murdoch family. they also expected to answer questions regarding evidence suggesting voicemail interception at the news of the world tabloid was a much mo
from the summer break. president obama has actively been meeting with some to create a plan. the question is how specific will it be and will it help? white house officials tell us it s a work in progress, and will include tax cuts and infrastructure ideas that could create jobs, and measures that target unemployed, and struggling economic sectors. they say the president is working on a debt reduction proposal and will present the so-called super committee, and as you know it s the 12 lawmakers tasked with cutting trillions from the federal deficit. their plan is due at the end of november. and the president s debt plan will go beyond that $1.5 trillion. now republicans who have been calling on the president to come up with a plan of his own, and they are now responding. we appreciate the fact that he is trying to devote some time to it, and not just on the bus tour, and not vacationing at martha s vineyard, but giving thought to the american people, and i thought that is w
welcome, everybody. it is friday, july 15th. i m soledad o brien. you are watching snoonk kiran is off, christine is off, welcome soledad. good to see you. thank you. we have a lot to do today. let s get right to it. serious new pressure on rupert murdock and his global media empire. the justice department says it s now investigating the claims that one of its tabloids tried to hack 9/11 victims phones. a report in another british tabloid, the mirror quoting a source who says news of the world, the newspaper which folded under the pressure of the hacking scandal, hired an investigator to try to tap the phones. now lawmakers, law enforcement, and 9/11 families are all demanding the truth. susan candiotti following the latest for us on this and breaking, one casualty of the news international, rebekah brooks has resigned. the question is, does this mean that the walls are crumbling at news corp. it s too early to say, bulls this is a crack in the wall. she was a prot