that s the one thing that i woke up this morning, and the more i thought about it, that s the very thing i said when i was getting dressed. i was thinking to myself, talking to my mom. we have a real problem bringing minorities in the party, giving them a reason to vote republican or even consider voting republican. we embrace a racist like cliven bundy who is not only a racist, but a law breaker. i m really disgusted. as a black tv who has been wanting for the party to grow, i m beyond disgusted. i don t think it s enough for us to say, oh, we done demmed bundy. we never should have embraced him in the first place. it sends the wrong message. i heard your voice quiver. you re really upset about this. i am. i was talking to my mom before i came on the show. like she said, the whole point
details that we ve now learned about the august 21 attack. reporter: you d have to say the numbers, you re right, 1,429 killed including at least, the secretary said, 426 children. i was in that room when he was making this announcement, by the way. when he referred to the children, you could actually hear his voice quiver a little bit. then he outlined what they say is compelling evidence that this attack was planned. that the troops on the side of bashar al assad prepared themselves for a chemical attack by using gas masks. that after it was that it was very large. at least i believe he said 11 sites that they hit. and when it was over, worried that this would become well known very quickly because it hit the social media very fast, they began the syrian side began to shell that area. the u.s. would allege to destroy the evidence. so that was really i d have
verdict that is letting anthony go free this weekend. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. one of the world s biggest media empires in crisis now. rupert murdoch publicly apologizing for serious wrongdoing and is now the front tabloid, the news of the world. the new ad in british newspapers coming days before he and his son are scheduled to face members of parliament. our correspondent brian todd and allan chernoff are standing by. first to london and our senior correspondent don rivers is standing by. are people in london, dan, still as shocked as they were over these past few days? reporter: i think so, yeah. i mean, this has been a seismic week in british politics. a week that will be written about for decades to come, i think. just having all of the main political parties that are normally squabbling at each other s throats suddenly united, but they re united because of their conte
awaken to elton john, first singing and then delivering a message of personal thanks. rupert murdoch built a media empire on the power of selling a scandal but now it s his mighty news corporation that is under siege from london to washington. a prominent u.s. senator jay rockefeller wants to know if u.s. citizens fell victim to sleazy or illegal news gathering so he is calling for an investigation amid reports that victims of the 9/11 attacks are among the nearly 4,000 people who had their phones hacked. the outrage is crushing. over the past week, the media giant has lost nearly $7 billion in market value. and the political damage is mounting. today, britain s prime minister meets with the family of a murdered little girl after a murdoch newspaper allegedly hacked her cell phone to gain an edge on that story. actor hugh grant who is both a vocal critic of murdoch and a frequent target of him explains why all of us in the u.s. should even care. rupert murdoch does own an
rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. let s just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they are becoming more tense, more heated, more testy, the closer we get to the deadline. you know the date by now, august 2nd. august 2nd, a potential default of the u.s. treasury if congress will not approve more borrowing. joining me now from the u.s. capitol building is congressman paul brown, republican of georgia. congressman brown, nice to see you. good to have you on. it s nice to be with you. i don t believe the august 2nd deadline frankly, and we don t default even if we pass the august 2