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 protege of rupert murdock, rose through the ranks, the ceo. lately, certainly have been seeing her by his side with the flowing red hair. for her to announce she is resigning is certainly big news. in fact, she even said, in her resignation letter, feels a deep responsibility as she puts it, quote, for the people we have hurt and wants to say how sorry i am for what we now know has taken place. >> interesting to hear that kind of language. really kind of resisting we did something really wrong and her resignation letter says that. >> pushing back, too. we now know. >> we didn't know before, she says. then we have that and the fact that justice department here in the united states, is getting involved in this scandal. we're hearing that the fbi is now involved. >> they are involved. and overnight, we are learning from the u.s. attorney general himself, eric holder, he told reporters in australia that, in fact, yes, this investigation is ongoing. they've been hearing a lot from congressmen, senators, saying that this must be looked at. 9/11 families as well. eric holder says yes, he is acknowledging the investigation. here's part of what he said. >> well, there have been serious allegations raised in that regard in great britain and there are -- there's an ongoing investigation as is appropriate, there have been members of congress and the united states who have asked us to investigate those same allegations and we are progressing in that regard using the appropriate federal law enforcement agencies in the united states. >> so again, people are saying, too, we shouldn't jump top conclusions. they're looking at one report to see whether these allegations are true. >> i was going to ask you, have there been any details, you talk about 9/11 and phone hacking and people go crazy, have there been any details about what they're talking about? >> there really aren't many details other than this report that was in the british tabloid that, in fact, a former cop, who worked as a private investigator, was asked to hack into the records of 9/11 voice mails and phone records and you all -- we all remember that after 9/11, we heard that, in fact, some of these recordings were made public, but by family members themselves. did other -- did hacking happen as well. they want to find out. certainly the family the do. they're calling this grotesque if it really happened. >> a lot of people are. susan candiotti, thanks, susan. a new report in today's edition of "the wall street journal" says that osama bin laden was putting together a team of terrorists to attack the u.s., ten years to the day that the twin towers came down. the intel comes from documents that navy s.e.a.l.s seized when they killed the terror leader. some of the first reports we heard suggested bin laden was looking to attack trains and bin laden was reportedly looking for militants already -- who already had legitimate passports. over 1,0009/11 survivors, some who fled the burning buildings who collapsed will not be allowed to attend the ceremonies. reports say the mayor's office told one survivor's group there's not enough room at the place where the ceremonies will be held. the annual ceremonies are reserved for family members of people who died in the attacks. >> that's got to be brutal for people who -- >> survived them. >> absolutely. completely. happening right now, secretary of state hillary clinton is in turkey this morning at the top of her to-do list, stepping up international pressure on the libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. clinton says she believes that gadhafi's days in power are, quote, numbered. turkey is the first stop on the diplomatic world tour. that will take secretary clinton to greece, then to india, indonesia, and china over the next 12 days. the president is pushing the pause button on the debt debate. just 19 days remain until the u.s. hits the debt ceiling and triggers at least a partial default. president obama scheduled the address -- is scheduled to address the nation at 11:00 a.m. eastern and we'll cover that live. >> no negotiations planned today after five meetings in five days leaders have been told to talk to their colleagues and figure out how to move the process forward. the president is prepared to reconvene the debt talks on saturday. while nobody is sounding very optimistic about a deal, there is a possible compromise in the works. >> the senate's two top leaders, democrat harry reid and republican mitch mcconnell are working on a fallback plan, the compromised deal that would give the president enhanced authority to raise the debt limit with procedures attached that could lead to spending cuts. >> we don't have it worked out yet, but it's something that we're looking to. hopefully we can come up with this big, robust deal we've been trying to get but until we do that we're going to have to look at other alternatives and his is one of them. >> something has to be worked out pretty fast because now a second credit agency, credit rating agency, standard & poor's is warning there's a 50% chance they will downgrade america's credit rating in the next three months. at a hearing yesterday the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke told lawmakers a stalemate on raising the debt ceiling is not an option. >> i think it would be kalam my tas outcome, create a severe financial shock that would have effects not only in the u.s. economy, but in the global economy. default on those securities would throw the financial system into -- into potentially into cha chaos. >> he made a very interesting point yesterday. he said whether or not you choose to default on loans or social security, a default for credit purposes is a default. eric cantor, by the way, has been pretty silent, laying low after reportedly challenging the president during debt talks on wednesday. he says the president told him, erir rick, don't call my bluff, before walking out of the meeting. president obama insists that's not how it went down. >> no. look, at the end of the meeting, after we had already met for a couple hours, what i said to the group was, what i think the american people feel, which is, we have a responsibility to do the right thing, we shouldn't be overly partisan, we shouldn't be posturing, we should solve problems. >> now as we said, the president is going to be addressing the nation at about 11:00 a.m. eastern time and you can watch it right here live on cnn. minnesota might be back in business soon. negotiators have reached a tentative budget deal, reached that last night. state officials are hoping to get it passed early next week to end a 15-day government shutdown. once that happens, those 22,000 state employees can get back to work. 98 road construction projects will resume. and the state parks could open again. jurors in high-profile cases like the casey anthony trial can expect a big pay day sometimes, but a florida lawmaker is looking to ban future jurors from cashing in. this proposal would make it illegal for a juror to accept compensation for information immediately following a case. there would be a 270 day, or nine-month cooling off period. violators could face a heavy fine and jail time. this way, law makers say jurors won't be biased during the deliberations. the bill came about after casey anthony juror sort of went out and got a publicist right after the trial. that brings us to our question of the day. should jurors be able to cash in on their cases? we want to know what you think. send us an e-mail, tweet, let us know on facebook. we're reading some of your comments later in the show. casey anthony walk away a free woman on sunday, but clearly her troubles will be far from over. her face is recognized across the country. people were glued to watching the trial and what she's doing next and what comes along with that infamy is a pr nightmare. how can casey anthony even begin to rebuild her life and her image? david mattingly weighs in for us this morning, joins us live from orlando. hey, david. >> good morning, soledad. casey anthony will soon be free. she won't be behind bars anymore, but that doesn't mean she won't be able to have any privacy. she's going to be receiving a lot of scrutiny. the question now is, will she be able to manage it? >> reporter: as one of the most watched and talked about people in the country, public relations executives weigh in with a word of caution to casey anthony. do not confuse enfa my with fame. >> it is not fame. there's interest in you, a lot of it is negative interest. don't confuse that situation with celebrity. don't think that you have to go out and do a whole lot of things right now. as a matter of fact, it's best probably to lay low. >> caylee! >> reporter: if that's even possible. angry words we heard outside the orange county courthouse are tiny in comparison to the casey anthony hatred expressed on-line. more than 770,000 people are signed on to just one of many anti-casey pages on facebook. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: acquitted in a court of law, casey anthony may need to begin fighting for her freedom in the court of public opinion the minute she walks out of jail. >> most people are going to be looking at her expression. i think people need to see remorse. i think people need to see that she understands the fact that she lost her daughter. she doesn't need to walk out of jail smiling. she doesn't need to walk out of jail with a smirk on her face. she needs to walk out of jail looking like a mother who lost her child. >> reporter: and from there, experts believe it would be time, at least temporarily, to disappear, consider the offers that come her way, and decide how best to tell her story. >> we're going to have to hear from casey anthony. we're going to have to hear a first person account. people will be interested in what she has to say. whether or not they accept it or not is a different story. >> reporter: we know casey anthony will be leaving jail on sunday, that's according to the terms of the latest sentence she's carrying out for lying to the police. we don't know where, when or how. those questions will not be answered and probably, soledad, until after she's out. >> all right. david mattingly for us, thanks. >> how long do you think before casey anthony's not something everybody is talking about? is that a year, three years. >> if she disappears, goes away somewhere and as they said, disguises herself as david was saying. >> she's not going to do. >> going to be a long time. are you into world cup? >> i'm literally a soccer mom. my kids are in soccer camp, all four, this morning. they're very into it. world cup fever. >> this sunday is the big game. world cup final, women's world cup final. >> usa versus japan. >> we're just talking about soccer. >> world cup. >> it's america's first final since they went all the way back in 1999. the u.s. team beat france 3-1 on wednesday to get to this final game. and that 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"atlantis" is scheduled to return to earth on july 21st, end up being a 13-day mission. they've extended it by a day. midnight magic for "harry potter" fans across the country. >> you didn't just say that, did you? >> the muggleles. i did call them the moguls. waiting for the midnight premier of "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2" the final film in the franchise. >> was it last night at midnight? a few hours ago. >> this morning. >> the premier started. good. >> yes. those are the pictures of people who not only got in line but dressed you. >> nice. it's "deathly hall loss part 2" broke box office records before the opened. this is why i'm confused. $25 million in advanced ticket sales. nobody has got than. >> going to be a good weekend. >> rave reviews. getting rave reviews. one of these days i'll spend a week off work and watch all of them. i haven't watched any of them. rob, have you? >> i'm embarrassed to say i haven't. >> you and me a boy's weekend. >> start out by dressing up in garb and getting in line for the theater. >> maybe we won't and say we did. >> photos please, send the photos. >> what's going on there? >> hi, soledad. >> hi there. >> we are looking at thunderstorms going to pop across the northern plains. this is the area, the time of the year, jet stream moves north and we're getting a little action. there's a tornado warning south of fargo, towards wompatet. towards western minnesota. moving to the east at 35 miles an hour. no reports of this on the ground but a pretty good signature on the radar. i wouldn't be surprised if there was a funnel that touched down there. be aware of that. we'll see also thunderstorms fire along this stationary boundary later on today. that could cause some problems if you're traveling through atlanta airport. probably a couple thunderstorms south of the city. north and east of there, we're looking at a pleasant weather. the northeast, including d.c. up through philly, baltimore, new york, to boston, a little bit warmer than yesterday. but still low levels of humidity. fairly pleasant. the heat will be building still across the plains, 100 plus again today and then it builds towards the north. once the thunderstorms exit the minneapolis and minnesota area, temperatures tomorrow, these are heat indices will feel like they're well over 100 degrees as far north as the canadian border. feel like 111 into sunday and this could be a long-term event as this ridge builds through monday and tuesday, we don't see this heat waning too much. so everybody getting a shot at a heat wave now. looks like we're into the middle and latter part of july and the folks who live in the land of lakes and canadian border will feel it towards the beginning of next week. back up to you. >> ugly looking map. thanks, rob marciano. >> a family in texas is fighting to keep their precious pet, willbur the pig. sounds familiar. too cute. last week they received a letter from their homeowner's association to say they had 30 days to find will bur a new home. neighbors complained he was tearing up the yard and he stinks. the owners say he smells better than most dogs. the whole lack of sweat gland thing apparently. the family is now going door to door to get enough signatures to keep the wilbur. >> i had pigs as a child. >> did you live in a residential area? >> no. no. i grew up in long island. they don't smell. >> is that right? >> that is correct. i have an authority on this. pigs do not smell. >> i'll take your word for it then. >> check out