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
good morning. it is thursday, july 14th. this is your a.m. wakeup call. here s break is news. we just learned that british police have made an arrest in that scandalous phone hacking case that brought down that is bringing down parts of rupert murdoch s news empire. i ll get you more on that in just a moment. i wish i could say there s big news about the debt ceiling talks. i can t tell you that. there s more drama than dealing going on in d.c. right now. a fifth round of talks is set for today. but yesterday didn t go so well. house republicans called for a short-term extension and house majority leader eric cantor says this is what the president said in response. quote, don t call my bluff, eric. and then he walked out a few minutes later. president obama said all along he d veto any short-term measure. ed administration says failure to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by august 2nd could trigger a partial default on the part of the united states. thanks to that de