does he have a point? i mean, he as a point in a sense that that yes, the and someone who worked for her for 20-some odd years. i didn t believe that. but there was this narrative out there. and the fact is that those hacks did impact that narrative in a way that i think impacted the ultimate election results. that s problematic and a lot of people said well, you know, president obama, himself, sort of dismissed the russian incursion into the united states, whether it s through the cyber attacks or otherwise in 2012 when he was debatining mit romney. that may have been true, but today, we see that they have been directly involved and, i mean, we need to take action. matt, does the president have a point that now all of a sudden, you know, republicans are embracing russia? yeah, yeah, he does, absolutely. i saw this starting about three, four years ago.
parties in parliament called on murdoch to dump his plans to pursue it. at least four members of the u.s. congress want the government to investigate whether u.s. citizens were victims of phone hacking by murdoch s media outlets. international journalists were attempted to hack into the phone messages of 9/11 victims. > ruling party officials say mr. salih will go back after he s 4 surgery. those are the headlines. those are the headlines in cnn in london. world business today starts now. very good morning to you from cnn rome. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m pauline chu and this is world business today. these are the top stories on this thursday, july 14th. running on empty and running out of time on both sides of the atlantic. there s a tense stalemate in washington as lawmakers fail yet again to head off the looming debt default. meanwhile, italy races to push through austerity measures and restore confidence in the country s economy. plus, rupert