schieffer: and good evening. scott s off tonight, i m bob schieffer. well, rupert murdoch called it the most humbling day of his life, and he said he was sorry, but it wasn t his fault and he wasn t resigning. then someone hit him with a cream pie. that about summed up the parliamentary hearing into the police bribery and phone hacking scandal involving one of murdoch s british newspapers. we have two reports tonight from london. first, elizabeth palmer. liz? reporter: hello, bob. well, rupert murdoch testified for the very first time today and the eyes of the world were riveted on these hearings. he actually volunteered to answer the government s questions for the very first time since this scandal erupted. the man who runs the world s most powerful media empire today had the world s media running after him. but the crusty combative rupert murdoch of legend was a different man today. his wife, wendy deng at his beck next to his lawyer joel klein and his son james at hi
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. schieffer: and good evening. scott s off tonight, i m bob schieffer. well, rupert murdoch called it the most humbling day of his life, and he said he was sorry, but it wasn t his fault and he wasn t resigning. then someone hit him with a cream pie. that about summed up the parliamentary hearing into the police bribery and phone hacking scandal involving one of murdoch s british newspapers. we have two reports tonight from london. first, elizabeth palmer. liz? reporter: hello, bob. well, rupert murdoch testified for the very first time today and the eyes of the world were rivetted on these hearings. he actually volunteered to answer the government s questions for the very first time since this scandal erupted. the man who runs the world s most powerful media empire today had the world s media running after him. but the crusty combative rupert murdoch of legend was a different man today. his wife,
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. late today, the poison spreading in one of the world s largest media empires reached america. the c.e.o. of dow jones, publisher of america s largest newspaper, the wall street journal, has resigned. less hinton is one of two top executives forced out of rupert murdoch s news corporation today. murdoch owns the journal, fox television, and many other networks and newspapers all around the world. it was sleazy reporting techniques by a murdoch-owned british tabloid covering the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl that triggered the cascading scandal. we have reports tonight from both sides of the atlantic. first, liz palmer in london. reporter: yes, scott, for the last ten days people in this country have been talking about little else, and today we saw the murdoch damage control effort really kick into high gear. a mob of reporters fought to see firsthand the tycoon humbled. if you ll just keep