she shun the media spotlight or will she try to capitalize on her supposed fame? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama back at the bully pulpit for the second time this week to make sure ameripay bill. he went before reporters to keep pushing raising the debt ceiling limit before the august 2 deadline. he seems to be softening his terms somewhat. let s go to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian has the very latest. he said it time for law makers from both parties to make tough choices. he says he s been willing to put entitlement programs on the table, but even so, there s no deal tonight. and some republicans are saying it s time for the president to put his own plan on the table, not make another speech. president obama still thinks the so-called big deal option is the right deal. what s important is that even as we raise the debt ceiling, we also solve the problem of underlying debts and deficits. i m glad congressional leaders
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
finds a new stage for they are talents, fashion and flamboyance on the paris catwalk. a developing story, though, on libya first this morning. we re getting reports of air strikes on the rebel town of al brega in the eastern country. and we re hearing that anti-government forces in nearby dubai are also under attack. at the same time, the libyan government is criticizing the international force to investigate moammar gadhafi for possible crimes against the libyan people. the icc s announcement issued in just a couple hours. u.n. security council referred libya to the icc to try to deter the libyan leader from military attacks on his opponents. governments are considering other ways to help those suffering in libya. hillary clinton says the u.s. military might have a role to play, such as getting supplies to where they re needed. the u.s. secretary of state acknowledged direct intervention would face major opposition.
and with richard oprah: pryor. pryor. with richard, he really liked my simplicity. he didn t like the hollywood image and all of that flamboyance. and he says, you don t even have to put on makeup. oprah: really? and you see in the pictures that i was very kind of squeaky-clean. oprah: let me ask you, though. i was surprised in the book to read that you taught him to read? he wanted to learn to read. he couldn t read, and he wanted to read war and peace. he would learn his lines phonetically, and people would help him learn his lines. he said, baby, i want to learn how to read, and i want to read war and peace. oprah: wow. and i loved that friendship. oprah: how long were you together? a year and a half. he would say, baby, i know you re simple, and i love this about you, and you re endearing, no drugs, no drinking, all of that stuff that gets me into trouble, but i m afraid i may not be funny if i m sober. and he fought that. he battled with it. oprah: tell them
the wall came down. there are some sports going on here, believe it or not, joe. oh, okay. reporter: last night a little men s figure skating, one of people s favorite events. and we got a big showdown between an american, evan lysacek, and the reigning olympian champion, this guy, yevgeny plushenko from russia, the reigning world champion. so he s out there really known for his flair, for his flamboyance. he does this thing where he kind of locks into the cameras, each one he passes by. he s known as a showman, stares down the cameras, does like an elvis presley hip shake thing and then at the end he pulls an imaginary sword out of an imaginary sheath as if striking down his opponents so that s the russian, yevgeny plushenko. he s the defending olympic champion. the world champion is an american, evan lysacek. he finished within 0.555 points of plushenko last night. this is the first half of their