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Gordon brown, john major, these are the countrys leaders. the weakness, im using that word, the idea that they would have been in any way beholden to rupert murdoch and his newspapers, i think the repercussions in terms of how the brits see their government, their institutions, have got to be powerful. >> well, beholden, terrified, bullied, terrorized, complicit, corrupted, all of those things are true. john major was talking in a way that his government was brought down because he refused to be...

Partisan divide, and in a way thats great for rupert. now theres been a big political blowup in the uk saying this whole issue has become a partisan divide between labor and tory. you know, this is excessive. because, you know, you could argue what everyone thinks about rupert murdochs conduct over this whole affair, he built b sky b. that is his company. he took all the risks. it was his vision in a sense that built that company. and, you know, he is a brilliant businessman. so to declare him u...

spring offensive. that threat follows this deadly attack in kabul but a taliban suicide bomber two hours after president obama left afghanistan and the taliban claiming its just a sign of things to come. lets go straight to nick payton walsh in kabul. when the taliban says spring offensive, tell us exactly what that means. >> reporter: well, something they were talking about two weeks ago but today their statements shortly after barack obama left made it clear they consider it a new op...

broadcasting. well have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a porno...

Is the fox table laughing or did rupert murdoch hackl into all my jokes already? some people think rupert was intentionally trying to appear to be confused when testified in front of the british government. the man is 1 years old. i think you -- is 81 years old. i think you have to know how to use a cell phone to find out how to hackl into one. he paid for myspace. clearly he knows nothing about technology. fox news is the grum p with old man of cable. loud. stubborn. just had a mole removed. i ...

And shot himself. is the fox table laughing or did rupert murdoch hackl into all my jokes already? some people think rupert was intentionally trying to appear to be confused when testified in front of the british government. the man is 1 years old. i think you -- is 81 years old. i think you have to know how to use a cell phone to find out how to hackl into one. he paid for myspace. clearly he knows nothing about technology. fox news is the grum p with old man of cable. loud. stubborn. just had ...

You said in like a nutshell. >> lets go to the phone and see who this, quote, punk is that donny deutsch is talking about, a great man, a man i have often called americas abraham lincoln, the abraham lincoln of the 21st century, and a man that, man, his ties -- have you ever worn one of donalds ties? . i couldnt pull it off. >> lets bring in donald trump. donald trump, going after donny deutsch, saying that the pitchman has it all wrong. >> bring it, big guy. >> you know, the fact is the buildin...

>> the cameron government and the sky takeover, the biggest satellite company in britain, was going to be the biggest satellite deal. murdock was going to buy the remaining shares of the company and the accusation is camerons secretary was too close to murdocks people, to james murdock, the son of rupert. its not been proven yet. the whiff of coziness becoming claustrophobic between cameron and the murdocks has haunted him over and over again. its where cameron -- weekend house. itis where all t...

hooker scandal hits the hill. the first member of the obama administration getting grilled this hour on the colombian prostitution debacle. the white house saying their staff is in the clear. why do they have to testify? coverup. john edwards former top aide coming clean admitting he helped cover up edwards affair with his mist res mistress, rielle hunter. has presidential politics moved from behind the podium to on the stage? "newsroom" begins right now. we begin with startling ...

If that were to happen this summer, thats a pretty difficult thing for the president to try to address. most voters think the buck stops with him, whether or not in fact it really does. if that happens, any sort of momentum that democrats right now could quickly evaporate. >> patrick, quick before we let you go, youve been following rupert murdoch on twitter. >> yes. >> and hes behind rick santorum, is that right? >> its not an outright endorsement. but he tweeted, a rare tweet, he said that ric...