attack and valuable data for that program had been compromised. harris? harris: jennifer griffin live for us in d.c. thank you very much. news corps chairman and chief executive officer rupert murdoch now publicly defending his company against a tabloid hacking scandal. news corps owns fox news and other outlets. investigators saying staffers at the news of the world tabloid hacked into the voice mail accounts of people they were covering. news corps has since closed down that newspaper but the controversy has continued and now murdock is telling the wall street journal which is his company also, that news corps handled the crisis, quote, extremely well and in every way possible and only made minor mistakes. he is also promising to create an independent committee to, quote, investigate every charge of improper conduct. both rupert murdoch and chief operating officer james murdock plan to appear before british lawmakers to answer questions about the scandal. we re told both men will
senate. but what would happen if the government defaulted on its loans? would it impact you? interest rates will rise. we ll be back in recession. of course, we already have a 9% plus unemployment rate. we re starting from a weak position. unemployment will rise to the double digits. we ll all pay a very significant price. first the british tabloid hacking scandal catches the attention of law enforcement here in the united states. a source tells cnn the fbi is investigating whether or not journalists working for rupert murdoch s news corporation illegally gained access to phone records of the victims of the september 11th attacks. one alleges that news corporation reporters tried to access phone records using bribes or illegal computer hacking. the new federal investigation comes as murdoch defends his company s handling of the scandal. in an interview with the wall street journal which is part of his media empire, he says that he and his management team have made, quot
of jail. john: thank you, phil. and greta sat down with the jury foreman from the casey anthony murder trial, part three of the interview airs tonight. on the record, at 10:00 eastern right here on fox news channel. fresh fallout from the british tabloid hacking scandal. there is a backlash over the hacking scandal on news of the world. staffers at the newspaper hacked into the voice mail accounts of people who they were covering. and news corps has shut down the tabloid, but, the controversy continues and executives knowledge that the deal was not going to happen. to a statement, the company deputy chairman said we believe that the proposed acquisition by news corporation would benefit both companies but it has become clear that it is too difficult to progress if this climate.
investigation of rupert murdoch s media empire as the company pays a new price for its phone hacking scandal. could a massive probe now under way in britain happen here in the united states? and the obama money-maybing machine. who s behind the cash and can the republicans compete? president obama and the congressional leadership are under enormous pressure right now, about 40 minutes into their latest round of debt crisis talks. they haveless than three weeks until the deadline to raise the legal limit on the federal debt. and by all accounts, they re still very far apart. what if anything emerges from this meeting? consider the very dire warnings from the chairman of the federal reserve. ben bernanke using very strong words today, telling congress that the global financial system would be thrown into enormous disarray. that s a direct quote, if the u.s. treasury is deadbeat on its debt. ff we went so far as to default on the debt, it would be a major crisis. the treasur
tonight, the growing mystery at the house on san diego bay. plus, the stage collapses during a crowded concert. [explosion] ladies and gentlemen, please clear the park. all of a sudden we see lightning and the stage just fell over. shepard: tonight, people running for their lives as everything comes crashing to the ground. but first from fox this monday night, one of the key figures in the british tabloid hacking scandal is dead. he is a former reporter who may accusations of phone hacking at news of the world newspaper. and his death comes just as top news corps executives are set to appear before british lawmakers to answer questions about this growing scandal. remember, investigators say staffers at the news of the world tabloid hacked into the voice mail accounts of people whom they were covering, including a teenage murder victim. news corps is said to have closed down that newspaper after 168 years. but the controversy gross even