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members of the britt parliament. they are supposed to hammer him and his allies on a empire destroying jobs and careers and now raising new questions about his company s conduct right here in the united states. bribery, hacking, corruption of power. lawmakers say the allegations are not about just sleazy journalism, about the power of an empire that has gone largely unchallenged, before now. it s 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. on the west coast. thanks for joining us. here are other stories we will take a look. another step in the nation s debt crisis but not any closer to a final deal. the house will vote on a republican measure but the president says he won t even consider it. the government deadline remains august 2nd before it runs out of money. the space shuttle atlantis on its way home. this morning, it did undock from the international space station and began the final voyage in the program s 30-year-old history. now back to the murdoch media s ....
good morning to you. thank you for being with us. 6:00 a.m. in new york this morning. tuesday, july 19th. i was hearing that in parts of iowa the heat index felt like 130 yesterday. it s been brutal out there. even this morning on the east coast, it felt different. it felt hotter. we ll be covering that. we re watching that and millions are watching with a worldwide media empire hanging in the balance rupert murdoch is just hours away from facing his defining moment. in less than four hours, murdoch, his son and former top newspaper executive will appear before the british parliament. they will be asked what they knew about this phone hacking scandal that s growing wider by the day. it s threatening to take down news corp and perhaps murdoch himself. and the question is what they are going to be called upon to explain, what they re going to be compelled to explain and how that s different from being called before congress. who is going to be asking the questions ....