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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 inv...

good morning. it is thursday, july 14th. this is your a.m. wakeup call. here's break is news. we just learned that british police have made an arrest in that scandalous phone hacking case that brought down -- that is bringing down parts of rupert murdoch's news empire. i'll get you more on that in just a moment. i wish i could say there's big news about the debt ceiling talks. i can't tell you that. there's more drama than dealing going on in d.c. right now. a fifth round of talks is set for today. but yesterday didn't go so well. house republicans called for a short-term extension...

money and influence. how deep does that run? take a look. the television empire, fox with its news programming is part of his world. 20th century fox was huge, hit films. in publishing, "new york post," "wall street journal," what he has in print, along with harpercollins publishers limited, books like sarah palins, all part of the empire of rupert murdoch. we will dig much deeper into the rupert scandal and one of the senators calling for an investigation. first, one of the other stories we're following tonight. the other barack obama. a new book reveals astonishing information abou...

hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline there's no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fifth straight day of talks aimed at raising the debt limit. the frustrations and tempers have been l...

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 ...