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his son lachlan's, amazing yacht, the sarissa. >> named after a macedonian weapon of war. it's this exquisite sailing vessel. it's a work of art. as we understand it, they're sleeping on the boat. it's the caribbean. it's peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can't get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. >> he has not yet designated an heir. >> and the future of his media empire will be up for grabs. ...

the sarissa. >> named after a macedonian weapon of war. it's this exquisite sailing vessel. it's a work of art. as we understand it, they're sleeping on the boat. it's the caribbean. it's peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can't get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. >> he has not yet designated an heir. >> and the future of his media empire will be up for grabs. ♪ >> stand by. >> there we go. o...

>> it's 2018, and rupert murdoch and his wife, jerry hall are vacationing in the caribbean on his son lachlan's, amazing yacht, the sarissa. >> named after a macedonian weapon of war. it's this exquisite sailing vessel. it's a work of art. as we understand it, they're sleeping on the boat. it's the caribbean. it's peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can't get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. >> h...

Children. another is that to actually designate an heir would be effectively an admission of his own mortality. and so, as rupert's life literally hangs in the balance, this is going to be the true opening bell of the war for succession. and everyone knows it's going to be a really ugly, tense fight. >> rupert murdoch, the media mogul is said to have been hospitalized. >> he has injuries to his back and his head. he had to be airlifted. >> after the accident, you know, sure enough, rupert recovers. and while lying in his hospital bed, having narrowly escaped death here, sends a memo out to the...

And everyone knows it's going to be a really ugly, tense fight. >> rupert murdoch, the media mogul is said to have been hospitalized. >> he has injuries to this back and his head. he had to be airlifted. >> after the accident, you know, sure enough, rupert recovers. and while lying in his hospital bed, having narrowly escaped death here, sends a memo out to the company saying that he's just had a sailing accident. his bathroom fall is made to sound like, yeah, he got knocked by a by a mainsail while tacking on a sailing trip. >> even from his hospital bed, he quickly starts taking control of t...