CNN 2011-07-16

 We begin this morning with one of the most powerful media empires of the world rocked by a scandal that grows deeper and wider.two more Rupert Murdoch's newspapers in Britain now face their own accusations¹ of a ..wrongdoing there are reported  targets no less than the royal family and former prime minister,in face Brown says the papers had links to criminals in order to hack² into its.. accounts and the medical records of his seriously ill son.While members of parliament are demanding tough answers from police how did they not uncover a hacking³ conspiracy⁴ that can mushroom to thousands of victims.

 

Let's get the latest.now Daniel is live ..in London.so Danie development just minutes ago apparently⁵ British lawmakers asking Murdoch and his son to testify

Yeah,I mean this is a pretty incredible development ..perhaps given the huge for we all hear about the whole scandal,but Rupert and James Murdoch and the chief executive of news international Rebehak Brooks⁶ have all been appear before what's called the select committee here which it's a ..party committee over members of parliament of politicians here who can question people about particular issue,now police involved in the current inquiry⁷ and the past inquiry have been questioned by similar committed this morning it's pretty ..they get here... aggressive ...it's big block on the call room across the examination it's not the ..it's the party of the parliamentary system here ,whether they can be forced to attend ,wow it's a kind of news point,news international saying the CNN executive will cooperate.they can be reported to the buildings behind me the ..comments if they don't cooperate .The problem is of course both Rupert and James Murdoch have US citizenship⁸,I think Rupert Murdoch has Jew US and Australia citizenship so it's unclear whether he really can be forced to appear but the moment news international saying they will cooperate while that means Rupert Murdoch himself will attend up here for this...from these politicians we don't know ,but he dose it's gonna be incredible. because there are so many swallowing allegations about the paper that is organized paper is organization runs suggestions have links to criminal under well.illegal activities targeting everyone from 911 victims to murder victims to the royal family he is got a lot to answer if he does appear.Daniel live from London we'll talk more about this later in the hour could this scandal there in Great Britain impact Murdoch's Empire here in the US.

 

Back..the congressional leaders have turned to the White House in the negotiating rising the debt ceiling,the dead-line is three weeks  from today, but the divided separating Democrats⁹ and Republicans may be wider than ever.Dan is at the White House,Dan the president trying to breach¹⁰ this divide dose he have the political cloud to pull it off.Wow he certainly trying to I mean that's why for the third day the round now he will be meeting with congressional leaders hoping that the deal can get..you saw the president holding a  pres conference he sits down for an interview with the CBS news today,the president is still pushing for a big deal,a comprehensive deal he is telling Republicans that he is  willing to take the hit from his own parties because he is willing to put things such as entitlement programs on the table,he is urging Republicans to stand up to their bases.as well the bottom line the president does not want any kind of temporary agreement.but he believes it will only push the problem down on the road.I will not sign a 30-day, 60-day,90-day extension,it's just not acceptable approach,and if we think it's gonna be hard ,we think it's hard now,imagine how these guys are gonna be thinking,6 months from now in the mid-election season.when they are all ..It's not gonna easier it's gonna harder,so remains¹¹  what we do now ,pull off the ...Of course taxes remain the big staking point,the president though insisting that nothing will change before 2013.so would not happen doing a difficult to economy and environment,but Hose speaker John saying that there is no reason to raise taxes in order to control spending,he believes the best way to get revenue is by improving the overall economy by creating jobs,he says he is willing to get deal down with Democrats in the White House,but in his words it takes to the tango and they are not here yet.

1 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

2 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

3 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

4 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

8 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

9 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。