Debt Talks Expected to Resume
CHETRY: Forty-five minutes fast hour. Here's a look at your headlines this morning: David Cameron facing some tough accusation in the U.K. phone hacking scandal. The prime minister says he will apologize for hiring former "News of the World" executive Andy Coulson if it's proven that Coulson lied to him about the alleged practices at the tabloid. A 26-year-old man has been arrested for hitting Rupert Murdoch with a shaving cream pie while the News Corp chairman testified at yesterday's parliamentary hearing. The hacker is identified as Jonathan May-Bowles of Windsor, according to Scotland Yard. Congressional leaders are expected to meet today for a new round of debt talks. The meeting comes just a day after the House pass ad bill that would put strict caps on future government spending and also make it tougher to raise taxes. That bill is expected to die in the Senate. Taliban officials say that reports of Mullah Omar's death are greatly exaggerated. In fact, they accuse the U.S. of hacking into its cell phones and sending out fake text messages announcing their leader is dead. The FBI arresting at least 16 alleged computer hackers, most are thought to be part of the group Anonymous. That group claims to have hacked PayPal and a number of credit card Web sites. It was literally the biggest thing in basketball, NBA basketball star Yao Ming announcing his early retirement this morning in a news conference from China. He drew millions of new fans to the NBA from around the world. He played eight seasons in the league, but he missed 250 games due to injuries. You're caught in day's headlines. AMERICAN MORNING is back in just 60 seconds.