is sue akers who's leading the current investigation into phone hacking by british news organizations. >> order. could we go straight into our next witness? detective deputy commissioner akers, could i start with an apology for keeping you waiting, and the journalists clamoring over you. there we are. my apologies. we know how extraordinarily busy you are, we are extremely grateful to you for coming here. i would start with a general statement to members of the committee and others watching. we will not ask you about operational matters. we know, obviously, these are very sensitive, you're in the middle of an investigation, and we appreciate the fact that you've come here to tell us about the process that you're adopting. please, do tell us after the evidence we've heard so far that there is a thorough inquiry going on headed by you and what the process is, what your ambitions are for this inquiry. >> um, i'm very happy to do so. can i just, first of all, say i'm very conscious that all of you are relying on a document from "the guardian" and are quoting it as something that operation

europe where it had been banned but since the local station owned by rupert murdoch's news corp forced aker and wilson to rewrite the story several times until finally it was just an outright lie that was pretty much consistent with months santo's p.r. even though europeans have banned the stuff here you know we shouldn't worry we should just be happy but a fear and wilson refused to tone it down they believe as journalists it was their job to tell the public the truth about what's in their milk so the fox t.v. station hired them and a criminals and fired back by suing the fox t.v. outlet for wrongful termination and a jury of six of their peers unanimously agreed with acre and wilson and one of them four hundred twenty five thousand dollars in damages the jury found that quote fox acted intentionally and deliberately to falsify or distort the plaintiff's news reporting on b.t.h. and a quote. he's closed not so fast in two thousand and three just as the supreme court was dismissing the nikkei case fox news was appealing its own case and sure enough that year an appeals court reversed the lo

david akers signed with the 49ers.the cards trade for qb káefp kolb. >> and the pats get clad ochocinco. >> the news begins tomorrow at 4:30. thanks for joining us. [ male announcer ] this... is the montrose pet hospital -- montrose, california. in here, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. so they can run the office... even when they're not in the office. call at&t and see what we can do for you. with unlimited voice plus broadband, starting at $70 dollars. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better.

the niners signed kicker david akers. more at 11:00.ack to you. >> thank you very much. >>> remember, the calamari in the newsroom in a couple hour. for a full half-hour of sports coveragehe, wax tonight atwa30. >>> coming up at 11:00, a $2 billion state project gets caught up in its own red tape. critics say it doesn't work now and never will. the lawmakers say they're ready to walk away from it all. tonight we blow the lid on tax dollar disasters. tonight at 11:00 right after "law and order." >> the well dressed brett cannon is with us for our hour long newscast. >> we'll take a much closer look at this debt ceiling thing. exactly what does it mean to each of us? when you their wrangling in washington, d.c., what it will cost people like you and i out of our pockets. and what are the various ways that we could end up paying for it. we'll take a look at leisure diving and flag dancing. >> leisure diving? >> we have a variety of thing. >> those two thing aren't together, are they? >> they are not. they could be eventually. i don't know.

speakers, that investigation, operation greeting, which is led by deputy sue akers, in an entirely different unit in the metropolitan police from that which carried out the investigation in 2006. there are 45 experienced police officers working on the case. that illustrates how seriously they are taking the new investigation. and i think it is precisely because of the new investigation that this new information is coming to light progressively and is the subject on which the debate has been based. the prime minister said the police must be allowed to pursue their criminal investigation in the most vigorous way they can to get to the truth. i simply say to the house that in the light of that that is one of the reasons why ministers will not be making pronouncements in detail on some of the matters which the honorable gentleman has raised. it is right to point out, and i think the honorable gentleman has pointed out, but we have had a large number of inquiries taken place. we have the police pursuing their investigation. we have a number of investigations by the parliament's committee on stand

joining us is national soccer hall of fame february in, michelle akers, who played in 1999. >> good morningg. >> oh my gosh i'm having heart attacks yes. >> what did you think of the game yesterday versus france, outplayed but still in the end 3-1 winners so they get to advance. >> i thought it was a great game. i'm not one who can just sit and watch tv or sports for very long but i was watching, the u.s. played great. they were intense and focused and they played that way for the whole 90 so i thought it was a great game. >> you've been in the spot before on the verge of a world cup title, how do you keep the nerves, anxiety in check. pardon the expression but the waiting is the hardest part until sunday. >> it is but i think it's more like well the hay is in the barn and we're here just to play soccer and we've done everything we can to be the best team and we're going to go out there and do it, and that should be their focus and that was our focus, so i never really got nervous. i was just like come on, bring it! let's play. i'm ready. >> talk to me about amy wambach and her performance

speakers, that investigation, operation greeting, which is led by deputy sue akers, in an entirely different unit in the metropolitan police from that which carried out the investigation in 2006. there are 45 experienced police officers working on the case. that illustrates how seriously they are taking the new investigation. and i think it is precisely because of the new investigation that this new information is coming to light progressively and is the subject on which the debate has been based. the prime minister said the police must be allowed to pursue their criminal investigation in the most vigorous way they can to get to the truth. i simply say to the house that in the light of that that is one of the reasons why ministers will not be making pronouncements in detail on some of the matters which the honorable gentleman has raised. it is right to point out, and i think the honorable gentleman has pointed out, but we have had a large number of inquiries taken place. we have the police pursuing their investigation. we have a number of investigations by the parliament's committee on stand

>> it is an entirely perfect question but i can only say i didn't know akers into tawes and six. there were other private investigators i did know about and had heard about but he wasn't one of them. >> now that you know what you know do you suspect they would receive on the basis? >> now that i know what i know it's that this is one of the difficulties. i know quite an extensive amount now particularly the last six months of investigating the story, and glenn mulcaire i am aware wrote on and off in the news of the world i think in of late nineties and continued through until 2006 when he was arrested. so obviously, if he worked for the news of the world for that time, he was involved, and i think that the judge said in 2007, which again, we may disagree with that now, the judge did in 2,007 when he was convicted that he had a perfectly legitimate contract in the world for research and investigative work and said that i think quite repeatedly throughout the draft. so, that's all i can tell you. [inaudible] >> again, a lot recently. i watched the program as we all do. he wasn't fa

michelle akers the true inspiration to not only many members of this team, she was a true winner andace around here too much, but she really was the spirit of that team. of course, they inspired me. i was 17 years old when the '99 team won. with that said 12 years later, this team wants to write their own story book ending. we want to end with our legacy and we are very different team from the '99 team. so, you know, we do hope that looking forward that people remember the 2011 u.s. women's soccer team. >> i tell you one more similarity, that team had rock star status. i don't think anybody plays professional soccer for that reason. certainly as an american soccer player. you guys work hard and you have your matches and now you've got to this place where you're international celebrities. in fact, the hash tag mary me hope solo is trending on twitter. what do you make of all of that kind of popularity? >> and what is the answer? >> well, let's just say that i'm happy i'm in frustrate because i don't feel the affects of all of that. i know that we have our fans and we have gained hopef

. >> i want to ask you, commissioner akers, about some of the scope of your investigation, if you can. been asked about the "news of the world" and the news international. is this the scope of your investigation just about that organization, or are other media organizations? >> well, we have to start with a start. and i said, going to record as saying we will go where the evidence leads us. we started with the "news of the world," and that's where we are. >> so if -- >> going on to get i think encroaches on my investigation so i would rather not speculate. >> when do you expect to finish? >> it depends what we uncover along the way. >> for example, is our payments to police officers for leaking information, or journalist, will you investigate? >> i am investigating those matters. >> thank you. >> in the comment you made at the start you talked about leading to your investigation. i ask this as a genuine question, but how was a possible civil action can uncover information that the police are not able to do through criminal investigation? as a general principle. >> because as part, bec

finally a story in the providence journal about pat aker and deborah. pact is -- has been a public service for a long time. she's a 51-year-old correctional officer. it says here she was never a activists but after a doctor diagnosed her with incurable lung cancer in december she got an added jolt. the federal defense of marriage act precludes her from collecting the social security benefits for a surviving spouse. the story continues, the discovery stunned acre leading to embark on what may well be your first and last active rave rate in the name of marriage equality. the story concludes they are not entitled to the full scope or protections with regard to end-of-life issues, disposition of remains, who is considered next of kin, who gets to make decisions on medical care, organ donations and more. noting the couple is spent thousands of extra dollars trying to put in place the protections, she said i hope it is a reminder to the legislators that this is not abstract. this is a really tragic illustration of how these vulnerable situations are made so m

completely different team than the ones who carried out the original investigation and led by sue akers who i know impressed the select committee yesterday. they're looking through 11,000 pages with 3, 870 names including 4,000 mobile and 5,000 land line phone numbers. they contacted 170 people so far and will contact everybody single person in the documents. the commission office informed me this morning there's been eight arrests and undertaken interviews. now to the action the government is taking. last week in the house, i set out our intention to establish an independent public inquiry into phone hacking and other illegal practices in the british press. we looked carefully at the nature of what it should be. we want it to be one as robust as possible, one that can get to the truth fastest and also get to work the quickest. one that commands the full confidence of the public. there's two pieces of work to be down here. first, a full investigation into wrong doing of the press of the police including the failure of the first police investigation. second, we need a review of regulatio