the former communications chief, andy coulson, along with rebekah brooks are among those formally charged. both have denied any involvement. here is our correspondent, tom diamond. >> it has taken 19 months, up to 100 police officers. they raided the homes of reporters and executives, but for the accused, today was d- day. >> this is being considered. applying a two-stage test, i have completed cases on eight of those 13 suspects that therstli a realistic prospect for conviction. >> in all, there are 19 charges of illegally intercepted communications. the former chief executive of news international, rebekah brooks, is facing charges. the news, she said, left her distressed and angry. and another faces five counts. they are among those accused of packing a teenager's telephone while police were searching for her -- of hacking a teenager's phone call -- telephone. >> i did not do anything to damage that investigation. at the news of the world, we worked on behalf of the but the unsubscribe, a protector of violent crime, and the idea than but i would sit in my office dreaming up schemes to

former news of the world editor rebekah brooks and an did i colson are charge -- and andy coulson are charged with hacking the phones and computers of hundreds of people. brooks, colson and a third editor are charged with conspiring to hack the phone of a murdered british school girl. news corp. is the parent company of fox news. >>> it's report card day for the district. many city services are getting grade on how they're performing. mayor vincent gray released the results from a new program called gray.dc.gov, but his job performance wasn't included in the survey. fox 5's matt ackland has a closer look. >> reporter: when it comes to the basics of running the city, picking up the trash, keeping roads in good shape, even registering your car, it looks like the d.c. government is doing about average. look at the report card. mostly cs, not a surprise. the dmv is getting the lowest mark, a c minus. >> we did it as a way to try to help citizens better engage with their government and feel like their feedback really is paid attention top of the. >> reporter: but the grades were only issue

the two most prominent people charged-- former editors rebekkah brooks and andy coulson. prosecutors say they conspired to intercept voice mails and other communications from more than 600 people, including celebrities, the royal family, and crime victims. coulson left the paper to work as an aide for british prime minister david cameron. brooks ran newscorp's british newspaper division. both deny the charges. >> susie: consumer advocates are calling it a win for the flying public. a federal appeals court today ruled the department of transportation has the right to require airlines to show consumers an "all-in" ticket price that includes taxes and fees. spirit and southwest airlines had objected, saying the rules violated their right to engage in commercial speech. the court also upheld rules prohibiting ticket and baggage fee hikes after a fare is purchased. >> tom: it was the third straight day of selling in the major stock indices. the s&p 500 caught a small bid in the final 40 minutes of the session. "the wall street journal" reported the federal reserve is moving cl

rebekah brooks there with the red hair, and former adviser to the british prime minister andy coulsonare accused of hacking into stars' voice mails and that of a young murder victim in great britain. >> thank you for the update. >> want to get updated when it comes to the forecast. >> inland today, 88 degrees, bay side i'm forecasting the low 80s. we cool down. you can catch the giants tonight, 7:15. 57 degrees. they are taking on the padres here at at&t park. >> i'm still worried about westbound 580. right there at the connector. we see slowing out of livermore. additional out of dublin and pleasanton. a new accident should be off to the shoulder. there is the slowing in through the south bay. and that focus a problem at the connector. we continue with more slowing. as well as southbound 880. kicking in pretty strong. expect the next half hour slower as you head north through oakland and the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights turned on, then boom, all the way to the berkeley serve. a look at the peninsula, it's a big contract to all of the flooring in the east bay. san mateo

and andy coulson, the former spokesperson of british prime minister david cameron. the international aids conference continued in washington, d.c. monday with a keynote speech by secretary of state clinton. addressing the conference's opening session, clinton touted the obama administration's reversal a 20-year-old ban that prevented people infected with hiv from entering the united states. clinton also said the u.s. seeks to achieve an aids-free generation. >> 5 words we have not been able to say for too long, "welcome to the united states." i have heard a few voices from people raising questions about america's commitment to an aids-free generation, wondering whether we are really serious about achieving it. well, i am here today to make it absolutely clear, the united states is committed and will remain committed to achieving an aids-free generation. we will not back off. we will not back down. we will fight for the resources necessary to achieve this historic milestone. >> protests that and held around the aids conference to oppose u.s. policies banning the excl

former "news of the world" editors rebekah brooks and andy coulson will face charges for their allegedl if britain. prosecutors say six others will also face charges. authorities say some of the suspects are accused of eavesdropping on celebrities, including brad pitt and angelina jolie. >>> authorities are investigating an overnight standoff at the university of connecticut that ended with a gunman committing suicide. police say the despondent man appeared on the avery point campus yesterday afternoon. he shot himself early this morning, following several hours of negotiations. >>> well, it's going to be a hot one in pennsylvania today. and for more reasons than one provided by mother nature. hundreds are expected to protest the state's strict new voter i.d. law. we're going to take you live to that capital. >>> and it's more than a million square feet and shows the toll of the aids epidemic, what it took on america. up next, the aids quilt marks an important milestone at the international aids conference going on right now in washington, d.c. let's take a paint project from "that loo

especially names rebekah brooks and andy coulson. in 2003, he succeeded her as the editor of what was then britain's biggest selling newspaper, "news of the world." he'd later become david cameron's communications chief. she elevated to run rupert murdoch's businesses in britain. a friend to prime ministers. and yet today both stood accused of being involved in the most notorious episode of this whole hacking scandal. of conspiring with others to intercept the voice mails of the murdered school girl millie doweler. within hours of the charges, the prime minister's former press chief gave this statement outside his london home. >> i'm obviously extremely disappointed by the decision today. i will fight these allegations and get to talk but i would like to say one thing today about the millie doweler allegations. anyone no who knows me or has worked with me would know that i wouldn't-- more importantly that i didn't-- do anything to damage the millie doweler investigation. >> reporter: what's so striking about today's charges is just h

british prosecutors are charging former news international executive rebekah brooks and editor andy coulsonion with their alleged roles in the phone hacking scandal. they're among eight people being charged. and we just learned brad pitt and angelina jolie, named by british prosecutors as alleged hacking victims. >>> syrian officials are threatening to deploy chemical weapons to ward off international military intervention. the warning is the most direct confirmation yet that syria has unconventional arms at its disposal. the government did say it would not use such weapons against its own people. >>> a jury could be seated by the end of the day in the drew peterson murder trial. the former chicago area police officer is charged with killing his third wife, kathleen savio. her death in 2004 had been ruled an accident until police began investigating the disappearance of his fourth wife, stacy peterson. >>> finally, we may have hit bottom in the housing market, again, maybe. cnbc's real estate correspondent diana olick is here with what's moving your money. new numbers out this morning that

andy coulson was most recently david cameron's press guy, and so cameron's come under a lot of flackm in the first place. we've also seen 18 charges brought against these individuals, in addition to the overall charge of just conspireing and allowing the practice of phone hacking to happen. rebekah brooks was also charged with playing a role in the hacking of millie dowler's phone, because dowler was a murder victim, it upset her parents and said brooks is playing a role in this and she's already charged remember with conspireing against justice for apparently lying allegedly lying under oath to politicians and regulators in her earlier testimony, she's come out against those charges and she put out a statement today, and i want to make sure we get this statement out there, "i'm not guilty of these charges. i did not authorize nor was i aware of phone hacking under my ed moreship. the charge concerning milly dowler is particularly upsetting not only as it is untrue but also because i have spent my journalistic career campaigning for victims of crime." she will appear in september to

andy coulson and rebekah brooks will be charged for the offenses linked to the hacking. rupert murdoch, brooks was a key executive. the investigation was launched 18 months ago. >> that was rebekah brooks you're looking at there. mitt romney addresses the vfw convention in reno today. president obama got his turn, touting his record on the wars in iraq and afghanistan and killing of osama bin laden. after romney lays out his foreign policy vision, he will travel to israel and poland. the white house challenging him to offer americans clear messages during this trip. >>> soledad will join us with what's ahead on "starting point." >> we're going to talk more about the shooter in colorado. there's new details from inside the rigged apartment building. 30 i.e.d.s, ten gallons of gasoline in glass jars designed for maximum damage. we'll walk you through exactly how it was set up. if you saw him in court yesterday, he appeared aloof, making weird facial twitches at points. the big question is will the mental state of the suspect prevent him from standing trial? criminal defens

andy coulson and rebekah brooks will be charged. coulson was former aid to david cameron and close confidant of rupert murdoch. a total of 24 people, including 15 current and formal journalists have been arrested since the investigation was launched a year and a half ago. >>> she didn't just break the glass ceiling, blasted it into space, sally ride, the first american woman to orbit the earth died after battling pancreatic cancer. she made a second trip aboard the same shuttle a year later. president obama called her a national hero and inspiration to countless women. sally ride was 61 and soledad, i'm sure it was the same for you, you grew up hearing about her and her amazing achievement, really taught girls and women an awful lot about what they can do in science technology. >> i don't necessarily think her amazement achievement was the first thing, going up in space, all of that commitment to try to get young women to follow in her footsteps, she was awesome. we'll miss her. >>> back to our top story this morning, new details ab