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the bbc tv. what do you see looking back at this 20 years? >> we now regard the decision to televise this as a matter of inevitability. very few look back and think they did something remarkable. at that time, it was a momentous decision. it had been turned down many times, until eventually the decision was taken to go for it. >> the leadership at that time -- what was its position? emma margaret thatcher was >> margaret thatcher was against televising the house of commons. they thought it would turn it into something quite different. the vote was taken, despite her influence. >> there was an 18 month trial period. >> there was a long period after the vote before televising actually started. when it started, it was a 12 month trial period. then we could change anything we asked for. it always comes in by way of what is called the trial period. you test the water. >> since the house of commons went on television, it has been seen every sunday night here on c-span. my question to you is who sees it

the latest information cannot be passed as new evidence, it says. >> this is bbc "world news" today. new security measures today for all passengers flying into the united states. dubai is preparing to inaugurate the tallest skyscraper, hoping it will shift attention away from the financial crisis. the top end of the fashion industry has been one of the high-profile casualty is of the global downturn. designers have turned to producing more profitable, ready-to-wear clothing. there's one place world where high-fashion is experiencing a renaissance. from beirut -- >> one by one, the lebanese designers are conquering the catwalks across europe. fashion has suffered from the global downturn, but it has been a year of reversbirth for leaveb anon. >> he and his colleagues have had no shortage of work. >> $16,500. yes. it is nothing? >> well, maybe a little expensive. how many dresses do you sell every month? >> no, every season. between two hundred to 250. >> most of his clients come from the oil-rich gulf, but this is what drives profits for the lebanese designers. weddings are huge steel

john told the bbc he has been helping eminem battle his addiction for more than a year. he says the rapper is making progress. john is a recovered drug abuser himself. eminem has written publicly about his past substance abuse problems. >>> one of the last survivors of the 1906 san francisco earthquake has died. jenette died of pneumonia last week at the age of 107. her funeral will be held tomorrow. trapani was not even four years old when that cataclysmic shake struck the city more than a century ago. her daughter says her mother never forgot the horrific events of that day. >> he is always told the story that he is remembered very clearly, my grandfather picking her up and rushing her off to an empty lot across the street so that the building wouldn't fall on her. what he is remembered was the smoke, that there was a tremendous amount of smoke in the area. she says he is remembers the smell of smoke. >> now the april 18th quake was followed by uncontrolled fires that burned for days. they destroyed much of san francisco. >>> about six million americans who receive foo

john told the bbc he's been helping eminem battle his addiction for more than a year. he said the rapper is making progress. john say recovering drug abuser himself. eminem has written publicly about his past substance abuse problems. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the best way to prevent financial bubbles is through tighter regulation. but he says it's not the only way. and that may be necessary to raise interest rates again to prevent what he calls dangerous build-ups of risk. now some critics blame the federal reserve for causing the recent housing bubble. they say the central bank held interest rates too low for too long. but in a speech before the american economic association's annual meeting, bernanke defended the fed's actions calling the links between low interest rates and rising home prices, quote, weak. ♪ ♪ i'm gonna tell myself i believe it's true ♪ ♪ i don't need a dime to be good to you ♪ >> imagine losing your job just a week before christmas. it happened to this woman and now she's singing about it. why her song is so catchy. >>> a u.s.

katty kay is a bbc and washington correspondent. dan rather is global correspondent, john harris, is et tor in chief of the politico. helene cooper, white house correspondent. john, you came up with seven story lines that obama's critics are starting to push. avoiding those stories could well be his new year's resolution. giving the critics a storyline that he's plang with monopoly game. >> another story line looks like he's yielding to nancy pelosi. looks likee's more interested of being president of the world? critic bill crystal says this -- >> obama is making us weaker. he tries to placate adversaries. >> this idea that he's somehow a global blowny guy. not too much of a good old yankee american. >> what he has chosen to emphasize in the early going has led to that perception. there's no doubt by favoring the wall street crowd that he fed into that whole thing. then talking about global warming, it all leads to this perception. i think the perception is a problem for him. chris: tipping to the atlantic and not too homegrown. >>

in the case of the bbc poll. and the results are pretty surprising, i think the people who sort of think that the afghan project is going south. when asked what is your view of the united states in afghanistan, according to the bbc, 68% of afghans thinks that the united states and afghanistan is either doing a fair, good, or excellent job. when asked the same question about nato, 78% of afghans say that nato-isaf is doing a fair, good or excellent job. when asked the question, would you prefer to be ruled by the current government or the taliban, 82% of afghans say they would prefer to be ruled by the current government, and only 4% say they'd like to be ruled by the taliban, which is not surprising, because there's one prophylactic against enthusiasm for the taliban which is previous rule by the taliban. there's nothing dwight like being ruled for them to have a negative view of them and consistently by the way, 7% -- the taliban usually gets a 7% 5ble rating in polls that have been conducted back to 2005. who i

if the government knew about this why did it wait until the bbc report last friday? if it didn't why would government agencies so curiously incurious about $85 million worth of security equipment to be sent from the united kingdom to a war zone? >> i will ask the secretary of state of business to contact him and respond to him in detail on that important issue. >> be aware that royal mail and communication work includes progress on modernization and industrial relations problem that has bedeviled the industry. can she now say when the government is going to sort out the deficit that needs to be delivered? >> like my hon. friend the government is a strong supporter of the royal mail and wants it to have a secure and prosperous future at the time of big change. we are committed to universal service six days a week and we are committed to changing the regulation to allow the ability to compete and we want to make sure the pension liability is secure as well. >> each year

was it mostly good or very good, according to the bbc, that the united states over through the taliban? last year, 69% said yes. perhaps the most astonishing figure, what is your view of the united states military? this is last year from the bbc. 63% stronger -- strongly support or somewhat support the united states in afghanistan. the afghans want this to work. they are not opposed to international forces. by the way, exactly the same organizations routinely also pull in pakistan and to those who say you cannot trust polling data in afghanistan, exec with the same organizations routinely pulled in pakistan and consistently find it to be one of the most anti-american countries in the world. i believe both polls. i believe pakistan is a pretty anti-american country. we are conducting a counterinsurgency in afghanistan. it was the is central doctrine in afghanistan? it is the gravity of the population given that the population is at least half or more on our side, there are grounds to think this will be a successful effort. we spent something like 18 times more per capita in bosnia and i

listen to this important point that the bbc who have seen the report, they say the summary and the fullreport don't match up. aren't we in danger? are going danger of having a cover-up if we don't publish it in full? >> mr. speaker, the court case is not yet completed. this series case review has been leaked but it has not been published. the summary will be published at the appropriate time. i have taken as the secretary for children the advise of the lord who did -- he says it's the wrong advise but lord leavy is respected right across the country for the work is done. i and the secretary of state for children are taking the advice of many children's societies, professional organizations on the matter. i think it's important to recognize the issue here is what lessons we learned, how we have learned these lessons is a matter for people now to look at the summary of the series case review. i asked them to consider the anonymity of the children as an important issue and also the freedom of children to say to the inquiry what they think is happening what they think has gone wrong and the

d i think they understa if they've ever been on vacation for one ek in europe a they've watched the bbc just for a wk, they'll comeome and say, "why don't we have that? why don't have international covage?" >> we all say thatcharles, and agree, and this is a great concern. but wn you get out there and you see the nielse what people are actually clking on, is it the africa covera that's getting the attention? >>o. but here's the differencehere's whats exciting. wha's exciting is the internet is going to mean at you're gng to be able to click what you want. what happens with newspapers d television networks now is that we sort of-- report to a common denominator.ut, for example-- classic exple: we had hillary clinton in cgo, the place for the wot crimes, most brutal rapes againswomen, unimaginable crimes in t world. uniginable crimes was happening to women in cong and yet when the secreta of ate was asked a question and it was mistranslated about whether or not--whater husbanthought about some particular issue andhe got upset, that s the story. that was the story because e mainstream medi

instead of consulting, let him listen to this important point -- the bbc, which has seen the report, says that the summary and the full report do not match up. are not we in danger of having a cover-up if we do not publish it in full? >> the court case is not yet completed. the serious case review has been leaked, but it has not been published. the summary will be published at the appropriate time. i have taken, as has the secretary of state for children, lord laming's advice. >> the wrong advice. >> he says it is the wrong advice, but lord laming is respected throughout the country for his work. the secretary of state for children and i are taking the advice of many children's societies and professional organizations on the matter. it is important to recognize that the issue is what lessons we learn. how we do that is a matter of people looking at the summary of the serious case review. i ask them to consider the children's anonymity as an important issue, and also freedom of children to say to the inquiry what they think has happened and what they think has gone wrong. i hope that

. >> don't forget as well, within the british political media system, once the bbc broadcast of the report that they did in may when the prime minister first-- that to a large extent completely took over the debate. it was another of the very unfortunate consequences of that. so actually there was probably less attention, less focus on what was then actually happening in iraq on the media level and a political level then there should've been. meanwhile those who were getting into iraq, military and intelligence guys and so forth but also those who were trying to restore some kind of civil administration and public services and so forth, they had a tough job and i tend to agree not is an expert nor somebody who knows about this much is the people on the panel but i do tend to agree with john straw's assessment that given the circumstances they did a pretty amazing job of getting things u eventually the way that they did. >> i think we have pretty much come to the end of this session. a question to you mr. campbell, have we given you sufficient opportunity to offer us your reflections on

i said if they do research on bbc or something so i went to the computer. i put in the dark wind left hand and i said that is it. he was left-handed. i took the eraser and the race to the pencil out of his right hand and put it into his left hand. then i moved up 10 in all three pictures and then the book is about to go to print and i knew there would be a lot of questions so they say how do know he is left-handed? it came out on the paper on the computer and the television but then after 50 papers maybe only two papers he was left-handed. my wife starts to call and it was an english actor but done in seattle. and he said. i did not notice that the actor was left-handed. >> they thought i could be but like that because nobody would know. [laughter] but i thought if you are a child today you would say we knew he was left-handed. so i started to lift the pencil but by this time and the paper was getting so thin. [laughter] because not to be in the middle of the road because i could not draw anything anymore because you could see through the paper. so he is wr

i have seen the bbc mugabe on deportation. i am appalled. maybe you could investigate and shut him up. that is what he wrote. [laughter] i immediately contacted person and i said first of all, thank you for taking the effort to reflect -- tel plus but obviously i need your real name, address and if you can get date of birth that is great but also where it was he involved in the deportation of the issues? he writes back immediately his real name that is a hungarian name and i could not find this date of birth and no idea where he was involved. i went there and restarted to look with the experts of hungary and reit could not find anything but a little while later i interviewed and i tell the story and i say listen, i'd go and make believe you're right a story about this guy, the hungarians and a scotland. he is the ardent hungarian petrie and he will cooperate and find out where he was involved in the deportations. some of this guy wrote for the glasgow herald and immediately agreed and it took awhile to organize but he called up this who imme

it it really is why is so unfortunate the delay -- debate developed as it did subsequently when the bbc broadcast as they did. actually i think it was a very important development in government communications and i think there is a real risk arising out of this. and that in future very difficult international crisis situations that develop, the politicians, they don't said the decisions that maybe they should. i thought i did attend every single word of the dossier. i did and every single part of the process and i think it was a genuine attempt by the prime minister and the government to engage the public properly in trying -- in understanding why the prime minister was developing as it was. >> as a final point, i think from one of the lessons, we are about lessons and the importance is this. that we agree on your final observation in in terms of the government and they've done this sort of thing in the past, that it is and therefore important to understand why this particular product is now looked at so negatively and perhaps the lessons that ought to be learned and are about taking mo

military last year by the bbc, 63% strongly support or somewhat support the u.s. military in afghanistan. i think those numbers are very important when we have this discussion. afghans want this to work. they are not opposed to international forces. the same organizations also routinely pull in pakistan. -- poll in pakistan. they consistently find it to be the most anti-american -- one of the most anti-american countries in the world. afghanistan remains -- our numbers are in the 60% range. we're conducting counter- insurgency activity in afghanistan. the population is more on our side. i think there are grounds to think this will be a successful effort. this was the least resources post-world war ii reconstruction we've been involved in. was that war in bosnia and kosovo compared to afghanistan. we got what we paid for. we did it on the cheap. we know what the result is. let me make seven or eight points. it is about what we're doing in afghanistan. i think there are a lot of myths out there. bruce already addressed the soviet issue. this is not the graveyard of

i saw a film from the bbc anderson in which they brought in supplies and took them back. what's going on? >> well, we're seeing a lot of food distribution at this point. they're handing out food in a lot of different areas. i saw a food hantdout by action against hunger, water distribution is a key issue right now. sometimes if there are unruly crowds or things get beyond the control, they will might have away. for the most part things are very orderly he. we haven't seen, you know, any kind of large scale problems. i spent today looking into the issue of all the new orphans created in the wake of catastrophe. there's no telling how many there are at this point, but unicef is very concerned that these kids could be trafficked, taken for illegal adoptions, for shady adoptions and tracked for sexual exploitation and domestic work. they're trying to figure out how orphans there are and protect as many as they can. a lot of doctors are concerned as well, larry. >> larry: from your standpoint, is this progressing about correctly? >> well, you know, i don't think it's progressi

brown tells bbc all airport security will be increased all across britain. >>> at ben guerron airportsrael it's always a matter of security over privacy. and many say as a result it's one of the safest airports international. why american officials are taking notice. >> reporter: it's considered one of the safest airports in the world. israel's airport has much of the latest technology and sophisticated machinery. american security officials came to visit a few years ago to watch and learn. in israel, there is also a human element. almost every passenger is questioned, sometimes by more than one security officer, some are strip searched. no matter how distasteful it may be to civil liberty groups, israel actively profiles passengers and makes no apology for it. >> good profiling is distinction, not a discrimination. and i think you should profile. if you don't profile you waste time, you waste money, and you might miss what you're looking for because you're searching it on the wrong people. >> reporter: he says profiling needs to be based not simply on ethnicity but also on behavior,

. >> have you seen the bbc america series being human?t's a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost. >> that's right. right. >> that will be the next thing being made into a movie, i'm sure. 3-d is going to be very big. a lot of folks, i mean, the vast majority of people seeing "avatar" are seeing it in 3-d? >> the 3-d appeal is boosting "avatar's" money haul i think. and that's, you know -- >> they can charge you more. they love that. >> they can charge you more. as can imax. a lot of theaters are not equipped for 3-d. i also think this past year has seen a big jump in the technology of 3-d. and alice in wonderland which is coming out in march, tim burton must have been so jazzed to be able to do it in 3-d. we'll see more of hat. >> what movie are you most looking forward? >> most forward to iron man 2. i think robert downey jr. have really made a mark for themselves. they want to make a rock 'n' roll superhero franchise that stands apart from itself. i think that one's going to be the best. >> it's always good to see you. thank you for coming i

it is really why it is so unfortunate that the debate developed as they did subsequently, when the bbc broadcast in the broadcast that they did, actually did was very, very important in developing and government communications and i think -- i think there is a risk arising out of the seven future very difficult international crises situations that develop, because of the controversies that have subsequently flowed, the politicians and they take -- they don't take the decisions that maybe they should. i still -- i defend every single word of the dossier. i defend every single part of the process, and i think it was a genuine attempt by the prime minister and the government to engage the public properly in trying to -- in understanding why the prime minister was thinking he was developing otherwise. >> i'm sure others want to come in. just a final point. again, i think from one of the left and we are about lessons learned. and the importance of this -- maybe we agree on your final observation in terms of the government may want to do this sort of in the past. but it isn't therefore impor

it it really is why is so unfortunate the delay -- debate developed as it did subsequently when the bbc broadcast as they did. actually i think it was a very important development in government communications and i think there is a real risk arising out of this. and that in future very difficult international crisis situations that develop, the politicians, they don't said the decisions that maybe they should. i thought i did attend every single word of the dossier. i did and every single part of the process and i think it was a genuine attempt by the prime minister and the government to engage the public properly in trying -- in understanding why the prime minister was developing as it was. >> as a final point, i think from one of the lessons, we are about lessons and the importance is this. that we agree on your final observation in in terms of the government and they've done this sort of thing in the past, that it is and therefore important to understand why this particular product is now looked at so negatively and perhaps the lessons that ought to be learned and are about taking mo

even though bbc reported in may of 1942 that 700,000 polish jews had been gassed and sooner or reports in the yiddish language press before. it is difficult for me to imagine -- we don't have statistics on this but a lot of jews if not overwhelmingly jewish, that nobody had knowledge of somebody who had the other pictures. they did know or they didn't feel they could run the stories. in spite of the fact that p.m. on other aspects had an extremely good record. they were extremely critical of the french, they had a series of cartoons attacking them and so on. at a time when the american government was dealing with these people and had diplomatic relations and so on. roosevelt was still hoping to persuade the french to work on his behalf when they were totally under german control. when the americans were about to invade north africa roosevelt drafted a letter starting my dear old friend which was just too much even for churchill who got him to change the salutation if not the content of the letter. the american ambassador's to madrid were old conservatives who were completely persuaded

i thought, the british always do research on bbc or something.i went to the computer guy not very good with computers and i put it down and left hand and the paper came out with all the geniuses were left-handed. i said that's a pic he was left-handed. so i took razor, x-acto knife and erased the 10th of his right hand and moved into his left hand. is likely more pictures in the book when he signed something so i move the pen on all three pictures to the left in. and the book is about to go to print. this is book where everybody knows will be lots of questions. so they say how do you know he is left-handed. it came out on this one paper from the computer and i have seen this film on television. then that like more papers, out of computer from 50 papers, he is only two papers maybe he was left-handed. so they say, find out from film from england that my wife starts calling london. it was in english actor but it was done in seattle. so she got director of the film in seattle. and he said we thought nobody would notice that the actor is left-handed.

the bbc news, asia society. there conducted nationwide on a scientific the bay are conducted nationwide on a scientific basis. the results are surprising. according to the bbc, 68% of afghans think that the united states and [unintelligible] 1 at the same question about nato, 78% of afghans say that nato is doing a fair, good, or excellent job of when asked if they would be like to be run by the current government were telling them. 82% say they like to be ruled by ap current -- the current government. [unintelligible] intel then used to get a 7% favorable rating in polls that have been -- the taliban usually get a 7% cable rating in polls that have been there. is the national government doing a good job? 71% said yes in 2009. was it mostly good or very good that the united states over the taliban? this is like stepping the 69% say yes. the most astonishing figure -- what is your view of the united states military? 63% a star with support or somewhat for the u.s. military in afghanistan. i think the numbers are

that -- and it is really why it's so unfortunate the debate developed as it did subsequently when the bbc broadcasted the broadcast that they did. i think it was a very, very important development in communications. i think there's a real -- there's a risk arising out of this that a in the future is very difficult international crisis situations that develop. that because of the controversies that have subsequently flowed, the politicians and -- they don't take the decisions that maybe they should. i still -- i defend every single word of the dossier. i defend every single part of the process. and i think it was -- it was a genuine attempt by the prime minister and the government to engage the public properly in trying to -- in understanding why the prime minister was thinking -- was developing as it was. >> i'm sure this will want to come in, just a final point. i think from one of the lessons -- we are about lessons. and the importance of this -- maybe we agree on your final observation in terms of the government may want to do this sort of thing in the past. that it is important, there

the bbc recently looked at the last 20 years of prime minister's questions.eir program is about an hour and 15 minutes. up next, we will look at some of the debate from the day and hear how televising the house of commons made an impact on the public's view of the british parliament for 20 years. >> the question is that all members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the united kingdom to make their elections, for each of the places they will serve within one week after shall appear so there's no question on their return. >> this is what it looked like november 21, 1989. the speaker of the house of commons was bernard woodrow, and this was the first televised session of the british house of commons. joining us by telephone today to talk about this 20th anniversary is the comptroller of bbc parliament tv. mr. knowles, what has been the reaction by members of the house of commons looking back at this 20 years of being on tv? >> i think that's most now regard the decision to televise it as simply a matter of inevitability. very few now look ba

was in beijing early this year a professor of economics told me how puzzled he had been to breed in a bbcpoll karl marx emerged as the greatest philosopher of all times. he seemed to be much reassured when i told him this wasn't a scientific poll based on a representative sample. it was a kind of poll people had to fill and or e-mail to take the initiative to register your votes to and the marxists were more motivated and better organized than support of aristotle, hobbes or david hume. .. >> >> place elsewhere, specifically in moscow. there is absolutely no mystery about poland or czechoslovakia become independent and non-communist once the peoples of those countries realized that this was highly unlikely to lead to soviet military intervention. the same is even truer of the breaching of the berlin wall and the subsequent unification of germany. all these things would have happened now insists years earlier, but decades earlier but for the perfectly correct assumption in east central europe busted the might of the soviet union and the soviets' military ary superpower ready to intervene w

and then, of course, the big related to bid is going to be over guantanamo bay because bbc news reportedate last month that two of the many al qaeda leaders had actually been released from gitmo. so there debate about gitmo is now at the forefront. >> david allyson the suites, do we conservatives have a chance for sarah peale and going with a third party? >> guest: can now, here's what i've said about third-party site. in the new york 23 race i was very grateful for the existence of the conservative party as a check and balance on the republican party and as long as we have these committed free-market limited government third-party entities that can work to make republicans pay more than lip service to limit government, i think it's a good thing. you know, we have experience with ross perot in the past and pat buchanan and third parties have always been spoilers in that sense. but for right now for my purposes i am working toward holding the republican party speak to their own fire and working within the party to bring it back. >> host: dan and cleary tweet, which left of center columnis

. >> james, bbc. can you outline of the extent of the nature and the purpose of conservative party talks can you explain about the positioning for the parliament? are they with a view to secure the unionist wit in favor of the conservative party in parliament and do you regret the fact the appear to be adding to an already tense situation? >> the aim here is simple. we want to see delusion completed. we want to be a success. we know how we imported it is for the future security and safety of the whole united kingdom. this goes way beyond politics. it's really important it happens. and in all of the relationships we have had discussions we have with other union parties, first front and foremost is we must complete the illusion of policing and justice and i think we can play a helpful role because there is a danger always of the unionist party is looking over each other's soldiers and worrying about having to take the first step and the other one somehow gaining a politically so the most important thing

we have peter knowles by bbc. what happens been the reaction on this looking at this 20 years of being on tv? >> i think that most they now regard the decision to televise as simply the inevitably. very, very few now look back and think that they did something really remarkable that could be overturned. but at the time, it was a knife edge decision. and it had been many, many votes being turned down each time until eventually the decision was taken to go for it. >> the leadership at the time, what was its position. margaret thatcher was prime minister. >> margaret thatcher was absolutely, and determinedly defense te-- against televising the commons and thought it would turn it into something in which it had been. the vote was taken despite -- despite her influence. >> and after that, as i recall there was an 18-month kind of trial period? >> yes. and there was a long period after the vote before nearly two years before televising actually started. and then when they did start it it was a 12-month trial period. and

. >> bbc.n you outline the extent, nature, and purpose of conservative party talks with the unionists? can you explain the positioning? do they have a view to securing the unionists with the conservative party in parliament and do you regret the fact that they appear to be adding to an already tense situation? >> our aim here is very simple. we wanted to see the evolution completed. we wanted to be a success. we know how important it is for the future security and safety of our whole united kingdom. this goes beyond politics. it is really important that it happened. if all the discussions we have with other unions party is are there for most -- we must complete the evolution of justice. i think they have played a helpful role because there is always a danger with the unionist party is looking over each other's shoulders and worrying about having to take the first step in the other gaining politically. whether i am talking to peter robinson, whoever i am talking to -- it is very important. up fr

he admitted to the bbc that supposed discussions between him and president obama of about the bomb plottaken place. then yesterday he claimed that britain had supplied intelligence about the@@@ @ @ @b the on secretary -- does he agree with me that for the prime minister, that they will spend the intelligence information as a relates to a terrorist threat? this is unacceptable behavior by the man who is leading the government. the home secretary has told the house this afternoon that they have an established principle that we do not routinely, and on intelligence matters. -- matters. so why did they break that rule this week? the secretary also agrees that this is damaging to the most important intelligence relationship with the united states that information be disseminated by downing street in a cavalier way. ation to be disseminated by downing street in such an inaccurate and cavalier way? mr. speaker, this entire house will be relieved that on this occasion the bomb plot was unsuccessful. it will serve as a strong reminder to the governments across the world of the ever- present terr

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he admitted to the bbc that supposed discussions between him and president obama of about the bomb plotplace. then yesterday he claimed that britain had supplied intelligence about the bomb suspect and his link to extremists to the united states in 2008, a claim that downing street now admits is untrue. this the government that have systematically misused intelligence over the years, most notably in the so-called dodgy dossier for the prime minister to mislead our spend intelligence information, particularly when related to a terrorist threat, does he agree that this is absolutely on acceptable behavior -- unacceptable behavior? it is to establish an acceptable principle that we did not comment on intelligence matters. why did the prime minister break that rule this week? does the home minister also agree with me that it is damaging to our most important intelligence relationships with the united states for information to be disseminated by downing street in such an inaccurate and cavalier way? mr. speaker, this entire house will be relieved that on this occasion the bomb plot was unsuc

he admitted to the bbc that supposed discussions between him and president obama of about the bomb plothen yesterday he claimed that britain had supplied intelligence about the bomb suspect and his link to extremists to the united states in 2008, a claim that downing street now admits is untrue. this the government that have systematically misused intelligence over the years, most notably in the so-called dodgy dossier for the prime minister to mislead our spend intelligence information, particularly when related to a terrorist threat, does he agree that this is absolutely on acceptable behavior -- unacceptable behavior? it is to establish an acceptable principle that we did not comment on intelligence matters. why did the prime minister break that rule this week? does the home minister also agree with me that it is damaging to our most important intelligence relationships with the united states for information to be disseminated by downing street in such an inaccurate and cavalier way? mr. speaker, this entire house will be relieved that on this occasion the bomb plot was unsuccessful.

guest: i consume massive amounts of information from blogs and web sites, international web sites, the bbceconomic -- check in. i have google readers that have hundreds of blogs i subscribe to, and obviously i go to hot air.com every morning and see what my guys are up to. and i try to consume information from all sides, so i have a liberal blog, the big ones and small ones, twitter obviously is vital to my daily news-gathering process. and then i like to check in on big metropolitan newspaper web sites in the local sections. it's an old habit i have of looking at the local section of the seat -- seattle times where i used to work, and l.a. papers, and then because it's a huge theme of mine, i keep tabs on chicago. >> host: we have 20 minutes left with our guest, michelle malkin who has been with us for nearly three hours. davis, california, you're on the air. please go ahead. >> caller: yes. i was really curious about what michelle thinks about this crop krotch bomber, they call him, from yemen. with all the reports that came though state department about this guy being on the list of peo

the other day, i heard a statement from the bbc from president aristide speaking from south africa, sayinged to come back and serve his nation in any capacity. i found that interesting. host: why so? guest: he is kind of day that in mind -- a maddening fellow. when you talk to him, he is looking over here, and you wonder, why is he not listening to me? he is a downer in many respects, but he would have been valuable for haiti. he was a former priest. he risked his life on numerous occasions. he was a person that haitians believed was a kind of the messiah. they are very prone to that thinking. that is why the catholic church is worried about the rise of the not only voodooism but the evangelical movement as well. anyway -- host: aristide saying he was willing to come back to serve the country? guest: for years, he has not said a word. this was one of his first announcements. host: next, jim on the republican line from michigan caller. caller: of course, we have all heard about the recent book where. reading insinuated that obama voters may not have voted for him if his skin was darker. the

nate robinson from the bbc. there's a microphone coming to you. >> thank you very much indeed. mr.are you committed to spending millions of pounds on cutting taxes on inheritance, marriage, the highest paid and savers instead of spending it on public services? and isn't the cost of your n.h.s. promise the tory government will have to cut schools at the very time that you say you want to get britain back on its feet? >> no, that's not the case at all. some of the things that you read out aren't pledges at all. i think you may have been indoctrine ated by the previous press conference you've been to. so we'll have to take you through a program of reeducation. [applause] we have made some very clear commitments. the first commitment higher behind me, we're going to cut the deficit, that does mean we'll have to cut public spending. we're very frank about that. we don't you know, dance around it. we're going to have to cut public spending but we've made a big choice which is we're not going to cut the n.h.s. the n.h.s. is special. it will have real terms growth each year. every other sp

. >> is the prime minister aware that a preacher of hate and who has boasted on the bbc of his support for suicide has been invited to speak on the university of birmingham campus. the matter of freedom of expression. does the prime minister agree that freedom of expression is vital is not the same as providing a platform for hate. we have to shut down these incubators of hate against our values against the jewish people. >> i think he raises a very important issue about how our universities will respond overtime to what is an attempt by some people to use them as a breeding ground for extremist activity. we have always got to get right the balance between academic freedom, which is at the heart of what universities are about, and the maintenance of security in our country. i know that most vice-chancellor is going to play through. >> on e borders the home secretary had some impressive elements in their reports injected a fairly great amount of problems. has the prime minister perceived how this is coming to be overcome and if not is there any point at all in closing the front door and

let him just listen instead of consulting, listen to this important point that the bbc who have seen the report, they say the summer and the full report don't match up. are we in danger, are we in danger of having a cover up if we don't publish it in full? >> mr. speaker, the case is not yet completed. the serious case review has been late but has not been published. the summary will be published in the appropriate time. i have taken, as has secretary for children of the advice of lord leavy who did -- cases is the wrong advice but lord leavy is respected right across the country for the work is done. i and the secretary of state for children are taking the advice of many children's societies and professional organizations of the matter. i think it's about to recognize that the issue here is what lessons we learned, how we learn this lesson is a matter for people not to look at the summit of the serious case review. i asked them to consider the anonymity of the children as an important issue, and also the freedom of children to say to the inquiry what they think is happening what the

and what the president of carnegie want to and others including the special bbc radio program -- whatey were saying, one, the president make about 85 to 90% marks but as what terrorism is concerned, maybe much to do -- more much to do. >> look, i don't doubt there will always more to do. and the president is focused on ensuring that that's done. but to address your specific question on the threat level by particularly the british, what you heard the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano say, that the steps great britain took in raising their awareness and some of their screening procedures is commensurate with what had happened over the course of many days after the events of christmas day. >> but are we still thinking that osama bin laden is alive. no more videotapes but audio? >>ga have nottey moren that tape. yes, ma'am. >> obvusly various groups are hoping the president will talk about their issue in a speech tomorrow. i know there was a petition driving urging him to talk about d.c. voting righ what has that effort been for their cause and how intense has that been? >>

i thought it would be helpful for an organization in this position to haveç somebody bbc zero that didt for the employees in terms of the final determination. because of my age, that was an easy thing to do. çi struggled with that decision because of the things that you qread in the newspapers. once i did it, i absolutely have felt good about it every day since. a little shaky last friday. generally, i felt very positive every day and it is because of the people. they have been so welcoming to me and it has been a great team to join. >> thank you. [applause] ç>> thank you so much forq your leadership and enthusiasm for your position. and for being with us todayç. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being with us. this meeting is adjourned. [applause] >> this week, the second circuit court concerning a lower court's ruling to force the federal reserve to identify financial institutions that received assistance from the government tarp program. both fox news and bloomberg are asking that the records be released under the freedom of information act. today at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >>

the other day, i heard a statement from the bbc from president aristide speaking from south africa, sayingn many respects, but he would have been valuable for haiti. he was a former priest. he risked his life on numerous occasions. he was a person that haitians believed was a kind of the messiah. they are very prone to that thinking. that is why the catholic church is worried about the rise of the not only voodooism but the evangelical movement as well. anyway -- host: aristide saying he was willing to come back to serve the country? guest: for years, he has not said a word. this was one of his first announcements. host: next, jim on the republican line from michigan caller. caller: of course, we have all heard about the recent book where. reading insinuated that obama voters may not have voted for him if his skin was darker. then the comment that bill clinton made to ted kennedy that mr. obama would have been serving him coffee a few years earlier. you mentioned that bill clinton worked hard to keep a very small mulatto population in power. you do not hear that word much anymore, and i do

. >> don't forget as well, within the british political media system, once the bbc broadcast of the report that they did in may when the prime minister first-- that to a large extent completely took over the debate. it was another of the very unfortunate consequences of that. so actually there was probably less attention, less focus on what was then actually happening in iraq on the media level and a political level then there should've been. meanwhile those who were getting into iraq, military and intelligence guys and so forth but also those who were trying to restore some kind of civil administration and public services and so forth, they had a tough job and i tend to agree not is an expert nor somebody who knows about this much is the people on the panel but i do tend to agree with john straw's assessment that given the circumstances they did a pretty amazing job of getting things u eventually the way that they did. >> i think we have pretty much come to the end of this session. a question to you mr. campbell, have we given you sufficient opportunity to offer us your reflections on