colson.e said very clearly that if it turns out andy colson knew about the hacking at the "news of the world" he'll not only have lied to me but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee, to the press complaints commission and, of course, perjured himself in a court of law. more to the point if that bombs pass he could also expect to face severe criminal charges. i have an old-fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. but if it turns out i've been lied to, that would be a moment for a profound apology and in that event i can until i will not fall short. my responsibilities are for hiring him and for the work he did on downing street. on the work he did i'll repeat, perhaps not for the last time that his work at downing street has not been the subject of any serious complaint. of course, he left months ago. on the decision to hire him, i believe i've answered every question about this. it was my decision. hold on. it was my decision. i take responsibility. people will, o

colson was also arrested last week. cameron is increasingly on the defensive, facing an energized opposition. >> terrible error of judgment in hiring andy colson. i really say the prime minister has to get a grip. he has to come clean and also own up to the mistakes he made. >> in a bizarre twist tonight, news that a former "news of the world" reporter and whistleblower has been found dead in his home in england. seaning, seen here -- sean, seen here on the bbc, he was the first journalist to go on the record pointing the finger directly at andy colson, accusing him of actively encouraging phone hacking. the death is not suspicious, police say, but they are still investigating. all eyes will be on parliament when rupert murdoch, his son, james, and rebecca brooks take questions. the deputy prime minister nick cleg makes it clear what he wants to know. how high up the chain of command did it go, brian? >> stephanie gosk starting us off from our london bureau this evening. thank you. >> murdoch's news corp. is an american

richard saddams andy colson was already connected with the hacking scandal at the news of the world. how did he end up working for the prime minister and is david cameron become wounded by this now? >> well, we've heard cameron's explanation as to why he gave what he calls a second chance to andy colson. colson claimed that he knew nothing about what had been going on, that it was the responsibility of a single rogue reporter. and that he had resigned as a matter of honor. in effect we now know, and are rapidly discovering more and more that colson was, in effect, heavily involved and that presumably many other senior figures inside the news of the world and possibly news international itself were also involved. >> suarez: but this is an unusually public and visible position for someone who was already tainted by scandal. even resigning out of honor and saying he had nothing to do with it, he was in charge. >> indeed it was extraordinary. and it was extraordinary and perhaps foolish, we can now say it was foolish for david cameron to have hired him. and david cameron i assume would h

colson. he said if mr. colson lied to him, he would apologize. mr.peaker, that isn't good enough, because people -- it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it's not about whether mr. colson lied to him, it's about all the infmation and warnings that the prime minister ignored. >> rose: joining me from londone "financial times" and catherine mayer, the london bureau chief for "time" magazine. it was t prime minister's day today in london. lionel, how did he do? >> i think i'd give him sevennish out of ten. he was fairly assured, and he did offer what one might colson a conditional apology for hiring andy colson, the former editor of the "news of the world," which of course is at the center of this phone hacking constantly. mr. cameron has been left in the dust by the opposition party leader, so he's had a ways to come from behind, and serious questions still surround his matter of judgment on why he decided to hire mr. coulson. >> rose: he said nothing thatwot in the hiring of coulson, even though he had been warned? >> the prime minister clearly attac

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second most powerful man, david cameron, whose hiring of the former "news of the world" editor andy colson as his press secretary despite colson having resigned in the first round of "news of the world" accusations. >> crunch time for david cameron. lawmakers are determined to ask him questions about what many consider an uncomfortably close relationship between him and rupert murdoch's empire. cameron ended a trip to africa early to make this appearance. >> jon: wow. ended a trip to be openly questioned by parliament. okay. i'll bite. if he's willing to do this, i imagine it's pretty cushy and life, all crumpets and coffee wag hers. >> can you now explain why he failed to act on clear information and why those around him built a wall of silence between the facts and the prime minister? >> what action if any was taken to investigate what appears to have been disgraceful and illegal conduct close to the heart of government? >> can he tell us whether he has any other dodgy characters in number ten? >> did the prime minister want to be kept in the dark, or is he angry with his chief of staff?

colson has been arrested for his role in all of this. so the question is, what did his former boss david cameron know and when did he know it. >> let me say once more, if i was lied to, if the police were lied to, if the select committee was lied to it would be a matter of deep regret and a matter for criminal prosecution. >> order! order! anybody might think some orchestrated noise is taking place. order! order! the house will come to order. and these exchanging will continue in an orderly way. mr. ed milibang. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister has just made a very important admission, he has admitted that his chief of staff was given information before the general election that andy colson had hired a man, jailed for seven years for a criminal conspiracy who made payments to the police on behalf of the news of the world. this evidence casts serious zout on mr. colson's assurances that the phone hacking over which he resigned is an isolated example of illegal activity. >> do you know what, mr. speaker? i think the public and the victim

he notes camerons close working relationship with colson.he prime minister still does not seem to get it. i am afraid he will not be able to lead the cnge we need in the way the press works in this country. he cannot bring himself to apologize for hiring andy colson. >> it is thought the journalists tapped thousands of phone calls in pursuit of exclusive stores. the targets include british soldiers and terrorism victims as well as the parents of two murdered girls and other crime victims. one of the biggest british tabloids walls of the presses for the last time on sunday. it is the end of the paper but not a scandal in created. >> the death tolis now at 127 after a passenger airplane crashed at the airport in the democratic republic of the condo. government officials say at least 51 people were pulled alive from the wreckage. it belongs to the congress biggest airline. it was in route from the capital. officials say heavy rain was falling when it went down. >> an estimated half a million syrians have defied syrian security forces to take pa

he could not even bring himself to apologize for hendrika -- for hiring andy colson. >> he has promisedo be the one to end of the cozy relationship between politicians and the newspaper barons. critics say it is the moment -- it is only the beginning of the price he has to pay for hiring andy colson. the man who knows he is destined to make headlines, but never to write them. >> we are getting reports from singapore that the british author alan chandraiah has been free from a singapore prison after serving time related to his book on the death penalty. he was taken from shanghai prison in a van marked immigration and headed for the airport, where his client was expected to be deported to london. the -- where he was expected to be deported to london. opposition activists are trying to will the rally for reform. the police said they will do everything to maintain order. let's get the latest from kuala lumpur. jennifer, it must be a very describe what is happening on the street there. >> all of the main roads leading into the downtown core are blocked off traffic. but it does mean that --

>> well, a bizarre twist to the story, he became the center of this saying that yes, andy colson knewout the phones hacked and he listened to some of the phones i listened to. he was found dead in his home, and the police are saying that it is not treated as a suspicious death, but they are investigating the cause. another bizarre twist of a day that has seen enough of them already with the resignations of two of the top brass over at scotland yard. ezra. >> and speaking of scotland yard, how have they responded to the resignation of two senior officers in less than 24 hours. that is a high rate? >> well, the institution, itself, is reeling. you know, it just goes to show what the climate is like in this country right now that they would resign and resign so suddenly, and so quickly, one right after another. but the concerns right now are for the scotland yard's business and what it does not just? the folk hacking investigation, but larger issues like counterterrorism and the fact that next summer this city is hosting the london olympics and both of to officials have said that the dis

colson was arrested last week, rebecca brooks was arrested yesterday.yond murdock's media empire. paul stevenson resigned yesterd yesterday. his assistant commissioner john yates resigned today. the initial investigation into the scandal was botched. >>> rupert murdock, james murdock and rebecca brooks were all scheduled to testify before parliament tomorrow morning. cnn will cover their testimony live. >>> and it's time now for a cnn political update and someone else is set to take the republican pledge in the deficit debate. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joining us from washington. who's signing on now? >> michele bachmann for minnesota, she becames the latest of these republican candidates to do this, just about all of them have signed this pledge. she's going to sign them in south carolina, and that's the first southern primary to vote and it's also the home of the mastermind behind this cut, cap and balance pledge. let's look closely at what it's all about. cut calls for cutting a substantial amount of spending into bring down $1.5

down the country's best selling newspaper and police have arrested his former press postman eddie colson he was the news of the world editor when it was alleged to have intercepted phone calls from murder victims and dead soldiers family as. israel is bracing itself for hundreds of protocol asmi an activist leaving at the landing at the country's main airport the russian follows the blocking of ships from a gaza aid flotilla and greeks. next martin's on a mission to uncover the sights and sounds of st petersburg that's coming your way next. hello and welcome to the program summer is the perfect science a visit russia a long weekend here in st petersburg is a must for the capital is bursting full of history and culture and certainly me as we visit plays the locks and take part in various fun filled activities and we start off here of a spectacular sight i six cathedral originally the city's main church in the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eighteen eighteen and eight hundred fifty eight a french born architect most around almost two centuries later the gilded joe mostly

to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it who was found dead in his house on monday setting into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't this story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off eerily similar tragedies of david kelly. and david kelly sean who are this what i'm thinking something's not trying to kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cost out on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kelly's body was discovered exactly eight years before that of sean hordes on the eighteenth of july two thousand and three it was british journalist andrew gilligan who david kelly had spoken to to publicize his belief that the forty five minute claim had been exaggerated. gilligan believes there are similarities between kelly and sean hoare being at the center of one of these storms a terrifying experience i really do

this document i think, written by chuck colson, we're talking about roger ailes.ht as well talk 5g about colson. a prominent figure in the religious right now. this sort of thinking about how to manipulate and manage the public has been going on on kind of the poluto crecratic, makings and distributing them to nome newspapers but churches and schools. i mean, it's really astonishing that a movement that's supposedly based for the free market simply understands they can't possibly compete in the market for ideas and have to fix it. >> i first came across the story at how roger ailes and richard nixon met in your book, in "nixonland." a great story. how did they first encounter each other? >> richard nixon was, of course, sitting in the makeup chair of that distinguished news program "the mike douglas show "and roger ailes, was a whiz kid producer, 26 years old. richard nixon nervously make as joke how ridiculous it is, the things you have to do to run for president these days. you have 0 to show up in this lady's day time tv shows. he looked nixon in the eye, this

world editors supported a culture of listening to private voice mails for stories former editor andy colson who later became a media director to the current prime minister has always denied the allegations the man was destroyed professionally. international. and the man was. drinking too much taking drugs he was depressed moralized police are saying paul's death doesn't appear suspicious and they're looking at suicide dr kelly's death was also recorded as suicide although many including leading doctors and m.p.'s. have never accepted that their suspicions of hardly be quelled by the fact the post-mortem reports and all the evidence has been classified for seventy years to ten arrests six resignations two convictions and one death that the toll of the phone hacking scandal so far the death of a key whistleblower in this scandal has raised questions but so far only amongst the twitter ossie it's being reported as a horrible and unfortunate coincidence but it's doubtful that if this had happened elsewhere say in russia or in india the british media would be so quick to accept it as a coinciden

there's evidence against andy colson, it was all going to blow up in their face.y colson was arrested yesterday and questioned for some nine hours, he's been freed on bail, but there are rumors that there will be other arrests now from previous employees of the paper. but for those that came out here tonight, don, they were feeling that basically they were nothing to do with this, a lot of these people were hired years after the phone hacking had been going on. and they feel that they have been unfairly punished for the sins of people in the past and there were some tears, there were people coming out with, you know, real emotion, crying, some people quite angry, a lot of people, though, you know, really jubilant about what they felt was a picture rid of camaraderie on the paper and especially tonight as they put out that last edition. >> dan rivers in london tonight, dan, thank you very much. >>> there have been many complaints about tsa workers and body searches. but when they wanted to search one woman's hair, she said that was too much. you're going to hear fr

something colson has consistently denied. hall worked on the sun newspaper and the news of the world with colson before being fired for drink and drugs problems. he later went to rehab for addiction issues. hall previously told the "new york times" that colson actively encouraged his staff to intercept the phone calls of celebrities in the pursuit of excloives. after leaving the news of the world andy coulson was hired by david cammeron to be his communications chief. opposition leaders in the u.k. are now calling on the prime minister to answer, quote, series of questions about his relationships with coulson as well as other news corps executives including rebekah brooks former editor of the news of the world and former ceo of news corporation's british arm and james murdock who runs news corps' international operations. >> must take responsibility for the decisions he made. for the decisions he made in relation to andy coulson. for the decisions he made around the contacts he had, for example, with james murdock and rebekah

colson's assurances that the phone hacking over which he resigned was an isolated example of illegaly. >> do you know what, mr. speaker? do you know what, mr. speaker? i think that the fub lick and the victims of this appalling scandal want us to rise above this and deal with the problems that this country faces. >> mr. milliband. >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it. he just doesn't get it. >> i'm afraid, mr. speaker, the person who is not getting it is now the leader of the opposition. >> the unfolding firestorm was brought to life by hollywood actor hugh grant, a brit himself who secretly taped a former news of the world reporter talking about the unsavory practices that he says everyone in his organization condone and encourage. here's grant taking a very uneasy looking picture with that reporter paul mcmullen. i spoke with mcmullen who said that hacking phones to get information illegally happened all the time at the paper. >> everybody knew, i mean, it started from the time way back in the '90s when you could buy a scanner in a shop outside of a star's house and actually tape

he's got this peace deal once things of you know died down when certain people or maybe like and be colson as i say cameron's former advisor goes to jail or whatever one certain things have settled i wouldn't rule it out but i tell you the most important thing bill in my view is that the political cast had been sucking up to rupert murdoch for so many years including prime minister david cameron he now has to stand back and say no i can't do it anymore it's gone too bad filreis very interesting to hear what you have to say thanks for your time thanks for joining us live in london. you're with r t live in moscow still to come in the program this greece to take the last of the boats headed to. the un is expected to publish a long awaited report on israel's deadly assault on last year's. also. this is inexcusable it's careless. it's. growing with criticism it's come true high a price of stalemate and civilian. stories still to come but first unjustified and unfair but with the power to determine the fate of entire countries the verdict of germany's finance minister on the world's big three cr