. >> today jeremy hunt gave his answer. before he did, just before the prime minister was to face questions, he gave a resignation. adam smith, driven out of the department after he had given the impression that his boss had to close of a relationship with the murdoch empire. that did not silence calls from labor for the minister to quit. >> he and the chancellor met with rupert murdoch. the shadow will hang over him. rebekah brooks, and now the culture secretary? when is he going to realize that it is time to stop putting his cronies before the interest of the country? >> and anxious minister looked on as the prime minister insisted that it was for the inquiry to investigate, and no one should prejudge. >> that is the inquiry i have set up. where is the proper regulator of the press? whether it is cleaning up our financial system, dealing with our debts, what a pity. >> all of this was brought up with evidence when james murdock was questioned at the inquiry yesterday. what is at issue is what the truth is about the attemp

. >> jeremy hunt was the cultural secretary. he had a legal obligation to act impartially. the picture that emerged at the enquiry was of surreptitious contact with news international. council quoted from dozens of confidential e-mails from the office of jeremy hunt. >> you were being given private information about the secretary of state. >> i think this is a private view. >> council pointed out that jeremy hunt was acting in a quasi judicial capacity, deciding whether the news international bid could proceed. he was, in effect, a judge. >> he was in contact with this special advisor directly, so you were having interactions with him, weren't you? >> i would not say there were cobourg. i would imagine his advisers were communicating around other transactions as well -- out not said there were covert. >> froedtert michelle said he obtained a copy of what mr. hunt would be telling the house of commons the following day. >> you manage to get some info for the plan for tomorrow, although absolutely illegal. what do you make of that? >> i thought it was a joke. there was a wink

>> i think we have to wait to see what jeremy hunt says. bor in danger of jumping the gun on this because what has come out is that the lobbyist mr. michelles was freely using jeremy's name when on occasions he hadn't been talking to jeremy. whether he was purr vaiing the views of jeremy hunt, we'll see, but think a completely wrong perception has been used by jchlt h. when you haven't talked to him. as hunt emphasized, he sought, as he did not need to to, the advice of independent regulators. >> where does this leave the murdoches themselves and the corporation internationally in your view? how far is this going. >> well, i think the whole thing has been immensely damaging, and i think there's a big question mark over the newspaper empire in this country. >> and media ownership is -- i mean are those rules -- we've seen they obviously didn't end up -- they pulled out of the deal for bskyb anyway. do you think the rules of the ownership will be changed or the policing of the media needs to be changed or actually are the rules good enough and

the big question was whether jeremy hunt acted in a way that he should not have done an impartial judges deciding what the news corp. should have been allowed to buy all of scalise. >> before he took the responsibility, murdoch was told he had a call from an adviser who believed the u.k. government would be supportive. in january, when he was in charge, he said the view was it is almost game over for the opposition. two days later, he said that jh believes we are in a good place tonight. >> now we know he was providing advice, guidance, and privileged access. he was being a back channel. he cannot stay in his post. if he refuses to resign, the prime minister must fire him. >> i have written to the lord justice and asked if he would bring forward my appearance. i will present my evidence. the public will see i have behaved with absolute integrity and scrupulous of the activity. >> news corp. -- and scrupulous about activity. -- objectivity. >> bbc news. >> there are growing concerns that north korea is planning another nuclear test. >> that is right. upset by the failure of its satellite

two days later, he said jeremy hunt believes we are in a good place tonight. now we know he was providing advice, guidance, and access to news corp. he was being a back channel for the murdoch's. he cannot stay in his post. the prime minister must show some leadership and fire him. >> i asked if you will bring forward -- i am confident that when i present my evidence, the public will see that i have behaved with absolute integrity and scrupulous objectivity. >> news corp. -- mr. smith and mr. hunt face a perilous war to state and government. >> kofi annan has expressed concern over reports that syrian government troops after a u.n. observers departed. killing the since the number of people. reports from lebanon. >> this is a suburb just north east of damascus. it is -- it has defied the government for months. activist said it was pounded for several hours by heavy weapons that should of been withdrawn weeks ago. the troops and armored vehicles, which should also have gone, are still there, too. a day earlier, u.n. observers revers -- observers were there. near

another issue -- did jeremy hunt act in the way he should've done in deciding whether news corp. should have been allowed to buy all of sky. in email, he told mr. murdoch that it would be approved. january, he said it was "almost game over for the opposition to bid." and two leaders -- "we are in a happy place tonight." >> we now know he was being a back channel for the murdochs. the prime minister must show leadership and fire him. >> i have written the prime minister and i am confident when i have presented evidence, the public will see i have been hit with absolute integrity and scrupulous object to the -- i have behaved with absolute integrity and scrupulous objectivity. so mr. smith and mr. hunt face a perilous wall to stay in government. bbc news. >> for more on the political fallout from today's hearing, i spoke with our political editor, nick robinson from downing street. >> it is extraordinary. have they claimed another ahead? >> the culture secretary is not resigning. we're told the prime minister is behind him. the government director of communications, the head of new

then to jeremy hunt. >> right to the top. thank you. let's look at some other stories making headlines around the world. anders breivik has told them the psychiatric reports that declared him insane was full of lies. peace and its purpose was to portray him as a rational and unintelligent person. he killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting attack last july, which the admits. the second report concluded that he was actually accountable for his actions. our correspondent richard galpin gave us the latest from the trial. >> we know this is a very important stage of the trial. essentially, what anders breivik is trying to do is convince the judges that he is sane, that is not insane. so far over the past year we have had two psychiatric reports completely contradictory. the first one said that he is insane. and more recently just before the trial started, another one said that he is sane. he is attacking that first report. made upescribed it as of 80% implies. lies.% he accused the psychiatrist of making him seem a syrup. he has gone on a

jeremy hunt about the bid? >> i don't believe i've ever met him, but i'm not sure we didn't attend a dinner once a couple years ago. no, i certainly didn't discuss it. >> you know that he was in new york between the 30th of august and the 4th of september 2009. did you meet with him on that occasion, mr. murdoch? >> i don't think so, no. why? why would i? >> according to the registered parliamentary interest, you met represents of news corps quote, to discuss local media ventures. did he meet with you? >> i don't think so. i have no memory of it. >> have you had any telephone discussions with him? >> never. >> has your son spoken to your about mr. hunt? >> no. he told me when mr. cameron removed mr. cable's responsibilities to mr. hunt. but i don't believe he commented on it. we were shocked by both what mr. cables said and the unethical means in which that was deleted from the story in the telegraph. clearly writing a paper for their own commercial interests. >> when your son told you about the replacement of

secretary -- >> facing the house of commons, the secretary jeremy hunt paid tribute to his special adviser but insists he had acted with scrupluss fairness in his quasi judicial role overseeing the bid. >> our transcripts of conversation and texts published yesterday between my special adviser adam smith and a news corporation representative have been alleged to indicate there was a back channel through which news corporation were able to influence my decisions. this is categorically not the case. >> but if mr. hunt needed any reminder that he remains under pressure, he had to endure this taunt -- >> doesn't it prove the theory that when boys are in trouble, they sack the servant! >> words which echoed the scene sounded by the leader of the opposition just minutes before at a highly charged session of prime minister's questions. >> while his culture secretary remains in place, while he refuses to come clean on his and chancellor's meetings with rupert murdoch, the shadow of sleaze will hang over this government chfment is he going to realize it's time to stop putting his cronies before the

associated press reporting this morning that adam smith, the central advice to olympics minister jeremy hunt has resigned over his role in news corporation's attempted takeover satellite broadcaster bskyb. he said today he is resigning because he created a perception that news corporation had to close a relationship, quoted in court with the department for culture, media and sport. that is run by mr. hunt. is role came to light when e-mails were released yesterday to the leveson inquiry. mr. hunt has insisted he has done nothing wrong. in fact, he is making a statement right now to the house of commons. we joined in progress. >> of the man i know to be of the most utmost integrity. [shouting] >> since the previous government, mr. speaker, new a phone hawking and illegal practice for years but failed to take any practice. i asked the secretary to contrast his action with their in action? >> but we are 13 years. we are to information commission report. would one select committee report. where two people sent to prison. the party opposite actually nothing, which is why it is totally inappropria

. >> jeremy hunt. >> thank you very much for taking the time out of your schedule to speak with us today. you ever felt like times where you stood alone, and how did you handle the issue or the situation? >> well, there were times when i guess i felt outnumbered. that's easy to do sometimes when you're a republican in a house run by the democrats, for example. but i had the attitude, i suppose i'm trying to think of some of the controversies we were involved in. some of the strongest controversy surrounded some of our post-9/11 policies. we had to do a couple of things that i felt were very important. the president made the basic decision, signed off on it. i didn't do it by myself. but one was to set up our terrorist surveillance program that let us collect intelligence on people calling from outside the united states to people inside the united states, if we had reason to believe that that call may have come from an al qaeda-type. and the other was our enhanced interrogation techniques. that we applied to a handful of al qaeda terrorists when we captured them. that were controversial.

"some of my e-mails may suggest to a reader that i had contact with the secretary of state, jeremy huntmy contact was with his adviser solely. i except that he except that those communications overstep the mark. " all the evidence is clear that none of those conversations influenced the decisions that i talkeook. her party had 13 years to do to something about it, 13 years. decided to do nothing. the leveson inquiries were set up within two weeks. some of the most fundamental reforms of first practices in a generation. transparency and openness. john wittingdale. >> will my friend confirm that the only advice that he took was from off-com and that he followed it? does he agree, the first thing the opposition does is to call for a judicial inquiry? is it not sensible to wait until it completes its work and not jump to conclusions? >> my friend is right on that. it is curious that the leader of the opposition -- he said i think it is right that the leveson inquiries take its course. the most important thing is that the leveson get to the bottom of what happens and we reach a judgment abou

jeremy hunt testified on his relationship with the culture secretary and the special advisor adam smith. the opposition claims the relationship was improper and biased towards news corp. this is just over 30 minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to sapper connor ray, of 33 engineer regiment (explosive ordnance disposal), who died on wednesday 18 april from wounds that he sustained in afghanistan. he was described by all who served with him as a superb soldier. his dedication and his courage will never be forgotten, and we send our condolences to his family and his loved ones. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. >> i associate myself with the prime minister's tribute to sapper connor ray and, in doing so, ask my right honorable friend whether he will confirm that, although british servicemen and women are scheduled to leave afghanistan in 2014, the actual pace of withdrawal will be determined first and

and lots mails revealed showing, it is alleged that jeremy hunt was giving them some inside track ondeal. cozy meetings between james cameron and murdoch in a pub in 2009. the sun newspaper would switch its allegiance from labor to the conservative, timing the announcement of that switch with a big set piece sweet. what a strangle hold the murd h murdochs appear to have even to attending a prechristmas party. brooke? >> an actor sdied in a freak accident during a play "the passion of christ." what happened? >> it's a tragic story. this young actor playing judas threw a rope over the tree. he was stepping off of a fake rock they built. what police is investigating is what happened next. all they know is that four minutes after he was supposed to have pretended to hang hymn, the other actors knowing he wasn't moving anymore. he was unconscious. he was rushed to a hospital and was actually in a coma for two weeks before he died on sunday and was buried here. police were investigating if it was his safety harness or whether this young actor had accidentally tangled mims up in the stage r

now, one of the first things he said was that jeremy hunt, remember, he was the culture secretary whose aide resigned yesterday amid allegations that he was leaking information to news corporation during the take overof bskyb, jeremy hunt apparently rupert said he maybe not once or twice, but he doesn't remember and that was one of the key issues brought up, not only for questioning of rue period, but also questioning of james. now, remember, rupert murdoch as been an executive here in the uk for over 60 years, has been hobnobbing with the political scene for over 60 years. so a lot of material to cover and we'red told it's only a half day of questioning today. so interesting to see what will come out as far as the two hours maybe that we have today, but we'll bring you the headlines as they happen. but again a political day of questioning. >> okay. kayla, we'll follow your tweets, as well, to find out what's going on. thanks for now. >> coming up next, we've already heard from royal dutch shell which reported strong first quarter profits, but still waiting for results from exxonmobile.

jeremy hunt appeared before the house of coming -- house of commons saying he did not -- >> it secretary of state. order. order. we have a statement first. as far as i am concerned, the point of order come past the statements. [unintelligible] the statement is from from the -- from the secretary of state about -- mr. secretary. [unintelligible] >> with permission, mr. speaker, i like to make a statement following yesterday's developments at the inquiry. although i intend to respond fully to allegations about my conduct and that of my department when i present my evidence to lord justice levin, i believe the actions are being taken as a result of evidence released yesterday. mr. speaker, we are 273 days into a process that will last until october. this is not the time to jump on a political bandwagon. what the public want to hear is not my views, but the review of lord justice love someone he has considered all the evidence. i do think it is right to set the record straight on a number of issues in light of evidence heard yesterday at the inquiry. specifically on the merger of new score w

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jeremy hunt and his team have not received it yet. the it, if you just bear with me was the report on the bid, which was published that day. letting you know, privately, jeremy will not look at it until next wednesday, not to be repeated. what do you dedues from that? >> they were keeping us informed and mr. hunt's office was in a dialogue and waiting for this report to be released so we could understand what the issues may be. and i think earlier on it said that mr. hunt was away or something like that. he is away and not going to read it right away. >> move forward to page 46, 01687. mr. michelle spoke the to -- spoke to hunt, we must read that as hunt's office or hunt's adviser more likely than not mr. hunt directly. you are getting insight here into mr. hunt's current thinking. he is relaxed. amazed by watson sending the confidential email to "guardian." that related to phone-hacking issues and reuters and hoping to launch inquiry into it. saying that they were still doing the session and shall not tell anyone. and little bit late

to jeremy, mr. hunt to hear your feedback on his speech when you meet and there is reference to speech. is clear you were receiving information that the u.k. government as a whole would be supporting news corp.. is that right? >> i think mr. hunt had publicly said around this time that he personally didn't see an issue but the relevant secretary of state would be handling it. i don't know if there's any special information or anything like that. it looks to me like there were other items on the agenda, things like next generation access and normal customary back and forth between public affairs executive and people on our regular basis. >> certainly the decision is with responsible secretaries of state. isn't the message here for mr. hunt's adviser to the extent of progress or inappropriate, u.k. government would be supportive throughout the process. >> i don't think it is inappropriate at all. this is one part of the government saying we don't see any issues. it will be fine which is consistent with wha

jeremy hunt and his chief have not received it yet. that it -- just bear with me. was the ofcom report on the bed, which was published that day. we will let you know if they do today. we already know privately jeremy will not look at this before next wednesday, not to be repeated. so, what did you do choose from that? >> i didn't really. i just defused from this whole piece that ofcom come were keeping us informed and mr. himes office was in a dialogue and we are waiting for this report to be released so that we could digest it and understand what the issues may be. and i think earlier on its head mr. hunt was away or something like that so it probably was just he is a way and he will not read it right away. >> move forward to page 46, 01687. mr. michel spoke to hunt, well, according to mr. michel statement, we must read that in hunt's office, or heinz adviser, more likely and not mr. hunt directly. but you're getting an insight here into mr. himes thinking. he is relaxed regarding ftp to more. amazed by what is citing the confidential e-mail to guardian there i th

jeremy hunt about the bid? >> i don't believe i've ever met him, but i'm not sure he didn't come to a dinner once a couple of years ago, but i don't know. i certainly didn't discuss it. >> you know that he was new york between the 30th of august and the 4th of september, 2009, did you meet with him on that occasion, mr. murdoch? >> i don't think so, no. why? why would i? >> according to the registry of parliamentary interest, he met representatives of news corp., quote, to discuss local media ventures, but did he meet with you? >> i don't think. i don't think so. i have no memory of it. >> have you had any telephone discussions with him in. >> no. >>s has your son spoken to you about mr. hunt? >> no. he told me when mr. cameron removed mr. cable's responsibilities and put them to hunt, but i don't believe he commented on it. we were shocked by both what mr. cable said and the means in which that was deleted from the story in "the telegraph." they were clearly running the paper for their own commercial interests

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jeremy hunt about this? >> i don't believe i have ever met him but i am not sure a couple of years ago but i don't know. >> do you know that he was in new york between the third of august and the fourth of september, 2009? did you meet with him on that occasion mr. murdoch? >> i don't think so. why would i? >> according to the register parliamentary interest you met representatives of the new score quote to discuss local media ventures. did he meet with you? >> i don't think so. i have no memory of it. >> have you had any telephone discussions with him? >> never. >> has your son spoken to you about mr. hunt? >> no, he told me, when mr. cameron removed mr. cable from responsibilities and put in mr. hunt, but i don't believe he commented on it. we were shocked by both what mr. cameron said and the unethical means of which that was deleted from the story in the telegraph. they were clearly writing the paper for their own commercial interests. >> when your son told you about the replacement of dr. cable did he t

today and fielding most of that blame right now is secretary of state for culture media and state jeremy huntn 100 e-mails between hunt, michelle, and murdoch, most showing that they were communicating privately and one even joking that the communication was illegal. murdoch said that the feedback was normal and he didn't do anything inappropriately. take a listen. >> there is absolutely not a quid pro quo for that support and the decision making around the sun's policy and who they support. the lengthy negotiation and regulatory process to the sky transaction was entirely separate. i simply wouldn't make that trade. it would be inappropriate to do so. and i just don't do business that way. >> now, additional dealings with scottish politician was also mentioned but cut short because there was too much material. no doubt any additional questions could be fielded tomorrow and thursday by rupert murdoch. carl? >> kayla tausche covering the news corp. story in london. time for a break. don't go away. [ male announcer ] while others are content to imitate, we'll continue to innovate. the lexus rx.

specifically about culture secretary jeremy hunt, testimony from former chair of "news international" james murdoch. mr. himes special adviser at the smith resigned after james murdoch's testimony in front of inquiry. will surely as much as we can into the senate tells in at 9:30 a.m. >> thank you, mr. speaker but i'm sure the whole house will wish to join in paying tribute to 33 engineer regiment, explosive ordnance disposal whoe died on wednesday the 18th of april from wounds he sustained d in afghanistan. he was described by all who served with him as a superb soldier. his dedication and his couragend will never be forgotten, and we send our condolences to his his lo family's, to his family and his loved ones. this morning i had meetings with minister colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall of further such meetings later today. this use, i >> order. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to associate myself with prime ministers tribute. and in doing so asked by right honorable friend if you will bnfirm that although british servicemen and women a

. >> jeremy hunt? >> thank you very much.mes go alone on important issues? >> there were times when i felt outnumbered. that's easy to do sometimes when you're republican in the house that's run by the democrats for example. i had the attitude, suppose i'm trying to think about some of the controversies we were involved in. some of the strongest controversy surrounded some of our post-9/11 policy. we had to do a couple things that i felt was very important. the president made the decision to sign off on it. i didn't do it by myself. one was to set up our terrorist surveillance program that led us to collect intelligence from people calling outside of the united states. if we had reason to believe that call may have come from an al qaeda type. the other was enhanceed interrogation techniques where he applied to al qaeda terrorists when we captured them, were controversial. we were very careful to make certain. they were legal and we stayed within the limits but we did develop techniques that were absolutely vile in collecting

to jeremy, mr. hunt to hear your feedback on his speech when you meet and there is reference to speech. is clear you were receiving information that the u.k. government as a whole would be supporting news corp.. is that right? >> i think mr. hunt had publicly said around this time that he personally didn't see an issue but the relevant secretary of state would be handling it. i don't know if there's any special information or anything like that. it looks to me like there were other items on the agenda, things like next generation access and normal customary back and forth between public affairs executive and people on our regular basis. >> certainly the decision is with responsible secretaries of state. isn't the message here for mr. hunt's adviser to the extent of progress or inappropriate, u.k. government would be supportive throughout the process. >> i don't think it is inappropriate at all. this is one part of the government saying we don't see any issues. it will be fine which is consistent with wha

sharon hunt -- jeremy hunton about the bid? >> i don't believe i'd ever met him, but i'm not sure he didn't come to dinner once a couple of years ago but i don't know. i certainly didn't discuss it. .. >> has your son spoken to you about mr. hunt? >> no, he told me when mr. cameron removed cable and put in mr. hunt but i don't believe he commented on it. we were shocked by both what's mr. cabell said and the unethical means in which that was deleted from the story in the telegraph. they were clearly running the paper for their own partial interest. >> when your son told you about the replacement of dr. cable, did he tell you to this effect, well we have got someone better now? >> i don't think he used those words. we could not have had anyone worse but i am sure i am communicating the chest of an idea. >> surely you are concerned. we have dr. cable and he was dead against news international. >> we didn't know that. >> but he did on the 21st of december because it all came out. >> came out in the peep -- bbc. >> boxer crossed yo

michele is saying jeremy hunt is not aware and thinks it is not credible at all. he is checking now. mr michele is finding out to mr. hunt or his specialist adviser watch mr. hunt's view about this blogger. are we agreed? >> it seems he is trying to find out where mr. heston's information is credible. it is important to put in context during this time i was repeatedly seeking an official meeting with mr. cable so that i could make the legal case and give the business rationale and we were not able to have that meeting so we had very limited meetings communicated. >> the way you did communicate was through your cheerleader mr. hunt to find out what is happening around the state. >> that is unfair. mr michele is a diligent public affairs executive communicating with many people across the political spectrum as is evident in this exhibit. >> he picked that mr. paston, and seven minutes later was reporting to they cms -- dcairmass. >> that is what he would say. >> was some concern. mr michele would have called who he could to find out if it was true. that would be his