even when i was editor of "the sun," the milly dowler investigation and pursuit of justice for milly dowler has been in the news for many, many years, nine years. >> but obviously your time at the "news of the world" is pertinent to the hearing today. would you say the milly dowler case was a story that you were more heavily involved with than other stories that took place during your editorship simply because of the magnitude of the events and because of the real shock and horror of what had happened? >> not particularly more or less involved. the one thing i would say that we had had a series under my editorship, a series of terrible and tragic news stories starting with sarah payne, milly dowler's disappearance and subsequent murder, and then of course, other cases. as you know, part of my main focus of my editorship of "news of the world" was in convincing parliament that there needed to be radical changes to the 1997 sex offenders act which became known as sarah's law, which was very similar to laws imposed in america under megan's law. i suppose if i had a particular extra invol

justice for milly dowler has been in the news for many, many years, nine years. >> the milly dowler case was a story you were more heavily involved in than other stories that took place during your editor ship because of the magnitude of the events, the shock and horror of what had happened? >> not particularly any more or less involved. the one thing i would say, that we had had a series of terrible and tragic news stories, sara pane and milly dowler's disappearance and subsequent murder, and then of course the stone cases. part of my main focus of my editor ship of the "news of the world" was in convincing parliament that there needed to be radical changes to the 1997 sex offender act which became known as sarah's law, which was very similar to laws imposed in america under megan's law. so i suppose that if i had a particular extra involvement in any of those stories it would have been on the basis that i was trying to push and campaign for readers writes on the ten pieces of legislation that we got through sarah's law and just campaigning for those to be put forward. >> when you

milly dowler was a 13-year-old schoolgirl who went missing in 2002, sparking a nationwide search. six months later she was found dead. the case has recently been back in the headlines because last month and was sent to jail for murder. the girl's family had to go through really quite a dramatic court experience under pressure from defense lawyers. so now the suggestion from their lawyers is at the time of the girl's disappearance, a tabloid journalist may have been hacking into her voicemail messages and that is really shocked britain. and in particular because the family says that because he was deleting messages from the voicemail, that then gave them some kind of hoped that milly dowler was still alive. of course that was not the case. >> this hacking is not an isolated incident for the news of the world, which is a newspaper owned by news international, which is part of the rupert murdoch company group. >> that's right. this telephone hacking story has been getting on for months. drips of revelations approve who was involved. originally it was thought it was at the handful of

milly dowler may have been carried out by milly dowler? >> no.le let "news of the world" gave this information to the police, information about milly dowler seemed to the investigation? >> at the moment again i want to be slightly careful, but i want to be as open as possible. we saw the story at the same time as your story. my instant reaction, like everybody else was one of, you know, shock and disgust and that a family who suffered so much already has had these allocations were clearly added immeasurably to their suffering. the first night it was right to mr. and mrs. dallaire to say we would get to the bottom of the allegations and if anyone representing news of the world are authorized by a professional journalist at "news of the world," which is staggering to believe, but if it's to have every confidence that news international and the police would get to the bottom of that initiative as a priority. >> i appreciate your statement there. but when you are aware there is information that was passed to the police that resulted from hacking of m

now it seems milly dowler's phone was also hacked after she had gone missing. journalists deleted messages from concerned friends and family to free space on the mailbox and mine more messages for stories. david cameron was quick to condemn the behavior. >> on the question of the really appalling allegations about the telephone of milly dowler. i mean, if they are true, this is a truly dreadful act. >> the lawyer representing duwler's family say they're starting legal action against the paper. >> the family is completely horrified. they thought this was all over. until now the hacking of prince william's phone in 2005 was the first known case resulting in a news of the world journalist and private detective being imprisoned. then other victims emerged. sienna miller was told her phone was hacked in 2006, just one of dozens of celebrities targeted. in january of 2011 the former news of the world editor andy coleson who already resigned over the scandal was forced to stand down again as communications for the prime minister amid more allegations. now news milly d

. >> it was a revelation about a murder victim milly dowler milly dowler -- phone.owler's hacked this is what rebekah brooks had to say about the incident. >> i don't know anyone in their right mind who would sanction anyone listening to the voice mail of milly dowler in those circumstances. i just don't know anyone who would think that was a right and proper thing to do at this time or any time. i know that we know a lot more now but that is all i can tell you. >> many of the details were first revealed in "the guardian," newspaper. we're joined by the deputy editor tonight. thank you for joining us. do you believe the murdochs did not know about the phone hacking? >> it is very difficult to say. rupert murdoch's performance was quite extraordinary. he seemed to be tried to convince the world that he was a doggery old chap who had no idea what was going on in his company. a lot of the time i felt convinced of that. one of the striking things was that this was probably the end of the rupert murdoch era. this was probably the performance that will convince most shareholders that he is

heard about the milly dowler case. only two weeks ago, eight days. >> question is the scandal now contained or is it spreading? mort. >> it's certainly to some extent continuing, let me put in the way, because it's gone beyond the specifics of this hacking case. there is a sense that there is a culture of british journalism that is just always on the attack and at any cost they're going to get some kind of a story or another, and in that sense i think the -- and the role of the tabloids, hugely influential, the sun has 20% of all british adults reading that. >> he's got four tabloids. >> yeah. four newspapers. they're not all tabloids. the sunday times is not a tabloid, and the times is not a tabloid. but they have huge influence on that country. they don't have the kind of idealogical -- >> what's the point? >> the point is that he is still enormously influential and they're being very cautious how they deal with him but this has changed the whole attitude of the british minister david cameron said this. >> the parlia

intercepted by reporters. >> i was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when i heard about the milly dowler case only two weeks ago, eight days before i saw them and was graciously received by the dowlers. >> brown: murdoch apologized to the dowler family in person last friday. but when asked to accept direct blame today, he demurred. >> mr. murdoch, you accept that, ultimately, you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it, and then maybe the people they trusted. >> brown: murdoch suggested he paid little attention to "the news of the world" because it amounted to less than 1% of his holdings, which include, in the u.s., fox broadcasting, "the wall street journal," and the "new york post". james murdoch also said repeatedly that he knew nothing about key aspects of the scandal, such as how informants were paid. >> i don't have direct knowledge of all of those arrangements. >> is it possible other forms of remuneration can be used in your company, apart from cash and bank transfers-- talking things li

milly dowler.ation was riveted by the story of 13-year-old milly dowler, who had vanished. this week, it was revealed that the paper listened to her voicemail, dleefting old messages to make room for new ones. that activity gave her family and police hope that she was alive. false hope. milly was later found murdered. >> it is absolutely disgusting what has taken place. >> reporter: exhibit two. the terrorist bombings. situation years ago today, the bombings killed 52 people. grieving families learned the newspaper hacked their cell phones, trolling for intimate details for stories. >> it's a violation, isn't it? and i -- i still don't know what i think about it. other than i'm really angry. really angry. >> reporter: exhibit three. britain's war dead. today, allegations that the paper hacked voicemails of the families of british soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistanan in search of sensational scoops. paul mcmullan was a reporter and editor at "the news of the world" for more than a decade. >> i

brooks, chief executive of news international in the u.k., editor at "news of the world" when milly dowler went missing. she has always said she did not know about the actions of a few rogue reporters. she says she is shocked as everyone else. everyone makes it plain that she does not intend to resign. >> this happened in 2002. she is now chief executive of the company. she is absolutely determined to get to the bottom of this issue. >> the heat has been turned up on rupert murdoch's news empire. the house of commons will debate the latest allegations on wednesday. opposition politicians say they want an inquiry set up. they also say that rebekah brooks should go. >> this was a systematic series of things that happened. what i want from executives at news international is for them to start taking responsibility. but it is not just news international -- >> it is not just news international with difficult questions to answer. the latest claims are prompting more uncomfortable questions about whether a blind eye was turnedat scotland yard -- turned at scotland yard. >> for more on the uproar

rupert murdoch apologized to the family of milly dowler, murdered girl whose hacked phone started theontroversy. >> she is the most high-profile casualty so far in the scandal that has spread to both sides of the atlantic. for the past 10 days, rebekah brooks has been a part of the storm that has swept rupert murdoch's empire and remained by his side. today, she decided to step away. she said that recent times have been tough and i need to concentrate on correcting the distortions and rebuffing the allegations about my record as a journalist, in the church, and executive. -- editor, and executive. she said she felt a deep responsibility for those hurt. >> i am pleased she has accepted responsibility for what happened on her watch as editor of "news of the world." as i said when i called for her resignation 10 days ago, this is not just about one individual. it is about the culture of an organization. >> the man to replace her is already at his desk. he has been brought in from italy. james murdoch thanked ms. brooks for her service. he said we support her as we takes the step to clear

we do know that this is a day he did not enjoy. >> as you have heard, the revelations about milly dowler's phone are what brought the scandal to a whole new level. many of the details were first revealed in "the guardian," newspaper. tonight, i spoke with the deputy editor and asked him if he believed that the murdoch's did not know about the phone hacking. >> this is very difficult to say. rupert murdoch's performance was really quite extraordinary. he seemed to be trying to convince the world that he was a doddering old chap that had no idea what was going on. a lot of the time i felt convinced of that. one of the most striking things about the parents was this is probably the end of the rupert murdoch era. this will convince most shareholders that he is not the person to be running this company. >> what about james murdoch? do you think that he knew? >> he did a very controlled and technocratic performance using words extremely carefully. he was terribly well coached. he said nothing that you could point to and say that he really knows what is going on. he is in a lot of difficulty part

this man allegedly hacked the phone of the murdered schoolgirl, millie dowler? is it not time for your organization to say, do your worst. you behaved disgracefully. we're not going to pay any more of your costs? >> i would like to do that. i don't know the status of what we're doing or indeed what his contract was, whether it still has any force. >> if the organization is still paying his fees, will you give the instruction now that that should stop? >> provided it's not in breach of a legal contract, yes. >> i want to return to the question of making a statement without being in the full possession of the facts. during our 2009 inquiry, all the witnesses who came to us testified to being intimately involved in particular a huge trawl of e-mails after the arrival of colin miler. it seems they're quick to distance themselves from that investigation according to some of the quotes in the newspapers. so could i -- i stated clearly that that trawl, that investigation covered no new evidence. it was still a loan rouge reporter. mr. murdoch, james, can you tell us ab

it was the revelation that murdered school girl milly dowler's phone had been hacked into that caused this story to explode. her family met senior government officials monday to seek reassurances about a promised inquiry. their lawyer voicing concerns about links between the prime minister and rupert murdoch. >> the first visitor to ten downing street after the general election, first visitor to david cameron the visitor was rupert murdoch. questions need to be asked about the relationships between them and that's why we say that there needs to be a judge which has a power to compel witnesses to attend so that we can force them to be there to answer questions under oath to give evidence properly, not to shy away from it, not to hide away from it. >> reporter: this is a scandal that a week ago seemed beyond imagination, each day bringing revelations more stunning than the last, leaving many people here in britain wondering where this will all end and who will pay the price. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> in the meantime news corp dropped its plan to buy bskyb. the takeover deal will now s

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. >> the paper hacked into the voice mail of 13-year-old millie dowler while she was still missing and the hacker even deleted some voice mails, giving her family false hope she was still alive. >> stephen: anything else? >> victims included actress sienna miller and star hugh grant. >> stephen: oh, hugh grant. he hasn't had a movie in like two years. but just how big of a scandal is this? >> after 168 years now, the "news of the world" has put its last issue to bed. the tabloid was shut down this past week by its owner, rupert murdoch. >> stephen: so big that a paper going out of business is news. [laughter] well, the media sharks are licking their chops, and not just because riewp ertd looks like a dead squid. [laughter] look at how gleefully the competition is reporting this story. >> the scandal deepens for rupert murdoch and his media empire rocked by shame. >> i'm not really hearing a response from news corp, and they're usually the most aggressive. you look at their p.r. staff, and they're remarkable. >> there is no containing the scandal. >> the scandal. >> rocked by scandal. >

the british government is conducting an inquiry, rupert murdoch has apologized to the girl, milly dowler'se talked to the press afterward. >> and i apologize and i have nothing further to say. >> nothing further except the full page apologies he's running this weekend. of course, now the resignation of les hinton, until today, publisher of the wall street journal and the person who succeeded hinton in the british job, rebekah brooks resigned this morning. potentially next on the chopping block, somebody even closer to him, rupert murdoch's own son james who has been busy not explaining himself, paying off phone hacking victims on the side. this is a damaging scandal. but that leaves some of the as-yet surviving parts of his media empire in the position of having to cover their boss' really big problem. when that kind of thing goes badly, that kind of thing goes really, really badly. i have seen a lot of amazing things come out of the morning show program on the fox news channel, but although i will admit of having low expectations of howç the fox news channel morning show would handle the

the family of milly dowler, whose phone was supposedly hacked. >> i think what the public wants us to do, as the house of commons, is to say that it is not conceivable that robert murdoch could expand his reach in the british media while the issues that happened at news international, the issues of criminality are still being investigated, while there is still news coming out day-by- day. >> this afternoon, the government has said they would back mr. miller band -- milliband. >> in other news, thousands of protestants in northern ireland have been taking part in traditional marches and its tightened it sectarian tension. parades' come after a night of violence in the capital -- the parades come after a night of violence in the capital of belfast. julian assange, the founder of the website wikileaks, has begun an appeal against extradition. he denies wrongdoing and says the case against him was politically motivated after is website published tens of thousands of leaked american e- mails and cables. hundreds -- of 100 people died when the boat overturned -- over 100 people died when a

ever since he met with millie dowler, the murdered girl's parents, he hasn't felt the same. his voice has been cracking, people around him are very concerned, his children are very concerned. this is a man who is more devastated than he has ever been in his entire 80 years, and you know, he is appalled at what's gone on on his watch, and his anxious to get to the bottom of it as we all are. moow hdleser earlier during ws an ki a that just did not happen. and i wrote a book of diaries, detailing my time there, and he just didn't do that. it wasn't his thing. what he would do is discuss them after you published them. but he assumed his line managers, editors, and so on, would have done all of the necessary checking to make sure these stories were publishable according to the law of the land and i think that's why this will hit him so hard. knowing the family, what do you think he will be coming over as tomorrow when he appears on mp? it's a very difficult situation. he's never had to do this before. how do you think he'll deal with this? >> the one thing about rupert is that -

this man allegedly hacked the phone of the murdered schoolgirl, milly dowler. is it not time for your organisation to say, "do your worst. you behaved disgracefully. we are not going to pay any more of your costs."? >> i would like to do that. i do not know the status of what we are doing, or indeed what his contract was and whether it still has any force. >> if the organisation is still paying his fees, will you give the instruction now that that should stop? >> provided that it is not in breach of a legal contract, yes. >> i want to return to the question of making statements to parliament without being in full possession of the facts. during our 2009 inquiry, all the witnesses who came to us testified to being intimately involved in, in particular, a huge trawl of e-mails after the arrival of colin myler. it seems that, over the past few days, they have been rather quick to try to distance themselves from that investigation, according to some of the quotes in the newspapers. it was stated to us clearly that that trawl, that investigation uncovered no new evi

paper's helm, that "news of the world" reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager milly dowler. a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking and has apologized. restoring confidence in news corp may be difficult. something the company admitted in a second full-page ad in british papers this weekend. "apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps," the statement says. "it may take some time for us to rebuild trust." >> and that was nbc's stephanie gosk reporting. and rupert murdoch and his son james will face tough questioning in parliament tomorrow. rebekah brooks is scheduled to appear, as well, but her spokesperson says her arrest will change that. >>> to washington now, with the showdown over raising the nation's debt ceiling is fast approaching the august 2nd deadline with no resolution in sight. there are plenty of plans, but no consensus. and while some of those proposals are headed for a vote, the white house suggests that the bare minimum may be all that's possible. nbc's brian mooar joins us from wash

but the real cherry on this [bleep] sunday was the case of poor milly dowler, a missing 13-year-old girlbritain riveted. >> during the period of time when she was missing the news of the world were using a private investigater to listen her voice-mail. >> jon: to help in the search for the -- >> maybe, maybe, jon, but just to be sure, let's check. >> the voice-mail box of milly's phone filled up. the news of the world were hungry for more information for more stories so they intervened and deleted the messages. >> jon: i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit. >> but let's be fair to them, jon, no harm, no foul, right? >> they intervened and deleted the messages. >> that gave her family and police hope that she was alive. milly was later found murdered. >> jon: why didn't the police -- >> the police that is a good question. why didn't scotland yard stop them. maybe it had something to do with this. >> routinely, the news of the world was paying at least some police officers at scotland yard. [bleep], [bleep]. >> yeah. >> jon: oh jesus. >> jon, do you want a snack taver doodle. th

but it wasn't until last week when it was alleged that murder victim milly dowler was also a phphe hacking victim. that's when the scandal exploded. >> we've seen nothing short of a revolution in a space of ten days. this was a country that was effectively ruled by rue put murdoch and right now, in parliament, they're pretty much telling him to get out of the country. >> reporter: now you're telling me for the last 30 years it's not the queen that the prime minister's reported to, but rupert her dock? >> yes, frankly. i am telling you that. and that's why people ask me what my motive has been in all of this is, i absolutely admit a lot of it is personal grievance. any human being who finds that their privacy has been hacked, you feel a natural sense of rage and you want to reach for a cricket bat and smash someone around the head. i'm not denying there is that. but i am also furious for my country. you know, i like to feel proud of this country. i like to feel proud of that curious labyrinth machine of checks and balances that keeps our democracy working. and the fact that it's got this gr

rupert murdock met with millie dowler's family, the young girl whose phone was hacked by reporters. when the meeting ended, murdock was greeted outside by cat calls. he was ushered inside but wouldn't stay there long. >> as founder of the company i was appalled and i will find out when it happened. and i apologize. >> reporter: earlier in the tied today, the head of news international, rebecca brooks resigned. in a letter to her staff who wrote, this is now detracted attention from all our honest endeavors to fix the problems of the past. those endeavors began this week with shutting down the news of the world and then news corps backed out of a multimillion dollar merger with bskyb. brook's resignation today will be followed by a letter of apology by rupert murdock himself printed in british papers tomorrow. we are sorry for the serious wrong doing that occurred, it will say, we regret not acting faster to sort things out. but tonight it is clear murdock's problems aren't just here in the uk, hinckley's resignation followed an announcement from the fbi that it has opened it's own i

all because of this girl, her name, milly dowler, in 2002, britain was riveted by the story of the 13d's disappearance. investigative reporter, nick davies of the london guardian broke the story. >> we discover during the period of time she was missing there was no explanation what happened to her. "the news of the world" were using private investigator to listen to her voicece mail. that in itself was horrid. but when it got worse, the voice mailbox got filled up, "the news of the world" were hungry for more stories, they intervened and deleted the messages. that gave her family and police hope that she was alive. milly was later found murdered. in the country that used a sleazy tabloid technique, this was a new low. >> the milly dowler story changed the dynamics of the whole saga and made it impossible for anybody to defend "the news of the world." >> murdock controls four papers here and sky tv, the most profitable network. for three decades, politicians have deferred to him, lived in fear of his ability to crush them on the pages of his paper, until now. >> rupert murdoch is a tal

it is the intrusion into millie dowler, a missing 13-year-old that outraged the nation. rld not only hacked into millie's voice mail to hear desperate relatives trying to reach here, it deleted messages to make room for others and so gave her family false hope she was still alive, dialing into her own voice mail. millie was found dead six months after her abduction. >> we're most desperately worried. >> reporter: the family which made heart rendering appeals is distraught. the scandal has business and political fallout. the news of the world is owned by rupert murdock's news international. its editor rebecca brooks runs international operations and refused to resign. the news of the world says it will conduct its own internal inquiring into the hacking but rebecca brooks will head the investigation, in other words, investigating herself. the police inquiry is continuing as well, and scotland yard said there be more bombshell revelations to come. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> we'll stay on top of that story for you. >>> straight ahead your wednesday morning weather a

murdoch, will you tell us what you said to milly dowler's family? >> stop pushing! >> if you'll just keep silent for a minute. it was a totally private meeting. >> stop! >> get down. get down. get your head down, mate. can you tell us specifically what you said? >> no, i'm not. i'm the founder of the company. i was appalled to find out what happened. i apologize. i have nothing more to say. >> mr. murdoch, will you -- >> we'll see where this scandal goes next. >>> we're at 8 minutes past the hour now. you've got to hear this. kind of an outrageous story. has people asking a lot of questions. what should happen now? because ipad 2 was on sale yesterday for $69. you're hearing me right, folks. $69. they normally start at $699. it was posted incorrectly on the sears website and a lot of people had about 20 to 30 minutes to just rush on to the website and buy up those ipads. now, the others with the more gig, the 32 gig, they were being sold for $179. what you are seeing here is what one of our viewers sent to us. she actually has her receipt that shows that she bought

. >> reporter: prime minister cameron met with the parents of the teenage girl, milly dowler, whose cell phone lies at the heart of the scandal. she was murdered in 2002 but only last monday the public learned her phone had been hacked by murdoch's paper "news of the world" and messages were even deleted which gave milly's parents false hope that she was still alive. mark lewis is the dowler family's lawyer. >> the people could not ignore the fact and newspapers could not ignore the fact that a dad's little girl was having her phone hacked. i mean how far, how low do you have to stoop? >> reporter: it set off ten days' worth of dirty tricks allegations that murdoch papers had hacked the voice mails of families touched by tragedy and paid off the police. eight people have so far been arrested and the "news of the world" shut down. murdoch's top managers including british ceo rebekah brooks and his son, james, face questions now from investigators about what they knew and when. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> just ahead on the "morning news" how beer could solve the government shut

that's true, but you think about the milly dowler case where the 13-year-old teenager has been murderedd her voice mail is hacked, one wonders if that will be proven. >> that's true. michael is right to say it comes from a rival newspaper there's no substantiatuation at this stage, clearly the core strategy by the murdochs is to contain this scandal to the united kingdom, to britain. if it moves, if it migrates across the atlantic that raises all sorts of questions for news corp. and for its leadership. that's why sst so critical to both rupert and james murdoch to try to contain it to britain. clearly there's multiple investigations. what we have learned in brth tan is no one knows where these investigations lead. >> i've got footage i want to show you both of james murdoch being asked a question about the so-called neville email and murdoch denying he knew of widespread phone hacking at news of the world. questions are being raised as to whether he was forthcoming. let's watch. >> when you signed off the taylor payment, did you see or made aware of the four neville email, the transcri

but triggering the most outrage, allegations it hacked into the voice mail of 13-year-old millie dowler, abducted and murdered in 2002 while she was missing. and deleted messages as her voice mail filled up, which gave her family false hope she was alive. now a day before the six-year anniversary of the london terrorist bombings, families of those victims are hearing they, too, may have been hacked. >> i thought we were in a dark place and i didn't think we could get darker. >> interestingly enough, in america, we don't have this kind of journalism yet, and hopefully the american taste level is still such that it agrees this is just a bridge too far. >> reporter: at a time when news outlets face fierce competition, a tabloid that sells 35 million copies a year is finding the most shocking scandal of all right now comes from its own news room. michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >>> and up next here tonight as "nightly news" continues on a wednesday evening, a school cheating scandal that some say reveals the risk of high stakes testing, but this time it's not the students who are accus