>> i think mr. yates asking mr.wallis that on one occasion was enough times. >> thank you. >> your head of public affairs. you see your response those include marketing. and you knew mr. wallis as another pr consultant. i mean, i may be naÏve in this but wouldn't it be better if the met concentrate on catching criminals? >> they are concentrate on catching criminals spent watching of the 50 odd or whatever it is people npr? why not just concentrate on the basic? >> i don't believe so. like it or not they me have a strong interest in policing. they put significant demands on the metropolitan police and officers are doing their investigation, wanting information. the police officers would be spending their time trying to deal with that approach. and i feel a having press officers in place, that we are able to take the pressure off the investigative officers to get on with their jobs, and if the main press officers -- [inaudible] >> could some savings be made in your department? >> there's always savings to be made. my

ask mr. yates. i think it was july 2009, he said there was nothing new. >> it was implied between object of 2009? >> the decision not to go further was taken prior to that point. >> but he was known obviously as being a former deputy editor of the news of the world, and what was asked of you, doesn't it seem amazing that the next already looked into phone hacking, decided on the dates you said not to pursue the matter further, and yet the person who is actually involved actively in the paper, of the phone hacking, the deputy editor of the news of the world was faced on by the mets. you don't see a contradiction whatsoever? >> i don't see a contradiction because i already said i had no reason whatsoever to think there was anything wrong with the original investigation other than it was successful. i had no knowledge of information we held, and i received assurance there was nothing new in the information regarding 2009. i had no reason to become concerned about mr. wallace. i heard international fig

was conducting that review, and you knew that mr. yates was a personal friend of mr. wallis -- >> yes. >> but you still relied on mr. yates to give you the all clear to employ mr. wallis. >> yeah, i accept the integrity of mr. yates. a senior officer of the organization spent what about your integrity of someone who needs to show due diligence when you signed off his contact? >> i was satisfied that device by mr. yates was suffice. >> thank you. >> on the question, there were three people tendered, mr. wallis' company was by far the cheapest. the specification that was advertised available to the committee so that you can see what was being judged -- >> yes, indeed. a contract of that size could be less by october 3 quotes, central supplies within the metropolitan police. it wasn't advertised. >> i'm just trying to figure out how it was he won the contract. >> i prepared a short specification which i e-mailed to the three people asking them to provide the cost for the work i was looking for, based on an assessment of the around two days a month. >> could you make of a

right here a very it's mr yates and me if you could were different because of for difficulties with color for them. now let's take a look at the markets oil has slightly retreated from early against the markets at digest contrasting day for the world's two biggest oil consumers on fuel them out of prices are being encouraged by european policymakers approving an emergency bailout for greece but soft money factor in from china and ongoing concerns over europe's debt crisis are keeping traders cautious light sweet is trading at around ninety five dollars a barrel and ground is that one hundred eleven dollars. now u.s. markets are closed for public holiday independence day stocks in europe closed higher on monday london's footsie ended just under half a percent of the black held by gains for john wood group and british land corp company banks fell though after standard and poor's rating services warned on the rollover for greek debt. and russian markets closed in the black as well nice rates added half a percent while the r.t.s. climbed point six percent stocks were higher to europe authoriz

officers two of whom have resigned this week commissioner support stephenson his assistant commissioner mr yates has also appeared they face questioning over this this cozy relationship between the press release stevenson it was widely accepted for having stuck the knife into david cameron when he resigned he denied having done that today he also faces questions about his handling the police handling of this investigation into phone hacking in two thousand and nine and he also admitted that no fewer than ten former news of the world journalists have worked in the met press office now a lot of people are suggesting that the taking of bribes will be alleged taking a bribes by police officers from journalists is a symptom of essentially endemic corruption in the metropolitan police and the police all over the country i went and talked to talk to some people about that and here's my report. ian tomlinson died in london's g. twenty protest in two thousand and nine after being pushed to the ground by p.c. simon harwood harwood's said he'd been prevented from giving first aid by a bottle throwing more

do you really feel, mr. yates, that you can continue in your position? >> yes, i do. >> after all that has happened, the confidence with the public and the met? >> the right thing in this case was to hold my hands up about the regret that i feel. i do feel about that about the way things were handled. that is not a resignation matter in my view. >> the ddp consulted about the initial advice is now working for "news international." on reflection, what share of responsibility to yet they should be borne by the cpx for failing to fully investigate? >> i think that there is some form of flexibility. i've always said and i will say again the difficulties for others, so there is some collective responsibility. operation decisions of for us. -- are for us. it is a collective responsibility. >> you said that the question of repressed the brooks -- rebecca brooks'future is a matter for conscience. how was your conscience? >> i have accepted the areas where we could do better. my conscience is clear in that i have respect -- expressed regrets for that. if you cann

mr. colson. why did sir paul think that? because his own deputy, john yateseen told by the prime minister's chief of staff that the prime minister should be told nothing. so, mr. speaker, this catastrophic error of judgment, hiring andy colson, hanging on to him too long, directly contributed to the position sir paul found himself in and his decision to resign. so, my third question, mr. speaker, is does the prime minister accept that his conflict of interest for the metropolitan police commissioner in an impossible position? so three questions are about bskyb, the warning about mr. colson that were consistently ignored, and about the met commissioner. these and many other questions will have to be answered by the prime minister over the coming months. there's one other question which matters now. he says -- he says that in hindsight, he says that in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring mr. colson. he says that if mr. colson lied to him he would apologize. mr. speaker, that isn't good enough. because people -- it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it's not

do you really feel, mr. yates, that you can continue in your position? i do. >> after all that has happened, the confidence with the public and the met? >> the right thing in this case was to hold my hands up about the regret that i feel. i do feel about that about the way things were handled. that is not a resignation matter in my view. >> the ddp consulted about the initial advice is now working for "news international." on reflection, what share of responsibility to yet they should be borne by the cpx for failing to fully investigate? >> i think that there is some form of flexibility. i've always said and i will say again the difficulties for others, so there is some collective responsibility. operation decisions of for us. -- are for us. it is a collective responsibility. >> you said that the question of repressed the brooks -- rebecca brooks'future is a matter for conscience. how was your conscience? >> i have accepted the areas where we could do better. my conscience is clear in that i have respect -- expressed regrets for that. if you cannot be al

. >> we love seeing you, mr. yates. >> you refer to police technology being misunderstood and helped as in relation to the word review the last time we spoke. there is new evidence that has come up again and again. you were asked by the commissioners to look at the available material. and in your letters to the chairman you said this resulted in asking senior investigating officers if there was any new information that might require investigation from the new york times. i just want to be clear about this because there may be misunderstandings. in the general public mind we thought there was instruction being given to look at the material available to see if there was anything that shows their to the offenses by other people and if there were victims that were affected other than those who were already identified. is that general public and parliamentary impression? >> not quite clear on the question. >> in everyday parlance we all pause at earlier stagess of the inquiry, get back to looking at all of this and see if t

mr. coulson. why did he think that? his own deputy, john yates, had been told by the chief of staff that the prime minister should be told nothing. mr. speaker, this catastrophic error of judgment, hiring him, hanging on to him too long directly contributed the to the position the problems openly and as a position to resign. does the prime minister accept that is conflict of interest with this put the metropolitan police commissioner in an impossible position? my questions are about bskyb the ignored warnings about mr. coulson, and the met commissioner. there is one other question which matters now. he says that in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring mr. coulson. he said that if mr. coulson lighted to him that he would apologize. mr. speaker, that is not good enough. [crowd heckling] it is not about hindsight or whether mr. coulson why did to you, it is the warnings that the prime minister ignored. he was mourned the and he preferred to ignore the warnings. in the country needs the leadership that we need. why does he not do more? apology and p

concerns of this committee is the documents that were originally seen by the first inquiry, reviewed by mr. yates. which you now have in your possession, i assume. >> uh-huh. >> do you have those -- the documents in the bin bags? >> we have all the origin alter that was gathered in the '05-'06 investigation known as operation -- [inaudible] plus additional material we've gathered since we started our investigation at the end of january. >> and you are reviewing that evidence and investigating it in a thorough and complete way? is. >> yes. um, would it be helpful if i kind of enlarge on our approach to the victims? >> please. that would be very help. >> um, obviously, we thought very long and hard about this because you've heard the difficulties you get into when you are trying to use the criminal law to define what is a victim. and i took a very pragmatic approach which was to say that regardless of whether the criminal law said they were or they weren't, there were a vast number of people who feel they've had their privacy invaded and have been violated. and it seemed, um, it just seemed the rig

mr. coleson. why did he think that? because his own deputy, john yates told by the prime minister's chief of staff that he was told nothing. this error of judgment, hiring coulson, hanging on to him too long contributed to the decision he found himself in and his decision to resign. my third question, mr. speaker, does the prime minister accept that his conflict of interest for the metropolitan police commissioner in an impossible position? three questions are about bskyb, the warnings that were ignored and the met commissioner. these and many other questions will have to be answered by the prime minister over the coming months. there is one -- now. he says in hindsight -- he says in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring mr. coulson. he says if he lied to him, he would apologize. mr. speaker, that isn't good enough. because people -- people -- it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it's not about whether mr. coulson lied to him. it's about the information and warnings they ignored. >> you are looking at a live shot from parliament. >> incredible. >> an i

theories to win a political game and it has been a complete failure. >> how have stevenson and john yates for mr. coulson's second chance? >> if you look of the evidence respect him enormously and he did some good things and john yates. stevenson said yesterday the circumstances surrounding his organization was different from the circumstances in number 10 downing street. we discussed this a lot today. the responsibility i have for hiring mr. coulson and the fact that he is not there anymore. that i would argue is completely different to the issues about a failed police investigation and allegations of police corruption and serious problems and the reasons paul stevens and set out yesterday. i respect what he did but he says the situation there different. >> the prime minister has shown in his statement that his private office -- absolutely compelling propriety which compares favorably -- i wonder if the prime minister would agree with me that it is broadly synthetic and -- >> what i would say -- and members opposite know that this is someone who served our country working whether it was for chr

let's discuss the tragedy that rock norway with chris yates a security analyst from manchester in the u.k. mrgates thanks very much for being on the program now most people jump to the immediate conclusion that the also attacks were the work of an islamic group well the fact that a native norwegian but it was behind them has come as a surprise or shock for some now you've lived there what's gone wrong how did a peaceful society produce a man who turned against his own people. you know one of the key issues here i feel . we're looking outward right across europe european nations work no good to a threat from overseas and numbness or are we looking to ourselves from the right sort of right wing groups right across europe not just in a way but elsewhere across the european nations. and the almost on a fair bit to choose the people within these groups expound. you know this is a key is here that has not been addressed. in recent times because of all of the the the reasons that have been exploited by politicians right across you know ok now i just looking at hindsight again it's always easy to do

one of those that says sign me up when there's a way we can have -- we pate yate thank you for your testimony, gentlemen. >> mr. mendez. -- menendez. >> i appreciate the witnesses' expertise and insights. the urgent need for tax reform as well as the direction in which we need to move is agreed, and that is a lower corporate rate and a territorial tax system that does not impose a second layer of taxation on u.s. companies. the u.s. really is an outsider when you look at that. we have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world and other g.a. nations. we are the only one now that have a worldwide tax system. -- g8 nations. that combination makes it difficult for u.s. companies to compete. i would hope that we would take into consideration the testimony provided by our witnesses today and look at lowering rates, broadening the base, and putting american companies in a position where they can compete better globally. this may be a tough question to answer, but i would be interested in knowing from each of you if there's any targeted tax benefits that you would be willing to give up if it were necessary to

mr. lankford: h.r. 2149 would designate the facility of the yates postal service located at 4354 pahoa avenue in honolulu, hawaii, as the cecil l. heftel post office building. cecil l. heftel was born september 20, 1924. he was an accomplished businessman and politician who served his community for many years he served five terms as a member of the house of representatives. in the 1960's, he began his keer in hawaii and when he started the heftel broadcasting and took over kgmp television station he ran for congress, won five consecutive terms and then left congress to run for governor, but was defeated he returned to the broadcasting business in 2004 and then returned to his community to serve as a member of the board of education he died february 4, 2010, at the age of 85 and his service to the honolulu community will never be forgotten. i urge my colleagues to pass this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: it is mea

involved in a controversial relationship. >> john yates said at the time these are disgraceful allegations made under parliamentary privilege. they are not too. mr. hayman didn't respond to our questions. >> police officers from other units were leaking information, too, in connection with its diamond price, though it remains unconfirmed. even terror investigations -- >> they said open checkbooks and they were offering very, very good money. i can tell you it was six figures. >> 100,000 pounds plus with these sounds swirling around its logical to assume that other revelations will emerge. spent with us now is for metropolitan police commander who headed up the special protection squad and was in charge of national security vetting. let's deal with the royal question. are you surprised that officer was apparently willing to enter into negotiations to settle a private royal telephone books because i am absolutely devastated that the allegation has been made. royalty protection, the ip protection officers at the various highest level of integrity. for this to happen is a very, very bad day. >> this was someone you vetted. >> i was in charge of a hi

mr. president, sec. gates, becky, distinguished guests, good morning. on behalf of our men and women in unufirm, -- uniform, let me thank you for being here as we honor robert yates has led the military in the time of world with impeccable integrity and a staunch commitment, no matter how difficult that things may be, no matter how high or how low in the chain of command is needed to travel. in that regard, he showed the pragmatism and the grit of our soldiers. i think that this is why so many of them are drawn to him. there were no fancy words. now that he doesn't have a vocabulary or even a colorful vocabulary, he can throw a barber with the best of them, like the time he called washington the only place in the world where someone can walk down lover's lane holding their own hand. it is not just his wits. he is very honest. as one soldier put it, he couldn't play dead in a cowboy movie. it is this honesty with which he has -- that has served him so well. in his four decades of public service, no fewer than eight american presidents have benefited from his advice. and i could add hundreds of generals and admirals, thousands of college students and millions of am

mr. president, sec. gates, becky, distinguished guests, good morning. on behalf of our men and women in unufirm, -- uniform, let me thank you for being here as we honor robert yatesates. he has led the military in the time of world with impeccable integrity and a staunch commitment, no matter how difficult that things may be, no matter how high or how low in the chain of command is needed to travel. in that regard, he showed the pragmatism and the grit of our soldiers. i think that this is why so many of them are drawn to him. there were no fancy words. now that he doesn't have a vocabulary or even a colorful vocabulary, he can throw a barber with the best of them, like the time he called washington the only place in the world where someone can walk down lover's lane holding their own hand. it is not just his wits. he is very honest. as one soldier put it, he couldn't play dead in a cowboy movie. it is this honesty with which he has -- that has served him so well. in his four decades of public service, no fewer than eight american presidents have benefited from his advice. and i could add hundreds of generals and admirals, thousands of college students and millio

john yates wrote to me last week as previous home secretary a private and confidential letter that said -- [laughter] >> let's learn about this private and confidential letter. mr. allen johnson. >> there's a certain paradox there, mr. speaker. he said the reason that a new investigation has been commenced and the situation has subsequently changed so markedly, that since the advice given to me as home secretary, is that in january 2011 news international began to cooperate properly with the police. it is now evident that this was not the case beforehand. january, 2011, was when andy coulson resigned. does the prime minister just think that's a coincidence? >> the point i was going to make which is important is the re-opening of the investigation in my understanding was in response to new information from news international wasn't in response to the april article. the point about andy coulson's resignation which had been under discussion for some weeks was that he just recognized he couldn't go on doing his job. it was not to the best of my memory connected with any single event. it was literally -- i can't go on being an effective communications spokesman. i h