brown wrote a personal letter to mrs. brooks, thanking her for her sensitivity and the way she handled the story. i believe that letter is in the hands of the police. >> mr. murdoch, you had no knowledge of the involvement in the events you just described. you presume they're communicating, what mrs. brooks has told you, is that correct of? >> on her handling of the story, and, indeed, i have since had, sometime ago, personal contract -- contact with mrs. brown, she was very friendly, and yes, that part of the story. i'm sure there's plenty of evidence that she took it out of the news list and said let me handle that, but other people were present. there were people in the newsroom who would have known that would have received the call from the hospital. i haven't seen the letter. but no doubt you will have a chance to do that. >> may i go back just -- >> we are jumping some of your. >> it's fun, mr. murdoch, but can i go back to the declaration of war. could it be said that the way mr. brown might have carried out his threat, t

mr. brooks is nor do i actually care who mr. brooks is from alabama. what i can tell you is that mr. ks, whether he was in congress or not, didn't say a word about big government or soci socialistic things. what i do see is congress being at 17%. guess what, 83% of the country thinks they suck. wait till sequestration starts. congress will have to, in a lame duck session, cut $1.1 trillion on their own or it's going to happen by automatic triggers. this congress, in an election year, if i were barack obama, i would do the truman thing, i would run against a do-nothing congress, i would run against senate democrats for controlling the upper chamber. i would run against everything washington, and when 83% of the country thinks they're doing a crappy job, what a winning message. >> and karen, if we're going to do anything after the election, obviously nothing will happen between now and election, if these folks will ever come together with president leadership to make things happen, can we really survive as a democracy with constant 11%, 9%, 17% approval of the institutions we rely on to

mr. brooks. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is david carey. i'd like to thank mr. fried for the information that he's putting together. i'd like to point out a few items about it. one is that when he's comparing san francisco's june primaries to november turnout and making some comparisons to that to some of the proposals that have been put further, it's important to keep in mind that those proposals actually proposed some september primaries where turnout is likely to be much, much lower than it is in june primaries with other state ballot items on them and so if you had a september primary, even bumping things up to 80% to 90% isn't going to get you to 50% of the november turnout. the other thing that i'm glad mr. fried is showing is that san francisco has elections where the percentage of invalid over-voter ballots is highest and that's not rank choice voting. it's the plurality multicandidate elections for the school board and community college board so if san francisco really wanted to focus on how can you reduce the amount of invalid votes, we'd focus on what

murdoch, we're not getting into mrs. brooks. >> thank you. >> we're getting into another topic, the brand, the term you use in relation to the sun and the news of the world, can i ask you please to look at paragraph 73 of your witness statement? page 03006, fourth line, reference to the brand definition of the news of the world that you say was fairly consistent over the last 30 years. do you see that? >> yes. >> how would you define the brand definition of the news of the world. >> campaigning newspaper, i think i when i first there, interested more in covering the courts and over the country which were not covered by other newspapers then except very quickly the data telegraph which covered them in greater and grimier detail but smaller type. yes, we did, went from more of a court coverage to being more of a campaigning. >> you were careful want to include within the parameters of that an interest in celebrity gossip, kiss and tell stories, intrusion into the sex lives of celebrities, sports persons of the like, and salacious

mr. brooks.. >> a soulful service and new beginnings church leads into an unusual announcement from its pastor >> i will be leaving for a little while. >> leading to walk roughly 3,000 mi.... from times square in new york all the way across the nation to the staple center in loss angela's >> i believe one of the things that god put me on earth is to draw attention to gun violence that is so trevelyan. >> he wants to raise awareness in and raise money... $15 million to build a community center next to his church. that is the vacant land which was once the motel he made famous by living on its roof until he could raise enough funds to demolish it. it took 94 days and but he did raise the $450,000. it will be his home again on his long the road west. his 17 year- old son will join him starting june 5th. >> we're going to aggressively what it in 94 days... >> while pastor brooks is on the road he is asking church members to purchase a date and what he called the the hood-vasion... a series of programs that he hopes will prevent any deaths in the woodlawn at neighborhood this summer >> the health c

statements reported that this person forbade people to go and report to mrs. brooks or james. that is not to excuse it on our behalf at all. i take it extremely seriously. that that situation had arisen. >> i move forward to january 2007, mr. murdoch. paragraph 72 of your statement that you say after pleaded guilty, mr. colson resigned and mr. hinton replaced him with mr. milo. do you see that? >> yes. >> were you not directly involved in the decision to appoint mr. milo as editor of "news of the world". >> i suppose he spoke to me. he certainly sent me an e-mail saying he proposed this and did i agree. and i said yes. >> did you know mr. milo? >> yes and, you know he would not have been my choice, but mr. hinton felt that he was someone who never had any contact with the "news of the world" there wouldn't be personal allegiances there and that he could look at it and he could rely on him to report back. >> why would mr. milo not have been your choice? >> well, i could think of some stronger people who run "the sun." >> is it your assessment then that mr. milo is a weak individ

. >> so you -- >> i think mrs. brooks was still there. and myself. it was done like that. >> i think you misunderstood the question. i'm not looking now at the decision you took, i think on the 7th of july. >> didn't we sit down and write out the costs in how many millions? no. >> i'm looking at a much earlier stage, whether your business, as a matter of business practice, registered the risk of compounds commercial disaster of these proportions. so going back to 2005 or 2000 or even 1995, did you think about these -- >> 1995? >> yes. >> what for? >> we're talking about the risk of this sort of reputation of ka tras trophy. did it enter into your radar -- >> we were always interested. people thinking well of our company and thinking life our newspapers. >> do you accept that the evidence demonstrates that your company managed the legal risk by covering it up? >> no. >> even though you've said -- >> there was no attempt either at my level or several levels below me to cover it up. we set up inquiry after inquiry. we employed legal firm after legal fir

and mrs. brooks? >> yes, it was. it was the 23rd of december, at their home. >> about how many people were there? >> i can't remember the exact number, but it was in the teens, maybe a dozen, maybe 15 people. >> it was two days after the revelation that mr. gable might not be having a bskyb with an open mind, if i can put it that way? >> he showed acute bias. >> that's fair enough, mr. murdoch. so the issue in place of the bid was very much on your mind in december 23, 2010, wasn't it in >> it was. it was a big question mark of what would happen going forward. there was no discussion with mr. cameron other than as i detailed in my witness statement which is simply he reiterated what he had said publicly was that the behavior had been unacceptable and i, you know, i imagine i expressed a hope that things would be -- in a way that was appropriate and judicial. our only concern during this period was that the correct and appropriate legal test was applied to this transaction. and i would have said it to anyone who would

he would be reporting to mrs. brooks who had taken over as chief executive, and he was her strong recommendation. and well respected, and i thought it was a good idea. >> you knew what mrs. brooks' position was on matters in europe, didn't you? >> yes. >> and presumably, you could trust her to recommend someone who might be in the same place, couldn't you? >> i didn't -- the specifity around different policies and things like that, that didn't, that wasn't something that i engaged in great substance on. >> okay. i move on now, mr. murdoch, to the phone hacking which is, obviously, in one sense well-trodden ground because you've given evidence now twice to select committees. can i just establish one fact to start off with. it is right that before the select committees your position was that you, you neither saw, nor knew about the neville e-mail, is that correct? >> that's correct. pardon me, mr. jay, did you ask before the select committees? >> sorry. when i said before, i mean in the sense when you gave your evidence to

since the very beginning mr brook has maintained his innocence he continues to do so his defense attorney following the sentencing came outside of the courtroom and said that victor boot is an innocent man. i want to let you know that this is not the end. of the journey is just beginning. no you know most decisions are. we. should think was arrested in thailand in a sting operation in march two thousand and eight following his arrest the us was pressing for him to be taken to the united states but the russian citizen was in. jail for some two years and during two different court hearings courts refused the u.s. extradition request the russian federation also said that mr pruett a russian citizen and also former soviet military officer are should not be extradited to the united states nonetheless in november two thousand ton mr bhutto was taken out of thailand by a group of u.s. officials according to documents released by wiki leaks the government spent enormous amount of time trying to get custody of viktor booth following his arrest in thailand according to u.s. cables u.s. president ba

mr. brooks, is there any other member of the public would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other comment, questions? ok, let's go to item number 4. >> item number four, update on study on the voting process, including rank choice voting, for local offices in the city and county of san francisco. chairperson campos: thank you, and this is work that was started earlier this year. i know that mr. fried ihas been working diligently on this item. i know that some of you may have been briefed on the progress on this work. but i will turn it over to mr. fried. >> thank you very much. jason fried, lafco staff. i am presenting a preliminary report and more data that we could put into a final product. there has been a lot of interest in what we have found out so far on the big picture items. as we start drilling down, i will be coming with a more drill down approach. the objectives of the survey is to look at what are the basic voting systems we use an san francisco and what type of information is available for us to be able to determine how

mr. michelle -- it's rebecca brooks mr. michelle forwarding adding an email, isn't it? >> might be a separate one. >> i don't think it matters much. rebecca brooks one three minutes later sending an email to you and mr. michelle, clear that rebecca brooks has spoken to either george osbourn or his office. total bafflement at response. so you are getting insight about what mr. osbourn is thinking about the issues letter, aren't you? >> there was a general bafflement at the view because most people assumed that we controlled sky already. >> mr. osbourn's list of meetings with propertyors, this conversation with mrs. brooks is described as a general discussion or maybe you can consider that. higher up the page, mr. michelle is e mailing you and mrs. brooks , referring to feedback from a spokesman to mr. cable. the response and you are told that mr. michelle has spoken to the adviser. put forward a meeting and likely to work. there is a possibility of a meeting in mid-january. >> again, i took a lot of the communication coming from the politicians with a bit of a grain of sa

to go see evidence, or statements reporter, that this person forbade people to go and report to mrs. brooks or two jacks. that is not to excuse it, on our behalf, at all, i take it extremely seriously. that that situation had arisen. >> may i move forward to janua january 2007, mr. murdoch? paragraph 172 of your statement, where you say ask -- after mr. goodman pleaded guilty, i recall mr. coulson resigned and mr. hinton replaced them with mr. myler. do you see that? >> yes. >> were not directly involved in the decision to appoint mr. myler as editor of the "news of the world"'s? >> mr. hinton sent me, i suppose he spoke to me, i forget, but he certainly sent me an e-mail saying he propose this, did i agree your and i said yes. >> did you know mr. myler? >> yes, and you know, he would not have been my choice, but mr. hinton felt that he was someone who would never have any contact with the "news of the world," wouldn't be personal allegiances there. and he could look at it, and he could rely on him to report back to mr. hinton. >> why would mr. myler -- [inaudible] >> well, i could think of

brown wrote a personal letter to mrs. brooksthanking her for her sensitivity and the way she handled the story. i believe that letter is in the hands of the police. >> mr. murdoch, you had no knowledge of the involvement in the events you just described. you presume they're communicating, what mrs. brooks has told you, is that correct of? >> on her handling of the story, and, indeed, i have since had, sometime ago, personal contract -- contact with mrs. brown, she was very friendly, and yes, that part of the story. i'm sure there's plenty of evidence that she took it out of the news list and said let me handle that, but other people were present. there were people in the newsroom who would have known that would have received the call from the hospital. i haven't seen the letter. but no doubt you will have a chance to do that. >> may i go back just -- >> we are jumping some of your. >> it's fun, mr. murdoch, but can i go back to the declaration of war. could it be said that the way mr. brown might have carried out his threat, the

mr. michel, pardon me, it's rebekah brooks. i think mr. michel tasha yes, it is mr. michel forwarding or adding an e-mail to e-mail, isn't it? >> i think it might be a separate one. it's rebekah brooks 13 minutes later sending an e-mail to you and to mr. michel clear that rebekah brooks has spoken to either george osborne or his office the message is -- total bafflement and response. so you're also getting insight into what mr. osborne thinks about the issues letter, or to speak it may not have been the issues letter. remember there was a general bafflement at ofcom's view, because most people would assume it controlled sky already. >> mr. osborne's list of meetings prior to this, this conversation with mrs. brooks is described as a general discussion, but maybe you can consider that. higher up the page, mr. michel is e-mailing you and mrs. brooks, referring to the back from a spokesman close to mr. gable. i think the feedback we learn on page 39, 01680, at mr. michel has just spoken to his main adviser, neither date put forward to meeting with vince early january is

mrs. rebekah brooks was still there and myself. it was done like that. >> i think he misunderstood the question, mr. murdoch. i'm not looking now at the decision you took, i think on july 7 -- >> did we sit down and write out the costs and how many millions? >> no. .. >> people are thinking well of our company and thinking well of our newspapers. >> do you expect that the evidence demonstrates that your company managed to -- the legal risks by covering it up? >> no. >> even though you said -- >> there was no attempt either at my level or several levels below me to cover it up. we set up inquiry after inquiry. legal firm after legal firm, and perhaps we relied too much on the conclusions of the police and you know i think that, you may not take my word for it but just in dates, we realized we had a mage or problem. then, the select committee of parliament met and heard from some of our executives and accused accuse them of selective amnesia, and i think that our response to that was hard to intensive and once more disrespectful of pa

mr. brooks, all your charges been dismissed, you're free to go." that was exciting, like, "ooh."it felt so good. and forensic experts, like dr. west and hayne, they should not never be able to practice no more med... no nothing, in this state, in no kind of state, because of what they did to us, and maybe other people. >> bergman: citing ongoing lawsuits, doctors hayne and west declined to be interviewed. in 2008, the innocence project wrote to the mississippi state medical board, stating that dr. hayne is "a danger to the public" and should not be allowed to testify. dr. hayne is suing the innocence project for defamation. the case is expected to go to trial later this year. meanwhile, he continues to testify. among the various qualifications he cites is a certificate from acfei. co >> there she is, guys, we got her, you can see her, she is coming out the front door right here. unbelievable... >> bergman: after 33 days of testimony, the defense prevailed. casey anthony was found not guilty of murder and released. >> this case utilized every single type of forensic science. they

>> it wasn't of my concern he would be reporting to mrs. brooks who had taken over as the chief executive and he was her strong recommendation and well respected and i thought it was a good idea. estimate you know what the position was didn't she? >> yes. islamic you could trust her to recommend someone who might be missing place couldn't you? >> the specificity and of the policies that wasn't something that i engaged in great substance on. >> now mr. murdoch to the issue of the phone hacking which is in one sense the ground you given evidence now one factors darfur if it's right for the select committee your position was you neither salles hoard knew about is that correct? >> that's correct. >> before the select committees? >> when i said before i meant when you gave to the select committee. >> the evidence was given on the 19th of july of last year and i think on the tenth of november of last year. islamic are you asking me when i had knowledge of that e-mail? >> my question maybe have handed but referring back to the meeting that took place on

feet this person forbade people to go report to mrs. brooks or james.that is not to excuse at on our behalf of all. i take it extremely seriously. >> if i move forward to january, 2007, in your statement, you say after he pleaded guilty and mr. hinton replaced him. do you see that? where you not directly involved? >> he sent me an e-mail saying he proposed this and that i agree? i said yes. >> did you know mr. milo? >> yes, and he would not have been my choice, but he felt he was someone who did not have contact with the news of the world and he could look at it and rely on him. >> why would he not have been your choice? >> i could think of some stronger people who are on assignment >> is it your assessment than that he was a week individual and the wrong man for the job? >> i would say that is a slight exaggeration. >> how would you put it in your own words? i would hope he would do what he is commissioned to do and certainly during the remaining seven or eight months, he did not report back. >> maybe he did not find anything out. he certainly did not

this person for bait people to reports to mrs. brooks or two jacks. that is not to excuse it on our behalf at all. they take it extremely seriously. that situation had arisen. >> i will move forward to january, 2007 mr. bernard on paragraph 172 of your statement. where you say after mr. goodman pleaded guilty i recall learning mr. coulson resigned and mr. hinson replaced him with mr. miler. do you see that? >> yes. >> were you not directly involved in the decision to appoint mr. miler to "news of the world"? >> i suppose he spoke to me but he certainly sent me an e-mail saying he had proposed this and did i agree, and i said yes. >> did you know mr. miler? >> yes, and he would not have been my choice, but mr. henson felt he was someone who never had any contact with "news of the world" and the personal allegiance was there. and that he could look at it. and he could rely on him to report back to mr. henson. >> why would mr. myler -- >> i could think of some stronger people. >> is it your assessment that mr. myler was a weak individual and therefore the

. >> host: lamont robinson e-mails, can you ask mr. brook highser to elaborate on the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton. >> guest: well, it's -- washington is older. he is born in 1732, hamilton was born in 1757. so, there's a 25-year gap there. there's something paternal about it. interestingly, washington called his staff his family. his staff during the revolutionary war. which i don't think was unique to him. i think that was a term of military -- common military use. but anyway, here's the father of this country, and here is the immigrant without a father, who ends up being on washington's family. now, it's not the kind of ideal relationship that washington has with lafayette. that is like the perfect father-son substitution. washington, remember, has no children. lafayette's father was killed when he was a little boy. killed in battle. so here is the sonless man and the fatherless younger man, and they -- when they meet, they just bond and it's great, and there's never a cloud. there are cloud storms with ha

mr. speaker, all the two wives are asking the marine corps is a letter from the commandant on his stationary that clearly states one paragraph, lieutenant colonel john brow, pilot, and co-pilot major brooks gruber were not at fault for the accident that occurred on april 8 of the year 2000. mr. speaker, the three investigators have joined in this effort. and i'd like to read from retired lieutenant colonel ron radish, one of the three investigators that i just named, despite the fact procedures were not in the natops for the vortex ring state, there was no discussion concerning aircraft flight characteristics during high rates of dissent at low air speeds. no mention was made of a possible asemitic condition that could lead to an uncontrollable and unrecoverable situation with no knowledge, training or warning concerning the possible consequences of v.r.s., pilot were see essentially on their own in an uncharted territory. these two pilots did not know what was happening and it was the fault of bill boeing and the marine corps. he further stated, it was through this -- their misfortune that the mv-22 v.r.s. hazard was identified. because of the accident they learned, so that nothing like

brooks. >> or maybe you -- >> -maybe mrs.inson -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- lead at 4:00 -- >> -- sitting next to us. >> -- ,,,,,, it was like a red rash... very sore looking kinda blistery. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation until i had the shingles. i remember it well. i was in the back yard doing yard work. i had this irritation going on in my lower neck. i changed shirts because i thought there was something in the collar of the shirt irritating my neck. and i couldn't figure out what was going on. i had no idea it came from chickenpox. i always thought shingles was associated with people... a lot older than myself. i can tell you from experience, it is bad. it's something you never want to encounter. >>> 4 and a half until 7:00. time for updates. >> -- and let's take a look at the forecast. goornlgous, barely a arely a breeze if any. here is sharon with traffic. >> not a bad morning on the road. one issue, fire activit

. >> also endorsed by the brookings institution is important. mr. miller, could you tell me why you've endorsed the ira proposal about the? >> yes, we are very supportive because it really does build on the current employers structure we think once employers -- first of all, people have do have an opportunist at work and we can't do that without the employer. you get over the hurdle we feel once employers are used to doing payroll deduction and feel comfortable with that, it will be easy to approach them if they listen, you've been doing this. can you afford to do more, maybe a simple plan would work for you or if or when kate was there the system they will feel more comfortable moving up and providing some employer contributions as well. >> requires no matching contribution from the employer. >> in just the way, you know, 30 years ago a different story. but right now with the development of electronic systems would be so we have so little trouble for the employer to make this work. >> particularly good for the small employer. >> mr. hardock, why do

mr. speaker, it's a pattern with this prime minister. paulsen, rebecca brook, now the culture secretary, when is he going to realize -- now he is flip-flopping all over the place on it. the closeness between politicians and media proprietors has been going on for years and this government is going to sort it out. whether it is a proper regulation of the press, whether it is cleaning up our financial system, whether it's dealing with our debt, i don't shirk my responsibilities, what a pity he can't live up to his. >> order. >> thank you, speaker. if my right honorable friend brings good news to the manufacturing and engineering secors in lincoln. we've seen an increase in turnover to around 70.5 million , confirms a circa 50 million investment and they are involved in the first new engineering school. what -- would my right honorable friend accept my invitation to visit for himself and see the excellent progress? >> i'm very grate to feel my honorable friend for the invitation, i will try to take it up. what is happening in our economy, the very disappointing n

mr. murdoch found himself at a pre-christmas dinner at the home of rebekah brooks, then chief executive of news international. one of the guest was david cameron. had he discussed the bskyb bid with the prime minister? >> i imagine i expressed the hope that it would go the way that was judicial. >> 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

mr. cameron came into power, he did meet james murdoch at a dinner party, where rebecca brooks was also present. james murdoch did bring up the question of the bskyb bid. murdoch owned a stake in that, but they wanted to launch a takeover bid. he is admitting that social life, politics, and the business of the murdoch empire does come together here. >> thank you very much. the former international -- the former chairman of news international also said he thought phone hacking was a thing of the past when he took over the newspaper. let's move on to fighting in pakistan. exodus of refugees near the country's border with afghanistan. thousands of people streaming into refugee camps every day. pakistan's army recently stepped up its long-running fight against the islamic militia group. around 200,000 people left their homes because of the violence. the refugee camp that has taken in most of those refugees -- >> it is a familiar story of people being displaced after a new operation started by the pakistani army. this is the refugee camp. at the moment, around 10,000 people per day are thought to be

brooks. >> together with mr. brown and mr. blair, cameron. >> if you turn the page to 01908. a breakfast meeting with mr. cameron when the day "the sun" endorsed him. do you see that? >> was that the endorsement? >> that is not possible. today we declared -- the time of the labor party conference. at the end of it. and american. >> nothing working on the basis of the last two days, the right day--september of 2009. you are saying that incorrect? >> the day the labor party conference. >> september 30, 2009. [talking over each other] >> i wasn't here. >> you are sure about that? >> oh yes. >> when you referred to policy did you discuss with mr. cameron is the use such as broadcasting regulation? >> no. you keep in furring that endorsements were motivated by business motive for. if that had been the case we would endorse -- every election was more prone. could have been like the telegraph or text them every day. but i didn't. >> it says here we probably discussed afghanistan. >> part of your thinking invoes an assessment of who is going to win the next election. would not be sup

brooks. >> together with mr. brown and mr. blair, cameron. >> if you turn the page to 01908. a breakfast meeting with mr. cameron when the day "the sun" endorsed him. do you see that? >> was that the endorsement? >> that is not possible. today we declared -- the time of the labor party conference. at the end of it. and american. >> nothing working on the basis of the last two days, the right day--september of 2009. you are saying that is incorrect? >> the day the labor party conference. >> september 30, 2009. [talking over each other] >> i wasn't here. >> you are sure about that? >> oh yes. >> when you referred to policy did you discuss with mr. cameron is the use such as broadcasting regulation? >> no. you keep in furring that endorsements were motivated by business motive for. if that had been the case we would endorse -- every election was more prone. could have been like the telegraph or text them every day. but i didn't. >> it says here we probably discussed afghanistan. >> part of your thinking involves an assessment of who is going to win the next election. would not b

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that two fellows in the office of senator patty murray -- stephanie wilkerson and eric brooks -- be granted tphraorpts for -- granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the senate is now debating the violence against women act. we began debate on this legislation by consent, and we'd like to complete action on this legislation also by consent. we've been working to enter into an efficient consent agreement with only a couple of relevant amendments and very short time agreements for processing them. this approach is in keeping with how republicans have handled vawa in the past. this approach would also allow us to complete the bill today. these relevant amendments would give the senate the opportunity to strengthen the law, especially in terms of the punishment for those who commit violence against women. as my friend, the majority leader, noted yesterday, a good way to lower the incidents of violent crime is to incarcerate those who commit it. we couldn't agree more, and we'd like the chan

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brooks was questioned by police. james murdoch and his father were grilled by a committee. its report is due out in weeks. they will also be questioned by another inquiry. mr. murdock said he had behaved epically at all times, but he was aware his role of chairman could become a lightning rod for b sky b, hence his resignation. today's change will not make a difference to the sky with yours. but it is highly significant for james murdock personally and his position in the media industry and in his father's empire. >> when he resigned from being hot -- the head in the u.k., it was said by news corps that james murdoch will then focus on the company. the fact that he is actually leaving the crown jewel of the news corp. paid television interests does mean he is unlikely to have a really consisted job in the pay television area. >> even after the resignation of james murdoch, an inquiry into whether be scud-b is fit to hold a broadcasting license is continuing. bbc news. >> now, do you, like me, remember the days that dial web service meant that high-pitched sound, followed by an epic wait for pages to load? for many in american world areas, the dream of high

mr. geithner's remarks come ahead of this week's imf, world bank and g-20 finance ministers spring meetings. >>> good morning, everyone. it's is a great privilege, honor and pleasure to welcome you on behalf of brookings secretary geithner this morning and also david ignatius from the washington post, and all of you, welcome, an interesting moment when the imf and world bank spring meetings will take place in just a few days, at a moment of the world economy where there are some good news, particularly in the united states, but still a lot of soft spots. still europe is a big worry, and in some emerging markets we see a market slowdown also. i think we're not out of the woods in terms of the world economy, and it will be, i hope, fascinating, i'm sure facingating to listen to the exchange between david and secretary geithner and then you'll be invited, of course, all to come in. mr. geithner is a 75th secretary of the treasury of the united states serving as treasury, mr. geithner served as chief executive of the reserve bank of new york of the federal market committee. the group responsible for monetary policy. secretary geithner had a long career at the treasury but also worked at the world bank, di

and i ask you that because a few days at the brookings institute your admiration for the former ecb mr. papademos who is the prime minister of the last six months. sue is the country implementing? is the image of the country in the right track? thank you. >> you know, we spent in the last x-men an inordinate amount of time on greek issues, on the greek new program and discussions with the greek authorities and a lot has happened in greece since we last met any last asked me the question. many things, change of government and the change of approach by many of the partners on the ground and clearly a new prime minister who is taking his staff very seriously. and a lot is happening in terms of implementation because all the preconditions that we had identified together with the other members were implemented. the laws were passed. but i was sick to my previous response to you. implements, implements, implement. pay tribute to the great people who share and bear the burden and make a sacrifice that we know us. and i would call and those who are not sharing that were, but i'm not hearing it

brooke. and specifically what we know is pursuant to ritual that the family had, they were going on a prayer walk. they were very religious. mrggins was very religious. eely morning hours, it was his practice to go to the playing field of the san clemente high school and walk with his daughters and meditate in a spirit of prayer. that's what they were out 24r doing this morning. >> so this is something that was typical favor of mr. liggins, even though it was 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. to go on a prayer walk, but also to take his daughters with him? >> abc litely. not only was the prayer walk typical, but the time of day was typical. this was a full-time marine. he is on the clock. he had to be very busy. and these particular mornings, those were times when he had special private time with his daughters. >> let me ask you about this video here from the surveillance camera, we geetting it right no, cnn is. we understand it's 31 minutes of tape. have you even this video? >> i have. >> and what does it now? >> well, what we see is what appears to be a traffic accident. we see the suv driven by mr. loggins appear to drive into

brookings institute. he has written a book. he studies the issue. here is the book. mr. elliott, thank you for being with us. what is a federal credit program? guest: the federal government either directly loans money to the private-sector or more often guarantees the loans. people will lend you money to buy a home. the fha will provide insurance to protect it. host: what is another example? you have the fha, farm programs. guest: fha, fannie mae and freddie mac, the veterans administration. housing is very popular politically. almost every department does something for it. the next biggest is student loans. that is done through the education department or guaranteed by the education department. that is big, too. as you mentioned, farm programs. you will notice a pattern. there are policy reasons for these areas. every area that gets support is politically popular. small business is the other big one. host: how much money does the government have out in the system? how much is it guaranteeing at this point? guest: when you added up, it is about $8 trillion. the bulk of t

brookings institution president strobe talbott opened the event and senator joe lieberman introduced mrere to brookings today and a particular welcome to those of us who are going to be viewing this event on our webcast. we have got a lot of other media here as well which of course is a great complement to our two guests of honor. we are also especially pleased to have five distinguished members of the diplomatic corps here today as well as for brookings trustees and it's always an honor to have a member of the senate come down from the hill to think-tank row, so it's a double honor when we get to senators. and the fact that they represented different parties testifies to their bipartisanship, which is a rare but not endangered commodity in this city today, one that we here at workings do our best to foster and protect. senator marco rubio is a member of the senate foreign relations committee. he is a member of the select committee on intelligence and he's has already established himself as a vigorous advocate of an intense and widespread u.s. engagement and leadership in the world. he

mr. speaker, it's a pattern with this prime minister. paulsen, rebecca brook, now the culture secretary, when is he going to realize -- now he is flip-flopping all over the place on it. the closeness between politicians and media proprietors has been going on for years and this government is going to sort it out. whether it is a proper regulation of the press, whether it is cleaning up our financial system, whether it's dealing with our debt, i don't shirk my responsibilities, what a pity he can't live up to his. >> order. >> thank you, speaker. if my right honorable friend brings good news to the manufacturing and engineering secors in lincoln. we've seen an increase in turnover to around 70.5 million , confirms a circa 50 million investment and they are involved in the first new engineering school. what -- would my right honorable friend accept my invitation to visit for himself and see the excellent progress? >> i'm very grate to feel my honorable friend for the invitation, i will try to take it up. what is happening in our economy, the very disappointing n