mr. cameron on wednesday to offer his congratulations. more than 70 people killed in a ranch in mexico are known to be migrants from other latin american countries. at least 50 people have been killed in a series of apparently coordinated bomb attacks across iraq. you are watching bbc news. >> hello, and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the world and click to play video reports. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by of the -- >> funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> the union bank offers unique insight and expertise into a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and carnegie hall. it is the kennedy center and a club in austin. it is closer than any seat in the house, no matter where you call home. pbs, the great american stage that fits in every living room. your support of pbs brings t

mr. cameron and what is happening in the u.k.? >> well, i belong to the other side, so i was disappointed that andon, that' cameron won, the electric and the other side did not light brown. we are waiting to see what happens. the coalition, nick clegg, it is a little early to say. they have taken a different line on the economy. they have decided to pay back debt instead of stimulating the economy. tavis: was that the right decision? >> i think it was the wrong decision. tavis: we are having that debate now. >> i guess it was the wrong decision, but we will find out. tavis: what is your sense of, and i am asking you specifically be good your wife was there and was a part of it, how will history regard the tony blair years? >> well, i feel, my big thing, my the enthusiasm during that period, it was the teaching of reading in schools, because before the election, there was the labor party task force -- labour party task force. that has been a huge success in our country, the teaching of reading. it has been transformed. i said this

mrs. cameron is expected to stay in hospital for another couple of days.onight, mother and daughter are said to be doing very well here at the royal cornwall hospital. the family received messages of congratulations from all sides from the deputy prime minister, the -- and all the labor leader candidates. >> here's a story that lots of people are talking about here in the u.k. officials in coventry in the english mid lands say they tracked down a woman caught on cctv throwing this cat into a rubbish bin. it was seen by thousands after it was posted on line. the royal society for prevention of cruelty to animals said they plan to interview the woman. the cat spent 15 hours inside the bin before it was rescued. >> an ordinary street and at first, this looks like an ordinary encounter between a woman and cat in coventry. then this happened. grabbed by the scruff of the neck, lola the tabby is dumped in the bin. it took 15 hours to find her and after reviewing foot frg their cctv camera the owners were shocked to see how she got there. >> i can't understand wh

mr. cameron deal with that. yes, sir. >> president ahmadinejad of iran said that he was ready for face- to-face talks with president obama. i was wondering if the white house has an initial reaction to that? >> i would say this, that obviously iran has on any number of occasions changed their position based on i think largely the pain that they're feeling on sanctions, based on the decisions that their government has made that don't jibe with where the people are. we have always said that we would be willing to sit down and discuss iran's illicit nuclear program if iran is serious about doing that. to date, that seriousness has not been there. iran has obligations that it needs to meet, and failure to meet those obligations will continue to result in unilateral sanctions by this government, u.n. sanctions that have been passed, european union sanctions that have been passed, and other countries beyond this taking unilateral action. i think those sanctions are beginning to have an impact, or else the iranian gove

mr. cameron deal with that. >> the president said he was ready for iran to talk. >> obviously iran has, on a number of occasions, change their positions largely on the pain that they are feeling in sanctions based on decisions the government has made. we have always said that we would be willing to sit down and discuss the iranian nuclear program. if they are serious about doing that. to date that seriousness has not been there. iran has a obligations that it needs to fulfill. failure to meet those obligations will continue to result in unilateral sanctions by this government. un sanctions that have been passed. european union's sanctions that have been passed. and other countries beyond those in route -- unilateral sanctions. or else the iranian government would not be changing its position so often about discussing its programming. >> [inaudible] >> we leave this press conference with robert gibbs, the white house spokesperson. the senate has begun debate on the elena kagan nomination to be the next approved for justice. a final vote is expected later this week. you can watch live covera

cameron has met pakistan's president in the first high level meeting since last week's diplomatic squabble cameras attempting to calm the waters off the leaves are dari after claiming that pakistan is exporting terror mr zardari has promised to bring the comments while the premier cameron says he stands by his remarks the two leaders were also discussed the international response to pakistan's devastating floods. now in southern kashmir at least eighty five people have been killed in flash floods it happened when a sudden downpour overwhelmed a small city in a region that normally gets very little rain the local airport and much of the town has been badly damaged rescue operations continue as workers try to reach those still trapped in the debris. and washington has released an annual report on world terror which says although attacks have fallen to a five year low al qaeda is still a resilient and adaptable threat it also calls out the main threat to pakistan's national security and the report washington names iran as the most active state sponsor of terrorism also mentioned in the document are the efforts of individual countries to fight terrorism across the globe. hundreds of workers have staged a

mr. skidmore. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you, ma'am. cameron. >> no questions. >> thank you. halliburton. >> thank you, captain. >> sure. >> good afternoon, mr. skidmore. >> good afternoon. >> how are you, sir? >> fine. >> my name is don godwin, and i represent halliburton. we have not spoken before, have we, sir? >> no, sir, we have not. >> thank you. a little while ago you said that you thought you had borrowed a tool or some tools while there on the deepwater horizon. do you recall that, sir? >> i said that i had borrowed some tools? >> yes, sir. >> oh, no. the crossovers you're referring to. >> ok. >> crossovers with, with dril- quip. >> ok. i wrote down where you said that you thought you might have borrowed those tools, or the tool from halliburton or another company. my question is: were you guessing when you said you thought you might have borrowed them from halliburton? >> no. we definitely salvaged a crossover. i couldn't tell you exactly if it came from halliburton or if it came from another basket out there, because charles, the dril-quip hand, was orchestrating it

mr. skidmore. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you, ma'am. cameron. >> no questions. >> thank you. halliburton. >> thank you, captain. >> sure. >> good afternoon, mr. skidmore. >> good afternoon. >> how are you, sir? >> fine. >> my name is don godwin, and i represent halliburton. we have not spoken before, have we, sir? >> no, sir, we have not. >> thank you. a little tool or some tools while there on the deepwater horizon. do you recall that, sir? >> i said that i had borrowed some tools? >> yes, sir. >> oh, no. the crossovers you're referring to. >> ok. >> crossovers with, with dril- quip. >> ok. i wrote down where you said that you thought you might have borrowed those tools, or the tool from halliburton or another company. my question is: were you guessing when you said you thought you might have borrowed them from halliburton? >> no. we definitely salvaged a crossover. i couldn't tell you exactly if it came from halliburton or if it came from another basket out there, because charles, the dril-quip hand, was orchestrating it and he was having discussions with the people. >> ok.

cameron. whether for >> no questions. >> drillquip. >> no questions. >> jimmy harrell. [inaudible] >> he's probably saving it. >> good morning, mr. wells. my name is pat fanning. i represent jimmy harrell who is a fellow who was the oim on the rake of the day of the explosion. i want to ask a couple of questions again about something that captain nguyen brought up in his examination and mr. mccarroll and i have a few follow-up questions. let me ask you with regard to who it bp has been held accountable for the safety issues concerning the explosion on the train to? the only name i heard you mention was tony hayward. am i correct her in my recollection? >> well, yes. and i must admit i jumped to conclusions because tony had left as a result of this. but what i would say is we haven't finished our investigation yet and i'm sure when the investigation is finished and the group causes are understood, the appropriate actions will be taken at that time. >> okay, then my question is is mr. heyward beat in the company because you was held accountable for the safety issues? >> i'm going to sustain you. he testified he doesn't really know. he kno

cameron. whether for >> no questions. >> drillquip. >> no questions. >> jimmy harrell. [inaudible] >> he's probably saving it. >> good morning, mr. wells. my name is pat fanning. i rresent jimmy harrell who is a fellow who was the oim on the rake of the day of the explosion. i want to ask a couple of questions again about something that captain nguyen brought up in his examination and mr. mccarroll and i have a few follow-up questions. let me ask you with regard to who it bp has been held accountable for the safety issues concerning the explosion on the train to? the only name i heard you mention was tony hayward. am i correct her in my recollection? >> well, yes. and i must admit i jumped to conclusions because tony had left as a result of this. but what i would say is we haven't finished our investigation yet and i'm sure when t investigation is finished and the group causes are uderstood, the appropriate actions will be taken a that time. >> okay, then my question is is mr. heyward beat in the company because you was held accountable for the safety issues? >> i'm goin to sustain you. he testified he doesn't really know. he knows the

mr. picard wanted confirmation of this? >> he identified this as an issue, and if i recall, we asked at that time for cameron to step into the room and look at the rov pictures and confirm if that was correct. >> and the test rams to which your comment refers, i believe you testified were not used for well control. that is not the function of those rams. >> their function was for testing the bop. >> ok. at this point, you were -- your goal, the mission for which you were assigned here was to see if he could get the bop closed, and you were trying to do that by stabbing from an rov. >> for the purpose of trying to close the piper rams, that is correct. >> the scope of your study was not to determine whether any of these pipe rams, the test rams, could still be closed from any of the bop panels on the deepwater horizon. rather, your determination was simply that you had difficulty closing them by stabbing from an rov. is that correct? >> i do not understand your question. could you repeat it, please? >> mr. picard did not comment, and your group did not study whether the test ram could be closed from any of the bop panels on t

mr. picard wanted confirmation of this? >> he identified this as an issue, and if i recall, we asked at that time for cameron to step into the room and look at the rov pictures and confirm if that was correct. >> and the test rams to which your comment refers, i believe you testified were not used for well control. that is not the function of those rams. >> their function was for testing the bop. >> ok. at this point, you were -- your goal, the mission for which you were assigned here was to see if he could get the bop closed, and you were trying to do that by stabbing from an rov. >> for the purpose of trying to close the piper rams, that is correct. >> the scope of your study was not to determine whether any of these pipe rams, the test rams, could still be closed from any of the bop panels on the deepwater horizon. rather, your determination was simply that you had difficulty closing them by stabbing from an rov. is that correct? >> i do not understand your question. could you repeat it, please? >> mr. picard did not comment, and your group did not study whether the test ram could be closed from any of the bop panels on t

mr. picar wanted confirmation of this? >> he identified this as an issue, and if i recall, we asked at that time for cameron to step into the room and look at the rov pictures and confirm if that was correct. >> and the test rams to which your comment refers, i believe you testified were not used for well control. that is not the function of those rams. >> their function was for testing the bop. >> ok. at this point, you were -- your goal, the mission for which you were assigned here was to see if he could get the bop closed, and you were trying to do that by stabbing from an rov. >> for the purpose of trying to close the piper rams, that is correct. >> the scope of your study was not to determine whether any of these pipe rams, the test rams, could still closed from any of the bop panels on the deepwater horizon. rather, your determination was simply that you had difficulty closing them by stabbing from an rov. is that correct? >> i do not understand your question. could you repeat it, please? >> mr. picard did not comment, and your group did not study whether the test ram could be closed from any of the bop panels on the

cameron diaz or kate judson. >> maybe that's likability factor there was missing the bonds. they're people who don't like the skater. but his problem is his next to dared cheater who is mr.e to third and then make your of the third. >> that wouldn't been awful. he's a better shortstop. big ratings. i >> agreed. >> what do your new york. >> the person who caught the ball auction works for the stadiums are you disturbed over again, a ride called instead for. >> 500 iv or hundred 53,000. >> remember when it was in bronzes memorable home run it was always how much is again a cause, how much you'd pay me? i always remember bonds to give some credit tuesday and not paying anything. you can keep it. >> likability factor. >> how much would you pay for geiger's mark >> not a dime. >> that's like bonds credit when he says he did not give a damn about a lot of things, he backs it up. he said at a multiple warheads. >> we have nolan ryan now as the principal owner of the texas rangers $608 million to get the team. and of the 608 million 200 million is a former texas ranger that. 25 million is money still owed to a rod. >> (laughter) as of the last night. i guess he outbid more human