mr. colson. he says that if mr. colson lied to him he would apologize. mr.er, that isn't good enough. because people -- it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it's not about whether mr. colson lied to him. it's about all the information and warnings that the prime minister ignored. he was warned and he preferred no ignore the warnings. so that the country can have the leadership we need. why doesn't he do more? why doesn't he do more than -- >> you're watching "american morning", special coverage of the debate going on, not debate but questions being asked of the british prime minister, david cameron. we're looking at parliament. david cameron standing up now to respond to allegations by the leader of the opposition. ed milliband. >> rising to the level of events. most of that was just a tissue of totally -- i'm trying to answer every point. first of all let me thank him for what he said about recalling parliament, that's right. let me thank him about what he said about lord levinson. let me thank him what he said about the panel. i have to say on most of th

mr. colson. he said if mr. colson lied to him, he would apologize. mr.peaker, that isn't good enough, because people -- it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it's not about whether mr. colson lied to him, it's about all the infmation and warnings that the prime minister ignored. >> rose: joining me from londone "financial times" and catherine mayer, the london bureau chief for "time" magazine. it was t prime minister's day today in london. lionel, how did he do? >> i think i'd give him sevennish out of ten. he was fairly assured, and he did offer what one might colson a conditional apology for hiring andy colson, the former editor of the "news of the world," which of course is at the center of this phone hacking constantly. mr. cameron has been left in the dust by the opposition party leader, so he's had a ways to come from behind, and serious questions still surround his matter of judgment on why he decided to hire mr. coulson. >> rose: he said nothing thatwot in the hiring of coulson, even though he had been warned? >> the prime minister clearly attac

mr. colson lied to him, it is about all the information that the prime minister ignored. >> there was questions about the prime minister's other choice of friends. there was many meetings with news international bosses with rebekah brooks and with rupert murdoch. he left london today on the morning after the most humble day of his life. >> did he ever discuss the question of the bid with news international? >> i never had one inappropriate conversation. >> it was the third time of asking and labor did not like the answer. >> i completely took myself out of any decision making about this. i had no role in it. i had no role in when the announcements would be made. >> what david cameron did was to rhetorically unhire andy card -- andy coulson. it was a day when more police officers were hired to address more allegations of hacking guaranteeing that there will be more days in which the prime minister's judgment will be questioned. >> the irish prime minister has launched an unprecedented attack on the roman catholic hierarchy. he accused the vatican of protecting the power and reputation of the chu

mr. colson lied to him. it's about all the information and warnings that the prime minister ignored. >> reporter: cameron fought accusations his staff tried to stop an investigation into the paper's hacking and bribery: the prime minister fought for two hours to distance himself from the worst political crisis he has faced since he took power 15 months ago. >> i'd say that the waters are lapping around his ankle. it will take a while before it drowns him and it probably never will drown him. >> reporter: cameron's also accused of cozying up to former murdoch ceo rebekah brooks. >> i have never held a slumber party or sign her in her pajamas. >> reporter: but he may be losing sleep as this scandal exposes the link between his own government, power media and the police. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> coming up, driving going to the dogs? how taking a dog for a ride could put new danger. >> plus, here's some food for thought. why experts say you could be overshopping at the grocery store. >>> and a slic

for hiring mr colson and bringing him into the heart of downing street. commentators say the prime minister came out on top in wednesday's rounds in the house of commons we were going to be grilled by these these relationships. but the fight is far from a once you know. he's damaged before the race he was going to develop and there's a tough one because none of that sort of damaging things that were in the government actually stopped him the scandal has forced resignations all round top executives at news corp and the u.k.'s two most senior police officers many are asking why the prime minister shouldn't be next for a knock out david cameron promised a full sort of apology if it turns out and he calls in lights ahead about his involvement with phone hacking but some say that won't be enough when it's over and we are a long way from that it's far from clear who can survive the round still to come and remain at the top of the media the police and the government nor at its heart. the host of the majority report says rupert murdoch is facing the collapse of h

more why doesn't he do more than give a half apology and provide the full apology now for hiring mr colson and bringing him into the heart of downing street. commentators say to pin spotted machine has placed the prime minister on a firmer footing following wednesday's game in the house of commons but the match is still far from won you know. he is damaged before he was going to develop the. camera because none of that sort of damage that would actually stop him the scandals forced resignations all round top executives at news corp and the u.k.'s two most senior police officers many are asking if the prime minister will be next to find himself lying face down in the gully david cameron's promised a full some apology if it turns out and he calls and was lying to him about his involvement in phone hacking but some say that. when they see is a long way from that it's far from clear who can survive the frame still to come and remain standing at the top of the media the police and the government. know we're at it oh it's london. they've solved on a communications director for the us and geo fre

more why doesn't he do more than give a half apology and provide the full apology now for hiring mr colson and bringing him into the heart of downing street. commentators say the prime minister came out on top in wednesday's round in the house of commons when he was grilled by peas over his relationship with news corp but the fight is far from a once you know. he is damaged before the race he was he was beginning to develop the teflon camera because none of the sort of damage that was in the government actually stuck to him the scandal has forced resignations all round top executives at news corp and the u.k.'s two most senior police officers many are asking why the prime minister shouldn't be next for a knock out david cameron promised a full some apology if it turns out and he calls in light to him about his involvement with phone hacking but some say that would be enough when it's over and we are a long way from that it's far from clear who can survive the rounds still to come and remain at the top of the media the police and the government your avatar. or new york based radio hey sam s

mr. colson's regulation -- resignation? >> all the time during his employment when there were articles appearing and a storm of allegations, i had that conversation with him many times because i had employed him and accepted his assurances to give to many others. in an end the reason for his resignation, giving up on a second chance is he felt he could go on doing the job which he did well. no one denies he did it well because of the allegations. in terms of contract i said what i said about transparency and that is right. >> i met yesterday with representatives from hacked off campaigning and behalf of victims for full inquiry. they have a range of requirements with sufficient inquiry. has the prime minister met with them and does he consider his current proposal to meet their demands? >> i will be meeting with him this afternoon. i look carefully at the briefing notes they have put out and listened carefully to his former colleague avant harris on the radio this morning. we have in terms of reference reflect a lot of conc

mr. colson.made the wrong choice. >> reporter: cameron was also questioned about his contact with world officials. he said today he did not have any inappropriate discussions with them and he also noted the labor party as well as his own conservatives long courted rupert murdoch and his company. >> everybody's done it and we have to admit that this sort of relationship needs to be changed and put on a more healthy basis. >> reporter: murdoch addressed the point at his own hearing before members of parliament. >> in the period after the arrest. >> i wish they'd leave me alone. >> reporter: the scandal has led to the resignations of managers, journalists and top police officials. with newly launched government investigation, more could come. >> they should pursue the evidence wherever it leads. >> reporter: all this has hurt cameron's popularity. but the opposition labor party did not gain any in the polls. there's enough blame to go around on all sides. >>> how can name a special animal marking an

mr. colson's assurances that the phone hacking over which he resigned is an isolated example of illegal activity. >> do you know what, mr. speaker? i think the public and the victims of this appalling scandal want us to rise above this and deal with the problems that this country faces. >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it. he just doesn't get it. >> i'm afraid, mr. speaker, the person who is not getting it is now the leader of the opposition. >> the unfolding firestorm was brought to light by hollywood actor hugh grant, a brit himself who secretly taped this former news of the world reporter talking about the unsavory practices that he says everyone in his organization condoned and even encouraged. here's hugh grant on why he did it. >> it began with just a personal grievance because i was a victim of phone hacking. and then i had this extraordinary piece of luck where i ran into an ex-features editor for the news of the world himself, it was an unlikely scenario where my car broke down, but anyway, he started boasting about hacking me, ha hacking everyone, all the dirty tricks of the news of

mr. colson's assurances that the phone hacking over which he resigned was an isolated example of illegal . >> do you know what, mr. speaker? do you know what, mr. speaker? i think that the fub lick and the victims of this appalling scandal want us to rise above this and deal with the problems that this country faces. >> mr. milliband. >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it. he just doesn't get it. >> i'm afraid, mr. speaker, the person who is not getting it is now the leader of the opposition. >> the unfolding firestorm was brought to life by hollywood actor hugh grant, a brit himself who secretly taped a former news of the world reporter talking about the unsavory practices that he says everyone in his organization condone and encourage. here's grant taking a very uneasy looking picture with that reporter paul mcmullen. i spoke with mcmullen who said that hacking phones to get information illegally happened all the time at the paper. >> everybody knew, i mean, it started from the time way back in the '90s when you could buy a scanner in a shop outside of a star's house and actually tape

mr. colson. >> i don't know about that at all. i don't know if you have knowledge about it. >> i'm sorry, you were going on? >> it just seems strange to me -- >> i don't know what was in the contract. i know there was a particular arrangement with max clifford. >> we might ask you to come back with details about that. but it seems odd to me as a layman, 600,000, a million pounds, andrew gray had his phone hacked and he doesn't have 600,000 or 500,000 or 200,000, he got 20,000. it seems bizarre somebody can have their phone hacked and get 20,000 and somebody else gets 600,000 or a million. surely you can see that the difference that most people draw is that one was when it was all out in the open and everybody knew about these things, andy gray, and the other was paid when it was all trying to be kept rather quiet, 600,000. do you not see that to most people looking at that, it sort of smells a bit? >> mr. davies, i understand where you're coming from and i understand how -- these are big sums of money we're talking about. 100,000,

mr. colson's regulation -- resignation? >> all the time during his employment when there were articles appearing and a storm of allegations, i had that conversation with him many times because i had employed him and accepted his assurances to give to many others. in an end the reason for his resignation, giving up on a second chance is he felt he could go on doing the job which he did well. no one denies he did it well because of the allegations. in terms of contract i said what i said about transparency and that is right. >> i met yesterday with representatives from hacked off campaigning and behalf of victims for full inquiry. they have a range of requirements with sufficient inquiry. has the prime minister met with them and does he consider his current proposal to meet their demands? >> i will be meeting with him this afternoon. i look carefully at the briefing notes they have put out and listened carefully to his former colleague avant harris on the radio this morning. we have in terms of reference reflect a lot of conc

mr. colson had a convicted criminal to workout -- work at "news of teh he world." even rebekah brooks said the decision was extraordinary. in may 2010, the deputy prime minister warned the prime minister about bringing him to downing street. he did nothing. on the september 30th, 2010, "the new york times" "did multiple sources saying he knew about the hacking at "news of the world." that article was enough to lead the police to open their inquiries and had led to the operation meetings. it triggered the termination of the metro police contract with neil wallis and it led to the offer by mr. yates to be briefed. the question is why? [crowd murmurs] the prime minister was compromised by his relationship with mr. cools and. therefore he could not be told anything at all about his investigation concerning a member of his own staff. he was hampered by a conflict of interest. the prime minister should not have to rely on briefings. this was a major investigation published by a leading newspaper about the prime minister's director of communication. mr. speaker, they meti

listening to private voice mails for stories towards former editor andy colson who later became a media director to the current prime. mr has always denied the allegations the man was destroyed professionally by views international the journalistic world in london is a very small amount was destroyed he was well known but he was drinking too much taking drugs he was depressed demoralized police are saying hall's death doesn't appear suspicious and they're looking at suicide dr kelly's death was also recorded as suicide although many including leading doctors and m.p.'s have never accepted that their suspicions of hardly been quelled by the fact the post-mortem reports and other evidence has been classified for seventy years ten arrests six resignations two convictions and one death that the toll of the phone hacking scandal so far the death of a key whistleblower in this scandal has raised questions but so far only amongst the twitter ossie it's being reported as a horrible and unfortunate coincidence but it's doubtful that if this had happened elsewhere say in russia or in india the british media would be so quick to a