mr. mcshane? >> i think the latter. my kind of guess is that his daughter's death made his profile much, much higher, and so, um, they got interested in him. and once they got interested in him, they got interested in me. so i suppose i was kind of collateral damage. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> recorded testimony from earlier. this is day one of seven in the british government's investigation into the culture of the media and its impact on public figures. this has arisen out of the british phone hacking scandal that's led to the destruction of privacy for a number of public figures. we're showing you recorded witness testimony from earlier this morning now. the committee is taking a lunch break. it's expected to last another 50 minutes or so. right now we'll show you comments from attorney graham shear who has a number of clients whose phones were hacked by media organizations. we will show you as much of this as we can until live testimony resumes. >> and it is a

mr. mcshane? >> i think the latter. i think the death of his daughter made his profile higher and they got interested in him and once they got interested in him they got interested in me so i suppose i was sort of collateral damage. >> thank you very much. >> we should break before the next witness. >> i think that is sensible. i'm perfectly content just to let people have a pwraebreak. i will say the same to witnesses that are coming. this is not always an entirely plenty ordeal. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today a look at the future of healthcare legislation with susan dentzler then a discussion about the defense authorization bill. later we will klatt with carol rosenberg of the "miami herald" on the cost of operating the guantanamo bay detention center. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the official white house christmas tree arrived friday. first lady michelle obama and sasha and malia got a look at the

mr. mcshane? >> i think the latter. i think the death of his daughter made his profile higher and they got interested in him and once they got interested in him they got interested in me so i suppose i was sort of collateral damage. >> thank you very much. >> we should break before the next witness. >> i think that is sensible. i'm perfectly content just to let people have a pwraebgbreak. i will say the same to witnesses that are coming. this is not always an entirely plenty ordeal. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today a look at the future of healthcare legislation with susan dentzler then a discussion about the defense authorization bill. later we will klatt with carol rosenberg of the "miami herald" on the cost of operating the guantanamo bay detention center. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the official white house christmas tree arrived friday. first lady michelle obama and sasha and malia got a look at th

mr. mcshane. which you see that as recently as december 2010, they ask you about that relationship, despite the fact it had ended some months earlier, i understand it. what's your view? was that appropriate? >> i think it, it depends entirely on the context, and it seems to me that there was a difference between somebody who's in the public eye like a politician, say, who makes, you know, what i would call traditional family values a part of his or her political platform. if somebody is saying, you know, the sanctity of marriage is very important and people shouldn't have, you know, cohabitational relationships or anything like that and they then kind of pose with their family in their election literature and so on, then i think maybe that's a different situation. but the point is that neither dennis nor i ever kind of quartered the press and invited them into our lives. and quite the opposite. and even of the occasions -- each of the occasions, and this had gone on at a low level for about 20 yea

mr. mcshane. >> i suppose i was collateral damage. >> thank you very much. >> we're going to take a short break before the next witnesses. >> i think that is sensible and i'm perfectly content to let people have a break. i will say the same to witnesses who are coming. this is not an always entirely pleasant ordeal. >> there was a flood in fort wayne. people were filling sandbags, desperately trying to keep the river. air force one stopped and had a motorcade. he took off his jacket and my memory is he filled three sandbags, said hello and i to everyone, got back in the car and got back in the plane. but that night, what filled the airwaves was not three sandbags, it was reagan filling sandbags with his shirt off. >> sam donaldson, andrea mitchell, and christopher dodd talk about the legacy of ronald reagan. new york city mayor, michael bloomberg, and marriott huffington discuss the american dream and opportunities in the u.s.. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin are awarded the gold medal. for the entire schedule, go to c-span.org. >> the newly designed c-span website makes it easier for you to