mr. michelle to you, mr. michelle had a meeting with rupert harrison i think we established before lunch is the special adviser to mr. george osbourn, right? >> yes. >> this was a way into finding what was going on at the high level and we can see that from the text of the email. confirmed tensions and his current policy positions. vince made a political decision, this is the issue, probably without reading the legal advice and confirmed also by vickie and david yesterday. do you think it's appropriate, mr. mur doc that here you are getting confidential information as to what is going on at the high level in government? >> i think -- what i was concerned here is the substance of what was being communicated not the channel. he was engaged with political vizzers with westminster to put it broadly. he reports back what he is being told. and at no point in here did he or the company put forward anything legitimate. i was concerned to hear the substance of what i was hearing. i thought you were going to ask do you

mr. michel to you, mr. michel had a meeting with harrison who i think as we established before lunch is a special adviser to mr. george osborne, is that right? >> that is what he said earlier, yes. >> this was a way into finding out what was going on at a high level, and we can see that from the text of the e-mail. firm tensions in the coalition around his cable and his current policy positions, this made a political decision. this is the issue of the intervention notice, probably without even reading the legal advice, as confirmed was also by vicki price and david lord yesterday. do you think it's appropriate, mr. murdoch, that here you are getting confidential information as to what's going on at the high level in government? >> i think, i think that, what i was concerned with here was the substance of what was being communicated, not necessarily the channel by which it was being communicated. mr. michel's job was to engage with special advisors at the political level, with westminster to put it broadly, t

mr. michelle and mr. hunt's office? >> no, and i don't want to say anything against mr. michelle. but i think there could have been a little bit of exaggeration there. >> maybe you weren't surprised, because you would or you might assume that mr. hunt's office would be on side in support of

mr. michele and mr. cable. is that right? >> i am not sure i recall fred being on the telephone or not but he was there with me. it was a direct call to mr. cable from the other day we announce the proposal to make an offer. >> the call went well. he did say there would not be -- would not be a policy issue in this case and mr. michele -- we should have reported him -- in a sense that is ironic on two levels. he didn't see much on top of it. made the announcement. you told him in relation to the size of our group, and i will ask you about it. the cable said it is coming as planned. >> it is the annual -- in june around this time and summer party for every one. it is an advertiser or some politicians, partners, executives and so on. a big party that we throw. >> the next stage, 01643, again to mr michele, to you, mr. anderson copy it and we discussed who he is. he said mr. mitchell speaking. have a call from hunt's adviser. this is a time when mr. hunt has no relationship to the decision. is that correct? >> he didn't have a r

mr. michelle and mr. hunt's office? >> no, and i don't want to say anything against mr. michelle, but i think there could have been a little bit of exaggeration there. >> well, maybe you weren't surprised because you would or you might assume that mr. hunt's office would be on side in supporting news international, in which case there'd be nothing in the 163 pages which would cause you surprise or -- >> i didn't read the 163 pages, i'm sorry. but i certainly tasted them, if you will. >> what about an answer to my question, mr. murdoch? [laughter] >> did i i assume that mr. hunt was on our side? >> yes, that's right. >> no. i assumed that any responsible minister would be responsible and deal with it in a completely unbiased way. i thought that dr. cable was an exception. >> we understand dr. cable anti-murdoch, but surely turning the other way round mr. hundt, pro-murdoch. >> i don't think -- [inaudible] >> is it true that the longer that this went on, the higher the price might have to be? >> no. well, the longer it went on, the breedier the hedge -- greedier the hedge f

mr. michel's e-mails? >> mr. michel has acknowledged that in the 54 e-mails in which he refers to conversations with me, in fact he didn't have any all. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in the process, why didn't the secretary of state manages special adviser properly to ensure his office acted with integrity? >> as a matter of great regret to me of what happened happened. but if i may say, the party opposite also has lessons to learn about managing special advisors when they were in office. >> thank you, mr. speaker. sentence first, verdict after but it is not the principle of english law. it is not the principle of public law but it is certainly not a principle the tories have served in this house. >> does my right honorable friend share my disappointment with the opportunism we've heard from the right honorable lady today, demonstrated contempt for due process, the precise form of content of which he himself is accused? >> my ibook friend makes an excellent point, and let me just remind him of what lord justice, what

mr. michelle's e-mails -- >> mr. machel has acknowledged that in the 54 e-mails in which -- mr. machel has acknowledged that in the 54 e-mails 40 -- mr. michelle has acknowledged that in the 54 e-mails where he mentioned to me, he did not have conversations with me. >> the party opposite has some lessons to learn about managing special advisers. >> thank you, mr. speaker. sentence first. verdict after. it may well be a principal sufficient in alice in wonderland. it is not sufficient in english law. it is not observed in this house. does my right honorable friend share my disappointment that the opportunism we have heard from the right honorable gentleman demonstrates contempt for due process, the precise form of content that he himself is accused of? >> he makes an excellent point. let me remind him of what the lord justice said this morning. he said, i do not seek to constrain parliament. it seems the better course is to allow this inquiry to -- to succeed. >> the secretary brings in a special adviser and actually does not know what he is doing. many i asked the secretary a si

mr. michel and mr. hunt's office? >> no, and i don't want to see -- say anything against mr. michel but i think there's a bit of exaggeration there. >> well maybe you weren't surprised that you would or you might assume that mr. hunt's office would be on side of news international in which case there would be nothing in the 163 pages which would cause you surprised. >> i have not read the 163 pages, i'm sorry, but i've certainly i have certainly tasted them if you well. >> what about an answer to my question mr. murdoch? >> did ism that mr. hunt was on our side? no, i assume that any responsible minister would be responsible and deal with a completely unbiased way. i thought the doctor cable was an exception. >> we understand is dr. cable -- but certainly turning it the other way around, that must have been something -- >> is a true that the longer this went on the higher the price might have to be? >> no, the longer it went on the hedge funds got in their big talk. that was their way of negotiating. it always is. >> is it your feeling mr. murdoch that were it not for really t

mr. michele's activity?>> a did not see anything wrong with these activities. >> was your surprise only on this fact that it should have happened sooner? we should've gotten a bit sooner? >> i was just surprised at the success of the competitors lobbying and of course, they would never succeeded if it had not coincide with the hacking scandal. >> were you not surprised by the success of mr. michele's a lot being? >> i cannot understand the reasons. >> were you not surprised by the degree of closeness between mr. machel and mr. hunt? >> nel. i do not want to say anything about mr. machel. i think that is a little bit of an exaggeration. >> maybe you were not surprised because you were assuming that mr. hunt's office would be inside in which case there would be nothing that would cause you -- >> i am sorry. >> what about my question? >> did i assume mr. hunt was on the outside? no. i assumed he would be responsible and completely unbiased. i thought that dr. cable was an exception. >> we understand dr. cable.

mr. michele and mr. cable. is that right? >> i am not sure i recall fred being on the telephone or not but he was there with me. it was a direct call to mr. cable from the other day we announce the proposal to make an offer. >> the call went well. he did say there would not be -- would not be a policy issue in this case and mr. michele -- we should have reported him -- in a sense that is ironic on two levels. he didn't see much on top of it. made the announcement. you told him in relation to the size of our group, and i will ask you about it. the cable said it is coming as planned. >> it is the annual -- in june around this time and summer party for every one. it is an advertiser or some politicians, partners, executives and so on. a big party that we throw. >> the next stage, 01643, again to mr michele, to you, mr. anderson copy it and we discussed who he is. he said mr. mitchell speaking. have a call from hunt's adviser. this is a time when mr. hunt has no relationship to the decision. is that correct? >> he didn't have a r

mr. michel and mr. hunt's office? >> no, and i don't want to say anything against mr. michel but i think they -- there could've been a little bit of exaggeration there. >> well maybe you weren't surprised but you would or you might assume that mr. hunt's office would be outside in which case there would be nothing in the 163 pages which would cause you surprise. >> i have not read those 163 pages, i'm sorry. >> what about the answer to my question mr. murdoch? >> did i assume that mr. hunt was on our side? >> that's right. >> no, i assumed that any responsible minister would be responsible and deal with it in a completely unbiased way. i thought the doctor cable was an exception. >> we understands dr. cable, anti-murdoch, but surely turning the other way around, mr. hunt pro-mode it. that must have been -- [inaudible] >> is it sure that the longer this went on the higher the price might have to be? >> no. the longer it went on the greedy are they got and there was big talk. that was their way of negotiating. it always is. >> is it your feeling mr. murdoch that were it n

mr. michelles was freely using jeremy's name when on occasions he hadn't been talking to jeremy.e was purr vaiing the views of jeremy hunt, we'll see, but think a completely wrong perception has been used by jchlt h. when you haven't talked to him. as hunt emphasized, he sought, as he did not need to to, the advice of independent regulators. >> where does this leave the murdoches themselves and the corporation internationally in your view? how far is this going. >> well, i think the whole thing has been immensely damaging, and i think there's a big question mark over the newspaper empire in this country. >> and media ownership is -- i mean are those rules -- we've seen they obviously didn't end up -- they pulled out of the deal for bskyb anyway. do you think the rules of the ownership will be changed or the policing of the media needs to be changed or actually are the rules good enough and they need to be enforced? >> i think the rules are good enough. they need to ben forced. i think saying for example some people are saying there shouldn't be any foreign ownership of newspapers

mr. sanchez. i'm michelle, 20 belgrave. i just want to go over a couple of points that the representative made earlier. he talks about a pattern in our neighborhood. he is absolutely correct, there is a pattern, but it was not the one that he suggested about what size. what it is about is green space. he continually talks about what size, but never talks about density. the average density on our street is 0.5 house to lot. both of his projected projects would be 1.0-plus. i am also concerned about every time we have talked with them, the square footage of the homes have changed. there is not one time they have been consistent. so the number we are seeing today is different from what he showed in the first place. my question is, if this variance is approved, what will the actual square footage of the bill out be? we have tried to work with them. we talked. he came back to us and said specifically u that specifically use one single lot, build one single house, and make his money back. the only reason he is seeking this varian

michelle obama. she donated hers personally? >> actually, mrs. obama came and presented the dress and the jewelry and the shoes. but they were actually donated, and she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate. and mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason woo and jimmy choo donated the pieces. they're donated. when you see the label, donated by jason woo in honor of michelle obama. and mrs. obama came to present the pieces to the museum. >> what goes into deciding which dress to wear? and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husband's administration? >> i think -- i think we like it to maybe be a little more political than it probably is. when we did -- there is a video playing in this exhibition, and we were lucky enough to interview rosalynn carter and laura bush about the dresses that they chose, thinking maybe there was symbolism. and mrs. carter in reality for sentimental reasons wore a dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. and mrs. bush j

mr. michel and mr. richard moore because you see, this is that people who are involved in the community will do. it will finally look at you and see something in your eyes and say okay, i'm going to help you continue this. i went to the bookstore and it to paper box full of books. i did take a cab home because i couldn't afford it. i took the book then we started like studies the ninth of books already. then i came back the next day to mr. richard moore who was a leftist. richard moore was an amazing hand. yet his story so narrow -- i used to say you've always been in sideways to get in. but what about he said he was up on one of those getting some books and was they who are you? he said you're the one ms. hudson sent me and i said yes. he said this litany of west indian writers. i haven't read them. he says and you call yourself educated? and he came down off this big roller and then he brought in books for me, too. i came back to mr. morris bookstore because the arafat told the students from columbia

mr. michel and mr. richard moore because you see, this is that people who are involved in the community will do. it will finally look at you and see something in your eyes and say okay, i'm going to help you continue this. i went to the bookstore and it to paper box full of books. i did take a cab home because i couldn't afford it. i took the book then we started like studies the ninth of books already. then i came back the next day to mr. richard moore who was a leftist. richard moore was an amazing hand. yet his story so narrow -- i used to say you've always been in sideways to get in. but what about he said he was up on one of those getting some books and was they who are you? he said you're the one ms. hudson sent me and i said yes. he said this litany of west indian writers. i haven't read them. he says and you call yourself educated? and he came down off this big roller and then he brought in books for me, too. i came back to mr. morris bookstore because the arafat told the students from columbia

mr. obama and first lady michelle host the 134th annual white house easter egg roll, more than 135 people including a whole lot of kids will gather for games stories and the traditional egg roll. >>> to rome where people from all over the world gathered for easter mass the massive crowd coming together to hear the pope's easter greetings, greg burke gives us all a front row seat. >> reporter: it is the most important day on the christian calendar where so many show up for mass and greetings from the pope. the pope giving his greetings from the balcony in 65 languages all about the joy of easter he sang the encounter of the risen christ should change people's lives this is a healing experience one that lets you know god's goodness and truth the pope offered a special prayer for all those christians around the world suffering discrimination or persecution the crowds in rome have been massive all this week the people have been blessed with good weather most of the time certainly today an over flow crowd in the square as you can see from the faces and the flags, they come from all over the wo

try, 3,000 trees was planted on march 27th, 2012, and we were very happy that the first lady, michelle obama, mrses again this year. >> it's amazing how the whole display looks today, because it is breathtaking. >> i agree. to tell you the truth, we don't have this kind of place, too, in japan. we don't have a huge area like tidal basin, so this is breathtaking for japanese as well. >> and yet as magnificent as it is, it lasts for just a short season. >> you see, i will explain the cherry blossoms as three bees. first bee is brightness. it comes with spring. so it's sort of a sign of a spring. second b, blossom. doesn't sneed explanation. third b, brevity. it goes away right away. >> we had a very warm, early start to our spring season. and what impact did that have on these trees for this 100th celebration? >> i was saying at the opening ceremony that we had very beautiful one week of cherry blossoms. who wants thanksgiving, birthday, and christmas altogether? it's good that we enjoy cherry blossoms. now we're going to enjoy the festival. >> don't you think also what's so wonderful about this, i

mr. president. >> well, when michelle obama took a trip to spain, right wingers like michelle bachmann had a fit.ere she is clomping around the beach side in her designer shoes at a time when so many people are feeling the pain that obviously michelle obama is not in touch with. >> it's not just the obama's in in 2004 fox news was relentless against john carry for his frenchness. >> they are saying he looks french. >> the man who would be america's first french president. >> are the republicans going to effectively be able to make him french? good afternoon, everybody. >> so much for the conservatives freedom fries and liberty toast. time to break out the bordeux. the republicans have a french speaking nominee with harvard degrees that's worth a quarter of a billion dollars plus he has zero ability to connect to anyone who routinely strolls around the eiffel tower. you're going to need it, dude. >>> next up, sean hannity is challenging mitt romney for the title of the most out of touch person in america. i think sean may have the edge tonight. you won't believe what he had to say. stay with us. [

. >> froedtert michelle said he obtained a copy of what mr. hunt would be telling the house of commons the following day. >> you manage to get some info for the plan for tomorrow, although absolutely illegal. what do you make of that? >> i thought it was a joke. there was a wink. it is a joke. >> tonight, as james murdock departed from the high court -- for his part, mr. hunt declined to comment. >> i am sorry, i am not going to say anymore now. >> tonight's the culture secretary has resisted calls for him to step down and has asked for his appearance at the leveson inquiry to be moved up. we have always known that the murdoch's for close to successive british government. what more did we learn this morning? >> what we learned was the detail of his pursuit to acquire all of british sky broadcasting, the biggest broadcasting company in terms of revenue. it has always been a very controversial bid. there is a lot of popular opposition to it. the veil was drawn back today on the conversations that news corp. had with very senior government minist

mrs. romney. and first lady michelle obama tweeted that "every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected." later, rosen issued an apology, saying her words were "poorly chosen". the presidential battle in egypt has taken a new turn. islamists in parliament pushed through a bill today to ban officials who served under ousted president hosni mubarak from seeking the office. it was aimed mainly at former vice president omar suleiman. he announced he's running in the may election after the muslim brotherhood fielded a candidate. egypt's ruling military council would still have to approve the ban. the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, said today he's considering holding presidential elections a year early. the vote is currently set for 2014, when most nato combat forces are scheduled to hand over security to the afghans and withdraw. karzai said it might be better to schedule one or the other for 2013, instead. he discussed the situation with nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen during a meeting in kabul. >> this is something that i have been thinking about. i have had some cons

mr. obama over comments he made about how poor he and michelle were and they had to pay off their collegeoans after they were, i guess, making a six figure income. >> right, look, this is a close race. if romney were ten points down easy for the media to say obama is great and romney stinks and look forward to a second term. they've 0 got to cover their bets and could be covering president romney in nine months and they don't want 0 antagonize them. >> how much longer do we have to pretend that the podu schpod aren't campaign events. >> sauls when there's an incumbent president. this man is president now and more than hath of appearances are almost nothing, but campaign events, but how do you distinguish? and who distinguishes? it's a really tough program for romney. >> jake tapper asked at the white house, how you distinguish presidential travel from campaign travel. >> well, congress has done the same thing for years, they'll go on these junkets they call fact finding mission and hold them for an hour and go out golfing for three days. they're not an example of how to properly spend the

michelle, i own walmart. sometimes boring is beautiful. >> mr. cortez i am cutting you off because we have to go to kate kelly at the breaking news desk. kate? >> i want to update you on something hitting the market. it's a research note from meredith whitney who made her fame citigroup call in 2007 when they were headed for some major losses. in this case she is upgrading citigroup from underperforming to a hold. this is research from yesterday following better than expected earnings from citigroup, but it's just hitting the market now, which is why we're talking about it. we're upgrading citi shares in improving metrics, temper the probability of a significant absolute share price decline. she goes on to say, they beat street expectations in terms of their earnings per share, they were driven by banking. i was taking a look at the comps this morning in which goldman sachs announced. jp morgan actually did a shade better than goldman sachs. goldman sachs actually shook them on equities. >> you already told us you're in this stock. anybody else e

mr. obama, he wore a classic black tux. first lady, michelle obama wore a strapless multicolor gown and no word on who designed her dress, we'll call it fabulous. >>> the redskins aren't the only ones making a debut. bryce harper takes the field for the first time. he is barely out of high school. we'll tell you how his first game went. >> it's wet weather across our area and storms across areas of the mountains. how long will this stick around and when will the sun return? i'll have those answers coming up a little later. we'll be back after the break. [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is important to any successful business, which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you reduce expenses, and maximize cash flow. as the number-one small business lender for nine years running, we're with you when you need us so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> coming up, we're talking about the weather.

michele. >> and what is mrs. romney's sport? dressage. >> exactly.when you talk about accessibility and empathy, he has the middle class at heart, a lot has been made about the comments of the silver spoon and the fact that the president said i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. at the end of the day, i don't know that that was an indictment of mitt romney as much as president obama talking about his incredible personal story. >> sure he doesn't have a silver spoon but he has a golden throat. >> you prepared that one. >> not at all. >> i am a baptist preacher, improve have iization is the trade and tool. president obama is speaking not just for himself but for millions of other american who's weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouth and doesn't have daddy's weight of wealth to back them up. that's nos disgruntlement with wealth because obama is a pretty wealthy guy too but he's in comparison to romney but he identifies with them and he feels he gets it. he's written a couple books talking about his struggles, he talks about what it m

michelle obama. contestants will head to dc to visit with mrs. obama where she will workout with the cast and visiting family members. >>> president obama welcoming brazil's president for the meetings at the white house, part of the on going talks regarding the partnership between the u.s. and brazil across a wide range of issues. >>> view a piece of history, ancestry.com is releasing titanic related records. the collection comes from the uk and u.s. national archives and nova scotia, review the records all week long. >>> the induction ceremony will be reunion of sorts for guns and roses. inductions includes shows of the obesity boys and bb king and red hot chili peppers. >>> temperatures are above average this morning, 48 degrees right now in lutherville, psychsville the same. 49 to be exact. frederick 53. good manchester, 46 degrees, my friend walter there, 43 aberdeen and chester town 49. winds are west, 2-10 miles per hour. lutherville 2, 10 frederick and 7 rockville. i don't want you to think this is the way that it's going to be through the

mrs. obama, according to a new abc poll, both michelle obama and ann romney are more popular for their husbandss point, asbestos is. but while only 56% have a positive view of the president, 69% have a favorable view of mrs. obama. do you think they use these polls when they have a fight? excuse me, the last time i checked, 69% of everyone is on my side. think about that. ann romney has a 40% favorable rating, that tops mitt who is at 35%. that's not a great number. today, the romney campaign released a new ad they hope will start to get things turned around. >> ann romney. look, she's the one who put our dog on the roof of the car. i told her not to. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> jimmy: politics is a very tough business. vice president biden gave a speech on foreign policy this morning. he's the best. there's something about vice presidents that, i don't know if they pick them because they are funny or maybe it's the job that makes them funny. whatever the case, they're funny. >> now is the time to heed the timeless advice from teddy roosevelt. speak softly, and carry a big s

. >>> tonight right here on nbc 4, first lady michelle obama will guest star on "the biggest loser." mrs. obama invites the contestants to a reunion at the white house. this is not all fun. they still do some working out there. the first lady will talk to them about how their behavior can impact their kids' behavior. this is part of a two-part makeover episode. you can watch "the biggest loser" here on nbc 4 tonight at 8:00. >> you know she's not going to invite them over and not put

mrs. ann romney. >> thank you. >> first lady michelle obama spoke to iowa campaign volunteers tuesday about their efforts to re-elect president obama in november. the event took place at the community and event center in windsor heights just outside of des moines. this is about 15 minutes. >> i want you to know that the grassroots work that you all are doing to get people focused and fired up, that work is the core of our campaign, it truly is, because that's who we are. that's what we do. we reach out, right? we bring folks from all different backgrounds into this democratic process, right? and that's how we did it four years ago. and that's how we're going to get it done again today. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "four more years"] >> but, you know, the one thing i know is that all the work you're doing, it isn't easy. and i know you all are putting in long hours. that i know. we've been through this. i know you've got families to raise. you have jobs to do, classes to attend. but i also know that there's a reason that you all are devoting so much of your lives to this cause. i know there's a r

appears that the car that hit the hydrant derive away first lady michelle obama braved the wind and rain to make a special visit to the bay area. mrsobama helped to commission the first coast guard vessel named after a woman many more than 25 years. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama was protected from the rain for a few steps before the wind made it a witz walk to the stage. police obama was on the coast guard i'm in alameda for the commissioning ceremony for the coast guard cutter stratton. >> i hereby place coast guard cutter strattonn in commission. >> reporter: the honor guard had to go indoors and the cutter took a hit when the string of flags was ripped of and fell into the water. >> you are all troopers. >> reporter: the first lady saved her biggest praise for dorothy stratton. captain stratton oversaw the growth of women's reserve of the coast guard. >> these women are heroes. they served this country so bravely and broke so many barriers. >> reporter: 44 former spars were at the event. >> something to be a spar. [ laughter ] >> reporter: including betty reef, reeves, but women didn't serve on the boats. >> aa commands

. >> when i think about what michelle's had to do, when i think about miami own mom, a sister, that's work. >> mr. obama also says the families of candidates should not be used as targets in political campaigns. >>> coming up on "the morning news" a mayor turned hero. newa newark, new jersey's corey booker rescues a woman from a burning building. >>> we'll have all the top stories from around the world. plus, we will look back almost 30 years to when charles first butched into the domino man. now see what happens when steve hartman bumps into dominos when he goes on the road. never missed opening day. i but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis,