mr. wallis spent on the employment of mr. llis -- [laughter] did you go after tender for this contact? >> initially. my understanding at the time of the procurement was that the option of single term was in place. i asked about that. this would require 34th the size and scale of the. at the stage i went and got three quotes. and of those three quotes mr. wallis was by far the cheapest. >> you said you'd employed mr. wallis because you needed to beef up your department. you said he was very good. why then did you feel the need to employ mr. wallis for eight months because my deputy was out sick? >> so two days a month would help that? there's nobody else in your department who is not good enough to take is positioned? >> he was still relatively new with the post. my professional assessment was i needed some external help which was not available internally spent so you employ 45 people in your department. you felt no one was -- >> not at the senior level i was looking for. [inaudible] >> not at all. i can be very clear, the sort

mr. wallis to mr. fedorcio? >> i don't know that. >> you didn't make inquiries about that when you were asked? [inaudible] >> did you make inquiries about mr. wallis? wallis? at all from a mr. fedorcio? deana who recommended him speakers i do not recall how it came in this process in terms of who else on the list was responsible for producing the tendering process. i'm sure he said that. i was aware, presumably before 31st of august, 29, that neil wallis was one of those which is why i saw their assurances. >> been how he came to be one? >> i don't appear. >> you didn't suggest the name? >> that could well happen. it wouldn't have been speeded you didn't suggest you think? >> i can't recall. [talking over each other] he would have been one of them, you know, i can't recall the process but he was certainly because he was a guy that recently left his employment. is just the type of advisor we wanted them. so it's perfectly possible, yes. >> the job for mr. wallis' daughter, you say you -- >> i'm happy to provide e

mr. wallis to mr. fedorcio? >> i don't know that. >> you didn't make inquiries about that when you were asked? [inaudible] >> did you make inquiries about mr. wallis? wallis? at all from a mr. fedorcio? deana who recommended him speakers i do not recall how it came in this process in terms of who else on the list was responsible for producing the tendering process. i'm sure he said that. i was aware, presumably before 31st of august, 29, that neil wallis was one of those which is why i saw their assurances. >> been how he came to be one? >> i don't appear. >> you didn't suggest the name? >> that could well happen. it wouldn't have been speeded you didn't suggest you think? >> i can't recall. [talking over each other] he would have been one of them, you know, i can't recall the process but he was certainly because he was a guy that recently left his employment. is just the type of advisor we wanted them. so it's perfectly possible, yes. >> the job for mr. wallis' daughter, you say you -- >> i'm happy to provide e

mr. wallis in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and have no reason to do so. >> reporter: even with the head of police preparing to step down, scotland yard continues to make arrests. today it was rebekah brooks, former head of rupert murdoch's newspaper arm here in the uk, who resigned herself on friday. it was just a week ago that murdoch flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a meteoric rise at the company, becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. neil sean worked for another murdoch paper, "the sun." he is now an nbc news analyst. >> she rose to the top through sheer ambition, fantastic networking and, of course, an ability to do the job. >> reporter: it was in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that "news of the world" reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager milly dowler. a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking and has apologized. for the last decade the charismatic editor

mr. wallis' phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i do not and have no reason to do so. >> reporter: but ig snorns no defense in this affair which has shed light on the cozy and possibly corrupt ties between rupert murdoch's newspapers, the police, and britain's political elite. take rebekah brooks, the former murdoch editor and british c.e.o. who moved in all the right circles. she went to the police station on sunday to answer questions and instead was arrested. brooks is now out on bail and due to testify tomorrow in front of a parliamentary committee along with murdoch himself and his son, james. and in a strange twist to this whole affair, one of the most public whistle-blowers, a man called sean hoare, who was a former entertainment reporter for the "news of the world" was found dead at his home this evening. so far, anyway, police are saying the death is unexplained but not suspicious. bob? >> schieffer: thank you very much, liz. liz palmer in london. in this country, president obama claimed some

mr. wallis. it would never compromised him because of mr. coulson. why did he think that? his own deputy, john yates, had been told by the chief of staff that the prime minister should be told nothing. mr. speaker, this catastrophic error of judgment, hiring him, hanging on to him too long directly contributed the to the position the problems openly and as a position to resign. does the prime minister accept that is conflict of interest with this put the metropolitan police commissioner in an impossible position? my questions are about bskyb the ignored warnings about mr. coulson, and the met commissioner. there is one other question which matters now. he says that in hindsight he made a mistake by hiring mr. coulson. he said that if mr. coulson lighted to him that he would apologize. mr. speaker, that is not good enough. [crowd heckling] it is not about hindsight or whether mr. coulson why did to you, it is the warnings that the prime minister ignored. he was mourned the and he preferred to ignore the warnings. in the country needs the leadership that we need. why does he

mrs. cleaver. >> hi eddy. >> that is a neat looking apron. >> can eddy stay for lunch? >> wally mrs. cleaver i can just sit here and watch wally eat. >> i am sure we have enough, eddy. >> many don't understand why she vacuumed in pearls but they said it was a lighting issue. >> people say why was she always so dressed up? >> she was one of the first super models. she was in new york she was skinny. when she came out here to do lever it to beaver two muscles in her neck made a shadow when had he lit her. they needed a piece of jewelry that would cover through there that she could wear all of the time. >> pearls are something she could wear all of the time. when you wear pearls to vacuum you have to wear an apron and high heals.heal >> they were the modern family of their time but the first episode almost didn't air. >> in the 50s you could look at a comic book and in the back page television you could send to florida for an alligator and they could send it as a pet. that was one of our shows. what the boys did because they asked june and ward if they could have a petal gator they

mr. speaker, the prime minister -- the prime minister has said that neil wallace -- wallis was never confirmed by the conservative party. can you confirm that he never received any payment for individuals or organizations working on behalf of the conservative party? >> i said the conservative party didn't employ him or have a contract with him or pay him. he did do some informal work for mr coulson. the reason we know that is we announced it before the house of commons went down. we wanted to get this information out and when we get to the bottom of the work he did not like the complete lack of transparency and the party opposite we make that detail available. >> the recent remarks from the lord -- ward cit note that as a result of this inquiry politicians can impose what he called balance on the media. does he share my view that that is very dangerous? >> we want a free and vigorous press. sometimes it is infuriating but the idea of having equal coverage given to every point of view would kill the vibrancy of the press and respect him as i do if we had equal coverage the papers would take a l

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