but we didn't -- we weren't in a situation where neil wallace's buddy was working for us. did the prime minister know neil wallace was giving advice to the metropolitan police. >> no i didn't know. and in relation to the work he did for the work for andy coulson i was unaware of that. that's an important point and one of the issues is the transparency and information that there was about neil wallace and the metropolitan police. the one thing everyone has to say about number 10 downing street, there was no hiding the fact that we had employed andy coulson. >> mr. simon hughes. >> mr. speaker, i join the prime minister to paying attention to paul stevenson and thank him for the announcements he has made but will he now explicitly say that he accepts that all governments from this one back for over 20 years have been far too close to the media giants in this country? that has to end which means no back-door visits to number 10. and that we should be able to have not just sight of party political parties but if necessary cabinet papers and the recommendations of the informati

officers and indeed by the head of the home affairs select committee. >> andrew miller, returning to neil wallace, clearly, the prime minister said it was only sunday that he knew about mr. wallace's role. but others around him knew of mr. wallace's role well before that. doesn't he feel that down then including by mr. coulson? >> the point i make to the best of your knowledge the first i knew was sunday. we are getting to the bottom of what this formal advice was and when we have information about that, just as we've been transparent about all the media meetings, all the meetings with the moguls, about everything else, we can then make that information available. and while he's doing that, he should have a word with his party leader and ask him to be equally transparent. >> eleanor lange. >> does the prime minister agree with me that the vast majority of the people in the country who political point-scoring of the westminster village that has been going on here. but that they will warmly welcome his setting up of the inquiries today will hope that the inquiries will get on with their work and th

is the man whose arrest caused a crisis, the former democrat editor of the "news of the world" neil wallace. scotland yard admitted two years ago they had hired him to help them improve their public relations. it has emerged that his daughter worked for the metropolitan police and john yates is alleged to help her get the job. when he went to downing street to learn how to restore the image, he made no mention of the relationship with neil waltz. it was that failure to be open that cost him and john yates they're careers. what divides the prime minister and the men from the met is oddly what also connects them. both hired former "news of the world" men to improve their image, the former editor, his deputy neil wallace was hired by yates and stevenson. all insist that they knew nothing about hacking. >> welcome, >> thank you very much. >> the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he will return home to make another statement on hacking disputing the holiday by a day. the labor leader says he is incapeable to give the leadership that is required. >> the country needs s

. >> and this the man who unwittingly caused the crisis at the met, neil wallace. he was the deputy editor at "news of the world" at the time phone hacking was widespread. scotland yard had admit they hired the man they arrested to help them improve their public relations. it's rather too late for that. last week sir paul stephenson went to down downing street to talk about restoring the met's image. he made no mention of the relationship. when the prime minister found out, as we furious. so what divided david cameron is the met from the men is oddly what connects them -- bother "news of the world" men to improve their image. the paper's editor, who resigned after hacking was exposed of insisting he knew nothing about it, and the deputy neil wallace also insisted he knew nothing about it and he was hired by john yates and sir paul stevenson. >> welcome. >> thank you very much. >> the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he is cutting it short to return home to make another statement on hacking, postponing m.p. holidays by a day. the labor l

whether the conservative party had also employed neil wallace.onservative party chairman assured all accounts have been gone through and confirmed to me that neither neil wallace nor his company has ever been employed by or contracted by the conservative party, nor has the conservative party made payments to either of them. it has been drawn to our attention -- it has been drawn to our attention he may have provide andy colson with some informal advice on a voluntary basis before election. to the best of my knowledge i didn't know anything about this until sunday night. but as with revealing this information we'll be entirely transparent about this issue. finally, finally, mr. speaker, there is the question whether everyone, the media, the police, politicians is taking responsibility in an appropriate manner. i want to address my own responsibilities very directly and that brings me to my decision to employ andy colson. i have said very clearly that if it turns out andy colson knew about the hacking at the "news of the world" he'll not only have

neil wallace who, as you know, was arrested in connection last week. >> what brought sir paul stevensonop cop down? his dealings with a former police department media consultant, neil wallace, who was once executive editor of a news of the world paper. that brings us to rebecca brooks at the top of the news corp. food chain. as cnn's atika schubert reports tonight, brooks had a long way to fall. >> reporter: in the cozy world of british politics and media rebecca brooks was at its center. she wineded and dineded the rich and powerful on behalf of her boss and mentor. brooks first came to news international as a secretary at news of the world. she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming she was soon the youngest editor of the news of the world. shortly after that, the sun, both owned by murdock international. she spear headed a campaign to name and shame alleged pedophiles publishing names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of the sun she te

the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have a suggestion that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace 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. 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. restoring confidence in news corp may be difficult. something the company admitted in a second full-page ad in british papers this weekend. "apologizing for our mis

paul stevenson, top man at scotland yard resigned yesterday in part because he hired neil wallace asnt. wallace used to work at news of the world. john yates, number two stepped down yesterday because he refused to reopen the hacking scandal investigation a few years ago. he also has ties to neil wallace. >>> stephanie gosk, we tried to put this together the best we can. tell us more on the tangled web of britain. >> yes, it's not easy. people will look that and go, huh? it's been a mind db-bending story and that's because this is widespread. we are seeing that. this has been an unbelievable 37 hours where you have the top two men in charge of scotland yard resigning. rebekah brooks one of the murdoch's most trusted executives getting arrested and this news journalist has showed up dead. what you are seeing right now is the affect of this web on various facets of society here in this country, including the police force and parliament and the government. david cameron coming under increasingly intense rebuke for his relationships with news corp as well. chris? >> michael wolfe, bring

part because he hired neil wallace used to work at news of the worlds. john yates, number two at cotland yard step down yesterday because he refused to open the hacking scandal investigation a few years ago and also has ties to neil wallace. stephanie, we've tried to put that together as best we can, give us more on this tangled web in britain. >> chris, it's not easy and people will look at that and go huh? it is very confusing, this has been a mind-bending story because news corp. and its influence in this country is wide spread and we're now seeing that. this has been an unbelievable 36 hours where you have the top two men in charge of scotland yard resigning, rebekah brooks getting arrested, now this strange news of this journalist who has shown up dead, and what you are seeing right now is the affect of this web on various facets of society here in this country, including the police force and parliament and the government. david cameron coming under increasingly intense rebuke for his relationships with news corp. as well. chris? >> michael wolffe,

discuss how to restore the matt's image, he made no reference of the course pep relationship with neil wallace. it was that which cost him and yates their careers. what divides the prime minister and the man from the met is also what connects them. both hired former "news of the world" meant to help their image. all insist that they knew nothing about hacking. the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa to make another statement on hacking, postponing mp holidays by a day. the labor leader said he is incapable of giving the leadership it desired. >> the prime minister is unable to show that leadership because of the decision he made to hire and the -- andy coulson in the first place, and to answer questions about bringing him to the heart of downing street, and his inexplicable failure to apologize for this terrible error of judgment. >> speaking before the news of yates' resignation, david cameron said there was no comparison between his behavior and that of the metropolitan police. >> i do not believe the situations are the same in any shape or form. in terms of andy cou

the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have heard suggestions we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and had no reason to do so. >> reporter: even with the head of police preparing to step down, scotland yard continues to make arrests. 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 immediate otheric rise at the condition, becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. neil sean worked for another murdoch newspaper, "the sun". >> she rose to the top through sheer ambition, networking and an ability to do the job. >> reporter: in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that "news of the world" reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager milly dowlor, a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking and has apologized. for the las

personally suspected of wrongdoing but it was on his watch that the former news of the world editor neil wallace was hired as a p.r. consultant to the police. he has since been arrested in connection with hacking. when this scandal exploded two weeks ago no one dreamed how many powerful people would be dragged in and down. in the u.s. les hinton publisher of the wall street journal resigned on friday. he may face further questions what he knew as a top murdock executive in britain in 2007. and then there are the murdocks themselves. rupert, the tycoon head of news corp., the world's largest media conglomerate after disney and his son james who authorized payments to victims although he says he didn't have the full picture of what was going on and regrets he did. >> there is no one else to throw over. the boat is still sinking. one set of people left and they are all called rupert. >> reporter: they will be grilled by parliament here in london on tuesday. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> tens of thousands of people dead in mexico is now a violent new video game. violence, sex, blood and mo

the former deputy editor neil wallace. they hired him to give years ago to improve public relations. it emerged today that his daughter works for the police and john davis is alleged to of help to get the job. -- john yates is alleged of helping her get the job. he made no mention of the relationship with wallace. that is what cost him and john yates their careers. what divides the prime minister and the man is oddly what connects them. both hired "news of the world" to help improve their image. wallace was hired by yates and stevenson. all of them insist they knew nothing about hacking. the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he is cutting it short to return home to make another statement. the labor leader says he is not capable of giving the leadership required. >> the company needs strong leadership to restore trust in politics, the press, and the police. the prime minister is unable to show that leadership because of the decision he made to hire andy in the first place. he has failed to answer

the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have had heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and had 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 flaw 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 shon worked for another murdoch partner, the sun. he is now a news analyst. >> 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 millie dowler, a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking, and has apolo

neil wallace was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have heard suggestions we must are suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally, that i did not and had 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 in the uk who resigned herself on friday. it was just a week ago murdoch flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a rise at the krngs becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. neil sean worked for another murdoch paper "the sun" and now an nbc analyst. >> she rose to the top through sheer ambition, fantastic networking and an ability to do the job. >> reporter: in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that "news of the world" reports allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager, milly dowler. brooks denied any phone hacking and apologized. she has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous and the powerful. she has had close persona

yates is a great freepped of neil wallace, known him for a long time, and neil wallace was the deputy editor of the news of the world around the time the original phone hacking accusations, did you think asking mr. yates of doing the up vest gages -- investigation at that point? >> there's several things there. firstly, to repeat, i had no reason to doubt mr. wallace at all. there was absolutely no reason for me to do that so i can't see how there's a conflict. i knew mr. yates was a friend of wallace, but it wasn't relative to what i asked him to do, and the only reason i asked him to do it because he was in charge of a business group that recently did the investigation. the review was to look really whether the original investigation got it right and whether or not phone hacking was more extensive, and you went on with the ainsurances you gave them. surely mr. wallace had been an employee of news international, been in the newsroom as deputy editor creates a conflict of interest. >> well, of course, your sentence is not the case, sir. can i remind you what i asked mr. yates to do, a

personally suspected of wrongdoing but it was on his watch that the former "news of the editor" neil wallace as hired as a pr consultant to the police. he's since been arrested in connection with hacking. when this scandal exploded two weeks ago no one dreamed how many powerful people would be dragged in and down. in the u.s., les hinton, head of dow jones and publisher of the "wall street journal" resigned on friday. he may face further questions about what he knew as a top murdoch executive in britain in 2007. and then there are the murdochs themselves, tycoon head of news corp, the world's largest media conglomerate after disney and his son and heir apparent james, who is now known to have authorized payments to victims of phone hacking although he says he didn't have the complete picture at the time and regrets what he did. >> how would one put it politely? i think it's safe to say the waves of this are now lapping around the feet of the family. there's no one else to flow over. the boat is still sinking. there's only one set of people left and they're all called murdoch. >> reporter: bo

neil wallace's daughter apparently and so on so on how far does it go?>> this is something i don't know. something various different inquiries launched will have to get to the bottom of. one thing that is clear there was culture this was normal. wasn't just a few bad apples doing bad things. if i had had been some ways we would be left worrying. actually a culture this seemed fine, people good people and good police officers thought it was normal to have lunch with a journalist and take a little bit of a -- >> that was wrong. >> that was wrong. you have to root out the whole thing. not just the few individuals. >> why did boris johnson when some of this come up say, a lot of is --. degree of complacency going to the very top within london, wasn't there? >> i think whole political class have underestimated this for a very long time because frankly we were all the in the business of trying to win approval of various newspapers and various journalists and editors and even proprietors. yes the prime minister said we're all at fault here and boris is not excl

he resigned on sunday with his ties with neil wallace who was arrested last week.ts that he's done nothing wrong. >> as commissioner, i carry umt mat responsibility. with hindsight i wish we had -- i didn't and that's that. i do believe, though, that on its own, this would not be a matter that comes to my position as commissioner, however, the issue of my integrity is different. let me state clearly i and the people who know me know that my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done something differently but i will not lose any sleep over my personal integrity. >> well, in his resignation announcement, stephenson also drew attention. the editor of the guardian newspaper explains. >> there is an interesting paragraph in his statement where he seems to lob a hand grenade on number 10 downing street. he's trying to explain why he kept it secret. he was saying the prime minister was compromised by his relationship who has been arrested as opposed to his own relationship. so he's drawing a contrast between what he's doing. he's taking the honorable step, ste

and the person that represented that hotel was the same guy, neil wallace.ting that these things are connected but it just gave the impression of a kind of cozy relationship between people in murdoch's press and certain parts of the police force. and it resulted in such huge pressure on sir paul stevenson, he decided to go. here is what he said. >> however, the issue of my integrity is different. let me state clearly, i and the people who know me know that my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done some things differently, but i'll not lose any sleep on my personal integrity. >> reporter: so, he's basically saying he didn't do anything wrong, but i think he realized that the perception -- it was all about image, this. the image that came across was one of, you know, this is not good. a policeman, most senior policeman should not be accepting huge amounts of hospitality, especially when they are investigating the very is same people that are representing that hotel and to have previously had a pr contract with the place. it just didn't look goo

pressure because, this morning, they arrested a former deputy editor i "the news of the world" neil wallace, arrest number nine as part of this and the other inquiry into corrupt or bribing police officials for information. now, the important thing is here is already we know one of the senior policemen in scotland yard john yates has already admitted having lunches with neil wallace, the man now arrested. a lot of pressure on one senior policeman, john yates, therefore, top pleasure on the top policemen. rupert and james murdoch are hounded in the people behind the building me to come and appear and justify what happened in their newspapers. james murdoch saying he can't make the date. rupert saying he doesn't want to turn up. this morning, a summons was issued to both men, trying to force them to come along. a sensational turn of events here. rupert murdoch has gone from being admired and cozied up to by political parties on all sides so now being effectively summoned to appear, almost like a criminal. >> we will be following it closely. dan rivers, thanks so much. >>> back here in the uni

relationship between senior police officials and "news of the world" executives, specifically neil wallacer deputy editor of "news of the world" apparently he was paid by police to be a communications consultant for about a year, and there are also allegations senior officials were being wined and dined by "news of the world" even as news international was under investigation so all of the details will be scrutinized by lawmakers, manisha. >> it's pretty murky out there, going to be a very important testimony that we'll see today. atika thank you for putting us in the picture. >> let's see how this is affecting markets here in europe, 90 minutes into the trading day and it seems as though we started out for the moment on a positive note after qul yesterday's heavy losses. ftse up in excess of 0.5%. bulk of the gains from the dax and frankfurt up 1.5%. >> bit of a different picture in asia. ongoing problems in the u.s. and eu rattling investors so much. financial stocks some of the biggest losers, nikkei down, a public holiday on monday so picking off of the news we've been seeing collated

connections between "news of the world," the tabloid, and senior police officers specifically neil wallace, a former deputy editor at "news of the world" had basically been paid by police to become sort of a communications consultant and while he was a communications consultant, it appears he was also reporting back to news international and this is what the police have now come under close scrutiny for. and this is what sir paul stevenson is now talking to in his press statement that has just been released, atika. >> is this the questioning of rebekah brooks as it relates to this scandal? >> it's actually a separate part of the same scandal. the rebekah brooks arrest was a separate part of this but the fallout of not only the phone hacking allegations and the police payment scandal has been increased scrutiny on police relationship with the media and this is why sir paul stevenson has resigned, because of the increasing scrutiny as to how police and the media work together. >> atika, thank you so much. keep us posted throughout the day from london. >>> we all feed them, get the rich quick

the specific incident he's talking about is apparently when "news of the world" former editor neil wallace was hired by the metropolitan police here in london to be a communications consultant. now, this has become -- has come under intense scrutiny. in fact, the home affairs minister here, teresa may, was due to give a statement tomorrow about her concern over the impropriety of that relationship. sir paul stevenson says so far he sees nothing wrong, that his integrity is intact. but because he did not want to distract from police work he is resigning as commissioner. >> so, atika, this happens on the same day that murdoch exec rebecca brooks was arrested. he was asked to show up for questioning. the next thing you know she was arrested. tell us more about that. >> that's right. these are basically two strands of the same scandal that are happening. in her case, in rebecca brook's case, she had an appointment to see the police today in the afternoon. she walked in and was apparently arrested in connection with the investigations not just of the phone hacking allegations, but into investig

reporter: police deny any wrongdoing after he received a free retreat in an expensive spa where neil wallace a pr correspondent. wallace, arrested in the scandal. and "new york times" reports 11,000 pages of handwritten notes, naming 4,000 celebrities, politicians, sports stars, police officials and victims of crime, whose phones may have been hacked by the "news of the world," have sat in a police evidence room. now stars including david beckham and paul mccartney reportedly claim they are among these names. while british actor jude law has claimed his phone was hacked while in the u.s. legal experts say this opens the way to possible prosecution in the u.s. where the fbi is already investigating allegations of phone hacking family member of 9/11 victims. >> up until a few weeks ago this was just a british problem. but with the resignation of the publisher of "the wall street journal," you've seen no part of rupert murdoch's media empire appears to be immune from this crisis. >> reporter: with each day come more allegations. one thing that does seem certain, the full extent of this scandal

police commissioner paul stevenson and john yates resigned after reports of scotland yard hiring neil wallace as a media consultant. wallace was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged no. of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally i did not and have no reason to do so. >> all eyes will be on parliament tomorrow when rupert murdoch and his son james get grilled by lawmakers. we're live in london. surely rupert murdoch will be asked about the cozy relationship between his news organization and police. >> there's no doubt that he's going to be asked about that and a lot more contessa. this story keeps rolling along. and changing it seems hour by hour. and all points now are pointing towards -- all roads are going towards obviously the murdoch family. that makes four high profile resignations. a few hours ago scotland yard's number two jamesuate resigned again under this rolling impression and increasing public and media pressure. yates if you recall he was the one who was in charge of reopening the phone hac

his name is neil wallace. he was also the deputy to andy colson, who was arrested last weekend, a spokesperson for prime minister cameron. there's a lot of interest around his control of the paper and what it did while he was its steward. >> we were just showing new jersey senator frank lautenberg there, who has gone so far as to say look, news corp is an american corporation and could actually face consequences based on american laws, no matter where the crime allegedly happened. we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. stephanie, thank you. >>> a confessed child killer is due in court today. suspect levi aron is expected to be arraigned soon. aron led police to the body of 8-year-old leibby kletzky in his brooklyn apartment. the little boy that he confessed that he smothered and then dismembered. for little leibby's parents, the worst kind of horror. it was the first time they had allowed their little boy to walk home alone. this is a crime that has absolutely shocked this city. >> reporter: it certain

testimony will take place next week, and rebecca brooks will also testify, and former executive neil wallace became the ninth person arrested in connection with this tabloid scandal. here in the u.s., you may have already heard six senators and a congressman are now calling on the fbi to investigate allegations that "news of the world" reporters tried to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims and their families. "news international" has responded to the reports saying they have seen no evidence that these allegations are true. joining me to talk about it more nationally is syndicated radio host michael smerconish, and originally, we were heard that he would not be available, but now we will hear from rupert murdoch who was criticized by many who say he should have come out and said more sooner. >> what is interesting about this, tamron, you made reference to the concern of some that perhaps 9/11 victims were hacked into. it is not hacking into members of parliament or members of the royal family that really caused this to explode in the uk. it is the case of millie doweler who is a 13-year-old

this as police in england made another arrest, 60-year-old neil wallace, a former deputy editor of "newsday. martin bashir is host of the "martin bashir show" here on msnbc and knows the world of rupert murdoch and british politics very well indeed. first of all, explain to us the unique role that murdoch and his holdings and his executives, his editors, had and their relationship with leaders of both parties. >> great to be with you, andrea. when murdoch bought "news of the world" 42 years ago he was an ordinary proprietor but overall, he acquired more and more. finally, 30% of british sky broadcasting. it was so influential and his position in british politics was so influential he was almost like a combination of someone like jack abramoff and a mobster. he had the power to reward people and to punish people. so for example, in 2004, when a cabinet minister called clare short said wasn't it time that "the sun" newspaper stopped featuring semi-naked women on page three of the newspaper, what did they do? edited, by the way, at that time by rebecca brooks. they sent 20 scantily clad wom

and basically there was a former "news of the world" editor, neil wallace, who it turns out was paid by the metropolitan police to be a communications consultant. sir paul stevenson was taking a lot of flak for that. now, he resigned saying he feels he's done nothing wrong, his integrity is intact, he says. however, he does feel that these allegations are distracting from the metropolitan police's police work. and for that reason, he has decided to resign so he can focus only on those allegations and the police can get on with doing their work. >> meantime, atika, murdoch executive rebekah brooks, she still is being questioned at this hour after more than seven hours at the police department? >> she is. it's now gone late into the evening here. it's about almost 10:00 at night. and, you know, the thing is, she went in this morning because she had an appointment to talk with police investigators. but her spokesperson tells us she did not expect to be arrested when she walked in the door. but that's exactly what happened. she's now been there late into the night answering questions. we

stevenson, the scotland yard chief who has resigned said he's embarrassed by the fact he hired neil wallace to be a media consultant. >> i should say in terms of news for american audience there were some very strong denials here by both from rupert and james murdoch that there was any evidence that 9/11 victims in the united states had their phones hacked. that's important because that's what the fbi is investigating. that is probably the most serious allegation relating to news corp. in the united states that's out there and they couldn't be more emphatic that they've seen no evidence of that and they have no evidence of that. now, again, they've made some pretty strong denials in the past. we'll have to wait and see this play out. but it is worth noting that on that front in familiar they were pretty emphatic. the other point and michelle referred to this is, you know, rupert murdoch was asked point-blank, do you intend to resign and he said point-blank, no. and he believes while this disgraceful actions have taken place and he's -- this is the most humble day of his career, he is the be

did he know that neil wallace was giving advice? >> no. . i did not know that. was unaware of that. i think this is important. one of the issues is the transparency and information that there was. there was no hiding the fact that they had this. >> i want to thank you for the announcement. he has said that all governments have been far too close to the media giants. that means no more back door living to no. 10. there are cabinet papers. there are recommendations for it to be implemented. >> i accept the plea make about transparency. there are of official business meetings with media executives. with relation, the fact is not whether he came in through the back or front door, but was it declared in the proper way? in the old days the only day whether you found out was waiting for this. we have been very transparent about this. it goes back to the election. i think we need to go further in this regard. i think this should be the new standard. he has published information to when he became leader. what can reduce why can we not see back to the stacks >> when he ra

basically, they are focusing on the hiring of neil wallace, a former deputy of news of the world and the metropolitan police as a sort of communications consultant for about a year. now they are questioning about that, because neil wallace was later on arrested for his -- in connection with the investigation into the phone hacking. so a lot of questions being thrown up now. according to paul stephenson, he said they had no way of knowing he was, in any way, involved with phone-hacking allegations when they hired him. he personally did not know of any reason why not to hire him at the time. he is still being grilled on this issue so there may be more coming out of this yet. >> everything has come up about this already. one of the whistle-blowers in the case was found dead yesterday. what do we know about that? >> that's right. he was basically the only person formally at news of the world who was willing to say, yes, there was a culture of phone hacking at the newspaper and not only that, but that he, himself, had been actively encouraged to hack phone mail messages by andy coulson th

and neil wallace has been arrested. let's look at the online murdoch boycott movement.nd there are a few responses to other tweets. to be fair the effort has not gained that much traction. it has only a few hundred followers last time we checked. but could you fully boycott murdoch's media reach? we looked into it, and turns out a boycott may not be so easy. for starters, you would need to stop watching your favorite tv shows on the video streaming site. readers of the "new york post" and "wall street journal," they would need to find a new source of news. and "american idol" runs on fox, owned by, yes, you guessed it, murdoch. and then for fans of the l.a. laker's star, kobe bryant, murdoch has partial ownership in the lakers and new york rangers, and madison's square garden, so forget concerts or other special events at those venues as well. there is one event connected to murdoch that you could watch for the next few years, and that's the super bowl. fox broadcasted the game from dallas, and won't have it back until 2014, so you can enjoy the game, of course, if the

mentioned that e-mails had been reviewed of andy coulson, stewart, ian edmundson, clive goodman, neil wallace and joe stenman and nothing came to light from that review that contradicted the lone reporter, rouge reporter working with glenn. knowing what you know now from the other evidence you've discovered, have you looked back at in detail at the basis on which they wrote that letter and why they -- why they gave such a clean bill of health? >> all i can say is that having directed -- having looked at some of the things in that and the advice of the senior people inside the company more recently that looked at that, it was the view of the company self-evidently that it was right to bring this to the attention of the police and go forward. that opinion from the counsel was something that the company, you know, rested on. it was a clear opinion about a review that was done around those records. in addition in conjunction with the police continuing to say that there was no new evidence and that there was no reason to open a new investigation and in conjunction with the pcc saying that they had

. >> returning to new wallace, -- neil wallace, he knew about mr. wallace. others around him knew about mr. wallace's role will be for them. does he not feel let down by them? >> the point and it is this, to the best of my knowledge, the first and was sunday. when we have the information about that, just as we have been transparent about all of the media meetings and all the meetings with the moguls and everything else, we can then make that information available. while he is doing that, he should have a word with his party leader and asking to be equally transparent. >> mr. speaker, does the prime minister agree that the vast majority people in the country who we represent are absolutely fed up with the party-political point-scoring that has been going on here? will the warmly welcome the setup of the inquiries today and the prime minister will be able to get on with his work of improving the economy of this country and representing this country in the international field? >> you're very wise about this. they want us to get on with this and fix this problem

the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested for his connections with the phone hacking scandal lastson denies any wrongdoing. >> i have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and have no reason to do so. >> stephenson says he quit because he's become a distraction for scotland yard, which has been criticized for its handling of the phone hacking investigation. among the accusations, their failure to notify victims, including actor hugh grant, who is now suing the department. meanwhile, rebekah brooks, the former head of murdoch's british newspaper arm, was the latest person to be arrested. her spokesman says she was asked to come in for questioning on sunday, but did not know she would be arrested. brooks resigned from her executive position on at news corp on friday, the same day les hinton, her predecessor, now publisher of "the wall street journal," resigned. both deny any knowledge of wrongdoing at "news of the world." the resignations and brooks' arrest, some say, could open

. >> reporter: good morning, matt, a 60-year-old arrested at his home, neil wallace, former deputy editor of "news of the world." we are learning rebecca brooks, now an executive for news corp has agreed to testify in front of parliament next week. so far rupert and younger son james have declined that invitation. even after the phone hacking scandal forgsed news corp to pull out of the biggest merger deal in history. >> order! the honorable lady will be quiet. >> reporter: unleashed another tirade in the walls of parliament. >> on an industrial scale at its worst dependent on links with the british criminal underworld. >> reporter: david woodings says journalism will never be the same again. he and hundreds of others lost their jobs when news corp suddenly shutdown "news of the world". >> it is open season now. they are drawing blood and going for the kill. >> reporter: the scandal that blew up ten days ago with seven arrests so far has rocked the second largest media company in the world and is now spreading krogs the atlantic. there are calls on capitol hill for separate u.s.-led inves

the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested for his connections with the phone hacking scandal last week. in stepping down, stevenson denied any wrongdoing. >> i have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace's phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and had no reason to do so. >> reporter: stevenson says he quit because he's become a distraction for scotland yard, which has been criticized for its handling of the phone hacking investigation. among the accusations, their failure to notify victims, including actor hugh grant, who is now suing the department. meanwhile, rebecca brooks, the former head of murdoch's british newspaper arm, was the latest person to be arrested. her spokesman says she was asked to come in for questioning on sunday but did not know she would be arrested. brooks resigned from her executive position at "news corps" friday, the same day les hinton, her predecessor, now publisher of "the wall street journal," resigned. both deny any knowledge of wrongdoing at "news of the world." the resignations and bro

another question yesterday, whether the conservative party also employed neil wallace. they have confirmed to me that neither neal wallace nor his company has ever been employed by nor contracted by the conservative party, nor has the conservative party made payments to either of them. it has been drawn to our attention that he made have provided some informtive advice before the election. to the best of my knowledge, i did not know anything about this until sunday night. as with revealing this information, we will be entirely transparent about this issue. finally, mr. speaker, there is a question whether everyone, the media, the police, politicians ask taking responsibility in an appropriate manner. i want to express my own opinions directly. i have said clearly, if it turns out andy clauson knew about the hacking of the news of the world, he will not only have lied to me, but he will have lied to the police. he will of course have perjured himself in a court of law. more to the point, if that comes to pass, he could also expect to face severe criminal charges. i have