the proprietors of news corporation have-- >> order. members will calm down. there will be a good opportunity for questioning. let's hear the prime minister's statement. >> the proprietors of news corporation have denied under oath at the inquiry any type of deal, and i will do the same. let me make this last point, mr. speaker. unlike the party officers we were not trying to convince a center right proprietor of a center newspaper with center views to change the position of a lifetime. we were arguing a simple prone significance that the last government was irresponsible, exhaustible and bad for our country, and off he goes. what i said, mr. speaker, that the relationship between applications and the media has been too close. i note that none of the people opposite have disclosed any of the meetings they had with news international or other newspaper executives while they were in office. while the country wants to hear about jobs, investment, living standards and the great challenges we face by death, they only play one-side politics instead of endlessly tryi

corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, bbc world news. >> israel has handed over the remains of three palestinians killed carrying out militant attacks. syria's rebels urge kofi annan to admit his seven-week-old cease-fire plan has failed. spotlight on britain's culture secretary, an inquiry in lone done. he's facing tough questions on how he handled rupert murdoch's multibillion dollar bid for bskyb. india posted the weakest growth in almost a decade as the global slowdown bites. and how touch-first video game technology is being used to save lives. >> hello. thanks very much for joining us. in syria, senior rebel commanders are urging kofi annan to declare formally his cease-fire plan has failed, allowing them then to resume military operations against the government. that's how they're spelling it out. the free syrian army claimed that rebel forces have so far honored their commitment to the plan, but that president assad has not. all this as western leaders scramble to find a way to stem the violence. the united states, for example,

>> the corporation holds a 39 -- the news corporation holds a 39% stake. but because of the allegations swirling around dealing with hacking, they are looking into whether the company is fit and proper to hold a broadcasting license in this country. so were the committee to come out with severe criticism, suggesting that there had been some kind of corporate cover-up at news corporation, that can have serious ramifications of the future in the news corporation stable. >> not long to wait before that committee report is out. >> aaron is here now with the business end. it is interesting to find a company that has interest rates that are high enough to cut. >> i'm talking about australia. the economy that did not go into a recession during the meltdown if you will, the economic meltdown from 2008 onward, but boy a big surprise cut today in terms of the half of one percent. we're expecting a quarter percent cut. the reason being, the slowdown in the end of last year and the global economy is finally catching up on australia. the biggest nightmare or headache f

we found news corporation carried out an extensive cover-up of its rampant lawbreaking. its most senior executives repeatedly misled parliament, and the two men at the top, rupert and james murdoch, who were in charge of the company, must now answer for the. in the view of the majority of committee members, rupert murdoch is not fit to run an international company like bskyb. i personally am disappointed that some members didn't feel sufficiently convinced are confident to will the most powerful to account. they thought they could support sections 216-229 of the report. many hacking victims have still not been informed of what was done to them. and rupert murdoch has not said his last apology to the families of murdered children. let us also remember that this scandal cost many hundreds of journalists, innocent journalists their jobs. they found hard to find work. i know this because i provided references for a number of them. parliament was misled. that we now know. but there were four issues we couldn't get to the bottom of because of time constraints, decisions of the

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what would you recommend news corporation shareholders to do? >> well, the question has already been answered, because the motion a comes before the house will be about parliament being misled and we'll all be able to support that motion. so that question doesn't arise. as to the failures of -- this is a great example. i voted against it. we didn't vote as a block. there clearly was failures of corporate governance at news corporation, there's no doubt about that. the committee has taken to task. that's right improper. but it's not really for members of the select committee to be inviting news corporation shareholders and what they do and don't do. that's just wildly outside our committee, and that's what comes back back to the fact that the fit and proper lighting will concentrate on is what prevents us from being able to agree a report to the house. and yes, of course it is a huge shame. >> the chairman said earlier the purpose of the motion would be to decide whether people are guilty of contempt of parliament. we are all agreed, and that is

the stakes are high for news corporation, the parent company, because under american law, bribing foreigncials is illegal, and that evidence is coming out. >> payments have been made not onlyo lice offics, but to a wide range of public officials. >> bergman: a police inquiry is discovering widespread bribery, this time by the sun. >> there also appears to have been a culture at the sun of illegal payments, and systems have been created to facilitate those payments, whilst hiding the identity of the officials receiving the money. >> bergman: ten more people were arrested for questioning, bringing the number of arrests to over 40. >> well, it's very clear the very senior executives had knowledge of phone hacking before they admitted to it. we have got a criminal inquiry taking place, so it would be wrong to name the names now. but i think it's going to go very high up the food chain indeed in this company. >> bergman: despite all his problems, rupert murdoch, in characteristic fashion, confounded everyone. he launched a new newspaper, the sun on sunday. it was either a bold move to save the

international and news corporation. and i would just remind people of one thing in relation to those findings, that rupert murdoch himself who founded the organization has at all times been a director of news international and not just of news corporation. finally, one of the things we've sought to set out in reports is the human cost of phone hacking and other wrongdoing to which it contributed. it was not just a technical trick, a victim he is potential crime -- victimless potential crime, but the human cost is laid bare in some of the statements agreed finally by newspapers in open court and in particular we cite one, postsit one of those statements, that of charlotte church and the treatment of her family. >> damian collins. >> thank you. the report talks about our astonishment at the failure of the company to investigate fully and uncover incidents of phone hacking from the period, certainly, of the gordon taylor settlement through to the end of 2010-'11 when there were ample opportunities, there were plenty of ligh

suggested that murdoch-- arguably the world's most powerful media mogul-- is not. >> we find news corporationarried out an extensive coverup of its rampant law breaking. >> reporter: murdoch claimed not to know that his employees at a leading british tabloid, the "news of the world," had been hacking into the voice mail messages of, among others, the royal family, celebrities, and even a murdered teenager. to the very end, murdoch insisted other people had conspired to keep him and his executive son james in the dark about the hacking. >> someone took charge of a coverup which we were victim to and i regret. >> reporter: but the parliamentary committee wasn't buying it. throughout the hacking scandal, it said it was murdoch's company that covered up rather than seek out wrongdoing and discipline the perpetrators. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> pelley: some of the fallout in all of this did land in the u.s. les hinton, a former top executive with news corporation, was forced to quit as publisher of the "wall street journal" at the height of the scandal last summer. we saw some fascinat

so i want to tell you about a new corporation here in washington d.c. that carries a lot more weight than any other corporation you've ever heard of it's a corporation responsible for the core current makeup of our supreme court the power balance in our legislative branch and up until three years ago even the occupant in our white house it's a massive corporation that stretches across all fifty states and even has politicians in every single state who have sworn allegiance to it not even the koch brothers can claim that accomplishment it's a gigantic corporation that has its own wildly popular cable t.v. network sell its products boost its public relations it's a corporation that has spun off hundreds of subsidiaries all around the nation to keep revenues flowing in those maximizing profits for its buddies it's a corporation that can take our nation to war if it wants or condemn tens of millions of americans to poverty or kick hundreds of millions of americans out of their health insurance plans if it thinks best the more profitable for them to do. it's

and that included having a fairly close relationship with the head of news corporation, and rupert murdochpapers were largely supportive of tony blair during his time in office. but they did disagree on certain policy issues. blair, for example, was quite pro european integration. he said he believed the media needs reform, particularly when it comes to the blurring between fact and come enterer in the press and some of the tabloid excesses in the country which he pointed out were not confined to news corporation. the testimony went on for hours but was interrupted at one point by a heckler, a man who breached security at the royal courts of justice. >> from jp march morgan six months after he left office. >> he is said to be a documentary and he was taken out and released without charge. blair appeared to be unrattled by the incident but he said it will be the moment most remembered from today's hearing. trace. >> she's reporting from london. thank you. >> while human organs are sold on the black market at the rate of one her hour. a dramatic rise in years. it reports the global demand fo

here is what senator lautenberg had to say. >> there is evidence that news corporation have been involved in a broad range of misconduct reaching the highest levels of the new york based company and involving actions in the u.k. and the u.s.. if we look at the list and we see that these are senior people from the company and they apply for renewal of the license in 2007, five years ago and despite this the have announced any plans to throw out the investigation into whether or not the the broadcast license in the u.s. and i address this to each one of you what does it take for the fcc to begin an investigation? >> we have important responsibilities under the law we are aware of the issues that we see in the u.k.. these matters come before the fcc and i think it would be inappropriate for us to prejudge them it inappropriate to speak about any investigations -- >> we are talking about an action that has to be taken. >> we don't comment as other agencies don't comment on the status of investigations and obviously we have important responsibilities that we will take seriously. it's important

news corporation, the parent company of this network, should down news of the world earlier this yearthe details from london. >> trace, former british prime minister tony blair told a judge led inquiry today in london that rather than take on the all powerful british media during his years in power, he chose instead to actually manage that media. and that included having a fairly close relationship with the head of news corporation, rupert rupert murdoch. murdock's papers were largely supportive of tony blair while he was in office. though the media mogul and blair did disagree on policy issues. blair was quite pro-european integration. he he used his platform today to he believes the media needs to reform. particularly when t comes to the blurring between fact and commentary in the press and tabloid excesses in the country which he pointed out were not confined to news corporation. the testimony went on for showers -- hours interrupted by a heck clear. a man who breached security at the courts of justice. >> jp morgan six months after he left office. >> the man said to be a documenta

news corporation, the parent company of this network, should down news of the world earlier this yearlondon. >> trace, former british prime minister tony blair told a judge led inquiry today in london that rather than take on the all powerful british media during his years in power, he chose instead to actually manage that media. and that included having a fairly close relationship with the head of news corporation, rupert rupert murdoch. murdock's papers were largely supportive of tony blair while he was in office. though the media mogul and blair did disagree on policy issues. blair was quite pro-european integration. he he used his platform today to he believes the media needs to reform. particularly when t comes to the blurring between fact and commentary in the press and tabloid excesses in the country which he pointed out were not confined to news corporation. the testimony went on for showers -- hours interrupted by a heck clear. a man who breached security at the courts of justice. >> jp morgan six months after he left office. >> the man said to be a documentary film maker cal

announced its full confidence in rupert murdoch's fitness and support for his continuing to lead news corporations its chairman and ceo. the british lawmaker's opinion came as they wrapped up an investigation into the phone hacking scandal at news corps' former news of the world newspaper. news corps is the parent company of this news channel. prosecutors accused a woman of taking her 5-year-old daughter with her to a tanning booth. now that mom faces some major legal trouble. not to mention this photograph. she says it's not her fault that her daughter got such a sun burn. that's ahead. but, first, news that one of america's great unsung heros has died. george voinovich, the intelligence agent who organized the largest air rescue of u.s. troops in any war, and it all happened behind enemy lines deep in nazi europe. voinovich here on the far right with some of the men he had saved and it was quite an operation, more than 500 u.s. bomber crew members were trapped and hiding in what is now siberia after -- i meant to say serbia after the germans had shot them down. voinovich's team parachuted in an

. >> as of that stage, did you also have stocked in news international, as opposed to news corporation? >> i had shares in news international, which i tnk i sold it before i left the company, before i resigned. there may have been some shares i had around this time that i may have sold immediately. >> can i be clear -- apart from the restricted stock units which would vest in august 2007, were the shares or stocks either in news international or news corporation, up by may 2007, in your possession? >> i do not believe so. >> there is a provision that the employer will pay any reasonable professional expenses incurred by you in relation to certain matters. that clause, i think, is subject to litigation in a court of appeal. that is right. >> under the last clause, 7.1b, you agreed, in consideration of a small payment, you would not make or cause to be made, directly or indirectly, any statement or comment to any person, including without limitation to the press or other media, which might impugn the good name or character of the employer, any of its newspapers, or any associated company

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. >> as of that stage, did you also have stock in news international opposed to news corporation? >> i had shares in news international, which i think i sold before i left the company, before i resigned, and there may have been some shares that i had around this time that i sold immediately on leaving. >> can i be clear? apart from the restricted stock units, going to invest in you in august of 2007, were there any other shares or stocks either in news international or in news corporations? say by may 2007 in your possession? >> i don't believe so, no, no. >> and clause 4.6, there's the provision that the employer will pay any reasonable professional cost and expenses properly incurred by you. that clause is subject to litigation in the court of appeal, isn't it? >> that's right. >> and under the last clause, under clause 7.1, little b, this is 02382, you agreed in consideration of a small payment, you would not make or cause to be made directly or indirectly any statement or comment to any person including without limitation to the press or any other media which might injury, dama

particular, the interchanges and exchanges between the conservative party in opposition and news corporation in the period leading up to the last election. in the interplay between the bitter and personalities in government, once the bid was launched in january, pardon me, june 2010. i'm surprised perhaps the one of 63 pages of e-mails comprising exhibit k. r. m. a t., have attracted close scrutiny both within this room and outside. the terms of reference of this input on not such as to require you to determine the immediate political career of the cultural secretary in the context of alleged breaches of the ministerial code or otherwise, you've made it crystal clear that you have no intention of doing so or in being drawn into the political debate. however, this inquiry is examining the proposition that the press or a section of the press has exercised excessive influence over government. and the government or individuals within it have permitted themselves to acquire an excessive degree to news international. i'm putting this in a slightly to a delivery round about way. i could us both be

the paper was owned by murdoch's news corporation. the panel accused news corp. executives of willful blindness. it said the company's directors, including murdoch, should take responsibility. >>> these photographs show what life was like in a small town in miyagi prefecture before last year's tsunami. if it weren't for the pictures, former residents would hardly have anything to kindle memories of happier times. so the owner of a local shop decided to publish them in a book for all to see. nhk world has more. >> reporter: former residents are receiving a copy of this book. >> translator: this was before the disaster. now it's all gone. unbelievable. >> reporter: the pictures reawaken memories of their town. sasaki is the man behind the lens. but the tsunami washed his photo studio away. however, his father saved the hard disks that holds the photos. sasaki and a nonprofit organization published the memories in this book. >> translator: i want people to say, this is what our town looked like, and then we'll make a new town just as wonderful. >> reporter: the phot

levinson served as president of news corporation's fox interactive media before joining yahoo. >> the executive responsible for trading strategy at jpmorgan chase is the first casualty of the bank's stunning two billion dollar loss. chief investment officer ina drew is retiring after 30 years with the bank. drew was considered to be the most powerful woman on wall street i.j.. >> morgan is the largest bank in the it is trying to minute my the damage after losing -- two billion dollars in six weeks because of risk trades. despite that also the ceo jamie dimon says the company remains strong. he's facing stockholders tomorrow. >>> pg&e's president and ceo says he's 100% committed to legal settlements with the most seriously injured victims of the 2010 san bruno pipeline tragedy. pg&e held a news conference today prior to its annual shareholders meeting. president and ceo says the company has three priorities, positioning the company for long term success. rebuilding relationships with customers, regulators and political leaders. and resolving its legal and regulatory proceeding as assoc

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. >> as of that stage, did you also have stocked in news international, as opposed to news corporation? >> i had shares in news international, which i think i sold it before i left the company, before i resigned. there may have been some shares i had around this time that i may have sold immediately. >> can i be clear -- apart from the restricted stock units which would vest in august 2007, were the shares or stocks either in news international or news corporation, up by may 2007, in your possession? >> i do not believe so. >> there is a provision that the employer will pay any reasonable professional expenses incurred by you in relation to certain matters. that clause, i think, is subject to litigation in a court of appeal. >> that is right. >> under the last clause, 7.1b, you agreed, in consideration of a small payment, you would not make or cause to be made, directly or indirectly, any statement or comment to any person, including without limitation to the press or other media, which might impugn the good name or character of the employer, any of its newspapers, or any associated co

. >> shep: news corporation is calling criticism from lawmakers highly partisan.response members of parliament. said that rupert murdoch is not a fit person to run an major international company. british lawmakers issued their report tabloid phone hacking scandal involving news of the world newspaper. you recall news corp closed it down after it was reported that reporters had hacked the accounts of people they were covering. several news corp executives misled the findings. they made a statement. it acknowledges the quote serious wrongdoing of the news of the world. it reads in part, we have already confronted and have acted on the failings documented in the report. we have conducted internal reviews of newspapers in the united kingdom and an the world far beyond anything asked of us by the metropolitan police. we have volunteered any evidence of apparent wrongdoing to the authorities and we have instituted sweeping changes in our internal controls and our compliance programs. the statement goes on to help ensure that nothing like this ever happens again anywhere

"news corporation regrets, however, that the select committee's analysis of the factual record was followed by some commentary that we, and indeed several members of the committee, consider unjustified and highly partisan." still, shareholder activists are pressing for a vote to limit murdoch's control of the board and bring more accountability to one of the world's true media empires. >> the board has been saying for six months, since the annual meeting where they got the unprecedented vote against them, that "watch this space." and investors have been watching for six months and they've heard nothing. >> reporter: some investors would be happy to see chase carey take over as c.e.o., since his roots are in the fast- growing entertainment business, not the slow-growing and now scandal plagued newspaper business. >> the best thing that could happen if murdoch were to step aside and chase carey were to take over is to just rename the whole puppy "fox," because that's all that wall street cares about. >> reporter: darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: a leader in the u.s

news corporation owns 30% of bskyb in the uk. now uk communication regulator is determining if news corp. is fit to hold a british broadcasting license. back to you. >> have a great day. >>> may is skin cancer awareness month. and health officials are asking hair stylists to help battle against the most common form of cabser in the united states. dr. sheryl burgess joins us to explain. hair dressers? tell us how they can help. >> well, there's an initiative to get more people involved in diagnosing or at least letting the person know that there is something going on. particularly in the scalp. and a lot of people go to hair stylists and barbers and they're the ones that see our scalp. we don't tend to see our scalp. so for the most part, being able to let us know when they see something new, something that appears new on the scalp or something that may bleed with combing or styling the hair, to alert the customer to go see the dermatologist. >> one of the most virulent cancers is skin cancer and very often, that's where you'll ha

which in some ways has created a new level of uncertainty for corporate america. so we are really not seeing decisions being made in terms of allocating capital, hiring new people, creating new jobs. because these firms are saying, i can't put limits on the payroll, you know, which includes salaries, health care benefits, for those people without knowing how my business will change, what agencies will be regulating my firm. i was talking to the head of aig, i don't know, about a six month ago and i said to him, are you going to be considered one of these systemically important institutions, sifi, which would create a whole new regular oversight panel watching energy. and he said we don't know. we are not sure because the rules are still being written. so of course if you're in issues, you're going to say well, i'm not sure who i'm actually answering to. i'm not sure how many agencies are overseeing the. i'm not sure if i can be considered systemically important, a systemically important financial institution. and so i'm going to hold off with any expanding but i'm

whether we get any good news or bad news corporate earnings recently in japan have been mixed. we had positive forecasts from that. and also we've seen economic data out of the u.s. and china, also not really giving any concrete signs of a full path to a recovery in either one of those economies. still questions there op the fundamental side. the euro took a bit of a beating following the fitch ratings, and of course, continuing with the eurozone offense. let's look at the currency levels. the yen, if anything weaker a touch against the dollar. and largely unchanged against the euro there. so you can see the dollar/yen at the 80 levels now. trading at the mid-17 levels yesterday. >> speaking of boosts i hear there's good news from the auto sector. >> definitely. we've been tracking the auto sector since the march 11th disasters last year and the thailand flooding which severely hampered the production levels for the big three automakers. toyota media reports coming out saying toyota has regained the number one are level for the quarter. it's made aggressive moves to gain back m

levinson served as president of news corporation's fox interactive media before joining yahoo. >> the executive responsible for trading strategy at jpmorgan chase is the first casualty of the bank's stunning two billion dollar loss. chief investment officer ina drew is retiring after 30 years with the bank. drew was considered to be the most powerful woman on wall street i.j.. >> morgan is the largest bank in the it is trying to minute my the damage after losing -- two billion dollars in six weeks because of risk trades. despite that also the ceo jamie dimon says the company remains strong. he's facing stockholders tomorrow. >>> pg&e's president and ceo says he's 100% committed to legal settlements with the most seriously injured victims of the 2010 san bruno pipeline tragedy. pg&e held a news conference today prior to its annual shareholders meeting. president and ceo says the company has three priorities, positioning the company for long term success. rebuilding relationships with customers, regulators and political leaders. and resolving its legal and regulatory proceeding as assoc