. >> you discussed with news international's lawyers giving evidence? have you ever been in contact with jonathan reese? >> the discussion is left. >> have you been in contact with jonathan reese? >> i met him many years ago. >> when was that? >> many years ago. maybe 10 years ago. >> what was that to do with? >> communication with "news of the world". sometimes on the investigations they need someone to play the role of the chauffeur or undercover investigation bodyguard and he and his partner were used to perform those. >> were you aware of his surveillance of dave cook? >> no. >> were you aware he was contradicted to work for "news of the world" in 2004-5? >> no. >> are you aware now? >> what was on the panorama. >> have you been in contact with philip cameron smith? >> no. >> were you aware of any civil claims against the sun as a result of phone hacking? >> no. >> have you any indication that the sun was implicated in the glen mulcare saga? >> no indication that all. >> are you where the sun may have commissioned glen mulcare? >> i don't have that.

. >> news international criticizes two staff of the "news of the world" that said james murdoch knew phone hacking went beyond a single reporter. the evidence was unclear and contradictory. jim stands by his previous testimony. >> the former top brass called in from the rain for another grilling. collin myler was the last editor, tom crone was a lawyer. it boiled down to two questions. was there a cover-up of the possible phone hacking? know?did james murdoch there was a troubling email that came to light. >> it lasted about 15 minutes. it was discussed. >> there were private voicemails from gordon taylor, and other staff, neville -- the chief reporter, may have been involved. >> there was illegal activity in his home, in the form of these messages. evidence of that passed through the office. it was implicted wit hthh this knowledge. >> rewind to the july appearance, in front of the same mp's. >> were you made aware of the neville email? >> no. i was not aware of that. if i knew then what we know now, we would take more action. >> today's evidence, he did know. >> the first time, he

news international have said his son james knew about the phone hacking which brought down the news of the world top lord and leader mogul son runs a business and has always denied knowledge of illegal phone interception or the paper was shot in july after it emerged voice mails were hearts of a murdered schoolgirl war veterans and senior politicians dozens of news international and for years have been arrested over the scandal while senior police have quit over collusion. now the danish royal family is on their first official visit and almost forty years now the official part of the trip is focused on trade and energy cooperation they will also be visiting a number of cultural values as i thought you know because of found out. those is not the first time when margaret the seconds comes to moscow she's already been here over thirty five years ago of course back then russia was a part of the soviet union but in a number of interviews that her majesty had of this three day visit to russia she said that she's very much looking forward to it wit

former executives from news international says james murdoch knew about the phone hacking which brought down the new. of the world tabloid the son of media mogul rupert murdoch runs the business and has always denied knowledge of illegal phone interception of the paper was shot in july after it emerged that the voice mails were hacked of a murdered schoolgirl war veterans and senior politicians dozens of news international employees have been arrested over the scandal while senior police have quit over collusion. now the danish royal family has arrived in russia bringing top businesspeople with them and while the brokers regal deals the monarchy is planned a busy schedule of cultural and significant visits as a thaw you know because of us been finding out. poses not the first time when margaret the second comes to moscow she's already been here over thirty five years ago of course back then russia was a part of the soviet union but in a number of interviews that her majesty gave ahead of this three day visit to russia she said that she's very much looking forward to take a look at all t

former executives from news international say that james murdoch knew about the phone hacking which brought down the news of the world tabloid the son of media mogul rupert murdoch runs the business of there's always denied knowledge of illegal phone interception the paper was shut in july after the merge but the voice mails were hacked of a murdered schoolgirl war veterans and senior politicians dozens of news international employees have been arrested over the scandal while senior police have quit over collusion. israel and turkey former friendly relations a withering fast turkey's suspending all trade military defense ties and the promises threatening more sanctions against israel and a visit to gaza and chris already expelled israeli diplomats over its refusal to apologize for killing nine eight activists in last year's garza flitter the raid paulus lee is following the latest for us on this story in tel aviv. the turkish prime minister everyone has announced that he could be slapping more sanctions on television this follows the release last week of a united nations report into what ha

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>> freelance journalists. >> employed by news international? >> freelance journalists employed by news international, yes. >> and do you know who commissioned to produce those dossiers? >> i know who contacted the freelance lawyer. >> who was that? >> i don't think we should do that because of the police investigation. >> are you aware of any members of this committee that were subject to covert surveillance -- >> i only know that one thing that i just referred to. >> in the 2009 inquiry, you were not aware that either freelance journalists and private investigators were commissioned to follow or surveil any member? >> that is news to me. >> okay. are you aware of any civil or criminal cases that involve the use of computer hacking or trojan devices put on computers? >> no, not at all. >> are you aware of the use of tracking devices in any of the civil cases and criminal cases? >> no. >> thank you very much. >> david, you're last. >> one more last question and i appreciate to getting down to detail and it's about process. the difference between

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. >> but, i'm sorry, i do want to introduce -- i'm going to have jason interview our new intern. i just wanted to get the opportunity to introduce our intern for the summer. last summer, she had different tasks to do. she is currently going to u.c. davis and is looking to do green type work in her future. i just wanted to welcome her do our internship program. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> colleagues, any questions? is there any public comment on this item? any money -- body wanting to speak? public comment is closed. madam, can you call item number six. it's within the jurisdiction of the commissioner. seeing none public bhick comment is closed. item seven? >> item number seven, future agenda items." >> colleagues any member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment was closed. >> just a quick question in terms oaf the join meeting with the -- of the joint meeting with the p.u.c., do you need specific dates for us. >> i want to know if you want to meet in august as well. a regular meeting is the fourth friday which is august 26th. so i'll potent

tom crone was the former legal manager of news international. he released a statement contradicting james murdoch's claims that he had no knowledge of the e-mail. myla was the editor of the news of the world when it was shut down. they're both appearing before the committee in a little over one hour from now. james murdoch could be called back for further questioning depending on what they have to say. >>> all this week we're commemorating the 9/11 attacks. it's now almost ten years since they took place. in a few moments we'll meet an engineer who helped build the twin towers. his story when we come back. thae for failed investing. open an e-trade account and open doors, seize opportunities, take action with some of the most powerful yet easy-to-use trading tools on the planet all built to help you maximize the potential of every dollar you invest. successful investing isn't done by throwing ideas against the wall and hoping. it's done by lowering your costs and raising your expectations by using unbiased research and powerful screeners to build

they grilled basically a former lawyer of news international, a former editor for "news of the world,d they had a 15-minute conversation with james murdoch several years ago, informing him about a particular e-mail that suggested the phone hacking was not restricted to simply one reporter, but in fact, may have been a wider problem. there are quite a few heated exchanges between lawmakers and the lawyer, in particular. here's an exchange between tom watson, a former labor mp, and the lawyer. >> the truth is, you didn't see it as gross misconduct, did you? you just thought it was a reporter's job at "news of the world." >> that is absolute nonsense. >> as far as you're concerned, the only problem was he got caught. >> that is nonsense. >> so now you had to conceal the crime. >> that is nonsense. >> you were desperate to ensure that it didn't become known that hacking was standard practice at "news of the world." >> that's not true. >> reporter: as you can tell by that exchange, the allegations from lawmakers are essentially that news international executives knew there was a widespread

for foreign investors later this month... before starting tours for international tourists in late october. yoo ji-hae, arirang news. and regarding north korea's recent hosting of an international tour to the inter-korean resort,... several foreign journalists who took part of the tour described it as a deserted "ghost town"... and that it's doubtful that north korea will be able to attract many foreign investors. our lee ji-yoon has more. once a symbol of cooperation between south and north korea, the mt. geumgang resort is now... empty and lifeless. this is what foreign journalists called the inter-korean park after they ended their tour of the scenic resort last week. pyeongyang invited around 130 foreign journalists and tourism-related personnel from china, russia, france, and japan to take part in its pilot tour program,... in an effort to continue the tourism project on its own. however,... after the visit,... reuters described it as a "modern day ghost town" with hotels and stores covered in cobwebs. japan's asahi shimbun also reported... that 100 tourists per day, at most, probably visit the resort,... whic

the russian energy sector could see a new international investor as one of the rockefeller family farms aims to buy the gas assets of the country's biggest diamond producer. the british empire special situations fund is interested in buying two gas producers in the north of russia for an estimated price of at least one billion dollars it's already conducted due diligence and plans to seal the deal by early twenty twelve however analysts say the fund is unlikely to become a significant player in the russian gas market rather it will sell the assets later on for a premium. that's all the business news for now for more stories you can always head to our website r.t. dot com slash business in the meantime stay tuned for the headlines with marina. culture is that so much of it know there's a huge music history on top of the different turkey in the movie geopolitical order of the middle east and the world is an anchor making a big to play the role of the regional hegemon on the back of. welcome back you're watching our team and here's a look at the top stories russia urges the palestinian bid

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. >> did you ever sanctioned news international journalist to persuade them to settle? >> no. >> are you aware any colleagues? >> no. >> are you aware rebekah brooks a have contacted them -- may have contacted them? >> no. >> here is one thing he mentioned. let's get this right. after good been -- goodman pleaded guilty, mr. coulson was looking for ways for him to come back. >> he felt that the company had a duty. he felt clive, if he was guilty and sentenced, once he had paid his sentence, he hoped him tod persuasede come back in a different role. >> it is quite a different policy. >> it was hinton in did it in order to ensure that goodman was looked after. do you think coulson had something to do with that? >> i doubt it. >> back to a meeting in james murdoch. a couple of things i want to clarify. he says that he told me that there is nothing that led to a further investigation. is that an accurate reflection on that meeting? >> yes. >> that seems to be contrary to what you said it was for. from what you had told mr. murdoch in the meeting, he must have been aware of

. >>> in britain murdoch news international, the publisher of the defunct "news of the world" is negotiating a settlement with the family of a murdered teenager. those are the headlines. from cnn, the world's news leader, i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm nina dos santos. >> and a great afternoon from you, i'm manesha tank. this is "world business today" and these are your top stories. the global showdown and prada profits are pushed ever higher. >>> a worry iing tragedy in greece. higher suicide rate. >>> and the surprising makeover for the people's car. look at the gold-plated car here. >> let's send you straight to the stock market action. this is where the leading indices stand about an hour into the trading session, the dax is leading the way up in excess of 1.5%. in italy investors seem to be shrugging off news that standard & poor's implemented a downgrade. they cut italy's rating from a plus to just a. that's on the back of concerns about the weak mick growth and political uncertainties. the trading at 14, 240 ftse. >> tokyo'

fund designed to help the struggling economy and meanwhile more public protests erupted in the news international debt inspectors assess the country's progress in implementing topical service in russia. russia has warned the alliance not to take sizes tensions run high at the concert or whatever inflame prior nato troop right down on the serbian barricades. hours away from launching an unmanned space to have the new pilots of first step towards building its very own space station. arm next we sit down with a prominent academic linguist. spoke with express about the world's most recent developments. r.t. sitting down with for over an ounce scholar at lehman whist author and mit professor noam chomsky professor chomsky thank you very much for taking time to speak with r.t. what happened with you the first shot to speak with you about is there recent clashes that have taken place on what street between americans who are turning out to demonstrate and police officers and what i read you recently sent a message to support the activists of this group called occupy wall street you call it that courageou

representatives from the tourism industry abroad have expressed a great interest in the north's new international tourism venture, some even proposing joint development projects. chinese "once tours to mount geumgang resume, i plan to regularly visit the mountain resort. china's yanbian region is very close from here." just after welcoming visitors, the head of pyeongyang's overseas investment agency announced the north's ambitious goal to usher in as many as 4-thousand tourists to mount geumgang on a daily basis, adding he plans to launch a luxurious cruise ship next year capable of carrying 9-hundred people. reports indicate talks are under way to directly link the resort to 16 chinese cities. chinese "this is a new tourism course. we have embarked on a new voyage. next year, we aim to attract 100-thousand tourists." the cash-strapped north divested south korean tourism operator hyundai asan of its exclusive rights at the inter-korean mount geumgang park, and decided to dispose of south korean assets at the resort last month. this was in retaliation for south korea's suspension of inter- korean

. >> according to libya's new intern government this abandoned field on the edge of the prison hides the mass grave of more than 1200 prisoners executed by the qaddafi regime over a few days in 1996. >> saleh came to pray for his son. the victims are political prisoners from benghazi and festering rage in that city helped ignite the rebellion that has qaddafi on the run. the last inmates were freed when rebels took over tripoli a month ago. the abu sallim neighborhood is still seen as a nest of qaddafi supporters. the soldiers got raveled when someone called on the radio threatening to kill them if they hung run. reports of massacres have been coming in on an almost weekly basis. some are from the rebellion, others date back years. >> human rights watch which collects data for the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity wants the national council here to declare a moratorium on the exhumation of mass graves until forensic experts can be brought in to support them. el-hadia believes her son is among the victims. >> i feel like a mother who has just lost her son, she says

news." >> a plane crashes into the crowd at an air show. at least three people are dead. an easing of international sanctions. going to statehood, the palestinian president will ask for recognition next week. welcome to the bbc news broadcasting to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taking charge. pakistan's prime minister says he will be the relief effort to millions of flood victims. charged with fraud and remanded in custody. the trader accused of losing a billion pounds. it plain has plunged into a spectator stands during a race in nevada in what what was called a mass casualty situation. it happened at the national championship air racing in reno. the pilot and two spectators were killed. more than 50 other people were injured. will grant has the details. >> at the airport at the nevada desert, aviation fanatics had gathered for the championship air race. what should have been the highlight of the calendar turned to tragedy as a vintage world into aplane plunged seating area at the front of the grandstand. the pilot identified as jimmy leeward was killed. dozens were injured.

scaife foundation the lyndon harry bradley foundation the newton and michelle backer foundation a new international back. her charitable trust the russell berry foundation banker charitable fund and william rosenwald family fund and the fair book foundation that is right about now moving on the report also highlights of five so-called experts these would be frank gaffney daniel pipes david your shelby robert spencer and steven emerson so these are the people in the report are accused of taking the foundations money spreading islamophobia on air online and a number of events as you can imagine this report both kind of pissed off right wing land here in america including eric bolling take a look and see the point this out i'm reading this directly from from this report the obama center for american progress has released a report that blames islamophobia in america on a small group of jews in israel supporters in america whose views are being backed by billions of dollars so eric says there's a lot of this one for the blames islamophobia in america on a small group of jews in israel supporters in amer

a quick look at some other international news making headlines this hour . an explosion has rocked the turkish capital killing three and injuring at least fifteen people officials say a bomb was planted in a vehicle in downtown on car while i witness is claimed to have seen a burning canister thrown at a parked car from a nearby building turkish president abdullah gul commented on the situation saying it was a terror act targeting civilians meanwhile two people suspected of organizing the attack have been detained near the scene of the explosion. a third day of unrest in the yemeni capital erupted after pro-government forces shot dead nine more people the violence abated after a cease fire came into effect brokered by the vice president and western ambassadors the total number of victims since sunday has now risen to over sixty including four children a crackdown in the sun follows reports that a power transfer could be signed something protesters have been calling for for months. a passenger train has derailed in eastern germany injuring nearly fifty people

news america." >> i am reporting from washington. >> libya cannot concur -- cannot surrender. we are not women. we cannot give in. >> colonel gaddafi takes to the airways, bowling the fight is far from over. in paris, the international community to others to chart libyas future without gaddafi at the helm. a toxic legacy of 9/11. the health of some new yorkers is still in jeopardy. >> the american government now believes it triggered what it calls chronic illnesses in thousands of people, a toxic legacy from a nightmare day. >> solving a mystery 100 years later. thanks to some high-tech help, we now know what happened to ned kelly, an infamous folk hero. welcome to our viewers in america and around the globe. on the day libya's new leaders for at an international conference in paris, trying to track the country's future, there was a stark reminder of the past. colonel gaddafi issued a call to let libya be engulfed in flames, and fouled the bottle -- the battle is not over. chris morris is in paris, where leaders have just spoken about their plans for libya's future. give us the latest. >> this evening in paris was all about the symbolism of the leaders of the new, emerging libya being surrounded by leading members o

what extent the leadership is aware of this challenge even want to an ins is in consolidating a new international monetary system this is the biggest challenge that the world faces at the moment a world monetary system is the cause of the instability the financial crisis that we're currently living through the debt problems of greece and other countries these are all have monetary problems as the basis in particular they have use of paper currency rates and this is a role of arguing for years which russia could fulfill russia's goal producing country russia runs a budget surplus russia has a number of qualities which it could bring to the international stage and which european countries and certainly in a sense for america would be very wise to copy what on india there are many others say the russia is indeed the richest country in the world when it comes to mineral resources that are a seder mineral extraction metal wealth as well energy wealth are these people of l. you have some if you take it so you can think it's very interesting to be in say with john here is there term this i guess what wa

of the institute of international education tell me do you think new technologies can allow people to get international education be educated in foreign universities without leaving their hell i mean can i see technology replaced actually going to lectures seminars mixing with kids and living in canberra and so on no i think you have to have that initial experience you know you have to know how you react to different food different people a different place and and then you can use ip and distance learning to continue the relationship to widen your relationship but what if you personally don't know how you're going to react in another situation you can't learn that just on camera says our government president and c.e.o. are these that you are international education spotlight will be back shortly after we take a break so stay with us we'll continue and let's belin. the worldwide manhunt for him lasted for fifteen years. now one million year old war was promised first count. political mass murder for the west. the national hero the managing. general of the serbian army. the mahdi. are c

reading taking out it became december's parliamentary elections because the new prime minister said that when the. international news live from moscow this is all see with me your national and our top story tonight prime minister putin will run for president of russia in the twenty twelve elections announcement was made at the ruling united russia party as annual convention last present and that if that he'll have big party in december parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government that future prime minister of their party wins all season he said now i had the historic speech as a. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another in the figure that you used to russia the stability that you brought would remain and have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how it would have called no one knew and more importantly no one really expected it at least the people here that it would be here today i mean it's partly because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gather in the opening with his speech saying that we the two of us do k

now, many have to struggle on alone, wondering when national and international relief efforts will match the scale of the tragedy. bbc news, sindh. >> not to the global economy. each day seems to bring fresh alerts. the international monetary fund warned in with new dangers. they predict the world could endure two more years of sluggish economic growth. they warned the recovery has weakened considerably, and strong policies are needed now. >> the global economy is in trouble. that is a stark warning from the international monetary fund. >> the global economy has entered a dangerous new phase. the economy has weakened considerably. downside risks of increased sharply. -- have increased sharply. strong policies are needed to improve the outlook and reduced the risk. >> the u.s. is expected to grow just 1.5% this year. the euro area will expand just 1.6%, while emerging areas like china are still seeing direct activity. >> if we do not act, the burden will fall on our children's shoulders. the debt will crowd out everything else. >> president obama unveiled his plan this week, bringing down the deficit. the imf warns that to

news america." >> the libyan people cannot surrender. we cannot give in. >> defiant to the last, colonel gaddafi takes to the airwaves. the international community gathers to chart with the apostle future without gaddafi at the helm. 9/11's continuing fallout. the health of some new yorkers is still in jeopardy. >> the american government believes that there are chronic illnesses in thousands of people. >> solving a mystery 100 years later. thanks to some high-tech help, we now know what happened to ned kelly, australia's most infamous of folk hero -- killer. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. anya's new leaders were at international conference in paris. there was a stark reminder of the cost. colonel gaddafi issued a statement saying, let's libya be engulfed in flames. he vowed that the battle is not over. tonight, we have complete coverage. we start with our diplomatic correspondent. >> president sarkozy and david >>> are proud of the risks they took. -- cameron are proud of the risks they took. this was the arrival of the elite that recounted today. the rebel leader, now on the verge of government. he

anya's new leaders were at international conference in paris. there was a stark reminder of the cost. colonel gaddafi issued a statement saying, let's libya be engulfed in flames. he vowed that the battle is not over. tonight, we have complete coverage.

and new international support and i day after leaders met in tripoli with turkish contractors or involved in $15 billion worth of before they ouster of gadhafi >> up take at recall birth control pills are being recall because of the packaging air this is a list of the brands that are being recalled the problem was that your proposed were substituted brother will bills doctors of promises and patients need more information this is of von number you can call it 1877-pre hundred-i will post on the facebook page. >> i live look from our mt. tam camera for this friday morning. >> >> the dollar ended at 186 at closing yesterday. >> leon panetta is warning, if lawmakers stop debt ceiling talks it could add to 1% of the jobless rate if an agreement is not met by november 23rd automatic cuts of 1.2 trillion with half coming from the fans one. >> this is look of the salmon mateo bridge we will be right apps >> >> the a very nice look at of writing morning this is the fog and depending on where you are this is what it looks like. this is a look of current temperatures in the bay area mostly fifties

let me take you through some other international news stories now briefly twenty people including a child reportedly killed by pro regime snipers firing from rooftops and yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds and this comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in renewed clashes between presidential noya liston opposition supporters in the bloodiest crackdown in weeks the big daily protests demanding the end of president saleh has ruled russia says it wants both sides to enter talks saying it's the only way now out of the crisis. cash drug research been given an ultimatum to enforce deeper budget cuts if it was to avoid going bankrupt early next month the international monetary fund rounded on athens for falling behind on reform targets become three finance ministers pledge to speed them up and hold an emergency conference with creditors this comes as eurozone leaders choose to wait until october now before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece. president obama has laid out a plan to cut the deficit revi

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so there will be a lot of scrutiny now on not just news international but all british media, just to how endemic was this culture of phone hacking. >> is the business done today over there? have they decided what's next in the case, deciding whether or not to call james or not? >> reporter: not quite yet. the parliamentary hearing has finished and they are still deciding whether or not to call james murdoch but we are actually waiting to hear from prime minister cameron. he at the moment is taking questions from another committee in parliament and he is expected to address the hacking scandal. we're just waiting to see when he gets a question on that. >> atika, we'll wait for that. thanks. >>> now coming up on the top of the hour, i'm drew griffin. let's get you up to speed on the news. so many wildfires are burning right now in texas. it's difficult for fire crews to keep up there. almost 500 homes burned in the southeast part of austin. another in east texas has killed a mother and her child and more than 60 new fires started just over the weekend. they are forcing thousands of peo

new loans to help ease funding pressures. it comes out as the head of the international monetary fund says the world is in a dangerous new phase which needed bold leadership, and she accused politicians of being indecisive. more details on what today's actions will mean. >> on a day of gloomy forecasts, a concerted move by the world's most powerful central banks. short-term loans are going to be made available to commercial banks. there had been growing concerns that banks were stopping lending to each other because of fears they might face losses in the eurozone. in greece, there were more protests against the austerity demanded by your's gang leaders -- europe's leaders. this on a day the eurozone was told growth was expected to come to a virtual standstill by the end of the year. there was a warning that a combination of weak growth and high debt was leading to a dangerous erosion of confidence. >> the it is gaining momentum and frankly it has been aggravated by policy concerns and political lack of resolve. >> greece remains at the heart of the crisis. so far a bailout and austerity measures have not heard. greece's debt h

during this event to former news international executives said that james murdoch, news corp.xecutive, had knowledge that phone hacking was widespread in the company. mr. murdoch testified in july, and has denied those claims, and he stands by his testimony he had no knowledge the hacking extended beyond one reporter. members of the culture, media and sport committee questioned the former legal manager and former editor of the news of the work on their 50 minute meeting with james murdoch. this event is about two hours. >> can i start with asking you about the e-mails which is essentially the main reason why we first ask you to come. you made a statement you had a conversation with james and rupert murdoch. you gave a different account of what has occurred. can't i first of all established, that both of you, certainly in your mind, you told james murdoch about that e-mail when you came to discuss those terms. >> it was never -- i was quite significant. spent and me, too. i'm quite certain. >> can i just explore that. i think essentially -- >> that's correct. >> so in your mind