. >> he is ben yates of the are no longer, resigning just a day after his boss, sir paul stevenson. both paying the price for failing to get to grips with the hacking scandal. so said the mayor of london. >> i regret to say i have just come off the phone john yates, who tendered his resignation. >> boras johnson said both men had jumped and were not pushed. but he made it clear he had done everything he could to encourage them. >> it is a concatenation of issues and questions. it is going to make it very difficult for them to continue to do their jobs in the way they wanted. >> yates began the day determined not to resign, telling colleagues he would not submit to trial by media. he ended it explaining why he was going. >> we in the police service are truly accountable. those of us to take on the most difficult jobs clearly have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate, ill informed, and on occasion downright malicious gossip being published about me personally. this has the potential to be a significant distraction fr

tell us about sir paul stevenson.e reputation of paul stevenson was as a career cop, a straight arrow. but it's truly extraordinary that in the space of 24 hours not only sir paul but john yates-- that's the top two people at the metropolitan police in scotland yard-- have basically fallen on their swords. interestingly, both of them said that their integrity is intact. they've done nothing wrong. but basically what they are saying is that the political heat has become so extreme that theyçç saw no practical y of carrying on. >> ifill: and the questions that are being raised, to be clear about the police's role in all of this is that they were paid or that we were cozy or too chummy with the people who were doing the phone hacking allegedly. >> well, there's a number of allegations. one that individual policemen presumably at much lower level were taking money from news of the world reporters and other news international reporters. that hasn't been proven but it certainly is alleged and widely believed.çç the cruc

rebecca brooks was arrested and questioned and paul stevenson resigned in connection with the case. last wednesday, the ongoing investigation was the topic of discussion. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you. this is an addition to my duties . >> it currently deleting voice mails from a missing teenager. it would incriminate your business. there are confidential medical details. we happen to have this. i asked if these can be actions of the proper person? >> this makes an extremely point. we have to be clear about what is happening. this is engulfing parts of the media and police and the political system's ability. what we must do is think about the victims who are watching this today and make sure that we get to the bulk of what has happened. >> yesterday, i met a family who showed incredible bravery and strength in speaking out about what happened to them. the prime minister, does bigger thing. >> i have made clear that should like to resign. that resignation should have been given. it is becoming clearer. branch change. i think it's becoming increasingly clear that while everyb

>> well, paul stevenson, the police commissioner, has resigned. this is amid all of the investigations going on, not only of the phone hacking scandal but also police payments by news of the world to receive information. now, he has resigned over increasing public pressure but he has denied any wrongdoing. he has come under increasing scrutiny because of the high level 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

that's sir paul stevenson. ner of the metropolitan police stepped down as questions surrounding his relationship with editors of the "news of the world" newspaper. while stevenson maintains he had no knowledge of the extent of the activities paper he said he was resigning because "as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in." his resignation comes as news international's former chief executive rebekah brooks was arrested sunday and underwent 12 hours of questioning by police. that came as a surprise she was arrested. she thought she was just going to be helping in their investigation. brooks is set to appear before a parliamentary inquiry tuesday alongside james murdock and rupert murdock. there are questions if she'll be able to testify. >> those bombings last week in india. hillary clinton had a trip planned there. she's still going ahead with that trip? >> yeah, we understand this is a key trip for secretary clinton. it comes less than a week after a series of explosi

better than the chairman of the home secretary than the cabinet secretary than john yates and paul stevenson and all these people including jeremy hayward who by the way who worked diligently for tony blair and gordon brown. is he saying all those people are wrong and he's right? let me just answer the question about sir paul's resignation. i know he set out his resignation in detailed evidence and explained how the situation was so different to the situation in number ten downing street. most of the questions i had asked i had already answered. the role of the chief of staff answered. the role of mr. wallace answered. rupert murdoch said and i quote the politician i was closest to was gordon brown as chancellor. and let us just remember, let us just remember who was the advisor who gordon brown was the chancellor? >> you'll want to hear the answers given their own prime minister. the prime minister. >> and let us just remember, mr. speaker, who was the to gordon brown when he was chancellor the right honorable gentleman. on the issue of the action we have taken, let us remember during the l

sir paul stevenson was trapped.ed between a home secretary angry at not being told about the hiring of mr. colson's deputy neil wallace, and belief in his own words that doing so would have compromised the prime minister. compromised him because of mr. colson. why did sir paul think that? because his own deputy, john yates had been told by the prime minister's chief of staff that the prime minister should be told nothing. so, mr. speaker, this catastrophic error of judgment, hiring andy colson, hanging on to him too long, directly contributed to the position sir paul found himself in and his decision to resign. so, my third question, mr. speaker, is does the prime minister accept that his conflict of interest for the metropolitan police commissioner in an impossible position? so three questions are about bskyb, the warning about mr. colson that were consistently ignored, and about the met commissioner. these and many other questions will have to be answered by the prime minister over the coming months. there's one o

his death not considered sus spishus z john yates stepped down just today after his boss, sir paul stevenson. both had come under fire for handeling of a widening scandal involving reporters and executives. >> i've acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. i look forward to the future judge in that enquirery. my role will be examined in a proper and calmer environment. >> despite her weekend arrest, a former "news of the world" editor will testify before british lawmakers tomorrow, her former bosses wibl appearing before that committee. >> and back here, at and t's attempt to offer a new phone, internet and tv service may hit a major road block tomorrow. community groups went to city hall today to urge the board to require an environmental impact report before the telecome giant can install hundreds of boxes on sidewalks. they say the boxes, like this one on folsom street are an eye sore and should be hidden from public view. >> we say put it on private property. and pay rent and do not snatch our sidewalk autos at and t says san francisco wants choice, and an nalt tiff to tr

and as if that wasn't enough, just hours later, britain's top cop sir paul stevenson the commissioner of the metropolitan police resigned also because of these ongoing investigations into the phone hacking. in his specific case it was over allegations that the former deputy editor of "news of the world" had been paid by the metropolitan police for nearly as a year as a communications consultant. that former deputy editor has also been arrested earlier as part of the ongoing investigation into phone hacking. so a lot of questions were being asked about what the relationship between the police and "news of the world" was there. now sir paul stevenson has said he has done nothing wrong but he did resign he says in order to keep the metropolitan police from being distracted from their work so that he could focus fully on the investigation. here's what he said in a brief statement earlier. >> however, the issue of my integrity is different. let me state clearly, i and the people who know me know my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done something differently but i'll not lo

paul stevenson and john yates have resigned over their handling of the scandal. there was eddy colson out as prime minister david cameron spokesman this year, arrested earlier this month. last hint in chief checktive of dow jones and publisher of the wall street journal is gone. news of the world has been shut down. many observers say john murdoch, is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's prints can be found. >> james murdoch has made it clear he paid off a huge amount of money to gordon taylor who was a trade unionist who had his phone hacked. james has made it clear that he regards that as an error on his part and he much regrets it. >> reporter: if it's found that james murdoch knew more, smith says shareholders, board members may force his father's hand. >> if they were to really demand that james no longer be the heir, that he change the way the company is structured. he would have to listen to them. >> reporter: there are other reports that independent board membersover newspaper corporation are going even further questioning wh

paul stevenson and the assist taftant commissioner today have resigned. this is after rebecca brooks was arrested on friday. brooks along with murdoch and his john james will all be ordered to testify tomorrow. >> for my part, what i would say is this -- we've taken very decisive action. we've set up a judicial inquiry that can look at all aspects of this issue. >> the prime minister is also fielding questions about his own judgment in hiring former news of the world eddieder andy -- candy kolson. he's resigned. >>> hamid karzai attended the funeral today for one of his closest advisers. this is video of him today at the funeral. two gunmen killed the karzai adviser and the parliamentaryian he was meeting with. this is the second funeral karzai has attended in less than a week. his half brother was killed last week in southern afghanistan. >>> general david petraeus handed over command of american and coalition forces in afghanistan to general john allen this. is video of the handover ceremony in kabul today. petraeus steps down after one year in charge o

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 p

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're still waiting for word. of course, this is going to have an impact on her hearing on tuesday. she was supposed t

he left for south africa before paul stevenson resigned. he has come back for one day extra so that parliament gets a chance to ask him questions. but that is not a prime minister balancing his many responsibilities -- let's be clear -- in the band has nothing to do. the prime minister has a lot else to do. he has to deal with the fact that gas prices went up by 18% last week. he has to deal with the fact that the eurozone might be about to break up. >> the most robust supporter of him today -- >> i tried to compete with the clegg. memo where are all the other conservative capitalist? are they in south africa, too? some of your own back benches are rumbling about. >> he can always find the bad, the mad, and the usual suspects to rumble off on any subject. there is no rumbling in the party about anything other than the fact that labor is cooking this up to try to make a big bang. >> it is no-goodnik shouting at me about the point. the point is a million-dollar's phone was tapped. -- it is no point -- no good nick shouting at me. it is import

that development comes as britain's police chief paul stevenson announced today that he was stepping down as well because of the scandal. nbc's stephanies go has the latest from london. >> reporter: london's police chief resigned under intense pressure after it was revealed that scotland hired a former news of the world editor as a media consultant in 2009, the same year investigators decided not to further pursue the phone hacking case. 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

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 leader said he's incapable of giving the leadership required. >> sir paul stephenson has taken responsibility and resigned over the hiring of mr. clausen's deputy. when the prime minister hasn't even apologized for the hiring ifself. we need leadership to get to the truth of what happened but the prime minister is hamstrung by the decisions he made and his refusal to face up to them. >> speaking before the news of john yates' resignation, david cameron insists there was no comparison between his behavior and that of the metropolitan police. >> i don't believe the two situations are the same in any shape or form. in terms of andy clausen new york city one argued that the work he did in government in any way was inappropriate or bad. he worked well in government.

and it resulted in such huge pressure on sir paul stevenson, he decided to go.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 good. >> dan, rebecca brooks, former reporter with news of the world, senior executive with news international resigned friday, arrested saturday, has been let out on bail but not charged with anything, you say? >> reporter: no, she hasn't been charged. she was questione

i met with police commissioner paul stevenson last night to speak further reassurances about the scale of the operation under way. this is a mixed appearance by police officers at the select committee last night. i thought that stu acres, who is leading the investigation aquested herself extremely well. i have confidence that the metropolitan police will get to the bottom. >> to raise coffee. >> thank you. they have committed to a low carbon world and recycling rate of over 60%. he's always welcome to visit, but will he give his backing to enhance skills training to fill the new job opportunities to be created locally? >> no, i think the honorable lady makes a good point. i congratulate her on branding as the green coast. i think there is a big opportunity. particularly in light of what my right and honorable friend, the energy and crime change secretary said in the terms of green jobs, energy, and nuclear. and the vital things to encourage the investment that we want is to demonstrate that we are going to build up our skills base. that's what the partnerships play such a valuable role

paul stevenson resigned amid the news of the world phone hacking scandal. he says he began his testimony saying he resigned of stories and allegations are becoming a distraction from his job. son james and former editor rebecca brooks also set to appear at the hearing to answer questions. news of the world shut down last week after accusations of phone hacking and bribery. we'll continue to follow that developing story this morning. >>> the debt show down continues between president obama and republican lawmakers. the president is now promising to veto a republican backed bill that would raise the nation's debt ceiling and make deep spending cuts. the bill would also add an amendment to the constitution forcing the government to pass a balanced budget every year. tea party activists are pushing for passage of the bill. a vote is scheduled to take place in the house tomorrow. >>> time is 4:47. a legal battle over an alaska driver's license is getting national attention this morning. the american civil liberties union is suing the state on behalf of a transge

and then the country's top police official, paul stevenson, resigned over the weekend.ght there. the assistant commissioner followed suit today. >>> in italy, a judge today dismissed all defense motions in the trial of prime minister berlusconi. he is accused of having sex with a minor, and is charged with abuse of power. he denies the charges and the next hearing date is in october. >>> the kick that brought all of joy to japan. the amazing victory in the united states in the finals of the women's word cup, and saying they were playing for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. they won out right on penalty kicks. >>> coming up, i want you to check this out. that's what nasa is testing right now. we'll tell you why it might be so important to the future of space exploration. the big eye coming your way next. >>> we have a show called big ideas, and when i saw this invention, i thought immediately of the jetsons, that's nasa's new robotic lander, essentially an unmanneds space craft being created to help explore moons, plants and asteroids. nasa engineer julie basle

>> check the transcript of what paul stevenson and john yates said yesterday and they think everyone behaved entirely appropriate as do i and as do the person sitting next to him too. >> there were two report about the risks of phone hacking. for the sake of the victims does the prime minister regret that no action was taken at that time? >> i think it is a matter of regret and, frankly, both front benches has got to accept this that warnings from the information commissioner from the select commissioners weren't heeded and we have to recognize that there were issues around relations with media groups that made that happen and we got to get to the bottom how we stop that from happening again and i hope we can address that in the debate. >> is the prime minister tell the house details of any appropriate conversations he had relating to the bskyb bid specifically with rebecca brooks and james murdoch on the 27th on december and rebecca brooks of 2010. >> what i've done is set out all of the details of the meetings and explain that all of the conversations were appropriate something bac

sir paul stevenson resigned.ment in his force's failure to investigate widespread alleged criminal acts by murdoch's journalists. nor the alleged bribery of police officers by reporters. >> i had no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice. or indeed to the extent of it. and the repugnant nature of the selection of victims that is now emerging. >> reporter: and there is more. rebekah brooks, just days ago she was at the apex of power running rupert murdoch's british operations. it is said he considered her his other daughter. on friday, she resigned from the company. she was arrested. the tenth arrest since this scandal erupted two weeks ago. brooks was editor of "the news of the world" from 2000 to 2003, when much of the alleged criminal activity took place. she has insisted she knew nothing about it. >> there's no way that a reporter can come in with the kind of salacious, page one stories that "the news of the world" was running without an editor saying, how'd you get that story? who was your sourc

members of parliament have been questioning paul stevenson the chief of scotland yard who ho resignedver the scandal. his second in command an assistant police chief resigned yesterday. he said he did nothing wrong but thought he needed to resign. >> even though they don't feel they did anything wrong but willing to walk away when it might interfere with their discharge of duties. >> murdoch, son james and rebecca brooks, former chief of executive of the newspaper operations will be telephoning this morning about an hour from now. they announced an inquiry into police media relations and possible corruption. >> the spais shuttle left the international space station for the last time. the crew of four are due back on earth thursday morning, left behind a year's worth of supplies and left the space station crew with a shuttle model and u.s. flags that flew on the first shuttle mission. it will mark the end of nasa's 30-year shuttle program. >> heat wave gripping the midwest is likely to spread to the east coast. 17 states have watches and voices posted. and it's not a dry heat. >> much

the chief of metropolitan police resigned, sir paul stevenson.ews international is owned by news corp, the parent company of fox news. 23 minutes past the hour now. more to come. jamie: astronauts on the shuttle atlantis have a big day getting ready for its final return. that means getting packed up with gear and equipment. moments ago the shach between the space station and the atlantis for closed. the return to earth is set for tomorrow. before they close that hatch both of the crews on the space station and shuttle were so busy today. i want to ask any sense of the smood onboard. >> i think it's a bitter sweet day. not only for the astronauts, but also for the people at johnson space center. you are looking live at mission control. those final farewells are about to start. if that happens we'll show you guys live. then they will seal the hatches and close the doors for the final time. you minged they were busy this morning and you were right. they were using a robotic arm. listen here. this is the flight director of scs-135. >> the finality of

. >> what brought sir paul stevenson, london's top cop down?s 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 testified that her paper h

commissioner sir paul stevenson resigned sunday. today scotland yard's commissioner yates stepped done. there's more. former news of the world reporter sean hoare was found dead in his home today. he was the first to come forward. coulson has resigned as the prime minister's press secretary. police are investigating hoare's death saying it is not considered to be suspicious. investigators claim the tabloid hacked into the voice mail accounts of several high profile people and victims of tragedy. the controversy is not over. 9:30 eastern time tomorrow, rupert murdoch and his john james murdoch are scheduled to testify before members of parliament. brooks who is out on bail will also testify. we should remind you, news corp is the parent company of fox news channel. >> straight ahead, she was found hanging, nude, hand and feet both bound. it happened in a fancy mansion. murder or suicide? that is just the beginning of this bizarre mystery. there are lots of questions. >> casey anthony is all s as she slips out of prison. is it all goo

what brings sir paul stevenson done. the executive editor of the paper. back to rebekah brooks. the murdoch food chain and a lynch pin in an unfolding drama. brooks is answering police questions. >> reporter: the crisis surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire here in britain has claimed new victims as of sunday. first, rebekah brooks, the former "news of the world" editor and chief executive at news international, she had an appointment on sunday to meet with police investigators. but a spokesperson for her said she did not expect to be arrested when she walked in to meet with them but that's exactly what happened and she was still in police custody late into sunday night being questioned not just on phone hacking allegations, but also on allegations that "news of the world" reporters actually paid police for information. now rebekah brooks is, of course, a very senior executive at news international, very close to rupert murdoch, she's known as a top lieutenant and he acted as mentor for her throughout all this. she's the 10th arrest in these ongoing investigations into phone

members of 45 strong team being ex-news international journalists, it was things like 30% of paul stevenson'seetings over a five-year period had been meetings with the media had been with news international journalists. it's coming out in recent days that somebody who was a senior executive at the "news of the world" also worked simultaneously, if you'll pardon the pun, as a translator for scotland yard. there was also somebody who was working both as the chief correspondent -- or chief reporter of the paper. as a police informant. so the -- there was almost no delineation at times between where news international finished around scland yard began. it was really extraordinary. >> rose: there was a headline,lm reuters saying, is britain more corrupt it thinks? >> i tnk we need to be careful before moving too far in that direction. this is not italy. this is certainly not a banana republic. what we've seen is an entangling of media and politicians and police, a kind of causeuasi new establishment with roles not being clearly enough defined. i think the second point to makeis that let's not forg

his resignation follows of that the police chief paul stevenson amid questions of journalists paying bribes to police officers in return for information as well as concerns about nuls of the world journalists being employed by the police force. it emerged today not one but two former employees of the news of the world had been on the police payroll. in another development this evening, police confirmed they're investigating the discovery of a bag reportedly containing a laptop computer and a cell phone in a parking garage trash can near the london home of rebekah brooks. brooks, of course, is due to answer questions about the hacking scandal in front of a parliamentary committee tomorrow. rupert murdoch and his son james are also expected to appear. we will be showing the committee hearing live here on the fox news channel tomorrow from 9:30 eastern. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt live in our new york city newsroom. jonathan, thank you. investigators are now looking into a pair of deaths and a strange set of circumstances at a san diego bay mansion. the home of a high profile pharma

. >> the cabinet secretary, john yates, then paul stevenson, then all heels people including jeremy hayward who by the way worked diligently for tony blair and gordon brown. [ yelling ] >> let me just talk about resignation. i know it is convenient for the gentleman but sir paul set out his reasons for resignation yesterday in detailed evidence and explained how his situation was so different to the situation in number 10 downing street. most of the questions he asked i had already answered. the chief of staff answered, the parallels with the metropolitan police answered. the roan of mr. walls answered. >> that's british prime minister david cameron facing tough questions today regarding his country's phone hacking scandal. it is a heated emergency session at the house of commons. cameron is criticized for hiring a communication chief who was once an editor of "news of the world." the tabloid newspaper owned by rupert murdock's news corp recently shut down because of the scandal. a protestor interrupted yesterday's hearing hitting rupert murdock in the face with a pie dish. that woman in pi

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 investigations of paying out police for information. so we have -- as far as we understand it, rebecca brooks is still being questioned almost for seven hours now. and we haven't heard about her release. we're still waiting to hear more from police. >> so is there a feeling this is just kind of the tip of the iceberg as it pertains to arrests, questioning, resignations? >> definitely.

goodman who hired glenn marcair, scotland yard arrested goodman, marcair, coulson, and brooks, but paul stevensonerday in part because he hired neal wallace as a pr consultant who used to work at "news of the world" under coulson. now john yates, number two at scotland yard stepped down today because he refused to open the hacking scandal two years ago, he also has ties to neal 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 un

and a major blow to sir paul stevenson on sunday was arrested.d we are less than 24 hours away from rupert murdoch and his son james and rebekah brooks freshly bailed out of jail standing before parliament to present their side of the scandal. for this side of the story, we go to stephanie gosk in london. stephanie, thank you for joining me. >> you're welcome, ezra. nice to be here. >> stephanie, more breaking news out of london and there are reports that the former "news of the world" showbiz reporter and accusing andy colson of hacking phones is found dead. what do you know about this? >> well, a bizarre twist to the story, he became the center of this saying that yes, andy colson knew about the phones hacked and he listened to some of the phones i listened to. he was found dead in his home, and the police are saying that it is not treated as a suspicious death, but they are investigating the cause. another bizarre twist of a day that has seen enough of them already with the resignations of two of the top brass over at scotland yard. ezra. >> a

been two high-level resignations from scotland yard and colluding the police chief himself, sir paul stevenson, he has resigned because he hired in 2009 a former editor of "news of the world." his deputy, john yates, has resigned after he was informed that he would be suspended while an investigation into scotland yard's investigation of the scandal was being conducted. john yates is being criticized for in 2009 not continuing to pursue an investigation into the phone hacking. all of this comes while their department continues to make arrests. on sunday they arrested rebekah brooks, i high-level trusted executive of rupert murdoch. her lawyer today said that this arrest took her by surprise, that she is not -- that she says she is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing and that they held her for nine hours yesterday without presenting her with formal allegations or with actual evidence of any wrongdoing. richard. >> all right, thank you, stephanie. nbc's stephanie gosk with the latest on that. news corp published two full-page ads in the british press this weekend, including an apology from rup

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

now they've lost their number one sir paul stevenson and also the number two has resigned today. >> yesi don't think that scotland yard in its history has suffered reputational damage quite to compare with what we've seen in the past two weeks. i think that's come as quite a shock to people in the uk. of course, we knew that there are as we say in england bent coppers. i think that the sense that people have of this gross incompetence as well as some kind ofvilleny on the part of scotland yard. of course we don't know how many. we don't know how deep. there's some, we're sure that some of them were bribed by the murdoch newspapers here. i think this is a shock to the system here. it will take some time to absorb that. >> briefly, when the foreign corrupt practices act is involved and you've got the murdoch empire headquartered in the states, is there any possibility with these bribes have been been allegedly paid that there could be legal implications here as the fbi is now investigating? >> well, i'd have to have american legal qualifications to answer that. but it's certainly true tha

commissioner paul stevenson, he was the head of scotland yard. he, if you will, fell on his sword and said that he could not in good conscience continue with all the challenges to keep the peace in great britain as he and specifically his relationship with the murdock media empire became such a focus of attention. he was calling it a major distraction, which could not go on. of course among those ten arrests you mentioned, the latest high profile arrest was rebekah brooks, the chief of the british media holdings. she said it came as a complete surprise when she showed up at a prearranged appointment with police on sunday and was subsequently held and questioned for nine hours before being released on bail. now, in all of this, thomas, pressure continues to mount obviously on the murdock family. they're expected to appear tomorrow before the parliamentary committee and on british prime minister david cameron. he's currently in south africa today. he addressed briefly the phone hacking scandal. and in what he had to say he was clearly standing his

right now former london police chief paul stevenson is facing questions mostly about why he resignedthe weekend. there are also questions about whether police officers took bribes to help murdock's paper news of the world get scoops. stephenson is insisting he knew nothing about it. murdock, his son and former news international chief executive brooks will be testifying later facing questions about allegations that journalists working for them illegally eavesdropped on thousands of people. ten people have been arrested in the scandal including brooks and the communications chief for prime minister david cameron former news of the world editor. i will stay on top of it and have more live coverage for you this morning here on ktvu channel 2 news. for now live in washington d.c., allison burns, back to you. >>> senator feinstein will discuss the repeal to the defense of marriage act at a press conference today. the defense of marriage act defines marriage as between a man and woman. the obama administration has already said it will no longer defend the law in court. three gay couples wi

reporter: full disclosure could spell trouble for this man the metropolitan police commissioner sir paul stevenson. he's under fire for the close relationship he and his senior officers enjoyed with the "news of the world." he even gave the paper's former deputy editor a job last year. politicians are asking whether scotland yard's links to the paper stop police probing the phone- hacking scandal more deeply. full disclosure is embarrassing too for the prime minister. a list of engagements released by downing street today show just how frequently he paid court to news corp. executives and they to him. the prime minister won't be saying sorry for that, but rupert murdoch will be apologizing again this weekend for what he called serious wrongdoing at the "news of the world." he's personally signed a letter, which will run as an advert in seven national newspapers so his later in the day, a second top murdoch executive resigned. since 2007, les hinton has been c.e.o. at dow jones and company, publisher of the "wall street journal." but for 12 years, he chaired the company that oversaw the british tab