chance to see all defendants or at least most of the defendants for the first time in court, rebecca brookse former editor of the news of the world and former boss of news international, that is the uk newspaper and murdock and husband charlie brooks and andy causon and former director of communication for the british prime minister david cameron and they are facing varieties of three different charges which are conspiracy to intercept communications in the course of their transmission, that relates to the phone hacking side of this trial. conspiracy to commit misconduct in a political office and this applies to andy working for david cameron and conspiracy to reverse the course of justice and all 8 defendants plead not guilty to all charges against him. >> reporter: why is there so much public interest in this case? >> basically because many of the people who are going to be on trial here are very powerful, very well-known figures and this also is about the issue of one of the most powerful media tycoons in the world, murdoch and it's a chance for people to see justice being done to an ind

both rebecca brooks and andy corson are friends of the prime minister. revelation he of phones of celebrities politicians and crime victims have been hacked, bringing rupert murdock's newspaper down. >> this trial is first and foremost a human story where two powerful public figures, rebecca brooks and sandy corson right at the heart of it. that huge tension that exists between the need for a free press and the swairn sometimes t free develop can be abused. >>> there are six other defendants, the charges which all deny, include conspiracy to intercept communications and the conspiracy to interrupt the course of justice. the trial could go on until next april. >>> a big cleanup in the u.k. after a severe storm battl battd parts of the country. 200,000 households lost power. lawrence lee has the latest. >> the worst storm in britain for the last several years had its presence known even on government. a crane toppled onto the roof of the parliament. they all had to reschedule their time tables. most of the damage happened overnight between sunday and monda

we will see the defendants in court. 8 of them in total, rebecca brooks, the former editor of the sunaper and news of the world and the former boss of news international, that is the uk newspaper arm of murdoch's empire and charlie brooks and andy corazon, an editor news of the world and the spin doctor director of communications and five other defendants. there are a number of different charges against all of them and essentially what they boil down to is three really, conspiracy to intercept communications in the course of their transmission and relates to the phone hacking elements of this trial. conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, i think that particularly relates to andy corazon and his office working for the uk government and also conspiracy to go against justice and they are breathing innocence. there is a huge amount of media interest in this. you can probably see the press actually it has been taken down behind my shoulder but there is a separate annex inside the court where journalists from all over the world are going to be monitoring the course of this trial.

. >> so you've got a very well-timed book out, "murdoch's world," and a trial involving rebecca brookstil proven guilty. tell us what's likely to play out in this trial. >> well, what we're going to see is a few things. obviously, prosecutors will make their case. they're trying people -- a variety of defendants on different counts. you have the question of hacking, which is what we all remember in this country, the breaking into the cell phone messages of so many hundreds and thousands of people. you have the question of bribery of public officials, politics, people in defense ministry and others. and then you have the question of obstruction of justice, which rebecca brooks, rupert murdoch's surrogate daughter, former ceo of his newspaper arm, and somebody who used to lead the two top-selling tabloids, on trial with her husband, also, for conspireing to conceal evidence from the government. >> this is one of the moments where truth meets power and the outcome will be fascinating. your book opens up with a vignette apologizing to the family of a girl whose phone was tapped. >> this wa

rebecca brooks and andy collison. rebecca brooks went on to the boss of news international, that's rupert murdoch's u.k. nub arm. her husband, charlie brooks, also a defendant. andy colson went on to be the spin doctor, the director of communications for david cameron. five other defendants from those three, they are all facing a variety of different charges, but basically it boils down to conspiracy to intercept communications in the course of their transmission. that's basically the phone hacking portion of this trial. conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. conspiracy to convert the cause of justice. all eight defendants are pleading not guilty to the charges. >> we'll be back with you for more on that case. for now, thank you very much, indeed. >>> in the philippines more than 30,000 village leaders are awa awaiting to see if they've been elected or not. security was tight during monday's voting. 32 people have been killed during campaign. often, application politicians e re-elected. >> reporter: over 54

brookss not just rebecca in court, so also is andy colson. like mrs. brooks, he is accused of conspiring to intercept voicemails. like her, he says he is innocent. >> the prosecution will also claim that andy colson along with others paid public officials for information on the royal family. the allegation is that top- secret royal phone book was purchased by the newspaper. but he denies this. episode has hacking already generated hundreds of headlines, not least because the accused were well connected with british politicians. of -- events in the coming weeks will be very much in the public eye. >> an unprecedented site in the heart of beijing, a photo posted on social media briefly of a vehicle on fire in front of the wall of the forbidden city. , this is the most sensitive security location in the chinese capital. how did this vehicle get their? who was driving on board? police say that the driver of the car and two passengers died and several tourists were injured. let me show you where it happened in the heart of beijing . this is an area of the city usu

we're expecting the arrival of rebecca brooks, her husband andy carlson and other people. just for a recap, rebecca brooks is here on three different kinds of charges related to the phone hacking scandal. one specifically related to phone hacking, the other related to the cover upof phone hacking. the most important charges for news corps and will be worrisome to rupert mourdock are to the potential bribery of public officials in the u.k. those are the charges that could get news corps here in trouble in the u.k. or even in the u.s. under the foreign corrupt. someone else who will be watching this nervously is prime minister david cameron who used to employ andy colson as a director of communications. there will be a lot of people watching this trial with baited breath to see how it unfolds over the coming months. >> kathryn, thank you very much indeed for that. at least you get to come inside. thanks for that. the weather seems to have faded. the sussex, it's getting better. the worst is gone. >> nothing has fallen on your house. >> no, thanks god, but there are a few tre

the main defendants, rebecca brooks and andy colson, arrived in court today. they're editors of the news of the world tabloid which is now at a business. brooks and colson are accused of hacking the phones of celebrities and making illegal patients for information. ellis island is open to tourists. new york's historic destination reopened this morning a year after being shut down by damage from hurricane sandy and the first boats that arrived were packed with visitor. >> we didn't think we'd have a chance to step foot on the island and it worked out really well. >> sandy left the site under 8 feet of water badly flooding the immigration and $77 million was spent to get it back open. a lot of tourists are happy about that. a great place to visit. >> have you been? >> oh, yeah. great, new york. >> the weather tell us about it. winds whipped up the storm into the overnight hours. we can say things are calming down. high deaf doppler also pretty active this morning, especially over the santa cruze mountains and farther south. light rain on highway 17 and the most

the paper apps' tpoerl editors rebecca brooks and andy coal son are accused of directing the tabloid'sacking operation. they deny the charges. the hacking sandal led to the shutdown of the rupert murdoch owned tabloid. >>> a california lawmaker is the focus of a federal corruption investigation. he has been caught up in an fbi sting operation, josh burnstein from al jazerra's investigative unit has more. >> reporter: los angeles, a city where fame and infamy go hand in hand. >> tax credits work. >> reporter: here everything seems larger than life. including its politicians. that state senator ronald calderon, he is one of the most influential lay machers an macha target of an ongoing investigation. according to a sealed affidavit obtained by al jazerra's investigative unit. the senator for sale. a politician willing to influence legislation in exchange for money. as part of an elaborate undercover sting, fbi agents posed as owners of an independent film studio. they approach the senator and allegedly paid him off. >> they had to establish bank accounts, they needed a business license,

it sees a defendant said former editors like rebecca brooks and andy colson facing 15 phone acting related charges. -- phone hacking related charges. broosks is said to have been active in hacking. a bust of winston churchill has just been unveiled there. john boehner was joined for the unveiling ceremony today by secretary of state john kerry amongst others. half a century after the british prime minister was granted honorary u.s. citizenship. he was addressed three times more than any other dignitary. make sure you catch the 90th edition opening with a dazzling chocolate fashion show. the french tennis champion was among those wearing chocolate creations. also taken to the catwalk was a former miss france. it runs until sunday, november 3. check it out if you can. that's all from the newsroom for now. >> claire pride in the newsroom. after more than three years of captivity in the sahara, a presidential welcome home. for french employees of nuclear power group areva greeted by francois hollande himself just outside of parents -- paris. several false starts after the invasion to root out

rebecca brooks says she is grateful for the option after losing her job and not surprised or annoyed that the system got overwhelmed. this is what one couple told her yesterday, after years of not being able to afford insurance after both having diabetes. they said is we have waited many years and now we have hope. >> the department of health and human services says the system is simply overwhelmed by so many people using this system all at once. officials insisted everyone kobe able to enroll before the january deadline. officials say they are grateful so many people want to buy insurance under the new plan. in the newsroom, rebecca cooper. schedulednt obama is to meet with congressional leaders and about 22 minutes from now. he will bring you developments that may come out of the meeting. >> it feels much more like october -- august and october. i would like it to cool off a little bit. >> doug hill is still here. are we going to see the temperatures stick around or what? >> early next week the cold front will change things. above average temperatures. 85 outside the belfort furnit

among those pleading not guilty are rebecca brooks and andy coleson, a former editor who became primen's spokesperson. >>> a robbery at aas station in orlando could have turned deadly but a cell phone saved the day. the suspect seen here grabbing cash from the register fired a shot before the get away. the clerk was hit in the abdomen and he didn't realize it at first. the cell phone blocked the bullet. the phone didn't fair so well. check that out. but the clerk is just fine. amazing. >>> police officer in milwaukee also lucky after a dramatic high-speed chase. his dash cam rolling when the suspect he was pursuing lost control of his car. the car went airborne, slammed in to the officer's windshield. the officer was injured but did survive. police say the suspect was draung, driving going more than 100 miles an hour. >> scary pictures. >> whoa. >>> cirque du soleil and a las vegas casino are facing charges in the death of a performer. it could pave the way for civil lawsuits in connection with that accident. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: more than 100 million spectators hav

among the people on trial starting in london are rebecca brooks, formally the ceo of his british operation there. and coleson, the editor of world news, who was forced to resign when a hacking scandal occurred years ago, and then he went on to be head of the communications for the prime minister, and jake carney in new york. >> very high up. and he was taken to new york to testify last year, and his tabloid, the one that was involved in the phone hacking scandal had to be closed down, and parts of his media empire had to be closed down. and this company, they were trying to completely control. this is the guy who has the biggest media empire in the world, so why in the world was that the result of this investigation, just because of this one scandal? >> if you look at this scandal, it's a two-fold scandal. murdock is the owner of the wall street journal. and fox news, and the new york post. and one of the top circulated papers in the world. and a paper through which he exercises a punishing regimen on the politicians that he wants to go after. in britain, it was an intersection of his cont

they include rebecca brooks, former editor of the now closed news of the world as well as head of newss arm. rupert murdoch remains head and the parent company of fox newschannel, also facing charges, another former editor of the paper and former media advisor to uk prime minister david cameron. all this is a sign of how far and high up this scandal has reached, specifically brooks, kolson and others are charged with intercepting or hacking into the voicemail messages of various high profile and sensitive figures, like a missing girl later found killed. they're also charged with bribing officials and concealing evidence. those on trial have pled not guilty. the charges have led to parliamentary and other public hearings aimed at rewriting press regulations here along with multiple police investigations and payouts to those targeted and deemed effected by phone hacking. the prosecution is expected to outline its case starting tomorrow. this trial was some 100 witnesses and more than a dozen lawyers could last six months. under a lot of press scrutiny and restrictions. and there are at l

rebecca brooks and andy coleson along with six other defendants deny the allegations but it goes deeperthat. it's part of the new book "the last of the old media empires, murdoch's world." npr media correspondent david fulkenflick joins me now. what's the significance of this trial for american viewers and for rupert murdoch? >> for american viewers, if you think about murdoch, he's based right here in manhattan not so many blocks from where i'm sitting, columbus circle. he has the sprawling media empire that goes across borders and across the globe. in the uk, the two tabloid editor s on trial, one went on o be the ceo of his publishing arm, the other to be the chief p.r. official for prime minister david cameron. we will see in this trial whether or not convictions are gained. the prosecution presents evidence that shows how the murdoch media executives were working hand in glove with politicians of both major parties in a way that seemed to sort of forget or overlook the obligation, perhaps, this media empire had to the readers and the public that they served. i think you will also s

.: this trial and first and foremost a human story with two powerful public figures rebecca brooks andght at the heart of it. but it also represents that huge tension that exists between the need for a free press and the awareness that sometimes that freedom can be abused. besides those two former editors of the news of the world, there are six other defendants. the charges, which all deny, include conspiracy to intercept communications and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. the trial could go on until next april. rory, al jazeera, london. >>> a victory today in texas for pro choice activists. a short time ago a federal judge declared new abortion restriction is his unconstitution and is blocking the enforcement of the new laws. heidi-j.o. is in austin about more. >> reporter: come tuesday the ban on abortions will be put in place. that was the one element of the restrictive abortion rule passed in texas last summer that was not contested by this lawsuit. the other two elements, one that required abortion doctors get admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, well, that has b

former editors rebecca brooks and andy colson along with several others are on trial for phone hacking bribing officials while at the now closed rupert murdoch tabloid. isnwhile, southern britain being battered with a powerful storm with hurricane force wind causing widescreen inlays on the nation's roads and trains and threatening severe disruption that the airport. one person is feared dead. published awspaper document today that shows the u.s. national security agency spied on more than 60 million phone calls and stayed -- in spain and one month alone. every wart comesl a week after reported similar allegations in france and german magazine "der spiegel" reported a document shows the chancellor's mobile phones were hacked. provided by edward snowden so the nsa monitoring the phone calls from december 10, 2012 until january 8 of 2013. but not there content. the chief of the u.s. spy agency has not discussed the alleged bugging of german chancellor merkel's phones with president obama, according to officials. while white house and secretary jay carney hold a briefing today scheduled a

rebecca brooks, of course was a close friend. excuse me? >> that hair is red.r with red hair. that is some red hair. beautiful. >> and we'll see what she has to say about rupert murdoch. >> what team is red, joe? what team has red colors? >> cincinnati. you're talking baseball. >> it's six minutes into the top of the show. you haven't mentioned -- >> we're talking orange. we're talking orange today. >> 17 seconds. >> and -- >> cincinnati beat the jets. >> we've already been there. >> that was the last hour. >> and he didn't even know. that was the good part. bingles and bangles -- >> no. >> phil simms says bingles. it's crazy. as becky mentioned, the fed is going to be meeting. and that'll be one of the highlights of the week. it's a commentary on the week. senior economics reporter steve liesman is here with a preview and also the story of a new controversy surrounding the nomination of janet yellen. does it have to do with rand paul? >> yeah, it does. it does. not much change expected in the fed's policy this week. question is whether they're going to use the