on their way back, samantha cameron, david cameron's wife, thought he had 8-year-old nancy.d 8-year-old nancy. when they got home home they realized neither one of them had taken poor nancy with them back to the house. they immediately went back to the pub where she was apparently completely nonplussed by the thing sitting in the back and sipping on a pepsi and they brought her home and everything was okay. but because this is the british prime minister, there is political intrigue in the timing of all of this. it was the "sun" newspaper owned by rupert murdoch broke the story today. it happened two months ago. this week, cameron is going to be testifying in inquiry he set up to look into media ethics, specifically, the ethics of rupert murdoch's papers like "the sun." >> obviously, that is intriguing in itself this would come up. it's kind of old news. the kid is okay but comes up at this time when the paper is being looked at and murdoch's company as well. with all of that said, in the uk they are known for their headlines. any headlines related to this story, stephanie? >

he called samantha cameron, lady prime minister. >> did you see her every weekend or most weekends from 2008 to 2009? >> not every weekend. >> most weekends? >> the news soon travel that he had seen the boss of the papers an awful lot. there was some new information. >> mrs. cameron keeps a better weekend record and i do. she reckons that we did not see them more than an average of every six weeks. that is one of the things that could not give you earlier. >> next awkward detail -- what checks did he make before hiring in the colson as is -- andy colson as his spin doctor? >> i remember clearly seeking that assurance. as i say, there do seem to be some differences. but they well may be compatible in the way i have suggested. >> next a hunt to make jeremy responsible for the bid for bskyb. it was put to the prime minister that it was a decision made with incomplete advice. >> it was not some incomplete, botched decision. anyone had told me he could not do the job, i would not have done -- given him the job. >> the prime minister insisted that he wanted to protect people like this, the fa

. >> reporter: david and samantha cameron. the image of a young power couple.y do it? this was the scene of every parent's worst nightmare where the camerons were enjoying a spot of lunch, they took their eye of their daughter nancy for a few seconds and then leaving without her. the prime minister in one car with his bodyguards, wife samantha in another with their other two kids. each thought 8-year-old daughter nancy was with the other. 15 minutes and two miles later, the camerons discovered she was missing. nancy was safe and sound. in fact, she was helping out the staff in the pub. but this morning, the british government was on the defensive. saying mom and dad were "distraught when it happened." then the prime minister went straight away to get her. >> i think she was lucky. >> reporter: in fact, it was cameron himself who told diane how he'd try and balance it all. >> i've always said, it must be possible to be a good prime minister and a good father and a good husband. >> reporter: in march, couples in maryland and texas made headlines by leaving childr

. >> reporter: david and samantha cameron, the image of a young modern power couple. y do it? this was the scene of every parent's worst nightmare. the camerons were enjoying a spot of lunch here before taking their eye off their daughter nancy for a few second and leaving without her. the prime minister in one car with his bodyguards. wife samantha in the other with their other two kids. each thought 8-year-old nancy was with the other. 15 minutes and two miles later, the camerons discovered she was missing. nancy was safe and sound, in fact, she was helping out the staff in the pub. but the british government was on the defense saying mom and dad were "distraught" when it happened. then the prime minister went straight away to get her. >> i do think it is disgraceful, yeah. >> reporter: in fact it was cameron himself who told diane how he tried to balance it all. >> i always said it must be possible to be a good prime minister, father and husband. >> reporter: in march couples in maryland and texas made headlines by leaving their children at chuck e. cheese. working

that's pretty much what happened with daeshd and samantha cameron. they left 8-year-old nancy down at the pub. they were eating earlier in the day actually with another family and there was a big mix-up, carol, on which car she was going go back in. so when they were halfway hope, oops, they realized we don't have nancy. it turns out that nancy had gone to the bathroom and everyone had taken off. now downing stream issued a whole statement over this. here's what they said, carol. they said the prime minister and samantha were distraught when they realized nancy wasn't with them. thankfully when they phoned the pub she was there safe and well. the prime minister went down to get her straight away. now, that happened a couple of months ago, but you know what? a lot of critics are jumping on this and saying the british prime minister likes to cl chil too much and this is happens when he's addressing on family problems. >> the story is politically motivated, although he did really leave his 8-year-old daughter in the bar oop. >> the timing is really inte

thing getting attention people in great britain are buzzing about how prime minister david cameron and his wife samantha left their 8-year-old daughter behind in a pub after having lunch. downing street confirms little nancy was left for about 15 minutes that the pub before her dad, the prime minister, came back to pick her up. it all happened a couple months ago. cameron went home in one car thinking nancy was in the other car with all the other kids. well, mrs. cameron says she assumed nancy was with her father. >> you got to talk. >>> coming up two u.s. college students describe how they survived being trapped for nine days in a snowstorm in the new zealand wilderness. >> your risk of stroke may be connected to how much sleep you get. i'm theresa garcia in los angeles. >> but up next two council members out, a mayor under investigation. where does the d.c. government go from here? we'll get some answers when we come back. >>> we now know when that special election will be held to replace kwame brown as d.c. council chair following his guilty pleas on fraud charges. the d.c. board of elections says it

it happened when prime minister cameron and his wife, samantha, were enjoying a good old sunday pub lunch at the plow with three kids and some friends. only when they got home, two miles away from the pub, they noticed one of their brood was still missing. for a whole 15 minutes, nancy was left in the pub on her own. >> it will be interesting to find out why he did it, what his excuse was. i think it's pretty unacceptable. >> reporter: downing street issued a statement saying the prime minister and samantha were distraught when they realized nancy wasn't with them. so what happened? cameron thought nancy was with his wife. the wife thought the daughter was with him. what a mixup. cameron phoned the pub and rushed to pick her up. what an embarrassment for prime minister david cameron. today, the government will relaunch a mass i have program dealing with troubled families. are headlines like this one, it makes it hard to do. >> boy, that is a high degree of difficulty. you're right. thank you very much. everybody at the pub handled it well. put her to work. she was happy. >> the people at

speaking of the prime minister, it seems cameron and his wife samantha got their signals crossed andr 8-year-old daughter nancy left her behind in a pub after having lunch with friends. they discovered their daughter was missing when they returned 45 miles northwest of london. there was a mix upover who was taking the little girl home. the prime minister raced back to the pub to retrieve his daughter. >>> a deadly weekend in chicago, six people killed and three dozen others wounded in a series of shootings. the youngest victim was a 16-year-old boy who was shot on his front porch by a passing vehicle. authorities believe that shooting was gang related. official resigns after video surfaces of him whipping his stepson with a belt. county water director sanchez started to hit the boy after he dropped the ball in a game of catch. >> that's enough. that's enough. >> you got a problem? >> don't beat the [ bleep ] unite of him because he won't catch the ball. i'm a father too. >> he has been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse. let's look at the travel forecast. >> good morning, if

. >>> and a high level family mishap involving britain's prime minister david cameron and his wife samantha a pub about a mile from their country residence. apparently, each thought that the other had the 8-year-old when they left in separate cars. the daughter was giving pub staff a hand when the dad came back to catch her about 15 minutes later. a bartender said the incident happened a couple months ago. >>> and don't try this at home. a man in china apparently decided to try a few stunted while driving on city streets over the weekend at about -- oh my gosh. at about 25 miles an hour. he climbed onto the open door and window frame, staring the car with only his right hand. a driver behind him shot this that you see there. he says the daredevil barely missed him and other drivers on the road. new word on whether he was pulled over if he simply sped away. no idea why somebody would try that. none whatsoever. >> he's nuts. that's what it is basically. thanks, lisa. >>> she fought and beat cancer. now "good morning america" host robin roberts is battling a rare blood disorddisorder. can she

to do it but still, british prime minister david cameron left his 8-year-old daughter nancy behind at a pub yesterday after a mixup with his wife, samanthaom. have you ever left your child at a pub? >> i really only left him a few times and this might be like my fourth time leaving him to be here with you all today, so i have been on the e-mail all morning but maybe that's a new mother -- >> i wouldn't even -- >> by the time they're 8 you're like whatever. i think in great britain the pub is sort of like a diner. maybe she was having a snack. who knows. >> tell us what your husband says about being home alone with your baby. >> anyone that watches, you know, he thinks the baby smells his fear. >> i have not left a half empty beer at a bar alone, let alone a child. >> or my purse. i don't think my purse with my devices in it. >> thanks again to john, nicolle, glenn and eamon. be sure to catch "dangerously rich" premiering tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern time. check that out. that is all for us here at "now." see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern. until then, find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. >>> tha