old friend. >> a series of tragic news stories -- >> and rebecca brooks, former editor, describes sarah payne as her dear friend. the two worked together to campaign for "sarah's law," the public right to know where pedophiles are living. tonight rebecca said these allegations are abhorrent. the idea that anyone on this newspaper knew that sarah or the team were targeted were -- is unthinkable. the sarah's law campaign began in 2004. glenn mulciar was arrested in 2006. if it was news international who intercepted the information, this was the reaction of one m.p. >> news international didn't just campaign for sarah's law. they gave personal support for sarah and her family. they produced literature. they took her to party meetings. >> her newspaper got her high-level meetings and targeted phones. but it's said the voice mail on this phone was not activated until 18 months ago, suggesting there were no messages. today's allegations surfaced hours after lord justice lev son said his judicial inquiry could begin while the police begin to n.f.c. >> i believe it should be problem to focus on the e

payne's voice mails had been listened to by a representative of the "news of the world" tabloid, and the newspaper was involved in the campaign for tougher child abduction laws and instrumental in the sarah's named after the little girl. it was at that time that "news of the world" gave payne a cell phone and she said she considered then editor rebekah brooks a friend, and wrote an editorial in the final edition of the tabloid saying quote the news of the world and more importantly the people there became my very good and trusted friends. now though, she has said she is devastated and deeply disappointed by the new information. the revelation raises the tenor of the debate here whether news corp. is fit to own tv licenses. tom watson who has been highly critical of news corp. calls the revelation, a new low in the investigation, thomas. >>> and jay, have they put up any argument that if they provided the phone, they thought it was theirs and they were giving it to sarah payne in an interim basis or any defense for this? >> no, not at all, thomas. in fact, what they have said initially is that the phone was given to her to help with that work in creating sarah's law, and that's why they gav

sara payne was contacted last night to be told her details were in the notebooks of a phone hacker. in a statement it said, sarah is absolutely devastated by the news. we are all deeply disappointed and just working to get her through. the last night of "the news of the world," its last edition, sara payne had been previously told she was not a hackings victim. she had agreed to write an article for the formal budget former issue. she described the tablet as a force of good. >> we have had a series of tragic news stories. >> rebecca brooks, former editor, describes her pain as her dear friend. they worked together to campaign for sara's law, the public right to know where pedophiles are living. tonight, rebekah brooks said the allegations are a port and upsetting. the idea that anybody on the newspaper knew that sarah payne at or target it is unthinkable. the campaign began in 2000. the man was arrested in 2006. it is not known when he obtained the phone information, whether he intercepted her voice mail and who may have requested it. but it was -- but if it was "news international," this was the reaction. >> wh

thing that i would say is we had had a series of terrible and tragic news stories starting with sarah payne and milly doweler's disappearance and subsequent murder and then of course the other cases. part of the my main focus in editorship was in convincing parliament that there needs to be radical changes to the 1997 sex offenders act, which became known as sarah's law. which was very similar to laws imposed in america under megan's law. i suppose if i had a particular extra involvement in any of those stories it would have been on the basis that i was trying to push and campaign for readers rights versus on the issues on the ten pieces of legislation that we got through on sarah's law and just campaigning for those to be put forward. >> when you gave evidence to the committee in 2003 you referenced the milly doweler case as an example of how you thought the press had worked particularly well with the police and family and lienson officers and it was a view supported by andy coulson who gave testimony with you that day. is that something you stand by now? and did you have particular knowle

the voicemail of sarah payne may have been hacked the mother of a little girl who in 2000 was killedhe moment all the police have told payne her name was on a list of private detectives who was on the list of phone-hacking in "news of the world." >> elizabeth palmer, thanks. >>> hotel maid accusing former imf leader dominique strauss-kahn of sexual assault is speaking out again. as cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports she is talking about the impact on her family. >> my name is thnafissatou dial. i have a lot of things people calling me. that's why i have to be here. and let people know a lot of things that they say about me is not true. >> reporter: since the 32-year-old guinean-born is act kused as a money grubbing prostitute who consented to the imf chief last may in his hotel room. she says the pain has been unbearable. >> i cry every day. i can't sleep. one day, my daughter told me you have to remember this guy, he a powerful man. everybody knows that. but for you, all of the people that you work with, or our neighbors or the people back home knows you. >> reporter: di

had had a series under my editorship, a series of terrible and tragic news stories starting with sarah payne, milly dowler's disappearance and subsequent murder, and then of course, other cases. as you know, part of my main focus of my editorship of "news of the world" was in convincing parliament that there needed to be radical changes to the 1997 sex offenders act which became known as sarah's law, which was very similar to laws imposed in america under megan's law. i suppose if i had a particular extra involvement in any of those stories, it would have been on the basis that i was trying to push and campaign for readers' rights on the ten pieces of legislation that we got through on sarah's law and just campaigning for those to be put forward. >> when you gave evidence to the committee in 2003, you referenced the milly dowler case as an example of how you thought the press had worked particularly well with the police and family and it was a view supported by andy corson who gave evidence with you on that day. i appreciate this is quite a long time ago. is that something you stand by now?

. >> and rebecca brooks described sarah palin as her dear friend. -- sara payne as her dear friend. night, rebecca burk said these allegations are abhorrent -- rebecca brooks said these allegations are abhorrent. the sarah's la campaign began in 2000. glenn martarello was arrested in 2006. it is not known when he obtained her information or who might have requested it. if it was news international, this was the reaction of one mp. >> news international did not just campaign for sarah's law. they produced literature, campaign materials, took her to party conferences and introduce her to party politicians. i see this as the ultimate betrayal of trust. >> the newspaper hackers provided the mobile phone. it may be the one targeted. but sources linked to mrs. brooks said the voice mail on this loan was not activated until 18 months ago, suggesting there were no messages. today's allegations surfaced hours after lord justice levenson said his judicial inquiry could begin while the police investigate. >> it should be possible to focus on the extent of the problem, in a way that will not pre