that's paul stephenson. the top police chief of the metropolitan police and he's resigned and is being given instructions. >> he resigned july 17th after criticism of the police handling of this scandal and questions about the involvement between these reporters and police and potential payoffs and questions they expect members of parliament to be asking about. some more aggressively than others. this is a political element as well. some labor party members are expected to be extremely aggressive in denouncing the hacking and asking these questions of not only the politician bpolice but rupert murdoch and his son and rebekah brooks. >> in 20 minutes from now we'll speak to cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin about what to expect and what they are compelled to testify and is it the same as being called before a congressional hearing in the united states and impact on legal ramifications in the united states. >> the other question since rebekah brooks was arrested earlier in the week, would she be compelle

only one who i had any dealings with paul stephenson.i thought he was remarkable man and one of the police officers who automatically inspires confidence. as he himself said he reached the conclusion that he could no longer command public confidence as this thing ran and ran. in probably one of the most challenging years for london security. so it was a conclusion he drew. >> do you think we'll regret it? >> no. because there are talented officers there. he stepped in and took on the role that yates had. you have a dep te commissioner there who is embedded in all this. i think the problem is that these two pupil people had to go. they had to go because they were asked to look into this. they failed to do it. were they lied to by junior officers in which case those have to be cleaned out. if they were simply naive accepting there is nothing in this been there told that by junior officers they have got a real complaint. they have gone but the prime minister who was warned about coulson and the mayor of london who was warned a year ago by l

the commissioner of the metropolitan piece sir paul stephenson. 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 to a.c. john yates, who tendered his resignation. i believe both decisions are regrettable but i'm afraid in both cases, the right call has been made. >> boris johnson insisted both men had jumped and were not pushed but made it abundantly clear he had done everything to encourage them. >> i think it became clear to john yates that the cackny of questions and circumstances will make it very difficult for them to do their jobs in the way that they wanted. >> john yates began the day determined not to resign, telling colleagues he wouldn't submit to trial by media. he ended it, explaining why he was going. >> those of us who take on the most difficult jobs clearly have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. however, when we get things wrong, we say so, and we try to put them right. as i said very recently, it was a matter of

stephenson and yates deny any wrong doing on their part. >> i have acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. >> now the department tasked with counterterrorism and the 2012 olympics must find new leadership. what started as a scandal involving a single newspaper has now grown so large, it is rocking this country's institutions and the murdoch empire. so far, there has been four high profile resignations, ten arrests. most recently, rebecca brooks, one of rupert murdoch's most trusted executives. she resigned and was arrested two days later brooks, who denies any wrongdoing, has been a power broker for over a decade in this country. >> somebody with huge charm, a lot of very political. she was very good at getting along side people. >> including david cameron. details of his visits with media heads were released over the weekend. since elected, he has met with brooks and other murdoch editors dozens of times. the prime minister has faced withering criticism for ties to andy colson, who was served as his communications chief. colson was also arrested last week. cameron

london's top cop, stephenson, also resigned yesterday.hearing will be held at the house of commons tomorrow. >>> general david petraeus handing off command of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan this morning. lieutenant general john allen now takes the reigns. he is retiring the end of next month to become director of the cia in september. >>> 16 days until the u.s. government cannot cover all of its bills. the president and congressional leaders are expected to meet again this week with no significant progress on any major deal. lawmakers working on a number of alternative approach tows raising the debt limit. >>> both sides are trying -- were trying to make a deal to raise the debt ceiling by the treasury 'as you 2 deadline. brianna keilar live at the white house. good morning. anything get done over the weekend n. >> there weren't any public meetings between the principal negotiators, the president, and house speaker john boehner. but there was a lot going on behind the scenes. we were told from the speaker's office that the lines of c

appeared they face questioning over this this cozy relationship between the press and the police stephenson also faced questions about his handling the police handling of this investigation into phone hacking in two thousand and nine and you also admitted that no fewer than ten former news of the world journalists have worked in the met press office now a lot of people are suggesting that the taking of bride to be alleged taking of bribes by police officers from the journalists is a symptom of essentially endemic corruption in the metropolitan police and the police all over the country i want to talk to some people about that and here's my report. ian tomlinson died in london's g. twenty protest in two thousand and nine after being pushed to the ground by p.c. simon harwood harwood said he'd been prevented from giving first aid by a bottle throwing more he later admitted happened john schollers demonizes short by police in a london underground station in two thousand and five officers allegedly leaked a report saying he'd fled from police c.c.t.v. images later showed this was true. less wel

when stephenson started hearing rumors about cleveland's help, cleveland sent him on a political trip to the pacific northwest. he sent him to seattle in 1893 which was a rather arduous trip. it took stephenson out of the picture for several weeks. >> one reporter got story. >> yeah. >> but really paid a price. >> e.j. edwards was a reporter for the "philadelphia press." he had a friend who was a doctor in new york is and heard the rumors and edwards tracked the story town downand confirmed it and about two months after the operation edwards published the report in the philadelphia press. the headline was, "the president a very sick man." it was really an amazingly detailed account of operation performed on the yacht. it's probably the most explicit account of a presidential operation, presidential medical procedure published without the president's permission ever. it was an amazing scoop, really one of the great scoops of the 19th century. problem was, cleveland had a reputation for honesty and this went back to his first campaign in 1884. it came out he allegedly fathered an illegi

the chief of police, sir paul stephenson, and his deputy, john yates, resigning.n on top of that, his organization, his department, arrests a top executive at news corp, a trusted executive, rebekah brooks, who has been a lightning rod in this scandal. now, yates and stephenson have resigned over the connection scotland yard or actually the allegations that they mishandled the investigation into the phone hacking. stephenson hired in 2009 a former editor of "news of the world," who was arrested last week, and yates was in charge of the decision in 2009 not to continue to pursue the investigation in phone hacking. it is all intertwined and the aftermath in this just continues to grow, chuck. >> stephanie gosk in london for us, an unbelievable story that keeps getting murkier and murkier. thanks so much. >>> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says his top goal is seeing obama defeated in 2012. claire mccaskill has a more personal goal in mind and she believes he's using the debt debate to try to make that happen. >> here's the solution to the problem. let's let

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younger murdoch said -- >> that testimony is going on right now but earlier london police chief paul stephenson who resigned over the scandal say there are ten members of the public affairs staff that has worked for news international. they shut down the website for murdoch, the times of london and redirecting people about fictional story about the death of rupert murdoch. >> and japan continues to recover from the massive earthquake and tsunami. the fukushima daiichi plant has now reached stability and that the first time they have been able to stay that since the earthquake in march. the trade minister also announced officials are on track to bring the reactor to so-called cold or safe shut down within six months and radiation levels have significantly decreased. >> the coastguard rescue of a female wind surfer this morning. >> let's join amy hollyfield live at the coast station. >> apologies for the technical difficulties, the coastguard took video of it. it is incredible, this is the helicopter she was pulled to safety. this crew is only going to be out for another hour before they are goin

. >> yates and stephenson will both be appearing before members of parliament later on but the focus will be firmly fixed on the murr docks and rebekah brooks. atika shubert joins us live from outside the houses in london on what to expect. let's have a look at the questions that mps will have for the three individuals. what are they going to ask, first off? >> basically there's two committee hearings here, one focusing on the police investigation and the other focusing on the phone hacking allegations, and that's where rupert murdoch is expected to be. he should be there at around 2:30, that's when they'll be grilled about how much did they know, when did they know it and why didn't they put a stop to it sooner or come forward with more information as to how widespread the scandal was. in addition to rupert murdoch being in the hot seat, james murdoch will be there and rebekah brooks, former "news of the world" editor and chief sbekive of news international. she of course was arrested sunday and released without charge in connection with the phone hacking and she could be limited in

the iccp will examine the behavior of stephenson. involvement in an appropriately securing employment for the daughter of our friend. and the investigation of two other individuals and there part in any hacking investigation. the mayor of london says the resignations were inevitable. >> in both cases, we have to the questions about the relationship between the met and the "news of the world" likely have been distracted for the officers. >> for some inside the organization and others to have recently left, this is an opportunity to break ties with the rupert murdoch press. there is anger. >> i am sure there are good and honest officers that wanted to see this cleared out and wanted to get rid of those people who they thought were perhaps too close to the press. >> it seems to the police that embarrassing facts about there relationship with "news of the world" are emerging daily. tonight, confirmation that an senior employee was given access to sensitive material. with daily renovations -- -- there are daily revelations like this. >> t

hours after her arrest london's police chief paul stephenson resigned. he said it was necessary because of his links to a former news world editor that was arrested in the scanda will. brooks and stephenson deny wrongdoing . >> the there is a recommendation against using blood test to detect tuberculosis. the world health organization warn that the tests are dangerous because they are unreliable and produce wrong results. they are a waste of money and time and put proper care at risk. tuberculosis is an infectous lung disease that affects 14 million people world wide. >> a new rule is forcing airlines to refund baggage fees when a passenger's luggage is permanently lost. charles schumer wants the airline to pay back the fees when a bag is delayed or misrouted. senator schumer said if airlines don't voluntarily comply he will introduce a bill to force the issue. baggage fees range from $25 to $100. organizers of aids walk in san francisco said it was a great success and topped the total of 3 million dollars. this is the 25th anniversary and 25,000 people

everissue metro police commissioner paul stephenson denied wrongdoing and criticized for hiring the former news of the world editor as a pr consultant. earlier today rebecca brooks ceo of rupert murdoch's empire was arrested over the allegations of news of the world hacking in voice mails. casey anthony is keeping a low profile. just after midnight walking out of jail with her attorney. anth thee said nothing except thank you. she left the court with the shouts of baby killer. anthony's release comes 12 days after the death of her daughter caylee . >>> and the heat wave baking the central u.s. is not going to let up any time soon. heat advisoris and warnings are in place from texas to michigan and everything e everyone is looking for way to beat the heat. texas triple-digits for 15 straight days and forecasters are calling the heat unrelenting and saying no relief is in sight. >> dropping low flood stage and the town of mynot . the river has been above flood stage. breaking a high water record that stood for more than 100 years. flooding damage more than 4,000 homes . a new rule forcing ai

younger murdoch said -- >> that testimony is going on right now but earlier london police chief paul stephenson who resigned over the scandal say there are ten members of the public affairs staff that has worked for news international. they shut down the website for murdoch, the times of london and redirecting people about fictional story about the death of rupert murdoch. >> and japan continues to recover from the massive earthquake and tsunami. the fukushima daiichi plant has now reached stability and that the first time they have been able to stay that since the earthquake in march. the trade minister also announced officials are on track to bring the reactor to so-called cold or safe shut down within six months and radiation levels have significantly decreased. >> the coastguard rescue of a female wind surfer this morning. >> let's join amy hollyfield live at the coast station. >> apologies for the technical difficulties, the coastguard took video of it. it is incredible, this is the helicopter she was pulled to safety. this crew is only going to be out for another hour before they are goin

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members of parliament have been questioning paul stephenson the chief of scotland yard who resigned over scandal. his second in command and assistant police chief stepped down yesterday. he told the panel he did no wrong and wanted to restore confidence in his department. >> i spoke and they are willing to do something even they don't think they did anything wrong but willing to walk away but are willing to walk away. >> murdoch and son james and rebecca brooks chief executive of the news corp will also be testifying this morning. it's an inquiry into police mediation and possible corruption. >> the state shuttle has left the space station for the last time. the crew of four are due back to earth on thursday morning. it left them with a xhem rat ra active shuttle model and u.s. flag that has flew on first shuttle mission back in 1981. it will mark the end of nasa's 30-year shuttle program. >> heat wave is likely to spread misery to the east coast. 17 states have watches and advisories posted from the texas to the dakotas. it's not a dry heat. >> much of the sheet centered over areas stil

this came after the top police officer, paul stephenson, already stepped down. there was an emergency session called in parliament to discuss the issue. >> for david cameron, there is no escaping the phone hacking scandal. his talks with the south african president jacob zuma were supposed to focus on trade ties, but journalists are more interested in the crisis at home. in particular, the prime minister's decision to hire a previous news of the world editor, who quit earlier this year. >> in terms of andy, no one has argued that the work he did in government was in any way inappropriate or bad. he worked well in government. he then left government. >> cameron's association with him is becoming increasingly awkward for the prime minister. the most senior police officer has been fired after hiring a person. critics say that cameron must also face the consequences of hiring a tainted murdoch deputy. >> the leadership the country needs, that is in part because he did not follow my advice 12 days ago and just come clean and admit it was a mistake in hiring him. >> t

. >>> and then late last night london's police commissioner abruptly resigned, paul stephenson announced he was leaving his post amid allegations that his united, which was investigating this scandal, was corrupt and had close ties with the former executive editor of news international's now defunct "news of the world." nbc's stephanie gosk with the latest from london. >> reporter: london's police chief resigned under intense pressure after it emerged scotland yard 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 heard suggestions 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. rebekah brooks, former head of rupert murdoch's newspaper arm here in the uk who resigned herself on friday.

. >> reporter: sir paul stephenson stepped down yesterday. not because he personally did anything wrong, but it was on his watch that murdoch newspaper editor, since arrested in the hacking scandal, was hired as a pr consultantd to the police. in just 24 hours from now, rupert murdoch himself, his son, james, will be grilled by parliamentarians and will be asked about what they did or did not know about dirty tricks regarding their newspapers. all will be watching, as well as investors around the world. >> he is the man that investors have followed to the ends of the earth. he is the man whose judgment always comes out right. in this case, he is, on the face of it, found to be wanton. >> it will be broadcast live tomorrow. it will be quite a contest for politicians who are under huge pressure to get answers in the affair. and a man whose entire empire is at stake. >> joining us is long-time media reporter lloyd grove for newsweek and the daily beast. ten people arrested already, including rebecca brooks, out on bail this morning, and the resi

. >> he resigned just a day after his boss, commissioner paul stephenson. both are paying the price for failing to get to grips with the hacking scandal, so says the mayor of london. >> i have just come off of the phone with yates and tendered his resignation. >> insisted both men jumped and were not pushed. he made it clear he did everything to encourage them. >> there are issues and questions. it will make it difficult for them to continue to do their job in the way they wanted. >> john yates began the day determined not to resign. he told colleagues he would not submit to trial by media. he explained why he was going. >> we are truly accountable. those of us to take on the most difficult jobs have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate and downright malicious gossip published about me personally. this has the potential to be a significant distraction in my current role. >> this is the man whose arrest caused the crisis. the former deputy editor neil wallace. they hired him to give years a

then late tonight a surprise announcement from scotland yard that sir paul stephenson, the chief of police for the organization now investigating this scandal, he has stepped down. london's police chief resigned under intense pressure after it emerged that scotland yard 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 wallis, was arrested last week in connection with the scandal. >> i have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallis in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and have 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 flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a meteoric rise at the company, becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was o

sir paul stephenson said that he had no involvement in his force's failure to investigate of murdoch's journalists. >> i have no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice. >> reporter: tuesday, rupert murdoch and his son james are scheduled to appear in front of the british house of commons. it remains to be seen if rupert murdoch can continue to lead his company or even keep it together. todd ant, abc news. >>> now for this morning's weather from around the nation. on top of that scorching heat, look for gusty winds, hail and flash flooding from minneapolis to new york and down to d.c. pop-up showers in south florida thunderstorms around houston, new orleans and little rock. a wet day in the pacific northwest. and northern california. rain from new mexico to wyoming. >> phoenix, things are heating up to 108. 91 here in new york. 88 in miami. 89 in new orleans as well. >> some of that rain is looking pretty good right now. >> yeah. i wouldn't mind a couple of days just to bring everything down to normal. >> i could get caught in a storm today. >>> coming up -- harry potter's

casualty caught up in the news of the world phone hacking scandal which continues to escalate sir paul stephenson quit as metropolitan police commissioner following revelations he hired a former deputy editor of the paper who had been arrested by his own officers investigating illegal accessing of mobile phones and of corruption the former news of the world editor rebekah brooks was arrested and questioned for twelve hours as part of the same probe before being released on bail media analyst phil reese says of the practice of police being paid for information by the media is not likely to disappear anytime soon so this is a good example of what the police have been doing in the kind of murdoch years they've been using a recipe been leaking they've been paid for telling people when celebrities have been arrested so actually manipulating the rest of people is actually a practice that is becoming trying now in my view as a result of the kind of bribery thing so this would hardly be out of practice but i don't think it's going to deflect opinion i mean there are so many m.p.'s now and indeed so much

s most senior police officer has quit sir paul stephenson was facing a growing backlash over hiring a former news of the world executive as an advisor who was later questioned about illicit phone tapping the axe police commissioner also took a swipe at the prime minister saying his choice of adviser was a decision mainly former editor and he calls it a rapid developments rebecca brooks who ran the paper was arrested as part of an investigation she quit on friday as remotest u.k. chief and is due to join him and he's son james facing m.p.'s on tuesday over an ethical reporting that fits and police bribery really aliceville recess plain officers for information has been going on for years but this is a good example of what the police have been doing in the kind of murdoch years they've been using a receipt been leaking they're being paid for telling people when some celebrities have been arrested so actually manipulating the rest of people i mean it's actually a practice that has become in trying to write you as a result of the thing so this would hardly be out of practice if but i don'

leader for the country and of course we've seen the commissioner of the metropolitan police simple stephenson on his resignation saying essentially that he didn't see why he had to step down by hiring this news of the world journalist neil wallis when david cameron doesn't have to step down so having hired as he calls them is his director of communications so this is this is certainly not the end of this and very serious for david cameron the scandal just rumbles on in london ok lord many thanks for that. and of course you know what you think about placing on our website what will be the biggest fallout from this phone hacking scandal we're seeing in the k. so fall there was george do you think it will end with regret murdoch losing his many slices of media caves and has this always of course of being the cabinet was full of fear pulls the conventional media losing out to the locus and fourteen percent of you think the biggest outcome. we nothing more than alec had to be award winning blockbuster by. moving on to serbia now and it's fulfilled the final demands of the u.n. war crimes tribunal

today where three top police officers two of whom have resigned this week commissioner support stephenson his assistant commissioner mr yates has also appeared they face questioning over this this cozy relationship between the press release stevenson it was widely accepted for having stuck the knife into david cameron when he resigned he denied having done that today he also faces questions about his handling the police handling of this investigation into phone hacking in two thousand and nine and he also admitted that no fewer than ten former news of the world journalists have worked in the met press office now a lot of people are suggesting that the taking of bribes will be alleged taking a bribes by police officers from journalists is a symptom of essentially endemic corruption in the metropolitan police and the police all over the country i went and talked to talk to some people about that and here's my report. ian tomlinson died in london's g. twenty protest in two thousand and nine after being pushed to the ground by p.c. simon harwood harwood's said he'd been prevented from giving

casualty caught up in the news of the world phone hacking scandal which continues to escalate sir paul stephenson equipped as metropolitan police commissioner following revelations he hired a former deputy editor of the paper with being arrested by his own officers investigating illegal accessing of mobile phones and corruption the former news of the world editor rebecca brooks was arrested and questioned for twelve hours as part of the same probe before being willing to bail any machine on who's a former intelligence officer for m i five believes the timing of her arrest raises a lot of questions we ask this one hundred slightly suspicious turn of mind one might think that the police by taking this step at this stage are allowing a little wriggle room i shouldn't have to say too much and perhaps also we've had stated much about the leaks the police service in london is welfare it's very very interesting timing the amount of information that is noticed about the into the linkage between news international and the police i mean it's amazing that the focus has tended to be on the journalists themse

newspaper phone hacking scandal now that you case most senior police officer has quit sir paul stephenson was facing a growing backlash over hiring a former news of the world executive as an advisor and was later questioned about illicit phone tapping acts police commissioner also took a swipe at the prime minister saying his choice of advisor was a worst decision namely former editor andy coulson and a day of rapid developments from the back of who ran the paper was arrested as part of the u.s. to gauge she quit on friday as rupert murdoch's liberation is due to join him and his son james facing m.p.'s on tuesday over and ethical reporting methods and police bribery media analyst phil really says officers for information has been going on for years. this is a good example of what the police have been doing in the kind of murdoch years they've been using a receipt been leaking they're being paid for telling people when the celebrities are being arrested so actually manipulating the rest of people is actually a practice it has become in trying to in my view as a result of the kind of bribe

s most senior police officer has quit support stephenson was facing a growing backlash over hiring a former news of the world executive as an advisor he was later questioned about illicit phone tapping while the eggs police commissioner also took a swipe at the prime minister saying his choice of advise that was a worst decision namely former editor and of course that in a day of rapid developments rebecca brooks who around the paper was arrested as part of the investigation she quit on friday as rupert murdoch's u.k. chief is due to join him and son james and face the m.p.'s on tuesday there are ethical reporting methods and police bribery media and this will resist paying office of information that's been going on yes. this is a good example of what the police have been doing in the kind of murdoch years they've been using arrests it been leaking they've been paid for telling people where the celebrities have been arrested so actually manipulating the rest of people is actually a practice it has become in trying or in my view as a result of the kind of bribery thing so this would h

sir paul stephenson resigned late today. he insisted he had no involvement in his forces' failure to investigate widespread alleged criminal acts by murdoch's journalists, nor the alleged bribery of police officers by reporters. >> i have no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice or indeed to the extent of it. and the repugnant nature of what is emerging. >> reporter: andndhere 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. today, 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 did you get that story? who was