he can stand there and ask questions about andy, i can stand here and ask questions about tom baldwin. [cheering] >> he can ask questions about my private office, i can ask questions about damon mcbride. you know what, mr. speaker, -- you know what, mr. speaker, i think the public and the victims of the scandal want us to rise above it and deal with the problems that the country faces. >> ed milliband. >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it. [cheering] >> he just doesn't get it. i say this to the prime minister, he was worned by the deputy prime minister of our hiring andy, and he was warned by lord ashtown about hiring andy, he has now admitted in the house of commons that his chief of staff was given complete evidence, which contradicted andy's previous account. the prime minister must now public the fullest account of all of the information that was provided and what he did and why those warnings went unheeded. he should do, most of all, he should apologize for the era of judgment he had in hiring andy. >> i'm afraid, mr. speaker, the leader who is not getting it the leader. what t

. >> and that a focus on andy coulson comes ill from the party of tom baldwin and damien mcbride? >> i think the honorable lady makes a good point and can i commend her for her questioning and what she did yesterday on the select committee where i think she showed commendable pluck, if i can put it that way as well as asking some extremely pertinent questions. >> dennis skinner. >> in the course of the past few minutes, the prime minister has been asked a simple question twice and refused to answer it, as prime minister, did he ever discuss the question of the bskyb bid with news international with all the meetings that they attended? >> i never had one inappropriate conversation. and let me be clear. let me be clear. let me be clear. i completely -- i completely took myself out of any decision-making about this bid. i had no role in it. i had no role in when the announcements were going to be made. that is the point. and when the honorable gentleman makes signals like that, i have to say -- >> order! the house again needs to calm down. order! the question was properly heard. the

i can stand here and ask questions about tom baldwin. (cheers and applause) you know what, m speer? i think the public and the victims of the appalling scandal want us toise above this. >> >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it! (cheers and applause) he just doesn't get it. and most of all he should apologize for the catastrophic error of judgment he made in hiring andy coleson. rupert murdoch, his son james and news international chief executive rebekah brooks have been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee next tuesday. questions have begun to arise about the impact this scandal will have on the future of murdoch's global media empire and what it pact it will have on british politics and the future of prime minister david cameron. his press spokesman andrew coleson, former editor of "news of the world" has resigned and has been arrested. joining me from london, alan rusbridger, the editor of "the guardian," catherine mayor, "time" magazine london bureau chief. the cover story on "time" is hers and alister campbell, former communications director to prime minister ton

. >> the labour party's director of communications tom baldwin is accused of having been involved in the unlawful accessing of banking records to establish details of payments made. can i ask the leader of the opposition who aspires himself to lead the country what checks did he make and what assurances were given to him about mr. baldwin's conduct before he appointed him to that high office? >> mr. speaker, i take all allegations against members of my staff seriously, which is what -- which is why i checked these out with the "times" newspaper who specifically confirmed -- who specifically confirmed what the gentleman he refers to says which is that he did not commission illegal investigations. and i have to say to the prime minister who's from the front bench i think we should rely on some of those people because tom baldwin's line manager was the current education secretary for much of the time in question. not -- not -- not -- not in his place today. for much of the time that the investigation was going on to lord ashcroft, remember him. it was the honorable -- it was the honorab

you still got tom baldwin working in your office. gotcha! >> order! order! can i just remind the house that i've not been hiring people at all. mr. john cryer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> order! order! the house will listen to mr. john cryer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on july the 8th the prime minister said that he commissioned a company to do a basic background check on coulson. now, for the fourth time i'm asking for the name of the company. it's a pretty simple question. just come to the dispatch box and name the company. >> we did hire a company to do a basic background check and that is an entirely appropriate thing to do. and it's an entirely appropriate report but i have to say the reason i hired him was above all the assurances that he gave me. that is the key part of the decision and that's what i'm prepared to say. >> mr. gary streeter. >> mr. speaker, can i thank my right honorable friend for a swift and decisive action in setting up these inquiries which will get to the bottom of these very serious issues. but looking forward, can i also add m

and they rejected the more not violent view that had always been associated with uncle tom, and then james baldwin comes along in 1949 and real misrepresents the novel calling uncle tom's cabin a very bad novel, everybody's protest novel he calls it. he completely redefines it, takes out the subversive nature, and turns it into a sentimental thing that denies humanity. to me, it's the opposite. it doesn't deny humanity, but affirms humanity, and langston hughes was very, very angry at james baldwin because of that essay. .. >> i wonder if you can give a brief time line to have more of a context when she wrote the book and other things happen like the dread scott decision win causing havoc and so forth? >> in 1850 the fugitive slave law, which is when they came to the north, and you don't capture them and help to turn them to the south, you could go to jail. pay $1,000 fine which was a lot of money and she got really mad about that the sister-in-law said you know, how to write why don't you write a novel? she said i will and she did. but then what happens is there is a series of other laws after th

here is a marshall list, giving 5,000 bucks george clooney, tom hanks, will ferrell, steven spielberg, jennifer garner, lch. alec baldwin,000 and karl reiner 500 bucks. president obama's campaign took in $47 million in just the last quarter alone. check three, there are unconfirmed reports that some media outlet has offered casey anthony $1 million to tell her story. check fervently hopes that's not true. geraldo asked anthony's attorney about it. >> what's making everybody crazy jose and you know this is the feeling that she is going to cash in now, make millions off this terrible tragedy. what's your response to that? i can respond to this. she has certain rights as an individual in this country and we will labor hard labor hard to make sure she has the ability to exercise those rights. what she is going to do, no one knows. >> bill: well, whatever that means. mr. baez is likely to broker any deal that comes ms. anthony's way and benefit from it. check four sheila jackson lee why president obama is having trouble getting a debt deal done. >> i am particularly sensitive to it's fact that only this president, only this

james baldwin because of that. but by that time ago tom had entered the vocabulary of people. that is how he came to be. [inaudible question] >> where harriet beecher stowe and roche "uncle tom's cabin," i believe, there is a store on route one called uncle tom's market. if you're ever going through maine is there. i'm sure a lot of people are very surprised and they see it. that is because that is where she wrote the book. >> well, john and i and a whole bunch of others, the 200th anniversary in june. we will stop by there. this. -- yes. >> i wonder if you could give a time line so we have more of a context when she wrote the book. the fugitive since act, the dread scott decision, john brown was causing havoc and so forth. >> rudd, what happened in 1850, the fugitive slave law, a fugitive slaves from the come to the north, if you don't capture them and help return them to the south you go sale and pay a thousand dollars fine which was a lot of money back then. really, really mad about that. her sister-in-law said, you know how to write. why don't you go back and write a novel