since your answer to me shows that news international did know that tom crone had authorized this surveillance, why did you not write to the committee to alert us the evidence given by mr. crone in september was not true? >> my understanding that this information came to news international's attention very, very recently, in the last few days or weeks, and it was something that was not known to us and confirmed, is my understand. >> so you would have done if you knew we had been misled, you would have supplied that to the committee? >> i'd have to -- i don't know exactly when ohs in the company became aware of it or our legal counsel and so on, but again, you know, those are the matters to december close before this committee i've tried to be as complete as i can in sending you documents and things that we've understood and found out since my last system. >> i'm sure you would agree that only news corporation can clear up this matter. i wish you luck in pursuing your ethical review of the company. thank you. >> i think given the line of questioning, louise has allowed tom to come in. >> be awa

"tom crone: no." "mr.n their private lives?" "tom crone: no." "mr. watson: have you ever received or commissioned reports on the civil case lawyers that involved private investigators?" "tom crone: let me just think about that last question. i may have in litigation -- certainly not in the last few years, but a long time ago maybe -- i might well have used, i probably did in fact use private investigators". is it not in fact the case that, as recently as may 2010, mr. crone instructed farrers, news international's solicitors, to look into the personal relationship that may or may not have existed between mr. lewis and the lawyer charlotte harris, also representing the victims of phone hacking? >> mr. crone and another news of the world employee at the time did engage certain private investigators -- i am not sure of the details around that as you describe it -- to surveil plaintiffs' lawyers. i want to say for the record that it is appalling. it is something i would never condone and the company should nev

since your ansr to me shows that news international did know that tom crone had authorized this surveillance, why did you not write to the committee to alert us the evidence given by mr. crone in september was not true? >> my understanding that this information came to news international's attention very, very recently, in the last few days or weeks, and it was something that was not known to us and confirmed, is my understand. >> so you would have done if you knew we had been misled, you would have supplied that to the committee? >> i'd have to -- i don't know exactly when ohs in the company became aware of it or our legal counsel and so on, but again, you know, those are the matters to december close before this committee i've tried to be as complete as i can in sending you documents and things that we've understood and found out since my last system. >> i'm sure you would agree that only news corporation can clear up this matter. i wish you luck in pursuing your ethical review of the company. thank you. >> i think given the line of questioning, louise has allowed tom to come in. >> be awa

since your answer to me shows that news international did know that tom crone had authorized this surveillance, why did you not write to the committee to alert us the evidence given by mr. crone in september was not true? >> my understanding that this information came to news international's attention very, very recently, in the last few days or weeks, and it was something that was not known to us and confirmed, is my understand. >> so you wouldave done if you knew we had been misled, you would have supplied that to the committee? >> i'd have to -- i don't know exactly when ohs in the company became aware of it or our legal counsel and so on, but again, you know, those are the matters to december close before this committee i've tried to be as complete as i can in sending you documents and things that we've understood and found out since my last system. >> i'm sure you would agree that only news corporation can clear up this matter. i wish you luck in pursuing your ethical review of the company. thank you. >> i think given the line of questioning, louise has allowed tom to come in. >> be aware

this is neville talking to tom crone. >> i never look back at it. i do not know. somebody must have asked x to do this. x was asked to do so many of these by people on the news desk at this time. tom comes to me. this had nothing to do with me. we discussed this. this shows that this had gone through the office. it has gone through x. news international is culpable and we do not have to settle. i am going to have to show this to james burdock. the reason i remember this is because i said, please, do i have to show this? he is going to think it was me. is there any way to get around this? i am sorry, but i am going to have to show him this. it is the only reason we are going to have to settle. i am going to lose my job. not necessarily. not necessarily. would that be a true and accurate recollection. >> i have no idea of the conversations that they had. i can tell you that at no point did they discuss suspicion of water spread hacking during the meeting of june 10 in relation to increasing the offer of settlement to the attorneys. >> he said, this is not some vague

crone. here is tom to tell us all about our forecast. >> and look, the potomac like a mirror reflecting thatse because the wind is calm, thankfully. it has settled down a lot overnight. that's a live picture from our city camera. just to the right is reagan national airport where the temperatures right now are at 43 earn a clear sky and thankfully a gentle wind there. only at 3 miles per hour out of the north hft northwest. yesterday afternoon it was gusting 35 to 40 miles per hour. under this clear sky, it's cold in the suburbs and rural areas. we're down to near freezing. montgomery, fairfax, prince gornlgs counties, near 30 degrees now. it's into the 20s near 30 throughout maryland and virginia, west virginia. right near the bay, it's in the low 40s. over the past 12 hours, we've had high pressure pushing in. that has settled down our weather. no problems up and down the eastern seaboard. looks good. the only travel problems today, flightwise, would be trying to get in and out of san francisco up towards seattle. there's a coastal storm coming in there. a beautiful clear sky. we'll have b