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at the time, tony hall was head of bbc news.hir when he shouldn't have. another former director—general, john birt, addressing the same committee, described mr bashir as "a serial liar on an industrial scale." 0ur media editor amol rajan has more details. at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance — we, the team, give him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. tony hall was a popular and respected director—general at the bbc, but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of public service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall'sjudgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince wil

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whole bbc management so i suspect that is why some tough questions when asked at the time because if tony hall martin bashir he himself would probably have been fired because he was the executive in charge of news which had produced this interview. so, we move on now to the mcquarry report which has just come out. do we now know why martin bashir was re—employed by the bbc in 2014 and then promoted? i think there are two versions here which are not far apart, really. the version in the report is that the appointment process was handled to a tolerably satisfactory degree. i have to say, reading the reports, it seems to be like it was a bit more of a mess, but i do agree with the conclusion that bashir was not rehired for corruption reasons. it wasn't about trying to keep him silent or covering up, again, what happened in 1996. i think the real answer was that they wanted a high—profile name in what in religion is rather a low profilejob, usually, and the process was designed to help martin bashir get thatjob. are you surprised that none of the bbc executives in the interview panel checked on th

bbc management so i suspect that is why some kinds of questions when asked at the time because if tony hallir he himself would probably have been fired because he was the executive in charge of news which had produced this interview. 50. executive in charge of news which had produced this interview. so, we move on now _ had produced this interview. so, we move on now to _ had produced this interview. so, we move on now to the _ had produced this interview. so, we move on now to the quarry - had produced this interview. so, we move on now to the quarry report . move on now to the quarry report which has just move on now to the quarry report which hasjust come move on now to the quarry report which has just come out. do we now know why martin bashir was re—employed by the bbc in 2014 and then promoted? i re-employed by the bbc in 2014 and then promoted?— re-employed by the bbc in 2014 and then promoted? i think there are two versions here — then promoted? i think there are two versions here which _ then promoted? i think there are two versions here which are _ then promoted? i think there are

but let's cross live to westminster where former director of the bbc tony hall is giving evidence to p of events leading up to the panorama interview with diana, princess of wales. lard with diana, princess of wales. lord hall, with diana, princess of wales. lord hall. welcome _ with diana, princess of wales. lord hall, welcome back. _ with diana, princess of wales. ii_;r'7"i hall, welcome back. good morning. it has not been too long since your last appearance before us. i wonder whether or not, without the benefit of hindsight if you like, but considering what you knew at the time, why did you report to the bbc board of governors that you believe that mr b share was honest and honourable. let that mr b share was honest and honourable.— honourable. let me start by acknowledging _ honourable. let me start by acknowledging how - honourable. let me start by acknowledging how hard - honourable. let me start by| acknowledging how hard this honourable. let me start by - acknowledging how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family on the two princes, and i sorry f

at the time, tony hall investigated bashir�*s faking of bank statements amid questions about whetherd used them to secure the scoop. mps on the digital, culture, media and sport committee are investigating how the bbc handled revelations about bashir�*s behaviour and then came to re—hire him five years ago. lord hall, who was head of news in the mid—1990s, was asked about his verdict at the time. considering what you knew at the time, why did you report to the bbc board of governors that you believed that mr bashir was an honest and honourable man? well, let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt caused. but at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance — we, the team, gave him a second chance — and that trust was abused and was misplaced. lord hall was asked if he knew bashir had forged documents. you got the documentation to say that he'd faked the documents. yes. you were aware? we knew in december that he'd faked some documents

tony hall was a popular and respected director—general at the bbc, but, cutting an anguished figure, a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall's judgement in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed notjust by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt that caused. that's why i'm very surprised that - you have no recollection... the committee also interrogated lord birt, who was director—general in the 1990s. he emphasised the manipulative nature of martin bashir. unless you underst

kindly offered to show me the pride of the concert hall. tonyuch. what does — was amazing. thank you so much. what does it _ was amazing. thank you so much. what does it feel _ was amazing. thank you so much. what does it feel like _ was amazing. thank you so much. what does it feel like to _ was amazing. thank you so much. what does it feel like to play - what does it feel like to play such a magnificent instrument? it is very exciting because i can make any kind of music in here. and... the high pitch here. and... the high pitch here. and... the high pitch here-- and _ here. and... the high pitch here. filth! and the very low, we here. 0h! and the very low, we do have the very low pipes. you can hear it all vibrating. haifa can hear it all vibrating. how many keyboards _ can hear it all vibrating. how many keyboards are - can hear it all vibrating. how many keyboards are there here, there are five keyboards, and hundred and 27 buttons, not to mention all these cords down the bottom. i mention all these cords down the bottom-— mention all these

at the time, tony hall investigated bashir�*s faking of bank statements amid questions about whetheras head of news in the mid—1990s, was asked about his conclusion. considering what you knew at the time, why did you report to the bbc board of governors that you believed that mr bashir was honest and honourable man? well, let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt caused. but at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance. we, the team, gave him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. the speaker sir lindsay hoyle�*s patience with the prime minister has been wearing thin after borisjohnson chose to reveal details of the delay to the lifting of the lockdown rules to a news conference rather than to mps. i do not find it acceptable - at all that members of all this house are elected to come here to serve their constituents, - not to serve them via sky or bbc. i the question should be made here. - the prime minist

two former bbc director generals, lord tony hall and lord john birt, and the current director generalwales. they will also face questions on the broadcaster's handling of investigations into how bashir obtained the world exclusive. a recent report by lord dyson criticised the methods the journalist used to secure his bombshell interview in 1995, including using fake bank statements. borisjohnson and his australian counterpart, scott morrison, have agreed the broad terms of a trade deal between the two countries. a formal announcement is expected today about what would be the first trade deal to be negotiated from scratch since the uk left the european union. i think we were supposed to have a clip for you. we can bring age to you. clip for you. we can bring age to ou. . clip for you. we can bring age to ou. , , ., ~ you. the first thing is that minette batters who _ you. the first thing is that minette batters who runs _ you. the first thing is that minette batters who runs the _ you. the first thing is that minette batters who runs the national- batters who runs the national farmers'

tony hall was a popular and respected director—general at the bbc — but, cutting an anguished figure,was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall's judgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royalfamily, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt that caused. that's why i'm very surprised that you have no recollection... - the committee also interrogated lord birt, who was director—general in the 1990s. he emphasised the manipulative nature of martin bashir. unless you understand that this was a serial liar o

hall. this splendid venue can seat over 2,000 people. after rehearsal, organist tonyncert hall. tony, that was amazing. thank you so much. what does it feel like to play such a magnificent instrument? it is very exciting because i can make any kind of music in here. and... the high pitch here. 0h! like birds. and the very low, we do have the very low pipes. you can hear it all vibrating. how many keyboards are there here, there are five keyboards, 127 buttons, not to mention all these cords down the bottom. i do have to spend a lot of time to practise. this one is brand—new organ, and i believe it is the biggest one in entire asia's concert hall. wow, the biggest pipe organ in asia. what a privilege to play it. do you want to play it? i haven't played in 20 years. plays heart and soul. thank you, tony! you are such a good sport, to humour me. carmen roberts accepting bookings to play to packed concert halls all around the world as soon as travel kicks back in. well, maybe after a bit more practice. to finish off this week we are off to germany, where, back in 2016, ra

another response to those tony fauci emails from resident -- former president trump, the headline in town hall, trumpet blasts tony after email dump, good thing i didn't listen to him. another wrote i was fortunate that i didn't do dr. fauci wanted me to do. i closed our borders to china early, despite us not wanting them closed. the democrats and fake news media called me a xenophobia. in the end, we saw this was a lifesaving decision, and with closing our borders to europe likewise, specifically to heavily infected countries. trump later said i was later given credit by tony by saving hundreds of thousands of lives. dr. fauci also did not put an emphasis on speed of vaccine production because he thought it would take three to five years to create. i got it done in less than nine months with operation warp speed, some of the statements from the former president. morgan is in pennsylvania, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. my top political story is how the republican party has become the party of white supremacy and white racism. donald trump did what da

whole bbc management so i suspect that is why some tough questions when asked at the time because if tony hallis rather a low profilejob, usually, and the process was designed to help martin bashir get thatjob. are you surprised that none of the bbc executives in the interview panel checked on the controversies in bashir�*s career more thoroughly before hiring him? yes, i think your word, suprised, is about right. i think if you had googled martin basheer in 2016 you would find plenty of things to worry you from the original suspicions about the panorama interview to the babes in the wood case to the comments he made while he was in america and also the bbc had on file somewhere a very strong letter for my former colleague peter horrocks about his behaviour at itv in i think about 1999—2000 so there was plenty to worry the bbc and the appointment should not have been made. i agree with tim davie, it was a big mistake. the only defence is that the full horror of what he did around the time of the diana interview was only uncovered by lord dyson so it is true that we didn't know the full scale o

hall. pipe organ plays. this splendid venue can seat over 2,000 people. after rehearsal, organist tonymany keyboards are there here, there are five keyboards, and 127 buttons, not to mention all these cords down the bottom. i do have to spend a lot of time to practise. this one is brand—new organ, and also i believe it is the biggest one in entire asia's concert hall. wow, the biggest pipe organ in asia. what a privilege to play it. do you want to play it? 0k.. i haven't played in 20 years! plays heart and soul. thank you, tony! you're such a good sport, to humour me! carmen roberts accepting bookings to play to packed concert halls all around the world as soon as travel kicks back in. well, maybe after a bit more practice. 0k! so to finish off this week we are off to germany, where, back in 2016, rajan headed to bavaria to learn how to play one of the strangest musical instruments i've ever seen. now, if you're thinking about taking this one up, i'd highly recommend some earplugs and knee pads. you'll see what i mean. the festival takes place in the town of rinchnach, and celebrates t

hall of fame. ainsley: buckers and tony grimes. are entry for that concert 1.50. y: i guess so paul williams and the brian halle bailey, drew carey, arsenio hall and the wicked ghich wizard of oz. brian: was there a good witch? ainsley: chef boyardee. canned pastas opened a restaurant in cleveland. brian: whose idea was it to be ravioli in a can chef boyardee. steve: they changed our lives in the 60's because they came out with spaghettios. ainsley: and came out with abc spaghettios. brian: the way we were inventing things back then another level. ainsley: those were called life savers mother of three after working all day. brian: nothing like the meal that retains the shape of the can. how i always felt. steve: good morning cleveland and the rest of the country. welcome to hour two. brian: and chef boyardee if he is watching. ainsley: he opened a restaurant in 1924. brian: really? steve: so is he not available. brian: doors open at noon. bring a can opener. steve: doors open now in washington as the white house is coming out swinging after republican senators bloc

hall of cbs money watch, thank you. >>> it's time for a look at what's coming up later on cbs this morning. >> tony dokoupil joins us fromyork. good morning. >>> good morning. ahead on cbs this morning the cdc director will join us to talk about the biden administration's new push to get more americans vaccinated as demand for doses appears to be slowing down. also, more concerns for summer olympics as thousands of volunteers quit with much of japan still under a covid state of emergency. >>> a violin virtuoso debuted when she was 11 years old. she tells vladimir duthiers more. >> before you go, congrats on your new blessing. >> are you getting any sleep yet? >> no, morning show reasons and baby reasons. there is no sleep in the house right now. can't happen. >> thank you. >>> an emotional battle over raising of the pride flag, first time the city is taking such a step. the gilroy mayol members voted commemorative flag policy. the council voted to declare june pride month and fly the flag at city hall. the mayor says she wishes they had more time to discuss the proposal especially when the city is dealing with the pandem

tony juan soto. fadi had it out of the park, meet mike tuckman. two weeks to the day since he did that to albert pool halls and above the call of duty. soto can't believe it's sensational friday night special, but stockman helps preserve desk al fannies two hit shutout. that's his second of the season no less and third of his career giants get only that one run and win it one to nothing. great play. you know, the giants obviously have left the ideals for this season, as does the. stanford cardinal in collegiate baseball, trying to get to the collegiate world series in omaha, first of the three game series. lovitt texas is the place first inning, stanford starts 10 off. it's tim power who's been great in the postseason crash. barely fair down the line and left off chase. hampton gets them off to a good start. seventh inning, stanford pulling away up six to cody, tough catcher with a two run shot off the wall and left that's going to school. were a couple of course, the cardinal cruising at this 0.8 to two stanford defense comes into play in the seventh inning, drew baker will strike out ball gets away. the