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Editors appear in court to face charges of phone hacking and bribery. Plus blown away, cleanup efforts are underway as a sweep through the u. K. And northern europe. Mission diplomacy, the u. N. Envoy arrives in damascus. About to urge everyone to peace talks. Find out why demonstrators in turk yi turkey are so angry. Welcome to the show. The white house says its reviewing the way it gathers intelligence. Its considering putting additional constraints on its agencies, the announcement follows pressure from spain, france and germany after reports the u. S. Spied on millions of their citizens. We can go straight now to washington, d. C, how seriously should we be thaig these comments from the taking these colts from the white house . As often is the case in the u. S. , the min main issue is the bugging of world leaders, not the rest of us in the world. They pretty much take on as read that the u. S. Can do whatever it wants. There are constitutional protections for international citizens ....
To former u. S. Ambassador bar rain will join us to discuss the crisis in iraq. The joint effort between the u. S. And iran to tackle sunni extremist in the country. The Guardian Newspaper says news corp. Faces possible corporate charges related to phone hacking and bribery, according to prosecutors. Here with morris ryan chilcote. They may interview Rupert Murdoch as a suspect in the case. The u. K. Police. We also know now that prosecutors are considering corporate charges against news corp. It dealt. The fact that they are considering corporate charges is not new. In fact, it was revealed many times during the eight months trial. However, because of the u. K. Law that calls for national a doubt the groundwork for fair trials, reporters were not allowed to report until the trial ins. Rebekah brooks found not guilty, jurors are still deliberating over whether he should b ....
news corporation chairman and ceo rupert mudoch testified what he knew about phone hacking. he was joined by his son, james, who heads news international, his u.k. operation, and rebecca brooks, the former chief executive of news international. this hearing is a little more than four hours. [inaudible conversations] our understanding was that we would be afforded the opportunity to make an opening statement. we think, and we prepare it on that basis, and we would like the opportunity to make that statement. would you allow us? the committee discussed this earlier. we feel we have a lot of questions, and we wish all you have to say comes out in the course of questioning. if you feel that s not the case, then you can make a statement at the end. excuse me, could owe not have that, please? in this case, we would like to submit the statement in writing if that pleases you. that would be perfectly accept l. thank you, mr. chairman. can we please remove those pe ....
it is not very big with seven to 10,000 people. who were these people? people who were close in moscow. this was the elite, the intelligence to get. i was looking just a second ago. a polish name what some kind of glamour correspondents was arrested. the leaders of the political party, let s name them again, the solidarity of the anti-corruption leader and of blogger. the question is what happens beyond that. people really accept, they are not getting trains and buses to go to the regime. they are really upset. therefore the choice in front of the united russia and putin is are we cracking down or liberalizing and if you remember your soviet sort of trajectory of the soviet rule in the 19th century, it is a fluctuation between liberalization and crack down interrupted by the revolution. so we are facing the real winter revolution. i m not so sure yet. they are doing well, economically they are upset. one of them was at the center outside of moscow. people were really ....
testimony. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] can you tell the inquiry your full name please? paul mcmullan. and your address? not your home address. [inaudible] sorry? the castle inn dover. thank you. i understand that you are a professionally trained journalist? yes. and that you initially gained experience working for the regional press? yes. and then you moved and have further experience in london working for the fleet street news agency? yeah, i started with thompson regional newspapers that has now folded, and i was a journalism student with michael, and i m quite pleased to say i finished top of my class, and he came bottom end and he s now minister of education. [laughter] well, thank you for that. you then obtained a position as a shifte ....