perhaps the most striking of which was that david cameron's chief of staff had declined a briefing from detectives about the hacking. tomorrow, when the drama substantially moves to politics and westminster, david cameron will have some quite difficult questions to answer. >> you personally advised one of david cameron's senior aides. his director of communication had hired a private investigation. how damaged car they buy this? >> we have not seen any killer blows. -- how damage are they buy this? >> there is a steady accretion of things. the ones that were given to downing street about the chief of to medication's relationship with a man facing trial.

david cameron faced up to what this would mean. the labor party would believe this was a-- david cameron. tens of thousands of somolians appear dead from the worst famine in a generation. there is a call for more aid to stop this from spreading. famine is declared i ntwn two as with conflict and the worst drought in half a century. >> it is official. somolia is sinking into famine. this is the second time this has been deployed in seven years. thousands continue to flee drought and poverty. 1992, i iwas her i was here in see very resillient people. >> an aid operation is underway as supplies arrive. the u.n. is asking for 185 million pounds. the international response has been mixed. 22 million pounds have been given from great britain, with half of that from the united states. those who sent 1.6 million pounds are accused of a nut -- ignoring the alarm. >> this is overall, dangerously inadequate. we expect others to contribute. others are beginning to put their shoulders to the wheel. this is happening rapidly and vigorously. >> m

what really gave the story legs was the fact that david cameron to be. disgraced. because and because of the quality for the main it was director of communications i don't think without without that kind of. legs given to the story i think it probably wouldn't have been quite so big as it is now but the fact is there's been some real errors of judgment it turns out. the governing conservative party but the department's david cameron yet again his chief of staff has been shown to be essentially instigating a cover up by the connections because you have to sort of phone hacking and making sure that the prime minister then leader of the opposition david cameron didn't know about it as being a large element of fingers it isn't just a kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight he is in a real really bad situation he could well be looking at some serious consequences for himself at the very least still around him. ok what is the phone hacking scandal in britain continues to unfold on a daily basis so in clouds gathering

i mean as david cameron tries to explain his dealings with rupert murdoch's empire. cole believes those times could take their toll on both the pm and his government what really gave the story legs was the fact that they have a camera and. then disgraced. colson because of the quality photo made him is director of communications i don't think without without that kind of. legs given to the story i think it probably wouldn't have been quite as big as it is now but the fact is there have been some real errors of judgment turns out shared by the government because of that policy but the prime minister david cameron yes again his chief of staff has been shown to be essentially instigating a cover up by the connections because in have to do the phone hacking and making sure that the prime minister then leader of the opposition david cameron didn't know about it there's been a large amount of fingers in isn't just a kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight he is in a real really bad situation he could well be looking at

david cameron was never photographed with mr. murdoch even though he was invited discretely just days after the last election. >> why did you go in the back? >> to avoid photographers. i did as i was told. >> he was looking relaxed, then may ham. the drama turned into a circus. >> he was there in that room. what can you tell us? >> i was sitting a few feet away and only just half a second before he was hit in the face with the plate what i assume a shaving foam. >> this was delivered by a member of the public who was rewarded with a right hook from wife wendy. it is this sort of story that rebekah brooks would have loved. now the ex chief executive of followed the murdoch's into the committee room and matched their contrition. >> how could you be so unaware of such fundamental issues? >> in some ways, i think the opposite. i don't know anyone in their right mind who would authorize or sanction approval of anyone listening to the voice mail of milly dowler. i don't know anyone who would think that was a right and proper thing to d

the british prime minister david cameron defended the decision that troops will no longer be involved in a combat role by 2014. his country is committed to a longstanding relationship with afghanistan. >> we will withdraw troops this year and next year. we will be sending combat operations by the end of 2014. we will not have troops in the numbers that we have now. but we will have a long-term relationship. we will have a relationship that will consist of a very large a program as we help you to build the future. a relationship based on trade and diplomacy and military training. the president and i did they have discussed our plan to build a model academy for training. the afghan army officers of the future that will form the backbone of your already successful army. that would involve 100 british troops and funding from other nations. $38 million from the americans will go into the initiative. our relationship will involve close and frank political contact between the prime s theter -- between me an prime minister and yourself. we will discuss the situation between the executives and

let's start with david cameron. this appeared to be as attempt to get out in front of this unfolding scandal, crisis. do you think he has succeeded? >> a very strong performance from david cameron. he talks about that practices in the press and almost doing a mea culpa. he still -- the question of andy coulson and why he hired him in the first place. he was asked time and time again what specific conversations he had with andy coulson. distanceng to put some between his former communications and himself. >> also, top people at the news international empire, including rebecca brooks. she's a former editor of "news of the world." did mr. cameron give a signal about her? >> that's the interesting part of this paris conference -- of this press conference. he did call for her to quit, but he did it in a clever way. said that if he was rupert murdoch, he would have expected her resignation yesterday. he's careful to not get involved in the running of a private company. he was effectively calling for her to go. the only pr

here is our world affairs correspondent. >> david cameron's latest comesa critical time. there's talk of a new phase as plans are to advance to withdraw some forces. yesterday he met both british and american troops in helmand province. on the death of the same day of the british shoulder of the lines of dangerous the situation is. in kabul today with president hamid karzai, mr. cameron said he is confident over all things were on track. >> i do believe that it is right, as we build up the afghan national security forces, as we see a stronger and more confident afghan national army, stronger afghan police, many of whom we trained ourselves, and also the local police, i do believe it is right to start planning the withdrawal of some of our troops. as i say, we start with 9500, there are 426 coming home, over and above the 9500, and i will talk to the house of commons tomorrow about a modest reduction that will take place next year. >> the afghan president says his people have to take charge of their own security. >> this, of course, does not mean there should be a sudden a

that is what the british prime minister, david cameron, asked the taliban today. but even as he spoke those words on the second day of his visit to afghanistan, for nato's silk -- for nato soldiers were killed. which all begs -- which all begs the question, what happens when foreign forces withdraw? >> british troops drop in. it's an area the taliban used to control. no longer. nato is pushing out. that is what you can do when 10,000 british troops have been reinforced by 20,000 americans. so far, the british soldiers have not run into any opposition. usually when the insurgents see nato coming in strength, they retreat. but not always. so no one takes any chances. afghan police lead the searches. nato believes afghan candy -- afghans can deal with their own people better than foreign troops. by 2015, the idea is they will do it alone. one of the villagers hope things will improve without the insurgents around. >> the taliban steals food. i'm very poor. if i protest, they say you support nato. >> this is what progress lookalike in afghanistan. so much so, there is

. >> of the british prime minister, david cameron, has defended his integrity in parliament as ministers defended the phone hacking scandal. the british establishment has been really. mr. cameron defended hiring andy coulson but he said that in hindsight he would not have made the same choice. this report contains flash photography. >> a french in need -- a friend in need is a friend. they become a massive headache. david cameron has always defended his decision to give andy coulson a second chance. >> with 20/20 hindsight, i would not have offered him the job and i expect he would not have taken it. you don't make decisions in hindsight, you make them in the present. you live and you learn, believe you me, i have led. >> the prime minister said he was extremely sorry. what he -- was he ready to say sorry for hiring him? >> if it turns out that i had been lied to, that would be a moment for a profound apology. >> few expected him to go that far. >> that is not good enough. this is not about hindsight, mr. speaker, it is not about whether mr. colson lied to him, it is about all the inform

he worked for david cameron. he was his media communications chief for a time. >> what was important is what he did before that. >> before that he was the editor of the "news of the world" from 2003 to 2007. in 2007 is the year when some of these hacking arrests, jail time came to light. he insisted at the time that it was one rogue reporter. he was questioned in 2009 and 2010 before members of parliament testified he believed it was the work of a rogue reporter and there were other questions about him not knowing. >> now the issue is how far did it go. the question you bring up a lot is trying to understand this relationship between the media and politicians and the police and it's a very sort of convoluted relationship. the prime minister is being asked a lot of questions. let's bring in somebody who knows a lot about this. the author of the book "inside rupert's brain." he's a friend of ours. paul, just connect the tissue for us for viewers. we heard rupert murdoch's testimony. we saw rebekah brooks resign and

now david cameron. ?hat is the mood among mp's >> conservative mps believe the labour party are making a political capital out of this, and they are fed up. the labor party senses blood. they think the prime-sur has made in a catastrophic -- they think the prime minister has made a catastrophic misjudgment. they basically said, a plague on all your houses. do not talk about this. talk about jobs in the economy. if they can talk about it, they can jump over this and see where the british people are. the problem is the phone hacking issue is not going to go away without process, and the cocess is sethat andy oulson was arrested. there is a possibility he could face charges. david cameron faced up to what that would mean. he said, ohio the country are profound of -- i of the country a profound apology. >> umar european leaders will gather in brussels to discuss the debt crisis, and already the president has issued a sharp warning there may be- consequences if a response is not taken. >> greece and its debts

david cameron said in kabul that progress was good enough to withdraw more british troops. they will make an announcement tomorrow. it will probably be just a few hundred soldiers. by 2015, there will be no british combat forces here at all. >> i think the british people deserve a deadline. we have been in helmand province since 2006, in afghanistan since early 2001. i believe the afghan government, the afghan people, the afghan army deserve to have a deadline so they can plan properly towards a transition. >> so, it is over to the afghan forces. in the village, the police seem willing to help themselves to food, just like the taliban. we did find the taliban ammunitions-in a melon patch -- ammunition stash in a melon patch. the soldiers have not gone away. they were sniping on a mission that we joined. there is still a big problem with corruption. the question now, will the afghans be able to do the job the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> for more on these challenges and calls for an even quicker drawdown of u.s. troops, i spoke earlier with a f

quite difficult questions to answer. >> you personally advised one of david cameron's senior aides. his director of communication had hired a private investigation. how damaged car they buy this? >> we have not seen any killer blows. -- how damage are they buy this? >> there is a steady accretion of things. the ones that were given to downing street about the chief of to medication's relationship with a man facing trial. there is also the issue of what the met to tolidine police did or did not tell down the street at the time. the general picture is that david cameron was putting his fingers in his ears and say that i don't know what anyone will have to tell me about andy coulson. each time there is another meeting -- move and the story, david cameron will have a lot to answer. >> we have seen the fallout and this is felled around the world. people tune in to watch the murdoch testimony. -- we have seen the fallout and this is being felt around the world. the news corp. shareholders, do they have confidence in rupert murdoch? i see that shares closed up in news corp.. >> i think was

that is what the british prime minister, david cameron, asked the taliban today. but even as he spoke those words on the second day of his visit to afghanistan, for nato's silk -- for nato soldiers were killed. which all begs -- which all begs the question, what happens when foreign forces withdraw? >> british troops drop in. it's an area the taliban used to control. no longer. nato is pushing out. that is what you can do when 10,000 british troops have been reinforced by 20,000 americans. so far, the british soldiers have not run into any opposition. usually when the insurgents see nato coming in strength, they retreat. but not always. so no one takes any chances. afghan police lead the searches. nato believes afghan candy -- afghans can deal with their own people better than foreign troops. by 2015, the idea is they will do it alone. one of the villagers hope things will improve without the insurgents around. >> the taliban steals food. i'm very poor. if i protest, they say you support nato. >> this is what progress lookalike in afghanistan. so much so, there is

and particularly around this subject of my relationship with david cameron. the truth is that he is, that he is a neighbor. and a friend, but i deem the relationship to be wholly appropriate, and at no time have i ever had any conversation with the prime minister that you in the room would disapprove of. >> thank you. and adrian? >> on the report that you said that you advised david cameron whom top a point as a news spokesman and suggested that it be andy coulson, and -- >> i read that. >> and what was your reaction to that story? >> well, it is matter of public knowledge that it was george osborne osborne's, the chancellor's idea that when andy coulson left that they stop discussions with him as an appropriate person to go into the hq, and the first time i heard of him being approached was from andy coulson and not the prime minister. >> so you have no conversation with david cameron who was not the prime minister at the time. >> the piece you are talking about, the answer is no. the allegation which i have read is that i told the prime minister to hire and

british prime minister david cameron one of the this is a humble. thank you the murdoch's chiefs of global news empire news corp also implicated the police accused of taking but where will the next strike come in the phone hacking scandal and who led up the biggest turkey. there's been a large amount of fingers i mean isn't just the kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight isn't a real but really bad situation he could well be looking at some serious consequences very. at the very least the stuff still around him fancy a flutter on the much of the century betting shops its last the old son cameron being the first m.p. to fool the hacking we've seen cameron over the last few weeks fall from one hundred to one to be the next cabin. member to leave to forty one years is just slightly crept up again to five to one today as a result of his statements in the house where we thought he gave quite a good performance the murdoch's may have dodged bullets coming from every direction from m.p.'s but it was s

well i think i think to be honest inadvertently i mean david cameron attempted to evade the issue about his discussions with news international but he's interested in this made it very very clear that he has been in discussions with news international. i mean his defense is that he would insulate themselves if you light from. other colleagues but that was definitely one area where you strip out there was another as well where. some really. talking perceivable said she for so many not they've years now the challenge for a prime minister on his assertion that no one would want it without the nature of. his former president vice all here's the interesting news international's links to the scam and i'm tom watson said quite clearly in quite a sort of dramatic flourish that he had in fact the promise from produce the latter so there's no doubt there are questions still to come in too long but whether or not we're going to find if you like a smoking gun and something to actually bring down. that's not really how it's playing out and i'm talking about employment. by the prime minister what you

prime minister david cameron as well. this is humble my life i'm enjoying this so. some major pins in the news hacking scandal maybe warbling but at the moment they're still standing despite the pull off the ball threatening to smash them out of the game. in the brain british prime minister david cameron and the murdoch's chiefs of global news empire news corp also implicated the police accused of taking but where will the next strike come in the phone hacking scandal and who'll end up the biggest turkey. there's been a large amount of fingers and errors and just a kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight isn't a real really bad situation he could well be looking at some serious consequences for himself at the very least start still around him fancy a flutter on the much of the century betting shops and flashed the odds on cameron being the first m.p. to pull over hacking. and we've seen cameron over the last few weeks fall from one hundred to want to be the next cabinet member to leave to forty one years and he

cameron and who knows what his phone taps on david cameron's phone have on david cameron and why david cameron is that label to act against rupert murdoch so this is the same situation all these oligarchs in this neo feudal system are able to get away with fines or the like little slaps on the wrist for doing anything wrong right well we have further proof that moody's is committing acts of fraud and terror in the icelandic economy is bouncing back after the kicked out of bankers and worth the upgrade well that's my next headline yeah max credit raters who didn't predict iceland crisis mis rebound so the credit agencies that failed to see the icelandic economic collapse coming in two thousand and eight are now refusing to recognize it's a mess or action of course this shows that it's a racket because what iceland had a aaa rating up to four months before its collapse why because it was doing exactly what the banks want this is part of the racket they they were loading up the country with what fourteen times its g.d.p. . and debts and now because they've kicked out all the banks there i

she lives near david cameron. they have lunch together, three or four meetings this last christmas. >>> we are getting news that andy coulson, head of communications for david cameron who resigned from that job, just arrived at a london police station. there has been a lot of newspaper speculation that coulson could soon be arrested within days over his role in the phone hacking affair. we'll continue to follow that side of the story and bring you up to date when we get more details. despite the sordid revelations and the closure of the newspaper, the share police of the parent company, news corporation, has not suffered much at all. it was on the rise, actually, until the fresh allegations came in. now, when there was a fall on wednesday, that went into nurse. news corp stock continued to slide before it ended 3.8% down on its price before the scandal brok broke. >> on the nasdaq on thursday, news corp shed less than a quarter of 1%. investors are not too scared about the bombshell announcement. the reason is the

and david cameron i assume would have no idea that this would have got worse. otherwise he never would have given colson a job. >> so ellison earlier in the lifecycle of this story was there a time when it looked like the news of the world had successfully riden this out? that it was going to survive the hacking revelations, when it was just about celebrities in the royal family? >> what's interesting about this story is that there were lots of times that it seems like thinged had sort of died down. and that the people at news international were going to come and get off. it did, in fact, take the reporting of the guardian and particularly nick davis at the guardian to keep digging in and looking for more and more evidence of this. i mean i think that the big turning point as it has been referred to here is that earlier this week instead of just hearing about celeb rids whose phones were hacked into, you were hearing about kidnapped girls who ended up dead whose phones were hacked into. and soldiers who had died whose phones were hacked into. that is all of a s

what's less clear is whether david cameron remains the best person to lead britain out of this crisis of confidence he hired coos and who in turn it was later revealed was being advised by another ex news of the world hack neil wallis if that wasn't enough he was simple taney asli. working for the metropolitan police politicians and police under fire for cozying up to and colluding with the murdoch empire and in the wings cameron's arch rival ed miliband is limbering up to step into the ring so that the country can have the leadership we need why why doesn't he do more why doesn't he do more than give a half apology and provide the full apology now for hiring mr colson and bringing him into the heart of downing street. commentators say the prime minister came out on top in wednesday's round in the house of commons when he was grilled by m.p.'s over his relationship with news corp but the fight is far from once you know. he is damaged before base he was he was beginning to develop in the form cameron because none of the sort of damaging political issues that were circling the governmen

what really gave the story legs was the fact that david cameron to be the man disgraced. cosen into because of a project photo made in his director of communications now i don't think without without that kind of. legs given to the story i think it probably wouldn't be in quite the same page as it is now but the fact is there's been some real errors of judgment it times out by a little in the governing conservative party but i did promise david cameron yet again his chief of staff has been shown to be essentially instigating a cover up by the connections. to the phone hacking and making sure that the prime minister and then leader of the opposition david cameron didn't know about it as being a large element of fingers in isn't just the kind of heads in the sand i've got is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight he is in a real really bad situation he could well be looking at some serious consequences for himself at the very least still around him. of course those could get your opinion on what you see on our station including this story because today on

prime minister david cameron. next as promised the lights of the kaiser report where max explains the consequences of deadlock over the us debt. kaiser stacy herbert this is the kaiser report you know i did our currency any revolution over mack's ideas are in our headlines today the first one could the cindy sherman of monkeys accidently revolutionize copyright law for artists so cindy sherman is the famous artist who takes self portraits and if you look at this image that's not cindy sherman that is a monkey from indonesia and he. took the camera from a nature photographer visiting indonesia and took south portraits of himself now this has become a big copyright issue because copyright in for ta graffiti always belongs to whoever took the photo who actually snapped the button not to the person who owns the camera or whatever so the the man who took this photo david slater was working for caters news agency and now caters news agency is sending out cease and desist orders to people like tech dirt dot com who poste

david cameron. i'm getting everyone's names mixed up tonight. he lives to fight another day? >> yes, i think so. as you said earlier, there were a number of investigations. there's a criminal investigation we will be finding out... there will be a drip feed of e-mails, of reports, of parliamentary select committees and, you know, this will continue to be a bad news story for david cameron. how much worse it get december pends on the contents of some of those e-mails. >> ifill: i guess we have no choice but to watch. richard add dallas, heather conley, thank you both so much. >> brown: next, compelling insurers to cover contraception. the new health care reform law that president obama signed last year not only expands the number of people who get coverage. it also requires the secretary of health and human services to determine which preventive benefits should be provided by all insurers. yesterday, a panel from the independent institute of medicine recommended several health services it said women should receive without co-pays or other costs. its most controversial recommen

and there's a growing belief that the scandal could be threatening prime minister david cameron's hold on power due to his close links to top murdoch executives british blogger gary cole explains why what really gave the story legs was the fact that david cameron to the then disgraced. coast and into the conservative party for the made in his director of communications now i don't think without without that kind of bat legs given to the story i think it probably wouldn't have been quite as big as it is now but the fact is there's been some errors of judgment it turns out. the governing conservative party but the prime minister david cameron yes again his chief of staff has been shown to be essentially instigating a cover up about the connections because in have to do the phone hacking and making sure that the prime minister and then leader of the opposition david cameron didn't know about it there's been a large amount of fingers in isn't just a kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight he's in a really really bad situation he could

the political future of prime minister david cameron. discusses the prospects of economic cooperation between moscow with the french president's special representative to russia. last question representative of the french president on cooperation on russian french business relations thank you very much for being with us today so you come to russia every fifteen days what is your primary mission. my first mission given by presidents are cozy in line with president medvedev is to report and scope out the establishment of your russian economic zone and the second part of this mission is to strengthen economic cooperation in all possible areas between our countries. now you have responsibility also developing the trade between french france and russia which sectors of the russian economy do you think are most attractive for business leaders and friends will the board of course have yes your team that you today for france it is of course more materials in trade we have gas oil is essential but there is much more and look at what alstom is doi

he went on to become the director of communications for the prime minister, david cameron. folks, this story has i suppose two really important news dimensions for this whole saga of the techniques used by the news of the world used to obtain information. of course it brings the police right into the middle of it, because it is illegal for police officer to receive payment from outsiders and illegal for them to have received payment for information, and then it raises a whole political issue in the sense that david cameron hired andy to be his advisor, his director of communications after andy resigned from the news of the world in the wake of the initial hacking disclosures. and so questions will inevitably be raised in david cameron's judgment in eemploying andy. >> so now we hear the police are going to look back at other major criminal cases we've all experienced here in britain over the last few years, some of the most upsetting case wes know of. how much further do you think, yes yet this scandal has to go? >> well, there have been so many revelations, particularly in

prime minister david cameron as well. this is. why i'm enjoying this so. who will survive the phone hacking scandal and keep his job cameron comes under fire for hiring andy coolth and former editor of the now defunct news of the world he's accused of encouraging his staff to hack into private voice mails there's been a large amount of fingers and just a kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a real fight isn't a real really bad situation he could well be looking at some serious consequences for himself at the very least start still around him betting shops have slashed the odds on cameron being the next m.p. to quit the hacking they offered one hundred to one at the beginning of the week just five to one three days later in the last two weeks or so we've seen a lot of money go on camera in the last forty eight hours when the. committees have been going on behind us. and we've seen cameron over the last few weeks fall from one hundred to want to be the next cabinet member to leave to forty one years and he just sl

i think david cameron liked him a lot. i think david cameron felt he was terribly useful to him on stories that were -- could have been threatening personally and good at batting way difficult stories and i think there's a curious mixture of arrogance and weakness about david cameron. the arrogance was he thought he could brush these things away and all these annoying little pests like the guardian could bang on and on about coleson and he would bat them ay with his nguid atonion charm but it's coupled with a weakness that meant he couldn't face the conflict. face coleson sitting down and giving him the third degree whether he'd been involved in hack and i think that's how he ended up in the mess. i agree with john that this is ing to be something that simmers on. i don't think there will be a killer blow tomorrow. he'll take a dusting tomorrow but over the next few weeks, months, years even the story is on track to rumble through the courts through two ore more judicial inquiries and every time we see a picture of someone