i set up the levinson inquiry. the terms of reference of the inquiry were agreed by the leader of the liberal democrat party and the leader of the labor party. and i believe that to step in and try and prejudge that inquiry would be wrong. and let me be clear. let me be clear, lord justice levinson has made that precise point this morning. let me read to the house what lord justice levinson has said. perhaps the house would like to listen. let's hear -- >> let's hear what the prime minister has to say and then the questioning will continue. prime minister? >> lord justice levin said said this this morning, it is very important to hear every side of the story before drawing conclusions. and then he said this. although i have seen requests for other inquiries and investigations, and of course i do not seek to constrain parliament, but it seems to me that the better course is to allow this inquiry to proceed. now having set up this inquiry, having agreed with this inquiry, he should listen to the inquiry. -- >> mr. sp

it says, as sharp as a tack, murdoch makes his points at levinson press inquiry, had he been sharp as aack? >> it was a very dfereay toy. the first day was interesting, and we have james murdoch first on tuesday, and there was ill disguised glee around news corp on how well he did, not so much more the testimony in the room, but for the release of a bunch of documents which just turned the attention on to, what ministers had been doing, and their advisors during this, so all of the headlines, 24 hours ago in london were about the behavior of the culture minister and his office. which is much better from the headlines being about the murdochs from news corp's point of view. onupermurdh's first day of testimony, he managed to parry all of the attacks with sort of his trademark barbs and jokes and little punches that, at enemies and sort of a vague dismissal of any sense that, you know, wow could take the idea seriously -- >> rose: it should be pointed out this was mainly about what kind of access he had to british politicians. >> the theme. >> rose: other than you sat down with, and you

it says, as sharp as a tack, murdoch makes his points at levinson press inquiry, had he been sharp as a tack? >> it was a very different day today. the first day was interesting, and we have james murdoch first on tuesday, and there was ill disguised glee around news corp on how well he did, not so much more the testimony in the room, but for the release of a bunch of documents which just turned the attention on to, what ministers had been doing, and their advisors during this, so all of the headlines, 24 hours ago in london were about the behavior of the culture minister and his office. which is much better from the headlines being about the murdochs from news corp's point of view. on rupert murdoch's first day of testimony, he managed to parry all of the attacks with sort of his trademark barbs and jokes and little punches that, at enemies and sort of a vague dismissal of any sense that, you know, wow could take the idea seriously -- >> rose: it should be pointed out this was mainly about what kind of access he had to british politicians. >> the theme. >> rose: other than you sat do

drew levinson with that and more. >> good morning to you. new worries about europe debt crisis sent stock tumbling. nikkei fell 1.5 % and hang seng fell 0.5%. this week we get reports from se group and microsoft. for the week, the dow was down 210 points while the nasdaq lost 69. the senate takes up the so-called buffett rule today. the president spent the last week pushing that plan. it would require people earning at least $1 million through salary or investment to pay at least 30% in income taxes. it's named for warren buffett who supports the plan. >>> crude oil prices fell to $102 a barrel. according to aaa the average cost of a gallon of gasoline regular is now $3.90, down 2 cents from a week ago. analysts say barring any disruptions to crude oil supply, gas prices should stabilize as we head into the summer. >>> "the hunger games" made it four weeks in a row as the number one movie in america. making $21.5 million over the weekend. it's now raked in morning $337 million since being released in late march. >> drew levinson in new york,

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it says, as sharp as a tack, murdoch makes his points at levinson press inquiry had he been sharp as a tack? >> it was a very different day today. the first day was interesting, and we have james murdoch first on tuesday and there was ill disguised glee around news corp on how well he did, not so much more the testimony in the room, but for the release of a bunch of documents which just turned the attention on to, what ministers had been doing, and their advisors during this so all of the headlines, 24 hours ago in london were about the behavior of the culture minister and his office. which is much better from the headlines being about the murdochs from news corp's point of view. on rupert murdoch's first day of testimony, he managed to parry all of the attacks with sort of his trademark barbs and jokes and little punches that, at enemies and sort of a vague dismissal of any sense that, you know, wow could take the idea seriously -- >> rose: it should be pointed out this was mainly about what kind of access he had to british politicians. >> the theme. >> rose: other than you sat down

drew levinson, eyewitness news. >> and the flames destroyed 40 units of the apartment. >>> a maryland man learns his fate after plotting to bomb a military recruiting sentence. a judge sentenced martinez to 25 years behind bars. before his sentencing. the 22-year-old called his actions wrong. police caught martinez in a string when he placed what he thought was a bomb in front of a building that housed u.s. soldiers inside. >>> city police are trying to find a group of people caught on tape beating and robbing a tourist. this is the video that was posted on-line. showing several people attacking a man last month. now, mesare using the same video to track the people down who are involved. investigators are saying that man was celebrating st. patrick's day. going took his hotel. >> he had every right to leave and get back to where she wanted to be safely. their behavior was criminal. he was revealed of his property after he was assaulted and other things were down to him disturbing to look at. >> and the man reportedly woke up the next day in his hotel. cut and cruised with little memor

drew levinson is here with that and more. >> good morning to you. china's economic growth fell to its lowest level in three years but that news did not seem to send chills through the overseas markets. tokyo's nikkei jumped more than 1%. hong kong's hang seng climbed nearly 2%. after wall street stock snapped a five-day losing streak on wednesday, stocks surged on thursday. the dow gained 181 points to get within 13,000 once again. the nasdaq added 39. >>> and google gave investors more good news after the closing bell. the internet company released a better than expected earnings report. google also announced it will split its stock make. ing its shares more affordable to more investors. >>> goldman sachs has agreed to pay $22 million to settle charges it improperly shared confidential research. government regulators say between 2006 and 2011 goldman analyst passed along the information to a select list of vip clients. last year the investment firm paid $10 million to settle similar charges in massachusetts. >>> postal workers are rallying against

i set up the levinson inquiry. the terms of reference of the inquiry were agreed by the leader of the liberal democrat party and the leader of the labor party. and i believe that to step in and try and prejudge that inquiry would be wrong. and let me be clear. let me be clear, lord justice levinson has made that precise point this morning. let me read to the house what lord justice levinson has said. perhaps the house would like to listen. let's hear -- >> let's hear what the prime minister has to say and then the questioning will continue. prime minister? >> lord justice levin said said this this morning, it is very important to hear every side of the story before drawing conclusions. and then he said this. although i have seen requests for other inquiries and investigations, and of course i do not seek to constrain parliament, but it seems to me that the better course is to allow this inquiry to proceed. now having set up this inquiry, having agreed with this inquiry, he should listen to the inquiry. -- >> mr. sp

you say that you think you believe that you learned about the arrest and the telephone call with levinson which may have been, when do you think that was? september 2006? >> i think i have said here and certainly to my family in august, i was not in london. mr. hinton could reach me at any time. wherever i was in august. >> the top of paragraph 170, page 03029, you say that you had been told probably by les hinton by news international that we are core operating with the police. the evidence to the inquiry and might be said to demonstrate that news international were not core operating with the police. >> well i don't agree with that. if i may differ. we appointed a special law firm to look into this and to aid our corporation with the police and when the police, after the charging, not just the arrest but the charging, that was said and they were closing the files. i can't believe they would have done that if they were unhappy with our cooperation. >> that is not the evidence we have had. the evidence we have had a pierced to demonstrate that the law firm you mentioned produce just one d

>> whether or not they believe it doesn't change the fact that levinson was suggesting, and i don't think i've ever had a conversation with a politician where he or she didn't try to convince me of the rectitude of their views and is that -- i think that's true of pretty much anyone they talk to, but particularly people with any direct or indirect relationship with the press. >> are you agreing or disagreeing that there's at least a perception in the minds of politicians that reputations of newspapers such as "the sun" is important? >> i think that's a question but it's a question for them. >> in terms of your analysis of the timing of something like the b-sky-b bid weighing out the pros and cons, it would be part of the assessment as to the power you can exercise over politicians in a critical time in the run-up to election. >> that would not be part of our assessment that we would exercise our power over politicians that you believe is there, that is not the case. >> after the election, the tables are turned somewhat, the power is more with the politicians. morely if you need their help

they're going before the levinson inquiry investigating the practice of their british newspapers in light of the phone-hacking scandal. live at 5 a.m. eastern time on c-span2 and c-span radio. >> you're watching c-span2, with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> international monetary fund managing director chris steven lagarde spoke -- christine lagarde spoke saturday about the agreement to help the eurozone, current economic conditions and the consensus among nations for structural reforms to reduce debt. she was at the imf world bank annual spring meeting. these remarks are about 35 minutes. >> well, good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to this press conference on behalf of the international monetary and financial committee, the governing committee of the imf. it's my pleasure to introduce you this aft