there was change at a result of the select committee inquiries and the result of the office reporting into privacy. there was fundamental change across newspapers, and particularly like i said i was then editor of the sun, and i can say absolutely that the sun is a very clean ship a great newsroom, and in particular the operation motor man referred to the news of the world. thank you. miss brooks, rupert murdoch in his evidence session said the responsibility for the closure of news of the world laid fairly and square leon the management of the newspaper, which would include you. is that the case?
struck me that the news of the world, has been an anti-establishment kind of publication. it always seemed the paper that was on the side of the little person fighting the establishment. would you say when you became editor and your relationship with those prime ministers, there was a shift in actually the news international became parts of the establishment as opposed to being anti-establishment? considering the amount of complaints i used to get from both prime ministers about the coverage in the sun they would say that many not the case. one of the main campaigns we have had is for help for heroes. i think the sun is the paper for the military and that caused to us have very, very uncomfortable conversations particularly with prime minister gordon brown.
there, and i think we will in a year s time, maybe even longer, we will actually get to a final decision on what exactly happened. could i ask you just a couple of questions. a question to you, james murdoch, during the course of last year you gave evidence under oath on two occasions that email was relating to a case. [unintelligible] trying to protect the surveillance phone hacking could not be retrieved bass they were lost in some black hole in mumbai. that is not the case. i think actually what he was referring to initially what we d had with our suppliers and i think i m correct in thinking the information, commissioner
bias in the federal government up front. they are after he frayed if you raise the debt ceiling you are give up a promise of process reform which may not come. martha: then you are into the next election cycle. the reason john boehner stepped away from the deal was because of tax reform. what you sign on for originally is what you end up with. what you are promised later you may not get. fan. martha: in terms of p.r. for the president. one of the initial questions that came out of the press conference is this now the president s plan? is he signing on to this? he s giving it public encouragement. the president doesn t have a plan. he s looking for that in case of emergency break glass, too. because he doesn t have a plan,
interested in this. it takes 60 votes to get anything done. it looks like a panic situation where in case of emergency break glass. let s talk about taxes. this would collapse our six rates currently running from 10% to 35% to three rates. the exact rates aren t determined. 8-12, 14-22, 22-29. there will be lower rates for everyone there are that plan. it would get rid of the alternative minimum tax but it would impose higher costs on those who receive social the security benefits by rehe line can the consumer product index to change cpi. so a lot of changes in there. $500 billion in spending cuts in the next 5-10 years. and unspecified entitlement cuts later. no structural reforms on medicare and medicaid. and i there will be things on te