and yes it hasn t been particularly pleasant. it was one of the main reasons i wanted to leave. i felt i was detracting from the amazing journalists and all the people who work in news international. i felt i was detracting from their incredibly good work. we have a very robust and diverse press in this country covering all second trucks and all opinions. and i think that the freedom of that press should be insured forever more. thank you. how many times would you speak to rupert murdoch when you were chief executive of news international? i would speak to mr. murdoch and james murdoch much more regularly sense i have become chief executive than i did when i was editor. once a day, twice a day? james murdoch and i have
that we all put together and it was that was rupert murdoch sr. yes, rupert murdoch, yes. during the private session i think you said something like there was more to come. would you like to expand what you meant by that? when i went down to the newsroom to explain the decision, and clearly and quite rightly the journalists on the news of the world who are very honorable and journalists who will been putting out a newspaper under the scrutiny for a longtime and with great pride in their newspaper were very sad and baffled by management s decision to close the paper. what i was saying to them is that right now you may not be able to right at this moment understand why we ve done it,
just news of the world because it was over seen by news international people. people who reported to you as chief executive. in particular john chapman. can you remember what conversations you had with john chapman after this evidence came to light? because we ve heard from rupert murdoch that john chapman sat on that for years. the original inquiry in 2007, i believe was instructed we know the background, i m just asking you about when the evidence came to light through your committee did you have and john chapman is the news international legal director who reports to you, can you remember what conversations you had with him. yes, i can. obviously we discussed it. as soon as it came to light, i think it was in the end of april, and that i was told about it, that mr. chapman was asked
folsom way. i thank you for your willingness to come and the what your willingness to answer our questions. martha: rebekah brooks wrapping up her testimony after speaking for an hour 45 minutes. she answered questions. she is the former chief executive of news of the world. she was speak being her role and what she understood and what she knew and when with regard to the phone hacking investigation that has been shake up the united kingdom. welcome to america live. i m martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. we just watched three hours of testimony today. rupert murdoch along with his son james and miss brooks, they
make payments to police and that s another allegation that has come back to haunt news corporation. but this time she took herself out of the equation saying she had never been involved in that. i have never paid a policeman myself, i have never sanctioned a payment to a police officer. reporter: are appearance before the cultural committee followed that of rupert and james murdoch. a median with what appeared to be a foam pie, his wife stepped in to sla him down. this came 2 1/2 hours into a hearing that was only supposed to last for an hour but lasted for three at the beginning of this events today. rupert murdoch expressed how he was feeling and what his mood