The featured programs for the Public Hearing type. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=format&id=45 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 18:56:56 GMT Public Hearing Prime Minister David Cameron testified about his relationship with the press. He discussed the effect of his background before coming to office on his policies regarding media regulation, and meetings he had with James and Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks. He admitted he had genuine friendships with many media executives because of the work he did before coming into office. The Leveson Inquiry was established by Prime Minister David Cameron on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper News of the World. The hearings are divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306510-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306510-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Prime Minister David Cameron testified about his relationship with the press, specifically Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks. He said that Ms. Brooks is a personal friend due to her marriage to his former classmate, Charlie Brooks. Texts exchanged between Ms. Brooks and Prime Minister Cameron were read aloud. He was also asked about his decision to hire former [New International] editor Andy Coulson as his communications director. The Leveson Inquiry was established by Prime Minister David Cameron on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper News of the World. The hearings are divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306510-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306510-2 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown testified about his relationship with the press. He continued answering questions about his relationship with James and Rupert Murdoch, and an alleged call from Mr. Brown to Rupert Murdoch about Afghanistan and accusations that he was going to "wage war on Murdoch." Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Lord Justice Leveson on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper [News of the World]. The hearings were divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306507-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306507-2 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Former [News of the World] Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks testified at a hearing on the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper. In this portion of the investigation, Ms. Brooks was asked questions about her career and her relationships with former Prime Ministers Brown and Blair and Rupert and James Murdoch. Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Lord Justice Leveson on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper [News of the World]. The hearings were divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305952-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305952-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Witnesses testified at an emergency hearing on recent developments concerning Chinese blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from his 19 month house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in China. They also talked about his legal advocacy work in China and human rights abuses in the country. During the hearing Chen Guangcheng spoke by telephone, through an interpreter, to the hearing and requested a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. After escape from home confinement, Chen met with the U.S. ambassador and administration officials at the American Embassy in Beijing and received medical treatment. After staying at the embassy for six days, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to let him live safely in China with his family. Hours after Chen left the U.S. Embassy for a hospital checkup, he informed the U.S. that he and his family felt threatened and wanted to go abroad. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305814-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305814-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke testified about women's health and contraception. She had been blocked from testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee the previous week on the 2010 health care law regulation requiring employers and insurers provide contraception coverage to their employees. Committee members noted that the previous hearing only had men as witnesses, leading Democratic leaders to call a separate hearing to let a woman's voice be part of the discussion. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304550-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304550-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT The wives of Chinese dissidents testified on their husbands' stories before the commission on China's human rights abuses. Geng Ho detailed some of the horrific abuses endured by her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese attorney who took politically sensitive cases and was imprisoned for subversion. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304416-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304416-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Officials testified on the effectiveness of past recommendations on contracting reform and current fraud, waste and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan contracting. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299168-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299168-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Following opening statements from committee members, a Treasury Department official testified on the impact of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). This was the final hearing of TARP panel, which is scheduled to dissolve on April 3, 2011. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298327-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298327-1 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT