does this mean that john allen is the last field commander? guest: president obama has said we will be out combat in 2014. that might come even quicker. general allen will be the last commander to make decisions in the field. host: president obama has promised to withdraw troops by 2014. isn't john allen -- what is in john allen's mind? general allen is a troop leader. he said, i'm not above americans fighting this war anymore. i am about turning this war over to the afghans. he is focused on turning the war over to the afghan security forces. host: here is what our guest writes -- host: tell us more about who general allen is. he is not as known as general petraeus and other leaders. guest: john allen is a marine troop commander who came from april school and was looking to go to princeton but decided he would go to the naval academy. the marines always seem to be in the thick of battle. his father and teachers fought in world war ii with great distinction. he decided he wanted to be a marine. he got caught up in leading troops and he loved it

what is in john allen's mind? guest: general allen is a troop leader. he said, i'm not above americans fighting this war anymore. i am about turning this war over to the afghans. he is focused on turning the war over to the afghan security forces. host: here is what our guest writes -- host: tell us more about who general allen is. he is not as known as general petraeus and other leaders. guest: john allen is a marine troop commander who came from april school and was looking to go to princeton but decided he would go to the naval academy. the marines always seem to be in the thick of battle. his father and teachers fought in world war ii with great distinction. he decided he wanted to be a marine. he got caught up in leading troops and he loved it. he is intellectual. he studies problems and listens very carefully and he has no pride of authorship. he will take an idea and he could say, we will go with your idea. he is courteous unless the bureaucracy take care of what a bureaucracy will take care of. he focuses on what the commander is supposed to do.

general john allen says he was enormously proud of the afghan response. they were on the scene immediately, well led and well coordinated. the shooting continued until well after dark. the taliban spokesman said the attacks had been planned for months. and he promised there were more to come. >> glor: allen pizzey, thank you. the first members of a u.n. observing team arrived in syria late today charged with over-- overseeing a cease-fire that seems to be collapsing as government forces once again shelled the city of homs. elizabeth palmer is in damascus. >> those in favor of the draft resolution. >> reporter: only one day after the united nations security council vote, six unarmed military observers arrived in damascus, the first contingent of a team that could grow to more than 250. >> we believe that the mere presence of blue hell meds on the ground in one or two of the locations which have seen conflict intentions may reduce tension. >> reporter: tension that has escalated into an all-out offensive in the city of homs. anti-government activists say th

>> get the inspector. >> this crime is familiar to me. >> edgar allen poe. >> what may i attribute the honor of your call? >> actor johnenseful one in a film called "the raven." he plays edgar allen poe trying to track down a serial killer using his own stories to plot murders. >> the night before last, the daughter's body was lodged in a chimney and the mother's head was nearly severed with a straight razor. does any of this sound familiar to you, mr. poe? >> you're talking about my story. a work of fiction. >> i'm afraid i am not. >> in the movie it's not a work of fiction. it comes to life. i sat down with john kuszak and talked about it. listen. you play edgar allan poe who is in real life and screen life a bit of a mess. a drinker. womanizer. financial train wreck. what did you like about that character that made you read that and say i want to do that? >> well, i think he sort of the godfather of goth, right? i mean, he was such a literary giant and i will say i don't think he was a womanizer as much as -- >> passionate with women. >> i think he was a one woman guy. i think he preferred the company of women. i do

commander in afghanistan general john allen and afghan defense minister made it official over the weekend. the raids troops storm homes in the middle of the night caused major tension between the two governments in the past. although they have been successful in rooting out insurgents. they have sparked backlash among afghan civilians. the navy compensating victims of the military jet crash in virginia beach. the jet crashed into an apartment complex on friday leaving many families homeless for the easter weekend. payments start at 2300 bucks for each person who lost a home and could go up for the families. investigators believe a mechanical problem caused the crash. luckily no one died. >>> it was a memorable end to the masters yesterday. it went to sudden death. just missed the putt. his reaction there. taps it in for the win. getting emotional for his caddie and his mother. he remained choked up after getting the jacket. >> this day means so much more than putting on this green jacket in many ways, but it's a special, special time do it here at this tournament. >> i watched that and i

general john allen, senior allied commander in afghanistan, he's running the war over there, he saidcould do more if they chose to. are we helpless to its influence out of t* ran? >> no. iran is -- -- tehran? >> no, iran has a of -- we have leverage but we're not using it. we're talking about sanctions but we're not imposing them until june. if we want to deal with iran, i think we should forget about this idea that somehow the reformers in iran's regime are going to sit down and negotiate in good faith with us. i think you go for regime change. not regime change brought about by the united states military. regime change brought about by the iranian people themselves which they started to do in 2009. >> that has been stopped and you believe tighter sanctions are bring change. there are others who would argue listen, they are locked solid in their positions of higher power and will make the people suffer before they do. >> and that's probably true. the problem i find, i don't want to be faced with those choices, bomb iran or let iran get the bomb: the administration thinks that iran i

force needs to go after the most want the terrorists in the region, according to the general jam john allenit will be the best special ops force in the south asia region sthral a lot of repercussions. other supports they expect to give them, besides the intel and the additional firefire, there are all sorts of special equipment that will be very expensive to the united states. but at the end of the day, what the trade-off is is paving the way for a strategic partnership with afghanistan, when the combat mission is coze supposed to end here and they can move forward on where america will stand in afghanistan after that. we will know, perhaps in may, just what the relationship will look like. >> thank you very much. the cleanup and investigation into a navy jet crash in virginia beach is moving forward. we will look at what is being done for the dozens of people holost their homes. >> [ artis brown ] america facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security aneconomic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large p

what you have to do locally, and general john allen understand this intimately, you have a lot of damage control that has to take place. you have to anticipate what the reaction is going to be, specifically in afghanistan. it speaks to this isolated incident and it doesn't speak to a full breakdown in terms of morale and discipline and capability in our military. >> we all remember abu ghraib and the damage that was done after that. now we're in this age of social media, things go viral, does it become more complicated here to try to convince folks to get this message across that this is an isolated incident? >> well, it is very difficult to convince someone. i mean, it's been said many, many times before, if you're explaining, you're losing. sadly, the military in this case is losing ground because they have achieved so many great things, specifically in afghanistan, and then this sets it back. but clearly everybody who is in uniform needs to acknowledge that everything they do, 24/7, is available for scrutiny. you don't do anything behind closed doors anymore. so clearly the definition

warren, john, and allen. the dow and s&p closed higher but not after a roller coaster ride for stocks, kayla tausche has our stat check. kayla? >> a reversal of roles as far as sectors went this week. consumer staples underperformed recently. this week up as much as 2%. led investors back into the defensive sectors. consumer staples just up over 2% and s&p up the same amount. in consumer staples, let's look at walgreens, up nearly 9% for the week. a few headlines that we're responsible. also the gains coming as walgreens paid $7.9 million for sin i investors there. we've been talking about tech. tech set to close the second down week. currently the only large cap s&p sector in the red for the week. and working in second consecutive weekly loss, that is following a 14-week winning streak for tech. largely lead by apple. apple, the best example of this reversal of roles, having the worst week since july 2010. also set to close down for its second straight week, down for 9.5% during that period. perhaps a normal

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general here who is in charge of nato forces, general john allen issued a statement very quickly sayingpolicy of the international security forces nor the u.s. army. he went on to say the seriousness of the error in judgment by the soldiers who acted out of ignorance and unfamiliar lairty with u.s. army values. he said the military would determine the responsibility and the accountability of those involved. so far no reaction from the afghans however but we do know that the 82nd airborne has actually redeployed to afghanistan. they arrived here in february of this year. we do not know if any of the individuals in the photos who have now been identified are actually here in the country at this time, jenna. jenna: a lot more to this story and certainly a lot of details to come, dominic. we talk about fallen fighters or insurgents that these troops are apparently asked to go investigate their deaths. often times when soldiers are asked to vet they're required by the military to take photos of the same people that were trying to kill them. so there is some speculation about what was going o

i want to play what general john allen had to say actually i'll read it, "i'm enormously proud of howhan security forces responded to today's attacks in kabul. they were on the scene immediately, well-led, well-coordinated. i consider it a testament to their skill and professionalism of how far they've come that they haven't yet asked for that support." so this then would be read as great news, i guess, if you're trying to figure out a way to wean the afghan forces off of needing nato and u.s. force's help in any skirmish like this. >> it's a positive sign. they're not ready for all of this but there are afghan commandos that come out of the various afghan corps, there's five battalions who have been highly trained by u.s. special operation forces that are sort of up to the standard and maybe not the standard of u.s. rangers but getting close, and they're meeting the challenge in the places where we need them to do this and this is a particular case. some improvement. this is a heavy lift. we have a long way to go to get 350,000 in the army to defend themselves. >> what is hakani's ag

army investigation, both sitting with general john allen, top commander in afghanistan.e after that still very much on his mind and on the minds of the afghan government. he has to decide what to do. will he discipline those involved? will he do anything about it? will there be criminal charges? not very likely, we're told. but sensitive for when the decision comes out about what to do about all of this because of the violence that erupted in the days after the incident. >> barbara starr, live at the pentagon for us. thank you very much. >>> 45 minutes past 6:00 on the east coast. soledad o'brien is joining us now with what she's got coming up on "starting point." it looks like you're really to the wire. >> i have a great necklace this morning and spent the last 15 minutes trying to get it on my neck. >> it just fell off. >> but i'm going to put it right over here and tell you what's coming up this morning on my show. stedman graham has a new book out and he says the most important thing to do to be successful is figure out your identity. he has advice on how to get out

. >>> also debuting and expected to fight tore 10 million "the raven" staring john cusack as edgar allen poe. >>> jason statham's latest effort, "safe." >>> this comes to us from boston, in cambridge a piano played the last note ending the life with a bang. mit students launched it off the roof of their dorm. yikes, watch it go. it crashed right on top of another piano six stories below. this is part of a tradition 40 years, the last day students can drop classes without having them show up on transcripts. don't feel bad for the instruments, only broken pianos are used for the big send off, but makes me feel uncomfortable i don't care if they are broken. >> wasn't as good as i thought it would be. i was hoping it would splinter and keys flying. >> a baby grand, parts. >> expect more from mit. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> the washington redskins select robert griffin iii. >> we all knew it was coming, but that is not dampening the excitement among redskins fans this morning now that rg3 is d.c. bound. all

[bell rings] >> allen, john, then grace perio. >> i have been a tenant in the harbor for 46 years. my boat is a 43-foot sailboat that i have known for 50 years. rec and park has been put in place to be the trustee of the harbor. it does not own in the harbor. the people that lease a berth on the clients are customers of rec and park. it is the money that they paid the goes to pay the loan, maintenance, and wages and the employees. the public plays nothing for this so-called public access. this was the -- this is why do not understand what the trustee can treat the tenants in such an inconsiderate way. few options in the new rules and the deficiencies of the new harbor, few people would choose to be in this harbor. also considering the high cost per ft. that is coming. why do you think it is wise to put into place these rules and regulations before the harbor is completed before you know the problems are and what will be needed? for example, i noted in number 7, calendar day, opportunity to write in fraction of rules. does not state when the calendas have an exception berth of reass

and john cusack becomes edgar allen poe in "the raven". >> this is super funny the situations i'm put in. i think it's a real exploration of a relationship. >> and for more movies go to otrc.com. >> he took issue with the way his son was punished for cheating. >> also a capitol hill showdown on student loans. republicans give the president what he wanted and democrats didn't like how they did it. >> he sued his son's school, now a father is getting hit with a boreage of angry phone calls. the father filed suit after his son was thrown out of a honors class for cheating. abc 7 news joins frus redwood city's sequoia high school with more. >> consequences of cheating can be a harsh lesson to learn. yet a student here admits he did cheat, now, his father is giving dozens of harshly worded e mails. >> you're a dirt bag. i can't believe you, an attorney would promote and encourage cheating. >> messages are negative. blasting the attorney after filing a lawsuit against the sequoia union high school district. >> this is giving attorneys and parents a bad name. school districts don't have the

john kirby and augustus c. allen. the real estate speculators who founded the city of houston. they were in new orleans in january of 1836. as a matter of fact, they were going to speculate in texas land. they passed on the loan. but they donated the texas warship brutus to the navy. so if you're going to speculate in land why not donate a warship to help take it from the mother country first? they had also been partners with robert triplett in a land deal in nacogdoches in late 1835, but triplett had bowed out of the deal and decided not to invest the funds because he didn't feel like he could clear title. so the allen brothers went down to galveston where they were planning to put their city and they looked at the tract of land and they looked at the title and they said, you know, you've got title to this and menard's got title to this and i don't think y'all are going to work it out. so they had to pass on putting their city there because of the problems associated with that loan. so then they go up to harrisburg. well, harrisburg was at a navigabna navigable bend in the bay

john cusack plays edgar allen poe. >> that is why when you look at kurt cobain or some of the guys so tormented and expressive, we love them because we recognize ourselves in them. >> and just in time for friday's release of "the raven" cusack received a star on the walk of fame today. and russell brand testified before british parliament about drug use saying drugs should be legalized and love and compassion are the key to helping addicts not jail time. we've got entertainment news over on otrc.com. >> there is the governor of new jersey saying he's not shedding tears over the departure of the new jersey nets. fans gathered in newark last night for the final home game. they're heading to new york to become the brooklyn nets. as for governor chris chift chifty -- christie, let's say he's not sentimental about the move. >> you don't want to stay we don't want you. i'm not going to be in the business of begging people to stay here in one of the most beautiful arenas in meshlg. the country's most vibrant city. they want to leave here and go to brooklyn? good riddance, see you later. >> g

on my right, samuel allen, the chief executive of john deere. his full bio is in your material. to his right, hall sirkin, managing director of the boston group and then to the far right, dave thompson, chief executive of orbital sciences. i'm just going to give a little bit of introduction. the title of our session is "competing around the world." i would suggest this is a particularly fluid time to be trying to address this question. just to sort of frame it, on the positive side some of might have seen a recent article in "american interest." it makes the argument the u.s. is poised to become an export powerhouse, notes since the end of the recession exports have accounted for fully half of total u.s. economic growth. so the rather weak recovery that we've had would is been positively anemic without the strong growth on the export side. and he notes that the obama administration surprisingly appears to be on track to -- even starting from the depressed face of 2009, there were very few economists thought that was achievable. so barring a real down tun, that number gets hit in

i rise today to recognize john allen and his lifetime of service to his community and the state of arkansas and our country. john currently serves on the board of directors for the lawrence county children's shelter. in the past he served as an alderman, chairman of the lawrence county chamber, a lay leader at the united methodist church and president of the lion's club. in 1980 he served on the arkansas transportation commission and national motor safety regulatory review panel. during this time he was instrumental in obtaining funding for arkansas state university to start a transportation related program with the college of business. thanks to john's efforts, a.s.u. now has logistics and supply chain management program. additionally john served as director of the arkansas assessment coordination department and arkansas state director for usda world development. john has achieved much as a public servant, but he'll be the firts to say his family is center of his life. mr. crawford: they have been married for 49 years. together they have three children, andy, andrea, and matt. he's also th

we continue this evening looking at the presidential campaign with evan thomas, mike allen, and john meacham. >> this is a 50-50 country and it's going to be decided by people between the 40-yard line, the middle of the middle who aren't tuned in. so mitt romney has a chance to that none of us do, which is a second chance to make a first impression. they're starting to reintroduce him. we saw the easter pictures, the egg hunt, the egg coloring. we saw the body surfing picture i think we're going to see a lot of romney family photos in the next few days because it's all part of saying hey, it's not really what you've been inclined to think. >> rose: we conclude with a conversation of james gorman, the chairman and c.e.o. of morgan stanley. >> the most important thing with any professional service firm is to tap the d.n.a., to find out what it is that is the magic about the institution and morgan stanley 75 years old found it coming out of the great depression the magic of morgan stanley is the quality of the people dealing with exceptionallyly complicated problems. helping clients fin

this on my right samuel allen t chief executive of john deere, his full bio is in your material. i'll do brief introductions. to his right is hal sirkin, the senior partner and managing director of the boston consulting group, doing a lot of work on the manufacturing sector. and then to the far right, david thompson, chief executive of orbital sciences who was introduced by chairman hawkberg at the previous speech. i'll give introduction. the title of our session is competing around the world. and it will focus largely on how the united states and u.s. companies are doing in the competition for international markets. and i would suggest this is a particularly fluid time to be trying to address this question. just to sort of frame it on the positive side, some of you might have seen the article in the american interest by tyler cowan, economist at george mason university. it has a lot of attention and makes the argument that the u.s. is poytzed to become an export powerhouse. notes that since the end of the -- or since the end of the recession, exports accounted for fully half of

on my immediate right, samuel allen, who's the chief executive of john deere. full bio is in your material, i'll do brief introductions. to his right, hal circumstancen who is the senior partner and managing director of the boston consulting group, and then to the far right david thompson, chief executive of orbital sciences who was wonderfully introduced by chairman hochberg to start the previous speech. so i'm just going to give a little introduction. the title of our session is "competing around the world," and it will focus largely on how the united states and u.s. companies are doing in the competition for international markets. and i would suggest this is a particularly fluid time to be trying to address this question. just to sort of frame it on the positive side, some of you might have seen the recent article in the american interest by an economist at george mason university. it got a lot of attention, and it makes the argument that the u.s. is poised to become an export powerhouse. notes that since the end of the -- since the end of the recession expo

. >>> also opening this weekend, "the raven" starring john cusack as author edgar allen poe. the 19th century writer teams one police to find a serial killer. "the raven" is rated r. and actor hugh grant lends his voice to the lead character in "the pirates: band of misfits." the animated feature follows a dashing pirate captain in his quest for the most coveted treasure of all, the pirate of the year award. and it's rated pg. >>> celebrities are flocking to the nation's capital to attend one of the biggest d.c. social events of the year. the white house correspondents dinner takes place tomorrow night. and for more on the posh affair, let's check in with amy argasinger of the "washington post" reliable source column. we haven't seen you in a while, amy. >> i know. it's good to see you, pat. >> i know. well, listen, late-night comic jimmy kimmel is the headline speaker of the dinner this year. how do you think he's going to be different from seth myers of "snl" who hosted last year? >> i think that's going to be a challenge simply because seth myers is really good. for someth

. >> they actually seek out edgar allen poe, played by john cusack and help him solve the murder mysterye movie itself, completely overdramatic, didn't like the acting. luke evans was terrible. alice eve was terrible. >> what about cusack? >> he was fun, but the movie had such an inconsistent tone. one moment, it felt like a parody. one moment, felt like a suspense movie. i found myself laughing. >> i get the sense there's a bad rating coming up. >> 2 out of 5. skip it, skip it, skip "the raven." >>> let's talk about these photos. you're a huge fan of samuel jackson. take it away. >> one of my favorite movies of all time, "pulp fiction." one of the greatest scenes, when sam jackson pulls his wallet out in the diner. >> can't show it. >> i have this wallet, i've had it for five years, i wanted to meet him and want him to hold the wallet with me in the picture at the avenge yourself junkett, and there he is! there's another one, like he actually took the wallet and said the famous lines in the film on camera. it was one of the most -- look at his face! it was so awesome! but, yeah, the mov

foundition, peter peterson, microsoft, laureate international universities, john and irwin jacob, the prospect fund and b all allen hamilton. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> tonight there are more than 1,000 of you here, for more than 300 universities, more than 80 youth organizations, 82 nations, and all 50 states of the united states. you have already made 915 commitments to change your schools, your communities, and the lives of people across the world. you represent your generation. young people who have a greater ability to enact change than any before you. in the past year more than 30,000 students, faculty and administrators have become engaged in the commitments to action. as a result of the commitments in 2011 alone, more than 146,000 people have improved access to health care and social services, nearly 31,000 students improved access to education, more than a million dollars raised for scholarships, relief, hospitals and other worthy endeavors. i am fortunate to see a lot of amazing examples of people taking this kind of action. this september we'll have the eighth annual meeting of the clinton glo

john shau. and at 10:00, a book party with allen simpson. book tv in prime time, all week on c-span 2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was your best one yet. but honestly, it's a thrill for me to be here with the president. a man who has done his best to guide us through difficult times and paid a heavy price for it. there's a turn for guys like president obama. probably not two terms. >> miss any part of the dinner? you can watch online at the c-span video library. behind the scenes, the red carpet, and all the entertainme entertainment. >>> john brennan, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism confirmed the use of drones and terrorist strikes at an event in washington, d.c. here's a clip from the event.

the second week in a row allen has been a winner. ultimate fighting, johnin a bout last night against evans in atlanta. that is jones in the red trunks. jones won by unanimous decision, 16-1. that is it for this early night sports rap. see you at 10:00. >>> thank you. coming up at 10:00, did you see it? people heard it. the show that lit up the night sky and the boom it left behind. >> heard it all over northern california. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> remember, we are always here for you online at www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. see you back here tonight at 10:00.