will grigg again the man forward in. top scorer in the fa cup with six goals in five games, will grigg's on fire chance will return. he is a fox in the box, typical will grigg goal, great cross as well. but paul cook, who we heard from, he is doing a fantasticjob. if you look at the stats at the back, only conceding 13 goals in league1 back, only conceding 13 goals in league 1 this season. once they went ahead, it was hard for the hammers to get back into it and they were poon to get back into it and they were poor. one sour moment, masuaku said for spitting. he could face a ban, perhaps of up to six matches. it was a disgraceful moment, the referee did well to spot it, actually, because it was off the ball, it went down for a throw in. you can see the anger from the wigan players. initially, he will miss games against crystal palace, brighton and watford. west ham are missing key player is, so a stupid moment from him. they've had moyes will be few. a lot to deal with because of the result. let's hear what he had to mak

. >> before director griggs begins, i want to remind folks of the process. we used to have a standing committee on rates and benefits. we no longer have that in our governance structure. this board acts as the committee of the whole as we deal with rates and benefits. and hence, we are now out of our general board meeting, and acting as the committee as a whole on rates and benefits. it's the same people, we have not changed places or positions. director griggs. >> thank you, president scott. i believe you have the calendar in front of you. at this time it's pretty standard as far as year over year. at least recent years. one addition later on i'll get to. starting in february, february 8th meeting, blackout notice will be presented. >> can you give a brief description counsel, what the blackout notice is? counsel. >> once the blackout notice goes into effect, commissioners are not supposed to have communications with the vendors. >> existing vendors or potential vendors. >> potential vendors. >> all right. restrictions on our communications as commissioners

will grigg giving david moyes some early headaches. itjust kept on growing.l on top against their visitors. upset was on the cards. west ham limited to just one meaningful chance in the opening half. rhys 0xford couldn't do much. their task got harder after the break. sent off for spitting at nick powell. with the man advantage, wigan pushed on and were given the chance of a second. reece burkejudged to have handled in the box. penalty. the nerves too much for manager paul cook, for manager paul cook, though he need have left. they redoubled to seal a famous win for wigan. the journey home for west ham may feel longer tonight. you couldn't have called us a premier league team today because we didn't have enough players in the starting line—up. it was a really difficult encounter. we had a lot of young players who we gave a chance anyone in mind? everyone knows me, everyone knows what i'm like. liverpool is the only type of me. whatever the cup offers us, i'm sure we will enjoy. a lot more to get through in the fa cup. kat and our football reporter john bennet

director griggs, do you have any comment on this second item? >> on the second item, i will take that back to the office and do some research, operations manager. >> and i understand that a lot of medical professionals have been doing research on their own coverage, and they are shocked that their own insurance isn't as effective with pharmaceuticals as organizations like good rx. and i advise everybody to look at their -- look at their pharmaceuticals. because it is really significant, particularly for people who are in donut holes. >> president scott: thank you for those comments. any questions for the board on the comments, none. all right. please introduce yourself. >> good afternoon, my name is richard bronman, retired city worker and kaiser member for i can't remember how many years. but last couple of weeks i've had some really bad experiences at kaiser. i think maybe when we renew the contracts that we ask for feedback and somehow kaiser has to be responsible. i had the occasion to be in the emergency room saturday night. they were very

are there other questions from the board, director griggs. >> i would like to make a statement for the purpose of the minutes, h.s.s. will go back and look at savings and costs reporting. it is one of the performance guarantees that we have with best doctors for february, i believe. so that is coming and we will work heavily getting it appropriate to present to the board. second thing, go through the reporting, too, and look at refining some of the labels on what's on the report to further clarify for some of the things brought up. but it is and what i have heard and the member interaction i've had, it is at this particular point in the existence with h.s.s., one of the peace of mind things that people feel confident, more information or different, you know, from a different source, or some networks or some integrated h.m.o.s limit where the second opinion can come from, too. so, you know, this is an area where i see it's benefitting. we will go back, the department will go back and provide this additional information. >> thank you. public comment on this topic? public comment? all rig

. >> clerk: director's report acting executive director griggs >> thank you president scott and members of the board and i want today give the board today that will be concise and we have some really great presentations and i just want you to know i've spoken to every presenter and we've be efficient with time since we're starting late and it encompasses open enrollment and september and november so we've had a lot of work to do and to say the least and i was just watching last year's meeting where we presented an open enrollment and catherine dodd said it was the busyest open enrollment ever and that was last year and this year i want to say that this is definitely the busyest open enrollment and it's good and it was complex and it was a heavy list but we made it through and we'll present a little bit later a summary of the metrics just to show you the volume of that work. before we get in to that i just want to talk about some open positions and positions we filled and are about to fill. we have filled a 1209 benefits technician position by jesse franklin who is in the audience with u

director griggs. >> i'm also just wanting to mention and i was going to do this at the beginning but, this was a particular tough week for h.s.s. with the passing of mayor lee and a lot of us worked closely with him and his office so it impacted our office and our staff as well and i want i wanted to thank the employee assistance program, we were training messaging 5:30 that morning and her team had already prepared a communication to give to all the city on the employees and those department that's were more directly impacted like the mayor's office controller office and memorial and i was able to deliver that to our emergency department head meeting that morning and i delivered that message to the director of the d.h.r. and the mayor's office directly. >> thank you. >> do we provide e.a.p. to the retirees and the message is this is available to them because the woman that trained me had been a city manager for a while and our department and she was quite upset. she knew mayor lee quite well and believed value over the decades. >> unfortunately we did not provide it as a retiree? >>

i know that that angie griggs is a concern. i know it's a concern, how we're going to be able to coordinate the resources that we have. there's been some dialogue in terms of friends of the fire department, which is a nice thing to say, but it's a very difficult challenge ahead, a person that has done nonprofit work for many years, but i look forward to working on this. and i feel very confident in your leadership, mr. president. so colleagues, at this time, i'd like to submit the name of the president, excuse me, mr. ken cleaveland as president of the fire commission fore ne ne fiscal year and next calendar year at this particular time. thank you. >> thank you mr. vice president. is there a second to that motion? >> second. >> any discussion -- further discussion? >> go ahead. >> oh, no, after you. >> okay. >> commissioner covington? >> thank you very much, mr. president. you did not demur, so i assume you would be willing to take on this responsibility two years in a row, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> i really apprec

the visitors had secured a bonus point by half—time, before second—half tries from leejones and nick griggs this season, picking up ten bonus points along the way. five games today in all — lei nster/ulster got under way at 5:35pm. it is currently 19—0 to the home side there. 16—year—old james bowen has won the welsh grand national on raz de maree at chepstow. the 16—1 shot took the lead two fences from home and powered to victory. the welshman becomes the youngest jockey to win the race, riding on the joint—oldest horse. the race had been postponed from the 27th december due to a waterlogged course. after phil taylor bowed out in darts pdc final earlier this week, today the sport's other world championship got under way, the bdo at lakeside. and the face of this competition for so many years has been martin wolfie adams, but he was beaten by the number two seed mark mcgeeney, in a match that went all the way to a deciding leg in the fifth and final set. this is wolfie's 25th appearance at lakeside, he's won it three times, but he was on the wrong side of the result this time. great britai

will grigg with both goals. the hammers had a man sent off for spitting.. they were trailing 1—0 at league 2 newport county, but a harry kane equaliser means they will have a replay at wembley. these are all of today's fourth round results. there'll be at least one league two side in the last 16. coventry beating league one mk dons. notts county can look forward to a replay aginst premier league strugglers swansea. the video assistant referee is being well used at anfield, with the on—field official using the pitchside monitor. goals have been disallowed, a penalty awarded. west brom are leading liverpool 3—2. celtic are still 11 points clear in the scottish premiership. leigh griffiths scored the winner against his former club hibernian. aberdeen beat kilmarnock and are now second after jumping above rangers, who play tomorrow. there were away wins for dundee and partick and it was 1—1 between hearts and motherwell. the indian premier league auction has seen ben stokes join rajasthan royals for £1.11 million — the biggest price for an overseas player this

will grigg scored both goals.we didn't have enough premier league players in the starting line—up, and it was a difficult encounter for us and we had many young players who had the chance to impress me, but not many of them impressed me, and i was disappointed with the senior players who did not help them. all in alla players who did not help them. all in all a disappointing performance and result, but we think we have biggerfish to fry and result, but we think we have bigger fish to fry this time. there is one other game ongoing — and that's an all premier league tie between liverpool and west brom. firminho put liverpool ahead. west brom drew level within ten minutes throuthay rodriguez. he scored a second just minutes later. and then craig dawson's header was ruled out by the video assistant referee. gareth barry in an offside position when the goal was struck. then the var awarded liverpool a penalty shortly after, all of this happened inside 26 minutes! except roberto firmino missed it! a full list of results

will grigg scored both goals. liverpool are also out after being beaten 3—2 at home by west brom.ck succession after roberto firmino. ajoel matip own goal then put west brom 3—1 up and even a late mo salah strike couldn't save liverpool. all the results are on the bbc sport website and match of the day is on in about ten minutes on bbc one. in the scottish premiership, celtic moved 1a points clear at the top after beating hibs1—0 aberdeen climbed above rangers — who play tomorrow. the dons beat kilmarnock 3—1 with two goals from scott mckenna and another from niall mcginn who ran round three—quarters the length of the pitch to score aberdeen's third. a dream come true is how caroline wozniacki described becoming a grand slam champion. playing for nearly three hours in 30 degree heat in melbourne, the second seed from denmark defeated romanian simona halep in three sets to win the australian open. it took her 43 attempts to win a slam — and her reward isn't only that shiny trophy. she'll also become the world number one. she was playing really well and i was thinking it looks like

will grigg scored both goals. liverpool are also out after being beaten 3—2 at home by west brom.o goals in quick succession after roberto firmino. a joel matip own goal then put west brom 3—1 up, and even a late mo salah strike couldn't save liverpool. all the results are on the bbc sport website. it isa it is a big result because it is difficult to come to these places and have a positive attitude and play without fear. it was lovely to see we did that tonight. set them up forfour see we did that tonight. set them up for four to see we did that tonight. set them up forfour to which was see we did that tonight. set them up for four to which was a bit risky here but we threatened the whole game almost until the last period when we were running out of bodies in terms of injuries and running out of subs so i really great result in something we deserve for the performances we've put in, notjust say that the few weeks, the last few weeks, we have been very good this year and we showed it today. reform four, four, two. in the scottish premiership, celtic moved 1a points clear at the to

i'm griggs. >> i'm christine romance. it's 30 past the hour. the government shutdown now. first working day of the week. noon today in the senate, a key vote on a measure to reopen the government. mitch mcconnell's intention to take up bill that would extend protection for dreamers, immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children hoping it will be enough to turn the lights back on. >> two sources say they expect the effort to fall short. saying commitments are just not firm enough. a republican source said mitch mcconnell made no promise the house will take up whatever the senate passes. still, there some optimism in the gop. the number two senate republican john cornyn says it is better to have a successful vote today than failed vote overnight. >> a senior republican aide says leaders think they have a shot at picking off enough democrats to move forward. the aide says this is their offramp. let's bring in ryan nobles. he has the very latest from capitol hill. >> david, christine, form from chill clil where it turned out to be a much earlier night than anyone expect

. >> what was the last thing you said director griggs? >> the first level appeal is handled by h.s.s. and if we up hold the denial, our own denial then the member can request to appeal to the board at the second level appeal? >> all right. >> there shouldn't be a lot of communication putting people back to the access plus because a lot of members did not opt for this and they find this out and otherwise the board here is going to be inundated with appeals -- there was an appeal letter already here from a member who said it appears compulsory as i did not effect to make the change nor was it clear i would need to check the blue shield access so that the enrollment wasn't clear and i can't imagine how time-consuming it's going to be for staff and everyone if you would have to take these back to the board and i mean, if these are honest mistakes, and they're not gaming the system, i just don't think it should put a lot of extra work on anybody and it should just happen because, i had two other people that were automatically enrolled and each

. >> say to director griggs, publicly and to incoming director, each time i've ever seen a slide like this it is a prelude to increased premium rates in the ensuing year. and so i understand you are just giving us the facts today. >> actually i think you will be happy about this. trio has a cap on this. >> i understand. but each time, the precursor of what's to come. hold on to your wallet, saving money in medicare. so as we look at this, and there will be ample time for discussion, so -- >> i actually did it because i wanted to talk to you about your results as far as costs. and i would -- yes, so, let's talk about while your risk is where it is, let's talk about where your claims dollars are, relative to the prior year period. so, moving on to the next slide, h.s.s. medical trend, 1.3%, i'm going to use rough numbers here, but national trend is 7.5. so, somehow with the worsening risk score, we are at 1.3. >> i'm sorry, i'm confused. what does the medical trend refer to, what is that? >> medical trend is the inflation for medical delivery. so, it's not just your rents going up here

. >> this is griggs who lives in livonia michigan, hi. >> i was enjoying your program. i went to central high school. and during the riot. there were troops, national guard troops. it was my chance to go get training. but i couldn't do it because the riots broke out. i turned 17 that year, so i wasn't a kid, but a grown man, and my mother didn't play that looting stuff, if i had stole something, i couldn't have brought it back to the house, i just stood and watched. you want to blame anyone. it was the fault of the white could bes, they would come through the neighborhood. they had a big board they would call them, and they would just bring havoc on us. it wasn't no fun, we couldn't do anything. it turned a lot of people to the criminal mind. if i scant do anything right, let's do something wrong. there were some places -- there wasn't nothing to be coming in there, tearing up stuff and arresting people for it. people were just drinking, having fun. and the like. >> got you, greg scott. thank you very much. police chief talked about a couple -- he said, the festive natu