grossman identified. mr. grossman, do you have it? >> he started to show it to me. >> okay. in form and in substance, i think that the e-mail said something like, st croix could we disclose the analysis. do you have it? and you have read it into the record, i just want mr. gibner to have it. >> thank you, mr. grossman. >> the e-mail, obviously reflects my view on miss herrick's analysis, i do think that it was excellent and certainly i had not received or read mr. shaw's response, but it did experience a opinion as to what i thought would happen with the complaint and it was directed to mr. st. croix. he is clearly the person that i typically deal with when trying to figure out procedural matters and what should be disclosed and what should be in the packet and what shouldn't. so i followed my regular procedure in sharing that with him. does that create a conflict that should lead me to recould yous myself from this matter? >> no it does not create a legal conflict or a disqualifying conflict that would require you to recuse yourself. >> it indicates that you reviewed her an

you have dean grossman head of it all. you have the police and the fire dent there.ave the medical students, you have the residents, the nurses and the first responders and they were all very coordinated. one of the things that was so impressive to me is although it was clearly a life threatening situation, everybody knew it and everybody knew the stakes could not have been higher. >> rose: how many lives? >> well you're talking about 320 people who needed to be evacuated. a lot of them were very very sick. even though the stakes were incredibly high, everybody was just calm. people were doing what they had to do. one of the most traumatic things was charlie, there was just one staircase, narrow fair -- fair case staircase that had to come on slefdz. to get them down without the slefdz flying ahead of them they used mountain climbing equipment. they had people on either side, one person at the head making sure the head was okay. >> rose: no electricity, no lights. >> flashlights. it was eerie lighting with flashlights. it was like an intricate dance that everybody wa

the wall street journal's andrew grossman will join us for that.homas ricks will be here to talk about that. we will be right back. ♪ >> , there are many people who might take issue with a grand setting the union during the civil war. did not lay gannett do that? he did. i will not a grant was the only person to save the union. but he was the commanding general. he was the general looks up to the surrender of the army of northern virginia under robert e. lee. if anybody won the war on the battlefield, if you could say that any one person did, and of course cannot, but one of the things that we do in history is regionalized, we simplify. because history, reality is simply too complicated to get our heads around if we deal with it in its full complexity. so grant saved the union during the civil war, and i do contend that grant saved the union during reconstruction as well. >> hw brands on grant. >> how does one adequately express his feelings about a special friend? when that friend is also a world i come? in national hero of unimaginable proportion

grossman. >> david pilpal i will try to be brief. there are a number of issues at play here. i was not a member of the sunshine ordinance task force at the time that this matter was heard and referred. i'm relying primarily on the memos from miss herrick, and some of the collateral materials that i have seen. i thought this was a fairly straight forward matter but i believe that it is more complicated than i initially thought. i do believe that the commission is the proper place to air this and to make it a decision. i don't believe that it needs to go to any further outside body. and i generally concur, and i believe that i do concur with mr. gibner's analysis that under the charter only the ethics commission can make a final determination, even if some other body provider review and analysis. i think that mr. shaw was largely correct on the question of amrikbility of the balancing tests san francisco in the sunshine ordinance and the incorporation of the state law with some exceptions. i'm looking very carefully at the summary of the complaints in the two memos from miss he

grossman, please? >> sit down. >> there is time for public comment, there is time to hear from the parties. >> and we will have that time. >> mr. heart, i am going to ask people to leave if we are not going to be able to respect the rules and our procedures here. you will certainly have the opportunity to speak, and like i said, mr. shaw, especially will have his chance. any other questions for mr. gidner? >> i am trying to think whether this would be something that would be ammenable, to research, because it is our responsibility, and i just don't know whether the law is going to give us a crystal answer than that. >> certainly, i can see the legal problem with having it separate agency make a determination that we somehow passed through as binding. now, could another city, county agency, make a recommendation that we would then have to readjudicate? that sounds like something that would likely be possible and would the premature of a completely, an agency that is totally separated from ours, provide

at home without power end up getting on each other's nerves, but twin brothers chad and brandon grossmaned to write a song for the occasion. ♪ light my home >> reporter: the boys and their mom are doing their best to cope. >> kind of stops your life. you can't move forward with your normal routine. >> reporter: they even found a way to make sure lily stays warm and they found some ingenious ways to survive. >> just wet a towel and run it under the faucet and just stand, you know, in the stall just, you know, washing yourself down and then give it a quick rinse and you're good to go. >> basically find an outlet where you can get one. that means any local convenience store, fast food store, bring your charger, maybe buy water, something like that, and charge a phone. >> reporter: the boys say they'll keep strumming until the power starts a 'comin. ♪ light my home >> good plan. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." >>> it is the last thing you think people will face in the height of hurricane sandy. disturbing surveillance video shows a new york man being attacked during the superstorm. th

grossman is here and he is an attorney, let him speak to some of these issue and answer your questions, you would rather let it be mr. shaw who can't, and in your knowledge, answer those questions. so that you have justification for doing what you want to do. >> the bottom line is if you find mr. st. croix independent, you are preparing your own name. if you find him guilt y you are finding yourself guilty because delegation is not abdocation. >> good evening, dr. derek kerr again. one of the things that prompted mr. shaw's request, was the fact that retaliation had already occurred against the two whistle blowers who reported the misappropriations from the gift fund. i understand the they theory cal concept of protecting them in the future by keeping things confidential. but it doesn't work in reality, you see? now, if you conduct the f.b.i., and ask for information about a closed case, they will tell you that how they investigated the process is confidential. some of the information is confidential but they will still send you the file, sometimes it will be completely blackened out.

gynecologists dan grossman's research led to today's recommendation that oral contraceptives be madevailable over the counter to reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancies. >> we have over 50 years of experience with oral contraceptives now and it's one of the best studied medications that's around so we know it's incredibly safe. >> reporter: about half of all pregnancies are unintended-- a rate that has not changed in 20 years. nearly five million women considered at-risk for an unintended pregnancy do not use any kind of birth control. >> women who aren't currently use any type of contraception or who are using a less-effective method might start using the pill. and also it could make the pill easier to get for women who are already taking it and prevent gaps in use. >> reporter: ann mahan is a >> reporter: ann mahan is a registered nurse and director of the student health clinic at farleigh dickinson health clinic in new jersey. she has concerns about the recommendation. >> i can see chaos from birth control pills being over the counter. >> reporter: she's worried a lack of oversigh

here's that number to call at the top with andrew grossman of "the wall street journal." it's on the screen. republicans, (202) 585-3881, independent dollars (202) 585-3882. democrats. >> translator: . again if you're impacted by hurricane. and you can when president, vice president biden you shot some figure, footage. will take a look at that and if you can tell us about what you saw and give us more of a sense of what images really captured your eyes. >> so what you're seeing here, this is the jersey coast from about seaside park come seaside heights. we're going to go by, this is a pure of the famous seaside heights. the roller coaster that fell right into the ocean. if you look down the streets, their stand to talk about that is blown straight down into the streets blocks down. some of those houses as well. you can see are thrown at it, is skewed. so it's striking, especially from the air because it stretches for such a long period. you can also see from the air how some places, the damage is was bad and other places it looks basically untouched. so they're simply som

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the special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, mark grossman, the man that took over after richard holbrookepping down from that envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. hillary clinton may be replaced by susan rice or somebody else. hillary clinton says she, herself, will not be staying on for the second term. so if you just want to focus on the war for a second, it is all change in terms of the leadership for the top officials in year 12 of america's longest war. all change for everybody in top roles there except for the president and the vice president and the 66,000 americans who are still in afghanistan fighting that war. america's war in afghanistan is not due to end this year or next year. it is not due to end until the end of the year after that, at the end of 2014. that's the date by which president obama says the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan will end. it seems important to note that that is the latest possible date by which the president says the combat mission will end. it doesn't mean it has to go on that long. even with negotiations under way about the size of some residual amer

liz: let me get to the nymex and jeff grossman because it is stunning to me that one day we're down $2 in crude oil, the next we're up $2.30 or whatever it was, now we're pulling back again and suddenly people do not believe that we have this strong economy that they did on a day where decent data came out last week. which is it? >> good question. the bottom line is we're in a trading range right now. this market has now for about the last six weeks between 85 and 89 dollars. you buy the dips, sell the rallies and work in between there. this market is not giving you any reason to break out of the range yet. we're waiting of course with news dollar wise, stock market wise, inventory wise, weather wise, anything that could really give you at least something to hang your hat on and at least make a serious line in the sand here, up or down right now. but right now there's just a market that's trading. the story of the day, though, liz, natural gas, which i don't know if you realize, it's down almost 5% today. liz: i saw that. and i thought -- i just thought well maybe it's just because we'

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grossman and hurricane spending for hurricane relief. then it jerry hagstrom a lame- duck congress and the farm bill. "washington journal," live tuesday >> we are live for a discussion on the future of network news and how it is being shaped for the digital age with former nbc reporter, ted koppel. as you can see, they are seated. this event is hosted -- we expect this event to begin shortly. >> from the national press club in washington, d.c., this is the kalb report with martin kalb. [applause] >> hello and welcome to the national press club. i am marvin kalb. the conversation with ted koppel about democracy and the press. if i use the word twilight to suggest that network news, as we have known it, is on its way out and as something new is emerging. whether what is new will satisfy the urgent needs of our democracy cannot be noted at this time. let's hope that it will. without a free and occasionally rambunctious media, we will not be living in an open society. the free press and an open society are intimately linked, one dependent on

probability of reconciliation in the near term, but again would look forward to support ambassador grossmanas he tries to lead our government in effect in some type of reconciliation. >> again, thank you for your service. i look forward to seeing you in theater over the next two years, and as we bring this war to a successful conclusion under your leadership. thank you. >> thank you, senator. senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman but i'd like to associate myself with senator mccain's comments about general allen. general dunford, thank you for building willing to serve and chairman levin and i will get back with the administration and certainly consult with you about our desire to make sure that we understand the valley of a 352,000 and afghan army for some time to come, and a cost-benefit analysis. the more they can do and the more they have, the less they will need us. so sander levin, i associate myself with the inquiry. general dunford, i believe afghanistan -- i bet if we don't do things differently it will not be successful. and trip wires, do you agree with me at the 2014 electi

david grossman begins our coverage. >> this is a huge inquiry in the report is equally as big. four volumes, 1987 pages of densely argued prose. this is not one story. if you want to know about the mail, turn to page 572. there's gordon brown and his sense ailments, 564. and what it peers morgan knew about fun hacking, page 615. >> register with this fast work, we cannot draw back and look at some of the big themes here. one of the central wants us the question of her dress. how to change the balance of power to give more rights to those unfortunate innocent individuals for whatever reason find themselves in the process of the press frenzy, their lives trash and chased and bullied the most very wealthy indeed, nothing they can do about it. >> a persuasive and 30 club months were justice leveson bed at his statement it report. he would take no questions that statement if ever for the speaker themselves. his inquiry was triggered by victims of the press and weber at the reports