and lynched to john gibbons play an accordion on his wooden leg. you had the sense of people having come over if not in mass by a great number to this other place with a kind of echo of that place being transposed into the world that became my world. so that of my mother's side of the family. my father's side was more mysterious. over time i heard stories of lost aunts and saint john >> new found land which is not where they are from and a deeper echo further back. i had my grandfather's passport from 1918, you could smell the must on it. all of the mysterious presences were there. my father's side was a mystery which we will get to eventually. and the third component is similar to what margaret was talking about. i irish american. i didn't know what a pure american was. none of my friends were pure americans. a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation y

gibbon of "independent television news." >> reporter: no sooner had the head of the metropolitan police sir paul stephenson resigned than one of his most senior officers did the same thingç assistant commissioner johnwas head of counter- terrrism. >> the threats we face in the modern world are such that i would never forgive myself if i'm unable to give total commitment to the task of protecting london and the country during this period. i simply cannot let this situation continue. >> reporter: the police authority committee that decides whether police conduct should be investigated met this morning. they were highly critical of john yates' decisions two yearsç ago when allegations of hacking at the "news of the world" resurfaced. at the time, john yates decided there was nothing new to investigate, something he himself recently admitted in an interview had been a pretty crap decision. the committee decided he should be fully investigated, that meant he'd be suspended and john yates decided to resign. >> i have acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. i look forward to the future judge-led inquiry where my role will be examined in a proper and calmerçç environme. yates >> reporte