a pentagon official says allen and kelly exchanged up to 30,000 communications between 2010 and 2012. it's unclear if they were involved in sexual matters or classified information. allen will remain the u.s. commander in afghanistan for now. but these latest developments only serve to widen the scandal that has gripped the nation's capital since friday. tara mergener is in washington with more. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. another twist in this drama. defense secretary leon panetta ordered a pentagon investigation on monday involving one of the u.s. military's biggest names. general john allen, the man who succeeded david petraeus as head of the international forces in afghanistan, is now linked to the fbi investigation involving his predecessor. >> i want to thank you all so much for being here this morning. >> reporter: secretary of defense leon panetta confirms department of defense is investigating allen, and a senior u.s. defense official says the inquiry centers around potentially inappropriate e-mails with jill kelly, the florida wom

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round of restrictions just imposed by washington that helped development also come on the heels of a pentagon revelation that iranian warplanes tried to shoot down a u.s. drone near the country's border last week. has more. president obama's first moves after he won reelection have pretty much indicated that in the next four years he will aggressively pursue the idea of the u.s. being the world police the administration has imposed financial sanctions against the iranian officials will be u.s. blames for jamming satellite broadcast and blocking internet access any rain that comes on top of a whole bunch of other sanctions that have been put in place by the u.s. which are proved to be crippling for the iranian economy and the population there is suffering a great deal because of that while campaigning president obama indicated that he didn't want to go to war with iran but that he would continue the sanctions policy and that's what he's doing we've heard reports that the obama administration might engage in direct talks with iran at some point but there has been no confirmation of that. threat

however, a pentagon spokesperson says he will remained in -- remain in afghanistan for now. >> the secretarys asked the president and the president has agreed to put his nomination on hold until the relevant facts are determined. >> kelley claims she received threatening e-mails from general petraeus' mistress, paula broadwell, which triggered this investigation. overnight, allen told pentagon officials that he had done nothing wrong. >>> tonight, the morago school board is expected to vote on revisions to the district's policy on child abuse prevention and reporting. school board trustees will discuss a lawsuit filed by the former joaquin intermediate student who said she was abused. she's suing the district and former administrators alleging they ignored her claims. two other students have filed lawsuits against the district. >>> the san mateo county da is -- is considering whether to refile charges against a man killing an activist. the judge threwout the charges against him because police obtained a confession after ignoring his request for a lawyer -- for a lawyer. >>> john mcafee, the

a perfectly reasonable challenge. for pentagon leadership, let's thought secretary of defense, first of all you don't need a secretary of state. you don't need a competitor, to susan rice, tidally think over -- do i delete think over notions what we should do here or there. we don't want a second secretary of state. second, you want somebody with a demonstrated, with emphasis on the word demonstrated competence in a builder down. somebody, perhaps from business, who has done it rather than has talked about it. there are candidates out there. i don't know what their names are, but there are people who have done it. that kind of person needs to be found. third, pentagon experience is nice, if you demonstrated mastery of bureaucracy there. ashton carter has not. there's two dueling qualifications here. can you find somebody from the private sector who's done build down's and knows the kind of intellectual and moral toughness you have to engage in to kick over that many rice bowls? or can you find somebody inside the pentagon bureaucr

a soap opera. let's go right to the pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. ind of thing an isolated problem, is there a widespread issue growing in the military? what's going on? >> it is a great question, wolf. you don't hire a flag officer to kick down doors and shoot down bad guys. they're given the highest pay and the best perks for their judgment, and for a growing number of them, that judgment has been flawed. they are the elite few, the generals and admirals that rose to the highest ranks of the military. >> i will do my utmost to serve. >> but the shine is off the stars, and it goes beyond retired general david petraeus. >> i could think of no better role, no more noble task. >> the defense secretary just demoted four star general kip ward and ordered him to repay over $80,000. investigators found he used his rank to shuttle his wife on shopping sprees, enjoyed a lavish beach front trip, and once accepted a defense contractor's gift of going back stage to meet denzel washington. >> we going to roll it. >> what do you mean? >> got to do something to st

pentagon. this scandal is just getting worse and reminds more of a t.v. drama possibly with many episodes the latest episode of the investigation into the affair between former cia director general petraeus and his biographer is the revelation of another extramarital affair now between the top american and nato commander in afghanistan general john allen and a woman named jewel kelly the very woman who officials say general petraeus says mistress paula broadwell saw as a rival for her affections with general petraeus and wrote threatening e-mails to dead jill kelley was the woman who opened this can of worms when she went to the f.b.i. in the first place and asked them to investigate the harassing anonymous e-mails that she'd been receiving the investigation led to paula broadwell's mailbox and apparently her mailbox revealed her affair with the former cia director a few words about joel kelly i feel like i'm retell the good new exciting t.v. show but reality can be more implausible so jill kelley a mother of three a housewife living in florida they've ap

from the love triangle to a pentagon problem the scandal that brought down cia chief david petraeus drags in america's commander in afghanistan with washington claiming all the while it knew nothing. and syria's new patchwork opposition fails to get unanimous backing among arab states and with doubts that the foreign form console use of the syrian people's interests. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today sushi live in moscow hard pressed for cash and hurting from austerity britain is turning on the tax avoiders to help make up its budget shortfall and it's gunning for google amazon and starbucks first on the list the tax man wants to question them over earning billions in revenue in britain but only paying peppercorn taxes if any more on this i spoke just a bit earlier. these are three companies that dominate the u.k. economy they have billions of pounds worth of turnover the but it looks like they pay very little corporation tax to show for it and now employees are outraged by the fact that through very legal loopholes these companies that they say are acting in an

then vice president and others are in attendance at a pentagon announcement of a new navy submarine called the uss delaware. and later the senate returns at 2 p.m. eastern from its thanksgiving recess with a possible vote on the sportsmen's bill. that would allow for more recreational hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities in national parks. >> host: well, one of the major effects of hurricane sandy was on telecommunications, and that's our topic this week on "the communicators." christopher guttman-mccabe is the vice president of ctia, the wireless association. they represent all the wireless companies. mr. guttman-mccabe, overall what was the effect of sandy on your member organizations, the verizons, the at&ts, sprints, etc. >> guest: sure, peter, and thanks for having me back. if you don't mind, i wouldn't mind taking a half step back and providing perspective on this storm and ultimately the impact that it had. if you listen to mayor bloomberg who said that the damage was unprecedented, that it maybe the worst storm that the city has ever faced and the tidal surge previous high

charge of allied troops in afghanistan, the top commander john allen is himself the subject of a pentagon investigation of allegedly inappropriate communications with jill kelley. yes, that jill kelley, we're talking about the same tampa housewife whom david petraeus' then mistress paula broadwell apparently saw as a rival. a whole new chapter in a saga that since last friday has been one bombshell after another. and so far, all of them have something to do with kelley. she's a volunteer military liaison at the air force base, home of the u.s. central command in tampa, florida. kelley complained to the fbi last spring when paula broadwell was having an affair with petraeus allegedly harassed her with jealous e-mails. petraeus admitted the affair with broadwell but denies any elicit contact with kelley. so does general allen who was scheduled for a senate confirmation hearing this very week to become nato's supreme allied commander. today that's on hold, but he will continue in his position as the investigation continues. and all of that as the pentagon digs through 20,000 to 30,000 pages

. >> i thought the aclu didn't believe there should be a pentagon. why are they suing for equal opportunity in a place they don't want to exist? no, i don't think it is time for women in combat. i know they have gotten close to the front line. they certainly serve in dangerous circumstances, but i don't think we know what impact we would have if men and women were serving together. >> that gets to this, lauren, the pentagon right now are doing an on going analysis on what would happen if women were introduced in combat roles. the aclu says this ain't happening fast enough. women who are currently serving are being hurt and not able to advance their careers or experience or whatever. is the aclu here or should we wait for the pentagon to finish conducting its review? >> the aclu has a point. i think if a woman wants to be in combat she should be able to pending she can prove she can handle it. i don't know how comfortable if someone like me were on the front line. 24r* are women capable of this. >> the issue specifically names you as somebody this does

a lack of oversight. health research should be removed from the pentagon. ted stevens started that. they wanted a special project. before he left he was against special health research in the pentagon because he saw how it took funds away from the pentagon and diverted it to everything other than the purpose. i am for the breast cancer research. why should we be running it in the pentagon? we have one of the leading scientists in the world running nih today, who has made major changes in breakthroughs. we cannot trust our best professional to do all of our health research? we have to put it inside the pentagon? we have a layer of bureaucracy on. top of it the bid. you raise great points. it does not call it looked at. there is under shut. we have a prostate program at the pentagon. the health research at the pentagon should be about things that directly affect troops in terms of battle, infectious diseases, posttraumatic stress disorder, and the things that impact the health of our troops directly. as a consequence of them being deployed or a part of the military. >> besides the audi

. >> reporter: it turns out that a pentagon investigation later concluded by mid-2009, there was no tacticalo the outpost. but by then, so many had paid the ult price, including the name sake of the camp, lieutenant ben keating, a gung-ho former president of his college young republicans and son of baptist ministers. keating was killed in 2006. these are the special men and women that make up our armed services. so, today, as we think about all those who served, and those we have lost, including the eight killed that horrible october day, think also about those left behind. the children who will never know their fathers and mothers, in the name of protecting you and me. >> as you wrote, jake, uncommon valor. >> reporter: it really is uncommon. and i've been covering the war in afghanistan, and iraq, from the comfort of the north lawn of the white house. but it wasn't until i started researching this book, going to afghanistan, talking to troops, their families, their widows, their grieving moms, that i really came to an appreciate what it is these people, 1%, 2% of the population, what it is

would run on this one here is that michael believe things your thoughts get over the program a former pentagon official is pretty shaky now we're also covering developments in patris is scandalized as well you can spot the investigation against a former cia boss and whether his indiscretions were. maybe to help the above account. or to take a look at reporting too but a tirade of moscow that seeing the police arrest six members of islam this group linked to al qaeda is accused of fueling extremism here in russia and. now britain's brain drain could soon leave the country desperately short of skilled workers that's according to a recent report suggesting the number of professionals chasing work abroad is sold in the past two decades. looks at why a for u.k. citizens home is no longer where the work is. london one of the cool overall financial sense says it was even voted the best place to visit on the won it last year but it looks like fewer people want to actually live in britain the u.k. home office has just released a report that says that and freezing the number of executives scientists and

. >>> a developing story tonight. pentagon officials confirm an iranian jet fired on a u.s. drone. a spokesman says that drone was 16 nautical miles off the iranian coast. it happened last week while they were conducting routine surveillance. the iranian jet reportedly fired twice. the drone was not hit and returned to its base. a pentagon spokesman said that drone was never in iranian air space. president obama was notified about that incident. >>> tonight commander mark kelly said he is done thinking about the man who tried to kill his wife. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. they faced jared loughner in court today during an emotional sentencing hearing. as jay gray reports now, loughner will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> reporter: as he arrived at the federal courthouse in tucson, jared loughner knew his sentence life in prison with no chance of parole. what he and the world would learn today is that the pain and emotions from that killing spree in january of 2011 are still raw, and at times overwhelming. >> i'm very, very angry, and sick at heart about

this is isn't a love triangle it's a love pentagon >> i got to say after that, it gets a little far-fetched. i mean, all of a sudden the second woman has an emotionally trouble identicaltw and both the spymaster write letters of support for her twin sister's custody battle with the ex. listen to the name they came up with for him. >> grayson wolf. >> we don't have a picture of him. just put up a visual approximation. that's right. it's not believable anymore. i think that the news has jumped the shark. and the most unbelievable part, they say that that the general down there that general over there, he is the top commander of our war in afghanistan. afghanistan, really? please. if our troops were still fighting in afghanistan don't think we'd be hearing about that on the news instead of all of this [bleep]. anyway, bottom line it's a soap opera, and it is done. we should all move on. >> oh, this is far from over. susan lucci. >> oh, yes. and there's more. general petraeus has developed amnesia, and can't remember that he's pregnant. by his own evil twin. who's in a coma. and is my lover. >>

amount of excitement so as often happens or as always happens individuals on the white house ba'ath, a pentagon staff talk more than they should about what happens. i don't think anyone gave away national secrets but they did deliver misinformation credit characterize the seal rate as the intense firefight. it wasn't. the seals were fired upon one's. they returned fire, the guy who shot at them died. after that there was no more shooting. going to the house room by room in the adult male were sealed once they were fired upon. they cannot wait so they went through the house shot to every adult male in-house accidentally shot the wife of of one of the men. to characterize that to wac people the firefight is a stretch. reflecting animus toward bin laden he had been the big life of luxury, i don't know about you but as somebody locked me in a house with 12 children and the three wives, five years, i would not call that looks serious. apparently the wives did not get along well. you can accuse bin laden of many things that he would never go for the good life. he did not have air-conditioning, refrig

b >>> a news alert now in the scandal surrounding former cia chief david petraeus. the pentagonreporting there were alleged inappropriate communications involving another top name in the military. >> general john allen is the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. now, he allegedly had inappropriate communication with a woman linked to the scandal. fox news correspondent ainsley earhart has the latest. >> reporter: fbi agents searching the home of paula broadwell, the whom whose affair with general david petraeus head tories resignation of cia director. some of the general's former staff members and friends reportedly saying he was shocked when he learned last sum they're broadwell was suspected of accepting threatening e-mails warning this woman, jill jill kelley, to stay away from him. now the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, general john allen is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communications with kelly. defense secretary leon panetta says he ordered an investigation of general alhelp on monday. the secretary who was a former cia director also talking about genera

there is a new report accusing the pentagon of wasting billions of dollars on unnecessary research. on things like beef jerky and ancient bird. >>> a scary story for safeway shoppers after a man robbed a bank inside the store. concord police have released surveillance pictures of a man. the images show a white man with goatee wearing dark sunglasses and a hoody. he robbed a u.s. bank inside the safeway on willow pass road in concord just after 1:00 tuesday afternoon. although the suspect did not show a weapon he did hand the teller a node and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. >>> we are now hearing from a friend of software founder who is still in hiding in belize. he is refusing to turn himself in for murder. he fears he will be killed if taken into police custody. authorities call mcafee a person of interest in the killing. >> it's stressing me out because i'm like 100% sure he didn't do it. he was here. and well, i'm sad because he's not around. >> belize prime minister described mcafee's actions as paranoia. and he has a sense he would be treated differently. he is urg

know why they were notified of an inquiry into such a high profile figure michael moore wolf a former pentagon official says the timing of the revelations and the initial secrecy could be politically motivated at least the attorney general should have been informed he works after all the f.b.i. works for him they report directly to him and certainly the director of national intelligence should have been informed not on the evening of the election but should have been informed almost immediately when they came across some very incriminating information it's been my experience that when something like this occurs the person who's the target is suspended from clearances is told to take thirty days off and while they investigate further and the bosses are informed immediately the fact that this was did not occur in patrice's case and it occurred almost immediately after he became the cia director i think smells of political intrigue and the fact that. this wasn't even reported for months. to the higher levels is in itself a scandal it was probably a political decision to protect the president. now

it's a love pentagon. ( cheers and applause ). tta say-- i gotta say, after that, it gets a little farfetched. i mean, all of a sudden, the second woman hans emotionally troubled identical twin. and both the spy mast expert general write letters of support for the twin sister's custody battle with her econclusion? oh, and listen to the name they came up with for him? grayson wolf. jimmy, we don't have a picture of him yet, so just put up a visual approximation. that's right. ( cheers and applause ). folks, i have to say, it's just not believable anymore. ( laughter ) i-- i think the news has jumped the shark. and the most unbelievable parts, they say that-- that-- that the general down there, that general over there, he is the top commander of our war in afghanistan. afghanistan? really? ( laughter ) please. if our troops were really still fighting in afghanistan, don't you think we'd be hearing about that on the news instead of all this bull ( bleep )? ( cheers and applause ) not believable. anyway. anyway, bottom line, it's a soa

>> reporter: a pentagon official says 20,000 to 30,000 peoples of e-mails are now under review. >>> congress returns to work today with a long list of unfinished business. as we take a live look outside at capitol hill, none is more pressing than stopping the double whammy to the economy. tax increases and huge federal spending cuts kick in after the new year. and they'll impact all americans. but lawmakers don't have a lot of time. the lame duck session of congress has until december 31st to avoid that fiscal cliff. >>> new this morning, sentencing day for former d.c. council chair kwame brown. he pled guilty for bank fraud charges back in june. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at the u.s. district court this morning with a look at what brown is facing. >> reporter: good morning. brown is facing perhaps a jail term but we'll see. his original plea agreement where he admitted guilty to all of those charms called identify six-month jail sentence but right now, prosecutors seem to be softening somewhat recommending to the judge just six days in jail for kwame brown and three years of supervised

deeense secretary leon panetta says he ordered a pentagon investigation of allen on monday.gennral allln replaced general petraeus when he took over the cia. thhrnberry says: "this thing gets even more bizarre and we are all focused on he perronal interactiios but there are serious questions of nationallsecurity." general allen denies any wrong doing and is currently of the u.s. european command. allen's confiimation hold. lawmakers stilll wwnt to know whh they were kept in the dard about the &poriginal petraeus f-b-i investigation. eith more than 20-thousand people have signed a petition calling wing political cruuaae and 3 focus on the needd of the poor pporfox45 was there this afternoon when the petition was delivered to the u.s. conferencc of catholiccbishops downtown.supporters say they were disappointed by the increasingly partisan and heated rhetoric used by catholic bishopp leading up to this year's election. "iq: iis become increasingly apparent to us.... oq: are leaving the faith ovee it. 3 the petition was delivered by members of the non profit and the online comm

a moment. but first, we go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she has more on this developing story, breaking headline after headline today. barbara, where is general allen right now? what is his reaction to these allegations of potentially inappropriate e-mails? >> reporter: well, erin, general allen is said to be here in washington. in fact, he flew here from afghanistan, because on thursday he was supposed to have that senate confirmation hearing to become the military head of nato, all of that now on hold. sources close to general allen have told our own nick paton walsh that allen says he did not have an affair with jill kelley, a pentagon official has also said directly that general allen denies any affair, any extra marital involvement with jill kelley. but look, erin. the reality here is, defense secretary leon panetta ordered up a full-blown inspector general investigation, and a lot of people around the pentagon say leon panetta wouldn't have done that unless there was something that needed to be looked into. >> and barbara, what's you

pillows a prize-winning journalist, a former pentagon official said among our guests. begin tonight with that triple digit rally on wall street. the market interpreted positive statements on a potential deal on the fiscal cliff by house speaker and rebounded from what had been a 112-point slide after the morning's opening bell. the dow jones industrials reversed, as i said, on the speaker's positive remarks and finished the session up 107 points. s&p up 11, nasdaq gained 24. all ten s&p 500 sectors moved higher on the day. that is the first time it has happened since october 4th. retailers drove the consumer discretionary sector energy industrials lead in the wake, and the rally started just minutes before house speaker made it clear that republicans are willing to deal on revenue and ready to find a resolution now. >> we all know that we have had this spending crisis coming at us like a freight train. it must be dealt with. and in order to try to come to an agreement, republicans are willing to put revenue on the table, but it is time for the president and democrats t

today, a pentagon spokesman shot down talk of his departure. >> secretary panetta is focused squarelytoday. focused on the mission of department of defense and not focused on his personal futur future. >> steven hess who served in numerous white house administrations said after four years most cabinet members would like to go to their kid's soccer games and return to private sector where lucrative offers are usually waiting. >> bret: more on this with the panel. thanks. >>> former democratic party chairman says he is preparing another run at the governor's office in virginia. he is formalizing plans for his second gubernatorial bid. he lost in the primary in 2009. fireworks in the sky over persian gulf. iran takes a shot at a u.s. drone. what does it mean? what is next with iran? the fox all-stars discuss when we return. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oo

if the president would only accelerate it, we'll be spending a couple hundred billion less in the pentagon a year from now than they were a couple years ago and we can go even lower. >> so congressman, what other spending cuts realistically do you believe will be on the table, putting defense aside. what realistic spending cuts are on the table in these negotiations that you believe could pass both sides of the aisle. >> agricultural spending. there's an acknowledgment of all the aspects in american economy. there are billions that could be saved there. by the way, it's a revenue issue, but it's treated as a spending issue. i get social security. i pay a tax on part of it. i think social security that goes to those of white house make more than $100,000 ought to be taxed at 90%. that's a way to raise revenue without harassing most people. i personally believe this commitment we have so send human beings to mars 10 or 15 years from now is something we can't afford right now. i'm in favor of space exploration being mostly done by instruments. you get the biggest bang for your buck. manned ex