i have respect for david patraeus. i don't know the details.e served his country dave -- he sacrificed a great deal. i think it is a tragedy. there's also another story here. lou: that story, because we learned very quickly that he will certainly not the apparently testifying before congress next wednesday in closed-door meetings, three separate investigations. what do you make of it? >> the fact that he has been under investigation which he discussed today by the fbi raises questions about other things he has said and done recently that were kind of lofty, i thought. for example, he apparently gave a briefing to members of congress worry said that the video cost -- the hijacked spontaneous protest and led to the shooting and killing in benghazi. >> the idea of him being a straight shooter was called into question. >> feeling pressure to conform to the party line. he was under investigation. crazier things that happened. lou: that fbi has had scrutiny as the result of a separate and unrelated investigation there were conducting. this looks like

>> new details on the sex scandal involving david patraeus. some members of congress demanding answers into the f.b.i. investigation. >> local events over the weekend honoring our veterans. we will look at some ceremonies taking place today. >> the buffalo bills tackling a beg problem off the field. why a man claiming to be one of the team's biggest fans sis suing over text messages. "good morning, washington" at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning, it is monday morning november 12. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm cynne' rise and shine. we will go to meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> what a beautiful weekend and things are kicking off the workweek nicely but we've big changes later on a little bit of patchy fog this morning. otherwise expect sunshine but the clouds will be on the increase especially this afternoon. rain is in the forecast by tonight seeing some showers. that will linger in to tomorrow morning. we are waking up to pretty decent temperatures. 50 reagan national 49 dulles, 43 in manassas and culpeper and 51 in fredericksburg. today par

investigation and now in the hands of the inspector general. >> and shines a brighter spotlight into david patraeus. overnight fbi agents saefrped the home of the alleged mistress with lingering questions about whether she had access to sensitive information. defense secretary penetta says patraeus needed to step down. >> i think he took the right step and i think it's important when you're director of the cia with all of the challenges that face you in that position that personal integrity comes first and for most. >> and as far as general allen is concerned, senior u.s. official says he h done nothing wrong but the investigation continues and they are going through 20 to 30,000 documents just in this case. >> thank you, doug. congress returns to work today. no doubt at the top of the agenda is avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. they have until december 31st to reach a compromise or tax increases and spending cuts will kick in. president obama and vice president biden will find a balanced approach to reduce the federal deficit. >>> and now to a news alert out of the district. former dc council c

director david patraeus. a military volunteer got harassing notes biographer who happened to be his mistress and congress wants to know more that revealed the affair. >> david patraeus's secret affair may have remained secret if not for threatening e-mails his lover sent to jill kelly wife of a tampa surgeon. officials say she was not romantically involved with patraeus but was a family friend. kelley contacted the f.b.i. after receiving the threatening e-mails. initially there were concerns that the c.i.a. director's e-mail had been hacked. >> the initial complaint was harassment. it possibly could have gone to e-mail hacking but there was no substantive information that it had anything to do with national security. >> but those e-mails were linked back to paula broadwell who had access to patraeus as his official biographer. broadwell lives in charlotte with her husband and two kids. she is an avid run were and says they bonded over their shared mental and physical discipline on her trips to afghanistan to

the family of to spend the holidays with david patraeus and his wife molly.he fbi became concerned that an attempt was being made to blackmail the cia director and confronted him about the affair with in the last six weeks. it wrapped up the investigation with bravos second and final intervw four days before the election. patraeus submitted h resignation to the president thursday, two days after the election, an a week before he was to testify on capitol hill in closed-door intelligence briefings about benghazi. he no longer plans to testify. now, there are conrns that brought well may have revealed a secret in t nation about the behazi invetigation that she gleaned from our relationship with paraeus. >> now, i don't know if a lot of you have heard this, but the cia and exit actually taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner. they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get the prisoners back. still being vetted. >> a well-placed washington source into security contractors tell fox, the libyan militiamen held at the cia and next

. >>> to the latest development on the david patraeus sex scandal. at a news conference today president obama commented on patraeus's affair for the very first time. >> i have no evidence at this point that classified information was disclosed that in anyway would have had a negative impact on national security. >> and mr. obama says he is withholding any judgment on why he didn't learn about that investigation sooner. >> the president also commended patraeus on his service to the country. >> he has agreed to testify about the attack on libya and the pentagon's investigating e-mail communications who apparently is not too happy with all the new found fame. >> there's a whole bunch of people blocking my alley and can't drive into my own driveway. >> about how many people are out there? >> 10 at least. >> i'm a consulate general. i have involuntary ubl uability. they should not be able to cross my property. >> kelley does not have any diplomatic protection. paula broadwell still at her brother's. >> it's been a game of cat and mouse. this morning when

why general david patraeus is stepping down.ng made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning and welcome to 11 news saturday morning, i'm jennifer franciotti. >> i'm lisa robinson. top stories in a moment but first let's look outside with meteorologist john collins. john, not as cold this morning driving in. >> it's not as bone chilling and blame that on the humidity. as much as july, we hit that, and august. >> we love the humidity! >> it's actually beneficial in the wintertime because it takes the edge off so this morning we as chilly as we have been the past couple of mornings but with the humidity up, it doesn't feel as bad. that moisture, that humidity in the air is brought in by a warm front or the elements of a warm front and also even though we've had clear skies all night long, we are picking up scattered the west you can see shower activity in pennsylvania. in a lot of cases, this is just sprinkles. we may be clipped by some of this from baltimore northward into pennsylvania this morning, a minor burp in

back to you at the desk. >> jill kelley has found herself in the middle of the david patraeus scandalowed the fbi e-mails she received from patraeus mistress paula broadwell. joining us live this morning is jose who writes for gossip extra. good morning. am i pronouncing it correctly? >> yes, it is. how are you, tony? >> good to see you. thanks for joining us by skype. jill kelley is a social light. she throws parties but knows all the top brass. who is this woman and why is she so involved with these military people? >> well, she at 37 she probably had not much to do. she's a home maker. according to her facebook she was going through medical studies and had a baby. what happens in florida if you are wealthy or appear to be wealthy, you throw parties and in the case of tampa, really not that many celebrities or high society people. this is a high class sort of like the four seasons of military camp. high ranking generals come through, stay for a couple years and become part of society in tampa. they are part of the fabric over there. and when you have somebody like jill who throws a

chief david patraeus because of an extra marital affair is not the end of the story. cbs news has learned the other woman is paula broadwell, she wrote a biography of patraeus. cbs 5 reporter linda yi on what patraeus faces next. >> reporter: it was just over a year ago, his wife by his side, that one of america's most decorated four star generals took the oath of office at c.i.a. director. today, he resigned in disgrace. in a statement to c.i.a. employees, patraeus said, after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. the affair came to light during an f.b.i. investigation that started months ago. officials became concerned about what cbs news has learned were cryptic e-mails patraeus exchanged with his by graver paula broadwell. >> it's sad. >> cbs 5 military analyst retired colonel brendan kearney med broadwell earlier this year during her book tour. he said she was bright and articulate. >> she acknowledged she had been given unfettered access to him. >> does that seem suspicious to you, when you now th

. >> the fall out continues from the resignation of ex-cia director david patraeus.e was shocked to learn his former buyographer and mistress she may have viewed as a romantic viral. what's the latest? >> reporter: we can't tell you where paula is. reports did have her placed here in washington in advance of what was to be a 40th birthday party which has been canceled by her husband in north carolina. fox 5 went to the home of paula's brother in northwest dc today where neighbors told us they believe they have seen her recently. a man who appeared to be her brother asked us to leave the property when we asked if she was there. he walked away and did not answer. congress appears ready to start questioning about resignation and relationship with the married mother of two. a 35 year veteran of the cia told us today he views the scandal as a potential security threat. he is now the director of the spy museum. >> whether it's the director or a case officer or analyst, if there is something in their life that is elicit, illegal and that would be -- they would not want to h

. >>> in the news the beltway is still reeling after cia director david patraeus resigned because he had an extra marital affair. nbc's chris clackum has more on the retired general's surprising resignation. >> reporter: in his resignation letter to president obama david petraeus who took over at the cia in 2011 wrote, after being married for over 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extra marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable. b both as a husband and as a leader of an organization such as ours. petraeus resigns just days after his boss won re-election, but president obama accepted it, saying about petraeus and his wife holly i wish them the very best at this difficult time. >> a little too soon to tell today because of how sudden this was but for lack of a better term petraeus is a legend. he is one of the few generals in american history to get so much credit for so many things. >> reporter: petraeus had been scheduled to testify at house and senate hearings next week on the terrorist attack in september on the american embassy in benghazi, libya, that

david patraeus will not testify today's classified hearing.cting director of the cia met with the senate foreign relations committee. tomorrow michael morale will meet with the committee. >>> the woman at the center of the scandal was spotted in northwest yesterday. paula broadwell is staying at her brother's home. her driver's license was found by a jogger. police alerted the fbi and hold it for 90 days until broadwell claims it. >> the man who president obama wants to be the next commander of nato is finding his nomination on hold. the pentagon is probing general john allen after investigators found 20,000 pages of e-mails sent between him and jill kelley. she is the social light by complaining about threatening e-mails from patraeus mistress. a lot to digest here. >> it is. we turn to jj green, national security corespondent for wtop radio. good morning. good to see you . story gets more bizarre everyday. in regards to the fbi investigation into the matter between general allen and this jill kelley, the fbi has handed that over to the penta

there is no great mystery. >> were you satisfied with what david patraeus said? representative king said he was. >> was i satisfied? yes. you know, i think these are, you know, people who were giving us their best professional insights and at the time they told us, look, it's early. we're going to learn more. this is what we think right now. and some of the members just didn't pay attention when they were told these are our early assessments. and there is a lot of fog of war that covers an event like this and if i could go into the particulars of the intelligence you'd have a better sense of just why initially they thought there were protests outside of the facility. >> can you talk around what the particulars were? >> well, you know, we have a combination of intelligence streams, some human intelligence, some technical and tactical. some open source. you have organizations taking credit for things they didn't do. you have other organizations disavowing their involvement that may have been involved. and so you have to parce all of that out and sort it out and tha

up next, the father of david patraeus i mistress calls the scandal a smokescreen for something much biggere "a-team" is next. coming right up. ♪ lou: joining me now, the "a-team," former prosecutor, fox news legal analyst, auth and political commentator, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. thank you all for being here. let's start with, this case is bizarre. now that we get that out of the way, why in the world is and there some sort of way which congress can compel david patraeus to testify? secretary clinton to testify. >> secretary clinton is too busy in australia having fun with he friends. lou: if that overrides the national interest. >> i think that they will e allowed to bring him in, but the problem with him going forward and testifying, i thik we will finally have him testify. who is going t believe him anymore? you going to believe a guy who is a lying, cheating, and is to bit about it kind of guy and we will leave whenever he says? what every says will be diminished by what has happened since friday lou: do you agree? >> i do absolutely. i will say obviously the

. >>> new developments in the david patraeus resignation. the sex scandal that led to the resignation of cia director patras. general john allen is now under investigation by the pentagon for alleged inappropriate communications with jill kelley. >> she is the same woman who got harassing e-mails from paula broadwell. she was allegedly having an affair with. former director of the cia says patraeus needed to step down. >> i think he took the right steps. and i think it's important when you're director or the cia with all of the challenges that face you in that position that personal integrity comes first and formost. >> searched the home of patraeus's alleged mistress. lingering questions about whether she had access to sensitive information. >> just days after patraeus resigned, the washington post is saying president obama wants john brenan to take his place. the post is reporting that the president wants senator john kerry to serve as the defense secretary despite his desire to serve as secretary of state. insiders say that position would

up next, the father of david patraeus is mistress calls the scandal a smokescreen for something muchger. the "a-team" is next. coming right up. the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their ddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's our tradition! that roughing the card holder. but with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight, anytime. the scoreboard doe lie. what's in your wallet? hut! i havee on my ntasy team. ♪ lou: joining me now, the "a-team," former prosecutor, fox news legal analyst, author and political commentator, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. thank you all for being here. let's start with, this case is bizarre. now that we get that out of the way, why in the world is and there some sort of way which congress can compel david patraeus to testify? secretary clinton to testify. >> secretary clinton is too busy in australia having fun with her friends. lou: if that overrides the national interest. >> i think that they wi

director david patraeus is stepping down from his post after admitting he had an extramarital affair. >> this morning, nbc news reports his biographer, paula broadwell, is under investigation for improperly trial to access his email and classified information. she's believed to be the other woman in this affair. we get the latest from chris clackum. >> in his resignation to president obama, david patraeus wrote, "after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." patraeus resigns days after his boss won re-election but president obama accepted it saying, about patraeus and his wife, holly, "i wish them the very best at this difficult time." >>it's too soon to tell today bt for lack of a better term patraeus is a legend, one of the to get so much credit. >> patraeus was scheduled to testify at house and senate hearings next week on the terrorist attack in september on the american embassy in benghazi, libya, that left four ameri

scheduled to brief congressional investigators today on the affair that broke down cia director david patraeus. they'll ask about thousands of emails between a tampa socialite. daniel nottingham has more. >> reporter: he will testify about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya. before he handed in his resignation he was scheduled to appear at hearings this week. the details of the new hearings are being worked out. president obama is expected to face questions about the scandal that forced patraeus to step down at a news conference today. the widening investigation the s now jeopardizing general john allen's future. the pentagon is looking at emails he exchanged with joe kelly. sources described them as potentially inappropriate and flirtatious. >> these allegations are shocking to everybody that knows general allen. he's a terrific officer. he's also done a really good job in afghanistan. >> the white house and lawmakers continue to express confidence in general allen's leadership of u.s. troops if afghanistan while his promotion to become nato's top general is on hold. >>

ci ah, director david patraeus resigns. questions and stands the impact of major foreign policy issues facing the obama administration. what happens in the deadly attack in libya. joining us this morning deputy white house editor for politico. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> whenever we see stories like this come out, scandal really, those details leak out. what do we know? >> he was having an affair. the woman involved was his buyographer and appears to been prompted into threatening e-mails he stoent another woman who was working down in florida and that there was some level of threat that she had given that had been so great the fbi started investigating her e-mail and in investigating her e-mail found all of these messages back and forth that made them know there was an affair going on. >> and this was quite some time ago? >> that's right. we also know in terms of the timing on this that the fbi was investigating it over the summer but they did not inform anyone outside of the fbi until this past week

because of resignation on friday, general david patraeus can testify today before the house and senate intelligence committee. he has made a deal to testify privately tomorrow. it's not clear congress will get all of the answers it is seeking in the september 11th attacks on the benghazi consulate. >> president obama walked into this press conference a day before congress is about to expand investigations on september 11th that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador and defended his actions. >> my orders to my team is do whatever we need to do to make sure they are safe. >> but the time line of events is still not clear and several republicans are calling for water gate style hearings. >> i'm telling you right now if we don't have a committee we're going to fail to get the answers the american people deserve. >> and much of the republican anger here is on susan rice, the u.s. ambassador who on five sunday talk shows blames the attacks on a protest on an anti muslim film. not an assault. the president defended her as he lashed out at republicans. for them to go after the un

retired general david patraeus resigned after admitting to an extra marital affair. petraeus was director of the cia for a little more than a year. >>> president obama will hold several meetings at the white house next week in hopes of avoiding the fiscal cliff. he will meet with business leaders on wednesday and congressional leaders on friday. automatic spending cuts and tax hikes will kick in january 1st if no deal is reached. >>> expect delays on metro this veterans day weekend. two stations are closed on the orange line and there is single tracking on parts of the orange, red, and green lines. the work will last through the holiday on monday. >>> this morning two teens face charges for the murder of a d.c. taxi driver whose body was later found inside his burning cab. police found the burning vehicle in the 1400 block of redwood parkway northeast wednesday night with the man's body inside. investigators say the two 17-year-olds robbed the driver and shot him in the head. the victim's co-workers say they're stunned and scared. >> if you are going to do that, why

. >> it really is the nation's laws, losing david patraeus. >> personally, this is a heartbreak. >> full disclosure, we are putting this program together the day before thanksgiving and we come to you with the fervent hope that events will not overcome us. on this day, or families come first, like yours. let's start with the bloody conflict between israel and hamas in the middle east. israel's critics say they're doing more than defending themselves. there was a meeting to come up with a diplomatic solution. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that advances the security and legitimate aspirations of the israelis and palestinians alike. >> if there is a possibility of achieving a long-term solution of this problem through diplomatic means, we prefer that. if not, then i'm sure you understand israel will have to take whatever action is necessary to defend its people. >> i will borrow the opening question from the "washington post" columnist david ignatius. the question is, is there any escape from this palestinian version of heil? >> there is not. it goes back to what was said in the beg

legendary four star general david patraeus has admitted to an extramarital affair and has resigned as director of the cia. the fbi had begun an investigation of the affair. >> patraeus calmed his unbehavior unacceptable for a cia director and he quit this afternoon. gary nurenberg is here on with what this all means. >> reporter: anita used the word legendary. patraeus wrote the book on how the cia conducted campaign. he changsd the wars in iraq and -- changed the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> he was revered. >> he's described by many as the most influential and the most important general of his generation. >> reporter: that was his legacy until friday when it was revealed the fbi had begun an investigation of e-mails he exchanged with 39-year-old journalist paula broadwell, the author of a book about him. patraeus called his behavior unacceptable and said after being married for 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. president obama accepted the -- he said he witches them the very best at this time. patraeus, a military phd changed the war

. >>> the scandal involving former cia director david patraeus continues to unfold. >> and here is the latest tonight. the army has suspended paula broadwell aus security clearance. she was -- broadwell's security clearance. her complaint about the threatening e-mails made to fbi agent frederick humphreys are the ones that revealed the patraeus affair. tonight we're also hearing from general john allen, he's the top commander in afghanistan and he says he will fully cooperate with the investigation. thousands of e-mails have been discovered between him and joe kelly. both maintain they have done nothing wrong and the president today was weighing in. >> i have no evidence at this point that classified information was disclosed that in anyway would have had a negative indication. >> as for general john allen, the white house and lawmakers continued to express confidence in his leadership, but his promotion is on hold. >>> from addition to discussing the patraeus scandal, president obama addressed the fiscal cliff and the attack on libya today. it's his first press conference since his re

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cia director david patraeus also resigned friday because of an affiar. reports say google has been cut off in much of china as the communist party appoints new leaders. and gas prices dropped a nickel in the last week to $3.44 per gallon. let's head over to the trading floor now where we find larry levin of trading advantage. good monday morning to you. > > hi angie. > > what will you be watching for direction in this market? bonds? the vix? the dollar? > > certainly the vix, i would first keep an eye on that, because that had some moves when we had those down moves. but then on friday, angie, when we saw the markets pick back up, the vix dropped a little bit. so that would be the first indicator. you see the vix pick back up, and i think we will see a big downdraft, at least at the first part of this week. so traders are still watching the vix this week. let's move on to politics and money. there's a lot to talk about there, including the fiscal cliff. what do you see as the likelihood that we are going over that cliff? > > you know, i do think that tha

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following our big story this morning, information continues to come forward between excia director david patraeus. >> he resigned on friday after he admitted to the affair. now congress wants answers. melanie is here with the latest on this resignation. >> heart breaking and tragic are some of the words congress people are using to describe this. although, it is involving respected military leaders and they say they were blindsided. questions about the timing of the investigation and resignation. he was scheduled to testify thursday about his fact-finding mission into the attack. the sudden resignation means his deputy will testify instead. the fbi had been investigating threatening e-mails sent to another woman said to be a family friend. investigators determined he did not have anything to do with the e-mails still members of congress said they should have been confidentially briefed. and may still call the general to testify. many wish it didn't have to come to this. we know that paula also is married, has two children. really just a tragedy all around. >> it is. >> there's a lot of talk about

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. >> also former cia director david patraeus will testify at a closed door hearing on the libra attack tomorrow. there will be no cameras allowed. only about libya and not about the sex scandal involving paula b he expects the patraeus resignation will also be addressed during the libya hearings when they happen. >>> we have learned the army has suspended paula broadwell's security clearance. she is a former army intelligence officer and we can tell you that fbi special agent frederick finds himself. he took the case to the republicans when he thought it was being stalled for political reasons. his claim is unjustified. played a key roll in stopping a terrorist attack aimed at blowing up lax back in 2000. >>> there is speculation that susan rice could be nominated to become the next secretary of state. republican leaders are vowing to block that nomination. >> all right. wisdom martin. thank you. >> in the meantime more deadly violence in the mid east. militants hit back and killed three israelis today. the deaths of the first in israel since it launched an operation with the assassina

cia director david patraeus director stood up for his agency and his people saying, no one at any levelse in need. we talk with former defense secretary donald rumsfeld who serve for u.s. presidents, and i ask him about the unusual patraeus statement. >> it is not that unusal if you think back about a week ago when statements out of the white house and the administration seemed to suggest that the intelligence community has been deficient in their work and seemed to be throwing the cia under the boss a little bit. and this reaction back from the cia is, i think possibly reasonably predictable even though as you suggest, it is unusual. lou: in the case of the benghazi controversy, will call it that for now, it seems to be one set of the nile's after another. the next being that we still don't know who denied a request for security to be improved, bolstered in benghazi this past summer after a number of attacks on our consulate, on other outposts of the british government, the red cross. somebody denied that, and the president says he cannot answer that question because there is an fbi in

the demonstration pledging cooperation and sending of witnesses like cia director david patraeus.eanwhile, the fiscal cliff check -- vice-ppesident biden told reporters the administration now has a mandate on tax policy. we will see. lou: thank you. fox news chief white house correspondent. my next guest says president obama won because his campaign was bette organized and better at getting out the vote. joining us now, the anchor of special report on the fox ews channel, co-host of last night's foelection coverage. first of all, let me congratulate you on that coverage. outstanding work, as always. >> thanks, lou. lou: let me go to, first, the first demographics, slice and dice. i heard every strategist talk at length. romney had to turn out the window. he clearly did not. he missed it badly. >> you know, 72 percent of the white vote for mitt romney, but he needed a little bit more. because of the obama machine, the organization of the obama campaign really increased the outpouri of support, even from 2008. what is so hard to believe, lou is that in these demographic categories,

releases a time line after almost eight weeks, finally decides to respond before a few days earlier, david patraeusthe cia has a statement released hussein no one at the cia in any way hindered or refuse to help for those four americans were killed. and then comes a time line, and then we see a number of news outlets reported that timeline by the cia as if it were gospel. for example, david ignatius at the washington post. a veteran foreign policy correspondent suddenly embracing the cia. i have never seen the likes of this. their version, but without even qualification. >> and you know the tragedy, i kept thinking, where were we in 1972 during the watergate break-in? that was a time, and that movie is seen by every reporter as the cult classic of how reporters investigate the troops got there up against the establishment and are going to fight for the truth. what has happened that is just the opposite. we have a mainstream media that does not want to fight for the truth. it is really the press office of an obama campaign, and i think when you look back 20 years from now and people look at this era

. >> first public comments about the scandal involving david patraeus. >> provided this country an extraordinary service. we are davis because of the work he has done. >> he resigned from the cia last friday after the fbi uncovered he had an affair. >> i have no evidence at this point that classified information was disclosed that in anyway would have had negative impact on our national security. >> the scandal is threatening the future of general john allen, the top commander in afghanistan. looking into e-mail communication with jill kelley. complaint to the fbi revealed the patraeus affair. >> obama is holding judgment about why he didn't learn until last week. law makers want answers. >> nothing happening for 6 months and the week after the election one event after another. it doesn't add up. >> top fbi officials met with law makers wednesday. senator diane fine stein described it as. >>> also agreed to testify about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. the new details are still being worked out. >> the president added that he had an extraordinary career and by his own assess

a fall from grace for the now former head of the cia david patraeus. taking a new twist. k. t. mcfarland is here with the unbelievable details. and just like in hurricanes past, sandy left behind many set up an sand filled cars. the deputy automotive editor for consumer enforcement is here with what you should let go for the next time you buy a car. we are on the case next on "the willis report." ♪ ♪ gerri: if you have not already heard from your employer about open enrollment, well, brace yourself. premiums are high, and rising. according to a survey from the national business group on health, employers expect their health-insurance costs to increase 7%. 60 percent of those employers, more than half, plan to ask workers to pay higher monthly premiums. case in point and walmart stores. the arkansas based retailer and nation's largest employer will ask employees to pay premiums that are 8%-36% higher next year for. the company has said if your average cost of the more than 1 million employees were covered all workers' contributions we will rise just 4%. according to a survey, na

another turn in the on going scandal regarding david patraeus this ew name has been added to the listu.s. commander in afghanistan. what he is accused of doing in a live report. >> it's sentencing day for qualmie brown. what's expected to happen in court today. >> and law makers get back to work on capitol

former cia director david patraeus has taken the powerful washington lawyer robert barnett.likes of president obama and former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush. he is facing possible investigation by the government over his affair with paula. and shooting off the gulf coast of mexico kept in the immediate aftermath of that blocked out oil rig friday. authorities expanding their search for the body of the last missing worker, search and rescue dog being brought in today and three dive boats are being used around the rig. those are your headlines, now back to cheryl. cheryl: very muc thanks very mu, appreciate it. spirit airlines flight being held at laguardia airport after a flight attendant overheard a passenger making a threatening statement. flight 197. the flight going from laguardia scheduled to go to fort lauderdale, the flight attendant overheard passenger made a comment in a move the flight to separate part of the runway as you can see the goal of the airline and operations folks in case there is a threat to take it away from the building. dennis: you are th