humphries got to know jill kelley in humphries got to know jill kelley in tampa, and she turned to him when she received anonymous e-mails last spring, the e-mails they found alarming. today, there was a picture he sent, telling the seattle times it was a joke. he was posing with target dummies after s.w.a.t. practice. it was humphries that told david reichert about an old friend, he alerted him almost two weeks before the president was told. >> the information sent to me sounded as if there was a potential for a national security vulnerability. >> reporter: today, eric holder was asked why he didn't tell the president sooner. >> we follow the facts, we do not share outside the justice department, outside the fbi, the facts of ongoing investigations, we made the determination as we were going through the matter that there was not a threat to national security. >> reporter: also today, defense secretary leon panetta ordered the chairman of the joint chiefs to review ethics training for all officers, because of recent lapses. and petraeus reached out, saying he did not disclose classifie

humphries ii. he's 47 years old. he was the investigator who first learned of a complaint from jill kelley that she received harassing e-mails. the government has taken away for now, the top security clearance of paula broadwell, the former mistress of david petraeus. this is after investigators found substantial classified information on her computer and the glare being question, did broadwell's relationship with david petraeus give her access to these classified documents? "outfront" tonight, cnn national security contributor, fran townsend. she's also a member of the cia external add voizry committee and knowed a lot about what it means to have top clearance. the name of the fbi agent, frederick humphries, who was by the way, involved in foiling a terrorist attack in 1999. very accomplished fbi agent. what do you know about the relationship? >> it's interesting. apparently, i understand from a senior law enforcement official that humphries and jill kelley met when she attended the citizens academy. this is a sort

by many to be the father of the movement. >> hello, my friends, i'm derek humphry. i founded the hemlock society in 1980 and, amongst other books, wrote that best-selling volume in 1991 called final exit. >> narrato humphry's book, final exit, gives explicit instructions about the most effective ways to commit suicide, or what he calls "death by self-deliverance." a few years ago, he turned the book into a dvd. >> a light snack is necessary a two to three hours before the time of the planned end. a full stomach slows down the effect of the drugs whilst a small amount helps absorption and reduces the chance of vomiting. it's a how-to, but it also goes into things like life insurance; family matters; suicide notes, yes or no; living wills. it's the hard facts of life and death. i must warn you that there are lots odrugs which will end life, but not pleasantly. they are risky in their deadliness and worse still have a terrible record of side effects. you can't just swallow a handful of drugs. you have to make preparations in your body, and in your timing. leave the cop

they describe humphries as a solid veteran counterterrorism agent. humphries took kel chip's complaint about harassing emails to the tampa cyber squaund a move that triggered the investigation that one covered the affair of broadwell and petraeus and led to the investigation of general john allen. at the white house the president for the first time addressed the scandal and praised petraeus. >> general petraeus had an extraordinary career. he served this country with great distinction. in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. >> reporter: the president was asked whether he was concerned that the fbi investigation which started in late spring was only related to him last week. >> am withholding judgment with respect to how the entire process surrounding general petraeus came up. you know, we don't have all of the information yet. >> reporter: the president also said the investigation found that no national security information had been compromised. and just this morning while on a trip in thailand defense secretary leon panetta said he doesn't

humphries took his concerns about the pace of the investigation eventually to house majority leader eric cantor. live on capitol hill, jim rosenfield, back to you. >>> thanks, jim. president obama says he's seen no indication that national security has been compromised. he addressed the petraeus scandal for the first time at a white house news conference. the president also went out of his way to praise petraeus and said this country is safer because of the work that he has done. >> i have no evidence at this point from what i've seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had negative impact on our national security. >> democrats and republicans must work together on the impending fiscal cliff. that did not stop him from criticizing the right wing for vowing to block an attempt to -- that did not stop him from criticizing some republicans attempt to stop him from making u.n. ambassador susan rice the next secretary of state. in the meantime, rice attended a u.n. security council meeting tonight on the recent violence in the gaza strip. she said president ob

late in the second quarter, kevin garnett fouled hard by one kris humphries.ondo takes exception with a forearm. here it is. there's the forearm, to mr. kardashian. he grabbed him about it throat and pushed him into the crowd and it's on. players from both teams start pushing and shoving into the stands. thankfully, none of those fans were injured. rondo, humphrey and the nets gerald wallace all ejected. rondo's streak by the way 37 games with double-double assists snapped because of his early exit. he could and should face a suspension from the league. in the end, my brooklyn nets win 95-83. after the game, the frustrated coach doc rivers criticized his team's effort. >> if i'm brooklyn you have to think we're soft the way we're playing. we're a soft team right now. we have no new toughness. i mean that stuff is not toughness. >> following the fight, kris humphries took to twitter to solicit medical advice. posting this picture and asking what are we looking at? anyone know where i can get a quick tetanus shot in boston? so far kim has not replied. >>> with t

humphries kick started the inquiry at the request of his friend jill kelley who complained about receiving harassing e-mails when the agency traced back to broadwell. broadwall was petraeus' biographer and the woman with whom he had that affair. the fbi is continuing to look through documents they took from broadwell's home monday night. so far agents have found no evidence of anything high lie classified. >>> tomorrow president obama sits down with congressional leaders to kick off negotiations on how to try to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. yesterday's news conference really did set the tone for the meetings. the president was confident in reminding house republicans that he earned political capital on election day last week to push his plan for tax hikes on the wealthy. >> if there is one thing that everybody understood was a big difference between myself and mr. romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, i argued for a balanced responsible approach and part of that included making sure that the wealthiest americans pay a little bit more. i think every voter out there

humphries saw these e-mails written by broadwell. again petraeus' mistress.ent to kelley whom she apparently saw as a rival for petraeus' affections. so this is a very tangled web that more and more people are being caught up in. back to you. >> all right, surae chinn reporting live from capitol hill. >>> dr. alen salerian's fight to write narcotic prescriptions is still in limbo. the controversial focialer chief sigh -- former chief psychiatrist at the f.b.i. believes pain actually causes physical damage to the brain and prescribes pain med decision in a less conservative fashion than many other physicians who disagree with his judgment. the d.c. health department argues he describes them too often and stopped him from writing the prescriptions in april. he's appealing that decision. closing arguments in the case are to be scheduled by the end of this month. >>> a d.c. supreme court judge has sentenced a man convicted of grabbing women's private parts while bicycling past them in dupont circle last summer. he is facing a 185-day jail sentence with all about

humphries kick started the inquiry at the request of his friend jill kelley who complained about receiving harassing e-mails when the agency traced back to broadwell. broadwall was petraeus' biographer and the woman with whom he had that affair. the fbi is continuing to look through documents they took from broadwell's home monday night. so far agents have found no evidence of anything high lie classified. >>> tomorrow president obama sits down with congressional leaders to kick off negotiations on how to try to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. yesterday's news conference really did set the tone for the meetings. the president was confident in reminding house republicans that he earned political capital on election day last week to push his plan for tax hikes on the wealthy. >> if there is one thing that everybody understood was a big difference between myself and mr. romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, i argued for a balanced responsible approach and part of that included making sure that the wealthiest americans pay a little bit more. i think every voter out there

fred humphries. knew because he thought there might be a cover-up. and says that the shirtless photos he sent to jill kelley was only a joke between family friends. >>> a new crisis escalating in the middle east. three israelis have been killed in a rocket attack from gaza today. retaliation for israel's killing of a hamas military commander killed wednesday in an air strike. you see that. leaders in neighboring egypt warn the violence could soon escalate out of control. >>> and hurricane sandy exposed just how vulnerable millions of americans are to power outages. but that could just be the iceberg's tip. a new federal study warns a terrorist attack on the u.s. power grid could plunge parts of the country into darkness for weeks or even months because key pieces of equipment are unguarded and lack the technology needed to stop outages from spreading. >>> new questions about safety of the popular energy drinks. the fda investigating reports that the supercaffeinated 5-hour energy drink could be linke

this as new details emerged thursday about frederick humphries ii, the tampa fbi agent who triggered the investigation that led to petraeus' resignation. humphries is a 16-year veteran who played a major royal in feeling ahmed raceiam's millennial plot to blow up l.a.x. and he's currently an fbi liaison officer and humphries got to know jill kelley in tampa, say people close to kelley, and she turned to him when she and general john allen first received anonymous e-mails last spring that they found alarming. thursday, humphries helped explain that shirtless picture he had sent kelley telling the "seattle times" it was a joke. posing with target dummies after s.w.a.t. practice. it was humphries who apparently worried about a cover-up told republican congressman dave reichert, an old friend about the petraeus investigation. reichert alerted majority leader eric cantor, almost two weeks before the president was officially notified. >> the information that was sent to me sounded as if there was a potential for a national security vulnerability. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder w

frederick humphries, seen here in this file video, first took a complaint from his friend, jill kelley about emails that accused her of inappropriate behavior with petraeus. the investigation that followed led to the discovery of the extramarital affair between petraeus and his biographer, paula broadwell. agents determined that broadwell was the one who sent the emails anonymously to jill kelley. humphries made a name for himself in the fbi in building the case against the would-be "millennium" terrorist bomber in 1999. ct well bp will pay billions of dollars and plead guilty to several charges as part of its settlement with the federal government over the worst oil spill in the nation's history. it was back in 2010 when the deep water horizon rig explosion of louisiana's coast. 11 workers were killed and more than 2 1 million gal. of oil was spilled into the gulf of mexico. >> the owner of its pharmacy that destroyed it tainted meningitis vaccine refused to testify on capitol hill. dairy cattle in barry cadden runs the new england, counting center in massachusetts. for the cases of m

there were reports frederick humphries sent a photo of himself without a shirt on... to several people, including a woman named jill kelley, back in 2010. well, this appears to be the photo... it shows him after a "swat" practice, posing between two shirtless and bald dummies with the caption: "which one's fred?" jill kelley went to humphries and told him she was receiving harassing emails from an anonymous person. that person turned out to be paula broadwell. jill kelley sent several emails to her mayor in tampa florida... complaining she was receiving threats. she wrote them in the early hours of tuesday and wednesday. she said her three children are scared, and her husband can't return home from work because there's so much media blocking the driveway. she also stated the truth will one day prevail in this scandal. kelly recently called the police and asked for diplomatic protection... citing her role as honorary consul to south korea. wgn has learned that alderman sandi jackson is back in washington d-c. she got there last night because of a family health issue no

his name is frederic kris humphries. it led to the discovery of the extramarital affair between general david petraeus and paula broadwell. and now more ball out at the port of oakland. a source tells us an internal audit of 200,000 to thousands of dollars are now implicated. omar left following our report that linked him to uh-huhston strip club. the maritime director james won he can sponged that bill. >>> -- ex-sponged that bill. >>> she said she was collecting for roselie house. she said it was a shelter for battered women but when our rita williams approached her, she packed up her lock box and ran away. >> do you feel bad that you are collecting under false pretences? if you are legitimate why are you running away in. >> they do not solicit money outside stores. further digging recruited one man where the donations are split with no money going to charity. >>> they say they would like to hear from anybody who has donated from this type director. you can find out how to terrify that a charity is tax exempt before yo

humphries shoving celtics. >> i am sure i said that wrong.shove escalated into an all out brawl between the two teams. rondell and humphries were ejected. >>> thank you, heather. it is time now to step into the fox fight with michael tamaro. first up, who is the highest paid musician of 2012? not justice bieber. >> it is not. the answer might be surprising. it's hip hop super producer dr. dre who leads the pack with $110 million. that is thanks to his head phone line. pink floyd rocker nearly all of it coming from the wall live tour and the rocket man himself elton john claimed the third spot with $80 million. not too shabby. >> i saw pink floyd in concert back in my college years. pretty good one. >> jessica simpson is this true? >> allegedly it's true. reportedly pregnant 7 months after giving birth to her first baby. telling us weekly it wasn't planned but she is expecting. could her gig as weight watchers spokesman take a back seat to baby number two you asked? the company commented saying we do not disclose financial details about our re

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kelley reached out to 47-year-old fbi agent fred humphries whose lawyer tells abc news he launched thetigation and went to congress when he thought there was a cover-up. >> if we hadn't had avoid who believed in right and wrong we might not have gotten to where we are today. >> reporter: the case leads back to petraeus and whether his affair compromised national security. in his first interview he said he did not give classified information to paula broadwell. the fbi said she had classified documents on her computer. the fbi us is benned broadwell's security clearance. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> breaking news out of the mideast. real fear this afternoon an all-out war between israel and hamas. israeli ground troops massing for what appears to be a ground offensive into the gaza strip that follows hamas' rocket attacks deep into israel some landing in suburban tel aviv. unconfirmed reports of three israel -- israeli casualties. 15 casualties, including civilians following yesterday's air strike that killed hamas' top military commander. >>> meteorologist mike nicco, keeping a close

news has learned the identity of the fbi agent who first brought the case to the bureau frederick humphries. he is a friend of florida socialite jill kelley. she went to him when she started getting harassing e- mails from broadwell. >>> in "your world this morning," three people are reported dead after a rocket attack on southern israel from the gaza strip. the attack on an apartment building comes after israel launched a military operation this week on gaza which is governed by the palestinian militant group hamas. the operation began after previous rocket attacks on israel. palestinian officials say president mahmoud abbas has cut short a trip to europe to deal with the crisis. >>> a new person has been named head of the communist party in china. the state news agency made the announcement this morning. he is the son of a party elder and has been china's vice president for the past five years. as the head of the communist party, he will lead china's military and economy. >>> it is 5:11. taking a pay cut. >> why the csu's new chancellor wants a smaller salary. >> plus trumpeting their exc

humphries wants an annulment, because he said the marriage was a fraud and he seeks to collect documentsdle kim's reality shows. kim is seeking traditional divorce. says i want this thing to be done and over with as quickly as possible. so it's still wrapped up in court. they're still together. apparently, kim's mom, kris and current boyfriend, kanye west have been deposed in the case, already legally messy still not divorced for my ex-girl k.k. >> until she is -- still legally with, her old husband you will have to wait. >> i'll stand in line. >> okay, kanye. >>> i have to know what weight watchers thinks. jessica simpson signed the lucrative million-dollar deal to take the weight sauf, shed 65 pounds. she revealed, yesterday she is pregnant again with number two. her little baby, maxwell, 7 months old. she confirmed to "us weekly" she is pregnant. it wasn't planned. she is really overjoyed. you can find out all about it on the next cover of "us weekly" or in the morning on "good morning america." >> very nice. last pregnancy, the baby is due, what, 2017. >> it is going to feel like it.

long three weeks...maryland at 13 clemson. .1st quarter...no score...tajh boyd hooks up with adam humphries foo the score... clemson up 7-0....next maryland ppssession...shawn petty tries to throw but looses connrol...corey crawforddpicks up he fumble... 16 yards for a ttuchdoww... tigers up 14-0....22d hits brannon ford for thh 22 &4. ken niumatalolo and navy visiting troy....before the end of the half...mids trail 28-14...keenan reynolds punchessit in from a yard into the locker room....3rd g -3 quarter...midshipmen down 10... reynolds pitches to gee gee greene...breaks one tackle... no ooe in front of him...59 yards to the house...16 carries for 150 yards...navy trails 31-28....later in the 3rd...trojans on the dooostep...deon anthony ffkes &pthe handoff...keeps it hiiself...troy up 38-28...and snap navy's 5 game win streak...41-31... seeior ddy at towson... quarterback and former old mill standout graat enders honored before the game....1st quarter...tigers down 7-0... enders finds cory kirby... draggedddown across thh goal line...28 yard score...ties it at 7....2nd quurter...enders dom

jacks humphries up, pushing him back into the crowd. once married to kim kardashian, as you may know. >> that's what it's about. >> both teams start pushing and shoving. no fans injured, thank goodness. rondo, humphries and the nets' gerald wallace all ejected. expect heavy fines, some suspensions, perhaps. rondo's streak of 37 games with double-digit assists snapped because of his ejection. you can bet he'll be in some trouble with the league. ne nets won, they're tied with the knicks. 10-4 now. after the game celtics' head coach doc rivers frustrated with his own team. >> if i'm brooklyn and the league, you've got to think we're pretty soft the way we're playing. we're a soft team right now. we have no toughness. i mean, that stuff's not toughness. >> after the fight, kris humphries went to twitter to solicit a little medical advice, posting this picture. you see the scratches up and down his arm and back, saying, quote, anyone know where i can get a quick tetanus shot in boston? >> ouch. >> with the nets' win, they improve to 10-4, t

ahmed jab humphries humph>>> we're back a for our "making a difference report" tonight. it may take a disaster like hurricane sandy to make kids feel how much they miss school. a lot of families have been uprooted, and neighbors are contributing as much as they can to get their sense of security back. our report tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: second graders from two schools in one classroom, brought together by disaster. >> hurricane sandy was like a tornado. and a storm. >> reporter: more than 400 students from this school on staten island have been relocated to the nearby petriti school. the principal of ps-52 says the generous people are overwhelming. >> this will allow them to heal more quickly. >> reporter: to make it happen took a village. >> everybody is absolutely working together from the custodians, to the security staff, the kitchen, the school aides, power professionals. >> reporter: conference rooms are now makeshift classrooms. lessons take place in the library one classroom serves as a supply store. from lunch boxes, to backpacks, to rulers,

both humphries and rondo were kicked out with another net, gerald wallace. i hope the negotiations on the fiscal whatever we call it don't end up like that. are you listening, mr. boehner. >> this is not a game. jobs are on the line. the american economy is on the line. and this is a moment for adult leadership. >> to talk all things politics, we bring in nick from the "new york times." politico is reporting today boehner and the president had a curt phone call. that's curt with a "c." should we be reading something into that? >> you almost can't tell what's happening by looking at the president and jay carney and speaker boehner are saying. you have to look further out and see where the ripples are. really when boehner's talking and when the president is talking, they are talking to their members in congress. so it's members you have to look at. obviously, there are teams of economists and policy experts behind the scenes that are crafting all kinds of compromises. it really comes down to the members, i think. >> let's talk about one of those members, repre

kelley reached out to 47-year-old fbi agent fred humphries whose lawyer tells abc news he launched thetigation and went to congress when he thought there was a cover-up. >> if we hadn't had avoid who believed in right and wrong we might not have gotten to where we are today. >> reporter: the case leads back to petraeus and whether his affair compromised national security. in his first interview he said he did not give classified information to paula broadwell. the fbi said she had classified documents on her computer. the fbi us is benned broadwell's security clearance. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> breaking news out of the mideast. real fear this afternoon an all-out war between israel and hamas. israeli ground troops massing for what appears to be a ground offensive into the gaza strip that follows hamas' rocket attacks deep into israel some landing in suburban tel aviv. unconfirmed reports of three israel -- israeli casualties. 15 casualties, including civilians following yesterday's air strike that killed hamas' top military commander. >>> meteorologist mike nicco, keeping a close

frederick humphries is a friend of florida socialite jill kelley. she went to him when she started getting e-mails from paula broadwell. >>> three people are reportedly dead after a rocket attack on southern israel from the gaza strip. the attack comes after israel l a military operation this week on gaza which is governed by the palestinian militant group hamas. it began after previously rocket attacks on israel. palestinian officials say president mahmoud abbas has cut short a trip to europe to deal with the crisis. >>> two women home alone in marin county managed to fight off an armed prowler. officers say the suspect may have stab wounds in his chest. according to police, he broke into a san rafael apartment tuesday night. the women say he was armed with a knife. he got into a fight with one of them the other roommate grabbed a phone and called police. other neighbors say they heard yelling. >> kind of scary when you have young people in the house with you, too. >> the victim who was being attacked turned the knife on the assailant. the women to

brooklyn's kris humphries fouled boston's kevin garnett then rondo shoved humphries. three players were ejected including rondo whose streak of 37 straight games with 10 or more assists came to an end. brooklyn won by 12. >> someone is going to be paying a couple of bucks for that. >>> play of the day from college basketball. wisconsin's ben brass with a blind backwards look at this falling down just chucks it up and what do you know it goes right in the hoop as he goes down. great shot. but virginia beat the badgers 60-54. but what's a game when you can be the play of the day? >> no kidding. >>> 6:26. powerball right here in california when you might be able to play. >> plus another disaster waiting to happen. what this next round of rain means for daly city. >>> right now police are searching for an intruder after a woman wakes up to find a man in her apartment. the latest next. ,, ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your fami

while frederick humphries, the guy's name who you can see there on the screen, he's a counterterrorism who worked in the case of the bomb plot at l.a.x. airport back in '99. and the man at the center of this scandal, david petraeus, is set to testify tomorrow morning before closed hearings -- before the house and senate intelligence committees regarding the attack on benghazi. this comes as the cia inspector general has begun investigating whether any government resources were improperly used in the affair between petraeus and broadwell. the "washington post's" sari horowitz is reporting on this story as is bart gelman who wrote the cover story on the new edition of "time" magazine. this is a huge story. i want sari to give us a sense of the public impact of this thing. i mean, it's getting more like, i guess, the kardashian story, just life among these people with mrs. kelley here who, you know, has become the interest of general allen and, of course, she's somehow disturbing the world view of broadwell, who seems to be having an affair with general petraeus. all this sort of back and

kelley reached out to fred humphries whose lawyer said he launched the investigation and went to congress when he thought there was a cover up. >> if we hadn't had an individual that apparently believed in right and wrong with no gray we may never have gotten to where we are in this case. >> reporter: the threatening e- mails send to kelley allegedly came from paula broadwel, l who is dodging the media. her security clearance as revoked they continue to look at why she had classified documents on her computer. the president said he believes there was no security l aps e. despite knowing about the affair for more than a month before the election the fbi didn't tell the white house. they are defending their actions, the president said he is with holding judgement and is waiting for a full explanation. abc news new york. >> bp agrees to pay $4.5 billion in cash to the government for the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. in the settlement three employees will face criminal charges, two are charged with manslaughter. the explosion on the rig 50 miles off the coast of louisiana killed 11 workers

meanwhile the fbi agent frederick humphries who launched the investigation of emails is being investigated by the fbi for his role in the case. specifically why he took concerns about this case to republican members of congress. house and senate panels are expected to meet again today with fbi and cia officials. they want to know whether national security was jeopardized and why congress didn't know about the investigation sooner. during a news conference on wednesday president obama praised david petraeus. >> general petraeus had an extraordinary career. he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary a the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with, with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and i accepted. >> they are looking into the handling of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. tomorrow they will hear from david petraeus. susan mcginnis is in washington with mor

learned the identity of the identity of the person who first brought the case to the bureau, frederick humphries. he's a friend of jill kelly. >>> after years of telling you about all the doom and gloom, all the dire warnings, i had to do a double-take on this one, because today we learned that california may soon have a budget surplus. legislative budget analysts say that the deficit will be about 1.9 billion this fiscal year. and we could see surpluses by 2014. and just a few months ago we were talking about a $16 billion deficit. >> we have to pay down our debt. we've borrowed from the schools, from the redevelopment fund. governor schwarzenegger's economic recovery fund. we borrowed from the people, from local government. and we've gotta pay that back. >> a lot of the revenue will come from the prop 30 tax hikes which voters approved last week. >>> the state's finances might be looking up, but many bay area cities are still struggling and we're seeing and feeling the effects every day. police officers in san jose, for instance, are resigning instead of putting up with lower wages and lower b

he is fbi veteran agent frederick humphries. notorious for sending shirtless photos of himself to another key player in the scandal. >> he says it was just a lighthearted joke. that woman would be jill kelly, seen on the right, which claims she was threatened by petraeus' lover. she has been stripped of her special access to macdill air force base in tampa. and paula broadwell is under investigation for storing military documents, on her computer. and for the first time president obama has weighed in on this mess. preeti arla has the latest. >> reporter: president obama walked into the east room of the white house for his first postelection news conference, tackling the major issues the administration will face in the weeks ahead. >> i'm open to compromise. and i'm open to new ideas. >> reporter: the president meets with congressional leaders tomorrow. both sides are expected to stake out their positions on the looming fiscal cliff, which will see tax encreases and budget cuts go into effect if there's no budget deal by year end

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also this morning we've learned fred humphries was the fbi agent taken off the case because he sent shirtless photos of himself to jill kelley. kelley claimed she got threatening e-mails sent by broadwell. general john allen says in a letter he'll fully cooperate with the investigation. despite the probe, general petraeus, who stepped down from the cia, is scheduled to testify tomorrow on the deadly attacks in benghazi. republicans accuse united nations ambassador susan wright of misleading the public when she said protests, not terrorists, prompted that attack. >> there's a ream of evidence -- >> she should have known what the situation circumstances were. >> she has a lot of explaining to do. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> reporter: tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> it is 4:52 right now. when we come back, an update on the condition of 49ers quarterback alex smith is starting to sound good and what it could mean for monday night's game against the bears. >>> how buster