. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? >> reporter: jill kelley was well known in social circles around tampa. she and husband scott, a surgeon, threw lavish parties at their ten bedroom home that sol for $1.5 million in 2004. they had top notch catering. a couple about town. >> jill was all the smiling, vivacious. >> reporter: aaron fodoman publishes tampa bay magazine. the kelleys frequented the magazine's pages. >> there was always a bevy of people around them. it would seem like no matter where they went people enjoyed talking to them, being with them. >> reporter: and they were often seen hob knobbing with top litary brass, connections jill kelley made while organizing social events at nearby madill air force base. >> she is a deep down good person. >> reporter: she and her brother is rushing to her defense. federal authorities are investigating thousands of e-mails between kelley and marine commander john allen. quam says they are only good friends. >> all i do know is my sister didn't do anything wrong. i know that f

kelleys for a couple of years. more than half of the e-mails involve mrs. allen and mrs. dealing with the various arrangements. look, mrs.-- >> bret: i should say hundreds of e-mails. thousands of pages. >> the way it was released sensationally by the f.b.i. or whoever is trying to smear general allen is 20,000 pages. there is accounting each e-mail as a page. you hit reply, that is another two pages a attachments about various parties, mrs. kelley was having. don't know obviously. but there is no reason to believe general allen did anything inappropriate. i believe he will be vindicated. front page of the "washington post." f.b.i. probe, allen the second general. it's out of control it's unclear what they were investigating in the first place. unclear if they were threatening. it went up the chain. no one found a criminal problem or national security problem to our knowledge. general petraeus thought this would go away, unpleasant, unfortunate and inappropriate interlude in his life. he was wrong about that. the white house asked him to leave and he may have been under pr

. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? >> reporter: jill kelley was well known in social circles around tampa long before she became fodder for the tabloids of new york. she and husband scott, a surgeon, threw lavish parties at their ten bedroom home that sold for $1.5 million in 2004. black ties, top notch catering, a couple about town. >> jill was always smiling, vivacious. >> reporter: aaron fodiman publishes "tampa bay magazine" that features fancy parties and ads for high-end merchandise. the kelleys frequented its pages. >> there was always a bevy of people surrounding them. it would seem like no matter where they went people enjoyed talking to them, being with them. >> reporter: and they were often seen hobnobbing with top military brass, including general david petraeus, connections jill kelley made while volunteering to organize social events at nearby macdill air force base. >> she is just a deep down good person, her and her family. >> reporter: jill kelley's brother, david quam, who lives in the philadelphia are

. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? >> reporter: jill kelley was well known in social circles around tampa long before she became fodder for the tabloids of new york. she and husband scott, a surgeon, threw lavish parties at their ten-bedroom home that sold for $1.5 million in 2004. black ties, top notch catering, a couple about town. >> jill was all smiling, vivacious. >> reporter: aaron fodiman publishes "tampa bay magazine" that features fancy parties and ads for high-end merchandise. the kelleys frequented its pages. >> there was always a bevy of people surrounding them. it would seem like no matter where they went, people enjoyed talking to them, being with them. >> reporter: and they were often seen hobnobbing with top military brass, including general david petraeus, connections jill kelley made while volunteering to organize social events at nearby macdill air force base. >> she is just a deep down good person, her and her family. >> reporter: jill kelley's brother, david khawam, who lives in the philadelphia are

. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? >> reporter: we learned what was in the harassing e-mails to jilt kelley, the family friend who volunteer work for military families at mcdill air force base brought her and her husband into contact with the petraeus and other generals. it was her call for help to the fbi that kicked off the investigation. >> the e-mails accuse kelley with improper socializing with generals in tampa, but also has references of comings and goings of general petraeus. >> kelley's brother says his sister was a victim. >> my sister, number one, is a mother. she has three kids. extremely dedicated to those kids. number two, she's a wife and extremely dedicated to her husband. >> reporter: who would have access to petraeus' classified schedule? the computer trail led to petraeus' biographer paula broadwell. a military reservist and fellow west point graduate, broadwell attended the general's confirmation hearing for the cia. a few months later their affair began and lasted for ten months. broadwell often tal

. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? >> reporter: jill kelley was well known in social circles around tampa, long before she became fodder for the tabloids of new york. she and her husband threw lavish parties at their ten-bedroom home that sold for $1.5 million in 2004. black tie, top notch catering, a couple about town. >> jill is always smiling, vivacious. >> reporter: aaron publishes tampa bay magazine that features fancy parties and ads for high end merchandise. the kelley's frequented its pages. >> there was always a bevy of people surrounding them. it seemed like no matter where they went, people enjoyed talking to them, being with them. >> reporter: and they were often seen hobnobbing with top military brass, including david petraeus, connections jill kelley made while volunteering to organize social events at macdill air force base. >> she's just a deep down good person. her and her family. >> reporter: jill kelley's brother is rushing to his sister's defense. this after federal authorities announced they're inve

mr. kelley's leadership as we start talking about the waste water system and what we need to do with red pairs, and i know that mike and todd are eager to work as a team. i'm with them on that. and to then, reeducate our public, our rate payers about what is next on the agenda. what do we have to take care of to make sure that our future is safe and our infrastructure is safe as well. so i am glad to be here and i am glad to celebrate this with our puc and all of the friends that they have. i am glad to be creating more jobs with our contractors and then putting everybody together and making sure that they know that our infrastructure is safe and we will continue to make it safe and make it workable and improving it along the way. thank you very much for being here. [ applause ] >> thank you, very much. mr. mayor. and with us, today, also is sean eldburn, it is fitting that the first very project that we did in 2004 was in district seven and the last one that we are doing is in district 7, and in fact of the 35 projects, 15 have been done in district 7. we have torn up your streets and r

mrs. kelleyjill kelley, she's married, she was the one involved in being apparently -- she was scaring this other woman who was having the affair with petraeus. she complained to an fbi agent. this is where it became official. complained, jill kelley, complained to an fbi agent -- >> who was a friend of hers. >> who was being harassed. then she does this call. she called 911 one week complaining, that was jill kelley, tried to invoke diplomatic privilege to get the press off her lawn. let's listen to this. this is a little strange. >> i am an honorary consul-general, so i have inviolatability so they should not be to cross my property. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well? but it's against the law to cross my property. >> this is getting more kato kaling every day. >> that phone call replaced -- >> was she writing, claiming diplomatic immunity from the press? >> no. she had a badge from macdill air force base, which was -- >> consul for -- >> honorary consul. >>

ngeneral alen has to explain 20,000 pages of e-mails what the complea mrs. kelley.l in nature while the exact nature much her relationship with general alen and petraeus is in dispute, the emerge scandal froze gym alen as supreme allied commander. nis it a celebrity status that makes them susceptible to the inappropriate behavior. >> you have been to deployed areas abroad. people disengage from home here in the united states, and go to deployed, it is it a parallel reality and everything switches off. >> a lot of them are men who are of a certain age and that may be in the early 50s to early 60s, and they are vulnerable and suspept able like all men. npest pet and allen. are the latest to get snag in a scandal. one other case is jeffrey sin clar. >> air born commander and having untoward sexual relations with junior officers. you know, putting them under tremendous pressure to do all kinds of unbecoming things. >> how it will this affect morale. >> convincing young treepers that are 18-19 years old horr moans. and they are male and female together in many circumstan

general allen now has to explain nearly 20,000 pages of e-mails with tshe comely mrs. kelleysome describe as explicitly sexual in nature. while the exact nature of her relationship with general allen and petraeus is in dispute, the emerging scandal has frozen general allen's nomination as supreme allied commander in europe. >> how does something like this happen? is it the celebrity status that these generals enjoy that makes them susceptible to inappropriate behavior? >> you and rallo have been to -- geraldo have been to these areas abroad. when people disengage from home life in the u.s. and go to deployed areas, it's a parallel reality. everything switches off. let's not forget that a lot of them are men who are of a certain age that are maybe in their early 50s to early 60s, and they are vulnerable and a susceptible like all men. >> four star general petraeus and allen are the highest in rank to get snagged in scandal. another current case involved jeffrey sinclair. >> 82nd air born commander, having untoward sexual relations with junior officers, you know, putting them u

mrs. kelley's friend in the f.b.i. decided to look into who was sending her this e-mail, and it was mrs. broadwell, if it started out for an improper reason, it didn't start out because the f.b.i. had evidence of criminal activity, which is what they supposed to have, then everything they found as a result of that investigation is questionable as to whether it could be used in any prosecution. the f.b.i. itself said, whoever leaked this stuff, there is no criminal or national security implication is the question, why did you keep investigating in just because the guy's name was general petraeus? you should have stopped when you found out. found out there was no criminal activity. but they didn't stop. they kept digging and decided to electric. the president must have known about it before election day. i fully grow with our guest who knows more about the f.b.i. than any non-f.b.i. agent and there are more pieces to the puzzle that need to come out. >>shepard: the president said he did not know. you mention this matter of no criminal activity, there are rules that protect americans no mat

a phone call to 911 made this weekend when mrs. kelley spotted some uninvited guests from the media on her property. >> i'm an honorary consul general, so i have involablety. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well, but now they -- >> i don't really know about the involable thing, because trespassing is trespassing. she's not a diplomat by any stretch. on a much, much, much more important level though, a public show of confidence today from the secretary of defense. in the general who is overseeing the afghan war. now, the sec def says the fact he ordered an investigation into this man and the improper e-mails between john allen and jill kelley, he says it means only that. it is just an investigation. >> no one should leap to any conclusions. no one should leap to any conclusions here. general allen is doing an excellent job. in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. but his nomination has been put on hold. as a pru measure. >> the nominat

mean, it's getting more like, i guess, the kardashian story, just life among these people with mrs. kelleywho, 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 forth intrigue. it's what you build a soap opera out of because it never stops growing. but what's it matter right now? where are we at in the matter department? >> hi, chris. hi, bart. it is a soap opera. there have been jokes that it's not a love triangle, it's a love pentagon. here's what's important on the public interest level. attorney general eric holder at a press conference today in new orleans to announce the biggest criminal settlement, the biggest criminal fines and resolution ever in american history against bp is asked about this soap opera in tampa regarding petraeus. and what he said is, look, there are a lot of things going on right now, but the important thing is there was no breach of national security. if there had been a breach of national security, we would ha

. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? y, seen leaving her tampa home monday, described petraeus as a longtime family friend in a joint statement she issued with her husband scott in which they asked for privacy. law enforcement sources say kelley told the fbi in may that someone was sending her anonymous harassing e-mails. fbi later discovered that paula broadwell, petraeus' biographer, was the one sending them and that broadwell and petraeus were having an extramarital affair. frequently fund-raising for the wounded war years program, the kelleys often socialized with petraeus and his wife holly. right now kelley's brother is offering full support. >> the conversations i've had with her is i love you and we're here for you for whatever you need. >> reporter: meanwhile monday night fbi agents removed items from broadwell's home. foreign policy expert michael o'hanlon has known petraeus and paula for years. >> paula's a pretty great person, a person with amazing interests in our country's security. >> reporter: broadwell, s

first reported the mistress of general petraeus after broadwell sent several threatening e-mails to mrs. kelleye same jill kelley seen her in a cnn dramtzation. [ laughter ] let's take a break. when we return, much more on socialite jill kelley seen here from outer space. you're watching "the situation room." >> they do have a way of putting things in perspective, poking fun at all of us in the media. welcome back to "cbs this morning." when the water cooler talk gets going about the petraeus sex scandal people agree that it would make a great hollywood movie. >> hollywood isn't sure yet. carter evans explains why. >> reporter: the david petraeus scandal seems to have all the elements of a juicy hollywood tell-all. an heroic family man at the height of his powers, his affair with a young, beautiful biographer in war-torn afghanistan brought down by her jealous cyber stalking of a potential rival. it practically screams "coming to a theater near you" but something is missing. >> it's impos to belie poablpos the movie is without knowing how it ends. >> reporter: the current front runner of the os

general john allen apparently had exchanged 30,000 pages of potentially inappropriate e-mails with mrs. kelleye was the commanding general of u.s. forces in afghanistan at the time and was communicating with her over e-mail from afghanistan and i guess while he was in tampa. >> he may wanted to overthrow petraeus, is that what the implication is? >> we don't know that. we don't know where things are going there, but clearly allen and jill kelley had some kind of relationship and petraeus and jill kelley had some kind of relationship and i can tell you covering the intelligence world the cia is going to be extremely interested in who jill kelley is and what her motives were here. the coincidence of having a relationship of some kind with the head of the cia and a relationship that involved potentially inappropriate e-mails with the top commander in afghanistan is something worth looking at. >> 30,000 pages? >> 30,000 pages of inappropriate, what does that mean? >> triple spacing? >> does that mean picture? >> you've had students, triple spacing. >> the margins. it's all courier font and you adj

on the other hand, the source said that very same fbi agent told mrs. kelleytacting members of congress about this controversy. the source members of congress about this controversy. they also flushed out the timeline on the scandal points out that the first e-mail started this thing rolling happened in mid-may. the e-mail went from broadwell to general allen, and allen forwarded it to july kelly. the source says broadwell used at least four different e-mail handles that were difficult for investigators to trace. some of the e-mails were also clearly to kelley's husband, essentially asking him if he knew what his wife was up to, the information being that kelley had been behaving inappropriately. by october, a source said it was clear that to kelley, they were sending the e-mails to her husband. >> jack is back with the cafferty file, jack. >> the burning question of the hour, should texas will allowed to succeed from the union. they have 100,000 signatures on a petition down there petitioning the obama administration to drop out of these united states. they s

as i understand it, mrs. kelleyappened to know an fbi agent and that's how she started or the fbi agent started this investigation. there are thousands of these out there, why this one was selected i have no idea. there are a lot of questions, wolf, that have to be answered and how the investigation was conducted, its secrecy, i understand protecting people, i don't understand doing it all under a cloud of secrecy, even people with responsibilities aren't notified so they can ask questions about its propriety. >> is politics involved in this based on what you've heard and seen? >> i haven't seen any of it so far. >> no politics involved. >> no, i haven't seen it. i haven't seen it. >> any connection to the benghazi killings involved and resignation of general petraeus and now general allen, do you see anything between benghazi and these affairs, if you will? >> i've seen no connection whatsoever. >> but you're going to be investigating and your committee is going ahead with formal inquiries? >> that's why candidly w

kelley. she reportedly went to the fbi when she received the threatening message, and that is whatriggered the bureau's investigation. >> mrs. broadwell sent these threatening e-mails to her, and she was frightened, and she went to the fbi. oh, i can't believe it, but that's what it is. >> one of petraeus' former associates says petraeus and his wife were longtime friends of kelley and her husband. he says petraeus and kelley did not have an affair. >> petraeus won't testify before congress this week about the attack on the u.s. consulate benghazi libya. acting cia director will take his place. senator dianne feinstein, who's the chair of the committee, may call on him later to testify. she says his resignation has nothing to do with the attack on benghazi. >>> the president will meet with members of the business community before sitting down with congressional leaders on friday. the president wants to build a consensus for his approach to avoiding the financial catastrophe. senior democrats and republicans are confident they can reach on a spending plan before the end of the year before billions of dollars in tax hikes and

kelley. the fbi launched an inquiry after she said she received this e-mail from biographer paula broadwell. it revealed the affair and led to mr. petreaus's resignation. influential japanese politician has been cleared of charges and a scandal. the high court upheld an earlier acquittal on charges he conspired not to report a $5 million loan for his political organization. a strong earthquake has hit or gemologist days after at least 52 people were killed by the country's most powerful earthquake in decades. the earthquake was a magnitude 6.2, an epicenter of the of guatemala's pacific coast. it is also -- was also felt in el salvador and mexico. days of relentless rain have left more than two-thirds of the libyan -- italian city of venice submerged. thousands have been forced to flee. 70% of venice has been flooded, and more than 200 people evacuated from their homes in tuscany because of severe weather. a combination of the heavy rains and strong winds did caused the flooding and many have been evacuated from the area. let's talk to alan johnston and has been covering this from rome. what are you hearing there? >> this is a

mr. mayor, what can you tell us about yokely seen here walking up and down the stairs repeatedly. >> jill kelleym-hmm. >> oh, she's fun. she's like a fun one. tampa all fun. tampa got everything. see gars, jill kelley, tap shoes, loose murderers. and jill kelley got a dress too. she's fine. >> and this is the same jill kelley seen here in a cnn drama tieization. >> oh, that's funny. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get selsun blue for itchy dry scalp. strong itch-fighters target scalp itch while 5 moisturizers leave hair healthy. selsun blue. got a clue? get the blue. covering this conflict in the middle east like no one else can with reporters in israel and gaza, in washington. also with the major players in egypt and turkey. let's check in now with our middle east desk that's covering everything happening in this conflict between israel and gaza. nick valencia is down at the desk. nick, what's developing now? >> good morning, victor. we're at the international desk. you see the re

kelley. she reportedly went to the fbi when she received the harassing messages, and that's what triggered the bureau's investigation. >> mrsoadwell sent these threatening e-mails to her, and she was frightened, and she went to the fbi. oh, i can't believe it, but that's what it is. >> one of petraeus' former associates says petraeus and his wife were longtime friends of kelley and her husband. he said petraeus and kelley did not have an affair. petraeus won't testify before congress this week about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. acting cia director mike morrell will take his place. senator dianne feinstein, who's chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee, said the committee may decide to call petraeus to testify in the future. she said his resignation had nothing to do with the september attack in benghazi, which killed four american citizens, including u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. >>> president obama will sit down this week with members of the labor and business communities for his approach at avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. he'll meet with leaders from both parties on friday. lead

kelley shirtless pictures of himself. you have probably heard a lot of coverage about that. his lawyer goes onto say, among those pictures was one of mreys, posed with two dummies side-by-side with him. that picture was imbedded among other correspondence. there is nothing in the picture. there is no sexual combonenant in the picture. he merely reported the matter to the proper comwhennant of the bureau and had nothing to do with the investigation. he followed fbi protocol and did not have part of the case. that is from the attorney who said he is representing frederick. the agent who received the complaint from jill kelley that complaint within several months

kelley shirtless pictures of himself. you have probably heard a lot of coverage about that. his lawyer goes onto say, among those pictures was one of mrith two dummies side-by-side with him. that picture was imbedded among other correspondence. there is nothing purient in the picture. there is nothing in the picture. there is no sexual component in the picture. he merely reported the matter to the proper department of the