emily, i want to start with you, you have a any interview with paula broadwell.tell you about the military not letting her move on? she's never been criminally large. >> i think this is a very difficult time for paula broadwell. it's been a very difficult couple of years for her as well. she has not been allowed to retire from the military. david petraeus has been able to move on, has a job in private equity, now being considered for secretary of state by donald trump and paula has not been able to even retire from her job. she has been turned down from various jobs and she's just really looking to move on for things that happen many years ago. >> here's what she told cbs earlier. >> no, i think he's unequally qualified for many positions, but that's not my position to say. i think the president-elect would have to decide and members of the senate. as i woke up to the news, you know, it was a bit of a shocker that he was being considered for a cabinet position and i was both shocked that i'm still in this tenuous position and yet happy because i think he should b

>> it's time to move on. >> reporter: but moving on has been difficult for paula broadwell. l and petraeus admitted to an extramarital affair in 2012. they found petraeus mishandled classified information and broadwell was writing his biography all in. he pleaded guilty last year in federal court to unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents and fined $100,000 and remains on probation. broadwell was never criminally charged. do you think he should be allowed to serve in a top level post in the trump administration? >> norah, i think he's unequally qualified for many positions but that is not my position to say. i think the president-elect would have to decide and members of the senate. as i woke up to the news, you know, it was a bit of a shocker he was considered for a cabinet position and i was both shocked that i'm still in this tenuous position, and, yet, happy because i think he should be able to go on with his life. he has earned it. so should his family. then it begs the question, why shouldn't i be able to go on. >> reporter: she served 21 years in the

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you want to move on. >> it's time to move on. >> reporter: but moving on has been difficult for paula broadwell. broadwell and petraeus admitted to an extramarital affair in 2012. prosecutors found that petraeus mishandled classified information while broadwell was writing his biography, "all in." he pleaded guilty last year in federal court to unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. he was fined broadwell was never criminally charged. >> do you think he should be allowed to serve in a top-level post in a trump administration? >> no, i think he's unequally qualified for many positions but that's not my position to say. i think the president-elect would have to decide and members of the senate. as i woke up to the news, you know, it was a bit of a shocker that he was being considered for still in this tenuous position and yet happy because i think he should be able to go on with his life. he's earned it. and so should his family. but then it begged the question of why shouldn't i be able to go on? >> reporter: she served 21 years in the u.s. military. 13 years in the army res

paula broadwell was not. if he was allowed and permitted to move on, the issues that she's facing regarding army regulations and an army review certainly should go away as well. that seems to me to be the right thing for a young woman who wants to commit her life to public service. it's a no brainer in my mind. >> you know, she certainly has a strong desire to move on and is unable to. i want to ask you about something donald trump said during the campaign, where he said he knows more about isis than the generals. he also said this. >> i think under the leadership of barack obama and hillary clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. they have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for our country. >> what do you think about that assessment and then also his insulting the generals at one point? >> yeah, it is, it's an irony of the transition, but it happens, in a campaign, you know, he was denigrating the generals who worked for president obama. now he's essentially relying on those same gene

under way for a gunman accused of killing one police officer and wounding another. >> plus, paula broadwell'sst national tv interview since her affair with general david petraeus. why she says the army will not let her move on with her life and what she this about him possibly becoming secretary of state. >> we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> the suspect is still at

paula broadwell we know she wasn't a soviet spy.e don't know what she did with all of that information. i wouldn't mean to imply she did the wrong thing with it other than help her write this book. all of that doesn't matter. what matters is we all sign an agreement when we go into these keep classified programs, highly classified programs. we sign an agreement with the government actually to never disclose any of that information to an unauthorized person. and the vast majority, 99.99% of the men and women who have access to that information don't disclose it, tucker. general petraeus, for all of his good qualities and traits he did. here's what i think and i have a loft admiration for president-elect trump and the people is he putting around him. the president doesn't come from that national security background. and i dare say there is not a chance he would have nominated somebody who had the financial irregularities in his past or continued to violate building code, you know, regulations and rules and regulations. he wouldn't tak

. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," norah talks with paula broadwell in herv interview since her affair with david petraeus became public four years ago. plus efforts to stop the widespread actions of surgeons performing two or more operations at the same time. and gayle talks with legendary musician don henley about his new kennedy center honor. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,, i'm kenny choi. >>> you are looking live at the golden gate bridge. on the lens, a rainy start this morning. good morning, it is thursday, december 8. i'm kenny choi. >> through those raindrops you can barely see the cars but they are making their way in. it's been raining all night in some parts of the bay. how much longer will it last? let's ask the experts. roberta? >> good morning, roqui. >> good morning. >> good morning. you know, that was dramatic when we took a look out towards the golden gate bridge because it looks like christmas lights. >> kind of. >> the rain coming through the lights, the br

. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," norah talks with paula broadwell in herv interview since her affair with david petraeus. and surgeons performing two or more operations at the same time. and gayle talks with legendary musician don henley about his new kennedy center honor. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> gunshots fired at a busy intersection police investigate a drive by shooting overnight that sent a man to the the hospital. >>> and classmates watch in fear as a student waving a knife is shot by a school police officer, ahead chaos that erupted at a nevada high cool. >>> president-elect donald trump is bringing his thank you tour to pennsylvania where he will make a stop on his victory lap next week. >>> it is thursday december 8th, good morning jim donovan is off i'm joe holden. >>> i'm rahel solomon. the lets get started with weather and traffic with lauren and meisha. good morning, lauren. >> yes, so great to see you. >> good to be with you guys this morning. >> we know

. >> and paula broadwell's first national tv interview since her affair with general david petraeus. why she says the army won't let her move on with her life and

of what was going -- david petraeus of course shared notebooks he had kept with his biographer paula broadwell who he was also having an affair with. so the circumstances there are very different. whereas flynn was sharing cla classified materials with allies in a war zone in afghanistan. so the nature and purpose was very different. >> the secret investigation, any idea when we might get information from that military investigation? >> el with, the u.s. military would have to declassify the information. we're in the process of asking them to do that. that's not an easy hurdle to cross. they would have to declassify the investigate report itself for us to find out more details of exactly what happened and what the end result was. >> craig whitlock, "washington post." fascinating read, sir, thank you for coming on to talk about it. >> sure thing. >> clash of the titans? top executives and more meeting in just a few hours with president-elect donald trump. can they find some common ground or will their election year divide get in the way? we'll talk about that. plus also in a matter of hours, th

and we know one of those potential picks is general petraeus and so on that i want to point out paula broadwel has spoken, she was on cbs today, the former military intelligence officer and author who had an affair with the general while he was writing his biography so she did cbs "this morning" and this is what she said when she found out general petraeus is being considered for this job. >> as i woke up to the news, it was a bit of a shocker he was being considered for a cabinet position and i was both shocked that i'm still in this tenuous position and yet happy because i think he should be able to go on with his life, he's earned it and so should his family but then it begged the question of why shouldn't i be able to go on? >> so i just thought that was fascinating and back to you as a woman listening to what she points out is hang on a second, double standard much? >> there's very much one and there was a double standard when the news first broke. he has pretty quickly seamlessly moved back into being a respected member of society and she was ostracized when, of course, both people were

. >> paula broadwell's first national tv interview before her affair with general david petraeus. says the army won't let her move on with her life and what she thinks of petraeus possibly becoming state. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 secon.

and paula broadwell, his mistress, appeared on a cbs morning show this morning. actually cannot find a job. here's what she said. >> i think he's unequally qualified for many positions, but that's not my position to say. i think the president-elect would have to decide and members of the senate. as i woke up to the news, it was a bit of a shocker that he was being considered for a cabinet position. i was both shocked that i'm still in this tenuous position and yet happy, because i think he should be able to go on with his life. >> so she still admires this man greatly but she has a very a admirable past with lots of military experience. i'm making a left turn here but it just seems so wrong to me. >> she's the nicest ex-mistress anyone has ever seen. she's like i know he kind of ruined my career but i really think he's a good guy. look, i think the general thing is this. number one, it seems like the list of people to potentially be secretary of state keeps getting bigger and bigger. i'm waiting for trump to suggest like omarosa and bill belichick. i don't know w

and prosecutors found petraeus mishandled classified documents while paula broadwell was writing hisould have to pardon him to nominate him. broadwe broadwell, she wasn't charged. she spoke about how the general has moved on, while she's been denied opportunities, one at a bank in particular, because of the scandal. take a listen -- >> i was -- i was both shocked that i'm still in this tenuous position, and yet happy because i think he should be able to go on withises h iseises his life. he's earn -- with his life. he's earned it. so should his family. it begs the question, why shouldn't i be able to go on? i have a degree from university of denver in international conflict resolution. i have a degree from harvard in public policy. >> you're a west point graduate. >> i went to west basis point. it's shaped the person -- west point. it's shaped the person i am. it's shaped me into a fighter. >> colonel, do you think there are two standards sneer is this snare. >> no, there aren't two standards. if you live a public life, you're subject to the public perception especially if you make a