former generals predicament and the timing of it all we talked to a former pentagon official michael maloof is joining us on the line indeed again from washington d.c. michael good evening to you well it certainly gone down as naomi paula broadwell's and father is going around now saying there's a whole lot more to this scandal and that the truth he says will eventually come out was he talking about you think. well there's probably a lot more. in terms of the relationship between broadwell and the general and and i'm sure that there are probably other women and this is what the security investigation needs to ascertain. with someone at that level in government with holding those kind of clearances. any fraternization with or outside affairs is almost grant grounds for automatic suspension or revocation of your clearances and the fact that. this wasn't even reported for months. to the higher levels is in itself a scandal it was probably a political decision to protect the the president. but that decision of be made to try and cover this up if a cover up was going on as we think it was

pillows a prize-winning journalist, a former pentagon official said among our guests.e begin tonight with that triple digit rally on wall street. the market interpreted positive statements on a potential deal on the fiscal cliff by house speaker and rebounded from what had been a 112-point slide after the morning's opening bell. the dow jones industrials reversed, as i said, on the speaker's positive remarks and finished the session up 107 points. s&p up 11, nasdaq gained 24. all ten s&p 500 sectors moved higher on the day. that is the first time it has happened since october 4th. retailers drove the consumer discretionary sector energy industrials lead in the wake, and the rally started just minutes before house speaker made it clear that republicans are willing to deal on revenue and ready to find a resolution now. >> we all know that we have had this spending crisis coming at us like a freight train. it must be dealt with. and in order to try to come to an agreement, republicans are willing to put revenue on the table, but it is time for the president and democrats

overnight, allen told pentagon officials that he had done nothing wrong. >>> tonight, the morago schoolard is expected to vote on revisions to the district's policy on child abuse prevention and reporting. school board trustees will discuss a lawsuit filed by the former joaquin intermediate student who said she was abused. she's suing the district and former administrators alleging they ignored her claims. two other students have filed lawsuits against the district. >>> the san mateo county da is -- is considering whether to refile charges against a man killing an activist. the judge threwout the charges against him because police obtained a confession after ignoring his request for a lawyer -- for a lawyer. >>> john mcafee, the silicon valley creator of the anti- virus soft nare named after him is being called a person of interest in a murder investigation. police in belize are apparently looking for him in connection with the killing of a 52-year- old builder from florida who is also a neighbor in belize. last week, that man filed a former -- formal complaint. mcakey contacted wired m

pentagon officials say that he is still running the war in afghanistan, but it could affect his nomination. also, nato has confirmed the name of the person involved. described as a veteran agent. frederick human ry -- humphreys, the second >>> now back to the president's new conference today which covered a lot of ground and at times got both heated and personal. our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd is with us for it, from the white house. >> reporter: good evening, despite predictions to the topic, no one topic dominated the back and forth. he didn't have a lot to say on the petraeus scandal he was asked to respond to a criticism from an old rival, john mccain. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> reporter: he was aloof, and at times, confident. and an aggressive president obama in his first press conference since winning a second term. his main goal, making a case that the public support fully the tax hike othe rich. >> everybody understood that that was an important debate, the majority of voters agreed with me, by the way, more agreed with me on the issue t

when you hire top pentagon officials and when the vice president is your former c.e.o. you're going to get the access that other people don't get is reportedly not a coincidence that vice president dick cheney's old company got a huge contract to help rebuild iraq time magazine's that is gotten a hold of a pentagon e-mail saying cheney's office coordinated how important a multi-billion dollar deal all the revelations came out about halliburton getting all these fancy no bid contracts there was not a single hearing in the congress house or senate about the mysterious bidding processes around iraq and halliburton. that's ridiculous the oversight responsibility belongs to the united states congress it belongs here and it's not happening here the senate should spend a little less. advertising allegations of wrongdoing and spend more time talking about what is going on right if anybody believes that the contracts handed to how a bird for iraq were. you know he did the morally equivalent of insider trading and you know i've got an ocean in the middle of kansas and i'd like to

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

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

about some new developments in terms of the united states' relationship with iran yesterday pentagon officials confirmed that i'm an american military surveillance drone frank flying over the persian gulf was shot at by iranian warplanes last week they said the predator drone was not hit and was flying in international air space on a routine mission and there's been another shift inside iran as well the country has announced a ban on imports of about seventy five so-called luxury products this includes fancy high end cars as well as everyday items like coffee and toilet paper the move is in response to western sanctions which is effectively cut off the major source of revenue from the for the country sales of oil it's also part of an effort to try to promote more domestic industry but i want to talk about this from a bigger picture with a policy director for the national iranian american council and jamal let's start with some of these sanctions these crippling sanctions by the west on iran i guess just talk about the impact that these are having on the people there the sanctions are having a

former pentagon official, k.t. mcfarland, and best-selling author, ed klein. and former bush adviser, ron christie. moments ago, ranking members of the senate intelligence committee spoke to the press that they had little to offer in regard to the actual testimony given. dianne feinstein, the chair, said committee members were able to watch a film that was a composite, real-time document of the beginning to the end of the terrorist attack. she announced additional hearings that are closed and open hearing will take place in the future. however, she refused to comment on whether that reflected the obama adminiitration's descriptions of the events are at the cia agents in benghazi call for help for separate times. tonight, the cia has launched an exploratory investigation into the conduct of david petraeus. he is scheduled to testify in front of the house intelligence committee tomorrow. joining me now is to congressman trey gowd. he is a member of the house oversight committee. this is a remarkable period in american history. we assume at some point, it perhaps

about some new developments in terms of the united states' relationship with iran yesterday pentagon officials confirmed that an american military surveillance drone flying over the persian gulf was shot at by iranian warplanes last week because of the predator drone was not hit and was flying in international air space on a routine mission there's also been another shift inside iran as well the country announced a ban on imports of about seventy five so-called luxury products we're talking fancy high end cars as well as everyday items like coffee and toilet paper i talk more about this from a bigger picture level with jamal policy director for the national iranian american council and we first talked about the impact of sanctions upon those iranian people . the sanctions are having a massive impact especially over the past two months we've seen that there's a humanitarian impact on particularly medicine inside of iran there are shortages of cancer medicine of basically ordinary iranians are complaining that they are not able to get just basic and exotic medicines that they need to survive the

united states commander in afghanistan general john allen now under investigation for what pentagon officialshave said may be inappropriate correspondence with jill kelley, a florida woman linked to david petraeus' sex scandal. fbi and cia are expected to brief lawmakers on the scandal. katie marzullo will have the latest in a live report in the next half hour. >>> good news for skiers. start hitting the slopes at heavenly and north star starting today the season is beginning a week earlier thanks to cold temperatures for snow making and the storms we had last week not all the runs will be open until they get more storms and more snow but enough for visitors to get an early taste of winter squaw valley set to open this weekend bore real opened last -- week. >>> >>> overnight the problem with the prius and other cars leading toyota to recall millions of vehicles around the globe. >>> welcome back. temperatures above average, low 70s in many areas, mid to upper 60s in places like san rafael, richmond, napa, as we head through the next three days, temperatures are going to stay mild even with th

pentagon officials did not return a call. congressional investigators also want to know more about classified documents found on her computer. she reportedly said they did not come from petraeus. there are questions about whether taxpayers paid for a trip to paris. there is much more to be looked at in this story. we will have much more on this coming up. >> we will have much more on the petraeus scandal including who knew what and when it coming up on abc 7 news at 6. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5 but a worker for it that could jeopardize a big black friday sale. -- a worker threat. >> the man behind the voice of elmo accused of a serious crime. how this is effecting "sesame street." >> >> as we honor veterans and an old, we are marking the 30th anniversary of the vietnam memorial wall, the symbol of the darkened by some of war. >> they're reading of all the names of about wall, only the fifth time it has ever been done. greta kreuz talks about how it is helping some to keel. >> for 65 hours, they read the names. >> robert

former pentagon official michelle fornoid would be the first secretary of defense.tor that could keep sandberg from taking the post if it is offered is more than a billion dollars in stock options from facebook. option that's will be vested over next 10b/2q years assuming she remains in the company. >> congress is back to work today and efforts underway following long holiday weekend. lawmakers have until the end of the year to agree on cuts. >> the countdown to the cliff now stands at five weeks. if congress doesn't act, $650 billion going into affect on january 1. there are now increasing signs that republicans may be willing to deal on the most controversial issue. tax autos i'm willing to generate revenue. >> for many, doing just that would mean breaking a pledge to not raise taxes and taking political risks that come with it. >> world changed. >> the no neweh9hn taxes pledges the brain child of grover norquist. >> the pledge allows elected officials to make it clear openly to the voters where they stand. >> here in washington he carries weight as evidenced by l

former pentagon official kt mcfarland here with me. gary bernsen is here. and former arkansas governor mike huckabee among our guests. our first guest says no one knows more about benghazi than petraeus, but even if he were to testify, the credibility has now been discredited. joining us, kate mcfarland. this is first of all we have to acknowledge i believe it isery clear, there is so much more here writing every day, more questions, it runs ep. the idea that petraeus would not testify or that the secrety of state clinton would have a conflict, your reaction to those. >> the cover-up continues. nobody who knows more about benghazi before, after or during the attack than david bengzi. and now for whatever reason, he is not testy. he may eventually testify, they may subpoena him. at this point where it's his credibility? if he knew he was being investigated as he went up to capitol hill to spin the tale the white houswanted him to spin about this about a movie movie, what nd of leverage did they hold over him? the leverage is gone now, he has nothing to lose.

pentagon officials confirmed defense secretary leon panetta is demoting the former head of u.s. africa command. general chip ward is accused of spending thousands of dollars in unauthorized expenses. the former african head will retire as three star lieutenant general and will have to pay $82,000 to the government. as senior defense official who has seen 20 to 30,000 pages of e-mails between general john allen and joe kelly tells fox news the exchanges were flirtatious in nature. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan currently under investigation for allegedly sending the e-mails to the whistle lower of the general david petraeus 6 scandal. general allen denies wrongdoing. almost 80 new members of the house of representatives in our nation's capital for the top of freshman orientation. among the newly elected members are several potential members elect whose races of not been called. those are your headlines. back to lori and melissa. melissa: thank you for that. thanks but no thanks is the message delivered so far to a suggestion by erskine bowles he served as chief negotiator

the hour-by-hour timeline shows how top pentagon officials were informed on the attack hours after it started. the white house has been criticized to their response on the attack. >>> and guilty of liking vatican secrets to the media. a vatican court today gave the computer expert a two-month suspended sentence, meaning he wouldn't actually be going to prison unless he commits another offense. butler is serving 18 months behind bars. >>> and the united nations has declared today malala day, after the incident with a pakistani girl whose bravery has inspired the world. malala yousufzai was shot in the head by taliban militants, just for saying girls should be able to go to school. malala is recovering at a british hospital. and in this video, her father is showing her some of the get-well letters that have poured in. >>> first, there was sandy. then a nor'easter, residents in the northeast, well, they just can't get a break. some have suffered in the cold and in the dark for 12 days now. 280,000 customers remain without power across the region as they continue to wait on big promises f

. >> reporter: a pentagon official says 20,000 to 30,000 pages of edmonton mail and other documents are under review. -- he is the one who probably knows more most about what happened or didn't happen in benefit ghazi. if this is looming had he ever over his head when he goes to brief the united states senate, did that influence the way, the direction and the story he told. told. . >>> the "washington post" reports president obama is considering senator john kerry to serve as the next defense secretary even though kerry is believed to want the role of secretary of state. insiders believe current u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice will be given that job. ha . >>> topping the morning line, nats outfielder bryce harper has been named the national league rookie of the year. he hit 207 with 22 home runs, 59 runs batted in and i shipped in the outfield. harper did this despite missing the first month of the season when he was still in the minors. the now 20-year-old says he is humbled by being named top rookie. abc and -- and shined in the outfield. >> just and honor and to be able to hav

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

thanews rippled outward fro the pentagon today, and across official washington. the name of u.s. marine general john allen, the top american commander in afghanistan, surfaced overnight in the scandal that began friday with david petraeus resigning at c.i.a. director. unnamed defense officials say the military is now investigating possibly, quote, inappropriate communications between allen and tampa socialite jill kelley. she had reported getting harassing emails from another woman, paula broadwell. the f.b.i. investigation that followed uncovered broadwell's affair with petraeus. but according to the newest revelations, agents also found extensive contacts between kelley and general allen. the f.b.i. notifieded the pentagon on sunday. last night spokesman george little read a statement from defense secretary leon panetta on a flight to australia. >> today the secretary directed that the matter be referred to the inspector general of the department of defense for investigation. it is now in the hands of the department of the secretary-general. >> brown: early news accounts said a

e-mailing away or at least the past year to be able to get that kind of volume. >> well, what the pentagon official said today was that that could include all of the messages they were ever involved with. if you see a lot of people on an e-mail chain and they were included, that would be covered by these documents. the other thing that some senior aides and friends of allen said in the pentagon and washington today was that initial impression may have been something of an exaggeration but it is a great detail. this is a story with a lot of great details that people are latching on to. >> jennifer: let's jump in over to petraeus. if allen is denying he did anything inappropriate, the charges against petraeus who has admitted that he did something inappropriate, how serious are the charges against him since he's no longer in uniform? >> they're less serious but there is one potential wrinkle for petraeus as c.i.a. director. if the administrative investigations this week conclude that he leaked classified information to someone else who was not authorized to receive it, that could put his high-level s

pentagon officials say general allen insists he has done nothing wrong. jill kelley, her husband, and her twin sister, hosted the awesome parties for top military officials and that is how she get to know the yens and all them including both general petraeus and general allen, and while the kelleys are living this licksure russ -- this luxury life, their home has been in foreclosure since 2010 and they were in big financial trouble. jonathan hunt is here. what else do we know about jill kelley? >> she is 37. her family is originally from lebanon and moved to the united states in the 1970's and she grew up in philadelphia and moved to tampa, florida, after marrying a surgeon. she seemed to have made a concerted effort to become part of high society. frequently mentioned in the society panels of the tampa tribune hosting lavish parties attended by generals and politicians, and she was given the unofficial title of "honorary ambassador" by officials at the local air force base that she tried to invoke in the 9-1-1 call complaining about the media camped outsi

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

pentagon officials say tre are 20, 30,000 pages of e-mails and documents between allen and jill kelley, the woman who report the she was receiving anonymous e e-mails that were determined to have come from paula broadwell. really? again? the most powerful military force in the world is being taken out by an inbox? really? what happened did you forget your myspace password? really? >> and general allen, 30,000 e-mails? what could you have possibly said in the last 29,990 others that you didn't say in the first ten. >> really? 30,000. where did you find the time? i eat breakfast, come to work, blink and it's time for the show. really? >> no wonder it took us so long to catch bin laden. these guys were probably waiting for him to check in on four square. really? >> really? and don't think you're getting off easy here jill kelley. you tell someone about weird e-mails you're getting and you don't think someone might check your e e-mails? really? it's the fbi. you dent think they are going to follow up? have you never watched an episode of any show ever? really? >> and really unnamed fbi age

pentagon official telling reporters today in his words, they may have been inappropriately flirtatious. what does that mean? well, the word on the street is that he might have written some of these e-mails and maybe in some cases called her sweetheart. nothing more meant by it, we're told, than he's a virginia gentleman but, and it's a big but, on the other hand, defense secretary leon panetta ordered up a full-blown inspector general investigation, knowing he would set off a new firestorm across washington and leon panetta doesn't do that lightly. people on the other side tell us panetta would not have done it if there wasn't something to all this. >> right. the woman at the center of all this, this woman jill kelley, i'll turn to you, suzanne, on this. i want to play a tape, a 911 tape of kelley calling the tampa police to complain about people who were around the house, citing her status as apparently an honorary consul. listen to this. >> you know, i don't know if by any chance, because i'm an honorary consul general so i have inviolability. so they should not be able to cross my p

he may be replaced by john kerry or chuck hagel or top pentagon official, ashton carter or michelle flouryonthe special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, mark grossman, the man that took over after richard holbrooke died. he too is stepping down from that onvy to afghanistan and pakistan. hillary clinton may be replaced by susan rice or somebody else. hillary clinton says she, herself, will not be staying on for the second term. so if you just want to focus on the war for a second, it is all change in terms of the leadership for the top officials in year 12 of america's longest war. all change for everybody in top roles there except for the president and the vice president and the 66,000 americans who are still in afghanistan fighting that war. america's war in afghanistan is not due to end this year or next year. it is not due to end until the end of the year after that, at the end of 2014. that's the date by which president obama says the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan will end. it seems important to note that that is the latest possible date by which the president says the combat mis