on cbs this morning, retired general richard myers spoke as to whether the president should have been told about the probe when it started last summer nfrmgts my view that would not have been unusual. >> reporter: petraeus stepped down after admitting to and extra marital affair. his alleged miss stress, paula broadwell made this comment about him. >> i'm not in love with dpp but i had -- david petraeus but he's a terrific role model for children. >> reporter: petraeus had been scheduled to of it before congress this week about the attack in libya. lawmakers say petraeus may be culled to testify in the future. >> i don't see how in the world you can find out what happened in benghazi before, during and the attack if general petraeus doesn't of it. >> reporter: cbs news learned that general petraeus visited libya last month and called several members of congress the week before he resigned to give them his assessments of the attack. >>> president obama plans to hold multiple meetings this week all dpeerd toward averting the so-called fiscal cliff. mr. obama hoping to build con consensu

we'll get reaction from former chairman of the joint chief of staff richard myers who knows both men. hearings into the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. we'll hear from senator john mccain. and a travel expert reveals the top hotels of 2012. that and more later. that's the news for this wednesday. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown in new york. take care everybody, have a great day. wednesday. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown in new york. take care everybody, have a great day. ,,,, er 14th. i'm fr >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald . >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, november 14. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. let's get a quick check on the weather with lawrence. a little chilly. >> but this is as good as it gets. we have a lot of sunshine coming our way. a lot the temperatures in the 70s. we'll talk more about that plus the prospects for rain coming up. >>> a lot of overnight roadwork out there this morning. here's a

retired general richard myers told cbs this morning with investigation of this nature, notifying superiors is common. >> we saw lots of investigations in the military where the allegations were not proven yet, but that the chain of kidnapped was made aware that somebody was being looked at for whatever. >> before the scandal, general petraeus had been scheduled to answer questions on capitol hill this week about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. acting cia director mike morell will testify instead. >>> we're expecting closing arguments in the preliminary hearing for staff sergeant robert bails. he's charged with killing 7 adults and 9 children, civilians murdered in the middle of the night last march in the afghan villages. >>> over the weekend several wounded children testified at his hearing. a video link from afghanistan to a military base in washington state where bails is in custody. after tomorrow's closing arguments, the military will decide whether to move forward with a full-blown court- martial, a conviction could lead to the death penalty. >>> we've been tryin

is probably one of the most dangerous times we have ever faced in the middle east. >> general richard myers, a very delicate situation. thank you so much for being with us. good morning. >> for sure. >>> even as new details of the scandal that forced him out of cia director continue to emerge on friday general david petraeus appeared on capitol hill and he was summoned to testify about the attack at the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya, that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador. margaret brennan is here with the story. >> good morning, rebecca. david petraeus first briefed congress about the attack in benghazi days after the assault. yesterday he made clear the cia knew then that al qaeda was behind the attack but that intelligence was considered classified. avoiding cameras on capitol hill former cia director david petraeus slipped behind closed doors to brief house and senate intelligence members deadly assault on the benghazi consulate in libya on september 11th. four americans were killed in the attack including ambassador chris stevens. when asked by lawmakers to explain

but richard myers told cbs this morning with, investigations of this nature, notifying superiors are common. >> we saw a lot of investigations in the military where the allegations were not proven yet, but that the chain of command was made aware that somebody was being looked at for whatever. >> reporter: before the scandal, petraeus has been scheduled to testify this week on capitol hill about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. acting director mike morell will testify instead. some lawmakers say they still need to hear from petraeus. >> from my point of view, it is absolutely essential he give testimony before the congress so we can figure out benghazi. >> the fbi uncovered his extramarital affair after a second women, jill kelly, reported receiving anonymous threatening e-mails. kelly and her husband knew petraeus and his wife socially. there is no evidence of romantic involvement between kelly and petraeus. if petraeus had committed the affair before his retirement from the military, he may have been subject to prosecution for adultery under the code of m

john miller former assistant director of national against is with us along with retired general richard myers. he's a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. good morning. general myers, general petraeus served under you, you know this man well. should he have resigned? is this the kind of thing that a military man should resign who is no longer serving the military but at cia. >> if you were in the military yes he should have resign. anybody that's in charge of our secrets like general petraeus was, there are a lot of folks under him that take polygraphs that try to get at are you having affairs, are you vulnerable to outside forces that could force to you leak classified information. he heads the biggest intelligence agency we have in that regard, at least the most sensitive intelligence and i think it's perfectly roper he resign. >> your surprised by this? >> absolutely. i know dave petraeus reasonably well. very surprised by this. i think resigning showed the kind of, what he really believed in. he believes in honorable public service and like all of us, you know, you can make mista

. >> richard myer is a news senior military. general myers good morning. i begin with this question, what do you read into the fact that the secretary of defense and the president's spokesman, even nato is warning us not to jump to conclusions about general allen. >> what i read into it is that we should all be cautious, not rush to judgment, that they have to analyze the material that they have before they make some final determination on whether they are going to continue to push allen's nomination forward to the senate. it's as simple as that. >> are you surprised to learn this from a man that you know very well, that this exchange has been described as flart as dtious in emails. >> it's shocking. yesterday i was with another colleague who knows general allen for 15 years. he was a student of his. this is shocking to everybody, these allegations are shocking to everybody that knows general allen. he's a terrific officer. he's done a good job in afghanistan. very hard place to do good work. he's done very good work. >> general, are you concerned that the

retired general richard myers is cbs news' military security analyst and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> general myers, general petraeus served under you. you know this man well. should he have resigned? is this the kind of thing that a military man should resign who is no longer serving the military, but at the cia? >> certainly if he were still in the military, yes, he should have resigned. i think anybody in charge of our nation's secrets like general petraeus was, there are a lot of folks under him to take polygraphs that try to get at are you having affairs, are you vulnerable to outside sources that could force you to leak classified information. he heads the biggest intelligence agency we have. in that regard at least the most sensitive intelligence agency. i think it's perfectly proper that he resigned. >> are you surprised by this? >> oh, absolutely. yeah. i know -- i know dave petraeus well. very surprised by this. i think resigning showed the kind of -- what he really believed in. he believes in -- in hon rationrabble

and then general richard myers. then paula broadwell, the co- author of a book by david petraeus. petraeus resigned on friday after news of an extramarital affair with broadwell. >> i am proud and honored to introduce two individuals. he is a former staff sergeant of the united states army. he is the first living person to receive the armed forces medal of honor for actions that occurred after the and vietnam war perry dead -- be it now war. the major general was awarded the united states highest military decoration for heroic actions in 1968 during the vietnam war. he served on active duty in the marine corps over 33 years before returning in 1995. his last assignment was in new orleans, louisiana. his decorations include the medal of honor, silver star medal, a bronze star medal, the purple heart, and able accommodation nettle. i now present to you the staff sergeant and the major general. >> the start of this in 2006. jerry served at hotels and conference centers in new york and northern virginia. while serving as general manager as a resort in leesburg, he founded the national

dee dee myers of "vanity fair." richard lowry of the "national review." harvard university's david gergen. and our own john dickerson. then we'll talk to stu rothenberg of the stu rothenbe rothenberg political reports. allen stanford of the university of virginia center for politics, democratic pollster anna greenberg, and republican analyst leslie sanchez of the impacto group. and our own cbs news elections director anthony salvanto. we're coming to the end of the campaign 2012, and we've got it all on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again. most of the country is looking forward to election day, or at the least, looking forward to the campaign being over. but in large parts of the northeast, it is still the aftermath of the storm that is in the forefront of many people's thoughts. at least 110 are dead, more than 2 million are still without power. close to 1 million in new york city alone. 80% of new york city subway service has been restored, bu

it included key notes remarks by richard myers. he addresses military cadets and mail tear academy on service and leadership traites which he served as a chair of the joints chief of staff from 2001 to 2005. he speaks for about 35 minutes. >> thank you very much. and when i was stationed in okinawa that was the bombing range and you made your pill gram image to pile's memorial there. that was something we had to do actually. i think it's still morning, good morning everybody. i got to thank jim for putting me between you and lunch. i've been that way a couple of time in the last two weeks. it will end on time. you had a wonderful experience so far since thursday. you've been exposed to some real american heroes i think for the younger people in the audience learned a lot about what it means to serve in the military, what kind of dedication and professionism it takes. i want to talk first about the fact that i'm here alone this morning and how it would have been if i had still been in the military. we would have swooped up outside i