Good morning, everyone. We have new details this morning on the sex scandal that brought down former cia director David Petraeus. Weve learned the name of that mystery agent from the fbi who first exposed the petraeus affair. 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. Im open to compromise. And im open to new
Good evening, the last time missiles landed anywhere near tel aviv in israel, they were fired by saddam in iraq. Tonight it has happened again, the israeli Prime Minister was taken into a bomb shelter tonight, they were taken into a bomb shelter. And that is how real this and that is how real this conflict has become between the palestinians and gaza. This could turn into a full ground war very quickly. Rocket fire from gaza is being answered with air strikes from israel, israel saying theyre ready, at least, to launch a Ground Invasion as a next step. And for the rest of the world in plain english, here we go again. The generationsold conflict is escalating quickly starting up quickly. More from Martin Fletcher in tel aviv, good evening. Mo reporter good evening, it does look like israel and hamas are edging closer to war in gaza, a war that neither side wants, but it does appear closer with every houthat passes. Terror in israel. There is another one, a soldier screams. More than 200
Last year in a fight over music. The jury found her not guilty on all counts late tonight. Fox 5s maureen umeh has the details. From the start the defense argued this was a case of self defense and after three hours of deliberation the jury believed it. Thank god. Reporter relief and joy from alexis simpsons friends and family just minutes after hearing a jurys verdict. The jury found simpson not guilty on all seven counts she faced in the stabbing death of her Bowie State University suite mate domonique frazier, simpsons lawyers saying the jury made the right call. This was a is of defense case. Alexis, theres no question in my mind acted in selfdefense and so we are very gratified by the verdict. Reporter during the trial simpson testified she was being bulliedly frazier and said she bullied by frazier. She said she complained to officials and wanted to move out but was told there were no rooms available. On september 15th, 2011, simpson and frazier fought after simpson turned off mu
Good morning. Thanks for joining us. The sex scandal that forced cia director David Petraeus to resign is widening. Petraeus mistress Paula Broadwell sent emails to petraeus and other senior military leaders besides general john allen. 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 didnt 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 r
Springfield. Now lets go to the maps in southern maryland. Route 4, route 5, route 301, no issues there. Heres what it looks like on the beltway near New Hampshire avenue. Again 95 in from baltimore as well looks great. Ill be back with more coming up in a few minutes. Andrea and mike . Thanks, monika. See you then. When he resigned last week, the c. I. A. Said the former director David Petraeus would not testify at this weeks hearings into the consulate attack in benghazi, libya which killed three people, including chris stevens, the ambassador. After public demands from lawmakers, director petraeus is expected to testify on friday. 9news reporter surae chinn is live on the hill where hearings on the consulate attack are getting under way later this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to both of you. Its been on again, off again. The former c. I. A. Director will not be testifying today on capitol hill but will appear before a house panel tomorrow after lawmakers put pressure