Tomorrow. And that is one fourstar general named David Petraeus. Two and a half weeks after sandy, president obama prepares to see the on going misery in parts of new york city. We are live in Staten Island this hour. But we begin with general petraeus. No longer the top most of the echelons of National Security. But not consigned to oblivion either not by any stretch. Weve got two signature pieces of reporting this hour. Time magazine is reporting that petraeuss biographer turned mistress once toyed with entering politics. She reportedly told acquaintances backing in jul that will gop money men had approached her about a senate run from north carolina. She says she was tempted. Time magazine reports but petraeus was strongly against it. Is it time is also reporting on the internal fbi struggle over whether to tell the white house what and whom they were investigating. It turns out the white house wasnt informed till the night of the election. Three days before general petraeus resigne
Obama took the opportunity to fire back directly at the senator. If senator mccain and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. And im happy to have that discussion with them. But for them to go after the u. N. Ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. Well, senator mccain heard that remark. 73 minutes later took to the floor of the u. S. Senate to respond. Mr. President , four brave americans died. It has now been eight weeks and the American People have received nothing but contradictory statements from all levels of our government. This president and this administration has either been guilty of colossal incompetence, or engaged in a coverup, neither of which are acceptable to the American People. Keeping then honest, more than two months after the deadly attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, there are still some serious question
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront tonight, we have late breaking developments in the petraeus scandal. First, we are just learning the name of the fbi agent who helped start the investigation that eventually led to the resignation of the nations top spy. The name of the agent is frederick w. Humphries ii. Hes 47 years old. He was the investigator who first learned of a complaint from jill kelley that she received harassing emails. The government has taken away for now, the top security clearance of Paula Broadwell, the former mistress of David Petraeus. This is after investigators found substantial classified information on her computer and the glaering question tonight is did broadwells relationship with David Petraeus give her access to these classified documents . Outfront tonight, Cnn National Security contributor, fran townsend. Shes also a member of the cia external add voizry committee and knowed a lot about what it means to have top clearance. The name of the fbi agent
Whos running the country or the situation the country is in, c. E. O. S are taking action. Like coal magnate Robert Murray who said he would have to fire people if obama won and then fired people while they were still counting florida. Who would have thought . laughter a prophecy fulfilled by the professor seer. Like a weather man forecasting scattered showers and then running up on the roof and peeing on people. laughter youre lucky i didnt call for hail laughter well, they left me no choice. Were going to see reduced Economic Activity in america. Were going to see reduced electric power consumption. Were going to see drastically reduced coal markets. Jon a greedy blackhearted man who owns a coal mine. Well, now ive seen everything. laughter but its not just those who provide compressed lumps of dead animals to fuel your home who are affected. laughter its also those who provide compressed lumps of dead animals to fuel your body. Our next guest says he might have to move some of his e
Ifill and we assess the administrations postelection agenda with senators dick durbin and Kay Bailey Hutchison. Woodruff then, ray suarez gets the latest on the escalating violence in gaza after israeli air strikes killed the military leader of hamas. Ifill plus, there were new calls today for laws to police pharmacies like the one linked to the meningitis outbreak. Betty ann bowsers update includes the story of one familys loss from the disease. I cant really think of one them them without the other. He was such a vibrant person that who lit up the room and theres such a great big hole missing. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president faced the White House Press corps today in a wid