Good evening on this veterans day monday. And as we come on the air, new details are pouring in about the man in charge of so many of the nations secrets, general David Petraeus, forced to resign. And what about the woman at the center of his story . Tonight, new questions, as well, about what was really going on and when and the avalanche of emails now beginning to emerge. Abcs Martha Raddatz reports in now. Martha . Reporter diane, an official tells abc news tonight, the fbi discovered hundreds, if not thousands, of emails between David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell on her computer, an affair that petraeus is claiming did not begin until he left the army. A friend close to petraeus says the general was shocked and surprised to learn broadwell had been sending anonymous threatening emails to jill kelley, the petraeus family friend who was so alarmed by the emails, she called the fbi. Those friends also tell us the generals wife, holly petraeus, is furious with her husband. You see her
Newtown, connecticut, killed by a weapon that fired six bullets a second. Last week, giffords and kelly went to try to console the families. The first couple that we speak to, dad took out his cell phone and showed us a picture of his daughter and i just about lost it. You know, how do we get to the point where 85 of the children in the world that are killed with guns are killed in the United States . That is a sobering statistic. 85 . So, thats what changed for you. Yes. You told me before, when i said, are you angry . You said no. Its life. Do you still feel that way . No. Do you get angry sometimes . Yes, yes. Complicated. They say it is now time for action, common sense change, led by gun owners, too. You have a gun. Yes, glock. You still have a glock . Yes. Gabby and i are both gun o own owners. We are strong supporters of the second amendment. So, it is the common sense consensus you are going for . We are. And i think most gun owners are in the same camp with us. So, their group
We do begin this evening with a thanksgiving journey that ended in horror today along a major stretch of highway in texas. Thick fog triggering a deadly pileup. Look at this video, taken by a couple that came upon the massive accident just moments earlier. You can see some of the fog there. As it cleared late today, you could see the extent of the damage. Cars smashed into one another and families who were on their way to thanksgiving dinner. A Mother Holding her child close, children in tears. We lead off tonight with the rising toll. Abcs ryan owens is in texas for us. Reporter from the air, the crush of cars and trucks almost look like toys. From the ground, the reality is devastating. As many as 150 vehicles piled together. Two died in this mangled metal. Up to 100 others spent this holiday in the hospital. I literally was able to stop without hitting anyone but sat there with that panic of who might hit me. Oh, my god. Reporter fog blinded drivers on this stretch of texas highway.
Reporter the fire broke out just before sunrise. The 911 call at 5 35 a. M. , in sleepy webster, new york. Two firefighters sped to the scene in their engine, two others drove their own cars. But when they moved in to battle the blaze, gunfire. Reporting three firefighters injured. One taking cover in a crashed fire truck. Two have been down in the street and theyre serious. Reporter police now say it was all a trap. That a gunman was laying in wait for the First Responders to arrive. All four firefighters were shot. Fireman mike chiapperini, who is also a lieutenant with the Webster Police department, was deceased at the scene. Reporter 43yearold chiapperini was named the webster Fire Departments firefighter of the year just two weeks ago. Also slain, tomasz kaczowka. The department calls him a tremendous young man. These people get up in the middle of the night to go put out fires. They dont expect to be shot and killed. Reporter Webster Police have identified the gunman as 62yearold
Abcs Sharyn Alfonsi is here to tell us how much and why. Reporter its the type of crash motorists love. Gas prices plummeting. In boston, 3. 59. Atlanta, 3. 79. Salt lake, 3. 40, and l. A. , 3. 68. The trip home for the holidays just got a lot cheaper. Im thrilled i mean, i have to buy gas no matter what, so, the fact that it costs a little bit less is great. Especially with christmas and everything coming up. Reporter prices began rebounding after the refinery problems were fixed. Add to that, demand for gasoline down for winter. Analyst now think gas prices could fall even further before new years eve. By christmas, we should have prices between 3. 20 per gallon and 3. 40 per gallon. Reporter the good news comes on the heels of a gamechanging headline from the internal energy agency. They predict the u. S. Will be Energy Independent by 2030. And become the Worlds Largest exporter of oil, surpassing counties like saudi arabia, venezuela, nigeria and even iran. Solar, wind and a backya