have an angry white man problem. republican leaders now admitting that the gop needs some new faces or face extinction. and coast the coast, tribute s to men and women who fight for our freedom. tonight, we honor america s veterans. hello, everyone. i m don lemon and we will go into more detail on all of those stories, but first we want to get you caught up on all of the headlines. in parades all across america, people came out to thank our military heroes. paradegoers in new york aided victims of superstorm sandy collecting winter coats for those hit hardest by the storm. at arlington national cemetery president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and then met with families who lost loved ones in the iraq and afghanistan wars. lawmakers have pointed questions about the fbi s investigation into general petraeus extramarital affair. they want to know why they weren t told, and they want to know if national security was breached. peter king talked to
four americans in libya, people started wondering whether she and petraeus had shared any classified intel and whether she inadvertently spilled some of those secrets during her remarks. bill gross joins us live, what s your impression of this situation as it s playing out? well, it s certainly a very interesting situation, as you say. there s a joke going around on twitter that the french intelligence director resigned because he doesn t have an affair for six months. so the idea that an extramarital affair in itself would bring down the cia director is very isn t in my mind. there has to be more to the story. my guess is it has to do with internal cia politics. the agency s known to be using intelligence information to settle scores, or it could be related to the benghazi scandal. shannon: well, we know just weeks ago that general petraeus, then-director petraeus, had been on the ground in libya, he was set to testify this week on capitol hill. does the timing raise red f
from washington. good morning, doug. reporter: good morning, guys. at a very basic level this is the store of an affair between general david petraeus and his biographer paula broad well. it gets complicated. there may be national security implication including into the broad investigation into the consulate in benghazi on september 11th. there is no question she would have had prime access to one. key players. she made a couple of public appearances to talk about that. that was at the university of denver, her alma mater last month where she spoke about the benghazi attack. this was came as ci a-team were asking for help but were denied. here is what she said. i don t know if a lot of you heard this but the cia annex had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner and they think the attack on the consulate was an effort to get the prisoners back. that is still being vetted. reporter: that would seemingly contradict what we heard over and over again initially mida
0 v.a. served and are serving our country today. rick: america live starts right now. shannon: and we begin with a fox news alert on the growing questions over the resignation of cia director david petraeus about whether he and his mistress discussed any confidential intelligence during their affair and whether any intel secrets were ever made public. welcome to america live, i m shannon bream in for megyn kelly. petraeus resigned friday after admitting he cheated on his wife, you see her here, a revelation uncovered by an fbi investigation into a series of e-mails sent by his biographer, paula broadwell, who was accused of sending harassing e-mails to another woman. that sparks an investigation that revealed her secret relationship with petraeus. but after looking at a recent speech she gave on the death of four americans in libya, people started wondering whether she and petraeus had shared any classified intel and whether she inadvertently spilled some of those secrets during he
petraeus and his biographer paula broad well. it gets complicated. there may be national security implication including into the broad investigation into the consulate in benghazi on september 11th. there is no question she would have had prime access to one. key players. she made a couple of public appearances to talk about that. that was at the university of denver, her alma mater last month where she spoke about the benghazi attack. this was came as ci a-team were asking for help but were denied. here is what she said. i don t know if a lot of you heard this but the cia annex had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner and they think the attack on the consulate was an effort to get the prisoners back. that is still being vetted. reporter: that would seemingly contradict what we heard over and over again initially midaway, that the at lack in libya was result of anger over anti-muslim film made in the united states. what information was broadwell privy too? th