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Situation thats taken place. and clearly let us hope also that this, with respect to the president getting through all of his nominations at the senate with the pick-up of seats there that theres a better temperament in the senate to dealing with what the public has rightfully seen as a second term for the president. >> petraeus is being replaced by interim deputy director michael morrell. congressman garamendi, will this affect cia operations? we have pretty heavy stuff going on in the world. i...

forgot about us. >> the live report in just a moment. the other big story, were tracking new developments about the surprise resignation of cia director david petraeus. a u.s. official tells cnn that petraeuss affair first came to light because the fbi looked into a complaint that his biographer was sending harassing e-mails to another woman who was close to petraeus. well have more information about the petraeus resignation also in just a few minutes. with the election over, the penta...

very soon. >> petraeus took over as cia chief after a long career in the army, most recently as the man leading operations in afghanistan. the cia will be run by michael morrell who has been deputy director since may of 2010. >> there are plenty of questions surrounding the timing of the resignation. joining me is suzanne kelly. good to have you back with us. why was the fbi involved? >> reporter: well, victor, a u.s. official tells cnn the fbi was investigating a tip that david petrae...

communications had been compromised, and they said they had not been. now, petraeus was interviewed by the fbi, but its not clear if broadwell has been questioned and if she will be. a u.s. official said petraeus was never a target of an investigation and that a tip about an affair led to that probe. now, general petraeus was scheduled to testify next week about the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. now what happens now that hes gone? suzanne kelly is in washington with that part ...

hastily scheduled meeting for petraeus at the white house thursday. >> does the president have full faith and confidence in president petraeus? >> the president thinks general petraeus has done an excellent job. >> he believes general petraeus did an excellent job. no personnel announcements to make today. >> as the briefing was going on, details started to emerge about the resignation and letter to the c.i.a. personnel released detailing the affair. "yesterday afternoon i went to the ...

thursday. >> does the president have full faith and confidence in president petraeus? >> the president thinks general petraeus has done an excellent job. >> he believes general petraeus did an excellent job. no personnel announcements to make today. >> as the briefing was going on, details started to emerge about the resignation and letter to the c.i.a. personnel released detailing the affair. "yesterday afternoon i went to the white house and asked the president to be allowed for pers...

allegedly accessing petraeus e-mails. all this just a week before the general was set to testify before congress on the benghazi attack. joining me now is greg miller, national security correspondent for "the washington post." greg, what a morning. lets get right to it. id like to hear the latest that youve learned. >> well, you know, the big question now is what is the reason for this fbi investigation into this e-mail? and it does look like this is an access to a personal e-mail acco...

Military families. sad part of this story. michael morrell takes over as c.i.a. we dont know the extent of how active they are but one would think theyre very active all over the world. >> the agency, yeah, of course. this has to be demoralizing to the rank and file in the agency. they have been through a lot of directors in recent years and hear your top man was involved in something like this, doing something that you, in the rank and file would have been disciplined for. >> there is the timin...

As you can see this is by any account a shocking announcement. this is a four-star retired general. hes been the director of the cia since april of 2011. most likely he would be succeeded by the veteran career cia deputy director michael morrell, who is widely admired. we should point out that his wife holly petraeus worked in the consumer advocacy agency for the administration and had been the deputy -- one of the deputies under elizabeth warren and is well-known and well regarded as a consumer...

Nation it to put those wars on a path to a responsible. as drekd orth of the cia, he has continued to serve with xhashgt stick intellectual rigor, dedication and patriotism. by any measure, through his lifetime of service he made our country safer and strong he. today i accepted his resignation as director of the central intelligence agency. im completely confident that the cia will continue to thrive and carry out the essential mission and i have the utmost confidence in michael more rul and th...