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Ellen joins us on the phone with details. john, what do we know about this? >> well, what we know is that in recent weeks there have been mounting accusations against retired cardinal theodore mccarrick, formerly the archbishop of newark, new jersey, and also washington, d.c. in washington, he became probably the premier broker between the catholic bishops in america and the nation's political establishment. he played an incredibly important role during the late years of the john paul ii papacy, benedict xvi, and reportedly was instrumental in helping get pope francis elected in march of 2013....

More so than we've seen really from any recent president by any means. i mean, his name is plastered on buildings and on companies. so, with that said, is there the possibility of setting some sort of precedent in this case for future presidents? >> well, i think, unfortunately, everything that happens is going to set a precedent. and sadly, the precedent that has been set already is that this president chose not to follow the tradition of divesting his conflicting financial interests. and so, we're in uncharted territory as a result of that bad decision that he made early on, and anything tha...

point." the scandal, and it's spreading, is now engulfing two four-star generals. there are some new details about the woman who is at the center of it all. her name is jill kelley. she is described as a tammpy socialite. she first reported she's anonymous harassing e-mails to an fbi agent friend, and that ended up triggering an investigation. those e-mails eventually turned out to be sent by paula broadwell. that would be david petraeus' biographer. and eventually turned out his mistress, as well. we mentioned it was a web, didn't i? and it is. the affair exposed general petraeus an...