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investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. "today," monday december 19th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this monday morning. im ann curry. >> and im carl quintanilla in for matt today. kim jong-il actually died on saturday, though it was announced on television yesterday. >> he suffered a heart attack on a train. his 17-year rule marked by his unpredictable nature helped to isolate his country from the rest of the world. hi...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. im lester holt. >> im jenna wolfe. nine years of war in iraq and now its over. >> just three days ago, the war in iraq was declared over. the last american troops have left. a picture that richard engel just tweeted a short time ago. literally, the last vehicle out. and someone scrolled that out. a historic picture. richard is standing by in kuwait. meanwhile, prince harry finds hims...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a sunday. im lester wolf. >> im jenna wolfe. nine years in iraq and now its over. >> the last american troops have left iraq. i want to show you the picture that richard engel tweeted from the border with kuwait. literally the last vehicle out and someone scrawled that on the side. a historic picture certainly. well get a live report from richard standing by in kuwait in jus...

makes a beat for the east coast with its power on display in the bahamas. communities from north carolina to new england prepare for massive evacuations. >> and irenes impact is already being felt here in washington, with the mlk memorial dedication postponed. >> washington is bracing for the worst this weekend. good evening, everybody. im in tonight for jim vance. >> im doreen gentzler. >> states of emergency are in effect throughout the mid-atlantic tonight as hurricane irene is the ...

[knocking] - angel rivera had a visitor the same day damon and lakeisha got killed. - who signed the visitors log? - lets go. - this a conjugal visit? - youre never having sex again. at least not the consenting kind. you dont want your lawyer? - i dont need him. punk witness is dead. charges gotta be dropped. case closed. im gonna be a free man. - in your dreams, angel. come to kiss me good-bye, too? - no, i came to throw away the key. you and your girlfriend are gonna be in here for a...

encouraging news on both sides. brian stow remains in a san francisco hospital, and his three alleged ataestackers are a los angeles jail. theyre all related and all maybes from the southern california city of realto. we have new information. kimberly terry spoke with stows family. but we begin with george kiriyama with the arrest and what else we learned about the investigation. george? >> reporter: raj, were learn thing evening a little bit more about the suspects charged with beatin...

you tonight. first a display of emotion from president as debt talks with republicans break down. record-setting heat and we have a hot weekend ahead. and good evening, im wendy rieger. jim and doreen have the night off. the temperatures that continue to smother our area are not letting go. >> we had a little buiit in the way of cooler temperatures. they have gone back up as we made our way through the night hours. as we think how hot things have been. high temperature of 105 degrees. ...

tough. >> boehner says he and the president could not connect. >> i in confidence that the congress will act. if the white house will not serious, we will. >> the senate voted down the cut, cap, and balance bill. >> we refuse to waste one more thing on this piece of legislation. >> we worked our tails off trying to get something done. i am told that this is a piece of crap. a piece of junk. that is not what i came here to do. >> the president will work on a forward. boehner says he wan...

a deal has been struck in nearly the 11th hour. good evening. im jim vance. >> and im doreen gentzler. at this hour the house republicans and house democrats say they have reached an agreement. at least thats what house speaker john boehner just announced. the deal includes a temporary funding measure into the middle of next week. again, the shutdown will be averted while the final deal is hammered out on the hill in the next few days. just minutes ago house speaker john boehner spoke ...

enter the government stays open. there has been a lot of discussion and a long fight, but we fought to keep government spending down because it really will affect and help create a better environment for the jobs in our country. >> there is a lot of back and forth on this matter throughout the day as it has been in the days previous, right up to the final moment. kai reed has been monitoring all of these developments throughout the day. >> earlier today we spoke with mayor lawmakers ab...