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This story. i did not see this coming. i dont think the audience saw this coming. not from the way they reacted. this is not how i thought this story would end. >> as americans, we have a responsibility to learn from your service. im thinking of an example, lieutenant alvin shell who was based here at ft. bragg. a few years ago on a supply route outside baghdad, he and his team were engulfed by flames from an rpg attack. covered with gasoline, he ran into the fire to help his fellow soldiers and...

reiterated his pledge saying, please, republicans should all be nice. heres mr. gingrich, in his own words. >> i only have one opponent, thats barack obama. i have a number of friends running and one opponent. and im going to run this campaign on a positive basis because i believe the people of iowa are smart enough that they can see the difference between somebody trying to help the country and somebody who simply is running a negative campaign. >> can he stay positive is the big ques...

this is t.j. back in atlanta. you hearing me okay? arwa damon is not hearing me right now. arwa damon one of a number of cnn correspondents who spent a lot of time in iraq over the last several years reporting there literally from the very beginning of that war and throughout. well try to get her back in a moment. a historic day we saw even though a few thousand american service members in iraq. they will make their way out, many of them this weekend and, again, formally, it is over. l...

bruised, battered and possibly in champions case, beaten to death. >> okay. is he awake? >> he wasnt responding. we thought he was breathing. he was making noises. but i dont even know if hes breathing now. >> okay. is he awake? do you know? >> his eyes are open. his eyes are open. hes not responding. >> okay. but is he breathing? >> i have no idea. i cannot tell you that. >> that was the 911 call november 19th, after a game as robert champion lay dying on the band bus. other members s...

over and out. the u.s. military lowers the flag in baghdad. the final u.s. troops leaving iraq with pride. and putting a fragile nation in the rear view mirror. >> breaking news for your paycheck. big compromise on capitol hill that could put $1,000 or more back into your paycheck next year. occupy gingrich. newt gets heckled by wall street protesters. they get it back on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 15. welcome to "american morning." go...

prafr -- kind of prafrnk thats you use with that word. even though year after year young men and young women are bruised, batters and in champions case, beaten to death. >> okay. is he awake? >> he wasnt responding. we thought he was breathing. he was making noises. but i dont even know if hes breathing now. >> okay. is he awake? do you know? >> his eyes are open. his eyes are open. hes not responding. >> okay. but is he breathing? >> i have no idea. i can not tell you that. >> that wa...

practiced. even though year after year young men and young women are bruised, battered and possibly in champions case, beaten to death. >> okay. is he awake? >> he wasnt responding. we thought he was breathing. he was making noises. but i dont even know if hes breathing now. >> okay. is he awake? do you know? >> his eyes are open. his eyes are open. hes not responding. >> okay. but is he breathing? >> i have no idea. i cannot tell you that. >> that was the 911 call november 19th, after...

Welcome home! >> that was president obama delivering remarks to troops at ft. bragg in north carolina earlier this afternoon. as the war in iraq winds down, the president took the opportunity, not only to mark the end of the war but to pay tribute to servicemen and women who fought and died in the conflict. for more on this, lets go to kristen welker who is at the white house. nine years is an extraordinary am of time to be at war and today was an important day. not only for the troops but also ...

>> over 30,000 american have been wounded. and those are only the wounds that show. nearly 4,500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice. including 202 fallen heroes from here at ft. bragg. >> the president also stressed his commitment to ensuring that returning troops get the jobs and resources that they need once they are in fact back home. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins me live from baghdad. well talk about what the president refers to as the stability in iraq right no...

>> oppose this bad deal and come together, pas a long term clean extension of employment benefits. thats the thing to do. >> this bill is terrible. it is terrible. the holidays must have come early for the majority. what we have here is a serious proposal? its a stocking stuffed to the brim with ideology. >> the focus now shifts to the senate where majority leader harry reid has vowed to defeat the house republican plan before final year end showdown begins. the obama administration is marking...