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>> the war is winding down ahead of president obamas deadline. t.j. winick has the latest now. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. to be clear, the u.s. combat operation is not over until the end of this month, when brigades that are left will be remissioned to advise and assist brigades. its the last combat brigade to leave iraq. the 4,000 men and women of the 4th stryker brigade 2nd infantry division. after almost seven and a half years of war, these are pictures amer...

>> immense, immense relief. its over. its all over for us. >> reporter: the stryker brigade, named for the vehicle that delivers soldiers into and out of battle, has lost 34 of its troops. it was at the forefront of some of the wars fiercest fighting, including eastern baghdad, a hotbed of the insurgency during the surge of 2007. >> kind of mixed feelings about it. because were going home, you know. in spite of what everybody says, we are kind of making history here. >> reporter: president obama...

Investigators are now finished with their work at the accident scene. ntsb officials say the search for the plane in the moments after it crashed monday may have been delayed by hours because of communication breakdowns on the ground and problems with the aircrafts emergency beacon. the thunder of wikileaks says hes prepared to release another 15,000 documents from the war in afghanistan. even though the defense department is warning him not to do it calling it "the height of irresponsibility....

Hotbed of transportation issues. why did you guys accept the money? >> well, mass transit is important. as much in winter haven, florida, as it is in new york city and i lived in new york city at one time. i lived down in the village. mass transit is the way to get around there. winter haven being part of rural florida getting from one town to another is not particularly easy. so mass transit does matter and it will exist in the future. the reason i questioned this in all honesty, clayton, is we...

You can see orange flames exploding all around them. the men drove into the area to try to rescue people, extreme heat and dry conditions fueling those fires that have left 40 people dead thus far. new video from karachi, pakistan, where violence is raging out of control. gunmen killing 45 pieople in revenge after a pakistani law maker was assassinated. karachis has historically been a hotbed of political, religious and ethnic violence. tensions heating up on the korean peninsula as well. north ...

>> michael, thank you. >> my big question today, does this information put american troops in danger? the pentagon says it is looking at that. i would like to hear what you think on twitter or facebook. contessa abt msnbc.com. while the pentagon is investigating the leak of the documents, the u.s. military is desperately searching for two navy sailors. the two americans disappeared driving from their compound in kabul to a u.s. base nearby. somehow, the sailors ended up 80 miles away which is a ...

From. actually, there have been -- this somali american community has complained to the fbi and been cooperating because young men from the united states are recruited and then travel over to somalia where theyre kept there to fight. and the big worry as you can imagine is not only will they fight there but that they may then use their american citizenship or travel documents to return to the united states. >> the whole notion though of somalia becoming a base, the argument was that since they h...

Six people are hurt after a shootout between rival drug gangs in mexico. this happened just 12 miles south of nogales, arizona. this area is a hotbed for drugs and immigrant smuggling. gangs often fight for control of drug trafficking routes that major gun battles like this one are very rare. all of the victims are believed to be members of the gang. new video just into our newsroom from that attack on a u.s. aid compound in northern afghanistan. first, a homicide car bomber blew up an s.u.v. ou...

Throughout this friday morning. >> any time theres a big thing of meat cook up, you can count on dave being hovering around. >> when theres a huge cookie, the biggest you ever have seen, clayton will be making his way out there soon. we start with a fox news alert for you. it was a scene out of the violent wild west. 21 people are dead and six hurt after a shootout between rival drug gangs in mexico. this happened just 12 miles south of nogales, arizona. this is a hotbed for drugs and immigrant ...

Newsroom. russian president dmitri medeved continuing his first trip to the u.s. this morning. he met with the california governor last night and today, hell visit silicon valley, hotbed for winning technology firms like apple, twitter and google. the president is eager to lure money to help reinvent his country. tomorrow, hell meet with president obama to deepen economic ties between the countries. >> meanwhile this morning, san francisco is one step closer to passing a cell phone emission law,...