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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...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...

Defeated, the internal sr-pblgs is better. if you look at the level of violence when you and i were there, there were hundreds a day dying. now we dont see that anymore. i think the real question among the american military is how much better can we make them without us being there, particularly their ability to fight or confront outside states, such as -- well, such as iran, and i think theres a sense that the american military leaving so precipitously, that a lot of that follow-on training, th...

this in an interview, cbss ""60 minutes"," the president challenges the political partisanship. he says republican strategy cuts him off at the knees. >> i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what, we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy will get worse and at some point just blame him. so we havent gotten the kind of engagement from them that i would have liked. a...

Reports on the growing problem iran poses for much of the world. >> protesters stormed two british diplomatic compounds in tehran, sparking condemnation from the united nations to the white house. >> that behavior is not acceptable, and i strongly urge the iranian government to hold those responsible to task for rioters to essentially be able to overrun the embassy and set it on fire is an indication that the iranian government is not taking its international obligation seriously. >> the crisis ...

Reports on the growing problem iran poses for much of the world. >> protesters stormed two british diplomatic compounds in tehran, sparking condemnation from the united nations to the white house. >> that behavior is not acceptable, and i strongly urge the iranian government to hold those responsible to task for rioters to essentially be able to overrun the embassy and set it on fire is an indication that the iranian government is not taking its international obligation seriously. >> the crisis ...

im not getting into that. >> i think what the real focus is here again is on religious tolerance. thats really what this is about. and i think again to make this a big issue is just ridiculous right now. >> were covering all the angles for you. paul steinhauser is in washington. and shannon travis is in iowa. lets go ahead and start with you, paul. bachmann and cain ducking the debate shows. just how delicate the balancing act proves, i guess, how delicate that balancing act needs to b...

hour, extensive live coverage of the fight for libya. and the hunt for the man who held an iron grip on the country for decades, will gadhafi and his inner circle be brought to justice? president obama is warning the fight for libya is not over yet. cnn is using its global resources to cover the latest gasps of a brutal regime and deadly civil war. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." libyan rebels say their rea...

grilled and lambasteds by british law makers and now a whistleblower in the growing phone hackl scandal reportedly is dead. and a 77-year-old man defends his home and family from an intruder with a gun. stand by for the dramatic story. thats even more compelling because -- get this -- hes a member of the united states congress. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the u.s. defaulting on its debt for the first time in history? we cant state it enough, this has enormous cons...

Force of the yemeni military. they are called the republican guard. it happened in that second biggest city in yemen. it is tahiz. our sources say the death toll could be higher. live ammunition involved. so why snipers. the troops are trying to wipe out a major focus of protests against against yemeni president abdul salah. there is more trouble in the coastal city of ninjabr. people with relationships with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula taking over the government offices. yemeni troops trie...