matt rivers and ed lavandera, thank you both so much. meanwhile, in russia, president vladimir putin is celebrating the military brigade accused of committing war crimes in the ukrainian town of bucha. he s not only commending the unit s, quote, heroism but calling those russian fighters role models. you ll recall cnn cameras documented scores of bodies, some of them with their hands bound behind their backs, lining the roads of bucha, as well as these mass graves filled with hundreds of civilians. the city s mayor was discovered half buried in a ditch alongside members of her family. we re joined by cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson. he has reported extensively from moscow. nic, you know, you spent some time there in ukraine as well. you ve been in russia. you re in belgium now. putin s clearly sending a
reproach or risk being painted with the same brush as isil fights, a message we re making clear. according to u.s.a. defense official, quote ex-the u.s. government has withheld assistance from certain iraqi unit s on the basis of credible information in the past due to the sensitive nature or our assistance we are unable to discuss specific units. they would not say with this shiite militia is among those units. we re hearing about the head of this shia militia that is leading the fight against isis in tikrit, right? that s right. the shiite commander of the badder brigade gave an interview to iraqi news in which he called for a statue to be built in tikrit of the iranian commander who is reading the charge into tikrit advising iraqi units taking on isis. the head of the iranian
nine years complete withdrawal is in the white house s assessment, is this a victory for the united states and if i could bundle up just if you could answer that, then follow up. i think one of the more poignant moments in the secure video conference downstairs was when president obama congratulated prime minister maliki and the people of iraq for getting to this momentous moment. and importantly when prime minister maliki congratulated president obama an our troops an our diplomats for all they ve done. so when the president laid out a vision for the future of iraq in february 2009 down in camp lejeune, many of you were there, he said what we are looking for is an iraq that s secure, stable an self-reliant and that s exactly what we got here. there is no question this is a success. specifically, long discussions over the issue of immunity. had that issue been resolved, would the president have preferred to have had trainers, u.s. trainers, u.s. troops remain there as
decade after 9/11 as investigator investigato investigators investigate a suspected plot. scientists are still working nonstop to identify the remains of 9/11 victims. and that s enabling some loved ones to find closure. we re taking you behind the scenes. and president obama hits the road to prince william up support for his job creation plan. his first stop is the home turf of one of his sharpest critics. i m wolf blitzer in tampa, florida. the site of monday s cnn tea party debate and you re in the situation room. security sweeps and a frantic scramble now for more intelligence. a decade after 9/11, america once again faces a threat. precaution precautions were already ramped up, but new information is shifting those efforts into overdriel. the official is suspicious and credible apparently focused on new york city and washington, d.c. it may involve three people, including one u.s. citizen and it may involve a car bomb. let s go to susan candiotti on the scene for us. w