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Well. the u.n. has estimated 10,000 civilians still in that small area. building by building, block by block, as it's being liberated, they are fleeing, but they're fleeing in a city that's a wreck. very little fuel, resources, electricity. it's gonna take a while to bring this city back even when the horrendous terrorists are gone. >> melissa: greg palcott, thank you. new information ab a soldier killed in afghanistan. private first class hampton kirkpatrick was shot. the 19-year-old soldier died in helmut province in southern afghanistan. two other soldiers suffering nonlife threatening woup...

Busy day over at the pentagon. chris, this apology comes from high up in the chain of command. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, jim. this is coming from the commander of all nato forces in afghanistan, general joseph dunford. officials are telling us that basically this four-star general quickly called president hamid karzai to apologize for this drone strike and potential civilian casualties and promised a very quick investigation into what took place. but hamid karzai is driving a very hard line on this, and it's a hard line that could affect thousands of american troops for years to com...

Corps, the sky dragons. we've got the legendary all-american 82nd airborne division. >> we've got america's quiet professions, our special operations forces. from pope field we've got air force. and i do believe we've got some navy and marine corps mere too. and though they are not here with us today, we send our thoughts and prayers to general helmut, and all the folks from the 18th airborne and bragg who are bringing our troops back

General helmut said they know that the last tactical road march out of iraq will be a symbol and they're going to be a part of history. as your commander-in-chief, i can tell you that it will indeed be a part of history. those last american troops will move south on desert sands. and then they will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high. one of the most extraordinary chapters in the history of the american military will come to an end. iraq's future will be in the hands of its people. america's war in iraq will be over. [ cheers ] >> now we knew this day would come. we've know...

the cut expires december 31st and without an extension the typical worker will get hit with $1,000 tax increase in the new year. newt gingrich has lost his iowa campaign director. craig bergman has stepped down over some comments he reportedly made about mormons. the des mois register says he called mormonism a cult. two of gingrich's rivals rather in the republican presidential race, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. the faa says starting friday american airlines pilots can use ipads in the cockpit. the devices will replace hard copies of flight manuals and navigation ch...