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Fort bliss, texas, two years to the day after he formally declared the end of u.s. combat operations in iraq. the white house says that the visit is not campaign related but an official visit, a chance for the president to talk to the troops and their families. some political analysts say the president is also delivering a message that he made a promise to end the war in iraq and he kept that promise. ed henry has the news like at fort bliss, texas. the president is trying to stay above the fray after governor romney hit him hard. >>reporter: the president is coming out in a couple of moments ...

We have some breaking news out of the occupy oakland protests that have received so much national attention this week. 24-year-old iraq war veteran scott olsen has been upgraded from critical to fair condition at a hospital in the san francisco bay area. mr. olsen was hit in the head with a projectile, apparently fired by police. the occupy oakland protest the night before last. you can see mr. olsen here on the right just before he was injured in the protest. it has been speculated that what hit mr. olsen was a tear gas canister or rubber bullets, but at this point we still don't know. whatev...

We have some breaking news out of the occupy oakland protests that have received so much national attention this week. 24-year-old iraq war veteran scott olsen has been upgraded from critical to fair condition at a hospital in the san francisco bay area. mr. olsen was hit in the head with a projectile, apparently fired by police. the occupy oakland protest the night before last. you can see mr. olsen here on the right just before he was injured in the protest. it has been speculated that what hit mr. olsen was a tear gas canister or rubber bullets, but at this point we still don't know. whatev...

structu destruction of the wildfires in texas. this now stretches across a 16-mile area. winds whipped up flames again today. a separate fire in eastern texas killed a mother and her 18-month-old child. tropical depression lee slogging its way north today after dumping as much of a foot of rain in parts of louisiana. pumps in new orleans helped prevent any major problem there. that was good. but the storm caused flooding in other towns and cities along the gulf. in alabama, lee spun off portable tornadoes and strong winds damaged at least 20 homes in thewn the television say, torna...

And there's no reason comey can't testify. >> can he talk about the notes he wrote, the memo he wrote, what the president said to him, his concerns about the president, or because there's a criminal investigation with mueller, is that stuff going to be off the table? >> reporter: that's exactly the concern that so many people had up here on capitol hill, this concern that because the special counsel is now investigating and appointed that that might hamstring what he's able to say and i think that still is a very open question, looking forward to this committee testimony, we have heard from so...