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this thursday morning, i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. nearly seven years, five months after the u.s.-led invasion of iraq got under way. the final american combat brigade left that country overnight crossing into kuwait just before dawn. >> historic moment that comes nearly two weeks ahead of president obama's august 31st deadline. 50,000 troops will stay in iraq for at least another year, serving in noncombat roles. we'll have the latest in a live report from kuwait straight ahead. >> also ahead, the latest on that controversial plan to build a mosque year ground zero. ...

alternate. roadwork continuing near the 880/92 interchange in hayward. sounds like the two left lanes of northbound 880 will be closed for the next hour or so. so far no big delays. traffic is light. it looks good where our camera is near the coliseum into downtown oakland. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. thursday morning forecast, couple of days away from the weekend. i'll take it. out the door, partly cloudy start with patchy fog expected this morning. more fog around the bay and also for the coastline. and drizzle this morning with...

good evening. it's gone on longer than the civil war, longer than world war ii. tonight, u.s. combat troops are pulling out of iraq. it's been about seven and a half years since that first late-night air strike decimated the iraqi government and lit up american television screens. saddam hussein is dead. the iraqi government is still taking tentative steps and the toll on the united states has been substantial. 4,415 american service members died in iraq. close to 32,000 americans wounded. we watched the invasion happen on live television thanks to some brand new, at the time, exclus...

ii. tonight, u.s. combat troops are pulling out of iraq. it's been about seven and a half years since that first late-night air strike decimated the iraqi government and lit up american television screens. saddam hussein is now dead. the new iraqi government is still taking tentative steps, and the toll on the united states has been substantial. 4,415 american service members died in iraq. close to 32,000 americans wounded. we watched the invasion happen on live television thanks to some brand new, at the time, exclusive technology. and tonight, once again, we watch the pullout of th...

r.o.c.k. al will tell us morning about that. al, good morning again. hey, good morning, guys. and i'll tell you, we've got it all here. we've got professional skateboarders. we've got russian tiger cubs, and we've got a big surprise from target for our charity real options for city kids. that's right. and you know what? it's great! back to you. >> okay, thanks, al, and thanks to target, also. >> we'll have much more with al. coming up on a more serious note, more than two weeks since 7-year-old kyron horman disappeared from his school. no leads. this happened out in portland, orego...