but first, an early holiday gift from president obama to military families all over the country. the president announced this week that all u.s. combat troops will leave iraq by the end of the year. welcome news at places like ft. bliss in texas where our marty savidge is will speaking with families reaction to the president s decision. it has to be bittersweet. reporter: there s always that. that is a concern for any military town. those that are coming home and those that continue to serve. we re at ft. bliss army base outside of el paso, texas. there s an air show going on, if you hear noise going on around me, don t be alarmed. bliss is exactly what they re feeling today. 3,500 families, to be exact, here in this country. they re the ones that have been told that their loved ones serving in iraq will now be coming home, according to the president, by the end of the year. many of them only deployed in july and august. and the families anticipated that they wouldn t see
phone call. an nfl player is fined by the league, but when you hear who he called, you might think it was well worth it. welcome to this cnn saturday morning for october 22nd. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia. 5:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas. 4:00 a.m. salt lake city. u.s. troops will be home for the holidays and the war in iraq will be over. that s the promise made by president obama who said troops are coming home by the end of the year. chris lawrence has more on what this move really means for the future of u.s. involvement in iraq. reporter: there are some important reasons why the president had to make this announcement but there are real risks with the announcement as well. some 30,000 troops are still spread out across bases in iraq and they have ten weeks to get out. today i can say our troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. reporter: the u.s. military is running up to 400 transportation convoys a week and has moved out 1.5 million pieces
thousands of people converged in front of st. paul s cathedral to hear wikileaks founder julian assange. he made an appearance today. several people were arrested in london. the most notable unrest was in rome. look at these images. police blame anarchists for taking advantage of the large gathering to throw fire bombs and break store windows, forcing riot police to move in with water cannons and tear gas. some of the protesters say their movement was hijacked by these troublemakers in rome. cnn s susan candiotti is in new york. this is where the movement began, with occupy wall street. and the protesters of occupy wall street, susan, have now entered times square in manhattan. what s happening there right now? reporter: well [ inaudible ] people are here in times square. inside [ inaudible ] a pedestrian area that covers several blocks in times square. you have members of occupy wall street setting up shop. they are chanting slogans. they are holding up signs. their me
protests have taken place. as demonstrations enter their fifth week, you cannot deny these simple facts. it is power in numbers. just look at the scenes here playing out all over the country. but f as this continues, protesters are increasingly being ordered out of public parks by city leaders who say they have rules to enforce. but protesters say it s a ruse to end their protest. in atlanta, occupy protesters have been camping out in a downtown park for the past week but have been ordered to leave by monday. in new york, protesters barely escaped a stand-off with police after being ordered to leave a park in manhattan. mayor michael bloomberg says the company that opened the park called off its decision to clean the park after it was bombarded with calls from public officials who threatened them. occupy wall street protesters seeing this as a big victory. susan candiotti is in new york city in the middle of it all. susan, how are the protesters reacting to this delayed clean
researchers believe you may be doing yourself more harm than good. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello joining you live from new york. president obama s $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the president s senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wrote the more people know about the american jobs act, the more they want congress to pass the plan. axelrod also takes aim at critics of the bill s millionaires tax quoting while republicans claim it is class warfare, the american people are seeing right through their opposition to asking the wealthiest to do their part. some democrats have doubts and while they control the senate there is no guarantee the bill will get the 60 votes needed to clear tonight s procedural hurdle. the occupy