okay, jinah kim, of course he is the brother of the singer brandy. she did a cinderella movie with brandy where whitney houston played the godmother. jina kim, thank you, we ll go back to you in a moment. bradley jacob senior editor qualify as us weekly what are you hearing? we re just gathering all our information as much as we can now. this is a massive story. we do know that she was out just last night at this event, where she sang jesus loves me. we have witnesses there saying she did not look so good. she was not behaving well. she had been drinking, looked kind of messy, and you know, we re going from there. you had heard the reports she was led out of a club last night? led out of a club? we re working on everything we can. but that wouldn t surprise me. you know, just my first thought
the final u.s. troops leaving iraq with pride. and putting a fragile nation in the rear view mirror. breaking news for your paycheck. big compromise on capitol hill that could put $1,000 or more back into your paycheck next year. occupy gingrich. newt gets heckled by wall street protesters. they get it back on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 15. welcome to american morning. good morning, carol. good morning, christine. good morning to all of you. it s over. minutes ago u.s. forces lowered the flag at baghdad and retired the colors to mark the end of the nearly nine-year iraq war. final few thousand u.s. troops are leaving iraq ahead of the new year s eve deadline to get out. it is a war that started with shocking and awe. today the departing soldiers are remembering more than 4,000 who did not come home alive. the long journey home. let s get to barbara starr. she is live in baghdad. the big question this morning is what
hollywood heart throb patrick swayze lose his long battle with pancreatic cancer. patrick lived a thousand life times in one life. we ll look back at his life, his career are and his long time love, lisa his wife of 34 years. as investigators in the murder of a yale graduate student focus on the lab technician who worked with her had, friend tsz and family gath forea candlelight vigil pip. she was as good a human being as you d ever hope to meet. kanye west makes an emotional plea for forgiveness for crashing taylor swift s winning moment. it was just it was rude period. i don t try to justify it because i was just in the wrong. we ll tell you why the controversy may cause the superstar to put his career on would hold. and roger federer dethroned at the u.s. open by a young star in the making. the new champ will be here live early this tuesday morning, september 15th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs good tuesday morning. i m maggie rodriguez along with je