runaway car striking several men on the football field. we ll tell you how it happened and how these folks are doing now. gregg: we begin with the sprint to the finish line. mitt romney picking up a pair of major endorsements. influential des moines register throwing its support squarely behind romney and bob dole says he is backing the massachusetts governor, as well. as romney sits down for his first sunday show appearance in more than two years choosing fox news sunday for his exclusive interview. carl cameron. tell us about what these endorsements may mean. reporter: they could mean a little bit of support. endorsements matter do matter in presidential politics, particularly when there are people that have run in raft in question. that is the case from bob dole the senator from kansas. he was the majority leader back in the 90s and nominee back in 1996. he has won the iowa caucuses twice. one of the few that can claim to have done that. it comes in the face of essent
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a sunday. i m lester holt. i m jenna wolfe. nine years of war in iraq and now it s over. just three days ago, the war in iraq was declared over. the last american troops have left. a picture that richard engel just tweeted a short time ago. literally, the last vehicle out. and someone scrolled that out. a historic picture. richard is standing by in kuwait. meanwhile, prince harry finds himself in the middle of a police investigation, after his friend was reportedly mugged. details, coming up. clint eastwood, one of hollywood s most iconic actors from his memorable performances on screen to success behind the camera we may see a whole new side of clint eastwood. we ll explain in a few minutes. a little later on, a story we all grew up with, and champion gymnast kathy rigby is bringing peter pan to life. i got a chance to see everything on stage and above it as well with a rare
two days ago it was the cheer leaders from the philadelphia eagles. they had rock bands. it is a chance for those soldiers coming out of iraq to sort of decompress a bit before they go home. there also isn t a lot to do while they wait for their flights. they have been able to speed up the process. a couple of weeks ago this process was slammed. and you might wait five to eight days if you were a soldier hoping to fly back to the states. the crew that i came in on the convoy last night with said they expect it to be state side at least within the next two days. as they told me, they plan to be the biggest holiday gift their family has ever had. and that s probably true. a lot of happy homecomings now being planned. the soldiers themselves looking forward to going home. came here to do a job. we did it. now we re going home and this is a good feeling to be going home. is it time? yeah, it s time. definitely time. as for the numbers of soldiers that are probably here no
captions paid for by nbc-universal television live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on a sunday. i m lester wolf. i m jenna wolfe. nine years in iraq and now it s over. the last american troops have left iraq. i want to show you the picture that richard engel tweeted from the border with kuwait. literally the last vehicle out and someone scrawled that on the side. a historic picture certainly. we ll get a live report from richard standing by in kuwait in just a moment. prince harry finds himself in the middle of a police investigation after his friend was reportedly mugged. we ll get details on that coming up. plus, we know clint eastwood is one of hollywood s most iconic actors from his performances on screen to success hinds the camera. now we may see a whole new side. we ll explain in a few minutes. it s a story we all grew up with and now kathy rigby is bringing back peter pan to life on stage. i had a chance to get an inside look at e
stadium in texas. you see they finally get it stopped but a couple of people had to go to the hospital. also, many of you are getting ready for the holidays, getting ready to travel somewhere. some of you need to be getting ready for snow. a major winter storm expected to drop more than a foot of snow in a number of places. reynolds wolf will have the very latest on what you need to know. you ll remember it started with shock and awe for america s long military involvement in iraq is now over. the last convoy left iraq and arrived in kuwait overnight. cnn was at the border crossing for this historic moment. it s been in planning for more than a year now. tremendous amount of coordination and synchronization every day but the amount of bases we ve closed, redeployed equipment, brought all these troops out, it is quite a accomplishment. it is a feeling of elation. it really is. to see what we ve accomplished in the last 8 1/2 years and to be part of the last movement ou