there you see the vice president and president shaking hands with some of our forces who are just coming back from iraq. quite a, quite a surprise and be quite an honor for those troops to shake the hand of the commander in chief as well as the vice president. bret baier is in our washington newsroom helping us mark this historic milestone. bret? reporter: jon, this is the commanding general, lloyd austin, and his staff returning from iraq. there are 29 u.s. service members on this plane. they are all part of the commanding staff returning from iraq. they re also bringing the colors from the iraq war. eventually those colors, the flags, will be retired and put in the center for military history at fort mcnair along with all the other colors from previous wars the u.s. has fought. each one of these soldiers is receiving a presidential coin, that s a big deal for all the military folks out there if you have a presidential coin, you
center for military history at fort mcnair. jon? jon: general austin took over commanding general there in 2010 as i understand it, september. bret baier, it s been a long and interesting nine years and, again, to those troops and the families who made it possible, our thanks. thanks, bret. reporter: all right, jon, thank you. jenna: well, a new report shows small businesses are creating a ton of u.s. jobs but are having a very serious, well, trouble, having very serious trouble just expanding and trying to add to that. jonathan serrie s going to tell us why so many are looking to their peers instead of looking to a bank for help, and that s coming up next. i d like one of those desserts and some coffee. sure. cake or pie? pie. apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream?