joins us live. how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home? reporter: well, you know, i ve been to a lot of mill bases and seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. perhaps the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is they re coming home. that s exactly what they ve heard here at ft. bliss. rumors have been circulating here for some time. not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in july and august. all that was made official yesterday when w the announcement of president obama. that means the 3,500 or so troops that are in iraq for the first armor division will all be coming home as of december 31st. i was talking with denise young. she got the news with other spouses. and even though it s her husband s second deployment, she said that this goodbye was actually harder than the first. listen to what she had to say. it s always a worry. any time he s gone, whether it is at a
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
league. wait until you hear who he called and maybe you ll think the call was worth it. also, you know, they make an app for just about everything out there. so many apps to keep up with, but we got one for you this morning that you might really want, an app that actually earns you money. welcome back to this cnn saturday morning october 22nd, 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia, 7:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas, 5:00 a.m. for you folks in las vegas, wherever you may be, i m glad you re here. i m t.j. holmes. let s start at the top of the hour with the news that we got from the president, the war in iraq has a date to be over. the end of one of the most controversial wars in u.s. history comes after almost nine years. you ll remember the shock and awe, you ll remember the surge, this all started in march of 2003. the department of defense estimates they spent more than $700 billion just on operation iraqi freedom and operation new dawn in iraq and 4,400 u.s. ser
the senators pledge and support to the military dictator as well as public relations advice on the transfer of the lockerbie bomber. mccain wasn t shy about meeting with the man who slaughtered his own people and is expected of plotting the death of hundreds of americans. in fact, he told the world about it on twitter that very evening. late evening with colonel gadhafi at his ranch in libya, interesting meeting with an interesting man. so on a day when the world can see the vindication of president obama s foreign policy doctrine, republicans are still looking for ways to downlay and discredit the administration s success. let me play to your common sense tonight, if i may, you wonderful viewers out there. you mean to tell me two veteran senators, mccain and lindsey graham, and a guy who used to be speaker of the house who wants to be president, and a congresswoman who can t stay away from television cameras,
los angeles county morgue today after officials marked her tardy yesterday. a judge ordering her to clean bathrooms and mop the floors there as part of her community service. she pleaded no contest earlier this year to stealing a necklace from a jewelry store, you may remember. and on wednesday, police let her out of court in handcuffs after she failed to complete her hours at a women s shelter. but she posted bail. now we have a new mug shot. stunning edition to our growing collection. there it is. updating some of our top stories tonight. president obama saying today america s war in iraq will be over and all u.s. combat troops will return home by the end of the year. word a new cadaver dog has hit on the scent of a dead body at the home of a missing ten-month old baby girl in missouri. lisa irwin vanished earlier this month. and the body of one-time libyan dictator moammar gadhafi on dislay in a freezer at a shopping mall. the country s ruling body announcing it will officially