neighboring kuwait and their exit marked the end of the bitter war that left iraq shattered. it began in 2003 with aerial bombardment. it took until 2006 to capture and execute the same. they cost nearly 4500 american lives and more than 100,000 iraqis, and across the us $800 billion. some troops will remain to help finalize the move out of iraq. today, some bay area military personnel are on the way they are. 16 members of the 408 first transportation company that earlier today for kuwait. they will transfer equipment. we will do that to bahrain or cutter or wherever they needed to go and a lot will be shipped out from there to other places. the troops boarded the bus bound for sf zero this morning. the patriot guard riders escorted them and deployment is expected to last year. president obama passed the budget today and also agreed to extend long-term unemployment benefits through february. that will give the millions of americans without the java little bit more beli
up top to wallace and dominic maguire. it was wallace who threw it down. the nuggets had a chance, down two in the final seconds. billups for the tie, won t go. carl will have to wait another day. bobcats won 100 hoof 98. the mavericks have won ten straight. derek nowitzki has scored 25 points. the mavs won 105-100. finally, if you think you had a bad day yesterday, you could have been this guy. champion from the netherlands, the goal came to sander boshker, he had to calmly kick it away and a swing and a miss completelyive withed. the ball role completely whiffed. the ball rolled out. doesn t get much easier than that. he called it the biggest blunder of his 21 year cleaareer. who would argue? and now a check of the weather with bill karins.
we begin this morning with a tough sell. vice president joe biden heads to capitol hill today to try and convince rebellious democrats to support president obama s cox compromise with tax compromise with republicans. this comes after the president himself launched a forceful defense of proposals he made including tax cuts for the country s highest earners. steve handelsman with the report. reporter: in trouble with his own democrats over his compromise on taxes, president obama took his defense public. a long political fight that carried over into next year might have been good politics, but it would be a bad deal for the economy, and it would be a bad deal for the american people. reporter: he got what democrats want a 13 havana month extension 13-month extention of unemployment benefits and a one-year, 1/3 cut in social security taxes to help working class families. but mr. obama gave republicans what they want on taxes. no hikes on the top bracket to be sure th