morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. good morning, alina. good morning, everybody. welcome to american morning. it is tuesday october 25th. i m alina cho along with carol costello. ali and christine are off today. up first this morning, presidential politics as texas governor rick perry trying to one-up herman cain s 9-9-9 plan and get back the good graces of gop voters. this morning perry will unveil his economic growth plan that includes a flat tax. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joins us from washington with more details. he has this 20% flat tax, but taxpayers is actually opt out if they like their tax rate better? reporter: yeah, and banking on most americans not liking the way they have their taxes right now and hoping for some of that 9-9-9 that boosted herman cain from an afterthought to a front-runner in the gop nomination. yes, basically this morning the texas governor rick perry unvams his plan. cut, balance and gr
today i can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america s war in iraq will be over. over the next two months, our troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. the last american soldier will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the american people stand united in our support for our troops. that is how america s military efforts in iraq will end. but even as we mark this important milestone, we re also moving into a new phase in the relationship between the united states and iraq. it cost the united states a foreign in blood and treasure. thousands of american lives, hundreds of billions of dollars. now after nearly nine years, the end of the iraq war is in sight. the united states and iraq were unable to reach an agreement on immunity for u.s. forces going forward so p
tonight he joins me exclusively. and a right wing operative tries to ambush vice president joe biden and it doesn t go so well for the guy. let s get it straight, guys. don t screw around with me. we ll play you the rest of the tape. good evening, folks. good you have to with us tonight. eight months after the early stages of a revolution by the libyan people, seven months after nato forces sent war sbleens libyan air space, and two months after the fall of tripoli, moammar gadhafi is dead. we would like to warn you in advance that the following footage may be disturbing to some viewers. it shows gadhafi captured by rebels, bloodied but still alive. the libyan prime minister says gadhafi was found in his home town of sirte. he was dragged out of a sewage pipe and was taken through the town in an open air vehicle for all to see. after a firefight, gadhafi was killed by a bullet to the head. one of his sons was also killed in the gun fire.
gunfire what happened in the next few moments is unclear, he was finally killed. how he died, we do not yet know. didn t take long for the death photos surface. we want to warn you, they are very graphic. gadhafi is indeed dead. the photos come from misrata where he was taken and killed possibly while trying to escape, possibly in a fire fight between captors and support toers or in crossfire or possibly executed. you can see he is surrounded by onlookers, he is not being mourned, certainly not there his death and of his son being celebrated in libya and in the west. faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the libyan people, the united states and our friends and allies stopped gadhafi forces in their tracks. a coalition that the united states, nato, and arab nations persevered through the summer to protect lybian civilians and courageous libyan people and broke the back of the regime. we ll have video as well and a much more impromptu of sec
[ speaking foreign language ] gunfire what happened in the next few moments is unclear, he was finally killed. how he died, we do not yet know. didn t take long for the death photos surface. we want to warn you, they are very graphic. gadhafi is indeed dead. the photos come from misrata where he was taken and killed possibly while trying to escape, possibly in a fire fight between captors and support toers or in crossfire or possibly executed. you can see he is surrounded by onlookers, he is not being mourned, certainly not there his death and of his son being celebrated in libya and in the west. faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the libyan people, the united states and our friends and allies stopped gadhafi forces in their tracks. a coalition that the united states, nato, and arab nations persevered through the summer to protect lybian civilians and courageous libyan people and broke the back of the regime. we ll have video as well an