learn what exactly wanted to the pioneering female aviator a mellia earhart? i m wolf blirts. i m wolf blirts. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com this is cnn breaking news. lettay get right to breaking news from mexico. a powerful earthquake from acapulco to mexico city. let s go to our meteorologist chad myers. what are you seeing? what s going on? it has been reduced to a 7.4 earthquake, wolf, but that is still a very major shake. about 200 miles to mexico city, but there are cities or towns at least, much closer to the epicenter. let me take you to a few because there are 4,000 to up to 17,000 people in some of these cities and we know that they were right on top of the epicenter. there you see the towns with the roof, the tile roofs here. a beautiful part of mexico here. other towns not that far right over the other side of the hill. this is only about eight miles from the epicenter at a 7.4 shake and now about 12 miles deep. those t
they are responsible for processing the 100 or so vehicles that are currently on this lot alone and there are many other lots just like it. the only mission right now left of the iraq war, the war which is now over, no troops left in iraq, but the only mission now is to get all this equipment, all the personnel home. what the troops are doing now, some of the ones that came out of iraq today, they are cleaning up and resting, they re getting the first hot meal that they have had in many weeks because as these bases were closing down, one of the first things that they did was close the dining facilities. so right now, it is a moment of closure. but also one of excitement and anticipation as they head home for the holidays. richard, all the things you re talking about, you ve been tweaking a number of pictures. pictures of the bases that are now empty. keys left behind by the troops. i mean, talk to me about what you re seeing here as we look at
piece, iraqi security forces are not fully trained or trusted. i think that says it all on a lot of levels. are they ready to protect themselves? it is going to be tough. think about that, 8 years, 7 months, 14 days ago, president bush flew on to the aircraft carrier and proclaimed mission accomplished. well that, obviously, was criticized in hindsight for being premature. here we are finally wrapping up. the question will linger in the history books should we have ever been there in the first place? so many lost lives, so many lost lives, young people. can t get the lives back. ones coming back, welcome back. job well done. welcome back. all right, keeping with that theme, the servicemen and women leaving iraq today, house lawmakers have approved a defense bill to keep the military pretty much in business. the $662 billion covers military personnel, expenses, as well as some weapons systems. the senate is expected to approve it and send it to the president. but the house
over the next three years. as u.s. troops draw down. five bomb attacks hit shiite pilgrims in iraq today. 21 people were killed. nearly 100 were wounded as shiites travel to karbala for important religious ritual. shiites are often targeted as they walk to and from the city since security inside the city is tight. we learn today that the u.s. drone missing and believed to be in the hands of the iranians is one of the most advanced in the american arsenal. national security correspondent is here to tell us what that means. good evening. u.s. military sources confirm to fox that the missing drone is rq-170 sentinel. the stealth drone went missing thursday along the western afghan border. is now believed to be in iranian hands. according to multiple u.s. officials. the drone apparently broke its tether, broke contact with its handlers.
over the next three years. as u.s. troops draw down. five bomb attacks hit shiite pilgrims in iraq today. 21 people were killed. nearly 100 were wounded as shiites travel to karbala for important religious ritual. shiites are often targeted as they walk to and from the city since security inside the city is tight. we learn today that the u.s. drone missing and believed to be in the hands of the iranians is one of the most advanced in the american arsenal. national security correspondent is here to tell us what that means. good evening. u.s. military sources confirm to fox that the missing drone is rq-170 sentinel. the stealth drone went missing thursday along the western afghan border. is now believed to be in iranian hands. according to multiple u.s. officials. the drone apparently broke its tether, broke contact with its handlers.