iraq will be tested in the days ahead. by terrorism. by those who would seek to divide. by economic and social issues. by the demands of democracy itself. challenges remain. but the united states will be there to stand by the iraqi people as they navigate there you see leon panetta earlier today in his speech which, by the way, baghdad, no teleprompters yet. you see a guy speaking from the heart with his speech written in long hand. they have officially retired the flag of u.s. forces in iraq. troops lowering the flag as you saw there wrapped in camouflage. we showed it earlier formally casing it according to army tradition. right now, let s go out to jennifer griffin who is traveling with the secretary of defense is in baghdad on the phone. jennifer, there wasn t a huge iraqi presence there, was that surprising or scripted? i think it s a little bit surprising. what s interesting is the number of iraqis present, the band just stopped playing, the number of iraqis her
by terrorism. by those who would seek to divide. by economic and social issues. by the demands of democracy itself. challenges remain. but the united states will be there to stand by the iraqi people as they navigate there you see leon panetta earlier today in his speech which, by the way, baghdad, no teleprompters yet. you see a guy speaking from the heart with his speech written in long hand. they have officially retired the flag of u.s. forces in iraq. troops lowering the flag as you saw there wrapped in camouflage. we showed it earlier formally casing it according to army tradition. right now, let s go out to jennifer griffin who is traveling with the secretary of defense is in baghdad on the phone. jennifer, there wasn t a huge iraqi presence there, was that surprising or scripted? i think it s a little bit surprising. what s interesting is the number of iraqis present, the band just stopped playing, the number of iraqis here was less than a handful. you remember t
i m still speaking. another fiery debate for the presidential contenders will this latest round change the course of the race? plus, eric holder gets served. he s served a subpoena as part of the fast and furious investigation. and another attempt to vote on obama s jobs bill fails in the senate. shocking, but now democrats plan to break it down and push it forward. we ll give you those details and much more, because the five starts right now. well, look over there. ed bolling, you made it in. what happened to you? is that the security guard? i bribed him. look what i did. give bob a day off nope, nope. that s what happens. beckel went union. great acting. thank you very much. oscar-winning. moving to our top story, last night s gop economic debate, a lot of discussion there. andrea, what did you think? what was yours takeaway? mitt romney came out the clear winner. he goes into the debates and has one goal, and that is do no harassment he did. he ca
i m still speaking. another fiery debate for the presidential contenders will this latest round change the course of the race? plus, eric holder gets served. he s served a subpoena as part of the fast and furious investigation. and another attempt to vote on obama s jobs bill fails in the senate. shocking, but now democrats plan to break it down and push it forward. we ll give you those details and much more, because the five starts right now. well, look over there. ed bolling, you made it in. what happened to you? is that the security guard? i bribed him. look what i did. give bob a day off nope, nope. that s what happens. beckel went union. great acting. thank you very much. oscar-winning. moving to our top story, last night s gop economic debate, a lot of discussion there. andrea, what did you think? what was yours takeaway? mitt romney came out the clear winner. he goes into the debates and has one goal, and that is do no harassment he did. he ca
we ve known for a long time. this was between flights, right? right, i flew back from new york on saturday and out to pennsylvania on sunday and he s just trying to fit it in. i ve been busy lately flying around. congratulations, molly. we ve met him and approve of him, of course, until we approve, it won t go through. you want to have a wedding by the end of today s telecast? if you marry in june, you re a bride all your life, that s the saying. congratulations, it s great to have you. thank you. i m getting reports we should see the ring. there you go. we have proof. hold on. hold it right there. and the sad news for our crew is six guys have just left the studio because they have no shot at you. thank you. thank you, guys. congratulations. all right. well, on to headlines now. so police are continuing their search today for a missing indiana university student and reportedly focusing on a male friend. the student was the last to see 20-year-ol