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 training exercise. especially when he's in iraq because you don't know the situation they're going into. last time we were very concerned. he was doing missions. that's their job. that's what we signed up for. we know it going in. and you just, you know, you have to take it one day at a time. >> reporter: i know from a personal sense, it's wonderful news. from the nation's point of view, do you think it's time these soldiers come home? >> it's hard for me to speak for the nation. i as a military spouse who has lived this life for five years, grew up in this life, my dad was a marine for 28 years. i've seen our fair share. obviously i have trust in our president. i think that he is there for a reason and he will make the decisions he will make. i hope it's the right one. whether it is or not, i guess time will tell. >> reporter: we've got some photographs we want to show you of her husband, john young. he is a medic and he has been serving over in iraq. the first time he went over there was 2009. as the families get ready to celebrate, it should be pointed out that they remember this war had a very significant cost. that i believe here at ft. bliss alone, some 52 soldiers died in iraq. and of course, there are 5,000 now that are still serving in afghanistan. and so for their families, for them, that war and their worries are far from over. >> and marty, we can their air show going on behind you. one interesting thing. once these people come back, it doesn't mean they're done. they could still be redeployed to afghanistan, for example, correct? >> reporter: exactly. if you're not getting out of the mill, in other words, if they aren't retiring, of course they can be deploixd it usually had been a practice if you are deployed for some time, you could be home for a area or two years. because this was an abbreviated deployment, no one is certain what will happen and there is that other war going on. so many families are anxious. but right now, they're going to stick with the happy thoughts. their loved ones will be home in time for the holidays. that's the best gift they cover ask for. >> always good to look at the bonus. a lot of families look at it as just that. thank you for joining us. support for the war in iraq is steadily declined among americans. this cnn poll shows americans' opinion of the war was highest shortly after it started. today the number of people who say they favor the war in iraq is down sharply. this pugh research poll shows just over a third of responsibilities say the war has been worth fighting. 57% say huh-uh. it has not. the u.s. troothds troop withdrawal from iraq has an immediate impact on iran. fareed zakaria scored an interview with him. >> reporter: president obama has said that all american troops will be out of iraq by the end of the year. in light of this announcement, will your government increase its efforts to train iraqi army since there will be a need in iraq for training and support? will the iranian government be providing greater support in that area? >> translator: i think we should have done it sooner. maybe seven or eight years ago. and they could avoid killing so many iraqi people or americans as well. i think they should have done it much earlier. but the people and the iraqi government did not accept the increased presence of the americans. the iraqi government is independent and sovereign. they should decide how to provide training for their military personnel. >> critics of the withdrawal fear that iraq could become weaker because of the pullout. you can hear more of fareed's interview with mahmoud ahmadinejad tomorrow morning. and don't go away. the biggest draw in misrata is the lifeless body of moammar gadhafi. the tyrant who ruled libya for 42 years. while many libyans are thrilled he's dead, human rights groups are worried about how he was killed. here more on the controversy. >> reporter: controversy is still swirling around the final minutes of colonel gadhafi's life. the ntc here is facing pressure for an independent autopsy as hundreds of people line up to see his body. as saturday outings go, this is surely one of the most bizarre and. his body is being stored in a meat market on the outskirts of misrata. some have brought their children here. they look uneasy perhaps because of what they're about to see. some of the children are young enough to be scared by a thunderstorm but old enough apparently to stare at the bloodied body of a tyrant. masks are handed out as people record their visit for posterity and then they're let in. a few at a time. what you're about to see is not for the squeamish. gadhafi's body is lying next to his son. we've decided not to show you what appears to be a bullet hole in the temple. it seem he may have been shot through the head. >> the ntc said they would treat moammar gadhafi's body with dignity. now he and his son have been turned into a ghoulish freak show with people peering for hours to see the former dictator of libya. >> why have you come here today? >> to see the end of the tyrant. the end, left for 14 years. >> reporter: he is 16 years old and has just seen the body. he says to tell you the truth, i've never seen moammar gadhafi in real life so i wanted to see how misrata's rebels had captured him. she says she wants to see gadhafi to know him. she said everyone gets to see the end of every tyrant. after all the things he's done, she says, there is a god and there is a judgment day. he is 8 years old, brandishing his own toy gun. he, too, looked into gadhafi's eyes. he said i saw him. i saw his whole face full of blood. i didn't feel anything. in sirte, the relevant nants of gadhafi's convoy are being cleared of bodies. 95 in this area. ten of whom were executed, according to the new york based human rights watch which is concerned gadhafi was also deliberately shot dead. >> it's very unfortunate that on the first days, the very first day of libya's freedom, this killing took place. and it wasn't just moammar gadhafi who was executed. we also found some bodies of wounded fighters. >> reporter: we may never know how gadhafi died but his home town is now a chilling monument to his last san. and the bleak savage reality of war. this all on the eve of the declaration of libya's liberation. as you can hear, they're already beginning to celebrate here. but the questions about how colonel gadhafi died just won't go away. deb? >> dan rivers for us there in misrata. thank you so much. in two minutes, cadaver dogs picked up the scent of a missing baby. after that, the disturbing killings of? 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>> thanks so much. many questions this week about the slaughter of dozens of exotic animal in ohio. i've got to warn you, the images are graphic. police gun down nearly 50 lions, bears, tigers and other large predators let loose from a private preserve near zanesville. the owner had release them. then he killed himself. did the big animals have to be killed? should more effort have been made to capture them alive? mike newman is general manager of wild animal safari in pine mountain, georgia. first, you have to imagine this man, this desperate man, going from cage to cage and releasing these animals. one of them apparently mauled him. he did have a head wound. could any of them actually have been captured alive? was there a window of time where that could have happened? >> what police had to deal with at that point in time, they were unsure of. when they showed up on the seep, they had no idea how many animals were actually loose at that point in time. so a decision had to be made in a prompt fashion. i think they acted appropriately. any time you talk about a 400 plus pound cat being out, and not knowing how many were out at that point in time could lead to a very desperate situation for law enforcement. >> and one of the things i was amazed by, they did kill many of them quite quickly, actually. i guess it wasn't even an option to catch any of them alive. >> well, there again, when you're given constraints of nightfall approaching rapidly, not knowing how many exact numbers as far as the number of big cats, the number bears, the number of other exotic animals that were displaced at that point in time. like i said, they had to act quickly. typically, most drugs that you use for tranquillizing have a period of time before they're effective. it could be anywhere from five minutes to 20 minutes. potentially. or the drug may not be effective. so lethal was the best option at that time. >> the animal in ohio were part of a private collection. part of, not part of zoo or safari like the one that you run. there is no oversight. doesn't that seem kind of reckless on these private sort of preserves? >> well, different states have different regulations involving the care and upkeep of exotic animals. the state of georgia is quite different than ohio. we're governed by both the georgia department of natural resources and the fda. we receive regulations to make sure we're in compliance here. >> let's talk about compliance. but also the larger, there are hundreds of these small preserves around the country. what about security? how do you keep animals in and how do you respond when they get out? i think we have some video that you were kind enough to shoot for us at the wild animal safari. there's your safari. how do you do that? how is security handled? >> we take several measures the, to make sure the general public is skumpl none of our animal get out. over our 20-year his trirk we've never had an inherently dangerous animal escape. we have redundant safety features. we have at least four barriers animals would have to cross to get out into the rural area that our zoo occupies. what you're seeing on the video now is some of our big cats. the enclosures consist of concrete block foundations. welded steel wire. we have netting across the top of that. we have a perimeter fence around that. redundant locks and then a perimeter fence beyond that. so as you can tell, we take it very seriously at our wild animal safari. >> let's talk about finally you. you work there. there are folks who feed these animals. you're much closer than i would be, for example. >> absolutely. >> this man, you kind of have the feeling he thought these were pets of his. he would feed them. realistically, how close can you get to these cats? even if you're comfortable around them. >> we work with them on a daily basis. that being said, we keep our distance. we have a great respect for them. fear is not an accurate term but respect, i think, is the term you're looking for on it. once the cats reach maturity, you will see behavioral changes that you didn't notice when they were kittens and natural instincts tend to take over. we're very, very careful around those animals. >> thank you so much. we appreciate your joining us and shedding some insight on this. a lot of people feel for these animals very much. thank you so much. we're in the midst of a time frame right now, folks, for a satellite to fall to earth. the heads up will be short notice. we're keeping an eye on this space junk which is headed now for our planet. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink okay... uhh. the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deductible. with vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day when you consider. that's great. in tonight's making their mark segment, the death of moammar gadhafi reminded us of our earlier coverage of some of the courageous libyan who's stepped forward to report the fight for freedom in their country. here now is our tribute to the general who paid the ultimate sacrifice after filing several reports with cnn on the dangerous conditions inside the country. >> hello, everybody. we are right now being attacked from everywhere. a plane has crashed right now. i'd in the back of the truck. on top of this bridge! >> reporter: mohamed is one of the many people who literally risked their lives and paid the ultimate price to get the news out. the real news out about what was happening in his own country. he was one of those young bright, inspiring minds. everybody who knew him grew to respect him. >> be in touch and be safe. >> reporter: i'm not sure i will be there tomorrow. i'm not sure if i'll survive tonight. but there will be another group with you tomorrow hopefully. >> reporter: mohamed nabbous was one of those who risked his life to speak to you over the phone. and somehow he also managed to get those pictures out by by passing whatever systems the gadhafi regime had been trying to put into place. bypassing those fire walls to get the message out. he was one young american out of many who passionately believed in this cause. in this battle for a free and democratic libya. >> i want to let all of you know that mohamed has passed away for this cause. please keep the channel going. please keep videos, post videos and move every -- every authority you have to do something against this. they are still bombing. they are still shooting and more people are going to die. don't let what mo started go for nothing, people. >> when they saw i was on cnn, they came here running. what do you need? we would like to help. >> he was amazing. he was special. to me and everyone who knew him. he just had this, he loved life. and he was so full of it. and he had so many plans. he had so many ambitions. and i just, i'm keeping every single memory i have of him. and i will just give everything, as long as the baby is inside of me, i'm not scared. he was like, i'm doing this for and you the baby and i want the baby to be proud of his dad. >> reporter: i would like to share one of his favorite quotes. a candle loses nothing but lighting another candle. gop presidential contenders are looking for an edge in iowa. but two are no shows. mitt romney and jon huntsman. both mormons. there has been some tension between attendees and occupied des moines protesters. shannon travis is at the event in des moines. bring us up to speed. what's going on? >> reporter: well, what's going on right now, deb, in this building behind me, about 1,000 people, about 1,000 eye wants, many christian evangelicals. this is a huge gathering for iowa conservatives right now. many of the presidential candidates are slated to speak. herman cain, michele bachmann, rick santorum, newt gingrich and the texas governor, rick perry. i caught up with him a few minutes ago as he was arriving and glad handing and greeting people. and i asked one quick question. take a listen to this. >> reporter: why is this an important event for you to be at today? >> absolutely. yr why? >> first in the nation. you have to be here. >> reporter: you've got to be here. let's talk about who is not here. that would be as you mentioned earlier, mitt romney and jon huntsman. in terms of mitt romney, i questioned the campaign yesterday. didn't get an answer about why they were here. they were just hear on thursday. they're not here for this. the organizer of the event, his name is steve. he told me in a conversation, i don't think mitt romney is comfortable in this environment. i pressed him. i said what do you mean? he said i don't think he's comfortable being around social and economic conservatives. in fairness, we know that he's been to many large gathering of social conservatives. he was just at a values summit two weeks ago in washington, d.c. but steve said you have to plan eye wax one last thing you mentioned, the occupy des moines protesters, they were out here earlier. they're gone now but there were two dozen. they were screaming things like down with greed and corporations are not people. >> is it possible that romney romney and jon huntsman decided to skip the vaeevent because yo have christian conservatives dividing the vote amongst themselves, as opposed to mitt romney and jon huntsman putting themselves in the line of fire, perhaps? >> reporter: that's certainly possible. a lot of people are speculating about mitt romney's iowa strategy. he has been here but certainly not as many times as the other candidates have been. and part of that could be that mitt romney is trying to appeal to economic conservatives. maybe even disgruntled democrats. the democrats who are upset about the economy and leaving perry, bac