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Arrive tomorrow. there are fears of an even bigger protest. cnn contributor ruben is joining us from san diego. good to see you. we also have hector garza on the phone with us, a border agent in texas. hector, glad you could join us as well. ruben, i will start with you. john and i have been watching the video from down there and watching this anger and this passion from the people on the protest lines in that town hall meeting. are you surprised by this sort of not in my backyard reaction? no. it s typical. but i m disappointed by it. the amount of ignorance is really profound and in a case like this calling these folks illegal immigrants. we don t know if they came across illegally, if they have asylum claims, refugees and yet to be determined. we can t even declare them illegal immigrants. they didn t come in with an invitation but that s how ....
over and out. the u.s. military lowers the flag in baghdad. the final u.s. troops leaving iraq with pride. and putting a fragile nation in the rear view mirror. breaking news for your paycheck. big compromise on capitol hill that could put $1,000 or more back into your paycheck next year. occupy gingrich. newt gets heckled by wall street protesters. they get it back on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 15. welcome to american morning. good morning, carol. good morning, christine. good morning to all of you. it s over. minutes ago u.s. forces lowered the flag at baghdad and retired the colors to mark the end of the nearly nine-year iraq war. final few thousand u.s. troops are leaving iraq ahead of the new year s eve deadline to get out. it is a war that started with shocking and awe. today the departing soldiers are remembering more than 4,000 who did not come home alive. the long journey home. let s get to barbara st ....
overshadowing the game on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, november 30th. ali velshi is off i m christine romans along with carol costello. good morning. good morning. the dismantling the occupy l.a. camp is under way right now. hundreds of riot police moving in. more police officers than protesters by some accounts. police issued several ten-minutes warnings throughout the night, that were pretty much ignored. how much arrests so far, sandra endo? reporter: still no exact number, carol. the scene is very active. you can see cops in riot gear. also the fire department is on-scene. the bomb squad. look at this. the massive movement of hazmat suits methodically going through the park trying to get rid of all the tents and debris and everything that people have brought into the encampment. this is how it all went down. just a little after midnight these protesters heard the warning that this w ....