rescue workers used everything from their hands to shovels to cranes, to reach trapped survivors crying out for help amid the rubble. a reporter in van describes the scene there. let me tell you, it s really, really cold, it s zero celsius degrees, literally freezing. and there s no electricity in most of the city. no natural gas. i mean the survivors are now trying to survive the cold weather at the same time. turkey is especially vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines. an autopsy confirms that moammar gadhafi died if a gunshot wound to the head. the following images are very graphic. what doctors didn t reveal is whether the ousted libyan leader was shot in a cross-fire or killed by rebel who is captured him last thursday. the u.n. is calling for an investigation into his death. meanwhile people lined up over the weekend to view his corpse. the family wants his woddy handed over. as the international community asks more questions,
and lost half his weigbody weign the process. anderson cooper continued to press former massachusetts governor mitt romney on his state mandated health care law. i was in interviews in this debate stage with you four years ago, asked about the massachusetts plan. was it something i would impose on the nation. and the answer is absolutely not. it was something crafted for a state. and i ve said time and again, obama care is bad news. it is unconstitutional. it costs way too much money, a trillion dollars and if i m president of the united states, i will repeal it for the american people. mr. romney also said the people of massachusetts favor his state mandated health care by a 3-1 margin. it is true, we checked into this. polling shows it is popular. meanwhile, our most recent cnn or c-poll, which i should note was conducted before the las vegas debate, shows mitt romney and herman cain in a statistical dead heat, leading the race. perhaps even more interesting, while ro
but first, an early holiday gift from president obama to military families all over the country. the president announced this week that all u.s. combat troops will leave iraq by the end of the year. welcome news at places like ft. bliss in texas where our marty savidge is will speaking with families reaction to the president s decision. it has to be bittersweet. reporter: there s always that. that is a concern for any military town. those that are coming home and those that continue to serve. we re at ft. bliss army base outside of el paso, texas. there s an air show going on, if you hear noise going on around me, don t be alarmed. bliss is exactly what they re feeling today. 3,500 families, to be exact, here in this country. they re the ones that have been told that their loved ones serving in iraq will now be coming home, according to the president, by the end of the year. many of them only deployed in july and august. and the families anticipated that they wouldn t see
obesity, lost half his body weight in the process. we begin with health care. highlights from the cnn western republican debate this week. moderator anderson cooper continued to press massachusetts governor mitt romney on his state-mandated health care law. i was in interviews in this debate stage with you four years ago. i was asked about the massachusetts plan. was it something i would impose on the nation? the answer is absolutely not it was something crafted for a state. i ve said time and again, obamacare is bad news. it s unconstitutional, it costs way too much money a trillion dollars, if i m president of the united states, i will repeal it for the american people. mr. romney also said the people of massachusetts favor his state-mandated health care by a 3-1 margin. it s true. polling shows it is popular. our most recent cnn poll, which i should note was conducted before las vegas debate shows mitt romney and herman cain in a dead heat. while romney s numbers have
candy crowley. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. when the u.s. invaded iraq back in march 2003, few people imagined it was the start of a nightmare that would last almost nine years, cost more than 4,000 american lives, plus hundred of billions of u.s. taxpayer doll lors. the u.s. mission in iraq which had been gradually drawing down will instead come to an abrupt end in just over two months with all american forces out of iraq by year s end. president obama himself announced the end of the iraq war. 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 unit