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
today. he was arrested from inside the ditch and then died while in custody. now, video of his final moments seems to back up the claim. some say gadhafi died from injuries sustained in the original air strike. otherwise say he was subsequently executed after they arrested him. regardless, the transitional government now has custody of gadhafi s body in misrata. celebrations breaking out almost immediately in tripoli and across libya. just this beautiful moment right now, i thought a dream just came through. we killed everyone like the gadhafi. all the world is suffering because he s doing because he was doing terrorist operations. and now we are happy. now comes the not-so-easy task of building a new country. three now, we have seen, go to
at least four people are dead and another 24 injured in a blast. officials are calling it a terrorist attack by an unknown group carried out with a homemade ammonium night trait bomb. experts are on on the scene and police have cordoned off the area. there s been a bombing in the city of qatar. the senior police official says 11 were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up. another 20 were bounded. the city has seen many attacks in a taliban cam been it destabilize the government. talks to hand over control of a lebian town have seem to have broken down. reb be forces surrounding bani walid say gadhafi supporters have until saturday to surrender. four have been killed in mastiff wildfires burning in texas. more than 700 homes have been destroyed. the largest fire is this one near the city of austin. winds died down enough tuesday to allow teams to go in and check out some of the damage to the areas. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news leader. i m zain
reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. pentagon officials say gadhafi is still likely somemewhere inside libya but exactly where he is inside that spacious country nobody knows. president obama declared gadhafi s 42-year reign an end. the situation is still very fluid. there remains a degree of uncertainty. and there are still regime elements who pose a threat. but this much is clear. the gadhafi regime is coming to an end. reporter: the fighting is still not over. it is fierce in some parts of the city. and the president gave gadhafi one last chance to lay down hihis arms, in the president s words, for the sake of libya. although it s clear that gadhafi s rule is over, he still has the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed by explicitly relinquishing power to the people of libya. reporter: the signs, however, that things are coming to an end are strong. state television has gone dark. and the presidential guard has reportedly switched sides.
tripoli. will leader moammar gadhafi flee or stay and fight? a man in new mexico rescues a little girl who is about to be kidnapped. being called a hero, but now he could be deported. take a look in the back of that pickup truck. yes, it s a stroller and there s a baby inside. find out what happened next. but first, let s get to libya and the situation their right now. libyan officials are denying that moammar gadhafi and his family are looking to leave tripoli. that as leaders are closing in on the strong hold. one spoke to our sarah seidner. reporter: how long do you think before you are able to push into tripoli? hopefully in a couple of days. reporter: a couple of days? you think it will be that soon? i think so. we are controlling 80%. now if gadhafi is not leaving, he could be planning a last stand in tripoli. our matthew chance is in the libyan city right now. matthew, gadhafi has been in power for 42 years. is it possible he could leave? reporter: i