of iraq to go into kuwait. it is a mission of high security because militants in this regionn right to the very end would love to kill americans if they could. everything they have heard went smoothlyy and without incident. it is gone and we watched the trucks go through the passing point all throughout the night. the troops have been cheer on honking theirr owns and playing music as they go by. very happy and relived. they are held nup the crossing point, waiting to come into kuwait. they will be advancing on about an hour to camp virginia. that is where they will be processed and that's where they will continue on home. certainly they will be out of the regionn as promised and

dictated by an agreement with the united states and iraq by the end of the year . hopefully according to president obama that was his president and hopefullyy home by christmas. they are held up right now as they are talking to the custom's guards and then we'll see heavy armored vehicles and protected the sold yerse day in and out through all of the horrors and dangers of the war and through the long ordeal. traveling along with the convoy is my very good friend and colleague geraldo rivera. he managed to snag a seat. what was it like it was a thrill. after all of the longg years. and in the desert, it is a pleasure and honor.

i road with the unit and third brigade of the first calvary. that is the military unit that has the distinction and desination of being the last troops in the country. but it has been awful. 4487, of our finest have been killed and just on the other side of that line in iraq. there are over 30,000 grevously wounded and trilionn in taxpayer and spent. and now we are leaving . less a sincev victory as relief. young troopers i was with in the armored m-raft, those cumbersome vehicles that saved so many lives in the booby traps and suicide bombers and everybody and everything else were elated they will be home for christmas. >> what was their mood and

feeling as they were talking to you? >> hay that you are kids. they have wives and young children at home and they have been away from home and many of the older fellows have been on their second and third and fourth deployment in the war. my goodness. this is my lenth time on the other side of the line. i don't care if i ever see iraq again. how it ended ambigously. we thought we would be leaving troop country and they would not agree to the status of forces agreement to give our soldiers and marine from criminal prosecution and president obama pulled the drug and out by the 31st and they are early and as you mentioned. they are absolutely elated about going home for christmas and as we watch the last units

and heavly armored units. we are curious who will be in the last vehicle and very last man. there is no, once it crosses the line there are no u.s. forces and that's it. no u.s. bases and nothing and everything belongs to the iraqis except for the embassy. >> 505 bases at his peak and down to zero and gone to the height of 77,000 troops and cent or 80 troops left in the country and you can see the folks on the ground waving and the trucks are waving back and a sense of elation. i spoke to the troops, too. they feel a sense of satisfaction and theyy echo the military officials that realize there is a lot ahead for the country. geraldo, they are not thinking about that. i feel like we are in times square and counting down greg

to new year's day. seeing the last of the vehicles and they have crew was 6-8 people and they are kids. listen 21 or 22 years old and they are maybe a small part of the huge historical machine that is at work here. and we'll assess what we achieved here. we have left iraq not to the iranians and now you can hear the horns. >> here they come. they are waving on the sidelines and this is just hearing this past couple of hours geraldo. there are six miles . morning sun hitting the faces and you can see the jubulation and big relief. they have been in countries since february and seen activity. three service members were

killed in action in the last nine months even in the very end there was danger and death. >> how fitting it is alled new dawn. we are in the sunrise . little late. thought it mute a be earlier in the first predawn light . here it is. it has happened and it is flawless in the sense that this operation, it was 480 soldiers from the third brigade and first calvary. they were in 100 vehicles and four different serials and hum view vehicles and big transport vehicles for break downs and air cover and helicopters over head. >> awac. >> and other vehicles are going places. some will be stripped down and cleaned up and back to the

u.s. and other locations. many of them are headed to afghanistan where all of our viewers know there is another war going on. >> i was in lot 58. they will be processing something on the order of 35,000 vehicles and 40 percent going to stan tan. 20 or 30 percent going home and the rest being scraped. make no mistake. we have left a fortune on the ground. a trillion $tax dollars. >> they left a lot of vehicles back at the base. >> mostly soft skin and fort 150 pick ups and the iraqi soldiers and officers that are taking over camp adder. >> one, two, three vehicles. when that crosses through that line and border. that's it. it is all over. the war in iraq is over for the united states.

>> i have tears in my eyes and so emotional. 11 times here and so many of our best to be wounded and killed in action. >> this is the last one to come through. we all watched it. the fox news team and applause going on. we watched these young kids grow up to be men and then some and taking on huge responsibility. we have errat and we have officers coming up there talking to the crew. we'll see who is there and imagine they inspector middle school when the war began. and now they are seeing the end of a war that left twice as long as the second world war and was so, so very costly. we got rid of saddam hussein and al-qaida in mes potamia. >> you met with general austin . what did he tell you about the operation in iraq?

>> he very concerned that the operation come off smoothly which it did. he wanted to leave this place with honor and dignity yehis troops pulled that off; i want to know who the last soldier and the guy in the back of that would be the last one. and here they come. >> behind the camera and swing around. that is the last truck and last troop and the war is over. essentially for the united states and iraq. there they are. and we are stunned. all of the attention. and world media and there they are. there they are. they have done it >> sping it all the way around. we have sun coming up over the

kuwait desert . final bunch of men and vehicles heading down in kuwait to camp vinge virge. and just over that horizon is the sea where they will go and the air base to head back home. >> i tell you, it gives you a great feeling of nostalgia and emotion. and our young men and women going home. they will be pursuing their lives. third brigade have a slogan called living the legend in the home base in fort hood, texas. they could not be happier and i am sure moms and dads are watching now. it is again a bitter sweet moment. i wish we could say iraq was a stable democracy but they have a chance. with american blood and money. but they have a chance now to make something of themselves.

>> and yes, all of the troops are not out. there is 156 american troops to stay and do trainning and other important crucial mission. >> and the 1600 person u.s. embassy operation and they will be protected by service contractor and 15,000 americans back there and as you noted and we all noted and the war goes on in various ways it is unsettled. >> but this and what started as operation rook iraqi freedom with shock and awe, we remember that drama and forces and marines and third id crossing the burm and coming from kuwait to iraq. we did it with optimism and in baghdad in a couple of weeks and then ali babas and the thieves started and anarchy and looting started and that

matacicized in the iraqi insurgency and getting it from the shiite militia and the sunni tribes and turning in al-qaida terrorist. >> and even in the southern part of iraq. it is been. and nearby bosra. we thought for a while the enemy had the upper hand and in 2005, 6, 7 and ied's and infernal booby traps were chopping us up and in hum vees with van vass sides and i remember taking the jacts over the doors. what i found talking to the troops. it is not one or two tours, it is three towers and three times for the troops and maybe more . incredible toil on like one

million service member that is sebed for the past nine years. >> can you imagine. a million have passed through the desert sands. it is a extraordinary preoccupation and many believe were not for iraq afghanistan would have been settled long ago and took our eye off of the ball that we had on osama bin laden's back. and you know, it is what it is. and petraeus came along and he engineered the architect of the surge. and took the momentum and many commentators said we lost the war. and the surge was successful in turning the tide back to the guy thes. it as a long bitter and bloody struggle. >> one more shot.

that is a hum vee. what geraldo and i road around. that means it has a lot of the protection. but it was soft skinned and very dangerous for the folks here. >> we were driving around in convertibles and so easy for the terrorist to heave a grenade inside. it is what it is. >> and we have learned and our forces are better than they have been. >> it is a long hard road and today we saw it end. and the united states forces in iraq, they are long gone. i can see those waiting to have the kids come out and clear their guns and head on to camp virginia and head home. >> remembe the returning gi's. they need jobs and families need assistance and get them in the college and vocational

train remember what they have sacrificed for all of us and thank you for sticking with us for the long and winding road. >> and an honor to observe it myself, too. that's it from the border with iraq and kuwait and historic morning in this region. back to you. >> greg and bringing us the last u.s. troops crossing over in kuwait. president obama met with the prime minister al malaki met with him in washington and he vows to give birth to an independent free and sovereign iraq. the president making a special trip to fort brag north carolina on wednesday and he thanked u.s. troops for returning home in iraq and helping them to create a independent state.

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herbert and marion sanders and pumped millions into the project and heavy supporters of the democratic party and its candidates and they've founded a number of liberal enterprises. the sandlers are members of george soros', a group that wants to push to the left. and some say hit pieces given to cash strapped media organizations at no cost. ellen, i'm going to start with you. do you see a problem there. >> first of all, i think it's so dishonest to say pro publica is going with the soros, it's an alliance meets twice a year and just like the monday meeting is here and the tuesday meeting is in washington d.c., that's ridiculous. number two, what i think is really it go is that this very disingenuous, because, how many people-- yes, they are he' taking content from pro publicament how many people take the

journalists take quote, unquote, content, from the press releases and other people build the stories from there, everybody is borrowing from everybody else and let's just face it. >> jim, let's start with two points. one, the media as they laid off all of their investigative operations are desperate for anyone to come along and hand them the story and they can have it free, who wouldn't? and i think the the fact that every time you turn on the tv and see some journalism school professional being interviewed or a form of editor or formerly for profit to the nonprofit world is happening and the fact the sandlers are a part of what a fellow named matt fine, call the conversation, which is a group of liberal billionaires the last ten years have been-- since the 2000 election when bush won have been trying to buy their way into power through the democrats and the sandlers who gave 247 million to progressive causes,

according to matthew madden are very much a part of that. playing games, doesn't matter. there's a movement here and it's identifiable and you can look at the-- >> okay, lel me about the monday meeting that happens here in new york and the tuesday meeting-- >> can you imagine the brothers giving money to a meeting in partner with abc and backlash. >> ach he been to the monday meeting and now what, they are exactly the same thing. >> i think the problem is disappearance of money for investigative reporting and more power to pro publica if it does that reporting and and pulitzer prizes for work done on doctors taking money from the pharmaceutical companies and in-- we need money for investigative reporting. >> we need it on the right and need it on the left.

>> it's known that pulitzer prize fellow liberals, it's no denying that pro publica leans left. >> that's right. >> so what, the koch brothers and-- >> of course this is a capitalist environment in which now there is he' a premium on money for investigative reporting and people are going to get it wherever they can and promote their views, so what. >> julie: moving on, have you seen this show? >> dearborn is a whole other world. being in dearborn has a lot of us practice our faith without losing our sense of american patriotism. that's a snippet of "all american muslim", a new reality program about muslims living this this country on t.l.c. a conservative group in florida called it propaganda and forced sponsors to pull their ads and lowe's company

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wrote... from the "new york times," there are plenty of ways to publicize worthy causes besides becoming a television newscaster. but there were others. ron reagan, jr. co-hosted a name on msnbc and also joio pursue ag dream. jennifer hager, another former first correspondent is a correspondent for nbc. >> they are being way too tough. it will take hear while to get up to speed. >> isn't that what markets are for? >> he is a celebrity person just like jena bush. there is absolutely nothing wrong and they are being as mean as a snake. >> she would not do interviews, her mother and now it's