bargaining table to come up with a global deal, into the take on the binding reductions. >> and david sawyer was joining us from canada. thank you. moving on to up early -- other news, the troops are coming home but with their heads held high. this is what the message was from barack obama today, as he stood with the prime minister to mark the end of the military commitment in iraq after nine and a half years. on december 31 the last american troops will leave the country. we have more. >> al-malaki asked to come to arlington national cemetery, where thousands who died in iraq are buried. and for barack obama, a warning to the overbearing neighbor of iraq. >> we are partnering for regional security. other nations must not interfere in iraq. the sovereignty must be respected. >> america said he sought a normal relationship with iraq and the prime minister acknowledged the concerns. >> we will not allow others to interfere. >> barack obama has kept a promise, that the military involvement of america is at an end. about 6000 troops remain there. the embassy remains behind in baghdad. we should

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diane sawyer, right back here tomorrow night. i'm david muir.at abc news, good night. >> "occupy" protesters take their movement on to the water a day ahead of a planned port shutdown. >> the protest expected to impact ports along the west coast is set to begin tomorrow morning at 5:30. >> the plan to shut down the port of oakland is facing more opposition tonight. we're live in oakland with the details. >> reporter: we're here at lake merritt in oakland and out on the lake there's actually a raft of "occupy" supporters flying a banner that says "port shutdown tomorrow monday." we spoke to some truckers who are concerned. they say a shutdown would only hurt the people "occupy wall street" say they support. >> trucker chuck lost his job as a highrise construction worker

david? >> jon karl, thank you. and all of this to be continued at the republican debate, again, this saturday night in iowa. diane sawyer, george stephanopoulos, moderating. and we hope you tune in, 9:00 p.m. eastern/6:00 pacific. >>> and jobs in this country now. just how to bring america back. and so tonight here, another abc news exclusive. this time, with the ceo of ford, who revived that auto giant, invifting me for a tour of one of ford's factories and revealing his plan for thousands of new jobs. ♪ have you driven a ford >> reporter: that iconic question asked by ford for decades. just a couple of years ago, ford was an american auto giant fighting for survival. but unlike its american competitors, ford would not file for bankruptcy and no taxpayer bailout, borrowing $23.5 billion on its own to get back on track. how much of that $23.5 billion do you still have to pay back? >> we have repaid over $21 billion of the original 23.5. >> reporter: almost there? >> we're almost there. >> reporter: you were able to do this without filing for bankruptcy, without taking a federal bailout. and that resonated with the ameri

david? >> very calm picture behind you there tonight, but let's just wait until saturday night, right jake? we'll see you there soon, tomorrow in iowa. diane sawyer always on the way, and shaping up to be quite a fight. saturday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, diane and george moderating. we hope you'll join us saturday night here. >>> and before the debate, make sure you downloan yahoo's into-now app. we'll be tracking that, as well. >>> in the meantime, now to a former political heavy weight under fire tonight, jon corzine, forced to explain himself to small every day investors today. he was testifying on capitol hill, saying he has no idea where their billion dollars in investment money went. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: he did not plead the fifth, but former senator jon corzine could not answer the big question behind tonight's hearing. where are those missing millions? >> i simply do not know where the money is. >> reporter: the money is an estimated $1.2 billion, invested by clients in the wall street brokerage form corzine headed for nearly two years called mf global. it invested heavily in european debt. a bad bet that led to the eighth