larry buck calls dealing with bp his worst experience in 41 years in business. lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> when "nightly news" continues in just a moment, our own richard engel, on the ground with american troops getting ready to leave iraq after a long haul. >>> and later, johnny carson is back for all to see why his brand of humor is truly timeless. s >>> back now with what it takes to move an army. 10,000 american combat troops are preparing to leave iraq. already the operation to bring them home is under way, though there will still be 50,000 americans in iraq. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel who has been covering the iraq war from the beginning tonight begins our special coverage of the drawdown. "iraq: the long way out." >> reporter: time to go home. after three tours in iraq, staff sergeant everett powell is finally stripping down his humvee and packing up. in 2003 he pushed into baghdad with the first armored division. he was back again for the 2007 surge and now for the pullout of combat troops. >> i don't think it's really going

our local small-town paper when i was about 9 years old, and they paid me five bucks a week to do one cartoon a week. >> larry: so you were first a cartoonist? >> yeah, yeah. i didn't fall into writing until much later. i had -- i was pretty hellbent on getting into the cartoon business specifically as an artist from the get-go. >> larry: and why television? "the simpsons" affected you? >> yeah. well, it wasn't always television. when disney had their resurgence in the late '80s, early '90s -- >> larry: we are showing drawings of when you were 10 years old. >> oh, yeah. walter crouton. sure. >> larry: walter crouton. >> like all 9-year-olds i was really into walter cronkite. you know, i wanted to work for disney for a long time. you know, when they had their resurgence with "the little mermaid" and "beauty and the beast" and whatnot in the late '80s, early '90s, i thought this is what i want to do. and then "the simpsons" came along and kind of rewrote the landscape of animation. >> larry: you hardly fit disney. >> yeah, it's probably good -- >> larry: walt would flip over -- >> it's good that didn't happen.

larry: tonight in arizona, john mccain's senate seat is on the line. can he fend off the biggest primary challenge of his career? could dan quayle's son be on his way to congress? big bucks, ugly battles in florida and alaska too. we've got results from primaries in five states, next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. as we pick it up, a program note. the very funny wanda sykes is here tomorrow night. we'll get right to the results with our man, john king at the magic wall. attorney general, former congressman. 43% of the vote, which means he is losing at the moment to rick kendrick meek will be the democratic nominee. marco rubio is the republican what we will learn in this election campaign, what has changed. are there any of the states deciding they want to go back to a conservative shift. let's look at the state's national. 37 governors' races will be decided. 37, the ellis states, this is a tossup and the republicans have the edge procrastinating stakes at a big battle for control and the house of representatives. republicans need a second here and we're watching this county by county. the early transsay that is in reach, we have covered some of the senat

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larry: tonight in arizona, john mccain's senate seat is on the line. can he fend off the biggest primary challenge of his career? could dan quayle's son be on his way to congress? big bucks, ugly battles in florida and alaska too. we've got results from primaries in five states, next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. as we pick it up, a program note. the very funny wanda sykes is here tomorrow night. polls are closed in florida, vermont, oklahoma, voters in alaska and arizona still casting ballots. we'll get right to the results with our man, john king at the magic wall. john, can we call anything in florida a surprise? >> we've got a big surprise, larry, going on right now in the republican primary for florida governor. let's show you the results right here. bill mccollum is the state attorney general, former congressman. 43% of the vote, which means he is losing at the moment to rick scott, a former health care executive, a multimillionaire, who has largely self-financed his race. 46% to 43%. just over a half percent of the vote counted, according to our friends at the associated press. this a very, very close race in a very consequential election to be the

bucks? >> yeah. >> man, i remember when a dime bag cost a dime, you know what i mean? ♪ >> larryf this tuesday. terrific major country songs. 15 of them recorded by the master himself, willie nelson. and the "on the road again" tour is in progress. look for it. definitely he'll be in a city near you. singer/songwriter john mellencamp has worked with you on farm aid. what do you make of the effort to get him to run for the u.s. senate up in indiana? >> he's a great american, and i know he probably will do a great job. >> larry: you think he's got a shot? >> yeah, i think so. he's well liked. well known. >> larry: how good a singer is he? >> i like his singing. he's rock 'n' roll all the way. i like it. >> larry: you mentioned johnny cash, who appeared in that seat quite a few times. where do you rank him? did you see the movie? >> yes, i did. fantastic. >> larry: that guy was unbelievable. >> yeah. he did a great job, yeah. no. john and i were brothers. he used to call me a lot, you know, whenever -- because i'm always telling him dirty jokes. so whenever he needed a laugh or pump

. >> larry: by the way if you notice these two little rodents, anyway, california highway buckle up campaign. most people buckedonvinced most people that buckle up is smart? >> high compliance for seat belt compliance. i think a lot of people are paying attention, too, to the fact that they need to buckle up. >> larry: because the car makes a sound now and forces you? >> absolutely. >> larry: jennifer, do you think dr. ryan's death might help people to stop driving and texting? >> i hope so, larry. i'm praying. i have a pretty large mouth. and i'm going to spread the word and hopefully through the grace of god we can learn from this senseless death. >> larry: do you think the campaign will be successful? do you think we'll reduce the number of people drastically who text and drive? >> we have to. i mean, in 2008 over 6,000 people were killed because of distracted driving crashes. if we don't do something now, this will spiral out of control and everyone, i always say it every time i give a speech that it's no longer a matter of if this is going to happen to someone you love, it's when. i personally know many pe

bucks and the symbols you see are very consistent. >> reporter: but wong kept playing with google's logo even as it became more famous. >> larry and sergeiith our company branding and logo? >> reporter: of course, sometimes the logo doesn't seem to say google at all. like this one marking the invention of the bar codes and only those who know braille could read what this doodle said. in the annual competition doodle for google kids are invited to submit their own doodle s with a $15,000 prize for a college scholarship fund. >> i think the biggest thing of all, thing that's really exciting for the kids is the fact that they get their doodle put on our home page for hundreds of millions of people to see. >> i saw the winners and i thought, wow, i need to step up my game. >> reporter: the doodles seem to be getting more ambitious all the time. using animation for sir isaac newton's birthday this year and for halloween brian created a doodle that was a trick as well as a treat. >> if you clicked on it, then the whole thing became candy. if you clicked on it a huge pile of candy. if you click on it another time it was just wrappers. >> david:

larry barrett played. >> i love them very excited. >> can't shack. shaquille o'neal, for boston. >> at the minimum. >> he sang the two-year deal of 3 million bucks? has reached a point now where the bass, but just by keeping his name alive, and playing in the league he makes some money, the endorsement he has that show on abc i we are seeing that or he challenges people? >> is that. >> it's not that >> there's a great quote from are rare in the boston herald was a finely asat that to estacio i can understand 11 movies, six kids, five of, three reality shows and one expensive wedding. (laughter) >> also called john at the paris hilton of the parquet's. last athlete the nikon. >> and you keep hearing is city goes to a team with the baronet, bob pearson allen so he is not going to walk in there and try and take over. he is lying to realize ama and not to come off the bench. >> he's been the center for a little bit. >> so i guess maybe that's the main reason. he sells about germain on the all. >> here's the thing that is three teams from three years. i want to say, stunned and orlando, lakers, miami, cleveland and now these guys off. over the next tw