it's very confusing. >> larry: nita, thanks for joining us. what's gone on with you since all of this ruckus? how have you reacted? >> it has been really crazy, but i have been getting a lot of support. and i want to thank everyone who has spoken up and just supported me through all of this. it's just been amazing. the feedback i've gotten has been very positive, so thanks. thanks, everyone. thank you. >> larry: the point that dr. laura was trying to make that blacks use the word, comedians use the word on hbo, that did not resonate with you at all? >> no. because i was calling to get advice about my relationship. i don't care -- you know, it's not okay to use the word, period, but i was calling dr. laura to get advice on my relationship. >> larry: why didn't you just hang up? >> that would have been rude. i honest -- my mother taught me better than that. and that would have been rude. >> larry: were you a dr. laura fan? are you regular listener? >> i was a regular listener for -- for a while, for about five, ten years. i would listen to her e

and i said, tanisha, hold mamma nita's hand, because people were rushing, pushing.he guard grabbed me, said, miss -- i said, she's about to die here, and i'm not going to let her die, she's in my care. and he said, everybody step back, let them through, and i was so happy. >> reporter: andsha marched forward, and mamma nita rolled, until they somehow got into the helicopter. they landed in what seemed like a world away, where they met a stranger. >> he says, this lady here looks like my grandmother. and i said, who are and he says, my name is sean penn. i said, sean penn? still -- because i'm not recognizing sean penn, i don't he says, this lady looks like my grandmother. and he was the first person to donate us some money. and i'll never forget that, that really brought tears to my eyes. >> reporter: they were in houston, already thpo h begun to spread arond t world, and houstonians donated and offered all they could,en a hou >> i thank god for being here. because he moved me out of a wooden house, and like the three little pigs, he put me in a brick house, and you

nita, referred to as jade by dr.aura, called in asking for advice about dealing with resentment she felt about comments made by her white husband's friends and family. listen to some of what happened, then we'll talk with nita. >> how about the "n" word? now, the "n" word's been thrown around -- >> black guys use it all the time. turn on hbo, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is [ bleep ]. i don't get it. if anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing. but when black people say it, it's affectionate. it's very confusing. >> larry: nita, thanks for joibing us. what's gone on with you since all this ruckus? how have you reacted? >> it has been really crazy, but i've been given a lot of support. and i want to thank everyone who has spoken up and just supported me through all of this. it's just been amazing. the feedback i've gotten has been very positive. so thanks, everyone. thank you. >> larry: the point that dr. laura was trying to make that blacks use the word, comedians use the word on hbo

. >> larry: let's listen to more of last week's on-air call between nita and dr. laura.s excerpt comes from the end of the conversation. listen. >> i can't believe someone like you is on the radio spewing off the "n" word and i hope everybody heard it. >> i didn't spew out the [ bleep ] word. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> everybody heard it. >> yes, they did. >> i help everybody heard it. >> they did and i'll say it again, [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] is what you hear on h -- why don't you let me finish a sentence? >> okay. >> don't take things out of context. don't naacp me. >> i know what that means and i know it came from a white person and i know the white person made it bad. >> all right, thank you very much. thank you very much. can't have this argument. do you know what, if you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race. >> larry: what did you make of that, nita? >> every time i hear it, i am shocked. i'm stunned. i'm confused. i'm hurt. i was a longtime listener, and i did not expect to hear tha

. >> reporter: good morning, 9 nita, good morning, rob. as the u.s. military leaves iraq the obama administration plans to fill the void with an army of civilians, bringing the u.s. combat mission to a close. after seven years of war the last combat brigade is gone from iraq. >> we're going home! we won! it's over! >> reporter: the 2nd infantry division's 4th stryker brigade crossed over into kuwait last night. >> whoo! >> reporter: as the u.s. mission officially turns from war to diplomacy. >> our commitment in iraq is changing. from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. >> reporter: the exodus comes nearly two weeks before the president's august 31st deadline for ending combat operations. not a day too soon for many troops. >> getting pack to kuwait, one. knowing everybody else is going to get hurt, two. and going home. >> reporter: for troops who have done two, three, four or more tours here it's a time to exhale. >> immense, immense relief. it's over. it's all over for us. >> reporter: and a time to celebra