president obama said he and iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki agreed on the decision in a private video conference. over a year ago, mr. obama announceed the combat mission was over and there are under 40,000 troops in iraq today and the president will make their way back home over the next two months. the most heartwrenching cause is human and there is an enormous economicel to. -- toll. joining us is major garrett, national correspondent. thank you for being with us tonight. >> great to be with you. >> the troops are coming home, they're going to need jobs and care. what kind of a toll is this going to take on the already troubled economy some. >> reporter: -- economy? >> reporter: the 40,000 will come home and remain largely in the military infrastructure for awhile. what the military will do is absorb them here instead of having them leave seas. what it will do -- overseas. what it will do is help families get whole again. constant rotations. >> right. >> to iraq, place enormous stress on families. >> is the obama administration talking about the toll it's going to take? you h

nouri public testimony at it was founded had been used as a tourist hotel without permission. it was revoked due to this issue. in 2009, the property owner submitted a permit. this is a permit before you today. the reports noted immediate concerns and policy considerations for the project. the sponsor has provided evidence the premises was originally advertised in airline. -- in error. they agree to file a notice of special restriction and enforcement of procedures, should they be necessary. the department has received one additional letter of support. as the department has not found evidence that the project is exceptional or extraordinary, at this time we do not recommend you approve a permit, but we do have concerns about larger policy issues. >> i am still horowitz -- phil horowitz. and we have two concerns. the first is the president this would set. first, he took the middle units and claimed he was going to move in as his own apartment. that is what was happening, but instead what he did was he promptly started renting it out as a tourist hotel instead. then he claimed h

he made the announcement shortly after holding a video conference with the iraqi prime minister, nourialiki. >> if you hours ago, i spoke to iraqi prime minister maliki. we confirm that the u.s. keeps its commitments. the iraqi people can forge their own future. we are in full agreement on how to move forward. so, 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. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come. while finding new ways around cities like paris or rome will soon be much easier. an irish man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a judge in and did away after being found guilty of trying to buy guns and bombs for the dissident irish group, the real ira. he was secretly filled firing weapons and he was overheard talking about planting bombs in london. >> caught in the act, trying to buy guns and bombs for the real ira. michael campbell went from ireland to lithuania to get the weapons. he did not realize that every move was secretly photogr

reporter: the president spoke to reporters after a private video conference with iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki. the decision is in like with the withdrawal deadline former president bush set in 2008. and it effectively ends the united states' involvement in the 8.5-year-old war. >> the united states will continue to have an interest in an iraq that is stable, secure and self-reliant. >> reporter: washington had considered the possibility of leaving several thousand troops to continue training iraqi security forces. but iraq leaders still angry over civilian deaths and abu ghraib refused to give u.s. troops immunity from prosecution. we won't stay without it. 41,000 american troops are in iraq right now. nearly all the force will be relocated or sent home. concerns remain that the american withdrawal will undue all the gains against insurgents. the white house says iraq will now be an ally. >> it will be a normal relationship between sovereign nations, an equal partnership based on mutual interests and respect. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy in baghdad will still have dozens of marine

konrad nouri acted with gross negligence and night the singer died.e are joined now from los angeles. tell us, what happened in court with the defense presenting their first witnesses? >> yes, they managed to present one-third of their witnesses in just the first day, and they were beginning to build up some kind of threat of argument, but it was not clear what that threat of argument will be. they have quite a challenge on their hands. the prosecution has spent four weeks and 33 witnesses, many of whom discredited dr. murray, saying he acted with gross negligence, that he was in that as a doctor, and in some cases, that he caused michael jackson's death by not acting appropriately when the singer stopped breathing. he was not in the room and was not monitoring him, despite him taking a drug that was a very powerful anesthetic. people are interested to see what the defense will use as their main argument to counter this. >> so how long is it likely to take for the defense to present their case, that dr. murray is not guilty? >> well, we are hearing it

>> reporter: kate, iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki and other top leaders actually pleaded with u.s. officials to keep some american forces in iraq to guard against any potential threats. but when maliki informed the administration that the iraqi parliament would not grant american troops any immunity that was a dealbreaker for the u.s. it doesn't mean however the u.s. training mission is over. the pentagon's already looking at training iraqis and some other countries in the region and even putting small numbers of americans back into iraq for a temporary training mission. there is also concern that the u.s. may be forced to deploy additional american troops somewhere else in the region to keep iran in check. so while it's true that all american troops will be leaving iraq, theoretically, not all of them may be coming home. kate? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight. thank you, jim. >>> let's bring chuck todd back at the white house. it won't be lost on people that we are just one year ahead of a presidential election right now. >> reporter: that's right. the president himsel

his announcement came after a secure video conference with iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki. the two leaders congratulated each other and promised to move forward as allies. >> with our diplomats and civilian advisors in the lead, we'll help iraq strengthen institution that are just, representative and accountable. >> reporter: the white house spent months negotiating with iraqi leaders to keep several thousand troops there as a training force. but in the end, officials wouldn't agree to give them immunity from prosecution in iraqi courts. that was a deal breaker for the obama administration. the nearly 40,000 u.s. troops in iraq right now will come home or be redeployed. only a small group of marines will stay on to secure the u.s. embassy in baghdad. top administration advisors are confident iraq is ready to stand on its own. >> iraq is emerging as a secure stable and self-reliant country. >> reporter: to date, more than 4400 u.s. servicemembers have died in iraq. more than 30,000 others have been injured. the war has cost the u.s. more than $800 billion. there are concerns

and our resident reporter in the say she nouri hartness has been asking an antiwar straight campaign is also driving them and how they believe they can change the world and still the will of the rich. i'm here. this week let's talk about that i think what really protesting is you know the failure of the system to respond to you know a kind of higher calling for you know our country you know we can be subjected to. you know one percent of the one percent those the real bad guys you know who make over five million ten million dollars a year for doing that well i do feel that the country is in a very serious serious situation where he just the united states or is it a global issue it's a global issue but the united states says that the center of the of all of the post of port issues right now that we're getting pieces here from spain to put money on that piece of spain where we have people for life other countries but i just don't want to he's it really is that all of you guys are doing. i mean thirty five break that up by well they found by one percent of the population if you're going

surpassing its one month anniversary many are wondering what exactly has united so many people in protests nouri oftenest our own resident in new york went to the center of the action to ask people there what brought them. a month into the occupy wall street movement is there a unified method this week let's talk about that there isn't a centralized message a lot of people say that the problem and i think that's actually a strength that we currently have. as a movement were we're just over a month old. october seventeenth was a one month anniversary and and i think it's it's early to to be issuing any statements or anything along those lines any any sort of movement major movement or revolution or anything like that throughout history has issued a statement within the first month it feels a little absurd to me to expect there to be one core message when this is a movement that's wanting to be inclusive that wants everyone to have a voice and everyone has their own life they have their own struggles isn't i mean today's world is the soundbite no one has the potential of a.d.d. world and they need

sirte falls but investigative journalist simon a soft tells r t that pursuing that goal may mean even nouri in the high heating talks. i think what's happening in sirte is really quite shocking i mean if you remove yourself from saying i support one side or support the other side what we're seeing is a full scale assault on. you know very densely populated area in which civilians are paying a very very heavy price now the reason why this is important is because the whole basis on which nato impose the no fly zone at the beginning of the conflict let's precisely to defend civilians against military attack so now we have if you like the allies of nato doing what their enemies were doing a few months ago and you have to begin to ask yourself well where is nato now why is nato not saying he's out there billions under attack by the ministry force we have to start we have to stop this attack and i think what we're beginning to see is if you like is that kind of reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is his to going to be a war crime if it is a war crime and i think it h

he's a new york resident nouri hoping to find out what in life thousands of people taking part in the occupy wall street movement. finance ministers from all twenty seven european union states are meeting in brussels for more talks on the spiraling economic crisis which threatens to turn global europe remains split over a solution for greece's debt disaster and bailout with ministers saying banks should raise more than one hundred billion euros in new capital and write off some of the country's debt meanwhile the british euro skeptics are pushing for the right to vote on a referendum for the country to leave the european union the people's pledge campaign believes the yuan demining the u.k. sovereignty and across the country are simply too high along the conference but a group of demands for a nationwide referendum with beijing to be discussed in westminster on monday conservative m.p. and supporter of the people's pledge douglas carswell there's no economic benefit for the u.k. staying in the. it's costing us a great deal of money we're spending billions of pounds bailing out a curre

his announcements came after a secure video conference with iraqi prime minister, nouri al- maliki. the two leaders congratulated each other and promised to move forward as allies. >> with our diplomats and civilian advisers in the lead, will help iraqis strengthen institutions that are just, representative, and accountable. >> the white house spent months negotiating with iraqi leaders to keep several thousand troops there as a training force. but in the end, officials wouldn't agree to give them impmunity from prosecution in iraqi courts. that was a deal breaker for the obama administration. >> reporter: the nearly 40,000 u.s. troops in iraq right now will come home or be redeployed. only a small group of marines will stay on to secure the u.s. embassy in baghdad. >> reporter: top administration advisers are confident, iraq is reand ready to stand on its own. >> iraq is emerging as a secure, stable and self-reliant country. >> reporter: more than 30,000 have been injured. the war has cost the u.s. more than $800 billion. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news

and it comes on the heels of a conference call the president had with iraqi leader nouri al-maliki.he reporting from news corp. and from other news agencies is the president is going to announce that all u.s. forces will be withdrawn from iraq by the end of the year. there is that battle that's been going on, that argument going on that jenna just told you about as to whether or not our soldiers would enjoy immunity from prosecution after the end of the year. apparently, the iraqis could not agree to that, and that thinking is leading the president to say it's time to pull all american forces out of that country. you can see the podium is ready at the white house. when the president steps up to it, we'll take that statement live. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's notust good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $7.8 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. because the more

his announcements came after a secure video conference with iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki. the two leaders congratulated each other and promised to move forward as allies. >> but our diplomats and civilian advisers in the lead, will help iraqis strengthen leaders who are just and accountable. >> reporter: the white house spent months negotiating with iraqi forces there. but in the end, officials wouldn't agree to give them immunity from prosecution from the court. that was a deal breaker for the obama administration. >> reporter: nearly 40,000 u.s. troops will come home or be deployed. only a small number of marines will stay on to secure the u.s. embassy in baghdad. >> reporter: top administration advisers are confident, iraq is ready to stand on its own. >> iraq is emerging as a secure, stable and self-reliant country. >> reporter: to date, more than 4,400 u.s. service members have died fighting in iraq. more than 30,000 others have been injured. the wars cost the u.s. more than $800 billion. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama

reporter: the president spoke to reporters after a private video conference with iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki. the decision is in line with a former withdrawal deadline president bush set in 2008 and it officiallyinds the united states -- officially ends the united states' involvement in an 8 1/2-year war. >> the united states will continue to have an interest in an iraq that is stable. >> reporter: they will continue to train iraqi security forces. but iraq leaders, still angry over civilian deaths and abu ghraib, refuse to give u.s. troops immunity from prosecution. the american government won't stay without it. >> reporter: about 41,000 american troops are in iraq right now. nearly all of those forces will be relocated or sent home. >> reporter: concerns remain that the american withdrawal will undo all the games against insurgents. the white house says iraq will now be an ally. >> it will be a normal relationship between sovereign nations, an equal partnership, based on mutual interests and mutual respect. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy in baghdad will still have dozens of marin

his announcement came after a secure video conference with iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki.he two leaders congratulated each other and promised to move forward as allies. >> with our diplomats and civilian advisors in the lead, we'll help iraqis strengthen institutions that are just, representative and accountable. >> reporter: the white house spent months negotiating with iraqi leaders to keep several,000 troops there as a training force but in the end officials wouldn't agree to give them immunity from prosecution in iraqi courts. that was a deal breaker for the obama administration. the nearly 40,000 u.s. troops in iraq right now will come home or be redeployed. only a small group of marines will stay on to secure the u.s. embassy in baghdad. top administration advisors are confident iraq is ready to stand on its own. >> iraq is emerging as a secure stable and self reliant country. >> reporter: to date, more than 4,400 service members have died fighting in iraq. more than 30,000 others have been injured. the war has cost the u.s. more than $800 billion. danielle nottingha

president obama spoke to reporters after a private video conference with iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki. >> 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 united in our support for our troops. that is how america's military efforts in iraq will end. as i told prime minister maliki, we will continue discussions on how we might help iraq train and equip its forces, again, just as we offer training and assistance to countries around the world. after all, there will be some difficult days ahead for iraq, and the united states will continue to have an interest in an iraq that is stable, secure and self-reliant. here at home, the coming months will be another season of homecomings. acro

we've seen the great hope and change that's coming with tunisa and egypt and we see that nouri al maliki can be a symbol for the rest of the region and president assad is yesterday's news, just barely holding on in damascus. at the end of the day, we know what's today, what's past and what the future is. i think you see a multiethnic iraqi government demonstrating what's possible in the region. >> you understand the concern that a lot of people have when they see what al maliki and his government is doing in iraq right now? refusing to have this new status of forces agreement with the united states, supporting iran in terms of syria and other ibs? you understand the concern given the huge investment america has made in iraq? >> i understand the concern because we live it here. we take the steps necessary to protect this country, to support our troops on the ground in iraq, but no matter how many times you assert it, wolf, the idea that somehow we have not gotten the s.o.f.a. we sought is no more true this third time than the first two times you asserted it. we made an agreement today ove

president citing an agreement reached today earlier with nouri al-maliki. if you missed the announcement you can watch it anytime at the c-span video library. also see dimbleby and the president's remarks starting at 2 p.m. eastern, about nine minutes from now. they will have as part of our prime time schedule tonight. >> and be sure to join us tonight more from the road to the white house. we will feature texas congressman ron paul. is scheduled to speak in iowa city, iowa, at a youth for ron paul event. we will have that live for you begin at 9 p.m. eastern right here on c-span2. some news from the campaign trail from the hill. of report, michele bachmann's staffer resigns. staffers have all quit. they stressed their departures want you to any lack of support for bachmann. instead they said the reason for quitting was because of the campaigns apparent lack of focus on the new hampshire primary. >> this weekend, six republican presidential candidates traveled to des moines, iowa, for the iowa freedom coalition candidate for them. watch live coverage of her