U.S. Troops Arrive Home from Iraq
LEMON: Emotional homecomings across the country as thousands of U.S. troops return home from Iraq. Troops from Ft. Hood, Texas, got a rock star welcome this weekend. There were plenty of smiles and tears as servicemembers were reunited with their family members after a 10- month tour of duty. And here was a scene in the San Mateo, California area, where dozens of members of the California National Guard returned home. Family members gathered at the local Army for the homecoming and cheered when their loved ones arrived. This was the last National Guard unit to leave Iraq. And nearly all 11,000 troops still in Iraq will be pulled out by the end of the year and that's what makes these homecomings so different than the others. This time the soldiers know they won't be sent back. Here's CNN's Catherine Callaway.</s>CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A plane just landed here at the Atlanta International Airport. It was full of troops from Afghanistan who were headed home for a couple of weeks of R and R. But it was also full of troops from Iraq who are heading home for good, and we talked with a few of them. Here's what they had to say. How do you all feel about not having to go back to Iraq? I know it's a difficult deployment. You are all smiling. But what are your thoughts about that?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE SOLDIER: It was nice to se trees and grass when we were landing. It is the little things you miss the most, plumbing.</s>CALLAWAY: Plumbing, did you say plumbing?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE SOLDIER: Yes. It will be nice to take a shower in the house instead of walking outside to take a shower. So --</s>CALLAWAY: Yes. And, of course, I know you've missed your families. You talked about your children.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE SOLDIER: Yes, my children. My being constantly in touch with them, thank you to the USO that provided free Internet and phone service. And mostly, you appreciate the little stuff at home -- the freedom, able to just walk down the store and buy whatever you want. Not to have to wait until the</s>CALLAWAY: What's the best thing coming home from Iraq?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE SOLDIER: I hope the last ten years will be worth it. After 9/11 I was deployed, mobilized right after, the next day. So, hopefully, now we come back and end the mission, and it will be worth it, I hope.</s>CALLAWAY: So, they are well on their way home now. They will be redeployed but they will not be sent to Iraq. This is the scene we're going to see repeated many times between now and the end of the year as the approximately 11,000 U.S. troops that have been in Iraq will be reduced to less than 200 by the end of the year. At the Atlanta International Airport, I'm Catherine Callaway, CNN, Atlanta.</s>LEMON: All right. Catherine, thank you very much for that. Ever wonder what it would be like to have dinner with trend setters, and superstars, taste-makers and Hollywood royalty? Tonight, we'll be sure to check out an excellent Larry King special, "Dinner with the Kings." Larry sits down the dinner with Conan O'Brien, Tyra Banks, Shaquille O'Neal, Seth McFarland, Quincy Jones, Russell Brand and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey for sometimes funny, sometimes serious discussions.</s>TYRA BANKS, CEO, BANKABLE ENTEPRISES: When I did my show, created my show, whatever, I also created a persona on "Top Model." And it's a character. So, when I'm sitting there and I have all this makeup on and I'm like your pictures</s>CONAN O'BRIEN, CONAN: One of the girls who must have been 16, 17 years old said to me, how do you get over your insecurity? When does that go away? And I said you never get over it. And she was shocked. And I said -- she's looking at me and I have been doing this a long time and to her, I may as well be a thousand years old, even though I'm only in my early 30s. And -- but she said how do you get over your insecurity, and I said it's never going away. If you are any good at what you do, you'll always be afraid and you'll always think you are fooling everyone.</s>LEMON: This will definitely make you see these kings and queens, you saw Tyra there holding court -- surprise -- of their professions in a new light. "Dinner with the Kings," it premiers tonight 8 p.m. Eastern, right here on CNN. That's going to be very interesting to watch. The Herman Cain train, well, it's a cliche, it has derailed. There you go. Now, the big question is, who's going to get his supporters that fell off the train? Michele Bachmann says they are already moving to her side. We'll discuss after the break.