one horse open sleigh jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way o what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh welcome back to the news. we want to get back to the newsdesk to are a check of the headlines making news this morning. an a very good morning to you and a merry christmas to you and yours. developing news this morning from kabul, afghanistan where the u.s. embassy has been hit by taliban rocket fire. a pair of rockets struck part of the compound just before dawn. embassy say the rockets caused no deaths or injuries there but three policemen were hurt by rockets that fell elsewhere in the city. a judge says the california girl who had complications following tonsil surgery is legally brain dead. the 13-year-old jahi macmath will remain on life support until at least monday.
lady thank the service members for helping protect the nation overseas, talk about being kind to loved ones and neighbors and doing service for others. so many people all across the country are helping out ott soup kitchens, buying gifts for children in need, organizing food or clothing drives for their neighbors. for families like ours, that service is a chance to celebrate the birth of christ and live out what he taught us, to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, to feed the hungry and look after the sick. to be our brother s keeper and our sister s keeper. first couple saying we should all pledge to help each other in the new year. a pair of taliban rockets have hit the u.s. embassy compound in kabul, afghanistan. it happened just before dawn, send diplomats and workers scrambling into bunkers. embassy officials are calling the strike indirect fire and say there have been no deaths or injuries as a result. the taliban is claiming responsibility and the embassy is assessing
food. we all have our holiday favorites, somebody s pie, sweet potato pie, corn bread. stuffing yourself at the table isn t the best idea on any day. what? i m the bearer of bad news. it s especially hard to void it today. what can we do to keep our christmas cheerful not only for the family but for your body? we ll talk about that coming up. top advice, take care of it tomorrow. first here this morning, we ll get a check of the headlines, what s making news this morning. let s head over to the newsdesk. good morning. i m miguel marquez. a christmas day rocket attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul, afghanistan. embassy officials say two rockets struck the embassy compound just before dawn. diplomats and workers had to scramble into bunkers in the aftermath. no reports of death or injuries at the embassy. officials are calling this strike indirect fire in assessing the damage. the taliban is claiming responsibility. live pictures now from the
but of course, there is heavy suspicion that the al haqqani network of al-qaeda operatives is behind this. less than two weeks ago, you remember, that network is believed to have carried out this deadly attack on the u.s. embassy and on nato headquarters in kabul. seven afghans were killed in that 20-hour seige. u.s. officials have been outspoken in recent days, linking pakistan s intelligence service with the haqqani network. we need to put pakistan on notice. you know, they help us with al-qaeda targets in afghanistan p. they openly support the haqqani network who has safe havens in pakistan to attack our troops in afghanistan and go after the afghan government. reporter: senator graham says funding for pakistan should be, quote, reconfigured until pakistan ends its support for al haqqani. martha: that s an idea that s getting a lot of attention, steve. thank you very much. bill: certainly is. two american hikers freed from iran are home after two
at the u.s. embassy compound in kabul. officials say that an afghan employee opened fire last night in a building that is used by the cia. steve centanni is live in our d.c. bureau with the very latest on this. what do we know this morning? reporter: hi martha. details are sketchy because the cia doesn t want to acknowledge it happened at their kabul station but from all indications, that s exactly the case. one u.s. official speaking with fox news did not deny that is where the shooting tack operation but would not confirm either that the person shot to death is a cia officer. here s what happened. an afghan, working in the office, opened fire, and this shooter, someone not authorized to carry a gun, was then killed. one other american was injured, and was taken to a local hospital. the embassy then resumed operations. martha. martha: there s been a lot of talk about the haqqani network. we ve seen a similar attack over a year ago against our cia folks in afghanistan. does anybody