state earlier this week and ups is now saying, with this day, the weather prevented them from delivering some 50,000 packages. would you send your presents home. dave: no, they made it. ainsley: ups an apologizing for the inconvenience and promising to get the packages out as soon as possible. and a developing story out of afghanistan. there are no reports, a homicide bomb are killed ten people, including a member of the national parliament and it happened in the normally calm province of takhar. the crowd was reportedly leaving a funeral when that blast went off and right now it s unclear whether the homicide bomber was targeting that official. and from zuccotti park. more than half a dozen major museums and organizations are collecting materials by the occupy movement and. dave: gorge. ainsley: posters, garbage.
house and went through the house and she said what do you do with all of this, we keep it up year round and she just could not believe that. everything in her house is christmas every day. all right. now for the rest of your headlines, it doesn t get much better than this for christmas. some of the last troops out of iraq reuniting with families in the state and a great story. take a look. (cheers) you can see hundreds of excited families. little children, they were there in the rain, it doesn t matter they were welcoming home mom and dad. this was at fort hood and many soldiers say it was a privilege to be the last out of combat and boy, are they glad to be home. it s a joy to be home for the holidays. it s a messing that he we could all make it home and great to get home this time with my family. these men and women are from the 3rd brigade 1st cavalry division and about a dozen troops from that brigade are stillover seas.
specially this time of year. yes. let s hand it over to the the guys on the curvy couch. i love brussel sprouts. dave: i m not sold, i ll pass. coming up, if you want to vote you need to show a photo i.d. seems logical, right? not in south carolina, the justice department says having to show i.d. is a form of discrimination. that story is next. but first, a message from our troops. this is lt. colonel serving proudly in afghanistan and happy holidays to sister terry in encino and family and friends in southern california. take care. [ male announcer ] it s simple physics. a body at rest tends to stay at rest. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually se arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis,
that will not be my endorsement. all right. let s bring in our paul steinhauser. so cain won t be supporting obama s re-election campaign. no surprise there. what a surprise. exactly. where do you think he ll throw his support? you know, there s a lot of speculation that maybe he throws his support to newt gingrich, the former house speaker. they are both from georgia. it was interesting on saturday. soon after cain suspended his campaign, gingrich at an event in new york city said some very, very nice things about herman cain. a lot of the candidates would like that support. here is the drama. late last night, gingrich adds a news conference today in new york city at 1:45. there s speculation, will cain be there or not? cain aides and gingrich aides saying no to that one. gingrich s people tell us at 1:45, gingrich will outline his 50-state strategy. a lot of the candidates would like cain s backing. no doubt about that we saw michele bachmann and ron paul yesterda
he may have made a mistake. his people may have made a mistake. they should have cleared it up but didn t, to say murder, that s extreme and not good for our politics in this country. peter johnson jr. breaking down the legal side of all of this. great to see you. the photo is iconic and sparked a controversy that spans generations. is there such thing as a black confederate soldier? two descendents of the people in this picture here with this amazing new information. you don t want to miss. and it s every parent s dream to see their child this excited over a birthday gift. you re joking. no, i m not joking! oh, my god. we re going. so what in the world did she get for her birthday? the heart warming story coming up. she s going to join us. she s so excited to be on fox & friends. 4g the next evolution in wireless technology.