w true. visit myfdicinsurance.gov today, because the more you know, the safer your money. this morning, breaking news overseas. a deadly blast near embassies in the afghan cap stall. and the typhoon tearing through tokyo. disrupting morning trains and hundreds of flights. then, family matters. tracing the first lady s rootses. a family history stretching back to the most troubling times in american history. it s thursday, october 8th, american history. it s thursday, october 8th, 2009. good morning. i m lisa fletcher, in for vinita nair. i m jeremy hubbard. we begin with breaking news from downtown afghanistan. kabul was rocked by a huge blast. at least a dozen people were killed. and more than 80 wounded. nick schifrin has been to the scene. he joins us live from kabul. good morning, nick. reporter: good morning, lisa. yeah. it was about 8:30 in the morning when afghan officials tell us that an suv and a toyota 4-runner, pulled up outside the indian embas
disrupting morning trains and hundreds of flights. then, family matters. tracing the first lady s rootses. a family history stretching back to the most troubling times in american history. it s thursday, october 8th, american history. it s thursday, october 8th, 2009. good morning. i m lisa fletcher, in for vinita nair. i m jeremy hubbard. we begin with breaking news from kabul was rocked by a huge blast. at least a dozen people were killed. and more than 80 wounded. nick schifrin has been to the scene. he joins us live from kabul. good morning, nick. reporter: good morning, lisa. yeah. it was about 8:30 in the morning when afghan officials tell us that an suv and a toyota 4-runner, pulled up outside the indian embassy in kabul, and detonated the shops around that blast site are totally destroyed. there are two u.n. vehicles that were destroyed. the participants in those vehicles were fine. this is a very secure part of town. it s next to the mintry of interior.