embassy on thursday, near the kabul capital city. it was near a major traffic circle outside the main entrance. it was steps away interest n.a.t.o.'s international security assistance force office. yesterday a suicide bomber attacked a german convoy entering an ifas building. >> a seismic change in policy from the food and drug administration. the agency wants to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in cows and chickens raised for meat. it's the first attempt at curbing the use of antibiotics in healthy animals. we have more. >> giving antibiotics to livestock has been common practice on american farms. in 2011 nearly 30 million pounds of drugs were sold in the u.s. for meat and poultry production. farmers use them to keep livestock healthy and for animals to grow faster. there's a risk for people. overusing antibiotics in animals allows resistant strains of bacteria to evolve. they sicken millions each year, killing 23,000 people. that concern is driving the fta to phase out certain antibiotics for food production. in a statemen

the taliban claimed they fired four rockets at the embassy in kabul, afghanistan's capital city, inflictingrounds hit the compound indirectly. the attack send sent hundreds of american diplomats and aid workers scramble nothing bunkers. >>> thousands of u.s. troops on deployment in afghanistan are celebrating christmas far away from their homes and families n kabul tuesday, a group of american troops marked christmas eve by lighting candles and singing christmas hymns. this is the 13th christmas for american troops in afghanistan. >>> pope francis delivered a christmas message of peace this morning from the vatican. the pope spoke from the balance copny of st. peter's basilica to tense of thousands of worshippers in the square below. he prayed for peace in syria, south sudan, the central african republic, nigeria and iraq. and for successful peace talks between israelis and palestinians. >>> success in space. the cooling system on the international space station is up and running now. astronauts wrestled the big new pump into position on christmas eve. flight cors are in houston restarted i

embassy in the capital city of kabul. taliban immediately claimed responsibility on twitter. hundreds of employees and aide workers inside that building were forced to flee. but no one was killed or wounded in that attack. meanwhile, another two rockets in other areas of the city. but no major damage. >>> back here at home, many are in the cold and dark this morning. 300,000 people in michigan started their holiday with no power. the power outages started four days ago, after last weekend's ice storm. and more than 30 inches of lake-effect snow fell in wisconsin, with more snow on the way to that area today. >>> it's the first christmas at the vatican for pope francis. and he's delivering his first christmas blessing. lama hasan has this and other celebrations. >> reporter: from the balcony overlooking st. peter's square this morning, francis delivered the christmas day message to the city and the world. for the first time since the coming pontiff. a message of love and forgiveness, the pope choosing this day to focus on

city as the sky nine. with dreams and illusions are intertwined funny kabul and new york is the cultural capital. all the while. she came here from gemini just four weeks ago it's a bold move by china can stream is to make it on broadway. ideally with a row in fact some of the opera if this site out of me to use an aldi up then she says our little star she went on his phone. yeahh the net which come to new york to find germans who are living the american dream. what drives them. also they have to overcome. to find some of the opera when she was always held. and the budding singer fell in love with the story of the clientele it became an oprah style. she said is just as safe as seattle she says the story captivated her when she found sort of musical production moved to. she wanted to be like christine to be a singer. now she says she's concert to go. on the cookbook. i know wants to make it be just like your favorite musical protagonist on the twenty five euro will only be added to stay in new york with the welcome he said and for that she'll either contact with the music producer . makes ends mee

capital, kabul. the taliban says it's responsible. >>> riot police have fired tear gas against protestors in the egyptian city of alexandria. it comes as egypt's constituent assembly finalizes a draft constitution that will be put to a referendum. >>> investigators in the united states are trying to figure out what caused a passenger train to derail in new york city. carriages came off the tracks early on sunday morning. john terrett reports. >> we were going fast, it was flying. >> the train was 20 minutes from its destination, new york city's famous grand central station when all in a moment all the cars came off the track. >> it was pretty gruesome. >> they were the lucky ones. three of the four who died were ejected from the train. at least another 60 people were injured. >> we had evidence of people under a couple of cars so we actually used air bags to lift the cars. >> for residents living along the route there is no mistaking what was happening. >> it sounded like a plain creash that just kept -- crash that just kent going on and on. cars buckling. >> many were shocked that the thanksgiving holiday ended in such a t

military convoy in afghanistan's capital there are no immediate reports of casualties but kabul police say the blast was very powerful this comes after a spate of attacks in the cityostly being claimed by the taliban but it's a narcotic that's ravaged parts of provincial russia named crocodile because of the scaling marks it leaves on the body where it's injected the concoction is highly addictive and the ingredients are dirt cheap but in a question of a now on the horrific effects of a deadly drug. it's two years since drug addict alexina lost his best friend and every december i have visitors his grave. andrew was a group exact he was into advertising he was involved in several projects but the thing just killed him he couldn't stop it chased him to death that thing was just some more of an extremely addictive opioid to which users inject as better known as crocodiles because it gives addicks gangrenous skin that's also described as the flash. drop it causes severe brain damage your skin eventually falls off and kills addicks within two years alexy managed to escape the consequences of the drug but his story is more of an exception than the rule in reality those

capital kabul right near the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters are also situated very nearby here in all its international we will bring you the latest information as soon as we get it. for now the city council in dallas texas has introduced a new law putting the brakes on the fracking industry that essentially moves the drilling of wells far from residential areas now this comes off the texans voiced a major concerns that shale gas drilling is putting them and their homes at risk the state was shaken by a string of several weeks ago scientists suggesting nearby drilling may be to blame environmentalist w. mccord was at this council meeting he agrees fracking should not take place anywhere near population centers. they weren't drilling in our densely populated urban areas they were drilling out in remote areas with low population where they weren't doing any damage or destruction to anything when you start coming into an area with that been so popular bringing in all that truck traffic all those chemicals to be exposed into the air and the water in the soil where people are harmed and where traffic accidents are are prevalent and we're spills of chemicals or danger of that becomes a