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breaking news. the american embassy in kabul, afghanistan, coming under fire in an intense attack. word out of iran, the two american hikers convicted of espionage could soon be free. let's go ahead and start with the bold attack on america's signature presence in a war-torn country. rockets and machine gun fire aimed directly at the american embassy in kabul. gunfire coming from every corner of the building. take a listen. and we're now being told that it was a well-coordinated attack. i want to bring some more information straight from a man that i'm going to talk to now. he's ac...

Thrust into the wall for a moment she lies motionless on the ground while being handcuffed. police say she wasn't hurt but video shows a bloody wound on her head. the 15 year old was booked on three charges including assault but now that the video has surfaced, it's the arresting officer who could also face criminal charges. >> if this is a case in which an unlawful amount of force was used by the officer and we're looking at whether there's an aggravated assault or not. >> now to the president visiting ground zero yesterday for the first time since he was a candidate in 2008. a lot has change...

National security person, dennis mcdonough, i think, and he said, yes, we need to look at the radicalization across the board and we are responsible to stand by our people. we are all americans. >> she says she supports hearings on radicalization. she doesn't think those hearings should be limited to just one faith group. absence is about to make the wallets dwroe thinner. if democrats do not come back, they pay fines, $250 a day. we'll ask if one is inspired to get in the car and head home. plus, you'll meet a group of people who have left their families, their homes and their jobs to trave...

Caylee. her trial is set to start may 2011. she is due in court to plead her money case tomorrow. americans are apparently sick and tired of washington and the lawmakers in congress. take a look at our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. does it reflect how you feel? congress's job approval is taking a beating, 17% approval. 77% disapprove. and when we asked americans if you could or would replace every single member of congress? 50% said yes. 47% say no. jonathan capehart has some thoughts about this. he is editorial page writer for "the washington post." jonathan, what's your theor...

It will be what census officialed call block level. it promises to set off sparks between country and city folks in many states. >> about may 2011, we'll get to every date down to the block level. group -- counts of people in group corridors including prisons. and the states can make decisions about whether they count them in the rural areaser exclude them from redistricting. we won't have any part of that. >> reporter: the census bureau requests that you mail it back by april 1. jon: federal investigators say a school district in upstate new york is the latest victim of a sophisticated intern...