rick is the second strongest hurricane ever in the eastern north pacific. in 1997, winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit based in ft. drum, new york, was supposed to relieve another combat brigade unit in january. military officials say iraqi security forces will be able to handle that patrol. getting political factions to compromise. >> reconciliation is a difficult business. they don't like each other, you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. and then you have a bombing, which make it is even tougher. again, iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forces were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed. four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy outside fallujah. in ramadi, a suicide bomber blew up a key highway bridge. the u.s. military used the bridge to transport equipment out of iraq. >>> a thir

now rick is the second strongest hurricane ever in the eastern north pacific. in 1997 winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit faced in new york was supposed to relief another unit in january. military officials say iraqi forces will be able to handle the patrol. >> reconciliation is a tough business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. they don't like each other. you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. then you've got a bombing which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forcesor were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed, four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy. in ra mahdi, a suicide bomber blew up a key highway bridge. the u.s. military used the bridge to transport equipment out of iraq. >>> after spending nearly four months impri

right now rick is the second strongest hurricane in the eastern north pacific in more than a decade. hurricane linda's top winds hit 185 miles an hour in 1997. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in iran today, including five senior commanders of the country's revolutionary guard. the ground forces was one of them. state-run media says a man wearing an exclusive belt blew himself up during a conference between shia and sunni groups in southeastern iran. no one has claimed responsibility, they are accusing a group of carrying out that attack. >>> fighting between rival drug gangs turned into a gun fight that lasted for hours in reo d s reodetia nero yesterday. the police who died were onboard this helicopter that caught fire when it was hit by gun fire. the chopper eventually crashed into a soccer field. rio was selected as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. >>> the parents of the so-called balloon boy could be going to jail, but what charges they're likely to face and why so many people question their story from the beginning. >>> also ahead, defense secretary rob

now, right now rick is the second strongest hurricane ever in the eastern north pacific. in 1997, winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit based in ft. drum, new york was supposed to relieve another combat brigade unit in january, but military officials say that iraqi security forces will be able to handle that patrol. one lingering challenge is to get iraq's political factions to compromise. >> reconciliation is a stuff business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. you know, they don't like each other, you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. and then you get a bombing, which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forces were the target of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed. four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy just outside of fallujah. and in ramadi, a s