in kirkuk, the headquarters of the party was hit. the fragile government is deeply split along muslim, shiite and other factions. >> from central london, thank you for joining us. the fate of killings, quite a number of people killed and injured in this wave. is it a surprise? >> no. because the violence level in iraq has gone down greatly since the worst sectarian conflict 2006-2007, but there still is attacks. this is the worst that's been the biggest on this scale since march. but there's been other since troops left last year. and in the wake of the americans leaving there was a crisis which was at the same time these attacks started. so there were great fears three or four months ago that the country was potentially sprirling back into what it was before. there hadn't been such a scale or level of attacks. and one of the main problems is the instability and the shia prime minister of the country, nouri al-maliki, has been accused by the sunnis and kurds of trying to take over daycaretorial powers and have been trying to get a vo

>> i think is a close call between pastor and kirkuk. kirkuk is subject to an track fire quite regularly. >> are we so getting back at attacks out of state or city baghdad? >> very, very infrequently. and attacking covers have been minimal at the embassy in baghdad. contrariwise and kirkuk, it's a weekly, not daily experience? >> we have a bad situation as well. >> in basra, it is limiting the capacity and because of that, the development program has been withdrawn. >> now, and is that the iraqi decision? >> but when i was in iraq with minister cassady candidate maybe 15 or 20 advisors with the program. >> the program started at 200 down to 115, now down to 70 or 80 the plan is to bring it down to 30, 40 and then it will continue to evolve as the perks. >> mr. courts, where do you see the flashpoints in terms of the size in your testimony. what are the bottom three? what do you worry at night? >> congressman, the state department agreed together that they would meet three overarching criteria in the area of security mission capable. the

in kirkuk the bombs exploded at a local political office. to the area and poured waters on the flames. in the southern city police say a pair of car bombs went off outside woma some restaurants e security enforcers also go to eat. >>> the penn state trial. the witnesses said he was warned if he told anybody about the abuse he would never see his family again. today, three witnesses took the stand and testified in bruteally graphic detail about what they say they endured. one man testified coach sandusky tried to buy his silence with football tickets. another abused the coach abused him in the basement of his home. >>> stunning video as a toddler are flies out a window of an suv that rolled over during a high speed chase. the child getting up and trying to walk after the vehicle flipped. somebody grabs the young girl as the truck drives away. police received reports of armed people inside the suv suspected in a series of purse snatchings. cops later arrested four teenagers each faces charges including organized crime and injury to a child. at

the bomb targeted a judge in downtown kirkuk. police say the bomb went off just as the judge arrived at his office near a police station. the judge and two of his body cars were injured. the explosions also set at least one shop on fire. >>> a house committee could decide today whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. the committee's chairman republican darrell issa is upset holder won't hand over documents related to the failed gun smuggling program, fast and furious. even if they vote today to hold holder in contempt of congress, it will still have to pass the full house. >>> this morning trying to figure out how a man wanted for murdering a woman in dewey beach died. 26-year-old kunar was suspected of stabbing danielle. maids found her body in a room monday morning. sources say she was staying in that room with kumar. police launched a manhunt and found his body in a hotel in new jersey. this is first murder in dewey beach since the town was incorporated in 1981. >>> time right now is 5:06. the bou

> death toll expected to rise in iraq following several car bomb explosions one occurred today in kirkukied several wounded. other blasts occurred in baghdad in all 65 are dead. hundreds wounded. today's violence comes as shiites start pilgrimage to baghdad to mark the death of a principal shiite. >>> less than half voters surveyed think well of president's handling of the economy. in the latest poll only 43% of voters expressed favorable opinions about the president's economic agenda while 40% say the same about republican contender mitt romney. among independent swing voters 54% see mr. obama's plans in a negative light. 47% rate romney's economic plan as negative. >>> in southern arizona voters are sending democrat ron barber to washington to finish the term of former representative gabby giffords. he was her chief of staff. he won yesterday's special election over republican jesse kelly. giffords resigned a year after she was shot in the head to focus on her recovery. 66-year-old barber was already injured in the shooting rampage that killed six people. giffords stayed out of the spe

this was ten different cities and you are talking about hila in the south, and kazakhstan and kirkuk accounts in baghdad, so that took a lot of organization to do. >> and why do we believe those areas? are they particularly vulnerable? >> well, shiite areas where the bombs went off and the target was shiite and that raises the whole sectarian spector that we are seeing in syria as well in iraq, and it was at the worst in '06 and '07 and the fear is that those behind us were trying to spark more sectarian clashes and drag iraq backwards into the darkinfrastructure? >> well, this is annoying a lot of observers because when the u.s. left there was an agreement in place to share the power, and it is called the power sharing agreement, and this has not happened under nuri al maliki, and he is seen as shutting out the sunni and the shia side and he controls the defense ministry and the sbeinterior ministry an lot of people are starting to see what they fear is an authoritarian regime in iraq emerging where the sunnis and the kurds are pushed to the margins of the political scene which crea

while they prevented construction the consulate repeals it kirkuk assert -- cruelly serve as operations sites. they remain concerned of personnel contractors. zero leu ag reported security risks are mitigated with the government of iraq and security forces. during the fieldwork '08 chief found their routine the detaining contractors and check plants and it is jeopardize same potential routes. 2013 we will look at private contractors and the department procured aircraft will establish operating routes between and line and baghdad between kuwait city and baghdad $1,600 round-trip compared to commercial roundtrip fares that were available between six and $800. we will audit the program to consider the loss deficiency of air travel. zero leu ag reported the cost would be considerable and the department contractor that it will have the medical operations october 2012 may 20110 leu ag reported baghdad left at a quick response plans and reported that the consulate had created emergency action plans with department guidelines and had conducted regular briefings and drills. may 2011 oig faciliti