Baghdad Bombings

" Iraqi Security Forces are clamping down on Baghdad after a pair of truck bombs rocked the city this weekend it was the worst attack in Iraq in more than two years at least 155. People were killed and about 500 injured the twin blasts shredding three Iraqi Government buildings. And calling into question the nation's ability to protect itself once US troops are gone. -- well it's streaming live from Baghdad -- bring us up to date on what's happening in Baghdad today. After these explosions. Well patty and sadly many of the families are burying their dead today. The death toll climbed overnight as some of the wounded didn't make it. Iraqi officials saying now at least -- 155 dead and as you mentioned more than 500 wounded. Authorities say that two bombers driving pickup trucks packed with explosives. Blew themselves up yesterday morning in front of the justice ministry. And that Baghdad provincial council. Iraqi authorities believe these bombers may have actually made it past several checkpoints before getting their to their targets. Any interior ministry says that 76 wanted men are under arrest in the expects detained a handful more -- and so what is the mood like in Baghdad today somber angry. -- Families of the dead and the wounded are handling their grief somber mood among the colleagues. The workers in these two government buildings. And also -- disruption to daily lives the bombings took -- a major water -- in Baghdad so we expect some water shortages. I was out for much of the day in Baghdad however and I did see traffic flowing I -- people on the streets shopping so it's. Far from a situation like we saw back in 2006 and 2007 when the city was in virtual. Lockdown. -- and we did see. Increased security at the checkpoint and some traffic backups -- and so what is the reaction from US and Iraqi officials. Well Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki toured the sites of these blasts yesterday just a few hours after the blast. He is bit blaming and that attacks on al-Qaeda. And Saddam sympathizers and he's accusing them of trying to disrupt the political process. Ahead of January's elections these bombings bore all the harm -- hallmarks of something that -- Sunni insurgents would do. President Obama called. Mr. now -- and offered his condolences and issued a statement saying that the US would be standing by the Iraqi people and Iraqi Government. In this period before the elections when many people do expect. Rise in violence -- all right Melanie Wilkes live in Baghdad thank you."