back to lisa who is monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. what else is going on, lisa? >> reporter: hi there, wolf. we want to bring you new pictures that are just coming into cnn courtesy of our affiliate wabc. you see there a fire that has broken out at a building, east houston street and avenue "a" in downtown new york city. see the flames, quite a fire there. this is a two-alarm blaze. from all indications at this point, the information that we have is nobody has been injured. in other news, at least 17 people have been killed and more than 100 injured today in bombings across baghdad. the violence is the latest in a string of sunni attacks targeting a shiite pilgrimage leaving a holy shrine. 49 people killed and hundreds wounded. shiite pilgrims have long been targets. and the alleged grim sleeper serial killer is being arraigned in los angeles today. 57-year-old lonnie david franklin jr. faces ten counts of