president karzai. >> and he meets with secretary clinton at the state department and wednesday meets with president obama and vice president joe biden in the rose garden conference. we'll hear more. >> very dangerous development in iraq today. >> yes. >> watch this. the country is tremendously unstable. >> was this a coordinated effort? >> clearly. about two weeks ago the u.s. and iraqi forces killed the top command of al qaeda in iraq. now there is clearly a new commander who is trying to prove he's just as tough as the old one by earning his bonea if i hads by launching a series of attacks. it is a very delicate time because there is no government. two months after the elections the iraqis still haven't got a government. >> and the u.s. troops are confined to their bases. >> waiting to leave. >> we'll continue to follow that and certainly have you on again to talk about this latest uptick in violence there in iraq. thank you very much. >> you bet. stocks surged on wall street today after a nearly trillion dollar rescue plan to avoid a european debt crisis. we'll get the latest in a live report from cnbc's chief washington correspondent john