BLITZER: Simply awful, what's going on in Baghdad right now -- bloodshed there, horrific bloodshed. More than a dozen explosions ripping through the Iraqi capital today, killing more than 150 people and wounding more than 300. CNN's Jennifer Eccleston is joining us now live from Baghdad with more on this horrible, horrible story. Update our viewers, Jennifer. What happened?</s>JENNIFER ECCLESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, a string of deadly attacks across Baghdad, a day marked by relentless bloodshed, mainly against the Baghdad Shiite community. Suicide car bombers targeting two Shiite neighborhoods, one in northwestern Baghdad, killing four, dozens wounded. But the most deadly was this morning, a suicide bomb attack involving a minivan. According to police, that bus exploded near a meeting point for day laborers in Kadhimiya, a Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad. Witnesses say when that van pulled up, the driver called to the workers to his vehicle, then detonated his bomb. Over 100 have been killed and more than 200 wounded. And the Iraqi civilians bearing the brunt of today's violence, but there's also been military and police violence. They were targeted by suicide attacks. Two car bombs targeting the Iraqi army, six dead there. Seven U.S. military convoys attacked today and 10 soldiers injured.</s>BLITZER: What a horrible day. Jennifer Eccleston reporting for us from Baghdad. Jennifer, thank you very much. Please be careful over there. We'll continue to watch what's happening in Iraq. We're also watching what's happening here in the United States. A controversial decision, very controversial, over the Pledge of Allegiance. Coming up, a federal judge says the words "one nation under God" have no place in public schools. What do you think? Jack Cafferty has been reading your e-mail. He's standing by the join us. And Americans are using some choice words to sum up how they feel about ever-rising gas prices. Now they use a new word -- decrease. We'll tell you what's happening. Stay with us.
150 Killed in Baghdad Attacks