this comes after secretary of state john kerry, he met with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki, who has agreed to begin the process to form a new government. let s get to baghdad live for the very latest. what is the latest? reporter: well, i kate, as you ve said we ve spent the week see-sawing between the conflicting ownership of the baiji refinery. we re hearing that the iraqi air force has called in strikes which just gives you a sense of how much that battle has intensified. we re already seeing the impact of that here on the ground. up in the north of iraq, eyewitnesses are reporting ques stretching for hours at gas stations. interestingly, even the iraqi army admits that the militants are going very carefully in their attempt to take over the refinery, hoping that they will be able to use it for their own needs, fuel needs in the coming days and weeks, but it s not just about controlling the oil supply to iraq s north.