death penalty. hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. i m john berman. we have breaking news for you this morning. word that one of the most infamous killers in iraq is dead. iraqi tv is reporting that izzat ibrahim al douri was killed in a military operation near tikrit. al douri was a key aide to saddam hussein. you can see him there. a serious player. the king of clubs in the u.s. military s deck of cards of most wanted iraqis. he was part of the insurgency during the occupation and more recently he had been connected to isis. he could have been a crucial player in helping isis take over huge chunks of iraq. he s the last of saddam hussein s top men to be captured. let s go to london for more on this. iraqis are calling this a huge moment. we re still waiting for dna test results to confirm with 100% certainty that this is izzat ibrahim al douri but a family face to many viewers
breaking news out of iraq right now, we just learned there s been an explosion in the city of erbil not far from the u.s. consulate there. you can see erbil on the map in the north in the kurdish region of that country. the explosion happened on the same road that houses the u.s. consulate and kurdish regional government. we do not know the size of this blast yet or the range of injuries suffered there. we ll keep on following that for you and bring you more information as soon as we get it. we are also getting new information on the death of the last of saddam hussein s top lieutenants. izzat ibrahim al douri was killed in an operation near tikrit. important to this conversation, you were once a liaison officer in baghdad.