we ll explain. i want to begin this morning with politics. as you know, the presidential race tightened up with rick santorum winning in missouri, colorado, arizona. as we go forward, we want to check up on the claims regarding health care. what adds up and what leaves something to be desired? something you have read about, the contraception controversy. they chewed out the president for a rule that requires insurance plans to cover contraception. even plans for those with religious organizations. like catholic hospitals and universities. just in the last several days, the administration said under obama care, religious organizations like schools catholic schools, catholic hospitals have to provide for free contraceptives and free morning after pills, abortive pills for employees, in violation of the religious conscience of those organizations. after that, the white house said look, you know, governor romney was flip-flopped. romney responded to that. here is how it wen
all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnn s deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? reporter: well, ali, christine and carol, we can tell you that he is facing eight charges today. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. the charges against him, attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and also conspiracy toy commit terrorism. the nigerian grat witt student turned accused suits bomber is acteding as his own attorney and umar farouk abdulmutallab shown he is defind. during jury selection he invoked his meant, jihad mentor, recently killed in an air