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looks. all day long the dow headed south until it finally closed down an ugly 266 points. on wall street, 4:00 couldnt come fast enough. weve had eight straight days of losses, the first time that happened since the global financial meltdown? 2008. it is a scary picture, and were going to walk you through it all in just a moment. but first a look at the other stories were drilling down on tonight. its ramadan in syria. instead of peace, more bloodshed. graphic new images of bodies du...

a ton of money. this hour, how hes dealing with the new messes that the country simply cant afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." sort of vacation right now, theyre on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new ange...

Heather, how many workers are really affected? >> reporter: were talking about 350,000 applicable union workers. theyre affected by the move. it includes safety workers, teachers, nurses, along with other government workers. and you heard a lot about the union battle in wisconsin, you mentioned that, the past couple of weeks. not as much from ohio. but that is where the legislation, in fact, in some ways is tougher. unlike wisconsin it would extend union restrictions to police officers and firef...

-- concerning public employees, including collective bargaining powers, scheduled to -- compensation, and procedures and... rick: that was the scene, yesterday, in the ohio state house, as lawmakers voted to approve the budget bill, it affects safety workers, teachers, nurses, safety workers, meaning firemen, police officers, other types of government personnel, unions will be able to negotiate wages but will not be able to negotiate health care, sick time, pension benefits, and the bill elimina...

To 20 miles with a big glow from their windows this morning. there have been numerous explosions, up to three reported by emergency personnel. and its a potential possibility that another car could explode as we sit here right now. emergency personnel as well as media members and all of the residents living within a one-mile radius has been evacuated from the area for any safety concerns, and the possibility of that explosion. you mentioned that there is ethanol on these car trains and thats wha...

>> i think -- i suspect were going to have a dead company anyway. bp will do all they can not to pay their debts. >> neil: have they done to indicate theyre not about going to pay? >> they havent been honest about anything from day one. for years theyve had bad safety workers and havent recorder about the research. >> in the gulf they have one of the better safety records. im not saying theyre saints but say there are plenty of cosinners. i wonder, by you jumping all over them, with justifiable ...

Dying? we are not talking about a strike among the door men, you know, or the waiters and waitressess, we are talking about basically local safety workers who needed to plow the streets so 911 emergency vehicles could get through and they could not, which is such an interesting question. trace, thank you. when a u.s. soldier dies in combat it is common practice for their state senator to send a letter of condolence to the family. but they also usually get the soldiers name right. just ahead the ...