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My home state. very important labor issue on the ballot. >> reporter: absolutely. this initiative is something that really has been pushed by governor kasich, this law, it's been on the books that they're not going to vote to see if they want to repeal. if they do that, a huge blow to governor kasich. it's a bit of a referendum billed on his governorship and with his first year and a half and you know, if that's the case, then that would be a huge win for democrats. a big win for the national party in trying to organize in the state. if it doesn't pass, however, in a place where younion rights...

>> 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. i...

one area includes the capital, mogadishu where an estimated 100,000 people have come looking for aid. the u.n. says nearly half the country is suffering from malnutrition. egypt's ailing former president will next appear in court august 15th as his trial opened. hosni mubarak denied charges of corruption and playing role in the death of more than 800 anti-government demonstrators. the trial of his rmer interior minister is scheduled to get under way at this hour. in eastern australia, a teenage girl is safe but police don't know who strapped a fake bomb around her neck. police sa...

treatment for responders who got sick after 9/11. last night at a town hall in new york, from us at a tiustrated cs sounded off about what happened to them after the dust settled. >> i want to show you something. sometimes i have to eat through this tube because the muscles in my neck don't work to swallow. i breathe and talk through this tube. and i'm the lucky one. >> a public appearance today by the hotel maid who accuses dominique strauss-kahn of sexual assault. ded dialnafissatou diallo will visi christian center for thank her her supporters. prosecutors are trying to decide whe...

Much profit they can make? >> of course not. but the point is -- >> eric: you can't hire workers at lower wage in south carolina. you need to do it in washington state where we can get our grimy hands on you. >> i don't think that's what they are saying they are saying that the workers have right and they made a legal finding of fact the workers are punished for the union activities. i want to live in a country where people have a right to belong to union without fear of reprize sal. maybe that is not the america you envision. i want to live in that one. >> eric: but it's a right to work, pay ...