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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 couldn't come fast enough. we've had eight straight days of losses, the first time that happened since the global financial meltdown? 2008. it is a scary picture, and we're going to walk you through it all in just a moment. but first a look at the other stories we're drilling down on tonight. it's ramadan in syria. instead of peace, more bloodshed. graphic new images of bodies dumb it ped like garbage as the death toll rises. can the world look the other way? and japan's...

a ton of money. this hour, how he's dealing with the new messes that the country simply can't 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. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." sort of vacation right now, they're on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new anger and fingerpointing over the partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. senator...

Heather, how many workers are really affected? >> reporter: we're talking about 350,000 applicable union workers. they're 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 firefighters, and here's some of the other things in the bill. it eliminates automatic pay increases an...

-- 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 eliminates automatic pay increases and replaces them with merit-based raises, or performance pay. and keith...

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 it's 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 that's what really sparked this blaze. nearby, there is also a co-op, farmer's facility, that does do some f...