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At crowne plaza, we know business travel isnt just business. theres this. a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. were all business, mostly. new explosions from the kilauea volcano are producing a fresh ash cloud, up to 11,000 feet. here is a live look right now at the lava which is covering just over three square miles of the big island. the earthquakes are ramping up as well. yesterday alone, there were 90 of them...

>> back with americas music headquarters, i mike emanuel. irish voters back the repeal of the strict constitutional ban on abortions. both are predicting a landslide victory for the s forces, and the pole for the itv irish television supports 70%. while i pull for irish times show 60% are backing repeal of the band. the exit polls are only rejections and the official boat count starts tomorrow. authorities say another eruption at hawaiis kilauea volcano has sent an ash cloud about 10,000 feet in...

Island where hes been braving all of this. scott, whats the latest? >> reporter: john and poppy, there are no shortage of dangers here on the southern part of the big island of hawaii. you mentioned the ash cloud for people near the summit of kilauea 20 miles away from where we are and theres the sulfur dioxide continuing to pour out of those fissures and the nasty gas that happens when lava hits the ocean. that can also be potentially dangerous, and i havent mentioned the earthquakes and obviou...

We get lava into the plant and its destroyed. what you see behind me, chris, these are live pictures. ive been mesmerized by this since 4:00 this morning, live pictures from a guys house about 1,000 yards and if you listen to it on the internet, you can actually hear birds chirping and hear the explosions from this. but we talked about this now for just a second. lets get to the graphics because it is the ash cloud that everyone can see. and you cant fly planes through it. you dont want to breat...

Pictures are just astonishing. mother nature at her most primal honestly creating and destroying at the same time lava from the kilauea has now reached a geothermal power plant. and lava still pouring into the pacific sending toxic gas and volcano glass into the air threatening people on the island all along the way. scott mcclain has been following all of this for us. so what are officials telling folks at this point? >> reporter: it really depends on where you live. and ill give you an example...

Frequent. that might be good for now, but, of course, the big worry is that there might be more pressure building up and that perhaps a much bigger explosion that could send up an even bigger ash cloud that could potentially make air quality at that end of the volcano much, much worse. >> scott mclean, thank you so much. truly an awesome vantage point where you are. thank you for sharing that with us. coming up, the trump administrations new warning and list defend mands of demands fo. it must...

Senate campaign seems to be doing okay. a recent poll shows mccaskill and holly in a virtual tie. mccaskill has a well-funded war chest, with $11 million cash on hand compared to hollys 2 million. in a critical senate race that might determine control of the u.s. senate, its yet to be seen how much of a thorn the governors drama will be in hollys side. >> this is a nightmare scenario for republicans in the state. >> the special session to consider governor greitens impeachment begins tomorrow at...

Check it out. its very wet on the radar. a lot of this is some tropical moisture, across parts of florida. a little low there spinning in from the gulf of mexico will continue to spin up through georgia and then kind of hit that stationary front, thats been there, really, for a good week. the same areas that have been getting hit for four or five days, including d.c. will get more ran during the day tomorrow and overnight tomorrow night, into friday. and then flood watches out, from west virgini...

And authorities say it is still threatening a major eruption. around 100,000 people have been evacuated from the villages in the immediate danger zone. the lingering ash cloud around that -- on that volcano, it is affecting the international airport and our derek van dam is here to tell us about that. derek, you know, obviously with this happening, these planes are grounded. >> absolutely. specifically the airplanes flying from australia to the main location for the international airport there. ...

And from den pasar. but just not from australia. and that is all thanks to the steering winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. here is the science behind why jet engines and volcanic ash dont mix. when we get the plume of steam and volucanic ash get sucked in the jet engine, the ash cloud melts inside of the jet engine and eventually it can refreeze and harden on the turbines, causing them to seize and ultimately having a jet engine failure. not something you want when youre flying 30, 35,...