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Its just after 7:30 on the east coast. time foye a quick look at todays top stories. airplanes are gradually taking to the skies across europe today giving hope to millions of travelers stranded due to icelands volcanic eruption. european authorities said they expect some 55% to 60% of flights to resume today. british officials say britains airports are likely to remain closed for another day because of a new ash cloud. al qaeda in iraq suffered what could be a major setback after u.s. and ira...

Well look at all of that in a moment. first, we want to show you what that ash cloud looks like from up close or inside. gary tuchmans been on the ground in iceland since friday. he got caught in the middle of an ash cloud today, take a look. >> reporter: now day has turned into night. this is the ash plume from the volcano just to the north of us. it is literally raining ash right now. blowing in our eyes. you can see here on the ground, the ash is starting to cover the ground. in the western p...

Surface to 30,000, 35,000 feet, the winds change direction and speed at every level of that atmosphere. so you just dont know where the ash is going at different levels, it is going in different spots. the stronger it is at the upper levels and the higher it gets, its much easier to predict. we had a better job at that last week. here is a shot yesterday taken. there is the volcano, the ash plume heading from pretty much due north to south. that was driving it towards the u.k. thats what started...

Flights will be allowed. the rest of u.k. air space is actually going to have severe restrictions, thats below 20,000 feet. anything above 20,000 feet, were talking about transit flights here, that will be allowed between 1:00 and 7:00 p.m. local time. around 3 p.m. local time there could be changes later in the day. the ash cloud is being scrutinized to see which direction it is headed. the heathrow airport, those remain closed, no activity aat all. british airways is saying there are no short-...

Doubt. if youre stuck in the aheadach, youre not enjoying that. >> they are calling it camp kennedy, hundreds of stranded travelers still sleeping under red cross blankets and sharing soap, shaving their faces and legs in bathroom sinks and living on airline snacks. it felt like home yesterday when the port authority opened up trailers with a dozen showers. stranded travelers were invited to a buffet. on the other side, the white house says 40,000 americans are stuck and thats just in the u.k. p...

Britain to flights out of london, not expected to resume until, well, tomorrow. and, london of course is a mainly hub for flights in and out of europe and the good news, this morning, from the air traffic agency and brussels, 55 to 60% of the flights, over europe are now getting the green light. martha: i want to you try and pronounce that again today -- >> i cant even spell it. martha: you are right about that. after being stuck several days many passengers are looking for any way to get home, ...

Of power right now from the latino caucus really wanting to get comprehensive immigration reform through. senators schumer and graham have been working on a bill. theres a blueprint in place. theres no set timeline as to when that bill will see the light of day. congressman gutierrez says the president should not be in new york today talking to wall street bankers. he should be working on comprehensive immigration reform. quite remarkable. new concerns about an ash cloud from the iceland volca...

The passengers need to get home, the carriers need to get in the air in order to make sure the economics are working well for them and the aviation authorities, they, too, are eager to put the airplanes back into normal operations. but they will not, in my judgment, compromise safety. >> i read an article it is not with certainty that these engines are greatly affected by the ash cloud. theres a debate on even the science of that. what do you make of the fact some say it is not even clear what t...

Schedule, theyre looking at possibly waiting another seven to eight days before they can catch a flight because the flights are so packed. a lot of these folks, i talked to a lady from belgium trying to get back to brussels. shes been camped out here at kennedy for about four days now, if you can believe that. shes been told by american airlines that unless she can catch a flight to possibly northern italy, rome or even parts of spain and then from there, catch a bus or a train back to brussels,...

Brilliant, an american stranded in london. wait until you hear how he and his pregnant wife are passing the time. > 8 minutes past the hour. we will check in with rob march season know for a look at the forecast. interesting things coming out of the u.k. met office, the equivalent of our national weather service. they have been tracking this ash cloud. here is their forecast. lines on the map, greens and red. the lower levels. that has been moving westward. this goes beyond europe and we have...