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And in "psycho talk" tonight, you educated geologists, you got to listen up to this one. the drugster has a new theory about the reason behind the volcanic eruption in iceland. its a very highly scientific reason as well. hes blaming it on the health care bill. >> couple days after the health care bill had been signed into law obama ran around all over the country saying, hey, im looking around, the earth had to open up. no armageddon out there. the birds are still chirping. i think the earth ha...

>> bret: checking world headlines now. some planes are flying again in europe, but most remain grounded because of the smoke and ash cloud from the volcano in iceland. germanys aviation authority became the first to allow planes back in the airplane. smaller european airports reopened. france and britain plan to lift some restrictions tuesday morning. prime minister gordon brown has ordered royal navy warships to rescue some stranded citizens. also today, secretary of state hillary clinton cance...

Moscow. >> the polls turned out by the tens of thousands to honor the president today in krakow, many of the worlds leaders were prevented from going to the funeral because of the ash cloud over europe. the nation of poland still seemed in shock today, still burying the dead. today, the president lech kaczynski, his wife maria among 96 that died in a plane crash in russia ironically en route to a memorial for 22,000 polish soldiers murdered by soviet secret police in 1940, up to 80 world leaders...

Congestion flowing at lower altitudes. europe has an average of 28,000 flights a day so, even if you put up a fraction of those, it would be too many airplanes at low altitudes because there isnt room to maneuver they have to take evasive action. and jet engines use more fuel at lower altitudes so the airlines are probably discounting that for the time being. >> tom aspell, thanks. a veteran pilot is highlighting just how serious volcanic ash is when it comes to airplanes. captain rob shapiro ...

People affected by this closure, amounting to $200 million a day for stranded passengers. the air lines are trying to break this stranglehold, klm announcing they have flown ten flights through the ash cloud affecting europe and tell me they have found no irregulators in those flights. they have submitted the data to the dutch aviation authorities and are waiting for them to say something to this point about maybe opening up the air space over holland for this airline. they want it to happen as ...

Forecasts indicating the giant ash cloud spewed out by the volcano may not pose a risk to some flight patterns. today, some planes did take to the skies over europe, but just not with any of the thousands of stranded passengers weve been hearing about. several airlines say they safely conducted test flights, airlines already hemorrhaging millions of dollars in lost revenue on a daily basis and now start pushing to make the transition back to business as usual and claim the ash cloud and thus the...

Were separating a little bit. thats when the lightning was forming. the new york post calls it hell fire. it looks like one of the rings of hell. these dramatic. and you would never ever want to fly a plane through there and as we know, 17,000 flights were canceled, 200 million dollars a day to the airlines. klm and lufthansa did do test flights through the incredible ash cloud and they went well. they didnt have passengers on board, but went well. >> now, lufthansa to be clear, they flew undern...

100-year-old convicted pedophile on parole has been sent back to prison. authorities say he skipped sex offender classes. those are your fast five headlines. the travel nightmare enters day four, but there may be a hopeful sign for airline passengers stranded by the volcanic ash cloud over europe because klm says it has flown a plane through the ash with no apparent problems. and this just in -- air france says it has safely carried out a test flight from paris to toulouse in southern france. ...

End to the total ban on commercial air traffic over parts of europe because of an ash cloud from an icelandic volcano. the airline says it completed a test flight through the ash with the plane suffer nothing apparent damage. joining me live from washington is jonathan lease, seismologist and professor at the university of north carolina, chapel hill. good morning to you. >> hello. good morning. >> im curious here, first of all, how does the field of seismology relate to what we are seeing right...

The rest is completely shut down. >> tom, as i understand it, when the flights went, the pilots did everything on visual, right? they didnt rely on radar. they literally were looking around to have to deviate around ash clouds if they saw that? >> reporter: thats right, alex. the german planes flew at low altitude between frankfurt and munich observing what they call vor, visual flight rules. 20,000 and 30,000 feet. the dutch went higher but were deliberately trying to ingest as much of the ash ...