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good morning. im harry smith. >> and im maggie rodriguez. this morning were happy to report that gradually the air space in europe is opening up this morning. but, but, an important question, does that mean its safe to fly? well be speaking with an aviation expert. and were also going to talk to a couple from iowa stranded at heathrow, theyre using points to stay in a hotel. theyve got a small business on get back to and a couple little kids. well hear from them in a second. >> but f...

good morning. im harry smith. >> and im maggie rodriguez. this morning were happy to report that gradually the air space in europe is opening up this morning. but, but, an important question, does that mean its safe to fly? well be speaking with an aviation expert. and were also going to talk to a couple from iowa stranded at heathrow, theyre using points to stay in a hotel. theyve got a small business on get back to and a couple little kids. well hear from them in a second. >> but f...

on a normal day, there would be almost five times that number. our own greg palkot is one of the thousands of stranded travelers. greg is stuck in dubai because his flight to europe was canceled like most of the other flights bound there. greg, what is the latest with travelers and flight schedules where with you are? >> hey, brian. were stranded like tens of thousands of others around the world, thanks to the volcanic ash cloud across europe. we were traveling back from an assignment ...

worldwide. more than a dozen nations have grounded flights to affected areas. laura ingle has more from our newsroom. >> reporter: as you know, if you have a flight on british airways heading out of the u.k. they have posted news all flights to and from the united kingdom will be cancelled. check out this image released by nasa we can show you. massive cloud of ash that is hovering over most of europe is so big, you can see it from space. this cloud that is hugging huge portions of eur...

and apologizing. tiger woods spoke publicly for the first time about the scandal that destroyed his image, jeopardized his marriage, cost him lucrative endorsement contracts, and drove him off the pro-golf tour. he said "i am deeply sorry," and a lot more. we have extensive coverage tonight beginning with mark strassmann in ponte vedra, florida. >> i was wrong, i was foolish. >> reporter: this was the new tiger, humble, contrite, remorseful. >> i was unfaithful. i had affairs. i cheate...

>> couric: tonight, tiger talks. >> what i did is not acceptable. and i am the only person to blame. >> couric: and gives a dramatic and emotional apology. im katie couric. also tonight, the battle for marjah and a cbs news exclusive. we take you inside an enemy bunker used by taliban snipers to fire on u.s. troops. the school-issued laptops had cameras. did teachers use them to spy on students? and in vancouver, the american takes home the gold, but the russian claims he did one turn ...