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That is a holiday party. thank you both for joining us, we certainly appreciate it and it was a great thing to do for sure. >> thank you so much. >> have a great christmas, merry christmas to both of you. switching gears completely, fox news alert for you, brothers from chicago confirmed dead in the new zealand volcano disaster we have been following. the new search happening for their parents despite an impending eruption risk. the pentagon reviewing if it is legal to have troops at the border ...

>> theyre alive. thats a lot more than i can say for other families, so all in all im very lucky. and theyre very lucky. >> reporter: the ureys are believed to have arrived by boat on the eastern side of the island then walked to the center of the active volcano. they had just come down from their spot when the eruption struck and were able to hide behind a large rock. >> last september is probably the most nervous i have ever been. >> reporter: tour guide hayden marshall inman once highlighted ...

To fast track the approval process because the trial results were so promising, so if all goes well, it could be available as early as next year. >> odonnell: some good news. thank you. two more victims of that volcanic eruption in new zealand died today. the death toll is now eight, but it is expected to double when search teams are allowed back on the island. ramy inocencio flew near the volcano today and reports it is still rumbling. >> reporter: three days after white islands eruption, we ca...

>> reporter: american matthew left a voicemail telling his mother that he and his wife lauren needed surgery. their conditions remain critical. >> my hands are burned so i cant use my phone. >> reporter: the island sits on the pacific ring of fire and the most active in years now its a 40-60% chance of another eruption, the pressure inside the volcano is rising lester >> janis mackey frayer, thank you. >> reporter: here at home, what is certain to be a tense showdown as the house committee begin...

>> reporter: tonight a family devastated, matthew hollander just 13 and his 16-year-old brother baron are the first americaned confirmed dead from the volcanic eruption here their parents martin and barbara still missing. its unclear if they made it off the island. >> were living with a growing sense of desperation to bring home those that we know are there. >> reporter: its still too dangerous for rescue teams to reach there. satellite images before and after the eruption show the crater smothe...

All right. police in new zealand say its still too dangers to return to white island to recover the dead. they say the likelihood of a further election on the island is just too high. cnns will ripley is on the phone from new zealand for us. this was an adventure hiking destination, cruise ships dropping off passengers and just ending in disaster. what do we know? >> christine, i just got off a helicopter where we flew close to the island, and i tell you. it is chilling. its a beautiful place. i...

Their families. >> you were able to fly over the islands. was it lava flow? ash? what could you see? >> its a large plume of smoke. it looks like steam basically. its the kind of plume people were enveloped like when people were standing by the crater looking in. some were five meters away before the eruption. of course, those people were not been able to survive. those who have survived, the burns have been just horrific. i was talking to a first responder who described skin falling off of the ...

Breaking overnight, emergency officials say eight people are still missing after this volcanic eruption in new zealand that killed at least six others. authorities say its still too dangerous to try to return to the island to recover the bodies. new aerial video shows huge plumes of smoke still rising from the volcano. will ripley has the remarkable story. hes spoken to a man who had just take an boat tour with his daughter. will joins us with the story. whatd they have to say? >> reporter: it w...

That announcement on a second day of crippling transit strikes. implementation of the changes will be made, the new system will apply only to people after 1975. the death toll of mondays eruption of novell client volcano on new zealand is up to 16. typical people treated at hospitals have died. the volcano is venting more steam and mud today and seismic monitors are telling experts there that there is a good chance at another eruption could happen within the next 24 hours. british political lead...

Death toll from mondays volcano eruption rising, hope is fading that survivors will be found. >> we got to get out of here! >> reporter: 47 people, including nine americans, were on whakaari volcano monday when it erupted, ash soaring 12,000 feet into the air. some forced to jump into the sea. father and daughter geoff and lillani hopkins used their tour boat to rescue as many as they could. >> we had 23 on the boat that we had. and five of those are now deceased. >> reporter: lauren and matthew...