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Side over there, also gone him this is insane. >> my goodness, a new lava fountains are cully opening up, spewing into the air. one fissure doubling in size. the lava invaded four square miles, an area so big it can be seen from space, scientists wait to see if its headed for another massive eruption. miguel mar says joins us from hawaii. we are into the fourth week of this nightmare. no ends in sight. tell us what you are seeing. >> there is no end in sight. one geologist said they think they a...

Would be gone i go now. >> theres three fissures next to my house. im thinking theyll grab ahold of each other. >> reporter: steves fear turned to fact. the fissures have banded together into a massive volcanic complex. kilaueas eruption is callous in its haphazardness, leaving residents with a thick vein of hope each day. how defeel? >> at this point were numb. its been three weeks. the heart breaks slowly. >> reporter: a few hundred feet away from his driveway, the lava oozes closer. its taken...

Other. >> reporter: his fear turned to fact. the fissures have banded together into a massive volcanic complex. kilaueas eruption is callous in its haphazardness, leaving residents who havent lost their homes with a sick vein of hope each day. >> how do you feel being back here right now? >> a little numb. at this point, were kind of numb. its been three weeks. the heartbreaks slowly. >> reporter: just a few hundred feet from this driveway, lava continues to ooze closer. its already taken out so...

Leads right towards homes in the leilani estates committee. stephanie elam was there when the lava began shooting hundreds of feet into the air. >> reporter: thick waves of fresh lava blaze a path down a mount of volcanic rock. this didnt exist just a few days ago. >> we gamble d and maybe -- maye didnt win. >> reporter: every day steve heads into leilani estates to check on the house he built by hand. only one way to his place remains. but this road is now scarred with jagged cracks, a byproduc...

Opened up out of nowhere. heres her report. >> reporter: thick waves of fresh lava glaze a path down a mount of volcanic rock. this didnt exist just a few days ago. >> we gambled and maybe didnt win. >> reporter: every day, steve heads into leilani estates to check on the house he built by happened. only one way to his house remains but this road is now scarred with jagged cracks. a byproduct of kilaueas eruption. steve says some folks in the neighborhood patched the road enough to make it passa...

Of the surface now, the more fluid ones, they are trending towards a composition of -- [inaudible] -- but they are not there yet, so theres still a mixture of older stuff in there thats picking up on the way up. mike: jeff paul is live in hawaii with the latest. jeff? >> well, yeah, more and more people are likely thinking about evacuating as the lava flows here in the lower area only grow stronger and wider. in the last 24 hours more homes have found themselves in the path of this lava and scie...

>> leland: we are now in the third week of the eruption of hawaiis volcano an the big island. geologists saying lava is spewing deadly plumes of tiny particles of volcanic glass. they may have to evacuate 1,000 more people if the lava crosses key highways cutting off communities in mostly rural parts of that island. meanwhile, blue flames -- you cant see them quite in the video, but theyre there. theyre burning inside the lava and that are prompting new explosion fears. the bright blue means the...

Flowing out at 50 to 60 feet per cubic feet. what is life like on the big island? >> folks that live downwind, theres another eruption today. sent ash two miles in the air. everybody downwind is worried about the ash. people that live here where we are, the concern is going to be the lava that is flowing and the toxic gas. right now more than 2,000 have been evacuated. lava has destroyed 50 structures. take a listen to this homeowner. >> the fissure opened up. you can see the house, what is left...

>> 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...

See going back to may of last year and how recently since march its gone up, up, up. its a steep increase. what does that tell you? >> it tells me that the president has ratcheted up the discredit muellers effort. the increase in volume is all about a deliberate concerted effort try to win an argument in the political realm with the american people in mind here at the end of this process, to rally the presidents supporters and make sure that a healthy enough percentage of americans will question...