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>> no. i think any sitting president -- any politician is open to scrutiny. i dont think hes been unfairly or more scrutinized than anyone else. i think he continually, as he does, i think, hes always does, makes everything about himself. and has to fight back on everything. and its not serving him well now. there are things that are going on in the country that are positive, but nobody hears about them very much, and its donald trumps fault because he keeps changing the subject to stuff that do...

Look at this. molten hot lava shooting up from the ground on hawaiis big island. these random fissures just feet from our cameras, and theyre the biggest fear for residents right now, following the eruption of the infamous kilauea volcano and take a look at this astounding time lapse video capturing the scale and the spread of the lava there. the residents that weve been talking to have described it as a curtain of fire. another said eruptions have been as high as 100 feet and making matters wor...

To the big islands. the eruption stemming from a series of cracks in the rift zon zone,miles from the volcano. walls of smoke shown billowing as the vent collapses leaving behind a red, rocky surface, similar to that of mars, with gaping holtz giving us a glimpse of the orange liquid magma smoldering below. and this time lapse shot last week shows gushing rivers of lava flowing as night turns to day. residents are fleeing from their homes as forests burn and roads break open. >> you could feel t...

This is what it looks like and sounds like when lava tears your neighborhood apart, this is on the eastern coast of hawaiis big island and this was the view for nearly 2,000 people who were evacuated as volcanic ash ripped the 12r50e9s wid 12r50e9s wid s the 12r50e9s witreets wide open after a week of near constant earthquakes including a 6.9 tremor, the biggest to hit hawaii in decades. officials say it shows no sign of slowing down and to stay away from the area. >> we have issued an faa order...

National park. yes, it is a visitors destination. but it is now closed. as our stephanie elam reports from hawaii, that park is home to a volcanic crater at the center of all of this. >> reporter: volcanic eruptions spewing moeltsen rock, ash and gases onto hawaiis big island. the eruption stemming from a series of cracks in the rift zone miles from the kilauea volcano. video from earlier this week shows walls of smoke billowing as the wall collapses, leaving behind a red rocky surface similar t...

The activity lies leilani estates. a resident captured this lava fountain shooting over 100 feet into the air. >> we came down the road and heard a boom. what is that? and then all of a sudden, you smell the sulfur dioxide. we knew something was happening. within minutes, we see smoke, and now we see all this lava coming across the street, and its pumping right now. this fissure is opening up, and this is our next eruption. >> reporter: the eruptions are part of a massive geological event set of...

Smelled the sulfur. we knew something was happening. within minutes we seen smoke. and now we see all this lava coming across the street. and its pumping right now. this fissure is opening up. and this is the next eruption. >> the eruptions are part of a massive geological event set off by the collapse of the crater floor. that led to hundreds of earthquakes jolting the big island. >> the tough part about this eruption is its unpredictable. we dont know which the lava is going to flow. we are pl...

This is our next eruption. >> reporter: the eruptions are part of a massive geological event set off by the collapse of the pua oa collapse. the jolts continued to jolt the big island. >> its unpredictable. we dont know which way the lava is going to flow, and we are planning actively for every contingency that we can think of. >> thats stephanie elam there on hawaii for us. the governor of hawaii is urging all people and planes to stay away from the area. >> weve issued an faa order closing the...

That were evacuated because the volcano and erupting more on the street. >> lava is coming out. this is real. >> reporter: at the center of the activity lies the community of leilani estate. a resident there captured this lava fountain shooting over 1 feet into the air. >> down the road, all we heard was a boom. what is that? and all of a sudden you smelled the surface, sulfur -- the sulf sulfur, sulfur dioxide. we knew something was happen. within minutes, smoke, and now we see the lava coming ...

This is supposed to be paradise. so this must be very difficult what youre experiencing. is it frightening? >> yeah, i kind of felt this -- okay, im going to live by a volcano, which is crazy. but chicago is also crazy, dealing with the winter, not the safe he is plast place in the w. so everywhere you move, you still have things to deal with and weigh those out when you move. but it is an eye opener. feeling my first earthquake was earlier today i was standing on a persons porch, we just got do...