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President obama called the missouri governor, jay nixon, to express his condolences for all the families of joplin. and directing the head of fema to travel to the area to assess the damage there. theres the photo, obviously, from the white house today of the president making that phone call. were going to talk to the governor of missouri, coming up in just a few minutes for you, inside "americas newsroom". rick: the president, overseas right now, and news just crossing that the volcano erupting...

We go to the cnn weather center. >> i think it will hit the uk, heading into the middle part of the week. now, that does not mean were going to shut down air travel in and out of the uk. we have to get samples of that ash to determine whether it is going to be impacting aircraft. we understand its coarser and perhaps it wont do that. nonetheless, this is not looking good. its kind of a take two here. take a look at our i-reporters snap something pictures in iceland. at this point what we talk ab...

Quite a few flights between london and scotland. so, they said it will not be as bad as last year, but the particles here are bigger so they will fall to the ground faster and it will be over and done with but the problem is, we do in the know. and, so, i take you back to last years eruption and disruption with facts for you. 95,000 flights were canceled last year when ice land ash cloud came this way and airlines suffered more than $1.5 billion loss. this was felt in europe and as far as africa...

U.s.-built airplanes and killed 12 security officers. next, its about 8:00 p.m. in iraq where a car bomb killed seven people. according to reports, the target was a police captain who was injured. finally, almost 5:00 p.m. now local time in iceland, where a volcano is still spew ago cloud of ash into the heavens, thats impacting british air space. right now scottish airlines are already canceling dozens of flights. youll recall the eruption of another volcano in iceland led to the grounding ...

Again, going on across here. its not expected to affect president obamas travel, but we simply dont know. people remember the massive disruption, rick, from the last volcanic eruption, and the flights were grounded before because these particles from volcanos jam the engines of airlines. now, so far, the effects of this volcano, more localized. its really having an impact on iceland, where it comes from. its called the grimshoten volcan oarks and youre seeing cars, sheep running around, the airp...

Could avoid ash from a huge volcanic eruption in ireland. in philadelphia today, a major roundup of alleged organized crime leaders. the reputed philly boss. the justice department filed suit to stop the proposed merger of h & r block. recapping the days top story, rescue crews tonight trying to find victims of last nights deadly tornado in joplin, ohio. today seven people have been found alive. the tornado has killed 116 people, making it one of the deadliest tornadoes in u.s. history. anothe...

People are more than up to the task. >> critics back home say problems of ireland and greece should show americans need to cut budget deficit. >> go to greece to see what happens. >> but irish actor adapted a slogan. [ inaudible ] >> the mood at the start of week-long trip was light. they gave the president a hurling stick that is come by face of field hockey and rugby. mr. obama had another use for it. >> if members of congress arent behaving, give them a paddle, a hurl. >> if one of the two pu...

Come on, stop living in the shadows. youve got a life to live. [ male announcer ] so dont blame it on aging. talk to your doctor and go to isitlowt.com to find out more. developing now, an erupting volcano in iceland a disrupting air travel in europe and forcing president obama to change his travel plans. we learned just a short time ago the president will leave dublin, ireland, tonight instead of tomorrow to fly to london because of the ash cloud. so far more than three dozen flights have bee...

And eventually collapse. 120 inspectors in new orleans keeping an eye on levees that are protecting that city. air traffic controllers across northern europe are keeping a close eye on the ash cloud from an erupting volcano in iceland. it has already forced icelands main airport to close until this afternoon which led to 40 international flights being canceled. experts say the impact from this eruption wont be close to what happened last year when airports were shut down around the world. >> a...

Making headlines. pakistani commandos close to restoring order following a brutal attack there. militants stormed the base killing 12 security officers and destroying two u.s. supply planes. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for that attack saying it was revenge for the raid that killed osama bin laden. icelands aviation authorities hope to reopen the airport later today. an eruption from the countrys most active volcano has grounded flights and sent ash towards european airspace. s...