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All right. here we go. this is the ash as we think that its going to look in the next 24 hours or so. but weve got our own problems along the gulf coast, trying to have a benefit, but big thunderstorms rumbling around. now, you know about the spill, weve been talking about it for weeks now. they are looking at an eruption of severe thunderstorms, not just for today, but into the night as well. but the winds are coming up, generally from the south. the wave heights are between 3 feet and 5 feet. ...

Been imposed on parts of britains air space. nbcs stephanie gosk in london for us this sunday morning at an all too familiar position there, heathrow airport. what can you tell us about these airport closures? >> reporter: well, alex, since the last time we spoke about an hour ago, irish officials announced that the dublin airport is going to close in two hours and its going to remain closed at least until tomorrow morning. that is not going to be welcome news for people that are flying in and o...

>> so a lot of people being affected right now. >> and the people working on the rigs and the fishermen. >> i know youre going to be joining us again because we cant get enough of your information because you have really studied it for a long time and now youre there getting a firsthand look and youve brought us a lot of interesting perspectives. and speaking of b.p., in fact there is expected to be a press conference later on today, 2:30 eastern time, b.p. along with the interior secretary, as ...

Air travel in europe has been under a cloud of uncertainty since the volcanos eruption and that was last month when it erupted and created a big problem. the little dutch boy who survived last weeks plane crash in libya is now back in the netherlands. hes now home accompanied by an aunt and uncle. his legs were broke in several places, but he had no serious injuries, that little boy is the only survivor on that plane that went down. he lost his mother, father and older brother in that disaster...

The question is really the weather and also the volcano itself, the intensity of the eruption that will determine whether or not they close the airports. german authorities are also saying theyre looking at conditions, and that they may possibly have to close airports. it is exactly like the situation we were looking at back in april when airports were closed in europe for five days. scientists have been saying since those closures ended is that this volcano is still active, there is still a thr...

Our top stories making news here on cnn. the gulf coast oil spill could be much larger than first estimated. bp is trying yet another strate strategy. and siphoning out as much crude as possible. president barack obama said a short time ago that the spill could be catastrophic and the u.s. will not rest until it is stopped. in thailand today, more deaths and injuries are reported as booming explosions fill the capital of bangkok. it is the latest eruption in the two-month standoff between an a...

Responsible for the eruption that occurred from the rig? >> senator, until we understand the root cause of the event, i dont think its appropriate to speculate on who or what might be responsible. >> mr. phillips, do you -- >> i think everyones working very hard together collectively, to pull the facts together to diagnose exactly what took place. >> i tell you the conclusion i draw is that nobody assumes the responsibility. >> that was senator frank lautenberg. thats one line of defense we hear...

And the buyer showed up with accomplices. it ended in a robbery and a murder. thats coming up. another 210,000 gallons of oil poured into the gulf of mexico today. another 4 million gallons so far. whos to blame? washington asking that question with the bigwigs from bp, ultimately responsible for the well and transocean, which ran it, and halliburton, which helped build it. heres what happened when senators started trying to pin them down. >> i would ask you first, mr. mckay, is bp the party r...

This is still flight radar 24. what we used weeks ago. there are still planes flying around. let me show you how a flight from miami to deuceledorff had to get there. it flew from miami over newfoundland, over greenland, around the volcano to miss the ash, which is here, because it couldnt fly this way, and it flew all the way around. think of the added expense to fly that far. >> the fuel and time and that kind of stuff. wow. what are we looking at in terms of cancellations? how many cancellati...

Flight level, up to at least 18,000 feet now. so when it gets into the upper levels of the atmosphere the higher the eruption the greater problems that youll have. if you do have travel plans overseas into europe the next couple of days, even into middle to latter part of next week, make sure you check those flights before you take off. okay. if youre traveling around the u.s. today, domestically, we do have airport delays. theyre not pretty, unfortunately. more than two hours now at jfk. newark...