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Managed to is cape damage from the ash, but thanks to the prevailing winds, even the capital remains open, believe it or not. areas closer to the eruption are certainly affected. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes because the volcano is melting a glacier that is causing flooding. a layer of ash that blankets the surrounding countryside, iceland in the middle of the atlantic ocean and is no stranger to seismic activity. its the deadliest one came in the year 1783. that natura...

Cannish ash remain? earlier i talked to an expert for answers. >> if its really fine like this, it can stay up there quite a while. you wait for the wind current to carry it away. >> the volcanos eruption also melted nearby ice leading to flooding and evacuations in iceland. that eruption caused several world leaders to cancel plans to attend tomorrows funeral for the late polish president. lets bring in mike. how long before they decide yes or no to go tore sure. >> reporter: were expecting a m...

Alex? okay, thank you very much, tom aspell from heathrow. a geologist in iceland said activitys increased at the volcano, causing the ash to rise more than five miles in the sky. officials say that the winds have cleared visit for the scientists so today is the first day theyll be able to fly above the volcano and try to assess the activity a bit more closely. keep it here on "msnbc saturday," well have a live report from chris jansing in iceland just a few minutes from now. thousands of pl...

More green, means mo green. [ male announcer ] get a healthy, green lawn today. call trugreen. go greener. >> hello, welcome to brand-new hour of americas news headquarters. topping the news, the eruption of a volcano in iceland. grounding president obamas plans to attend the funeral of the late polish president. jeelses are saying theyre not sure when the volcano will quiet down. >> discovery heading back to earth after resupplying the international space station with supplies. one of the final...

Fortress passing and then let them go. the service employees international union, seiu, saying it was protesting what it calls the companys unfair and illegal treatment of workers. >> heather: a volcanic eruption in iceland still throwing air travel for a major loop world wide. ash from the eruption could severely damage jet engines, so flights all over europe and the rest of the world are actually being canceled and still delayed. aviation experts are calling this the worst travel disruption th...

Conclusion is. obviously, fine ash like this may not even leave a record, but still could be disruptive. >> how about how long it can last in the air this kind of fine ash? >> if its really fine like this, it could stay up there quite a while, but you just wait for the wind currents, the atmoat m atmospheric currents to carry it away. wind shifts could make it better quickly. >> what about the fact that this is the second eruption for this particular volcano in less than a month. is there anythi...

Highest in the sky. and has the most solid matter that comes up out of the earth because the earth blew. as the explosion goes on, as an eruption continues, as in this case, youre seeing less and less actual physical particles being thrown and more and more gas being thrown. and in this case the jet is going to be affected by the former and not the latter. >> does that mean the volcano can continue erupting as geologists predict it may and air travel will be able to get back to normal? >> yeah, ...

Engines to clog up and fail. no one wants to hear that. officials in iceland say volcanic ash will persist for at least 24 hours or more, which is also put an enormous strain on air straight business. ups and fed-ex reporting problems with flights. lack of hotel rooms where youre stuck and dwindling of cash, it is a nightmare for people. right now there are over 2 million airline passengers that have been affected by this volcanic eruption. >> it has been tough. i was in the office yesterday and...

Time in over 18 months were adding jobs to the economy. thats something we hope continues. >> only about 10,000 green jobs by the way. where are the 2 billion green jobs? that was one of the big things going. >> and were dancing dancing wih 500,000 first time job claims. >> i like that foxtrot. hold on, we to get to the next segment. only union members need apply as americans hunt for jobs. is this any time to put limits on who gets them? the cavuto gang on a new white house action coming up. fi...

A fiery volcano continues to cause air travel chaos across much of europe tonight. the eruption has created a massive amount of smoke and ash that airplanes cannot fly through. well tell you what happens to planes if they attempt to fly through the danger zone. well take you inside a dangerous flight decades ago. today across much of europe, some 16,000 flights were branded grounded and nearly 20 countries. can you imagine the chaos thats caused? back in iceland close to the volcano, residents...