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Turn or south turn we saw yesterday. extraordinary things happening in europe and in iceland. well continue to report on it throughout the day. the mornings biggest stories, including an eruption in the middle of the atlantic ocean, grounding flights across europe and the ripple effect is being felt around the world. the dark cloud that is causing so much delays. a diploma and resume on the pile. college grads leaving with loans but will they have a job this year? >> pilots on prozac? the fa...

Rooms. the scene is almost as if a natural disaster happened and everybodys coming together. >> what about the people working behind the counties -- counsel terse. >> theyre not bad. i thought while i was waiting in line for the train station, if this was america, people would be going crazy. we take a bad rap for being overbearing but the europeans are understanding that this is a situation that is out of the their hand. theres nothing the person behind the counter can do. im happy with everyth...

Heathrow airport, thank you. geologist bill burton is the associate program coordinator of the united states geological surveys volcano hazards program and hes in great demand tonight and good enough to join us from washington. bill burton, when will this volcano stop producing the ash that is grounding these airplanes? >> we dont know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- its like predicting earthquakes? theres ...

Past administration and how they handled these disasters. >> representative george miller, i want to thank you for your time tonight. i want to thank you for joining this issue and as you and i both know, all too frequently we have to hear political voices from outside of west virginia discussing this. >> i want to just say nick rahall stood shoulder to shoulder with me on every one of these issues. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you. coming up, michelle obamas first so...

Looks like a cloud, but we know isnt? >> right. volcanic ash clouds are mixtures of fragments of lava, crystal and volcanic glass along with volcanic gases. they are hot when they erupt, they travel high into the atmosphere and then are carried with the prevailing winds. but its the solid particulate material thats most dangerous to an aircraft. the jet flying through the cloud will suffer abrasions, as you described, but more severely if enough ash is ingested into the engine, they can actually...

Northerly flow that brought it directly to europe, either way, scandinavia, europe and the uk are going to be affected by this for several days to come. southern europe may begin to be spared and they may begin to expand air travel there, but i think for several days especially northern europe, scandinavia and the uk, this is going to be an ongoing issue. kyra? >> well be talking about it, no doubt, until we have better answers and when these flights can get going again. thanks. >> lets get the ...

Supreme court. but youve got to have an opinion, youre a harvard-educated lawyer. do you think there should be more gender balance, gender equity on the court? >> diversity in this country is a good thing, whether its gender, or race, or socioeconomic background or religion, you know, thats the world i come from. >> reporter: looking back on the year that was, mrs. obama said a heated health care debate that at times turned ugly didnt get to her. did that make you angry? >> you know, i dont focu...

>> dawna friesen at londons heathrow airport, thank you. geologist bill burton is the associate program coordinator of the united states volcano hazards program. he is in great demand tonight, and good enough to join us from washington. bill burton, when will this volcano stop producing the ash that is grounding these airplanes? >> we dont know that yet. the previous eruption of this volcano went on for slightly over a year. >> wow. so this is just completely -- its like predicting earthquakes? ...

Ash that makes it so damaging to aircraft? whats -- whats in that, what looks like a cloud, but we know isnt? >> right. volcanic ash clouds are mixtures of fragments of lava, crystal and volcanic glass along with volcanic gases. they are hot when they erupt, they travel high into the atmosphere and then are carried with the prevailing winds. but its the sal id particulate matter dangerous to aircraft. they can suffer abrasions, as you described, but more severely if enough ash is ingested into t...

Eruptive histories. >> what is the impact on global climate? >> i would say its fairly slight with this volcano. the worst eruption, one of the worst eruptions in history occurred in 1783 from locke, to the north, and it covered europe in a sulfur cloud. and that affected european climate for about a year. but it didnt really affect global climate. >> now, the "l.a. times" today reports two of the three eruptions of this volcano have been followed by larger eruptions from a nearby volcano with a...