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Rebuilding that daniel wallach and others have led since is proving just as powerful, only this one is green. >> and so this town knew they had to have a unique identity. >> reporter: and thats what you set out to do with this plan? >> yes. >> reporter: with the strong backing of the local government, this town is being rebuilt as a model of environmentally sustainability. at the new school, drainage systems capture and conserve rainwater to feed the landscaping. salvaged wood covers the walls. ...

Covering this that what this is going to say to the consumer is were going to protect you from these bad mortgages. were going to make sure that the banks cant essentially sell you out. and were going to allow state attorneys general to sue on your beha behalf. so this is about the banks, but its really mostly about making sure that they cant pull a fast one on the consumers out there. >> yeah, but, jessica, beyond that, apts really important -- just like after the depression when we set up the ...

The fissures and all of this ash thrown up into the sky in the spring being taken north and then to the south by a moving jet stream and that happens a lot in the spring. the jet goes up, it warms up, the jet goes down, it cools down. we know how spring can be cold and hot. thats the reason, because the jet streams moving north and south as well. >> so there are more airports open right now with very long lines, but for all the worldwide chaos this volcano has created, it might be the opening ac...

Katla, nothing is happening with katla and the word here this volcano is getting weaker. this is gary tuchman, in iceland. okay. scared of nothing. he walks toward the volcano while its still going on. all right. were following news of the explosion in the gulf of mexico. an urgent search for 12 workers from an oil platform. a huge explosion ripped through the rig late last night. well bring you the latest on the search and well talk to a guest who has trained oil field workers for emergenci...

In school lunchrooms and theyre calling on congress to pass a wide-ranging nutrition bill that should make meals healthier, but the problem extends far beyond the school lunchroom. weve become a sedentary society. we dont exercise enough, spend too much time in front of the tv or computer, and exist on a diet of fast-food and/or junk food. the price tag eventually for that is sacrificing the future of the u.s. military. the authors of this troubling report say that currently all branches of the ...

Counterproliferation center, that tackle the toughest issues like iran, north korea, our relationship with china and russia, those sort of things are working much better, they are pulling information from across the intelligence community and serving it up to policymakers in a much more integrated way. thats the good news. but as you remember, jessica, one of the things was that president bush wanted a community manager, an enterprise manager, if you will, that looked across the community, looke...

Insignificant. theres no guarantee that it wont get stronger, but its a very good sign that the worst is over. thats the volcano that we affectionately call e-15, e for the first letter of the volcano and the 15 for the 15 letters that are difficult to pronounce. another one in the distance is called katla, katla is a much more powerful volcano historically when it erupts and the president of iceland caused controversy said that this volcano is a dress rehearsal for katla. theyre afraid it will ...

Weaker than when it first began. there are three craters in the mountain and all three craters were erupting at one point and now only one is erupting. the word were getting is its very likely the worst is over, no guarantees, but its very likely the worst is over. one thing we want to mention to you, to the left of this volcano, you can see in the background, its actually bigger, but its farther away. that is mt. katla and its also a volcano, and historically both of the volcanos have erupted a...

Glacial water inside that there are six times the amount of water in the amazon river and will cause immense flooding. we want to emphasize that because this ones erupting it does not mean katla will erupt, but they have erupted at the same time and there are a lot of tourism officials and im a little angry with the president and he said its important to understand history. >> just to underscore, there are no indications that katla would be erupting any time soon. >> reporter: im going to take o...

V vulcanologists, a volcano 12 miles away from well call it e-15, because i cant pronounce it, 12 miles away. and the last time e-15 erupted, katla, c-k-a-t-l-a, also erupted and sometimes that can be a bigger eruption than the e-15, can you imagine two simultaneously erupting and all of that ash flowing over europe? it could be months of travel interruptions, maybe even years, the last time the volcano e-15 erupted, it kept spewing ash for two years, candy. >> wow. the things that happen you ne...