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benchmark that many analysts had predicted for this memorial day weekend. the so-called butcher of bosnia may face a haig tribunal. they said he was suffering psychological problems and should not be extradited. this morning, a serbian judge seems to have rejected that. >> if you paid taxes to uncle sam, you have also helped send billions of dollars to pakistan. ever since the navys secret raid killed osama bin laden, the relationship between the two countries have been fiercely strain...

Cancellations in several airports in northern germany. those are in addition to the 500 or so flights that had to be canceled yesterday. mostly in northern britain. there is good news however, experts say the amount of ash thats being spewed from the volcano is decreasing dramatically today. flight recorders from the air france jumbo jet that suddenly plunged into the atlantic ocean are now pointing to pilot error. lisa stark has more answers to the mystery which has baffled investigators for ...

Cancel flights over parts of europe. its a massive cloud of ash and its drifting toward britain today. scotland has grounded all planes today. british airports also canceling some flights. the operator of japan ace fukushima daiichi nuclear plant confirms meltdowns at two more reactors. tepco now says that fuel rods at the number 1, 2 and 3 reactors melted down early on after an earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant. they say, though, it took some time to discover that had, indeed, happene...

>> 22 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines. pilot error may have contributed to that deadly airfrance plane crash in 2009. black box recordings reportedly show that the pilots were distracted when airspeed indicators malfunctioned. another report says the captain wasnt even in the cockpit when the problem started. and today, chrysler is paying back $7 1/2 billion in loans from the u.s. and canadian government. the company is eager to pay up due to the whopping 12% interes...

it is tuesday, may 24th. were getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that were talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you its a good morning in joplin. it simply isnt. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. lets begin this morni...

Homeland security, faa coming out with new rule whes it comes to flying and safety. jeanne meserve, what do you have for us? what is this stemming from? >> reporter: these new rule, as a result in part of the crash in 2009 of colgan flat. there were things that came into play. one is fatigue and the other pilot error having to do with the stall the plane went into. now the faa is imposing new rules. among the things they would ask, or require, ground inflight training includes recognizing and ha...

Little sleep. colemans father, ken is frustrated, because there are no new federal regulation enforce to make flying safer. >> i dont want another family to go through what we are going through as we continue the grieve for our son two years later. the process and the time line is exceedingly painstakingly. >> reporter: it is a long process. since the crash, a national transportation safety board investigation pointed to pilot error. congress held hearings and passed a bill that became law manda...

Plane crashed near buffalo. it was snowing and the pilots will little sleep. colemans father is frustrate there had are still no federal regulations in force yet to make flying safer. >> i dont want to have another family go through what were going through as we continue to grieve for our son. two years later. the process and the time line is exceedingly painstaking. >> reporter: it is a long process. since the crash, a national transportation safety board investigation pointed to pilot error. c...

Planes when they take off and land, they have stresses and sometimes they go but i dont think -- i dont think -- it will be something found endemic to the entire fleet but well know before long. >> gregg: within 48 hours? >> i think so, because they have 70 some planes grounded, and theyll be going over them. if there is a problem with this plane and, remember, southwest is the only real operator of the plane, other than u.s. airways. theyll look at those cracks they find, and if they find somet...

Organizing committee says embedded in this note encrypted as it may be, is a warning that the track is too fast and could get someone badly hurt. an athlete gets badly injured or worse, and i think that the case could be made that we were warned and we did nothing. and, kyra, this goes counter to what everyone has said, not just the international luge federation but the organizes committee. john furlong has a brook coming out about his path to setting up the olympics. he said over and over again...