all right, we now know because of those potential dangers of the volcanic ash, know president barack obama scrapped plans to travel to poland for the funeral of the polish president. the white house announcement came just about an hour ago, about six hours in all before mr. obama was due to leave. the ash cloud makes flying hazardous and has all but shut down flights in most of europe since thursday. here is a look at the volcano from space. take a look. the ash still growing. right now it is affecting airports in about two dozen countries and no travel relief expected for at least another day. we had to pay for hotel because the airlines wouldn t pay for it. we tried to get out. i m always hopeful. i work at an airport in philadelphia, so i know that sometimes you can just something will happen. our flight was yesterday evening. and it was canceled. and yesterday they told us that they were going to rebook us on a flight and sunday but that got changed and they said
into that west virginia coal mine to look for four trapped miners. they were buried by an explosion monday that killed 25 others. it terrell brown is in naoma, west virginia with the latest. good morning. reporter: michelle, good morning to you. a decision had to be made soon. time is running out to potentially save the lives of those four missing miners. and in the middle of the night, rescuers decided to go in. rescue teams are back inside the upper big branch mine heading for the safe rooms where the four missing miners could still be alive. the plan is for two teams to go underground and to visit both of those refuge chambers. reporter: to ensure the air remains safe, nitrogen is being pumped in to neutralize toxic gas. teams are also making plans to begin removing the bodies of the confirmed dead. i believe that families are relieved and knowing that this process is starting which the end will be near. reporter: early on thursday, explosive levels of gas forced