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So -- what the young man was talking about we need to -- we need to repeal dont ask dont tell, which i agree with and which -- >> the presidents not necessarily comfortable at some moments up there. a flash of anger from unusually cool president as he was heckled. heckle overed his commitment to ending the militarys dont ask dont tell policy. well show you more of that exchange he had with the crowd in california. good morning to you all. im t.j. holmes sitting in for my good friend, tony harris...

Swift. this mornings top stories just minutes away, including the great wait continues. close to 7 million travelers stuck because of the volcanic cloud. will there be any relief today? at 15 minutes past the hour, green day takes on broadway. they reestablish punk in the 90s. john got a chance to check out their musical. teechns even texting in the sleep. is it like a drug to them, having a similar effect as drugs? the amount of technology in todays cars is like something out of a spacesh...

Volcanic cloud. for so many families it has been a struggle, kiran. >> its also interesting, acc d according to the associated press, sending the royal navy to rescue some people and blasting transportation officials saying theres not a lot of coordination going on. >> the contingency plans for a volcanic eruption. >> it is amazing, we would love to hear you weigh in as well if youre stuck in the middle because of whats going on. its been especially hard for one virginia couple stuck in amsterda...

Pictures, several world leaders who are there. the russian president, medvedev is there, with several other world leaders, not able to make it, including the president of the united states, president obama had planned to be there, he along with a german chancellor, angela merkel. the french president, nickolai sarkozy, was not able to make it because of that volcanic cloud that has been spewing. it continues to shoot ash into the air, shooting some four miles high. the impact is stretching world...

Rossi joins us from brussels with the latest on the travel situation. what do you have there? >> reporter: brian, its not looking great for any passengers, really. theyre saying its grounded as the planes. the no-fly zone is extending if anything, and the situation appears to be getting worse. we have a situation with the prevailing winds moving east and southerly. so the volcanic cloud of ash refusing to budge over europe is extending over filland and belarus and to the edge of russian air spac...

Belgium, poland and germany and underscoring how serious the problem is, the romstein u.s. air force base in germany at this hour, has been shut down because of the volcanic cloud. martha: wow. how long does it take for it to dissipate? i mean, you know, how long will it be a problem in the skies? >> one industry insider told me it is essentially a moving target. in britain, air traffic control officials say the airports will remain shut down until at least 1:00 a.m. saturday morning and this is...

All the flight crew had been able to see through the whole thing was a bizarre luminous glowing around the plane. that incident that happened in 1982 is why we have rules about not flying through clouds of ash from volcanos. a volcano in indonesia had erupted. that british airways flight went right through the ash cloud. it was at night. they couldnt see it. ash clouds are dry so they dont turn up on weather radar. the particulate matter from that volcanic cloud just locked up that jets engines....

Relax. >> sit back and relax. the volcanic cloud has forced at least six countries to entirely clothes their air space. the 200 trans-atlantic flights have been grounded. the u.k. has grounded most nonessential flights and nine german airports, including two in berlin are closed today. lets turn to rob marciano. he is tracking the plume of volcanic ash as it makes its way across the atlantic and into the u.k. how long is it going to last? >> we are hopeful the winds of change will begin to dis...

Were able to get the engines started miraculously and thats not a record that any pilot wants to set, really. bill: i dont want to be on that flight,et. why cant the pilot fly around this like they do in a thunderstorm? >> the problem is all the clouds look the same, a volcanic cloud, from the naked eye, and a regular cloud. now, my fearful flying clients who i help and theyve been asking me a lot of questions like this, the radar, the aircraft is designed to pick up water drop let, not pick up ...

In the cabin no one could explain and the windshield of the plane was completely opaque like it was sandblasted. all the flight crew had been able to see through the whole thing was a bizarre loomenous glowing around the plane. that incident that happened in 1982 is why we have rules about not flying through clouds of ash from kvolcanos. a volcano erupted, the plane went through the ash clouds. theyre dry, so they dont show up. but the particulate matter in the sill kits from that volcanic cloud...