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Frequent. that might be good for now, but, of course, the big worry is that there might be more pressure building up and that perhaps a much bigger explosion that could send up an even bigger ash cloud that could potentially make air quality at that end of the volcano much, much worse. >> scott mclean, thank you so much. truly an awesome vantage point where you are. thank you for sharing that with us. coming up, the trump administration's new warning and list defend mands of demands fo. it must agree to a laundry list of tough actions. we'll have that next.

Senate campaign seems to be doing okay. a recent poll shows mccaskill and holly in a virtual tie. mccaskill has a well-funded war chest, with $11 million cash on hand compared to holly's 2 million. in a critical senate race that might determine control of the u.s. senate, it's yet to be seen how much of a thorn the governor's drama will be in holly's side. >> this is a nightmare scenario for republicans in the state. >> the special session to consider governor greitens' impeachment begins tomorrow at the process could last for months, potentially turning into a dark cloud hanging over holly's ...

Check it out. it's very wet on the radar. a lot of this is some tropical moisture, across parts of florida. a little low there spinning in from the gulf of mexico will continue to spin up through georgia and then kind of hit that stationary front, that's been there, really, for a good week. the same areas that have been getting hit for four or five days, including d.c. will get more ran during the day tomorrow and overnight tomorrow night, into friday. and then flood watches out, from west virginia to d.c., baltimore, philly and dover, could see five inches or more in some of those spots. that...

And authorities say it is still threatening a major eruption. around 100,000 people have been evacuated from the villages in the immediate danger zone. the lingering ash cloud around that -- on that volcano, it is affecting the international airport and our derek van dam is here to tell us about that. derek, you know, obviously with this happening, these planes are grounded. >> absolutely. specifically the airplanes flying from australia to the main location for the international airport there. the tourists and residents have been in awe of this volcano, but also in fear of its looming eruptio...

And from den pasar. but just not from australia. and that is all thanks to the steering winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. here is the science behind why jet engines and volcanic ash don't mix. when we get the plume of steam and volucanic ash get sucked in the jet engine, the ash cloud melts inside of the jet engine and eventually it can refreeze and harden on the turbines, causing them to seize and ultimately having a jet engine failure. not something you want when you're flying 30, 35,000 feet in the air, right? so let's talk about the current status of mount agung, the threat leve...