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To politics now where comedian stephen colbert is predicting where the youth volt will go this november. >> he was the fresh-faced kid that could relate to the youth. >> but now he's old grandpa gray hair that didn't close gitmo, so i don't know if they're as excited as they once were. when it comes to kids, mitt romney has the electricity, you know, it's a static electricity but it's, like, still an electricity technically. >> but as you look at these two candidates, their personalities, their qualities, what does this come down to? >> it comes down to who has been crueller to a dog. >> meant...

good morning. i'm randy kay. we start this morning with a look ahead. tomorrow former presidential candidate john edwards heads to federal court. prosecutors say edwards used nearly $1 million in campaign contributions to sdooef the public. they say he was hiding an affair and a child. the mistress is expected to be the star in the trial. she has imunit. edwards and his attorneys say he did nothing wrong. we'll have much more on the details of this case in about ten minutes. a major figure from the watergate scandal has died. chuck coleson. he was the first of richard nixon's aides...

>> and all of a sudden you touch each other and the sparks are flying. this is shear and these particles of ash and debris all rubbing up against each other and when they rub, they create static electricity and eventually just like a thunderstorm, the static electricity has to discharge and it discharges to the ground. there are some fantastic shots, also the "boston globe" has great shots as well. look at that. >> that is incredible. >> i guess, fire, ice, ash and smoke, i don't even know to go with all of that. you would think that must be photoshoped. that can't possibly be real. >> do you ...

Above the level. the air space is actually open. below 20,000 feet is where the ash is most concentrated. that's what prompted the latest advisory to shut down the air space at the lower elevation. let's look at some cool pictures as we highlight this volcanic eruption. that is lightning my friends. and it happens during volcanic eruptions similar process to a thunderstorm that create lightning. you have particles creating static electricity. and the colors around it are dependent on the gases being emitted by the volcano. very cool pictures being taken by some of our photojournalists in the b...

Team. a freak accident at a gas pump kills a teen, experts say it involved static electricity. according to the petroleum institute, only one other person has died of something like this, but that it could happen to anyone and word of warning, in our top stories, we go across america. pennsylvania, investigators say static have the started a fire at a gas pump in cumberland county last week. the coroner says fumes from the fire killed a 19-year-old while he was pumping gas. this surveillance video showing how flames can flair up near your car's gas tank. experts say if you should touch the s...