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Iceland. right now, the big story of the day is happening overseas. airport chaos in europe. the problem not security nor weather, but a volcano in iceland. the threat of smoke and ash flying into engines is grounding hundreds of flights. joining me now, tom aspell. good day. how bad are the conditions there? >> well, it's a large cloud of volcanic dust that goes maybe three miles into the air. authorities are saying no more flights for 10 or 15 hours. holland and scandinavia have closed their airports. hea that's a will the of people without flights today and researchers in iceland say this v...

Solidify again, causing mechanical problems. there have been more than 100 incidents of aircraft losing engine power in volcanic clouds since the early 1980s, although there have been no fatalities. now, aviation authorities say they have no idea when it may be safe enough to fly again. it depends, they say, on the wind and for how long that volcano keeps spewing dust into the air. savannah? >> tom aspell monitoring this situation for us in london, thanks very much. some blunt assessments by top pentagon and military officials regarding how close iran is to getting a nuclear weapon. could th...

A month. heathrow is closed. this is affecting dozens of flights to the u.s. and around the world. our tom aspell following the developments from our london bureau. tom, are they waiting to mother nature to allow these flights to resume? >> well, tamron, british aviation authorities are saying no flights for at least ten hours, maybe even 15. and volcanologists say the eruptions could continue for days or weeks. the particles in the ash cloud which is reaching up some three miles into the sky and drifting south and east, those particles can get sucked into engines and then melt and solidify, c...

That we don't know if it's even going to be successful. why not make the investment in ourselves. >> we so appreciate your time today. i know it's an important issue. thank you, senator. yueurope's busiest airport shut down for at least the rest of the day, and so are airports in ireland and holland. thousands of passengers are stranded. hundreds of flights canceled. all because of ash clouds from a volcano in iceland. smoke and ash are making it tough to see the particles. they are as sharp as glass. all of this creating a significant safety threat to planes. london's heathrow airport is cl...

Second time this month spewing thick clouds of smoke and ash into the air. europe's busiest airport, heathrow, nearly 2,000 miles away from iceland, has been completely shut down. airports across the continent are shutting down. and trouble over in the states. we are seeing now flights affected at lax and three other major airports in new york city. travelers trying to get back to london are now stranded at jfk. some people are taking it, though, in stride. >> one of those things that happens. we'll go back to new york and have another good day in new york. >> these things just happen i suppos...