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We say thousands of flights. how many people potentially affected by this? >> thousands of flights and tens of thousands of passengers. holland just announced that it's closing its airspace as well. but right off the start since early this morning, airfields in scotland, ireland and britain were closed right away. even france has blocked flights from going to the north. it's having a tremendous effect all over europe. and those flights that are getting out are going a long way far south and then making that right-hand turn across the atlantic. interesting, though, iceland is still open if you'...

Ripped part by drug violence. you've got to believe it will come up while she's here, perhaps in her meeting this morning with the first lady of mexico. >> looking forward to it myself. already seeing our friends at nbc nightly news promoting it. so it's a good thing. can't wait for it. >> then it's got to happen. >> absolutely. have you no choice now. overnight, six major earthquakes hit western china in three hours, the worst a 6.9. at least 400 people are dead. over 1,000 are injured from the quakes near the tibet border. officials say more are trapped in collapsed homes in the region. tom ...

There's more pressure also coming to the catholic church. a spokesman for pope benedict said he's willing to meet with victims of abuse when he visits this weekend. but not under pressure from the media. there are ten men suing who've requested a private meeting with the pope during his visit. more trouble also for the church in germany, tamron. a new report commissioned by the church said that children were sadistically tormented and also sexually abused, unquote, in the catholic monastery in the bavarian region. more trouble there for the vatican. seems like these things are piling up. >> to...

Good thing ours doesn't have a bunch of holes in it. kraft singles - the american cheese. i'm alex witt. we have more now on the breaking news out of russia where polish president lech kaczynski is dead after his plane crashed amid heavy fog on approach to smolensk airport in russia. all 59 passengers on board were killed. and nbc's tom aspell has the latest from london. >> the plane crashed in thick fog, killing all 96 people on board, including polish president lech kaczynski, and his wife, maria. local officials say the airport caught fire after it hit the ground. rescue teams attempted to ...

Welcome back. now to a story that's really spurring international outrage after reports a tennessee mother abandoned her adoptive son sending him packing on an airplane. russian tv reports that he arrived in moscow with a note from the mother saying she couldn't handle the child anymore and had to return him. tom aspell joins us from london. tell us more about how this came about. >> reporter: the russian government wants to suspend all adoption of russian children by americans after the 7 year old arrived in moscow on thursday and presented a note in which his american adoptive mother wrote t...