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Conventions, covered by diplomatic immunity, and the white house is calling for him to be released right away. >>shepard: thank you from the pentagon. volcano ash sending thousands running for safety in the philippines in the "ring of fire." we are told the massive plume shot a mile into the sky and officials at one point this say visibility was at zero. they have been handing out makes in an effort to protect people from inhaling the debris and the volcano has had more than a dozen ash eruptions since november and there could be more in the weeks to come. and the chief correspondent is chatti...

This lower level, even though it's three miles, we'll call this lower level ash, will be picked up by lower level winds and surface winds blowing toward the uk. even though other countries are opening air space, so to speak, the air space that they're opening is above 35,000 feet. because that ash that was very high has either blown away or settled out. so the air above 30,000 feet is clean. clean enough for planes to go through. the problem is getting to that 30,000-foot level because you have to start from the ground and you can't fly through the dirty layer at 10,000 to 15,000 feet. so peop...

This lower level, even those three miles, we'll still call this lower level ash, will be picked up by the lower level winds and the surface winds. those winds are blowing right towards the u.k. even though other countries are opening air space, so to speak, the air space that they're opening is above 35,000 feet. because the ash that was very high has either blown away or settled out. so the air above 30,000 feet is clean, clean enough for planes to go through. the problem is getting to that 30,000-foot level, because you have to start from the ground, and you can't fly through the dirty layer...

>> first i'm on the science channel and this blast is so devastating because of ice. it took a minor -- this is a minor eruption but when you add ice to it, it bottled up pressure beneath the ice and caused this enormous destruction throughout europe. this is a perfect storm. very unusual. >> so if it just erupts and the magma goes flying up the volcano there's no issue. the fact that it had to blast through ice first makes this lethal. >> it's like industrial grade sandpaper. it will jam up an engine. in 1982, all four engines went out when it hit volcano ash. >> they sent an airline into the...