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posing a new threat and causing new evacuations. plus this is the week prince harry and meghan markle will tie the knot. we take you live to windsor to see how people are marking the occasion. >> yes. >> with a beer. it is 9:00 a.m. here in jerusalem where a new era is set to begin in just a few hours. the u.s. will open the doors on its new embassy here, relocated from tel aviv. now u.s. president donald trump announced the move last year, officially recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. his daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner will join israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the opening. mr. trump will appear in a prerecorded message, but not everybody is celebrating the move.

>> no, no, trump! no, no, trump! >> palestinians are planning a day of protests. jerusalem is a holy city to them as well, and they say recognizing it as israel's capital undermines their claim. they say the u.s. decision disqualifies washington as an impartial broker in israeli-palestinian peace talks. and they are getting support from turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan says, quote, jerusalem, especially east jerusalem is the capital of palestinian. we know this in an islamic world that is a stark contrast to comments from israel's prime minister. >> you can't base peace on a foundation of lies. you base peace on the foundations of truth. and the truth is that not only has jerusalem been the capital of the jewish people for millennium and the capital of our state from its inception,

the truth is that under any peace agreement you could possibly imagine, jerusalem will remain israel's capital. >> well, cnn's oren liebermann is already here with me in jerusalem on what is the start of what can only be described as a politically charged week, oren. >> for so many different reasons with so many different days and so many different flash points that began yesterday with jerusalem day, which if that were the only event this week, it would already be politically charged. it involves with israel celebrate as the reunification and what they consider the reunification of the old city of jerusalem here behind us and the city around it. a parade of israeli jews, a provocative parade in my ways through the old quarter. in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of israel. that palestinians with a day that palestinians consider catastrophe of the state of israel when 700,000 palestinians

were fled or expelled. it's also the beginning of the month of ramadan this week which someone more reason that this entire week is charged, sensitive, volatil. for israel, though, there is no doubt this week is a celebration. israel recently marked its 70th birthday with celebrations and speeches. among the reasons for the israeli leaders to celebrate was this. >> we are delighted with president trump's decision to move the embassy here. it -- it says a simple thing. peace must be based on truth. >> reporter: but why is this such a big deal? israel has always seen jerusalem as its capital city. why not the rest of the world? a bit of history here. israel was established in 1948. jerusalem was a split city between israel and jordan for nearly two decades after that until 1967 when israel occupied east jerusalem and the west bank. when israel annexed east jerusalem in 1980, countries pulled their embassies out of

the city in protest. that's because east jerusalem is supposed to be the capital of a future palestinian state. the u.s., meanwhile, had its embassy in tel aviv. in 1995, the u.s. passed a law requiring the country to move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, but every president since then, republican and democrat, has waived the move, citing national security concerns. president donald trump promised during his campaign to move the embassy, a promise he kept in december. >> but today we finally acknowledge the obvious, that jerusalem is israel's capital. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. >> reporter: so where will the new embassy be located? right here behind me in what is now the u.s. office for consular services. this is where you would come to renew a passport or apply for a visa. the building itself sits right next to the green lineally wisconsin delineates east from west jerusalem.

it sits firmly in west jerusalem but an expansion will require some building in no-man's land which is a sort of buffer zone between east and west jerusalem. it holds very little practical significance in terms of modern day jerusalem, and yet that zone contains incredible political importance. the mayor of jerusalem celebrated the official opening by posting the new road signs. >> it sends a very, very clear message to the jerusalemites and others the intention and the back and the support israel has in the sovereignty of the city of jerusalem. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu said more countries were looking at moving their embassies to jerusalem as well. so far only guatemala and power g paraguay have committed to taking that step. netanyahu has tried to build a momentum moving its embassy to jerusalem trying to get other countries as well. guatemala will do so in a couple days, paraguay later this month. it's worth noting those are two

countries with very large evangelical christian populations. so you get some idea perhaps why they decided to go that route. >> joining us is david horowitz, the founding editor of the times of israel. john bolton, the new u.s. security adviser echoing many in the trump administration when he says recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital makes peace easier. the point is we have no details on that u.s. peace plan. and given the timing, this highly politically charged week, it is understandable palestinians will say this embassy open simply rubs salt into the wound. >> there is no doubt the palestinians are very unhappy about this, and that the american administration, including interestingly president obama's former ambassador are saying this was overdue. this is recognizing reality. and it's true that it's only a couple of countries that have sort of followed the lead. but last night, for example,

netanyahu, the foreign minister had a big reception to mark this event. several european ambassadors including eu representatives were, there something like 30 countries coming. mr. rivlin said this diplomatic blockade on israel's capital as jerusalem has been broken. and the argument that the israelis and make about this is it's recognizing reality and now let's move forward. and they also say, and trump said when he announced that he was recognizing jerusalem in december as the u.s. capital, this does not close the final status of the city. still to be negotiated. >> oren, that would be easier for palestinians to take, perhaps, were it not that the u.s. ambassador here and former lawyer to donald trump has said there has been no give and take with the israelis on the opening of this embassy. there was talk when we first heard about this decision back at the end of last year that trump had elicited some sort of

concession from the israelis. but again, i put it to you. without any details on jared kushner's plan for middle east peace, it is understandable that the palestinians are absolutely furious about this and see the u.s. as a dishonest broker. >> of course. the status of the city recognizing as the capital of an israel or a palestinian was supposed at the end. you weren't supposed to do that. the u.s., the international community weren't supposed to do that until the end of negotiations. so first, 20 do that before negotiations have even begun to appear was offensive to the palestinians. and then to do it without some give and take, without an acknowledgment that yes, we've just recognized that jerusalem is israel's capital, we intend to perhaps recognize east jerusalem or part of east jerusalem as palestinian's capital, that's what made them furious. and since then, since just a few weeks after that announcement, if not days, they have written off the americans as arbiters. they have essentially frozen contact with the trump administration. one of the big problems for them is that almost every other party

the eu, russia has said the u.s. has to play a role. they're simply too big of a player to suddenly just cut them out of a process. >> and they appear to be playing a role, many analysts will say and experts around this region will say, alongside israel and a saudi-led alliance of arab countries. notwithstanding the noise the jordanians have made about the move of this embassy and in the wider middle east, the voice of as it were, the muslim nation from turkey. we are seeing what feels like the reorder of the middle east. it feels like the order of the middle east is at stake, given the decision, david, on the iran deal by president trump. the issues that we have now seen over the past week between iran and israel. where are we at this point? >> this is a potentially incendiary moment, but i would distinguish.

i think there is iran. iran is seen as a threat by countries like israel for sure, by the saudis as well. that's why you see some alliances springing forward. and that's why you also see, you're right, they're the saudis sort of aligning themselves a little more with israel, the united states for sure and trying to prod the palestinians in that direction. the palestinians are saying, no we want nothing to do with this to the point where the americans haven't even unveiled their peace plan because they don't want it immediately rejected. so the palestinians at the moment are very, very upset. but they're also not talking, they don't have anything to do with this. the americans, the israelis would say well, that's not terribly helpful for them. trump said after he announced that truce and the move, he said the israelis have given something, have got something. now we want the israelis to give something to the palestinians. they can't do that if the palestinians are not prepared to talk. the americans, the israelis, the saudis would say to the palestinians that's not productive. you're not helping yourselves. the israelis got something. you should bat the table. what are you going get? and abbas is saying no. >> the palestinian streak here, that is the position that

the p.a. leader is in mahmoud abbas. >> but to some idea shapes the palestinian street. it's not only in one direction. >> this is a story we will continue to cover of course in depth here on cnn all day today. on sunday, i spoke with a woman who describes herself as a palestinian jerusalemite. she wrote about her identity and the plight of palestinians that got her accepted to georgetown university in washington. she is 17 1/2 at the moment. have a listen to. this. >> i spoke about myself, how i identify who i am as a jerusalemite and how i feel connected to the city. the city that i'm connected with is now basically becoming israeli. i felt really bad than. >> read awes little bit then. >> of course. >> of the essay, if you will. >> as i was filling out this application, i read israel was -- i panicked while looking

at my options because they had not seemed like options to me. they appeared more like statements. i would never call myself israeli. i do not carry a palestinian id. and while i am too patriotic to say other, even my temper cannot help me at this point. being stateless is grueling. trying to fit the politically complex situation into a seemingly uncomplex question, where are you from? >> the voice of mall lack abusoud, self-described jerusalemite that is the latest here for the time being, at least. george, back to you in atlanta. >> becky, thank you. of course we'll stay in touch with you as you continue to cover the story from jerusalem for us. still ahead this hour, another day of terror in indonesia. what we know about the latest attack and shocking new details about sunday's bombings as "cnn newsroom" continues.

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welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm george howell. we're following developments out of indonesia where hours ago a new bomb attack rocked the city of surabaya. that is the same city hit by deadly church bombings that took place on sunday. at least four police officers and six civilians were wounded in the latest blasts. an official says four suicide bombers and two motor bikes struck outside of a police station. all this comes after at least seven people were killed by suicide bombers on sunday. their targets were three christian churches. what we're learning about those suicide bombers is shocking to say the least. an official says they were husband and wife. police say they used their own children to help them carry out the blasts. cnn's pauline chu reports. >> reporter: shock, confusion, and horror. a series of suicide bombings sunday morning targeting three

christian churches in indonesia's second largest city. carried out within minutes of each by six members of the same family with suspected links to isis in indonesia. worshippers at santa maria catholic church, the indonesian christian church and the pentecost central church in surabaya ushered by police, amid scattered debris as more people are reported dead or injured. >> they are doing mass and my husband was receiving guests. he opened the doors. he's injured really badly. >> reporter: this cctv footage captured one of the suicide bombers riding a motorcycle before detonating his explosives. according to police, the father drove a van with his wife and two daughters, aged 12 and 9. he dropped them off at one of the churches where they detonated a bomb inside. he then drove to the next church and detonated his bomb in front

of the building. at the same time, the two sons blew up their bombs while riding motorcycles at the third church. isis' media wing claimed responsibility for the blasts, describing them as martyrdom attacks without providing any proof to substantiate the claim. the predominantly muslim country has long struggled with domestic terrorist groups, particularly the al qaeda affiliated jemaah islamiyah, which has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks between 2000 and 2010. including the deadly 2002 bali bombings which left more than 200 people dead. in recent years, the asian nation has been fighting against radical extremism as isis attempts to recruit new members. >> translator: the country's apparatus will not let this kind of cowardice be allowed. i'm calling for all layers of public to fight terrorism, to fight radicalism which are

against the values of religion, our national values which upholds the value of god and diversity. >> reporter: pauline chu, cnn. >> thank you for the report. now to the iran nuclear deal. iran's president says that europe has a limited amount of time to preserve that agreement. president hassan rouhani says that iran will remain committed to the accord just so long as its interests are ensured, but there is opposition to that from hard liners. in the meantime, iran's foreign minister javad zarif continues his international tour trying to convince other signatories to keep the agreement despite the united states backing out. his next stop after beijing is moscow. u.s. president donald trump reinforced his opposition on twitter, saying this. remember how badly iran was behaving with the iran deal in place? they were trying to take over the middle east by whatever means necessary. now that will not happen. and the u.s. national security

adviser john bolton telling cnn's jake tapper european firms that do business with iran could possibly face sanctions. listen. >> president trump said this week, quote, any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. is the united states going to sanction european companies that do business with iran? >> i think the issue here is what the europeans are going to do. if they're going to see that it's not in their interest to stay in the deal, we're going to have to watch what the iranians deal. they'd love to say in the deal. why shouldn't they? they got everything they wanted from the obama administration. but i think the europeans will see that it's in their interests ultimately to come along with us. >> cnn correspondent covering every angle of this story. we have our fred pleitgen standing by in tehran, iran. but first, matthew chance following the story live for us in moscow this hour. matthew, with javad zarif's visit to moscow, it again puts russia in a position to be a

power broker in the middle east and even work closer with european nations that are at odds with the u.s. decision to back out of this deal. >> yeah, it does. it's a very unusual position, i suppose for russia, because we've been used to seeing it on the other side of the political divide from much of the west. it's still on the side when it comes to the united states because russia is one of the signatories of the iran nuclear deal. it still backs it strongly. and it's working now it seems alongside its european partners, as it would call them to try to salvage whatever aspects of the deal that it can. and you're right. russia occupies a unique position when it comes to iran as well. because it is -- has very good friendly relations with iran beyond the nuclear deal. it's fighting side by side with iran and syria to support their joint ally bashar al assad of syria. it exercises a certain amount of leverage over iran as well.

what that means for russia is that it could be the broker to encourage iran to stay within the framework of the nuclear deal. and that would be a diplomatic coup when it comes to its relationship with the europeans. the europeans dependent in many ways now to keep iran inside that deal, george. >> certainly interesting. it comes down to the question, matthew, can the deal even be salvaged? matthew, thank you for the reporting. now let's degrees over to our colleague, fred pleitgen live in iran. fred, the iranian president, again, he made it clear europe has a limited amount of time here to deep this deal alive, to keep iran in it. so the pressure is on. but iran wants this deal because it means investment. is there just as much concern there that with u.s. sanctions, that the bite will keep business away regardless of what happens with this deal? >> yeah. well, i think absolutely there is a great deal of concern about the iranian economy. i think you're absolutely right, that the iranians do want to keep this deal.

it's quite interesting to see right now the sort of power dynamic that we have here in the country between the hard liners and the moderates. it's not like they're going against each other at this point in time or have different position. if you look at iran's supreme leader, he said look, he doesn't trust the europeans to keep the deal alive. but it is worth a should. hassan rouhani also says iran wants to stay in the deal, but it has to be the case that iran's interests will be preserved by any deal going forward that would mean that investment by european companies needs to be something that would not be sanctioned by the united states, or that would not lead to sanctions by the united states. there are of course different factions like the revolutionary guard. a major general came out and said he believes iran should go back to what they call the resistance economy which is not necessarily closing itself off, but trying to produce as many goods as possible by themselves. the revolutionary guard of course owns a lot of the businesses here in iran. so that would certainly strengthen them as well. so there is a little bit

political wrangling. but by and large, the two major factions appear to be in lockstep going forward. however, that i say everything now depends on the europeans. and that's why the trip by javad zarif, the foreign minister, is so very important. basically, what the iranians are asking the europeans to do is go against the united states. they say, look, make sure that your companies do not suffer if the u.s. tries to hit back at them. and that way you can stay in the deal. they need to make sure that investment can come into iran without european companies being afraid to do that. are the europeans going to be able to do that? it's going to be very, very difficult to see. certainly it is a tall order. however, if you look at some of the statements that came out this morning by the german foreign minister, by the brit, in the past also by the french, they say yes, we want to maintain this deal. we're committed to this deal. now they have to show at least from the iranian perspective that they are really willing to do that, and also willing to as the iranians put it, stand up to the united states. so that's certainly going to be a pretty tall order for javad

zarif as he visits especially brussels tomorrow. today this trip to russia is a very important one for him. the big one, though, in brussels tomorrow where he meets with representatives of the uk, france, and germany that is certainly going to be a key date that we're also really looking forward to as well, george. >> very interesting. those are the intentions as you point out, laid out by these european leaders be. the question, how does all of that play out in the long run? fred pleitgen live for us in tehran. thank you. you're watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead, ahead of historic talks between president trump and kim jong-un, north korea plans to dismantle its nuclear testing sites. we'll tell you about that. plus, endia gets tough nets efforts to stop an epidemic of rape? but will that be enough? cnn is live in india on that story, ahead.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." thank you so much for being with us. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. this hour, palestinian leaders are calling for a day of protest, this after the united states prepares to open its new embassy in jerusalem. the u.s. president, donald trump, announced the move last year, recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. palestinians say that undermines their claim to the city. an indonesian official says there has been another suicide attack. at least four police officers and six civilians have been wounded by bombers outside a police station in surabaya. that's the same city where suicide attacks hit three christian churches on sunday.

at least seven people were killed in sunday's attacks. the president of iran, hassan rouhani, says that europe has a limited amount of time to preserve the iran nuclear deal after the united states backed out of it. iran's foreign minister is now in moscow after his stop in beijing. he is on an international tour to try to convince other signatories to keep the agreement alive. president trump is vowing to save chinese jobs after his own administration sanctioned a chinese smartphone maker. he tweet head is working to get zte back into business after it halted operations. a u.s. democratic congressman tweeted back saying intelligence agencies have warned that zte technology pose as cybersecurity threat. top white house officials are predicting a prosperous future for north korea, if this it pursues complete denuclearization. and later this month pyongyang plans to hold a ceremony to dismantle its nuclear testing

sites. cnn's ivan watson has been following this story and joins us live now from seoul, south korea. ivan, international journalists will be invited into north korea to see what happens. that is truly significant. but hasn't something like that happened before? >> yeah, there is some precedent for this, actually. in this case, what the north korean foreign ministry has done is organizing this around the 25th of may, roughly a couple of weeks before the june 12th summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. and it says that the pungari that the tunnel used to bring the nuclear bombs deep into the mountain for testing in the past, that they'll be demolished and there will be international witnesses, journalists from five different countries to see that happen. and yes, there has been

precedent for that. in fact, almost ten years ago exactly this month, june of 2008, north korea invited cnn, a u.s. diplomatic envoy to witness the demolition of a water cooling tower in another facility that was used for plutonium enrichment. this wblew the tower up at a point of negotiations over its nuclear weapons program. and unfortunately, the negotiations deteriorated. and within a year of that ceremony, north korea conducted another nuclear test. george? >> ivan, so is north korea making gestures of good will ahead of the summit? we're getting to see what they plan to offer. but now we're also seeing what the united states may offer in return. tell us more what you're hearing. >> yeah, that's one of the big

questions. what is the u.s. going to give north korea in exchange for giving up the nuclear weapons program it has invested so much money and time and effort into. well, we heard from some senior trump administration officials on the sunday u.s. political talk shows, including the new secretary of state mike pompeo, who has met twice now face-to-face with kim jong-un, and he was suggesting that the u.s. could offer some sanctions relief, that it could offer some security guarantees to the kim regime, and also help economically, but not, he made clear, in the form of financial assistance. take a listen to how he described it. >> this will be americans coming in private sector americans, not the u.s. taxpayer. private sector americans coming in to help build out the energy grid. they need enormous amounts of electricity in north korea to work with him to develop infrastructure.

all the things that the north korean people need, the capacity for american agriculture to support north korea so they can eat meat and have healthy lives. those are the kind of things that if we get what it is the president has demanded, the complete and verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of north korea, that the american people will offer in spades. >> george, it's kind of hard to believe american companies flooding in to the hermit kingdom to invest and help with the economy. on the other hand, i think very view phew of us could have predicted that diplomatic relations would have gotten to this point just a few months ago. a summit between a u.s. and north korean leader. george? >> it is certainly significant. we'll have to see, of course, how this comes together. ivan watson live for us in seoul, south korea. thank you for the reporting. taking you now to india. a horrific pattern is starting to raise concerns. another teenaged girl allegedly raped and then set on fire.

this is the third attack of this some kind reported this month alone. our senior international correspondent sam kiley is following the story live in sagar, india. sam, what more are you learning from authorities about this case? >> george, in this case there are two people who have been arrested. a cousin and somebody else from the village. they have denied any connection with this brutal rape and murder. the child who survived initially being burned died after it is understood -- in fact we understand from the families, speaking to her brother and actually identifying her assailant. nonetheless, that is now in the hands of the police. and the indian authorities would say this is a sign that they are moving now much faster to deal with what is considered partly epidemic, but perhaps endemic to india, this problem with sexual violence.

we've crisscrossed the country, taking a look at this issue, and that is our report. >> reporter: this woman's daughter was allegedly raped and murdered a few days ago. the child had been locked in her own home. her brother found her bound and gagged and aflame in this back room. she was 16. the third child allegedly burned and raped in india in a week. one died and another was hospitalized in almost identical alleged attacks 800 miles away. but outrage over what some have called an epidemic of violent sex crimes first boiled over this year in january in jammu, a thousand miles north. . >> child was held here in the village temple dedicated to the hindu got of ram. she was held for several days. she was drugged. she was tortured, and she was raped by several men. and she was 8 years old. >> reporter: the child was a muslim. her body was found not far down

this jungle track. the accused in this case have denied all of the allegations against them. but the victim lies buried here in an unmarked grave. to many she is just yet another victim of a vicious sexual hate crime. but to others she is a symbol of something more rotten in the body of india. hindu muslim tensions over the death of the child mean some muslims have been leaving the area. >> translator: there is a mob standing everywhere in india waiting for a signal to attack muslims. they think we'll deal with the repercussions later. no one is held accountable. >> reporter: human rights groups are blaming the government and the ruling party. >> i squarely hold the government of india responsible. the ruling party responible for creating an islamophobic that justifies sexual violence and other forms of violence against these muslims.

>> reporter: india scrambles. what efforts are the indian government and its agencies working to try to put an end which critics would say is an epidemic of sexual violence, an epidemic of rape. >> there is a commotion in the country and it's part of that. today we have changed the law by ordinance. if under 12 years, you'll be given death penalty. if it was a gang rape, you'll be given a death penalty. and the life imprisonment will be for the whole of the life. what is important, i must be very honest to you, we must improve our conviction more. we have to fast track our investigation more. we have to sensitize the entire nation of justice to be more alarmed. >> reporter: in 2012, just under 25,000 women were reported raped in india. that figure according to government statistics jumped to about 40,000 in 2016. revealing perhaps the scale of a

long-standing problem. >> are you all from this town or nearby? >> this group of survivors and their families are from the small town of baratpoor. in almost every case they allege the rapists were from higher caste and after reporting the assaults they have been subject to brutal intimidation to drop the charges. you have to be strong to survive an take, brave to report it, and especially if you're untouchable. a knife was held to her throat by her high caste rapist. he was jailed after she got legal help here. she says that since the conviction, there have been attempts to destroy her house and her crops have been uprooted. her husband and his brothers frequently abducted and beaten. they called me a whore, she says.

now the introduction of special courts, the introduction of a death penalty for the rape and murder of anybody under the age of 12 and a wide range of forensic and also national computerization efforts, the indian government are saying is going to try to deal with what they admit has been something of a response driven largely by public outrage over the crimes here in india. perhaps finally the country is on the mend. george? >> very sobering story. sam kiley live for us. sam, thank you for the report. we'll keep in touch with you. many people visit hawaii in order to relax. but for the last two weeks, life has been anything but relaxing there. >> this is almost like a slow motion train wreck. >> just ahead, how the kilauea volcano's smoke and lava is affecting hawaii.

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new volcanic fissures have opened up on the island of hawaii. it was several hundred meters long and spewing lava high into the air. the eruption forced more residents to try to escape their homes. our meteorologist pedram javaheri is following it live in the international weather center. pedram? >> yeah, george, this has the potential to be a very serious situation over the next couple weeks. and of course we've all seen the images here of the kilauea volcano when it comes to the main area of interest right there, the main chamber of injury where we had eruptions in place. but many, many miles away, you take a look at what has been happening. and the green triangles here indicative of fissures that have opened up. the vast majority for that the leilani estates. but in the east, in the past several days some of the newest fissures have come to the east of the region. the yellow area is indicate to have had east rift zone. we know this is expanding farther and farther downstream, this rift area. the roads have been closed in

this particular region. the evacuation zone has been in place as well. but fascinating drone imagery here looking right into the volcano. the chamber itself. and you notice it is very void of any magma, any lava that would be coming to the surface here. in fact, that wasn't the case a couple of weeks ago. the lava lake was right at the summit here on april 23rd. you see a gradual drop in the beginning portion of may. we saw another couple meters drop back into the 7th of may. you see it finally beginning to exit the picture. at this point, when you look at a cross section of what has been happening here, the lava itself, the magma has dropped down some 300 meters beneath the surface. the water table sits at roughly 450 meters beneath the surface. and that is a critical, critical component here because officials are talking about this. they're looking at thou things play out. we know if this magma begins to reach the water table, of course you have a lot of tension built, a lot of gases. the debris has been wedge down in this narrow chamber as well.

with all this said, we know an eruption could be eminent and it could be an explosive one. the boulders emitted, this happened in 1924 across this region and we had boulders the size of trucks lofted 20 kilometers away from this very volcano. now we know why the evacuation zones have been expanded so far away because this is a very eminent threat if the levels keep dropping. >> all right. we'll keep in touch you, pedram. thank you. >> thank you. coming up, we've got new details on the big day for britain's prince harry and meghan markle. we'll go live to windsor, england. stay with us. most pills don't finish the job because they don't relieve nasal congestion. flonase allergy relief is different. flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. and 6 is greater than 1. start your day with flonase for more complete allergy relief. flonase. this changes everything.

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five days away from the wedding of the year as prince harry and meghan markle will break from royal custom. they'll have the head of the episcopal church, an american bishop give the address at the service. traditionally it's done by senior clergy from the church of england. to discuss all things royal wedding, cnn producer anna stewart is live in windsor, england with us. anna, we are now just days away. >> yeah we are t minus five days, george. and behind me you can see windsor castle where it will all take place.

just seeing the queen's flag which means she is home and no doubt overseeing all the last-minute preparations. behind the castle walls is st. george's castle where the coupe legal say their vow and get married. although the city or really town is quite quiet right now, come saturday, we're expecting tens of thousands of visitors to flock in. and it's going to mean big business for the town. all the shops and pubs are ready. last week i went to visit one very special brewery that has made a very special pint. take a look. ♪ it's a pale ale fit for a prince and princess. the windsor knot steps away interest the castle, mixing barley grown at her majesty's farms with american hops. >> we like to think it's a windsor farm royal barley marrying hops. >> meghan and harry. >> and it's a fantastic beer.

the brewery crafted a different beer for the last royal wedding also called the windsor knot. >> this is the very last brew we produced of it which can still make the pubs in time. >> this is going to be ready for the day? this is a last-minute brew. >> this is going to be in pubs on the day. you can see it's finished fermenting now. but it smells a bit. and it looks like beer. >> smells good to me. >> reporter: and this brewery is ready. it's brewed around 91,000 pints of special royal wedding beer. and while this isn't quite a royal carriage, some of it is being delivered by shire horse. the horses also make a nod to the couple's roots. rog here is part american cliets dale while major is british shire. local police expect around 100,000 people to pour into windsor for the big event. the pub masters suggest grabbing

a pint before they run out. they also assure us that won't happen. and the americans have descended in force. each news network taking over a different pub. the owner of this establishment says he is hosting fox news and nbc and isn't picky about which pint they prefer. pubs around the uk are allowed to stay open and stay serving an extra two hours this weekend. the british beer and pub association says the extension could generate an extra $13.5 million in sales. the george inn sits in the shadow of the castle across from the river thames. tim fuld is the owner. so how busy are you going to be on saturday? >> very, very busy. i think we're going to be completely booked and full inside and outside before lunchtime. >> reporter: he expects they'll be raising their glasses deep into the night. >> cheers. >> cheer. . >> now george, pubs are not the oly businesses cashing. in just look at some of the shops we have here.

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in just a matter of hours, the united states will break with decades of policy and tradition. officially opening its embassy in jerusalem. i'm becky anderson in jerusalem where we have special coverage for you today. >> and i'm george howell live in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. other stories we're following this hour here on cnn. the roar of lava spewing into the air on hawaii's big island. new fissures opened up, posing a new threat and causing new evacuations. plus this is the week prince harry and meghan markle tie the knot. we'll take you live to windsor