we can't stay here, you know, four or five days. waiting for the crowd to move away. so no. >> it's a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from a volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. he's accused of badly beating a teenage girl. he may be only 15 but being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting at a baseball game is no hitting. it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. you're watching "hln." it is april 18th. i'm susan hendricks. take a look at this billowing

cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland. it is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. that is our top story on this sunday. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason. so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train now which goes to and from the uk. but britain-ground seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> for people who are here in the uk, whichever nationality they are, i think the advice is stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you just said because clearly nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it's better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him. stay home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week forcing

local evacuations and eventually affecting europe's airspace. folks all over the world are stranded at dulles, too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals, checking on the status of their flights. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital, and they just want to go back home. >> it's a little annoying that you kind of have to hang around the airport or check the internet all the time because otherwise you could just go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. we've become quite familiar with dulles. >> took a taxi to the airport because we can't check online. 80 bucks down and can't go anywhere. >> a lot of people in that position. klm ran a test flight in the netherlands airspace last night. klm's ceo says the air quality was found to be safe. and if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume its flights. at volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland.

he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish president lech kaczynski. he died in a plane crash earlier this month, as you know. well, president obama issued a statement that said this. he and first lady michelle obama continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally. obama also said the american people will never forget the lives of president ka zczynski d other plane crash victims. a representative in poland will represent the president at the funeral. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the body of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key pole sh

leaders. a teenage boy accused of severely beating a middle school girl has been charged as an adult. ratley was beaten so badly she spent about a month in a coma. she recently regained consciousness but suffered brain damage and cannot speak. prosecutors say 15-year-old wayne tracy now faces premeditated attempted murder charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honors student, a rational 15-year-old boy who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. and you have to believe, even as a common person, that something -- some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point, and that's what i'm trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court does have the ability, under the circumstances of this case, because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday a judge said wayne

treacy would have to stale in jail without bond. defense secretary robert gates warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a nimble, long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times" which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. that memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been under way for many months. news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. iran's president and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like power generation. there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists

held a rally in downtown los angeles. about 50 members of the national socialist movement were prote protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counterprotesters showed up, and riot police tried to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who reportedly were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. and if they weren't there, as you see from the other side, they're the ones that are rioters, throwing things, came out without a permit. we came out with a permit. the police were doing the job. we respect that. >> to have so many police officers like on a saturday night -- i mean saturday, you know, so many of them, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent. >> well, the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. they say they are reacting to immigration reform rallies that support amnesty for some illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest border crossing. they say customs agents wounded

a man who was trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the crossing, and he ended up crashing into a concrete barrier. he is recovering in a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. well, the calendar may say spring, but new hampshire is getting that, a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight covering cars. not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50. a little bit springy. a little bit more springy than this. >> tough this morning. they were plowing snow this morning, believe it or not, around 3:00. >> i'd rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she's positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than a half foot of snow. there is no doubt that pictures are pretty spectacular,

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that volcanic ash over europe is even affecting some runners in the boston marathon. some of them won't be able to make it on time because they can't get to the u.s. by tomorrow. so the marathon organizers say they will just let them compete next year. >> i guess on a high side, it could be 500, 600 runners. >> one of them has a wife who's trying to get here to run in the race also. but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> well, the marathon begins tomorrow morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. medical marijuana users are lighting up at an international cannabis and hemp expo in california. vendors are selling everything from bongs, vaporizers, hash brownies and other marijuana products. the event's organizer says it

took years of negotiations to get permission to hold this expo. there's been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the state of california. this november voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot. a rare and historic performance last night in major league baseball. a pitcher threw a no-hitter, in case you missed it, jeff fischel is here. jeff, he sure made it look easy. >> ubaldo jimenez, so good and overpowering last night. he's the hardest throwing pitcher in all of baseball. the pitch put his name in the record books. it seems in every no-hitter there's that one play where a teammate makes an amazing play to save the no-no. watch dexter fowler, the amazing catch, stealing a hit from the braves' troy glas. watch jimenez's reaction. wow. jimenez was throwing so hard, one brave player said it was the most dominant pitching performance he had ever seen. 4-0. it's the first no-hitter in

rockies' history. alex rodriguez, gone. home run number 584 in his career, passing mark mcgwire on the all-time list. there are only seven players ever who have hit more home runs than a-rod. you can tell the playoffs started yesterday. the intensity level was turned up to 11. the celtics' kevin garnett elbowed quentin richardson in jaw. he and his teammates certainly not happy. ow! garnett gets two technicals and was ejected. he could be suspended from game two. the celtics did win the game. how much do university of alabama football fans love their team? 90,000 people showed up to see alabama play itself. that's right, just a scrimmage. you can't blame the fans for being fired up. the crimson tide won the national title last year. there's no reason to think they won't be a contender this year, too. that's "hln sports." i'm jeff fischel. it's 10:00 a.m. in san

diego. and sharon howell is just arriving on a flight from atlanta. but she's not here for vacation. she's heading south to tijuana to have laproscopic banding surgery. >> i attempted to have the surgery back in the states, and the insurance company made it extremely difficult. >> reporter: so sharon decided to become a medical tourist. >> we all looked up the facility, the physician, saw that he was highly credentialed. >> reporter: her experience so far -- >> incredible. >> reporter: -- and the price tag, about $6,000. that's less than one-third of the costs in the united states without insurance. >> it's a different economy, different cost structure. insurance cost for the facilities, for the doctors. so a bunch of different factors that if you add them up, sum up to lower cost, but it does not in any way affect the standards of quality. >> reporter: but there can be risks when seeking care abroad. so says emory university's dr. john sweeney. >> the issue is the long-term

follow-up and continuity of care that is going to be difficult to achieve. >> reporter: also, it is important to research the types of certifications both the hospital and the surgeon hold. and patients should be prepared to pay out of pocket for complications that may arise once they return home. those who receive poor or damaging treatment abroad often have no legal recourse. but sweeney does note just because a hospital is outside u.s. borders doesn't mean it's bad. >> we tend to be very closed-minded and not realize that, hey, there's countries outside the united states that do this as well as we do, or better. >> reporter: as for sharon, she says all the travel has been worth the cost savings. >> i mean, i work in a hospital institution. and this is very well run. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. ♪

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like oh, my gosh. i want to fly home. what's happening? what's going on? >> i'm kind of homesick now. i want to go home soon. >> those are german exchange students who have been in the u.s. for a month now. they were supposed to fly home friday morning, but ash from that volcanic eruption in iceland left them stranded in d.c. some of them were traveling from ohio. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flights through dulles was canceled. stay with "hln" as we cover this travel fiasco. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic. doctors suspect that lucy baynes johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect guillain-barre

syndrome. it can also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. an update on the story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. well, a cook county judge ruled that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she is visiting with him. now, it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife who has custody of the young girl will have her for jewish holidays including yom kippur. but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-religious teachings. construction car crews are pulling cars out of a huge sinkhole. the hole opened up in richmond, california, on thursday. it is huge, around 60 by 40 feet wide, 20 feet deep. this woman believes her car is still in it.

>> i know it's buried under some dirt. but as i continue to watch them keep digging and digging and not reaching it, it's kind of hard to figure out where it could be. i've even had the police check to make sure that it actually didn't get towed. so there's no -- there is no report on it. so it's definitely down there somewhere. >> well, workers have started building a road around the sinkhole because it cut off about 100 homes. it is still not clear what caused the sinkhole. education contributor steve perry who has done a lot in his own right is now looking at more ways to transform learning in america. steve found an alternative school program that one state's governor says has cut the dropout rate by 30%. >> here in new hampshire to take a look at how one community is solving one of america's most challenging issues, dropouts. so as you went through school, did you miss a lot of school? >> when i started high school, yes, i did. >> what's a lock to you? >> i was tardy every day or was suspended every other time i went into school.

i wanted to go to school. >> really? >> i was just caught in a cycle of screwing up and being suspended. >> what do you feel makes this program successful? >> i would say it's just that the students are engaged. they're actually doing. it's real-life learning. >> so now you're here. how old are you? >> i'm 21 now. >> 21. you graduated high school. >> yeah, june 10th i graduated. >> now, i hear that you have an interest in education. >> yeah. >> what do you want to do? >> i want to teach. >> how cool is that? >> it's pretty cool. >> what made you want to be a teacher? >> they're the people that have had the most impact on me. they made me turn my life around, basically. >> so when you started this project, why did you choose 2012 as the time in which for you in new hampshire there will be no more dropouts? that's quite an edict. >> and it's very, very aggressive. very aggressive to say by 2012 we have as a goal because i really think you need to have a goal. you need to have a line in the sand. and also, it needs to be aggressive. because if it's aggressive,

people get excited about it. they'll approach it with a sense of urgency. if i had said let's do it in 2020, you know, people might have yawned and said it was good, but there would have been no sense of urgency to get it done. now there is. and what we see here in new hampshire is everybody working together. >> steve perry, cnn, concord, new hampshire. everyone knows the zac brown band likes their chicken fried. now they want to share it with some of their fans. this is "hln." can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. to connect our forces to what they need, when they need it.

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we can't stay here, you know, four or five days. waiting for the crowd to move away. so no. >> it's a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from a volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. this boy is accused of badly beating a teenage girl. he may be only 15 but being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting at a baseball game is no hitting. it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. you're watching "hln." so glad you are. it is april 18th. i'm susan hendricks. take a look at this billowing cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland.

it is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. that is our top story on this sunday. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason. so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. britain and germany have extended flight cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train now which goes to and from the uk. but britain-bound seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> for people who are here in the uk, whichever nationality they are, i think the advice is at the moment stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you just said because clearly nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it's better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him. stay home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week forcing local evacuations and eventually

affecting europe's airspace. folks from all over the world are stranded at dulles airport in d.c., too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals, checking on the status of their flights. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital, and they just want to go back home. >> it's a little annoying that you kind of have to hang around the airport or check the internet all the time because otherwise you could just go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. we've become quite familiar with dulles. >> we came out to the airport, took a taxi out to get here because we can't check in online. 80 bucks down and can't go anywhere. >> a lot of people in that position. carrier klm ran a test flight in the netherlands airspace last night that may offer a glimmer of hope. klm's ceo says the air quality was found to be safe. and if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume its flights. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland. he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish

president lech kaczynski. he died in a plane crash earlier this month, as you know. well, president obama issued a statement that said this. he and first lady michelle obama continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally. obama also said the american people will never forget the lives of president kaczynski and other plane crash victims. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. many other world leaders also canceled their trips. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key polish leaders.

baseball fans got a special treat last night for one player, it was a night he will never forget. jeff fischel joins me on this history-making night. a great night. hi, jeff. >> it was. every little league pitcher, it's the dream, the one game where you're unhittable. if you don't know the name ubaldo jimenez, you will. one of the best new pitchers in the game. he completely blew away braves' hitters last night. jimenez was throwing 100 miles per hour in the game. he kept throwing hard. how early is the no-hitter? it's the first one in rockies' history. great night for jimenez. as any pitcher that is thrown a no-no, he'll tell you he couldn't have done it without teammates. coming up, the amazing catch that saved jimenez the no-hitter. a teenage boy accused of severely beating a middle school girl has been charged as an adult. josie lou ratley was beaten so badly she spent about a month in a coma. she recently regained consciousness but suffered brain damage and cannot speak. prosecutors say 15-year-old wayne treacy now faces premeditated attempted murder

charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honors student, a rational 15-year-old boy who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. and you have to believe, even as a common person, that something -- some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point, and that's what i'm trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court does have the ability, under the circumstances of this case, because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday a judge said wayne treacy would have to stay in jail without bond. there was a tense standoff when prit supremacists held a rally in downsoun los angeles. about 50 members of the national social movement were protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counterprotesters showed up and riot police tried

to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who reportedly were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. and if they weren't there, as you see from the other side, they're the ones that are rioters, throwing things, came out without a permit. we came out with a permit. the police were doing the job. we respect that. >> to have so many police officers like on a saturday night -- i mean saturday, you know, so many of them, how many millions of dollars were spent. >> well, the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. they say they are reacting to immigration reform rallies that support amnesty for some illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the san ysidro crossing, and he ended up crashing into a concrete barrier. he is recovering in a san diego

hospital. his injuries are not life threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. well, the calendar may say spring, but new hampshire is getting that, a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight covering cars. not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50. a little bit springy. a little bit more springy than this. >> tough this morning. they were plowing snow this morning, believe it or not, we came up around 3:00. >> i'd rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she's positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than a half foot of snow. it is april 18th. you wouldn't know it by looking at new hampshire. how's it look where you are? meteorologist reynolds wolf is here to tell us. hey, reynolds. >> in parts of the northeast, you were talking about snowfall. but in texas the story is all rain. fairly heavy precipitation some locations. we're not expecting anything in terms of severe weather just yet. later this afternoon, you may

have a rumble of thunder or a bit of flash flooding on parts of i-35, maybe i-30 heading towards memphis. the reason why we're seeing that precipitation is actually simple. we have an area of low pressure moving through the lone star state. from the red river valley to the louisiana coastline, expect scattered showers. fairly dry in the southeast. the rain and combination of some snowfall up in parts of new england will stick around through a good part of the midday hours, the afternoon. by evening it should fizzle out. and out west, fairly dry in most spots. maybe snowfall in high spots of the central rockies. california looks good. southern california, chance of rain showers. central california, relatively dry. in terms of temperatures, 69 degrees in kansas city. 75 in atlanta. 77 in tampa. 75 in miami. 50s and 60s in boston to new york. 69d in denver. 86 in las vegas. 68 in san francisco. los angeles, 73 degrees for a high temperature. that's a look at today's forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for "hln." there is no doubt that pictures are pretty spectacular, but the effects of this volcanic eruption are reaching around the

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medical marijuana users are lighting up at an international cannabis and hemp expo in california. vendors are selling everything from bongs, vaporizers, hash brownies and other marijuana products. the event's organizer says it took years of negotiations to get permission to hold this expo. there's been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the state of california. this november voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot. a touching tribute to a war hero and football star jeff fischel here. and jeff, the name pat tillman means a lot to people in the phoenix area. >> he was a star at arizona state and then a player for the cardinals. after 9/11 he gave up his career to become an army ranger. tillman was killed in afghanistan in 2004. yesterday in tempe a record 30,000 people showed up for the pa pat tillman run. that's 11,000 more than just last year. it's a big fund-raiser for the

pat tillman foundation which helps military men and women and their families. a great move from university of nebraska football star suh is about to become a multi, multimillionaire and giving back to his school to thanks. yesterday he announced he's donating $2.6 million back to nebraska. suh is expected to be one of the top two picks in the upcoming nfl draft. baseball, i'm getting sleepy just looking at all those zeros. the cardinals and mets played for six hours before either team scored a run. finally after almost seven hours and 20 innings, the mets won 2-1. a cardinals' shortstop and outfielder even pitched because they were out of pitchers. mixed martial arts is trying to get exposure, not this kind. last night on a rare network tv appearance, a brawl broke out when one fighter interrupted another fighter's post-fight interview. the tv announcer even yelled at them, gentlemen, we're on national television. you have to wonder if it's the last time for a while. for "hln sports," i'm jeff fischel. most of us have to deal with

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flights through dulles was canceled. stay with "hln" as we cover this travel fiasco. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic. doctors suspect that lucy baynes johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect guillain-barre syndrome which affects the nerves that control movement. it can also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. police in oakland, california, are increasing patrols since a man and his adult son were attacked in broad daylight. they think the two men seen in this surveillance video approached the father and son at random and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911. >> he was down. his face was bloody.

he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. and the tall guy who i later found out was his son, he had been hit -- he had been punched in the face, too, and his nose was bleeding. >> we've got constant presence of the oakland security people, you know, the ones in the orange shirts, they're constantly around. you know. i mean, they're really trying. but it's just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are now offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on the story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. well, a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she is visiting with him. now, it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife who has custody of the young girl will have her for jewish holidays including yom kippur. but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet.

he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-jewish religious teachings. an army specialist who threatened to kill other u.s. troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of the military. the army announced today that specialist mark call will be discharged rather than face criminal charges and a court-martial. he recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop loss program which extends soldiers' tours of duty past their original contracts. he sent the expletive-filled sound track to the pentagon. the website, couragetoresist.org has it online. ♪ i've been too good for american ♪ ♪ this stop loss movement got me changed ♪ ♪ if i do drugs i'll get kicked out ♪ ♪ but if my time is up i can't get out ♪ >> that's part of it. the army says it decided no the to take hall to trial because he admitted guilt. hall's plea means he loses all

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we can't stay here, you know, four or five days waiting for the cloud to move away. so, no, we'll just go another time. >> it's a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from the volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations goes. this boy is accused of badly beating a teenaged girl. he may be only 15, but he is being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. all right. maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting in a baseball game is no hitting. it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. you're watching hln. so glad you are. it is april 18th. i'm susan hendricks. take a look at this billowing cloud of ash from a volcano in

iceland. it is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. that is our top story on this sunday. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason, so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. britain tan and germany have extended flight cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train now which goes to and from the uk, but seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> for people here in the uk, which every nationality they are, i think the advice at the moment is stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you just said, because clearly nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it's better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him. stay home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week, forcing

local evacuations and eventually affecting europe's air space. folks from all over the world are stranded at dulles airport in d.c., too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals, checking on the status of their flights. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital and they just want to go back home. >> it's a little annoying that you kind of have to hang around the airport and check the i remember all the time because otherwise you could go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. but we've become fairly familiar with dulles. >> we of come out to the airport, got a taxi to get here because we can't check in online. we can't go anywhere. >> a lot of people in that position. carrier klm ran a test flight in the netherlands air space last night that may offer a glimmer of hope. klm's ceos says the air quality was found to be safe and if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume its flights. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland.

he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish president lech kaczynski. he died in a plane crash earlier this month as you know. president obama issued a statement. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. many other world leaders also canceled their trips. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key polish leaders. a teenaged boy accused of severely beating a middle

schoolgirl has been charged as an adult. josie lou ratley was beat so badly she spent about a month in a coma. she suffered brain damage and cannot speak. prosecutors say 15-year-old wayne treacy faces premeditated attempted murder charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honor student, a rational 15-year-old boy who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. and you have to believe, even as a common person, that something, some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point and that's what happened. >> the court does have the ability under the circumstances of this case, because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday, a judge said wayne treacy would have to stay in jail without bond. there was a tense standoff

when some white supremacists held a rally in downtown los angeles. about 50 members of the national socialist movement were protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counterprotesters showed up and riot police tried to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who reportedly were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. if they weren't there, as you can see from the other side, they're the ones that are rioters, throwing things, came out without a permit. we came out with a permit. the police are doing their job. we respect that. >> to have so many police officers like on a saturday night -- i mean a saturday, you know, so many of them, how many millions of dollars were spent. >> the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. they say they are reacting to immigration reform rallies that support amnesty for some illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest

border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from mexico no the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the sagna sid row crossing and crashed into a concrete barrier. he is recovering at a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. the car was reported stole en in colorado last month. well, the calendar may say spring, but new hampshire is getting that -- a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight, covering cars. not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50, a little bit springy, a little more springy than this. >> tough coming up this morning. they were plowing snow this morning, believe it or not. came up around 3:00. >> i'd rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she's positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than a half foot of snow. it is april 18th.

you wouldn't know it by looking at new hampshire. how does it look where you are? meteorologist reynolds wolf is here to tell us. >> in parts of the northeast, you were talking about snowfall, but in texas the story is all rain. fairly heavy precipitation, some locations but we're not expecting anything in terms of severe weather just yet. late they are afternoon, maybe a rumble of thunder, flashflooding on parts of i-35, maybe i-30 along memphis. the reason we're seeing that precipitation is actually quite simple. we have an area of low pressure moving through parts of the lone star state, so the red river valley, back to the louisiana coastline, expect scattered showers. fairly dry for you in portions of the southeast. the rain and the combination of some snowfall up in parts of new england will stick around through a good part of the midday hours, the afternoon. by evening, it should fizzle out. out west, fairly dry in most spots. california looks pretty good. southern california a chance of some rain showers. central california, relative ll dry. 77 in tampa, 75 in miami. 50s and 60s in boston to new

york. 69 in denver, 86 in las vegas. 68 in san francisco. and we wrap it up in los angeles with 73 degrees for a high temperature. that's a look at today's forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. do you often change your computer pass words at work? well, it may be a lot of trouble for nothing. hln's jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. >> how much do you hate it when your tech guys say it's time to change your xeelter pass word again. they want you to mix up numbers, upper cases, lower cases, change it all the time and people are taping it on their computer. well, if you always thought there was something wrong with this, you are right. it is a waste of time. so says a study by a top researcher at microsoft. this is in "the boston globe." while i.t. people fuss about how stupid we all are, and i know some of them -- they do -- we don't listen, the study found, though, that they are missing something. what they're missing is the cost

of your time. your time is valuable to you. when everybody has to stop and do stuff like this, it can be a huge hit to productivity. the study said that i.t. people should prioritize, alert us to when there's a real threat like how to spot a phishing e-mail. if they found your pass word, those hackers are already getting in your computer. they're not waiting for you to change it. i'm jennifer westhoven. >> get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. there is no doubt the that pictures are pretty spectacular, but the effects of this vol canish eruption are reaching around the world. what it's doing in your europe could have a big effect on one of the most prestigious sports events in the u.s.

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make it on time because they can't get to the u.s. by tomorrow. so the marathon organizers say they will just let them compete next year. >> i guess on the high side it could be 500, 600 runners. >> one of them has a wife who's trying to get here to run in the race, also, but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> the marathon begins tomorrow morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. a rare and historic performance last night in major league baseball. a pitcher threw a no-hitter, in case you missed it. jeff fischel is here. sure made it look easy. jimenez so good and so overpowering last night. the rockies' pitcher is the hardest throwing pitcher in all of baseball and he kept on throwing hard until the final pitch that put his name in the record books. it seems like in every no-hitter there's that one way where a teammate makes an amaze plague to make the the no-no. dexter fowler, amazing hit.

jimenez, the reaction. wow. jimenez was throwing so hard, one braves player said it was the most dominant pitching performance he'd ever seen. 4-0 the final. it's the first no-hitter in rockies' history. how about this for historic? alex rodriguez, gone. home run number 584 in his career, passing mark mcgwire on the all-time list. there are only seven players ever to have hit more home runs than a-rod. you can tell the nba playoffs started yesterday. the intensity level was turned up to 11. the celtics' kevin garnett elbowed quentin richardson in the jaw. richardson and his miami teammates not happy. garnett gets two technicals and was ejected. he could be suspended for game two. garnett's celtics did win the game. how much do university of alabama football fans love their team? 90,000 people showed up, yes, 90,000 to see alabama play itself. that's right. just a scrimmage. can't blame the fans for being fired up. the crimson tide won the national title last year. there's no reason to think they won't be a contender this year,

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clinic. doctors suspect that lucy baines johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially, johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect a syndrome which affect the nerves that control movement. it can also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. police in oakland, california, are increasing patrols since a man and his adult son were attacked in broad daylight. they think the two men seen in this surveillance video approached the father and son at random and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911. >> he was down. his face was bloody. he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. and the tall guy who i later found out was his son, he'd been hit -- he'd been punched in the face, too, and his node was bleeding. >> we've got constant presence

of the oakland security, you know, the ones in the orange shirts. they're constantly around, you know, and they're really trying. but it's just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are now offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. well, a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she is visiting with him. now, it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife, who has custody of the young girl, will have her for jewish holidays including yom kippur. but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-jewish religious teachings. an army specialist who

threatened to kill other u.s. troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of the military. the army announced today specialist mark hall will be discharged rather than face criminal charges and a court-martial. hall recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop-loss program which extend soldiers' tours of duty past their original contracts. he sent the expletive-filled soundtrack to the pentagon. the website couragetoresist.org has it online. ♪ i've been too good of american this stop loss got me changing ♪ ♪ if i do drugs i'll get kicked out but if my time is up i can't get out ♪ that's part of it. the army says it decided not to take hall to trial because he admitted his guilt. hall's plea means he loses all the military benefits he has earned during his service. construction crews are pulling cars out of a huge sinkhole. they pulled out one car yesterday. another car is still in there. the hole opened up in richmond, california, on thursday.

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there's no sign of this abating. it may go into the middle of next week and it's going to get even more difficult before it gets better. >> he is talking about the volcanic ash that has shut down most of europe's air space. a new air quality test in the netherlands shows fly eight peers to be safe there. kl smshgs going to ask permission to start its flights again. pope benedict xvi is making his first foreign trip since the church sexual abuse scandal first went worldwide. he held a huge mass in malta, where at least ten people claim to have been abused by catholic priests. the pope didn't talk about that directly today. and take a look at this.

it is april 18th. some parts of new england got up to several inches of snow this weekend. it came down in maine and new hampshire. and forecasters say even more snow is possible. and that is a check of your headlines. you're watching hln. so glad you are. i'm susan hendricks. our top story on this sunday, this billowing cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason. so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. britain and germany have extended flight cancellations until later today. cnn's gary tuchman took a daring flight over the volcano. >> it's been quiet since the 1820s. it's been doing this for about

two years. try to realize the catastrophe if it lasted that long now. >> our thanks to gary tuchman. britain and germany have extended cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train now which goes to and from the uk, but britain-bound seats are sold out until tuesday. a developing story. what is the situation with the ash cloud from the volcano in iceland? reynolds wolf joins us with a graphic picture to help us explain. >> the big reason why is the eruption, but it's the ummer-level winds that have not been cooperating with points of europe. anyone trying to travel in that part of the world will have a difficult time. take a look at this shot. this is a look at infrared satellite imagery, and you'll notice, you see a lot of movement going from iceland with this ash cloud back towards the uk and parts of europe. the reason why we're seeing that general direction is actually pretty simple. we've got strong, upper-level winds carrying everything right towards densely populated areas, obviously airports where many,

many flights are going to be canceled, possibly more in the coming days. however, as we look at it next week, we do see a bit of improvement and the reason why is quite simple. we anticipate an area of high pressure that's going to move into the region, and as i would moves over parts of central and north europe, it's going to change the steering winds. it's going to push those winds a bit farther to the north. of course it's still going to affect plenty of people in parts of the former soviet union. however, for much of europe, they'll get a break. it's not better for anyone but it will be better for some. we'll take any improvement we possibly can. that is the latest we have on this situation. for more, stay tuned here on hln. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland. he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish president lech ka sin i can. he died in a plane crash earlier this month as you know. president obama issued a statement.

an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. many other world leaders also canceled their trips. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key polish leaders. baseball fans got a special treat last night. for one player, it was a night he'll never forget. jeff fischel joins me on this history-making night. a great night. >> it was. every little league pitcher, it's the dream, the one game you are unhittable.

if you don't know the name ubaldo jimenez, you will. the rockies' pitcher completely blew away the atlanta braves last night. he was throwing 100 miles an hour early in the game and kept throwing hard. how howe rare is the no-hitter? it's the first one in colorado rockies' history. great night for jimenez. as any pitcher will tell you, he could not have done it without teammates. the amazing catch that saveeds his no-hitter. >> jeff, thanks so much. we'll check back. defense secretary robert gates warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a nimble long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times," which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. now, the memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house, and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been under way for many months.

news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. iran's president and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like power generation. there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists held a rally in downtown los angeles. about 50 members of the national socialist movement were protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counterprotesters showed up, and riot police tried to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who reportedly were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. if they weren't there, as you can see from the other side, they're the ones that are rioters, throwing things, came out without a permit. we came out with a permit. the police are doing their job.

we respect that. >> to have so many police officers like on a saturday night -- i mean a saturday, you know, so many of them, how many millions of dollars were spent. >> well, the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. they say they are reacting to some immigration reform rallies that support amnesty for some illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the san ysidro crossing and crashed into a concrete barrier. he is recovering at a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. no doubt the pictures are spectacular, but the effects of this volcanic eruption are reaching around the world. what it's doing in europe could

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that volcanic ash over europe is even affecting some of the runners in the boston marathon. some of them won't be able to make it on time because they can't get to the u.s. by tomorrow. so the marathon organizers say they will just let them compete next year. >> i guess on the high side it could be 500, 600 runners. >> one of them has a wife who's trying to get here to run in the race, also, but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> the marathon begins tomorrow morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. medical marijuana users are lighting up at an international cannabis and hemp expo in california. vendors are selling everything

from bongs, vaporizers, hash brownies and other marijuana products. the event's organizer says it took years of negotiations to get permission to hold this expo. there's been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the state of california. this november voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot. a touching tribute to a war hero and football star. jeff fischel is here. the name pat tillman means a whole lot to people in the phoenix area. >> he was a star at arizona state and then the nfl for the arizona cardinals. after 9/11, pat tillman gave up his multimillion-dollar career to become an army ranger. he was killed in afghanistan in 2004. yesterday in tempe, arizona, a record 30,000 people showed up for the pat tillman run. to show you just how quickly this event is growing, that's 11,000 more than just last year. it's a big fund-raiser for the pat tillman foundation, which helps military men and women and their families. a great move from university of nebraska football star

ndamukong suh. yesterday he announced he's donating $2.6 million back to nebraska. suh is expected to be one of the top two picks in the upcoming nfl draft. baseball, i'm getting sleepy looking at all those zeros. the cardinals and mets played for six hours before either team scored a run. finally after seven hours and 20 minutes, the mets scored a run and won. an jousmder even pitched because they were out of pitchers. last night on a rare network tv appearance a brawl broke out when one fighter interrupted another fighter's postfight interview. the tv announcer even yelled at them, "gentlemen, we're on national television." you have to wonder if it's the last time for a while. for hln sports, i'm jeff fischel. most of us have to deal with a pothole now and then when we're driving, right? but take a look at this. this hole is so huge it

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what's going on? >> i'm kind of home sick now, so i want to go home. >> those are german exchange students who have been in the u.s. for a month now. they were supposed to fly home friday morning but ash from that volcanic eruption left them stranded in d.c. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flights in dulles were canceled. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic. suspects suspect that luci baines johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially, johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect a syndrome which affects the nerves that control movement. kit also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. police in oakland, california, are increasing patrol since a man and his adult

son were attacked in broad daylight. they think the two men seen in this surveillance video approached the father and son at random and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911. >> he was down, his face was bloody, he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. the tall guy, who i later found out was his son, he'd been punched in the face, too, and his nose was bleeding. >> we've got constant presence of the oakland security people, you know, the ones in the orange shirts. they're constantly around, you know, i mean they're really trying, but it's just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are now offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that

his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she was visiting with him. now it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife, who has custody of the young girl, will have her for jewish holidays including jom kip purr. but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-jewish religious teachings. >> an army specialist who threatened to kill other u.s. troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of the military. the army announced today specialist mark hall will be discharged rather than face criminal charges and a court-martial. hall recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop-loss program which extends soldiers' tours of duty past their original contracts. he sent the expletive-filled soundtrack to the pentagon. the website couragetoresist.org has it online.

♪ i've been too good of american this stop loss got me changing ♪ ♪ if i do drugs i'll get kicked out but if my time is up i can't get out ♪ that's part of it. the army says it decided not to take hall to trial because he admitted his guilt. hall's plea means he loses all the military benefits he has earned during his service. construction crews are pulling cars out of a huge sinkhole. they pulled out one car yesterday. another car is still in there. the hole opened up in richmond, california, on thursday. it is huge, around 60 by 40 feet wide, 20 feet deep. this woman believes her car is still in it. >> i know that it's buried under some dirt, but as i continue to watch them keep digging and digging and not reaching it, it's kind of hard to figure out where it could be. i've even had the police check to make sure that it actually didn't get towed, so there is no report on it so it's definitely down there somewhere. >> well, workers have started building a road around the wor

road around the sinkhole because it cut off 100 homes. it's not clear what caused the sinkhole. former president bill clinton is telling people to be careful with the words they use to criticize government officials. he says don't demonize them. he says all of the angry anti-government rhetoric of late has him worried about increasing threats against the president and other elected officials. clinton brought up the issue during a speech on friday. mentioned the 1995 oklahoma city bombings as he warned about careless language used against the government. everyone wants to stretch a dollar these days, right? join hln money expert clark howard at noon eastern. he'll show you ways to save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. that's at noon eastern on hln. everyone knows the zach brown band likes their chicken fried. now they want to share it with some of their fans. >> i'm meteorologist bonnie

schneider for hln. for those suffering with allergies, it will be a rough weekend across the southeast where it is extreme and that includes state like georgia, alabama and florida where we have a lot of pollen in the air. moderate across the midwest. temperatures there actually cooler toward chicago. more rain to clear out the air in the pacific northwest including cities like portland and seattle. across the country as we look toward the northeast, low to moderate conditions. that's a look at your allergy report for hln. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider. i have

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we can't stay here, you know, four or five days waiting for the cloud to move away. so, no, we'll just go another time. >> it's a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from the volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. this boy is accused of badly beating a teenaged girl. he may be only 15, but he is being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. all right. maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting in a baseball game is no hitting. it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. you're watching hln. so glad you are. it is april 18th. i'm susan hendricks. take a look at this billowing cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland.

it is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. that is our top story on this sunday. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason, so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. britain and germany have extended flight cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train now which goes to and from the u.k. but britain bound seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> for people here in the u.k., wide receiver nationality they are, i think the advice at the moment is stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you just said, because clearly nothing is happening here.

we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it's better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him. stay home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week, forcing local evacuations and eventually affecting europe's air space. folks from all over the world are stranded at dulles airport in d.c., too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals, checking on the status of their flights. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital and they just want to go back home. >> it's a little annoying that you kind of have to hang around the airport and check the internet all the time because otherwise you could go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. but we've become fairly familiar with dulles. >> we of come out to the airport, got a taxi to get here because we can't check in online. we can't go anywhere. >> a lot of people in that position. carrier klm ran a test flight in the netherlands air space last night that may offer a glimmer of hope. klm's ceo says the air quality was found to be safe and if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume its flights. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland. he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish

president lech kaczynski. he died in a plane crash earlier this month as you know. president obama issued a statement. he and first lady michelle obama continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally. obama also said the american people will never forget the lives of presidethe president. many other leaders cansed their trips. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the boies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key polish leaders. a teenaged boy accused of severely beating a middle schoolgirl has been charged as

an adult. josie lou ratley was beat so badly she spent about a month in a coma. she recently regained consciousness but she suffered brain damage and cannot speak. prosecutors say 15-year-old wayne treacy faces premeditated attempted murder charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honor student, a rational 15-year-old boy who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. and you have to believe, even as a common person, that something, some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point and that's what i'm trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court does have the ability under the circumstances of this case, because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday, a judge said wayne traci would have to stay in jail without bond.

there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists held a rally in downtown los angeles. about 50 members of the national socialist movement were protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counterprotesters showed up and riot police tried to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who reportedly were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. if they weren't there, as you can see from the other side, they're the ones that are rioters, throwing things, came out without a permit. we came out with a permit. the police are doing their job. we respect that. >> to have so many police officers like on a saturday night -- i mean a saturday, you know, so many of them, how many millions of dollars were spent. >> the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. they say they are reacting to immigration reform rallies that support amnesty for some illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from

mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the crossing and crashed into a concrete barrier. he is recovering at a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. well, the calendar may say spring, but new hampshire is getting that -- a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight, covering cars. not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50, a little bit springy, a little more springy than this. >> tough coming up this morning. they were plowing snow this morning, believe it or not. came up around 3:00. >> i'd rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she's positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than a half foot of snow. it is april 18th. you wouldn't know it by looking at new hampshire.

how does it look where you are? meteorologist reynolds wolf is here to tell us. >> in parts of the northeast, you were talking about snowfall, but in texas the story is all rain. fairly heavy precipitation, some locations but we're not expecting anything in terms of severe weather just yet. later this afternoon maybe a rumble of thunder, flashflooding on parts of i-35, maybe i-30 along memphis. the reason we're seeing that precipitation is actually quite simple. we have an area of low pressure moving through parts of the lone star state, so the red river valley, back to the louisiana coastline, expect scattered showers. fairly dry for you in portions of the southeast. the rain and the combination of some snowfall up in parts of new england will stick around through a good part of the midday hours, the afternoon. by evening, it should fizzle out. out west, fairly dry in most spots. maybe some snowfall in high spots of the central rockies. california looks pretty good. southern california a chance of some rain showers. central california, relatively dry. in terms of temperatures, 69 degrees in kansas city. 75 in atlanta. 77 in tampa. 75 in miami. 50s and 60s in boston to new

york. 69 in denver, 86 in las vegas. 68 in san francisco. and we wrap it up in los angeles with 73 degrees for a high temperature. that's a look at today's forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. do you often change your computer passwords at work? well, it may be a lot of trouble for nothing. hln's jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. >> how much do you hate it when your tech guys say it's time to change your computer password again? they want you to mix up numbers, upper cases, lower cases, change it all the time and people are taping it on their computer. well, if you always thought there was something wrong with this, you are right. it is a waste of time. so says a study by a top researcher at microsoft. this is in "the boston globe." while i.t. people fuss about how stupid we all are, and i know some of them -- they do -- we don't listen, the study found, though, that they are missing something. what they're missing is the cost of your time.

your time is valuable to you. when everybody has to stop and do stuff like this, it can be a huge hit to productivity. the study said that i.t. people should prioritize, alert us to when there's a real threat like how to spot a phishing e-mail. for example, if they found your password, those hackers are already getting in your computer. they're not waiting for you to change it. i'm jennifer westhoven. >> get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. there is no doubt the pictures are pretty spectacular, but the effects of this volcanic eruption are reaching around the world. what it's doing in your europe could have a big effect on one of the most prestigious sports events in the u.s. ce institute for highway safety calls it a 2010 top safety pick.

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so the marathon organizers say they will just let them compete next year. >> i guess on the high side it could be 500, 600 runners. >> one of them has a wife who's trying to get here to run in the race, also, but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> the marathon begins tomorrow morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. a rare and historic performance last night in major league baseball. a pitcher threw a no-hitter, in case you missed it. jeff fischel is here. he sure made it look easy. jimenez so good and so overpowering last night. the rockies' pitcher is the hardest throwing pitcher in all of baseball and he kept on throwing hard until the final pitch that put his name in the record books. it seems like in every no-hitter there's that one play where a teammate makes an amazing play to make the the no-no. dexter fowler, amazing hit. jimenez, the reaction.

wow. jimenez was throwing so hard, one braves player said it was the most dominant pitching performance he'd ever seen. 4-0 the final. it's the first no-hitter in rockies' history. how about this for historic? alex rodriguez, gone. home run number 584 in his career, passing mark mcgwire on the all-time list. there are only seven players ever to have hit more home runs than a-rod. you can tell the nba playoffs started yesterday. the intensity level was turned up to 11. the celtics' kevin garnett elbowed quentin richardson in the jaw. richardson and his miami teammates not happy. garnett gets two technicals and was ejected. he could be suspended for game two. garnett's celtics did win the game. how much do university of alabama football fans love their team? 90,000 people showed up, yes, 90,000 to see alabama play itself. that's right. just a scrimmage. can't blame the fans for being fired up. the crimson tide won the national title last year. there's no reason to think they won't be a contender this year, too. that's hln sports.

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oh, my gosh. we can't fly home. what's going on? what's happening? >> i'm homesick now so i want to go home soon. >> those are german exchange students who have been in the u.s. for a month now. they were supposed to fly home friday morning, but ash from that volcanic eruption in iceland left them stranded in d.c. some of them were traveling from ohio. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flights through dulles was canceled. stay with hln as we cover this travel fiasco. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic.

doctors suspect that lucy baines johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially, johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect a syndrome which affect the nerves that control movement. it can also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. police in oakland, california, are increasing patrols since a man and his adult son were attacked in broad daylight. they think the two men seen in this surveillance video approached the father and son at random and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911. >> he was down. his face was bloody. he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. and the tall guy who i later found out was his son, he'd been hit -- he'd been punched in the face, too, and his nose was

bleeding. >> we've got constant presence of the oakland security, you know, the ones in the orange shirts. they're constantly around, you know, and they're really trying. but it's just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are now offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. well, a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she is visiting with him. now, it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife, who has custody of the young girl, will have her for jewish holidays including yom kippur. but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-jewish religious teachings. an army specialist who

threatened to kill other u.s. troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of the military. the army announced today specialist mark hall will be discharged rather than face criminal charges and a court-martial. hall recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop-loss program which extend soldiers' tours of duty past their original contracts. he sent the expletive-filled soundtrack to the pentagon. the website couragetoresist.org has it online. ♪ i've been too good of american this stop loss movement got me changing it ♪ ♪ if i do drugs i'll get kicked out but if my time is up i can't get out ♪ >> that's part of it. the army says it decided not to take hall to trial because he admitted his guilt. hall's plea means he loses all the military benefits he has earned during his service. construction crews are pulling cars out of a huge sinkhole. they pulled out one car yesterday. another car is still in there. the hole opened up in richmond, california, on thursday.

it is huge, around 60 by 40 feet wide, 20 feet deep. this woman believes her car is still in it. >> i know that it's buried under some dirt, but as i continue to watch them keep digging and digging and not reaching it, it's kind of hard to figure out where it could be. i've even had the police check to make sure that it actually didn't get towed, so there is no report on it so it's definitely down there somewhere. >> well, workers have started building a road around the sinkhole because it cut off about 100 homes and it's still not clear what caused the sinkhole. former president bill clinton is telling people to be careful with the words they use to criticize government officials. he says don't demonize them. he says all the angry anti-government rhetoric of late has him worried about increasing threats against the president and other elected officials. clinton brought up the issue during a speech on friday. he mentioned the 1995 oklahoma city bombings as he warned about careless language used against the government. everybody wants to stretch a

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>> the third day of this. there's no sign of this abating. it may go until the middle of next week and it's going to get even more difficult before it gets better. >> he is talking about the volcanic ash that has shut down most of europe's air space. a new air quality test in the netherlands shows flying appears to be safe there. klm is going to ask permission to start its flights again. pope benedict xvi is making his first foreign trip since the church sexual abuse scandal first went worldwide. he held a huge mass in malta, where at least ten people claim to have been abused by catholic priests. the pope didn't talk about that directly today. and take a look at this.

it is april 18th. some parts of new england got up to several inches of snow this weekend. it came down in maine and new hampshire. and forecasters say even more snow is possible. and that is a check of your headlines. you're watching hln. so glad you are. i'm susan hendricks. our top story on this sunday, this billowing cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason. so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. the volcano started erupting on march 20th and it got worse last week forcing local evacuations and affecting europe's airspace. cnn's gary tuchman took a daring flight over the volcano. >> it's been quiet since the 1820s. this volcano has been doing this for about two years.

hard to manuel the economic catastrophe if it lasted that long now. >> our thanks to gary tuchman. britain and germany have extended cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train now which goes to and from the u.k. but britain-bound seats are sold out until tuesday. a developing story. what is the situation with the ash cloud from the volcano in iceland? reynolds wolf joins us with a graphic picture to help us explain what a mess this is causing and why. >> the big reason why is the eruption, but it's the upper level winds that have not been cooperating with points of europe. anyone trying to travel in that part of the world will have a difficult time. take a look at this shot. this is a look at infrared satellite imagery, and you'll notice, you see a lot of movement going from iceland with this ash cloud back towards the u.k. and parts of europe. the reason why we're seeing that general direction is actually pretty simple. we've got strong, upper-level winds carrying everything right towards densely populated areas, obviously airports where many, many flights are going to be canceled, possibly more in the

coming days. however, as we look at it next week, we do see a bit of improvement and the reason why is quite simple. we anticipate an area of high pressure that's going to move into the region, and as i would moves over parts of central and north europe, it's going to change the steering winds. it's going to push those winds a bit farther to the north. of course it's still going to affect plenty of people in parts of the former soviet union. however, for much of europe, they'll get a break. it's not great for everyone but it will be better for some and right now we'll take any improvement we possibly can. that is the latest we have on this situation. for more, stay tuned here on hln. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland. he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish lech kaczynski. he died earlier in a plane crash earlier this month as you know. president obama issued a statement that said this.

he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally and said the american people will never forget the lives of president kaczynski and other plane crash victims. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. many other world leaders also canceled their trips. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key polish leaders. baseball fans got a special treat last night. for one player, it was a night he will never forget. jeff fischel joins me on this history-making night. a great night. >> it was. every little league pitcher, it's the dream, the one game you are unhittable. if you don't know the name ubaldo jimenez, you will.

the rockies' pitcher completely blew away the atlanta braves hitters last night. he was throwing 100 miles an hour early in the game and kept throwing hard. how rare is the no-hitter? it's the first one in colorado rockies' history. great night for jimenez. ask any pitcher who has ever hit a no-no, he will tell you he couldn't have done it without teammates. >> the amazing catch that saved the no-hitter. >> jeff, thanks so much. we'll check back. defense secretary robert gates warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a nimble long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times," which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. now, the memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house, and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been under way for many months. news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. iran's president and other

officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like power generation. there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists held a rally in downtown los angeles. about 50 members of the national socialist movement were protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counterprotesters showed up, and riot police tried to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who reportedly were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. if they weren't there, as you can see from the other side, they're the ones that are rioters, throwing things, came out without a permit. we came out with a permit. the police are doing their job. we respect that.

>> to have so many police officers like on a saturday night -- i mean a saturday, you know, so many of them, how many millions of dollars were spent. >> well, the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. they say they are reacting to some immigration reform rallies that support amnesty for some illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at a crossing and crashed into a concrete barrier. he is recovering at a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. do you often change your computer passwords at work? it may be a lot of trouble for

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that volcanic ash over europe is even affecting some of the runners in the boston marathon. some of them won't be able to make it on time because they can't get to the u.s. by tomorrow. so the marathon organizers say they will just let them compete next year. >> i guess on the high side it could be 500, 600 runners. >> one of them has a wife who's trying to get here to run in the race, also, but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> the marathon begins tomorrow morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. a touching tribute to a war hero and football star. the name pat tillman means a lot to people in the phoenix area. >> he was a star at arizona state and then in the nfl for the arizona cardinals. after neighbor nine pat tillman gave up his multimillion dollar career to go to afghanistan.

a record 30,000 people showed up for the pat tillman run. to show you how quickly this event is growing, that's 11,000 more than just last year. it's a big fund-raiser for the pat tillman foundation, which helps military men and women and their families. a great move from university of nebraska football star ndamukong suh. he's about to become a multimillionaire and he's giving back to his school. yesterday he announced he's donating $2.6 million back to nebraska. suh is expected to be one of the top two picks in the upcoming nfl draft. baseball, i'm getting sleepy looking at all those zeros. the cardinals and mets played for six hours before either team scored a run. finally after seven hours and 20 innings, the met won 2-1. a cardinals short stop and outfielder pitched because they were out of pitchers. last night on a rare network tv appearance a brawl broke out when one fighter interrupted another fighter's postfight interview. the tv announcer even yelled at them, "gentlemen, we're on national television." you have to wonder if it's the

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volcanic eruption in iceland left them stranded in d.c. some of them were traveling from ohio. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flights in dulles were canceled. stay with hln as we cover this travel fiasco. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic. doctors suspect that lose luci baines johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially, johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect a syndrome which affects the nerves that control movement. it can also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. police in oakland, california, are increasing patrol since a man and his adult son were attacked in broad daylight. they think the two men seen in this surveillance video approached the father and son at random and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911.

>> he was down, his face was bloody, he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. the tall guy, who i later found out was his son, he'd been punched in the face, too, and his nose was bleeding. >> we've got constant presence of the oakland security people, you know, the ones in the orange shirts. they're constantly around, you know, i mean they're really trying, but it's just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are now offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she is visiting with him. now it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife, who has custody of

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we can't stay here four or five days waiting for the cloud to move away so, no, we'll just go another time. >> more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from the volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. this boy is accused of badly beating a teenage girl. he may be only 15, but he is being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. all right, maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting at a baseball game is no hitting and it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. you're watching hln. so glad you are. it is april 18th, i'm susan hendricks. take a look at this billowing

cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland. it is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. that is our top story on this sunday. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are cancelled for good reason, so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. britain and germany have extended flight cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the eurostar train which goes to and from the u.k., but britain-bound seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> people who are here in the u.k., whichever nationality they are, i think the advice at the moment is stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you just said, because clearly nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it's better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him, stay at home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week forcing

local evacuations and eventually affecting europe's airspace. folks from all over the world are stranded at dulles airport in d.c. too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals, checking on the @@flights.heir some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital and they just want to go back home. >> it's a little annoying that you kind of have to hang around the airport or check all the time because otherwise you could just go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. we have become quite familiar with dulles. >> we got a taxi out to get here because we can't check in online. 80 bucks down and we can't go anywhere. >> a lot of people in that position. carrier klm ran a test flight in the netherlands airspace last night that may offer a glimmer of hope. the air quality was found to be safe and if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume its flights. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state funeral in poland. he was scheduled to attend

today's ceremonies for the polish president, who died in a plane crash earlier this month, as you know. well, president obama issued a statement that said this. he and first lady michelle obama continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally. obama also said the american people will never forget the lives of the president and other plane crash victims. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. about one and a half million people are expected to bid their final goodbyes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of the president and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other leaders. a teenage boy as accused of

severely beating a school has been charged as an adult. she was beaten so badly she spent about a nont a coma. she recently regained consciousness but suffered brain damage and cannot speak. 15-year-old wayne tracy now faces premed katd attempted murder charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honor student, a rational 15-year-old boy who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. you have to believe that even as a common person that something, some switch, something snapped in his head and that's what i'm trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court does have the ability under the circumstances of this case because there is no firearm involved to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday a judge said wayne treacy would have to stay in

jail without bond. defense secretary robert gates wander the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times" which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. that memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been underway for many months. news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. inner's president and other officials wander representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes, like power generation. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest

border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the san ysidro crossing and crashed into a concrete barrier. he is recovering at a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. well, the calendar may say spring, but new hampshire is getting that, a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight covering cars. not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50. a little bit springy, a little bit more springy than this. >> tough this morning. they were plowing snow this morning, believe it or not. >> i'd rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she's positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than a half foot of snow.

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products. the event's organizer says it took years of negotiations to get permission to hold this expo. there has been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the state of california. this november voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot. a rare and historic performance last night in major league baseball. a pitcher threw a no-hitter. jeff is here. this was special really for the entire team. >> that's right. the rockies have never had a no-hitter in team history. jimenez is the hardest throwing pitcher in all of baseball and last night he overpowder the atlanta braves. some clocked in over 100 miles an hour. watch dexter fowler steal the base hit. look at jimenez, look at the reaction from the pitcher's mound. wow. then the final out. the ground ball to second base. just a dominant performance by jimenez. his teammates swarm him.

a great performance by one of the best up and coming pitchers in baseball. not so long ago this would have been a big deal in baseball. alex rodriguez hit this home run to pass mark mcgwire and move into eighth place on the all-time list. the problem is both admitted they used steroids so fans don't know what to think of these numbers. the nba playoffs started yesterday. the celtics kevin garnett elbowed quentin richardson in the jaw. that starts a group hug or something. garnett was ejected. here is comes. ouch sclachlt he could be suspended from game 2. how much do university of alabama football fans love their team? 90,000 people showed up to see alabama play against itself. that's right, it was a scrimmage. can't blame the fans for being fired up. the crimson tide won the national title last year and are a contender this year. the fans are fired up. that's hln sports. i'm jeff fischel. most of us have to deal with

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a bunch of different factors that if you add them up, sum up to a lower cost but it does not in any way affect the standards of quality. >> but there can be risks when seeking care abroad. so says emory university's dr. john sweeney. >> the issue is the long-term followup and the continuity of care that is going to be difficult to achieve. >> also it is important to research the types of certifications both the hospital and the surgeon hold. and patients should be prepared to pay out of pocket for complications that may arise once they return home. those who receive poor or damaging treatment abroad often have no legal recourse, but sweeney does note just because a hospital is outside u.s. borders doesn't mean it's bad. >> we tend to be very close-minded and not realize that, hey, there's countries outside the united states that do this as well as we do or better. >> as for sharon, she says all the travel has been worth the cost savings. >> i work at a hospital institution and this is very

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like oh, my gosh, what's happening. what's going on. >> i'm kind of homesick now, so i want to go home soon. >> those are german exchange students who have been in the u.s. for a month now. they were supposed to fly home friday morning, but ash from that volcanic eruption in iceland left them stranded in d.c. some of them were traveling from ohio. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flights through dulles was cancelled. stay with hln as we cover this travel fiasco. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic. doctors suspect luci baines johnson has a rare auto-immune

disorder that affects the nervous system. initially johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas, after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect guillain-barre syndrome which affects the nerves that cause movement and can also cause paralysis. most patients recover completely from the condition. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the thakt that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass when she is visiting with him. it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife, who has custody of the young girl, will have her for jewish holidays, including yom kippur, but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-jewish religious teachings. an army specialist who threatened to kill other u.s.

troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of the military. specialist mark hall will be discharged rather than face criminal charges in a court-martial. hall recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army stop loss program, which extends soldiers' tours of duty past their original contracts. he sent the soundtrack to the pentagon. the website couragetoresist.org has it online ♪ i've been too good of an american to stop, got me change. if i do drugs, i'll get kicked out, but if my time is up, i can't get out ♪ >> that's part of it. the army says it decided not to take hall to trial because he admitted his guilt. hall's plea means he loses all the military benefits he has earned during his service. former president bill clinton is telling people to be careful with the words they use to criticize government officials. he says don't demonize them. he said all the angry

anti-government rhetoric of late has him worried about increasing threats against the president and other elected officials. clinton brought up the issue during a speech on friday. he mentioned the 1995 oklahoma city bombings as he wander about careless language used against the government. education contributor steve perry, who has done a lot in his own right, is looking at more ways to transforming learning in america. he found an alternative school program that one state's governor says has cut the dropout rate by 30%. >> here in new hampshire to take a look at how one community is solving one of america's most challenging issues, dropouts. as you went through school, did you miss a lot of school? >> when i started high school, yes, i did. >> what's a lot to you? >> i was tardy every day or suspended every other time i went into school. i wanted to go to school. >> really? >> i was just caught in a cycle of screwing up and being suspended. >> what do you feel makes this program successful? >> i would say that it's just the students are engaged.

it's real life learning. >> so now you're here. how old are you? >> i'm 21 now. >> 21. you're going to going from high school. >> june 10th i graduate. >> now, i hear that you have an interest in education. >> yeah. >> what do you want to do? >> i want to teach. >> how cool is that? >> it's pretty cool. >> what's the reason you want to be a teacher? >> they're the people who have had the most impact on me. they made me turn my life around basically. >> so when you started this project, why did you choose 2012 as the time in which for you in new hampshire there will be no more dropouts? that's quite an edict. >> and it's very, very aggressive. very aggressive to say by 2012 we have as a goal, because i really think you need to have a goal, you need to have a line in the sand. also, it needs to be aggressive. if it's aggressive, people get excited about it. they'll approach it with a sense of urgency. if i had said let's do it in 2020, you know, people might have yawned and said it was good but there would have been no

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we can't stay here, you know, four or five days waiting for the cloud to move away, so, no, we'll just go another time. >> it's a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from the volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. this boy is accused of badly beating a teenage girl. he may be only 15, but he is being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. all right, maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting at a baseball game is no hitting. it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. you're watching hln, so glad you are, it is april 18th. i'm susan hendricks. take a look at this billowing cloud of ash from a volcano in

iceland. it is responsible for the worst disruption in air traffic since 9/11. that is our top story on this sunday. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are cancelled for good season, so volcanic ash won't got jet engines to fail. britain and germany have extended fright cancellations until later today. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the eurostar train which goes to and from the u.k., but britain-bound seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> people who are here in the u.k., whichever nationality they are, i think the advice at the moment is stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you've just said because clearly nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it's better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him, stay at home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week forcing

local evacuations and eventually affecting europe's airspace. folks from all over the world are stranded at dulles airport in d.c., too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals checking on the status of their flights. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital and they just want to go back home. >> it's a little annoying that you have to hang around the airport or check the internet all the time because otherwise you could just go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. we've become quite familiar with dulles. >> we've come out to the airport, got a taxi to get here because we can't check in online. 80 bucks down and we can't go anywhere. >> a lot of people in that position. carrier klm ran a test flight in the netherlands airspace that may offer a glimmer of hope. the klm ceo said the air quality was found to be safe. if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume its flights. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to a state fun ral in poland.

he was scheduled to attend today's ceremonies for polish president lech kaczynski. he died in a plane crash earlier this month. president obama issued a statement that said this. he and first lady michelle obama continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally. obama also said the american people will never forget the lives of president kaczynski and other plane crash victims. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. about one and a half million people are expected to bid their final goodbyes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first lady and many other key polish leaders. a teenage boy accused of

severely beating a middle school girl has been charged as an adult. joe see ratley was beaten so badly she spent a month in a coma. she recently regained consciousness but suffered brain damage and cannot speak. 15-year-old wayne treacy now faces premeditated attempted murder charges. >> you have an honor student, a rational 15-year-old boy who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. and you have to believe even as a common person that something, some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point and that's what i'm trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court does have the ability under the circumstances of this cases because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday a judge said wayne treacy would have to stay in jail without bond. defense secretary robert

gates warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a nimble, long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. that is according to "the new york times" which reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. that memo reportedly set off efforts in the pentagon, white house and intelligence agencies to come up with new options. a white house official told the associated press those efforts have been under way for many months. news of secretary robert gates' memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. iran's president and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons, but iran is denying this, saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes, like power generation. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest

border crossing. they say customs agents wounded a man who was trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection at the san ysidro crossing and ended up crossing into a concrete barrier. he is recovering in a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. well, the calendar may say spring, but new hampshire is getting that, a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight covering cars. not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50. a little bit springy. a little bit more springy than this. >> tough coming up this morning. they were plowing snow this morning, believe it or not. >> i'd rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she's positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than a half foot of snow. there is no doubt the

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that volcanic ash over europe is even affecting some runners in the boston marathon. some of them won't be able to make it on time because they can't get to the u.s. by tomorrow. so the marathon organizers say they will just let them compete next year. >> i guess on the high side it could be 500, 600 runners. >> one of them has a wife who's trying to get here to run in the race also, but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> the marathon begins tomorrow

morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. medical marijuana users are lighting up as an international cannabis and hemp expo in california. vendors are selling everything from bongs, vaporizers, hash brownies and other marijuana products. the event's organizer said it took years of negotiations to get permission to hold this expo. there has been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the state of california. this november voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot. a touching tribute to a war hero and football star. jeff fischel is here and the name pat tillman means a whoet lot to people in the phoenix area. >> he was a star at arizona state and then in the nfl. he gave up his career to become an army ranger. he was killed in afghanistan in 2004. yesterday in tempe, arizona, a record 30,000 people showed up for the pat tillman run. to show you just how quickly

this event is growing, that's 11,000 more than just last year. it's a big fund-raiser for the pat tillman foundation, which helps military men and women and their families. a great move from university of nebraska football star dom kung star. he's about to become a multi, multimillionaire and he's giving back to his school. yesterday he announced he's donating $2.6 million back to nebraska. suh is suspected to be one of the top two picks in the nfl draft. baseball, i'm getting sleepy looking at all those zeros. the cardinals and mets played for six hours before scoring a run. finally the mets won 2-1. a cardinals shortstop and outfielder pitched because they were out of pitchers. mixed martial arts is trying to get exposure. last night a brawl broke out when one fighter interrupted another fighter's post-fight interview. the tv announcer yelled at them, gentlemen, we're on national television. you have to wonder if it's the last time for a while. for hln sports, i'm jeff

fischel. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. for those of you suffering from allergies, it's going to be a rough weekend in many parts of the country, particularly across the southeast and that includes georgia, alabama and florida where we have a lot of pollen in the air and many people are suffering from allergies. moderate, though, across the midwest. the temperatures there actually a little cooler towards chicago. low conditions, much better conditions, a little more rain to clear out the air in the pacific northwest and that includes portland and seattle. and otherwise across the country as we look toward the northeast, you'll see low to moderate conditions. that is a look at your allergy report for hln. i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider. i have

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call or click today. it's like oh, my gosh, we don't fly home. what's happening. what's going on. >> i'm kind of homesick now, so i want to go home soon. >> those are german exchange students who have been in the u.s. for a month now. they were supposed to fly home friday morning, but ash from that volcanic eruption in iceland left them stranded in d.c. some of them were traveling from ohio. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flight through dulles was cancelled. stay with hln as we cover this travel fiasco. the youngest daughter of former president lyndon johnson is being treated at the mayo clinic. doctors suspect that luci baines johnson has a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the nervous system. initially johnson was admitted to a hospital in austin, texas,

after experiencing extreme weakness in her arms and legs. doctors suspect guillain-barre syndrome which affects the nerves that control movement. it can also cause paralysis. doctors say most patients recover completely from the condition. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. well, a cook county judge ruled tuesday that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass when she is visiting with him. it also grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife, who has custody of the young girl, will have her for jewish holidays, including yom kippur. but reyes isn't out of legal trouble just yet. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to non-jewish religious teachings. an army specialist who threatened to kill other u.s. troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of the military. the army announced today that specialist mark hall will be

discharged rather than face criminal charges in a court-martial. hall recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop loss program, which extends soldiers' tours of duty past their original contracts. he sent the exploitive-sound filled soundtrack to the pentagon. ♪ i've been too good of a american, got me changed, if i do drugs, i'll get kicked out, but if my time is up, i can't get out ♪ >> that's part of it. the army says it decided not to take hall to trial because he admitted his guilt. hall's plea means he loses all the military benefits he has earned during his service. construction crews are pulling cars out of a huge sinkhole. they pulled out one car yesterday, another car is still in there. the hole opened up in richmond, california, on thursday. it is huge, around 60 by 40 feet wide, 20 feet deep. this woman believes her car is still in it.

>> i know that it's buried under some dirt, but as i continue to watch them keep digging and digging and not reaching it, it's kind of hard to figure out where it could be. i've even had the police check to make sure that it actually didn't get towed, so there's no -- there is no report on it so it's definitely down there somewhere. >> workers have started building a road around the sinkhole because it cut off about 100 homes. it is still not clear what caused the sinkhole. former president bill clinton is telling people to be careful with the words they use to criticize government officials. he says don't demonize them. he says all the angry anti-government rhetoric of late has him worried about increasing threats against the president and other elected officials. clinton brought up the issue during a speech on friday. he mentioned the 1995 oklahoma city bombings as he warned about careless language used against the government. debt piling up is now a

problem for many small businesses. after a costly move to a new location, a couple of new jersey business owners found their creditors were willing to negotiate. allen cher na al. >> reporter: it may not look like much but this trash-ridden lot is what drew them to the store front across the street that now houses their printing business. construction was about to begin on a large condominium and retail complex here in ft. lee, new jersey. more than two years later, the site remains mlt. >> we moved up thinking this would be great, we could share resources and we'd have visibility to the new complex across the street. no sooner than we moved in, they pretty much went bankrupt and it's been an empty lot since. >> reporter: the hub print and copy center does everything from print letterhead to make keys to ship and receive mail. but without development across

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>> whether you won the olympic gold, play professional football or even owned your own team, those reaping the award of tonight's celebrity gala are the stars of the show. welcome to the red carpet at the sixth annual aspire gala, a tribute to life's coaches. >> when you hear some of the testimony of the kids that have gone through our programs, some of the executive directors of the clubs that we've dealt with, these are the guys on ground zero. we recognize these people and attached ourselves with them and they atax them sells with us. >> hal and bill wanted to do something special when their father died. by creating this foundation, it allows us to take the legacy of cal senior to the next level and

share his live's says sons with kids that need guidance. >> a lot live in circumstances where they don't think about the future. they think of the world that they're in which is not pleasant in cases much they're changed after they come to these camps and think about the future in a positive way, which shows you you're making headway. >> we matchup kids with cops. ninety-seven% of the relationships has improved. the teachers and mentors say these kids are undergoing short-term planning for the first time in their life. we're changing behaviors and that's the first step in changing their lives. when you change their life, you change the community. >> each year the young people have an opportunity to go to the cames. from a public housing community torks go to a camp to meet with billy and cal, it's very, very

special. >> baseball and life may look simple involving a bat and a ball, but there's more to it, just ask cal. >> many times we communicate in the language of baseball, we're really communicate anything the language of life. with live lesson's, there's things you can learn in team work, individual responsibility. baseball is a cool sport because it blends them both well. >> the earlier you start, the better. i think with cal and billy and the foundation, i think they're doing a tremendous job getting youngsters involved in baseball at a early age. >> life is being apart of a team. sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, and i think we learn more by losing and being a citizen and a good part of the team. when you win it, builds self-esteem and takes you to the next level. >> when a team is not doing well, it correlates in life in dealing with the ups and downs,

and trying to do things you can best each day. you have to learn how to lose, but winning is a great gift. >> for the cal ripken senior foundation, partnerships have been the key to success. >> i'm thrilled to put my name on this agreement that will signify that the u.s. mar chal service will partner with the ripken foundation to change and affect the lives of hundreds and thousands of kids. >> we're honoring four magnificent people. first jackie. she with her own hands and energy invest in the boys and girls club in st. louis. >> joe ripken will receive an award. there's art, everything he has done speaks for himself. >> to be a guest here treasuress and very excited about football and baseball emerging tonight. >> i'm proud of our game, i'm

proud of the leagu i'm proud of what we've done, and also proud of my baseball friends who have done so much. >> i don't think there's a better venue in america to help boys become men and girls become women than through sports. coaches are influential to young people. it becomes a responsibility to help them grow and mature in a positive way. >> have a great coach that was in my life. i think with the cal ripken senior foundation is working with young people, teaching them life says sons, and being a valuable as set in the community. >> want to hear from police officers and teachers, we know we're making a difference. >> to learn how to get involved, check out ripkenfoundation.org to. learn more about your community, check out on demand and click get local. for comcast on the red carpet,

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. it is a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from the volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. this boy is accused of badly beating a teenage girl e may be only 15. he is being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. maybe the only thing belt ter than spectacular hitting at a baseball game is no hitting. a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. your watching hln. it's april 18th. eye susan hendricks.

take a plolook at this billowing cloud from the volcano in iceland. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason, so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the eurostar train going to and from the u.k. brita britainbound seats are sold out until tuesday. people are being told to stay put. >> for people here in the u.k., the advice at the moment is, stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you've just said. clearly, nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it is better for people, more comfortable for them to stay in hotels or with friends or at home. >> you heard him. stay at home. the volcano in iceland started erupting march 20th, got worse

last week forcing local evacuations and affecting europe's air space folks from all over the world have been stranded at dulles airport. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital and want to go back home. >> it is a little annoying that you kind of have to hang around the airport and check all the time. otherwise, you could just go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. we have become very familiar with dulles. >> we take a taxi out to get here, because we can't check in on line. $80 duown and we can't go anywhere. >> they ran a test flight in the net they a net they are land's air space. it was found to be okay. that volcanic ash prevented president obama from going to

the state funeral in poland for polish president, lech kaczynski. he died in a plane crash earlier this month. president obamai >> president obama issued a statement to say they continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he said the american people will never forget the lives of president kaczynski and other plane crash victims. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. in the funeral. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. she line the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the bodies of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers carried the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. they include the polish first laid de and many other key polish leaders.

a teenage boy accused of severely beating a middle school girl is charged as an adult. she recently regained consciousness but suffered brain damage and cannot speak. prosecutors say 15-year-old wayne treacy now faces premed dated murder charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honor student, a rational, 15-year-old boy, who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy. he have to believe even as a common person that something, some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point. that's what i am trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court has the ability under the circumstances of this case, because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or all the way up to life in prison. it's a very wide range. >> yesterday, a judge said wayne treacy would have to stay in jail without bond.

defense secretary, robert gates, warned the white house that the u.s. doesn't have a long-term plan to handle iran's nub nuclear program. "the new york times" reports gates wrote the three-page memo in january. a white house official told the "associated press" those efforts have been underway for many months. news of secretary robert gates memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. the president and ore officials warned represent friatives that american's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to the nuclear summit last week. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. iran is denying this saying its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes, like power generation. there was a tense standoff when some white supremacists

held a rally in downtown los angeles. 50 members of the national socialist movement from protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. about 500 counter protesters showed up. riot police tried to keep them under control. police say they arrested five people who were throwing things at the rally. >> they are defending free speech. if they weren't, as you could see from the other side, they are the ones that are riotous, without a permit. >> to have so many police officers on a saturday night, saturday, so many of them, how many millions of dollars were spent? >> the white supremacist group held u.s. flags and shouted a nazi salute. they are reacting to some immigration rallies that support amnesty for illegal immigrants. police are investigating a shooting at the busiest border

crossings. they say customs agents wounded a man trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. he tried to avoid a secondary inspection and ended up crashing into a concrete barrier. he is recovering from a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life threatening. the car was reported stolen in colorado last month. the calendar may say spring but new hampshire is getting that, a second helping of wintry weather, wet and heavy snow piled up overnight covering cars, not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50, a little bit springy, a little more springy than this. >> tough getting up this morning. they were plowing snow this morning. we came up around 3:00. >> i would rather be out shopping in the snow than the rain. >> she is positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than half a foot of snow. >> there is no doubt the pictures are pretty spectacular. the effects of this volcanic

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random and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911. >> he was down. his face was bloody. he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. the tall guy who i later found out was his son, he had been hit, he had been punched in the face too. his nose was bleeding. >> we have constant presence of the oakland security people, the ones in the orange shirts. they are constantly around. they are really trying. it is just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. a cook county judge ruled that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a

roman catholic daughter to mass when she is visiting with him. his ex-wife who has custody of the young girl will have her for jewish holidays. reyes isn't out of legal trouble yet. he may still face a con semt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barring him from exposing his daughter to nonjewish religious teachers. an army specialist who threatened to kill other u.s. troops if he was sent back to iraq has now been kicked out of iraq. the army announced that specialist mark hall will be discharged rather than face criminal charges and a court-martial. he recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop loss program which extends soldier's tours of duty past their original contract. he send it to the pentagon. the website, courage to resist.org has it on line. ♪

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e i'm susan hen dprdricks. >> take a look at this billowing cloud of ash from iceland. airports in at least 15 countries are closed. thousands of flights are canceled for good reason. so volcanic ash won't cause jet engines to fail. some people in europe are trying to get seats on the euro star train which goes to and from the u.k. britainbound seats are sold out until tuesday. >> people in the u.k., the advice at the moment is, stay where you are and don't come into the airport like you have just said. clearly, nothing is happening here. we can see behind us that the airport is completely closed. it is better, more comfortable for people to stay in hotels, with friends or at home. >> the volcano started erupting march 20th. it got worse last week forcing

local evacuations and eventdly affecting europe's air space. folks from all over the world are stranded at dulles airport in d.c. too. they have spent days going back and forth between hotels and terminals checking on the status of their flights. some say they have seen more than enough of the nation's capital and they just want to go back home. >> it is a little annoying but you kind of have to hang around the airport and check all the time, because, otherwise, you could just go into d.c. and enjoy yourself. we have become very familiar with dulles. >> we had to taxi out to get here because we can't check in on line. $80 down and we can't go anywhere. >> carrier klm ran a test flight in the net they are land's air space last night that may offer a glimmer of hope. the air quality was found to be safe. if the final results hold up, the airline will ask to resume their flights. that volcanic ash prevented

president obama from going to the funeral of polish president, lech kaczynski, who died in a plane crash earlier this month president obama issued a statement that said he and first lady, michelle obama, continue to have polish people in their thoughts and prayers. he called the polish leader a patriot, friend and ally. he said the american people will never forget the lives of president kaczynski and other plane crash victims. an american ambassador in poland will represent the u.s. at the funeral. many other world leaders also canceled their trips. about 1.5 million people are expected to bid their final good-byes to the late polish leader. they lined the streets this morning as a motorcade carried the boyds of president kaczynski and his wife. many people cried as soldiers care reed the coffins into a church. 96 people were killed when the late president's plane crashed in russia eight days ago. a teenage boy accused of

severely beating a middle school girl has been charged as an adult. josie lou ratley was beaten so badly, she spent about a month in a coma. she suffered brain damage and cannot speak. prosecutors say 15-year-old wayne treacy now faces premedicated attempted murder charges. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you have an honor student, a rational, 15-year-old boy, who at some point after his brother's death became an irrational 15-year-old boy and you have to believe even as a common person that something, some switch, something snapped in his head at that particular point. that's what i am trying to get to the bottom of. >> the court has the ability under the circumstances of this case, because there is no firearm involved, to impose juvenile sanctions or impose all the way up to life in prison. it is a very wide range. >> yesterday, a judge said that wayne frastreacy would have to

in jail without bonds. they warned the white house that they don't have a long-term plan to handle iran's nuclear program. gates wrote a three-page member know in january setting off efforts in the pentagon, white house and el tell generals agencies to come up with new options. those efforts have been under way, they say, for many months. news of secretary robert gates memo comes as a two-day nuclear conference is under way in iran. the president and other officials warned representatives from 60 countries that america's nuclear policy was endangering the world. president obama did not invite iran to his nuclear security summit in washington. the u.s. fears iran is using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop weapons. iran is denying this saying their nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like power generation. there was a tense standoff when some white supremacist held

a rally in downtown los angeles. about 50 members of the national socialist movement were protesting against illegal immigration. it happened yesterday. you see it here. about 500 counter protesters showed up and riot police tried to keep it under control. they were reportedly throwing things at the rally. they are defending free speech. if they weren't there, you can see they are the ones that are riotous. we came out with a permit. the police were doing their job. we respect that. >> to have so many police officers on a saturday, you know, so many of them. how many millions of dollars were spent? >> well, the white supremacist group held both u.s. flags and swastika banners and shouted a nazi salute. police are investigating a shooting at the nation's busiest border crossing. they say customs agents wounded

a man trying to get from mexico to the u.s. in a stolen suv. it happened yesterday. he friday to avoid a secondary inspection at the san ysidro crossing. he is recovering at a san diego hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. the car ras reported stolen in colorado last month. the calendar may say spring but new hampshire is getting that, a second helping of wintry weather. wet and heavy snow piled up overnight covering cars, not really what people expected after a warm start to april. >> i was expecting it to be about 50, a little bit springy, a little bit more springy than this. >> tough getting up this morning. they were plowing snow, believe it or not. it came up around 3:00. >> i would rather be out shopping in the snow than in the rain. >> she is positive. snow started falling in northern new hampshire on friday and continued into saturday with some areas getting more than half a foot of snow. it is april 18th.

you wouldn't know it by looking at new hampshire. how does it look where you are? meteorologist, reynolds wolf, is here to tell us. in texas, the story is all rain. farrell heavy precipitation in some locations. we are not expecting anything in terms of severe weather just yet. maybe along i-30 later in the day heading towards memphis. we are seeing the precipitation because we have an area of low pressure moving through parts of the lone star state to the louisiana coastline, expect scattered showers. farrell dry in portions of td southeast. the rain and combination of snowfall up in parts of new england will stick around through a good part of the midday and afternoon and evening, it should fizzle out. out west, farrell dry in most spots. maybe snowfall in high spots of the central rockies. southern california, a chance of rain showers. central california, relatively dry. in terms of temperature, 69 degrees. in kansas city, 75. atlanta, 77. 50s and 60s in boston and new

york. 86, las vegas. 68, san francisco. we wrap it up in los angeles with 73 degrees for a high temperature. that's a look at today's forecast. i am reynolds wochl flf for hln the pictures are pretty spectacular. the effects of this val colcani eruption are being felt around the world. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief

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trying to get here to run in the race also but she hasn't been able to get out of london yet. >> the marathon begins tomorrow morning. organizers say those who arrive last minute can still pick up their bibs before the race. medical marijuana users are lighting up at an international can abyss at hemp expo in california. ventors are selling everything from bongs, vaporizers, hash brownies and other marijuana products. the events organizer says it took years of negotiations to get permission to hold this expo. there has been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the state of california. this november, voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot. a touching tribute to a war hero and football star. jeff is here. the name pat tillman means a lot to people in the phoenix area. >> he was a star at arizona state. after 9/11, he gave up his

multibillion dollar career to become an army ranger e was killed in afghan star in 2004. a record 30,000 people showed up for the pat tillman run. that's 11,000 more than just last year. it is a big fund-raiser for the pat tillman foundation which helps military men and women and their families. a great move from the university of nebraska football star suh. he is giving back to his school to say thanks. he announced he is donating $2.6 billion back to nebraska. he is expected to be one of the top two picks. baseball, i'm getting sleepy looking at all the zeros. the cardinals and mets played for six hours before either team scored a run. a cardinal, shortstop and outfielder pitched because they were out of pitchers. mixed martial arts is trying to get exposure but not this kind. a brawl broke out when one fighter interrupted another

fighter's post-fight interview. the tv announcer yelled at them. gentlemen, we are on national television. you have to wonder if it is the last time for a while. i'm jeffe shell for hln sports. we go to the english premier league. after the goalie clears the corner kick, look at this shot by danny rose as it just clears the keeper's hand for the score. take another look. rose in his pro debut scoring his first goal. that is some fancy footwork. baed by foot care scientsu

whaep what's happening? what's going on. >> i am sick now. i want to go home soon. >> those are german exchange students who have been in the u.s. for a month. they were supposed to fly home friday morning but ash left them stranded in d.c. some of them were traveling from ohio. new host families had to pick them up after their connecting flights through dulles was cancelled. stay with hln as we cover this travel deas sko. . the youngest daughter of former president, lyndon johnson, is being treated at the mayo clinic. they expect that lucy baines johnson has a rare disorder that affects the immune system. doctors suspect guion bar ray syndrome which affects the nerves that control movement and

may cause bparalysis. police are increasing patrols since a man and his adult son were attacked in broad daylight. they think the two men approached the father and son and started beating them up. the son is expected to survive. the father is in critical condition. a woman who witnessed the attack called 911. >> he was down. his face was bloody. he was having tremors. i knew it was bad. the tall guy who i later found out was his son, he had been hit, punched in the face too. his nose was bleeding. >> we have constant presence of the oakland security people, the ones in the orange shirts. they are constantly around, you know. i mean, they are really trying but it is just not enough. >> the attack happened in an area that has been revitalized in recent years. police are now offering up to $25,000 to anyone who leads them to the suspects. an update on a story of a man who had his daughter

baptized despite the fact that his ex-wife was raising her to be jewish. a cook county judge ruled that joseph reyes can take his 3-year-old daughter to mass at a roman catholic church when she is visiting with him. it grants him visitation every christmas and easter. his ex-wife who has custody will have her for jewish holidays. he may still face a contempt of court charge for violating an earlier court order barg him from exposing his daughter to nonjewish religious teachings. >> an army specialest who threaten today kill other troops if sent back to iraq has been kicked out of the military. he will be discharged rather than face criminal charges and a court-martial. he recorded a graphic rap song about opening fire on his fellow troops because of the army's stop loss program which extends soldiers past their original

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