bob bazell live on the ground in iceland. very latest there. as a travel nightmare goes numbers are staggering. 63,000 flights canceled since wednesday. 6 million passengers affected, airline industry losing $200 million every day. cnbc's phil lebeau joins us live. how will it be recouped. >> some of the people on the flights canceled will never make those flights. they were either tourists that have travel insurance or eat the tickets. they will not go when they want to go. otherwise, you'll have people make those flights. when they make the flights, the airlines will recover the money they are taking in right now. that said, they will never get all of this money back. the estimate of $200 million a day being a lo airlines are pushing the european governments to open up the airspace as quickly as possible. there's a couple of pieces of encouraging news on that front. airspace in scotland and england expected to reopen tomorrow. the ban over the rest of the england and wales may be lifted tomorrow as well. today lufthansa announced it will send

>>> coming up in a half hour, live report from nbc's bob bazell. he's actually at the scene of the volcano in iceland. >>> another big story. apple's secret iphone revealed. and returned. a new 4g prototype of the phone was found at a bar near san francisco. it then ended up in the hands of a people at a gadget website, gizmodo.com. my colleague, monica novotny, spoke to the owner of that website about accusations the site will process from this really cool sneak peek. >> if you mean we profited from people looking at our website, sure, we did profit. but i don't believe that fs any kind of wrong doing. because it wasn't stolen. it was just a lost phone. we did already give back the phone to apple. >> we've got dan ackerman, senior editor at gadget website cnet.com. some people say it's a gimmick. >> it's definitely not a gimmick. it's completely unprecedented. >> how does an employee leave a prototype for a phone that people were salivating on in a bar. >> it's that one in a million shot. somebody who found the phone knew what it was, and get it i

thank you, bob bazell in very scenic iceland.eautiful out there, but of course there's a lot of danger lurking beneath those volcanos. >>> today the 40th anniversary of earth day. a bipartisan group of senators only days away from unveiling comprehensive climate and energy legislation. joining me now, carol browner, the assistant to the president for energy and climate change. also former epa administrator, joins us from the beautiful white house lawn on a sunny day. good to see you, carol. let's talk about earth day, what we can expect. there is a warning from senator kerry, one of the real prime movers on this, and also you yourself in an interview with politico suggesting that if congress does not move on this legislation that there are steps, administrative steps that the white house can take. what can the administration do without the force of the legislation passing? >> well, the administration believes that legislation is very important because what we want to do is create a new clean energy future for this country. we nee