awaiting going back to dublin, ireland, and we don't know how long. >> reporter: some of the airports in scottland have reopened. the cloud is threatening to delay the funeral for the president of poland because some lead aroma's i not be able to get -- leaders may not be able to get there. and now injured soldiers from afghanistan and iraq have to be flown directly to washington. from the ground you cannot see the cloud causing the trouble but they are not taking any chances. it's extremely abrasive volcanic glass. when sucked in an aircraft's engine it melts and gums up essential moving parts which can lead to failure. >> it's a phenomena beyond the control of everybody. >> reporter: but the cost of so many cancellations is quickly adding up. the airline industry says it's losing more than $200 million a

this person is a paramedic for the dublin fire brigade.with higher taxes and public sector wage cuts, his take-home pay has fallen nearly 1/5 in the past year, and he sees a broader impact of the crisis every day. >> it is terrible, people could not cope anymore. we see the effects it has on people emotionally, psychologically, with suicides, attempted suicides. >> if you have not seen a greek- style rights on the streets. the prime minister has earned respect for sticking with the job even after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in december. i asked whether he had any advice for the uk >> there are no easy solutions. the bulk of the government is transfer payments. you cannot get away with that. it is subsidies to different industries. and on the payroll taxes. >> treasury officials have been in public looking for lessons on how to cut. whoever wins the election, there could well be irish-style medicine heading our way. >>> it is billed as the greatest people chase in the world and a bumper crop of more than 70,000 is expected to wat

. >> police still have the intersection at whiteford road and rocks road up in harford county in dublin closed because of an accident as we make our way around the area as well. a new crash reported in west baltimore, hillen between forest street and east monument street. in woodlawn, police have the intersection at gwynn oak avenue and park drive closed. vehicles off the road. we'll check the drive times on 895 when we come back. back to you. >>> do you have any bad habits? >> they could be killing you. how four of them in particular are taking years off your life. we'll tell you how maybe. >> plus, a new imgration law in arizona could cost the state millions in lost revenue. >> and a fact that has nothing to do with the movie deal. the message you probably won't be responding to. >>> 6:12. four bad habits can age you by 12 years. new research says the habits are smoking, drinking too much, not getting enough exercise and bad diet. who paid for this study? we could have saved you a lot of money. the study tracked 5,000 wish 5,000 -- british adults for 20 years. for those with all four

we're just taking that from the banks, dublin tel grants, making sure -- doublin pell grants, making sure that you will never have to pay more than 10% of your income in repayment for your deck so that you are not going broke because you decide to get a college education that makes our economy stronger and makes america stronger. if they want to repeal that, too, we can have that discussion. [cheers and applause] >> the road to this victory has been long. it has been difficult. it is absolutely true that because health care is such a complicated issue, a lot of people got scared. the misinformation seat in. the process was ugly and everybody was arguing. there was all kinds of stuff to win on in the senate and house and everybody said this looks like a mess. i understand that. that is part of our democracy. democracy is a messy business. it is the worst form of government except for all of the other ones that have been tried. [laughter] [applause] that is what winston churchill said. he is absolutely right. it can be frustrating sometimes but ultimately, that is what makes our countr

. >> i was supposed to fry to dublin. i was able to rebook for friday. i'm not sure if flights with go friday as well. i'm in a lucky position of having been able to get in touch with the airline and rebook. many have not. >> so far we did not get any response. >> i have been working all the time. enjoy the city and see some of the sights. >> reporter: some stranded hope to make the best of it. >> a group of european geographers decided to have their own party tonight in the lobby. >> reporter: meanwhile at dulles, ticket agents did what they could. increasingly for some flying home has lost some of its appeal. >> we're thinking it would be nice to go across the atlantic on a ship. >> reporter: for now international travelers plans are up in the air as long as these planes aren't. >> it has been an unseasonably cool spring day and tonight that cool becomes cold. some will see below freezing temperatures by morning. more on the frost and freeze warnings, what is up, man? >> don't put away those heavy coats yet. we have a cold air mass in place. with clear

. >> i was to fly to dublin. i'm going to rebook a flight for friday but i don't know if flights will go on friday. i've been able to get in touch with the airline and be able to rebook. many people aren't. >> so far we did not get any response. >> reporter: some hope to make the best of it. >> i've been working overtime so i have time to go see the city and enjoy the sights. >> some who are stranded hope to make the best of it. >> a group decided to have their own party tonight in the lobby. >> reporter: meanwhile at dulles international airport -- >> i want to be in vienna. >> reporter: ticket agents did what they do while passengers languished in lines and planes languished on the tarmacs. >> we're thinking it will be nice to go across the atlantic on the ship. >> reporter: international travelers plans are up in the air as long as these planes aren't. at dulles international airport, derrick ward, news4. >> the forecast is grim for travelers in germany, britain and the netherlands. >>> students will return to

ryan air based in dublin, ireland, is considering $1.50 to use the bathroom. that is messed up. the airline called it their cost saving measure. they are going to install a coin operated door. the pay to pee plane is planned for flights due to last less than an hour. >>> oil hit a 18-month higher. $87, the highest level since 2008 when crude was at $89 a barrel. prices are up 5% from last week and more than 70% from this time last year. analysts say an expected increase in demand contributed to the increase. >>> police found a woman dead in a car inside a lake and have charged her husband with murder. we have that story. . >> reporter: a tragic end to the case of missing mom, toha. her lifeless body is found in a car submerged in a lake adding to the horror and mystery, a bag covered her head. her husband made a tearful plea for her return. [ crying ]. >> please come home. . >> reporter: notice how quickly he composed himself. police tell us he pushed to make that televised plea. all along detectives were suspicious of his entire performance. >> his body language and actions wer

a medicaid match of 60% of federal dollars, may well look get earlier expansion prior to the 2014 dublin. the opportunity to draw down federal funds for this population begins right away. >> also mentioned in your remarks -- the national high risk pool program. the health care law calls for this to be in place within three months. many questions need to be answered about how it is going to work with existing high-risk pools, states that lack them and want to develop them, states that have the plans to develop tools. for americans to have interest in reasonably-priced coverage, how soon do you realistically think it will be able to secure coverage? >> i think we will have pulls up and running this year. in 2010. -- i think we will have schools -- pools up and running this year. states have a high risk pools that are quite expensive. even though they are tied to a market rate base, they are still expensive for individuals. i think there are only 200,000 people run the country's total that are involved in the high risk pool. we anticipate a lot of states will set up a parallel pull for this

. >> reporter: that brought a swipt response from dublin's catholic archbishop working to heal the painf widespread abuse in church institutions. >> it's very damaging to those who are trying to restore credibility to be simply, you know, wiped off with a general comment like that. >> reporter: tonight, the archbishop of canterbury apologized saying in a statement he did not mean to criticize or attack the catholic church. meanwhile in vatican city, officials spent the day trying to repair the damage done friday night by the pope's preacher. his comparison of the attacks on the pope to the persecution of jews provoked outrage in jerusalem. >> there are other ces of raceanism the world, but i don't think this is one of them. >> reporter: and new york. >> i thought it just shows the depth of ignorance in the church or church leaders of what anti-semitism is about because there is no comparison. >> reporter: the vatican spokesperson said the preacher's comparison is not the thinking of the church. in the u.s., victims' attorneys continue to release documents they claim show church official

. >> reporter: on saturday, dublin's catholic archbishop fired back. >> it's very damaging for those trying to restore credibility to be wiped off with a general comment like that. >> reporter: by the end of the day, the archbishop of canterbury apologized. today the pope prayed for the middle east, iraq, the earthquake devastated countries of haiti and chile, but not a direct word about those abused by priests. >> ann thompson, nbc news, rome. >>> today, the big game is set. we know who is heading to the ncaa championships. >> reporter: good morning. your sports minute on this easter sunday begins with the final four and the national championship is set. duke against west virginia last night for the chance to advance. the blue devils downed the mountaineers, 78-57 thanks in pa to john shier. he scored 23 points. duke will go for its fourth national championship in school history. duke will meet underdobutler on monday night. the hometown bulldogs beat michigan state 52-50. sophomore gordon heyward led the way scoring 19 points. butler wins its 25th straight game and will appear in t

scandal has done to countries like ire land and then taking time to apologize to the archbishop of dublin. as victims across the world continue to speak out, top vatican officials are trying to distance the vatican from any implication of a church coverup, one tries to do this with a letter from his jewish friend. >> translator: this reminds me of one of the most shame if the acts. >> reporter: another vatican official says the church is not comparing the ail gauges to anti-semitism -- the allegations to anti-semitism. >> it is like an avalanche. >> reporter: the pope is scheduled to lead sunday's mass on easter. tonight the vatican newspaper is denouncing charges the pontiff is involved in the church scandal. >>> details on where wizards' star gilbert arenas will be carrying out his sentence. it's reported he will attend a halfway house. no word on when he will start the service -- serving, rather, his sentence. >>> investigators are still looking tonight for the fourth suspect in the drive-by shooting that left four people dead. it comes as the families plan funerals. our reporter is li

the bishop admits he did not challenge the dublin church policy of covering up the actions of priests. he's the third bishop to resign in four months. the vatican has come under increasing pressure to get rid of leaders who cover up a priest who sexually abused children. the pope has promised to take action to confront the scandal to bring justice to abusive priests and to protect the children. >>> that cloud of ash from the volcanic eruption in iceland is shifting now. winds are pushing it towards scandinavia. thousands of flights are taking off from airports in europe now. delays and cancellations continue, though. the good news is that the ash cloud seems to be getting smaller. nbc news chief science correspondent bazell has the latest. >> reporter: as you can see behind me in the volcano still erupting. there's clouds there. behind the clouds there is an ash plume going up 10,000 feet in the sky. the winds from that ash plume are taking to where it still is a threat to many airports. inside the volcano, the eruption has been continuous at the same level since about monday. a big e

i was working in sales in an office in dublin. 9:00 a.m.e radio station in the background and i hear a competition over the airways so i lifted the phone and said if you don't try, it won't happen. i dialed a number and i got through, which is a rare thing if you know of calling in stations. got through and i had to sing down the line. they hung up the phone and called me back and said come in the studio for the next round and next round and final was held in open air at the ungodly hour of 9:00 a.m. i had to get up and sing. >> mike: you hitchhiked to the event to sing? >> i did. it was a four-hour drive for me. >> mike: what were you doing before then? >> working in hotel management. >> mike: amazing. and you worked with a relative of one of our crew members. >> small world. it can't believe it. pat. pat's wife, this young man's father, his sister, worked for them in a hotel. small world. ireland is a mall place and world is small place. >> mike: ire land a beautiful place. my family was there in march of last year, we loved it, loved the

in dublin, the archbishop there an addressed his holy thursday mass yesterday.he said this is not something that the church can just proclaim and then move on. he said the church must look at the past, must recognize its failures, identify those failures and correct them to restore any kind of credibility. and as for the victims,der mot martin said that you cannot rush their healing. there is no fast track for healing. this is going to take some time. savannah. >> anne thompson for us in rome. watching this. >> sorry, chuck. >> this holiest of weekends we shall see what the pope says at some point this week. health care, the economy, national security, we've got the top ten issues the candidates can't stop talking about coming up in today's decision "2010." plus a year after his rescue from pirates, captain richard philips is talking about his five-day ordeal and what life has been like since his return. >> it is a special day in geek dom. the eve of the release of apple's new ipad. but will it live up to the i hype? we talk live with a man who has already taken

. >> reporter: on saturday dublin's catholic archbishop fired back. >> it is very damaging for thoseg to restore credibility to be wind off with a general comment like that. by the end of the day the archbishop of canterbury apologized. >> reporter: today in his address to the city and the world the pope prayed for the middle east, iraq, the earthquake-devastated countries of haiti and chile and african nations in conflict, but there was not a direct word for those abused by priests. now this morning karth cantalamessa, the priest who made the comparison to the attacks on the pope like those on jews apologized for friday and as for the victims of sex abuse by priests those are coming from other catholic leaders today around rome, but not from the pope. n jenna? >> ann thompson reporting from rome. thank you. now here's carl. >>> now to politics. the president hit the road touting his health care bill and celebrating a solid jobs report. this week the focus turn to the international stage as he heads to prague. here with more is david gregory moderator of "meet the press." >> good mor

where the report on the archdiocese of dublin triggered a lot of attention not only in ireland but in europe then i think throughout the world. the second frankly i think is a certain media bias. i don't want to scapegoat anybody or have a conspiracy theory but i do think that the american media in particular has been... the question has been driven by information given by the plaintiffs' attorneys who are looking for ways to involve the pope somehow in a court process or something like that. i think that's bound to be futile. nevertheless i think that has driven a fair amount of the media coverage if i may say so. >> warner: do you think some of the media are out to get the pope or the church? >> the media likes a good story but i think that by reasonable standards i think they have not been fair in giving a balanced picture in context. >> warner: what is that picture? what is that context that isn't being reported? >> i haven't seen any reporting much attention given to what the united states church has done. the bishops, it's true to media attention, constant media attention in 200

. >> the archbishop of dublin, archbishop martin made a compelling statement exowing-- really taking great issue with the vatican and its handling of this whole crisis and scandal. >> lehrer: as a semi practicing protestant who is going to win the final four. >> it will be a game between the west virginia mountaineers and butler bull dogs, the two underdogs. i'm sorry for duke. my daughter's alma mater. wonderful school where everybody has his own tennis coach and private orthodontist and a sports car, but this is blue collar america. >> judy woodruff and i have ties to duke. there is a lot of hostility, unfair aspersions cast at duke but duke will win it in the end. porsches, mercedes, whatever it takes. >> lehrer: amen, and thank you all very much. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: the u.s. economy added 162,000 jobs in march, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7%. the pope's personal minister compared accusations of a sexual abuse cover-up to violence against jews. later, the vatican said that was not the official position of the church. and afghan president ham

. >>> in the wake of the recent sex abuse scandal rocking the catholic church, the arch bishop of dublinng out against the vatican. he criticized the church's reaction to reports of abuse, calling it, quote, hopelessly inadequate. the vatican has denied covering up any alleged incidents of abuse. carl, real quick. >> he's one of great dear churchmen. when i wrote my biography of pope john paul ii i spoke months and months speaking to him. for him to say this is an historic event. he was very close to pope john paul ii. he was close to ratzinger. when ratzinger was the cardcard. this is a major, if as reported, a huge breach. he has more moral authority than almost any bishops on this question. i'd like to see exactly what he said. that's a remarkable story. that's real news. >> we'll stay on top of that. >>> first national fuel economy rules have been finalized by the obama administration. by model year 2016 vehicles must get an average of 35.5 miles per gallon. i like it. the new standards will be equivalent to taking 50 million cars off the road by 2030 but will cost consumers nearly $

. >> rick dublin imagines a day when patients will be able to go to their doctor's offices for dosesually there will be psychedelic clinics regulated by the fda with people registered to defendant butte psychedelics and they will come for rites of passage in their life or personal growth. >> reporter: doblin comes with credentials and he's got a ph.d from harvard in public policy and has spent years studying psychedelics. >> reporter: proving that there's a conviction for practically everything, researchers from around the world have come to san jose, california to talk about psychedelic drugs. here at the holiday inn they're sharing stories about those drugs and their hope that one day they will become a regular part of medicine. >> reporter: here at the conference we found sarah huntly who said she was abused emotionally and physically as a child. >> makes you feel worthless most of the time and i was a burden to that member of my family and that i wasn't really worth that burden. >> reporter: she says the abuse stripped her of self-confidence and then as a 17-year-old high school

a bishop accused of protecting pedophile priests back in dublin.is live, in rome, italy with more now. greg? >> reporter: that is right. you don't need an advanced degree in moral theology to understand basic right and wrong when it comes to sex abuse seems to be what the bishop, bishop m moriarity and yesterday, the pope promised action with the sex abuse crisis and this is what the catholic faithful would like to see and a lot of priests were punished for misdeeds but not bishops who in many cases covered them up or tried to shovel them away and ireland is a good place to start and pope benedict xvi criticized the bishops in a long letter in march for their negligence and saying it got to such a point they could no longer even be effective and that was opening the door for some heads to roll, as they have started. now, finally, bill, sort of a domino effect here as well, a german bishop today, also, offered his resignation, but that was not for sexual abuse but physical abuse from decades ago when he was a parrish priest. bill. bill: greg burke r

atlanta to dublin for $404. back to you. >> wow. an excuse to get away this spring. >> exactly. >> all right. take care. thank you. >> thank you. >>> well, a norwegian military dog is back at home after he got loose at dulles international airport yesterday, qondor broke out of his crate on wednesday night actually and yesterday afternoon a maintenance worker at dulles spotted the 2-year-old doberman in a remote part of the airport. he caught up with him and workers tried to load him on to another plane but he broke free again. workers caught up with him again and put him on a plane to norway last night. >> you think they'll keep him on a leash from now on. >> we'd hope so. >> he's a smart dog, too. >>> this next story is about a real-life lassie or a laddie, because it's a boy dog. >> an alaska man's dog helped bring police to his house when it caught on fire. a trooper's dashboard cam captured the whole thing. the german shepherd named buddy started barking and running in front of the police cruiser. the trooper eventually got to

spirit airlines can't fly from dublin to london, either. host: a headline from "usa today" described you as "cheap, and proud of it." do you agree? guest: i like that, and i agree with that. we spend all our time thinking how to make the fares lower. we think about, how do we get people on the plane for free, if we can. we are proud of that. we are proud that we can give a low-fare option to people who previously did not have that option. previously, the only option was a high-fare airline. today, they have that option to fly to jamaica for $49. when customers have the choice, they are better off than if everyone has only one option. host: our guest is a graduate of syracuse university. caller: you mentioned the issue being the volume of baggage. i want to address why that is. i've come to the understanding that a lot of baggage gets lost. people have carryons, laptops, cameras, things like that, and they feel, hey, i don't want to get stranded without a change of underwear, i should bring other clothes. in the industry overall, 5,000 bags

part of it is because of a dublin in some cases triple friends with adequate border patrol agents.it is a deterrent effect of operation shame on which puts even first offenders in jail for it least a couple of weeks and can be up to a month or even longer depending on how many times people across the border. this take some resources from the department of justice and i have asked you when i met with you before your nomination hearing in 2009 about the funding for that. i discussed it with the hearing on january 15, 2009. we discussed this because the department of justice needs to provide the funding for certain elements of it. i ask you what resources were necessary for the marshals service, the courthouse renovations that may or may not be necessary, certain assertive cause, criminal clerks and those kinds of things, potentially additional judges, additional places and there appeared to be plenty of opportunities to rent detention places. places. all of us would fall under the department of justice jurisdiction. finally, i attach an amendment to the fiscal 2010 department of home

part of it is because of a dublin in some cases triple friends with adequate border patrol agents.t is a deterrent effect of operation shame on which puts even first offenders in jail for it least a couple of weeks and can be up to a month or even longer depending on how many times people across the border. this take some resources from the department of justice and i have asked you when i met with you before your nomination hearing in 2009 about the funding for that. i discussed it with the hearing on january 15, 2009. we discussed this because the department of justice needs to provide the funding for certain elements of it. i ask you what resources were necessary for the marshals service, the courthouse renovations that may or may not be necessary, certain assertive cause, criminal clerks and those kinds of things, potentially additional judges, additional places and there appeared to be plenty of opportunities to rent detention places. places. all of us would fall under the department of justice jurisdiction. finally, i attach an amendment to the fiscal 2010 department of homel

part of it is because of a dublin in some cases triple friends with adequate border patrol agents.t is a deterrent effect of operation shame on which puts even first offenders in jail for it least a couple of weeks and can be up to a month or even longer depending on how many times people across the border. this take some resources from the department of justice and i have asked you when i met with you before your nomination hearing in 2009 about the funding for that. i discussed it with the hearing on january 15, 2009. we discussed this because the department of justice needs to provide the funding for certain elements of it. i ask you what resources were necessary for the marshals service, the courthouse renovations that may or may not be necessary, certain assertive cause, criminal clerks and those kinds of things, potentially additional judges, additional places and there appeared to be plenty of opportunities to rent detention places. places. all of us would fall under the department of justice jurisdiction. finally, i attach an amendment to the fiscal 2010 department of homel

effort in realizing the good friday agreements, including the devolution of the justice powers from dublin to belfast has occurred today. the voting is underway in sedan. we are satisfied with the starting of the process, but to refrain from commenting on how it is going into a voting is concluded there this week. the assistant secretary johnny carson has arrived in brazzaville, the republic of congo, where he will meet with foreign minister -- the foreign minister and president. the undersecretary for economic energy and cultural affairs addressed vietnam's foreign trade university today to highlight growth and opportunity and shared prosperity in the u.s.-vietnam partnership. thanks to an historic bilateral trade agreement, trade has increased in the past eight years by 700% to nearly $16 billion in 2009, clearly benefiting both countries. finally, ambassador for global women's issues started a two- week trip to lithuania, russia and egypt. the ambassador will meet with non-governmental leaders in all countries to discuss progress in achieving women's empowerment in the social and econom