if the volcano continues to erupt. that, and weather conditions just like last year, would put european air space as risk. tazin ahmed, nbc news, london. >>> president obama had much more to say today about the middle east peace process. this time before aipac, this country's most important pro-israel lobbying group. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house tonight to tell us more. mike? >> reporter: good evening, lester. coming on the heels of his oval office clash with the israeli prime minister, today the president walked into what one expert described as a lion's den. once again the volatile issue of israel's borders was front and center. in a speech before some 11,000 of israel's strongest american supporters, president obama did not back away from his controversial remarks that palestinian statehood should be based on israel's pre-1967 borders. >> what i did on thursday was to say publicly what has long been acknowledged privately. >> reporter: mr. obama said his stance on israel's borders had been misrepresente

because it's no longer erupting. hooray.hat's trending on social media right now, it's a sports story at number three, the hunt is on, the race is hotting up to replace this guy, he is carlo, ancelotti, the manager of the chelsea football club. social media is buzzing with speculation now about who is going to take over from him. because he is gone. favorites among the tweets are former bosses, jose mourinho. and number two, getting around the cloud, the volcanic ash got people worried about flying and they've been talking about it online and tweeting by traveling by train as an alternative. a popular search is for euro star, the rail service, that links london to paris to brussels via the chunnel tunnel. and number one, to boldly go where no man has gone before, nasa says it's designing this new capsule it take humans into deep space. that means future missions to the moon and possibly mars. this is such a popular story on cnn.com. you can find out more also by going to our facebook page, w1 cnn. >>> blanketed in ash, how i

it is feared this latest eruption could cause widespread travel chaos.ast year, the ash from another volcano in iceland led to the cancellation of nearly 100,000 pounds -- flights to and from europe, with the biggest shut down in airspace since world war ii. this direction -- this eruption has ash particles that are not as fine, and the wind is blowing to the north. although, that could change. >> there is expected to be a change in the wind direction, so it could come down towards europe. >> since last year's travel disruptions, authorities have that more relaxed rules on flying through volcanic ash, but in the end, it will be up to each european country to decide whether it is safe enough to fly. >> definitely not something to look forward to this summer. staying in europe, greece and italy are putting more pressure on the euro. >> a pretty bad date is monday. athens is feeling mounting pressure from brussels and european central bank to cut deficits and push forward on reforms after falling behind targets set in its 110 billion euro bailout plan. on m

does this new eruption mean fresh travel chaos? >>> we want to begin in southern pakistan, where government forces are continuing to battle it out with taliban militants at a naval base in karachi. at least ten militants stormed the site late last night, armed with guns and grenades, witnesses say that they've heard numerous loud explosions. a plane was set on fire and smoke is billowing up from the building. now it's not exactly clear how many people have been killed, but the afp and the "reuters" news agencies say 12 pakistani commandos are dead. more detalsz from our senior international correspondent, stan grant who joins me from islamabad. what's the latest on the situation right now? >> reporter: yeah, as you sketched this, it'sed on hour after hour since the militants turned up with hand grenades and launchers, as well as weapons and they breached the security, got inside the naval base. and there have been multiple explosions since then and running gun battles with navy and army commandos, special forces units that were sen

it is erupting with less force and to a lower height. >> we checked today and found that so far the eruption hasn't effected travel at bay area airports. but the clouds could reach scottish airports later. >>> the ash cloud forced president obama to cut short a trip to ireland. after several stops in ireland they were supposed to spend the night in dublin but they flew to london this afternoon. we will have more coming up at 5:30. >>> strung winds through parts of the bay area. the high wind advisory is still in effect tonight. winds up to 50 miles per hour. >>> the harbor fairy will remain closed tomorrow. damage to the boarding peer and gangway this morning. likely due to the strong winds. getting new parts could take a while and service could be canceled for up to two weeks. this is not the same fairy that serves alameda and jack london square. >>> this tree knocked over power lines this morning on colton boulevard. and that cut off power to 2 dozen customers. power was restored this morning. >>> seems like other than the high wind today was spectacular. >> yeah. the temperatures warmed u

. >>> iceland's most active volcano is erupting. an eruption has begun. local media are reporting smoke can be seen coming from the volcano. scientists have been expecting the eruption but it is not expected to cause a disruption to air travel. >> historic flooding forced thousands of gulf coast residents from their homes, but tonight, evacuations has been postponed at the mississippi is at a slow rise. >>> cloudy and breezier weather in the bay area but warmer temperatures ahead. leigh glaser is coming up. >> mike: the sharks are back in their series with vancouver as they win last night and now trail the canucks 2-1. game four is on sunday and ♪ ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> alan: the jeopardy winning computer, watson, could soon be called dr. watson. the supercomputer is now getting into the medical profession. >> familiarity is said to breed this. watson. >> what is contempt. >> alan: ibm computer is

and the destction asot expected to reach the extent of last year's volcanic eruptions. but they're still watching nervously. >> if there any consolation, even the president of the united states was affected by the eruption. barack obama flew to london from violent ahead of schedule to avoid the ash cloud appeared he and the first lady arrived for a state dinner with the queen at buckingham palace. it follows a day of receptions. >> a 41-gun salute flew over the thames in honor of the esteemed guest from washington. queen elizabeth and her husband prince philip received them and give them a private tour of the premises. after lunch, of the queen showed her guests part of the road collection. obama took a keen interest in letters written by abraham lincoln. the first couple are spending two days in london and staying at buckingham palace at the queens invitation. they also met prince william, the queens oldest grandson, and his new wife catherin tv crews were not admitted. obama's first day in london were dedicated to ceremony more than political substance. he did a brief

the eruption is much bigger than the one last year. it is stirring up far more ash, but the particle in sight -- the particles inside the cloud are larger and heavier. they should drop into the ocean more quickly. airline authorities have agreed new rules. planes can fly in up to this level ash, a light concentration. into this denser cloud of ash if they have permission. there should be less disruption that less time. the first british airports to be affected are at aberdeen. the passengers were hearing about the ash cloud. >> thought we'd seen the last of that last year. >> we arrived in norway. we do not know if we will manage to come back, but we will see. we are not worried. >> i am flying back and a couple of days to milan. >> in iceleandand, a dark cloud has descended and the ash has descended everywhere. this eruption is the largest the country has seen for 50 years and it is still going strong. >> it is like the building was breathing. that is how one survivor describeda tornado in missouri on sunday night. the twister destroy

so far, it looks like iceland is bearing the brunt of this eruption. >> sreenivasan: last year's eruptionent volcano in iceland led to widespread flight cancellations across europe. it cost the industry $1.7 billion. vice president biden convened congressional negotiators for the latest round of budget talks today. there was no sign of agreement on a spending plan for the coming year, or on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. republicans have demanded major spending cuts as the price for increasing the debt ceiling. if there is no agreement, the government could default by early august. the main opposition party in greece has rejected the prime minister's call for more spending cuts to control the country's spiraling debt. the news today raised new concerns about europe's financial stability. and that, in turn, undercut any momentum on wall street. the dow jones industrial average lost 25 points to close at 12,356. the nasdaq fell more than 12 points to close at 2,746. the national transportation safety board has found no definitive cause for the plane crash that killed former sena

this is may 22nd, date of the volcano erupting over iceland. by the following day, it spread pretty much over green land down over the uk and across parts of russia. the latest diagram shows from the may shows the ash cloud has reached canada, norway, sweden, norway, sweden, denmark and netherlands as well. >> there's been a lot of disagreement from the airlines about this, right? >> well, zain, you're right. ryan air's chief executive michael o'leary has come out strongly saying ryan air strongly objects to this decision, the decision to ground aircraft and believes there's no basis for these flight cancellations. he went on to say we'll meet with irish aviation authority on tuesday morning to have this restriction on rain air flights removed as a matter of urgency. >> did they overreact last time? >> well, a study by university of copenhagen said safety concerns were actually very well founded. that was because of the abbrasive nature of the dust. it meant planes had to be grounded otherwise their engines would have been irrepublicably damage

officials say there is no sign yet the eruption will cause the widespread travel eruption like the oneeen last april, triggered by another icelandic eruption. that's what europe's airspace was closed for days because they feared the ash would harm jet engines. scientists was expecting the new activity from the volcano. it started erupting yesterday for the first time since 2004. >>> dominik strauss-kahn, the former head of the international monetary fund, is now under house arrest at a luxury building in new york city while he waits for his trial on sexual assault charges. he is under 24 hour guard at the empire building in lower manhattan near ground zero. his neighbors say they would never have known he was there if it weren't for the media frenzy. >> i thought they were filming a movie. and i had my dog so i left the building and we were really bombarded with the press. i had no idea. we had no idea. residents really did not. >> a judge has ordered strauss-kahn to wear a monitoring bracelet on his ankle and an armed guard is watching him at all times. he has been charged with sexual

that's not to say that it won't erupt again later in the week.it's a big tall order, to know what's going to happen for the four or five days ahead. >> everybody is looking at the forecast, particularly here in the u.k., because that seems to be the most important gauge of finding out what's going on with that ash cloud. how much pressure on you to get it right, and can you? >> the point is to stress that, no, we can't in any great detail, because we don't know. the big unknown in the equation is the volcano, and we don't know how that's going to sort of react in the next few days. >> pakistani officials say two police officers have been killed and 19 people have been injured during an explosion in the pakistani city there. the blast occurred at dawn in the university area of the city. the pakistani taliban said it ordered the attack. troops bat'd for hours against taliban militants who stormed a naval air force base in karachi. nato has launched more strikes on targets in the libyan capital, tripoli. there are reports of a number of large blasts

last night chaos erupted after what appears to be a street party. kenney and busch suffered fatal gunshot wounds and a third woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. someone gave ktvu this exclusive video that shows a man walking holding a gun and the pandemonium that followed. >> i don't know why they do this. i don't know what they're thinking, i don't know if they have enough sense. >> reporter: kenney's father says he is an outreach worker.

but, of course, it is a monumental eruption.biggest one we have had in that area of iceland for 140 years. >> clearly, a serious situation. mr. president, thank you very much for spending the time. if you don't mind, i'm going to go back to missouri where the weather is deteriorating again. i want to get a quick update. after this break we'll be back with more breaking news from joplin in missouri. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. >>> that's all for us tonight on a quite desperate day for people of joplin, missouri, 116

. >>> and an iceland volcano continues to erupt canceling flights and stranding travelers. how it's also effecting president obama's trip. >>> good morning. some patchy low clouds around but it will be sunny today and breezy. we heard that before. temperatures remaining below average even though the sunshine today 60s and low 70s. >>> well, the ash from an erupting volcano in iceland has forced the cancellation of 250 flights in northern ireland, scotland and parts of scandinavia today. the cloud of volcanic ash is not expected to move over continental europe. one american traveler at the airport in amsterdam says she's taking it all in stride. >> i absolutely had to stay i wouldn't be upset about it. we're on vacation. it's a beautiful country. we want to see the place. if we have to stay an extra week, i'm okay with that. >> well, the eruption of another volcano in iceland in april of last year led to a shut down of air space for more than a week across europe. >>> the ash from the volcano forced president obama to shorten his visit to ireland. he spent last night in lond

. -- they usually >> in lhasa erupted in 2004, it is the most active volcano in iceland.xpert calls it the most powerful eruptions in more than 50 years. >> in other world news, protestors in japan are rattling against the government's decision to raise the exposure limit for children. in the meantime temporary containers holding radioactive water are almost full. there is concern that could lead to an over flow that may leak into the sea. people are so desperate for rain they are using artificial rain. there crating precipitation sending up rockets. there have been a long running joke. -- drew. in the next couple of weeks. people are excited about the birth of a tiger cubs in china. there are only four cubs rate their. the mother does not have enough milk for all the babies. the fifth cub is being cared for by another attacker. it is one of the world to attend most endangered species. >> a live look outside, plenty of sunshine. the fog was really there this morning. good conditions this afternoon. we will see fog against over night. -- again. another sign of fog. mainly

thousands of passengers are affected by the fresh travel nightmare, barely a year after another eruptioniceland forced the biggest closure of the european airspace since world war ii. authorities hope this time things won't be quite as bad. our correspondent has been tracking the ash cloud. >> a satellite view of the north atlantic, the bright pink area swirling across the mid is the volcanic ash, not easy to follow exactly where it's going. >> there is no mistaking the cloud rising in iceland, but once the winds take hold of the ash, there is no guarantee of tracking it. this is the latest estimate by the weather office, the red areas is where it is most dense, but there aren't enough instruments to give a precise picture minute by minute, so how are they keeping watch? >> here at the office in exiter, this is one of a network of 20 or so devices up and down the country used to try to keep track of the ash cloud. it fires a laser beam straight up and the type of reflection indicates whether volcanic ash is in the sky. this is what a laser in scotland detected this morning. the red spots

the ash cloud from the erupting icelandic volcano is causing further disruption to air travel as it sweeps over europe more than two hundred delays and cancellations have been reported in parts of scandinavia ireland and scotland while the threat planes over the services in england follows saturday's eruption of iceland's most active volcano the largest such event in one hundred years in the atmosphere effects visibility and kind of clogged engines so it makes it dangerous to fly crews remain they'll be a repeat of last year's travel chaos when a different icelandic eruption closed much of europe's airspace for quite some time . one of the deadliest tornadoes ever recorded in the united states is now claimed at least one hundred sixteen lives and left more than four hundred injured and the death toll is expected to rise as rescue teams comb the devastation seven people have so far been found alive in the debris the storm tore through the city of joplin missouri flattening homes crushing cars and leaving the city without power the local hospital suffered a direct hit killing four meanwhile

of an effect yet now is equal to some of the stories from around the world the ash cloud from the erupting iceland you know is causing further disruption to air travel some flights remain grounded in scotland while a threat hangs over services in ireland and england it's all saturday's eruption of iceland's most active volcano the largest in one hundred years the ash in the atmosphere affects visibility and can clog engines making it too dangerous to fly fears remain there will be a repeat of last year's travel chaos when a different icelandic eruption closed much of europe's airspace for a time. the operator of japan's troubled nuclear power plants confirm two more reactors have experienced a partial fuel meltdown at the site have previously been thought only the number one reactor had suffered such a fate plans cooling systems were knocked out by march's devastating earthquake and tsunami the official death toll from the disaster currently stands at some fourteen thousand people a. lot of the deadliest tornadoes ever recorded in the united states has now claimed at least one hundred sixt

>> we got a good practice out of the last eruption. as we're looking at this graphic, this is flight radar 24.com. it shows you and tracks all the planes in the skies. the yellow are the planes out there. you don't see much activity through areas, including scotland as well as northern parts of england. that's because an ash cloud causing some disruption. as we go over to our next graphic here and hopefully we can pull this up. we'll show you the ash cloud as it's moving from iceland. you can see down towards the south and east. anywhere you're seeing yellow and that orange shading, that is actually the ash being reflected back. certainly there is that out there in the atmosphere. now as i take you back over to our weather graphics here, and we talk a little bit more. anywhere in red, we have this advisory for ash, from anywhere from the surface up to about 35,000 feet in the air. now, if you notice it extends for areas including southern parts of england and all the way over to areas including parts of russia. how is this going to aff

it started erupting yesterday for the first time since 2004.ew. >> just three more episodes before oprah goes off the air but before she signs off she will reflect on the legace she leaves behind. on tuesday at 7:30:00 p.m. abc7 will air a special called "oprah looks back, 25 years of the oprah winfrey show." her final show airs the following day at 4:00 and then on thursday we introduce our 4:00 news. so what do you think? were you an oprah fan? >> yeah, of course. yeah, it's going to be strange. >> it is going to be kind of a different tv landscape out there. >> she still surprises, i'm sure. a few surprises in the weather. we are waking up to some clouds, the coastal clouds but you can already see breaks. temperatures are cool, mid-40s some spots. a full look at the rest of the weekend and week ahead coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also next the freak, tim lincecum, shuts down the a's in the second game of the bay bridge series. mike shumann has your highlights switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year.

. >> word came in late this morning from the white house that the eruption of this volcano in iceland will force the president to cut short his visit to ireland. officials are worried about travel safety because of a cloud of ash headed toward europe. mr. obama has been expected to stay in ireland tonight and head to london tomorrow. instead, he will go to london where he's expected to stay two days. this has led to a 120-mile no fly zone, the eruption of another volcano a year ago disrupted a return -- disrupted european air travel for a few days. >>> one more is in, another one is out. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is officially in. he announced his run in an internet video taking several digs at president obama. >> he has to do more than give fancy speechesp we've had three years of that. it's not working. >> pawlenty officially announced his candidacy in a town hall meeting a few hours ago. in meantime, mitch daniels sent an e-mail to his supporters telling him after lock consideration he would not run for the 2012 nomination. it's believed he decided not to run due to op

. >> iceland's most active volcano is erupting.cientists have been expecting a new eruption but this one is not expected to cause any disruptions to air travel like the volcano in april 2010 that spewed ash into the air and forced airlines to cancel flights. >>> steel beams from the world trade center have arrived in napa. what the plans for do to come enemy rate -- commemorate 9/11. and thousands gather to celebrate asia hair heritage. >> leigh: a lot of sunshine out there. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. the low clouds and fog slowly spilling over the bay. that's going to mean cooler temperatures by sunday afternoon. we look at the >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: good news for people headed to lake tahoe. highway 50 has re-opened. the main highway when the bay area and south lake tahoe was closed for nearly two weeks while crews raised the height of some rock wall barriers. this is time lapse video of the project. there are currently no driving revex thursday stretch, but come monday it wi

the airdrops in iselin down. -- eruption is slowing down. >> the operators of the fukushima nuclearlant are concerned that the crisis was more severe than first thought. tokyo electric power said that nuclear fuel melted down in it to other reactors. the team of international experts to be visiting the fukushima plant in the next few days. egypt's a former president is to face trial for the killing of hundreds of protesters. mr. mubarak was ousted from power in february. the palestinian prime minister has suffered a heart attack during a visit to the united states. but 59-year-old is reportedly suffering strong chest pains while visiting austin, texas. he, was taken to the hospital. he is said to be in a stable condition. the israeli prime minister netanyahu received a warm reception before a joint session of the u.s. congress. his words were not as warmly received by palestinians. when mr. netanyahu got into the dispute today, he used biblical terms. >> this is not easy for me. i recognize that in a genuine peace, we will be required to give up parts of the industrial jewish homela

the violent stort erupted and blew an enormous tree onto a van, kimmi killing two people inside. it's sad news every day. over fiechb00 people have lost their lives this year. this is the deadliest since the 1950s and we have two weeks to go. if you look add the kinds of tornado said, ef-4s, ef-5s, those are hard to survive above ground, and that's why so many people have been killed in the heels of the outbreaks. >>> now we want to go back to joplin, mids miz. the latest numbers, more than 2,5 2,500 dead. some 700 injured. the search for survivors continues on the ground. we get our update tonight from ron allen. >> reporter: with more possible tornadoes in last night's forecast, hundreds from joplin came to this red cross shelter. suddenly, unbelievably, the tornado warning sirens wailed again, sending everyone to the basement. a false alarm that left carol and steven yagel shaky. >> i freaked. i wanted to freak. i wanted to just get away from it. get away from the southbound. >> your stomach just gets in knots. all i could do was sit there listening. >> reporter: tammy had rid

." >>> the volcanic eruption isn't as severe as it was 13 months ago, but try telling that to thousandsf air travelers stranded across europe. it's subsiding, it seems, but ash from that eruption which began at the weekend is drifting across northern europe. at least two airports are close and all are set to shut down 45 minutes from all. denmark, southern sweden and norway are also closely watching the movements. this is what the volcanic movement looks like from above. they've canceled some 500 flights from scotland and over northern england. >>> cnn has correspondents right across europe covering this latest volcanic eruption. fred has more. they will be relieved to wake up this morning to the news that the skies will be largely clear. the ash clouds or what's left of it will be leaving the british airspace. after flights were canceled and airports were closed, we're told the services should be returning to normal. the airports of glasgow and others are expected to open. british airways, easyjet, they hope to be offering regular services as well. so tremendous relief there, particula

but will it impact air travel and will it be as powerful as last year's eruption? >>> sunny skies across most of the bay area. but that will soon be changing. coming up show you the fog pattern first thing tomorrow morning. and highlight the one day we could soon be talking about a few shower chances. . >>> dna experts are reviewing dna evidence of lib did knox were given more time today. a tearful knox sat in court with her lawyer. she and her boyfriend were convicted of killing her roommate marion back in 2007. she was sentenced to 26 years in prison. her appeal hinges on new testimony and a re-examination of that dna evidence. the experts now have until june 30th to examine the evidence and deliver their verdict. >>> the taliban has released a defiant video following the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. the man appearing in this video is wally ur raman the commander of the pakistani taliban. he spoke about osama bin laden's death saying: "the great leader is gone but his fight lives on." physician >>> in the last 28 hours they have been stepping up their a

this follows last year's eruption of different volcano in iceland. the volcano made its way into the jet stream and was scaried all the way -- carried all the way into europe, forcing air traffic to be grounded for five days. they were afraid dust and ash would get into the engine, possibly causing accidents. more than 10 million travelers ended up getting stranded. >>> the police captain charged in security is blasting the plan that would replace officers with sheriff deputies. a proposal would replace officers with deputies from the santa clara county sheriff's office. captain jeff smith tells the mercury news, the sheriff's office doesn'thave enough officers. >>> planning to upgrade trains and seats, starting at 3:00, riders will be asked to give their input on the best mix of seat sizes and coverings. other seat labs will be held in pittsburgh, union city, and dublin in the coming weeks. >>> time now is 7:10, some foreign countries are critical of the operation to kill osama bin laden. >>> there has been a lot of talk about flooding, this morning

the fire erupted when a derailing train smashed into a parked train carrying cars with ethanol.rews battled the blaze for three hours before putting it out. thankfully there were no injuries. >>> a snow-laden winter in utah produced a very exciting springtime usually there. due to higher than normal levels, officials released water from the flaming gorge reservoir for only the fourth time in the last 48 years. now local businesses are expecting a busy rafting season. >>> and some florida criminals lacked the muscle to carry a coin machine they stole from a car wash. the 200-pound machine fell on top of one of them as they attempted their getaway. not so bright there. they eventually did get away but not with much. the machine had just been emptied. >>> and also in florida, the u.s. postal service unveiled two stamps to mark today's 50th anniversary of america's first manned space flight. the stamps feature the first "mercury" spacecraft and allen shepherd, the first astronaut with a stamp all to himself. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather. here's nbc meteor

they say the worst of the chaos caused by the ash cloud from the icelandic volcanic eruptions appeared to be over. airspace over northern germany has been reopened after a shutdown at airports are slowly but surely getting back on track. scientists in iceland say the eruption appear to be slowing down. >> all flights were canceled wednwsday morning. high concentrations of ash in the air around a several hundred planes. more than 20,000 passengers were affected in hamburg alone. >> when you go by train, the driver struck, it is terrible. the best thing to do is stay home. >> i am surprised how quiet it is. >> berlin's airport also canceled flights. then there were delays as the backlog was cleared. >> i did not sleep last night. i am exhausted. i just want to go home. >> if i cannot fly, i will take the train. >> the ash moved over scandinavia and scotland before moving over germany. now it is dispersing and air travel should not be affected thursday. they learned valuable lessons from the ash cloud last year. the german transport minister still sees room for improvement. >> a lot has h

the eruption has not effected flights in europe. you may remember a different volcano erupted last year and grounded planes for nearly five days. the planes flying over the atlantic this morning are being told to stay away from iceland. >>> back here in the united states people in southern louisiana are getting extra time to prepare for flood waters from the mississippi river. a mandatory evacuation order was issued. it goes back into effect tomorrow at noon. yesterday prison crews were put to work filling sandbags. flooding may not be as bad as originally feared giving some people some hope. >> they lowered the river stage to 24.5. i feel i have a better percentage of protecting my property. >> and that has left farms and homes and low lying areas vulnerable. there is a new threat of flooding this time in montana. the main east west route through the state nearly six inches of rain fell in billings. as many as 100 homes in the billings area are isolated because of that flooding. >>> new details this morning on the explosion at a li

firefighters are battling the fire that erupted an hour ago in the mission district. sky 7 is live overhead. fire crews have it under control. everybody is still in place because firefighters are dealing with hot spots. that's what they are focusing on right now. they had to close off the streets, of course. firefighter from three stations responded. the red cross was called out since three of the residences were burned out. we'll keep an eye on this for you on abc7 news.com. bring you the updates as they are needed. >> in the meantime google is preparing to shell out half billion to settle disputes with ads over the federal government. it is running drug ads that may be in violation of u.s. law. they offer discounts and don't require a prescription. pharmacies cheer the crack down. >> it is a manufacturing process. you don't know where those medications are coming from. it is a huge hit to look at and really evaluate when they are buying on line. >> google is not talking about the case. the 500 million payment would cause profit in the first quarter to drop 22 percen

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at least 41 people have been killed since the fighting erupted in sanaa on monday. it started after saleh's troops tried to storm the compound of an influential tribal leader. smoke could be seen rising from the site again today. but saleh accused his opponents of fomenting civil war. and he insisted he won't step down, despite international pressure. >> ( translated ): we do not want any foreign intervention or solution from outside of yemen. it is a yemeni issue, we should go into a dialogue with all political sides, a solution will come from us and not from the outside. >> sreenivasan: as the fighting continued, hundreds of yemenis fled the capital. the eruption of the grimsvotn volcano in iceland appeared to be winding down today and just in time for air travelers in europe. a drifting cloud of ash closed four airports across northern germany for several hours, and forced some 700 flight cancellations. but europe's air traffic agency was hopeful. >> there are very few eruptions from the volcano over the last 6-12 hours so the volcano is in a reasonably calm stat