, in the western balkins is best advanced not just we the uk but by all of our european allies. i was struck in 2003, i was there. and by the fact that there was swiss military operating under a european union and bano, which making sure the europeans bury more burden in the balkins, i can't say we're going to be spending more money there in the immediate future, no. >> finally, for me, do you think that sco, dfid, and other departments have adequate funding for the increasing work that they have to do internationally? >> the -- a -- i think -- our resources -- it's a question of how you best deploy your oh -- your resources. everybody would like to be able to increase their budget. at a time when the -- when the foreign offices task are very clearly delineated, some of them in relation to international -- into national security but some of them delineated along other areas as well, it's difficult to -- we don't feel that we are under resourced to be able to tackle those issues, no. >> no, i think i would say because one of the issues that was raised earlier was in relation to p

and the uk, we have a lot to talk about.liot spitzer a columnist for slate.com, the former attorney general of new york. andrew ross sorkin, the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter of the "new york times." martin wolf, and amity shlaes a senior fellow at the council on fellow relations, and a columnist for bloomberg. eliot, let's assume that i am a big oil company, i want to in some way mitigate the exposure i have to oil. if oil goes up, i'll do fine. what happens if oil goes down. so let's say i want to make a bet that the oil market will go down f it goes down i have -- my balance sheet doesn't look awful. i go to goldman sachs and say find me somebody who wants to take the other side of this bet. what is wrong with that? that is, in effect, what goldman sachs is charged to have done. allowing john paulson to select securities. they're denying it, i'm saying even if he did that, isn't the whole point i have this bet, find somebody to get against me. >> those on one side of the bet knows the other side of the betebet d

we are getting ash fall reports from the uk. there are all kinds of gasses that volcanos also emit, things like carbon dioxide, hydrogen. the water vapor is not harmful but carbon dioxide can concentrate in low-lying areas and that can be lethal. you don't want to be close to it. and fluoride, as well, hydrogen fluoride is like this pale yellow gas that attaches to the fine ash particles. any animals that would eat that could be poisons as a result of that. and a lot of irritants. people with respiratory problems, your mucous membranes. >> this has been a focus in this country, drafting an action plan for the african-american community. that is the focus of reverend al sharpton's national action convention taking place in new york. our own roland martin was moderator earlier today. i spoke with roland just last hour. >> the whole point was not just to talk about this, but getting commitments from people when it comes to a particular agenda. as opposed to having a discussion where you talk about 50 million different things broke

and that is of course to the uk's national weather service.nfortunately, we do not know yet if it's heading south or what affect it will have on domestic air travel. probably not good news, michelle. >> i hope everything will be okay. okay, tara, thanks. >>> the volcanic ash cloud prevented president obama from attending funeral services for the polish president. ♪ a state funeral was held sunday for president lech kaczynski and his wife. the first couple was buried in a warsaw cathedral. they were among 96 people killed when the jet they were traveling on crashed in russia. >>> the space shuttle discovery is getting ready to come home. "discovery" is scheduled to land later this morning approaching the kennedy space center in a rare cross-country flight path racing in from the pacific northwest. but rain at the florida landing site could force a change of plans. er reterrell brown reports. >> reporter: "discovery" will touchdown loaded with 2.5 tons of trash and discarded equipment from the international space station. it was a mission riddle

what hwhat that means, breaking up over the uk, france, poland, to some degree. hard to say how much will occur, but with this searing winds lifting a little more to the north, scandinavia affected much more so than now. talking about sweden, norway and finland more affected by the ash plume later in the week than the countries that you see here through the uk, through northern italy into belgium, places like that. so it's not a solution. it's just a little bit of a change on who is affected, and this could change once again in the weeks to come. we'll be watching it closely. it's a very difficult thing to predict. we can only sort of tell which way the winds are steering the plume rather than when it will actually break up. >> bonnie schneider. >> the one thing you want to here, we have to wait. don't know when the volcano will stop. >> two years, bonnie? >> the one gary reported back in the 1800s. let's hope it doesn't last that long this time. >> bonnie, thank you so much. talk to you again shortly. >>> the airport closures caused by the volcanic ash causing m

. >> for people in the uk, 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. >> reporter: several european airlines have been conducting test flights today. they're sending jetliners without passengers on regular routes, flying well below the ash cloud. and so far the airlines report the planes are not damaged. >>> a heartfelt farewell for the president of poland. mourners by the tens of thousands line the streets of krakow here where lech kaczynski once served as mayor. the bodies of the late president and his wife arrived from warsaw this morning. they and more than 90 other polish dignitaries died in a plane crash while flying to russia last weekend. dozens of world leaders, including president obama, planned to attend the funeral, but he and several others had to cancel their trips because of air travel restrictions caused

not much reaction from the uk data because of all the political uncertainty surrounding the uk elections. we've got the ecb meeting today and it comes at a time when austerity is very much in the minds of investors. and greek spreads burst out to a recordwide. we thought we had the fudge in place. have we not got the fudge in place? >> i think the problem with the agreement is that the details don't look half as supportive as the headlines do. the details say that the germans will only be there in extremists. well, actually, having to exhaust every single avenue knew of funding doesn't sound like much of a rescue package. we have to define what is subsidized. the germans would argue that anything that's away from the market is subsidized. but actually, they're going to an austerity package in greece. is it going to drive the economy back to recession? and they're getting no benefit in terms of the yield that they're paying. then the greece could argue, what the hell is the point of it? i think the worry we have today is all of this seeing bring in a news kram vacuum. there has been no ne

what confidence can you give me that towns such as this all over the uk can be made safer places to live and work? >> jacqueline, the system isn't working properly now, there's no doubt about it. we're not seeing enough police on the streets, we're not catching enough burglars, we're not convicting enough. then we do, when we do convict them, they're not getting long enough sentences. i went to crosby the other day and i was talking to a woman there who had been burgled by someone who had just left prison. he stole everything in her house. as he left, he set fire to the sofa and her son died from the fumes. that burglar, that murderer, could be out of prison in just four-and-a-half years. the system doesn't work, but that sort of sentence is, i think, just completely unacceptable in terms of what the public expect for proper punishment. what have we got to do? we've got to get rid of the paperwork and the bureaucracy and we've got to get the police out on the streets. we need very clear signals from our criminal justice system -- if you cross someone's threshold and rob their home, you g

this according to uk air authorities. let's go to brian kelly, who is an expert in all things volcanic ash related. >> b.k. >> brian, apparently you've got a derivative trade off of this. zblim i'm an expert in ashes. >> speaking of spewing, go ahead, brian. >> ryan air is your play on this. european airline, operates out of the uk like a southwest air of europe. they're going to be affected the most. fudge trade in europe, also look at british airways. >> you know, b.k., and we talked about this friday, jet fuel now, there's a glut of jet fuel. very expensive to store. we said it was bearish crude oil. look what happened today in the crude market and look at the way the contangos are blowing out in crude. you wonder now if this is the straw that broke the crude oil back. we'll see. >> absolutely. that's the real question, what kind of economic drag is this going to be on the euro zone. >> and i think it's going to be a major drag at least in the short run on oil. and i think you know if you listen to the other headwinds

>> so, will the uk take part in future multi national operations against terrorists abroad. nick clegg? >> well clearly, the principal reason we went to afghanistan and why i supported the action is because we believe if you let afghan to be a haven of extremism and terrorism there will be more terrorist attacks here in britain. from that principal if we need to do that again we should. the problem, of course, is that we have done it in a manner where we didn't pursue the right strategy and ifn -- haven't given the right things to our troops and haven't worked with other countries in the region to do so. i think if you put soldierses into harm's way you either do the job properly or don't do it at all. let's make sure we have the right equipment and right strategy so they come back doing the job we asked them to do with heads held high. >> let's be honest. we already have al-qaeda in somalia. we already have problems with al-qaeda in yemen. we are having to take action with our multilateral problems to deal with the problems and we will continue to have to do so. why are we

they are the tracks that go across the atlantic, to the uk and northern europe.s time of night, anderson, it would be absolutely heaving with planes. there's not a flight there -- there's one going westbound, but look at the southern part going to spain and italy, and there you see the only flights that can get into europe at the moment. that's quite remarkable. >> so if you're heading to spain or italy, it's okay. >> yes, but the northern part where most of the transatlantic flights are going, that top bit, nothing at all. you rarely see that. >> you were caught up in this like everybody else. you're supposed to be flying to england? >> tonight, i was supposed to be on a plane that should have been going across to the uk. >> what have you been told? do you have a sense how long it's going to be? >> sunday night, at least. and then i've got -- >> are you kidding? >> no. the airline can't even tell me when i'm going to be flying. they have protected me on a flight sunday night via frankfurt. >> wow. there's a chance it could happen before sunday? >> i wouldn't put

some flights are flying again in europe, but in the uk planes are grounded by a second cloud of volcanic ash. we'll get details on that in a couple of minutes. this story just keeps going and going. >>> also ahead, joy's diet s.o.s. with all sorts of product claims and advertisements, joy bauer is here to answer your question, this morning she'll take on what water does to you, does it have to be carbonated, not carbonated, and the truth about calcium supplements. >>> plus coping with chronic pain. 43 million americans suffer with pain. it is the dismal reality from stiff legs to bad backs. whether you choose to tough it out or go from specialist to specialist, we'll give you suggestions that could provide much-needed relief. >>> but first let's get a check of the top stories from ann standing by at news desk. >>> good morning, everybody. in the news, volcanic ash from iceland is causing more travel chaos in europe. even as some flights are resuming. nbc's dawna friesen joins us now from london's heathrow airport with more on this story. dawna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, an

it didn't say the names, but the government says uk airports to reopen tonight.ty, heathrow, combat wick, across the uk. god save the queen. this has been crippling for great britain's economy. think of it. that volcano in iceland dominated travel news. but have you heard about spirit airlines new plan to charge passengers for car carryon bags? 40 bucks just to put a bag up there. we'll talk with spirit's chief marketing officer about this move. this should be fascinating. it's next. >> shepard: big developments today in the november shooting massacre at fort hood. a subpoena has been issued to the pentagon and justice at the present time to find out if they had information that could have prevented the shooting. the u.s. army charged dr. major nidal hasan with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. since the shooting a number of reports claim the military missed signals dr. nidal hasan was unfit to serve. today the department of defense released a statement indicating it will cooperate and has nothing to hide. katherine, i understand you got your

. >> i am an immigrant and have been in the uk for 13 years. i recognize that immigration is becoming a problem in the country. what measures will you introduce to make the system more fair? >> how would you make immigration fair? >> first, iten the borders so we no who is coming in and who is going out. previous governments removed the exit control. i would want to see those reinsmalled immediately. we have ef right to police our borders. secondly, i would make sure we direct people who come to and work in this country to those areas in the country where of course i have a job and have someone that can voich for them. this is not unreasonable sprain placed on public services. 1k3* thirdly we have to do something about the legacy of the chaos. lots of people are coming here illegally. i would rather get them out of the hands of the criminal gangs so we can go after them and into the tax man. if they want to play by the rules and pay taxes, speak english. 245* is a smart, fair, effective way of dealing with immigration. >> thank you. >> when we

. >> reporter: it has been brutally tough for folks hoping to get back to the uk.ools there reopened on monday following the easter break with an estimated 150,000 students and teach ares missing. authorities say most are still san francisco ad broad. ainsley earhart, fox news. >> a little bit of a discouraging news. the last time this volunteer khan owe started spewing ash was in 1821 and it continued until 1823. the good news is at this time, scientist don't seem overly worried about the chans of long time repercussions on climate and health. >>> sarah similar monday has -- simmons has more on this prosecute dulles. >> reporter: there are a lot of passengers that have told us that the hotel rooms around dulles are pretty full as well. a lot of passengers even last night were kind of lining up when they heard there was a possibility that some flights were getting out. for instance, germany's lufthansa airlines, they were getting flights out last night. things were starting to let up. a lot of people are having hope that some flights will continue to get out today

we get updates from continental and it's not just affecting the uk, of course, most of northerner up and scandinavia, and as the cloud moves you get an update and change. you have the hotels full of people very frustrated that they cannot get out. some people are sleeping in the terminals, and some sleeping in terminals as brussels as well, and they are getting frustrated because they want information. the problem is, of course, the airlines tell us they cannot rebook the flights and there is no guarantee those flights would take off. so don't come to the airport, and please call. it could take up to an hour for somebody to answer your call from some of the airlines, fredricka. >> thank you, jim. we will check with you throughout the day. so the disruptions are affecting world leaders who are trying to get to poland to attend the funeral of the poland president and the first lady. at this point, president obama is scheduled to leave for poland later this evening, but the white house is monitoring the situation and has yet to say definitively whether the president will still be on his

how to welcome the first papal visit to the uk since 1982. wasn't supposed to go public, but it got leaked to a paper. top suggestions for the pope include, asking him to open an abortion clinic, bless a guy marriage, launch a range of benedict-brand condoms, sack dodgy bishops, and launch a helpline for abused children. no marks for tact. but humor? >> definitely a bad move. >> why would you sell condoms with the pope's name on it? >> i understand, i think i understand the theory. because moving into the 21st century fmplts the pope kind of has to move along with it. >> reporter: lest we forget, this is a catholic church still reeling from an alleged child abuse scandal. >> translator: after the celebration, i decided to meet some people who were victims of abuses by clergy. i share their suffering, and i prayed with them, with emotion, assuring them of church action. >> reporter: the pope only spoke publicly about that last week. >> i think the reaction of the foreign office to the leaked memo has been out of all proportion. you know, they

what we do have are uk governments -- members of certain uk governments, some people running for office saying we should stop doing business with goldman sachs. i would bet you can assume we have no evidence but if there was anybody involved in politics in the united states in the country this week, a comptroller, somebody running a state pension fund, if they were on the verge of announcing some deal with goldman sachs, what do you think, larry? what would they have done? they would probably not anoups it, wait and see, figure out what happens. >> i agree with you. i think i will be watching the repo market. when there was a run on a bank against lehman brothers a while back two years ago, it was the repo market that broke down first. many people now believe that was the real immediate cause of the whole credit crunch freeze-up and meltdown. this goldman story, the earnings are great, revenues are great, but is the confidence still there, michelle? >> that is the question. the repo market, the overnight market, the commercial paper market. i think monday was the test, larry. behind clo

. >>> the uk lifting flight bands caused by the volcanic ash cloud over europe. ♪ as you can see, thissn't your typical midwestern farm. the reason lies six thousand miles away... in japan, where a producer of specialty eggs needed corn for feed... grown to precise standards. cargill identified the producer's needs, then introduced an illinois farmer to grow the exact corn needed... and developed a system to ship it separately, connecting the farmer with a japanese customer... who was very appreciative. this is how cargill works with customers. >>> check out apple which has seen shares rise 16% since the beginning of the year. at least eight brokeages raising price targets. right now it's up, wow, almost 14 bucks. again, better than 5.5%. about 5.3%. >> thank you, melissa. >>> more breaking news here in the fraud charges against goldman sachs. the sec has testimony that appears to contradict its own case against the wall street powerhouse. cnbc steve liesman joins us with details on this. hi, steve. >> cnbc has additional details about meetings that took place, a former top executive a

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 t

. >> reporter: our first flight from the uk is expected to land around 7:30 tonight. coming up on the news at 10:00 we hear from those passengers. >>> a growing number of city leaders want verizon to bring their -- here. >> unfortunately, we have a long history here in baltimore of this sort of treatment by big corporations, whether it's banks or insurance companies, auto insurance, there just seems to be this prejudice that exists out there against baltimore. >> a city council meeting will be held next wednesday. verizon meantime announced it has no plans to expand files into any new markets. we have, of course, rain moving through the region. no, complaining, we need the rain. >> definitely. it is time we get the rainy portion from the clouds out there. talking about what's going on here. here what is we're talking about right now. some showers coming down across the area. heavier in perry haul and northeastern portion of the city. some of the tailing off to the west. it looks like we do have heavier showers over northeastern portions of baltimore county. northeast

the big advanced metering wins in australia, uk, sxindia.he company shot the lights out when it reported its most recent quarter earning 82 cents per share. that's 22 pents more than analysts in wall street expected on a 10% year over year increase in revenue. itron reported its second quarter a week from today, and we want you to have a better idea of how this company works before we see its report card. it's going to be really, really interesting because the stock's at 20 times next year's earnings but has a 30% long-term growth rate. does the stock have more room to run? let's hear from itron's ceo malcolm unsworth to learn more about this company, the smart grid and smart meters. mr. unsworth, great to have you on "mad money." thank you, sir. >> thank you, jim. >> where are we on the adoption here? where are we versus where we could be five years from now in terms of the smart grid and are we behind or ahead of other countries? >> i think we're significantly -- the united states is significantly ahead of the rest of the world. the thing

with the uk, it was incredible. was watching that debate last week and i -- you know, i was surprised by the outcome. but i think the elections, it's going to be important, definitely been. >> thanks for joining us, pierce kurnan. nicole. >> ross, so much more to come on "worldwide exchange." morgan stanley, wells fargo are the last of the major financials to report earnings. at&t, boeing, and mcdonald's are set to report before the bell. we'll bring you a preview of everything to expect in today's trade. stay tuned to cnbc, first in business worldwide. >>> great do you see on "worldwide exchange." dennis gartman is still with us at 5:50 on this fine wednesday morning. dennis, i know you're watching the bank of canada closely hiking. is there any possibility for contagion over here for the united states with that? >> well, actually, the bank of canada yesterday said that they were going to hike, that they were -- they had told us previously that they likely wouldn't hike rates until after the turn of the mid year. n

we're about to get finance numbers out of the uk. the march retail sales up 0.4% on the month, 2.2% on the year. a little weaker than expected. they're up 0.8% on the month and 2.6% on the year. the public sector net borrowing, the high since records began in january 1983, public sector net borrowing, up 23 billion. it was up from a year ago. the public sector net cash requirement up 25.8 billion versus 28.4 a year ago. the march public sector net borrowing was the highest since records began in january 1993. uk public sector net debt at 62% of gdp. we reround to 1974 because that's the highest since 1974. sterling against the dollar, just ticking down. weaker retail sales are not the best state of the public finances, either. let's get some reaction. joining us is gabriel stein. thanks for joining us. retail sales are a little weaker than expected. we knew public finances were dire. >> yes. households have been wary and that means weak public sector finances and that will continue for some time. and i suppose the important thing is

>> as we speak, larry, i've been reinstated and i'm on my way back to the uk.hat changed on their part? >> they went to court a couple of times and just appealed it and just tried to see if there were ways to keep me out, and it was no way to keep me out. i've done nothing over there to, you know, prohibit myself from being there. i'm all about the people. the people love me. and i'm going there to do what i was here to do. >> larry: there's another rumor. we're going to check it after the break. that snoop is going to record with susan boyle. i think there's another put-on. but we'll tell you about it after the break. ♪ rolling down the street ♪ sipping on gin and juice ♪ laid back ♪ with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ♪ ♪ got it going on ♪ i'm a gangsta ♪ but y'all knew that ♪ the big boss dog ♪ yeah, i had to do that ♪ i keep a flag hanging out my back side ♪ ♪ but only on the left side ♪ yeah, that's the ♪ something for the ladies ♪ let 'em know how we feeling right now ♪ ♪ ♪ i wanna rock right now ♪ rock right now ♪ i see 'em coming ♪ that's w

last time we talked you had some problems back in the uk. are they letting you back in the country?what changed on their part? >> they went to court a couple of times and just appealed it and just tried to see if there were ways to keep me out and there was no way to keep me out. i've done nothing over there to you know prohibit myself from being there. i'm all about the people. the people love me and i'm going there to do what i was here to do. >> larry: okay. now there's another rumor, we're going to check it after the break. >> uh-huh. >> larry: that snoop is going to record with susan boyle. i think there's another put-on but we'll tell you about it after the break. ♪ rolling down the street smoke indo sipping on gin and juice ♪ ♪ lay back ♪ with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ♪ ♪ i got it going on ♪ i'm a gangsta ♪ but you all knew that ♪ the big old boss dogg yeah i had to do that ♪ ♪ i keep a blue flag hanging on my backside ♪ ♪ but only on the left side ♪ something for the legs ♪ you know what i am talking about ♪ ♪ let them know how we're feeling right now ♪ ♪

. >> reporter: the program is modeled by a similar program in the uk where they have reduced sodium in some products. >>> coming up it's your chance to sing for your seat. find out how you can win a trip for 2 to the american idol finale. >>> a few lingering showers this hey thunder, lightning...what's the problem? oh, just watch. did you have a good breakfast? no. well here, try this... ...jimmy dean breakfast bowl. mmmmmmm... booooooommmm!! did someone call for rain? fight the morning fade with sausage, egg and cheese breakfast bowls jimmy dean. shine on. >>> welcome back. 5:15 on this tuesday morning. check out our sky watch hd radar and not seeing a whole lot of activity but there's a little bit of echo there as we head toward the central part of the eastern shore, you can see around barkly and centreville seeing light showers, lingering showers on the backside of the low pressure as it moves out of here it moves out we will be looking at drier conditions and sunshine for the afternoon. temperatures not warming up a whole lot because the flow is going to be from the northwest. beca

to college park, where the uke k owe laidz continue to pour in for greivis vasquez. received one that he will surely treasure. vasquez is the recipient of the bob cusi award. the original list of nominees was 73 strong, but that whittled down over the past years. in making the announcement the president of the basketball hall of fame said, quote, greivis represents the best in his division and truly represents the award. bruce cunningham, fox 45 morning news. >>> the house votes against impeaching the attorney general. we will talk

that's a uk bank, right? >> correctly pronounced as well. do you have an opinion?re you going to say anything other than that? you're worth your weight in gold. a drop for ak steel down 4%. tim. >> speaking of gravity, i think it is more than a one-day trade. in fact we put a short on ak steel. get out of the steels for now. >> newmont mining. >> how could it not be up? you had gold up strongly across the board even as the euro was getting weak. when that happens mining stocks have to go higher. >> netflix finally pulls back, down 4%. >> pulls back on a barclays downgrade. do you know anything about that, simon? >> that's a uk bank, isn't it? >> barclays. >> let's move on. >> barclays. >> ciena up 1% today. gary. >> moving higher on this at&t $1 billion capital expenditure plan. but as jim just told you at&t's going to spend m money, american tower's going tonight beneficiary. >> so you're buying american tower again for your football club? >> yeah. >> some of the stocks -- schilling it says here. they would be shining. i'm sorry. some of the stocks shining. in fac

talk to the folks over the last couple of days who have tried every route in other to get into the uksome we're going to a point trying to get into russia, for instance, but just to give you an idea spain's airport stayed open most of the time. so, they became a hub, of where 40,000 passengers were able to move through there. so, people were doing what they could in order to get in. at this point. it appears that the volcano is calming down, but in the next couple of days anything can happen. if we see another ash clouds we could be looking for disruption again. back to you. >> thank you. >>> another big story this morning. the opens on the supreme court. there are reportedly 10 people on the shortlist. president barack obama will meet with senate leaders and members of the judiciary committee to talk about the process and listen to suggestions that they might have. >>> a vote in congress appears to be a no-go once again. the house will not take up the voting rights bill anytime soon. the latest version of the bill faced opposition, because it would strip the district of being able to

it round two of the first televised debate in the uk. please welcome david cameron, gordon brown and a crag -- and nick cregg. we are sitting here in the room where we will be debating. it is very exciting to not just have these debates changed the course of the general election campaign, but we know that there are lots of people abroad that are turning in abroad. >> of these first debates were agreed under party rules the agreement was that the audience would be made up of local people living in the area and that they would pose the questions. you're all so loud a handful of people who are asking questions. we go through thousands and thousands of questions that have been submitted and boiling them down. we hope to set an agenda for the debate. >> [unintelligible] >> our theme is international affairs, which will take the path of the 90 minutes. obviously, europe is interested in england's military participation more generally, the economy is probably the biggest issue in this campaign. the second issue is the behavior of our mp's. can

followed by unexpected news that airports in the uk would be back up and running. mike tobin from heathrow airport with the latest on the volcanic ash disrupting flights for days now. >> getting out while they can. folks all over europe are scrambling to get on planes as officials begin to let more flights take off. but a spokesman for the european airlines said carriers are not seeing the air space opening up the way they had hoped. >> things are definitely better. and beginning to move. for sure. >> in northern spain, british royal navy war ship came to the rescues of civilians stranded getting ready for the long trip back to england. >> i think people are tired. people that managed to get -- are happy to get on, but still 40 hour journal sonot easy. >> stranded travelers make it back to england with more style. this brand new luxury cruise ship headed to a spanish port to pick up more stranded british travelers. >> gleason is in madrid hoping to make it back to ireland before his bank account runs dry. >> every day it is more and more. >> these tired travelers w

the uk, saudis and the arab emmir rates are three contracts that follow hereafter for a number of numberf aircraft, couple of dozen aircraft, that in turn will meet all of the requirements necessary for them and most, if not all, of the requirements under the terms of the air force rfp. as a result we know how to do this. but there are others that know other suppliers and industry partners who may be able to do this because it is their primary core competency. we want to maximize that, increase efficiency and make sure our performance is the best we can offer. >> let me take to you a criticism, norm dix made this criticism, as well. why should the united states allow a european company, airbus, to come in to the u.s. market, established a manufacturing base here, to with pentagon money to better compete against boeing on the commercial aircraft market where boeing is the leading u.s. exporter. what is the answer you give to folks like that about why it is that the united states would want to do something that, you know, could be in its industrial net disinterest over time? >> i don't kno

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 watch the runners and riders. the legendary course has a whole series of runs. friday, it was ladies' day at the course in britain. saturday is all about the big race. now joe wilson reports. >> thrills and spills, the sunshine at liverpool is expected to linger longer than the hangovers, a saturday afternoon when the real drama begins. you realize how much the grand national depends on bravery and luck. some jockeys do enjoy it more than others. this jockey is on the favorite for many people. it goes off at seven-one, he advises gamble elsewhere. >> it is the grand nation

>>reporter: already scotland is home to 20 percent of the uk's life science companies, attracting more than 650 million dollars annually in research funding. on this site there are currently over 70 companies working alongside edinburgh scientists, including 17 of the world's top pharmaceutical firms. the aim now is to come up with more of their own. >>seckl: we are really smart at coming up with new concepts and new ideas and it ought to be possible for us - many of us like myself are clinically qualified and see patients in between doing the research andthe teaching students - we ought to be able to come up with a number of ideas that can be taken allthe way through and into treatments for our patients. >>reporter: professor peter ghazal has done just that. >>ghazal: as we move forward into the future medicine and treatment of disease takes a rather linear growth overtime. our science is actually undergoing exponential growth so our challenge is really how do we connect the two together and of course what that is all about is translating our basic science into real world products and

i went to grad school in the uk. my older brother is in the military and serbs in kosovo -- served encodes a vote. -- my older brother served in kosovo. you may not agree with the military actions we have in place now. it seems to me that having a capacity to do those things when we feel they need to be done is a very important thing for the federal government to have. if we are spending 4% of gdp on the military now, how much lower do you want it to be, and how much breathing room will that give us on entitlements? the answer is probably not a lot. >> i would like to say that i definitely think that defense needs to be on the table to be talked about. when we are talking earlier about how difficult this was going to be, and the first person asked about the bipartisan challenges here, tackling that along with the things we are talking about would probably double, triple, or quadruple the complexity of all this. that does not mean we should not put on the table. >> i have a question and comment. it's not just the numb

thousands of passengers are stranded in the uk. cnn's gary tuchman joins us now from the volcano that is causing all the problems. he's been our best authority because he can turn around and tell us whether it's still spewispew ing or not. you can confirm if it's spewing, and apparently it looks like it's snowing as well. >> reporter: yeah, you see the stuff spewing from the sky, it's not ash, it's snow. it's snowing in iceland and it feels like winter a lot even in the springtime when we're two months away from the summer. and it's the volcano behind me, and i'm no expert, but i can tell you it is still erupting. however, i have talked to a man who is an expert on volcanos a short time ago. he's a professor at the university of iceland, one of the renowned experts on volcanos in iceland and he tells me over the last three days their readings show that the eruption have weakened compared to the first three days, so his quote to me that all means that is usually a good sign that the worst is over, however, he also emphasizes there's

in the uk 1.5461 sterling/dollar is firm. it's euro/sterling down to 0.8615. this all comes as greek bonds have started to widen again in terms of spread. they've hit against the bund, and it comes as well as greece says it is confident there it will get aid in time to avoid default as it awaits its eurozone peers and the imf to approve a 45 billion euro, $60 billion loan package. athens, which has been in talks with the fund, and the bloc's representatives for nearly a week, has been asked to produce new debt reduction plans before any financial help can actually be activated. what are the wider implications of all of this? joining us for the next hour, andy hartwell, market strategist. also with us mark oswald, strategist at monument securities. mark, good to see you. does it matter that the greek spreads are winding again? and that seems to be everyone is skeptical? >> i think the bailout, you know, i think everyone is right to be skeptical. because, we're at the point where once we actually breach this sort of 400, 450 level in spread terms, everything els

volcanic eruption in iceland has strengthened and a new ash cloud is moving south and east toward the uk, roughly the distance between chicago and new york. let's go quickly to iceland and get the very latest on all of this from chris jansing. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is an extremely dynamic situation. that volcanic plume started to grow again, late this afternoon it went from white to dark gray even to black. that indicates a couple of things. that activity inside the volcano is increasing and the concentration of ash inside that plume is intensifying. the new cloud form which is moving toward great britain and could cause problems in a number of areas. i got off the phone with the chief volcanologist and he says this is a very unpredictable volcano and the possibility for powerful eruptions continues. >> chris jansing her fifth day on the ground reporting for us in iceland, thanks. >>> now to the staggering loss to business and commerce and personal travel. a whole chunk of the world has been idle except for travel over land and water, that is. this c

but even so, in the uk, it still adds up to 7,000 fewer cases of cancer a year. so when it comes to preventing cancer, it seems you should think less about eating lots of fruit and veg every day and more about things like giving up smoking and alcohol. but that doesn't mean you should abandon your five fruit a day efforts altogether. the campaign to get us all eating five a day was launched seven years ago. the promise to significantly cut the risk of cancer and things like heart disease and stroke. health experts say today's findings shouldn't diminish that message. >> eating fruits and vegetables don't directly reduce the risk of cancer. we know that eating fruits and vegetables can help people maintain a healthy body weight. and scientists are now saying that after not smoking, being a healthy body weight is the most important thing we can do to help prevent cancer. >> reporter: the tv presenter lynn falls-wood has had bowel cancer, and she now runs a cancer prevention website promoting healthy eating. she's frustrated by today's report and says fruit and veg

the ash clouded the uk. >> jimmy: where were you? >> i was in london.ey wouldn't let any planes out, right? >> they wouldn't. >> jimmy: how long were you supposed to be there? >> until this saturday or sunday. >> jimmy: you wound up staying quite a bit longer. >> i didn't care that much. i mean, you know. >> jimmy: i bet you other people probably cared pause you had things you needed to do, right? >> i was with my good friend, the manager. he was working like a monkey on crack to get us out to do obligations. he thought we would have to stay the whole week and not be able to do your show. >> jimmy: so did he -- did he want you to fly through the ash? what was he thinking? >> yeah, on hang glider. he comes to me and said, we got -- you won't believe this. 50 on people booked up the queen mary? i'm like, who, who, who. not long beach one. the one that goes to new york from london. over the atlantic. the one that works? he's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. i said, how long does that take? he's hike, six days. i love you buddy, i would rather just swim. >> jimmy: y

harris claims the group has paid 3,000 women in 39 states and the uk to stop having kids.l rights groups accuse her of cohearsing vulnerable women to sign away their productive rights. today we want your views on this idea. what do you think about paying habitual drug addicts to get sterilized. give us a call 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln or you know what get into our discussion pages, i would love to hear from you. christi paul at hln and richelle carey and chuck robbverts pages too. >>> after a pretty decent run on "dancing with the stars," mom of 8, kate gosselin got booted last night. a.j. hammer is in new york. i think that she did pretty well. she lasted much longer than i thought that most people thought that she would. >> quite frankly, most people thought that she would be now the a couple of rounds what people were basically saying is her dancing was essentially terrible. but the hammer did finally drop last night on "dancing with the stars" in this very emotional moment, kate gosselin got tossed off the show, so the mother of eight can go back home to

in 1958, a few months before i moved to the uk, came to it race riots. saw the british struggling. i saw on the advertising board and among the british people. some british people were trying to cling to the old ways. an example of that was field marshal montgomery arguing against entering the united kingdom and saying that british should keep out of europe and shore up the commonwealth. that was the phrase in those days. some other british people went to the opposite extreme and court resigned to britain merging completely. a friend of mine was an editor at that time and was pessimistic, saying that what lay ahead for britain was that it would become just another poor european country. he said britain would end up just another poor country like portugal. what actually happened was that the uk found a middle way through selective change. britain jettisoned the empire and ended up with only a small fleet. it became part of the european union, but britain is the most distinctive independent part of the european union. britain found a way to become or remai

. >> i'm an immigrant, and i have been in the uk for 13 years. i recognize that immigration is becoming a problem in the country. what new measures would you introduce in order to make the system more fair? >> how would you make immigration fairer, nick clegg? >> firstly, you need to tighten the borders, bethlehem, so that we know who is coming in and who is going out. previous labour and conservative governments removed the exit controls, so we didn't know who had to leave. i would want to see those reinstalled immediately. i want to see a border police force, we have every right to police our borders. secondly, i would make sure we direct people who come and live and work in the country, to the areas in the country where, of course, they have a job and they've got someone who can vouch for them, but also where there is space for them to live, where there isn't unreasonable strain placed on public services. and thirdly, we have to do something about the legacy about the problem created by the chaos which labour and conservative governments creat

that's because uk airspace is closed and will remain closed until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow at the very earliest. this morning, more airport closures and more cancellations. poland, belarus, denmark and austria, all closed for business. no planes are taking off and no planes are landing from airports across europe, making it another frustrating day for hundreds of thousands of passengers. >> i'm on my way to go, one day behind. so, completely lost. >> reporter: travelers are scrambling to get home any way they can. london ferries are sold out and passengers are struggling to get on trains. >> we took a train to belgium and then from there. but it's been so interesting. >> reporter: even john cleese had to make a 900-mile cab ride from oslo to brussels. scientists have been tracking the cloud and the picture looks grim. >> i wouldn't want to be putting a big airplane up there at the moment. there's a lot of fairly nasty stuff there. >> reporter: what about the heads of states heading to the president's funerals. so far, no vips, including president obama, have cancel

we have now the second, third and onward generation, four generations in france, in the uk. and far from the national controversies about visibility. at the end of the day, switzerland, my country, we have the minarets, the head scarfs in france, the mosques in germany, all the visible symbols are problematic, because it is as if this is a new presence creating problems. still, if you go now and assess what is happening in the societies and the gallup, for example, survey is showing that the european muslims are feeling europeans, they are feeling germans. so we have to be cautious not to look at it in the negative way because i really think that deep down there is a movement of integration, contribution and it will work, but we need time. >>> and next, so what does it mean to be a muslim in america nearly a decade after 9/11? more of our conversation in a moment. >>> we return now to our conversation with islamic scholar, tariq ramadan and james zogby who is the founder and president of the arab-american institute. tariq ramadan comes from one of the most famous families in