best-of-five wins. make sense? it makes sense. let s go. i m about to smoke emily. tucker: really weird questions. here s the first one. a passenger flying from ali to australia was fined nearly $2,000 for failing to declare something dangerous in his luggage. it was not a weapon. it was fast-food. turns out australia has enough of its own bad food and don t want yours. this person was bringing in what to the country? was it, a, white castle sliders? was it b, egg mcmuffins? c b, egg mcmuffins. tucker: let s roll the tape. an airline passenger arriving in australia, was fined more than $1800 for trying to sneak in two eggs and sausage mcmuffins into the country in
erupting, sending ash clouds and steam and debris into the sky. authorities say it is still threatening a major eruption. around 100,000 people have evacuated from the nearby villages in the immediate danger zone. and the lingering ash clouds around that international airport there causing concern, frustrations with travelers, derek van dam here and, derek, clearly the airport and the planes are not going to take off. there is a reason for that as well because ash clouds and jet engines do not go well together. they do not mix. in fact, it has the threat of bringing down an entire jet airplane. we ll get into the science behind that. but right now, the bali volcano continues to spew this thick plume of steam and gas. flights from bali to australia have been canceled by qantas, virgin airlines and jet star. that stranded over 2,000 people on the island. there are still flights going to
now seemed to lead to a dead end. but i understand there has been a last-minute flurry of activity from australia and the philippines. what s happening there? yeah, of course, the greatest highlight has been on the bali 9 ring leaders. the australian government, and the government of foreign nationals on death row. particularly, the filipino lady, only lady facing execution, after today. the president of the philippines has actually made a direct appeal for clemency yesterday. during the asianasummit. the president responded, saying, bluntly, abruptly i will not repeat this. it is the sovereignty of our law that stands. and we said we are serious on the war on drugs what the
members of the so-called bali 9 could be executed in the comes hours in indonesia. relatives have arrived for final visits with the convicts. they could be heard crying and screaming as they boarded a bet to take them to the island where the prisoners are being held. bali 9 was a drug smuggling gang that tried but failed to bring eight kilos of heroin from bali to australia. and we are joined now live from bangkok with the later, saima, what can you tell us what is happening on the island where everyone is being held right now? in the past few hours, a flurry of ambulances arriving on the island, what is known as execution island, of course, a very grim visualization of what is probably about to take place on the island.