the man accused of hacking into his mother s e-mail account and revealing bristol s cell phone number to the world. why she says she feared for her life. and good morning, from washington. i came down from my interview with the treasury secretary. robin s on assignment. thanks for holding down the fort, juju. we have news out of louisiana. that stunning video, from the burning oil platform. and news that the survivors we know of, arrived on land very early this morning. that s right, george. good morning, to you. the survivors reunited with their families just a short time ago. and that oil rig is massive. it s the size of a football field. and more than 100 workers were on it when it went up in flames. it s still burning. the smoke can be seen for 10,000 feet in the air, as the coast guard continues to search for survivors. that s right. 11 crew members still missing. the other big story here in washington, where congress seems on the verge of passing financial refor
america s most-talked about mom joins us to talk about what s next. i don t know if you were watching last night. but kate very emotional, when she was asked to leave the floor. kind of surprising. we haven t seen that side of kate. she is off. she s going to join us live in our next hour. we re going to start with the air traffic, slowly getting back to normal in europe. it s been just about a week since that volcanic ash cloud crippled flights in europe. 95,000 flights were canceled. even the u.s. air force was grounded at some overseas. now, some scientists are questioning whether it s truly safe to fly. and others wondering if a bigger volcano may blow soon. we re going to check in with our experts. i feel smarter. we have a noted physicist with us here this morning. there s a new truce in washington. republicans and democrats are coming together on financial reform, saying they believe they can make a bipartisan deal. but what does reform on wall street mean to
former president bill clinton. i was thinking, you know, if your family fed him questions, that would be good. candid conversation on the bond between their families, chelsea s wedding and much more, bond between their families, chelsea s wedding and much more, today, april 19th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry in for meredith this morning. good morning, everybody. there were some successful test flights over the weekend and there was a lot of hope that 50% of air travel would be restored today over europe but already that number has been reduced significantly. that s right. officials now estimate about 30% of flights into and out of europe, roughly 9,000 of the usual 28,000, will be able to take off today, and all 63,000 flights have been canceled in the past three days, a cost of about $1 billion to the airline industry. and there is word the ash cloud
yeah. i could probably make a lot of money. we ll have you back to talk about it, because you do a great job. thank you. thank you, alex. preparations are in in order for a mass funeral following the earthquake in western china. 1,000 buddhist mornings took place in a ceremony on a mountaintop. police in mexico continue to investigate a homicide that leaves a successful hollywood producer as their prime suspect. on april 8th the body of monica beresford-redman was found dead. her husband, bruce, is a person of interest in the case but has not been charged. miguel almaguer is in cancun with the latest. what are the updates? reporter: good morning. the police remain a presence at the moon palace resort as investigators try to quickly wrap up their case. for nearly two weeks investigators have sealed off bruce and monica
guests at the resort where the couple was reportedly trying to work on their marriage say they heard a loud argument coming from the couple s room later that day. monica beresford-redman s body was found dumped in a sewer last thursday. daniel liu is in burbank now and he joins us. daniel, you knew bruce. what kind of a person was he when you knew him? well, when i knew him, bruce was a great, kind-hearted type of guy. to give you an example, when we were in the amazon, we couldn t catch any fish. we were starving. he felt compassion for us. and he went beyond the role of producer and gave us a big hint on how to catch fish. and because of that, we were able to eat. have you spoken to other survivor contestants, some of your friends from that season about this? i mean, what was your reaction when you heard his name in this headline? oh, i was absolutely stunned when i heard about it. i still don t believe it. a lot of the people from our