this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this is a bit surreal to watch your family - homejust disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. tonight, iceland s president addressed the nation. translation: today is| a black day for grindavik and a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise
want to the same page, because he does not want to seek instability in the taiwan want to seek instability in the taiwan strait either. so want to seek instability in the taiwan strait either. so you re not exectin: taiwan strait either. so you re not expecting any taiwan strait either. so you re not expecting any military taiwan strait either. so you re not expecting any military actions - taiwan strait either. so you re not expecting any military actions to l expecting any military actions to take place him more exercises in the taiwan strait, as a result of this election and the congratulatory messages from the united states? i messages from the united states? i think that china has been conducting various think that china has been conducting various military exercises on virtually various military exercises on virtually a various military exercises on virtually a daily basis. they have been virtually a daily basis. they have been operating aircraft and drones in taiwan
flights fear ago passenger plane could be mistakingly targeted. that as happened before. to kevin corke at the state department. what has folks there very nervous, kevin? very concerned here. right on the money. when you think about it, commercial airliners getting mistaken for military aircraft. they re being warned to steer clear of that area. let s show the notice sent to american aviation companies and individuals that might be operating aircraft in that part of the word. it reads in part, pilots, flights are not permitted in the tehran flight information region until further notice due to heightened military activities and increased political intentions. it says this applies to all u.s. carriers and commercial operators. this all comes after iran downed a 130 million surveillance drone. but to hear the iranians tell it, neil, it was not an
real challenges, not so much mixed messaging but lack of a disciplined message, not so much for us parsing words but international community and rest of the world right now. peter alexander, thank you for that. hans nichols at the pentagon. hans, rachel mad dow did a thorough investigation into the following question on her show last night. was it 20 aircraft, 20% of the known openerable syrian air force and even though it was asked and answered today, i am still no closer to knowing the answer. brian, what i heard was 23 rare craft which they thinkments to 20% of the plating and operating aircraft that syria has. that seems to be their assessment. one other note on this april 6th response strike, it was made very clear, several points today
the russians and that s a big escalation. a major escalation, especially with the united states as well and not just turkey. what about that pilot when he did speak. you would think he was a hero but only back to the cameras. i don t know why that was, actually, obviously some kind of security reason. they don t want the face of the pilot on television but they gave us his name and he s a captain, the navigator. he s been giving the hero of russia award. the highest military honor that russia has. he s a hero here, you re right. but security reasons, apparently, they didn t want to show his face. an interesting angle on that, too. matthew chance, thank you, live from moscow. now let s go to the pentagon. barbara starr is there. nobody would be able to operate aircraft in syria without russian approval. the united states is operating aircraft there. the coalition is. what s the reaction from the