busiest travel route in the world. some articles today are saying that people in london and elsewhere, when they look to the sky, they don t understand why air space is closed because they can t see this cloud. what do you see there? in fact, i see only blue skies, white clouds. it s a beautiful day. there s no sense at all of any cloud of ash hanging over the country. that may be because it s at 20,000 to 30,000 feet and those particles are just minute particles. certainly here, it remains a beautiful day. but one other point, peter. aviation experts say that so far, they estimate that this grounding of air traffic throughout europe has cost airlines some $200 million a day and that will continue for as long as the airports remain shut. tom, thank you. another big breaking story today here on msnbc. wall street power house goldman sachs is being accused of defrauding investors in civil complaint filed by the s.e.c. goldman and one of its vice presidents are accused of mi