Iceland volcano ash cuts Obama's trip short

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor (Joplin, Missouri): We promised you some other news tonight. Look what's happening again in Iceland . Remember what we went through last year with the volcano? One more time the plumes of smoke and ash up into the atmosphere. You know where it goes? It drifts over the Atlantic to Europe. It will and already has disrupted air travel . It has, in fact, forced President Obama to change his travel plans. He's leaving Ireland early. He spent the day there today, part of this long planned multi-day European trip. He got a huge welcome, crowd easily 30,000 large, and indulged in an age-old tradition every visitor to Dublin is welcome to do it, a pint of Guinness at

Iceland volcano ash cuts Obama's trip short

An eruption by Iceland's most active volcano sent tons of volcanic ash into the sky, putting parts of Europe on alert for air travel. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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