rescue missions in japan for dozens of hikers stranded after mt. ontake erupted. coalition air strikes zero in on isis militants near the syrian/turkish border. tense night in ferguson, missouri, after a police officer was shot while chasing two suspects. details in just a bit. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm zain asher. >> great to still have you with us, i'm john vause. police say more than 30 people are in a state of cardiac arrest at the foot of an erupt iing volcano in japan.

no more about their conditions right now. mt. ontake erupted midday local time saturday. rescuers are continuing to search for the missing who may be buried beneath the heavy ash. at the base of mt. ontake, we have more. officials say more than 30 people have suffered heart attacks. the assumption they haven't survived. >> reporter: when you say that someone has cardiac arrested, essentially it means they're found with no pulse and they're not breathing. these are people who were told we're very close to the summit when this eruption happened just before noon yesterday. rescuers were able to get up and took two different routes to get to this area. even though there are small continuous eruptions happening right now and see the smoke plume continuing to rise, i'm looking at a lot of smoke from that general area so pulling them out and what they're saying they found them essentially not

breathing, no pulse in a state of cardiac arrest which means their hearts have stopped however they're not saying they're fatalitfatalities, only doctor can make this assessment bringing them down one by one. an ambulance came by with sirens blaring taking them to medical facilities where they're being checked out but the official word as of now, more than 30 people missing, more than 30 people found near the summit of the mountain in a state of cardiac arrest. you put the pieces together and it's certainly grim news for the growing number of families gathering here desperate for word about their loved ones. >> will, there were hundreds of people on this mountain at the time of the eruption. why was it so busy? >> this is the peak of the autumn viewing season and the weather is spectacular. so, of course, the time of day, as well, just before lunchtime. this would be whenmany of the

hikers who took the trek up to the top would be arriving at the summit to see the leaves turning. to take photos and have a picnic lunch. this is the second highest volcano in japan but hasn't been a major eruption here in 35 years. there was a smaller one less than ten years ago but didn't amount to much. but to have this happen and have such a large eruption happen with a number of climbers on the mountain at that moment, that's why, that's why this is one of the serious eruptions japan has seen in a long time as we learn more and hear about all the people who were caught in the middle of it. >> do we have details on the people who have been hurt and what injuries they may have sustained? >> the numbers have been changing throughout the day. what we can say roughly is that there are reports of two dozen or so injury, a little more than that ranging from mild to serious. but, again, the new number just out, these 30 possibly more people found in the state of cardiac arrest, that is the worst possible news for the

people whose family members, they haven't heard from them yet. these are the people who we believe were closest to the actual epicenter of this event still a dangerous spot right now with the small eruptions and even -- there's a warning now for seismologists that we could see another large eruption within the next six days or so so that only adds to the danger for rescuers going up there to find these people to look for them and adds to the sense of urgency to get everybody off the mountain safely and get everybody down. >> there was a report earlier because there was so much ash in the air they couldn't use helicopters, they had to ground the helicopters, what's the latest now? >> right now i have seen at various points of the afternoon when we arrived three helicopters in the air. right now i see one but you can tell that these aircraft are having to stay pretty far away from this large smoke plume which continues to rise because there is so much ash. some air rescues have been

possible. the people who can't walk have been able to be airlifted and taken down, however, okay, i'm not sure if you can see me now, john. we are trying to establish a live picture here. >> we've got you, will. >> they can see us, okay. so now i see three choppers are in the air so the other two have just now returned so we believe that they are able -- are able to do these air rescues in a limited fashion in the past two hour. >> as we look over your shoulder, is that the smoke we can actually see from the volcano? >> yeah, in fact, let me just -- i'll step out of the way and i'm going to show you so that you can actually see what i'm looking at in front of here. that is the smoke plume. can you see the sun shining. the sun is setting here and you get a sense, if we have a way of zooming in, if you could zoom in so we can show people what

they're looking at, if we could get close enough you'll see the smoke rising up pretty quickly. and that's what's so remarkable to me is that this seismic activity is continuing. it's been continuing ever since this larger eruption happened yesterday, it continued overnight. that's why air travel in this area is disrupted, planes are being told to avoid this area. if there's another large eruption, the last one in '79 dumped so much ash on literally an area that stretched for kilometers around this mountain. we're seeing that on a smaller scale right now. but you can see for yourself that this is still a very active volcano, which is why they've just raised the alert level from 1 to 3 warning people to stay away from all the active volcanoes in this country right now. there are more than 100 active volcanoes in japan. that makes up almost 10% of the active volcanoes in the world just in this one country but even for a place that is used to eruptions, this one will go down

in the history books as we learn more details sadly about the people up on the mountain when it happened this will go down as one of the worst in recent memory. >> as we look at the live images from will's position and we can look at the smoke which continues to rise, what we also saw from will's live shot there, people actually still wearing masks on their face as a precaution because there's ash which can cause burns if it is inhaled and respiratory problems as well and those ropes, those lines are part of the rope way running up part of the side of the mountain which was so popular, it was an easily walkable mountain and that's why so many people -- in fact, i think we can see a helicopter just in the distance which is part of the rescue efforts. >> and that massive plume of smoke about 200 kilometers west of tokyo. the volcanic ash dangerous for your lungs, wheezing, coughing,

sore throat. >> and the air traffic control and flights are another big issue. >> yep. let's get more on the volcanic eruption, meteorologist derek van dam is standing by for us. here at the international weather center. derek, it could be a problem for air traffic. >> absolutely. on some of those live shots you can see how far away the helicopters are performing the rescues away from that ash plume and there's a very specific reason for that, as well. let's first talk about the proximity between mountain ontake and tokyo, it's roughly 200 kilometers just to the east and keep in mind tokyo has two major international airports and, of course, tokyo's norita, and flights have already been diverted because of the ash plume. this is the reason why it's such a problem for aviation industry.

think of ash cloud as tiny fragmented pieces of microscopic glass and rock from the volcanic eruption and if that gets into the combustion engine of the jetliner to actually melts it and creates almost a molten glass which eventually cools and solidifies on these turbines, the props here. now, this is significant because as it does that, it also starts to avert the airflow and eventually causes the engine to seethe. this is what it looks like. a webcam. you saw the live shots a moment ago as well and see the sun is setting behind mt. ontake and there is still concerns of that smoke plume. this is what's taken place of the eruption ruffle 24 hours ago, a pyroclastic flow, this is significant, some of the visuals coming out.

a time lapse of the pyroclastic flow and this is formed from the explosive volcanic eruption that took place. it's a very fast-moving cloud of hot gas, rock fragment, ash, moves upward of 100 kilometers per hour and extremely hot and dangerous and they had observed around 40 to 50 centimeters of ash around a 40-kilometer radius of mt. ontake. >> thank you. we want to say thanks to will ripley along with his photojournalist for bringing us those live images. >> okay, now to our other main story. near syria's border with turkey now they're get ago decisional help from the skies above. a cnn crew was there saturday and shot this video of the fighting. >> isis militants swept through

dozens of villages near the border town of kobani. kurdish forces are pushing isis back thanks to air strikes. >> the u.s. military has released new video showing an f-15 bombing at an isis compound near ckobani. they are believed to be the first near the border with turkey. >> in iraq, coalition warplanes also destroyed isis vehicles and a fighting position near the northern city of irbil, saudi arabia, jordy enand the uae took part. only hours after it was approved, royal air force fighter jets flew in. >> they gathered indell jens, did not carry out any attacks against isis militants. to london for more and karl penhaul is at number 10 downing street.

no other strikes by the british but we're told they've gathered invaluable intelligence. what was that intelligence that was so invaluable? >> reporter: well, so far, john, the minister of defense hasn't given us any clear details of what that intelligence may have been, in fact, military chiefs here in britain are saying they will not give a running commentary on those aerial operations over iraq, but certainly if you look at what those planes actually did beyond flying overhead they didn't fire a single shot even though they were armed with missiles and laser-guided bombs and that the ministry of defense said it was because they couldn't find any worthwhile targets hitting. now, yes, it is true that britain's parliament authorized britain's planes to take air strikes against isis positions inside of iraq on friday, but nevertheless, british warplanes have been carrying out reconnaissance and surveillance flights over iraq for at least the last two weeks so the fact that the first they put in the

air in an aggressive posture they're unable to find targets points to one of the difficulties going forward that neither britain's warplanes nor any of the other coalition warplanes are going to be able to strike decisive blows unless they can gather enough intelligence. iraq or syria, up until now the targets that have been hit have been the obvious things and militarily and not too significant. that according to military analysts we've spoken to so far, john. >> could britain's contribution expand to including tomahawk missiles fired from submarines in the gulf? >> reporter: well, after the parliamentary vote on friday, we have understood so far that britain's contribution will be relatively limited. that to around six fighter jets putting that in perspective that's roughly the same number as jordan, belgium and holland that have contributed and one less than denmark have

contributed and seen those reports suggesting britain is looking to buy 20 tomahawk missiles from the united states. those tomahawk missiles are usually fired from the sea, either from ships or from submarines, but, again, putting that in perspective this possible order of 20 tomahawk missiles on the first night of air strikes the united states said it fired 47 tomahawk missiles into syria and so the 20 that britain is now looking to buy wouldn't necessarily last for long although $1.5 million apiece the bill would soon ratchet up. >> especially for a military force which has undergone stiff budget cuts. karl penhaul, thank you. >> $1.5 million apiece, incredible. more on the battle against isis after the break. we're going to be going live to iraq. >> also ahead the latest on the search for a suspect after a police officer is shot in the tense u.s. city of ferguson, missouri.

welcome back. >> we'll get to the top stories but talk about the war against isis. joining me now from irbil is cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman. so, ben, we're just talking to karl penhaul about the air strikes joining us from london and know there were air strikes around irbil southwest of irbil. how are the kurdish peshmerga forces taking advantage?

>> well, they are taking advantage by trying to regain ground that was lost earlier in august. to isis and to a certain extent they've been successful. they've taken a variety of villages on the road to mosul which is just about an hour's drive to the west of here but getting back to what karl was talking about with the british jets flying over iraq, but not finding targets, it seems to agree with what we're hearing and what we're seeing hearing from kobani in northern syria where isis seems to be changing its tactics before the air strikes intensified, they would drive around in columns of armored vehicles, pickup trucks and whatnot which in theory would have been easy targets but now according to kurdish commanders, they are driving around in individual vehicles which makes them a much harder target for coalition aircraft because when they see one vehicle with no apparent weapons on it, they don't know whether

they are civilians or fighters. so that really underscores the difficulty of those airplanes as they fly around the vast expanses of iraq when they see a lone car they don't know what it is and whether it's a worthwhile target so isis is changing its tactics as these air strikes intensify making the job of the coalition ever more difficult. zain. >> ben, you were talking about the air strikes but the isis problem can't just be solved militarily. you have to have the regional government in kurdistan and the federal government in baghdad work together. they've obviously had tense relations in the past. how are they trying to work together to combat isis? >> well, the relations at the moment between the kurdish regional government and baghdad aren't particularly brilliant. there's a long history of mistrust between the two, baghdad, for instance, insists that any weapons bound for the

kurdish regional government must pass through the capital, be inspected by customs and then approved for shipment to the north. those -- that particular bottleneck seems to have eased somewhat but the political tensions are there. they remain, they have differences over, for instance, the sale by the kurdish regional government of oil from kurdistan independent from the government in baghdad. those difficulties are there. then there's the political dimension within, for instance, the area controlled by baghdad. there are, of course, disaffected sunni tribes which have had a very unhappy relationship with the shia dominated government in baghdad. the feeling is, for instance, that some of these shia miscch little that militias trying to take control, some were involved

in horrendous atrocities in sunni arabs in anbar province and elsewhere, so until somehow or other the rift between these sunni tribes and the government in baghdad are repaired, it's going to be rough going for the iraqi army as it tries to push isis out of the areas it currently trees. zain? >> yeah, the political problem and the tensions certainly complicate it, certainly difficult. ben wedeman, thanks so much. we appreciate it. time for another short break. when we come back a city on edge, ferguson, missouri, still divided over the shooting death of michael brown as news breaks of two police involved in shootings overnight. back in a moment. people are using lysol in hundreds of ways. what's jennifer's story? i have two kids and my home is my children's playground. my go-to product is lysol disinfectant spray. i really use it in every room, on every surface and it allows me to get to all the hard-to-reach areas.

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and welcome back. police in the st. louis, missouri, area are looking for two suspects in two separate incidents in which officers were shot at. the most recent happened as a gunman opened fire on an off-duty officer driving on the interstate highway not far from the airport. that officer suffered only minor injuries. >> earlier a ferguson, missouri officer was shot in the arm during an apparentburg . burglary. >> he was riding by, encountered two male individuals that ran from him. the officer exited his car. he ran to the west chasing those two individuals and as he came

into close proximity with them one of the individuals turned with a firearm. the officer was able to block it with his arm and then was shot in the arm by one of the suspects. the officer said that he was able to get a couple shots off. i don't know what that means beyond a couple shots. we have no indication right now that either suspect was shot. >> now, ferguson has been on edge since an unarmed african-american teen was shot and killed by a police officer two months ago. >> and the city's police chief apologized last week for the death of michael brown but as stephanie elam reports, things have not gone smoothly since. >> what do you want -- >> what you mean -- i want you to -- >> it's a serious question. >> take a step and -- talk to me. >> reporter: it was supposed to be the ferguson police chief's apology tour. a time to say sorry for the community how his department handled the shooting death of

mike brown by officer darren willing in august. but instead chief thomas jackson was outside police headquarters defending himself against calls for his resignation. >> all i got to say is this is a [ bleep ] tragedy. we all know that and i'm sorry and i said it from my heart. you don't have to accept that. you don't have to accept that. that came from my heart. i had to get that off my chest. that's been sitting there for two months. we got increased training and awareness. we've got to get out in the community. we've got to change our court system and our ticketing system and change our fine system. no, seriously. this is where the mistrust is coming from. it isn't right. all those things causing mistrust have been evaluated and we're going to make changes. >> reporter: and then considering all that's gone on in this town during recent weeks, jackson said the nearly

unthinkable. can we have a limp mob? >> reporter: a lynch mob? with the temperature then raised a scuffle broke out behind him. >> please stop it. i was walking next to the chief. he knocked me down. i wasn't doing anything. >> reporter: in the end several people were arrested. >> for pete's sake, please. >> so much mistrust. i mean the police chief, he wore plain clothes as he tried to apologize, i'm just like you but still so much tension. >> yeah, a lot of people want him to resign but he has made it clear he won't be stepping down. our thanks to stephanie elam and the fallout for the death of michael brown also on the mind of u.s. president barack obama. he spoke to the congressional black caucus in washington on saturday. ♪ >> the anger and the emotion that followed his death awakened

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welcome back to our viewers around the united states and around the world. i'm john vause. >> i'm zain asher. your headlines at this hour. >> police say more than 30 people have been found in a state of sudden cardiac arrest on an erupting volcano in japan showing no signs of life but authorities are not saying any more about their conditions. mn mt. ontake erupted saturday. >> the u.s. military says coalition warplanes hit isis targets in syria near the border with turkey. these are the first air strikes in the area, syrian kurdish fighters have been battling isis militants for days to try to save the city of kobani. fighter jets have joined the effort but pilots are having a problem with something significant during their

missions. max foster joins me live from abu dhabi. you have so many warplanes, but not enough isis targets. explain to me the problem here. >> reporter: well, that's the concern i think in the uk but we haven't got confirmation of it. the british tornado jets said they are braced ready to take out targets. isis targets over iraq and they've been out on a sortie already and didn't take anything out. some question about whether they're able to identify targets so the other big question amongst some of the coalition countries is whether or not the right strategy is in place here or whether or not there's a strategy at all. fair enough air strikes should be part of the strategy but what about the ground operation? you cannot have success according to some military sources without a ground operation and there's no plan in place for that whether it be part of the coalition or whether it be working with a local troops so some concern about the

longer term strategy and whether or not it's going to work at all. i know u.s. and uk leaders have talked about how this is a mission of years rather than weeks or months. but just from an air strike point of view is under question. >> interesting to see when that gets under way when those fighters are actually trained by the u.s. military. also one quick question, are these strikes that effective? we've seen air strikes around kobani but there are still skirmishes going on. what's going on? >> well, the concern is that, you know, obviously the coalition very keen to minimize civilian casualties and one concern about the strategy. can you take out a convoy of isis vehicle, that's one thing but if they move into civilian areas what point do you start striking. there will be political backlash if lots of civilians are killed so that's one issue. also some concerns being raised here in the uae, for example,

purely military option isn't going to solve this. you need to really tackle this ideology which created isis the same ideology that created al qaeda and the prime minister of the uae, the leader of dubai shake mohammed has a piece getting reaction pointing out al qaeda and its ideology destabilized the world from some caves in afghanistan and what you've got is isis with a similar ideology with a jihadist network around the world with technology at its disposal, also a large land mass across iraq and syria at its disposal and unless you tackle that ideology, you're not going to have any success even if you take out isis, there will be something else to take its place. a political strategy needs to be alongside and is it there? doesn't seem to be at the moment.

>> some mps were saying in the house of commons, just because you kill terrorists doesn't mean you kill their ideas. thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> in the midst of the air strikes and political debate, the number of syrian refugees continues to rise and fleeing into turkey, more than 160,000 people have crossed that border in the past few weeks. that's according to turkey's prime minister. >> and these people are on the run from isis fighters and surrounded kobani on three sides. >> translator: they took our villages and houses and everything that belongs to us. we barely managed to save our children. we have no one left there. >> more than 1.3 million syrian refugees have already taken refuge in turkey. >> also, an explosion has rocked kabul just as afghanistan prepares to swear in a new leader. >> this happened in the capital's diplomatic quarter, reports are at least one person

has been hurt and it comes a day before the inauguration of a new president. hamid karzai being replaced. student activists have taken to the streets of hong kong since beijing announced last month only approved candidates will be allowed to run for hong kong's top post. >> police detained 70 activists on saturday and blocked others from joining the demonstrations. we talked to some of them to learn about their demands. >> reporter: this is the unusual scene. you've got demonstrators here some of them protected with little more than umbrellas and rain jackets and goggles and they are guarding a series of roads next to the government headquarters that have been occupied by thousands and thousands of very young demonstrators as part of a pro-democracy protest.

on the other side you have hong kong police here not wearing helmets, not carrying shields or riot gear right now. it's peaceful for the moment and this is part of the simmering tensions that have been growing up around the rules for hong kong's projected elections in 2017. >> they're fighting for true democracy. a fight for our future and also our mixed generation. >> we would like to show to the government that regarding on the injustice of the political reform, the civilians can still have ways to voice out their concerns so one of the ways is to recapture the square. >> reporter: what's striking about this, how young many of the demonstrators are. they are university students, high school students and, in fact, one of the leaders of what started out as a boycott of

school classes is a 17-year-old named josh wong. he was arrested on friday night as well as scores of other demonstrators by police and that arrest seems to be what has galvanized, brought so many more people out into these streets and as you can see even though some of the demonstrators are just teenagers, high school and university students, they have collected donations here for what is clearly turning into a bigger sit-in. now, the hong kong police, they insist that they will respect freedoms of expression here in hong kong but also condemned what they described as illegal acts here. bigger picture, this is a growing confrontation between the central government and mainland china and some sectors of society here in hong kong who are very concerned that the ruling chinese communist party is imposing a more authoritarian system of government on this

former british colony. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. >> and you saw some of those students wearing masks, wearing goggles because they knew if they showed up it was bound to turn violent, certainly very invested in the future of hong kong and getting that autonomy from beijing. >> 25 years ago in tiananmen square that began with student demonstrate sglers 1989. coming up after the break what a u.s. police officer is now saying about the man accused of beheading a woman in an oklahoma workplace. also ahead more than 3,000 in west africa died from ebola and even burying the dead can be dangerous work. every time someos finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. because once they've try finish, they can't keep it to themselves. i'm switching for good wow! finish is seriously good can't believe how great it works love love love finish it's a shine that's sweeping across america. finish delivers an unbeatable clean and superior shine versus cascade's leading detergent. look no ugly spots... and see that shine?

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liberia's chief medical officer is under a three-week quarantine after her assistant died from ebola. >> her assistant died on thursday. probably the closure of the ministry of health headquarters due to decontamination. no sign the medical director is in fact infected with the virus. >> and the world health organization says west africa is dealing with the worst ebola outbreak on record. more than 6500 people across liberia, sierra leone have died from the disease or have the disease. for than 3,000 have died. >> with ebola so contagious and with so many people just dying into the thousands now, just simply dealing with all those dead bodies is in itself a

challenge and for many a proper funeral just isn't possible. >> for the victims' families and workers who retrieve the bodies it's an emotional a heart wrenching experience. elizabeth cohen has the story. >> reporter: this is the morning list of monrovia's dead. this must be difficult work. >> very difficult. very difficult. >> reporter: the liberian red cross dead body management team getting ready to retrieve bodies, bodies that could still be carrying the ebola virus. >> they are quite aware that it takes only one mistake to be contaminated. >> reporter: today they're retrieving ten bodies. first suiting up from foot to head, a supervisor making sure every inch of skin is covered. this worker strapping on a chlorine sprayer to disinfect victims before they're handled. but even the best safety equipment can't protect their hearts from what they see on the

job. >> i open the door and i went in, i saw 6-month-old child licking on the mother. >> reporter: a prayer for god's guidance. winding through west point they retrieve the victim, she was 62. her family and neighbors distraught as the dbmt removes her from her home. her family is lucky. they know someone at the ministry of health and she's allowed to have a burial. most victims are simply cremated. >> we followed the dbm team on a 45-minute drive to where she's being buried. her relatives say a final prayer.

after this, nine more bodies to retrieve before their day is done. elizabeth cohen, cnn, monrovia, liberia. >> burying the dead in liberia heart wrenching and very challenging, very distressing, indeed. a doctor in a rural liberia says he's seeing promising results by treating ebola patients with a drug designed for hiv patients. >> yeah, essentially dealing with whatever you got. he gave it to 15 patients out of desperation. all but two survived but the head of the u.s. institutes of health has a warning about this approach. >> the medication that the doctor was referring to is one that really has not been shown to work. 'empirically trying it. i can understand why when you're in a desperate situations you try that. what we need to do is determine and i had actually hopefully will be in communication with him to be able to test it in an organized way to see, in fact,

if there is some benefit but medications like that are not going to turn around this e epidem epidemic. what's going to turn it around is a marked acceleration of infection control response. that's the important thing. >> yeah, let's hope for that. across west africa the ebola virus has killed about 70% of its victims. >> another big headline in the united states. that man accused of killing a former workplace colleague by beheading her is now talking to authorities at a local hospital. investigators say eighten nolen is expected to be transferred to jail by early next week. >> police are looking at his online writings as they investigate the rampage. nick valencia has the story. >> reporter: police have released some details about the suspect in this week's beheading in moore, oklahoma. but we're beginning to learn more about him from his facebook page. police say this is the facebook page of the man suspected of beheading a co-worker in moore, oklahoma. the images and messages on the

page of al ton nolen appear to ridicule christianity. he writes about judgment day and criticized the united states and israel. the posts are a mixed array, some more disturbing than others. it was on thursday police say he brought horror to his workplace. he had just been fired from his job that day only to return shortly afterward with a knife. >> he encountered the first victim and began assaulting her with a knife. he did kill colleen and did sever her head. >> reporter: according to police the suspect then began attacking a second woman. when he was shot and stopped by an armed company executive. mark vaughan, son of the company's founder, is also a reserve sheriff's deputy. officials say it was his action that is prevented more deaths. >> it could have gotten a lot worse. this guy definitely was not going to stop. he didn't stop until he was

shot. >> reporter: the barbaric nature says it could be tied to something larger perhaps influenced by muslim extremists adding to the theory mr. is say in recent weeks he tried to convert his co-workers to islam. in a statement to cnn, oklahoma's governor warned not to jump to conclusions before the investigation is complete. the fbi is assisting local police. nolen has a lengthy criminal history, according to the oklahoma department of corrections, including briefly leading police on a manhunt. a state trooper who had a physical altercation with nolen four years ago said after she found out what he's accused of doing she wish she would have killed him when she had the chance. nick valencia, cnn. >> incredibly fortunate that the founder's son was a police officer. firefighters and emergency workers are heading home as recent rains brought relief to the king fire in california. more rain is in much of the forecast for the united states.

>> okay, let's go to derek van dam. he joins us from the international weather center with the details. >> zain and john, the king fire 84% contained at the moment. in fact, some of the evacuation orders are being lifted, as well. cooler weather and higher humidity levels start to settle in, as well. we have this storm system to thank. that's moved in across the western half of the united states. deep trough in the jet stream in the upper levels of the atmosphere tap nothing quite a bit of moisture from the pacific ocean going to allow for showers and mountain snowfalls to take place over the sierra nevada. had is the rainfall totals since thursday for our viewers in the united states, we have about 4 to 6 inches. that equates to around 100 to 150 millimeters near the napa valley. king received 1 to 3. much needed rain to say the least. can you see some of the heavy rainfall taking place across nevada, arizona and colorado and

it continues to churn over the western half. we have a very wet second half of the weekend for atlanta, georgia, as a low pressure system develops near the gulf of mexico. more for the panhandle. the radar over the past 12 hours across the phoenix, arizona, region. severe thunderstorms moved through and caused damage at the local airport across that area. in fact, phoenix sky harbor airport terminal number two reporting damage, even some flooding within the airport as parts of the roof was actually ripped off. the storm grounded flights for roughly one hour in total 40 flights were actually diverted across the region. so here's a look at temperatures for the eastern half of the united states. well above average, 84 degrees for washington, d.c., 82 near new york city for sunday afternoon. that's roughly around 28 to 29 degrees celsius right where we want to be for this time of the year. that's for sure. that's all from the world

weather center. now back to zain and john. >> excited for sunday. warm sunday. >> absolutely. heck, yeah. not as warm as it normally is. >> i will take it. >> thanks, derek. washington is remembering one of its more eccentric political figures. >> a one-time member of congress famous for both his colorful rants and wild hairstyle, james traficant is dead at 73 from injuries he suffered a few days earlier because of a farming incident at his home in ohio. traf can't served 17 years in the u.s. house of representat e representatives until he was expelled following his conviction on corruption charges. >> a traffic accident on his farm and jim traficant had quite a way with words. he also had quite the hairstyle. apparently that was a wig and here's a sample from some of his more memorable speeches. >> am i different? yeah. have i changed my pants? no.

deep down you know you want to wear wider bottoms, you're just not secure enough to do it. and because of my big mouth, i have been targeted. but you know when you put somebody in jail for the rest of their life, he's a fellow member of congress who has been targeted no less. >> i don't know about you but as a member of congress i heard about iraq's invasion of kuwait on cnn. in fact, i'll tell you how we can spend some money, maybe we should cut the cia's budget and give it to the cnn. >> tell me, after all these years you mean to tell me our intelligence network cannot locate an and infiltrate osama bin laden's organization? >> tonight i have dark pants on. am i scared to death? no. i'll go to jail before i'll resign and admit to something i didn't do. >> what really frosts my

pumpkin, experts around the country say to solve the problem, congress should give them more money. beam me up. schools do not need more money. schools can use god. >> wow. such a colorful personality. he will not be forgotten. >> we should say it was a tractor accident which claimed his life and they found out that was a wig in case no one knew because he had to remove it when he was -- >> not an obvious wig. >> when he was being booked he had to take the toupee off. take a short break and be right back. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference.

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and welcome back. george clooney has married the star-studded human rights lawyer, amal alamuddin. >> tragic. >> in a ceremony in venice, italy. >> they arrived by water taxi held at a palazzo on the grand canal. guests included matt damon and "vogue" editor anna wintour among others. >> erin mclaughlin is in venice with the latest. >> reporter: well, george clooney is no longer hollywood's most eligible bachelor. yesterday he married 36-year-old human rights lawyer amal alamuddin in a private ceremony according to his publicist at a lavish seven-star hotel right here along venice's grand canal. he arrived for the ceremony looking relaxed and happy along with a flotilla of his famous friends including matt damon,

emily blunt, cindy crawford. as for the bride she spent the day in the hotel getting ready for the big event. we haven't seen pictures of her gown just yet but i'm sure she looked spectacular. this was a culmination of a series of elaborate wedding events that began friday. amal and george arrived aboard a boat named amore. paparazzi in to to his favorite hotel where the celebration began in earnest. hisary hers bachelor and bacheloret ettette parties, a f tale wedding in one of the most romantic cities in the world. >> see, i'm kind of heartbroken but i'm also like really happy for them. they look so beautiful together. >> their the perfect couple. >> that does it for this hour. thanks for watching. i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause. the next hour, pro-democrat sick protests are picking up in hong kong and the area executive is

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an update this hour on the rescue mission after a volcanic eruption in japan. also, movement on the ground in hong kong, where protesters and police have been in a peaceful, but tense standoff for days. plus, an international rivalry on the golf course. our sports experts will weigh in on whether the u.s. can rally to win the ryder cup. welcome back, everybody. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> police say more than 30 people are in a state of cardiac arrest at the foot of an erupting vol