i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause. it's past 3:30 in the u.s. i can't believe you are up with us. >> more than 30 people have been found in a state of sudden cardiac arrest on an erupting volcano in japan. they're showing no signs of arrest but authorities aren't saying anything more about their conditions. mt. ontake erupted just before midday on saturday. >>> the u.s. military says coalition airplanes hit targets near the border with turkey. these are the first airstrikes in the area. they have been battling isis militants for days trying to save the city of kobani. >>> police in ferguson, missouri, are searching for a man who shot a police officer on routine patrol. the officer's injuries are not life threatening. in a separate incident a st. louis officer was shot on the interstate. he was shot at but not hit. >>> right now we're going to return to our top story. the u.s.-led airstrikes against isis sent jets in the air. pilots are having a problem with something significant during their mission. our max foster joins us live from abu dhabi.

i'm john vause. >> i'm zain asher.our 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 d

i'm john vause. >> i'm zain asher. here's an update on our top stories. >> the u.s.it's launched new air strikes on i.s.i.s. militants in syria. we're told that fighters and bombers are on the hunt of so-called targets of opportunity. more details as they come in. >>> cnn was there as a battle erupted on the border between turkey and syria on friday. i.s.i.s. militants on one side. and kurdish fighters frying to stop them on the other. local residents watched the exchange and cheered when i.s.i.s. fighters were hit. >>> british fighter jets on standby at a military base, prepared to launch air strikes in iraq. u.k. parliament voted on friday to join the air war. but the jets will not take part in any strikes inside syria. >>> could catalonia be the next sovereign nation? the leadership is heading in that direction, after its president signed a decree today, setting a date for an independent referendum. al goodman joins us on the line from madrid with more on this. this announcement was widely expected. but significant, nonetheless. >> very significant. culmination of

i'm zain asher. >> the headlines this hur, barack obama is looking for a replace.his attorney general. eric holder is resigning after nearly six year. holder led the obama administration's push for civil right, but critics called him overtly political. >> plus, you crane's president pet tr petro poroshenko says his country will be able to bid to join the eu by 2020. he says he will meet with russian president vladimir putin within the next three weeks. >> frerj war planes join the u.s. on isis targets in iraq. on thursday, they hit four isis warehouses suspected of storing military equipment. that was not far from fallujah, about 50 kilometers west of baghdad. >> and the u.s.-led coalition opened a new front on isis when it launched air strikes inside syria on tuesday. >> that came after 200 isis positions were targeted in neighboring iraq. >> there is absolutely no question that isis has been pounded by attacks recently. if you look at the frequency of bombings all the way back to early august, you can see the big spike is right here this week where they dropped a