ROMANS: Central Japan, the sight of the somber recovery mission today. Crews airlifting bodies out of an area near the summit of Mt. Ontake. At least 37 people presumed dead, 37 presumed dead after that volcano erupted -- the summit erupted unexpectedly this weekend. Will Ripley is there for with the latest. And, Will, you were telling us earlier that the ash plume and gasses in the air, you've been wearing a gas mask, you even have a helmet in case some of these more dangerous embers come down. What's the situation like now?</s>WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the good news in the last half an hour or so, the conditions have somewhat improved. The plume that was taking up much of the sky over my shoulder here for most of the day has now diminished. Rescue crews are certainly hoping that it will continue because they had to cut off their search earlier today. We are in the last few moments of light. The search is over for now. But they are hoping to get back up to the mountain before dawn. They have a three-kilometer trek through knee deep ash to try to get the summit where they believe some two dozen victims of this eruption are still lying right now. People who were on the mountain hiking, sight seeing during the peak autumn viewing season when all of a sudden, this mountain blew its top without warning. Japan has raised its alert level from 1 to 3 out of 5. And they are warning that another big eruption could happen here in the coming days, which makes those search efforts all the more urgent, to try to get everybody off the mountain before another potential big operation happens, Christine.</s>ROMANS: All right. Will Ripley for us this morning in Japan -- thank you for that, Will. Another big motor vehicle recall, this from a name legendary for quality. We're going to get an EARLY START on your money, next.
Bodies Being Recovered at Japan Volcano