>> we're going to do what we need to do to protect our facilities, protect our embassy, to protect our american citizens. >> u.s. airstrikes pounding the islamic state group in iraq as the political turmoil threatens to divide the country even more. the current prime minister trying to keep his grip on power. >> rebels searching homes destroyed by war as israelis and palestinians negotiate a long

term peace. >> police firing tear gas into rounds flooding this st. louis suburb overnight, angry protesting the death of an unarmed teen at the hands of police. now the f.b.i. entering volunteer the racially charged case. >> the world remembers legendary actor and comedian robin williams. he made millions laugh and cry from the stage to the silver screen. >> what's wrong with death, sir? what are we so mortally afraid of? buy can't we treat death with humanity, dignity abdecency and maybe humor. death is not the enemy. if we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference. >> one of the entertainment's brightest lights has gone out. at 63 years old, robin williams has died. >> after a life long battle with alcohol, drugs and depression,

it appears he took his own life. reaction to his death has been pouring in, including words from president obama. >> who said in a statement: good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. we'll have more on the death of robin williams, including reaction and a look back at what can only be described as an unforgettable career. >> we begin with the latest out of iraq as airstrikes continue. prime minister al-malaki is refuse to go yield power after the country's president nominated a new prime minister from malaki's own party. >> malaki calling special forces into baghdad's green zone, threatening legal action there. the pentagon saying u.s. airstrikes have slowed but not

stopped the progress of the islamic state group and fighters are advancing toward erbil. al-malaki saying he will not go easy. that is the case in baghdad. what does the u.s. have to say about it. >> there's perhaps no better indication of how the u.s. feels than president obama's statement shortly after the nomination of the new prime minister. mr. obama never once mentioned the name of the current prime minister, al-malaki. >> this morning, a power struggle in iraq as a new prime minister is nominated, but the country's current prime minister, al-malaki is refusing to leave out a fight, calling the nomination illegal. >> the appointment has no value whatsoever. this is a daring violation of the constitution. >> in baghdad, malaki supporters closed down two main streets in protest. the u.s. has been pressuring

malaki to step aside, with president obama voicing support for his replacement. >> this is an important step towards form ago new government that can unit iraq's communities. earlier today, vice president biden and i called him to congratulate him and usually him to form a cab knelt as quickly as possible, including all iraqis and representing all iraqis. >> as the political rangleing begin, the u.s. pounded fighters in iraq. >> we'll continue to protect our embassy, our american citizens as well as protect those aircraft that are providing support. >> american humanitarian aid is help to go keep thousands of

yazidis alive. they fled their homes, many stranded and starving on the mountain. a local charity is offering them a place to stay and medical care. >> thousands of people died there on the mountain for lack of food and water. hundreds have been killed during the crisis and we don't know what will happen for them. >> as the battle rages on, so does the battle for new leadership. >> this morning, aljazeera's kurdish sources tell us that the u.s. has apparently made additional airstrikes this morning, hitting a former iraqi military base now used by the islamic state fighters. i want to bring you up to date

on the humanitarian aid, the u.s. has made five air drops, ate 5,000 meals ready to eat and more than 20,000 gallons of fresh dranking water, making those drops to those trapped on the mountain to help them survive. >> reports that the u.s. is providing weapons to kurdish sources, what are we hearing about those reports? >> from our kurdish sources, they're telling us that the only thing that's being provided is ammunition and that the kurdish forces are looking for weapons. at the state department yesterday, they were asked about this and they dodged the question in a sense. they would not say specifically what help is going to the kurds, only that both the u.s. and the iraqi government are arming the kurds. >> lisa, thank you very much. coming up, we're going to go live to iraq and talk to the baghdad bureau chief for the associated press.

>> a temporary ceasefire now in place in gaza is in its second day. residents are digging through the rubble, trying to salvage what's left of their homes. the u.s. distributed food to 150,000 people. in cairo, negotiations are underway to secure a longer term deal. nick schiffron joins us live from jerusalem. good morning. what are these talks focusing on? >> good morning, stephanie. these talks between u.s. officials, israeli officials and hamas officials and their i understander meetries are focused on four things. the motor important one is the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt. it's been closed for a year and a half, a lifeline for so long for so many people of gaza to deliver basic things like medicine. it's been closed. there's a big push for the that to be reopened. number two, easing refrictions on the border crossings between israel and gaza, construction

material and humanitarian supplies, they are talking about doubling the number of trucks. so many rely on fishing to survive, there's a naval black cade of six miles. that is being discussed to being extended to 12 miles. the exchange of 50 or so palestinian prisoners arrested in the last six weeks would be exchanged for the remains of an israel soldier killed early in the fighting inside of gaza. >> that is what the palestinians want. the israelis want demilitarization. does there appear to be any progress in closing this gap? >> no. nobody thinks there is going to be demilitarization of gaza. of course israeli officials want that but privately admit they know it's simply not going to happen. is there progress in sigh row? yes, there is according to palestinian and israel

officials. one israeli official i speak to say its 50-50 now in terms of whether they will get the long term ceasefire in the next day. both sides are holding out for those four things, the border crossing, the opening of the israeli-gaza border crossings, the lifting of the naval blockade or expanding it, as well as the exchange of prisoners for an israeli soldier. both sides have pressure from their own people. israel believes that it needs to keep going in gaza until the rockets stop flying from gaza into israel, until it has that guarantee and hamas is really under pressure from its own people to prove tangible gains after what's been a very violent and deadly month. both sides are really digging in, but absolutely there is progress in cairo according to both sides. >> there is a question what role the palestinian authority will playen gaza. >> as we have been reporting, 10,000 homes destroyed, the u.n. saying nearly 100,000 people

homeless because of the war. early estimates are it is going to cost billions to rebuild. andrew simmons reports on what life is like there for gazes this morning. >> thousands of people are crowded into a u.s. distribution point. with me right now is the u.n. food program. how serious is this situation? something like an earthquake it's been described at. >> yes, as you can see, it is really, really bad and serious and so many people in need. this could be compared to an earthquake or tsunami. we have visited the affected areas and the damage to the belongings of people is -- >> how many people are needing this sort of support. >> in terms of the people, we estimate between 400 and 460,000 displaced persons, but the

affected people, every single family in gaza has been affected by this conflict, 40% of the territory has been directly affected by the conflict and the rest of the population forced to be displaced or with families and relatives to try to show solidarity in the situation. >> thank you very much indeed. ban ki-moon, the u.n. secretary general described this as an unprecedented situation, the level of damage and need. there is no doubt the need needs attention. there has to be more assistance to the people which gaza. >> russia is sending humanitarian relief into ukraine. state media reports moscow moved 280 trucks full of food and medicine. early this morning, ukraine said they will not accept them when they reach the bored pepper the red cross said thousands are left without goods and electricity. nato urged caution against the con voice, warning russia could use the premise of delivering aid as a means for military

intervention. >> the f.b.i. opening a civil rights investigation into the death of yet another unarmed teen, this time in ms., michael brown shot and killed by a police officer inferring son, not far from st. louis. last night, police once again in riot gear flooding the streets, firing tear gas to scatter a crowd of protestors. diane estherbrook is live. what happened overnight? >> well, actually, del, overnight, it was relatively quiet. the scene that we saw earlier with the tear gas happened probably between 9:00 and 10:00 last night. we were here at the area around midnight, and by that time, the police had cordoned off the area several blocks around this quick matter or this mini mart and nobody was allowed into the area. still, this is a community that

is definitely still on edge. >> diane, how are they recovering from sunday night's kay i don't guess that you described as being chaos, as tensions calmed down? >> there's a lot of talking going on in the community. we were at a meeting last night as a church that was sponsored by the naacp. the group invited in clergy, members of the community and the police department. there was a very large police presence outside the church and inside the church. we talked to several people there. they're looking for answers to what's going on. they say that for quite a while now, there's been tension between the african-american community and the community of ferguson an and the predominanty white police force. they think some of those tensions could ever sparked the shooting on saturday. they're want ago dialogue.

they want to open a dialogue with the police. they want to find out exactly what happened saturday. there's a lot of frustration that they haven't heard a lot yet from the police about what really prompt that had shooting on saturday. they said there hasn't been a lot of transparency and that's what they want. they answer answers to that question and want better communication down the road between the community and the police department. >> we were looking at that quick trip beside you, what once was a quick trip. live inferring son, missouri, thank you very much this morning. >> hollywood is of course mourning the loss of a legend, actor robin williams was found dead in his home in northern california yesterday. williams is a star of movie and television for more than three decades but under the smiles and laster, he did struggle with substance abuse and severe depression. we are joined now from los angeles. jennifer, of course news of his death shocking fans the world over yesterday. >> good morning, receiv that is,

fans shocked around the world. right now a tribute to robin williams is starting to take shape on his star on the hollywood walk of fame. williams' body was found yesterday at his home in tiberon, california in marin county in northern california. an investigation is underway into the exact cause of his death, but the coroner suspects that the death was a suicide, caused by asphyxia. his fans await more news on exactly how and why he died. they are remembering this comedic genius once called the funniest man alive. >> god, it's hot in here. [ screaming ] >> his style was manic, bizarre, even, but above all, like nothing we'd ever seen.

robin williams was born in 1951 and gained nationwide fame in the late 1970's at mork from ork in t.v.'s mork and mindy. he was once called the funniest man alive, but was a jewel yard trained actor. he quickly moved to the big screen, showing his serious side in roles like this. >> good morning vietnam! >> performances like that one earned him three oscar nominations. in 1998, he won best supporting actor for his performance in good will hunting. >> i bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the sisteen chapel. >> his comedy was put to good use, hosting eight comic relief they wiltelethons.

it was fueled by drugs and alcohol. there were two trip to say rehab, including a stint just this summer. in july, 2009. williams had heart surgery, bounced back and made his broadway debut in 2011. that same year, he married his third wife. after his death, she released this statement saying this morning i lost my husband and my best friend. while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. i am utterly heartbreak. that sentiment echoed across the country. >> captain my captain. >> sit down, mr. anderson. do you hear me? sit down! sit down! >> an autopsy is scheduled for later today and perhaps we will learn a little bit more about exactly what happened. >> so many people remembering

his life today. jennifer, one of williams' last movies, a sequel to the night at the museum franchise will be released later this year. >> he was busy, robin williams finished filming four movies before his death. one was released early they are spring. thee others, including the one you mentioned, those are expected to be released in the next 12 months. last night, i was out at the hollywood walk of fame talking to fans and one fan said he takes comfort in knowing that these movies will be coming out and robin williams' voice and ability to give the gift of laughter will continue on through his films. >> jennifer london, live for us in los angeles. thank you. we'll be looking at the life and legacy of robin williams throughout the morning. it's amazing to see those scenes and "dead poet's society." so formative for people in my

generation. >> he was asked what he thought heaven would be like. he said he hold god had a sense of humor. he said two jews walked into a bar. >> classic. >> everybody cracked up laughing. >> there could be flooding rains over the next 24 hours. >> let's bring in nicole mitchell, also mourning with robin williams fans. >> a sad loss. as we look at the watches coming up before the rain has made it to some areas, parts of new england, we're seeing that. the rain pennsylvania through new york along the coastline. if you haven't seen it, it's coming within the next few hours. by that the afternoon hours, here's the system. it's a potent one. through the rest of the day and into the day tomorrow, finally clearing for the northern parts of new england into the day on thursday. this is one of the stronger fronts we've seen recently. ahead that have, a lot of moisture, many places could see

in some cases one or two inches in an hour and overall, anywhere from new jersey up to parts of vermont, wouldn't say isolated spots of a half foot out of the question. that's why we have watches up across the area. the other thing with this system, it's stronger. you could see areas with slight risk for severe weather. wind damage as this moves through is the biggest threat with all of this in addition to the flooding. clears out, you can see somewhere like philadelphia, comfortable weather as we get to the latter part of the week. keep the umbrella handy the next few days. >> well, it has happened again, another doctor in effected with ebola in west africa has died. >> the experimental drug used to treat him and two americans is running out. robert ray live in atlanta with the latest. >> a human rights group accusing egypt of killing hundreds of protestors. it is blaming the international community for the crackdown. >> sailors rescued off the coast

of hawaii. the hurricane left them adrift in 30-foot swells. >> today's big number, $1,960,000,000. >> why the postal service said congress is standing in the way of it turning a profit. >> we are going to remember robin williams this morning. >> much as i like mindy, it's against intergalactic law. fly. be free. we'll have to have a quick burial at sea then.

>> today's big number is $1,960,000,000. >> that's how much money the postal service says it lost in just the last quarter. >> wow. >> revenues actually up 2%, though. the post was took in more than $16.5 billion to the end of june. they are required by congress to pay out more than $5 billion each year because of retiree health care funds. >> without that charge, the

agency would have turned a profit. it expects to spends $10 billion to upgrade its aging fleet. >> barnes is settling charges that it racially profiled minorities for more than a half million dollars. customers say they were accused of shoplifting back of their race only. as part that have agreement, barney's will change its training programs, also hire an anti profiling consultant. >> an experimental ebola drug is being sent to liberia and now the u.s. manufacturer said its supplies have run out. that drug was used on two infected americans and a spanish priest. word that that priest has died this morning. in atlanta, two americans are being treated. the drug was not able to save this priest. is there proof that it is helping the two patients in that hospital where you are? >>

>> there's absolutely no proof that the two aid workers behind me here at emery university hospital in the isolation ward are being helped by the drug. there's no scientific data. this is a product that has not been clinically tested, never been used an human beings. we are seeing realtime, real five experiments on people without empirical data that is helping them move forward. >> is there any way to speed up the human testing of this drug? >> there's not, as a matter of fact, z map, which is made from an independent pharmaceutical company in california, they've run out. completely run out of it. here's the problem with trying to make this treatment, it's a complicated process.

i'll try to sum it up a little bit. it's grown inside. the antibodies grown inside tobacco plants. according to the company, that takes two to three months for the antibodies to be ready to come out and administered into a dose or serum. they're out right now. they're trying to make more, but this is a process that's going to take a while, unfortunately. >> when the drugs come on line, given that the supplies will continue to be limited, there's a big ethical dilemma. who decides who gets the drug first? >> exactly. exactly. you know, the w.h.o., word health organization is about to receive the last serums sent to them, should be there in 40 hours in africa that's going to be given to some w.h.o. doctors who have been treating patients there. if they could ramp up this treatment, this experimental medicine, they could certainly start giving it to the

population over there, who is already infected with it, but the issue is, there's just none available to give to them. it hasn't gone through testing. this has only been tested on monkeys with a 43% success rate and whether or not that treatment actually was successful in destroying the ebola infection, we just don't know right now. >> so many questions remaining. robert ray, live in atlanta. thanks for that update. >> we're hearing this morning that nascar driver tony stewart pulled out of another race. he said he won't appear at a dirt track in indiana. he was driving when his sprint car hit and killed a fellow driver on saturday. police say stewart is not facing any criminal charges. >> three people have been rescued after their sailboat was stranded off the coast of hawaii. the family was picked up monday morning. they had been sailing from california to asia, plan to go

stop in maui. they sailed into 150-mile per hour winds and 30-foot swells from hurricane julio. >> who is talk of rain in the northeast. let's check in with nicole mitchell. >> we have a couple of big temperature stories as we get through the mid part of the week. first with the rain that del was just talking about, in the northeast, that's going to cool things down and behind that, cooler air, as well. big changes into the northwest. as we look at the forecast, a lot of 60's and 70's through the rest of the day. unand down the east coast, a lot of the rain, 70's getting into the 80's. the huge change, seattle 79 yesterday set a record high temperature at 96. into the 70's today, that's a big cooldown and it impacts the fire danger we have. i'll have more of that coming up. >> u.s. airstrikes helped slow the islamic state but the political turmoil threatens the

fight. >> we'll look at effect these developments will have on the country. >> a violent confrontation over food. drought bringing colombians to the streets. >> the ice challenge, the cause and what's behind it in today's headlines from around the world. >> remembering legendary actor and comedian robin williams. a look back now at one of his iconic roles in "good morning vietnam." >> let's play this backwards and see if it gets any better. fredie is the devil. a picture of man going on a journey beyond sight and sound. he has entered the demilitarized zone. ahhh!

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where they are dealing with flooding. you can see cars, a tractor and car right behind it completely stuck. it's a major roadway that's been flooded. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. we've been laughing, crying, remembering the life of robin williams. in this half hour, hollywood stars paying tribute to the icon. that is a word that they use a lot, but this time it fits, along with fans leaving tokens behind nationwide. >> a small town police department in missouri, a closer look at the mysterious on line group targeting the cop accused of shooting an unarmed teen. >> moms around the world buying and selling milk for babies. this is an unregulated industry

some say needs oversight. >> in missouri, police fire tear gas at crowds after they say protestors threw rocks at them. the f.b.i. has opened a civil rights investigation. >> israelis and palestinians negotiating a long term peace deal. residents are cautiously going back to their homes trying to clean up what they can. >> u.s. airstrikes are helping kurdish forces fight islamic state forces. al-malaki refuses to step down at prime minister. we have more from the kurdish capitol city of erbil. >> malaki is looking increasingly isolated and not just the international community, but iraqi's political forces have welcomed the nomination of a new prime minister.

even here in the kurdish region, they call this a first positive step. it's just the first step, because the new prime minister will to have create an inclusive government, a government that actually represents all of iraq's communities. the kurds and other factions have blamed malaki for what they call his sectarian policies. he alienated the sunnis and more inialized them. now, there has to be some sort of a unified front to take on the islamic state group. we haven't heard from the other sunni armed groups fighting on the ground, whether or not they will switch sides. for the time being, they fear the islamic state group has allies, since they have a common enemy, al-malaki. struggling to hold a 1,000-kilometer line with the islamic state group, the peshmerga confirming they received ammunition from the u.s. military. they want heavy weaponry, in

order to hold that line. this is such a sensitive subject. in the past, the u.s. military has been providing through the central government directly to the kurds would be seen as encouraging a breakup of iraq. they will have to help the kurds if they are going to be able to slow down advance of the islamic state forces. >> the head of the associated press in baghdad joins us. thanks for your time. we are hearing that prime minister malaki deployed security forces, special forces in baghdad. are you seeing that? why do you think he would do that? >> it was to a small degree. i want to remind viewers, this is baghdad, so tanks on the streets are not unusual for yours and security forces on the streets are not unusual. we did yesterday see a somewhat heightened presence. you can see tanks where there

usually aren't, some security forces at some of the major government installations, major squares in the city, so there was definitely that presence. there was also a major street shut down. that was most probably shut down for the pro malaki rally we did see yesterday afternoon and reopened today. it is a semblance of business as usual here in baghdad, although some of us who know the city well do feel that something is going on out of the ordinary. >> why do you think that's happening? do you think prime minister al-malaki is suggesting that with those security forces he by force will not step down and will not relinquish power to the new p.m.? >> he's made that very clear that he has no intention of stepping down. he feels he is the rifle and legitimate winner of the april election, that is the april election that would have given his block the authority to

select a prime minister. it's a little bit complicated iraqi politics but that's basically what it boils down to. there was a sense yesterday with him that there was going to be some attempt to overthrow, perhaps, now they haven't said this, won't say this, but just given what we were hearing and seeing on the streets here, there was definitely a bit of paranoia, probably bracing for some sort of backlash after he gave his speech at midnight yesterday, saying that he had no intention of stepping down and he was going to file legal action against the countries new president to refuse to leave. >> there's all this political wrangling happening in baghdad. u.s. airstrikes in and around erbil and near the mountain continue. what's your sense of the impact of these u.s. airstrikes on the islamic state group? >> so far, it seems to be stalling any advance to the kurdish capitol, erbil.

we had heard of a couple of strikes where the islamic state had become dangerously close to erbil. we were hearing as much as 30 kilometers, 35 kilometers. they have essentially backed down now. we have reporters today in the cities that the islamic forces had taken and kurdish forces were able to retake the towns probably because of u.s. support and weaponry given total kurds. there is definitely some rescue made by the kurds. they did lose another town yesterday. we have to be cautious in saying that maybe there are gains in certain places, but losses elsewhere. so, it really is going to depend on how widespread the airstrikes by the u.s. and also by iraqi forces intend to be for this problem to really be cast properly as opposed to being in scattered places in the country. >> right. that's an important perspective.

vivian, baghdad bureau chief for the associated press joining us this morning. vivian, thank you. coming up, reaction from washington on the political turmoil in baghdad. >> controversy in egypt, human rights watch egypt intentionally killed protestors there last summer. >> it calls for an investigation, including of the presidential sisi. >> how many rights watch does not minutes words over what happened on the street of cairo one year ago. this was, it says a massacre, the killing of 800 people, perhaps more than 1,000 in a single gruesome day. >> you must -- killer. killers, just the killers. >> human rights watch said these killings were meticulously planned. not a single police officer has been punished. the chain of command went right

to the very top. human rights watch is now calling for a u.n. investigation, saying protestors threw rocks and molotov cocktails in the police and in some instances fired guns, but that the use of force by the egyptian police and army was clearly disproportionate. >> there's a massive culture of i am punty, failure of accountability. the police responsible up to now have got away with it. what's also striking is how weak the international response has been. the other thing called for in the report is international security systems and arms exports and so on, the kind of eequipment that the egyptians might have used, there should abprosecutor hi bigs on that. >> since the killings, the authorities of carried out mass arrests and torture, fired on other demonstrators and crushed dissenting voices. it would seem unlikely that they would allow an international investigation into the events.

>> aljazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists imprisoned in egypt for 227 days. the three were accused of helping the outlawed muslim bother hood. aljazeera denies these claims. >> another plane load of deportees arriving in honduras, 25 women and children sent to an air base on monday. the honduras first lady there to greet the group. the white house and congress have been unable to reach common ground on a solution to the border cries. >> anger over food shortages lead to go violent clashes in colombia. the drought has withered crops, destroying herds, as well. protestors vow to keep up the pressure until the government does more to help them. >> the death of robin williams still resonating across the

country. >> there is reaction coming from hollywood, the white house and beyond. >> you bet. robin williams' friends and fellow actors have reacted to the sad news into this morning. comedian steve martin was stunned at the news and called williams a genuine soul. his fans feel the same way, heartbroken by the sudden loss of a great actor. >> i'm really, really sad about it. >> in hollywood, a memorial growing on the walk of fame surroundses star of robin williams. fans shocked by the death of the larger than life actor. >> i grew up watching his movies, like patch adams and mrs. doubt fire and hook and it was some our family favorites. i just think it's terrifying oh to think that people are suffering like that. >> williams spoke openly about his struggles with alcohol, drugs and depression. after years of sobriety, he entered a minnesota rehabilitation center. addiction will not be his legacy. >> good morning vietnam!

>> for 40 years, he made us laugh and cry. his career ran the gamut and spanned generations. from dressing in drag in "mrs. doubtfire." to making the againie come alive in "alladin." he was a household name, a recognizable face with a distinctive voice. >> there are too many questions. >> across the country, fans are honoring his legacy. in colorado, they gathered outside the mork and mindy house, the setting for the sitcom that launched his career. in san francisco, flowers and candles on the house for mrs. doubt fire. >> it's just part of san francisco and part of how i got over my family's divers. >> back in los angeles, at a red carpet event, some of

hollywood's biggest names acknowledged the silver screen lost one of its biggest stars. >> he's a legend. it's unbelievable. >> he's out of here way too soon. he was very gifted, he was a benchmark in his field, and no one can ever reach that again, i think. no one ever did. >> an actor in a category of his own who effortlessly blended comedy with drama to bring the world some of the best movie moments ever made. >> williams very last social media post was this old black and white photo with his daughter zelda, wishing her a happy birthday. in response to her father's death, she posted this picture, quoting the book the little prince where it says in one of the stars i shall be laughing and so it will be as if all of the stars are laughing. when you look at the stars at night, only you can have stars that laugh. >> i love you, i miss you.

i'll try to keep looking up. >> a mother from charlotte faces charges for helping her son participate in a dangerous game. the mother is accused of letting her 16-year-old set himself on fire as part of the fire challenge. police say he suffered minor burns on his chest and neck. the stunt has gone viral on line and none of these videos are of that boy. >> there is another social media challenge, raising money for a good cause, the boston globe saying that the kennedy family taking on what is called the ice bucket challenge for a.l.s. awareness. they nominated president obama to take on the challenge himself as they gave an icy welcome to cape cod. the president responded saying yes, i will donate the money total cause this week. >> look at ethel do it. [ laughter ] >> that's exactly what it would look like if i did it.

the president saying i'll donate the money, but i won't dump the bucket. let's put the pressure on the president. >> how do you compel people to have more children. >> don't look at me. >> looking to boost the population by banning -- and prohibiting the promotion of birth control. this is part of an effort to reverse the decline in the national birth rate which on average has dropped by four children over the last decade. they don't want people to use birth control. if media outlets promote birth control, they can be suspended. officials have a concern this could lead to a lot of underground illegal abortions. >> a lot of european countries want their population to say grow. >> a tech team put together to improve government tech sites.

the wall street journal said the decision comes in the wake of the botched rollout of the affordable care act website, which we reported honorary i guess a couple of times maybe last year. i was fascinated by this. the white house spends $80 billion a year on its tech sector. >> maybe they should hire anonymous, which we'll be talking about coming up. now their targeting police inferring son, missouri, following the shooting of an unarmed team. we'll look at how the group operates in the internet shadows. >> fighting fire with fire, synthetic cells battling cancer, details ahead in our discovery of the day. >> also break dancing with a badge. why this cop decided to bust a move with some kids in kansas. of course, we're remembering robin williams this morning. ♪ >> i'm the hackie sack king.

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water for coal only on al jazeera america >> it is time now for our discovery of the day. researchers believe they have created a molecule that can cause cancer cells to self destruct. >> the team at the university of texas targeting cells inside the tumors. it wraps around the membrane of cancer cells, destructing the balance of eye i don't knows causing those cells to destroy themselves. >> researchers hope this can lead to new anti cancer drugs. the next step would be test be

in animals and then clinical trials. >> the hacker group anonymous turning to the shooting death of an unarmed teenager in missouri. we have more. >> officials inferring son, missouri said they expected and tried to prepare for an attack on their information technology systems, but none that have preparation was good enough to completely stop anonymous from attacking. >> greetings world, we are anonymous. >> after watching violence unfold inferring son, following the police shooting of teenager mike brown saturday, the hacker group called anonymous released a video, telling police that their tactics would have cyber repercussions. >> if you abuse, harass or harm the protestors inferring son, we will take every web based assets of your governments and offices off line. that is not a threat. it is a promise. >> hours after releasing the

video, anonymous hacked into the city of ferguson website, taking down all city employee emails, among other things. anonymous was able to get and publish the home address of the st. louis county police chief, who has been one of the faces of the police response. >> this is your first and last warning. >> anonymous is a self described leaderless movement of like minded cyber hackers from around the world. in public, members have taken to wearing masks in homage to the 17th century revolutionary. >> we are legion. we do not forgive. >> it has carried out cyber attacks on individuals to financial companies. >> it's time for bank of america to come clean. >> to the church of scientology. >> their organization should be destroyed. >> we spoke with anon back in 2011. >> what you are guys and what do you stand for? >> there are a lot of ideas, and the best way to describe it is

the freedom of speech, freedom of information, and the freedom of expression, taken to a logical extreme. >> anonymous operates by bringing down websites for a limited amount of time. members say they restained themselves from more damages attacks. as we've seen with the publishing of personal information inferring son, that isn't always the case. del. >> thank you very much. let's go to j.j. green right now, our security contributor here at aljazeera america. he joins us from washington, d.c. this morning. we see those masks, we see that smile on the mask. it seems to be non-threaten, but should this threat be taken seriously? >> absolutely. they are what they say they are. they can be anything from one to 10 to 10,000 to more, and they can adjust based on the day, based on their target, based on what it is they want to achieve with their messaging. here's the thing that's most

important about anonymous and any group like it. it evolves. the people that are chasing them evolve, as well. they're going to have to keep changing in order to remain effective. they have been able to attack and take off line websites and organizations like the one inferring son, mainly because they're small, but they can attack sophisticated websites and organizations, as well. the key is however ahead of organizations and cities like ferguson can they stay, because as i mentioned, technology continues to evolve and they, too are suspects to becoming out of date or obsolete. >> anonymous or a group claiming to be anonymous say they have hacked into the computer system inferring son in missouri. is that just a first step toward other action and what can they expect inferring son? >> it could possibly be. ferguson is not a big city, not

a big place, so you expect in a place like that, they would have computer and technology commensurate with what the city looks like, to reflect the makeup of the place. so, what they can expect is if there are activities that this group, anonymous says is disagreeable with what they want. they can expect them to attack them. on the other hand, the city of ferguson has at its behest the f.b.i. and pretty sophisticated tools of its own. if they take certain procedures and precautions, they could and should be protected. >> i think the audience is going to be confused on this one. is anonymous the good guys or the bad guys? >> i think it depends on who they want to be. one of the things that cyber activists have going for them is the shadows, the darkness. they can be a terror group or they can be a group for good. depending on your side or your

view of this situation, you can interpret them as both in this situation, because what they've done is gone and done what some would consider, committed a crime against the police, but at the same time, they're saying the police committed a crime against a person, so they're taking it into their hands, and saying that we are going to be the sole arbiter of what's right and wrong here. it depends on your point of view. they have the darkness and shadows to operate in and have the freedom to choose their messaging. the question is how is the public going to interpret what anonymous is trying to do, good or bad. >> kind of like a modern day robin hood in the digital age. j.j., thank you very much. >> former minnesota vikings player chris kluwe launched a lawsuit against the nfl claiming he was dropped from his team for advocating gay rights. he said it's a generational issue. >> where the problems arise is

that in the coaching ranks and the management ranks, those are people who tend to be older white men, and they have a very specific view on the world, and until they either change their minds or cycle out of those position, then you're going to see the same things happening over and over and over again, much like the same cycle we saw with racism and discrimination and suffrage. >> you can catch the full interview on the stream today at 12:30 eastern, 9:30 pacific. you can follow the story via twitter. >> drop what you're doing, this is the dance in kansas city gaining national attention, the stars, kids and a rookie cop. >> the police were driving by when they saw the dancing and the cop showed off his moves. they traded turns breaking it down. >> busting a move with a badge. ahead in our next hour, new mothers with premature babies

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>> police inferring son, missouri are working to keep the peace after officers in riot gear fired tear gas at citizens protesting the shooting death of an unarmed teen. >> a power struggle in iraq, al-malaki criticizing the plan to replace him, saying he won't go. the airstrikes in the country continue. >> the battle against ebola, a

spanish doctor loses his life fighting the virus. the ethics of using experimental drugs to stop the outbreak. [ screaming ] >> he made us laugh, cry, the whole world mourning the loss of a legend, robin williams. we look back at his rich career and also the personal battles that shamed probably one of the most versatile actors of his generation. good morning, welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> the f.b.i. is stepping into the controversy that sparked protest in missouri, launching a civil rights investigation into the death of the shooting of an unarmed teenager. >> ferguson is outside st. louis, a wild night of looting and rioting, this image on sunday. >> last night, riot police fired tear gas at protestors to

control the crowds. we are live inferring son, missouri. dyan, what can you tell us about the investigation into the fatal shooting? >> there's a lot of frustration in the communities. they say it's been three days since the shooting and the police have released very little information about it. now, this prosecuting attorney for st. louis county is asking the public to contact him if they have any information about the shooting or if they have video of it. >> >>tery of riot police swarming the streets of ferguson, missouri last night, using tear gas in an attempt to restore order. the show of force aimed at preventing another night of chaos, like the scenes that unfold the the night before. >> we can no longer stand and watch the looting and destruction of property that was happening. >> sunday, furious residents smashing windows and looting stores torched a gas station

mini mart. teens stealing expensive rims. >> they're just done. they're entirely boarded up. >> monday morning, the st. louis suburb was in shambles, radio shack, toys are us and a beauty shop all boarded up at least temporarily out of business. >> they're killing our young people, and it's got to stop. >> the community outraged over the death of michael brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, shot and kill would by police on saturday. the officer involved reportedly says brown assaulted him during an attempted arrest, pushing him back into his cruiser and going for his gun. witnesses ever a very different account. >> when he pulled up, he said get the f. on the sidewalk. >> i saw him turn around with his arms up in the air and they shot him in his face and chest and he went down. >> it was a physical altercation within the police car between the subject and police officer at the time that extended

eventually out into the street. >> the six year veteran cop who pulled the trigger has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. the f.b.i. wasted little time opening a civil rights inquiry into the shooting, but it's little comfort to brown's parents. >> that's my first-born son. >> we're going to do this right. i don't want no violence. we don't want no violence. >> michael wouldn't ever wanted that. >> brown's family, hiring an attorney, the same lawyer who represented trayvon martin's family, the unarmed florida teen shot and killed bay neighborhood watchman. >> we think it would be very clear when all this is over what really happened and how this child was executed. >> we were at a public meeting last night and some of the people attending told us that they were really frustrated by

the rioting, saying the looting and the violent demonstrations that we saw last night really diminish the community. >> you mentioned that the f.b.i. is getting involved with the civil rights investigation in this case. what will that involve? >> well, i think what they're going to be looking at, there have been accusations from people in the community that ferguson is predominantly black, about 70% african-american and the police force is predominantly white. they said there have been tensions between the two, long simmering tensions for quite a while. they are wondering if race maybe played a role in the shooting. i think that's what the f.b.i. is probably going to be focusing on. >> diane he is at her brook live where things are quiet right now inferring son, missouri. thank you. coming up, we talk with st. louis county executive charlie dualie about the steps leaders taking to calm the unrest

inferring son. >> to the crisis in iraq. as u.s. airstrikes assist kurdish forces in the north, there is a political fight brewing in baghdad, iraq's president choosing a new prime minister, but al-malaki refusing to step down. forces loyal to malaki surrounding the green zone. vice president joe biden during calls appeared to offer the on going u.s. military assistance, saying it would continue, biden telling them the u.s. will be ready to help the new iraqi government as it battles the islamic state group. the white house is urging a new cabinet to be formed as quickly as possible. let's go to lisa stark live in washington. it looks like the united states is sending a clear message to al-malaki. what else are we hearing? >> the administration has long said it's up to the iraqis to

form their own new government. the administration feels that al-malaki has called disastrously to form the kind of inclusive government that the u.s. feels is critical for iraq. now as you mentioned, both president obama and vice president biden did reach out to the new iraqi designated prime minister, and offered their support. >> there is no military solution total cries in iraq. the only lasting solution is for iraqis to come together and form an inclusive government, one that represents the legitimate interests of all iraqis and one that can unify the countries fight against isil. >> president obama urged the iraqis to work peacefully to form this new government. del. >> in terms of support, actual support, how much support can that new guest expect from the u.s.? >> well, the u.s. has been

reluctant to work hand-in-hand with the malaki government because of concerns over how divisive the country has become under his leadership. secretary of state john kerry is in australia for a conference, and he indicated that the u.s. would offer a lot more support, depending on the outcome of the political wrangle be in baghdad. >> we are propped to consider additional political economic and security options as iraq starts to build a new government, and very much calculated to try to help stabilize the security situation, so expand economic development and to strengthen the democratic institution. >> now over the last few days, secretary kerry has also said that forming that new government is key to creating a calm iraq, a stable iraq and he said he hoped malaki would not muddy those waters. >> lisa, thank you very much. those airstrikes appear to be

working, but not enough. >> they have taken back some cities and at the same time, the tide hasn't completely turned. >> in gaza, residents are using a second day of quiet to look through their homes. a temporary ceasefire appears to be holding and in cairo negotiations underway for a longer term deal. nick schiffron joins us live from jerusalem. we are learning about a warning shot israel fired today. what can you tell us about that? >> this is just in the last hour. good morning. what happened, according to the israeli military was a palestinian speed boat left the coast of gaza past the israeli blockade line, six miles from the coast. it approached that line and then passed an israeli aircraft, then warning shots were fired around the boat and the boat returned

to gaza. this happens regularly since the blockade was put in effect eight years ago and unrelated to the ceasefire talks or the war that is in gaza. >> let's talk about those ceasefire talks in cairo. what's the latest on progress in those talks? >> officials say they are trying to get to progress and both sides do want to make a deal, but both sides are absolutely determined to get what they want and have pressure from the respective public to keep going, to keep fighting until they can get what they want. the talks focus on four main things, the most important of which is the rafah border crossing, a lifeline for so many years, but the tunnels between them have been closed, now talk of reopen that go border crossing. number two, easing restrictions between gaza and israel, getting construction materials, humanitarian relief supplies in.

those restrictions have been very tight for a long time. number three, fishing, that blockade, the six-mile line, expanding that to 12 miles and that would help so many gassen fisherman take care of their families. number four, releasing palestinian prisoners, 50 of them for the remains of an israeli soldier. >> is there an attempt to weaken hamas and strengthen the more moderate palestinian authority in these talks? >> i think this is the key question with these talks, does israeli try and bother the palestinian authority which runs the west bank into gaza, does it think that getting the palestinian authority more into gaza ruses the hold that hamas has on the gaza strip. there's debate within israel, but it seems there are two major points that israel is leaning toward to try to get the palestinian authority into gas, number one.

that is having palestinian authority officials pay the salaries of hamas employees. those people have not been paid for months. there's 40,000 of them. the thought is that if you get p.a. money to them, they will be more inclined to support the p.a. and getting the p.a. officials, palestinian authority officials at the rafah-egypt gaza border rather than hamas, attempts to reduce hamas and increase the palestinian authority in gaza. >> sounds like big sticking points remain. nick schiffron, thank you. >> not exactly the words you want to hear during negotiations, go to hell. that from iran's president defending administration efforts to negotiate with world powers over the nuclear program there. he made comments yesterday addressing iranian ambassadors, calling the opponents of that deal cowards, telling them to "go to hell." >> a handful of rhetoric, but they are political cowards. anytime there is going to be negotiations, a handful say we

are shaking. >> hardliners opposing that interim deal struck last year, saying tehran offered too many concessions in return for too little. >> the u.s. is taking heat from china over its plans to decrease tensions in the south china seas. a freeze on provocative actions in maritime disputes was suggested. china and other countries have been in disputes over who owns islands and shipping channels. >> aid from russia into ukraine could be a trojan horse. ukraine saying it won't accept a convoy of aid. we are live in moscow. what do we know about this aid convoy? >> at the moment, we know what the russian have told us, 280

trucks, 2,000 tons worth of what they are calling humanitarian aid. they are saying that aide consists of 400 tons of grain, 100 tons of sugar, 200 tons of baby food, first ate and medicines, 12,000 sleeping bags and 69 generators. beyond that, we don't know where in the border it is heading for or when it will arrive. it's going to take some time to get there. >> let's talk about this trojan horse. nato and ukraine say russia has a hidden agenda, so should the area be concerned. >> yeah. should we be concerned? everyone has a cause to be concerned here. the russians are concerned, because the pro-russian separatists they've supported for quite some time look like they're being beaten and don't have that much time left. nato and the west is concerned that a russian response to this

might be a full scale invasion or some sort of incursion in any sense, and the ukrainian government has caused for concerns because it's trying to hold its country together when it looks like it's fragmenting apart. on the ground, you've got civilians being killed by both sides rung out of food, water and no electricity and aid squabbled over as a geopolitical football. >> aid is badly needed. thank you very much. >> one of hollywood's greatest comedians has died, actor robin williams was found in his home yesterday. he was a familiar face on the big and small screen for more than three decades. under the smiles and laughter, williams struggled with substance abuse and severe depression. he is remembered this morning by fans all over the world, including president obama, who issued this statement:

>> for more on williams' legends lets turn to jennifer london in los angeles. you heard the president's sentiments there and many of those poured in around the world. how are people remembering him? >> well, when you hear the president's statement, you can't help but laugh, because it does remind you of all the contributions that robin williams made and his gift for making people laugh and smile and forget about the world for a moment. fans are paying tribute to robin williams. this morning, they are leaving cards and flowers on his star on the hollywood walk of fame and news of his death did come yesterday afternoon. his body was discovered at his home in marin county in the san francisco bay area. the county sheriff said an investigation is underway into the exact cause of death.

the coroner's office suspect it was suicide caused by asphyxia. fans await more news of how and why he died. they are remembering this comedic genius once known as the funniest man alive. >> aha! >> from a high pitched alien to a cross-dressing nanny. [ screaming ] >> robin williams may most fondly be remembered as a funny man. >> please welcome robin williams! >> it was as a stand up comic he first made his mark with highly physical improvisational style. >> greetings, fongi, remember me? >> it was one appearance in 1974

on the hit t.v. comedy series happy days as the alien mork that he started his career. >> i have to zap your mind to make you forget. didn't want you to go bozo city. >> that led to the spin off series mork and mindy that ran for four years up to 1982. then came the movies. >> good morning, vietnam! >> along with the comedy came the more thought-provoking roles. >> he reminds me -- >> his performance as a radio presenter during the vietnam war built on his reputation as a comic, but the dark subject matter of the film allowed him to explore his more serious side, earning him an academy award nomination for best actor. two more nominations followed for dead poet's society and the fisher king before he finally collected a gold statue.

>> the oscar goes to robin williams in "good will hunting." >> it was his portrayal as a therapist who helped a young genius that earned him his one and only oscar for best supporting actor. off screen, williams had his own troubles. he admitted being addicted to cocaine through the 1970's. in 1982, he quit cocaine and alcohol. he said the death of his friend, john belushi encouraged him to get sober. he never fully recovered. williams publicist said the act or had been battling depression prior to his death. film critics described him as one of the most influential actors of modern times. >> my pleasure. i was sent here to learn, you know. >> his fans will remember him for making them laugh and cry.

>> williams' wife reds a statement saying she lost her husband, her best friend and says she is utterly heartbroken. she asks for privacy at this obviously very difficult time. she did ask that people remember and celebrate -- >> looks like we apologize for that. we just lost the live shot. what she was saying is that his wife and family wants us to remember his life, which we've been doing all morning. one of the shots from jennifer's piece had him with the military. he was involved with the u.s.o., the pentagon releasing a statement of condolence. he gave back. >> he walked that razor's edge between genius and depressed and what did he say, nan u-nanu.

>> those fingers are now arthritic by the way. >> flooding could lead to flooding in some parents of the country. >> we've had systems through the summer, but this is one of the more dynamic fronts we've had, moving through the great lakes now pushing into the northeast. at times, we can see this band that pushes through the northeast to new england. places seeing one to two inches per hour, a core through new jersey up through vermont. through the day today, if you're not getting it yet, you will be overnight and then clearing more into the day. behind this is more comfortable air. the areas you see in yellow, two, three, four inches not out of the questions and isolated spots even higher. because of heavy rain, we're going to see up through this region flood watches in place,

flash flooding, don't drive in anything if you don't know what it is and continuing to see a strong enough storm system that there's a slight risk for that. i would say damaging wind is going to be the biggest problem. >> we talked about robin williams. he gave one of the most memorable weather casts in history in good morning vietnam. >> if only. >> inspiration for all of us. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> another death stemming from the ebola virus outbreak in africa. the ethical challenge world health leaders face in handing out an experimental drug to combat the virus. they're meeting in geneva now. >> football superstar deion sanders under fire because of a charter school. the school offers hopes of a college scholarship, even shot at the pros. some state officials say it's full ling on its educational premise. >> a close call for two people walking in one english town. they barely escaped that runaway

car. that video and others captured by our citizen journalists.

>> it's time for a look at videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world.

torrential rains in taiwan lead to go flooding. school and offices are closed, the city sewer system overwhelmed and damaged by gas explosions. the flooding is a major problem. >> three people are dead after a six story building under construction collapsed. you can see it collapsing in the video. just north of bangkok this was. rescue crews are searching for 14 people trapped in the rubble. >> two people walking in a manchester, england suburb, a car roars through the pedestrian walk way before it crashes. police say the 21-year-old driver had head injuries and that was it. talk about lucky to be alive. >> the death toll is mounting in west africa from the ebola outbreak. more than a thousand people have now died from the virus. it has spread across liberia, again knee, sierra leone and

nigeria. a spanish priest treated with an experimental drug has died. >> these are live images out of geneva now, the world health organization endorsing that experimental drug, announcing it is ethical to use given the scale of the outbreak even though it has yet to be tested on humans. anyone who does get the medicine will have to give consent first. the drug's manufacture said its supply has run out. >> let's bring in infectious disease specialist. you heard the w.h.o. believes it is ethical to give this out. the question is how do you decide who gets it first, given the limited supplies? >> they've run out, so there's nothing to be administered at the moment. it's going to take at least a few months just to come up with another 100 doses or so and we've seen 1,000 people die,

almost 2,000 cases now. it's important to note this drug and the other two candidate drugs while may treat somebody who has ebola may not do anything to control the size of the epidemic, in other words transmission from person to person. >> we don't know if it works. can you tell us more about the drug and how it might work? >> three people have gotten it so far, kent brantley, nancy writebol and the spanish priest. the priest did pass away. >> just this morning. >> right, right. essentially what this is are antibodies, parts of your system that bind to germs, including the ebola virus. it neutralizes the virus and recruits the rest of the immune system to fight the virus. we don't know if it works. why did the spanish priest die? why did brantley live? >> it could actually do harm. it's only been tested on rats and monkeys, so consent will be

part of this. the u.s. is putting liberian officials in touch with the makers of the drug. if they only have 100 vials of the serum, how do you decide who gets it from an ethical perspective? >> that's part of the problem. we don't know exactly how it works. is it best to give someone early infection just exposed, not developed symptoms yet or as a last-ditch effort. these are very difficult decisions because we don't have data to form those decisions. >> we have been watching this news conference taking place in geneva. you've been keeping tabs on it. your assessment of what the world health organization is saying. >> yes, we should be trying to use it in this outbreak. the only way to get information about how this and other candidate drugs might work is to use them in an outbreak. it needs to be studied, that way we have the information for future. >> it really is realtime

experimentation with humans that are sick. appreciate your time. >> there is a major change that could be coming for the way colon cancer is screened, a new test uses d.n.a. to check for signs of the disease. the manufacturer saying that is more accurate than blood tests most people get. a colonoscopy would be necessary to confirm results. >> let's look at temperatures across the country today. nicole mitchell is back. nicole. >> good morning. a couple of big temperature stories as we get through the next couple days. the front moving through the east coast with rain cooling temperatures and behind that, some less humid air. that will be very comfortable. the northwest has really cooled down. seattle's set a record high temperature yesterday. we're finally going to be back in the 70's, that is going to be much better weather in this region of the country. that will help with the fire situation, because the hotter the weather, the more it dries vegetation, so this helps. that next system coming in could

bring dry lightning that could start fires. it's a mixed blessing out there. the rest of the country, places that are hot, houston at 95 degrees. i can't repeat the rest of the speech from good morning vietnam. >> the f.b.i. investigating the shooting death of an unarmed teen by police. how the department is working with the if he said in the wake of the shooting. >> a strong gust of wind pushing a child left alone on a stroller on to the subway tracks. the daring rescue all caught on camera. >> the water's boiling. >> hello! >> we have been laughing all morning. he was hollywood's most vibrant star. editors with us weekly will join us to talk about the life and struggles of actor robin williams. >> in that vain, a look at our images of the day as we remember

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>> first a check of the morn top stairs. protestors and police inferring son, missouri squaring off over the shooting death of an unarmed teen, officers firing tear gas to stop unrest last night. the f.b.i. has opened an investigation into the shooting death. >> a temporary ceasefire in gaza is now in its second day. the israeli military fired a warning shot at a boat trying to breach the gaza blockade. the u.n. distributed food to nearly 150,000 people. in cairo, negotiations are underway to secure a longer term deal. >> those u.s. airstrikes are said to be helping kurdish forces in the north slow the progress of the islamic state group in northern iraq. in baghdad, al-malaki refusing to step down as prime minister, forces loyal to al-malaki have been in baghdad's green zone, the political turmoil threatening to derail the efforts to fight the islamic state group. >> we have more on the fight within the government.

>> after weeks of political deadlock as iraq fell apart, a new candidate for prime minister. he is from al-malaki's party but unlike him now has the support of iraqi political blocks. he has 30 days to form a new government. malaki isn't leaving without a fight. malaki maintains that he got the largest number of votes. he says the constitution dictates he should be prime minister again. he appealed to security forces, telling them not to worry, he would prevail. >> i know that some of you in the armed forces worry. just like i assured you yesterday, here i am assuring you today. don't worry, let no boost your energy and morale in confronting the islamic state. >> iraq has a humanitarian cries and long battle with islamic state fighters on its hands.

hundreds of thousand us have been displaced by fighting. these are members of the ancient yazidi minority who fled their homes last week. a charity airlifting food to sinjar mountain gives them med well treatment. >> thousands of people died on the mountains for lock of food and water. 5,000 have been killed in sinjar during the fighting. women have been taken. we don't know what will happen for them. >> it's a comal community. the doctors confirmed the numbers through accounts from relatives. >> there are tens of thousands of displaced people in schools like this across northern iraq. in three weeks, school will be in session again and they'll to have find another place to go. there are moves for a new iraqi

government, but this is expected to abvery long fight on the ground. no one expects the yazidi or anyone else to be able to go home anytime soon. >> while iraq's political crisis maybe easing, its humanitarian crisis is just beginning. aljazeera, erbil. >> the u.s. is showing strong that support for the new proposed government in iraq, the president asking the prime minister to put together a new cab knelt as soon as possible. >> the f.b.i. is launching a civil rights investigation into the death of 18-year-old michael brown, the missouri teen shot and killed by police over the weekend. his death sparked looting and protest outside st. louis. last night, riot police used tear gas to disperse protestors. >> the group of computer hackers known as anonymous are taking action of their own. in a video reds on line, they threatened the police department, promising michael

browns death would have cyber repercussions. they hacked into the cities website, taking down all employee email. they published the home address of the county police chief. patricia washington joins us now from ferguson, missouri. thank you so much for your time this morning. i know the town of ferguson has been through a lot in the past 72 hours. can you just tell me the current mood there? >> for motor people, it's still shock. they're going through various phases of disbelief and grief, but i think for the most part, people want to understand what has happened and how to rebuild this community. >> talk about sort of the tension among the protestors, because i know some of the protestors came out and they were angry that people were looting and that people were causing trouble. is it a minority of people that are causing the violence that we've seen in the last couple of

days? >> absolutely. they are minority of people, but that does not in any way make their concern or lessen their concern. the overwhelming majority of the people in st. louis, in the surrounding ferguson area are not in agreement with the looting. they are not in agreement with the negative element of the community, many of whom are not from ferguson and don't live in the sounding community, but who are here and they are creating havoc. most of the people who live here, most of the people who have history here are in support of the family's wishes that this be a peaceful protest and that they honor mike brown's legacy. >> the f.b.i. has now launched, as you know, a civil rights investigation into this. some of the issues that you just brought up are part of it. what was your view of the st.

louis county police department before this event? were these problems with the community known? >> well, let's be clear that we're talking about two separate police departments. the shooting took place inferring son, one of nine municipalities. it has it's own mayor and council. the st. louis county police department has been charged with conducting the investigation into the shooting, so there are likely -- people are likely confused about that. i want to make sure we're clear. >> are you aware of any problems with the ferguson police department and problems perhaps racially charged problems with the community? >> i actually just moved from ferguson a couple of months ago, so i lived here for nine years. hive i've had an opportunity to engage the ferguson police department. i think the chief and the people who work under his command

understand their relationship with the community, particularly the minority community in ferguson. i think they need to take a look at everything they are currently doing and understand how that works, because obviously, given the comments of the residents, like i said, i lived here. i've heard stories. my own son who is 19 has had issues with the police, but having issues with the police need not mean that you live in a police state. it means that you take the opportunity to build trust and make those relationships stronger. >> i appreciate your candor on the matter, a former resident of ferguson, thanks for joining us this morning. >> the fact that that young man getting ready to go to college makes the next story pertinent. a lot of parents dream of their child going to college on a

scholarship. now a very famous player is selling that dream. >> the school is coming under fire. >> watch your block. >> charles hibler coaches youth football, even buying a full set of equipment is a stretch for many families in the area. his son, also charles, is only six. his father has big homes for him. he's letting him practice with the seven and 8-year-olds. that's why he was excited when he heard former national football league great deon prime time sanders was starting a charter school with campuses in dallas and fort worth. >> i thought that it was going to be amazing in making sure the kids get everything they need in their education and sports, hands on with hopefully a few nfl, you know, explayers that can give you pointers. >> football is seen as a way out

here, a ticket to college and beyond. perhaps nowhere is that dream more powerful than in texas. prime prep opened two years ago, a tax funded charter school with new tuition and open enrollment. prime prep sports have lived up to the promise, but prime prep has not racked up wins in the classroom. >> it's a world class failure when it comes to academic. >> bob sand born is president and c.e.o. of children at risk, a texas based non-profit that ranks schools in the state. >> it was the worst elementary school in north texas. >> prime prep has had other problems. sanders received a misdemeanor assault ticket after a scuffle with a school administrator last october. lap tops were stolen from the

campus in january. more than $45,000 of federal meal money was not properly accounted for. we wanted to talk to deion sanders. he agreed to an interview, but then said he wouldn't do it unless his reality show was there taping, something we couldn't agree to. >> on the reality show, his family playbook, sanders talks about the importance of education. >> we got to make sure these teachers teaching, the kids are acting like young men and women that's trying to get to college. >> hopes have evaporated for some. they decided to pull their son out of prime prep midway through his kinder garden year. the texas education agency in july moved to revoke prime prep's charter. the school is appealing, but needs more than $100,000 just to stay afloat. all this means prime prep parents and their children face

another uncertain year. aljazeera, dallas. >> 7 million college athletes playing in difficulties one programs, but just 1% of them get what we know at full ride scholarships. >> hard to believe. the white house is bringing in a google engineer to oversee technology. they will upgrade government websites and the white house i.t. infrastructure and plan to make government websites more consumer friendly. >> this is a child in london. watch as the stroller, the child is inside, blown by a strong gust of wind straight on to the train tracks. a woman quickly jumping to the rescue managed to save the child. there are reports the woman may be the mother. not visingly. police are searching for the child to left the child unattended. >> got to but the the brake on

this thing. >> there's no secret nursing has a lot of benefits for babies. the mother can struggle to produce milk right away. >> a growing number of milk banks are filling the void, that industry largely unregulated. >> melanie had a prematurely born son and no milk to give him. donated breast milk from an austin texas milk bank gave her son a lifeline. she is donating her spare milk for a year ailing preemies. >> you ever an image of a great delivery, a beautiful baby, and then all of a sudden, you're caught off guard and you're just so frightened. >> study after study found that for premature babies who's mothers cannot produce milk, there is no substitute for the real thing. >> this is a life-saving fluid, both nutritional and immune allegiccal and pharmaceutical. it's not just feeding this

infant to fill its belly, this is feeding this infant to mature this baby's organs, to help its brain develop, help this child survive and walk and talk and win the nobel prize someday. that's why i do it. >> it's a growing industry and unregulated, leaving some mothers finding their milk in a gray market on the web and prompting craigslist to ban the sale of human fluids due to safety concerns. >> when you're doing informal sharing, you don't know what's in there. there's a whole range of infectious diseases that the population carries, so you put your infant at high risk for contracting some type of disease if you do not go through a specialized milk bank like this. >> before the milk arrives, the mother is interviewed for history and lifestyle, tested for viruses.

her doctor is interviewed, then the milk heat pasturized. >> it is her way of saying thanks. >> we know it was the best thing he could receive in those first three days of life before my milk came in, so just returning the favor. >> it's a favor that for some premature infants could mean the difference between prospering and perishing. >> it's an idea that is catching on. last week, children's hospital of philadelphia announced plan to say open a breast milk bank in 2015. >> we have been talking all morning about robin williams and his career, commanding the stage, t.v. and film. >> he struggled for decades with

addiction. the personal highs and lows that shaped the actor's life. @j

water for coal only on al jazeera america >> you must strive to find your own voice. the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. most men lead lives of quiet desperation. don't be resigned to that. break out. >> break out. if there was one man who broke the hollywood mold, it was robin williams. he played a lot of different roles on the big screen, including that inspiring teacher in "dead poet's society." >> he taught carpe diem which means seize the day. >> friends and fans have been reacting to the news about williams' death throughout the night and also into this morning. >> plenty of people are waking up this morning to find out one

of their hollywood heroes is gone. police say he took his own life at his northern california home yesterday, a solemn end to a successful career that spanned more than 40 years. a memorial is growing on the hollywood walk of final with flowers, cards and art surrounding his star. those who knew and loved him are stunned by his sudden death and his fans people the same way. >> he's out of here way too soon. he was very gifted. he was a benchmark in his field and no one can ever kind of reach that again, i don't think. no one ever did. >> i'm really, really sad about it. i grew up watching his movies and it was some of our family favorites. it's terrifying to think that people are suffering like that. >> smiles and laughs, williams dealt with demons, including drug and alcohol abuse. as recently as july, he checked into rehab to fine tune his

sobriety. fans will experience new laughs of robin williams, since he has four more movies in the works, including a third in stallment of the "night the museum" series. >> more to come. thank you. >> let's go to the film editor for crave on line in los angeles this morning. bradley jacob is the senior editor for us weekly joining us from new york. william, at the height of mork and mindy, 60 million people tuned in. i heard henry winkler say when he walked on the set, everybody stopped, because they reads he was that good. >> he was! there's really nothing to be said about it. he -- robin williams brought a sincerity to his comedy, wean when he was doing the wackiest thing imaginable, he grounded it in a place where the character was funny for whatever reason. whether playing an alien from

outer space, an inspirational teacher, a doctor, or a man dressing as a woman to see his kids more, it always felt genuine and made us lot of. he's a genius. >> he talked openly about his addiction. what type of affect did that have on his life? >> if anything, this just shows no matter how wealthy, successful, you know, you won an oscar, et cetera, you're still not immune to the very common problems of alcoholism. he gave a very famous interview a few years ago where he talked about how he was sober for years and years and one day he saw a little bottle of jack daniels at a liquor store and said oh, just a a taste. he said within a week, he was buying so many bottles, he sounded like a wind chime walking down the street and he knew it was so bad on thanksgiving and he was so drunk, they had to take him

upstairs. >> there's no old song "tears of a clown." you're out in l.a. where everybody hates to be defined. he was defined as a comic, but do you think it was the other side that caused him to pick up those dramatic roles in recent years? >> yeah, robin williams was defined early on as a comic, but he went a jewel yard. he was a professionally trained actor. even though a lot of earlier dramatic roles had a hint of comedy to them, when the role called for it, he could tone it down and give a very quiet powerful performance or really show us the darker side of the human nature in a film like insomnia or one hour photo. he was incredibly multi-facetted. it all came from that same place. he found something that needed to come out. if it came out with humor, or in

a dark way. >> a lot of projects in development when he died. >> yes, as your reporter pointed out, he's got four movies in the can. there was talk on a mrs. doubt fire sequel. of course that's likely to be shelved. fans will be seeing a little more of him. >> your favorite robin williams movie? >> i love "poppy." it was consider add bomb when it came out. it actually made quite a bit of money, but that is a magical film that recreates the world of the cartoon and the music is wonderfully perfect. other than that, aladdin. >> i'm going to go to the softer robin williams that got him the oscar in "good will hunting." that is the first time that i

noticed him be vulnerable and real and sensitive and cry. that was to me the moment that stays with me. >> i have to go with "good morning vietnam." thank you, gentlemen for being with us this morning. >> that's for us in new york, i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. coming up in two minutes from doha, the latest on the political fight in iraq. >> have a great morning. once again, another look at our images of the day. we remember the life and legacy of robin williams. he made us laugh, cry and really think back this morning on just how big his career really was. >> he will certainly be missed and his legacy lives on in all of these films.

>> welcome to the news hour in doha. these are our main stories. the u.s. and iran endorsed the nomination of a new iraqi prime minister, but al-malaki is refusing to go quietly. >> human rights watches accuses egyptian forces of crimes against humanity. >> talks between