here now is alexandra field. tony stewart appears to cut off a fellow driver, kevin ward jr. it happens on lap 14 of a 24-lap race in upstate new york. ward forced toward the wall spins out. >> it's racing. >> you get to the track, you jump on the track, you hope for the -- expect the worst, hope for the best. >> reporter: amateur video obtained by cn shows what happened next. ward gets out of his car pointing fingers, presumably frustrated by stewart. a yellow flag on the course lets drivers know ho slow down. several cars pass him and stewart hits him. the 20-year-old driver hits him. the driver, killed. >> this is now being investigated as an on track crash. i don't want to say criminal charges are pending.

i onto want to say the investigation once completed we will sit down with the district attorney and review it but i want to make it very clear there are no criminal charges pending at this time. this is an ongoing investigation. >> stewart, a three-time national champion was questioned last night. today he planned to race in watkins glen, new york. a short time ago his race team announced he wouldn't. >> it's just an unbelievable tragedy. our hearts go out to obviously kevin and his family. thoughts and prayers. this is a very tough, very emotional time for everybody. his family, our family, stewart hoss, tony stewart, we feel as a group tony will not drive today. >> reporter: in a statement nascar says, quote, our thoughts and prayers go out to family, friends, and fell low competitors kevin ward.

we support tony stewart's decision to miss today's race and we'll continue to respect the process and timeline of the local thoughts and will continue to monitor this situation moving forward. the sport mourning the loss of one of its own while many questions still remain about one of its most famous. >> alexandra field is now kving this and at the racetrack today and on the phone with us, alexandra, what are people saying there? >> reporter: there's a nascar race under way today. surely we can say the death of kevin ward is on the minding of all racing fans. at the same time we're hearing from kevin ward jr.'s family, they put out a statement to our cnn affiliate, what they say is, quote, we appreciate the prayers and support we're receiving from the community but we need time to grieve and wrap our heads around all this. and, frankly, fred, think investigators agree with that

last point. they're still looking into what happened last night. a crash reconstruction is under way. the forensic investigation continues. they're looking to speak with more people who witnessed that crash and they want to see any video that was taken at the time of the crash. they've seen some video already but a lot of people are there with their phones out. they want to see any evidence they can see. again, important to understand score the point that the sheriff at this time, there are no charges pending against tony stewart but, of course, this investigation is still under way. it will then be reviewed with the district attorney, fred. >> all right. alexandra field, thanks you so much, from watkins glen. so this young man, kevin ward jr., just 20 years old, and there's certainly going to be ripple effects from what took place last night. let's bring in former nascar driver jeff bodine. jeff, there you are with us via

skype. so one has to wonder, if there's a way in which you can express kind of the culture of this dirt track racing, what would prov e provoke, you know, a driver to get out of his vehicle on an active raceway even though caution flags have gone up and these cars are going slower, clearly there was some kind of altercation or we know there was contact between tony stewart's vehicle and kevin -- kevin ward's vehicle, but why would someone get out and get on the track in your view? >> well, when you're in a competitive situation and someone in auto racing runs into you, causes an accident, you get pretty frustrated. i've done this myself. i think most every driver around the world would probably say they've done it at least once in their career. you get out and you want to show your frustration, displeasure to the driver that might have done this. so yu get out of your car, you

get next to the racetrack. as they go by, you shake your fist, you make gestures to show them you're not happy with what happened. like i say, some people throw things. i used to throw my gloves at people. it didn't hurt anything but it just showed more displeasure. and the thing about all that, it's been done that way since the beginning of racing, and race fans love that. they love to see the emotion of the driver. if it's in victory lane celebrating or if it's after an accident and he's not happy. >> you're right. we see it in so many different kinds of racing. maybe a driver throw as helmet or something like that. so you say the audience really does feel like they have gotten to know the driver. now after something tragic like this, in what way do you think this incident will impact maybe not just dirt racing but racing as a whole? >> i agree with you. i hope what you just said

happens. we should be smart enough as drivers to realize running onto a raceway or the racetrack as cars are going by at any speed, if it's 100 miles an hour or just 50, 40 miles an hour is dangerous thing and things can happen because it's happened to everyone. a flat tire could cause a car to go out of control and go in a direction a driver wouldn't want it to. it could break. you just never know what might happen if you're standing on a racetrack as cars go by. so you shouldn't do that. so hopefully, you know, in life you always try to make something positive out of a negative. very, very sad situation like this. hopefully the positive thing will be that from now on in any form of racing, drivers won't be allowed to run out on the track and gesture their unhappiness to a driver.

>> and, so, jeff, what do you know about these two drivers. what has been your personal experience. i know kevin ward very young, a 20-year-old driver. tony stewart has been around a bit. three-time nascar champion. is there a way in which you can describe your encounters with either one of those racers, what you know about them? >> sure. i didn't know kevin. i wish i had. i certainly know tony stewart and raced with him, against him, and i put tony in the league of marion andretti and drivers around the world. tony has driven so many kinds of traction, dirt, sports cars, you name it. tony has driven those cars and, one, being successful with it. that's kind of like mario and a.j. certainly tony knows how to handle a race car. you know, i just believe

somebody of that caliber has the respect of other drivers and this is just a tragic circumstance zsh accident to happen the other night. what he did today was admirable, not driving, letting someone else drive. and i just can't imagine how badly he feels right now. and our prayers go out to the family like everyone's and to tony. you know, i pray that both of these families and tony have god in their life because the way you get through something this tragic is the faith of god. so hopefully that's the case with both parties. >> all right. jeff bodine, we appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. . we go now to iraq where

fighters are trying to protect the northern region of iraq kurdistan. kurdish forces are fighting from the ground and from the air the u.s. dropped a new round of strikes today aimed at isis. because of the violence the u.s. state department says it has relocated some staff from the embassy in baghdad and the consulate in erbil. an anna coren is live in baghdad. does it seem like they're stabilizing the group? >> reporter: fredericka, i think it's fair to say the air strikes from the u.s. are really changing the situation here on the ground, at least for us here in erbil and for kurdistan. because of those air strikes, kurdish forces, the peshmerga were able to reclaim ground 20 miles from here that isis militants had taken days ago.

that, as you can imagine, huge boost of confidence and morale from the forces on the ground. we spoke to the chief of staff of the kurdish president who said they need these air strikes to continue. they have the personnel. they have the troops who are willing to fight these isis militants, but they need those air strikes to really help them make the progress that is being seen in the last 24 hours or so. so definitely things here in erbil seem to be more secure. yes, you mentioned the state department deciding to evacuate nonessential staff. that, we believe, is something that is pretty protocol in the current situation, the current climate. things are fluid. it is volatile. so they're taking those precautions. but certainly from what we understand, there will still be staff at the consulate here. >> anna coren.

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in less than an hour a new middle east cease-fire is set to take effect. they sep a new truce brokered by i jept. this is scheduled for midnight, 5:00 p.m. eastern time. both sides will use humanitarian relief for the people of gaza. after the cease-fire gaza said they would return to the peace talks held in egypt. is there hope this cease-fire will hold? cnn's sigh ma mohsen is with us.

let's begin with you. you say they wouldn't negotiate while rockets and mortars were still being fired. how precarious is this to the return of the negotiations? >> reporter: it was touch and go, fredericka. we weren't sheer what would happen if there wasn't a cease-fire at all. a cease-fire is due to start at midnight local time within the next hour. what we know is because israelis left they were threatening to leave themselves. they have put forward a new proposal for a cease-fire to both sides that was final confirmed just a couple of hours ago and now an israeli delegation is on its way back to cairo. the palestinian delegation already there. they will hold indirect talks, they say, but let me tell you. it's not been easy. and the last couple of hours as

well. we've seen consecutive pounds of air strikes into gaza. a flurry of rockets coming into israel. we've seen this time and again just before previous cease-fires but we're hoping, hoping when the clock strikes midnight there will be a firm cease-fire in place for mud needed humanitarian aid. fredericka? >> martin savidge, let me bridge you into the equation here too. do palestinians believe this go-round of cease-fire? >> reporter: i think they'll believe it when they see it, fredericka. thing this is, by my count, cease-fire attempt number ten. hopefully it will be measured lasting by days and not by a stopwatch because we have had some of these cease-fires that have been shattered, minutes of ending. the violence has really kicked up a lot.

we had not one but two and the blast was devastating. in fact, i think i'm a little gun-shy sitting up here on the ledge. then last hour talking to you we had gunfire and we've also heard that there was an israeli air strike right by our hotel that set a chemical plant on fire. and then all around there have been explosions that have continued. as simon just said, the rockets going out of gaza have now gone on for some time. aisle break it down by numbers. 39 rockets fired toward israel. 40 air strooiks have been in retaliation from israel and on top of that, there was, let's see here, eight people killed just today and an additional ten bodies could be pulled from the rubble. so you can see why people here and in israel are certainly hoping this cease-fire will take

effect and last at midnight. >> martin, we roll thad tape again. you were sitting on that ledge or seemingly waiting for your next live shot when that explosion really kind of knocked you off your seat there. just prior to that, had there been any warnings? clearly you looked like you were very surprised. what had been kind of the climate just prior to that? was it just so quiet that that really kind of came out of nowhere? >> reporter: there had been blasts all around us all day long and there still continues to be. i can hear drones overhead and you occasionally will hear the plume of an explosion. i think we had sort of been alerted earlier in the day. there had been a phone call warning them. this is pretty much standard by the idf. there had been no strikes. the first blast that knocked me off the blast, that was not the

real serious blast. that's a roof knock to let you know, hey, the next one will be for sure, and sure enough 7 1/2 minutes later, the next one had -- if there had been glass -- thank goodness they were removed. we would have been showered. as it was, a lot of debris hit the building. >> stay safe. martin savidge and saima mohsin. thank you so much. in missouri a family is coming together in grief and anger over the death of an unarmed teen. witnesses say just the opposite. we'll hear from both sides coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize... [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. keep going strong.

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the u.s. military cared out attacks on isis in iraq. those who were trapped on mount sinjar were rescued and taken to the syria/iraqi border. will the air force be enough to stabilize iraq and will the government find a way to unify the country. on "state of the union," chief political correspondent candy crowley asked that of george w. bush's former ambassador to iraq

and president obama's former national security adviser. >> the idea is a good one obviously. if you have a unified government led by someone who's competent and can bring all the iraqis together, great. >> what could be better. >> the chances of getting that and getting it immediately is not very good. number one it's possible maliki might go but he could be replaced with someone who's not as competent in terms of bringing people together and not as competent as we would like in terms of leading iraqis in a military effort. it will take him a while to put the cabinet tonight. >> this man's -- as we know. maliki has been in there for some time. what are we talking? years? >> well, definitely month to put

-- not only select someone but he puts a program together, he puts a cabinet together. he gets to know his job. so, you know -- >> lots of waiting. >> it's not a magical solution that tomorrow it's the government and everything will start working. >> and if you can't get this magical solution, general, then what happened? we heard senator mccain say we can't wait. these folks are on the marks. this is a direct threat to the homeland. where are you in your thought about how much of a threat this is and whether waiting is dangerous? >> i believe time is not on their side. they need to come up with a new prime minister very quickly and hopefully it should not be maliki. >> if they don't, is there an argument for -- >> the second thing is the new prime minister needs to reach out quickly to the kurds and the

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all right. bottom of the hour. welcome back. i'm fredericka whitfield. here are the cnn stories crossing the desk right now. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is warning the russians to not intervene in ukraine. he told husband russian counterpart not to cross the border under the guise of humanitarian gads or peace-keeping forces. he said they need to work with international organizations. russia still denies it is supporting separatist forces in ukraine. a wildfire in northern k grows and several communities

are forced to evacuate. the 8,500 acres is hardly contained. and a shocker at theaters this weekend. "teenage mutant ninja turtles" was the most popular move taking in $65 million. it's nearly $20 million more than analysts expected. it's not enough to turn things around in hollywood. revenue is down, more than 16% from a year ago. if you're up tonight, take a look at the sky. another super moon is on tap this evening. the super moon is when the moon is at it closest to the earth. it's 12% bigger and 20% brighter than usual. if that's not enough you can catch the perseid media shower on wednesday. tonight on cnn go inside the lives of manson and his followers. 25 years after the murders it shocks the nation.

people are still intrigued by the events that unfolded in 1969. here now is cnn's ted rowlands. >> reporter: san francisco, 1967. summer of love was at its peak. ♪ one, two, three, what are we fighting for ♪ >> reporter: free love, free drugs, free hippies escaping the mainstream. but 32-year-old manson arrived with much darker ambitions. >> you get kids who haight-ashbury and you get manson who says he loves them and wants to take care of them. it because made to order and he took full advantage. >> reporter: manson's destructive course through the life was fixed from the start. he spoke to cn from prison in

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him. the problem is charlie was a rotten little kid from the word go. >> reporter: watch cnn spotlight, manson tonight at 7:30 p.m. pacific on cnn. you know him as a judge and award winning pop star but did you know demi lovato is impacting the world by empowering the youth? she spoke with cnn's chris cuomo. >> reporter: her shows usually catch out but catching a concert without buying a ticket is possible for students who love to volunteer. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: they earn their way into these we day events by helping communities on a local and global level. >> i feel like it's this incredible movement of children and teenagers and young adults

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or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more justin ross harris is still in jail facing murder and child cruelty charges for leaving his toddler in the karks but for the first time we're hearing his wife's side of the story. his wife spoke with cnn's victor blackwell. >> the death of my son is still unreal. i now live a tortured existence. the first words. he's pleaded not guilty to murder and child cruelty charge for the 22-month-old's death.

both parents say it was an accident, however, in the victim impact questionnaire sent by sandra harris and released by her attorney, harris listed herself as the victim. >> she's a victim of -- she's lost a child. she's a victim of public percepti perception, thinking that she had something to do with it. >> reporter: accusations that she plotted to kill her son has left harris with no confidence in society. >> is she supposed to be publicly emotional? i mean is that how people are supposed to react to tragedy in their life? i don't think there's a right way to react to tragedy. >> reporter: and what about the testimony from cobb county detective philip stoddard during her husband's probable cause hearing. >> in front of several witnesses all of a sudden she states ross must have left him in the car he started to sit down and she goes

three through and says did you say too much. >> reporter: in a statement harris writes ross was a wonderful father and loved cooper with all of his heart. because i know how he treasured that little boy for 22 months, i know he would never have allowed any harm to come to our son. i want you to know he was a l e loving father to his son. and then there were the alleged sexual text messages. >> he was having up to six sexual conversations with women. his his. >> it's between god and us for he will judge those moral sins. >> eventually there will be the right time planlsd for her to speak publicly if that's what she wants to do, but certainly not yet. >> reporter: is that something she wants to do? does she want to speak out and

say here's the truth? >> i think anybody who's being cast in a false light or negative word would want to defend themselves. because she is in the public eye this way, you know, it's hard for her to do that. >> why is it difficult? why is it now the time? if the truth is the truth today, and it will be the truth during the trial or after trial, why not come out and tell the truth now? >> because she is not only dealing with the loss of her child, her husband and grieving and trying to get her life back in order, she's also concerned that the district attorney may also try to level a charge against her. >> does your client expect charges? . >> i think the district attorney's office is looking at her as a victim of crime since she lost her child that that's a sign they're not going to charge her. >> but in a statement to cnn a

cobb county spokeswoman writes we are required to send all of those to victims or their next of kin and it's standard procedure to do so. regardless of charges zimmerman says leandra harris is holding on to at least one long-term plan. >> i know she wanted to have another child. i think anybody who loves children would want more children. >> reporter: victor blackwell, cnn. and grief and anger after a teen was shot and killed by police. the police chief says michael brown assaulted an officer before he was shot to death today but witnesses say the killing was unprovoked and they say he was unarmed. our affiliate has details. >> reporter: here in ferguson it's been a very tense situation all day. around 10:00 this morning police finally gave their side of the story. until then we only hopes that

witnesses saw this shooting go down. police claimed michael brown asaumted a police officer. the officer that ended up shooting and killing him. they say there was a struggle inside the officer's vehicle, that michael brown was shot once by the officer. the officer then got out of the car and fired more shots, shooting and killing michael brown just a few steps away from his grandmother's apartment. now, there had been demonstrations all throughout the day yesterday. they continue outside the ferguson police department. in fact, they were going on while the press conference was going on. the crowd stormed the police didn't. they were so loud you could almost hear them over the police chief speaking. there was a lot of anger from this community about what happened yesterday and the fact that there aren't a whole lot of answers being given at this point. the police officer's side of the story is far different than the witnesses' side. this is a scenario that's probably going to play out for the next few weeks as we

continue to learn more and more about this. there are more demonstrations for tonight and tomorrow morning. they're calling for 10,000 people to come down here and call for justice. in ferguson, missouri, i'm grants bile, cnn. >> and we continue to watch a situation in prince george's county, maryland, just outside washington, d.c. they were all hand umbrellas because it is very hot. we'll have more on that story next. ♪

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computer mechanism involving this ride. when there's a problem on this ride, it comes to a stop. so six flags is saying it did exactly what it was supposed to do, come to a safe stop there. we'll find out later exactly what has gone wrong here. also, in a little less than five minutes, a cease-fire between israel and hamas is expected to start. both sides have agreed to a 72-hour truce. it begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern time, which is midnight in gaza. we'll bring you the very latest at the top of the hour. and golfers are back out on the course at the pga championship after a huge rain delay earlier today. it was pouring in louisville, kentucky. you can see how soggy it was on the course, but guess what? the rain did clear up and players are back in a tense final wrong.

shane oh-'donahue is live. it's got to be very wet. >> reporter: the sun is shining. it's poking its heads through the clouds. we do want to get this finished today. they get under way at 4:19 local time here in kentucky. he's tied with three. parker, from australia and a certain phil mickelson tied for the lead. 44 years of age, five-time major winner, looking for his second pga title and looking for his first victory since he won the open championship last year. >> he is amazing. there's just no stopping him it seems. i know it's not over yet, but impressive nonetheless. >> reporter: it's a long way to go. a long way to go.

we certainly hope phil and rickie fowler who's two shots out of the lead and rory mcilroy can give us some fires here and we hope to get it done tonight. >> okay. shane o'donoghue, thanks so much. appreciate it. i'm fredericka windfielhitfield. thanks so much for being with me. the next hour begins with jim sciutto. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm jim sciutto in washington. i want to welcome our international viewers as well. two stories we're watching, both in the middle east. here you see live looks at jerusalem and gaza. a cease-fire beginning right now this minute in gaza. the question, will it hold? it is temporary but gives hamas and israel at least some time to find some more permanent end to this conflict. and in iraq, a battle that may just be beginning.

the fight against isis fought from the air. some military experts warn that american soldiers on the ground could be just a matter of time. first starting right now, israel and hamas both agree to stop shooting at each other for at least 72 hours. three days. it is a temporary peace deal brokered to allow negotiators from both sides to come to an agreement. it came two days after rocket fire from gaza and air strikes from israel again. >> i guess they got that house. >> that is martin savidge a short while ago in gaza city. watch. it's p to happen again. too, too close for comfort in gaza. thankfully martin and his reporting crew were not hurt but it certainly