hanged himself in his california home. now some controversy over the disclosure of how williams died. did they offer too much graphic detail to the millions watching on live television, especially after his family's request for privacy. dan simon is back with us live in california this morning with much more. what are you hearing, dan? >> reporter: good morning. the level of detail disclosed about the sheriff's office was surprising and shocking to some. the bottom line here is that williams' personal assistant found his body after he failed to respond to several knocks on a bedroom door. he was found slightly suspended from a door frame in a seated position. >> our indication is it's a suicide due to asphyxia due to hanging. >> reporter: upsetting details revealed robin williams hung himself with a belt inside his san francisco home. >> the personal assistant entered the bedroom to find mr.

williams clothed in a seated position unresponsive with a belt around his neck and the other end of the belt wedged around the door frame. >> reporter: williams may have tried to slit his wrist with a pocketknife. the 20-minute long press conference was deemed inappropriate by many taking to twitter outraged over its gruesome level of detail over the death of the beloved star. his wife was the last to see the iconic comedic. believing williams was asleep snyder left the house an hour before his body was discovered. >> we were all shaken up last night. we learned that robin williams passed away. >> reporter: jimmy fallon and conan o'brien visibly upset as

they paid tribute. >> robin, thank you for so many funny moments and so much happiness. >> reporter: tributes extending across the country from fans grateful for all the laughter he brought. >> there was a time when i found myself funny. >> reporter: the san francisco giants holding a moment of silence at last night's game who they called one of their most loyal fan. all three of the comedian's children released statements. one of the sons describing his father as gentle. the actor's only daughter wrote, there's my none comfort in knowing our grief and loss -- toxicology results could take up to six weeks and they decline to

say whether or not williams left a note. >> sweet words and tributes coming from his kids. that's what everyone should remember. dan, thanks very much. out of iraq, elm battled prime minister maliki giving an address about the political moves against him. more troops, about 130 u.s. marines and special operations forces now on the ground in what the pentagon is calling advisory roles to help rescue the tens of thousands of civilians trapped by isis militants. some worry that this move could lead to a direct confrontation between u.s. forces and the isis militants. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us. >> reporter: all of the troops in iraq are now, john, make no mistake about it. now with additional 130 in northern iraq it brings the total over 900 u.s. troops in

iraq. the pentagon making it clear that they are headed towards trying to find a way to help get those people off that mountain. the words from the pentagon that troops will develop additional humanitarian assistance options beyond the current air drop effort. what are the two options? clearly there's two things on the table. do it by air. land aircraft possibly for weeks on end to get those thousands of people off the mountain or do it by land. again, hundreds of vehicles, possibly working around the clock for weeks to drive people out of there. and get them away from the mountain. but the key problem is security. you have isis nearby. they know they are going to have to step up air strikes against isis positions, push them back. they need to keep anything they do safe and secure from isis. that could step up u.s. military action in the air. they also have a problem, they have to keep the ground secure on that mountain. it's going to take weeks to get

everybody out of there and as they do people will grow more desperate. they may rush vehicles, rush helicopters. who do you put on top of that mountain to keep these people safe, secure, to keep any evacuation organized? it is going to be a tremendous challenge according to all the pentagon officials we've spoken to. john. >> barbara, serious challenge. as you say we're paying attention the headline u.s. considering what could be a greater role in evacuating the people trapped on that mountain. barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks so much. let's get over to senior national correspondent, nick paton walsh who is in baghdad. nick, you're keeping an ear to an eye on what the prime minister maliki is saying, some fighting words it seems. >> reporter: certainly. he just gave a recorded address on state television in which he

sound like he was sticking to his guns but providing a way out for him given that everybody from iran to saudi arabia to shi'ite religious figures saying it's time for him to step aside. he called what was happening against him a conspiracy. he sounded angry and cornered but said everybody should respect the decisions over the federal court. at some point they may rule on the legality of the nominating of his successor, but most people imagine given the general swell of opinion against mr. maliki it's unlikely the court will choose to keep him in power. of course at the same time this court let him come to power in 2010. an extraordinarily messy moments ahead both listening to mr. maliki, this isn't the angriest defined speech he could have given. he said the country has come a long way, democratic institutions need to be

respected, and we need to let the federal court have the final decision. all eyes will be on them. we have to wait and see when they think it's fit to judge on the legality of the nomination. we're looking at a moment where he's already history. it's just a case of when he accepts it. >> he has no support from those who once backed him. nick paton walsh on the ground for us in baghdad. we have a look at many of our other headlines. >> in the middle east where the ongoing peace talks continue in gaza this morning with the currents truce set to expire tonight. the associated press reports a plan is on the table to bring an end to the month long war between israel and hamas. negotiators called on israel to ease its blockade. in gaza six people were killed as police and engineers tried to remove an undetonated device. ukraine's prime minister

said a convoy will not be allowed to cross the border. provocation by an aggressor is not acceptable. more than 250 trucks are set to reach ukrainian border today. the russians maintain it's a humanitarian mission delivering generators, food and water but there's widespread concerns about putin's intentions. canada will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental vaccine to help in the fight of the ebola outbreak in africa it comes after the world health organization said it was ethical to use the drugs against the virus. nigerian officials announced a third death. this outbreak now has claimed more than 1,000 lives in west africa. again it's not the serum, zmapp.

>> canada is stepping up. eight minutes after the hour. another night of violence in a small missouri town in the death of an unarmed teenager killed bay police officer. during the chaos another officer involved -- now president obama is weighing in on the death of michael brown calling for calm amid growing tensions and protests. the identity of the officer involved in the fatal shooting has not been revealed because of security concerns. that's highly unusual according to ferguson police chief the officer received numerous threats online. . >> reporter: peaceful demonstrations erupting into riots overnight. people clashing with police throwing bottles. police in riot gear deploying tear gas to disperse the rowdy crowds. police still not releasing the

name of the officer involved. saying they fear for his safety after threats on social media and because at this point he hasn't been charged. ferguson police chief saying the officer is horrified by what has happened. >> nobody comes to work saying, you know, i want to kill somebody. nobody wants to go home from work having taken a live. >> reporter: according to the medical examiner's office brown died of multiple gunshot wounds. brown's friend who was with him at the shooting said there was a scuffle at the police car after the officer asked them to get out of the street. >> as we're walking down the street, the squad car vehicle approaches us, we're on the side of the vehicle and the officer says get [ expletive ] verbatim was his words. at that moment i told the officer that we was not but a minute away from my destination and we would be out of the street. at that time me and my friend

big mike started to walk again and the officer, he seemed like he was driving off but then he put the car in reverse and the car almost hit me and my friend we had to step back. we were now front and center with the officer inside the vehicle but we were so close almost inches away that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricochetted off of me and big mike's body and closed back on the officer. at that time he reached out the window with his left arm. he grabbed on to my friend big mike's throat and trying to pull him in the vehicle and my friend big mike very angrily is trying to pull away from the officer. and the officer now is struggling with, trying to hold on to a grip on my friend big

mike as he pulls away. in a minute i heard, "i'm about to shoot." i'm standing so close to big mike and officer. i see the officer has his gunpointed at both of us. when he fired his weapon i moved seconds before he pulled the trigger. >> reporter: johnson says his friend never reached for the officer's gun. instead brown broke free and started running down the street while the officer pursued him. >> at no point in time did they struggle over the weapon because the weapon was already drawn on us. so he was more trying to get away out of the angle or aim of the weapon besides going towards the weapon because it was drawn on us already and i see the officer proceeding after my friend big mike with his gun drawn and he fired a second shot and that struck my friend big mike and at that time he turned around with his hands up

beginning to tell the officer that he was unarmed and to tell him to stop shooting but at that time the officer was firing several more shots to my friend and he hit the ground and died. i watch him until his body stopped moving. then i ran. and vomiting in my mouth, hyper ventilating not knowing what to do i just ran. >> reporter: was brown's killing justified? did his race have something to do with his death? in a town of 21,000 where 66% of the population is black, there are only three black officers out of 53 people on the ferguson police force. there's still more questions than answers. the fbi is investigating. the civil rights division of the justice department has opened an inquiry as well. even the president is monitoring this situation, saying in a statement, we should comfort each other and talk with one another in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds. brown's parents have called for peace. >> i need all of us to come

together and do what's right, the right way, the right way so we get something done about this. no violence. >> reporter: as they continue to demand justice. >> he knows he did something wrong. you take your punishment. and if you're a man you stand up, be a man, you say i was wrong. >> much more on this story coming up. we'll speak to the mayor, a black police official about what's going on. we'll talk about what happened infer argue son overnight because there was more violence. an unrelated shooting where an officer shot a suspect. we'll talk about that as well. >> at that lot going on. and still, to this point what happened that day, what happened saturday is also not clear. next up we'll talk more about robin williams' suicide. we'll speak with a psychologist about what his death could tell us about his state of mind in

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preliminary results of the forensic examination revealed supporting physical signs that mr. williams' life ended from asphxia due to hanging. >> that was the sheriff's office revealing a new graphic detail about the death of the beloved actor and comedian robin williams. those details are difficult to hear. they have sparked an important conversation about the actor's struggles with addiction and depression and what many others can learn from it. let's discuss all of this with psychologist dr. erik fisher. dr. fisher, thanks so much. great to have you here. some of what we heard coming out yesterday, we heard it in surprisingly graphic detail coming from the sheriff's office. i won't get into further detail of it. but the way that robin williams was found they talked about him

even, superficial cuts on his wrist. does that tell you anything about his mental state. some have started to kind of read into this situation as he may have had a way out. >> well, i think that we have to look at this this is obviously somebody experiencing a great deal of pain. what we don't know is if the knife there was there as a cutting behavior or as a suicide attempt that the knife wasn't sharp enough. usually when people are cut as a behavior, they often cut crossways versus long ways when someone wants a suicide attempt. the way he asphyxiated himself by putting the belt in the closet this was a way out. he made this choice. he may have made this choice long ago. this is not the first time he's thought about suicide. and it might have just been a

time where he felt it was too much and that's the difficult thing, knowing exactly what's in the mind of that individual just before they end their life. >> i'm sure those that are close to him, not that's are around him wonder that as well. robin williams was very open about his struggles with addiction as well as depression, even adding it into some of his comedy routines quite obviously. he spoke very publicly about it which makes you wonder could, should those close to him have seen this coming? there's no way really, right? >> no. because there's years and years of humor he added to this. people who commit suicide and his manner and even through his own comedy routines and one of the interviews, there was a podcast he had an inner dialogue about suicide in his voice he, this discussion he. there's no way to know it. the line from goodwill hunting movie where he says to matt

damon it's not your fault. if there was ever a prophetic message he could give to his family he gave it to his family. >> he seemed like a guy who was under control. if you can't put it aside or beat it he had it in control. even in july he checked himself into a treatment center. how then do you explain this suicide? >> well, i always tell people control is an illusion. it's not really a reality. we just see it as that. we manage situations moment to moment, day-by-day. often people who commit suicide commit it coming out of a depression. >> explain that. >> when they are in the depths of a depression there's a level of hopelessness they don't feel they can complete anything. had they are coming out of a depression they feel hope and sometimes the fears i don't want to go back to that deep dark place where they of alternative they see things more clearly this is what i need to do. the key i tell people who want

to commit suicide or attempt suicide tell them you just want the pain to stop and you don't see any other way. so it's possible that there definitely were other ways for that pain to stop. we know that. but for him he didn't see another way and as many bouts he had with it he felt he was done and that's a hard thing to interpret is how he felt just before this happened. >> another hard thing is he's far from being the only person dealing with he is severe depression on a daily basis. what do you want the message to be. this does draw the attention, the public eye to this situation like this. if someone who is watching that has a loved one facing severe depression what do you want the message to be. >> for those who have loved ones facing depression work to get them as much help as they can and the help they need. for those who experience depression and feeling suicidal, sometimes people see the success of other people's depression as

an opportunity to say i can do that now and i can be successful or i want to be like this person. don't see this as an opportunity to end your life. see it as an opportunity to live it more fully, get the help you need, to recover and work through it. know it gets better with medication and therapy. therapy is a key to getting better and working through this. >> someone or many will learn something good from the loss of someone who is so good. thank you for your time. taking a break. coming up next, will they hug it out? president obama and hillary clinton going to the same party in martha's vineyard after a foreign policy spat you could call it. could politics be behind this meet? we'll discuss. the loss of another celebrity. we're going to look back at the life of lauren bacall, one of the last links to hollywood's golden age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you steve? you just put your lips together and blow. (son) oh no...

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welcome back. let's take a look at your headlines on "new day". 130 more u.s. military advisers have arrived in northern iraq to evacuate refugees under siege by isis militants. all this unfolding as the

country's embattled prime minister nouri maliki speaks out this morning calling moves to replace him a conspiracy. add to that iran and its most loyal militia turning its back on maliki. primaries in several states whittled down the fields in november's election. mike mcfadden won the senate nomination and right to challenge democratic senator al franken. in wisconsin, mary burke won the democratic nomination and she will face scott walker. we're headed for a rematch in the connecticut governor's race. tom foley won the republican nomination will face dan malloy who squeaked by four years ago. you hear a collective side relief that the donald sterling era officially over. steve ballmer is now the new official owner of the los angeles clippers. the $2 billion sale was

finalized tuesday. the most ever paid for an nba franchise. that sale was negotiated by shelly sterling but not without objection from her estranged husband. she was one of hollywood's all i'm the leading ladies. this morning we remember the legendary lauren bacall who died tuesday at age 89. in a career spanning nearly seven decades, bacall was famous for that throaty voice, her trademark look on screen and for showing the world how to whistle. nischelle turner has more. >> you know how to whistle don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> reporter: with those words and the film "to have and have not" audience as imagination soared and a screen legend was born. it earned lauren bacall the nickname "the look."

the 19-year-old struck the pose because she felt insecure. >> i mean that's what started the look was nerves just trying to keep my head steady. >> reporter: bacall was more than a movie legend. she was from hollywood's golden era and the wife of actor humphrey bogart. ♪ "the big sleep" was amid a handful of films they made together but their love affair was one of tinseltown's greatest romances. >> i liked that. >> reporter: bogart died of cancer in 1957 leaving bacall a widow at 32 with two small children. she was engaged for a time to frank sinatra. then she fell in love again and married jason robards. she blamed his drinking for their divorce.

>> he was hooked on it and almost destroyed. >> reporter: bacall was born betty joan persky. her parents were jewish immigrants who divorced when she was 6. as a lanky teen she modeled earn extra money. film director howard hawks saw her photograph on a magazine color. >> he felt lauren bacall was better than betty bacall. he had a vision of his own. he was a svengali. he wanted to mold me, control me. >> wouldn't it be wonderful if we had three of them up for dinner. >> reporter: bacall's co-stars read like who's who of hollywood but on broadway where she

achieved her most critical acclaim. she spent nearly 20 years on the stage starring in "cactus flower"," applause," and "woman of the year." >> inside i feel young, like a kid. >> reporter: she starred opposite barbara streisand in the "mirror has two faces". she was still acting in her 80s in such films as "dogville" and "birth" with nicole kidman. a diva, a film star, a broadway jewel, a classic legend of an era gone by. >> my kind of gal. this is what i love to read about is that famous look she was known for. apparently came out of a case of

nerves. she was nervous about a scene she was performing at the time with a co-star so she realized if she put her chin down would help the trembling and then look up. >> the voice makes me melt. she practiced it. she said that voice it works. she goes by herself in a car and read lines to get it sound like that. >> 19. she was beautiful beyond those years for sure. >> very mature and what a career. >> a different era. >> i have a crush on what she had with humphrey bogart as well because that was magical. >> i'll do a mini marathon of her films. >> i like it. >> all right. we're going to take a break. coming up next on "new day" after blasting president obama's foreign policy, hillary clinton plans to hug it out when the two attend a party tonight. could there be some sort of 2016 strategy at work here?

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welcome back to "new day," everyone. hillary clinton trying to clean things up after criticizing president obama calling his program in syria a failure. she called the president to smooth thing over.

her camp was quote to make sure anything she said was not to attack him, his policies or leadership. today the two will be together at a party at martha's vineyard an aid to mrs. clinton said she's looking forward to hugging it out with the president. we're joined this morning by cnn political commentator for democratic strategist and senior adviser for priorities usa action. paul, i'm so glad you are here because to me this is a thing. this is a thing. you do not call the president to smooth things over unless you are concerned that you roughed them up. >> right. of course. but there is a difference between disagreement and disrespect. i don't think hillary is being disrespectful. she does disagree. i think what was unusual, this came out in an interview with jeffrey goldberg at the atlantic. the only journalist who interviewed her about the book who read the book. in the book she's clear.

she supported arming rebels in syria. the president opposed that. she thinks she was right. the president was right. he got decide. when she writes her book or tenure at state there were times she disagreed with fortunate. i don't get why we're hyper ventilating. >> i'll tell you why. what this illustrates. how she creates distance or talks about the distance that may exist between herself and the president without alienating his supporters, supporters like your friend david axelrod who worked for president obama for a long, long time. mrs. clinton was talking to jeffrey goldberg about the idea of don't do stupid stuff which president obama said is a guiding principle of his foreign policy. mrs. clinton said don't do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle. david axelrod your friend tweets

this. just to clarify don't do stupid stuff means stuff like occupying iraq in the first place which was a tragically bad decision. i don't think, you know, anyone forgets hillary clinton voted to authorize military action in iraq. this is a swipe at her. >> but also, again, in the book she says it was wrong. that vote that she cast in favor of that war was wrong. i talked to axe yesterday. he has high regard for clinton. if she runs everybody will try to enlist axe's support for hillary. those statements it's not an organizing principle but google went a long way with don't do evil. back when i worked for bill clinton my partner james carrville hung up a sign that said it's the economy stupid. it's not the full political strategy but useful to remind you. we should just like -- okay i

feel better now. she does have to walk that line. that's what politics is. she largely agrees with the president. she was proud to serve in his cabinet. i was terrific he put her in here. she did disagree. barack obama wants strong people around him. george w. bush had too many yemen and women. that's why he did stupid things. >> this is trying for you. you must feel like a middle child in a divorce trying to keep mommy and daddy together. there's this split. what it does illustrate -- >> what split? >> if you have a disagreement about a policy and an adviser to president obama responding to it, one of the things i think that hillary clinton needs to consider and everyone supporting her needs to consider how far can they go in a possible campaign. if you have supporters of president obama respond like this in the course of a campaign it will be uncomfortable. you can't deny that.

>> absolutely. just no doubt. this ain't easy, john. she supported this president after they had a big primary against each other. she work in that administration. i think she did a terrific job. i think the president has done a terrific job. there will be places -- look you know what mama said if two people agreed on everything one of them is not thinking. hillary clinton and barack obama both think and at times they think differently. it's a good thing. hillary has to maneuver that. >> if she means it like you say she means it and she says it in her book and interviews why call to apologize? >> i don't know she apologized. i wasn't on the call. her spokesperson said she called to make sure he understood. good they will see each other. ann jordan it's her birthday. she has high powered friends,

president and hillary at her birthday party. this will be all fine. we're 2 1/2 years from the election. everybody needs to take a deep breath into a paper bag and just chill. >> good as you say they will meet together to clear things up even though you deny they have anything to clear up. >> it's a disagreement. this is why we have smart people on the foreign policy team. you don't want people telling the president all the time you're right, you're right. >> this is why we have you with us in the morning. thank you for the parting gifts. the paper bag. now i get to leave with something. next up for us here, you never did see their faces but their voices teamed up to make movie magic in aladdin. gilbert godfrey paying tribute to robin williams. we'll have him here next. >> genie, i wish for you to make me a prince. >> all right.

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♪ make way here he comes ♪ bang the drum ♪ i love this guy . >> that was a clip from robin williams unforgettable animated classics "aladdin". he co-standard in the film with the great gilbert godfrey. the two also spent time in comedy clubs. after williams death godfrey wrote a poignant piece about the late star for cnn.com. guess who is here. gilbert is here with me in studio. such a delight in having you. it reminded me oftentimes in these animated films the two people -- you're never in the same room. >> these stories that i keep hearing of oh, when gilbert godfrey and robin williams were together in that sound booth that was craziness. and we never ran into each other. >> ever. >> no, no. during the making of this film never once ran into each other.

we knew each other from the clubs. it's like he used to pop into the clubs all the time. and i remember at a time when he was big on "mork and mindy at and i was getting known around the comedy circuit and the public didn't know me. one time i was about to go on stage at the improv in new york and robin popped in. so of course the club owner said i'm throwing robin on. he's out. and robin goes -- i have some friends in the audience and i want them to see gilbert first. >> how about that? generosity of spirits. >> they brought me on. i did well. when i got off robin was laughing and wiping his eyes and he goes, you really baked my cookies. >> which is such a generous thing to hear from another

comedian. one thing to have fans react to you. >> he was like that. the last time that i saw him was -- it was -- they showed a photo -- >> i think we can show it again. >> bob saget was having a fund. robin and i both performed there at caroline's and afterwards billy crystal stopped by and robin invited me to come with them to have dessert. we went to a place in times square. we were sitting having dessert and laughing and telling stories and afterwards we're leaving and mel brooks is at a table, this is like -- >> mind-boggling. >> and robin and billy went over and talked to him.

i didn't know mel. and robin went out of his way to go oh, you should have seen gilbert over at the club. then he started quoting my lines to him and everything. >> just such a generosity. i can't get past that. dog eat dog world in the world of comedy. you've had times where you shared the stage with robin and we all loved that manic sort of crazy rif f-ing stream of consciousness comedy that he has. i imagine that's invigorating to work with. >> yes. it was a few times when he was at the clubs and i would be there. he would call out my name and i would go on stage. and we would griff off each other which was exhilarating but exhausting. you had to be on your toes with him. >> one of the things that's hard for so many people is to know he

struggled so hard and we even saw yesterday many comedians voicing their, their sadness over his passing. chevy chase issued a statement on his death. and also revealed to a lot of people that he's had his own struggles. lot of funny men have struggled with this. you're an insider. what is your sense of it? what is your take? what is your even own explanation of why there's been such a struggle with these guys? >> oh, god, i don't know. with me it comes out like dime store psychology. that whole thing. >> you think that's what it is? >> might be. who knows. it's a tricky thing. >> within the comedy world, you know, i think there's been a lot of, you know, remembering of those last moments. i want to you talk about his head space the last time you saw him. you talk about this fundraiser that bob saget holds so dear.

you're on stage. robin as we know robin. what were your thoughts. where was his head? >> when i spoke to him, and i wasn't like very close. i don't know. i don't know which people were very close to him. but, in fact, auth funny thing going back to that story of dessert and after we left the restaurant, we're all standing outside and billy crystal said good-bye to robin and he then says to me, crystal says to me, okay, bye gilbert, i guess we'll talk in another 30 years. and he got in a cab. and i think that's kind of the relationship i have with a lot of these people. robin and i would see more because he was always popping in the clubs. >> there's been a lot of news today people are frustrated and hurt and angered by how much was revealed about his passing. yesterday in the news, do you

have thoughts on that? do you think that it's too much? do you think the family -- obviously the family deserves privacy. what are your thoughts on that? i'm curious. >> it's another tough one. the news has to find out and reveal it but then it gets -- it starts getting creepy after a while. the whole thing becomes giant of ghoulish. >> it does. i want to point to you the terrific piece that gilbert wrote on cnn.com. it's a really, really fantastic read and you kind of feel like you're there having dessert with these comedy legends. i wish i could have been a fly on that wall. >> i can't believe that -- i'm happy that that's my -- that my last memory of him is that. that was an amazing night. >> i am too. it's been amazing chatting with you. thank you for writing that wonderful article. very moving as well on our website. also he's got a podcast, tearing it up. gilbert godfrey amazing colossal

podcast that's a pretty sizable podcast. thank you for spending time with me. >> we're following a lot of news including new details of the death of robin williams. let's get straight to it. it was a suicide due to asphyxiation. >> the world sees one thing and what am i like at home? different. i'm not on. >> more than 100 u.s. military advisors being sent to northern iraq. >> we got take a step back and ask ourselves what are we trying achieve here. >> at that rare and remarkable look inside the world of isis militants. peaceful demonstrations erupting into violence for the fourth straight night. >> i watched his body stop moving and then i ran. good morning and welcome back to "new day". john berman is here with us. chris is off. we'll stay on our top story

tragic details have been revealed about robin williams' final hours. officials confirm the legend hanged himself in his california home. dan simon is joining us once again from california with the very latest. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning kate. people were generally surprised by the level of detail disclosed by the marine county sheriff's office because typically they are pretty sparse in releasing this kind of level of detail at least at the early stage. the bottom line is williams was discovered by a personal assistant after he failed to respond to a knock on a bedroom door. >> our indication is that it's a suicide due to asphyxiation, due to hanging. >> reporter: upsetting details released by the coroner revealed robin williams hung himself by a belt. >> the personal assistant entered the bedroom to find mr. williams clothed in a seated position unresponsive with a belt secured around his neck with the other end of the belt

wedged between the clothes closet door and the door frame. >> reporter: williams who was recently battling severe depression may have tried to slit his wrist with a pocketknife. the 20-minute long press conference was deemed inappropriate by many taking to twitter, outraged over its gruesome level of detail about the death of the beloved star. williams' wife susan snyder was the last to see the iconic comedic alive. the next morning believing williams was asleep snyder tloifts an hour before his body was discovered. >> before we get into the show we like all you were shane up a bit last night. we learned robin williams passed away. >> reporter: late night talk show host jimmy fallon and conan o'brien visibly upset as they paid tribute to the actor. >> robin, thank you for so many

funny moments. >> reporter: tributes extending across the country from fans grateful for all the laughter he brought. >> there was a time that i found myself funny. >> reporter: san francisco giants holding a moment of silence at last night's game for whom they called one of their most loyal fans. >> he'll be deeply missed by all of us. >> reporter: all three of the comedian's children released statements. one of his sons describing his father a best friend who was gentle, kind and generous. his daughter wrote there's minor comfort in knowing our grief and loss in some small way is shared with millions to those who are touched who are sending kind words know one of his favorite things in the world was to make you laugh. investigators say toxicology results or chemical substances that may have been in his body won't be known for up to six weeks and kate investigators also declined to say whether or not williams left a suicide note.

back to you. >> dan simon, thanks so much. more details coming up. we want to go to iraq. nouri maliki is fighting back calling efforts to force him out unconstitutional and a conspiracy. his bid to stay in power is crumbling as more u.s. troops arrive in that nation about 130 u.s. marineser and special operation forces now on the ground there and what the pentagon is calling advisory roles to help rescue tens of thousands of civilians trapped by isis militants. some worry the increased u.s. presence could foreshadow a confrontation between u.s. military forces and isis. barbara starr has the latest on what the u.s. appears to be considering this morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. 130 additional u.s. troops in northern iraq, more than 900 american forces on the ground now in that country. the new job to assess how to get those thousands of iraqiy, you see these civilians stranded on the mountain top off of there.

how to get them off of there safely. the military looking at a number of options and working with other countries. two ideas on table, get them out by air. that could take weeks of landing aircraft around the clock to fly them out. not clear where they would take them. land. hundreds of trucks, again, maybe it could take weeks to drive them out of that area, transport them to a safe location. nobody knows at this point where that would be. one of the big challenges, of course, is security. security to keep any kind of evacuation effort safe, orderly and organized as it would unfold over a number of days and weeks. there are thousands of people up there but also the u.s. likely to have to step up air strikes, that's key issue to push isis positions back, get them away from the mountain, push them back so there can be a secure operation. it is going to be a herculean task.

>> barbara starr discussing what the u.s. is considering now and perhaps an escalation in iraq. let's stay on this topic. let's bring in the former managing editor of "time" magazine. i want to get your take on this. we have 130 advisers but includes marines and special forces on the ground trying to come up with options for the president to consider for a rescue operation. what do you think this means? a lot of folks is saying this is a step to a much more expanded rescue mission. >> if we could quickly research and find out how many people use the expression mission creep once the news on this went out and you'll find hundreds of thousands if not millions. the key question is where these people are going to be. if they are going to be in the green zone in baghdad or consulate in erbil advising from there that's one thing. if they are going to go out into the ground towards that mountain

to help people, even if it's just to supervise the rescue effort, if they are going to be armed then spear essentially boots on the ground whether we call them combat troops or not. guess who wants to confront these people, it's isis. isis wants nothing more than a direct confrontation, small limited one with american troops. it would help their propaganda purposes. they are fighting against americans. >> when you look at the scope of what they are up against to get these, what still remains estimated tens of thousands of people on this barren mountain off. to you does it mean it has to be boots on the ground even though secretary hagel said they are spending time what they aren't doing. it's not a boots on the ground

operation, this is not a combat operation. >> there's not a lot american soldiers can do on the ground. they don't speak the language. the actual herding of these people, if you can use that expression off the mountain and bringing the home safety will have to be done by iraqies and kurdish force. americans can provide psychological support, they can have presence, give reassurance particularly to the kurdish fighters we got their back, essentially. we already are doing that from the air to have some american boots on the ground, would give that impression. but when it comes to actually going to the mountains and sort of coaxing people off that can't to be done by american troops. . >> what do you make of the success of the u.s. air strikes so far, isis, a lot of worries isis is changing tactics acting

more like an army, going and doing more kind of insurgency tactics, blending in with civilian populations in order to make it more difficult to target. >> they got a long history of this. for a long time until a couple of months ago when they sort of sprang out of nowhere and attacked mosul they were hiding among the populace. they have an enormous advantage. they are familiar with this sort of tactic. this is what makes them so much more dangerous. they don't behave like any other kind of conventional army. >> how much time do you think they have to get these people off the mountain. >> if they continue at the rate they are going now it will be weeks. but to accelerate the rate is very complicated because it's not terrain that's easy to transport people off. i've been on that mountain. it's a very bare piece of rock. there's not that many roads going up. you can't send up a convoy of trucks up there easily.

>> looking at the operation in the north we haven't even talked about the political situation that they need to deal with in baghdad. we'll continue that conversation. thanks so much. while the obama administration steps up its military presence in iraq, the president facing criticism of his foreign policy. tonight he will attend the same party as hillary clinton in martha's vineyard. you've heard of her. the former secretary of state recently called his policy in syria a failure but she tried to smooth things over in a phone call on tuesday. now an aide to mrs. clinton said she's looking forward to hugging it out with the president. cnn jim acosta is live in martha's vineyard. jim with the hug heard around the world or felt. >> reporter: hopefully we'll get a picture of it to prove it happened. you're right. president is getting constant updates on the mission in iraq, humanitarian air drops and military advisers being sent it. he has political business to

attend to. back to the 2008 presidential campaign. president obama will come face to face with his former secretary of state. the president saw the former secretary of state criticize his iraq policy earlier this week when she told the atlantic magazine the failure to arm rebels in syria contributed to the rise of isis in iraq. she went after the president's foreign policy. don't do stupid stuff telling the atlantic great nations need organizing principles and don't do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle. i asked one of the president's top aides ben rhodes whether or not he took that personally and here's what he had to say. >> did the president take that criticism personally? >> no. look, i think he and secretary clinton have been through so much together. >> flashback to the campaign a little bit. >> but, again, i think their relationship is very resilient. they've been through so much together.

>> and, as you mentioned, john, hillary clinton called the president yesterday to smooth things over, and her spokesman put out a statement saying the former secretary of state meant no offense, did not mean to attack the president. here's what he had to say like any two friends who has to deal with the public eye. she looks forward to hugging it out. they will be at a party later this evening hosted by the former democratic adviser vernon jordan. john, it will be just like old times. >> this is a serious situation in iraq. more advisors going in, in addition to the air strikes and humanitarian airlift strikes. this is a drip, drip, classic phrase mission creep. white house advisors worried about this at all? >> i asked ben rhodes about that and he said no this is not mission creep, these advisors going in, 130 or so, they are advising the iraqis on how best to deal with that humanitarian

situation. as ben rhodes told me they are not going in a combat role. >> jim acosta, thanks so much. in the middle east the cease-fire in gaza ends in less than 12 hours. this morning the associated press is reporting a plan is on the table to bring an to end the month long conflict between israel and hamas. egypt calling israel to ease parts of its blockade on gaza with the border opened gradually. no word yet whether the egyptian proposal will be accepted. canada will provide up to 1,000 doses of an experimental ebola vaccine to help fight the outbreak in africa. after the world health organization said it was ethical to use the drugs against the virus. nigerian officials announcing a third death connected to an infected liberian ma who died last month. 1,000 lives of been claimed.

obama administration is warning people who purchased health insurance under the affordable care act they could lose it without proof of citizenship or legal residency. officials say more than 300,000 people could be affected. they have until september 5th to sub knit proper documentation. got to show you some crazy video of a strong storm system that's dumping rain in new york causing severe thunderstorms and flooding all around the country on tuesday. look that. nebraska security cameras caught flash flood waters bursting through the doors of a hospital. good samaritan hospital. that's crazy. look at that. >> unbelievable. let's stay on this weather. there's a lot of weather going on. breaking news this morning heavy rains overnight had left parts of the northeast under water. check out these pictures. this is from new york's long island, southern state parkway. cars nearly submerged on the flooded highway. indra petersons is taking a look

that. what are they looking at this morning. >> this is unbelievable footage. you're seeing about a month's worth of rain in one day. a lot of cars flooded here on the southern state parkway. we're hearing about road rescues currently under way or water rescues. many much these vehicles now under water. what's going on? detroit had record breaking rain. yesterday d.c. had record breaking rain. over six inches of rain. a month's worth of rain in just about an hour. currently that's the exact same system dumping this heavy rain right here on long island and pushing in through portions of connecticut. thereafter pushing in through boston today. this will be a huge situation as you talk about the northeast today. or you talk about these water rescues going under way with cars stranded. look at these reports from flooding from d.c. having spread in through jersey and long island and eventually making its way in through connecticut and behind that will be boston. if you're talking about how much water, look at the amount of rain. we're talking about on monday about five inches of rain in

towards michigan. august, entire month you only see three inches in long island look at this number. we're talking about almost a foot of rain just today. a lot of that having fallen in the last few hours. the average for the entire month of august should be four inches. three times the month you see in the entire nine last several hours. this is the concern as the system pushes off into the northeast today. kate an john >> no matter what you do you can't handle that amount of rainfall in a short period of time. we'll take a break here. coming up on "new day" missouri police still not releasing the identity of the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown in missouri. are concerns for that officer's saf pi a valid reason not to release his name. we'll talk to the head of the national organization of black law enforcement ahead. that and more.

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welcome back to "new day". more news overnight on the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen in ferguson, missouri. authorities refuse to release the identity of the officer citing concerns for the officer's safety. the officer is horrified by what has happened. listen to this. >> nobody comes to work saying, you know, i want to kill somebody. nobody wants to go home from work having taken a life. >> brown's death creating outrage nationwide, spurring an

investigation now from the justice department as well. i want to dig deeper with senator alexander, president of black law enforcement officer. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> we're now four days after this incident, and authorities there not releasing the name of the police officer involved. i cannot recall something similar to this. this seems like an awfully long time to come forward with those details, the chief there says the benefit would be minimal. do you agree? >> well, i think one thing we have to consider if we take a moment, if we look at historically the backdrop of law enforcement in communities of color, historically, it's always been a very strained relationship and clearly there's a strained relationship there in this city. when an officer's name is not revealed as such, i have to be respectful, quite frankly to

what the chief is requesting because number one, he's there on the ground, and if they have intelligence information that suggests that that officer, his family could be at risk, they do have a responsibility, i think, to be very cautious about this. however, if you look at their relationship, which is questionable and most people around the country would see that and agree, is certainly does not help but if you separate the two out and you think about the fact that if they have information that that officer could be at risk or could be harmed, i think we have to be respectful of that. now normally as an organization we're watching this very closely, paying very close attention to this. a couple of days ago i was in contact with chief jackson there and he assured me and noble that he's going to do everything to be as transparent and open and cooperative as he can during

this investigation. i think that's a very important piece to note here as well too. until all the evidence has been collected, until all the witnesses have been interviewed, all the forensic evidence has been collected and reviewed we should not draw any conclusions but we have some real grave concerns certainly around this shooting and there's a lot of questions that are going to need to be answered. >> how do you strike the balance between need for safety and the need for transparency. because transparency in some cases seems to be lacking. the lack of the release of the officer's name, the police force reluctant to release details about the shooting. you know there are people who say he shot 35 feet from the car. police continue confirm that. he was shot multiple times, police won't confirm that either. how do you get the transparency that this community is calling for? >> one thing clearly that has not happened and, you know, here again there has not been open

dialogue between that police department and that community. so when you have events like this to occur, it create as tipping point. so, to answer your question, those directly at some point the police department in that community is going to have to begin to answer some of these questions. but you also got to be respectful that it is an ongoing investigation and there's still a number of people that have to be interviewed. but -- >> your saying there's a tipping point, are we past the tipping point? >> you know, you had two nights of rioting in that city. here again, what that clearly indicates is that there's a very strained relationship between the police department and that community. so there's no trust. and where you don't have trust is where you have this transparency, it gives the appearance of something being hidden in that community. we have to get past that. >> transparency leads to trust. >> absolutely. >> you talk about the riots, the

riots we should be careful about using that word. you talk about the unrest, clear violence going on the streets in that town. we've seen pictures of the police presence, law enforcement presence in there, the very strong, strong law enforcement presence. some would say disproportionate to what's happening on the ground, these heavily armed law enforcement officials. when you see these pictures what message are you getting? >> well, considering here again the relationship that strained between these communities and that police department has a job to do and that is to protect innocent people that live in that community and businesses as well too, they have to prepare themselves for whatever type of civil unrest or whatever term you using media to frame it as. it does not help, of course, when police departments or this police department is in riot gear. however, in a situation where

you have such civil unrest, they have to be prepared to protect themselves and protect innocent people and businesses as well in that community. >> mr. alexander, i want to ask you one last question. you're being very diplomatic and i appreciate what you need to do in your role as your organization. yes or no when you see what's going on right now on the ground in ferguson, do you approve of what's going on right now? >> no, absolutely not. here again, i'm not being diplomatic about this. i'm being very straightforward in the fact that we have to be respectful of the investigation but the community doesn't trust their police department. i don't think any of us like what's going on the ground right now where you have civil unrest and a police department that has the appearance of not being transparent. that's something that that police department will have to find a way to work through and we here at noble are willing to help them and standing by to help them if they wish our help

and i know there's a number of organizations that are in there as well too. so, there's a point of diplomacy in all of this, but there's a realism here that exists too that we are seeing a number of young african-american men who are being killed in communities across this country that is raising a great deal of question for all of us who are american citizens. >> it certainly does and that's an issue that certainly needs to be discussed and there are communities around this country that need to listen to your sage advice on many of these subjects. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. next up on "new day" how did isis get so big and so strong so quickly. chilling firsthand look at the terror groups efforts to recruit young people and grow their ranks. that's just ahead. also a look at the growing political rift in washington how to deal with isis that sparked tension between president obama and hillary clinton. will the two of them be able to

hug it out? those are words from hillary clinton's aides. we'll have the latest on "inside politics". where do what are you doing with scratch craigthat key jake? i'm thinking of scratching your car. well, you should stop thinking that. you're a little too precious with it. don't touch my dart, jake common it's for your own good, you'll thank me later. move out of the way, so you don't get hurt, i mean it. it's gonna happen, might as well be from a friend. jake... step back, jake.

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27 minutes past the hour. here's a look at your headlines. authorities in california confirm robin williams' death was a suicide. they say he hanged himself at his home following a long battle with depression. toxicology tests are going to take a few more weeks. in a post-online his daughter said the world is quote, darker and less colorful and lot less full of laughter. iraq's prime minister nouri

maliki fighting back calling efforts to force him out unconstitutional and a conspiracy. his bid to stay in power is crumbling as more u.s. troops arrive. 130 more u.s. military advisors have arrived in northern africa to help evacuate refugees under siege by isis militants. this expanded role raises the stakes for an eventually u.s. attacks. two people have been killed by a double bombing in baghdad. texas governor rick perry will meet today with members of the texas national guard. they are training for deployment to secure the u.s./mexico border. the program comes at a cost of $18 million a month. at that rate money will dry up by october. a texas national guard official says other states have offered to help share those costs. got to show you this crazy dash cam video, kalamazoo,

michigan. an officer pulls over a driver. sees the driver can't breathe. pulls the driver out. starts the heimlich maneuver. force a sausage sean bun out of the driver's throat. she cries and hugs him. no she didn't get a ticket. his first time doing the heimlich. >> he did a very nice job. >> a very nice job. >> no ticket. >> he seemed cool under pressure. >> that's what you always want. >> i would say so. thank goodness. i'm not going to make some kind of weird choking reference. let's get to "inside politics" on "new day". always my favorite. just waiting for the segue. >> john berman put it, the hug heard around the world. >> reporter: i was going to say there can be no choke on national hug out day. let's go "inside politics". with me this morning to share the reporting and maybe a hug or

two. at martha's vineyard secretary of state clinton will be in the same room with the president of the united states this after a big dust up after some comments she made while in the atlantic where she says she disagreed the president in arming the syrian rebels. she makes the case maybe things wouldn't be as bad in iraq if we dealt with this sooner. she mocks this don't do stupid stuff as we say on television. david axelrod tweeted yesterday, just to clarify, don't do stupid stuff means like stuff occupying iraq in the first place which was tragically a bad decision. both took the tweet as an elbow back to hillary clinton because she voted for the iraq war. yes? >> absolutely. i don't think anybody doubted that at some point hillary clinton was going to establish some distance with president obama. you know, running for the third term of the same party you always got to show you'll take a different course. i don't think anybody doubted they had authentic honest

disagreements on many aspects of foreign policy including this one. we basically knew already this is she would have done something different in this situation, so, you know, this happens to be the way it's coming out and of course it's being played up as a soap opera. i think it was inevitable. >> the timing was bad. she gave this interview to jeffrey goldberg before the president announced the air strikes. which in the middle of that does magnify it some. to molly's point it's in the book. not like she made this up at this moment to pick a fight. however, things do get magnified. >> obviously once hillary

clinton does run for president and maybe joe biden too, president obama will not going to get out there in public and criticize her or his vice president, but i do think the axelrod tweet was unmistakable a jab at hillary clinton and is indicative of residual friction on the political side, on their political staffs. they both tried to tamp down on any divisions. hillary clinton has to be careful here if she does run for the democratic nomination. look, she is the safe bet but is not inevitable and she does have to be sensitive, at least, to the -- not the anti-hawkish wing of the democratic party. that's where barack obama is from. that's where he emerged from. she has to be a little bit careful. >> that's a critical point. we focus on the personalities because it's interesting. the clinton obama race was fascinating to watch. if you see any differences we

want to focus on him and her. this is about an ideological divide within the party. some democrats raising reservations about what the president said. the democratic chairman said the president should come to congress for air strikes. kaine said since the administration has conceded that 2002 iraq authorization for use -- if you're looking at barack obama in the white house and there's a vote you're a democrat you assume you think the safe vote is no. >> in a way it is that iraq vote all over again and that was the vote that, you know, hillary clinton calls a mistake now in her book but never apologized for it during the 2008 nomination process when it was the only significant ideological difference between her and barack obama and this is the substance in a larger sense of

her criticism of him is that there isn't a quote-unquote organizing principle to his foreign policy. it's interesting that's what she's been criticized for as well for not having established a clinton doctrine as secretary of state and not having real accomplishments that she can show for that. when my colleague jeffrey goldberg asked her what is your organizing principle it was sort of nothing, it was peace and prosperity. she will still be under pressure to first of aldo this dance with the democratic base where she shows somehow she's still -- she's in touch with them when a lot of them disagree with this point of view but second of all coming up with an organizationing principle of her own. >> only because the wars are not flaring like they were when she was running for president the last time don't mean the mood of the democratic base is tempered with respect to overseas intervention. i think the base still wants sort of a sober mined approach to foreign policy, again, sort

of the small ball approach to foreign policy. >> who will draw that out and have that conversation or it is done in town hall settings. one of the best things you can do with a politician, ask long foreign policy questions and sometimes the old word associates works out well. listen to rand pull. -- rand paul. he's on kentucky education television and asked to play word association with his friends. listen. >> okay. back to the personalities and in one word or couple of words, praises. chris christie. >> hillary clinton. >> yesterday's news. >> bridges for chris christie. ouch. a little shot there. yesterday's news for hillary clinton. what do we make of rand paul playing word association. >> he's not pulling any punches. he's been showing for a while

he's going to wage a very aggressive presidential campaign. he's been saying about hillary for more than a year now and somehow it gets a fresh headline that she's unqualified to be president because of benghazi and so this is -- this is also an attack line that republicans have been preparing against hillary for quite some time and democrats tend to respond to it by saying that's ageless, that's not nice. they think the most effective way to attack hillary clinton is by painting her as this vestige from the '90s. >> rand paul is already running for president. he makes no bones about that. he's avoiding the polite conventions where people typically avoid naming the unnamed crypts that they talk about. and he understands the state of the media, that we love a fight, we love a clash, and by sort of pick fights with chris christie and hillary clinton he's able to elevate himself, get himself out there and there's no front-runner for the republican nomination but he's in the top

three usually in most republican polls. >> we'll see chris christie if he responded to that game, hampton. all right. molly and peter thanks for coming in. have you taken ice bucket challenge? >> not yet. >> we'll get back to new york with this one. there are a lot of kennedys. if you follow this ice bucket challenge it's a great cause. boston college athlete came down with als disease. this awareness campaign has gone viral including the kennedys. look. >> today i'm nominating my entire family to dump buckets of ice over their heads for als. >> oh. >> welcome to cape cod, president obama. i nominate you.

>> that's ethel kennedy. the administration says he won't dump a bucket of ice but will make a donation. mayor of cost to has done it. scott brown has done it. the president may reconsider. >> i think it's against doctor's orders to dump buckets of ice over my head. >> i think to be a gentleman mr. ber hand should just do it twice. that seems fair. i thought that line was going to go all the way to like gloucester. >> put them all in one place hard to lose an election. >> there you go. there's the strategy. thanks, john. all right. we're going to take a break. coming up next on "new day" we'll talk much more about the crisis in iraq.

how did isis get so powerful and so quickly as it seems to some. how is the group recruiting people to join their cause? a rare remarkable look inside the militant group coming up in moments. and then remembering robin williams. a few of tv's late night hosts play tribute to the comedian. we rounded up all the best sounds, emotional heart felt memorials. that's ahead. >> it was bright orange and bright green. ♪ ♪ so nice, so ni-i-i-ce

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welcome back. this morning an unprecedented look inside the operations of isis. we have an up close look at the group's efforts to recruit young people to its cause. here's a look. >> reporter: in the militant group self-declared syrian capital, vice news cameras capture a remarkable look inside the world of isis militants and their influence on the younger generation.

inside this mosque militants deliver their message to a packed room of men and boys, declaring war with the enemies of allah they are asked to sacrifice their money and lives. this 11-year-old boy came to swear allegiance to the terrorist group's leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi. here isis member asks his young son why do we kill the infidels. what have they done? they kill muslims the boy reprice. vice news cameras were rolling during this celebration, the reporter describing it as an important recruitment opportunity for isis. the rally, a startling reality of how youth are indoctrinated by the militant group.

>> truly startling look inside this militant operation that you've never really seen before thanks to vice news for that. let's discuss this further, though with the outreach officers a think tank to reducing extremism. thank you so much for your time. you are watching that and amazzed as i am when i see that video and access that vice news was able to get. it raises so many questions and simple ones for many people, not only really what is isis but what is unique to isis, do you believe that has allowed them to grow so powerfully and so quickly in many people's minds? >> yeah. isis is an organization in different names has existed for a while. daddy at one time was arrested and a prisoner in iraq and one of the first things that president obama did was release him. he's been around for a while.

what these guys have done in different guises they have managed to bully people through protection money, some oil companies have related stories that they charged half a million dollars a month for protection and they have raised a lot of money from wealthy donors from around the world as well. the key thing now they won some battles. they believe god is on their side. they now have over $2 billion worth of assets and operating in a 21st century jihadi manner and operating almost like a corporate entity. they are issuing annual results, slick recruitment videos. this for them was almost like a tourism video. a way to recruit people from around the world. they have done something al qaeda never managed to do and that is set up an islamic state and now asking for people to come join them. >> some of our military analysts they looked at just really this unbelievable surge that they

have pushed from into syria as well as into iraq and they said someone within that organization has had war college training because of how they have been able to operate an win some of these battles. what do you know more about that operation? >> yes. there are people that are war veterans from chechnya. people gone from holland. they have now got foreign fighters from over 80 countries in the world, that's nearly half the countries in the world. wasn't these foreign fighters they've had people who used to be in the military in holland and other places, war veterans and people with expert military and tactical knowledge and have allowed them to bring them into this 21st jihad and allowed them to within battles. they indoctrinate in such a fashion, they believe it's their religious duty and political and religious duties and now expanded around the world. they are looking at this as a

long term project with this indoctrination of children, they call all sorts of people to come to their state. we have people today, newspapers in uk say there's recruitment for isis in the streets of london and other countries as well. this is something that really should be a worry for all of us. >> absolutely. when you talk about that they've had some key wins that has helped their morale, if you will, quite frankly they have billions of dollars of assets at this point which is key to spreading their operation, it's clearly a threat in the middle east. no question. is it -- how big of a threat is isis, do you think to the united states? >> i think isis is a huge threat to the whole western world not just the united states. as you mentioned they got over $2 billion worth of assets. they are running over $3 million a day from oil revenue from selling oil on the black market. abu bakr al-baghdadi wants i

stois be the go to jihadi organization for the world. in order to do that he has to do something that he's more renowned than osama bin laden did and we all know what he did and al qaeda did in new york. and what worries me is that he wants to make a statement. he has these foreign fighters and many people who fought there and gone back. in order to make this statement he has to do something in the west and that's what really worries me. we don't manage to a, attack this now in the region and b, in the long term tackle their ideas and stop people, win people's hearts and minds and stop them from joining them in the first place, we're going to have a lot more serious threats in the u.s. and around the world because these guys have got money, motivation and they are well, well organized. >> then it raises many questions that go to not only what can and should to be done to stop the threat in iraq but, of course, then from spreading much, much

further even here to even further west as you pointed out. thank you so much. great to see you. thank you for your insight on this. >> my pleasure. >> let's take another break. coming up on "new day" getting back to the touching tribute to robin williams from some of tv's late night hosts. we'll show you how they honored the man who inspired many of them. >> we're very lucky to have had him at all. so yes.

one-in-a-million. unbelievable. if you ever saw this guy stand up -- if you don't know stand

up, go to you tube and watch it. amazing. he was funny. he was fast. he would weave in and out of characters. oh, yes thank you. what the hell going on there. yes. the kid no. yes, thank you. >> jimmy fallon last night paying beautiful tribute to robin williams and that comedic genius, jimmy, conan o'brien seth meyers all took a moment to remember robin williams. the actor left his mark on comedy. his comedic style hard to repeat. jimmy did a good job. and he was giant robin williams. many comedians called him an idol. nischelle turner is here. not only the legacy but the impact he's had on the world of comedy just seeing jimmy there. he was a regular on the late night circuit. jimmy called him the mohamed ali

of comedy. >> yes. greatest of all time mohamed ali. a lot of people feel that way when you see robin williams stand up comedy almost like a risk. a stream of conscience. he just went and wherever he ended up, okay. >> most guys rehearse their material in smaller clubs before they do their big shows. do you get a sense he ever did that? i would think no two shows would ever be alike. >> that's a good point. we heard gilbert godfrey earlier this morning say he would see robin because robin would pop up in the clubs. paul rodriguez talked about the fact that robin popped up in the club and made sure he got on the bill. he was a working stand up comedian. we hear those guys who work on their craft. >> let's take a look what seth meyers had to say last night on late night. >> the saddest part is robin was battling depression and if there's anything we can do to honor his memory i would hope it

would be to use this opportunity to educate us more about this terrible affliction. so we just want to say that we miss robin, we're also very lucky to have had him at all. so, yeah, just, you know, just thank you to robin williams. that's all i can say. >> you can tell that was a real reaction. i want to leave with could none o'brien. he tells the funniest story. >> he bought me this bicycle and he had it delivered to my house and it was the most absurd bicycle you've ever seen. >> hooked like a mardi gras parade. >> it did. it was beautiful and top notch but it was bright orange and bright green and had shamrocks on it. i called him up and i said robin i'm floored by this bike and all he said i knew you ride and i knew you could use it.

does it tolook ridiculous? >> yes. >> it shows that he developed a relationship with these guys going back on these late night shows over and over on letterman and leno. >> and inspiring them he was a comedian of a certain ilk. he made comedians cool in a lot of way, fun in a lot of ways. those guys did look to him. i think it was interesting how we saw totally three different reactions and tributes to him last night and i think seth was poignant, speaks to his sensibility. >> we don't want it to get buried. he made us laugh but we do need to address that. thank you. take a short break here on "new day". we'll be watching our breaking news. new reporting on the u.s. advisors heading to iraq in addition to the ones already there. could these new advisers be

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it's wednesday, august 11th. breaking news in iraq. we're learning more about the 130 u.s. marines and special forces that are now on the ground in iraq in an advisory role. they may rescue tens of thousands of refugees. >> it seems this increases the possibility that u.s. troops could be face to face with these isis militants. we'll speak with the pentagon's chief spokesman in just a moment but first let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon right now with the latest on this. barbara? >> reporter: good morning. u.s. officials are telling me that the focus is, in fact, on an air evacuation mission to get those stranded people off that mountain top. this obviously is going require the president's approval. the u.s. wants to work with other countries to do this but it is only the u.s. military

that really has the capability to move large numbers of people in a quick fashion. the work now is focusing on can you land enough helicopters and aircraft on that mountain top to get those people out. it is going to require, i am told, a small number of u.s. personnel making the journey to the mountain top to directly look at the terrain there, look at where and how they can land helicopters, look at the situation, get a better count of how many people are actually there. what does this mean for the u.s. confronting isis? of course the question is, does this put the u.s. in a combat role which the president says it will not be. u.s. troops will have the right to defend themselves. they are not looking we're told for an offensive combat mission by any stretch. strictly defense if they come under attack by isis. but if this happens, if it's approved by the president, look for u.s. air strikes also to be stepped up to keep pushing isis

back away from that mountain, get there, those isis positions destroyed so this evacuation operation can happen. again it requires the president's approval and tu wants to do it in conjunction with the kurds, with iraqi forces and other countries that may lend help. >> make no mistake if you're reporting, it does put u.s. boots on the ground, on that mountain. so this is an interesting development, barbara starr with the pentagon, thanks so much. >> barbara's great reporting. let's get to john kirby, the pentagon's press secretary spokesman for secretary of defense chuck hagel. rear admiral great to see you. i'm sure you heard what barbara is reporting. i want to get your take. tell us what the very latest is. is the focus on an air evacuation option and what does it mean for sending troops to that mountain? >> right now the focus of this

team that secretary hagel sent into erbil yesterday is to offer a broad assessment of the entire humanitarian situation there in northern iraq. also, of course, on mount singer. no decisions have been made what we will or will not do. it's imprudent for me to speak about future operations that may be conducted. we wanted to get a better sense of the humanitarian situation up there, to run through the options, to take a look at what might be possible or feasible and certainly to work with partners in the area, interagency partners inside the u.s. government but international partners as well. >> from what we're hearing the options are pretty simple. air evacuation or by land. both pose many risks and challenges. is the leading possibility right now an air evacuation? >> there's nothing simple about the situation on mountain singer. nothing simple about the

situation in iraq. i would be loathe to get into specific options right now. we'll take a look at the situation on the mountain. take a look at the situation up there in the north. this team will come back and offer some recommendations and options for the secretary of defense and military leadership to then propose to the commander-in-chief. i don't want to get too far out in front of this thing. we shouldn't be jumping to a conclusion right now that there is or won't be a rescue operation in particular. >> absolutely. no one wants to jump to any conclusions. but time is running out. we've seen it. our correspondents have seen it. when you say you have to get up there and see exactly what the situation is on that mountain, doesn't that mean that the united states is going to be putting boots on the ground? >> well, the president has been very clear there's not going to be boots on the ground in a combat role. there's very clear direction. but what he also told us to do

was to take, to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis there in northern iraq and in and around mount singer. we've been doing that largely through air strikes on isis targets that are around the mountain continuing to harass and kill the refugees up there. we got a mandate here to alleviate the humanitarian crisis. we also are looking forward to doing that with partners, with other international partners. the brits are now involved. i just came from sidney australia, the australians want to chip in. the french want to chip in. there will be an international effort. >> it seems at this point as conditions are changing on the ground and as dire a situation as it is on mount singer you can't have it both ways. you can't get in there and help alleviate this humanitarian crisis without putting boots on the ground. you have to acknowledge does raise the risk substantially of

u.s. troops getting in direct contact or under direct fire from isis. >> well, look, first of all, everybody shares the same sense of urgency and purpose. we understand our people dying. we understand the desperate situation they are in. that's why quite frankly secretary hagel ordered this team to erbil two days ago and that's why they are there and they are helping to assess the situation. rear trying to move with a very keen sense of purpose. but look let's not get ahead of operations that haven't been conducted yet. there's no rescue operation in the works right now. we got the team there. they will tell us what they see, what they think, what we can possibly do and then go there. the other thing i would say is regardless of whether they mount some operation or not our troops always have the right of self-defense and force protection is our number one priority where we put troops anywhere. the president has been clear there's not going to be u.s. troops on the ground in a combat

role. >> what's your time table on when these decisions have to be made if a rescue mission will happen? >> we don't have a specific timetable right now, kate. again we're getting a look at this. i would be loathe to speculate on time. >> i want to make a transition as we keep our focus on iraq but big news here in the united states, losing a great, robin williams. you had a unique opportunity of getting to know him, i probably venture to guess pretty well. you went on two uso trips with him. many that are close with him talk about how important this kind of charity, this giving back work was to him. what did you see? what was the side of robin williams that you saw and what did it mean to the troops? >> i'll tell you. he was amazing. not just funny amazing. he was amazing with the troops. i have to say, i had a chance through many uso troops travel

with many celebrities. i didn't know one who was more modest and more humble and more genuine when he was around the troops. they loved him and he loved them and it was very, very obvious. and i'll tell you the other thing that when he performed for them, it was obviously very funny but he kept the politics out of it. never once when i saw him do a show overseas did he make any -- any political reference to the wars at all. i don't know how he felt about the wars. nobody did. he just told jokes. he just wanted to make them laugh. he just wanted to take them a little bit out of their element for about 30 minutes where they could relax and enjoy themselves and forget they were in a war zone. just an amazing man. i feel very blessed. i know a lot of people in the military feel the same way. just that we had a chance to brush up against him for a little while. our thoughts and prayers go family. secretary hagel issued condolences as well. >> i also thought i should point out a tweet that we all read

from you, you wrote i once asked robin williams to offer advice to my son who would soon be turning 18. follow your heart he said. head is sometimes wrong. what did you take from that? >> it was amazing. i didn't have room in 140 characters to say everything that he said. the first thing that he said to my son, he wrote it in this book i collected for my son a book of advice first thing he said when i told my dad what i wanted to be, to do for a living, he told me i should get a real job like being a plumber. then he wrote follow your heart and sometimes the head is wrong. but that really kind of captures that essence of robin williams. that little line he wrote for my son. first it was a joke, a little something funny and then something very sincere and very serious and very thoughtful and that's robin williams. i honestly, i really feel blessed and lucky to have had a little chance to know him. >> rear admiral thank you for sharing that perspective. it's difficult to get the

important serious news of the day and then a little bit of this. thanks for doing that for us. >> my pleasure. thank you. thanks for having me. >> we'll talk to you very soon. >> did you see him light up at the mere mention of robin williams and what it meant to him and those troops. >> nice to see that side of the rear admiral. >> what an impression he must have made on admiral kirby and those troops. we do have new details about the death of robin williams. officials in marin county confirmed he hanged himself inside his home. but were officials wrong to share some of the details on live television, especially after his family's request for privacy? dan simon is live in california with more this morning. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning. the level of detail was surprising and shocking to some during that news conference and it's leading to an impassionate debate online.

but the bottom line is williams' body was discovered by a personal assistant after he failed to respond to repeated knocks on his bedroom door. >> our indication is that it's a suicide due to asphyxiation, due to hanging. >> reporter: upsetting details released by the coroner revealed robin williams hung himself by a belt inside his san francisco area home. >> the personal assistant entered the bedroom to find mr. williams clothed in a seated position unresponsive with a belt secured around his neck with the other end of the belt wedged between the clothes closet door and the door frame. >> reporter: williams who was recently battling severe depression may have tried to slit his wrist with a pocketknife. that's according to the coroner. the 20-minute long press conference was deemed inappropriate by many taking to twitter, outraged over its gruesome level of detail about the death of the beloved star. williams' wife susan snyder was the last to see the iconic comedic alive.

the couple retired to different rooms around 10:30 p.m. sunday night. the next morning believing williams was asleep, snyder left the house an hour before his body was discovered. tributes extending across the country from fans grateful for all the laughter he brought. >> there was a time when i found myself funny. >> the san francisco giants holding a moment of silence at last night's game whom they called one of their most loyal fans. >> deeply missed by all of us. >> reporter: all three of the comedian's children released statements. one of the sons describing the father as a best friend who was kind, againstle and generous. his daughter wrote there's minor comfort that our grief and loss in some small way is shared with millions. investigators won't say whether or not williams left a suicide

note. they are saying that toxicology results or the chemical substances that may have been in his body, those details won't be known for up to six weeks. john? >> dan, we appreciate your reporting on this. >> let's get a look at our many other headlines. >> another busy day in the news. in middle east gaza peace talks continuing this morning. current truce set to expire this evening. the associated press reports a plan is on the table to bring an to end the month long war between israel and hamas. negotiators in egypt are calling on israel to open parts of the border. israeli official will investigate whether any international laws were broken during that gaza operation. officials in kiev say a join from russia will not be allowed to cross into ukraine. interior minister calls out vladimir putin saying provocation by cynical aggressor is not acceptable.

250 trucks are heading to the ukraine on a humanitarian mission but there's widespread concerns on president putin's intentions. canada will provide 1,000 doses of a experimental vaccine to help fight ebola outbreak in west africa. the world health organization said it was ethical to use the drugs against the virus. nigerian officials announcing a third death connected to a liberian american man who was infected in the virus died in nigeria last month. the outbreak has claimed more than 1,000 lives in west africa. next up for us on "new day" more violence in the streets of ferguson, missouri. michael brown's family demand to know the name of the officer who shot him. we'll speak with the mayor in ferguson for the latest. >> hollywood loses another legend a leading lady from the golden age of cinema. we'll look back on the life and career of lauren bacall.

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welcome back to "new day". overnight more anger over the death of an unarmed black teenager shot in broad daylight by a police officer. authorities have refused to identify the officer who killed 18-year-old michael brown citing concerns for the officer's safety. this is sparking outrage in ferguson, missouri and nationwide. president obama has called brown's death heartbreaking. now the teenager's family is asking the officer to take

responsibility for their son's death. listen to this. >> he know he did something wrong. you take your punishment. and if you're a man stand up and be a man. you say i was wrong. >> i want to bring in the mayor of ferguson, missouri. thank you for being with us. before we get to tissue of michael brown. i want to ask you about news about another incident overnight in ferguson where a police officer in this case shot a suspect. can you tell me what happened? >> i know not a whole lot about it. i know it did not happen in ferguson it happened in an outlying communities outside of ferguson and st. louis police officer who was assisting in keeping control in the area, actually had an armed confrontation with a gentleman who did have a weapon. actually i believe there were several involved. the one that did have a weapon, unfortunately, the use of force

was required to stop him. he is in the hospital, i understand, at the moment. >> i appreciate you clearing that up for us, mayor. we're now four days after this incident which the president has called heartbreaking which i know you find heartbreaking as well. four days in now. and the name of the officer involved has not been released. very unusual in a shooting incident like this anywhere. to keep identities like this secret. why? >> well, actually that's up to the st. louis county prosecutor's office and actually it is standard protocol in st. louis, at least, that we do not release the information related to subjects who have not been charged with a crime. right now there's an ongoing investigation, i believe last night the prosecuting attorney did address this issue, and stated, of course, that it is protocol we would not release that information until this individual is charged. obviously there's also concern

for the officer's life and there has been death threats to many of our officers, hackers have tried to find personal information and display it online on social media asking people to target myself, council members, police chief's own home was put up on instagram and told people to go there and assault him. >> as mayor you're concerned of the safety of everyone in this community and we do appreciate that. >> absolutely. >> also as mayor i think part of your charge is to oversee the environment and the feelings within that community and right now there is a sense that there isn't perfect transparency in this case. there's tissue of the officer's name. you explained your feelings on that. but also southeast details of this case which usually by this point again might be made public the coroner's office saying michael brown was shot several times refusing to say how many. the police likewise not saying how many. do you think this lack of

transparency has contributed to the frustration that we are still so clearly seeing on the ground there? >> well, absolutely. i'm sure people are very frustrated with not being able to know. i think we all want to see a fair and impartial examination of the facts. and first we have to find out what those facts are. so a lot of the information that's out there on social media, a lot of people who claim to be eyewitnesses, a lot of it is contradictory. we want to make sure that the information, the physical evidence, the information we know to be factual lines up with the witnesses and so we can't let that information out. this was all explained by the prosecuting attorney last night. this is his call. his concern that we want to make sure that the information that we know factual, physical evidence, lines up with the information that we're hearing from eyewitnesses and then we can vet that out and add to it the investigation. so, again, this is all coming from the prosecuting attorney last night at the forum we attended and, again, it is his

call. >> one of thosy witnesses, the other young man with michael brown at the time he did speak to cnn last night. let's listen to what he had to say about the incident. >> we were both unarmed, sir. we didn't have a sharp object on us, nothing. i didn't even have pockets on my shorts that i had on. we had nothing on us. the police would not interview me at the scene. almost like he wasn't paying attention to me any more. it was like he was in shock himself. and his vision wasn't on anything but my friend big mike. >> young man said he was not interviewed at the scene last night. he told us he still wasn't interviewed by police. part of the concern in the effort to get as much information as possible from the people there. does it worry you that this eyewitness centrally involved eyewitness hasn't been spoken to as of last night? >> you know, if that's true that is very concerning, but i'm sure

that, you know, the county and the fbi, the justice department who are all here looking into this case will examine everyone involved. as far as, you know, the officer on scene it was a volatile situation when the officers arrived and our chief on the way to the scene called st. louis county police department asking for detectives to examine this immediately. so we've been out of this investigation from the start because we want there to be no question that there's been no impropriety, no tainting by our department or our officers. we are out of the loop on purpose on this because we wanted it to be fair and impartial. >> we know what you want is to get through this as a community. when you see the pictures -- we see the pictures here of what's going on in the streets of the demonstrations and also what appears to be heavily armed law enforcement trying to keep the streets safe, they say, when you see this in person, what has it

been like to go through this for you as a resident of this town and as its leader? >> well it's very disheartening and very heartbreaking, actually. i've told many people who are not familiar with the ferguson community for many years i've been proud to grow up here. a community in transition that's become increasingly african-american over the years. i've lived here 35 years. there's always been a strong african-american presence. i went to a school that was predominantly african-american. and so we've never seen this kind of violence, never seen this kind of frustration or tension between treeses. i've always been proud to say that to people. but, unfortunately, you know, we see this now and it's heartbreaking to think that a community that i know we've always gotten along and our community still gets along very well, you know, to be torn apart by this. >> mayor, we wish you the best of luck in helping this community heal. you have your work cut-out for you based on what we're seeing. next up for us on "new day"

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some breaking news. heavy rain flooding parts of the northeast even closing major roadways. check out this. this is long island's flooded southern state parkway. cars submerged. looks like a river. people stranded. we want to get straight to meteorologist indra petersons. what a mess. any time it will subside. >> that system is making its way out of here. they saw over five inches of rain in an hour. they saw over 13 inches of rain on long island almost near the record for the entire month. that's key. this is how much rain that has continued to move through the area making its way through southern connecticut and rhode island and boston today so this is the concern. we're still talking rainfall rates of two to three inches per

hour. notice all of this record rainfall in through d.c. spreading to new jersey, spreading in towards massachusetts. this is the concern because it's commute time. let's put this in perspective. they have seen over a foot of rain in long island. that's almost three times the amount they should see the entire month. almost nearing the record for any month. all of this falling in just a few hours. that's how dangerous the situation. of course we have flash flood warnings in effect. slow moving system that will continue to bring this water in off the atlantic and really bring that moisture into the area and i have to stress this. it is commute time. that's what makes it so dangerous. people say it's not worth risking. we talked about record rainfall falling in just a few hours. >> you've been talking about that danger of standing water and standing waters, how fast it moves. we'll watch that of course here on cnf. hollywood has lost another legend, actress lauren bacall

who became an instant star after this performance. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> just 19 at the time in "to have and have not." she was opposite humphrey bogart who she would later marry a year later. she died tuesday at age 89. tributes are pouring in. one calling her the damest of the dames. one thing i know, nischelle, not really comfortable with the term legend. she's bristled that. >> she said that on cnn. she thought in her words legend was not of this earth and meant you were dead. she didn't like when people called her a legend. i heard you say that's my kind of gal and a lot of people this morning are saying that about her. >> she had this powerful

persona. i want to show you a clip from 1946, "the big sleep". >> the horse, i like to play them myself. see if they are front runners or come from behind. find out what their whole card is what makes them run. >> strong character -- >> the chemistry. can we talk about that for a second. this was a love affair. even though she was married several times she spoke of this one great marriage to him. >> you're right. she played a lot of strong characters which back in those days spoke is a lot to a woman in the movies. she really was groundbreaking in that way. the two of them, the love affair between them, a "the washington post" columnist wrote this morning, forget brad and angelina jolie, these who had a scandal. immediately on the screen there was this chemistry. he was northeastward someone else when they met. they fell in love on the set and their love lasted.

it was really one of the greatest hollywood love stories that we've ever seen. >> she also said back in '96 her career would have taken off if she didn't marry him. in the same breath she didn't regret marrying him. >> thank you. tributes are pouring in. still ahead on "new day" more on robin williams' suicide. we'll talk about the connection if there is one between comedians and depression. we'll speak to a psychologist about that very topic. we'll speak to a friend who was with williams at the very beginning of his career and worked with him at the very end of it.

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wendy, good to see you again. sorry to talk about this but it's an important discussion to have. many comedian and performers have been talking openly about the link they see between comedy and depression. williams himself was very open about it even in some of his performances. take a look at this clip. it's from an hbo special. >> alcohol is dangerous for people like myself or ethanol challenged. up get drunk go out for indian food, you wake up in bombay with a camel licking your [ expletive ]. ta-da you are an alcoholic. >> i grimaced when he said that. is laughter the best medicine? >> it may not be the best but grandfather of psychotherapy, siegmund freud said two things

to help is helping others and humor. it's a defense. it's a band aid but not a healer. >> big difference between a band aid and healer. then on the other flip side we know it can be exhilarating performing in front of an audience. can performing be intoxicating. >> any performance can have an effect on people. i know people who are musicians. he's so old why is he still on age. as long as there were people to listen rock stars want to get that charge, right? so, yes, performing in front of an audience can bring this boost of endorphin and good feeling. >> watching some of his performances have been, do you look at it differently than say i do who gets a chuckle out of

it or do you see red flags in some of those performance? >> i would say more importantly than when i watch a performance, when i hear the little jokes everybody makes in life all day long. because there's a little truth behind every joke. and it's very telling about people's personalities. >> we know that he sought treatment through the years. he had recovered. he battled depression and he battled alcoholism, as i mentioned several bouts in rehab. the question everybody wants to ask why didn't it work, why didn't it stick. it's not that easy, is it, wendy? >> no, because it's a two pronged healing process. one is once you start on that road to addiction and you're self-medicating your pain now your neurochemistry is on its own roller coaster ride. first prong is to get off that addiction which is his own piece. as soon as you do you're letting go of your pain killer and all the feelings bubble to the surface and make it very

difficult to manage and then becomes the long hard journey of deep psychotherapy. >> that long hard journey often doesn't end. that's an important point. >> the problem is they've get back up on stage. when you go into therapy you're in this -- if you're doing it well sometimes you get into a deep repressed state or sorry, what am i saying like an infantile all your emotions are raw. when you perform you get that big wow. you have to flipflop and it's very difficult. >> in the days where we're all getting used to the idea that robin williams doesn't walk among us any more and while we recover from this shocking news and the healing begins for at least the people that knew him very well hopefully this conversation about mental health will continue. wendy walsh, always a pleasure. we'll have much more on robin williams. we'll speak to a long time friend, mary lou henner what he was like when they were both

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she recently was in "the crazy ones" playing his ex-wife. mary lou henner is joining us now. thank you for waking up and taking time to remember. >> you know, i'm so -- robin was incredible. it's so funny because it's so rare that you connect with somebody, you know, you meet them. we were in an improv class before "taxi" and "mork and mindy." "taxi" and "mork and mindy" were shot near each other. "bosom buddies," we had a great time together. over the years he and i ran into each other so many times and had this crazy connection of like, we turn a corner and there we both were whether at the

hollywood bowl because we were both on stage or comic relief, of course. so many different things. when i got to speak a week with him playing his ex-wife on "the crazy ones" we got to reconnect. that was the happiest most wonderful set i've ever worked on and the people were great and it was because of robin. you know it felt like a real family because he was like this heart. he was this incredibly brilliant and talented man but he was so warm and you know how sometimes actors are the kind of people where they are the intensive care type. he wasn't like that. he was like always -- he was always welcoming to everyone whether it was bringing your family over to him or whatever. >> i get the sense -- i can feel your love almost of this man and his talents and what he gave. it teams like it doesn't seem real to you. it doesn't. i thought it was a hoax.

a friend of mine texted me and i said no. no, that's got to be a hoax. when i say him a few months ago i couldn't believe he was so fit. he seemed so calm. he seemed like happy. madly in love with his wife. with just say the sweetest thing. susan was on the set. we were sharing kid pictures. just catching up with each other. and the set was so happy. everybody just seemed like they loved being there and it was a true family because of him. >> it breaks my heart hearing you describe how happy it was. so, you saw any change in him it almost sounds like you saw a change for the better. >> he was, you know, he was in great shape. we were in bed scenes. he had his shirt off. i said robin i can't believe how great you look and obviously you have been working out and eating well and taking care of yourself and he just seemed very, you know, like he had come to a place in his life where he felt like wow i feel really good.

i'm really in shock. i really am. because it doesn't seem possible. and yet i know it is. he just was so -- he went out of his way for people. could you feel it all the time and was just this incredible, incredibly warm -- i think that's what everybody is stressing, he was just this lovely, giving, sweet, sensitive, interested human being. >> how do you make or how do you make or how are you able to make sense of it then with the man that you saw just a few months ago and the reality that you're faced with right now? >> you know, depression is a scary thing. i think it's one of the best kept secrets in the world and people in their family are depressed or, you know, it's so -- there's still such a stigma attached to it and we don't get the help or information out that we should. i do hope this opens up a big dialogue. you just never know what goes on underneath the surface.

and, you know, it's really -- it's shocking and it's -- i just hope -- well robin was a tremendous influence i'm sure that he will be influencing the world this way as well. >> and many have said while it's important to have that conversation about this best kept secret also important to remember all the joy that he brought to so many people's lives. i can only imagine the memories and the stories that you have from that studio lot with all of these amazing shows filming at the same time. what was it like between takes? >> oh, my gosh. well on the "taxi" set forget it. everybody came and hung out with its every friday. four times a year we had these crazy dance parties. >> can you describe what a killer dancer he was? >> yes, he was. robin was wild on the dance floor. he was wonderful. he's just -- you know i feel like i've known him for so long

and got to see him through so many stages. i was at comic relief four hours before i gave birth to my son and he sent over a poster after that. i didn't know i was in labor. i thought i was just with robin. robin feels like a contraction. >> i get it. >> i was laughing so hard my stomach was hurting. >> good to be if i'm overdue, my impending baby coming in october. >> watch a robin williams movie. >> what is the funniest memory you have with him? >> he was so fast. you know, he was just so crazy fast with anything. i introduced him to my son at the hollywood bowl, joey had a little red hair, frequentlcklese was like ronnie howard stunt double. none of his material was canned. totally fresh, in the moment. that rapid fire mind firing on

all cylinders. he walked through an audience and person to person connected the dots and connected the, you know, exactly what he was observing and dealing with. he was hilarious. he met my sister who is quite beautiful and he said, have this woman washed and sent to my tent. send anything. you never knew what was going the fly out of his mouth. better than anything we could come up with. just hilarious. voices. accents. and just so fresh and there. never felt like he wasn't in the moment. and that's -- that's what makes it all the more painful. >> thank you for sharing in the laughter and sharing in this moment and sharing some of those memories with us. really appreciate it. >> yeah. he was great. >> thanks so much for your time. great to see you. coming up on "new day" we'll have more on the role of the 130 u.s. advisors sent into iraq

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