warm. >> all right. thank you so much. we appreciate it. thank you for starting your morning with us. we'll be back at the top of the hour. sanjay gupta m.d. starts right now. >> more than 11 years after the united states first invaded iraq all eyes still on the region as isis fighters continue their assault on religious and ethnic minorities. in my 13 years at cnn i'm hard pressed when the "newsroom" fell as silent when the footage i'm about to share with you showed up. ivan watson was part of an aid drop to assist the yazidis when the mission turned into a frantic rescue. machine gunners unleashed bursts of hot metal. there is the crew aboard an

iraqi air force helicopter. rushing an aircraft full of food, diapers, water and baby's milk over isis front lines. >> opening fire add targets down below. they say they regularly take fire. clearly trying to defend the aircraft. we can see the people below trapped on sinjar mountain, they are clustered under olive trees now, waving to us. they seem to have gathered in these shelters down here. a lot of women and children waving. >> the crew hurls packages out

the door. people swarm the chopper. >> this has been one chaotic aid distribution. i really hope we didn't hurt anybody with the bottles of water we were throwing down at the height of 20, 30 feet. it's chaotic. people are waving, giving thumbs up. and there are a couple -- there are a couple people very relieved to be off the mountain and clearly very, very frightened. >> then the helicopter lands one last time to pick up more passengers. >> here they come. more desperate people throw themselves at the aircraft. heaving their children on board.

it's first come first served. there were some who couldn't make it. aboard the aircraft shock. exhausti exhaustion. fear that eventually gives way to relief. >> i can't describe to you how relieved people are right now. just shocked in the chaos of that moment.

but we've got little aziza not happy because she says her father got left behind. the gunners are opening fire on targets below. they are protecting the helicopter. but it's terrifying these little kids. who are traumatized after their week trapped on the mountain. the problem is we're flying over isis front lines, this is the only protection we have right now to protect the aircraft and its precious cargo. >> tensions ease when we cross into kurdish-controlled territory and for a moment there are even smiles as these children realize their ordeal on the mountain is finally over. >> sanjay, the sad reality is for the hundreds of thousands of iraqis who successfully escaped

isis militants who fled their homes and then survived, the terrible ordeal of traveling to safety, this is what waits for them. sprawling refugee camps built in a matter of days under an agonizing august sun in the middle east. in the case of the hamid family and asiza they spent nights living in a derelict building here. there are tough conditions. if there is a bright spot it's that their missing father who was separated from them in their panicked headlong flight away from the militant defensive, he did make contact with the family a couple days ago and now they say they are dreaming of being reunited with their missing father. sanjay. >> you know, the refugees were stuck on the mountain in many cases with no water, nothing at all. then the iraqi army and the u.s. military dropped over 35,000

gallons of water and 100,000 meals. that food comes packaged like regular meals ready to eat. there's a variety. from beef stew to pasta, lamb and lentils. each contains about 1200 calories. it's a mix of protein, fat and carbs, designed in that case for people with high energy needs. and remember these refugees were on the run, sleeping in the open. there is no doubt really i think that the air drop saved lives. up next, our spotlight is on mental health. following the untimely death of robin williams. who was truly one in a million. >> you're still that guy. >> just to let you know i'm changing it to roberts and roberts. >> are you now. a body at rest tends to stay at rest...

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we lost a legend this week when robin williams took his life. he was suffering from severe depression. his wife revealed he was in the early stage of parkinson's disease. none of that is going to make us fully understand why this happened, but it's clear there are a lot of people who may be in a similar situation, they are just out there suffering. even now. in a moment i'm going to tell you about a brand new way of treating depression. first, here's tom foreman. >> from his first moments in the 70s hit "happy days" as an alien visiting the 1950s, robin williams was a time traveler. >> i honestly regret it. >> and once he found the spotlight for almost 40 years he never left it.

>> you ran iraq. >> whether mocking a president for the college crowd on "saturday night live" or leaping into a film for all ages like jumamji. such energy it seemed as if he had come for them. >> what year is it? >> it was brand new. >> no. what year is it? >> 1995. remember? >> his range made it possible, in films like "mrs. doubtfire" he let loose with broad physical comedy. >> oh, sir, i sought some angry member of the kitchen. did you not tip him? a run by fruity. >> in aladdin his ability to conjure voices made the genie in

the lamp brilliant. >> never had a friend like me. >> and yet, he could just as convincingly play it straight in movies like "dead poets society." >> gather ye roses while ye may. carpe deem. >> who knew, he did because williams seized each day, each moment as if it were his last. whether entertaining troops, raising money for charity or teaching kids on "sesame street." >> you can hear the air go in and out. sometimes you can see it. happy new year. >> perhaps one reason so many people loved williams so much was that age and worry and time itself seemed to pass him by, like his character in "hook" he was the boy who never grew old, and in doing so, the man who

kept us all a little younger. >> depression can be so isolating obviously but it's important to remember you're not alone. in fact, one in ten american adults report be depressed. the national suicide prevention lifeline is a network of crisis centers always staffed to answer calls. one of the people who takes calls is counselor gloria jetter. he joins me now. thanks for being on the program. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> you know, this hits everybody so hard, obviously this news about robin williams. i'm curious you take these calls when something like this happens does it change the number or type of calls you receive? >> it does. we have seen a significant increase in calls in the past two days. i think people are really strongly affected by this loss. and it can stir up a lot for people. >> there's a lot of media

attention on it. overall sometimes there is a lot of education that takes place around depression when this happens. is it overall do you think that attention, that media attention is good, does it help educate people more? >> you know, i think it can bring awareness around depression and you know, to around people who are vulnerable to suicide. we've received a lot of calls where people are concerned about someone that they know is suffering from depression and they want to know what can they do to help. so we've spent a lot of time educating people on resources and kind of coaching people on how to talk to friends and family members that they are worried about. >> when you pick up that call, i mean, how do you -- what do you say, how do you start the conversation and make a connection with the person on the other end of the line? >> well, we usually begin by greeting them, and you know, thanking them for calling. i usually tell someone what my

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>> the publicist for robin williams said the actor had been treated for severe depression. while we don't know the details we do know this, he's not alone. for many people medication or cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective treatments but for a sizeable group there is nothing that seems to work. it's exciting to learn about a potentially new approach. i'm going to show you what i'm talking about, a device like this implanneded like a pacemaker underneath your collarbone and the wires are inserted directly into the brain. on the outside the doctor can flip a switch turning it on. it's radical stuff but in some cases the results can be astonishing. for as long as edie geiton could remember she could not get the sad thoughts out of her head >> my mother said smile, edie,

why don't you smile? i would give something like that maybe or just think what is there to smile about? >> reporter: at 19, the first of three suicide attempts. >> for reasons that are inexplicable to me, even now, got up and started playing with a razor, and -- >> reporter: you cut your wrists? >> um-hum. >> reporter: did you cut both your wrists? >> yes, um-hum. >> reporter: over the next 40 years, she tried counseling, psychiatric drugs, and electroconvulsive shock therapy, but nothing worked. >> the despair i think is what is the most powerful push towards suicide, because there feels like there is no hope. >> reporter: but if could you look inside edi guyton's head today, this is what you'd see.

what electrodes, the thickness of angel hair pasta, powered by a battery pack under her collarbone. >> i don't think about it, i have electrodes in my brain. >> reporter: it's an experimental use of deep brain stimulation. so what are we looking here. pioneered by neurologist dr. mellen. it controls our moods. here at emory where i'm on staff my colleagues have been using deep brain stimulation for more than 15 years to treat movement disorders such as parkinson's disease and in that case they're targeting the brain's motor system. dr. mayberg wanted to target area 25 for patients with severe depression. it was a procedure, just like this, done an edi guyton. in surgery, patients are lightly sedated as a neurosurgeon drills

two holes. with an instrument to guide him, he then inserts the electrodes. >> is the contact on? >> contact is on. >> reporter: as a benchmark, the doctors asked edi to rate her feelings on a scale of one to ten, starting with dread. >> one? >> my sense of dread is getting worse. >> your sense of dread is getting worse preponderate it. rate it. >> reporter: two minutes later they turned on one of the four contacts. >> how does it feel right now? is it still hot? >> it's much worsless. >> what is the drop? >> three. >> reporter: a drop to eight to three but doctors get a better result. >> we're going to make some changes. >> reporter: up until this time edi could not connect emotionally, not even with other baby grandniece, susan. >> somebody handed her to me and i held her but i was going through the motions and i felt really nothing. >> reporter: nothing? >> nothing.

nothing. >> reporter: that changed in the operating room. >> stim on. >> reporter: when they tried contact number two. >> let me know if anything just changes give a shout. >> i just almost smiled. >> you just almost smiled? >> yes. >> describe that for us, would you, please? >> i haven't smiled in a long time. right there in the middle of brain surgery, i felt feelings that i thought were gone. >> when you say you almost smiled, something strike you as funny or spontaneous? >> it was, well, actually i was think i thinking playing with susan. i started think being susan. i was holding her with her face to me. >> reporter: what was that like, just to think that a machine and the electricity could transform your emotions like that?

>> it felt fantastic. i didn't care what was doing it. it just felt great. >> reporter: now edi's transformation as you saw there is pretty dramatic and she is still doing well, six years now after having put that device in. more than two dozen patients have also been treated at emory, that happens to be the hospital where i work as well, and most of them are at least somewhat better. that's according to dr. mayberg. there was a larger multicenter trial that a lot of people are watching to see if this would show the same success but the trial was stopped early in january and no results yet have been made public. this sort of treatment is fascinating and it's enticing but keep in mind, we still don't know which patients are going to be the most likely to benefit. there is something you can do today to make everyone around you feel a little bit better, just say hello. it's that simple. i'll explain next.

before we go, i want you to do one thing for me. i want to you reach out to someone today. maybe it's someone you've neglected, maybe it's someone who is going through a tough time. maybe it's someone who could just use a lift, call them, e-mail them, whatever, but do it for no other reason than to just say hello. we don't do enough of that in our busy lives and i think it's time for that to change. i've written a lot about loneliness and i'm amazed how lonely we are as a nation, even if we think we're more connected than ever. one in five people suffer from loneliness. that's 60 million people. imagine that, there are would it to many people out there who don't have a single person they can call, a single person to reach out, a singler. to just say hello. we can never know what was really happening in the mind of robin williams, but after the death of someone like him, we tend to feel fragile, even vulnerable, as a society. we want to feel close, we want to reach out, and today i want to you embrace that feeling, hold it close and not let it go.

just say hello to a long lost friend, or to a brand new stranger. you'll make an enormous difference in that person's life and i promise you, you'll feel good about it as well. nanu nanu. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, so glad to have your company. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell in ferguson, missouri. 8:00 on the east coast but 7:00 in ferguson. this is "new day sunday." it's quiet here with a few people who are demonstrating across the street from the ferguson city police department, every time a car drives by that horn honks they hold up their hands, that's the motion that witnesses say that michael brown did, that's the position he was in when he was fatally shot by the officer with the ferguson police department, darren wilson. overnight there was this curfew that was enacted by missouri governor