>> thanks, anderson. >> hello, i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. we continue to follow the developing situation in ferguson, missouri. a number of the world's biggest stories coming up for you this hour. we start in ferguson, another night of protests, tensions and call for justice. as anderson just mentioned, the crowds have been smaller and they may be taking the captain's advice and wrapping up the demonstrations by nightfall. it seems as though the crowds are much smaller than they were yesterday in ferguson. >> the story we're watching butchered islamic militants, beheading a u.s. journalist. shattered israeli forces trade fire with palestinian militants in gaza after the collapse of a truce.

we are k50e7ing a very close watch on ferguson missouri, very peaceful and smaller groups tonight. they're demanding justice in the death of michael brown. >> let's show you the seen there these past few hours, live pictures for you now along that street where we've seen so many demonstrations and tonight seems much different. you have law enforcement out in force in case there's looting. they haven't felt the need to trigger their response. >> as we've been telling you, eric holder is expected to arrive in ferguson in a few hours to get an update on the

justice department's civil rights investigation into brown's death. >> a number of interesting things will happen to move this story along when wednesday comes. a grand jury will begin hearing testimony from witnesses on wednesday in their effort to determine whether charges should be filed against officer wilson. that's the man who shot and killed michael brown. shooting his body multiple times. the teen's mother spoke to u.s. channel nbc. listen to this. >> justice. justice will bring peace, i believe. >> oath if that justice results in the arrest or charges being filed against officer wilson? is that what it's going to take? >> yes. an arrest, charges being filed and the prosecution -- >> now, anderson cooper is there on the ground for us in ferguson, missouri, he joins us now live once again.

anderson, tonight seems to be different if you can hear me. people seeming to take the advice of captain ron johnson and keep the demonstrations moving, keep them peaceful and wrap them up by nightfall. >> they certainly have. there's a group which is still protesting, continuing to move around per police instructions. there's maybe 50 or so people in that group. it's dwindled down from 200 or 250 who were here an hour or so. there are a number of people standing around and police will ask them to keep moving. it was a much different scene this time than last night. community leaders and police, but a lot of residents here who are -- were very concerned about what happened, considering there was a killing of an african-american male 23-year-old african-american man several miles from here earlier in the day in a police shooting. police say he threatened them

with a knife, asked them to shoot him and then approach the officers and they did in fact shoot him and kill him, that doesn't seem to have resulted in more people coming out, they're definitely less people here tonight. really, even throughout the day, and the police tactics were a little bit different. the police were not seen in force in such an obvious way, though in numbers they're probably just about as many police officers here on the ground. but they seem to be working a lot more with community leaders trying to keep a lid on things before they develop. >> in the meantime, anderson, the legal process is slowly making its way through the grand jury there, the state grand jury, to start seeing evidence in the shooting death of michael brown. possibly as early as tomorrow. and also attorney general eric holder will head down there to check on the fbi investigation. and there's also the civil rights investigation as well. as that makes progress, do you

get the sense that now this kind of imperfect balance has finally been met there in ferguson, the efforts of captain johnson to keep the peace and hold security? but also the obvious requirement that locals can voice their disappointment with the society that they're living in there in ferguson? >> i certainly think seeing the attorney general here tomorrow, the attorney general of the united states eric holder will make an impact on people, they have a sense that there is a federal investigation going on not just a state investigation. there are said to be dozens of fbi agents here that are part of that federal investigation. there's a lot of concern about the grand jury that may begin as early as wednesday here tomorrow in just a couple hours. because it's not open -- the information that's presented to that grand jury is not immediately available to the public. it's not immediately open, and there's been a desire for transparency really from the beginning of this, that's one of

the criticisms of the local police department. the ferguson police department, which is originally dealing with this shooting. they were not very transparent in the information they released. the grand jury which is set to begin as early as tomorrow, again, it's not going to be open to the public immediately, and it could take many weeks too present that evidence to the grand jury, there's going to be some frustration here continuing about the pace that this investigation goes with. people want to see -- they're calling for justice here. to different people it may mean different things. they want to seem some sort of movement on this case. there's still a lot that's not known about exactly what happened. >> on that point, anderson, we should also note that we're seeing these daily demonstrations on the streets of people who feel the police are too heavy handed and that for especially young black men in

ferguson, missouri, they're treated unfairly. there are a large number or at least it appears of people who support officer darren wilson. some 900 people raising $33,000 for darren wilson. this is all before we've seen the evidence in this case, in order to support his efforts to defend himself. when you speak to people there, are people divided? surely the people are in support of michael brown, the teen who was shot, are you also connecting with those who are not so sure, that this is clear cut? >> absolutely. i mean, there are a lot of different people in this community who see this in different ways. and in some ways it breaks down according to a pugh research pole, it breaks down along racial lines, according to this poll. african-americans see what happened here one way, often white americans see it in a different way. that lines up with what we have

seen in other instances in the past, the trayvon martin shooting and others. there are certainly in some parts of this city, many parts of this city, support for the officers, support for the police, in this community obviously there's overwhelming support for the family of michael brown. many people you talk to say they want to see an arrest made, the officer arrested. they don't understand, and cannot envision a situation in which an unarmed african-american teenager can be shot to death and nobody be held accountable for it. s again there are different ways of seeing this incident. there are still witnesses who will be testifying who we have not heard from and a lot about exactly what occurred here that has not been released publicly by the police. >> anderson talking to us live from ferguson, missouri.

anderson, on the flip side of this, you know dispute what might happen in this ongoing investigation, i saw that local leaders came together pledged money to rebuild some of those damaged businesses and to recruit more black cops, to raise money for these vests and dash cams which alleviate these allegations of excessive force. do you think despite what happens with the michael brown case, that ferguson is coming together in a way and somehow solving its own problems? >> this is certainly a strong community. i was out -- where michael brown was killed just about three blocks from here, i was out there talking to people today who like this community very much and want this community to be able to move forward and rebuild. there's a lot of local businesses, small businesses which are going to need a hand

moving forward, there's a lot of strength in this community, a lot of people working hard you can trying to raise their families and doing the best they can, to see, there's a lot of concern about what happens when the cameras go away, when the protest ends about how this community is able to rebuild. a number of the businesses around me are still shut down. people have been losing their livelihoods and that's something certainly they're going to need help with, and a fund-raiser like that, is certainly something many people would support. >> you're watching live images of ferguson, missouri of the main street. not far from where michael brown was shot to death some ten days ago. have we heard from captain johnson? do we know what the strategy is for tonight? there's no curfew, but school is out for the week. what can we expect? >> i spoke to him earlier today, there is no curfew, it ended

yesterday, where there was no curfew as well. the rule that the police have been using in place of the curfew is that you cannot stay static for a long period of time. if people are congregating, particularly in large groups. police will come over and ask them to continue to move. that's why we've seen groups of protesters marching around in a large circle. some people have been saying this is a city under siege. it's not, it's a several block area which has seen the brunt of this activity over the last 10 days, have you a group of people who are told to move in a large circle of several blocks, around and around. so that's really the situation here, and the police tactics have evolved. enight we've seen something different. tonight there's less of an obvious police presence. they're all spread out.

we're not seeing the kind of very strong tactical, almost military style response we've seen in preef yous nights. >> moments ago, we had the bizarre image of some kind of train on wheels going down the street there peaceful protests seem to continue. we'll connect with you as the night continues. it's 11:00 p.m. there now. >> we want to check in with jake tapper who is also there in ferguson. where are you in comparison to where anderson is, and what are you seeing on the streets? >> i'm about a block down the street from anderson. in any case, let me tell you about the scene, there are two interesting things that have happened here. so far we have avoided any sort of major confrontation. some protesters are disagreeing,

fighting amongst themselves, not physically fighting, but having an argument this is a situation. there are people here, specifically one protester who wanted to confront the police over here, he wanted very much to go over and do this hands up don't shoot. and he wanted to get in the face of a police officer. he said he was from out of town. he really wanted to make his point because this is an issue that takes place all over the united states, not just in ferguson, but people from ferguson were not having it. the protesters from here were saying, we don't want that, we don't want a confrontation with police. this is not the time or place, we don't want your help. the other thing that's been happening, the police have had a different profile than last night and previous nights. they've been keeping off to the side certainly here in force,

ready for any trouble if any were to emerge. far less confrontational. far more dispersed. this is a part of the night where they have been, it seems to me, and a retired police officer who is with us this evening, they've been clearing out parking lots trying to separate crowds from the stores. as you know, looting has been a considerable problem here. they've been asking people to go on the sidewalk, get out of the parking lots. it looked for a while there may be some sort of stand-off. the clergy be siege the crowd to leave. the crowd left, and except for the quarrel between the protesters here about whether or not the guy from out of town could have his day confronting a policeman, relatively conflict

free. now it's a question of 50 law enforcement and 200 members of the media. back to you. >> as you say, much less confrontational police force there, and then on the part of the protesters, these much smaller groups you've been reporting about, much more easy to recognize. >> can you hear me? >> we seem to have problem with jake tapper. this less confrontational view on the part of the police, which certainly had to be the case there was a sense of overreaching yesterday, and on the side of the protesters, much more peaceful. they just want to get their message out that they want justice for michael brown. so at this point we're going to take a very short break. we will return to this story in ferguson when we come back. do stay with us.

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welcome back, everyone to cnn's continuing coverage of the developing situation in ferguson, missouri. we're going to cross to stephanie, who's been among residents all day, what's different about today, people are listening to captain johnson's recommendation from last night, they demonstrate

peacefully during the day and remove themselves by nightfall so they don't get mixed in with the violent elements? >> definitely a number of people i spoke to earlier today while the sun was still up. they said they were coming out here they wanted to make it clear they were not happy with mike brown, theyen watted to protest and say this was an injustice. they were not interested in mixing with the police, in tear gas or going to jail. they wanted to come out here and peacefully demonstrate during the day. they were residents of ferguson and they were planning on heading back home. we saw people coming out with their children early on about dusk. there was a scuffle across from the mcdonald's which is up to my left. it seemed like it was between four men, it was broken up very

quickly, there are also people walking around with black t-shirts on saying peacekeepers, they are stepping in to break up any scuffles that are happening. doing whatever they can from the community side keeping things calmer today. after the scuffle, a number of people ran to it, but after it, the number of people on the street dissipated even more, you have people chanting and doing the loop on this segment of the street, but it's nothing like it was last night. >> right, and we're looking at some of those peaceful demonstrators, making sure to keep moving up and down the street. we've seen the police force there, the s.w.a.t. team is in place, it may have been peaceful during the day, we're approaching midnight now, there's still a number of people out there, give us a sense of the mood now and if things are getting more tense or remaining

calm? >> definitely, as the sun was going down, you could feel the tension in the air. people were waiting for something to happen. something bad, one little thing to turn the situation here. as you were watching it didn't happen. i saw some people who are basically challenging the police with their presence walking with their hands up saying, don't shoot. walking right past police officers, right in their faces. i saw some of that. police officers didn't react, usually that was a one off. most of the people staying in the circle, keeping their march or staying off to the side. what i have seen are a number of people standing off to the side and lingering there longer than i think -- i was surprised to see considering i heard the police earlier saying you have to keep moving. what they have done, the mcdonald's area where a lot of people were congregating before, that is locked off.

they're making sure that is not a place folks can be congregating again tonight. for the most part, i haven't seen any scuffles. i saw one man giving out water for free, one man giving out water and voter registration cards. several people getting out the message what you can do to be civically engaged here in ferguson, missouri. >> there was one man who desperately wanted to get in front of the police, others acting as a buffer. there seems to be a bit more restraint for tonight as well about stephanie is live in ferguson, missouri for us. stephanie, we'll connect again with you soon. rosemary, i'll throw it over to you. >> steve katzenbaum is also in

ferguson, you have been there from the start, it's changed considerably. the police are less confront tator. >> we had a birds eye view of what was going on how this all started. the marchers have been going around in circles for hours. throughout the night a few people would drop off and more would drop off, eventually, you ended up with people milling about in the parking lot in front of the businesses here, the crowds in front of the businesses were getting larger, the police didn't like that situation, they wanted to keep people moving, so a team of police officers lined up, it was clear to me they were about to clear out the parking lot, i don't understand why they did this they put on their helmets and picked up their shields before they started walking through the parking lot.

people were just hanging out. there was no bad activity going on, they were just milling about having a nice night out here. the thing is, they were told you had to keep moving all night. that was the rule, the police wanted to clear the parking lots, before they did that they put on theirle 34e9s, some of them picked up their shields and that immediately elevated the tension levels here, i can't help but think if they had not put on their helmets and shields and just quietly western the to the people and said, you have to keep moving, which is what they were doing all night long, we wouldn't have the tension level rise to the level it did. and, you know, again, it calls into question the tactics that are being employed here. nonetheless, the situation is completely diffused, all the folks who were in the parking lot are on the sidewalk now. you're seeing police deployed

all along the main drag here in ferguson, out in the streets in a line now and they're telling people you have to keep moving. there were some people who were not from ferguson, as you heard from jake tapper, who were intent to have a confrontation with police and local community activists let that person no know, not here, you're not going to do it in my town. and through sheer force of will, they made it clear to this guy, they were not going to let him have his confrontation, his moment before the cameras here in ferguson. >> this began with groups of people who were just hanging out in the parking lot, in front of the stores. the police clearly felt it was time to clear the parking lot, the size of the crowd was getting too large for them. when they did this, before they started clearing the lot,

telling people you have to keep moving, they grabbed their helmets and that immediately raised the tension level and provoked -- i shouldn't use the word provoked, but it elicited it a response from the people in the parking lot, which was in contrast to what had been going on all night long. police just kept saying, you have to keep moving, keep moving along there were no issues. i have to wonder why they felt the need to put on the helmets before they did what they did. >> this has been the debate all along. the mill tarization of the police, how far is it when they're overreaching. at this point, at least, much less confrontation on the part of the police and much more organized. the peaceful protesters have really seized control of the situation, and they want to see peace and justice for michael brown, and they are ensuring that happens with these peaceful

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welcome back, everyone. thanks for staying here with us. >> we want to check that top story we've been following here, it has been a night of peaceful protests in ferguson, missouri, the demonstrations have been much smaller than in previous nights, protesters demanding justice in the death of michael brown. he was shot and killed by a police officer ten days ago. >> the difference tonight which we've been watching this past half hour, is that there are these buffers acting to get the outside spoilers, police have been throwing molotov cocktails the last few days. local resident thes are doing their best to make sure they don't get a chance to do that tonight, and so far, as we approach midnight, half an hour

to go before midnight in missouri, it does seem to be working. >> they've seized back control of their protests, ensuring they it seems for the most part the police have extracted the bad actors as they keep calling them. there were arrests over 70 people were arrested, some of them from outside, from california, chicago, and from new york, but a large number of them actually were from ferguson, those people have been extracted and we're saying these much smaller group of protesters who want to get their message across. and that message was getting diffused by the these bad actors as they say. and, of course, an undeniable part of the tension in ferguson revolves around race. the unrest started when a white policeman killed an unarmed black team. >> as nichelle turner is about to show you for our u.s. viewers, this will be the first time you see this report, black and white americans have vastly

different takes on what this shooting means for this struggle for racial equality in the states. take a look. >> for the past ten days, america's eyes have been transfixed on these images. many questions and few answers about the death of michael brown, but opinions are taking shape. and the contrast between black and white is stark. >> i have to be very careful about not prejudging. >> president obama called for calm and caution, according to a pugh research poll of 1,000 adults, minds are already made up when asked if michael brown's shooting raises important issues about race in america, 37% of whites say yes. however, 80% of blacks say, this case is sparking important racial conversation. is the race issue being overplayed? 47% of white adults say you bet. among african-americans only 18% of black adults say race is getting more attention here than

it deserves. 65% of blacks say police have gone too far in responding to the shooting's aftermath, in contrast to a third of whites who are divided. 33% saying too much, 32% saying the response has been about right. >> and about the investigation itself into the killing of the unarmed 18-year-old. 52% of whites say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the investigation. among blacks, 76% saying they have little or no confidence in the investigation. these pictures create a deeply divided america and the fine line the president must walk as he bridges the gap between black and white. >> we have to seek out our shared humanity that's been laid bare by this moment. >> that was nichelle turner reporting there. interesting statistics out of that pugh survey.

for more information, go do cnn.com to stay on top of the unfolding situation in ferguson, missou missouri. now to a disturbing video posted online of isis fighters beheading an american journalists and warning the u.s. military to get out of iraq. the video shows james foley kneeling next to a man in black and reading a message presumably scripted by liz captors. he said his real killer is america. he is then heard saying he wished he could see his family once again, just before he was beheaded. he was reporting for the global post news service in november of 2012, that's when gunmen reportedly forced him into a vehicle in syria, near the turkish border, he was not seen or heard from until this disturbing video emerged

tuesday. james foley's mother is praising her son in a facebook posting she says, we have never been prouder of our son, jim. he gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the syrian people. we implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. like jim, they are innocents. they have no control over american government policy in iraq, syria or anywhere in the world. people from foley's hometown are reacting as well. >> you just feel sad, you hope the family can grieve and deal with it, it's one of those things you can't control at all. >> this is a tragedy beyond imagining. there's no words to describe this kind of inhumanity. >> the video also shows another journalist, the man in orange you're about to see a screen grab of that, he's believed to

be steven sutluffe, a contrib e contributor to "time" magazine. in the video, an isis militant warn that sutcliffe's life lies in the balance. nic robertson discussed the militant's groups motives earlier in our situation room. >> they've held these journalists, james season the the only one. they've held a european journalist as well, as bargaining chips. we don't know why the french journalist was released, we know the british government and american government don't negotiate with terrorists and don't pay ransoms to terrorists. again, we don't know why some of these other journalists have been released and what's going on behind the scenes there. this speaks to isis using these people as bargaining chips to

try to get what it wants. right now it wants the united states off its back, the united states is showing itself in iraq around mosul, to free up the key strategic dam. and isis is feeling the heat. this is the way they're going to fire back. we can expect isis to continue to parade before us, this brazen wanton horrific -- there's no word to describe it, brutal -- pick your word, it's horrible. they am do this, this is an unrelenting group. >> nic's absolutely right there, it's horrific. president obama has been briefed on this video, and u.s. national security council spokeswoman says the intelligence community is now working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. she says, if genuine, we are

appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent american journalist, and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends. rosemary? today, the united nations refugee agency is launching a massive effort to help the nearly half a million people displaced in northern iraq. they are running from the bloody isis campaign to convert or kill those who do not share the group's radical view of islam. the 10-day operation will include airlifts from jordan, road convoys from turkey and jordan and sea and land shipments from dubai through iran. >> this is a very major logistical operation indeed, it's one of the biggest aide pushes we've been involved in in many years, we hope tomorrow will have the first flights coming in from jordan, these will be 747s carrying tents, kitchen utensils and other plastic sheeting and basic aide

by people. as well as other convoys, from iran, dubai and some aide coming from damascus. >> that's just to help those displaced in northern iraq. the problem is much bigger than that. an estimated 1.2 million iraqis have been forced from their homes since isis began its rampage aimed at re-establishing a state or califate ruled by sharia law. some of the sunni militants most vicious attacks have fallen on the minority. tens of thousands have fled the advancing militants. many didn't have the chance, and nick payton walsh spoke with survivors of the brutal isis attacks. >> these faces are all we can still see of the village of kojo into which isis swept, abducting, murdering possibly dozens. few survivors have spoken.

but they said, when isis swept in, they ordered the town to become muslim, nobody would. they herded them into the school. the men were driven in trucks to the outskirts, lined up and shot. this man was hit three times but remarkably escaped. isis held on to the women and children alive. his wife, daughter, two sons and 85-year-old mother now are their possessions. they're monsters, he says. i have no idea what they can do to them. especially the young. >> many have arrived here to eke out a life as refugees. so many of the people have little really to even prove who they are, let alone what they say happened there. and while isis controls that village, it's their testimony that is the only real evidence of what happened there. five survivors peace together

what they surely hope to forget. maps of the school and what seemed like three execution sites. these men seeing at the very least, 50 dead. >> i looked around, he says, and saw a lot of wounded around me. they were asking for water and i gave it to them. i had a brother dead here, one there. the sparks and the bullets caused the field to catch fire. they were tracked to different sites, but both saved by larger men who died next to them. >> someone was shot next to me, he says it fell on me, i was covered in his blood. >> they loaded their weapons, he says, there was a big man next to me, he put my head under his arms and then they shot him in

the head, back and arms, and then with a pistol to make sure. >> they have a chance to run. they were in the second truckload of men to the ravine and saw bodies already there. hit by an isis bullet as he fled. >> i tore up my leg with a scarf. my friends help me up. they always said after isis talk kojo there would be aid or military support, no one came. iraqis, locals, who fled when they heard american jets above. you can see here the horror has bee fallen kojo. worse still, isis controls both it and its women and children. so even in survival for these men, answers and peace have never been further away nick

paton walsh, cnn, northern iraq. >> i don't think we can emphasize enough just how brutal isis are. they're so brutal, even al qaeda wanted nothing to do with them. >> as nic robertson said, this is par for the course, this is what they do, how they've been doing, terrorizing people for the last year. as the forces put more pressure on them, we see them lashing out. still to come on our special coverage, we will stay in the middle east with a look at the collapsed israel/gaza truce. >> unfortunately, it's more of the same, more rockets. more air strikes, negotiations, some kind of long term deal come to a halt. we'll get you the late he on this after the break. our best-ever pricing on mobileg plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, and ten gigs of data for the five of you would be...

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welcome back, everyone, this is going to sound familiar. the middle east cease-fire has broken down once again. the long term truce hanging by a thread if that. a familiar seen in gaza as well. this is a place where more than 2,000 people have died over the past six weeks, israel responded with some two dozen air strikes after hamas fired rockets toward israel israel reports around 50 rockets fired from gaza, including one that landed in a injury use lem area. we just have to reiterate. this is a common scene, not just in jerusalem, but many parts of

the country. residents took cover, israel blames hamas for this broken truce. >> today israel was scrupulously honoring the cease-fire as we have been over the last few days in accordance with the egyptian request. about quarter to 4:00 local time, we have rockets on israel. it was a grave violation of the cease-fire. out of the blue, rockets on a city of some 200,000 people. >> israel's delegation was ordered to leave cairo with no clear indication if or when they will return. are they walking away from talks or are they taking their current plan back to the government? palestinian officials blame israel for the lack of progress.

>> they had four rounds of talks and many hours of indirect negotiations, once again they have failed to reach an agreement, and this time they also failed to extend the all important cease-fire. in many ways they've gone backwards and we enter a dangerous period of uncertainty where the stage is set for more fighting and violence. the deadline came and went at midnight local time here in cairo even before that, palestinian officials telling cnn the talks had been suspended indefinitely because the israeli delegation had pulled out and left the negotiations, the palestinians blaming the israelis for the failure of the talks suggesting the israelis were not here in cairo negotiating in ernest and good faith. however, multiple palestinian officials telling cnn there was an egyptian proposal on the table that looked like a

promise. a proposal where israel would agree to ease the blockade on gaza and in return, the palestinians would agree not to address their demands for a seaport and an airport for another month. even that proposal that looked like a compromise was rejected by the israelis, we never got a chance to speak to the israelis here, i'm sure they have a different narrative. the egyptians as mediators failed. the conflict continues, no indication when these two sides will be back here negotiating again. >> we want to update you on what is happening in eastern ukraine. ukrainian troops continue to press their fight into the heart of rebel held territory. in donetsk, artillery destroyed

buildings and sent residents runs for cover. fighting is raging in parts of the russian speaking region that had until now been relatively free of violence. and local citizens are worried about what might come next. >> tell us how they call us terrorists, there are children here and elderly. what type of terrorists are we, we've been under fire for three days already, especially yesterday and today. they are shooting us. >> many people are in that situation as well, they are taking matters into their own hands, fleeing the fighting that's happening, and not doing it in humanitarian corridors. on monday there were at least 17 people killed in an attack on a civilian convoy in eastern ukraine. now, bodies of 15 people have been recovered. it includes women and children. >> they were actually trying to

escape the fighting between the military and rebels. a journey so many thousands have already made. more now on the polite of ukrainian refugees. >> reporter: for thousands of families fleeing the fighting in eastern ukraine, this is home for now. many have taken up residents at refugee camps, like this one near the border with ukraine. just a few kilometers away, the bloody battle between forces and rebels drag on. countless homes destroyed, food and water scarce and thousands killed. russian authorities say more than 700,000 ukrainians have crossed over into russia since the beginning of the year. hundreds more are arriving every day at temporary border camps like this. many leaving behind their homes, their jobs, taking with them only what they can pack in a suitcase. >> we have nothing. no work, no money. no place to live.

we're going nowhere, we've been earning and earning for 20 years and now there is nothing left, isn't that sad. >> there are many families and scores of children at play around the camp. >> this young mother tries to keep her boys busy with crayons and a coloring book. she hopes to leave soon to stay with family. >> my sister lives in sochi, i want to live there. at least to try. i want to find a job and live a quiet life until it's all over, if it is ever over. >> refugees say they're grateful to have shelter, food and fresh water one thing in short supply is hope. >> this isn't my war, i didn't order it. we left everything behind. >> no one knows when or if they'll be able to return to ukraine. >> it's a desperate situation

for so many people. coming up for you here on cnn, flash flooding in the u.s. state of arizona. >> roads are closed and residents are trapped. more on the rescue efforts when we come back

. take a look at these scenes out of the u.s. state of arizona, they get these monsoon rains every year, people still get trapped in flash floodwaters, crews have been working around the clock to rescue trapped motorists. you see an elderly woman being pulled to safety. officials have been forced to close major roads around phoenix, including part of an interstate as well. >> horrifying images today. we want to get more on these floods in the western u.s. we saw earlier, a woman trapped in a house there. so tell us what's behind all of

these floods? >> you lived in arizona, i lived across that region as well. this time of year is peak monsoon season across this portion of the world, they get about 50% of their annual rainfall, you saw some footage with cars trapped in floodwat floodwaters. incredible to think just some injuries and no fatalities associated with the significant event that took place, the five and a half inches that came down in 12 hours is a 1 in 1,000 year event that took place across this region. some 7,000 people losing power, no serious reports of injuries or fatalities. we have better news there. >> we want to get now to ferguson, missouri, show you live pictures as it approaches midnight, where there appears to be some activity.

we're getting word from our teams there, there has been possibly a scuffle, some police activity. >> we've been reporting just a short time ago, these peaceful protests, less confrontational police, now, we don't know what's behind this, we're just bringing you these live pictures, we don't want to speculate, we have steve with us. what is happening on the streets? >> hello? hello. >> steve, we're here, you're live to air here on cnn. what is the situation on the ground? >> it got extremely tense, the night was almost completely diffused most people had gone home, there were a few people in a circle discussing things and suddenly one water bottle flew in the direction of police. that completely elevated the situation, police moved in on him very quickly and started chasing him on foot.

they took the man down and we have a tense situation. there are almost as many members of the media here as remaining protesters. they started pushing back the line of protesters, get away from the area where this man was being arrested. they had him on the ground, right? somebody just threw a glass bottle. water bottles are being thrown at police. it's a small number of agitators that are doing this. a very small number of protesters that are doing this, and the community activists just got between them and police, they're pushing them back. the riot police are back out with armored vehicles, trying to push us all back, they're pushing media back. the police are about to make an announcement on the loud

speaker. can you hear this? >> yes. >> if you are in the middle -- >> disburse immediately. >> move back, stop. move back. >> the police are saying stop throwing objects immediately. there are literally more members of the media here than there are protesters at this point, most of the protesters dispersed, none the less the police are pushing everybody back. they're mixed in with the media. local community activists are trying to keep the peace. i'm seeing just as many cameras as i am protesters. >> if you can hear me, steve, do you get a sense that the police are trying to limit their behavior toward the one or two people see throwing bottles? >> it's hard to see. they're running, they're running now, hold on. they're going after somebody who threw something. >> disburse immediately.

>> police are now running down the block, water bottles are flying through the air, it's totally dissolved, the night had been ending peacefully, tonight was ending peaceful ly. they're putting a man down to the ground right now. they have a man down on the ground in front of me, they're arresting him in front of me they're trying to push us all back. the militarized police are out here again. >> all credentialed media, you need to get back -- >> they're telling us to get back to the designated media areas now. the protesters are mixed in with the media, the protesters are mixed in with us. what a shame, this night was ending peacefully, and then this

happened. >> and this has been the constant frustration for the peaceful protesters, these small groups of agitators, and the police trying to extract them from the peaceful protesters? >> exactly. this is the problem, in fact, just now, they pushed through us, the media, to get to somebody that for whatever reason they were targeting, and now they pushed a bunch of us aside and brought this man to the ground. there's a large number of police in riot gear out. i have to say the majority of the protesters went away, it's just a handful left out here, they were mixed in with the media, and probably more members of the media than protesters at this point when the bottles started flying. >> stay tuned. we want to welcome our viewers from the u.s. and around the world