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good evening, thanks for watching the special edition extended edition. a big day here and thankfully a large crowd here and throughout the town, fewer than before. so far no serious incidents or any violent clashes. they are marching here and also in nearby clayton, missouri in the prosecutor's office. people calling for him to recuse himself from the case. eric holder visiting meeting with top investigators and officials and michael brown's parents. we'll talk about his visit and their concerns in the program and show you especially tense encounter last night between protesters and a police officer who pointed his rifle directly at unarmed protesters saying i'll f-ing kill you. in audition, video of another fatal police shooting of a man in st. louis not far from here. does the video in which you see

the man shot to death by police officers, does it square with the official story that the shooting was justified. we'll show you that video. you can decide for yourself. we'll begin with michael brady's account of michael brown's killing. as you know, several witnesses have come forward, each one somewhat different from another. they differ from the police account that michael brown first grabbed at officer wilson's gun and rushed at him. the autopsy we have results from, the private one backs up pieces of some versions but not to conclusively settle all. listen to michael bradley about what he says he saw. he lives within view of the shooting sight which is just about three blocks from where i am now. i spoke, as i said, just a short time ago. take a look. so when did you first realize something was happening? >> well, this was a little bit after 11:30ish. a friend woke me up out of a nap. he comes over.

i steps outside with him for three to five minutes. after that, i comes in, say something to my fiancee in the kitchen. then i goes into the bedroom but then two minutes in the bedroom, i heard an altercation outside and. >> what did you hear? >> just some heavy struggling like a strong voice, like a strong voice, i'm not sure what words exchanged exactly but just a strong voice. >> what did you do then? >> so when i heard the altercation, i looks out the window and i see somebody at the ferguson police window, some kind of tussle going on here. >> you saw somebody at the window of the police car? >> yes. >> the police officer was still in the vehicle. >> yeah, inside the vehicle. so like i say, some kind of tussle going on and he also had a friend, also. he runs on the side of the car because all of a sudden, they just takes off running. after the tussle, they just takes off running. >> did you know mike brown? >> no, no. >> okay.

so -- >> i seen him. i seen him around or whatever. >> but it was mike brown at the vehicle? >> yes. >> you said there was a tussle. was there -- how long did it go on for that you saw? >> seconds, seconds. ten seconds i should say. >> uh-huh. >> did you see -- >> i didn't -- >> what the tussle was around? one person being pulled in or out? >> it was exactly at the window. i mean, it may look like he was trying to get away or something. >> you couldn't tell what was going on? >> yeah, i just seen a tussle going through the window. >> okay. >> he has a friend also and he was standing like in the front of the police cruiser on the bumper side, on the passenger side but like five feet away from it. like i said, all of a sudden, they take off running. mr. brown, he just runs directly down to the middle of the street and his friend, there was a car parked on the sidewalk, the ferguson cop, his vehicle was in the middle of the street

diagonal. so they take off running. >> had there been a shot when there was still the tussle? >> i didn't hear the shot. i didn't hear the shot. quite a few people that was around said they heard a shot go off in the car. >> but the important thing is what you heard. you did not hear it? >> right, i deaf netly didn't hear that. >> okay. >> so his friend takes off running and like i said, the parked car was on the side, on the side, on the sidewalk. and like i say, it was probably like five feet away from the police cruiser in the middle of the street. so they just takes off running and i see the officer gets out to the car emerge and just immediately start shooting. so -- >> you say he immediately started shooting. he didn't say anything? >> i didn't hear because everything -- i'm still in the window. >> okay. >> i'm still in the window so when he gets out the car, i see the first shot as mr. brown, like i say, he directly in the middle of the street running with his back turned and

probably about 20 feet down and his other friend is around the car on the trunk side of it. so i see him, you know, looking up just to see where he's at but when he gets out the car, he lets out like one or two shots but at that time he's already past his own police vehicle and mr. brown friend where he ran to, he, as he was in shooting range position, he walked past the vehicle to where his friend ran to. >> uh-huh. >> so i think that officer knew where his friend was but i'm just saying, it's showing me he wasn't shooting at he has friend. >> you said there were one or two shots you think? >> the very first one when he gets out. >> did you see if mike brown was hit? >> i don't think he maybe was at the time because like i said, he was 20, 25 feet down. so obviously, he was still running. >> right, because we don't know, the autopsy said there were at least six shots that hit mike brown but we don't know how many

shots may have been fired and if there were other shots fired, if other bullet casings were collected, we don't know. so you say you heard one or two. >> yeah, i definitely seen one or two. he still have his back turned and i noticed he passed his friend up to where his friend ran to. that's what i said i'll run outside with my phone and see what i can get. i runs outside so quick. by the time i gets outside, he's already turned around, facing the officer. he, he's, he's balled up. he have his arms like under his stomach and he was like half way down like he was going down and the officer lets out about three or four shots at him. so like i said, just like the body, i took a few pictures in the video but how his body is on the ground just like with his arms tucked in, that's how he got shot or whatever but like i said before he went down, he was already like this and he took

like one or two steps going towards the officer and he, like i said, let go three or four more shots. >> you're saying it's your impression he was essentially falling down onto the ground or going down onto the ground not -- because there is an account by the friend or allegedly a friend of the officer who said that the officer is claiming and sources with the investigation back this up is the officer's claim is mike brown was running toward the officer. did you see him running toward the officer in any way? >> no, no. when he was running away, no, not at all. by the time i come outside, i'm thinking he's now hit after i seen the officer shooting at him while he was running away, so i'm thinking he's hit because now he's turned around and now like this, like he was going down. it didn't look like that he was giving up. it just looked like, you know, i'm hit. i'm fixing to go down now. >> that was your impression? >> yeah, yeah. >> from what you saw, there weren't hands up or anything --

>> yeah, that's the thing. i didn't -- i didn't see no hands up. if he did, i probably just missed it from going out from my bedroom outside. >> there was a gap in what you saw. >> yeah and there was also a gap from the officer pausing as he was shooting, because like i said, i'm in the window and he shoots a couple times and by the time i gets outside, he's shooting again. so i really didn't hear a shot between the running. he probably did, maybe -- >> you don't know that for a fact. >> yeah. >> this entire thing, from the time you first heard what sounded like a tussle and started seeing the tussle to the time mike brown was down on the ground, how long do you think? >> it was, how should i say? i was definitely saying some seconds, not even a minute. >> it all was quick. >> yeah, just quick. it was quick. definitely quick.

probably, what, within 30 seconds, 40 seconds maybe. >> mr. brady says he told local investigators, not to the fbi. probably 20 or 30, or 40 people moving by this area. one thing i noticed in the last 15 minutes or so, the crowds have started to grow. there is less of a police presence and they are really allowing people to stand around, which is something we have not seen over the last several nights. whether they will continue to allow people to do that or whether they will start to move people along, the other thing they may be anticipate sg a big storm is coming and they may anticipate that will clear people out as long as the storm lasts. now another voice, dorian johnson was with michael brown in the store and at the time michael brown was shot, saw the whole thing, watched his friend die. a short time i go i spoke with his attorney freeman bosley. there are obviously so many different accounts.

i want to clarify some of what your client said. >> yes. >> there are reports about the officer having injuries to his face. is that anything that your client saw or can you client explain how the officer would have gotten injuries to his face? >> we believe they are engaging in a lot of insinuation at this point. that should have been disclosed early on. >> so according to your client, there was no injuries at the officer's face? >> none. >> if there were, how does that credit your client's credibility. >> everything was fast. he doesn't recall any injuries to the officer's face. >> it sounds to some like your client is leaving wiggle room, he is saying for sure there wasn't and then saying well, it happened so fast. >> when people testify, they testify to the best of their knowledge and ability. they don't say i knew exactly this is what happened.

>> i talked to michael brady in the neighborhood who say he saw michael brown on the passenger side during this altercation. is that your client's understanding this occurred on the passenger eastside. >> according to my client, they were never on the passenger side, they were always on the driver's side. that's where the incident occurred. >> does your client maintain a shot went off while the officer was still in the vehicle? >> yes, he believe as shot was fired while still at the car. >> your client said in an interview that he saw michael brown running away. >> yes. >> michael brown was shot and turned around with his hands up. do you know how high his hands were? because now there seems to be -- according to the new york times your client is saying the hands may not have been that high up and one may have been higher than the other. >> we told that to the fbi and he believes that. he said when mike turned around, put his hands up, they did ask him how high his hands were and

said were they way up in the air? he said not way up in the air but one was lower than the other one and he recalls that. >> i talked to another you witness who said his hands were moving up like this but didn't indicate whether or not it was i'm giving up or what. >> hands up above your shoulders is a surrenderer position. i think that's almost like universal. >> so your client is saying the hands were above the shoulders. >> yes. >> second autopsy was done, indication from the pathologist, there was a shot to the top of the head. is that consistent with what your client believes happened? >> he didn't tell the fbi that the shot was above the head. he said the shot was in the head, to the head. >> was -- according to the pathologist, mike brown's head would have been down whether that means the officer is maintaining according to a friend of the officer that mike brown was rushing the officer, others have maintained mike brown was going down onto the

ground. >> my client says mike, the officer shot him and closed the gap, continued to shoot him and mike fell down. >> your client says at no time did mike brown bum rush or rush towards the officer. >> that's correct. >> is there a change about the position of the hands? "the new york times" are saying the hands were not high and then indicating -- >> if the new york times is saying that, they are saying it from somebody else. my client testified with the fbi for three hours and clear on what he testified and said he saw. >> are you concerned at all about the credibility of your client? >> first of all, you know, when people witness something like this, it's not an exact science. things kind of, it happens in a blur. it's hard for people. the guy is 22 years old. he was scared for his life, gun goes off at the car. he's in shock. >> eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable. >> it changes from time to time but the beauty about this situation is he won't be

charged -- he won't be judged by what the media says, he'll get judged by 12 people sitting in the box. they will see him, look at his face, see him talk, look at his appearance, demeanor, judge his character and at the end of the day i think they will find him very credible. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming to st. louis, we appreciate having you. all right. hello, everyone. i'm randi kaye. we'll get back to anderson as soon as possible. there are a few technical difficulties related to a storm. as you saw, a whole lot to digest. we'll get reaction from the panel as best we can coming up next. [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. keep going strong. and as you look for a medicare supplement insurance plan... expect the same kind of commitment you demand of yourself. aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company.

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the air by the oncoming storm, there appears to be a confrontation going on. we got video of it. two people apparently propolice demonstrators here were being confronted by the crowd. jake tapper is there and joins us now. jake, as we play this video, do you see what happened? >> well what happened was, anderson, there was a woman who was a counter protester holding a sign in favor of officer darrin wilson and obviously, there were individuals protesting in favor of mike brown who took issue with it and one man tried to take away the sign from the proofficer wilson counter protester and police swarmed and they arrested that man. then the woman was kind of whisked away. this is all new about two blocks away from us as we speak. some of the police are now

getting some heat prom some of the protesters for the view of the protesters protecting this woman, even though she was in their view trying to provoke the protesters. so that is what is going on now. it looks like an arrest has been made and everything is relatively peaceful except now something else is going on. here guys, let's go. all right. we're just running up the street here to see what is going on. >> we can see police vehicles heading to where jake is heading. a small incident, one small incident can really change the

entire dynamic of this crowd. >> everybody need to back up! back up! back up! back up! back up! back up! >> jake, can you tell us what you're seeing or let us know as soon as you can see something. >> it sounds like what happened was the woman -- >> i didn't realize. >> tell the what happened. >> there was a woman holding prodarron wilson sign and a lot of older protesters were trying to stop them from crowding around and things sort of getting a lot worse and the police just sort of grabbed her and took her away. >> was there only one counter protester. >> i think there was one, maybe two. i couldn't get close enough to see, sir. >> the crowd was not happy with it. >> the crowd was not happy with her. you know, i didn't see anything get too crazy but definitely a scene building and the came and snatched her away before anything bad could happen. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. that's what happened. the same incident just went down

the street and as you noted, it's tense. it's a very tense situation and one person can change the course of events here because it is so combustible. she is escorted off by police. her pro-officer wilson sign was not met with approval from the protesters. and here is an armored vehicle. this is from the sheriff's department here, the jefferson county sheriff. >> and jake, it may seem to viewers at hope this is a small incident but in a tense atmosphere like this, one small incident can really ignite the entire thing. >> well, that's right. it was a small incident between two individuals and then it

became more than that and then when the woman was escorted down the road or she kept walking down the road, other people, dozens and dozens of the protesters who saw her surrounded her. and now, of course, here comes the thunderstorm, anderson, as if this whole saga wasn't replete with metaphors enough. >> police -- >> the police -- >> hoping if heavy rain comes -- go ahead, jeff. >> i was just going to say, the police are right now, what they are doing is trying to keep the peace. they are standing on the side, trying to keep protesters from moving and try to keep crowds from gathering around the woman. and you see the police officers are just trying to keep the peace right now and trying to keep the protesters, crowds moving and they are trying to

make sure that the confrontation dissipates as quickly as one of these things keep result, one of these little scenes in a situation as tense as this, fraught with emotion and passion can also be quailed and can be dissipated and thankfully, i think, at least right now, hopefully that is what is going on. of course, the thunderstorm and rain showers bearing down probably have something to do with that, as well. let's walk down here -- hold on. walk over there. the police, where are they going? come over here. you see the sheriff's department seems rather well armed. and presumably the woman, the counter protester is still in one of these vehicles. it looks as though there might be another confrontation going on. there is something that a bunch of these officers are headed towards across the street.

is my camera man here? all right. we're going to keep going. john, you with me? >> yeah. >> all right. we're still -- let's cross the street here, guys. all right. let's cross the street. all right. i don't know what they are heading towards but it -- it doesn't -- it doesn't seem like it's anything. we'll machine toonitor this but

take a quick break. when we come back, we'll have more live from the streets of ferguson, missouri. stay with cnn.

we are back here in ferguson. the rains have really started to come down heavily. a number of protesters tried to get out of the rain. a situation, we'll check back in with jake. i want to bring in charles blow, new york times columnist and jeff toobin. appreciate you being with us. the status of the grand jury today, which got underway, we learned that it may, we may not get a result from that until october. do you think this community can wait that long for some sort of resolution? >> you know, it's a shame if it takes that long but they may have to. you want to put everything in front of the grand jury. mcculloch said his staff will make sure every scrap of evidence is going to be in front of these people. if they meet on wednesdays, it's going to take a long time.

i assume there are probably a lot of witness interviews, again, you got to get boll list ticks, the toxicology, all of that is going to take a little time. you want to make sure people have an opportunity to soak it in and understand it. >> the prosecutor spoke about his situation, many people here in this neighborhood certainly and elsewhere even sop pome political leaders want to see him recuse himself. >> over 50 years ago my father was killed. my father was killed. he was a police officer in the line of duty. i know the pain that the brown family is going through right now, and that doesn't change depending upon the circumstances of that. it's a loss, and it's a loss that they deserve ultimately to have everything put out there and all the distractions going on out there are inexcusable. it certainly didn't make me an

advocate for police officers who are victims of violence. it didn't make me an advocate for people who are victims of police violence. it made me, and i think a very fierce advocate for victims of violence. >> jeff, in the past you said you see no reason why he should recuse himself because of connections and what happened to his father. i want to ask you, jeff, about the interview we did with michael brad dy, a man that witnessed what happened. you actually think what he said was quite important, can you explain why? >> i thought it was a bombshell because here is someone who is not a friend of michael brown, unlike dorian the other witness. he was -- michael brady the person you interviewed was simply a by stander and, you know, his description was actually quite clear of an encounter where michael -- where

there was no threat to the officer at all. in fact, big mike was walking away when he was shot. >> jeff, let me jump in -- but what he actually said is there was a tussle at the vehicle. he does not know -- he could not say for sure what, how that tussle came about or what actually consisted of, whether mike brown punched the officer, whether the officer grabbed mike brown. he simply did not know and didn't know if a shot went off inside the vehicle. that is really a forensic issue and we don't know about the medical condition of the officer, either. >> that's right. but i mean, there was clearly a confrontation by the car. i think all the witnesses agree on that. but the shots were fired after that confrontation and to me, the key issue in the case was was mike brown the victim threatening the officer in any way? which would give him the right to shoot in self-defense.

according to michael brady -- i'm sorry, brady -- >> yes, michael brady -- >> no, the one you interviewed today. >> yeah, michael brady. >> he said there was no threat to the officer and that's very significant. now look, eyewitness testimony as we have all said is potentially problematic, but, you know, this is a key witness who says there was no threat. obviously the forensic evidence, the ballistics, dna, toxicology is going to be important but this was an eyewitness who put officer wilson in a lot of trouble. >> charles, one of eric holder's first meeting today was with young african american students and also community leaders. how critical do you think was doing something like that in particular, meeting with the brown family and even just being here? >> i think, you know, holder is trying to diffuse the situation.

i don't think anybody looking at the images coming out of ferguson can see those and say this is how we want any street in america, any town in america to be portrayed. we don't want this sort of police presence on the streets of american cities and if he can do something to ratchet down the anxieties to turn down the suspicion of the process then i think that is probably helpful, however, there are probably people as in any large group of people protesting on any subject, there is some people, most people try to turn down the fire, most of them and i think that that's important to do. i just want to touch on one thing on jeff's point which is this, this idea of threat can wash back and forth, you know,

20 times a minute, the officer could have felt some threat in the car depending on what happened in the car but that can dissipate and the that could be no sense of threat to you if the person is away from you at the time you fired the shot. this idea that yes, he can legitimately maintain probably that he felt some sort of threat, we have no idea what michael -- what mr. brown felt because he's no longer with us. that can wash back and forth all the time. he has to be able to prove the six shots. >> neal, when you see police officers here, as we did last night and have caught on videoa police officer leveling his rifle at a protester saying i'm going to f-ing kill you, that officer has been relieved so far of duty. we're not sure for how long or exactly what will happen. we've seen other police level rifles looking through the scopes of rifles. i talked to the lieutenant general worked katrina who said that's just something you do not

do. does it surprise you to see that? >> it does. the training these men receive, they don't ups or threaten deadly force unless they intend to use it. >> do they really have training in large crowds. st. louis city certainly deals with large crowds but, you know, some of those local law enforcement, do they? >> the larger ones do and you hope they take control. you saw that when you had one fellow that snapped. these people are human. they make mistakes and are fatigued. they are hired and here all the time. you hope the other people with them pull them back and that happened. i think it was appropriate to take him off the line. >> many say that the the kind of thing that happens all the time, it's just not often captured on video. >> it's hard to respond to that because people can say all sorts of things. we have to be aware and sympathetic to the concerns of people who have been subjected to that. you don't want that to happen but they are human beings,

anderson and make mistakes. they are just like you and me. >> one supporter said nothing the police does has an impact on the crowd, which i found hard to believe. when you hear somebody make that argument, do you buy that at all? >> i don't believe that at all and i think that aiming a loaded weapon at an innocent peaceful protester is an act of aggression and violence in and of itself and i do not buy the line that, you know, these are just regular people. no, these are people with rifles. these are people who have been trained to endure stress and if you're not up to the job of dealing with stress, and stressful situations, being armed, being in a position where you can take someone's life with lethal force than you shouldn't be in that position. i don't buy the argument that these are people just like you and i. am not actually walking the street with the rifle pointed at people. they are not like you and i.

i appreciate what police officers do. i couldn't do that job. i don't want you to do that job if you're unable to deal with that stress. be like me, don't do the job. >> charles blow, jeff toobin, neal, appreciate you being with us. >> new video of the police shooting yesterday in st. louis. we'll show it to you and decide for yourself whether you think it backs up the police version of what happened. we'll be right back. for the evert time.. she let him plan the vacation. off the beaten path: he said

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the rain seems to have disa pa -- dissipated. many protesters saying we want justice. the rain sent a number of people away off the streets. recall last night tension was high not because of the recent violence but also, another shooting yesterday a few miles over the city line in st. louis. police are saying they shot and killed a 23-year-old man apparently mentally disturbed, african american man. they said has he brandished a knife out police and came at them. we got a new video, the first time anybody is seeing it. you can decide whether what you see matches that account by police. the man in blue is the suspect. take a look. that's him. the police are rolling up there. let's listen in.

oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. they got they guns out. [ gunshots ]. >> we're freezing the video because we don't want you to see the man falling to the ground dead. he was killed by police but his hands appear to be down. you can't see a knife in their there and chris has been watching the video. you were reporting on this extensively today. it seems to have been perhaps down by his side. >> it seemed like he's holding something relatively small in his right hand. where we stop the video, the question will be well what happened after that? and i think the better answer is it's about what didn't happen. there was no raising, there was no lung, there was no charge. we're not showing it for sensitivity reasons. >> the point we stopped it is essentially where he's hit --

>> both oicers open fire and he falls to the ground and ends there and of course, he winds up dying. >> we continue to play the sound. let's show the video. we'll put a circle around the man who was killed. let's put this back so we can watch that as our viewers were, as well. again, that's the man there in the blue with a circle around him. that's a store clerk he took items from watching. seems to be walking towards the police and that's when the shots ring out. there was a slight confrontation before that where he seemed to stop in front of the police officers, as well. >> right, but he never charges. there is nothing, anything like that. the question becomes why did they have to do this? that gets us to why we got this. this was given by someone concerned this is the truth, not we hear someone charging or leading to this. is this suicide by cop? that gets us to who this person was. one of the signs the protesters are carrying says police should

know the community they police. >> he does appear to be walking toward the police officer. he takes two or three steps. >> he does. they tell him to stop, he doesn't. he gets up on the curb and says kill me, shoot me, and says things like that to them. the man was known to be disturbed. he was known supposedly by the store owner who called the police, did the store owner pass along that information? we don't know. but people who live there, the person whose taking this video right now says we knew that he had trouble. why didn't the police know that? were they not told that? how would they know. if the f they knew the community better, they would have. >> from the police perspective, this happened incredibly quickly from the moment the police rolled up, he seems to confront them. he walks to the side and then approaches them. it all happens in a matter of seconds. >> i think you have to give the benefit of the doubt to the police because they are doing the job. they have to react in the moment but there is no question that the push back on it is it's not

that fast. they have time. he's walking. he stops. they have time to consider it. they don't seem to consider any other option other than shooting him. that's what people say to us about the video and why it concerns them. >> would have taser have been an option? that's obviously something they will ask. we reached out to the police officer for comment. we'll bring you that when we do. chris, appreciate the reporting on this. the mother of trayvon martin offers support to michael brown's mother. she joins us coming up. we'll be right back.

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. well, as much as people sympathize, people who truly understand what the family of michael brown is dealing with right now, sybrina fulton, unfortunately, does. her son trayvon martin was killed by george zimmerman. last summer he was found not guilty. sybrina fulton writes, and i quote, honor your son and his life. i will support you in your efforts to seek justice for your michael and the countless other

michaels and trayvons of our country. sybrina fulton joins me now. thank you for being with us. i'm wondering what went through your mind when you heard about michael brown's death? >> the first thing that went through my mind was the family and then i was thinking, here we go again, here we are again. how do we stop this from happening? is this a terrible tragedy that continues to happen and continues to happen and people you warn about the character assassinations, people that he may be exposed to. is that something that you've already seen happening? >> yes, for some reason information was leaked out and people had to decipher whether it was true or not and a lot of

the things that they said about my son were not true. a lot of things that they said about me and my family were not true. a lot of things that they are saying about her son is not true. i want her to be prepared for that. i also, you know, have been in contact with her and i mentioned to her that this is going to be the most horrible time in her life. it could not get possibly worse than this. >> it's one thing to lose a child and to deal with that grief, which is a grief that few people can understand. but i'm actually talking to trayvon martin's mom right now. will you have some respect? i appreciate that. thank you. it's one thing to go through grief, the kind of grief that you have experienced. but it's another thing to do that in the public eye and then to have to go through a court case. what kind of advice do you have for the family of michael brown?

>> what i suggest to them is to surround themselves with positive people, make sure that they hold steadfast to their faith, make sure there are praying people in their life because they are going to need all of those things. all of those things are going to contribute to their well-being and help them to come through this. >> did -- do you believe or is there any concern on your part that the kind of protests, the kind of violence that we've seen here that it detracts from attention to what happened to michael brown? >> i think you have to look at the culture in that area in the community and they are doing what they believe is the best for their community. i can't say. i haven't been there during this

time. i have been to st. louis before but i haven't been there during this time. i'm planning to come visit, i'm planning to come help organize and do what i can to contribute to the family. but i don't know if this is helping out any. but they want to be heard. they want their voices heard. as long as it's a peaceful protest, i'm for it. >> sybrina fulton, i really appreciate you being on. i know it's a horrible situation to find yourself in yet again. i appreciate hearing your voice tonight. thank you so much. >> thank you, anderson. when we come back, we're going to remember the american journalist who was murdered by isis terrorists. hey pal? you ready? ♪ can you pick me up at 6:30?

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breaking news tonight, a failed attempt recently to rescue the freelance journalist who has now been beheaded by isis terrorists. earlier this summer, president obama authorized a rescue mission to rescue james foley. we want to focus not on the horrific way that james foley died but on the courageous way in which he lived. following his passion and telling the stories that need to be told. jim foley was no kid rushing into harm's way for fear of being a war correspondent. he was 40 years old when he

died, experienced in covering vicious wars in iraq, afghanistan, syria and libya. in 2012, he was kidnapped during the height of the civil war if syria. >> there were soldiers getting out of the truck and shooting directly at you. >> when he got out after 45 days, he made a single phone call home and later told us what he told his mother. >> i'm strong, i feel okay, i feel good, i'm praying as much as i can. and she said, don't you feel us all praying for you? >> he spent some time at home before returning to the region as a freelance photo journalist for "the global post," a boston-based website. this time he went to syria. he spoke about what he had seen in the aftermath of a helicopter attack by syrian government forces near the turkish border. >> we saw with our own eyes nine civilian bodies, some just body parts from direct hits on men

leaving a mosque or men in the streets. >> it wasn't long, five months after this video was shot that jim foley was captured again. this time in syria winding up in the hands of the group calling itself isis. his boss at "the global post" is jim balboni. >> i never gave up hope that we would bring jim home. i was devastated last night. >> jim foley's parents are obviously devastated as well. they worked tirelessly for his release ever since he was taken in november 2012. >> we miss his courage, his love, his determination, his laugh, his smile. >> he brought so much joy into this family. >> and his dad said what was left mostly unsaid, about the terrible risks journalists like jim foley take every day. >> i think that we take journalists for granted sometimes. they -- they -- particularly

freelance people. they risk their lives. they have no resource, no protection, not a major network. they get better stories but we really have not enough regard for the people who do this work. >> jim foley was 40 years old. that's it for us here in ferguson. we'll be back here tomorrow night as well. as our coverage continues, cnn tonight with don lemon. good evening, everyone. this is "cnn tonight". i'm don lemon and we are live on the streets of ferguson. we have some severe weather here tonight but protesters have been out 11 days after michael brown was shot to death by officer darren wilson. we're going to get through it all for you. what will it take to get justice? that is word that you hear a lot around