hello and thank you for joining us for this special coverage on cnn. >> i'm natalie. >> i'm errol barnett. a big welcome to those watching in the u.s. and around the world. a lot to get to for you this hour, including new details about a huge ransom demand for u.s. journalist james foley before he was killed. we'll get you live to baghdad in moments. the details on what the u.s. is doing to fight isis militants. plus, the national guard has

been called off and the streets are calm in ferguson, missouri. now the parents of michael brown sit down with cnn to talk about what they want to happen next. and two american health care workers recover from ebola and are released from hospital. a heart-warming story here. but the fight is far from over in west africa. a look at how the deadly virus is devastating communities. we begin with an outrageous ransom demand for an american journalist. >> it is staggering. they sought $132 million for james foley before he was beheaded, according to "globalpost." it raises the question whether ransom should be paid. >> our erin burnett spoke with the "globalpost" ceo about that and those still held by isis, which now calls ichts islamic

state. >> there are three americans still held by the islamic state. you know, as devastated as we are about jim, you know, our thoughts, and i know the foley's families thoughts are with those three americans who are facing, you know, imminent death. i hope and pray that our government is able to take steps to secure their freedom and to prevent the horrible end to jim's life. >> what steps should those be? i'm aware that you were trying to do whatever you could, along with the family, to try to arrange money possibly for a ransom. but i know the u.s. government would not pay that. do you think they should pay for those other three americans? >> you know, it's a hard question, erin. it's been a long-standing policy. there are good and sufficient reasons for it. you know, over the last 48 hours, i've come to feel that we should take another look at it.

i don't know if it's going to make a difference now for the other three. i think when the bombing began in iraq, it changed all the ground rules. and i think the islamic state is expecting other things to be done. >> top u.s. defense officials now say defeating isis in iraq cannot be done without considering its presence in syria. >> that's right. it's in both countries. american air strikes targeted islamic militants at mosul dam, despite the demand american military stop. >> charles dempsey said isis can be defeated but not for long.

>> isil is as sophisticated and well-funded as any group we have seen. they're beyond jua terrorist group. they marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical prowess. they are tremendously well funded. this is beyond anything we have seen. >> we are pursuing a long-term strategy against isil because isil clearly poses a long-term threat. we should expect them to stage new offenses. and the u.s. military's involvement is not over. >> now, we will talk more about isis and get a live report from baghdad later in the program. right now we want to get you live to ferguson, missouri, where captain ron johnson is addressing the media after yet another peaceful night. >> i think another contributing factor is good things that occurred before the sun went

down. today foot traffic was down again. because of that we decided to close west forristal avenue at 6 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. last night a woman told me the marches have walked as far as chambers to get to the marching area. and that was a lot harder in the heat. she suggested we allow parking further south. we in unified command thought that was a good suggestion and we put it into effect. we also experimented with pulling our patrol cars back from the streets, a bid to allow more room for marching. that trend is continuing. we had to respond to fewer incidents tonight. there were no molotov cocktails tonight, no firings, no shootings. we did not seize a single handgun. again tonight, we deployed no smoke devices, no tear gas, and no mace.

and, again tonight no police officer fired a single shot. tuesday night through 2 a.m. the number of arrests was 47. last night the number of arrests was 6. and tonight through 12:30 a.m., there have been 7. three of the seven were from detroit and four were from the st. louis area. five failures to disperse, one was for an existing warrant, and one was for driving through a checkpoint. i mentioned there were some good things going on in the community today. i'd heard teaches and volunteers were using the ferguson public library as an education center for children who still aren't in school because of what's going on here in this city. monday was the first day of the program called parents for peace. it was organized by carrie pace, a teacher at walnut grove school. there were 12 children on

monday. today that number had grown to more than 160 children. i visited the facility with some other police officers earlier this afternoon. and i can tell you it was a beautiful environment. the children were attentive, interested in learning and well behaved. andward word of the program is getting out. governor nixon was there today and he was just as impressed as i was with the community coming together to help kids. the parents for peace program is great, but those children need to be in school. that can only happen when it is assured this community is safe. this is an area where we all can agree. we all want our children to be safe and get a good education. let's do what it takes to get the schools open again in this community. and here's another great example of what's going on here in ferguson. yesterday i told you how three missouri state troopers on patrol noticed a basketball hoop

without a net on allison drive. the troopers bought a basketball and basketball net and today we saw kids playing in the area. today a group of officers returned to ellison avenue and played basketball with the kids. the -- to the officer's dismay, they were no challenge for the kids. this is what community policing is. this is the type of thing that leads to understanding and harmony. and we're going to continue to work with the people of this community. on the table today you see a coloring book, you see crayons. you also see a sock puppet. the kids that were there today gave me this sock puppet before i left. i tell you, isn't it a better sight that can bring a smile to our face and hope to our heart,

when we can see a table with a coloring book, a box of crayons and a sock puppet instead of weapons and molotov cocktails? this is what defines a community. this is truly the community of ferguson. is what we see on this table today. i will answer any questions. >> such a stark contrast from 48, 72 hours ago. can you pinpoint exactly what the change can be related to? >> the change is related to a lot of hard work. by the citizens of this community, the citizens of this state and the men and women of law enforcement that have been out here in a dedicated effort to make this community safe. [ inaudible ]

>> the governor said there is going to be a decrease in the size of the national guard. we'll start seeing that tomorrow. like i said, every night, we will make adjustments to make this community safe and also give this community back to the citizens of ferguson. [ inaudible ] >> we will assess the operation of the plan. like i've been saying today and yesterday, i don't deal in what-ifs. i deal with what we have today, and today we have a good day, we have a good night. let's enjoy today and know we're headed toward a sense of peace for our community. thank you.

>> captain ron johnson presenting a very much different style of media briefing than he did a few days ago talking about no guns, no tear gas, no stun grenades used. less foot activity, noting that police are listening to recommendations by locals as to what roads are shut down, where people can walk and demonstrate peacefully, noting that police officers were able to play a basketball game with local residents and as you just saw there, almost a surreal moment where he was showing a gun 24 hours ago. now he's showing sock puppets as a way of demonstrating these kind of gifts from the young residents is the type of tone he's been trying to strike with locals there in ferguson, missouri. we should note, though, as calm as things are now, this is still a divide the community. people are still grieving for the unarmed teen who was shot, michael brown, while others are still raising money for the police officer behind this, darren wilson, a fund in defense of him has now topped $137,000.

while things on the street there in ferguson have calmed down, the divide in that community still evident. also thursday activists did what they could delivering a petition signed by 70,000 people to st. louis county prosecutor bob mccullough's office and then asking him to stay down. saying he's too tightly tied to the police officer. he says he'll leave it to the governor to decide on his status. and we will have much more from ferguson later in this newscast. cnn's anderson cooper sat down with michael brown's parents. they defended their son's character and had a message for anyone inciting violence in ferguson. >> all this other stuff is not helping. it's not helping our boy.

it's doing nothing -- causing more pain, plus it's shaming his name, you know. we had a -- they're making it bad for everything, everybody. >> we will bring you that extended interview with michael brown's parents in about 20 minutes. we'll take a short break here and coming up next, we'll get you live to baghdad for the latest on the fight against isis. stay with us.

>> reporter: well, according to u.s. central command yesterday announcing six new air strikes taking place around the mosul

dam area. this is really where these u.s. air strikes have been focused and concentrated so far, since august 8th, since the u.s. air strikes began in iraq, there have been 90 air strikes. 57 of them, more than half of them, have been around the mosul dam area. we have seen the results. they have been a game-changer here. we have seen the iraqi troops and kurdi isish peshmerga force taking them, which-t has slowed down the advance of isis as they were moving closer to the kurdish city of erbil. isis still controls big parts of the country, including iraq's largest city, mosul. other key cities like falluja, ramadi, tikrit and others. as we're hearing, being reiterated again by u.s. defense officials, this is really

stopping isis for now, halting that advance, but its not weakening them to an extent, not really defeating isis, which is what -- the aim of these operations is. more things need to happen here in iraq the political process is key. try and bring on board the sunni minority of iraq. they have been key in the past in combating extremist groups. this is a very tough task ahead for the iraqi prime minister designate haider al abadi. he needs to regain the trust of the sunni community who has felt alienated by the policies of nuri al maliki. another point, isis is not only in iraq. as we know, they are very active in syria. those borders are nonexistent. they have been able to move between iraq and syria and a point being made by u.s. defense officials, general martin dempsey yesterday saying that the issue of isis in syria needs

to be tackled to be able to weaken and defeat this group. >> and she's putting her ear piece back in. hopefully you can hear me as i ask this question on the aid. the fact the u.s. air strikes simply pushed isis back from mosul dam and mt. sinjar just to get aid in and retake that dam, it also allowed, though, for some aid to now come into northern iraq, to erbil, i believe. what can you tell us about those efforts and if it's adequate, if it's enough. >> reporter: well, this is a major aid push, a much needed one, a ten-day operation by u.n. agencies. also countries like the united kingdom and france sending their own aid flights into northern iraq to reach those in internally displaced people. more than 500,000 people in desperate need of this aid to alleviate their suffering. at least for the short term. they need things like shelter, so they are receiving aid, which

includes tents. really basic stuff. tents, plastic sheets, kitchen sets, those sort of things, because these people really fled their homes with barely anything. just the clothes on their back pretty much in these cases. so, the numbers are staggering, errol. in the past couple of months, more than 500,000, almost 600,000 people have been internally displaced by the isis push in northern iraq. so far this year, 1.2 million iraqis have been displaced, also another 600,000 to the west of here in anbar province by the isis push and no one is able to get back home yet because they are in fear of the isis horrors they have seen in their towns and their villages. so, this aid for now is -- is going to help them because they have been living on the streets, living in abandoned buildings. but it really is the minimal basic they need right now.

>> yeah, hundreds of thousands of people suffering, as this fight against isis continues. live from baghdad, thanks very much. next here on cnn, a closer look at how ebola affects not just the people it infects. the wider impacts on economy, education and community. that's next.

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welcome back. senegal is closing off its border with guinea in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly ebola virus. >> the news agency says it is closer borders to sierra leone and liberia. in south africa it says it will not allow non-south africans to enter the country if they're coming from any of the three west african nations where the outbreak is worst. south africa is also asking its citizens to avoid traveling to

guinea, liberia and sierra leone unless it's absolutely necessary. this us press deputied outbreak of ebola has killed at least 1350 people and sickened more than 2,000. >> but that's not its only impact. for those live there, daily life has been changed in devastating ways. ♪ >> we're dying! but by seconds. people are dying. ebola is more than a killer. it's still seconds away to relate to ebola. if the international community cannot come to our rescue. we've failed. >> even if your child is sick in the house, you cannot touch your

own child. how desperate our child has become. it's so scary. your wife get sick. you're even afraid, you're even afraid to hold her, or your husband or your child, or your neighbor. we're even refusing our family members from our visiting us. because we don't know who they are. we don't know whether they are carrying this virus. that's how terrible and how broken down our whole country is. >> because of ebola, some people stay at home. they don't want to go outside. if anything happens they want to bring rice home. they buying mainly rice. clorox. >> we want to make sure we have adequate stock of essential items. the most important thing about

this is the purchasing power of those who are buying those essential commodities will be impacted because you're putting people out of work. we may need emergency food aid, which is kind of sad. >> ebola is a very serious risk right now, but there are still normal emergencies that occur every day. those patients all need health care. we're seeing people from much further out from than just the community here, monrovia, who have been to four or five hospitals and turned away. having seen so many other physicians, nurse's aides, cleaning stuff be infected and die, raises the risk level a great deal. we're at the moment trying to stay staffed adequately to keep our front doors open. because some of our staff are afraid. >> i have to admit there haven't been many things in my medical training that have scared me

except ebola. then i started thinking that i needed to face my fear and come where i could be useful. >> ebola has caused serious damage or delay my process of my education because i only have one week to complete my studies as undergraduate. and the government close my schools because of ebola. so i'm calling on international community to come to our aid. >> it's nice these people that are living in such danger and fear got a chance to voice their concerns. >> it's great just to hear them together like that. you just feel what they feel, they're impassed about, this is

infecting everybody and the fight continues and the death toll continues to rise. >> the first one said i can't even put a name to what this is, what this feels like. totally get that. in spite of the tremendous horror and negativity we have to bring to you so often about ebo ebola, we have two positive stories now. two american ebola patients receiving treatment. you know, we talked about that a lot. they have recovered. >> yeah. take a look. you may remember dr. kent brantley, he hugged his medical team after he announced thursday he and his colleague, nancy writebol, are free from the disease. >> today is a miraculous day. i'm thrilled to be alive, well and reunited with my family. through the care of the samaritans purse and s.i.m. team in lie beer, yeah use of experimental drug and emory

university hospital, god saved my life. a direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers. >> brantley and writebol were flown from liberia to atlanta and were in quarantine at emory university hospital. up next, the parents of michael brown talk with cnn. >> you have a choice. he chose the wrong one. and was it really necessary? no. >> michael brown's parents share what they want the world to remember about their son. and reveal what they warned him about before a police officer killed him.

welcome back to our special cnn coverage. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm errol barnett. thank you for staying with us, those watching in the u.s. and around the world. militants demanded a ransom of $132 million for american

journalists james foley before he was beheaded in this isis video that emerged last week. this information is coming to us from the "globalpost," who foley was working for before he was kidnapped. they say there were no negotiations. another calm night in ferguson, missouri. people are protesting the deadly shooting of african-american teen michael brown by a white police officer but there have been no signs of confrontations with police and only a few arrests reported. missouri's governor has ordered the national guard to started leaving. two american patients receiving treatment for ebola in the u.s. have now recovered. you're seeing there dr. kent brantley announced he and nancy writebol were free of the disease. meanwhile, state media in senegal says the country is closing the borders with guinea to prevent spread of the virus. robin williams' final

resting place is san francisco bay. cnn obtained his death certificate which reveals he was cremated and his ashes scattered in the bay. the sheriff's department says it will not release the 911 calls related to his death. we want to get you back to ferguson, missouri, now. an interview that is important for everyone following this story to see. michael brown's family still struggling to come to grips with the death of their son. >> i don't know how they just grieved the loss of their son and there are such larger, larger issues the community is grappling with. his parents talked with our anderson cooper voicing frustration over unfair betrayals of michael brown and they want the world to know what he was really like. >> it's one thing to lose a son. it's another thing to be thrust into the public spotlight and to have to then, you know, defend

your son and seek what you say is justice for your son. do you feel like some folks have been trying to go after the character of your son? >> yes, sir. >> and they don't know him. >> yeah. >> they don't know him. >> what do you want people to know about your son? what was he like? >> he was special to me. he was ours. he was peaceful. he was humble. he didn't ask for it. he didn't deserve it. and it was wrong. and i'm always going to love him just how he was. and nothing they can say going to change the way i feel about him. because they didn't know him like we knew him. so, nothing you can say is ever going to make me understand what

happened. ever. everybody got a pass. he was only 18. >> he had his whole life ahead of him. >> that's right. >> when authorities released that video, the surveillance video from the convenience store, did you feel that was a way of trying to change people's perception of your son? >> trying to cover something up. i didn't go for none of that, you know. the point is the officer killed and gunned down our son. even if he did, even if there was the case, he still didn't deserve to get gunned down like he got gunned down. >> this is a right or wrong issue. he was wrong. >> for a kid that's taught to --

to honor and respect the police officer of his job and duties, and to respect him and to get done like that, it's just wrong. >> that's one of the things you tried to teach your son about how to interact with police? >> yes, yes. >> you had conversations about -- >> isn't that terrible? >> yes. >> ain't that terrible? >> that you had to have that conversation? >> that you have to have that conversation, really? why? >> because that's a conversation you felt you had to have with your son? >> yeah. >> what was that conversation? >> well, for one, we -- my son always been a big guy. always mistaken to be holder than what he is. and for that matter, i felt like he needed to be taught how to interact with a police officer,

because for one, they would think he's older than what he is. he's not. you know, he was 16. looked like he was 21. he's 18, look like he's almost 24. but the case of the matter is, he's 18, you know. >> and the police just profile you. >> it's just -- >> it's not fair. >> anderson, as we know, they will kill young boys of color, and so you have to have that conversation. not any guarantee that it's going to stop your child from being killed by the people who are supposed to protect you, but every person of color has those conversations with their parent. if you're a parent, you have it with your child. >> you had it with your kids? >> i absolutely had it with my boys. and whether it's michael brown or trayvon martin or jordan

davis, farrell in north carolina, renisha brown, it goes on and on, police and authority figures, we have to tell our children, you know, yeah they will kill you, so we don't want them to kill you, so let us try to prepare you for that day we're not going to be there with you. and it's just hard. it is very hard. even as i sit here and i'm a lawyer, you hear it play out so many times in the black community where the police are the people who kill your child and you're scratching your head and saying, but you're supposed to protect them. you're trained. you know, you're supposed to know when to use deadly force. you're supposed to know how to have conflict resolution. you got tasers and stuff. why did you have to shoot him? >> all along, you have been very clear that you don't want violence from these protests. and you don't want anything to distract from what happened to

your son. what's your message to protesters now? >> well, you know, as far as the protesters, you know, you have people that's out there for the cause and you got people out there just being themselves. but for the ones that's doing it for the cause, you know, to keep pressure and supporting us to make sure things are, you know, going correctly, we appreciate that as a father and a mother, you know, but the other -- all this other stuff, it's not helping. it's not helping our boy. it's doing nothing but, you know, causing more pain. plus, it's shaming his name. you know, we had a king.

they -- they making this -- they're making it bad for everything -- everybody, you know. and i just need them -- if they're not for the cause, they need to just -- just go back to your regular life. go back home to your family. hug your son. hug your daughter. love your little ones. do what you need to do to keep your family tight and going on, you know. because we're trying our best to be strong. if you can help yours, hold onto them tight. keep them close and make sure that this doesn't happen again to yours. >> the parents of michael brown. his funeral will be held monday in st. louis. it will be open to the public. civil rights leader reverend al sharpton will give the eulogy.

next on cnn, we're hearing from some of the men who were held prisoner with jim foley but were later released. ahead, one of them talks about a seven-month nightmare made a little easier by a friend. jim foley, who was assassinated by militants. we will explore that story here as we push on.

if you can believe it, that was the ransom demanded by isis militants before they executed american journalist james foley. >> according to the "globalpost," the publication foley was working for when he was kidnapped. we understand there were no negotiations. >> we're now hearing from several french journalists who were released by isis in april after being held captive with foley. nicholas henin describes foley as someone who worked hard to lift spirits of fellow prisoners. >> he was always here when one of us was not doing so well, to just have some nice words. he was extremely understandable and -- well, he was -- he was a great friend.

it -- it sounds strange for me to say he managed to make these seven months of captivity easier, but somehow he did. >> how about that? well, let's take say closer look at isis and what happened. this terror group that's so radical, so vicious. as you may recall, even al qaeda distanced itself from isis. peter norman is director of study of radicalization and president of security studies at kings college. thank you. you have an idea of where the killing of mr. foley took place. >> i don't know for sure, but there are a number of coups. i think rebel organizations, insurgent organizations, always hold their hostages in the areas that are the securist from their point of view. that in the case of isis is the

town of raka, which they have held for over a year. we know other hostages have been held there and also the vegetation, the background in the video matches with the vegetation and the background, landscape in raka. i'm not 100% sure, but my guess would be somewhere around raka, where also a lot of foreign fighters are stationed. >> yes, yes, you said they were stationed there. you mentioned the vegetation behind it. it's so interesting because the as assassin is covered head to toe with only his eyes. what other clues can they use? >> for example, beginning with his height, his build, his fingernails, the way he's holding the knife. some speculates he may be left-handed because of the way he beheaded him. there's also a lot of stuff on

social media. around 80% of the foreign fighters that we are monitoring are active on social media. a lot of them do have twitter, facebook, instagram profiles. and by process of elimination, you can probably already exclude a lot of known foreign fighters and you can whittle it down to a small number of potential suspects. also based on the fact that he probably is from london, based on his accent. a lot of foreign fighters disclose their original home locations on their facebook profiles. >> that's fascinating. you talk about they use social media a lot. so, at some point they often let their guard down as well. >> absolutely. and that will be another strategy that the intelligence services are pursuing right now because very likely the guy who was carrying out the beheading was known to other foreign fighters. those foreign fighters are communicating with each other a lot. they are digital natives, using

social media is completely normal for them, and probably after the publication of the video, there would have been a lot of chatter amongst them on what's up, on skype, on facebook, on twitter. the intelligence services will be monitoring that chatter very closely because it takes only one of them to let the name slip in order for that person to be identified. >> certainly hope they -- all these clues leads to finding him. we thank you for your expertise, peter norman for us from london. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead, it's been six months since we heard from any of the people aboard malaysia flight 370, but prosecutors say this couple was using some of their bank accounts. ♪ [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize... [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. keep going strong.

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welcome back. the remains of 20 victims of the downed malaysia airlines flight 17 are now back in kuala lumpur. >> and malaysia is recognizing a national day of mourning. it's the first time the nation called for such a day for civilian victims. forensic experts back in amsterdam identified these 20 victims over the past two weeks. the royal family and other dignitaries greeted the caskets in a solemn ceremony as you are seeing. >> cnn international viewers watched this live a few hours

ago. meantime, 43 passengers were from malaysia. some from say a russian-flied missile shot down that flight over ukraine. flight 17 is the second disaster malaysia airlines recognized this dwreer. >> it's been nearly six months since flight 370 disappeared, leaving the families of those on board without any answers as to what happened to their loved ones. after a massive international search for the plane. as you know, nothing turned up. australian authorities are preparing for the next phase of the search. meanwhile, a disturbing development atted to the despair of families. our john mann has more. >> reporter: as if the families of passengers missing aboard flight mh370 hadn't endured enough heartbreak, the theft of

about $35,000 from the bank accounts of passengers has added to their misery. 33-year-old a bank officer, is fashion 12 charges for allegedly transferring money between the accounts of several passengers and a flight attendant. the woman's husband was also arrested. he's charged with using a fraudulent debit card he created and other cards belonging to one o the passengers to withdraw money from a bank machine. another suspect is still being sought. the two have pleaded not guilty to the charges and are free on bail. the search for missing flight 370 is arguably the most difficult in history. but australian authorities heading the search effort aren't giving you hope. they've continued to analyze signal data the of pings believed to have come from the aircraft before its disappearance. they looked at satellite analysis and now they're ready to start looking for the plane

itself again. earlier this month australia is starting a new investigation, covering 60,000 kilometers and taking up to a year to complete. >> we are confident we will find the missing aircraft within the search. this will be a challenging one. >> dutch engineering firm has begun under water mapping and will begin operations next month. martin dolan, head of the australian transport safety board, says that area of the indian ocean is uncharitied territory. >> we're still discovering data, of pictures we had no knowledge of, and water volcanos and other things. so, we're finding some surprises as we go through. >> using two vessels equipped with side-sonar, investigators will scour the sea floor in a new search area, which is about 7,000 meters deep in some places. flight mh370 vanished march 8th

with 239 people on board en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. if it's located, the goal is to identify and map the wreckage. the estimated cost of the new operation, $48 million. to try to bring some sense of closure to the families and to find out what happened. jonathan mann, cnn. >> all those pictures that we remember, the families grieving, those families are still live, going about their lives and -- >> still wondering what happened to that fateful flight. well, japan continues to recover from massive and deadly landslides as more heavy rain is coming in. >> so, let's call in our meteorologist ivan cabrera, at the cnn weather center with all the details. >> need some dry weather, that's what we need. it's not what we've had. i think more heavy rain is on the way here for japan, which

it's been ridiculous the amount of rain we're measuring in meters. that's the way it's been throughout august. landslides occurring in the last few days. there you see these homes just had absolutely no chance because of all that water falling on the mountainsides coming down those slopes at an incredible speed. no time to get some people out of the way here. we had numerous fatalities. they're still looking for people. we're still missing quite a number of folks across the

now we have td-13. the one that's impacting with land will be tropical depression 13. that's hitting mexico with very heavy rainfall. it's going to parallel the coast over the next couple of days so we'll watch for that closely. closer to the united states, really in the caribbean, this is where we have action, leeward islands with some heavy rainfall. this likely moving over to the north and west over the next few days is not look like a very

well organized system. nevertheless, something to watch. see the clouds rolling in from the north and west? that would save the united states. this would curve out regardless of whether this becomes a named storm so we don't have to worry at least for now in the eastern u.s. >> all right. that's a good word, disorganized. >> yes. >> still exists. >> yes. >> thanks, ivan. all right. that's our first hour, but stay with us. >> your first hour. we will be back with you all next hour. and also missouri's governor sits down with cnn in the wake of mass protests there at ferguson, missouri. hear what he had to say about the racial divide between the police and the community.

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