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in this hour. >> i'm certain he put himself in a position to be first in line and he wanted us to be strong and that's the message he was sending without saying it. >> the heartfelt message from the brother of american journalist james foley. he was executed by isis militants. michael foley tells cnn about his family's nightmare and why he thinks more could have been done. ferguson, missouri, through the eyes of the city's children. they long to be in school, but instead, they're caught in the chaos. we'll go live to the scene. and some call it direct invasion. we begin in hour in iraq and the dead lie violence at a sunni mosque. shiite militia men are being blamed for shooting 70

worshipers and wounding at least 17. we're going to show you video purportedly taken of the attack. it is graph nick and disturbing. the details now from baghdad. >> gunmen stormed a sunni mosque in deal la province are northeast of baghdad. opening fire on worshipers killing more than 70 people. police say it is not clear who is behind this attack, but sunni politicians are blaming it on shia mill tishas saying this is the latest of a series of attack actargeting sunni civilians. these killings are raising fears of retaliatory attacks and further sectarian violence. the country's main sunni political parties say they have withdrawn from the negotiations to form a new government. they say they will not return until the perpetrators of this attack are arrested and brought to justice. the clock is ticking on that constitutional deadline for prime minister designate haider

al abadi to put together his new government, a truly inclusive government. he has a little over two weeks to go to meet that deadline in what is seen as a last chance to try and save iraq by some. al abadi has had a tough task to try and bring on board iraq's sunni community who over the past few years have felt margin naturalized by the government of prime minister nuri al maliki. they say in politics, they have been sidelined and they have been persecuted by the iraqi be security forces. the shia dominated security forces. in the past, the sunni arab community has been key in fighting extremist groups. they really turned the tide in this country's battle against isis's predecessor al qaeda in iraq when they joined forces with the u.s. military. but the political situation and the rule of prime minister nuri al maliki over the past few years has driven some sunnis into the ranks of isis and in

some communities people turned a blind eye to isis' presence, seeing them as the lesser of two evils compared to the shia dominated security forces. this is also a real setback for the country's fight against isis. the united states and president obama making it clear more u.s. support already only come if a truly inclusive government emerges soon. joumana karachi, cnn. >> u.s. forces continue their air strikes on isis fighters in northern iraq. they again targeted militants mosul dam in support of iraqi and kurdish forces. the dam was liberated from isis fighters earlier this week. meantime, iraqi forces and kurdish peshmerga fighters say they have surrounded joba la but haven't entered the city northeast of baghdad. the big question right now is what should the west do next? with isis trying to expand

forces in parts of iraq and syria, barack obama now finds himself being pushed toward possible military action in syria details now from barbara starr at the pentagon. >> u.s. officials tell cnn there are long-standing and on going talks inside the administration about increasing air strikes in iraq and even the possibility of tailored air strikes inside syria against specific isis targets. but officials stress no decisions have been made by the white house. >> we're actively considering what's going to be necessary to deal with that threat. and we're not going to be restricted by borders. >> and the pentagon is divulging nothing. >> we don't telegraph our punches. i think you can rest assured that the leadership here in the pentagon understands the threat posed by this group. >> talk of military options stirred up by this comment by

defense secretary chuck hagel about the threat of isis and its ranks of 10,000 fighters. >> oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. so we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take a cold steely hard look at it and get ready. >> officials are taking pains to emphasize that any military action would only be part of a long-term strategy against isis involving diplomacy and action from other countries in the region. u.s. military leaders continue to make the case that air strikes alone will not defeat isis. that countries in the region must band together to defeat their radical ideology. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> now, the brother of the american journalist beheaded by islamic militants says the u.s. government could have done more to try and free him. the obama administration said this week an operation this

summer failed to rescue james foley and other american who is tans. michael foley says the u.s. policy against paying ran somes is too rigid. he spoke with anderson cooper about his brother's legacy. >> anderson, i don't want jim to have died in vain and from the amount of support i've seen, i don't believe that will be the case but i want people to remember jim and his legacy, how he, you know, his fight for the less than privileged people, for the poor. for his love of journalism and the desire to bring light, to bring the story out from places in the world that wouldn't otherwise be heard. and jim's really my hero and i think he's a hero for many people and i really just hope that that legacy carries on. >> a hero for many people

indeed. later we'll hear more on michael foley's thoughts about the u.s. policy against paying ran some for american hostages. now it has been the epicenter of often violent unrest the past couple weeks. now for another night, thankfully, ferguson, missouri is, still calm. the community is looking forward to monday when the funeral for michael brown will take place. brown is a teenager shot and killed august 9th during a confrontation with a police officer. the shooting triggered outrage, racially charged protests and clashes with police. a grand jury is hearing evidence in the case. now, that panel is comprised of seven men and five women. three of the grand jurors are african-american. the other nine are caucasian. now there's a controversy. a st. louis police officer has

been suspended for remarks made in the wake of the shooting. >> i personally believe in geez of the christ but i'm also a killer. i've killed a lot. if i need to, i'll kill a whole bunch more. if you don't want to get killed, don't show up in front of me. >> ferguson remains calm. the streets have not been empty. stephanie elam joins me from ferguson with the latest. thankfully, we have seen two nights of peace. what's the mood like there today? >> if you take a look behind me, it's pretty much just empty. there were, you know, it's right after midnight there was a group out here marching and we saw them march away and we now know they've marched to the police station. probably about a three to four-mile walk from here. and they're still there, about 75 people or so are outside there. and they're just having a few announcements and speaking among themselves. but completely a very peaceful evening here in ferguson. we saw lots of people coming

out. we heard people bringing music. we saw people out here eating. it almost felt sort of like a block party with a solemn tone to it. people coming out remembering mike brown, the young man at the center of this two-week long unrest we've had here in ferguson. a lot of people out here saying they don't want to forget about what happened to mike brown but also want to keep the focus on how things need to get better here in the town. so that overall, the fact that it's a friday night after midnight and if you look around, you can see it's all shut down. the police are still out here. they've definitely pulled back their presence this evening. even further tonight. april very big sense of calm here, isa. >> stephanie, what do we know about michael brown's funeral monday? the number of people that will be attending and the service? >> we know it's open to the public. they are in a sanctuary that can seat 5,000 people and also have overflow space ready.

they do think it's going to be a very highly attended funeral as this community comes together to mourn the loss of this 18-year-old, something they haven't been able to do between all the media attention and the questions surrounding what actually happened, questions we still don't know the answers to. but that service on monday morning is expected to be very well attended. we'll be able to cover that from here in ferguson, missouri. >> stephanie, a police officer was we received of had his duty following highly controversial footage where he gave a speech with ugly statements. what more can you tell us? >> the reaction when you hear people talking about it is that this is the fooer for people in this community that this is the type of police officer that they've been dealing with. so that's been one of the concerns that this is highlighting that. at the same time, the police force is saying they don't condone what this officer has said and he does not speak for police officers. this officer has been out here in the day past. he was out here with crowd

control. he has gone on to say other things about the president of the united states saying that he was an illegal alien. he said also that you know, he will kill more people if he needs to, just very, very surprising things for a police officer to say. his own police chief saying he felt it was very dissimilar but that doesn't represent the rest of the force out here. it's one of those things where these police officers are speaking on camera in some other situation and it comes out months later and it's showing a tone that the police officers do not want to have out there at this point. >> stephanie elam there for us in ferguson, missouri. well, dan page, the police officer we were just mentioning is not the only one to have been suspended. officer darren wilson is identified as the policeman who fired the shots that killed michael brown. jason carroll has more on the man behind the badge. >> his very name has stirred unrest and invoced words about

injustice and police brutality. >> mike brown. >> but to others here in ferguson, officer darren wilson's name is synonymous with justice and has become a pro police rallying cry. >> the police have done nothing wrong and this was a rush to judgment. not going home, honey. my america too. >> the man behind so much division here in ferguson has yet to emerge following the shooting of michael brown. a ferguson police source telling cnn officer wilson received death threats following the shooting when all the unrest broke out. the source also says wilson left ferguson last week to an undisclosed location for his safety. and is now on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation. ferguson's police chief has spoken to wilson several times since the shooting >> he's very shaken about what happened that day and the aftermath. >> has he said anything about his emotional state of mind?

>> we talked, but you know, he's hurt. >> for those looking for more insight into wilson or his actions the day he shot and killed michael brown may have to wait. wilson is not talking, has no spokesperson and the 28-year-old has not confirmed who, if anyone, may be legally representing him. as for his record on the force -- >> great job there. >> he's a six-year veteran with no disciplinary action. >> i'm just here to try to tell people that he's a good person. >> wilson's friend jake shepherd was one of the first to publicly defend him into it makes me sad. you know, i'm obviously sad for the family of michael brown but i'm sad for darren and his family, too. every law enforcement officer dreads the time when them athey are forced to make that split second whether or not to take someone's life. >> shepherd says after his

interview, wilson sent him text messages. one reads the support is keeping me going during this stressful time. i appreciate all you have done. wilson then wrote the following about his situation, i can't go out. and while wilson remains in hiding, support for him continues to grow. online. a go fund me page has already raised more than $250,000. jason carroll, cnn, ferguson, missouri. >> still to come right here on cnn, an can the an of compassion or dlij rans? moscow says these trucks are carrying humanitarian aid, but u crepe's government calls it an invasion. which one is it? details coming up. e not supermo. we're trying our best to be role models. we don't jump at the sound of the opening bell, because we're trying to make the school bell. corner booth beats corner office any day. we make the most out of our time...

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concerned about this provocative and unilateral action. it is an undeniable and blatant violation of ukrainian sovereignty and a clear breach of international law and the u.n. charter. it has nothing to do with humanitarianism. that humanitarian effort is being coordinated by the united nations and if the russian federation wanted to participate in that, it could do so in a collective way rather than acting unilaterally. >> now, russia for its part says the convoy had been held up at the border for a week. the kremlin calls unacceptable. so it sent the trucks rolling into ukraine. matthew chance has the view from moscow. >> well, a very tersely worded statement from russia's foreign ministry saying that look, enough is enough. no more excuses. this humanitarian convoy that's been held up at the russian boarder with ukraine more than a

week is now going in. with that, the trucks filled with humanitarian supplies like food, sleeping bags and electricity generators started to roll across that tense border. there's been broad condemnation of the move not least from the ukrainian government which has described it as an invasion in flagrant violation after international law. nato's secretary-general also condemning it saying the convoy breaches russia's international commitments and violates an ukraine's sovereignty. but moscow remains defiant rejecting allegations that this it is anything other than a humanitarian mission. and warning of unspecified consequences if the column of trucks comes under attack. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. let's turn our attention now to the middle east where

hamas-run television says a man and girl were killed and at least a dozen people wounded in an israeli air strike on a house in gaza city on friday. al aqsa tv ran video of rescuers scrambling to pull victims from the rubble. israel's prime minister warned hamas would pay a heavy price for a mortar attack on the parking lot that killed a 4-year-old boy. the israeli military at first said it was fired from a u.n. school in gaza used as a shelter. it later said the launch site was he an school hamas used as a shelter. now, the abductions and deaths of three israeli teenagers in june are being blamed for the ratcheting up of tensions between israel and hamas. hamas is admitting the act was the act of a group in its ranks not approved by hamas leadership. this was what the official said in a statement. at that time, the hamas

leadership had no knowledge about the group or the operation it had just carried. it turned out later, however, that they were members of hamas. hamas operatives put 18 suspects is inform"s for israel to death in gaza on friday as ian lee reports, the execution was brutal, swift and very public. we must warn you that some of the video you're about to see may be disturbing to some viewers. >> images of men sentenced to die. hamas released these photo of gunmen clad in black with the guilty accused of treason by collaborating with israel. their identities concealed, possibly to avoid embarrassing their families or if they're high ranking hamas members to hide the depth of penetration by israel's intelligence service. we don't know much about these men. what we know is the very public executions send a strong warning to other would be collaborators. no sympathy for the condemned

found here. this is a good punishment for them. >> the executions come right after israeli air strikes killed three top commander of hamas's military wing. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised the country's intelligence service for the operation. it's unknown if these men were involved. the palestinians have long struggled with collaborators. in 2012, this video shows an accused man being dragged behind a motorcycle. the driver warns other would be turn coats of a similar fate. the question arises why would a palestinian betray his countrymen? there's the obvious financial incentive as well as the potential for people to be blackmailed into becoming collaborators. hamas has asked all those who "fell in the mud of treason" to turn themselves in and said they would be shown mercy. we don't know what that mercy is. all legal proceedings have been kept behind closed doors. at least 18 accused have been executed so far. that number is likely to grow.

ian lee, cnn, gaza city. >> and still to come on cnn newsroom, heavy rains in chicago strands drivers and leaves many areas of the city underwater. ivan cabrera has the forecast just ahead. really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates.

now torrential rains led to flash flooding in chicago on friday. meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us from the cnn weather center with the details.

this was a lot of the rain in a very short amount of time, wasn't it? >> almost the entire month's worth of rain in about four hours. imagine what that's going to do anywhere in the world here. but we're talking specifically about chicago getting just incredible rains. this is the dangerous thing. you can get that short amount of rain or a lot of rain in a short amount of time and you get flash flooding. that can take people off guard and this is what happened here. here are the thunderstorms that just blew in from west to east training right over the city and especially a little bit further to the south and west. we got hit pretty hard. 4.4 inches is what we got in four hours. normally we get upwards of five inches the entire month of august. it was very heavy rainfall. this time around i want to show you what it looked like from up above to get perspective on the streets that were completely flooded. if you can't see the paintings on the road, do not cross because you don't know how deep that water is.

and sometimes you can get swept away easily. it doesn't make too many feet of water to get you going. that is just a depressing to see there and scary stuff because we've gotten a lot of people into a lot of trouble. in a short amount of time because of it. it's water world. this is incredible. chicago getting hit incredibly. we're getting a nice break. this is not a situation where we have a boundary that's going to stahl and pour and pour rain. but what we do have is tropical moisture coming all the way from the south. when we get the heating of the day, saturday showers and storms in the forecast once again. we could get pretty good downpours here. severe weather potential for parts of western minnesota. we'll have a bull's eye for damaging wind, hail and the possibility of tornadoes if you're watching from this part of the world. if you hear thunder, the likelihood of that thunderstorm that you're hearing being severe is pretty good. keep an eye to the sky if you're going to be outside.

if you're going to be outside across anywhere in the southeastern u.s., my goodness, get the iced lattes ready. it is going to be blistering hot. we're talking temperatures well into the 100s as far as the heat index. forget the air temperature. that doesn't matter to the body. it's going to feel like 105 to 110 if you're out there in a prolonged outside exposure situation, that's when the you can really get in trouble and yes, please, keep the kids outside of the car. >> very good idea. i like the sound of the heat though coming from london where it's already cold. >> just hang with us here. >> see how long i could take it. looks very hot. thanks very much. now, just ahead on cnn, the latest world headlines. plus analyzing clues inside the effort to identify and track down the militant who beheaded journalist james foley and michael foley speaks out about terrorism and the failed effort to rescue his brother. the story just ahead.

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gunmen shot about the 70 worshipers and wounded 17 others. sunni lawmakers blame shiite militias. in the u.s., protesters resumed peaceful demonstrations friday in ferguson, missouri, where tensions had run high over the police shooting after a taker two weeks ago. a grand jury is hearing evidence in the case. the russian ambassador to the u.n. said moscow received "official acceptance by kiev authorities to send what it calls a humanitarian convoy into ukraine," but kiev an cruises moscow of carryinging out a direct invasion. that convoy of 227 trucks entered ukraine through a rebel-controlled checkpoint. even though james foley's executioner wore a mask, we have heard the voice of a man who murdered the american marine journalist. an tick ta shu best has the latest on the foley investigation.

>> the race is on to identify the man who killed james foley. his face is hidden but there are clues especially his voice spouting militant propaganda in an unmistakable british accent. >> any attempt by you, obama, to deny the muslims their rights of living in safety under the islamic caliphate will the result in the bloodshed of your people. >> we will not show the video. it is too graphic but we did ask a number of voice analysts to take a listen to the audio. here's what they said. >> this is a guy who's spent most of his formative years in and around london, i would say. he may well have been born in another country. he may well have another language as his first language but he ended up speaking very much in the same way as other people in the east end of london and south london, as well. >> our experts all agree the man is under 30 years old and grew up in britain from a very young age. >> he comes from a well educated professional past, a family. which some people might find

very shocking. >> and there are other clues. his height and build, even the boots he wears and the way he holds the knife indicates he may be left-handed. british investigators are now analyzing the video and comparing it to the database of video and audio recordings of known jihadists. they're also reaching out to britain's muslim community hoping someone somewhere recognizes his voice. there are an estimated 400 to 500 british nationals that have volunteered to fight in syria and iraq. one of them may be the man who killed james foley and the british government says it is determined to find him. atika schubert, cnn, london. now, jim foley's brother says the u.s. government could have done more to try and free the journalist from his cap tors. michael foley spoke about that with cnn's anderson cooper. >> well, the united states for a country as large as it is has pretty limited resources that i

could see with respect to these situations and i think there's more that state in particular could have done and their hands are tied in many ways by the rigid policies that we tend to follow, but i think, i know there's more that could have been done you know, directly directly contacting those and it's hard to go into much more detail than that, anderson, but i think you can understand the picture that i'm painting. several of our european journalists were freed. >> as "the new york times" has reported, i mean western european nations paid large sums for their citizens. the united states does not do that. is that for you, something that the u.s. should do or do you think there are -- there, you know, there was a prinner exchanging for bowe bergdahl. when you talked about more being done, do you think the united states should be more in line with western what western europe

does or some other form? >> there's definitely an argument for that, but i think more to the point, the large nations need to be consistent. >> right. >> i think they need to work together. >> because the fact that western europe is paying that makes it all the more difficult for the united states not to. >> exactly. >> if europe was on the same page, at least it would be an even playing field. >> that's correct, that's correct. that's really what it boils down to. i don't have all the answers but i do think that a more cooperative approach, there wasn't be the sharing of information. you won't believe how difficult it is to get information from released journalists, from the nations because of the way we have these walls built. and that's not what i want to emphasize here, anderson. i really -- but it is unfortunate and i hope more to the point that there's some urgency put in place for the others that are there, not just in syria but around the world to do what we can to release them.

>> when you heard that the united states had had started conducting air strikes against isis targets for you, obviously, and your family, that must have been a very personal worry. i mean, did you believe then that that might end up affecting jim's captivity in. >> absolutely. and then of course, that pit in our stomachs was underscored by the e-mail we received from his cap tors and hindsight's 20/20 but it was clearly too late at that point. you know, once the bombing started. we thought we had made a lot of progress and i don't -- i'm not going to speak out against it. i think there's a lot of utility in what's being done there. it's just horrible what isil is doing to the citizens over there and something needs to be done. i'm not sure that you know, containment and some of these strikes is enough. >> yeah, can i was thinking about your family when i heard

that they had received an e-mail. i just can't imagine the horror of even seeing that e-mail pop up. >> have you read it? >> yes, i have. i mean, but just seeing you know, checking your e-mail one day and seeing an e-mail from the people holding your brother, your child, i mean, i kept thinking about your parents in that situation and your whole family and i just -- i don't know. there's no question there. just the horror of it struck home for me. >> horror is a good word. it's like it's right out of a hollywood movie unfortunately, you're in it. and i just know that i'm comforted by the fact and it was clear in the images and video that jim didn't flinch. he had the courage. i'm certain that he put himself in a position to be first in line and he wanted us to be strong and that's the message he was sending without saying it. and you know, i want that memory to live on.

we all loved jim and i know there's a lot of others that look up to him and it's just the people from all over the world all over the country from all walks of life reached out to us. it really, really means a lot. >> michael foley there, the brother of james foley. well, james foley's friends have set up a scholarship fund in his name at the marquette university in wisconsin. it's for disadvantaged students who want to go into communications. if you want to donate go online to the link you're seeing on your screen. i've also tweeted out the link if you want an easier way to get it. now, as ferguson, missouri, cools down, attention turns to its younger residents. schools will reopen. but what kind of impact will the recent unrest have on those children? and too close for comfort in the u.s. and china are at odds over a close encounter above the

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welcome back. now, ferguson, missouri,'s thankfully enjoying another night of calm. people are outraged over the shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer still demonstrated on friday. but the heated often violent clashes from earlier this week were gone. a grand jury has begin hearing evidence in the death of michael brown. the funeral 18-year-old shooting victim will be held on monday. school will be back in session for ferguson's children, as well. school will give the children of ferguson something they need and that is predictability. poppy harlow looks at how young minds have been affected by things no one quite understands. >> reporter: i'm 8 years old. my name an irene kidd and nim 9

years old. >> these are ferguson's children. >> when it first started i did hear a couple of gunshotsen a lot of helicopters. >> i just can't deal with it. they need to stop doing it. >> i'm mostly mad about this. it's plain wrong to let this happen. >> children caught in chaos. >> 8-year-old woods wants to go back to school. what's happening in ferguson scares him, especially at night. >> cops are going to come into our house and try to get us. the looters are -- >> at nighttime, i try to just comfort him and not let him watch the news because that's when he seems to be more afraid. >> their mothers have been protesting. iron joins them during the day. >> i'm standing up for what i think is right. >> we've tried to explain to irene that cops are people, too. they're good people and there are bad people. >> he wants to know why we can't

go back to school and why everybody breaking into the stores and why is the street always blocked off at nighttime into but they don't have all the answers. >> he already knows that you know, a cop shot a kid but he wants to know why and i can't really explain to him why because i don't know the why either. >> i just don't understand why police officers feel like they have to use their gun. they have tasers. they have batons. they even have mace. >> disperse immediately. >> you can keep your children away from the violence and riots but images like this are hard to protect them from come daylight. >> my 9-year-old son was watching the news with me one night and we saw the tear gas. we saw the police officers, and he aid to me, i bet that the kids in ferguson never want to go outside anymore. >> st. louis post dispatch columnist isha sultan has been focusing on the children of ferguson throughout her

coverage. some 4700 are 14 or younger. >> the individuals who are really the most powerless and voiceless are the children there. i think the adults have an even greater responsibility to hear what the kids in in community are saying and what they're feeling >> child psychiatrist dare ra glick says listening to children means everything. >> you always say how do we talk to children about what's happened. the actual task is to listen to children. you can't make the blanket statements of everyone is safe. that isn't their reality. there are people that will they are worried about that they saw maybe as invincible before and now they're not sure. >> david leonard knows what it's like to live through riots as a child into my name is david leonard. i was 14 years old during the l.a. riots. >> he documented this em in this film. >> showing my dad heard the verdict and he decided to pick

me up from school. he knew that he was taking me to be i apart of history. >> he's a journalist now. he says because of what he saw. >> it wasn't just living through the riots. it was living through seeing rodney king beaten by the lapd over and over. i felt like there was an injustice. i also felt like it was wrong to burn and loot places. i also felt like the system had failed. it really ached me in the notion that the world can erupt at any point. >> as leonard and the world watch fergon, the children here are just beginning to sort through what this all means to them. >> i learned a lesson i shouldn't come outside outside where he got shot at. i'm not walking down the street in canfield where the polices are. >> i've learned that violence should definitely always be the last resort.

i want the world to know that ferguson actually isn't a bad place. ferguson is a really nice place. >> there's no doubt though these children have been left a little less innocent. poppy harlow, cnn reporting. >> wonderful piece there. and ferguson authorities expect to hold a nightly briefing shortly. you're looking at live pictures. we'll of course, bring it to you live when it does happen. now as the number of cases can continues to climb, the world health organization warns that the west african ebola epidemic is likely larger than first thought. the latest figures show more than 2600 cases and more than 1400 deaths but the world health organization now says it believes many cases have gone unreported because some families are in denial and residents of some affected areas distrust

health care workers andion treatment. despite that, officials say they're confident they will bring the outbreak under control. >> it's not going to be easy. we expect several months of very hard work. we expect several months of really struggling against this outbreak but again, we expect to turn it around at some point. >> now, currently no approved vaccine exists for ebola but china says it's come up with a substance that can quickly detect the presence of the virus. take a listen. >> translator: our region is able to complete the test process for the ebola virus within three to four hours of obtaining a sample of a suspicious patient. we have a plan for limited production for the moment and are able to supply to users soon. >> now, let's break down the numbers from the world health organization. according to the who, there are more than 1400 confirmed, probable or suspected deaths from ebola and more than 2600 cases of the virus since the

outbreak began in march. disease has claimed 624 lives in liber liberia. 406 people have died in guinea. in sierra leone the number of death is 392. world health organization attributes five deaths to the virus. a tense watch in iceland, hundreds of people have been evacuated as a huge volcano threatens to roar to life. we have that story after break. well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite.

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than ten meters of separation and made a point of showing its weapons. >> with respect to the chinese jet, i know the pentagon spoke to this earlier today. it's obviously a deeply concerning provocation. we've communicated directly to the chinese government our objection to this type of action. in terms of the additional details i think the pentagon spoke to those. but again, what we've encouraged is constructive military to military ties with china and this type of action is clearly violates the spirit of that engagement and we've made our concerns known directly to beijing. >> there will has been increasing regional tension recently as you know over china's territorial planes in the pacific. let's turn our attention now to europe where iceland's largest volcanic system has been rumbling with more earthquakes. as fears the mountain may soon blow its top. more than 2,000 small earthquakes hit the area in the

past week. residents have fled their homes. an ritz sa vassileva has the story. >> ice land's bar dal bunk gag volcano hasn't erupted in more than 100 years. since last weekend, it's showing signs of coming back to life. on monday, the area suffered its biggest earthquake and molten lava is on the move bringing back memories of 20810 when another icelandic volcano erupted grounding planes in europe for six days, disrupting air travel for weeks, affecting more than 10 million people at an estimated cost of $1.7 billion. though no one knows for sure if bardabungaing will erupt it's on the second highest alert. airlines and emergency workers a they're better prepared this time. easy jet plans top fit its aircraft with an early detection be system to help pilots it fly safely over asche clouds. >> we've developed a system with our partners in norway to be

able to detect the asche in the air. we don't have that fitted to our aircraft yet but what we also have -- >> ferguson authorities are holding a nightly news briefing. captain ron johnson there as you can see. let's listen in. >> i also once again want top extend my appreciation to elders, community leaders and volunteers, clergy and young adults. at about 7:30 tonight, chief dotson and i gathered in a circle and prayed with clergy, united members near ferguson avenue. it's becoming part of our regular routine as we begin our nightly walk for the on west florissant. we look forward to the fellowship. we resolve to make this community stronger by uniting us. despite a second day of heat and humidity, i observed very little tension on streets tonight. i continue to see more and more

citizens and police officers making eye contact, smiling at one another and shaking hands. good things happen when people calmly interact. and that is what's happening. throughout the evening we had a few groups of 20 to 30 groups marching freely expressing themselves. at about 10:40 tonight, a group of protesters marched in the middle of west florissant. they were asked to move to the sidewalk and that's what they did. at about 11:10 tonight, 100 pro pest testers the largest group of protesters marched west on chambers to the ferguson police department. tonight, once again, foot traffic copied to be reduced along west florissant avenue. we had to respond to fewer incidents tonight. there were no fires, no shootings. and we did not seize a single hand the gun. again tonight, we deployed no

smoke devices, no tear gas, and anonymous mace. and again tonight, nothing police officer fired a single bullet. we did not have to deploy any s.w.a.t. vehicles. tuesday night, through 2:00 a.m., the number of arrests was 47. wednesday night, the number of arrests was six. last night, it was seven. and tonight, it is zero. tonight's lack of conflict is further proof that good things are happening in ferguson. this morning when i drove along west florissant, it looked like a typical friday in ferguson. there were almost no tv cameras on the road. when i arrived at the command center, the footprint had been reduce overnight. a street sweeper was cleaning the section of the parking lot

we had vacated. also, as planned, the drawdown of the national guard was under way. the whispering of winds of change continue to reflect a pride in tomorrow for our community. i answer any questions. >> reporter: chief fleming, the funeral of michael brown, wondering if there's any plans on your end to deal with that? >> we will continue as we've done every day to evaluate our man to make sure we're providing a safe environment for the community and the businesses that are here. >> reporter: sir, the situation over at the police department tonight, is there any concern about any sort of escalation there? >> there's not. i was over there, it was a peaceful protest. i came back to the command center. >> so are you in a situation where you're continuing to draw down? >> we're continuing to evaluate our operational plan and assess and take whatever needs we need

to at this point. >> do you have any concerns about saturday night and what sort of activity there could be on west florissant? >> as i've said throughout the day, i don't deal with what ifs. i deal with the present and what we see. at this point we'll continue to look at the operational plans and not consider ourselves a plan for what ifs. >> and the road will stay open, west florissant will stay open tomorrow? >> we'll assess it like we've done the past few nights and go from there. >> what would you a to those who are a little critical of the federal government coming in and you know, affecting the policy of the local government? >> could you clarify that question? >> eric holder coming in here and being all buddy buddy with you and that being said on the media, is this for' psychological effect or does the federal government exercise any kind of proposal over the municipal government? >> i think general holder coming in was the voice of the people

askinging that other eyes look on at what's going on here in ferguson. i think the president sent general holder here to because he heard the voices of the people of this nation and this community. >> as far as the drawdown of the national guard, could you characterize how much the national guard has pulled out at this stage? >> so far, we've looked at about a 20% drawdown. no further questions? thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> it you were hearing the missouri highway patrol captain ron johnson. he said good things are happening in ferguson. he said less incidents, nos arrests today. nof molotov, no shooting, nothing fighting. very little tension on the streets. and i'm isa soares. thank you very much for watching. coverage continues straight ahead with my colleague natalie allen. stay with cnn.

>> now you see why people are so upset here. >> there is nothing going on on this street right now that merits this. >> officers periodically walk the streets trying to get protesters to keep moving. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> the streets are lined. people are marching. there are more protests planned. ♪ it's the workers in the field ♪ ♪ here to you my love