okay, does it bother anybody else that the mime is talking? frrreeeeaky! [ male announcer ] savings worth talking about. state farm. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the united states. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. thank you for staying up with us. as a vis advances, we learn the united states is getting more involved to stop the militants. also ahead on the same day michael brown is laid to rest, we are getting new clues into the shooting death of the african-american teenager. thanks for being with us. new this hour, major developments in the battle against isis militants. >> as u.s. jets target isis in iraq, president obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over neighboring syria, according to a u.s. official,

who says those flights could begin at any moment now. >> that news comes as the syrian government says it's open to international help battling isis, including help from the united states. it comes with conditions. all action must be approved by the u.n. security council and coordinated with damascus. >> translator: we are ready to cooperate and coordinate with regional countries and the international community in fighting terrorism following the resolutions of the security council. >> now, isis militants are once again threatening the strategically important northern city of kirkuk. the group has claimed responsibility for three car bombs that killed at least 20 people. for the latest developments in iraq, we'll bring in jumona, live in baghdad. first, let's talk about the multiple attacks, car bombings

and things that have happened in and around baghdad. they seem to be sunni versus shia. what's the latest information you have? >> reporter: absolutely. this morning a car bomb dead natured in new baghdad, the same area we saw a car bomb. the car bomb this morning killed ten people and 34 others were wounded. this is rush hour attack. this is the time when baghdad traffic is at its highest. striking around this time. this comes after yesterday. we saw a number of attacks targeting shia areas here in baghdad and also the southern city of karbala, home to most importantly shrines the most important for the shia population.

the attack in baghdad yesterday, an attack with suicide bombing attacking a mosque. that attack was later claimed by isis, saying it was in revenge for the mosque, the attack we saw taking place northeast of baghdad on friday when gunmen gunned down 70 people. there have been fears, as you mentioned, of retaliatory attacks and revenge for this attack that took place. this is really something very reminiscent of what we used to see back in 2005, '06 and '07 during the height of the sectarian violence. in 2003 saw a real spike in violence and sectarian nature violence, too, that was the highest levels we have seen since 2008. real concern this is the country getting closer and closer to an all-out sectarian war, along with the sectarian tensions and

political tensions here. >> it's really been stirring up. 70 people killed at sunni mosque on friday, and all these attacks which seem to attack all shia mosques and locations. meanwhile, so many more happening in the country. bring us up to speed what's happening in the north where isis militants have dominated a third of iraq, and i know there has been a humanitarian push there. what's the latest in what's happening in other parts of the country? >> reporter: well, in the north of the country, errol, since the u.s. air strikes took place, we did see a bit of a halt really. isis seems to be unstoppable over the past couple of months, really stopped with the air strikes. the kurdish peshmerga forces feel they can regain who they lost with u.s. air strikes.

you mentioned the had you man teryn situations. town north of here, predominantly shia which has been surrounded by isis militants from all sides for about 75 days now. we're hearing of dire humanitarian conditions there. the people are defending themselves from isis trying to enter that town and the united nations did warn if this is not stopped, if this siege is not broken, if isis manages to get into that town, we could see a possible massacre. we're hearing from iraqi officials. prime minister nuri al maliki, incoming prime ministe minister-designate, haider al abadi saying all help will be there, and shia militants making their way to try to break the siege. while isis seems to be halting activities, to an extent, not

making much advances in the north, it still controls a big part of this country. as you mentioned, errol, about a third of this country, major cities still under full control of isis, including iraq's second largest city, mosul. >> it's such a nerve-racking time for iraqis, which is saying so much after all people have been through over the last decade place. thanks. two u.s. officials tell cnn investigators are no closer to identifying who killed american journalist james foley. now, that's despite british reports to the contrary. officials say foley's killer cannot be determined from the isis video because it doesn't show the actual murder. as nick walsh reports -- >> reporter: as investigators examine the video, looking for disturbing clues and on closer examination of both long speech

in english and gruesome execution, fresh puzzles. first, the video fades to black between the english-accented talker and the man who appears to carry out the beheading. the man on the left with the english accent appears of a different stature to the man on the right who apparently carries out the killing. there is another problem with continuity. the knife wielded by the english speaker is different visibly from the knife left by the body of the deceased. >> the change in the physique of the individual standing next to the deceased. there are noticeable, subtle, also noticeable changes in their build, their physical appearance. the dimensions of the knife, the style of the knife that is used. >> reporter: when trying to determine if the british-accented man is also the executioner, it helps to examine where his pistol is hole centered, for use by his right hand, but the executioner, from

the video, appears left-handed. it's unclear why this happened. >> the person who was essentially the mouthpiece, not so willing to carry through with the deed or may not have been able to. >> reporter: this could present a problem for investigators as the speaker's voice and few doubt the voice heard is that of the man on the video was one of their biggest clues. the speaker is using a variety of english known as multicultural london english. that's a kind of melting pot accent that's emerged in recent years. particularly in deprived multi-ethnic areas of inner london. >> reporter: the video contains a wealth of her data, we're told, like the measurements of a face, that could help investigators sift through a days thatbase of passport photos, but it is possible the man whose voice chilled many westerners was not the one to carry out the killing. nick paton walsh, cnn, london.

>> we'll bring you more on isis later this hour, including a closer look at the militant group's growing social media campaign. how promises of money, cars and guns are helping recruit young jihadists. and now to the police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old michael brown. there are some new developments in this case. a possible audio recording of the shooting has emerged. a missouri man who lives near the spot where the officer shot brown said he was video chatting with a friend when the gunshots broke out. >> you are pretty. you're so fine. >> so bizarre to listen to him tell a girl she's so attractive while you're possibly listening to michael brown being shot there in the background.

that man who says he inadvertently recorded those gunshots doesn't want to be identified, but he says he's been interviewed by the fbi and did hand the recording over to an attorney. now, cnn cannot independently authenticate the recording, and we're reaching out to the fbi to confirm they've spoke to this man in question. out don lemon asked the man about the pause in the gunfire that's audible. >> it's not just the number of gunshots, it's how they're fired. that has a huge relevance on how this case might end up. >> reporter: as an attorney, you would -- >> as an attorney, i don't know. it was gratuitous we were able to listen to it it because i don't know if a layperson would recognize -- you know, they might think it's interesting to hear the shots. as an attorney, you can analyze the information and take stock of what you hear and how important that is. >> that audio certain to raise a lot of questions. people will be discussing this as they wake up in the u.s. on

tuesday. meantime, though, michael brown has now been laid to rest. >> his funeral was a celebration of his life, but also a call to action for america to look at gun violence and policing. and here's a look back at what many african-americans call his home going. ♪ >> we have had enough of the senseless killing. we have had enough of it. and what you guys can do to continue this is show up at the voting polls. let your choices be heard. let everyone know we have had enough of all of this and this change must come. any time changes come in this country, it has come from you and the young generations. >> then we're going to hit the streets again and yell out for our freedom and our equality and we're going to yell out name.

it's going to shake the heavens from the thunder that we release. but not today. today is for peace. peace and quiet. >> yes, michael brown was my nephew. yes, i was his uncle. i helped his mother. i held him in my arms. yes, we call him the gentle giant. we call him big mike. we call him mike mike. he said, one day the whole world will know my name. ♪ >> very emotionally charged day there. several of the people who spoke at brown's funeral appealed for the community to keep the peace. the man charged with security in ferguson says monday was calm and kids are finally back in school after a week's postponement.

>> where for the third night in a row there were no restrictions to traffic flow. change has taken hold in the businesses on west florissant, too. shops are staying open. there's room for customers to park. most importantly, change is apparent in our schools, where the once empty classrooms have been filled with the voices of children, who are learning again. it was the first in their school and first in florissant district. this is a very big step forward. >> while it may become now in the st. louis area, emotions are still raw with fear, anger and frustration running high. >> our international correspondent spoke with young african-american men who knew michael brown. she also spoke to some who didn't know him, but all can essentially see themselves in his shoes. >> reporter: four 18-year-old

eddy walker, this is a painful day. another final good-bye to another friend. >> when i found out, i found out he died in school. i was hurt, crying. like, i don't want to do this [ bleep ] no more, school, you know. it's just hard. >> reporter: it's a wonder he can even cry anymore. >> i lost a life. a lot of family members. i can say for the past three years i done lost at least like 15, 20 friends. >> reporter: 15 friends and family? >> friends and family. >> reporter: how do you live with that? >> it's hard. i pray every night. i pray to god to keep me determined, keep me going, keep me motivated. >> reporter: we met walker and alonzo davis outside the church where the funeral of their friend, michael brown, was about to begin. mourners gathered by the thousands. many of them young, black men trying to make sense of what they see on the streets. do you worry about african-american men's future, young men? >> yeah, especially young

people. >> reporter: what worries you the most? >> a lot of people returning. gang bangers and stuff like that. life's too short for that, for real. >> reporter: his first worry is about what black folks are doing to each other and his second is about the people sworn to serve and protect. >> they might be part of the problem because there are crooked cops out here rart rz the man they called big mike, shot by darren wilson, reminders of the life he lived. that's where we found a group of young black college students sending a message to the community. >> it's heartbreaking to see it. but when i do -- the outcome is our community came out together to protest for peace and justice rr the camera crews, celebrities, civil rights leaders will head home, leaving a community to come to grips with the turmoil of the last two weeks. >> in this area it's kind of rough. it's scary because not only you got to worry about the police.

you have to worry about other black people, tooshg worry being what they can get. >> reporter: 18-year-old russell branton we want to the same high school as michael brown. if ever these students need a reminder of what happened in ferguson, all they have to do is look across the football field. the view sf the cemetery where former student michael brown is buried. still to come for you here on cnn, we'll take you to a place described as ground zero of the ebola crisis in liberia and discuss why the deadly disease may not be the biggest issue facing these people. also ahead, by now you've seen the ice bucket challenge. after the break why a palestinian journalist is putting a new twist on the hugely popular social media campaign. ♪

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the world health organization says an unprecedented 120 medical workers have died from ebola so far and twice that number have

been infected. the united nations says stamping out the virus could take another six months. monrovia is ground zero for the battle against ebola. everyday life there is a misery. >> reporter: on the drive into west point you're met with barbed wire and barricaded shops. at the quarantine line, angry residents congress gating to stare down police. crossing through the line, you are immediately swarmed. people desperate to be helped. desperate to believe this isn't happening. a rough estimate, there are over 70,000 people living in monrovia's west point slum, no running water, and since government designated an ebola

quarantine zone last week, no way out. claiming the virus was a government hoax. were you here when the clinic -- a nurse at the center told us she arrived for her shift that night to find the center destroyed and not a patient to be found. you can see the center, it's not extraordinarily well equipped. they have to rewash their protective gear. a squirt of diluted bleach and a door that was ransacked and broken during the riots. this is it. this is the only place people have. and even here the most that they can hope to get is to be made comfortable. while they wait to either overcome the virus or not. charming is a hairdresser. like many here in west point, she has to travel out of the township to make a living. the only bread-winner for her two children. >> translator: right now my mother doesn't have anything.

i was the one that provided for her. as time goes by, now she's complaining the rice is finished. >> reporter: are you more scared of ebola or the hunger? >> translator: that's what's worrying us, the hunger, the ebola, everything. i'm scared of everything. >> reporter: she leaves us. she's going to see if her mother is right, if the food really has run out. as we walk back out onto the street, the crowd has ground larger. at the quarantine line, the standoff continues. desperate to at least be seen and heard, if not released. cnn, monrovia, liberia. we are bringing you special coverage of the ebola crisis all this week on cnn news center. we'll be joined by health experts to answer your questions about the outbreak live. tune in for that at 7:30 tonight

in london right here on cnn. now news out of the middle east, israel's military has leveled yet another large building in gaza. take a look. seeing the moment of impact there. the structure was known as the italian tower. it was one of the tallest in gaza. palestinian health officials say 20 people were rounded. residents evacuated the building earlier after a warning strike from an israeli drone. now officials say other israeli strikes in gaza have killed 11 people. that's just since monday. militants, meantime, have fired more than 100 rockets towards israel since monday. this is the aftermath of a rocket attack this morning in ashcolon. several militaries were

reported. they say the iron dome intercepted a number of rockets, including one over the tel aviv area. a palestinian journalist is giving the ice bucket challenge, which is making rounds on social media, people having fun with, it but he's got his own unique take. >> yeah. he says he wanted to raise awareness of the destruction in gaza, so he posted a youtube video of himself in a bombed out area, getting a bucket dumped on his head, except it wasn't ice water in the bucket, but, rather, rubble. the original ice bucket challenge raises money for research into lou gehrig's disease. still to come here on cnn, northern california gets rattled. >> we'll look at how residents are coping now after a magnitude

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we've been watching as days of heavy rain have flooded parts of south korea. >> let's turn to our meteorologist ivan cabrera, who has been watching this closely. what is the situation? >> it's terrible. we talk -- they have persisted

usually through july, august, it's getting ridiculous now. another wave that rolled through, heavy rainfall at this point, we're in much better shape. not only western japan and korean pen i will sue la, squally weather to move through tokyo. here is where we had the problem in south korea. take a look at rain tallies, impressive, 84 to 85 millimeters and 251 millimeters. 10 inches of rainfall. that fell a very short amount of time. it took people by surprise, including buses and everything else. take a look at the scene here and you'll be able to see dramatic pictures. just getting taken over here. this is why we tell people, don't drive over flooded streets. this bus obviously got overwhelmed. i must imagine there was a river or stream nearby involved here. we're talking about, as you see in the video, not raining at the sim there. the event had ended. so, what happens, though, the streams and rivers continue to

rise and then you get that kind of flooding here. this was the scene as they tried to get people out of that bus. they were successful. unfortunately, in some other instances they were not and we had a few fatalities in south korea as a result. watch the front as it stretches through china. extends over to the korean peninsula and ends up in japan all the while with these features, these lows that move along and enhance the rainfall here. we'll continue with that in the forecast through the middle part of the week right now in a bit of a break here. that is excellent news. not the case down south in the philippines here. no typhoons, no tropical storms. my goodness, torrential downpours with heavy rainy where from 100 to 200 millimeters in just the last day. >> okay. thank you. thanks, ivan. much more ahead in our next half hour, including a recap of the biggest night in u.s. television. >> that's right. the emmy awards wrapped up a short time ago. it's half past midnight in l.a. right now up. know all of these folks are

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you are watching cnn's special coverage. thank you for staying with us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. a man in ferguson, missouri, says he may have recorded audio of the police shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. he tells his attorney he captured sound of the gunshots while he was video chatting with a friend. his attorney says the fbi has been speaking to the man. and this comes after thousands of mourners attended michael brown's funeral in missouri on monday. relatives and activists called for social change across america. the reverend al sharpton was among the speakers. he told the crowd to keep protests peaceful, and not to do any violence in michael's name. as u.s. jets target isis in iraq, president obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over neighboring syria. that's according to a u.s. official who says those flights could begin at any time now.

officials say the u.s. has already been gathering intelligence from inside syria. at the same time, the syrian government says it's now open to international help in battling isis. that includes help from the u.s. but this does come with conditions. all action must be approved, they say by the u.n. security council and coordinated with damascus. now, the investigation into who executed american journalist james foley last week has led to new scrutiny of foreign recruits fighting for isis. >> and much of that centers on recruits from britain. jean casarez has that part of the story. >> reporter: who is this man in black, holding the knife, ready to murder american james foley? >> as a government, you have been at the forefront of the aggression toward the islamic state. >> reporter: he is a member of isis and government representatives from great britain believe he is a british national recruited out of england, where hundreds others

have joined the terrorist group. british officials say they are very close to identifying one of their own, who left to join isis, which has succeeded in attracting many westerners to their group. >> it's messy as we enter paradise. >> reporter: according to the private intelligence organization, isis has recruited thousands of members from 83 countries, including the united kingdom, france, germany and at least 100 members from the united states. >> the islamic state, as they call themselves, has a media department which is very savvy at making videos, putting out the propaganda. >> reporter: word is getting out because of an aggressive social media campaign, which includes twitter, facebook and an online magazine, much of it in english. what about the ages you're seeing because social media campaign, along with video, the internet, tells me the younger generation. >> the younger generation is probably between 15 -- youngest

from 15 to 25. >> reporter: new members are given cars, guns and money just for joining. women recruits are another priority target group for isis. >> western women. they come with their western passports. they're going to fall under a radar screen. >> reporter: while the world has come to associate isis with harrowing images like the execution of journalist james foley, global recruiting starts of isis show a softer side to the terrorist group. instead of violence and mayhem, messages of cheer and support. >> through the happiness we're feeling. >> reporter: recruitment efforts take money. not a problem for isis. >> they really have a lot of loan. they have huge resources in iraq and syria. they exhort taxation from businesses and so on. >> i'm from america. >> reporter: one u.s. citizen who bought into the message was this man, born and raised in florida. he is the first american suicide bomber. he bragged about his plan to

blow himself up at a checkpoint in syria. in the u.s., fear that these recruits will one day return home. >> people going will be associating with extremely radicalized people from other countries who will say to them, look, the enemy is also america. >> reporter: experts warn recruits who do decide to return home could pose a threat to their communities. >> their behavior in the future becomes pretty unpredictable and loyalties as well are unpredictable. >> reporter: jecnn, new york. >> we'll have more on isis. we're joined in london by author of "journey of the jihadist." thank you for talking with us. you have written extensively about the recruitment of young europeans. let's look a little deeper and explain to us, if you would, how exactly these young men can be lured into these groups given,

for the most part, they come from homes where they have a whole lot more than they're going to have where they're heading to. >> well, i mean, the first point is that this is not a new phenomenon, as you know. remember, afghanistan between 1980 and 1989. almost 50,000 foreign fighters migrated to fight the evil empire, the soviet empire. after the american invasion of iraq in 2003, thousands of foreign fighters including many europeans also migrated to iraq to fight the invaders. now in the last almost four years in syria, you have almost 10,000 foreign fighters with almost 2,000 european young men, and some americans who have migrated to syria to fight and die and kill in the process. i think if there is one particular point to highlight about this particular phenomenon, is that many young men, european and western young

men, basically feel attracted because it gives them a purpose in life. they feel part of the greater mission. measure the empowerment. it gives them a sense of community. and this is the thing, the tragic thing. it starts with good intentions. many of the young men over the years whom i have spoken to say they want to help persecuted muslims. muslims who are being killed by other dictators or foreign invaders. the tragedy is that they end up in the clutches of militant and extremist groups like al qaeda, the various al qaeda groups, who use them as suicide bombers and basically as human -- moving human bombs. >> is there a particular type of young man who's more vulnerable to this type of recruitment and more eager to become a jihadist? >> absolutely. you have really very passionate, very diluted young men. and here is the irony, is that

most of these young men have a rudimentary knowledge of islam. they don't know ice lamb. that's why they are very vuler? able. they have very vulnerable to indoctrination because they don't know what islam is about. that's why many of the young men i've spoken to, particularly in europe and other places, basically they have a very simplistic and distorted view of the religion. you see, the conventional wisdom says, these are hard core militant islamists. far from it. they are -- they really don't know their religion. that's why they are susceptible and vulnerable to militant indoctrination whether in afghanistan, iraq and now syria. >> what happens once they get recruited and suddenly along the process they realize, this isn't what i thought it was and they don't get the promise of the money or the cars and the guns and various other things fitting

into this new society and, perhaps, want to go back where they came from. what happens in a swas like that? >> this is a tragedy. many of them don't make it back. let's be blunt about it here. war also transforms these young men. even though they all start with some good intentions. they want to help. because remember, it's not -- it's not all about indoctrination by militants. you and i talk about the syrian conflict. i mean, the killings, the massacres, the children. many young men are affected by the images. they go there, and fortunately if we have learned one lesson about conflict zones, it transforms -- a war zone transforms these young men and they also fall into the trap of militants. many of them get killed. the ones who return here become -- remember, when you witness what you witness in iraq or afghanistan or syria, you are scarred for life. many are scarred for life.

and also many are radicalized and mill tar iitarized. they return to their home place, and many present a threat to their own communities and own societies. that's why many european governments, including even the united states itself, are very much concerned about the return of these jihadists to their societies, because they are deeply scarred and militarized and radicalized as a result of their bloody experience in these conflict zones. >> and that is the real fear, the real concern here. many thanks to you for joining us and bringing your perspective, your unique perspective to this story. we appreciate it. >> thanks. coming up next here on cnn, surveying the damage. >> residents in california's napa valley sift through what's left of their homes after sunday's strong quake.

welcome back. hurricane cristobal is dumping heavy rain across the bahamas. >> meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking the storm and tell us, how does it look? >> looks terrible for bahamas because they've had significant amounts of rain from a tropical storm, and now it's organized enough where we'll have a

hurricane on our hands. it will be way from the bahamas. today is the first of it getting going. it's been dumping heavy rainfall. 74, 75 miles an hour. that is the threshold right there for a hurricane. we'll see if it gets a little more organized as it heads to the north. but at this point it won't matter as much, although if it gets strong enough, i think the swells will be significant for the beach as long the eastern seaboard of the united states. that's all we have to worry about there, rip currents and such. but bermuda, close enough here for a tropical storm watch to be posted because we could get some gusty winds and some squally weather moving through. i'm particularly not concerned here. i think it's going to make that nice hook and go through between bermuda and the united states. that is just what we want here. so, finally getting out of the bahamas here. of course, we've been showing you, dumped heavy rains across puerto rico and es panola moving across the north and east and

racing along. hot weather across the united states. the big story. upper 90s to 100. some areas in the low 100s, that's the temperature is felt like. 105, 110. we continue with warnings across that part of the united states. in europe, it's the big cooldown and rain at that. look at the heavy rain that moved through london here. and it brought some pretty good downpours as it continues pushing off to the frontal boundary, continuing to slice down to the south and east, bypassing spain, if you're in happen. one of errol barnetts favorite carnivals. it is, the nottinghill carnival. it's not the typical carnival we know about in brazil and lent. >> 8 years old, 7 years old, i was there at the festival. a little sugarcane. no rain. i remember these days.

>> very colorful. >> you brought it back to me here. >> oh, that's so nice. memory lane. >> glad to help. >> ivan, thank you. >> thanks a lot. two full days after a strong earthquake rattled parts of northern california, the true scale of the damage is not clear. many wine lovers, though, worried, right, is their favorite drink in trouble? >> indeed. engineers are still assessing the damage to homes and businesses there. so far they have declared 270 structures unsafe for occupation. more than 200 people were injured in that quake but no one was killed. >> still, though, this quake was costly, though. you're seeing some of the video of it happening. u.s. government estimate says the economic loss will probably top $1 billion. then the losses you cannot put a price tag on. gary tuchman has more on that. >> reporter: bill has lived in the same house for many years, but this is all that's left. he and his wife theresa's mobile home in napa destroyed after the

northern california earthquake. and he's looking for his kitten. >> coco! coco, girl! coco, coco, where you at? i miss you, honey. >> reporter: bill, who requested we only use his first name was in the house with his wife when the earth started rumbling. and then -- a fire erupted. it's believed a gas line ruptured. three homes in this lot, including bill and theresa's, are total losses. the fire started almost immediately after the earthquake began. nobody had any time to take out any personal belongings. they lost everything. and it's all unrecognizable. but everyone who lived in these three houses escaped with their lives. >> you look at stuff on tv, right? about how people lose stuff. they lose their home. it's a hurricane. it's an earthquake. it's a fire. a lot of things. you look at that and you go --

on tv, if you look at it on tv, you go, gee, what a bummer for them. but you don't get it. nobody gets it until it happens. now it's happened to me. >> reporter: this community with 225 residents is very tight-knit, with many retirees. structures are everywhere, homes off foundations, no water or gas, and people are filling up buckets in the swimming pool for now. you're about to turn 93 years old. >> yes. >> reporter: you look younger, which is great. >> thank you. >> reporter: in your 93 years, have you ever experienced anything as scary as this? >> not really, no. i was even almost in a car wreck, but that didn't even scare me. >> reporter: but this did? >> this did. >> reporter: how long have you lived here? >> six years. >> reporter: bill lives across the street from where the fire broke out. >> well, there was a loud, loud explosion. at least it sounded like an explosion. and a big, hard shake. that's why i -- it didn't feel like an earthquake.

it felt like a plane crash. i came out. i saw the flames. i thought, a plane has hit the park. >> reporter: when the fire hit their home, they ran out quickly. bill went back in to try to rescue coco, but he had to leave when it got too dangerous. >> she follows us around all the time. she's the cutest kitten in the world. i guess everybody's kitten is the cutest one, but she's white with black markings. she's got black around here and a little black nose. >> reporter: bill will continue looking, in and around this community, that was jolted awake in the dead of the night. gary tuchman, cnn, napa, california. we're going to bring you happier news after the break, including a recap of the 66th annual emmy awards. >> we'll show you how the stars made out on the big night. >> hey there. >> for american television. dust irritating your eye? (singing) ♪

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sflu well, right now the best and brightest in u.s. television are partying. at least some of them are after the 66th annual emmy awards. >> i bet some losers are still out in l.a. having a drink. >> the losers, drowning their sorrows. >> they lost, they got their swag bags. a big night for familiar winners. one top show that was honored aired its final episode almost a year ago, but still this happened -- >> and the emmy goes to

"breaking bad." >> halle berry looking quite good there. "breaking bad" won outstanding drama second year in a row. three actors, leading man bryan cranston also woman emmys in their respected categories. i asked the senior editor at "in touch weekly". >> everyone thought it could be "breaking bad" or "true detective." "breaking bad" final season aired a year ago. people thought maybe it wasn't as fresh in people's minds, but it was such a perfect end to a series. this is the way you end a tv show, the way they did with "breaking bad." it was just -- a lot of people think it was the best show ever on television. certainly the best way to end a tv show. we probably saw that coming because you saw all the actors winning. when they finally announced it was "breaking bad," not a big

surprise. >> what about in the comedy category, "modern family" winning over "orange is the new black" and some people saying netflix and nonnetwork programs are becoming more popular. it seems like the emmys shut down all of the nonnetwork nominated shows. what do you think? >> yeah, it's interesting. people thought maybe there could be some surprises this time around at the emmys because you do have netflix. it's kind of a new era of television. it really wasn't. we saw a lot of the same shows winning. "modern family" winning for the fifth year, tying "frasier," so it wasn't a big surprise. some people thought "orange is the new black," but it could have been -- yes, it's a comedy but a darker comedy. "modern family" is a laugh out loud funny and a show everyone really likes. it's accessible, relatable to a lot of people. i think that's why this show keeps winning and winning. i think it was definitely a good choice to win. >> now, the in memoriam segment,

we saw a tribute to robin williams. >> they said in advance it was going to be heart-felt and also fun because they wanted to pay respect to who robin williams was. having billy crystal do it, his good friend come out there, it was exactly that. he talked about personal stories about robin williams and him being at a baseball game together and robin playing a russian baseball player and that he talked about family activities they did together. and just told some touching stories about robin williams. some personal stories. and then they played some clips, some funny clips, robin williams on "the tonight show" and some comedy bits that had a little heart-felt nature to them. i think it was the perfect, perfect way to do it, to pay tribute to him as a comedian, to someone who made us laugh. showing we're all really touched by his passing. >> because this is a live program being broadcast nationally, you always get interesting unscripted moments. as i'm following social immediate, yeah i see julia

louis-dreyfus, heading up to accept her award, had this massive kiss with bryan cranston. what happened there? >> that was probably one of the best moments of the show. julia louis-dreyfus and bryan cranston got up earlier to co-present an award together. they played opposite on "seinfeld," and bryan cranston said, remember that, i played the dentist. she joked around like she didn't remember. when she won, he grabbed her. it was like an 11-second kiss. very long. seemed like it lasted longer than her actual speech. she talked about afterwards. she said they both checked with their spouses. they planned it out in advance. they said it would be funny if they did it presenting, and then if she won, they would add on the second element of doing the kiss. she won last year, so she figured probably she would win again, i'm sure. >> it seemed, though, even

though it was preplanned, julia louis-dreyfus was kind of like, enough of the kiss. and bryan also had that new mustache, people are talking about on twitterverse. >> the whole kissing experience. shall we -- >> not a fan of the mustache. >> not a fan of the mustache here. >> very good. thanks for staying with us, everyone. you've been watching cnn's special coverage. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. if you're watching in the united states "early start" begins after the show. >>

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