hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares. these are our top stories at this hour. these videos are highly produced and highly edited. our brian todd takes a closer look into the isis propaganda machine. you know what it's like to have a hot flash so bad it sets your dress on fire? >> she was a legend on the stage

and on television, we look back at the life and work of the late comedian joan rivers. >> we begin this hour with a number of developments in the fight against isis, first, u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be called to testify before congress to explain the obama administration's plans for fighting the terrorist group. the house foreign affairs chairman says the committee needs to hear a comprehensive strategy at the september 16 meeting. australia's defense department says it has successfully completed a second delivery of military equipment to northern iraq. tony abbott said on wednesday he was prepared to make australian jets available for air strikes on isis targets. the u.s. is looking to its nato partners to try to build a consensus on a strategy for fighting isis militants. it's been a key topic at the nato summit underway right now in wales. as our pentagon correspondent reports, u.s. miltsly leaders are preparing plans of their

own. >> iraqi government troops use machine guns and rocket propelled grenadeses, trying to drive isis out of one more town in northern iraq. it's a ground war u.s. troops will not be part of. the strategy to degrade and destroy isis working with other nations is taking shape. >> there's a division of labor that needs to happen, including focusing on the support network, the foreign fighters, the financing, the propaganda, focusing on some of its local supporters. >> a major goal to get sunnis in northern and western iraq to cut their ties to isis, and this time, make it not look solely like a u.s. military operation. >> even if we use our air power, someone on the ground needs to be able to take and hold the territory we freed up.

>> could the next step be killing the isis leader with a targeted air strike? al baghdadi is believed to be inside syria, so far outside the scope of u.s. military action. u.s. military and intelligence officials say for now, there are no targeted kill missions, president obama would have to approve them. even so, killing al baghdadi won't end isis' grip. >> if we remove him, there's probably someone who's immediately going to step up and take his place, we don't know what that next generation leader may be like. >> the head of the u.s. national counter terrorism center says, at this point there is no credible information isis plans to attack the u.s. homeland. >> as formidable as isil is as a group, it's not invincible. >> 350 additional u.s. troops are going to the u.s. embassy in

baghdad, out of concern isis could try to launch a suicide bomb attack there. for now, u.s. officials say there is no direct threat to the u.s. embassy in baghdad, there will put more than 1,000 u.s. troops on the ground inside iraq. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. now, to tough talk and what they say is needed to deal with ukraine. nic robertson joins us now from wales. good morning, nic. let's begin with ukraine. the country's president says a peace plan is imminent. speaking to world leaders where you are, are they skeptical or optimistic that this will come through today? >> they're hopeful it might, they're skeptical about that, both prime minister david

cameron really believes that russian troops are absolutely inside ukraine, despite what moscow president putin's foreign secretary lavrov is saying, those troops, although they may not have russian insignia on their uniforms, they're fighting and helping the prorussian rebels. the message has been clear, whatever is coming from moscow in terms of a peace plan, it needs to be more than words, it needs to be matched by actions on the ground. the belief at the moment is, there's not a real commitment or a sea change in moscow it's strategic position it wants to an ex-part of eastern ukraine. there's hope this cease-fire will come into place later on today. i think people here, the world leaders, the foreign secretary, no one is really holding their breath. >> one thing we have been told to expect in the last week or

so, is the fresh round of sanctions against russia may happen today. these are joint u.s./eu sanctions. any idea what they would look like. would these sanctions go ahead if a peace plan is actually on the table? actually goes through? >> what we're being told about the sanctions, both the united states and the european unions are preparing sanctions as nations but coordinated and agre agreed. at the moment, the final decision on what the sanctions will be haven't taken. it may take a little longer. these would be on the banking sector potentially on the defense sector, potentially more visa bounds on putin cronies as they've been called. we're told they would be along the same vein of the sanctions

that exist right now, but deeper, that they would have a more significant -- they would be more significant. they would have a more significant effect on key parts of the russian economy. they're looking at really upping the sanctions significantly here, but again, the caveat is, no one's looking to step back from these sanctions right now, if in the near future, russia shows it's changing, there will be a way to walk back from the sanctions, they're on track right now to impose more sanctions on russia. >> let's turn our attention to isis, we've heard that david cameron scolded world leaders about paying isis ransoms. difficult no doubt for him, considering isis have captured a british hostage? >> it's a very difficult position right now, two american

journalists beheaded and the threat against a british hostage now. when you look at all the different nationalities of people captured in syria, some european nationals have been released. talking about the french, for example, the governments deny that ransom's being paid, there's strong except six before that, how could those nationals be held by the same people be released this seems to be what's behind dave cameron's frustration. he will not negotiate or pay kidnappers. the united states won't as well. this seems to be a message that's coming out of frustration, but amongst the european leaders, no one is admitting to paying ransoms, prime minister david cameron is in a difficult position, if isis goes ahead with its threat. this could be a very high

profile execution of a british national, and that is something obviously, that he's going to have to deal with 37. >> a lot to get through, the nato chief and rasmussen said, an arc of crisis. thank you for joining us at 10 minutes past 6:00 in wales. the fighting in eastern ukraine persist. the rebel advance continues. >> reporter: on the eve of a proposed cease-fire, there's little sign of an end to the fighting in eastern ukraine. massive explosions cloud the horizon, the deep boom of artillery fire which seems to be coming from the direction of the russian border, which side of it, we can't tell. it would seem the rebels are advancing toward mariopole.

it seems to be moving in from another direction along the coast where earlier we saw another huge explosion. >> there's little beyond rolling hills to mark the boundary between ukraine and russia. ukraine's border guards have mostly desserted its posts. russia now controls the ukrainian border for hundreds of miles. mariopole remains safe for new, under full control of the ukrainian military, but perhaps not for long. that's the fear of the families who live on the city's eastern outskirts, looking out as the firing closes in. a lot of people have left but they don't know where else to o go. people say you should go underground, but this is the last house, if this house falls down, we'll be buried. outside this resident says she

has no doubt it's the russians who are on their way. putin needs to see, she says, he needs a way to crimea. he is trying to take our country and kill our people. a peace plan discussed by ukraine and russia is expected to be signed on friday afternoon, that could lead to a truce between ukrainian forces and pro russian rebels. one of the sharpest wits in comedy is being remembered today. >> can we talk here for a second. no big deal to have a woman in the white house, john f. kennedy had 1,000 of them. i'm telling you -- >> all the latest on the death of comedy legend joan rivers just ahead produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology.

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. at 21 my mother said, only a doctor for you. when i was 22 she said, all right, a lawyer, cpa. 24 she said, we'll grab a dentist, 26 she said, anything. >> remembrances are pouring in for joan rivers who died on thursday at age 81. the median was a ground breaker for more than 50 years, starting at a time when it was very rare to even see a woman in her field. one week ago she was rushed to a new york hospital in critical condition after suffering

cardiac arrest. rivers was put on life support and on thursday, her daughter confirmed that her mother had died peacefully surrounded by friends and family. rivers had been recognized for her work on the e! network program fashion police. nbc universal said this in a statement, she was unapologetic and fiercely dedicated to entertaining all of us, and has left an indelible mark. on the people that worked with her, on her legions of fans. unapologetic is certainly an appropriate way to describe rivers. her comedy had a bite to it she believed laughter was the best way to get through hard times. nichelle turner takes a look back at her stories career. >> can we talk? >> joan rivers could always talk. >> do you know what it's like to go in in the morning and take

off a facial mask and you're not wearing one? you don't know. >> nothing was ever off limits. >> i hate old people. if you are [ bleep ] old, get up and get out of here right now. >> born in 1933, rivers says even as she was growing up in the new york suburbs, she wanted to be an actress. >> i never had a choice. i always say it's like a nun's calling. >> she joined the second city comedy theater in 1961, as her comedy career was taking off, she married producer edgar rosenberg in 1964, who would manage her career and become the focus of so many of his wife's jokes. the pair had one daughter together. in 1965, rivers saw her career get a huge boost when she appeared on the tonight show with johnny carson for the first time. >> he gave all of us our starts. my life changed, i went on the show the first time, seven years of struggling, coming out of

second city. on the air he said, you're going to be a star. and the next day my life was begin. >> it was the start of a 21 year professional relationship with carson and the show. she made regular appearances, eventually becoming the show's substitute host in 1983. rivers decision to launch her own show in the fall of 1986 ended her relationship with carson and the tonight show. >> the minute i became competition, it became out to kill me. out to kill me. and that's what came down forever, never spoke to me again. >> the show was cancelled in 1987, just a few months later, rivers' husband committed suicide in a philadelphia hotel room. >> some idiot called the house and said, where's your mother, someone from philadelphia. and melissa said she's not here. and they said, please tell her your father killed himself.

>> rivers regrouped by doing what she always did, putting her life out in the open. >> you laugh at it, you can deal with it, i really -- that's how i've lived my whole life. >> her career surged again when her withering take on red carpet fashion exposed her to a whole new group of fans. >> i think i'm working the best i've ever worked now, because i -- it's all been done to me. what are they going to do? fire me? let them fire me. are audiences not going to like me? let them not like me. i've been bankrupt, my husband committed suicide. it's okay. >> in her writings, joan rivers left some unorthodoxed requests for her funeral. unorthodoxed, of course, unless you are joan rivers. i asked if she thinks the

service will be a very joan affair? and overall, what her legacy in comedy might be. take a listen. >> in her book, i hate everyone, starting with me. joan rivers writes about how she wanted her funeral to be and this is what she wrote. i want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair, with lights, cameras, action. i want craft services, i want paparazzi, and i want publicists making a scene, she writes. i want it to be hollywood all the way. i don't want some rabbi rambling on, i want meryl streep crying in five different accents. i want to look gorgeous, better dead than i do alive, i want to be buried in a valentino gown. do you think her funeral requests will be honored on sunday? >> oh, you know, it's funny, i was just reading that too, i thought, this is exactly what you would want joan would be saying and would be thinking, and this is how she wanted to

make people laugh. i hope it is that kind of affair. it is going to be a funeral on sunday. no word as to whether the public will be invited or how it will play out. she wanted everything fabulous, and this is joan, this is who she was. even melissa rivers said her biggest thing in life was to make people laugh, even though it's hard now, she wants people to laugh, and that would be her final request, that people laugh and enjoy themselves, that's what she will always be remembered for. >> she was remembered for being fearless, bold with a bulletproof wit, often very divisive, and she built a career around that. what do you think her legacy will be. >> it is very impressive. she affected so many different generations, she was such a trailblazer being one of the first female comedians to be out there, to be hosting her own late night talk show on a network. to really pave the way for so many young comedians we see today, so many female comics out

there. they wouldn't have their jobs if it weren't for her. there are a younger generation that know from her e!'s fashion police. and all of those jabs she took at the celebrities on the red carpet. i think it changed it forever, asking the questions, who are you wearing? and then, of course, all the comments that she made about what these celebrities were wearing. >> speaking of e! she really was the star of e! fashion police, how would you say that she redefined the role of women comedians to the younger generation? >> absolutely, it's funny reading some of the tweets that are coming out, of course, again, celebrities of every age are tweeting about joan rivers whether it's barbara walters or whoopi goldberg or anna kendrick, being told my dress is hideous publicly will never feel quite as awesome as when joan did it. you knew you made it in the world of entertainment, if joan

rivers was making comments about your dress and how awful you looked on the red carpet. this is how she'll be remembered she changed that whole idea of fashion on the red carpet of how people dressed she knew she might be interviewing them and critiquing them, reinventing herself from the first joan rivers we knew, and the second joan rivers we knew. to be 81 and to have the kind of energy she did, and the career she did, and appealing to a younger generation, really incredible and amazing. >> how will you remember her, kim? >> i think i'm more of that generation who remembers her on the red carpet, asking people, what are you wearing? and waiting to see what she had to say about the dress. the things you were sitting on your couch saying to herself, she was out there saying. and then, of course, i work in entertainment now, you know what she's going to say as you watch some of the celebrities walking down the red carpets. i think that's how so many people will remember her, really paving the way for so many women

before her, who would have never dreamed of becoming female comics had it not been for her and what she did. >> a bold and fearless woman indeed, thank you very much, kim. >> virtually no subject was offlimits for rivers, including her own mortality. she performed standup comedy just one day before the medical procedure that ended up sending her to the hospital. take a listen. >> i am now 81 years old -- i could die -- no, no, no, no, no. like that, i could go like that, do you understand how lucky you would be? do you understand you would have something to talk about for the rest of your life? you were there? you were there? >> that performance sadly ultimately ended up being her last. comedic trailblazer, joan rivers dead at 81.

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northeastern india impacted as well. pakistan as well. take a look at some of the numbers here, in just 18 hours, this is a problem, monthly average 169 millimeters in 18 hours, that's where we had the torrential downpours and most of the reported deaths as well. another total in pakistan take a look at the monsoon flooding that's been ongoing. these scenes reminiscent of what you would see in the middle of the monsoon, at this point we're getting -- it should be moving to the south. thailand as well very heavy downpours in some instances, 134 millimeters, that was a problem for thailand, it's been a mess out there, and you're absolutely

right, this is an area that's been hit hard over the last few weeks here. we've been covering the rain in southeast asia and as we work our way to the north as well. in china, the rain has been an issue, look at that, incredible scenes coming out. lots of rescues there, we understand some villages evacuated as a result of what you're seeing, that continues. the rescue operations continue, with the heavy rainfall, that's not helping things out. here's china, more rain, japan getting in on some more rainfall as well. they have seen an incredible season of rainfall, especially across western japan. locally heavy rain will continue there as well. we're keeping an eye on this area of disturbed weather. likely to develop into our next tropical storm, if not typhoon as it heads up to the north. plenty of time to watch it as it approaches japan. >> thank you very much, ivan. still to come on cnn this hour, we look at the growing

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officials have not yet announced a cause of death. nato leaders are meeting and vowing to support the government in kiev. rebel leaders and government officials meet in belarus friday. nato's secretary-general says any request from iraq for fighting the islamic extremists would be considered seriously, but baghdad has not yet reached out for the alliance. they need help from their neighbors and western powers, if not from nato itself. >> from here, and through this interview with you, i request support for iraq to fight those

terrorists, because iraq is in a vulnerable situation, with that organization defeats iraq, it can proceed to other countries. >> meanwhile in the u.s., congressional leaders want to hear directly from the obama administration about its response to the militants, secretary of state john kerry will testify later this month, before the house foreign affairs committee about how to -- the president plans to degrade and destroy isis. deputy u.s. national security adviser spoke with jim acosta. >> based on what you've seen and heard at the summit so far, do you think there will be a multinational coalition to go after isis? >> i absolutely do believe there will be a coalition of countries

from the international community, from here in nato, also from the region where many of the neighbors have stepped up and say they want to be part of that type of effort, what we can do is work together to degrade and destroy isil, that's going to have to start with the action we're taking in iraq, to push them back and give space for the iraqi and kurdish forces on the ground. >> family and friends are remembering american journalist steven sotloff and paying special tribute to the way he kept his faith while he was held hostage by isis militants. sotloff was jewish and he kept his beliefs hidden from his captors. wsvn reports. >> he was a jew first and foremost, and i think that he did what he did out of a sense of jewish obligation and consciousness. >> steven sotloff's rabbi. >> where is god today? sitting on the floor with

shirley trying to bring her some comfort. >> the rabbi of temple beth am where his mother is a preschool teacher. his grandparents were holocaust survivors. >> he saw being jewish as a tribute to their member. >> i'm glad she's not here, she would -- i don't know. >> he was very good friends since 1951 with the grandparents of steven sotloff. >> when you heard about this? >> i couldn't call nobody, i couldn't talk to nobody. to take an innocent life like that, and to be treated so

unhuman, that it's -- it's not -- it's unheard of. >> did it bring you back to the holocaust? >> oh, yeah. that night -- >> it's tough, i know. >> there's no words. there real i are no words. >> did you speak with shirley? >> no, i couldn't get myself together to call her, because i know i would breakdown and i would make her worse than she is. >> very moving there. isis propaganda videos are all over the internet, they are slick and very well produced clips. as brian todd now reports, often with striking similarities to hollywood movies. >> it's a slick horrifying

video, with hollywood like production techniques. . this is the opening of that video created by isis, showing steven sotloff's execution. >> we will be vigilant and relentless. >> look familiar? >> this is a clip from the opening to showtime's "homeland." >> we must, and we will remain vij lann the at home and abroad. >> similar phrase, similar grainy video effect. >> there's no coincidence here. this is western media production personnel for isis drawing on their knowledge of western popular culture, to not only get our attention, but stick it to america. >> one isis video has a scene similar to one in the film "the hurt locker." an isis drone video looks ear ellie like a scene from "zero dark thirty." in this recent video showing syrian soldiers being paraded in the desert in their underwear to their executions, the camera at

one point swings around to show militants on the production team. one man showing his face while driving. >> western intelligence looks at a frame grab like this, they're looking to see if there's someone they can recognize. a frame like this isn't as useful. given that there are so many westerners involved in the slick isis propaganda machine, one of the things they'll be looking at is to see if this is one of the known westerners. >> investigators are looking at whether abou dw samra has now joined isis and whether he may be behind some of its social media campaigns. >> the groups themselves, understand you need to get somebody who understands the vernacular. you need to understand what images are going to appeal. >> how effective has the isis

media campaign been? effective enough for a counter narrative. this new video tells isis recruits they can learn useful new skills like blowing up mosques, crucifying and executing muslims, they show gruesome images to that effect. much of the rest of the video is too graphic for us to show you. the u.s. justice department is opening a wide ranging federal investigation into the use of force by the police department in dperg ussen, missouri. that's where unarmed african-american teenager michael brown was shot and killed by a white police officer last month. a number of witnesses say brown was surrendering his hands up when he was shot at least six times. attorney general eric holder says the justice departments also working with the police department on a collaborative reform effort. >> i want to be clear, this is not a stopgap or a short term solution, it's a long term

strategy founded on community policing that will build a road map to bolster public safety and to change the way that law enforcement leaders make decisions implement policies and forge community partnerships. >> brown's death sparked weeks of protests in ferguson, dozens of people were arrested for looting, throwing molotov cocktails at police and weapons charges. a georgia man will face charges for leaving his young son in a hot car. justin ross harris says it was an accident and he simply forgot to drop off 22-month-old cooper at day care. but a grand jury indictment accuses harris of intentionally leaving his son in the car. harris spent seven hours at work, while the boy was trapped into his car seat. temperatures outside hit 33 degrees celsius, 92 degrees fahrenheit.

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organization wraps up a two-day beating on experimental ebola treatment. the w.l.o. says there are nearly 100 confirmed or suspected deaths of ebola. in the meantime, the third american to be infected with ebola is heading home for treatment. he contracted the virus in liberia even though he wasn't working directly with ebola patients, he's expected to arrive in nebraska friday. staff have been training for his arrival. a slow moving storm system is hitting southeastern europe with heavy rains. ivan i'm going to be going to london soon, are you telling me i'm expecting rain? >> we'll get to london in a second. you'll be okay there if you're

headed to portions of southeastern europe, that's where we'll have the action, we'll switch over to our other situation we have ongoing. bulgaria, italy getting hit hard over the last several days, we have an upper level low that's just stuck, spinning in place. as you get the daytime heating, the afternoon thunderstorms bundle up. 275 millimeters of rainfall, about 11 inches, incredible stuff there with significant flooding ongoing in bulgaria. upwards of 100 meters of rainfall in the past 48 hours. very heavy rain and it continues as this low will fill out and things will calm down a little bit. it's not going to be the case today, potential for large hail is going to be there as well. along with severe winds and isolated tornados. the two top bullets are what i'm concerned about. eventually as it is the case,

usually in the u.k. and in london, we have rain on the way. for now, you'll have to take the concord isn't available any more, but we'll get there quick enough and you'll be in good weather, otherwise it's going to be rainy here as we take a look at the forecast through saturday. if you want heat, spain, portugal, that's where you want to go, the temperatures have been toasty. we should be in the upper 20s to low 30s. we've been in the mid-30s, very hot stuff, that is just fine for vacationers if you're still doing that across the iberian peninsula. >> quick check across mexico, it's impacting with baja california. 150 kilometer per hour winds right now. we continue to follow the storm over the next few days. it's going to hug the coast, that's been a problem for mexico already, 270 millimeters of rainfall, past 48 hours, about 11 inches there, it continues to head off to the north and west. this will not arrive in tact in

california as a tropical system, some of that moisture will get up toward san diego at about 96 miles per hour, we have time to watch it, dumping heavy rain along baja and mainland mexico as well. with hurricane norbert at 150 kph, it's been a very busy eastern pacific hurricane season. the atlantic so far, so good with the exception of arthur we had earlier in the season. >> dark and gloomy in london. ivan, thank you very much. in a couple months, the world will mark 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. cnn has been reairing its landmark series cold war, episode 16 looks at the u.s. efforts in the 1970s to seek detente with the former soviet union both on the ground and in space. >> after overcoming the doubts

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hundreds of migrants are in northern france waiting for their chance to stowe away to britain. many have been waiting for months, desperate to get across the channel. the chosen tack dick, hide in laures. the drivers do what they can to prevent that from happening. >> this man is securing his truck as best he can. as i'm about to find out, these defenses will be tested in broad daylight by desperate migrants trying to get into britain. >> it's more like a war zone. you can't park anywhere in cali, you're 99% sure you'll get

immigrants in your trailer. >> he takes us down a backroad, lined with migrants from africa, who are desperate to stowe aboard a truck to get into britain. like this man in red, who tests lee's defenses as we slow down at the traffic lights. the migrants might think it's funny, but drivers like lee face a 2,000 pound fine for each stoweaway found in their vehicle. this time, his padlocks keep them out. >> they are running sometimes with hundreds of migrants trying to break into the truck. the situation's got so bad the drivers now often try to stop at all, within three hours of the port. even when they get inside the supposedly secure area of the port, they're still not safe, this was the chaotic scene later that afternoon, migrants on the rampage as police struggled to regain control. and this passenger footage shows

when they are caught, they're simply released without even fingerprinting. despite that being recommended by britain's watchdog last year. >> those individuals were not being fingerprinted. i made a recommendation in my report that that should change. >> the home office says it's reviewing arrangements, but migrants we spoke to confirmed nothing's changed yet. >> for six months, when he's caught he's simply released and never prosecuted. there are hundreds like him living off food handed out by a french charity, spending every day trying to get into britain. entire families risking their lives to cross the channel. >> real desperation from the migrants. you know the saying, hell hajj no fury like a woman scorned.

the french president's ex-girlfriend has published a portrait of their relationship. jonathan mann explains. >> francois hollande has a distinctly unremarkable look and cultivates an image as the ordinary guy in the palace. but his romantic life is anything but ordinary. it's tangled and now being published in a book by his ex-girlfriend, thank you for this moment. in it, the former first lady settles some scores with the president, describing what happened when she found out about his alleged affair with an actress earlier this year. >> the affair is the leading headlines. i run into the bathroom and grab a small bag of sleeping pills. i swallow whatever i can get my hands on, all i want is to sleep, anything not to live through the next few hours. >> the book lays bear their

relationship. a seven-year romance that ended when pictures were revealed allegedly showing the president visiting guyaire on his moped. >> we discover what sort of woman she is and what sort of man he really is. how the power, the supreme power as a president can affect a relationship. >> she also takes a jab at hollande's politics. >> he stood for election as a man who does not like the rich. in reality he does not like the poor. in private he calls them the toothless ones. the revelations have had a mixed response, some slamming the jilted woman. one thing seems certain, it will do nothing to help hollande's own approval rating. he's the most unpopular french president in half a century. >> the french have the crisis, they're thinking about other

things, work, they're working hours, their purchasing power, their kids. it won't change anything at all. we can't like him anyway. nobody likes him. >> the president's character once again under attack, and his personal life brought back to haunt him. at a time when he needs it least. jonathan mann, cnn. >> no doubt the french will be talking about this for some time. and that does it for this hour of our special coverage. thank you very much for watching. i'm isa soures. we're remembering joan rivers in the next hour.

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and hello to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. thank you for joining us for our special coverage. i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour for you, time running out at the nato summit to find a pathway to peace for ukraine. still ukraine's president says he's hopeful. we'll go live to wales and to moscow for the latest on developments. plus the world remembers legendary comedian joan rivers. >> you laugh at, it you can deal with it. that's what i did my whole life. >> we'll have reaction from some of her closest friends to her death as we look back at her life and groundbreaking career. and thanks again for joining us. our top story, nato leaders meeting in wales are slamming russia for fueling unrest in eastern ukraine and they vow to support the government in kiev. separatists fighting in eastern ukraine is a main