last night it did not happen that way. >> they did not reach forest fire a weapon at all. he did not reach for the officer's weapon at all. >> he did not initially assault the officer. i didn't see it. i was standing in the officer's driver door window, where he touched the officer any type of threatening way. >> lowrie of the washington post is in ferguson this morning. we have seen two nights of violence so far. i want to read a tweet. an overwhelming feeling that the entire town is on edge. that everything is ready to explode. it's horrifying. tell me about your sense of what you're seeing there. >> of course. i got -- thank you for having me. second of all. i got in yesterday which was after most the looting. you can see the gas station that took the brunt of the rioting that happened two nights ago. last night it was protesters who was largely nonviolent.

for the most part there was throwing of rocks but not the type of looting and riots. coming head to head with armed police who were shooting tear gas at them, firing rubber bullets. a tense scene. a lot of clouds of tear gas in the air. it was quite the event here last night. >> and westerly, what are the people involved in the protest, for example, the one you say, for the most part peaceful. what were they telling you. why are they protesting? >> they're so upset. when i talk to residents here, so many of them describe the idea of the built up the pent up anger and frustration. you have to remember here in ferguson, you have a town that is two-thirds african-american, two-thirds black but has little black representation in term of the elected officials and black members of the police department. you have a lot of racial tensions here according to residents. and so many of them would come up to me and say that could have been my son or daughter. they're frustrated by how little

they've seen in information or details. they believe it was an innocent you know manage who was gunned down execution style in the street of the city. we're seeing a boiling over of anger and frustration. >> and wesley, i want to ask about what you think is going to happen today. the lack of information or -- yeah, information about what happened saturday night is what is leading many people to feel the frustration. do we expect something to change today? because, you know, it doesn't seem like it's getting anywhere >>well, we believe we'll get a lit more information today. we believe we might get the name of the police officer who was involved in the shooting. again, that could do one of two things. that could, in some way, calm down the residents here, but it could, in fact, infuriate everything a little bit more. we expect a little trickle of more information today. it remains to be seen if it's going to be something to help

ignite the city again. or if it'll have a calming influence. >> you know wesley, i see it's not getting miles per hoanywher. when it's not clear they're looking into being specific and honest and open and transparent. it seems as though we're going to be in the stand still and the standoff until we see there is actually information transparency going on >>well, of course. in so many communities like this not just here but other communities there's a sense especially among minority members of the community that their livesn aren't being value. that the officer is quote, unquote, going to get away with what happened here. and the belief that the police will somehow cover up what happened or morph the narrative. the longer we go without information, it seems both in this instance and other instances we know about

historically. the more the anger and the frustration gets pent up and we see incidents we've seen in the last few nights. >> information transparency is key to progress. washington post thank you so much for being with us this morning. i would like to bring in michael mcmillen. thank you for being with us. you're a leader in the st. louis area. you were the youngest person elected. you know the people in the area. what is the solution to lowering the tension level there? >> well, we're working to try to calm the community, stop the violence, and make sure that everyone gets back to life as normal as we possibly can under the circumstances. understanding that the rage and the outrage and disgust at the police department about what happened is overwhelming in terms of the killing of the young man at 18 on his way to college. >> and, michael, we were talking a second ago about transparency. about information, about you

cannot expect communities to be able to heal ordeal with things that there is no transparency. is there any way to help deal with the issue? >> today the name of the officer is to be released. as has been stated on the show previously, we have a conformation from the attorney general, and the st. louis county police department they are running concurrent investigations to make sure that justice is found in this case. the north caroliaacp demanded t received that assurance from the attorney general and the county police chief. we're hopeful we'll have a speedy and just and fair and ethical investigation that will come to the conclusion that we hope will show this young man was murdered and his killer be brought to justice. >> michael brown's mother talked to the reverend al sharpton

about the violence taking place in ferguson. she want it is all to end. take a listen. >> that was total chaos. we're not for that. the violence needs to stop. the support is all needed. all needed. but not the violence. it doesn't help any. >> and, michael, everybody can agree that the violence doesn't help anything. i want to reaffirm that everyone is innocent until proven guilty of any crime. we have to see what officials, including the federal government, has to say about what occurred here on saturday night. but let's talk about the violence and the violence, as you're implying, is a reaction to the frustration and what many people feel is, frankly, racism that occurs in that community. is that something that we can try to tap down or mitigate when this kind of event happens? >> well, the urban league has been on the ground floor of

working to make sure that we change the paradigm. but unfortunately, frankly, you're looking at the generation of young people who feel as though they do not have opportunity. they are hopeless in many ways. they do not have jobs that are really available. they do not have the ability to have a quality lifestyle and form of a good education, and as a result of all of that, you have a sense of anger and outrage that is always bubbling under the surface. as we have done for the past 96 years, we try to make things better with providing people with quality education, jobs, education, training. we don't have enough resources to get the job done to the fullest degree. as a result you have a huge amount of people in the community who are disgusted. this incident has brought all of that outrage to the surface. >> i want to bring you back to the incident. witnessing say there was no struggle between michael brown and the police officer for the officer's gun.

we'll hear more from the police this afternoon. here is what they're saying so far. >> in fact, as the officer decided to get out of his car to continue the situation. he was pushed back into the car. there was a physical con front dedication and the car were in fact, there was a struggle over the officer's gun. >> that's what police have been saying. and they've been saying that from the beginning. so. are you satisfied with the progress of the investigation? >> i think obviously things of this significance take time. we only have one chance to do it right. we need to give the police department and the fbi the opportunity to make sure that they talk to all of thewitness s thoroughly and the case evolves in a quick but judicious manner. we cannot rush to judgment. but we want to make sure that we get all the facts and it gets done rather immediately so the community can then have a sense of fairness and equity and the young man's life is actually

valued in and appreciated. thank you for being with us this morning. we're going to be covering the story throughout the day and throughout the weeks and months. in just a few hours, we're expected to learn more about the shocking death of robin williams. an autopsy is scheduled for today in a news conference is set for 2:00 p.m. eastern time. the 63-year-old oscar winning comedian who battled with addiction and depression was found dead yesterday. he appears to have taken his own life, authorities say. we are on the hollywood walk of fame this morning. halle, good morning. >> good morning to you, jose. you're right. we expect to get more information from the sheriff's department today regarding the death of robin williams. here in southern california, in los angeles there's an an outpouring of grief and support. people remembering williams for the joy they brought them.

take a look at the star. it's grown over the last 24 hours. we've seen not just reaction here in hollywood but across the country as people remember this american icon. the legend, really. we've seen tweets and statements from celebrity friends like steve martin, stephen spielberg, and the organizations that williams helped. saint jude's children hospital. people remembering him not just for the movies and tv shows, but also for what he did to give back to people all across this country. so, again, we're going to continue to monitor up in northern california the developments as far as we know that press conference is set to happen. an autopsy is set for today. at this point, apparent suicide by affsfix ya. >> williams was once asked what he would like to hear on entering the pearly gates. here is what he said.

>> to know there's laughter. that would be a good thing. to hear god say two jew goes walk into a bar. [ laughter ] william's daughter posted a message on twitter. >> this is a quote from a french writer and poet, jose. it reads, if you take a look. you, you alone will have the stars as no one else has them. in one of the stars i shall be living, in one i shall be laughing with and it will be as if all the stars are laughing when you look at the sky at night. you, only you, will have stars that can laugh. and she writes, i love you, i miss you. i'll try to keep looking up. and, jose, note in his last twitter post, a couple of weeks ago, williams posted a photograph of him and his daughter when she was just a little girl. she was just a baby. family so important to him. >> the daughter quoting from the little prince and how she must feel now she sees her father only in the stars. halle jackson, thank you for

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growing pressure from the u.s. that it needs to happen. the u.s. air strikes seem to be keeping isis at bay, at least for now, and continuing the humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced iraqis. have delivered more than 85,000 meals and 20,000 gallons of water. joining me on the phone is duncan goal stan any. what is the impact on the ground from the latest air strikes? >> good morning, jose. the air strikes are making a real difference for the kurdish forces. the peshmerga, essentially opens up the roadway for them. opens up for for the peshmerga to retake. they have been massively outgunned by isis. think about it in two ways. isis have longer range weaponry and heavier armor on the vehicles with which they can attack the peshmerga, isis fighters have no fear of death.

they believe it and welcome it. they make fighting -- the air strikes allow the peshmerga to push in on the ground after the united states have fired on them. allowed them to take two town ourselves the weekend. today we're hearing of more fighting, possibly in the east of the country around the area of kir cook. we're waiting to see. -- >> lhello. i think we've lost duncan. >> we have a short break there from your conversation. i want to ask you about these attacks. because, you know, the united states is kind of focussing on different artillery battery they're attacking. they are also hitting actual, you know, isis troops as well? z>> he si, yes, they are.

they fired down on four isis check points. on sunday they fired on and destroyed a convoy of isis fighters. that was maneuvering toward a peshmerga city. that is what the u.s. air strikes are doing. they are literally taking out the fighters. whole groups of fighters. so the peshmerga -- jose? >> thank you so much for the live report from iraq. joining me now is elliot engel. congressman, good to see you. how are you? >> i'm fine. good to see you. >> thank you. the president backed a new iraqi government yesterday but did not directly take aim at al maliki. should he be have been more forceful on the need for him to step aside?

>> i think he needs to go. al maliki is the problem not the solution. he's the reason why iraq is in such disarray. he had an opportunity to build a coalition government with shias and sunnis. he did everything for the shia and aligning himself from iran. the sooner the better he gets out. i think yesterday was too late. >> but what can the president do, i mean, if the guy decides he doesn't want to step aside. you saw the late night press conference. he said he was going to be suing the current government because he should be allowed to stay. what can we do if he chooses he doesn't want to, you know, and aside? >> we can put a lot of pressure. we can put a lot of moral pressure. there's a lot of things we can do. inevitably it's going to be decided by iraqis. i think if we push and push hard and get our allies to do it, i think we can push him away. for him to stay would be a

disaster. iraq is a disaster right now. for him to stay would only compound it and make things worse. it's unthinkable he could stay, but, you know, in the country next door in syria. it was unthinkable a year or two ago. assad would be here. and he's still there. i don't know. but we need to continue to use all of our pressure channel behind the scene and everything else we can do. >> congressman, i want to shift you over to a little bit of domestic politics. it appears there's a strain within your party, specifically hillary clinton's criticism of the president's syria strategy, which she called a failure. the daily beast said the president called it horse manure. did the president get syria wrong or is it attack on the policy really unfair? >> well, i agree with hillary

clinton. i said two years ago that we should have armed the free syria army. i introduced legislation in january of 2013 to give the president the authority to do it, and i think that we should have done it. you can't prove it, because if we had -- i believe they were the group that really were part of the arab spring. they were the group that did the democrats in syria who said enough with assad's brutality, and i believe if we had helped them early on, they would have become the preimminent opposition to assad. instead they didn't have the weapons. they couldn't diverge. you have isis or isil as the primary opposition to assad. and, you know, we can't prove it. we don't know what would have happened if we provided them the aid, but i think that was a mistake, personally. >> it seems odd that mrs. clinton would wait until now to make these criticisms when, you

know, if you've got ideological positions and very strong concept and thoughts on what should be going on in syria, maybe she should have done that sometime ago and not wait until we're closer to the collection season. >> no. she did, jose. in fairness, there was a plan that was drawn up by the administration. it was by hillary clinton as secretary of state, by leon panetta, and the secretary of defense, by general petraeus, i think was chairman of the joint chief of staff. they drew up a plan way back then to arm the free syria army. it was rejected by the president. she's pretty much been there for the past several years. she hasn't changed her position. she believes -- i know. >> but the word failure is new. >> yes, well, but the fact is her position has always been we should have armed the free syria army a few years ago as been my position. >> congressman, i can't thank you enough for being with us this morning. i appreciate your time.

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to contain the outbreak in an west africa. the death toll surpassed 1,000 there. ukraine said it will not allow a convoy of humanitarian aid that left moscow earlier today to cross into the territory. there is some dispute over what may be in the trucks. russia said 280 trucks are filled with supplies and supervised by the international red cross. the red cross representative told nbc news the convoy was, quote, a surprise. ukraine feels the humanitarian aid could be covert military aid. >> this morning calm in gaza as the second day of the israeli hamas cease-fire appears to be holding. both sides are in egypt talking about long-term solution for peace. israeli and palestinian officials say there are huge gaps between the two sides. they're planning an extenlded negotiating session today. the morning state officials are asking drivers to stay off the road after record-setting

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comedian and actor robin williams this morning. police say the preliminary investigation shows the cause of death is suicide by asfix ya. he became a national sensation when he did a guest spot on "happy days." it lead to his own series morning a"mork and mindy." one of his first co-stars maria conchi conchita alonso joins us. >> i'm sorry we have to be -- >> you worked with him 30 years ago in moscow on the hudson. tell me what you remember ability your dear friend. >> what everybody does that met and knew him. he was one of the most gentle men in my life. he was very timid, very shy. believe it or not. he would hide his shyness

through his work. he was a genius. he was very well educated. he came from a very well-to-do family in san francisco. >> when you think back on the days. it was your first -- when you entered the hollywood world, you were a established star in latin america. but tell me what it was like to work with this gentleman who was a genius, as you say, and was so good at improvzational. >> yes. i was a huge fan because of "mork and mindy." i did my first movie in the united states. paul died a few months ago. and it was like, oh, my god. it was like the dream of any young actress. we met and clicked right away. he was never -- he was the most

humble star that i've met in my whole life. you know, he was there to, you know, like -- i don't know what. all the objectives that are beautiful. give to him. >> i only saw him once in so there's -- so there--. he talked to everybody. >> that's how it should be. we are born the same. behave to go to the bathroom. we are all going die. i wasn't in shock, really, when i saw it the news. >> why? >> he talked about his depression for many, many years. he battled alcoholism. but why -- >> why wasn't i in shock?

i heard slipped again. >> yes, he went into rehab a month ago. >> i'm like can you imagine what it is at 63, which is still young nowadays. to still be fighting those dkey mons. it's like an everyday thing. when you have an alcohol problem or a drug problem. it's an everyday thing. he's in peace. he's in peace. and we want all to remember him. everybody to remember him for all the laughter that he caused. and what he's left for all of us here. it's just beauty. >> two words you're going to remember of him forever. >> kind, genius. >> thank you. thank you for being with us. and coming up after calling the president's syria strategy a failure, it looks like hillary clinton and barack obama will be together, together at the birthday party at martha's vineyard. a testy possibility. we'll take you there live. the california man pushing

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right now we're learning about a new u.s. drone strike on an isis mortar position north of sinjar. it follows four other air strikes on monday against the terrorist group. air strikes that appear to be holding isis off for now. the president is dealing with iraq from his vacation on martha's vineyard his summer holiday might be about to get a little bit awkward. the president and his former secretary of state both are set to attend the same party tomorrow for a mutual friend on the vineyard. it's the first time they've seen each other since hillary clinton called the president's syria strategy an failure in an interview. chris jansing joins us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> here is the first question.

what is the fly going to hear on the wall in that party tomorrow? >> well, we would love it to be gossip worthy. i think we might be disappointed these are policy differences they argued out. they had a long time good working relationship, and i think that if you talk to the staff here, they will tell you that none of this is unexpected. first of all, she had a book out that came out in june and some of the things were already in it. she has certainly escaladed a little bit. she's considering a run for president. she is tied to his administration. his approval ratings are at or near historic lows. i think they expected would try to distance herself from the policy of the administration. wouldn't we like to be at the party. it's being thrown by a democratic adviser for his wife. we knew hillary clinton was going to be here for a book signing. we were wondering if they would

cross paths, and the answer is yes, jose. >> let's bring you back to actual policy and things that are. hag right now. do we expect anything more out of the president today as al maliki continues to be a thorn in the side of iraq, much less the united states? >> i wouldn't expect we see the president today, although i'm told by senior white house advisers we can expect to get readouts leader today. he'll probably make a call or two foreign leaders. they're paying close attention. the president made it clear in a statement late yesterday afternoon he believes that nuri al-maliki needs to step down and only with the new prime minister can they bring the warring factions within iraq together and find stability that will help the u.s. be able to continue their efforts to help them stamp out isis. the u.s. has made it clear and john kerry reintegrated this

today. it's not a job for the united states while we're willing to offer some help. it's a job the iraqis will have to do on their own, jose. >> the greatest of the great. good to see you, my friend. >> good to see you. from martha's vineyard to california. the iraqi community in this country is urging president obama and leaders around the world to do more to help their suffering loved one in iraqs. . includes the second largest community of iraqis in san diego. they bring in mark arabo. the chief executive of the neighborhood market association. good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> you're a leader in the lobbying effort to convince the president, his administration to start air strikes in iraq. what is your reaction to the u.s. response so far? >> you know, we sounded this alarm from san diego eight weeks ago. we've been clear as we are today. this is a full-blown genocide. two weeks myself and leaders

from michigan went to the white house and actually told ben rhodes we need a game-changer. we need air strikes and humanitarian aid. we need something to help the christians and minorities. right now there are 400,000 christian families that are dying. they're targeted. they don't have water or food. what we're asking for now is the world and america to follow france's lead. these are kriemts against humanitarian taking place. >> let me ask you about the issue. you say the christians are being taug targeted. in what way has that manifested? >> isis did a convert or die campaign. they eradicated all christians from their village. two reasons. targeted displacements and killings. they've taken away their passports, they killed men and raped women. they marked their homes with n

which stand for has reen. they're trying to wipe off the oldest christians in the world. >> that's so important. this is targeting christians. this is a group that is killing, raping, maiming christians for the act of being christians. is there something that the world should be doing in addition to what the united states has been doing so far? >> absolutely. i think the whole world should join hand by hand, shoulder by shoulder for humanitarian. these are crimes against humanity. let's work together with the united nations to offer asylum, offer a home for these people. tonight -- today i fly to new york and meet with the united nations, myself and a few leaders in our community to ask australian, to ask america, to ask sweden, to ask germany to do a vie issa to air lift the christians out. for the sake of humanitarian, let's offer them a home. >> are you thinking they should be air lifting 400,000 people?

>> right now we should do everything we can to save their lives. whether it be air lifting them, whether it be establishing a safe zone. currently there is no safe haven for christians. and they're massacring them one by one. we're getting hundreds of phone calls from americans that have family in iraq that are telling us the most horrendous stories. we have to act. for humanity, we have to act. >> thank you for being with us this morning. coming up. now thousands of kids who crossed the border are here, the court system is completely overwhelmed. the obama administration wants to fast track their deportation, or at least fast track their legal representation. what is the reality?

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into the u.s. the influx it has created in the courts. the justice department is now creating a fast tracked system to help cope with the crisis. each minor is being promised a court date within three weeks of being placed on the docket. the problem is, courts around the country were facing over 28,000 pending juvenile cases before the new system was announced. there are over 600 cases in orlando and over 1800 right here in miami alone. again, this was before the influx of new cases. joining me now is florida immigration attorney lila rodriguez and john stanton. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you, jose. how do you deal with the fast track situation. what the white house is saying what they're doing is fast tracking the legal system so that everyone gets representation and their cases are heard. there this is a problem. because there is you can fast track a case all you want. the kids zrontd representation. >> what do you mean they don't have representation. >> of course they do. >> absolutely not.

we're scrambling in miami-dade getting volunteer lawyers to handle the cases. they're not experts. we've been threatened 120 cases will be heard a day. th makes no sense. the kids are being railroaded. there's no real process going on. they're not having the opportunity having the cases investigated and vetted and prepared. >> you reported on new video technology being put in place to deal with the system. it doesn't always work. what is the impact of that been? >> they're using it in places like mexico and others far out part of the country where they're housing mothers and some of the kids. and the problem with it is the video doesn't run. the judge can't look at them very well or see some of the kids or asylum applicants in any detail. what they have to do in the process is make a credibility determination. if they can't see them, attorneys are concerned it will make it difficult. the kids have a lot of trouble talking to the cameras.

they're being asked to talk about traumatic experiences. it's a very personal and cold atmosphere. especially if they don't have an attorney. it makes it difficult for them to get a real chance of asylum. >> the white house will tell you had the republicans gotten their act together and in the house pass at budget it could be easy year to get more attorneys involved and pay them, but it seems like congress doesn't do their job. and so everybody is stuck on momentum of things that were happening before when we need additional funds and resources. >> that is absolutely correct. there is a funding problem to get the lawyers that are needed in order to process these candidates cases. clearly that's an issue. you don't solve the problem by fast a tracking bunch of cases. >> what is the solution to keep them hanging? >> absolutely mnot.

find the funding and do it voluntarily or through a legal process. a lawsuit has been futtiled in seattle in order fund the lawyers. it's a due process. the kids have every right to be re represented. otherwise we're sending them to death without a lawyer. >> how much do you think is political? the fact is if congress doesn't bunch for the issues. you can't make money out of thin air. >> i think that's true. the white house is trying to have it both bways. they declare them to be a threat to national security. they sped up the process. they keep them in the areas that are hard to get to. there aren't many places that attorneys can begin to work on the cases. i think they're having it a little bit both ways. >> john stanton and lila. thank you. coming up our own tribute to

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the news conference is expected at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific. the sheriff's department will update about the death investigation for actor robin williams. the outpouring of reaction to the news last night that the 63-year-old had been found dead reveals how much joy williams brought to so many people. so we mark his passing in powerful legacy in today's five things. number one, we fell in love with him on the small screen. when i say we not just in the united states but around the world. an alien living in our rooms who

never failed to make us smile and laugh. number two, we fell in love with him again on the silver screen. a career so wide ranging with so many unforgettable characters pop eye, good morning vietnam, dead poet's society, mrs. doubt fire. the bird cage. he would win an oscar in good will hunting. there was more robin williams to come. some six films featuring williams after his death including his final voice role. a voice perhaps made most famous in as the genie in aladdin. and his stand-up. he put it to charitable use. it helped the homeless and performing with the uso for troops in combat. number five, robin williams leaves a family behind. his wife susan snider, and their three children from two previous marriages. a daughter and two son.

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described as one a kind. tribute continues to grow on the hollywood walk of fame and near his home in san francisco where he was found dead of an apparent suicide yesterday. so many continue to share their condolences. robin was a lightning storm of comic genius and the laughter was a thunder that sustained him, he's a pal and i can't believe his gone writes stephen spielberg. meryl streep shared their reaction to the news this morning on the "today" show. >> his giftd was the most the most mistour use of all. it was genius. we don't understand it. geniuss can do things we have to learn how to do. >> it's hard to imagine unstoppable energy stopped. and it's -- he was such a generous soul. >> and overnight his only

daughter, zelda williams wrote, quote, i love you, i miss you, i'll try to keep looking up. in what would be his final message he posted a photograph of him holding her as a baby. you can see it there. halle jackson joining me now from hollywood. all of hollywood, obviously, shocked and devastated, set the scene there. what are you hearing? >> you know, from the celebrities, kristen, all the way to regular folks coming by the star of robin williams on the hollywood walk of flame to leave flowers, candles, messages saying we will miss you. it's grown exponentially within the last 18 to 24 hours. more and more people coming by. as it gets later in the morning you're seeing more folks coming by. just to look at this. to soak in the scene and see how people are remembering this -- you called him a hollywood icon. really an american icon. president obama reacting as well say he arrived in the ve