thanks for watching. i'm john seigenthaler. good wednesday morning. right now on first look, a massive flooding strikes multiple areas around the nation with more driving rain expected today. the passing of another hollywood legend. >> you know how to whistle, don't you steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> lauren becall, the woman humphrey bogart swept off her feet is dead at 89. details surrounding robin williams suicide next. and the ice bucket challenge to fight lou gehrig's disease continues to grow.

good morning and thanks for joining us. another tragic loss for hollywood. silver screen siren lauren becall has died. she sisled in films like the big sleep. off screen she was part of the team bogey and becall. >> reporter: she delivered one of the most memorable lines ever. lauren becall, to humphrey bogart in 1944s to have and have not. just 19 years old, it was her first film, opposite a movie icon who a year later would become her husband. becall would refer to him as my great for the rest of her life. >> i've had so lucky to have him, that life, that romance.

>> their marriage led to three more movie collaborations before his death, the big sleep. dark passage. >> and key lar go, each one showcasing her sultry voice and looks. >> she was born on september 16th, 1924 in new york city. her meteoric rise in hollywood led more than 30 films and a career spanning more than 50 years. >> you mean you married that poor boy. >> other roles had her playing with many leading men.

on film, her 1996 performance in the mirror has two faces earned a golden globe award. >> i'm not giving it back. >> and the first and only academy nomination of her career, best supporting actress. an honorary award came her way in 2009, it served as a testament as her role in hollywood's golden age. and this morning we are learning about the death of actor and comedian robin williams. investigators are now awaiting toxicology reports but it was announced that he committed suicide by hanging himself with a belt. memorables for him are growing all across the country. in boston, fans left chalk messages and flowers near a bench that was used in good will

hunting. he was such a beautiful man, i was lucky to know him and i will never, ever forget him. >> tonight show house, jimmy fall lon also took a moment to remember him. >> you would watch him and you would cry laughing and you would think i never going to see anyone like this human ever. it's just amazing. it's brain was always thinking ten steps ahead of what he was saying. he was like the muhammad ali of kmom did i. >> and he will be missed. in iraq, there are 130 troops more. the troops were sent to ease the crisis and help refugees trapped by isis. >> reporter: the betty u.s. support team is there now and australia's prime minister says

he's considering sending combat troops to iraq but so far isis militants do not appear to be backing down. it is clear that the crisis is growing, and so is the international response. more americans arrived in iraq but u.s. officials say it's to help, not to fight. >> as the president has made very clear, we're not going back into iraq in any of the same combat mission dimensions that we once were in, in iraq. >> three years after u.s. troops left iraq, now 130 additional marines and special ops forces are in erbil. the team is there in a supporting role as isis militants threaten to kill up to 30,000 yazidi christians on sinjar mountain. >> i would say we need much more sustained air attack not just in

kurdistan, but throughout the isis area. find out where they are employed. go after them. >> the key issue is the political situation in baghdad and that is something that we have to respect iraqi institutions. >> reporter: iraq's political power struggle continues a day after iraq's president name a new prime minister, tuesday a suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint leading up to his house in baghdad. the country divided politically and locked in a brutal civil war. >> and embattled prime minister nuri al-maliki is refusing to step aside. he's being told he needs to move on. more questions than answers in that racially charged shooting in st. louis. >> we want the federal government to step in. the local authorities have put themselves in a position, hiding

names, not being transparent. the comment after michael brown's autopsy was released. it revealed shots killed him, but not how many. with tensions still high, there is a no-fly zone over the town after a police chopper came under fire. the president call the death heart breaking and asking people to talk to one another in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds. as for the parents. >> i need everyone to come here and do this right. >> police will still not identify the officer who shot him due to death threats. the san francisco giants honored long time super fan robin williams before their game against the white sox. >> good evening, san francisco! >> williams went to a whole lot of giants games and was even the

play ball presenter in before the 2015 series. >> a blind grab off a hit. very impressive. he will throw to home. the pirates win it 4-2. to cleveland now, a rain delay during the indians diamondbacks games, turns it into every kids fantasy. grown-ups getting in on the action. a giant sharp, a giant slip and slide instead. microsoft ceo steve ballmer officially owns the los angeles clippers. he pledges hardcore support. former owner donald sterling had appealed his wife's decision to sell the team but that was

denied. >> i wanted to cry. it's the finale of the clippers for us. it's going to a wonderful person. >> shelly will receive court side tickets for life and be recognized as the clippers number one fan. the nba will release the upcoming season tonight, there's a rumors of a christmas day match-up between the cavaliers and the heat. zblp things got nasty during a cowboys raiders practice. a full players turned it into a full-on brawl from both squads. no word on any punishments. well, extreme weather leaving behind extreme images. in north carolina the rain was just relentless. three inches of it fell over raleigh. areas were left soaked and submerged. in nebraska, a hospital security camera caught this.

oh, my goodness, flood waters smashing through windows. and in arizona, the nation's reservoir hit an all time low. in 1983 it was 225 feet. the lake is so crucial there, providing drinking water to seven states, so hopefully they can get some kind of rain sometime soon. >> you can see where the waterline should be. that's a lot of water. >> a lot of water in other areas where they don't need it. >> too bad they don't have a better way of shipping storms. >> yesterday, the incredible rainfall totals was baltimore, 6.3 inches of rain. green haven, maryland, had 10.3 inches. the heaviest rain right over

long island, flash flood warnings, very careful driving in those locations. your commutes will be slowed significantly by water on the roads and all the heavy rain continues to push up into new england. by about noon today, new york city should be clear and done with it. hartford by 5:00, boston, not until 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. everyone will see a pretty nice d day. southern new england, especially long island and really dangerous weather this morning with torrential downpours. >> really. stay tuned for that. just ahead another big atlantic casino goes belly up. plus a major victory for gun control advocates next. i make a lot of purchases for my business.

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let's gown to business. >> we're always watching the labor market. job openings rose for the fifth

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burke in the primary. she will go head to head against scott walker in wisconsin. is senator rand paul in hot water with conservative group family leader? according to the des moines register, he ditched the group's summit this past week saying he had a family commitment, but the new york post reported that at the time of the summit, senator paul was at a fund-raiser in the hamptons. democrats are lashing out as a series of fake websites created by the the republican national committee. they are promoting fake candidate sites like this one attacking congressman john barrow through google search ads. and in alaska, not much love for their former gov.

new poll found that just 36% of alaskaens had a favorable view of sarah palin and only 20% want to see her run for president. and montana democrats, you can forget about asking actor jeff bridges to run for senate. he told howard stern his wife told him don't even think about it once a petition popped up asking him to run. more than 1,400 people have signed that petition. happy wife, happy life, right. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined by ed o'keefe. let's talk about hillary clinton. she may be running for something. she called president obama yesterday to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him but how can you view her calling approach to syria a failure without getting the feeling that the clinton obama rivalry may be

back? >> if it's not a rivalry, it's at least politics being played by her you got to appear from distancing yourself from an increasingly unpopular president while at the same time not entirely throwing him under the bus because of course he still has strong support really among the loyal democratic voters she's going to need in 2016 especially in the event of a primary challenge from somebody else. she's trying to have it both ways here. clearly, this interview over the weekend, an incredible interview if people haven't read through it, there is a lot in there, this of course being probably the highlight of it, it's a great demonstration that she's clearly thinking -- and she's trying to find subtle ways to distance herself. i think what we saw yesterday was a slight attempt at damage control so this didn't balloon into something bigger. the fact they are hanging out tonight suggests things are -- >> is this just ease the pressure on both sides and make

nice? >> that's more of what it is. island be shocked to see if photo of them handguning -- hugging it out. there's a reminder there's been tension here before especially among their staffers. the hope is to avoid conflict. she's going to need obama, his operations, his staff if she prepares to run. >> that relationship is going to be tested. and given the unrest in the middle east now, including the tense situation in iraq, does this bode well for clinton? >> i think it depends on how things go. she definitely does and she felt that way when she was secretary of state. she could open herself up for criticism with democrats, why are you taking such a hawkish view, it looks like more like republicans. it's part of the reason that democrats were taken by obama.

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time for first buzz and which just may be the most ridiculous one to date. >> i don't know why we love this so much, we just do. it's a scare barrow bot. that loan sounds ridiculous.

a turkish made this to protect his crops from a bear. it can hold a chain, it holds a chain that if the chain hits you has 25,000 volts. >> i don't see the crops. >> that's irrelevant, betty. it's like a bad halloween haunted house. >> this ice bucket challenge just keeps getting bigger and bigger by the day. >> are we upping the ante? >> we have upped it. to mountain tops, and little speedos. we've gone to great heights. he's calling out lebron james

and russell wilson. if this is what he's wearing, what will they be wearing for the ice bucket challenge. >> challenge like kate up ton or something. >> thanks for watching everybody. way too early with thomas roberts starts right now. you know you don't have to act with me, steve. you don't have to say anything and you don't have to do anything. not a thing. oh, maybe just whistle. you know how to whistle don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. [ whistling ] >> it was the subtlery grxt av -- gravitsa of lauren becall.

more details on the death of robin williams this morning. the personal side of the comedian when i speak with one of his on screen daughters from mrs. doubtfire. this time the new jersey governor gets iced. wait till you hear who he pick to get wet next. this is way too early. hey, there, everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is wednesday, august 13th. welcome to "way too early," the show that loves the quote of lauren becall. the actress passed away at age 89. she was a model