♪ good morning, it is tuesday, august 12th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." remembering robin williams the life and defining moments of a brilliant and complex performer. a city on edge following another night of violence after police shoot and kill an unarmed teen. plus, political turmoil in iraq as thousands seek refuge from isis militants. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds.

remembering an american icon. >> robin williams the comic was found in his home in an apparent suicide. >> hit after hit. "good morning vietnam" dead poets society and won an oscar. >> you walk into a bar -- [ laughter ] >> riot police confronted angry protrseste in ferguson missouri after the shooting of annan unarmed teenager. >> iraq's president appointing a new prime minister haider al ibadi. >> detroit got racked by serious rain on monday. flash flooding was a huge problem. >> i was hngeadi to there sto but i looked outside. >> u.s. postal service continues to plead red ink.

the agency lost $2 billion in the last quarter. >> the mother climbed down to rescue the youngster. >> all that -- >> one officer in kansas city didn't do so well armsil flaing and toe tapping. >> look at this catch. he actually caught the baseball and threw a replacement ball. >> "all that mattered" -- >> ethel kennedy accepted the ice bucket challenge for a.l.s. >> oh! >> oh! >> on "cbs this morning" -- >> yap, yap, yap! >> people are thinking right now, they're going this charlie rose? >> announcer: this morning's yoep "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded

by cbs there is no one like robin williams. >> and no one that made us laugh harder. >> a true genius. indeed. gayle king is off. robin williams made millions of people laugh all over the world. many fans and friends are remembering him this morning with tears. oscar-winning performer was found dead in his home on tuesday. police say it appears the 63-year-old killed himself. >> williams had an unique talent as a comedian and a deep thoughtful actor. he won six golden globes, five grammys and an academy award. john blackstone is in tiburon, the san francisco suburb where williams lived and died. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're here in front of williams' home in tiburon where emergency crews were called to yesterday and where sheriffs are now investigating his death as suicide by asphyxiation. now, to learn new

details at a news conference this morning. but for now, fans around the country and the world are remembering a man who brought us so much laughter with apparently experiencing so much pain. sheriffs in marin county california say williams was last seen at 10:00 p.m. sunday at his tiburon home. a 91111:55 a.m. reporting a man unconscious. emergency personnel arrived five minutes later. williams was pronounced dead at 12:02, the marin county coroner says it expects the death to be suicide due to asphyxiation. >> if they made it not to drink, an alcoholic would say, perhaps we should take two? >> reporter: 63-year-old robin williams was very open about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. earlier this summer williams had checked himself into a rehab

center in minnesota. >> at the time he said he had not reckoned to his struggles with being sober but he really wanted to kind of maintain his sobriety and keep everything in check. >> reporter: news photographer dean kendrick recently attended a.a. meetings with williams. >> he was one of the very first to raise his hand and open himself to vulnerability but he really really needed support at the time. >> reporter: williams wife susan schneider issued a statement saying she hopes the public doesn't focus on her husband's death, but rather on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions. and a nod tos am movie rules, president obama echoed that sentiment. robin williams was an airman a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang, peter pan and everything in between. but he one of a kind.

he arrived in our lives as ann al yen. on his 63rd birthday three weeks ago he posed for an instagram photo with quote, one of his favorite leading ladies crystal, the monkey from "night at the museum." that press conference a sheriff's press conference is scheduled for 11:00 pacific time this morning. a forensic examination is scheduled for and toxicology will follow. >> robin williams leaves behind an extraordinary body of work steven spielberg is directing what he calls williams' work a lightning storm. good morning. >> looking back it seems there was nothing robin williams could not do when it came to entertaining because despite his battle with addiction he had this incredible ability to make

us laugh. >> okay. you're a nice man, you won't hurt me. >> reporter: much like his personality, robin williams' talent was one of a kind. >> brrrrrr! >> reporter: born in chicago, raised in detroit, williams began his career in stand-up. >> the male of the species, we spend nine months trying to get out of the womb the rest our lives trying to get right back in. [ laughter ] >> reporter: he appeared on the richard pryor show and happy days before playing an alien on the 1978 sitcom "mork & became must-see tv a mastery of improv and impression. >> i'm back. watch out, denmark. [ laughter ] >> happy thanksgiving mama! >> come here listen to me! >> reporter: williams eventually

transitioned to the big screen. >> good morning vietnam! hey this is not a test. this is rock 'n' roll. time to rock from from the delta to the dmz. is it what me or does it sound like an elvis peyresl movie? viva da nang! >> reporter: it was his iconic role as an issue teacher in "dead poets society" that proved he was much more than a comedian. >> just when yhiou t ynkou know something you have to look at it in another way. even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try. >> reporter: williams went on to play a very cast of characters from a scott issue nanny in "mrs. doubtfire." >> hello! >> reporter: to "aladdin." he showed extraordinary range. >> you don't know real loss

because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. don't you ever dare to love anybody that much. >> reporter: that performance in "good will hunting" earned williams an oscar for best performing actor. >> this might be the one time i'm speechless. >> reporter: despite his lifelong success, the actor made no secret of his life long addiction. >> i had been sober for 20 years. i walked into a store and say a little bottle of jack daniels. i thought i'll be fine. i'll be okay. the moment i had a sip i was -- welcome back [ bleep ]. >> bottom line is i'm [ bleep ] blp. >> reporter: williams leaves behind a wife and three children. he was 63 years old. >> good night!

>> now robin williams was very active on twitter. and his final tweet was to wish his only daughter zelda a happy birthday. after his death yesterday, she responded with this quote from the book "the little prince." you alone will have the stars ano one else has them. in one of the stars i shall be living. in one of them i shall be laughing. and so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night. you, only you, will have the stars that ka laugh." a tribute to the father she loved. >> there were two more twitters tweets. the laugh club. a picture of its marquee reading "rest in peace. make god laugh." the motion picture academy sent out be still aladdin. >> ron be made me laugh so hard

and so long that i cried. it seemed to please him no end. yesterday i cried again at the thought that he was gone. extraordinary talent and a standing intellect was his huge heart. a frequent guest on my television program in 2009 he talked about using stand-up comedy to tackle the difficult issues he faced. >> have you ever bought that there's some connection between -- >> life -- >> yeah and talent. >> well comedic talent is a survival method. >> did you >> i don't know. they hang right here. >> the demons -- >> we live with you, boy. [ laughter ] >> the demons. >> the demons. >> they're more like spirits. they're in a glass. dr. jekyll mr. jack daniels. >> you're okay today? >> lltotay. okay? well, that's not -- okay.

i'm better and also i feel great. i went to rehab in wine country just to keep my options open. but i came out the other side. >> how were you when you came out the other side? >> dry. and sober. and also able to experience life. it's amazing. before the heart surgery, one of the more sobering moments of just going life is extraordinary. i don't want to miss it you know. >> oh, man. >> it's a gift. and spending most of the time going -- i don't remember. to come back that is echo oh o have family friends and people that go, i appreciate you and now i can actually remember what we're talking about. how fun is that? that's kind of a gift you know. >> how cool is he. we have much more ahead on the death of robin williams. "entertainment tonight"'s nancy o'dell shares her memories of a man she interviewed many times.

and the man and his career coming up on "cbs this morning." and it is calm in ferguson missouri, after a second night of unrest. protesters confronted police in a st. louis suburb where an officer killed an unarmed teenager on saturday. dean reynolds is in ferguson where the fbi is opening an investigation. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, well, tear gas, road blocks and rubber bullets were all used to disperse a crowd overnight that had formed near the neighborhood where the 18-year-old was shot to death on saturday by a police officer. this as the victim's family and community leaders are calling for calm. >> reporter: police in riot gear standing in front of armored trucks blocked the streets of ferguson and ordered a crowd of protesters to clear the streets, warning what would come next if they refused.

minutes later -- tear gas, along with rubber bullets were deployed. the same tactic was used hours earlier when groups of this mostly black community refused police orders to disperse and go home. law enforcement was attempting to prevent a repeat of widespread looting and arson that erupted sunday night when peaceful demonstrations gave way to violence. when the sun came up on monday business owners assessed the damage. john zisser's tire business lost every window in the shop. so you watched your own business being vandalized on television? >> on television yeah. >> reporter: tell me what that feels like. >> oh, it's not a very good feeling. you're absolutely powerless. >> reporter: mike brown's parents, michael brown, sr. and leslie mcspadden condemned the destruction. >> i don't want no violence. we don't want no violence. >> michael wouldn't want know violence. >> he -- he wouldn't have wanted

it. >> reporter: the family has hired attorney benjamin crump who represented the family of trayvon martin last year. >> people are killing young people of color. it's our children. >> reporter: for now, investigators are urging anyone with information about the shooting to please come forward. charlie. >> dean thanks. >> this morning, a political showdown is unfolding in iraq. the country's president named a new prime minister to replace nuri al maliki. al maliki calls the move a violation of the constitution. president obama interrupted his vacation yesterday to support the action. >> under the iraqi nscotitution this san important step towards forming a new government that can unite iraq's different communities. now, this new iraqi leadership has a difficult task. it has to regain the confidence of its citizens by governing inclusively and by taking steps to demonstrate its resolve. >> major garrett is on martha's

vineyard where the president continues his vacation. major, good morning. >> well good morning. president obama and his foreign policy team have been frustrated with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki for months if not years. of course, the united states helps bring nuri al maliki to power eight years ago, now the obama administration supports prime minister designate haider al abadi. shia. maliki has lost favor not just in washington but baghdad as well. now, the white house waits to see if maliki will relinquish power, one of question one that carries a inspector of violence if maliki if threatened tries to retain power by force. u.s. air strikes in the northern iraqi town of erbil has succeeded in knocks the sunni fighters back on their heels a bit but the pentagon says there's no hope of degrading isis or defeating isis unless the iraqi leadership in baghdad returns to the battlefield. the white house and the president's top advisers insist

the new government offers the prospect of reconciliation and unity in iraq. the question becomes will it ever begin peacefully or at all. norah. >> major, thank you. stay a look at this dramatic video from western iraq. desperate iraqis stormed a supply helicopter hoping for a flight to safety. holly williams is in erbil. holey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are frantic efforts to save the lives of hundreds perhaps thousands of people who on a remote mountain here in iraq. they are yazidis, members of a religious minority who have been chased from their homes and in some cases killed by the islamic militants known as isis. >> reporter: they're stranded on a barren mountaintop facing starvation. there's little wonder they're desperate enough to do this. more than iraqi helicopter as it

delivered food and water yesterday. fighting each other for the handful of seats on the aircraft. the crew left with the people most in need. including these dehydrated children. but they were lucky to get away safely. and the final good-bye, the militants opened fire on the helicopter. isis has unleashed a wave of hatred and violence seizing a swath of territory in northern iraq. they practice a strict form of sunni islam. and they're targeting iraqis from other religious groups. this hall is now home to 200 christian families who fled isis a week ago. but many people here told us they don't want to go home or stay in iraq. they're frightened of the islamic extremists and angry with iraq's leaders. the government did nothing to protect us because we're christians amal jacob told us. as christians we have no rights.

iraq's religious tensions have flared up time and again since the u.s. invasion of 2003. divisions between shiite muslims and christians. and also it's difficult to see how any iraqi government can hold its country together. charlie. >> holly thanks. the first infected with ebola has died this morning. the 75-year-old priest was treated and taken to ma friday. today, a world health organization panel endorsed using unproven ebola drugs. ahead on "cbs this morning," the new evidence that should headlight on what really happened when

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♪ you're that twitter person, too? >> no i've only tweeted a couple times. >> well why do -- i have a whole page of tweets from robin williams. >> i guess i do. tell them about that, what are we doing? you know what we do robert. the tweets get it? i tweet, yes. >> who was the person who twitted? >> a twit. >> what's the past tense? don't go there. [ laughter ] >> when charlie goes my uncle goes, stop right there. oh, praise him, praise him. thank you. >> oh, my goodness that was the great robin williams in one of his final interviews here in

studio 57. i watched that whole interview last night. charlie, to see you laugh. look at this he left behind another lasting memory. on a wall he wrote this charlie rose is all that mattered! robin williams. oh, people ask me what is my favorite interview that i've ever done i say robin williams when he came to this table. someone who i admired my whole life. it came really as a huge shock last night. notice i've got this big grin on my face he can still make us laugh. >> the range. welcome back to "cbs this morning," coming up in this hour, williams talked frankly over the years about his personal battle with addictions. he often spokes with "entertainment tonight's" nancy pending a little time in an incubator. the zoo says the mom and her babies are in good condition. >> that's adorable. >> yeah. >> they say they're like a

little stick of butter when they first come out. >> three sticks. >> three sticks of butter. robin williams' bringing an outpour of sympathy. nancy is with us from los angeles. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. i've done and covered it for 18 years now and robin williams goes down as one of my best interviews. he's always so up beat. what we found is robin being candid about his substance abuse problems but what we also found was a man who dealt largely with this problems with humor. >> reporter: robin williams was a self-proclaimed alcoholic, robin williams. check your local listings. there's new evidence from saturday's deadly crash of nascar's tony stewart and the

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i hunt. >> ahh! come on charlie, let it fill your soul. aha! >> the water's boiling. >> hello! >> fossy, fossy, fossy. martha grah michael kidd michael kidd. madonna. madonna. just work it. i'll be right back. >> we read and write poetry because we're members of the human race. and the human race is filled with passion. >> just slid my ticket across the table and said, sorry, guys i got to go see about a girl. >> into comedy. it was almost a moment of d he have in the works yet to be out? >> the biggest one is going to be "night at the museum."

the third movie in the franchise. >> is that completed? >> that completed. he reprises his role of teddy roosevelt around the holidays. the movie that he didn't get to film, had was going to do a sequel to "mrs. doubtfire" in development. they were set on a script and they were working on it. he didn't finish that. or start that. >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> you can find clips from robin williams ten most memorable movie roles on cbsthismorning.com. the family of the teen killed is asking people to stop protests. police in ferguson a st. louis suburb last

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