cnn's anna cabrera got the interview. what did he tell you?> reporter: he said this has been the biggest test of his life, personally and professionally. he feels really bad about what's happened here in the past couple of months. it's been almost seven weeks since the shooting death of michael brown. he says he wants to apologize for a part that his police department has had in the racial tensions that are present still in this community. but given the fact there is still so much distrust between law enforcement and some of the residents in this community, i asked him might he consider resigning and letting new leadership take the helm. here's what he had to say. i have to ask you about yourself and you are still the leading of the ferguson police department, correct? >> yes, i am. >> have you heard of any plans, intentions to remove you from that position? >> no, i haven't. >> are you aware of at least some of the vocal protesters who would like to see you removed from your position? >> sure, i have. i've talked to a lot of those people and

anna cabrera spoke to the police chief, here is her report. >> i want to say this to the brown familya child can understand what you're feeling. i'm truly sorry for the loss of your son. i'm also sorry that it took so long to remove michael from the street. >> reporter: it is the apology people in ferguson and around the nation have been waiting to hear. >> i do want to say to any peaceful protester who did not feel that i did enough to protect their constitutional right to protest, i am sorry for that. >> reporter: it is the first time embattled ferguson police chief tom jackson has publicly said, i'm sorry in the nearly seven weeks since unarmed teenager michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson police officer wilson. >> you issued an apology today? >> i did. >> why did it take so long for that to happen? >> well, there has been so much going on, and every day there has been a different challenge ever since august 9th. but this is something that has just been weighing on me, something that needed to be said. should have been said a long time ago. >> reporter: emotions in the com

i think we can manage this and come out much better. >> reporter: anna cabrera, cnn, ferguson, missouri>> a lot of people liked the apology. the question is why not do it several weeks ago. much more coming up on the fight guest isis, including conversations with iran's president about what role his country will play. stay with us. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp... and provided by unitedhealthcare insurance company, which has

anna cabrera, cnn, denver. >> just hate to see sick children like that. all right, parts of the western u.s. have been drenched with record-setting rains. take a look at this. got some aerials of some of the flooding. this is in mow apa, nevada. officials say parts of interstate 15 will be closed for at least three days in both directions because of what you see there, that extensive and wide-spread flood damage. petra, my mother is in arizona. saw the same thing yesterday. this massive flash flood that came, i guess, late at night. >> yeah. >> because by morning time, everyone's trying to get to work and the highways were completely flooded like what we saw in nevada. >> it happened between 2:00 in the morning and 9:00 a.m. local time. the amount of rainfall that came down, really impressive. you take in the monsoons that typically happen in the summer season, and then you take in tropical storm nor bert that was crossing northern mexico, and all the moisture in 12 hours, some four inches of rainfall across the valley of the sun. you take this, because t

earlier, cnn's anna cabrera spoke with jackson in a cnn exclusive.e whole ferguson city in an uproar. >> it was a standoff overnight. >> do we have a lynch mob? >> protesters taking to the streets again in ferguson. this time, chanting outside the police station. >> police chief tom jackson coming out to address the crowd and trying to answer their questions. >> what y'all going to do to help us? do i got to die to make sure another brother don't go? i will right now. >> what do you want me to do? >> what you mean, what i want? >> i'm asking you a serious question. >> the protest ultimately turning more chaotic. >> stay back, stay back! >> with multiple protesters arrested. >> i got rights! i got rights! we're trying to get unity and this is what y'all do! >> just hours after the chief gave this apology. >> i want to say to any peaceful protester who did not feel i did enough to protect their constitutional right to protest, i am sorry for that. >> in hopes of calming the community. >> i want to say this to the brown family, no one who has not experi

health officials warn it's likely to spread, no vaccine to stop it more now from cnn's anna cabrera.a child struggling to breathe this is 9-year-old gabrielle ranna, hooked to oxygen, tethered by tubes. >> she went from a cold to critical in a short time. >> the results of a hard-hitting respiratory virus that's already sent hundreds of children to the hospital. >> kids who don't normally end up on a ventilator, end up on one. >> it's believed to be entero virus evd-68. it escalates to wheezing and difficulty breathing typically within 24-48 hours, becoming severe. especially for children with asthma. >> on this i just couldn't breathe at all. no wheezing or anything, just -- couldn't breathe. >> it hit 12-year-old matthew york so hard he was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. >> he was hunched over with his hand on his chest. and physically and visibly, you could see the chuest pumping bak and forth. >> i thought i was going to die or something. >> doctors in ten states are seeing patients from serious symptoms, from the midwest to the southeast. we're talking a huge number of kid

cnn's anna cabrera has more. >> a new explosion of violence in ferguson, missouri. >> this behavior willsafety of the officers and the individuals within our community will be maintained. >> the fresh unrest. a reminder of the tensions still simmering in this small town. tensions that could reach a full boil depending on the actions of the st. louis county grand jury now more than six weeks after officer darren wilson shot and killed michael brown. why did you decide to take this case to the grand jury? >> well a couple reasons. one is that forever we have taken all homicide cases to the grand jury. >> prosecutor bob mccullough has done few interviews since his office got the case. >> you don't just walk away from a case because you're catching a lot of grief over it. i can be fair and i have been fair. >> people are still angry about this. and worry that there is a bias. because your father was killed in the line of duty, a police officer, and was killed by an african-american person. >> right. all of that is correct and all of that is irrelevant in terms of whether there's any bias or