it's a terrible, terrible thing. >> joy behar there talking earlier with our don lemon. robin williams is dead now at the age of 63. but you can learn more about his life and career on our website over on cnn.com. >>> i want to get to some other stories we're following for you now. tensions have escalate ford a second straight night in the u.s. state of missouri. >> the recent shooting death of an unarmed african-american teenager has sparked outrage. people in ferguson used tear gas to break up protests after shots were heard monday night. >> federal authorities say they're working with local officials to investigate the death. our jason carroll has more. >> reporter: saturday afternoon 2:15 p.m., ferguson, missouri. 18-year-old michael brown is walking home from a convenience store with his friend dorian johnson. johnson says they are told by a police officer to get out of the street. >> we wasn't causing any harm to nobody. we had no weapons on us at all. >> reporter: johnson says they keep walking. then the officer confronts the boys. moments later, shots ring out. t

fellow comedian joy behar told cnn, it is a tremendous loss. >> he was a good soul.e was a very generous guy. he was nice to people. he was not a mean guy, you know? it's a terrible thing. i'm at somebody's house tonight and we are having dinner et cetera. people just screamed. it was shocking when this came through. well, what else can i say? it's a terrible, terrible, thing. >> the ability to make somebody laugh is a powerful, powerful gift. he had it more than almost anyone else. so many people are moved and touched by his death. we are going to have more all morning on cnn. >> sometimes that laughter in comedy is masking. >>> it's been another violent night in missouri following the shooting death of a black teenager by police. shots were heard in the area and tear gas used to dispurse the crowd of 300 people. arrests were made. we have not seen the widespread looting that shook that community 12 hours earlier. michael brown's parents rejected suggestions that the teenager, their son, went after the officer's gun before he was fatally shot. >> he just graduated o

today, always outspoken, joy behar, gives her take on today's hot topics.s, straight from broadway, nikki m. james, gives us a very special live performance. and all the latest juicy hot topics. now, here's wendy! [ cheers and applause ] >> wendy: beautiful! yeah!

and thousands of people have been evacuated from india's behar province after a landslide in nepal. more on the disaster's aftermath. >> reporter: this was a highway toit to tibet. a part of the mountain came crashing down burying the village. only a handful of bodies have been recovered so far from the hundreds still missing. just to my left the rescue workers are trying to find the bodies of four people who were buried under this rubble. family members have come to find the bodies of their loved ones. it is quite a distressing scene. the landslide is still moving. as we watched a mountain side collapsed. disputed the danger, locals are trying -- despite the danger, locals are trying to recover whatever they can from the homes and those searching for their loved ones don't nowhere to begin. >> translator: i've come to find my sister, one niece, one nephew and my sister-in-law. the next how is where my brother and sister-in-law were buried. my cousin et cetera are rescued and at the hospital. >> reporter: police and army at the rescue site don't have enough equipment to despite resc

in half an hour we will hear what comedian joy behar has to say about the actor's shocking death. >>> and now to iraq. the country is face a humanitarian disaster in the north. and political turmoil in its capital. >> the country's president has nominated haider al ibadi as the next prime minister. but the sitting prime minister is calling the movie "null and void." >> speaking of nouri al maliki there. he also plans to run for a third term. meanwhile, u.s. president barack obama welcomed al ibadi's nomination. >> that's been a difficult day in iraq. a country that has faced challenges in its history. and i'm sure it will face difficult days ahead. just as the united states remained slaijt to the threat posed to our people by isil, we stand ready to stand with iraq against these terrorist forces. without question that effort will be advanced. if iraqis continue to build on today's progress and come together to support a new and inclusive government. >> now, in the north of the country tens of thousands of yazidi minorities are still trapped on sinjar mountain cut off by isis fighters

his friends, joy behar, for example, telling us he was a great talent and the generosity toward friends. he would help his friends. that generosity seems to be quite real. sometimes in hollywood, especially a long, long time in hollywood, you hear these stories, people who are terrors behind the scene. that is not robin williams. >> he was generous with so many people. i have to believe there were hundreds, if not thousands of people who would have loved to have been generous to him, to be there with him now when he's battling depression. it shows you how insidious it is. >> suicide is inexplicable. families all know that. you try to explain, you try to explain something that is not explainable when someone is hurting that much. >> i think back on the roles debt poet society, fisher king, good morning vietnam. he was on screen for four and a half minutes, but he takes over the film. >> i knew him beginning as mork and through his career. our children, both of our children know him as teddy roosevelt on "night at the museum". >> if you watch "aladen" the voice of the genie. they could al

today, always outspoken, joy behar, gives her take on today's hot topics.aight from broadway, nikki m. james, gives us a very special live performance. and all the latest juicy hot topics. now, here's wendy! [ cheers and applause ] >> wendy: beautiful! yeah! here we go again! thank you for watching! say

about i want to bring in a friend of mine, joy behar. how are you doing, my friend? >> it is a sad, sad thing. it is always very sad. maybe it is because i'm a comic myself, when a comedian dies, particularly someone who has brought so much laughter into the world. so much pleasure and so much fun. it is just heart breaking to hear this information and this news. they won't stop bugging me. it's like -- >> someone is calling your phone. >> they're calling me because they would like me to make statements about this and i'm talking only to you. because you know, the thing about it is, it is sad to me that someone who could bring so much laughter and pleasure to others could not do it for himself. you know? he was a tortured soul, i think. and i remember when i had my show on hln, he came on the show. he was a big star. >> joy, let's look at it. and then you and i will talk about it. >> he came on the show and he was as funny as can be. i remember when i was a rising star back in the '80s, he would come to the club and just kill the. you know? just kill it on stage. and