marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> roads blocked off, the curfew going into effect tonight. ofthis is not the silence the people of ferguson or this region were others but to contain those who are drowning out the voice of the people with directions. >> a state of emergency after last night's clashes with police and the looting that followed. some accuse the state police of not doing enough to keep the peace. >> we did not ask for them to stop doing their jobs. we asked for them to do it better. enforce it with trucks or teargas. we will communicate. >> it is a different kind of communication, protesters gathering by the hundreds to demand answers to why officer darren wilson killed michael brown last saturday. they say he did not know the unarmed 18-year-old was a suspect in the convenience store robbery when he shot him. tonight, the fbi is interviewing witnesses, many demonstrating and taking their frustrations straight to the governor. the answers just are not coming quickly enough. another big rally is scheduled tomorrow. behael brown's parents will there, again asking

let's get more now from abc's marcy gonzalez. >> again tonight officers are trying to clear the streets. curfew back into effect, people disregarding the curfew. officers in full riot gear, smoke bombs and tear gas. the ongoing outrage in this community sparked by the shooting death of unarmed teenager by an officer last weekend. during a rally today, the captain in charge of keeping the peace here shared his sympathy for his parents. i wear this uniform and i stand up here and say i'm sorry. >> tonight officers who killed him and the officer is still in hiding as the investigation continues. protesters say they won't back down on their demands. >> i know this will at least last until an arrest is made. that's the primary reason why we're out here protesting. >> marcy gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. >> of course, we will continue to monitor the situation there in ferguson. back here at home, d.c. police continued the search for two men accused of carjacking and shooting an off-duty police detective. that detective was shot four times and abc7 cameras were the only ones there as

marci gonzalez has the latest in ferguson. >> it is becoming a nightly routine in ferguson. protesters flooding the streets and turning violent. >> came under heavy gunfire. >> officers in riot gear responding with tear gas. arresting 31 people, saying many of them were from out of state. t the good people to come out and protest during the daytime hours. make your voices heard, you can be seen. >> the protests, which during the day has been peaceful, are sparked by the death of michael brown, the unarmed 18-year-old shot more than a week ago by officer darren wilson. hearing from one of wilson's friends. >> he was a really quiet guy. really well mannered. i can never imagine him shooting anyone, even as a police officer. >> evidence could be presented to a grand jury as early as tomorrow, including two autopsy results that show brown was shot six times. autopsy and the ballistics are essential. the shots were taken from far away and all the bullets hit him in the front, that is a tough spot for the police officer to be in. if this was fired at close range , the police offic

marcy gonzalez, abc news, atlanta. airwaysmorning, british announced it is suspending all flights to and from liberia and sierra leone because of what it calls the deteriorating public health situation there. help withing you can blood supplies across the region. join us for the summer of hope blood drive this friday. anyone who donates will receive a coupon for a free medium iced affee and data that -- doughnut from dunkin' donuts. you also get a coupon for a discount on ice cream. i will be there giving blood. a lot of folks from abc 7 will be there. the whole gang. >> the weather looks great for it. we will be at the outdoor shopping mall. we will leave the heat behind, the humidity. the temperature will be a little lower. and stickyng warm for the noon hour. that's for sure. in the 80's across the region now. on top of that, higher humidity. the temperature at reagan national is 87. the winds are calm. there is no breeze to help school down today. hagerstown ise in 80. a little cooler in some spots that had fog thi

abc's marci gonzalez on the ground for us. >> hundreds of people rallying today, calling for answers about the teen's death. >> these spirits are not going to cry alone. they are not going to stand alone. we have had enough. after another explosive night here in ferguson, missouri. you are in violation of the state-imposed curfew. pointing a gun at officers as they tried to get to someone who had just been shot. the swat team responding with smoke bombs and tear gas. >> i think that was the proper response to maintain officer safety and public safety. >> the governor declared a state of emergency, trying to calm the violence that has marred this community since michael brown was shot and killed by an officer last weekend. >> officer darren wilson must be indicted and brought to justice right away. this facebook photo from last year as he was awarded for his police work. he is in hiding. police and the fbi continue investigating brown's death. in placew will be again tonight at midnight. despite those clashes with police last night, the governor calls it a success, saying although sev

marcie gonzalez. abc news, new york. >>> some people in the south bay neighborhood are furious after employees at the lima valley ericson memorial chap nell san jose saw graffiti when they got to work this morning. it is all over the top part of the building as you see. there someone had painted over the spray paint. employees say it wasn't there when they left for the day. san jose police haven't said if they will investigate. >>> the largest homeless encounter of san jose is being cleared out. the encampment, known as the jungle, is just across the street from happy hollow park and zoo. alyssa tells just some are upentity the clean-up. >> reporter: robert aguirre passed up his tent, located at the rim of the jungle. san jose's largest homeless encampment. >> this was the notice served to me on friday. we have to be out by 7:00 a.m. on monday which is tomorrow. >> reporter: the notice also says trespassers will be subject to criminal prosecution. >> i have everything here. i don't have storage. >> th

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: relief worker nancy writebol now back on american soil. the second ebola patient ever in the u.s. too weak to walk but reportedly getting better. >> she's showing signs of progress and is moving in the right direction. >> reporter: her colleague dr. kent brantly's health also improving. both are now being treated in specially isolated rooms here at emory university hospital in atlanta. they were infected in liberia while helping ebola patients. this is the deadliest ebola outbreak ever. of the nearly 2500 deaths reported since the 19971970s, a third happened this year and british airways suspended flights from liberia and sierra leone. doctors are monitoring both patients' conditions here and told writebol has an appetite again which is adding to their optimism about her recovery. marci gonzalez, abc news, atlanta. >>> our thanks to marci. >>> hawaii is bracing for a one/two pump as two major storms race toward the islands. hurricane iselle could strike and tropical storm julio would strike two days later. people are stocking up and they'r

i'm marcie gonzalez with that and what michael brown's autopsy revealed coming up. >>> robin williamshere saying hey, girl. what's going on down there in new zealand? >> before he died, the inspiring message robin williams sent to a fan battling cancer, and later -- ♪ never met a girl who makes me feel the way that you do ♪ >> sounds good. toasting the man who created motown, the big celebration today in oakland for the legendary berry gordy. if she hand breaded chicken your mom would make that was delivered right to her door. and if she had a pressure cooker in her kitchen. and if she knew the combination to the vault in kentucky where they keep colonel sanders' secret recipe. yep! this is the kind of chicken she would make, but she doesn't have to-it's done! you're welcome, mom. ♪ >>> president obama is sending attorney general eric holder to ferguson, missouri, to meet with federal officials investigating the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. meanwhile, the state's governor has turned to the national guard for help after another weekend of violent protests. abc news rep

marci gonzalez, abc news, atlanta. >>> hawaii is bracing for a one-two punch this morning as two major storms race toward the islands. hurricane iselle could strike by friday, and tropical storm julio could hit two or three days later. people are stocking up on water, food and other essentials. officials are urging them to have at least seven days' worth of supplies on hand. schools on some of the islands will be closed tomorrow ahead of the storms. >>> a utah neighborhood remains on edge this morning after heavy rain triggered a dangerous landslide and sent neighbors rushing to safety. cameras were there as this damaged home collapsed in the slide. residents had warned that the hilltop behind it had been cracking and slipping away. fortunately, the family whose home was destroyed heard a noise and escaped unharmed. three homes remain evacuated. >>> thunderstorms which brought light rain and humidity are helping crews as they battle two major fires in northern california. the aylar fire, which destroyed eight homes, is now about 20% contained. everyone who have been forced to evacuate

i'm marcy gonzalez with an update on both patients' conditions coming up. >> they don't want to do it is forcing a >>> on the peninsula drivers are concerned about a mysterious spike in the number of tickets generated by red light cameras in the city of mill bray. >> nbc 1 news went about it and we went to the sheriff's office to find out what was going on and vic lee is live at one of the red camera intersections in mill bray with the latest. vick? >> well, larry, we're at intersection of mill bray avenue and rollins road. as you said, you can see some of the red light cameras behind me. now all of mill bray's three cameras are located at three spots along millbray avenue. the city and sheriff's office went to police with part of the spike and have some of the information but not all. >> when we staked out the location two cars ran red lights but no light flashes indicating the cameras had caught the violators. the red light camera did flash, however, when this bicyclist entered the intersection. owen mendlon is an attorney whose cases include red light camera tickets. >> it's not fo

marcie gonzalez, abc news ferguson, missouri. rica" ha fcosongp ve newsrnjuredac vefrom tretiooffi rlivece. sedetrsuth brlia p lette tinpnb fdehinaerea, bee detrs b eee operaonisxpteo allo dd sou hinformio 6c.w t bnydia. >> eva, turning to baseball fever, the taney dragons take to the field at the littleeague world series. you can root for the team at a pep rally at city hall. hang around the courtyard and watch the game at 7:00. the dragons play texas today, they have a game tomorrow whether they win or lose today. chad perdelli is along for the >> reporter: there's more to do than just watch baseball here at the little league world series. kids can test skills in a family fun zone and grab a photo or take a turn with the bean bag. >> say it's like disney world for kids that like baseball. it's clean and safe, everybody having fun, it' just a really nice atmosphere. >> it's fun, i've been here for five years and every year it's fun. >> reporter: and it seems everywhere you walk, someone asks for a pin, yes, trading pins is big b

. >> abc 7 news reporter marci gonzalez is live in ferguson with the day's developments. marci?r: they started off by releasing the officer's name. they hoped it would relieve some of the tension out here, but that has not been the case. >> and that is wrong. we want the truth to come out. >> reporter: reaction in missouri today to this. surveillance images just released by police of a strong-arm robbery at a convenience store saturday. the police report saying the suspects were dorian johnson and michael brown, the unarmed teenager shot and killed by an officer. but police say the officer did not know they were suspects when he stopped the teens from walking in the middle of the road. this woman describes part of what she says happened next. >> he turned around, put his hands up like this. the cops could see that he couldn't shoot and told him to lay down on the ground. >> police wouldn't say what led him to shoot, only to say he was hurt in the encounter. they finally released that saefr name. >> the officer who was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson.

abc's marci gonzalez live in ferguson with the latest. marci?rter: devin, michelle, the curfew in effect here. we are hearing reports of gunfire and possible looting. some of those clashes between demonstrators and police, we witnessed firsthand earlier tonight. more chaos on the streets of ferguson. officers firing smoke canisters. protesters reporting being hit with tear gas. as a convoy of police and armored trucks rolled through, sending peo(le running for cover. this following reports someone may have thrown a molotov cocktail at police. the situation spiraling out of cj effect for a second night. the ongoing outrage in this community, sparked by the shooting death of an unarmed week. during a raly, the captain in charge of keeping the peace shared his sympathy with michael brown's parents. >> i wear this uniform. and i stand up here and say that i'm sorry. >> reporter: the officer who killed brown, darren wilson, shown in this facebook photo is still in hiding as the investigation continues. with protesters saying they won't back down on t

marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> that sick feeling still weighing on michael. he hit and killed at the track in rochester. he got out of his vehicle following a crash and walked on to the dimly lit track and as he pointed a finger toward tony stewart's on coming car he was hit. >> people get out of their cars. the perch -- the person going past their car goes around them and not run them over. >> one person swerved out of ward's way, but as stuart passed, the right rear hit him and investigators looking into everything from witness accounts to how dark it was on the track. and interviewing stuart for his side of the story. >> there is no evidence on hand and no facts that would support a criminal charge. >> known as controversial driver with a temper, deciding not to take part in today's nascar race. saying there are not words to describe the sadness he feels about ward's death. calling it an emotional team for all involved. >> he is going through tough times. it is emotional for him. >> and a tough day for ward's friends and family. some of them are leaving fl

marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> the first ebola patient ever in the u.s.s now in his first full day of treatment here in atlanta. dr. kent brantley is being cared for at emory university hospital. his room is isolated and doctors are covered head to toe like this. they say everything possible is being done to keep the disease from spreading from here and from west africa where it already killed more than 700 people. adding that americans shouldn't be worried. >> it is understandable that with the deadly disease people are concerned, but the plain truth is we can stop ebola. we know how to control it. >> dr. brantley's wife and siblings are only you uh -- allowed to see him through a partition. >> i know he was feeling better and so i am hopeful for that. >> there is a lot of optimism especially after seeing him walk from the ambulance to the hospital. now the same plane that brought him here is headed back to get his colleague, nancy whitebol, also stricken while treating people with the virus. they say this is the best place to treat their symptoms, givin

. >> marci gonzalez with the latest. marci? >> reporter: yeah, devin and michelle, that curfew is now in effect here and we're hearing reports of gunfire and possible looting. some of those clashs between demonstrators and police we witnessed firsthand earlier tonight. reports someone may have thrown a molotov cocktail at police. the situation spiraling out of control with a curfew being put into effect for a second night. the outrage by this community following the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by an officer last weekend. the captain in charge of keeping the peace here shared his sympathy with michael brown's parents. >> i wear this uniform and i should stand up here and say that i'm sorry. >> darren wilson, shown in this facebook photo, is still in hiding as the investigation continues. proceed pest saying they won't back down on their >> reporter: here at the police command center officers are still standing by with riot gear this is a very tense situation that is still developing. devin, michelle. >> marci, we're gl

marcy gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. >>> now to the crisis in iraq.raq prime minister nuri al maliki stepped aside from his post today and is now supporting his nominated replacement. also today, president obama said the u.s. has broken the islamic militant siege on sinjar mountain. u.s. officials have reported the circumstances there are less dire than first feared. iraqis are coming down from the mountain slowly. mr. obama says u.s. operations including humanitarian air drops of food and water have helped the thousands once stranded there. >> our military was able to successfully strike isil targets around the mountain which improved conditions for civilians to evacuate the mountain safely. the situation on the mountain has greatly improved and americans should be very proud of our efforts. >> the islamic state group's advance in iraq drove tens of thousands of people from their homes last week and they took refuge on sinjar mountain. >>> an iowa drug developer says it has enough doses of a possibly vaccine for the deadly ebola virus to launch human

marcy gonzalez, with the latest on that investigation into the deadly crash at this track involving tony stewart. that is coming up. >> pursed, nasty crash closer to home shuts down a major commuter route into and out of the district. and brian van de graaff is tracking some ra >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. on your side. >> the outbound lanes of river road are back open after a nasty crash this morning. two cars collided in the eastbound lanes. witnesses say that people were walking around after the crash and no one appeared to be seriously injured. one person was taken to the hospital to be checked out. in new york, the ontario county sheriff says he is not going to waste criminal charges on tony stewart. there is outrage after stewart hit and killed another driver on a dirt track over the weekend. >> today, investigators are hoping to find other videos like this, showing the moments leading up to the nascar star hitting and killing another driver. they were competing in a dirt track race. the vehicle bumped another car, driven by kevin ward jr. >> he got out of his car, visib

marci gonzalez, abc news. >> parts of texas got hammered with more than six inches overnight. many locations have high water on the roads. some roads are even closed because of flooding. one look at that video and you can see why. >> wow. on rain.re, off and the rain is slow to move in. eeping from south sonora. i will show you one of our weatherbug network cameras. earlier this morning over to prince william county in woodbridge. you can see showers, damp pavement. a little wetness but nothing toong down to -- heavy. rockville, 70in seven downtown. 77 in annapolis. we might get to around 80 but some suburbs might not even client above 80. climb above 80. let's take a look outside. showers slowly lifting northward from southwest to northeast. a pocket of heavier rain towards front royal west of toky county. light to moderate showers. something to contend with throughout the afternoon. a snapshot from space. we are socked in. with the progression of this system lifting northward, we will keep it cool. the typical height is about 80, not having today. our radar, some showers thr

marcy gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. >>> in oakland last night a protest in support of those in missouri turned violent. sky 7 hd shows protesters marching down the street. one officer who responded was assaulted and injured. several businesses were damaged. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has details. >> it's shocking for a friday night. >> reporter: the game store owner says it looked like a war zone friday as protesters threw rocks at businesses on telegraph avenue smashing windows. >> about ten to 12 people all in black, all you could see was their eyes, i remember this one guy had the most brilliant green yeahs and you couldn't see anything else and they started green rocks. >> reporter: protesters shot this video as their group marched through downtown oakland friday after the michael brown shooting in ferguson, missouri. sky 7 h.d was overhead as marchers set off fireworks and kept moving. police in riot gear were close by. but the protest turned violent. businesses were vandalized. mark davis' small danish bakery was targeted. he would like to know why. >> their s

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in the meantime, marcy gonzalez joins us live with more on the outrage in ferguson. afternoon, officers say last night was a turning point and they case that sparked turmoil here is about to move forward. today, a grand jury will begin hearing evidence in the shooting death of michael brown. the county prosecutor telling take themit could until mid-october to decide if officer darren wilson should be charged. is being given the option to testify and share his side of the story. >> he has been vilified in the media and by politicians. we felt it was necessary we had to come out. >> eric holder today arrived in ferguson to meet with federal agents investigating the shooting that triggered the ongoing outrage here. >> it is going to go down. tense but less chaotic than earlier this week. firedr gas and no shots despite bottles thrown at them. >> stop throwing objects. >> officers say this made a difference, residents joining hands and standing between angry protesters and police. >> calm and peace. i believe there was

marci gonzalez, abc news, atlanta. >>> people across hawaii are bracing for the worst as two hurricanesthe state. residents were scrambling to stock up before iselle, the first hurricane to make landfall in more than 20 years with julio travel right behind it. tourists have flocked to the airport where airlines are changing flights for free. >> we thought it would probably be safer to go home. so that we wouldn't get stuck. no way to know how serious it would be. even if it is just a tropical storm that would keep us inside. >> the governor announced an emergency proclamation for the entire state to activate disaster funds. and many schools are closed ahead of storms. >>> let's get the latest on the hawaii storm warnings now, a major storm system slamming millions of people across the middle of the country. >> that's right. meteorologist jim dickey tracking it all from accuweather. jim, good morning to you. >> good morning, reena, devin. a frontal boundary stretches all the way from the east coast back on into the midwest. in the midwest, heavy thunderstorms continue through the early m

marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> the revelation from police today -- gite officer that was involved in -- >> the officer involved wit the shooting was wilson. >> releasing these surveillance images they show michael brown in the middle of what police call an alleged strong arm robbery just 15 minutes before officer darrin wilson shot him to death. the police chief revealing that when officer wilson opened fire on the 18-year-old, he didn't know brown and his friend dorian johnson were suspects, adding wilson initially stopped them because they were walking in the middle of the street. >> i know his initial contact was not related to the robbery. >> whenever that took place it had nothing to do with an individual getting down on his hands and knees and raising his hands in the air and saying don't shoot. >> we want to hear about the killing itself and how did that come about? >> and while the tension is high, the police presence remains low. the highway patrol captain in charge of security and taking on a one on on one approach. urging people to keep these protests peaceful. police t

marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> awesome. >> yeah.very best, we also want to congratulate someone important to us here at abc news. of course, you folks at home as well. >> we are talking about diane sawyer, our "world news" anchor, network leader and pioneer for women in the news business. she had her last day in the anchor chair yesterday. >> after nearly five years of helm of "world news," diane signed off in signature classic style paying tribute to the team behind the camera. >> david muir will take over for diane, report on big stories for abc. we will miss her daily presence here in the evenings. diane, thank you for being such a great role model to women in the business. >> and a big congratulations and success to david. stay with us. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. we were told nothing could be done, to enjoy these final moments together. but in that moment, when all seemed lost... st. jude children's research hospital gave us hope. announcer: because at this moment, st. jude children'

abc's marci gonzalez is there. >> don't shoot! >> hands up! don't shoot! hands up!m ferguson after officers in st. louis shot and killed a man they say was coming at them with a knife. adding to the outrage still boiling over. another demonstration at the county prosecutor's office. following violent clashes between protestors and police. >> there is a dangerous dynamic in the night. it allows a small number of violent agitators to hide in the crowd and then attempt to create chaos. >> reporter: of the 78 people arrested, police say only 4 were from here in ferguson. they claim more than a dozen others came from out of state to join the protests that start every day as peaceful demonstrations, calling for action after the shooting death of an unarmed teenager more than a week ago. >> hands up! don't shoot! >> reporter: officer darren wilson who killed michael brown, shooting him six times, according to autopsy results, is in hiding. the officer's friend says wilson is struggling with what happened. >> i can never imagine him shooting anybody. even as a police office

abc's marci gonzalez reports from atlanta. >> reporter: a second american ebola patient heading homegetting on this medical evacuation plane in lie beer, yeah traveling to emory university hospital in atlanta for treatment. >> she is still fighting, still weak, but able to sit up and receive treatment and even eat a little bit and take in fluids. >> reporter: we're learning more about an experimental drug she and her colleague, dr. kent brantly, were reportedly given in liberia. it was manufactured by a biopharmaceutical company in san diego. never tested on humans, but in a desperate effort to save their lives, sources tell us they took it and it works within minutes leading to a dramatic improvement in brantly's health leaving him strong enough to walk out of this ambulance and into the hospital this weekend. but experts stress there is no proven cure for ebola. doctors deciding both americans have a better chance at survival if their symptoms are treated here in the u.s. rather than west africa where the outbreak is still surging out of control. >> they know what they're doing. it

that's where marci gonzalez is. she has the latest this morning from atlanta, good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning. after spending much of the weekend here, dr. kent brantly's wife says his condition is improving. this morning, the first ebola patient ever in the u.s. is starting his second full day of treatment here at emory university hospital in atlanta. he is in an isolated room, specifically designed to keep it from spreading. his wife was able to visit him here over the weekend. >> in the process of designing this unit, allowed for a lot of face-to-face contact through a plate glass window. and a communication system so they will be as close as 1 to 2 inches from each other. >> reporter: amber brantly left grinning ear to ear. they are optimistic, especially after seeing him walk from the ambulance to the hospital after arriving from liberia saturday. now the same specialized medical plane that brought him here is heading back to liberia to also bring his colleague, nancy writebol to this hospital. do

abc's marci gonzalez reports from atlanta. >> reporter: the first ebola patient ever in the u.s. now in treatment here in atlanta. dr. kent brantly being cared for at emory university hospital, his room isolated, his doctors covered head to toe like this. the director of the cdc saying everything possible is being done to keep the disease from spreading from here and from west africa, where it's already killed more than 700 people. adding that americans shouldn't be worried. >> it's understandable that with a deadly disease, people are concerned. but the plain truth is that we can stop ebola. we know how to control it. >> reporter: dr. brantly's wife and siblings visiting the hospital this weekend but only allowed to see and talk to him through a glass partition. >> i know he was feeling a little bit better and i'm hopeful for that. >> reporter: there's a lot of optimism about his recovery, especially after seeing him walk from the ambulance into the hospital. now on the same plane that brought brantly here from liberia is heading back to get his colleague nancy writebol. also st

abc's marci gonzalez is in ferguson and has the latest. >> reporter: morning, we are told the violence really escalated when a group of hundreds of people started making their way here to the police command center. throwing multiple molotov cocktails at officers. the captain in charge of keeping the peace here said he had no choice but to have that strong response we saw here last night. chaos erupting again in ferguson, missouri. police in armored vehicles launching tear gas and smoke canisters into the crowd following reports someone may have thrown a molotov cocktail at officers. >> there were shootings, looting, vandalism and other acts of violence that clearly appear not to have been spontaneous, were premeditated criminal acts. >> reporter: the drama unfolding hours before the second night of a mandatory curfew put in place by the governor. a so far failed attempt to calm the violence marring this community since michael brown was shot and killed by an officer last weekend. abc news has now confirmed details of a preliminary private autopsy ordered by brown's family, revealing th

marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> the revelation from police today -- gite officer that was involved in -- >> the officer involved with the shooting was wilson. >> releasing these surveillance images they show michael brown in the middle of what police call an alleged strong arm robbery just 15 minutes before officer darrin wilson shot him to death. the police chief revealing that when officer wilson opened fire on the 18-year-old, he didn't know brown and his friend dorian johnson were suspects, adding wilson initially stopped them because they were walking in the middle of the street. >> i know his initial contact was not related to the robbery. >> whenever that took place it had nothing to do with an individual getting down on his hands and knees and raising his hands in the air and saying don't shoot. >> we want to hear about the killing itself and how did that come about? >> and while the tension is high, the police presence remains low. the highway patrol captain in charge of security and taking on a one on on one approach. urging people to keep these protests peaceful. police

marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> awesome. >> yeah.gratulate some one important to us here at abc news. of course, you folks at home as well. >> talking diane sawyer, our "world news" anchor, network leader and pioneer for women in the news business. she had her last day in the anchor chair yesterday. >> after nearly five years of helm of "world news," diane signed off in signature classic style paying tribute to the team behind the camera. >> david muir will take over for diane, report on big stories for abc. we will miss her daily presence here in the evenings. diane, thank you for being such a great role model to women in the business. >> and big congratulations and success to david. stay with us. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> making news in america this morning, super swells. two hurricanes kicking up the surf and creating dangerous conditions. new pictures of the damage just in and the historic building taken out overnight. >> developing right now, possible security breaches at severa

marcie gonzalez is in ferguson. >> reporter: another standoff between demonstrators and police. >> you must disburses immediately or be subject to arrest. >> reporter: just after the midnight curfew went into effect, the state highway patrol heard reports of people with guns on the roof of a restaurant and responded. officers were met with a protesters pointing a gun and the pro -- with a protester pointing a gun and the protesters refused to leave. sm that'see.e subtandhaav pol sho t ek ff u thaelinece community.ie g ferssouri treating i ne weral hd tlo of t. you ctmn betal treayrededaos i b tl ldsfa a tthn b it's like dd for kids that like baseball. it's clean and safe, everybody is having fun, it's a really nice atmosphere. >> it's fun, we've been here for five years and every year it's fun. >> reporter: and it seems everywhere you walk someone asks for a pin, yes, trading pins is big business here. >> i guess it's like a twra -- tradition. >> reporter: how long have you been doing it? >> i started when i first came in 2011. >> reporter: or do something else that's a little league w

marci gonzalez, abc new, new york. >>> now to a reporting that has been hidden for more than a decade. just hours before the september 11th attacks, former president bill clinton told a group of australian businessmen why he did not order an attack against terrorist osama bin laden. >> he's a very smart guy. i spent a lot of time thinking about him. and almost got him once. nearly got him. and i could have gotten him, could have killed him, but i would have had to destroy a little town called kandahar in afghanistan, kill 300 innocent women and children. and then i would have been no better than him. and so i didn't do it. >> sky 7 news australia obtained that recording just yesterday. the 9/11 commission report has acknowledged mr. clinton considered a 1998 strike on bin laden, but it was never carried out because of the potential for collateral damage. bin laden was eventually killed in a 2011 raid by u.s. special forces in pakistan. >>> one of two 12-year-old wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online character has been found mentally unstable to

abc's marci gonzalez is there. >> reporter: the missouri national guard helping on a limited basis tothe streets of ferguson. >> i'll be watching over the next several days to assess whether in fact it's helping rather than hindering progress in ferguson. >> reporter: another night of this. looting. molotov cocktails. gunshots fired at police. officers responding with armored trucks and tear gas. the outrage still boiling over after an officer shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown more than a week ago. police maintain that officer darren wilson shown in this facebook foet photo shot brown after he was physic low assaulted by the teen and his friend. the county medical examiners handed their results over to the prosecutor's office confirming cause of death gunshot wound to the head and chest. brown's familied or rg their own autopsy. preliminary results showing brown was shot six times including twice in the head. >> there is no gunshot residues on the skin surface. so that the muzzle of the gun was at least one to two feet away. the muzzle at the time of discharge the could h

abc's marci gonzalez is in ferguson. >> reporter: more than two weeks after michael brown was shot andy a police officer hundreds are gathering in st. louis including brown's parents and trayvon martin's parents rallying together for peace. >> all i've want is peace. while my son is being laid to rest. can you please, please take a day of silence so i can, so we can lay our son to rest. >> reporter: while this weekend is a different call for calm. people showing their support for the officer who killed brown. asking for patience as a grand jury now reviews evidence in the case. determining if darren wilson should be indicted. >> i think it is a horrible thing that happened. let due law take its process. let's just take our time, wait to see the evidence, see what the grand jury has to say. >> reporter: over the weekend protestors demanding action against officer wilson were out again on the streets of ferguson. >> there were no molotov cocktails tonight, no fires, no shootings. >> reporter: security will be tight as 2,000 people are expected to pack this church for this morning's funer

as marci gonzalez reports it may be in part to a possible miracle drug. >> a second american ebola patientded home to theh3ç3 . nancy getting on this medical evacuation plane in liberia, traveling to atlanta for treatment. >> you're still fighting, still weak, but able to sit up and receive treatment and even eat a little bit and take in fluid. >> today we're learning more about an experimental drug that she and her colleague dr. kent brantly were reportedly given in liberia. it was manufactured by a bio pharmaceutical company in san diego. never tested on humans, but in a desperate effort to save their lives doctors tell us they took it and it worked within minutes, leaving brantly strong enough to walk out of this ambulance and into the hospital this weekend. >> he recovered and he's doing better is terrific news. >> experts stress there is no proven cure for ebola. doctors saying they had a better chance for survival if they were treated in the u.s. other than africa where it is still surging out of control. experts are confident the disease though, will not spread here. >> people shoul

abc's marci gonzalez is here with more. good morning, marci. >> good morning.s one well beyond summer showers so many are used to. parts of virginia got as much as 2 inches an hour and in some places it is still coming down. overnight, seven states battling severe storms. heavy rains, winds and flooding from rochester, new york. >> broken tree. it was a broken swing. >> reporter: to new jersey. submerging this parking lot. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: leaving this park underwater. the rain and wind sent this tree crashing into a charlotte, north carolina, home while in georgia, driver has to turn back, the streets overcome by rushing waters. farther west a hailstorm pummeling west lafayette, indiana. dropping more than 5 inches of rain there. this driver struggling to make his way through the downpour in wisconsin and even more trouble on the roads in houston, texas. rainwater surging around this car trapping it. people living in this nearby apartment complex aren't going anywhere either of the cars parked inside this parking garage there destroyed by flooding.

abc's marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: nascar driver tony stewart says there aren't word to describe the sadness he feels after hitting and killing a follow race car driver. >> it is just an unbelievable tragedy. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver, 20-year-old kevin ward jr. appeared angry after crashing during a sprint car race near rochester getting out of his car and walking on the dirt track. pointing aggressively at stewart's approaching car when he was hit. >> a dimly lit car on the track. that is something that is looked at. there is no evidence in hand, or no facts, that would support a criminal charge. >> reporter: stewart cooperating with investigators pulling himself out of the nascar race at watkins glen speed way saying a verymoti stewart is known as a fiery, controversial racer. last year he was caught on camera punching driver joey loga logano. in 20 is -- 2011 was questioned by australian police after reportedly hitting the owner of racetrack there with his helmet. stewart returning to racing after breaking his leg last year on a dirt track like one where ward was

marcie gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. >> the event in ferguson will be one of the topics later this morning on" this week." george stephanopoulos will also about military reaction action in iraq. you can see it right after this news on abc7 >> a march got out of control. it took downtown oakland and berkeley friday night, denouncing police violence after the shooting in ferguson. businesses were spray painted and people wearing masks smashed people. >> we had nothing to do with it. we are thousands of miles away from what happened and now i have to pay $700 to have a window replaced. >> i understand the anger and everything, but i don't know if this was particularly the right way to express it. >> oakland police say one officer was assaulted by demonstrators and one was pepper sprayed. two protesters airplane rested. >>> in santa rosa there was a protest when a deputy returned to the streets this week. last october a deputy shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez. the teen was carrying an air soft gun made to look like a- ak-47. last year the officer was cleared of wrongdoing. y

marcie gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> a breakthrough in afghanistan to help keep the country from collapsingchaos among the election. john kerry opened a second day of talks. the two presidential candidates have been locked in a bitter dispute over who would succeed president hamid karzai. both sides have claimed irregularities and fraud. >> nigeria's president has declared a national state of emergency over the ebola virus. it's another alarming sign of how out of control the outbreak has become in west africa. 961 people are believed to have died from the virus since march. health experts at the united nations said the outbreak is the worst seen in the four decade history of tracking the disease. they declared the epidemic an emergency. >> i am declaring the current outbreak of the ebola virus disease a public health emergency of international concern. the committee's position was unanimous. >> 700 members of an international aid organization have been dispatched to deal with the epidemic in the hard hit countries of guinea, liberia, sierra leone. >> a man from antioch said he's glad to cl

with the latest on the worsening crisis here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the largest ebola outbreakthan 1,000 cases reported in guinea, liberia, and more than 700 people killed. the centers for disease control and prevention now advising against all nonessential travel to the region. while announcing they're sending an additional 50 disease control experts to the impacted area. >> we know how to stop ebola. it takes meticulous work. you have to find the cases respond to them and prevent them. >> reporter: some of the cdc specialists will help screen passengers at international airports before they can board flights leaving affected countries part of the challenging effort to stop the deadly virus from spreading to other parts of the world including the u.s. >> i would not be surprised if we see isolated cases arrive here. you can be, have no symptoms for three weeks after you have been infected. but those cases would not spread it around the country. we have good hospitals and infection control. we learned an ebola patient will be transferred to the u.s. in the next few days heading

marcie gonzalez, abc news, ferguson, missouri. >> the event in ferguson will be one of the topics later this morning on "this week." george stephanopoulos will also talk about military reaction action in iraq. you can see it right after this news on abc7 >> business owners in the east bay spent yesterday cleaning up after a march supporting michael brown got out of control. the group marched downtown berkeley friday night. denouncing police violence after the shooting in ferguson. businesses were spray painted and people wearing masks smashed windows. >> we had nothing to do with it. we are thousands of miles away from what happened, and now i have to pay $700 to have a window replaced. >> i understand the anger and everything, but i don't know if this was particularly the right way to express it. >> oakland police say one officer was assaulted by demonstrators and one was pepper-sprayed. two protesters airplane rested. >>> in santa rosa there was a protest when a deputy returned to the streets this week. last october a deputy shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez. the teen was carryin

and marci gonzalez is in ferguson with the very latest. >> reporter: this peaceful night in ferguson. is the ferguson that tie love. and, it's good to see it back. >> reporter: an answer to just one. >> we give you all the glory. >> reporter: of prayers. >> please do not cause this sacred day in which this grieving family lays their son to rest to be forever tarnished by inappropriate behavior and police sirens. >> reporter: michael brown laid to rest following a service that was part celebration of life. ♪ >> reporter: part call to action. more than two weeks after the 18-year-old was shot and killed by a police officer. >> this is about justice! this is about fairness! and america is going to have to come to terms with there is something wrong. >> reporter: calling for change and charges against officer darren wilson. as this weekend, wilson supporters. >> we are darren wilson. >> reporter: pleaded for patience as a grand jury reviews the case. emotions still simmering on both sides. while in this church packed with family, celebrities, politicians and outspoken activists two parent

abc's marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: ebola patient nancy writebol in her first full day of intensiven a stretcher after a 5,000-mile flight from liberia. abc news getting an exclusive look inside the plane that separately brought her and her colleague dr. kent brantly here. you can see a health care worker in a protective suit working in the pod especially designed to keep the disease from spreading. before nancy writebol boarded the planes, the pilot says she showed signs of getting stronger. >> she appeared to walk very slowly with assistance. >> reporter: some say there is a chance she and brantly are alive because of an experimental drug. the biotech firm behind it says they use tobacco plants to produce a mix of proteins they believe fights the disease. doctors here not commenting on that but saying both patients do still have a long road ahead. it would be too soon to know if they're out of the woods potentially? >> exactly. so every patient can potentially respond differently to the ebola virus infection. so i think it is fair to say -- some days somebody could look better and