cnn correspondent ivan watson and his crew got their first glimpse of the yazidi people stranded on mt. sinjar in northern iraq, they suddenly found themselves witness to a scramble for survival. >> we made a second pass where we came down. >> here they come. >> they're just hurling themselves into the helicopter. at that point it was just insanity, just people piling in, screaming, running for their lives to get on this helicopter. and they were -- they were frightened. they were horrified. and that was like a punch to the gut. >> i can't describe to you how relieved people are right now. they're just shocked in the chaos of that moment. but we've got little aziza here. she is not happy because she says her father got left behind. >> i couldn't get my eyes off of aziza, because she just looked so innocent and just this kind of picture of innocence. and shouldn't be in this position. it's just not right. >> she had this face of panic and sheer horror. those things will never leave you. >> reporter: aziza, frightened and confused. the little girl's tears begged for answer. how did she e

ko im is at the mt. sinai medical center with details. >> reporter: good morning, causing doctors to act with an abut dance of caution but doctors here are optimistic that this particular patient does not have ebola. >> the first thing we'd like to stress is it's not ebola. it's much more likely that it's a much more common condition. >> reporter: doctors say the patient came to the hospital early monday morning with a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. the man had recently traveled to west africa where the virus had sickened hundreds of people in the last few weeks. he was immediately isolated after arriving. but doctors say he did not put anyone in the hospital at risk. >> if this were a case of ebola which we do not know that it is not transmitted by casual contact. and everything that happened in mt. sinai happened at a rapid fashion such that we were certain that the patient did not pose any risks to other patients or to our staff or to visits at mt. sinai. >> reporter: hospital workers are t

into the middle 80s for northeast philadelphia, mt.y, doylestown, the jersey shore, the delaware beaches. upper 70s. up to 82 for dover. any spots of fog north and west will clear, middle 80s for chester, philadelphia and voorhees. the seven-day forecast with the timing of the showers our way an a lack at the weekend as we when we come back. >>> 11 minutes after 6:00. we've had a few zpaeaccidents o there. >> jillian just tweeted about another accident. >> bridges are clear of delays but i am following four accidents out there, including a new one that skyforce 10 is heading to right now. we're told it involves a vehicle that went into the woods.ç take academy street to get around that. accident on the boulevard northbound at grant avenue. perkiomen township, ott road at dprafl pike. we still have an accident investigation happening in hatfield, north broad street. avoid north broot stread street. this is 422 out near trooper, eastbound side. we have a disabled vehicle. no big delay just yet, i'll cope you update on the delays as they

and then they got over mt. sinjar and it's this -- incredible geological formation that comes out over the plane. and there we saw hiding under some of the trees some of these desperate people who have been trapped up there for a week, hiding in the shadow of trees, in some cases there were a couple half-built structures that people were hiding around. and they all started waving to us and waving white flags as we came over. and that's when this chaotic process of trying to throw out assistance, aid to these people began. the gunners were quite literally hurling diapers and food off the helicopter. at some points, at heights of up you to 50 feet, to the extent i was worried people would get hurt below. and then we landed on several short occasions, and that's where amid this explosion of dust and chaos, these desperate civilians came racing towards the helicopter. throwing their children on board the aircraft. the crew was just trying to pull up as many people as possible. a little baby, a red-headed baby that

and as we flew over the plain in the direction of mt. sinjar and went over the isis positions, the two machine gunners on the side of the aircraft began opening fire on suspected targets below. they told me every time they fly in and out on these missions, they take fire from down below. i saw them go through cartridges and cartridges. entire machine gun belts of ammuniti ammunition. they got over mt. sinjar. it's this incredible geological formation that comes out over the plane. and there we saw, hiding under some of the trees, some of these desperate people who have been trapped up there for a week, hiding in the shadow of trees, in some cases, there were a couple half-built structures that people were hiding around. and they all started waving to us and waving white flags as we came over. and that's when this chaotic process of trying to throw out assistan assistance, aid, to these people began. the gunners were quite literally hurling diapers and food off the helicopter. at some points at heights of up to 50 feet to the extent that

yes, at least the situation of the yazidis trapped on mt. sinjar has improved, but you still have serious, serious civilian casualties. we heard today 350 yazidi men massacred by isis. we know women and children taken by them. is the u.s. doing enough to stop that? >> they're going to have to ramp up. i think that's probably what's driving expanded air strikes. because humanitarian effort goes anywhere these people are. because they are ruthless. when they move, in the first thing they do is they eliminate the civilian infrastructure. they kill anybody that doesn't conform. anybody that's associated with the government are dead. then they start going to forced conversions. so there's a lot of death and destruction that follow these people. so the only way to stop that, the humanitarian effort, is to get rid of isis. i think the realization is coming that we are going to have to help the iraqi dozen this now, rather than waiting for the standup of the government, which could take a month. >> at the same time, you have this question about what

as far as the patient here at mt. sinai doctors will see his test results in the next day or so, but again, anne-marie, they do not expect him to be infected with ebola. >> thank you, ko. >>> now, to the middle east where we're just hours into another try at peace. a new cease-fire agreement is in place between israel and hamas. the temporary peace deal may be a sign of something long term. but both sides remain ready to fight. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. yes, another truce is under way and appears to be holding. at least this one was agreed to by both sides among this with israel withdrawing all of its grounds fors from cairo and talks with an aim at ending the bloodshed. >> reporter: the skies are clear over gaza as the newest cease-fire between israelis and hamas militants is now under way. the latest to fighting is set to last 72 hour. >> for israel, the most important thing we shouldn't have to revisit this sort of crisis in half a year or a year. we've got to make

special forces land on iraq's mt. sinjar as kurdish forces and american air strikes reportedly break the siege by islamic militants. more fire power than troops in war zones. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this," those stores and more, straight ahead. >> more u.s. troops now on the ground this morning in iraq. >> dropping food and water is not a long term solution. >> there needs to be a lasting solution that gets that population to a safe space. >> there's a lack of humanity with respect to syria because when we talk about syria we always talk about figures. >> people talking about bombing shelling, family members dying, pictures in their head they cannot get rid of. >> unrest grows in ferguson, missouri. >> unrest in the streets, at times between a swat raid and a full scale military invasion. >> we look at ourselves and say, do we have the kind of country we want to live in. >> mother nature doesn't have to have an appointment. >>> we begin with the crisis in iraq and the increasing u.s. involvement. senior

siege of mt.r, we helped vulnerable people reach safety and we helped save many innocent lives. because of these efforts we do not expect there to be an additional effort to evacuate people off the mountain and it's unlikely that we are going to need to continue humanitarian efforts on the mountain. the military personnel who conducted the assessment will be leaving iraq in the coming days. i just want to say as commander in chief i could not be prouder of our men and women of the military who carried out this humanitarian mission almost flawlessly. i'm very grateful othem and i know those who are -- to them and i know those are who trapped on the mountain are extraordinarily grateful as well. the situation remains dire for iraqis subject to i.s.i.l.'s terror, yazidis and iraqi christians, many sunnies, shia and kurds. we're going to be working with our international partners to provide humanitarian assistance to those who are suffering in northern iraq wherever we have capabilities, and we can ca

this is her first trip to mt. hood. and just before the climb that morning, she has an uneasy feeling, admitting to her boyfriend, jeremiah, she's nervous. >> jeremiah and i promised each other that no one would die on this trip. >> it was a joke, of course. but then selena and jeremiah, both paramedics, attempting the summit with experienced climbers, six of them, paramedics or firemen. so they set out about 4:00 a.m. on a perfect spring morning. and by can a.m., their group is nearing the summit. >> it was great. i had a great rhythm going. i was excited. it was gorgeous up there. i was thinking at the summit, i couldn't imagine what i was going to be able to see from up there. >> just before the push to the top selena and the others are standing on a spiny ridge just above this menacing crevasse known as the bertram. >> when i got up there and looked down, i was surprised at how big it was. >> just as selena and her group approaches the imposing the crevasse, her group and others are enjoying a view. >> it was crysta

mt. pocono up to 80 this afternoon. middle 80s for allentown and reading.sunny for trenton, northeast philadelphia and mt. holly, middle 80s around. upper 70s for the coastline, the delaware beach and the jersey shore, cape may 78 degrees. 7 for vineland, dover up to 82. and then here are the 80s once again, inland 83 this afternoon for wilmington. up to 85 degrees for philadelphia, voorhees and chester. the seven-day forecast with the timing of the showers when i come back. >>> about 20 minutes till 6:00. let's get a check of the highways and mass transit. >> jillian mele has what you need to know.ç >> mass transit is on time, no accidents on the majors and i-495 is re-opened between exits 2 and 3. that is a bit of good news. road work out here on trooper road and audubon road. there's work being done to that traffic signal at that intersection. it's not blocking traffic but it's something for you to know about. also in this area, 422 eastbound as you approach trooper. we have a disabled vehicle on the shoulder but still, just use caution in that area. th

mass evacuation of refugees trapped on iraq's mt. happen. u.s. military assessment overnight really found that there are fewer refugees trapped than previously believed. but the fight against the militant group isis is far from over. where does that leave us? here to discuss managing editor, bobby ghosh and cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozier. good morning to you. i keep saying this over and over. what a wild change of events, what a different place we are this morning than we were just yesterday, bobby. what do you make of it? the fact that we saw this video of this dire situation, which they believed it really was, tens of thousands of people stuck on mt. sinjar. far fewer people up there. the people that are caught up there, they think, are in relatively good condition. so, this mass evacuation rescue mission is far less likely to happen. what do you make of kind of the state of play now? >> it shows you the advantage of having actual eyes on the ground as opposed to sort of cameras in the sky. >> yeah. >> it also shows you

the thousands of refugees, members of an ancient religious minority, have made their way down from mt. sinjar and to a refugee camp near the syrian border. today we went there and heard horror stories. they are consumed with anger and fear, homeless by the thousands and on the run. today at this refugee camp they set fires and protested and told blood curdling stories of atrocities committed against their people by isis militants. they shot them and then cut their heads off. and these were children? one man in tears. they rape the females. he said 84 members of his extended family are missing and

cool, 63 in allentown, mt. pocono, 57 degrees. still in the 70s in delaware and south jersey but humidity dropping as the day goes on. at 9:00, breeze will continue to increase this morning. by lunchtime, we'll see 71 degrees. and 83 degrees at 4:00 this afternoon. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood, when i come back, but first, jillian is watching traffic. >> good morning. swinginging some of those cameras, penndot was able to find out the problem, southbound side, bridge street we have a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane in that area. as a result, you can see the delay on 95 southbound. this is near cottman avenue. that delay is going south to the bridge area because of that disabled vehicle so leave yourself extra time. we have a new accident at trent

this is new cnn video of yazidis were were led off of mt. sinjar over the weekend by kurdish peshmerga fighters. they were able to cross into syria, yes, sought refuge into syria, and now crossing back into iraq's far north known as kurdistan. ivan watson has this report. >> reporter: look at these people, fleeing across borders to escape isis militants. on this bridge, which leads from a kurdish controlled part of syria, here into iraqi kurdistan, we've been watching a stream of desperate families carrying little more than the cloths on their backs, walking. some of these people have been on the move for days. some of them have been camping. and now they're arriving here, in iraqi kurdistan, after fleeing their homes. in many cases, in just a matter of minutes. this stream of people, thousands every hour, has been continuing, i'm told, for days, across this bridge. and it's a part of a much larger wave of desperate people. all across the north of iraq who are fleeing isis militants. which appears to be carrying out a campaign of ethnic and

military personnel did hit the ground today in iraq, at mt. sinjar, where civilian refugees have been trapped by isis militant fighters. in addition to helping iraqi forces that are supposed to be fighting those militant and in addition to direct air strikes, u.s. troops have also in recent days begun dropping food and water and supplies to those trapped civilians. have you seen any of the footage of those drops? the footage of them dealing with civilians on this mountain. these are not just being done by

in a statement late this afternoon mt. sinai hospital says the comedian is under close watch of doctors and quote her family wants to thank everyone for their outpouring of love and support. >> the cake has so many can also we didn't bother to break it. >> reporter: just months ago she appeared on our sister station tv 1055 morning show joking about her age. born in brooklyn rivers career took off after appearing on the tonight show with johnny carson in 1968. she was such a hit she soon hosted her own show and even earned an m.a. ward for it in 1989. >> let me just say seriously. >> reporter: through the years she paved way for women in entertainment with their gutsy ways, men for their racey and tell it like it is style to the take she still does stan up never disappointing fans. >> you could see when she was younger, her kind of comedy was accessible to a lot of people who thought they could relate to it. now, she's just no holds barred. that is what she wants. people like that. >> all bets are off. >> reporter: in rece

doctors here at mt. sinai hospital tell us that the man came to the emergency room here early yesterday morning and put in strict isolation within seven minutes of his arrival. the headline here and it is an important one is that doctors say, it is highly unlikely he has ebola but they are taking no chances. they say he came from the united states from a west african country within the the last month, and showed symptoms, including a fever. ebola spreads through contact with bodily fluids and is often fatal. in fact 900 people have died so far in this out break. he is in a setting here at mt. sinai that ensures he does not infect other patients or those caring for him. we talk about those samples on the way to the k d.c. in atlanta we are expecting test results as early as today and while it is unlikely this patient hase bowl, if he does, doctors hearsay that they are equipped to treat him. so far about 1600 people or more, have contracted ebola, since the the out break began. chris and kerry, back to yo

there's estimated 10 to 20,000 people on that hillside, mt. sinjar. >> we got that number in.uing them not easy. yesterday, an iraqi helicopter crashed while trying to save some of the people there. the pilot seen here in file video was killed. among the survivors "the new york times" journalist, the only yazidi member of the iraqi parliament. right now, some kind of pilot error was cause the crash of the it is risky to save these people, and there are ten to twenty thousand of them on top of that. >> where do they go after that? where are they headed to? we're at a united nations camp where an estimated 70,000 refugees have sought safe haven. she joins us now. anna, i'm curious what you are seeing and hearing, what is it like with those people where you are. >> reporter: well, michaela, we've been on the ground with these refugees for the last few hours. they are absolutely desperate. they have been to hell and back. many of them have lost relatives, they have lost them on mt. sinjar or massacred by isis militants. i want to show you behind me is where these tents are being e

over the last two days we have seen unbelievable video from mt. sinjar in iraq where an estimated 30,000 people are trying to get off the mountain as isis terrorists, the group now taking over the country of iraq one city at a time, are coming after them. this is video we got a short while ago tonight as an iraqi military hospital showed up to rescue the few people that they could carry. children and elderly and everybody scrambling to get on that chopper. they can only carry a couple dozen people each one. there's only three of them right now because one of them crashed the other day in its evacuation effort. but there are reportedly thousands of people on the mountain dying by the hundreds from lack of water, lack of food and temperatures that are topping 100 degrees up there. just imagine what it is like for them. so the obama administration started today saying that they're looking at rescue options, but they did not want to see u.s. troops engaged in combat on the ground. here is a report from the state department today. >> would you say that

what is in question is mt. sinjar. they control everything around there, all the routes leading up to the mosul dam to the north and extending to kurdistan, and erbil is in question in where the air strikes are supporting. >> so where are the u.s. air strikes so far, and what have they been able to accomplish? >> sure, friday night, the air strikes went in here in the vicinity of erbil to stop any potential assault on erbil. they were targeting mortars, artillery, et cetera, and the last two air strikes on saturday and also today are taking place in the vicinity of mt. sunjuinj for the same reason. we're targeting isis capability on the ground, truck convoys, et cetera. >> at this point, we're taking out individual artillery pieces or convoys or mortars. this is not any kind of a concerted air campaign. >> that's a critical point. this is a defensive air strike campaign. largely declined to protect erbil, u.s. presence, and protect certainly the refugees of mt. sinjar. it is not taking away isis' freedom of movement or

officials here at mt.inai are urging the public to remain calm. >> i think the most important thing, people should understand if this were a case of ebola which we do not know that it is not transmitted by casual contact. and everything that happened in mt. sinai happened in a rapid fashion that we were certain that the patient did not pose any risks to other patients or to our staff or visits at mt. sinai. >> reporter: and monitoring the case in conjunction with state and federal officials. if the patient does test positive pour for ebola. they are prepared to handle it. >> vladimir, we welcome you to cbs. >> thank you happy to be here. >>> and the americans heading to west africa to fight the ebola outbreak. one of the doctors talks about the mission and the risks. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> luck ran out on las vegas after a storm dumped an inch of rain in just an hour. take a look at this. >> get out! hurry! >> that is u.s. highway 95 floodwaters swept several cars downstream yesterday. dri

down 6 degrees in mt.and down four degrees in redding and three degrees cooling in rover. 78 today and 82 degrees tomorrow. satellite shows that quiet conditions will continue for us as we see dry air moving in from the west. that will provide the drier air that will decrease our humidity and make it feel nice and comfortable for today. temperatures range from 76 and 79 degrees and plenty of sunshine and westerly wind at 7 miles per hour and i'll have your seven-day forecast coming up. >>> if you're getting ready to head out the door on your friday, friday rush hour. let's get you updated on the roads. >> before we can enjoy the weekend, we have to get you to work and see if there are any problems out there. jillian? >> upper oxford township. 26th street southbound right at limestone road and that accident involves a motorcycle. use caution there. still have this police activity because of that shooting overnight in coatesville. strode avenue is a good option to get around that. and a final spot of constru

mt. sinai hospital. alexandra, good morning. melissa rivers, she is keeping fans updated. what are we hearing now about her mother's condition? >> reporter: she raced here to be by her mother's side early they are week from los angeles. she has been putting out statements to let fans know what is going on. first of all, she tells people her mother would be touched by the outpouring of love from fans around the world. she is telling people her mother's condition is serious. she says joan rivers is resting comfortably. rivers was brought to mt. sinai hospital in critical condition on thursday. she was at a nearby clinic with a procedure performed on her throat and she went into respiratory arrest. melissa and cooper, her daughter and grandson, came to the hospital to get her through the time. she is asking people to have joan in their thoughts and prayers. a lot of people have been touched by joan's comedy through the years and decades. she is popular with different generations from the sta

personnel and facilities mostly in and around erbil and to alleviate the humanitarian crisis an mt.e've been sort of helping support iraqi security forces for the last few weeks. we're providing them some information in two joint operation centers. we've been flying intensive isr over the cannot. more than 50 flights a day. >> reconnaissance. >> i'm sorry. >> we've got an aircraft carrier in the pers nan gulf standing by and we continue to conduct air strikes where we think the threat to our people and our facilities are under -- in danger. what i would tell you is, and we've been very clear about this. this is an iraqi fight to fight. isil does pose a significant threat. no question about that. sdo they have aspirations for attacking the west? inside iraq, this is really only a fight that the iraqis can fight themselves and we are able and willing to try to assist them but they've got to do this. we're not as the president said, we're not going to become the iraqi air force. a big piece of their ability to do that will be solid governance. a unity government, a political process th

david newman is with mt. sinai medical center. david, good to see you. >> evening. >> what's the difference between adults and teenagers when i.t. comes to sleep? >> adults need in the range of seven to eight hours of sleep. teenage rs need a good hour or more beyond that. >> why is it that they need to get up later? >> well, they've got what we call a delayed phase in their sleep cycle. they actually start sleeping later. this is why teenagers, go to bed at 11:00, midnight, they're night birds. if they try and go to sleep earlier, they have difficulty going to sleep earlier than that. 8, 9:00, when adults are delighted to fall asleep. >> some of this evidence has been around for a little while hasn't it? >> it has been around for a little while. the public health issue hasn't been widely recognized. the aap is calling this out as a public health issue and there are logistical ways ever determining this. after school preschool everything is a big deal. >> when does the slow wave deep sleep stage begin in kids? >> well, so the slow

mt. sinjar is a large place. we know these 40,000 yazidis who have fled there, they are probably not all together. so we're hearing of some of them getting away. fleeing towards the border, but still, many of them are trapped which poses an enormous problem for the 200,000 others who have fled to other parts of northern iraq, including here in erbil. it's just as dire. when i landed late last night, we went to one of the construction sites, abandoned construction sites where many of these refugees have set up camp basically, and they asked me, when can i return home? can we go back next week? can we go back next month? we just don't know. and for them, they have left with just the clothe s on the back. they fled as soon as they knew isis militants were headed toward their hometowns. and they got out of there. as we know, isis said you either convert to our extreme form of islam or face slaughter. these people left, taking nothing to chance and they are desperate and in need of help. >> the u.n. is working an that

been the scene of antigovernment attacks for months now. , islamic state group moved into the area of mt. si sinjar. >> humanitarian crisis in northern iraq one of its top level emergencies, and kurdish authorities second that. there are more displaced refugees than there are full time residents. the area is full of people no place else to go. a lot of the people from sinjar mountain have now managed to come around. they come across into syria and northern iraq. that doesn't mean their difficult journey is over. >>> this floating area is the place for displaced yazidis. thousands have come this way with the hem of syrian kurdish rebels. the yazidi live in the kurdish region but with their towns taken over by islamic state fighters here they rely on the kindness of strangers. by the time a lot of these people cross this bridge they have been stranded on the mountains for days. and they've walked for hours. these are the survivors but a lot of them wonder what will 75 survive of their community. >>> yazidi tried and failed to defend their towns. >> translator: seven of my relatives were ki

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there would be no mt. sinjar today.s tied to that policy decision we made, and we were waiting for political reconciliation while people are dying out there in iraq, and waiting for that reconciliation to take place. i think that was a huge mistake on the administration's part. >> do you believe that we are currently in a third war in iraq? there was an editorial in the wall street journal today that said we're bombing with f-13s, we have military on the ground, increasingly so, as of today. are we now in a situation where we're in a third war there? >> i believe we are, and it's going to increase in scale and scope. the fact of the matter is, the administration has not recognized yet that they need a comprehensive strategy to defeat isis. isis is truly the issue. there's no magic wand going to take place when we have a new government in iraq. and somehow isis is going to go away, because we're reconciling the sunni tribes. this is a major threat to the region and certainly to the united states. i believe this, martha.

military advisers arrive on iraq's mt. sinjar and decide a massive rescue operation may no longer be needed. we'll bring you the latest on what's being done to stop the humanitarian crisis. >>> plus -- [ gunfire ] >> police throw tear gas at protesters in ferguson, missouri. the crowds are angry over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed teenager. thanks for joining us. we are going to begin in iraq where thousands of religious minority yazidis have been trapped for days after fleeing from militants. >> u.s. officials now say it's less likely they'll stage a rescue mission to evacuate the refugees now that they've seen the situation there firsthand. >> a team of about a dozen u.s. military personnel spent a day on the mountain trying to determine how many people were there and what their needs are. they say there are far fewer people than previously thought, and humanitarian air drops of food and water have helped consider my. that is their assessment. >> there are more countries providing aid. australian air force plane

the people who have fled to mt., as you know shall surrounded by those isis militants. and this was our camera crew, mark phillips, helping pull people in, trying to get some of the kids, children to safety in a way ivan described it to me. once they realized they were safe, he said it was an explosion of tears. so as we stay on the video, i'm going to bring in michael weise, columnist for foreign policy and now lebanon. and he has been -- very familiar with this part of the world. and just your first take watching this. >> it's incredibly harrowing. what worries me, this transport helicopter is exactly the kind of aircraft isis has the capability of shooting down. we talked about this before. usf-16s, f-18 fighter jets conducting air strikes on iraq tend to be immune from what isis is capable of doing. they fly too high at an altitude. the guns you have to be careful of with isis are dushca, anti aircraft machine guns and zpu-4. they have these in abundance, confiscated from syrian stockpiles and a few from iraqi s

there are thousands of refugees still trapped on mt. singear and hiding from isis militants. >> but the u.s. military say things may not be as bad as they thought. a special forces team spent time on the mountain, assessing the situation there and they say it's now far less likely they will mount a rescue mission. >> but things are still serious. the u.n. declared the situation there a level three emergency. their highest level of humanitarian crisis. that will enable it to mobilize resources and free up funds to help the refugees you see here. >> and france now says it will begin arming kurdish forces battling isis militants. the u.s. is sending weapons already and germany is sending non-lethal military aid. >>> on the political front, prime minister al maliki is refusing to step aside. >> many hope new leadership will respect heal the rift amongst the country's groups. nick paton walsh reports that the political divide in has everyone in baghdad on edge. >> normal has been awful here for so long. when they say it's worse than ever, pa

northeast philly and mt. holly, 90 today. rip current risk along the coastline still in place for cape may, atlantic city. you'll need sunglasses in place this afternoon. 90s this afternoon for philadelphia, chester and wilmingt wilmington. seven-day forecast with more on the weekend when i come back. >> whether on rail or road, delays to watch out for this morning. >> a couple things to know about and we get details from jillian mele. >> good morning, guys. expect delays on patco. signaling problems on ben franklin bridge so both directions you can expect to see delays there. new accident into the system in chester county and an update on the accident on woodhaven road that just cleared. one lane of traffic was getting by for 40 minutes. as you can see, that is now gone. and we have an accident buck run road between springdel road and doe run road. we are dealing with police activity along the banks of kelly drive near hunting park avenue. not impacting traffic. that activity is on the sidewalk and grass in that area so traf

experts explain while a patient at mt.in new york who recently traveled to west africa is being kept in isolation while they await test results, it's a precaution and a sign of how careful hospitals are being. >> if they are doing the testing, they are doing the job, that's a good thing. >> and now the ambulance that brought both patients here is being bleached. the materials inside being burned. they are not taking any chances here. marcy gonzalez, abc news, atlanta. >>> a fighter jet was skramdbled to escort a commercial flight from doha, qatar to man ofster, england today after a passenger on board told crew members there was a bomb on board. youtube video shows the flight being intercepted by a royal air force jet. a passenger on board captured this instagram video. the flight was able to make an emergency landing at manchester airport where the man was arrested and no device was ever found. >> president obama said america is ready to make a long-term investment in the future of a camp the president addressed political

it looks like over mt. sinjar where thousands of women, children, men are trapped, after fleeing isis fighters. the iraqi military has been trying to drop some aid. but it is so limited, it barely exists, what the iraqi military doing, given the huge numbers of refugees involved. you can see a lot of people just running around toward an iraqi military helicopter as it touches down. some refugees are put on board. maybe a dozen. maybe 20. they're taken back to kurdistan. a kurdistan official estimates there are between 10,000 to 20,000 refugees on mt. sinjar. maybe they can squeeze 20 refugees on these helicopter missions that go in. only a few wind up going in. the yazidis who have managed to escape face still more challenges. struggling to deal with the refugee exodus. our correspondent anna coran is joining us from a refugee camp set up near the iraqi/syrian border. give us a little sense of what the conditions are like there. >> well, wolf, the people are desperate. there's no other way to put it. they h

says 15,000 yazidis who came down from mt. sinjar are now taking shelter in a camp near the iraqi border. senior international correspondent ivan watson is there. >> reporter: the exodus of kurdish yazidis from iraq fleeing the isis militant offensive is an international phenomenon now. this refugee camp is located in syria, about an hour's drive away from the border. there are at least 5,000 families, i'm told, living here. the camp sprang up nine, ten days ago. there is an aid operation under way here. there is food being distributed. there are high energy biscuits, some tents being distributed. we see a lot of volunteerism from kurds on this side of the border as well as international agencies as well. but just as the isis militants moved into iraq from syria, now you have huge populations of yazidis fleeing across borders where they're being welcomed by the kurdish population on the syrian side of the border, as well as the faction that ruled this part of syria. it's called -- around the world it's well known as kurdistan

morning and atlantic çcity, warmer. 50 degrees in the poconos, mid-50s in millville. 57 degrees in mtolly, 58 in trenton and we are going to see mostly clear skies for the rest of your early morning and mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. we have a weather disturbance that will ride along a front. it will get closer 0 tour area, though it will stay mainly to the south of us, the southern parts delaware. as we approach the overnight hours, we could see a heavy downpour in parts of zodover an sussex county. temperatures range between 81 and 84 degrees. wind direction will shift. it will be a southwesterly wind 5 to 10 miles per hour. if you're going to hang out at the shore, if you're in the shore, monday, 78 degrees, sunny and nice. gorgeous. that's as we head into tuesday, 78 degrees, a chance of showers for us. we have our best chance of storms on wednesday. humid conditions expected. temperatures at 78 degrees and your seven-day forecast shows that we are also going to see a chance of showers. not today. today will be great. 82 degrees and take a look at the warming trend we had b

live in east mt. airy, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> at this hour, attorney general, eric holder, is due in ferguson, missouri, for the investigation of michael brown, after a quiet night in the suburbs. marcy gonzales has the latest now. >> officers say that last night was a turning point and now a case that sparked the turmoil here is about to move forward. >> today a grand jury will start hearing evidence in the shooting of michael brown, the prosecutor telling us that it could take until mid-october to decide if officer darren wilson shown in this video will be charged for killing the teen over a week ago. >> he is vilified by the media and politicians, we felt it was necessary to come out and ask for due process for darren wilson. >> today attorney general, eric holder, arrived to talk to investigators, about the situation that sparked the outrage here. >> last night was tense, but less chaotic than last week. no tear gas, despite police recovering three loaded guns and h

what is in question is mt. sinjar. they control all that, all the routes to the sinjar band and extended all the way to kurdistan, and erbil is in question where the air strikes are supporting. >> so where are the u.s. air strikes so far and what have they been able to accomplish? >> sure, friday night, the air strikes went in here in the vicinity of erbil to stop any potential assault on erbil. they were targeting mortars, artillery, et cetera, and the last two and today are in the vicinity of sinjar. they're targeting isis on the ground, maneuverability, truck convoys, et cetera. >> at this point, we're taking out individual artillery pieces or convoys or martyrs. this is not a concerted compain. >> that's a critical point. this is an air strike campaign largely designed to protect erbil and refugees of sinjar. it is not taking away isis' freedom or movement. there are five attacks taking place at right by isis. they have total initiative and freedom of movement. in kirkuk, they're conducting two movements north of b

the first american forces on iraq's mt. sinjar. what they found on the mountaintop during their secret 24-hour mission. is the u.s. getting in deeper? and it is enough to stop isis? >>> plus, if you knew that something was killing over 38,000 americans a year, more than the number of people who are killed in car crashes, you'd expect somebody to do something about it. marches, ribbons, bucket challenges, whatever it takes to raise awareness. well, that is how many americans die of suicide every year. and in the wake of the robin williams suicide, there are fears that the toll may go even higher because of copycat. >> does talking about robin williams's death raise awareness or create copycats? there is an answer to that question, and our experts will share it with us tonight. >>> we have to get to breaking news. first off tear gas being fired in ferguson, missouri in another night of protests over the shooting of michael brown, an unarmed teenager gunned down by a police officer. on the scene now, jan, what are you witnessing there

. >> what is the height of mt. fuji? [ speaking foreign language ]. >> how high is mt. fuji? [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: the robot's key feature is that it can learn on its own using its data and experience. it doesn't have to be taught. we hope it can be introduced at hospitals, shopping centers and other places. >> reporter: artificial intelligence is already being used by some businesses. this company conducts research to find corporate wrong doing and provide legal support. it checks e-mails and document files for evidence and materials that might indicate wrong doing. one large computer can store over 1 million files. so artificial intelligence is needed to sort through large volumes of data. at most law firms the staff have to go through every single file and e-mail one at a time to check for any wrongdoing. to program the digital brain, documents relating to both legal and illegal acts are first inputted, roughly 100 each. it can then scan documents and sort them into two categories. it sorts documents 4,000 times faster than people and as it gains expe

and i have to tell you, when i flew up over mt.r on a rescue mission, when we came back, laden with 25 refugees, we heard anti aircraft fire, the jihadists below us were trying to knock the helicopter out of the sky. and that is the risk that any pilot is going to have to take if he embarks on a mission like this. >> trying to knock it out of the sky with weaponry from the ground. >> . >> reporter: i think from the sky, it's a dangerous mission. the problem is, if you go up on the ground itself, you're far more likely to encounter the jihadists on the ground. it's probably a better risk to take to fly in with a large helicopter, to have perhaps special forces on the top of mountain gathering refugees together into transit camps so there are large numbers ready to go quickly. i would think that is a safer thing to do than to create some sort of land corridor stretching for miles. >> right. which some had proposed. jonathan rugman, foreign correspondent with itn, thank you so much for sharing the stories and risking yourself to get t