This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western addition. Protests continue this evening in ferguson, missouri, after four nights of violence there. The president and the governor took action today. Governor jay nixon put state police in charge of security in the st. Louis suburb where local police have fought with demonstrators protesting the Fatal Shooting of an unarmed black man by a white Police Officer. The president interrupted his vacation to call for calm. He said there is blame for the violence on both sides. There is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting. Theres also no excuse for police to use Excessive Force against peaceful protests, or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. Pelley we have two reports tonight on the small town thats become the focus of the nation. First, Mark Strassman in ferguson. Mark. Reporter scott, you can see behind me about 75 protesters in front of Ferguson Police headquarters. The new Police Commanders goal here is to ease tensions and rebuild trust on the streets. No peace. No justice. Reporter police here say they will not stop a peaceful protest, but thats exactly what liz peinado says she was doing when heavily armed police rolled in on Armored Vehicles early this morning. Im 115 pounds, 4 11. I was standing with my peace sign and being yelled at by large men. Reporter with a gun pointed at your head. With a gun pointed at me. He grabbed me out of the car and he was grabbing me pretty tight. And i said, sir, im a really tiny woman, you dont have to grab me that hard. Reporter tear gas and smoke bombs were used to scatter protesters. Police say some people threw objects, including molotov cocktails. Why do you have guns on us reporter in this cell phone imdeo, you can see a Police Officer aiming his weapon at demonstrators. Many police had semiautomatic rifles. Those protesters who did not quickly respond to police commands, including journalists were taken into custody. Dinah tatman, a baptist minister, says she was goaded by one officer. He wanted to taunt me to wantst, and when i said, you dont know who i am, he took my arms and yanked. Oh, youre trying to resist. I said, dont do it. Reporter after four nights of unrest in which one person was critically wounded, missouri governor jay nixon promised a change in tone. He appointed state highway patrolman ron johnson to command the operation. I grew up here and this is currently my community and my home and, therefore, it means a lot to me personally that we break the cycle of violence, defuse the tension and build trust. Reporter the investigation into Michael Browns death could take two more weeks. Ferguson police say brown tried to grab the gun from the unidentified white officer. But two witnesses say brown was unarmed and had his hands up when he was shot multiple times. Tiffany mitchell says she saw brown outside the police car. The kid breaks away, and he started running away from the cop. S e cop follows him, kept shooting, and the kids body jerked as if he was hit. Reporter Michael Browns body has been returned to his g mily. Theyre waiting for the official autopsy, and weve learned theyre also planning to have an independent autopsy done. Scott. Pelley and important to note the f. B. I. Is conducting an independent investigation into the shooting. Mark, i wonder, is there anything in particular youve noticed about these protests . Reporter all trust with the police has been broken, scott. Most of the protesters are outsiders, not from ferguson, and more are showing up every day. This new Police Commander and this weekend are both hugely important. Pelley Mark Strassman in ferguson. Thanks, mark. Now, let us show you another picture of those protests which are continuing this evening. You may have noticed the military vehicles in last nights footage. Well, today, attorney general eric holder said he is concerned about the message that police send when they use military equipment to deal with protesters. Chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford looked into this. Reporter it looks like a war zone tanks, combat gear, assault rifles. Police departments in the st. Louis area, like those across the country, are arming their officers with equipment once on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan, much of it free of charge from the pentagon but bought with grant money from congress. In neenha, wisconsin, officers use a multiterrain vehicle. The boise, idaho, Police Department has an mrap vehicle designed to withstand roadside bombs. So does the Warren CountySheriffs Department in upstate new york. Bud york is sheriff. Im hoping i never have to te this vehicle, but if i do have to use it, im not going to have to worry about my people or possibly the public being injured because it certainly can save them. Reporter according to one report, the federal government has doled out more than 34 billion to local Police Departments since the september 11 terrorist attacks for militarystyle equipment. To me this doesnt look like america. Reporter the cato institutes walter olsen says the military gear can actually incite more violence. Some in the crowd might get more violent if they believe, wait a minute, this isnt my neighbor who is a policeman. This is a completely alien force that i have nothing in common with because theyre coming at me with an armored vehicle. Reporter now Law Enforcement in st. Louis county have gotten more than half a Million Dollars worth of military equipment from the pentagon, including seven humvees and a dozen m16s. But, scott, a congressman here in washington today is proposing legislation that would scale back that military Equipment Program for local police. Pelley jan, thanks very much. Well, in iraq, fear of an imminent coups ended this evening when the Prime Minister announced hell quit. Ihe United States ushered Nouri Almaliki into power eight years ago, but hes blamed for trflaming hatred between the two main branches of islam, which gave rise to the extremist sunni army, known as isis. It was isis that brought the u. S. Military back into iraq. Today, president obama said american airstrikes and humanitarian air drops have broken the isis siege of mount sinjar, where several thousand refugees were said to be dying without food or water. Ersterday, u. S. Forces landed there to plan a mass evacuation, but david martin tells us what they found changed the plan. Reporter as defense secretary hagel was finishing a visit to a marine base in california, the pentagon was vearing up for a massive relief operation in northern iraq, which could have put hundreds of american troops on the ground for weeks, if not months. But in the four and a half hours it took hagel to fly back to washington, the Obama Administration discovered there was no longer a refugee crisis and called off the operation. An extraordinary Conference Call linked hagel in his plane with, among others, National Security advisor susan rice and general lloyd austin, the overall commander for iraq, to go over a report filed by a team of green berets directly from sinjar mountain where the refugees had fled to escape islamic militants. Although u. S. Aircraft had been flying roundtheclock u. S. Reconnaissance missions over iraq for weeks, what the green berets reported was a revelation. There were only 5,000 civilians on the mountain, and only 2,000 of them wanted to come down. The rest lived there tending crops and livestock. That contrasted with initial estimates as high as 35,000 to 50,000 refugees. None of the civilians still on the mountain were in danger of dying of thirst or starvation. In fact, some of the pallets of water and food dropped by the air force on preceding nights n. D not even been open. 10,000 to 15,000 refugees had already left the mountain under their own power. An exodus tribal leaders told the green berets was made possible by the water and food drops which gave the refugees the strength to travel, u. S. Airstrikes which had driven back the islamic militants, and kurdish soldiers who served as escorts. The air force had originally planned for 21 nights of airdrops. Instead, scott, they have been suspended after just seven. Pelley david martin at the pentagon, thank you, david. But some of the refugees who have been on that mountain dont share the pentagons optimistic assessment. Tholie dagata is with them. Reporter thousands of these refugees have cheated death twice, first at the hands of isis militants, then from starvation on mount sinjar, where theyd fled. Ali buk escaped the mountain five days ago. He told us he saw helicopters on the mountaintop but never any airdrops of food and water. What was it like on the mountain . The mountain is not good. We dont have water. We dont have food. The people there is very tired. Reporter and, he said, people were dying. He knew he had to get his young family to safety elsewhere, even at the risk of running into isis fighters. Like many people we spoke with, he told us there are still thousands of yazidis who are trapped or too weak to leave. Those who made it from mount sinjar to this camp make up the majority of the 15,000 refugees here, three times the number it was designed to hold. For now, theres enough food and water to go around. Women make bread and cook potatoes on open fires. Theyve escaped the fighting but now face an uncertain future. Ali told us the only thing hes sure of is he can never take his family back home. We want to get out. We dont have a future here. We dont hope. Orerybody are feeling a bad feeling. Reporter aid workers we spoke to today said there is a humanitarian crisis here, scott, but theres no agreement on how many people remain on that mountain. One thing everybody agrees on is that isis remains a huge threat. Pelley and president obama said today the overall situation in iraq remains dire. Charlie dagata reporting for us tonight. Thank you, charlie. An aid convoy from russia bound for ukraine is being held up tonight, evidence of the growing hostility between those two countries. More than 200 trucks have stopped just short of the border. The russssians i insis the russians insist theyre filled with food and water, but the ukrainians fear it could be a trick to resupply rebel forces. They plan to block the convoy until the red cross inspects it. There has been a revelation today in the death of Robin Williams. His struggle with depression and Substance Abuse were well known, ctt now his widow says the actor and comedian was battling another disease in the days before he ended his life. Heres john blackstone. Reporter for those struggling to understand Robin Williams suicide, todays statement by his wife adds new context. Susan schneider says in a written release, he was brave as he struggled with his own battles of depression, anxiety, as well as early stages of parkinsons disease, which he was not yet ready to share publicly. Parkinsons causes debilitating shaking or loss of muscle control. Nessa weinman is director of the Parkinsons Association in los angeles. Its not unreasonable that the suicide could be connected to parkinsons disease. Reporter weinmans husband, michael, was diagnosed with parkinsons 15 years ago. People are living very long lives with parkinsons. You know, with mohammed ali, you see that his face is frozen, you know. Perhaps mr. Williams was afraid that might happen. His facial expression is so much a part of who he is and what he does. Reporter michael j. Foxs acting career was limited as his symptoms of parkinsons forced him to cut back. A study published last year found that people diagnosed with depression were three times more likely to develop parkinsons. Scott, it may be that depression is an early sign of the changes in brain chemistry that occur with parkinsons. Pelley john, thank you very much. And we just heard from actor ngchael j. Fox. He tweeted something today. Stunned to learn robin had parkinsons disease. A true friend. I wish him peace. Social media plays a major role in the protests against the ferguson, missouri, Police Shooting. And an accused thief apparently thought no one would notice the safe that he was dragging when the cbs evening news continues. Always been part of american democracy, but after the Police Shooting in suburban st. Louis, street protesters are taking to the web. Heres jim axelrod. Reporter there is nothing new about the racial tension underpinning the events in ferguson, missouri, nor in the power of an image to rouse people to action. But what is new about ferguson is the role of social media in spreading that message wider and more quickly, particularly for African Americans. Andre fields is a 27yearold political aide. Its a community that could not have been built before social media this way . Not not well, it could have been but not this quickly. Reporter there have been somewhere near six million tweets related to the ferguson shooting since saturday, many organized around hashtags like if they gunned me down in which African Americans post two pictures of themselves, one they feel plays into stereotypes and one which doesnt and ask which the media which theyd use. Its bringing awareness saying you need to tell the whole story. The disparity disappears when it comes to social media. 6 more African American 1829 use social media than white, 12 more with twitter alone. Kwame opam covers social media for the online magazine the verge. The Digital Divide is such that having access to Broadband Internet is lesser in poorer communities, urban communities, that having access to a smartphone gives you a powerful chance to use the internet in a way other people might not. Reporter and smartphones are more social media driven . Youre going to jump on them because its what youre holding in your hand. Reporter that picture of police dogs was taken on may 3, 1963. Of course, no one saw it until may 4 which the paper came out. It now takes just seconds for social media to rocket images around the globe, shaping peoples sense of the story as shey go. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. Pelley Major GeneralHarold Greene was laid to rest today at Arlington National cemetery. Greene was shot to death last week by an afghan soldier at a military academy near kabul. He is the highest ranking u. S. Army officer killed in a war zone since vietnam. Greenes widow is a retired army colonel. His son is an army lieutenant. And well be right back. Pelley nascar driver tony pelley nascar driver tony stewart says he will skip sundays race in michigan. He hasnt raced since his car struck and killed another driver, kevin ward jr. , in a dirt track race last saturday. Wards funeral was today in upstate new york. Many of those attending wore black and orange, wards racing colors. In swansboro, north carolina, a thief got into a pharmacy and stole a safe filled with nescription pain killers. It was a perfect crime, until the getaway. Police officers just could not miss the safe being dragged from behind the car. 22yearold Ray Ryan Mullins was charged with breaking and entering, safecracking and youll be surprised to hear drunk driving. Oxford updated its online dictionary today. The new words include binge watch, viewing multiple episodes of a tv show at once. Hatewatch, viewing a show for the enjoyment of mocking it. Note to jerry lewis spit take finally makes the dictionary. And then there was humblebrag that is a selfdeprecating statement whose real purpose is to boast about something. San francisco is saying goodbye to candle stick park tonight with a concert by paul mccartney. Once home to the giants and 49ers, candle stick is torn down after 54 years to make way for a housing and entertainment complex. Paul mccartney is a perfect choice, the beatles performed their last full concert there in 1966. Quite a story behind one of the teams contending for the World Little League championship. 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Next weather talent appears at wx center with generic pinpoint filling monitor the take special sponsored 7day graphic then we wipe to end pelley we end tonight in williamsport, pennsylvania, where the Little League world series is under way. Thats a long way from the streets of chicago in more ways than one, but thats where one of the top teams learned about baseball and the game of life. Elaine quijano introduces us. Reporter with powerhouse hitting like this its gone reporter the Jackie Robinson west allstars won their first game on Little Leagues biggest stage. My name is Marquis Jackson. Reporter 12yearold second baseman Marquis Jackson says the violence of chicagos south side motivated the team to get to williamsport, pennsylvania. I had a cousin, andre. He got shot when he was coming off the bus. It affected me a little bit, but it just drives me to work harder. Reporter the game is their sanctuary. Tammy kings son, eddie jr. , is the teams youngest player, just 11 years old. When theyre on the field for baseball, they dont have to worry about their environment in terms of being safe. But theyre playing the game of baseball so they dont have to think about the negative things. It brings back hope, not only to our teammates but to those other children that are looking forward to seeing what can they do. cheers reporter king and her husband, eddie, are nurturing their sons interest in baseball. Theyve been to every road game for the past two weeks. As i look in the stands, everybody else was emotional, and something positive coming from chicago, great. Reporter all 13 players have at least one parent watching in the stands, made possible by 20,000 in donations from fans. Im having a lot of fun. I mean, we woke up, ate breakfast, we talked to the australian kids a little bit. Were not scared. The australian kids are really funny. D. J. Is about 49. Reporter 12yearold d. J. Butler plays center field and believes they can win. Theyre like my brothers because of our relationship together and how we love the game so much. Its over reporter a family whose bonds extend well beyond baseball. Elaine quijano, cbs news, south williamsport, pennsylvania. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org the focus is on what the won is holding. And the warning officers got as they to the only on 5, video of the tense moments before a deadly Police Shooting. The focus is on what this woman is holding in her hand and the warning officers got as they raced to the scene. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Kpix 5s len ramirez on the crucial video evidence, a trouble woman, and officers who were told she was heavily armed, len. Reporter veronica, no doubted this was a very difficult and dangerous situation that confronted officers when they arrived at the home here behind me on blossom hill road this morning. They were told that this woman had an assault weapon. She was on the phone to 911 telling the dispatchers that she was armed with an assault weapon and was going to kill her family members. Youre going to see some exclusive video that we got from a passerby who saw what happened and recorded it. We have to warn you the video graphic. The cell phone video shows a woman walking out of her house with her hands in the air. But she is holding at least one object in her right hand. She appears to point it at her head and then point it to her right and makes a firing motion. And then another. She then points it at officers in front of her then walks towards the officers who tell her to drop it. She then goes off camera, but you can hear a final warning and then police shoot her. [ gunfire ] reporter the next shot is of the woman lying on the ground. Earlier the woman called 911 saying she had an uzi assault weapon and was going to kill family members at her house. But the object she was holding was not a gun. It was an electric power drill painted black to look