In classic roles through the decades as an actor and comedian. And now tributes are pouring in from fans, fellow enter takeners, even president obama. They believe the oscar winner took his own life. Still the question on the minds of so many of how could a man like this also battled such powerful demons. Lets begin our coverage with dan simon near williams home in california. Reporter good morning, kate. Robin williams had been a fixture in San Francisco for many, many years. You can see the flowers that people are leaving in front of the house. Emergency crews responded just before noon yesterday and therein side they found williams completely unresponsive. This morning, the world reeling over the shocking death of hollywood comedic legend Robin Williams, apparently committing suicide according to investigators. Death due to asphyxia monday morning. Williams was last seen alive by his wife the night before. I lost my husband and best friend said shah nieder in a Statement Released mo
House. This morning mitt cal chaos in iraq. The Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki flexing military muscle amid fears of being ousted. Maliki who is in charge of the Iraqi Military increased the numbers of iraqi troops, Security Force ts and tan nx bagdad on sunday including in bagdads green zone, the location of the Iraqi Parliament and the largest u. S. Embassy in the world, a troubling sign after iraqs new president allowed more time for the National Coalition to find a replacement for the Prime Minister. Maliki said the extension is a violation of the constitution that would lead the political process into a dark tunnel. The u. S. Says they back the new iraqi president. Only 220 miles north in erbil, one apparent consequence of a government divided. I. S. I. S. s murder rouse rampage hampered by u. S. Air strikes over the weekend. The u. S. Protecting u. S. Personnel and four strikes defending yazidi civilians. Kurdish forces were able to capture two towns south of erbil pushing back i.
Good evening. The highspeed, high stakes, and sometimes highly emotional sport of professional car racing danger lurks around every turn. Still what happened on a track in upstate new york last night stunned longtime racing fans leaving a young driver dead and another, one of the sports biggest names engulfed in tragedy and controversy. Officials say nascar champion tony stewart competing at a dirt track event struck and killed fellow driver kevin ward jr. As he stood on the track after a spinout. Today stewart withdrew from a nascar event he was supposed to race in as police sought to determine if this was anything more than what it appeared to be, a horrible accident. Nbcs kristen dalgren has the latest. Reporter a somber start to todays nascar sprint cup race in upstate new york. Details emerge of the deadly crash involving threetime nascar champion tony stewart. Stewarts car struck and killed 20yearold driver kevin ward at a dirt racetrack last night in new york, captured in this g
Death of Robin Williams revealed this the world mourns another hollywood legend, this morning, mourning lauren becall. What a voice. Im john berman. And im christine romans. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We welcome all the viewers here in the United States and around the world. Up first, Robin Williams final details. The beloved actors suicide. The marin county sheriff describing in detail how the troubled star hanged himself in his home. Were finding out Robin Williams was trying to get help for the depression that ultimately overcame him. More from cnns tim rowlands. Reporter good morning. There was a tribute to williams at the San Francisco giants game. He was a longtime giants fan and a member of this community. People really did have a special attachment with Robin Williams. And he had a special attachment with this area of the country. Meanwhile, we did get the news yesterday on the specifics around his death. He did die of asphyxiation. Thats the preliminary autopsy report. And he
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news glor good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, with the western edition of the broadcast. The annual nascar race adequate kins glenn is over tonight, a Police Investigation into what happened last night at another track in upstate new york is not. A 20yearold driver named kevin ward, jr. Was killed when he got out of his vehicle. He was run over by threetime nascar champion tony stewart. The video, if you have not seen it already, we will warn you can be tough to watch. We begin with don dahler. Reporter on the 14th lap of the super sprint race, kevin ward, jr. s number 13 car was on the outside portion of the track, when tony stewart in the number 14 car squeezed ward into the wall. The 20yearold spun out and blew a tire. Ward then got out of the car and began walking along the track gesturing as stewarts car neared. He hit him medics arrived within seconds. Ward who had been racing sprint cars since 2010 was pronounced dead an ho