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News special forces on the ground in iraq. Scouting options for a massive rescue mission on the ground. This is the tiers time american troops have been on the mountain where thousands of people from the religious Minority Group the yazidi are surrounded by isis. American forces struck isis targets again on the ground in iraq today. Ill get straight to our jim sciutto with the breaking news. What exactly are these special forces doing . Reporter well, this is a team of about a dozen, just over a dozen special forces. Thats the normal size of a team they operate in. And theyre there to assess the terrain, the size of the crowd, the need, but more importantly, more broadly, the feasibility of an air or a ground evacuation of some ten to 20,000 people to get them off that mountain and to safety. These are not combat troops, but they are troops in danger. Thats why those people are on the top of the mountain seeking shelter, seeking safety from isis fighters and this is something that when you put troops on the ground in that context, they are in danger, and thats one reason why our Barbara Starr who knew this for some 24 hours did not report it until those soldiers were safely off the mountain. Im curious about the risks here. Kurdistan Officials Say there could be 20,000 people on this mountain. How big of a rescue mission would this be . Youre talking already about american lives that were put at risk. You would be talking about many, many more at risk . Reporter no question. This would be a significant operation. Think of how many planes or helps to get 10,000 to 20,000 people off this mountain. And that would require more American Forces on the ground if not combat forces, but forces on the ground, to coordinate, to assess, to coordinate and to secure both a Landing Field of some sort on top of that mountain and another air field where they would be taken to safety. Then youre starting to talk about dozens of forces in harms way. Again, not offensive combat troops but certainly in danger. When you use this i know youre very careful on the wording offensive combat troops because theyre not intended to go into combat. But this seems to be boots on the ground. If theyre shot at, they would shoot back. It does put lives at risk and does open up the door to something bigger, doesnt it . Reporter it does. The administration is slicing the definition of combat pretty thin here. Theyre not combat troops because theyre not at the tip of the spear going out pointing their weapons trying to take ground from the enemy, but theyre certainly troops on the ground and in danger. Ben rhodes, the president S National Security adviser, made the point today that, listen, force protection is a priority for them. If they come under threat, they would, of course, return fire under that threat. When youre part of a country like this in iraq thats a possibility. This is something that americans have to prepare themselves for, that when you take part in even humanitarian operations like this, there is risk. Thank you very much, jim sciutto. A big question for america tonight is whether the country wants to take that risk for humanitarian reasons in iraq. Ivan watson is on the ground in iraq now. Hes been to the top of the mountain where the refugees are trapped. Ivan, you have been there. How difficult from your experience would it be to rescue the 10,000 to 20,000 reported people who are there . Reporter well, theres nobody really organizing these desperate people on the ground. So thats why you saw scenes of people rushing helicopters when they would touch down briefly because theres not somebody lining up and saying, okay, you go first, you go second, you go third. Its first come, first serve. So that would be a primary, i think, objective is trying to organize these desperate people who would certainly have no ill will towards any possible american troops. They would just want to get out of there. The mountain itself is a protective feature. Its an unusual mountain rising up out of the plains. People have gone there because its difficult for the isis militants, if they wanted to, to get up there. That would provide some protection to the u. S. Troops, but you would have to do a lot of flights to get there. It would take helicopters and just yesterday an Iraqi Air Force helicopter crashed. Its pilot died when it was overloaded. Not only that, isis is the same military force that weve been watching operate against in syria for years now. And the syrian rebels, isis, have proven successful at shooting down Syrian Government helicopters. That is a potential risk as any kind of choppers flying in there would have to fly over potential isis positions and could face fire, could face the danger of surfacetoair missiles while only trying to rescue desperate, thirsty, starving civilians. Ivan, thank you so much. Well have much more with ivan coming up later in the program and what he actually saw as people watching tonight are debating, does it make sense for the United States to put american lives at risk for these people . Ivan is going to show you what those people are truly going through. Well have that report coming up later this hour. But joining me now is retired army colonel peter monsour. He served to David Petraeus during the surge in iraq. This issue, as youve heard, ivan and jim discussing, theres a fundamental question here which in your view, how many American Forces would be needed to rescue as many as 20,000 civilians from this mountain . Well, he made a good point, and thats that you have to organize the refugees on that mountain. And thats going to take troops to go in and secure the landing sites, make them safe, then to organize the refugees. Lets say thats about a battalion of troops right there, maybe 500. Then about a brigades worth of helicopters to make several turns a day over a number of days, maybe up to ten, maybe even two weeks. And how many of that to get all these people. Thats about 72 helicopters and making three flights a day, i figure about ten days you get 20 people off the mountain. But thats a significant number of soldiers there, maybe a couple thousand. So this is not a small operation. Were looking at 2500 u. S. Soldiers at least if were going to do it by air. And that is a lot of american lives, colonel, that would be put at risk for this cause. The reality of it is you heard ivan describing sort of the geological formation of this mountain, but you have isis positions all over. As he said theyve proven successful in shooting down Syrian Military air force planes, so they would also perhaps shoot at american planes, certainly they would if they could. Is this something where the American People would need to be told the honest assessment is that american troops would die in this attempt . Or they could die, yes. I think the president needs to level with the American People if were going to get the yazidis off that mountain. But you know, the United States is a signatory to the u. N. Convention to prevent genocide, and its incumbent upon all signatories to try to prevent catastrophe such as this, where you have an entire people at risk from people who want to wipe them out. So if the president is serious about rescuing the yazidis, hes going to have to put troops at risk to do it and then let the American People know whats at stake. Colonel, what happens then . And obviously so many people might ask the question which is perhaps beyond the scope of this conversation but other places in the world where civilians and religious minorities are being targeted, why those dont merit american involvement but this would, but even separate from that is the issue of whether this justifies american involvement and what the president would do if american troops died in this attempt, does that then mean the United States is in full conflict with isis . Is that the inevitable conclusion or could he come short of that . Well, i think were going to be in inevitable conflict with isis in any course, because this is a group of messianic contests that would do nothing to attack our homeland and if they have the capability to do it, theyll exercise it. This is only a matter of time before we have a more military capability involved in helping the iraqis and the kurds fight this threat. And its a threat not just to iraq or syria but a threat to the broader middle east and the world at large. But as to why we would protect the yazidis and others, i dont think in any of those other cases you had an entire people at risk of being wiped out, which is the definition of genocide. So i think this is maybe falls into a slightly different category than, say, the catastrophe next door in syria. Thank you very much, colonel. We appreciate your time, as always. Thank you. Outfront next, Robin Williams final days. His former costar potsie is out front. Were live on the scene in gaza. The ceasefire seems to be broken. The case of an unarmed black teen shot and killed by police. New information about the officer who shot him. train horn vo wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. Norfolk southern. One line, infinite possibilities. You can see the people below trapped on sinjar mountain. A lot of women waving. Here they come. Ive been doing this job for more than ten years. I have never seen a situation as desperate as this, as emotionally charged as this. Broadway theaters tonight about to dim their lights to honor Robin Williams. The actors career spanned nearly four decade. He appeared in nearly 50 movies and more than a dozen sitcoms. Up until his death he was still working on several major projects. In a minute well speak to one of his best known costars, but first, ted rowlands is out front in los angeles tonight. Williams legacy will live on because hes got four more movies about to hit theaters . Reporter yeah, four more that should come out within the next six months. Two will come out in the next three months. Bottom line is Robin Williams worked as hard as anybody here in hollywood and kept working all the way till the end. Robin williams may be gone, but movie fans havent seen the last of him. Why are there shotgun pellets in my chicken . Dad . Because its squirrel. Reporter merry frigging christmas in which williams playing an eccentric father is due out in november, one of four yet to be released films starring the late oscar winner. Good to see you, lad. Reporter in december, williams will be back as Teddy Roosevelt in night at the museum secret of the tomb. Boulevard that premiered at tribeca and absolutely anything which also features williams who joins a list of actors like heath ledger, James Gandolfini and Philip Seymour hoffman who all died before their final films appeared in theaters. I think there is a real interest among fans to see him on screen one last time. I think that it could also hurt these movies. Theres a segment of the audience that might feel a doubt of a prospect of seeing a movie starring someone who recently died. Reporter gossip sites like radar online have speculated about Williams Financial situation. His 640acre napa valley ranch which is listed for 30 million has been on the market since april. But people close to williams tell cnn that any suggestion he had financial trouble is completely unfounded. In addition to his comedy and television work, Robin Williams appeared in nearly 50 movies, that according to box office mojo. Com, grossed more than 5 billion. Sadly, his next ones will be his last. Erin, thats one thing that people around Robin Williams want people to know that any speculation that Financial Issues had any part of his death is absolutely off base. He was doing quite well. Ted, thank you very much. Tonight a lot of people are wondering how Robin Williams could have been so successful. 5 billion at the box office. How could that be with loving children and so many around him that admired him when he was dealing with so many personal struggles. In 2010 he spoke openly about his battle with depression and addiction and even thought about ending his life. Y wae wanted to play for you wht he said. When i was drinking there was one time when even for a moment where i thought, oh, [ bleep ] life. Right. Then i went like then my conscience brain went did you just say blank life . Lets leave that over here in the discussion area . Well talk about that. First of all, you dont have the balls to do it. Im not going to say it out loud. You thought about buying a gun . No. What were you going to do . Cut your wrist with a water pick . Maybe. So horrible to hear that considering the marks on his wrist when he was found. Anson williams who played potsie on happy days. Guest starred as the alien mork. A character so popular that it led to the spinoff mork and mindy. I want to play a clip of williams when he appeared on your show. Here he is. John jacob jinglehimer schmidt whoa interesting. All right. Ill give you that one. Yes, i see smiling and then that sort of deep breath that you had to take to watch that. It was shortly after that that williams, that people strarted to know about some of the struggles that he had with drugs and alcohol. Were you surprised . Well, you know, sometimes who makes the clown laugh . Comedy is from pain. Someone as brilliant as robin, i mean, god knows the pain he kept in to be funny for so much. Im sad, im not surprised. You know, its, you know, its a terrible thing to hang on to that pain and keep performing till hes 63 years old. Its incredible when you consider how he talked how openly when you looked back how many times he brought it up. Even in his funny way that he brought up such serious things and he was dealing with these demons. Doctor, youve looked at brain scans. I know this is something our viewers have been very interested in learning because this is a something a lot of People Struggle with. You have pictures of a healthy brain and the brain of someone with an addiction. Obviously they look very different. An addicts brain on the right has a lot of holes in it, for lack of a better term, its damaged. Why does that brain, that brain that Robin Williams would have been suffering from, lead to depression and suicide . Well, you know, weve done over 90,000 scans on people from 111 countries. So we have a lot of experience with that. And when your brain works right, you work right, when yoou your brain is troubled, you have trouble in life. Theyre called spec scans. Healthy scan, even symmetrical activity, one that has suffered cocaine addiction, alcohol addiction, multiple addictions, what we see is overall low activity in the brain. And if its low, you dont feel right. You dont feel joyful, you dont feel happy. And it can then affect your behavior in so many different ways. And in addition to the fact that he would have been suffering from the brain with the damaged brain that you talked about, an addicts brain, he also had gone through heart surgery. Youve done some studies in terms of what heart surgery would do to a brain which looks very similar to the addicts brain there. Both the left and the right. When you put that on top of each other, an addicts brain and a brain after heart surgery, something Robin Williams may have been suffering from, what happens to the state of that persons psyche . What it does is it even can decrease the activity in your brain further, and so you begin to see these stacked stressors from addiction, depression, heart problems, which go to blood vessel problems overall so you have lower oxygen to your brain. So you dont think and when you get depressed, it really becomes a thinking disorder and can be devastating especially if theres psychological or social triggers that end up triggering the behavior. Anson when you think back to when you spent that time with Robin Williams, what is the thing about him that stood out the most in terms of how he was dealing with these demons at the time . I really rather i didnt know about his demons as much as his magic. Can i give you a magical story about Robin Williams . Of course you can. Why people love him . You know, Robin Williams was not the original mork from ork. That particular script was one of the worst scripts in the history of happy days. And we start rehearsing on monday, and we shoot on friday. Wednesday is the last rehearsal day. Thursday its camera blocking day without writers, strictly mechanics. We had this poor actor as mork who was horrible, but the script was horrible. Wednesday night he quit. We have no mork for thursdays camera blocking day and were shooting friday night with this horrible script. Garry marshall comes to the floor of the set and says any of you guys know anyone funny . Al molinari who played al on the show, says im in harvey lumbacks improvisational class and theres this funny kid in there named Robin Williams. And he said, oh, yeah, i hear hes pretty funny. They hire him sight unseen. Thursday morning i come down for the camera blocking a little bit later because i was in scenes toward the end of the script. I walk on the set. Every writer of the staff is on the set writing. Theyre never on the set on thursdays. Writing. Theyre watching this magical man, Robin Williams making up the character mork. Nanunanu sitting on his hand, all of it improv at the moment at the time. The writers are desperately writing down all this ingenuity, all this genius. 24 hours later we had a brand new script written by Robin Williams head. One of the best shows of the year. And a standingroomonly audience screaming their appreciation for this man. And so and from that is when garry took parts of that particular episode. He took an old pilot starring pa pam dawber. He put a presentation together, Minority Group<\/a> the yazidi are surrounded by isis. American forces struck isis targets again on the ground in iraq today. Ill get straight to our jim sciutto with the breaking news. What exactly are these special forces doing . Reporter well, this is a team of about a dozen, just over a dozen special forces. Thats the normal size of a team they operate in. And theyre there to assess the terrain, the size of the crowd, the need, but more importantly, more broadly, the feasibility of an air or a ground evacuation of some ten to 20,000 people to get them off that mountain and to safety. These are not combat troops, but they are troops in danger. Thats why those people are on the top of the mountain seeking shelter, seeking safety from isis fighters and this is something that when you put troops on the ground in that context, they are in danger, and thats one reason why our Barbara Starr<\/a> who knew this for some 24 hours did not report it until those soldiers were safely off the mountain. Im curious about the risks here. Kurdistan Officials Say<\/a> there could be 20,000 people on this mountain. How big of a rescue mission would this be . Youre talking already about american lives that were put at risk. You would be talking about many, many more at risk . Reporter no question. This would be a significant operation. Think of how many planes or helps to get 10,000 to 20,000 people off this mountain. And that would require more American Forces<\/a> on the ground if not combat forces, but forces on the ground, to coordinate, to assess, to coordinate and to secure both a Landing Field<\/a> of some sort on top of that mountain and another air field where they would be taken to safety. Then youre starting to talk about dozens of forces in harms way. Again, not offensive combat troops but certainly in danger. When you use this i know youre very careful on the wording offensive combat troops because theyre not intended to go into combat. But this seems to be boots on the ground. If theyre shot at, they would shoot back. It does put lives at risk and does open up the door to something bigger, doesnt it . Reporter it does. The administration is slicing the definition of combat pretty thin here. Theyre not combat troops because theyre not at the tip of the spear going out pointing their weapons trying to take ground from the enemy, but theyre certainly troops on the ground and in danger. Ben rhodes, the president S National Security<\/a> adviser, made the point today that, listen, force protection is a priority for them. If they come under threat, they would, of course, return fire under that threat. When youre part of a country like this in iraq thats a possibility. This is something that americans have to prepare themselves for, that when you take part in even humanitarian operations like this, there is risk. Thank you very much, jim sciutto. A big question for america tonight is whether the country wants to take that risk for humanitarian reasons in iraq. Ivan watson is on the ground in iraq now. Hes been to the top of the mountain where the refugees are trapped. Ivan, you have been there. How difficult from your experience would it be to rescue the 10,000 to 20,000 reported people who are there . Reporter well, theres nobody really organizing these desperate people on the ground. So thats why you saw scenes of people rushing helicopters when they would touch down briefly because theres not somebody lining up and saying, okay, you go first, you go second, you go third. Its first come, first serve. So that would be a primary, i think, objective is trying to organize these desperate people who would certainly have no ill will towards any possible american troops. They would just want to get out of there. The mountain itself is a protective feature. Its an unusual mountain rising up out of the plains. People have gone there because its difficult for the isis militants, if they wanted to, to get up there. That would provide some protection to the u. S. Troops, but you would have to do a lot of flights to get there. It would take helicopters and just yesterday an Iraqi Air Force<\/a> helicopter crashed. Its pilot died when it was overloaded. Not only that, isis is the same military force that weve been watching operate against in syria for years now. And the syrian rebels, isis, have proven successful at shooting down Syrian Government<\/a> helicopters. That is a potential risk as any kind of choppers flying in there would have to fly over potential isis positions and could face fire, could face the danger of surfacetoair missiles while only trying to rescue desperate, thirsty, starving civilians. Ivan, thank you so much. Well have much more with ivan coming up later in the program and what he actually saw as people watching tonight are debating, does it make sense for the United States<\/a> to put american lives at risk for these people . Ivan is going to show you what those people are truly going through. Well have that report coming up later this hour. But joining me now is retired army colonel peter monsour. He served to David Petraeus<\/a> during the surge in iraq. This issue, as youve heard, ivan and jim discussing, theres a fundamental question here which in your view, how many American Forces<\/a> would be needed to rescue as many as 20,000 civilians from this mountain . Well, he made a good point, and thats that you have to organize the refugees on that mountain. And thats going to take troops to go in and secure the landing sites, make them safe, then to organize the refugees. Lets say thats about a battalion of troops right there, maybe 500. Then about a brigades worth of helicopters to make several turns a day over a number of days, maybe up to ten, maybe even two weeks. And how many of that to get all these people. Thats about 72 helicopters and making three flights a day, i figure about ten days you get 20 people off the mountain. But thats a significant number of soldiers there, maybe a couple thousand. So this is not a small operation. Were looking at 2500 u. S. Soldiers at least if were going to do it by air. And that is a lot of american lives, colonel, that would be put at risk for this cause. The reality of it is you heard ivan describing sort of the geological formation of this mountain, but you have isis positions all over. As he said theyve proven successful in shooting down Syrian Military<\/a> air force planes, so they would also perhaps shoot at american planes, certainly they would if they could. Is this something where the American People<\/a> would need to be told the honest assessment is that american troops would die in this attempt . Or they could die, yes. I think the president needs to level with the American People<\/a> if were going to get the yazidis off that mountain. But you know, the United States<\/a> is a signatory to the u. N. Convention to prevent genocide, and its incumbent upon all signatories to try to prevent catastrophe such as this, where you have an entire people at risk from people who want to wipe them out. So if the president is serious about rescuing the yazidis, hes going to have to put troops at risk to do it and then let the American People<\/a> know whats at stake. Colonel, what happens then . And obviously so many people might ask the question which is perhaps beyond the scope of this conversation but other places in the world where civilians and religious minorities are being targeted, why those dont merit american involvement but this would, but even separate from that is the issue of whether this justifies american involvement and what the president would do if american troops died in this attempt, does that then mean the United States<\/a> is in full conflict with isis . Is that the inevitable conclusion or could he come short of that . Well, i think were going to be in inevitable conflict with isis in any course, because this is a group of messianic contests that would do nothing to attack our homeland and if they have the capability to do it, theyll exercise it. This is only a matter of time before we have a more military capability involved in helping the iraqis and the kurds fight this threat. And its a threat not just to iraq or syria but a threat to the broader middle east and the world at large. But as to why we would protect the yazidis and others, i dont think in any of those other cases you had an entire people at risk of being wiped out, which is the definition of genocide. So i think this is maybe falls into a slightly different category than, say, the catastrophe next door in syria. Thank you very much, colonel. We appreciate your time, as always. Thank you. Outfront next, Robin Williams<\/a> final days. His former costar potsie is out front. Were live on the scene in gaza. The ceasefire seems to be broken. The case of an unarmed black teen shot and killed by police. New information about the officer who shot him. train horn vo wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. Norfolk southern. One line, infinite possibilities. You can see the people below trapped on sinjar mountain. A lot of women waving. Here they come. Ive been doing this job for more than ten years. I have never seen a situation as desperate as this, as emotionally charged as this. Broadway theaters tonight about to dim their lights to honor Robin Williams<\/a>. The actors career spanned nearly four decade. He appeared in nearly 50 movies and more than a dozen sitcoms. Up until his death he was still working on several major projects. In a minute well speak to one of his best known costars, but first, ted rowlands is out front in los angeles tonight. Williams legacy will live on because hes got four more movies about to hit theaters . Reporter yeah, four more that should come out within the next six months. Two will come out in the next three months. Bottom line is Robin Williams<\/a> worked as hard as anybody here in hollywood and kept working all the way till the end. Robin williams may be gone, but movie fans havent seen the last of him. Why are there shotgun pellets in my chicken . Dad . Because its squirrel. Reporter merry frigging christmas in which williams playing an eccentric father is due out in november, one of four yet to be released films starring the late oscar winner. Good to see you, lad. Reporter in december, williams will be back as Teddy Roosevelt<\/a> in night at the museum secret of the tomb. Boulevard that premiered at tribeca and absolutely anything which also features williams who joins a list of actors like heath ledger, James Gandolfini<\/a> and Philip Seymour<\/a> hoffman who all died before their final films appeared in theaters. I think there is a real interest among fans to see him on screen one last time. I think that it could also hurt these movies. Theres a segment of the audience that might feel a doubt of a prospect of seeing a movie starring someone who recently died. Reporter gossip sites like radar online have speculated about Williams Financial<\/a> situation. His 640acre napa valley ranch which is listed for 30 million has been on the market since april. But people close to williams tell cnn that any suggestion he had financial trouble is completely unfounded. In addition to his comedy and television work, Robin Williams<\/a> appeared in nearly 50 movies, that according to box office mojo. Com, grossed more than 5 billion. Sadly, his next ones will be his last. Erin, thats one thing that people around Robin Williams<\/a> want people to know that any speculation that Financial Issues<\/a> had any part of his death is absolutely off base. He was doing quite well. Ted, thank you very much. Tonight a lot of people are wondering how Robin Williams<\/a> could have been so successful. 5 billion at the box office. How could that be with loving children and so many around him that admired him when he was dealing with so many personal struggles. In 2010 he spoke openly about his battle with depression and addiction and even thought about ending his life. Y wae wanted to play for you wht he said. When i was drinking there was one time when even for a moment where i thought, oh, [ bleep ] life. Right. Then i went like then my conscience brain went did you just say blank life . Lets leave that over here in the discussion area . Well talk about that. First of all, you dont have the balls to do it. Im not going to say it out loud. You thought about buying a gun . No. What were you going to do . Cut your wrist with a water pick . Maybe. So horrible to hear that considering the marks on his wrist when he was found. Anson williams who played potsie on happy days. Guest starred as the alien mork. A character so popular that it led to the spinoff mork and mindy. I want to play a clip of williams when he appeared on your show. Here he is. John jacob jinglehimer schmidt whoa interesting. All right. Ill give you that one. Yes, i see smiling and then that sort of deep breath that you had to take to watch that. It was shortly after that that williams, that people strarted to know about some of the struggles that he had with drugs and alcohol. Were you surprised . Well, you know, sometimes who makes the clown laugh . Comedy is from pain. Someone as brilliant as robin, i mean, god knows the pain he kept in to be funny for so much. Im sad, im not surprised. You know, its, you know, its a terrible thing to hang on to that pain and keep performing till hes 63 years old. Its incredible when you consider how he talked how openly when you looked back how many times he brought it up. Even in his funny way that he brought up such serious things and he was dealing with these demons. Doctor, youve looked at brain scans. I know this is something our viewers have been very interested in learning because this is a something a lot of People Struggle<\/a> with. You have pictures of a healthy brain and the brain of someone with an addiction. Obviously they look very different. An addicts brain on the right has a lot of holes in it, for lack of a better term, its damaged. Why does that brain, that brain that Robin Williams<\/a> would have been suffering from, lead to depression and suicide . Well, you know, weve done over 90,000 scans on people from 111 countries. So we have a lot of experience with that. And when your brain works right, you work right, when yoou your brain is troubled, you have trouble in life. Theyre called spec scans. Healthy scan, even symmetrical activity, one that has suffered cocaine addiction, alcohol addiction, multiple addictions, what we see is overall low activity in the brain. And if its low, you dont feel right. You dont feel joyful, you dont feel happy. And it can then affect your behavior in so many different ways. And in addition to the fact that he would have been suffering from the brain with the damaged brain that you talked about, an addicts brain, he also had gone through heart surgery. Youve done some studies in terms of what heart surgery would do to a brain which looks very similar to the addicts brain there. Both the left and the right. When you put that on top of each other, an addicts brain and a brain after heart surgery, something Robin Williams<\/a> may have been suffering from, what happens to the state of that persons psyche . What it does is it even can decrease the activity in your brain further, and so you begin to see these stacked stressors from addiction, depression, heart problems, which go to blood vessel problems overall so you have lower oxygen to your brain. So you dont think and when you get depressed, it really becomes a thinking disorder and can be devastating especially if theres psychological or social triggers that end up triggering the behavior. Anson when you think back to when you spent that time with Robin Williams<\/a>, what is the thing about him that stood out the most in terms of how he was dealing with these demons at the time . I really rather i didnt know about his demons as much as his magic. Can i give you a magical story about Robin Williams<\/a> . Of course you can. Why people love him . You know, Robin Williams<\/a> was not the original mork from ork. That particular script was one of the worst scripts in the history of happy days. And we start rehearsing on monday, and we shoot on friday. Wednesday is the last rehearsal day. Thursday its camera blocking day without writers, strictly mechanics. We had this poor actor as mork who was horrible, but the script was horrible. Wednesday night he quit. We have no mork for thursdays camera blocking day and were shooting friday night with this horrible script. Garry marshall comes to the floor of the set and says any of you guys know anyone funny . Al molinari who played al on the show, says im in harvey lumbacks improvisational class and theres this funny kid in there named Robin Williams<\/a>. And he said, oh, yeah, i hear hes pretty funny. They hire him sight unseen. Thursday morning i come down for the camera blocking a little bit later because i was in scenes toward the end of the script. I walk on the set. Every writer of the staff is on the set writing. Theyre never on the set on thursdays. Writing. Theyre watching this magical man, Robin Williams<\/a> making up the character mork. Nanunanu sitting on his hand, all of it improv at the moment at the time. The writers are desperately writing down all this ingenuity, all this genius. 24 hours later we had a brand new script written by Robin Williams<\/a> head. One of the best shows of the year. And a standingroomonly audience screaming their appreciation for this man. And so and from that is when garry took parts of that particular episode. He took an old pilot starring pa pam dawber. He put a presentation together, Fred Silverman<\/a> bought mork and mindy over the phone 13 episodes after looking at that footage. Thats the start of Robin Williams<\/a> career. The start of his career and helping all of you guys who were there, right . He saved you. Oh, my god. But he had a light on him. I saw magic. I mean, i never seen such genius and kindness. The next friday, going back, you know, the world still hadnt seen him. Months before the show aired. The next friday night when we were taping, will was Robin Williams<\/a> giving gifts to everybody, thanking us. Oh, wow. Well, thanks so much. And thank you for sharing that moment. You bet. You bet. All right. Thanks, ansen, thanks to you, dr. Amon. Israel accuses hamas of launching rockets a at gaza target sites. Were live on the scene. Missouri bracing for more violence after the t shoulding death of an unarmed black teen. Youre looking at pictures of police in riot gear. Live pictures in missouri tonight. Well have also more on our breaking news in iraq. American troops on the ground. Dramatic rescue caught on tape. Where do what are you doing with scratch craigthat key jake . Im thinking of scratching your car. Well, you should stop thinking that. Youre a little too precious with it. Dont touch my dart, jake common its for your own good, youll thank me later. Move out of the way, so you dont get hurt, i mean it. 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Military says hamas fired five rockets at israel and the Israel Defense<\/a> forces say theyve launched air strikes quote unquote targeting terror sites across gaza in retaliation john vause is in jerusalem and what more can you tell us . Reporter right now it seems that the sirens that we heard going off quite often in the last hour or so, last couple of hours actually are now pretty much silent. An indication that the rocket fire from gaza may have ended. We know the Israeli Military<\/a> were carrying out limited strikes in gaza. So the hope now is maybe this is just a quick flurry of crossborder fighting and the israelis, as they say, theyll respond to quiet with quiet. If thats the case, maybe this new ceasefire which the palestinians say have been extended for another five days, while it seems to have clearly been violated and that its fragile, it has not completely collapsed. John, thank you very much. John vause, as we said on the breaking story from israel. And now the breaking news in our top story from iraq tonight. American special forces on the ground on mt. Sinjar for the first time. They have determined an Evacuation Mission<\/a> is less likely than previously thought. The team assessed there are far fewer yazidis on the mountain than feared. Those who are still there are in better condition thanks in part to multiple food and water drops by u. S. And iraqi forces. Ivan watson has beenen top of this mountain. Today he tracked down some of the people he saw rescued. Reporter in the chaos of an evacuation several faces stood out. A 16monthold baby and two very frightened sisters named aziza and doua. We found their older brother kevin who was also on the helicopter. He led us to the place where they found refuge. Can we see . Yeah . After fleeing isis, this is how thousands of iraqis are living. We dont have sleep. Its very, very cold. Reporter up on the third floor of this derelict building, we find our friends from the helicopter. Hi, guys. [ speaking Foreign Language<\/a> ] look at you. I remember you. Hi. It turns out 16monthold helene is a cousin of the teenaged sisters dounya and aziza. Hi, its good to see you. Dounya says she had mixed feelings when she escaped aboard the chopper. Translator i was happy we survived but i was sad and worried about my father. Reporter the ordeal began a week and a half ago when everyone in the city of sinjar immediately fled upon hearing news that isis militants were fast approaching. Amid the panic dunyas brother said the father refused to leave. Translator we all tried hard to convince my dad, but he refused to go. He said it would be humiliation. I decided i couldnt let them capture the girls and women, so we left. Reporter the family didnt make it far in their car before they ran into isis fighters shooting at fleeing civilians on a bridge. I jumped off of the car and off the bridge he says because i was scared of isis. From the frying pan into the fire. Translator if we were able to find a tree where we could rest in the shade, we were lucky. For the first four days we had no food, only water. Any bread we found, we fed to the little kids to keep them alive. Reporter the family lasted a few more days, thanks to aid drops from the sky, and several sheep that they caught and slaughtered. But they realized they wouldnt survive much longer unless they escaped. The family says they tried and failed several times to get on board a helicopter to escape the mountain. When our chopper landed, they say they were lucky that they were the only people around in that particular area. The fact that in that chaos, all of them were able to get on board the aircraft is just short of a miracle. Now safe in iraqi kurdistan, the family lives like thousands of other refugees on a few square feet of bare concrete. On tuesday, the family got amazing news. A phone call from their missing father. He escaped isis and made it up to sinjar mountain. Like thousands of iraqis on the run, the hamid familys story is one of grit and survival against terrifying odds. It is a story thats far from over. Ivan watson, cnn, iraqi kurdistan. Still to come, breaking news, police in riot gear in missouri gearing up for another night of violence. The tension high after an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by police. There are riot police out there right now in missouri tonight. The actress who played Robin Williams<\/a> daughter in mrs. Doubtfire is outfront tonight. 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. So i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Were trying our best annto be role models. Rmodels. We dont jump at the sound of the opening bell, because were trying to make the school bell. Corner booth beats Corner Office<\/a> any day. 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Officials, though, still refuse to release the officers name citing concerns for his safety. They say browns body was released to his family yesterday. David mattingly is out front from police headquarters. Theres a lot of scrutiny on this community. Obviously the teenager unarmed. The big question is what really happened that night and whether there could possibly be any justification for what happened. Thats right, erin. Times have been changing here slowly for over the decades, a couple of decades ago, this city was predominantly white. It has changed dramatically since then. Though you would not know it by looking inside city hall. Please turn around. Walk away. Reporter even u. S. Census numbers spell it out in black and white. African americans in ferguson, missouri, outnumber white residents more than two to one. At the same time, the lack of diversity on the Ferguson Police<\/a> department is astonishing. 53 officers, just 3 africanamerican. The death of Michael Brown<\/a> at the hands of a white Police Officer<\/a> pushes the issue front and center. I believe the Police Department<\/a> is most effective when its officers reflect the racial, cultural makeup of the community. Reporter police chief Thomas Jackson<\/a> says recruiting africanamerican officers is difficult. I promoted the first two ever africanamerican sergeants on the Ferguson Police<\/a> department, but we lost a few officers to higher paying departments and so forth and officers leave. And so were constantly trying to recruit. Reporter the questions coincide with an apparent racial divide in enforcement. What do we want . Reporter results from a study by the Missouri Attorney<\/a> general show africanamericans at ferguson are much more likely to get pulled over. They account for 86 of city traffic stops and they are more than twice as likely to be arrested than whites who have been pulled over. John gaskin is with the local naacp. How do you fix this . People have got to vote. People have got to get out in elections. Thats a big part of it. Reporter in ferguson, the majority population is vastly underrepresented inside city government. On a city council of six, there is only one africanamerican. This is from the citys website. You know the whole city is kind of like the bar cheers. This is the place where Everybody Knows<\/a> your name. Reporter fergusons white mayor ran for reelection unopposed and said he was originally leekted with support from the africanamerican. We dont get a lot of people wanting to run for city elections, to be honest with you. It happens. If people are happy with their leadership and happy with the direction theyre going, they wont go out and take the time and effort to run just so they can put somebodys different face on the city. Reporter but the fact is there is a great deal of dissatisfaction here, and it runs very deep. Weve been seeing it spill out into the streets of ferguson now since sunday. Erin . David mattingly, thank you so much. Still out front a side of Robin Williams<\/a> we didnt get to see, the father figure. The actress who played his daughter in mrs. Doubtfire. Broadway will go dark tonight in his honor. Ugh. Heartburn. Did someone say burn . Try alka seltzer reliefchews. They work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. Mmm. Amazing. Yeah, i get that a lot. Alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. Enjoy the relief. We fill our freshly baked flatbread, with bold, unflat flavors. Like taste inspired by the freshness of the mediterranean. So you always get flavor thats anything but flat. New flatbread sandwiches, try one today. I never know what kind theof adventure awaits. That the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. And, thanks to volvo, ill pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. They even cover my first months payment. So, ill be happy wherever the summer takes me. 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I wanted to just start off, though, by showing a scene with you and robin. Mrs. Doubtfire . Lydia, dear, get back inside right now before you freeze. Look, i just want to apologize for being such a pain today. Oh, dear, its all right. Im really sorry. Just im still kind of messed up. Everything. We all are, sweetie. What . I just mean i understand the pain youre all going through. You were just 14 years old back then. What was it like to work with him . Its kind of everything you would assume it would be. Hes a wonderful person, a wonderful actor. Hes a brilliant comic. But i think what was the most wonderful thing about working with him is that very quickly you forgot he was Robin Williams<\/a>, you know . You just got to know him as a person. And he was just a great guy to hang out with. And all of that other actor stuff just sort of fell away, and you just wanted to hang out with him. You wrote a thank you letter to robin, and in it you wrote, to sort of quote it for the aud yep, no one knows what kind of battles he was fighting but i know its not uncommon. 16 million People Struggle<\/a> with depression and i include myself in that statistic. You credit williams with giving you the courage to speak openly about depression and anxiety. Why did he or how did he have such an influence on you about that . I think i was always really impressed by the fact that he spoke candidly about his issues with addiction and depression, and i think thats incredibly important. I think the stigma that surrounds those things is very, very dangerous, and it makes people who struggle with that feel isolated, and i have found personally that being able to talk about my anxiety and panic attacks is so, so helpful in managing them. Because i realize how many other people deal with similar things. And i think that most people really feel like theyre all alone. And when you have somebody say to you like, i totally understand what youre going through, ive been there, heres what helped me, it brings it to a whole other level of feeling like you can figure it out. With help. And when you were working with Robin Williams<\/a>, he obviously at that time said he was clean during the time he was filming the movie. What was your experience like working with him, though, was he open to you about the struggles he was going through . I definitely remember him giving me friendly fatherly threats about staying away from drugs and alcohol, and he would talk to me about that. And you know, tell me, dont, dont go there, dont do it. Its not worth it. Because i know thats often a big problem for other child actors. And he knew that, too. I want to play one more scene, lisa, of you and Robin Williams<\/a>. Here it is. Its really you in there. Its just a mask. And this is body suit. I didnt have any operations or anything. Thats good. Yeah. Oh, hey. Sorry i scared you. Come here, chris. No, no, its okay. I get it. I just, you know, dont want to hug you or anything. Not just yet. Its cool. Its a guy thing. Yeah. You have the joy of being able to work with him where he was playing somebody who was vulnerable and a dramatic role, not just comedy deal. That must be incredible considering youre one of the few. Yeah, i think that was another one of the things that made robin really amazing was that the comedy was there and then just the really brilliant acting skills were there, too, and that was amazing to watch for hand. All right. Well thank you so much for coming on and sharing a bit of your experience with us, lisa. Thank you so much. And still to come, the very best tributes to Robin Williams<\/a> as broadway dims the lights tonight. Jeanne moos is next. So nice, so niiice sweet, sweet st. Thomas nice so nice, so niiice st. Croix, full of pure vibes so nice, so niiice st. John, a real paradise so nice, so niiice proud to be from the Virgin Islands<\/a> and the whole place nice to experience your Virgin Islands<\/a> nice, book one of our summer packages today. Virgin islands nice, book one phone ringing whats up jake . That depends man, what are you doing . Just cruising around in my new ride. Oh, the one im not suppose to touch, right . You got it. Guess what im touching it right now, craig. What you talkin about jake . With my voice. That doesnt make any sense. You let me in man, by answering and i like it in here. Youre not touching it touch is physical, your voice isnt physical. My sound waves are pouring out of your speakers, penetrating every cubic inch. Stop disrespecting her ooh and the dodge likes it. Dont you dart . Gets your filthy voice off her jake yep. But its not just a tablet, its really a laptop. Its a surface pro 3, with a touchscreen. Well it cant be as fast as my mac. Sure, it can. And it is. But you probably cant plug anything into it. I have a usb mini display port. Plug away. And this is my favorite its the kickstand. So youre saying it does more than my mac . Well technically, you said it. Are you thinking faster than the rest of us . What the hell is going on . [ laughter ] [ applause ] dang it, man, what is going on with you . Im a doctor, not a busboy. I dont know why. What is it that does this . Try to explain yourself. Come from a deep part inside myself. The tributes to Robin Williams<\/a> continue to pour in. Any second now the lights on broadway will be dimmed in his honor and well be showing that to you any moment. It will be just all the lights in times square and everything, one of the brightest places on earth will go dark for him. For a look at the best tributes, here is jeanne moos. Reporter what would robin think if he could see all of the corky tributes his own commontive issue of time a comedy club sign saying Robin Williams<\/a> rest in peace, make god laugh, adoring cartoons like this one comparing three raas, three of a kind to the joker Robin Williams<\/a> captions one of a kind. Other comics choked up. We learned that the genius comedian and actor Robin Williams<\/a> passed away. Reporter some paid tribute by im mansion. Jim carry posted an imitation he once did of mork. Anyway, until next time this is mork from mork signing off. Reporter jimmy fallon did a montage. He would get into, thank you, the guys sitting at home and the kid going thats not the way and then hes like ball and chain and yes, thank you. [ applause ] reporter wsb zack kline woved 22 Robin Williams<\/a> tv and movie references into his sports cast. Amelia who had happy feet, julio flexed his muscles like paparazzi. Reporter some just dropped. 10 braves jumanji. Reporter at least he didnt stand up on his anchor desk. Captain my captain. Sit down, mr. Anderson. Reporter this scene from dead Poets Society<\/a> when students rebel became a tweeted out photo tribute as fans took to their desks and table tops. At the university of north carolinas Wilson Library<\/a> where scenes from patch adams were shot. The latest peter pan actress dedicated her first training flight to that other peter who got his pan back and disney tweeted out a tribute illustration showing the genie from alladin. What would robin say about these tributes . Thank you. Reporter jeanne moos, cnn, new york. Pretty nice to see those wonderful things people are doing and of course, the lights will be dimmed on broadway in a few minutes in honor of robin willia williams. We want to end the show, though, tonight on a joyful note. Were so happy to announce our produce ser a proud new mom. We watched her waiting and waiting for this moment and here it is. This is alice chambers. She was born on monday, a healthy seven pounds once ounce and surrounded as you can see by her loving family. Her sister and mom are there and her awesome dad craig. Welcome to alice and congratulations to shanna and only a producer on outfront could look so perfect. She looks amazing. Were so excited for her and her family. Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching. Well see you tomorrow night. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good evening, anderson is off tonight. We have breaking news were following inside details of a risky American Military<\/a> operation inside iraq. To the top of the mountain where all the people are driven by isis jihad fighters. The operation has just wrapped up. Were learning new details now of what was uncovered, some crucial intelligence. Jim sciutto is working the story and joining us now. What are you learning . Wolf, a remarkable turn around in half a day, Administration Officials<\/a> talking about a potential genocide on top of the mountain where thousands have been taking refuge. After several forces went, they left and made a couple conclusions, one, there are far fewer refugees on that mountain than believed, several thousand. There were estimates of ten to 20,000 and that makes in the judgment of the pentagon now a mass either air or ground evacuation much less likely. After the pentagon released the statement, i managed to get john kiy","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia804501.us.archive.org\/17\/items\/CNNW_20140813_230000_Erin_Burnett_OutFront\/CNNW_20140813_230000_Erin_Burnett_OutFront.thumbs\/CNNW_20140813_230000_Erin_Burnett_OutFront_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240617T12:35:10+00:00"}