Im dara brown. Breaking overnight, our st. Louis affiliate ksdk is reporting the Ferguson Police department could release the name of the officer who fatally shot 18yearold Michael Brown as soon as today. What a difference 24 hours makes. This was the scene last night in ferguson missouri. Cars finally able to drivethru the streets as demonstrators chanted and marched along side them and for the First Time Since protests began this weekend theres fewer police and no tear gas, barricades or tanks. Throughout the country supporters held vigils and rallies in cities including portland, chicago, miami, and here in new york city. Nbcs jay gray has the latest from ferguson for us. Jay, good morning. Hi, good morning, dara. Maybe it was a hang in strategy and leadership by police on the ground, or maybe the pleas for an end to the violence from the governor and president yesterday. Whatever the case, it was much different here overnight. Reporter for the first time this week ferguson was calm overnight. Calm. But by no means quiet. Hundreds of protesters still spilled out into the streets, and police still stood guard, but this time it was a march. Not the melee that played out for four nights before. There is a different feel. There is not as much tension, but i feel a very positive force thats in the air. Theres a lot of hope here. Reporter hope, it seems, for the First Time SinceMichael Brown, unarmed teenager, was shot and killed during a confrontation with police. The gas masks and riot gear now gone, and state troopers walking with angry residents in a show of unity. I was extremely excited, almost emotional to the point of tears because the unity wean the people regardless of the race, Everybody Holding hands, lifting up their hands. Reporter a sense of relief. Hands up. Dont shoot. Hands up. Dont shoot. Reporter and relief for this Community Led by one of their own. Brother jackson. Yes. Reporter state Highway Patrol capital ron swron son, a ferguson resident, assigned by the governor to take control of security in the city. Hopefully theyll go home and say, you know what, this is going to be all right. We gain a sense of trust rsh. Reporter trust that doesnt come easy. Still angry and grieving. Of course, still one night, marching away from the violence that has defined their city in these protests and instead now taking a step towards healing. Both protesters and police seem to understand its just one step in what is sure to be a very long and difficult journey here. In ferguson, missouri, im jay gray. Dara, back to you. Thank you, jay. A sad and new twist in the death of Robin Williams. The oscar winner went to his death sober, but carrying a secret. Nbcs joe pryor with the latest. Reporter Robin Williams was fighting many internal foes. According to a statement from his wife, susan snyder, robins sobriety was intact, and 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. It made some sense to me actually because most people with parkinsons will suffer from depression at some point of the disease, often early on. Reporter the institute of Mental Health says each symptoms can make symptoms of the other worse, but its unclear if parkinsons can be linked to williams suicide. He had been candidly battling depression before the parkinsons diagnosis. He returned to rehab to maintain his sobriety. Longtime friend steven pearl saw williams last month and thought he looked frail and seemed detached. It was an uncomfortable sad vibe. He wasnt all there. Reporter parkinsons is a brain disorder that leads to tremors and can affect walk and movement. The centers for Disease Control says parkinsons is the 14th leading cause of death in the united states. As many as one million americans live with the disease and about 60,000 americans are diagnosed each year. Men are one and a half times more likely to have parkinsons than women. Celebrities with the disease include michael j. Fox, boxing great mohammed ali and singer linda ronstadt. Fox tweeted stunned to learn robin had p. D. Pretty sure his support for our foundation predated his diagnosis. A true friend. I wish him peace. Joe pryor, nbc news, los angeles. Right now a democratic transeggs of power is taking place in iraq. This following the announcement by Prime Minister nuri almaliki that he is stepping down. Susan rice hopes the shift in power helps iraq unite its people against islamic militants. Nbcs Richard Jordan joins me now live from washington d. C. Good morning, richard. What can we expect from this change in leadership . Hi, dara, good morning. The new Prime Minister is moderate, not polarizing like nuri almaliki. Now, maliki seemed determined to stay in power, but pressure from the u. S. , iran, and even from some in his own party ultimately led to his resignation. Reporter iraqi Prime Minister nuri almaliki steps down. He went on television to announce he would give up his post and his legal challenge against his successor who stood next to him during his national address. Most iraqi leaders feel a new government is critical to unite the country and president obama agrees. We are urging iraqis to come together to turn the tide against isis. Yazidi citizens threatened by genocide are evacuating a mountain refuge with the help of kurdish forces. The u. S. Plans to continue air strikes targeting terrorists on the ground. Northeast of erbil three armed isis vehicles were destroyed yesterday. I think were going to keep hitting them for a long period of time unless and until they get sufficiently trained alone to fight against these guys. Reporter u. S. Military advisors will come home in a few days, even though isis remains a dangerous enemy. Threats are not over. Its not like were sitting here just breathing a sigh of relief now because everything is better or things look to be better. Reporter a better outlook, but no end in sight yet. And the next Prime Minister has 30 days to set up a new government. Maliki remains in control of iraqs military until then. Dara. Richard, reporting from d. C. Thank you for the update. A new flareup between u. S. And israel. This one over missiles. Looks like israel wont be getting any hell fire missiles any time soon. Missiles were shipped in during the gaza conflict without proper approval. Now any ammo requests need to be signed off by the white house and the state department. Tensions between the u. S. And israel have increased over the number of civilian casualties. Now it is time for a look at your friday weather, and heres nbc meteorologist bill karins with that. Weekend forecast looking nice in many areas. Especially after the week. We had rain to deal with. Especially in the northwest. Loudz and cooler weather. Now the weekend is looking all right. Yesterday one of the cooler days weve had in this very hot summer, and all of the west. 83, nice in l. A. Still warm in the desert southwest, but actually a little below average, and that 70 in seattle is kind of cool. As far as this morning goes, really no problems with your temperatures. As we look towards the rainfall, its starting to move out. Yesterday we did pick up about. 15 of an inch. Medford got a soaking. About a half inch of rain. There was hit and miss range, especially in the Intermountain West and the rockies. Now that pesky storm is still spinning itself right over the border of washington state, oregon, and theres still some showers with it, but its not as suicide spread as yesterday. Looks like the new downpours just to the west there in spokane. If you are driving 90 through the mountainous areas, you will have wet weather here and there. We should be dealing with the flooding that we had yesterday and also the debris and mudslides. As far as your friday forecast goes, a little warmer today. About six degrees warmer in seattle than yesterday, and then the desert southwest, looks like widespread east of the cascades. As we head to southern california, pretty nice. More typical summerlike conditions for the weekend coming up. Ill show you the forecast. Thank you, bill. Looks like a great weekend to be outside. Three weeks away from labor day. Dont go there. Then school starts. Started a lot of places already in the country. Very true. Thank you, bill. 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Shot by an afghan soldier, he was the highest ranking army officer killed in combat since the vietnam war. Upstate new york, Services Held for kevin ward jr. , the race car driver killed when he was struck by nascar driver tony stewart. The investigation is ongoing. Meantime, stewart has announced he has withdrawn from a sprint cup race this weekend. And last night San Francisco said goodbye to legendary candlestick park. Sir Paul Mccartney brought down the house, which was fitting, because this is where the beatles played their last live concert. Plenty of great sports memories there too. The 49ers and baseball giants once called this home. Lets get down to business now with cnbcs sima modi. Good morning. Stocks rose again on thursday as geopolitical tennings appear to be easing. The markets are on pace for their best weekly gain in more than a month. Look for data today on inflation. Industrial production and consumer sentiment. Coke gets a boost in Energy Drink Maker foster is the dominant player controlling 42 of the energy drink market. Coke is looking for growth in other areas as it faces a decline in soft drink sales. Jc penney turnaround efforts. Theyre reporting a smaller quarterly loss as sales beat analyst forecasts on demand for home goods and jewelry. Its the Third Straight quarter of sales growth following two years of decline. Dara. Thanks so much. Coming up just ahead, there is a new man in charge of major League Baseball. Weve got the highlights from last nights nfl action. Plus, he stripped his clothes, so they stripped his medal. A lesson what not to do at the end of a race. Up next. So this board gives me rates on progressive direct and other Car Insurance companies . Yes. But youre progressive and theyre them. Yes. But theyre here. Yes. Are you. There . Yes. No. Are you them . Im me. But the lowest rate is from them. Yes. So thems best rate is. Here. So where are them . Arent them here . 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The Little League world series is well underway in pennsylvania. Pierce jones hit not one, not two, but three homers to help lift his team to a 122 victory. Theyll face the winner of sundays westmidwest game. The nfl preseason continues. Bears taking on the jaguars, and the jags got off to a pretty good start, and rookie quarterback blake shined. He threw for 160 yards, but the bears rally in the fourth and win it 2019. And heres why early celebration is not recommended. A runner stripped of his gold medal during a mens 3,000 meter Steeple Chase at the european championships for this, stripping off his shirt during the last 100 meters. Dara, let that be a lesson to everybody. Keep the shirt on when you are finishing the race. Now back to you. Great advice, todd. Coming up just ahead, time travel at downtown abbey . The revealing photo. Up next. Plus, he is pretty powerful, so why was john kerry forced to fly commercial . Youre watching early today. Completely unbelievabowl. 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Could be one of the warmest weekends we have for a while. Whats in store past the weekend, really no complaints. Even into seattle, next chance of rain doesnt evolve until tuesday. Shaping up for a nice stretch. Snoo thank you very much, bill. New to entertainment news. At the box office this weekend it looks like the heroes in a half shell will stay top. Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles is another chance to go long. Yes. Marvel, guardians of the galaxy, should stay in second place. We could see the double feature. Sure. And get the expendables 3 with the 17 stars expected to gross 22 million.