Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And 9catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the governor of missouri today ordered the state Highway Patrol to take over security in the st. Louis suburb of ferguson. Local police have drawn heavy criticism for their use of force against protesters last night. The crowd was demonstrating against the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. Highway patrol captain ron johnson grew up in ferguson, and hell be in charge. He said its vital to break the cycle of violence. I plan myself on walking to the quick trip that has been called ground zero and meeting with the folks there myself tonight. And so we are going to have a different approach. That we are in this together. Thats the approach we are going to have tonight. And look at our resources to make sure were not taking resources out there that we dont need. But when we do need those resources they will still be here. Woodruff well have the full story of the violence that erupted in ferguson last night and reaction from the white house on down after the news summary. Ifill iraqi Prime MinisterNouri Almaliki finally stepped down this evening, as his support crumbled on all sides. He will now support Haider Al Abadis nomination to be the new Prime Minister. There was also word that the u. S. Has now decided not to expand a humanitarian rescue mission that might have put u. S. Combat troops back on the ground. We do not expect there to be an additional operation to evacuate people off the mountain. And its unlikely that were gonna need to continue humanitarian airdops on the mountain. Ifill from president obama today, confirmation that the crisis facing yazidi refugees in Northern Iraq has greatly eased. Fighters from the Islamic State group had surrounded thousands of yazidis on mount sinjar. But military and civilian advisers sent in this week reported u. S. Air strikes broke the siege. At the pentagon today, rear admiral john kirby said the air campaign and kurdish Ground Forces helped the yazidis escape. We believe that thousands of them were leaving every night. Now, i cant give you an exact figure of how many every night. But certainly more than a thousand or so every night were leaving the mountain with peshmerga help. Woodruff kirby estimated about 4,000 people remain on the mountain, but nearly half are said to be herders who live there and have no interest in leaving. Reporter those who did leave continue to arrive in refugee camps and many say they will never return. translated my feeling towards sinjar . No way, no way can i go back. How can my eyes see sinjar again when i witnessed hundreds of people die there . Ifill meanwhile, there were new clashes in western iraq today between Islamic State fighters and Government Forces around fallujah, in anbar province. The governor of the province appealed for u. S. Air strikes there too, but american officials had no immediate response. In another development, france announced the imminent delivery of military aid to Kurdish Forces battling the militants. Woodruff in pakistan, thousands of antigovernment demonstrators headed toward islamabad, the capital, where police have barricaded entry points. The protesters are demanding that Prime Minister nawaz sharif resign over claims he came to power a year ago through vote rigging. One protest convoy was led by imran khan, an Opposition Party leader. Cars, trucks and buses left from lahore this morning, with more than 5,000 protesters. Others joined along the way. Ifill three people were killed in egypt today as Security Forces crushed small protests by islamists. They were trying to mark the anniversary of the killing of more than a thousand demonstrators one year ago. Those demonstrations followed the military ouster of islamist president mohammed morsi. Woodruff a russian aid convoy edged closer to the Ukrainian Border today. More than 200 vehicles headed toward a crossing controlled by prorussian rebels. Ukrainian officials had demanded the convoy pass through a Government Border post so its cargo can be inspected. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Government dispatched its own shipment of relief supplies to the war torn region. It is sending 75 trucks loaded with 800 tons of aid. Ifill doses of a potentially lifesaving drug have arrived in liberia to treat ebola patients. Zmapp is still untested, and these are the last known doses. The company that developed it says producing more will take months. Also today, the u. S. Ordered family members of embassy employees in sierra leone to leave immediately due to the ebola outbreak. Woodruff theres word that actor and comedian Robin Williams was in the early stages of parkinsons disease when he committed suicide. His wife, susan schneider, announced it today in a statement. Williams had a long history of substance abuse, but the statement said he had returned to sobriety. Parkinsons disease attacks the nervous system, and destroys the ability to control movement. It is incurable. Ifill on wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 61 points to close at 16,713; the nasdaq rose nearly 19 points to close at 4,453; and the s p 500 was up eight points to finish at 1,955. Woodruff we return now to the drama that unfolded in the st. Louis suburb of ferguson, missouri, last night and dominated conversation across the country today. It was a scene of utter chaos that riveted the nations attention. Stun grenades and tear gas exploded in the streets of ferguson. As heavily armed police aimed weapons from armored trucks. Police said they used force when a protest that began peacefully, turned violent, with people throwing rocks and firebombs. You must disperse immediately. This is no longer a peaceful protest when you try to injure people. You must disperse now. Woodruff with that, officers loosed the barrage of grenades and gas, sending the crowd fleeing. We just said, hands up, dont shoot reporter is that all you were saying . Thats all we were saying, hands up, dont shoot reporter were you in the front line up there . In the front line yes and they just start shooting woodruff both city and county officers were involved, and today they defended their actions. Thomas jackson is chief of the Ferguson Police. There is gunfire, there are firebombs being thrown at the police. I understand that what it looks like is not good. The whole situation is not good. We would like the protesters to stop the violence, we certainly dont want to have any violence on our part. We want this to be peaceful. If individuals are in a crowd thats attacking police, they need to get out of that crowd. We cant individually go in and say, excuse me, sir, are you peacefully protesting, are you throwing rocks . Are you throwing a molotov cocktail . Its a crowd. Woodruff the st. Louis post dispatch reported ten people were arrested. Among them, st. Louis city Alderman Antonio french, whod been chronicling events on social media. Including several vine video posts. What do we want . Justice woodruff french was released this morning. Stop videotaping lets grab our stuff and go. Woodruff Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery recorded this exchange with police as he and a Huffington Post reporter were ordered to clear out of a nearby mcdonalds. The reporters were detained and later released without any charges. Separately, members of an Al Jazeera America tv crew had to run for it after police fired tear gas as they prepared for a live report. Today, the police chief denied the media had been deliberately targeted. But the stark images from last night reverbated far beyond ferguson. President obama interrupted his vacation on marthas vineyard. There is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would us 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. And here in the United States of america, police should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobs and report to the American People on what they see on the ground. Woodruff meanwhile, missouri political leaders spent the day in ferguson. U. S. Senator claire mccaskill, speaking after a community gathering, sharply criticized police tactics. I think that the Police Response needs to be demilitarized. I think that the Police Response has become part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution. Woodruff police chief jackson rejected the criticism. The whole picture is being painted a little bit sideways from whats really happening. And its not military, its tactical operations, its swat teams. Thats whos out there. Police. Were doing this in blue. In a statement, u. S. Attorney general eric holder also voiced concerns about police actions, and said the Justice Department has offered to provide Technical Assistance with crowd control. The nights events in ferguson have swept across the world wide web, in a torrent of videos, tweets and retweets. The chant of hands up, dont shoot had already morphed into a rallying cry on social media. This morning, howard university, in washington d. C. , posted a photo on its Facebook Page showing scores of students with hands raised and the hashtag hands up, dont shoot. Similar photos from across the country also circulated online. At the same time, the investigation continued into the incident that started all this, saturdays shooting of 18year old Michael Brown. The identity of the officer who fired the fatal shot remained a point of contention. Authorities again said theyre not ready to release the name, due, partly, to death threats. At one point, a twitter account associated with the activist Group Anonymous did publish a name that it said was the officer in question. That was flatly denied by police, and twitter later suspended the account. Woodruff for a look at whats happening on the ground in ferguson, we turn to usa today reporter yamiche alcindor, who was there last night. She regularly covers social issues relating to criminal justice. I spoke to her a short time ago. Yamiche alcindor, we thank you for talking with us. First of all, reaction to the governors announcement that the missouri Highway Patrol is going to be taking over Law Enforcement there. Residents here for the last two days that i have been here have really been complaining about what they consider militarytile policing. People are welcoming this announcement. A woman i talked to said she was scared to have her child in the street and shes going in extra early. I think people are rielle hunterly excited about. This even though they dont know exactly whats coming and theyre still worried about what the Highway Patrol will do, people think if it wont be tanks or tear gas that it may be better. Woodruff you were very much there last night, reporting on it, tweeting about it. What did you see . Officials are saying people in the crowd were throwing rocks, throwing fire bombs. I did not see people throwing rocks and fire bombs but i know there are some images of people doing that, so i think that that might have actually happened. What i saw mostly was people crowding in different areas, picking up their arms, saying, dont shoot, hands up. People were in some ways aggressively walking up to police and kind of taunting them. At about 2 00 in the morning, i was at the Ferguson Police station and a group of six or seven people walked on to the Ferguson Police property and taunting the police there. Soon after the st. Louis county Police Showed up with about four trucks and 60 officers in riot gear. So i saw that. I also saw officers with rifles drawn, kind of pointed at people they thought were taunting them or they thought might be shooting at them. Woodruff and yamiche alcindor, what about what happened between the police and news media, reporters . I saw you tweeted about police yelling at you at one point. Police yelled at me, but they also yelled at people that were in the street. They were really trying to get people out and dispersed and i was taking about three to five people being arrested at 2 30 in the morning and the police did not take kindly to that. I was also told to leave with the protesters, they made an announcement saying leave the area. But they were very aggressive with people at the end saying you need to leave or you will go to jail. I saw the people being arrested and i took a picture and the police were not happy. I can understand they were trying to get people dispersed and the people were being arrested and thats my experience with the police here. For the most part, police have been respectful of me as a journalist for the majority of the time here. Woodruff have temperatures cooled down at all . Whats going on where you are . I see people are bind you. People are behind me. Theyre protesting. People are really not dying down. I thought the first couple of days here, okay, things will get quiet, people will go home and not think about this anymore, but i talked to men who lives feet away from the spot where Michael Brown was shot and he said im happy with what were doing. This is the first time ive seen people so united and determined, and we want the officers name and him charged with murder. People are really angry. Four to five days into this, people are really upset and people are organizing and making voices heard through demonstrations and protests. Woodruff yamiche alcindor, u. S. A. Today, thank you for talking with us. Two reactions to whats happening, tony messneger and Brian Fletcher. We welcome you both to the program. Brian fletcher, how did the situation in ferguson deteriorate to this point, do you think . I dont think anyone really knows the answer to that. 3 i believe its a builtup frustration of generations of difficulties within the Africanamerican Community. Unfortunately, this tragic accident happened to occur in fergen and it could happen in any large suburb in the United States. Unfortunately, ferguson is getting the attention at this point. Woodruff your newspaper, the editorial page, tony messneger, has been writing about this. To many, looking in from the outside, its hard to understand how the police force could be majority white and the community majority africanamerican. How can there be such a disconnect or a discrepancy between the two . I think the important thing to understand looking from the outside is how divided this community is by jurisdiction. Ferguson is a suburb of st. Louis. St. Louis the city is not even in st. Louis county. Its its own city. The Largest Police forces in the region are st. Louis county and st. Louis city. We have 90 municipalities in st. Louis county, ferguson one of those, many very small, many have Police Forces that they can barely afford, and so your best Police Officers are going to the county or the largest municipality st. Louis city, so its harder for the smaller Police Forces to actually develop strong forces that are worthy of their community and that match the demographic makeup of their community, and so thats part of what we have here soivment youre saying woodruff so youre saying its a salary issue that causes the police force not to be representative of the community . I would say salary is part of it. I would say its primarily an issue where you have all these different little municipalities fighting for some of the same officers as compared to what weve advocated for on the editorial page which is por fore community to become one Larger Community with one large police force that can be representative of the community, one Large Fire Department that can be representative of the community, instead of all these tiny different municipalities having their own forces. Woodruff Brian Fletcher, how much has that lack of representation, you think, contributed to the tensions there in ferguson . I personally dont feel that contributed at all. I will tell you