A few hours, en route at this instant. He is currently in the air being flown to Brooke Army Medical center in san antonio, texas. Thats where hell continue treatment following nearly five years in captivity with the taliban. Tonight were also learning new information about bergdahls time as a prisoner and why he may have left his platoon in the first place. The daily beast has obtained letters that are believed to be from bergdahl sent to his parents while he was being held. In a moment, were going to talk to the daily beast kimberly dozier. She is the one who got these letters from sources in contact with the taliban. She is going to tell us exactly what they say. First, though, we begin our coverage with Barbara Starr outfront at the pentagon. Barbara, what have you learned about when bergdahl is expected to return to the u. S. , the treatment that is going to await him, which i suppose could begin literally in a few hours . Thats right, erin. Good evening. All indications are he wi
Deal with help deal with the humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, the sixth air drop by u. S. Military plans near mt. Sinjar was conducted tonight. Are we on the verge of getting in deeper in iraq . And in the wake of a shooting death of an unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a Police Officer, what will black parents tell their sons, and how will we all keep them safe . All right, don. But we begin with reaction to the death of Robin Williams from two of his best loved costars. We talked about this last night. He teamed up with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, you remember, to raise some 80 million for people in need with a series of those comic relief specials. Billy crystal tweeted these words, which were simply no words. And then Whoopi Goldberg, she agreed, tweeting Billy Crystal is right there. Are no words. We will have much more tonight on cnn spotlight, Robin Williams with Nischelle Turner at 11 30. Right after this broadcast. Were going to begin with breaking news out of iraq. The
They were caught offguard by how quickly the situation in iraq has spiraled out of control. Sources telling our Kyra Phillips they were surprised at, quote, the speed at which the situation continued to deteriorate over the past few days and the apparent ease at which the Iraqi Security forces abandoned their units and positions. Today militants took over three more towns after clashes with Iraqi Security forces that lasted hours. So far the terror group, the Islamic State in iraq and syria, or isis, has launched massive attacks on four major cities. They already control an additional three dozen smaller towns. As you can see with all of the red dots and over the boarder in syria as well. Today president obama, of course, who withdrew American Forces from iraq warned of the consequences of doing nothing. This poses a danger to iraq and its people, and given the nature of these terrorists, it could pose a threat eventually to american interests as well. Already an american official tell
Only deepens. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh is in ukraine with the latest on those two jets that were shot down. Tell us more. Reporter carol, Ukrainian Defense officials confirming two jets shot down in Eastern Ukraine. People still trying to work out precisely the location but the separatists confirm the shooting down saying it happened. I should point out in the past few months of the intense warfare in Eastern Ukraine, a lot of helicopters and jets have been taken out of the sky. The key issue is this is happening simply hours after the first bodies of those victims on mh17, the passenger aircraft, have been flown out of governmentcontrolled areas in Eastern Ukraine. To many such shocking timing presuming this was separatists also involved. At a time when the world is simply trying to work out how many bodies are on the train that the militants have allowed to leave their controlled areas and the crash site there to be brought here where officials are slowly moving through those human rema
Depression while in the celebrity limelight. No justice, no peace my conversation with dick cabot coming up. No justice, no peace it has been a week to almost the very moment since an officer shot and killed Michael Brown. Hey, there, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex an unarmed teen in ferguson, witt. A flareup of anger in ferguson, missouri. And this past week the city and missouri. Youre looking at new video from the nation have been on an emotional roller coaster ride. Inside a local store after it was looted last night. We have so many questions still i dont know. And we actually might get more we just got here. This is the second time it answers in just about an hour. Also, were expecting to hear from Texas Governor rick perry happened. We feel really bad because, like today, actually just a short time from now. I said, this is the second time he was just indicted on two it happened. Police are not doing anything felonies. Yet. When some of the residents hes accused of abus