Plus a fragile faceoff and tense morning in st. Louis. Tear gas fills the air, protesters fill the streets. Michael browns parents speaking out and a Police Department under the microscope. And aid from the air, help for hundreds of refugees in iraq escaping isis. Ivan watson on the front lines and in the chopper. The question this morning, where do the refugees go from here . Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Of course we begin this morning with Robin Williams. The beloved actor being remembered from the Hollywood Hills to the Nations Capital as not only a comedic genius but a man of great compassion. Officials say williams took his own life at the age of 36. Williams publicist acknowledging he recently battled severe depression calling his death sudden and tragic. Williams often talked about his struggles with addiction including two trips to rehab. Fans mourning his loss with notes and flowers on the hollywood walk of fame. On twitter the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences which awarded williams the best supporting oscar for good will hunting highlighted his role in aladdin that simply reads genie, youre free. Travel the world to inspire our troops, here he is in 2003 at an appearance in afghanistan. In a statement, williams wife says she hopes the focus is not on his death but what she says are the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions. So lets do that now. Good morning, vietnam this is not a test, this is rock n roll time to rocket from the delta to the dmz god, its hot in here. Oh oh oh ahh ow i know size can be daunting, but dont be afraid. I love you. I love you mork calling orson. Come in your boobtubeness. Is that you . It. Yes. Im like sorry, sorry, sorry to walk into a Major Baseball League stadium like in your face camel wake. In your rear derriere. Now you ask me if ive been practicing medicine f this means opening your door to those in need, those in pain, caring for them, listening to them, applying a cold cloth until a fever breaks, if this is practicing medicine, if this is treatsing a patient i am guilty as charged, sir. You dont know about real loss because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt youve ever dared to love anybody that much. If you listen real close you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. That scene always makes me cry. Entertainment correspondent initial turner joins me now. Yesterday we were going about our lives and wham, we get this news and ive covered so much in this industry for a lot of years, carol, and this one just totally took my breath away. It knocked the wind out of me, to get this news and to realize, okay, now we have to talk about this man whos career has spanned more than four decades and kind of put it into a box here and also coupled with talking about a bigger issue of maybe Mental Health, Mental Illness and depression and things like that, but there are celebrities and then there are hollywood icons, and Robin Williams from all weve heard over the last 12 hours fits into the category of a hollywood icon most definitely. So thats kind of what were doing this morning, remembering. I know he battled depression. Yes. He battled drug addiction. He seemed to be over it for, what, 20 years or so, and then suddenly he relapsed. Does anyone know why . Well first of all i think you hit the nail on the head when you say he batted it. Addicts will tell you, i think that folks that are suffering from Mental Health issues will tell you that its an everyday battle, that its a disease, and that its something that you live with, and you try to maintain, you try to win that battle, but it is an everyday battle, and sometimes that doesnt happen, and maybe we saw that here, and now were getting a chance to kind of remember all of the great things he did. I think it was interesting when you said earlier that hes being remembered from the Hollywood Hills to the halls of the white house, and we saw yesterday president obama release a statement saying we were introdued to him as an alien, seeing that on the screen, as mork, but he touched us all in this humane way, touched our lives and the secretary of defense, chuck hagel releasing a statement saying the troops owe a little bit of a debt of gratitude to Robin Williams. He was an advocate for the troops in ways not a lot of us even knew. So its really were learning more about him than just this actor or this comic genius, like you said, but and its mind boggling he couldnt realize the joy that he gave us. Yes. I want to head out to Stephanie Elam now. Shes, there you are Stephanie Elam. Fans around the world i know are remembers williams, too, paying tribute to his lifes work in a variety of ways. Tell us more, stephanie. Reporter its so true, and i realize we are in hollywood, carol, so youre going to hear a lot of people who had a connection to robin or maybe were lucky enough to work with him. For a lot of people he meant so much. I grew up in the bay area and i remember when i realized he lived in the bay area how cool i thought that was as a teenager, i thought that was really cool. Out here in hollywood theres flowers all around his star, theres even an oscar statue marking the fact that he won an oscar for good will hunting and people making their way out here to pay their respects since the news broke. Listen to one person who really said he moved hollywood because of Robin Williams. Rob quiin williams, he could anybody, he could be all of us. He wasnt just robin, he was like the collective con, like a conduit, for a lot of people. Reporter and a lot of people expressing that same feeling that he was the man you wanted to be like, someone who could be so funny in ad libbing roles and for a lot of people theyre remembering when they first fell in love with Robin Williams in mork and mindy and all the people who tried to learn to nanu nanu. Stephanie elam, thank you. Join cnn for a look back at the life of Robin Williams, our cnn spotlight is coming up 11 30 eastern time. Officials responded to an emergency call at Robin Williams home just before noon on monday, amid reports that a man had been found unconscious and not breathing. Robin williams would be pronounced dead minutes later. Dan simon joins from us outside of williams home in california. Dan, tell us more. Reporter hi, good morning, carol. Theres going to be a News Conference at 11 00 a. M. Local time, 2 00 p. M. Eastern, where i think you can expect authorities to talk about the emergency response, talk about who called 911, who first discovered his body, perhaps the release of some initial autopsy results as well. I can tell you that Robin Williams was a ific tour, carol, in the San Francisco bay area, most recently moving to the neighborhood of tiburon. Were in front of the house and you can see this makeshift memorial here that is growing. People leaving flowers and candles and cards, things of that nature, and you know, he was a constant presence in this neighborhood. Neighbors tell us that they often saw him riding bikes and was very downtoearth, and engaged with kids when theyd come up and talk to him and seek his autograph, carol. Dan simon reporting live from Northern California this morning. Well continue our coverage of Robin Williams death in a minute. 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Justice has to be seeked for my son, because he didnt deserb this. He didnt ask for it, and like i said at first, whatever profile they set out, my son dont fit the profile at all. He didnt deserve none of this. Cnns George Howell is live in ferguson this morning with more. Good morning, george. Reporter carol, good morning. We do expect to learn the identity of that officer at some point today. Meantime, we know that the fbi is here on the ground in ferguson to investigate this case, and at the request of attorney general eric holder, the department of justice is also monitoring things. There were peaceful protests the other day, but still police find themselves dealing with turmoil on the streets. Tempers flare on the streets of ferguson for a second night of unrest over the death of Michael Brown. Police in riot gear facing off with protesters firing tear gas canisters. Yelling at them to move. Please return to your homes or we will deploy gas. Reporter protests during the day remained peaceful, but here, anger and frustration linger. What do we want . Justice scram. When do we want it . Now reporter this Community Outraged and demanding ands for what some believe was an unprovoked attack on an unarmed teenager. No justice, no peace stop the killer cop reporter the fbi is launching an investigation into the racially charged shooting to parallel the Police Investigation following the massive outcry from Community Leaders to get involved. Their baby was executed in broad daylight and thats why people are so outraged. Thats why people are frustrated, because theyre saying yet again, one of our children executed before he even becomes a man. Reporter a recent high school graduate, the 18yearold was shot and killed by police saturday, the spot where he fell marked this memorial. The circumstances surrounding his death are still in dispute. Police say brown assaulted the officer in his car, trying to take his gun, but witnesses say the teen was surrendering with his hands in the air when the officer opened fire. Whats not known is exactly what transpired in those moments before the fatal shots, and why. His grieving parents tell cnns don lemon they want justice for their gentle giant. Never did we think wed be planning a funeral. We was waiting on his first day of school. And they robbed us of that. Just because my son is 64 black male, walking down a city street does not mean he fits the profile for any, anything other than just walking down the street. Thats all he was doing. My son dont have justice. And we dont have no peace. If he has no justice, we wont get into peace. Reporter an autopsy on brown is now complete, but findings have not yet been made public, neither has the officers name, the sixyear veteran now on paid administrative leave, while the investigation into what led up to this shooting continues. There is frustration, fair to say, there is a lot of outrage on the streets as the information is slow to come in this case, but we do know, again, that we should learn the name, the identity of that officer later today, also that the mayor and the police chief here in ferguson plan to attend a Community Forum set later today as people try to come to terms with what happened here, try to get information and facts with all of the unanswered questions, carol, surrounding this case. George, why is it taking police so long to release this officers name . Reporter sure, and you know, carol, we put that question to the police chief yesterday, just as far as getting information out to people. Again, thats what people want. They want to know if there was video in this case. They want to know what police know. Are there things that have not yet been released. The police chief telling me that the process for releasing information, the process for investigating this case is very slow and deliberate. He even said that, you know, given that weve heard so many things from witnesses, you know, weve heard these different accounts from witnesses, different from what police have put out, police have said little. Weve heard a lot from witnesses, he says that as we learn more, as police put more information out about this case, he believes that we should have a better understanding of exactly what happened that night. Well see what happens later this afternoon. George howell reporting live from ferguson, missouri, this morning. In just a few minutes st. Louis alderson antonio french will join us live to talk about the protest, the unrest and the racial tension in ferguson and in the next hour of newsroom well talk live with the Naacp National president Cornell William brooks as the Civil Rights Organization pushes for answers and justice in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Ill be right back. [announcer] play closegood and close. Help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile snacks. With soft meaty centers and teeth cleaning texture,its dental that tastes so good. Beneful healthy smile food and snacks. Trust but verify was a cold war strategy used by washington, with moscow. It may be again in ukraine. Russian convoy of 208 trucks left moscow for eastern ukraine. Russia says the delivery of humanitarian supplies has been worked out with the International Red cross committee. The west is concerned they may be using the convoy as a trojan horse to move troops in. They say no aide convoy will be able to cross into ukraine until its certified by ukrainian authorities. Putting a human face on the crisis of refugees escaping isis fighters in iraq. Ivan watson has on board a helicopter dropping food and water but the aid mission turned into a dramatic rescue mission as desperate refugees raced toward the chopper, about 20 people including children were able to make it on board before the helicopter took off. The group of people just a tiny fraction of the refugees remaining on that mountaintop. Kurdish official says as many as 70,000 people are still trapped. With me now, emily romero, the middle east director for Relief International and cnn military analyst retired major zwren ral spider marks. Welcome to you both. Thanks, carol. Good morning. Thanks for being here. Emily, i want to start with you. I know youre not directly involved with the refugees on the mountaintop. Tell us how desperate the situation is in iraq because of isis . This video clearly portrays how desperate the situation is, as people are trapped, they lack water, this he lack food, they lack health care. They fled their homes in complete terror, and i think this video is very good at showing the brutality that isis is showing to the population of iraq in general, to minority fwru groups in particular and other vulnerable populations. We have been responding for the past couple of months as weve seen hundreds of thousands of iraqis fleeing their homes in search of safe refuge. Emily, once these refugees get off the mountaintop, do you know where theyre going . Its not clear where they may be able to go. The threat has to be stopped. Isis still controls roads on the mountains, and so they remain trapped and as you said, tens of thousands of people. So what we are ready, you know, is to respond to the needs of the people when they are able to come down which we know will be across the board in terms of urgent access to health care, psychosocial assistance, water, across the board shelter. General marks i wanted to ask you it the desperation of the people, the helicopter came under fire as it took off, describe what a Difficult Mission this is. Extremely Difficult Mission, a lot of peril, a lot of risk. The flight profile of the aircraft just to begin with is very, very difficult, youre maneuvering through space that they probably know, but its in enemy control. You have civilians completely uncontrolled. Youre bringing down this helicopter, and its going to be a mob scene as you saw on ivans reporting, a mob scene getting on the helicopter and many will be left behind, many will want to get rescued in the future. And then as youve asked, where do they go from here, flying up to turkey or going to some other places in Northern Iraq that are safe ha