Off the National Guard as we hear from his parents and learn about the past of a star witness in the case. The u. S. Issuing a new warning about isis days after the militants murdered a kidnapped journalist. What makes the terrorists so powerful as the u. S. Hunts for the british jihadist that killed james foley . Live Team Coverage from iraq ahead. Im christine romans. Im Victor Blackwell in for john berman. Good to be here for a second day. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Calm and order have been restored and are taking hold on the streets of ferguson. Governor nixon is ordering National Guard troops to withdrawal from the missouri town. Demonstrators in the dozens instead of the thousands. Two weeks after the shooting death of Michael Brown. We have more from Stephanie Elam this morning. Reporter victor and christine, another peaceful night here in ferguson. Protesters took to the streets. They stayed calm. The police also stayed out of their way. In fact, we listened to captain ron johnson talk about how the night went. Here is what he had to say. We also experimented with pulling the patrol cars back from the street to allow more room for marching. That trend is continuing. We had to respond to fewer incidents tonight. No molotov cocktails tonight, no fires, no shootings. We did not seize a single handgun. Again, tonight, we deployed no smoke devices, no tear gas and no mace. Again tonight, no Police Officer fired a single shot. Captain johnson said there were seven arrests last night, compare t it to two nights ago, 47 arrests. Three were from detroit, the others from the st. Louis area. Things continue to improve. He credited it to not just the police changing their tactics, but the clergy and the elders in the community as well as the young people for doing their part to keep nerves calm. You could feel it on the streets. The energy was much different. It was calmer. The police looked more relaxed. We spent time at the memorial, at the location where mike brown died. The energy there was pretty solemn. People were stopping by to leave candles and drop off flowers. There was a prayer group that showed up singing and praying for a bit, then they kept on walking. We saw another group arrive. They came with flowers and quietly laid down flower after flower down the street which has been the hub ub of so much of the tension, just handing them out to people standing by, an effort to bring peace back to the community. For the people who were there, a moment and place to focus on mike brown and remember him and the loss of life that did happen almost two weeks ago now. Christine and victor . Stephanie elam, thank you for that. Michael browns mother says her facetoface meeting with eric holder mattered. She told Anderson Cooper he promised her a fair and thorough investigation. Her detractors are quick to point out he robbed a Convenience Store before his encounter with officer wilson. He was a teenager. He was growing up. He was only 18. He had a chance to make a mistake and correct it. Just like the officer. He had a choice. He chose the wrong one. It wasnt necessary. My son is only 18. Only 18. Browns parents say their son was peaceful and humble. They are calling for the arrest of officer Darren Wilson so they can quote, have some peace. A key witness in the Michael Brown case was arrested in 2011 for theft and false statements to police. The 22yearold who was with brown the day he was killed, if you follow the story, you recognize his face and name. The unarmed teen, he claims was shot running away from police with his hands up. In the summer of 2011, johnson lied about his identity, age and address when questioned about stealing a womans backpack. Here is what johnsons attorney is saying. His past trance gregss do not change the facts or justify the gro tes k violation of brown and johnsons civil rights. Some will ask why is this relevant . It speaks to johnsons credibility when it comes to speaking with police and describing incidents and the incidents reported. If this were something else, maybe it wouldnt be relative. So much of the case hinged upon his story, because he was there, thats why this is relevant and why we are reporting it. Stay with cnn for continuing coverage in ferguson, missouri. A chilling warning from the pentagon about isis. Senior defense officials describe the organization as an imminent threat. Listen to defense secretary, chuck hagel at a pentagon briefing thursday. Sophisticated and well funded as any group we have seen. They are beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. They are tremendously well funded. Oh, this is beyond anything that we have seen. U. S. Air strikes on isis targets continue in iraq. Secretary hagel warns, defeating the terror group wont be possible unless its presence in syria is addressed. He would not say if the u. S. Is considering military strikes there. We are monitoring the latest developments live from baghdad. The u. S. Air campaign, the air strikes have really slowed what looked like unstoppable momentum of isis in iraq. Reporter absolutely, christine. We have to look at what has taken place over the last week. Most of the u. S. Air strikes have been focused around the mosul dam area. Half of the strikes carried out since august 8 have been concentrated there. They have enabled kurdish and iraqi forces to regain control of the dam. We have seen how the air strikes stop the advances of isis on the kurdish city of erbil. As mentioned by the senior u. S. Defense officials, this is not not. Isis still controls big parts of this country, major cities like the city of mosul, the city of fallujah, to the west, are under complete control of isis. While these air strikes have been a significant setback for isis, its not enough to weaken it or defeat the group. Other things need to happen. Here in baghdad, the political process is key. The new government is being formed. The Prime Minister needs to bring in the Sunni Community who have felt marginalized by the sectarian policies of Prime MinisterNuri Al Maliki. They aided the u. S. Military and their presence in combatting isis, al qaeda in iraq. They will be key. We cannot look at the situation in iraq in isolation. The situation in syria, as mentioned, they have, isis has sanctuary. Regroup and strike back. Over the past couple weeks, we have seen isis make more advances in syria, in the northern part of the country. Tackling the issue of isis this is going to be key. Key indeed. Thank you. Meanwhile, scotland yard, British Intelligence officials and the fbi are trying to identify the isis executioner who killed u. S. Journalist james foley. It may have left behind more clues about him than he intended. We have live from london with the latest on the investigation. Give us an idea of the clues the investigators are combing through. They are looking at visual clues, of course, the build and height of this, what appears to be a british militant and the fact he seems to be lefthanded. They will look specifically at his voice. He has a distinct accent. We spoke to expert who is believe it come from south of england, the london area and somebody who is quite well educated, well off and group up here from a very young age. Now, what investigators are looking at is comparing the voice to what they have in their data base. They have a number of video and audio recordings of militant that is have gone to fight in syria and iraq. They have been trying to keep track of hundred that is have gone there. They are combing through what they have as a match. Following the investigation and hunt for the executioner. Thank you. 11 minutes past the hour. Time for an early start on your money. Stocks at highs. A rough start to the month. Much talked about correction of 10 or more never came. The bull market back on track. The s p 500 closed at a record yesterday, the 28th record of the year. The dow closed above 17,000 for the First Time Since the end of july. U. S. Stocks poupting higher could mean another record day. A factor in how stocks perform, yellen speaking at the feds annual symposium in jackson hole this morning. They showed surprise in improvements in the labor market. They will look for hints at raising Interest Rates earlier than expected. Israel is another story we are following making critical gains in the war against hamas. Taking out military leaders as they pound with escalating air strikes. What does it mean for peace talks ahead . We are live after the break. Ous for the whole weekend zzzquil, the nonhabit forming sleep aid, that helps you sleep easily, and wake refreshed. Because sleep is a beautiful thing. Dust irritating your eye . singing visine® gives your eyes relief in seconds. Visine®. 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It helps strengthen the tooth and makes it more resistant to acid breakdown. Israel is stepping up air strikes on hamas targets. Now the israelis are calling up an additional 10,000 reservists, a sign of possible escalation as hamas officials vow revenge. Palestinian president , abass, insists theres no alternative. Hes headed to cairo for a round of peace talks this weekend. Lets bring in carl penhaul. We have heard the threats from hamas and seen the call of 10,000 troops. Does it seem like something new or a return of something we saw before in the brief ceasefire . Reporter it really is a change in the style of war, but a reversion to what we saw before israel launched the ground campaign. The fight between gaza militants in israel is back to an air war. That reason overnight we saw 100 rockets in 24 hours from the gaza strip toward israel. Israel launching several dozen air strikes inside of gaza. Still, however, the majority of casualties continue to be civilians, 72 of the casualties are people that shouldnt be targeted in this war at all. Of course, as well, one might say hamas in terms of the rocket fire, thats not accurate. It hasnt inflicted a number of serious casualties on the ground in israel. It has tremendous symbolic and political impact. This weekend, for example, the Israeli Football Association canceled the start of soccer season. That shows israelis life cannot go on as normal. As well, hamas will target the international airport. When the faa canceled u. S. Airlines flying into that airport last month because of the threat there, that was a Huge International embarrassment to israel. Dont forget, just around the corner, the start of the school year in israel and gaza and all that is under review. Is it safe enough for students in israel to go back to study. In gaza, no chance they can go back to study because most of the schools are being used as shelters for displaced people. Victor . Quickly, abass returning to cairo said theres no alternative to the egyptian plan. How long will there be other people on the other side of the table with whom to negotiate . Reporter its very difficult to know. Vi we have no knowledge the militant factions have their representatives still in cairo. No word if hamas is still sitting at the peace table. The israelis pulled out of cairo. Maybe they will return. Nothing firm. Of course, the real problem there is that the ceasefire negotiations are really looking for an entire solution to the whole palestinian problem, not really just looking at how to silence the weapons. Victor . Karl penhaul, thank you. A friend of tsarnaev pleading guilty to obstruction of evidence. He was accused of removing a backpack and computer from his dorm room with the intent of impeding the investigation. 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