:00:00. > :00:00.hold in history. Time now for a look at the news as seen across the
:00:00. > :00:11.Breaking tonight, what we have now in ABC World News with David Muir.
:00:12. > :00:15.Breaking tonight, what we have now learned about the final hours of
:00:16. > :00:19.Robin Williams' life. What authorities discovered in the home,
:00:20. > :00:23.how his family learnt they had lost a husband and father. Remembering
:00:24. > :00:28.your favourite moments, and the moment we found, Christopher Reeve
:00:29. > :00:32.and Robin Williams and the promise they made to each other. Also, the
:00:33. > :00:36.deadly flood emergency, and which cities we are watching. Cars carried
:00:37. > :00:44.on bulldozers, passengers swimming to safety. Developing in St Louis,
:00:45. > :00:51.will the police chief revealed that officer after an unarmed teenager is
:00:52. > :00:52.shot? And, special delivery. The world's newest panda triplets right
:00:53. > :01:11.Good evening. We are learning much here. `` reveal.
:01:12. > :01:14.Good evening. We are learning much more about Robin Williams and what
:01:15. > :01:18.played out in his home hours before he was discovered. Police revealing
:01:19. > :01:22.what they believe happened inside his home in California. How his
:01:23. > :01:27.family learned he took his own life, his body found by his personal
:01:28. > :01:30.assistant. Tributes pouring in from around the world, the memorial
:01:31. > :01:38.growing outside his home in Boulder Colorado, the backdrop used for Mork
:01:39. > :01:42.and Mindy. And, tributes at the home where he filmed Mrs Doubtfire. Robin
:01:43. > :01:48.Williams had just signed on to reprise the role. His staff on the
:01:49. > :01:55.Hollywood Walk of Fame surrounded by messages from grieving fans. Our
:01:56. > :01:59.reporter is outside the backdrop from Mrs Doubtfire, and we know that
:02:00. > :02:06.he called the Bay area his home. He did. You can see there is a crowd
:02:07. > :02:11.that has poured into this site. These famous stairs at that house
:02:12. > :02:16.you mentioned, overwhelmed with flowers and candles, to remember a
:02:17. > :02:21.man who will be missed by so many. Tonight, new details about Robin
:02:22. > :02:27.Williams' final hours. At 10:30pm on Sunday night, he was seen by his
:02:28. > :02:31.wife, Susan Schneider. Investigators say she woke up in the morning,
:02:32. > :02:35.leaving her house, thinking he was still asleep. Just before noon, his
:02:36. > :02:45.personal assistant discovered his body. She called 911, and emergency
:02:46. > :02:50.crews responded in minutes. The indication is that it is a suicide
:02:51. > :02:56.due to asphyxia due to hanging. A pocket knife found near his body,
:02:57. > :03:00.cuts on his wrist. This long`time friend who saw him just last week
:03:01. > :03:07.told me he and others close to him were concerned. We were worried, he
:03:08. > :03:13.has been fragile. It was clear to us that he was not in great shape. Did
:03:14. > :03:20.you think it would come to this? No. He was getting so much love and
:03:21. > :03:25.support all around him, for me, there is no making sense of any of
:03:26. > :03:29.this. Today, those landmarks made famous over the course of the
:03:30. > :03:35.legendary career, now memorials. From that bench in Boston scene in
:03:36. > :03:37.Good Will Hunting... You don't know about real loss, because that only
:03:38. > :03:41.occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. Now
:03:42. > :03:46.surrounded by tributes written in chalk, to his star on the Hollywood
:03:47. > :03:51.walk of Fame, spilling over with flowers and notes. Fans mourn a loss
:03:52. > :03:54.of a movie legend, and his family mourned in private. His wife
:03:55. > :04:01.said... And his daughter tweeted For those who worked with Williams,
:04:02. > :04:29.the tributes keep pouring in. Garry Marshall discovered Williams,
:04:30. > :04:35.saying he had more energy than anyone in any room. He shared
:04:36. > :04:40.another story today, saying the first time he met Robin Williams, he
:04:41. > :04:44.stood on his head in an office chair. Always the comedian, that
:04:45. > :04:47.guy. He said he had never interviewed in
:04:48. > :04:52.alien before, that's how he got the job for Mork and Mindy. Was there
:04:53. > :04:56.any message left for his family, do we know? We don't know.
:04:57. > :05:01.Investigators are not saying whether he left behind a suicide note. What
:05:02. > :05:04.they are saying is that this investigation will remain open as
:05:05. > :05:10.they await the results of a toxicology test. Robin Williams
:05:11. > :05:15.recently went back to rehab, last month. He had been honest about his
:05:16. > :05:21.struggles with addiction, Diane sat down with him in 2006.
:05:22. > :05:28.Was there one moment that you fell into it again? Was it one day? It is
:05:29. > :05:32.very gradual. You are standing at a precipice and he looked down. There
:05:33. > :05:39.is a very quiet voice and it says, jump. Just one. The idea of just
:05:40. > :05:43.one, for someone who has no tolerance for it, is not a
:05:44. > :05:48.possibility. To talk about it is caused by something. It is not
:05:49. > :05:54.caused by anything, it is just there. It is latent, it waits. It
:05:55. > :06:00.lays in wait for the time when you think, I am fine now. I'm OK. The
:06:01. > :06:06.next thing you know, it's not OK, things aren't going so well. Was
:06:07. > :06:12.there someone who said anything to you, one message that sailed
:06:13. > :06:18.through? You are drunk! Know, someone said, you need help. It was
:06:19. > :06:25.pretty much unanimous on that level. And then you go and you say, you are
:06:26. > :06:29.right. How long until you said, this is it? A couple of years of thinking
:06:30. > :06:34.I could do it on my own, and you can't. That is the bottomline. I can
:06:35. > :06:40.do this, I can stop. You really think you can. Then you know you
:06:41. > :06:48.need help. So honest in that interview. How medical unit has been
:06:49. > :06:50.making calls to the experts today. You found something out very eye
:06:51. > :06:54.opening from suicide prevention centres. We have learned that calls
:06:55. > :07:00.to suicide prevention hotlines have spiked. People are asking to help
:07:01. > :07:05.and offering help, and perhaps that is one of his gifts. One of the most
:07:06. > :07:13.important point to make is that he was not old. `` he was not alone.
:07:14. > :07:18.Numbers state that one in ten Americans have suffered from
:07:19. > :07:23.depression in the last year. These diseases are treatable. The moment
:07:24. > :07:31.the video of Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve, the pack they
:07:32. > :07:33.kept that we didn't know about. The flooding emergency hitting
:07:34. > :07:39.several States this evening. These pictures coming in from Detroit. Two
:07:40. > :07:42.people have died, one woman in her basement and the other in her car.
:07:43. > :07:47.Hundreds of people stranded were guided out by rescuers in water.
:07:48. > :07:51.This rig tested the limits, and have a look at this overpass. It says it
:07:52. > :07:57.all. The water nearly touching the top. In Maryland, the parking lot
:07:58. > :08:03.outside the airport. Look at the weather wall tonight, that system
:08:04. > :08:12.moving through with warm rain on the way tonight. `` more rain.
:08:13. > :08:16.The rescues tonight. Flash floods swallowing parts of the north`east.
:08:17. > :08:21.We sat and watched my cargo deeper and deeper, and now you can't see
:08:22. > :08:29.it. Forcing land to give way in the Pittsburgh. More than 17 inches in
:08:30. > :08:33.just hours near Baltimore. The water rose and this woman got stuck. Stuck
:08:34. > :08:37.like the estimated hundreds of vehicles abandoned in Detroit on
:08:38. > :08:42.Monday. A lot of people were swimming out, people were climbing
:08:43. > :08:46.up the edges. People were swimming out of their cars? Standing on them
:08:47. > :08:53.initially, then the water kept rising and they had no choice. It
:08:54. > :09:00.was probably 13 or 12 feet deep. Almost half a foot of rain falling.
:09:01. > :09:03.It killed at least two people. Only the tops of cars visible from
:09:04. > :09:09.above. Today, mud cake and still under water. Land giving way,
:09:10. > :09:15.highways crumbling. Parts of south`east Michigan in a state of
:09:16. > :09:20.emergency. We have made a significant survey of the areas. The
:09:21. > :09:25.water so high, forklifts were brought in to get the vehicles out.
:09:26. > :09:29.It took us about three hours to get about 15 minutes worth of a drive, I
:09:30. > :09:35.have never seen anything like this before. In parts of the city, the
:09:36. > :09:43.pumps vandalised and failing. The water going nowhere.
:09:44. > :09:48.Flash flood warnings tonight, you can see them. Moving rain to the
:09:49. > :09:52.north and east, some severe storms have popped up. Detroit and
:09:53. > :09:58.Baltimore have marked their second wettest day on record. It will go
:09:59. > :10:04.north, and Boston at around 4pm, or just before. Flash flood watches are
:10:05. > :10:10.still in place from West Virginia to Maine. We are talking three or four
:10:11. > :10:17.inches still possible along this system.
:10:18. > :10:28.Instantly, tensions high, as riots began. `` in St Louis. Now the
:10:29. > :10:33.Police chief and his decision. Will he revealed the name of the
:10:34. > :10:44.officer? Our correspondent is there. I close my eyes and think about
:10:45. > :10:47.him. I wake up, and he is gone. We sat down with the parents at the
:10:48. > :10:50.centre of the storm. Asking authorities to tell them the name of
:10:51. > :10:55.the officer who killed Michael Brown, their son. Heath at the
:10:56. > :11:02.profile. Have the police been working with you at all? `` he fit
:11:03. > :11:07.the profile. This person needs to pay for this. This person got to
:11:08. > :11:12.pay. These are exclusive pictures taken just moments after Round was
:11:13. > :11:18.shot to death by an unidentified city officer. There is the office
:11:19. > :11:26.of's police SUV, with his lights still flashing. The teenager was
:11:27. > :11:29.unarmed. He had a friend a friend were walking home, when the police
:11:30. > :11:34.told him to get off the street. Police say there was a fight with
:11:35. > :11:41.the officer, witnesses say that is not true. The president wade in,
:11:42. > :11:51.calling the death heartbreaking. `` weighed in. We think the value that
:11:52. > :11:56.might have been gained, if any by releasing the name, is outweighed by
:11:57. > :12:01.the danger. Young people clashed with police who used teargas and
:12:02. > :12:05.rubber bullets. Civil rights groups plan peaceful rallies tonight.
:12:06. > :12:08.Michael Brown was supposed to start school yesterday, instead there was
:12:09. > :12:12.this memorial where he died. His father told me he knew his son would
:12:13. > :12:18.light up the world, but not this way. Around the world tonight, in
:12:19. > :12:23.breaking news from Iraq, we are learning this evening the US is
:12:24. > :12:29.sending more than 100 additional personnel to the key city of Irbil.
:12:30. > :12:37.So many refugees, and determining how best the White House can
:12:38. > :12:38.contribute. Concern for diplomats on the ground there already. We are
:12:39. > :12:43.also learning about a tragic helicopter crash in Iraq, the same
:12:44. > :12:46.chopper yet seen dropping precious food and water, and rescuing
:12:47. > :12:53.desperate refugees on the mountain. Tonight, a pilot killed, and a New
:12:54. > :12:56.York Times journalist injured. He is expected to be OK. Authorities say
:12:57. > :13:06.apparently it could not handle the weight. Major developments in the
:13:07. > :13:09.Ebola outbreak. And debates over the untested but promising experimental
:13:10. > :13:15.treatment. The two sick Americans got it, but what about those on the
:13:16. > :13:19.ground in Africa? Tonight, the World Health Organization has approved the
:13:20. > :13:25.use of ZMapp to combat Ebola. Calling it the largest, most
:13:26. > :13:29.severe, and most complex outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history. That
:13:30. > :13:33.drug has shown so much promise it has been given to two American aid
:13:34. > :13:37.workers being treated for Ebola in Atlanta. While they both approved,
:13:38. > :13:43.many others are in desperate need, and demand for the drug is soaring.
:13:44. > :13:46.But ZMapp, which is an extremely limited supply, has notably not in
:13:47. > :13:51.provided to the Africans who make up the majority of it Thames, raising
:13:52. > :13:54.questions about its distribution. The ethical question is how we
:13:55. > :13:58.should decide who should get it, when we have a limited supply. We
:13:59. > :14:02.want to make sure that we have clear criteria, to make sure it is done
:14:03. > :14:07.fairly. The drug, made from tobacco plants in the US, it can take weeks
:14:08. > :14:12.to produce. Tonight the manufacturer says the available supply has been
:14:13. > :14:15.exhausted. That drug is being made in Kentucky, and medical experts say
:14:16. > :14:18.it will likely be the end of the year before they have enough new
:14:19. > :14:23.Very important studies, David. And a Very important studies, David. And a
:14:24. > :14:28.real debate among who gets it. There is more a head on World News. The
:14:29. > :14:31.remarkable moment the officer races to the scene to help the driver
:14:32. > :14:35.choking. He gets there, and we are about to see what happens next. The
:14:36. > :14:39.medical headline, if you have a child going back to school, putting
:14:40. > :14:42.one of those Hand sanitisers in their backpack, will it make a
:14:43. > :14:48.difference? Eye opening results. At the moment we found today, Robin
:14:49. > :14:49.Williams, Mr Sharif, and the packed they made to one another and kept
:14:50. > :16:00.it. `` Christopher Reeve. became roommates, and formed a
:16:01. > :16:06.friendship that would last for decades. Even after death. I just
:16:07. > :16:11.want to take also a very, very special person tonight. Christopher
:16:12. > :16:16.Reeve, I miss you, and I also say may flights of angels sing you to
:16:17. > :16:22.their rest, sweet prince. Legend has it that two of them made a pact as
:16:23. > :16:27.students that whoever made it first would always support the other. In
:16:28. > :16:32.1995, Christopher Reeve injured his spine in a horseriding accident. He
:16:33. > :16:35.was paralysed from the neck down. When I interviewed him four months
:16:36. > :16:42.later, he said the greatest gift Robin Williams ever gave him was the
:16:43. > :16:47.gift of laughter. You had a very good friend named Robin Williams.
:16:48. > :16:53.Yes, yes. And I understand that he came here to see you. I was hanging
:16:54. > :16:57.upside down, semiconscious. And I turned to my side, and there is
:16:58. > :17:05.Robin Williams dressed as a taco, wearing one of those funny blue
:17:06. > :17:10.scrub hats `` dressed as a doctor. And I loved. As we all, always do.
:17:11. > :17:17.And I felt such joy in seeing him, he had come all that way. And you
:17:18. > :17:20.know, seeing him, and laughing and enjoying each other like the old
:17:21. > :17:24.days, was one of the first indicators to me that life could be
:17:25. > :17:29.good again. So as you can see, Robin Williams was the first person to
:17:30. > :17:34.make Christopher Reeve laugh, and want to live. A powerful promise
:17:35. > :17:42.they kept to one another. And his family have spoken. Let me read this
:17:43. > :17:49.statement. They said the world knew Robin as a comedic Titan. To our
:17:50. > :17:56.family, he was simply one of dad's dearest friends. Must be one of the
:17:57. > :18:00.greatest moment of a police officer pulling Simonova. She finds the
:18:01. > :18:04.woman choking on food, it uses the Heimlich to clear her throat, and
:18:05. > :18:09.she immediately turns around and gives him a hug. No word yet on the
:18:10. > :18:13.ticket `` pulling someone over. Sending your children to school with
:18:14. > :18:16.hand sanitiser may not cut down the risk of becoming sick. Having
:18:17. > :18:20.sanitiser in the classroom is no better than the chink kids to wash
:18:21. > :18:24.their hands with old`fashioned soap and water. China is celebrating the
:18:25. > :18:32.birth of panda chick lit, and so are we. `` triplets. It is traditional
:18:33. > :18:36.to wait until they are 100 days old. So many moments from Robin Williams
:18:37. > :18:45.being remembered today, and so many Americans remembering them tonight.
:18:46. > :18:50.A list here. I am Popeye. In words, sounds, and scenes, Robin Williams
:18:51. > :19:02.gave us iconic moments. So many still treasured. First that
:19:03. > :19:08.memorable catchphrase, Nanu Nanu from Mork and Mindy. And how about
:19:09. > :19:12.that iconic wake`up call from good morning, Vietnam. Good morning,
:19:13. > :19:23.Vietnam and! He then carried it around the world. Good morning,
:19:24. > :19:36.Virginia! He even sent it up to space. Good morning, Discovery! Dead
:19:37. > :19:43.Poet's Society would feature this scene of defiance. I stand on my
:19:44. > :19:46.desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a
:19:47. > :19:53.different way. And fans doing it too, posting these images in his
:19:54. > :20:01.memory. All right, Sparky, here is the deal. The greatest AdLib expert
:20:02. > :20:09.in his generation. He impressed as the voice of the genie in Aladdin.
:20:10. > :20:17.And who could ever forget Williams' role as Mrs Doubtfire. The clean`up
:20:18. > :20:20.woman, undercover. Even in the sadness of his passing, his warm,
:20:21. > :20:27.generous sensibility shines, with laughter or all. Good night. ``
:20:28. > :20:41.laughter for all. Hello once again. Subtle variations
:20:42. > :20:48.on the showery theme, rather than a changing of scripts. As we compared
:20:49. > :20:49.Tuesday to Wednesday, fewer showers on Wednesday by comparison to