13/08/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

hold in history. Time now for a look at the news as seen across the

Breaking tonight, what we have now in ABC World News with David Muir.

Breaking tonight, what we have now learned about the final hours of

Robin Williams' life. What authorities discovered in the home,

how his family learnt they had lost a husband and father. Remembering

your favourite moments, and the moment we found, Christopher Reeve

and Robin Williams and the promise they made to each other. Also, the

deadly flood emergency, and which cities we are watching. Cars carried

on bulldozers, passengers swimming to safety. Developing in St Louis,

will the police chief revealed that officer after an unarmed teenager is

shot? And, special delivery. The world's newest panda triplets right

Good evening. We are learning much here. `` reveal.

Good evening. We are learning much more about Robin Williams and what

played out in his home hours before he was discovered. Police revealing

what they believe happened inside his home in California. How his

family learned he took his own life, his body found by his personal

assistant. Tributes pouring in from around the world, the memorial

growing outside his home in Boulder Colorado, the backdrop used for Mork

and Mindy. And, tributes at the home where he filmed Mrs Doubtfire. Robin

Williams had just signed on to reprise the role. His staff on the

Hollywood Walk of Fame surrounded by messages from grieving fans. Our

reporter is outside the backdrop from Mrs Doubtfire, and we know that

he called the Bay area his home. He did. You can see there is a crowd

that has poured into this site. These famous stairs at that house

you mentioned, overwhelmed with flowers and candles, to remember a

man who will be missed by so many. Tonight, new details about Robin

Williams' final hours. At 10:30pm on Sunday night, he was seen by his

wife, Susan Schneider. Investigators say she woke up in the morning,

leaving her house, thinking he was still asleep. Just before noon, his

personal assistant discovered his body. She called 911, and emergency

crews responded in minutes. The indication is that it is a suicide

due to asphyxia due to hanging. A pocket knife found near his body,

cuts on his wrist. This long`time friend who saw him just last week

told me he and others close to him were concerned. We were worried, he

has been fragile. It was clear to us that he was not in great shape. Did

you think it would come to this? No. He was getting so much love and

support all around him, for me, there is no making sense of any of

this. Today, those landmarks made famous over the course of the

legendary career, now memorials. From that bench in Boston scene in

Good Will Hunting... You don't know about real loss, because that only

occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. Now

surrounded by tributes written in chalk, to his star on the Hollywood

walk of Fame, spilling over with flowers and notes. Fans mourn a loss

of a movie legend, and his family mourned in private. His wife

said... And his daughter tweeted For those who worked with Williams,

the tributes keep pouring in. Garry Marshall discovered Williams,

saying he had more energy than anyone in any room. He shared

another story today, saying the first time he met Robin Williams, he

stood on his head in an office chair. Always the comedian, that

guy. He said he had never interviewed in

alien before, that's how he got the job for Mork and Mindy. Was there

any message left for his family, do we know? We don't know.

Investigators are not saying whether he left behind a suicide note. What

they are saying is that this investigation will remain open as

they await the results of a toxicology test. Robin Williams

recently went back to rehab, last month. He had been honest about his

struggles with addiction, Diane sat down with him in 2006.

Was there one moment that you fell into it again? Was it one day? It is

very gradual. You are standing at a precipice and he looked down. There

is a very quiet voice and it says, jump. Just one. The idea of just

one, for someone who has no tolerance for it, is not a

possibility. To talk about it is caused by something. It is not

caused by anything, it is just there. It is latent, it waits. It

lays in wait for the time when you think, I am fine now. I'm OK. The

next thing you know, it's not OK, things aren't going so well. Was

there someone who said anything to you, one message that sailed

through? You are drunk! Know, someone said, you need help. It was

pretty much unanimous on that level. And then you go and you say, you are

right. How long until you said, this is it? A couple of years of thinking

I could do it on my own, and you can't. That is the bottomline. I can

do this, I can stop. You really think you can. Then you know you

need help. So honest in that interview. How medical unit has been

making calls to the experts today. You found something out very eye

opening from suicide prevention centres. We have learned that calls

to suicide prevention hotlines have spiked. People are asking to help

and offering help, and perhaps that is one of his gifts. One of the most

important point to make is that he was not old. `` he was not alone.

Numbers state that one in ten Americans have suffered from

depression in the last year. These diseases are treatable. The moment

the video of Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve, the pack they

kept that we didn't know about. The flooding emergency hitting

several States this evening. These pictures coming in from Detroit. Two

people have died, one woman in her basement and the other in her car.

Hundreds of people stranded were guided out by rescuers in water.

This rig tested the limits, and have a look at this overpass. It says it

all. The water nearly touching the top. In Maryland, the parking lot

outside the airport. Look at the weather wall tonight, that system

moving through with warm rain on the way tonight. `` more rain.

The rescues tonight. Flash floods swallowing parts of the north`east.

We sat and watched my cargo deeper and deeper, and now you can't see

it. Forcing land to give way in the Pittsburgh. More than 17 inches in

just hours near Baltimore. The water rose and this woman got stuck. Stuck

like the estimated hundreds of vehicles abandoned in Detroit on

Monday. A lot of people were swimming out, people were climbing

up the edges. People were swimming out of their cars? Standing on them

initially, then the water kept rising and they had no choice. It

was probably 13 or 12 feet deep. Almost half a foot of rain falling.

It killed at least two people. Only the tops of cars visible from

above. Today, mud cake and still under water. Land giving way,

highways crumbling. Parts of south`east Michigan in a state of

emergency. We have made a significant survey of the areas. The

water so high, forklifts were brought in to get the vehicles out.

It took us about three hours to get about 15 minutes worth of a drive, I

have never seen anything like this before. In parts of the city, the

pumps vandalised and failing. The water going nowhere.

Flash flood warnings tonight, you can see them. Moving rain to the

north and east, some severe storms have popped up. Detroit and

Baltimore have marked their second wettest day on record. It will go

north, and Boston at around 4pm, or just before. Flash flood watches are

still in place from West Virginia to Maine. We are talking three or four

inches still possible along this system.

Instantly, tensions high, as riots began. `` in St Louis. Now the

Police chief and his decision. Will he revealed the name of the

officer? Our correspondent is there. I close my eyes and think about

him. I wake up, and he is gone. We sat down with the parents at the

centre of the storm. Asking authorities to tell them the name of

the officer who killed Michael Brown, their son. Heath at the

profile. Have the police been working with you at all? `` he fit

the profile. This person needs to pay for this. This person got to

pay. These are exclusive pictures taken just moments after Round was

shot to death by an unidentified city officer. There is the office

of's police SUV, with his lights still flashing. The teenager was

unarmed. He had a friend a friend were walking home, when the police

told him to get off the street. Police say there was a fight with

the officer, witnesses say that is not true. The president wade in,

calling the death heartbreaking. `` weighed in. We think the value that

might have been gained, if any by releasing the name, is outweighed by

the danger. Young people clashed with police who used teargas and

rubber bullets. Civil rights groups plan peaceful rallies tonight.

Michael Brown was supposed to start school yesterday, instead there was

this memorial where he died. His father told me he knew his son would

light up the world, but not this way. Around the world tonight, in

breaking news from Iraq, we are learning this evening the US is

sending more than 100 additional personnel to the key city of Irbil.

So many refugees, and determining how best the White House can

contribute. Concern for diplomats on the ground there already. We are

also learning about a tragic helicopter crash in Iraq, the same

chopper yet seen dropping precious food and water, and rescuing

desperate refugees on the mountain. Tonight, a pilot killed, and a New

York Times journalist injured. He is expected to be OK. Authorities say

apparently it could not handle the weight. Major developments in the

Ebola outbreak. And debates over the untested but promising experimental

treatment. The two sick Americans got it, but what about those on the

ground in Africa? Tonight, the World Health Organization has approved the

use of ZMapp to combat Ebola. Calling it the largest, most

severe, and most complex outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history. That

drug has shown so much promise it has been given to two American aid

workers being treated for Ebola in Atlanta. While they both approved,

many others are in desperate need, and demand for the drug is soaring.

But ZMapp, which is an extremely limited supply, has notably not in

provided to the Africans who make up the majority of it Thames, raising

questions about its distribution. The ethical question is how we

should decide who should get it, when we have a limited supply. We

want to make sure that we have clear criteria, to make sure it is done

fairly. The drug, made from tobacco plants in the US, it can take weeks

to produce. Tonight the manufacturer says the available supply has been

exhausted. That drug is being made in Kentucky, and medical experts say

it will likely be the end of the year before they have enough new

Very important studies, David. And a Very important studies, David. And a

real debate among who gets it. There is more a head on World News. The

remarkable moment the officer races to the scene to help the driver

choking. He gets there, and we are about to see what happens next. The

medical headline, if you have a child going back to school, putting

one of those Hand sanitisers in their backpack, will it make a

difference? Eye opening results. At the moment we found today, Robin

Williams, Mr Sharif, and the packed they made to one another and kept

it. `` Christopher Reeve. became roommates, and formed a

friendship that would last for decades. Even after death. I just

want to take also a very, very special person tonight. Christopher

Reeve, I miss you, and I also say may flights of angels sing you to

their rest, sweet prince. Legend has it that two of them made a pact as

students that whoever made it first would always support the other. In

1995, Christopher Reeve injured his spine in a horseriding accident. He

was paralysed from the neck down. When I interviewed him four months

later, he said the greatest gift Robin Williams ever gave him was the

gift of laughter. You had a very good friend named Robin Williams.

Yes, yes. And I understand that he came here to see you. I was hanging

upside down, semiconscious. And I turned to my side, and there is

Robin Williams dressed as a taco, wearing one of those funny blue

scrub hats `` dressed as a doctor. And I loved. As we all, always do.

And I felt such joy in seeing him, he had come all that way. And you

know, seeing him, and laughing and enjoying each other like the old

days, was one of the first indicators to me that life could be

good again. So as you can see, Robin Williams was the first person to

make Christopher Reeve laugh, and want to live. A powerful promise

they kept to one another. And his family have spoken. Let me read this

statement. They said the world knew Robin as a comedic Titan. To our

family, he was simply one of dad's dearest friends. Must be one of the

greatest moment of a police officer pulling Simonova. She finds the

woman choking on food, it uses the Heimlich to clear her throat, and

she immediately turns around and gives him a hug. No word yet on the

ticket `` pulling someone over. Sending your children to school with

hand sanitiser may not cut down the risk of becoming sick. Having

sanitiser in the classroom is no better than the chink kids to wash

their hands with old`fashioned soap and water. China is celebrating the

birth of panda chick lit, and so are we. `` triplets. It is traditional

to wait until they are 100 days old. So many moments from Robin Williams

being remembered today, and so many Americans remembering them tonight.

A list here. I am Popeye. In words, sounds, and scenes, Robin Williams

gave us iconic moments. So many still treasured. First that

memorable catchphrase, Nanu Nanu from Mork and Mindy. And how about

that iconic wake`up call from good morning, Vietnam. Good morning,

Vietnam and! He then carried it around the world. Good morning,

Virginia! He even sent it up to space. Good morning, Discovery! Dead

Poet's Society would feature this scene of defiance. I stand on my

desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a

different way. And fans doing it too, posting these images in his

memory. All right, Sparky, here is the deal. The greatest AdLib expert

in his generation. He impressed as the voice of the genie in Aladdin.

And who could ever forget Williams' role as Mrs Doubtfire. The clean`up

woman, undercover. Even in the sadness of his passing, his warm,

generous sensibility shines, with laughter or all. Good night. ``

laughter for all. Hello once again. Subtle variations

on the showery theme, rather than a changing of scripts. As we compared

Tuesday to Wednesday, fewer showers on Wednesday by comparison to