15/08/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

A lot more as always on our website. Time now for a look at the news as

seen across the United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC World

News with David Muir. Welcome to world news. Tonight,

breaking developments in the city on edge. The teargas, the rubber

bullets and that protesters. Molotov cocktails and the police. Is there a

change in command on the streets? And the police chief, what he is

telling the world news about that officer.

A stunning details about Robin Williams. What he was facing in the

final days. The explosions caught on tape rocking and American city.

What caused this? And a surprise for his mother.

A dream come true. Good evening. It is great to have

you with us. We begin with simmering tension just outside Saint Lewis,

Missouri. The police will take control of the streets in Ferguson,

Missouri. It comes after those images overnight. Anger erupting yet

again. So many families demanding answers. One protester is preparing

to throw a flaming bottle at a line of officers. And the front page

saying it all. The President has an urgent plea to both sides. And we

asked the police chief if and when he will reveal the name of that

officer. Our coverage begins on the ground tonight. Good evening.

This is a city in desperate need of peace and understanding. The

Governor has relieved local police of their patrol duties and from

tonight on, the highway patrol will cover the streets.

This is not the Middle East. The police in these pictures are

throwing teargas at Negroes `` That. 16 were people in jail.

Witnesses say that for no good reason, police in riot gear walked

into this restaurant and force everybody to be. And they put the

report recording it all in handcuffs for the night.

armed men taking you into custody saying that you are resisting arrest

when you are not, that is frightening. This picture of SWAT

teams during teargas to want a camera crew. What is police point

the camera to the ground. The only people being violent of the police.

The President condemning the feeling that took place earlier this week.

But calling to an end to the police state. There is never an excuse for

violence against the police or for those who would use this tragedy as

cover for a vandalism wanting. Today there was a turn in the reaction to

Michael Brown's killing. Officials were listening to demonstrators. I

would have said, you're off your rocker. The Governor meeting with

civil rights leaders. Saying authorities should identify the

They need to let protesters protest officer who shot beating now. `` the

They need to let protesters protest peacefully. They need to release

that man's name. The police chief says he will not identify this

police officer unless he is forced to by the courts.

He says he is concerned for the officer's safety.

The dramatic pictures from Missouri sparking pointed reaction across

this country on the kind of force being used by the police. The images

we have seen that protesters face to face with rows of officers in riot

gear. Many are drawn comparisons to scenes decades ago. How these

peaceful protests in the afternoon suddenly turned into a violent clash

at night. And the debate over how the police should respond.

By day, protesters have been largely peaceful. Demonstrators demanding

justice. The message is clear. But to win night. A different story. The

confrontation taking a violent turn. Police bringing out those

armoured cars and an arsenal of heavy weapons. Tactics many argue

are more appropriate to a war zone. A young man confronted by heavily

armed officers. Many questioning if the police response fits the threat.

Police defended their actions. Property is getting destroyed.

People are being shot at. We have to respond. But tonight, a change of

tactics. State troopers are taking over. Ferguson will not be defined

as a community torn apart by violence. It has struck a national

no. You have to listen. Hundreds gathering for this picture. People

of all ethnicities across the country are posting pictures in

solidarity. There is never an excuse for

violence, says the president, and no excuse for police to use excessive

force against peaceful protests. We will turn to that developing

headline about Robin Williams. Is wafer leasing a statement thanking

everybody for the outpouring of good wishes. `` is wafer leasing. But she

also reveals that Robin Williams had received their Parkinson's diagnosis

and was not ready to reveal it to the world.

We are learning about one more struggle faced by Robin Williams in

the months before he died. His sobriety was intact, his wife said

in a written statement. He struggled with depression, anxiety and early

stages of Parkinson's disease. He was not ready to show that publicly.

Early Parkinson's consists of slowness and postural changes so

people lean forward. Around 1.5 million Americans have Parkinson is.

Research suggests a link between the disease and clinical depression.

Michael J Fox just set on Twitter...

His family, who have all requested privacy since his death, are all

sharing their memories of the men we thought we all knew, but only new

on`screen. His youngest son said: his wife hopes others might live,

learning a lesson from how he died. Robin Williams' widow says that the

family had sought comfort in the outpouring of grief.

It must have been so painful for this family to reveal this today. We

know that major depression occurs in 20%` 40% of people with Parkinson's

disease. It is very difficult to treat depression in a patient with

Parkinson's disease. There is excellent treatment now and there is

reason for hope. Historic rains and deadly flash

floods on Long Island, New York, major islands becoming rivers. Here

are firefighters rescuing a stranded driver. In Maryland, roads washed

away, giant sinkholes, and huge hazards.

Tonight, the wounds from flooding exposed. Too much rain, too fast,

from Maryland to Maine. Overnight, more than half a foot of rain

falling in Portland. Folks shovelling it out of this gym. I

have been in some bad weather, but to have six inches of rain in a

couple of hours, to see how fast this parking lot filled up, is

nothing I have ever seen. Pumps still working in Maryland, cleaning

up after 15 inches were dropped. Watch this from New Mexico, rescue

crews saving this man from the raging floodwaters. He was

reportedly carried three miles before they got him out.

Stunning pictures. In another part of the country, they are facing much

the same. Tucson, Colorado, other places facing these problems. In

Colorado Springs, we saw almost an inch of rain in 20 minutes. Parts of

misery, Iowa, Illinois, they will be having severe storms and flooding.

Not in the clear yet. PM of Iraq, Nouri al`Maliki, agreeing to step

down. It is something the White House said was necessary to try to

pull the country together. President Obama revealing that the immediate

humanitarian crisis has been eased. Thousands of refugees marooned on a

mountaintop, desperately climbing into helicopters, some are now able

to reach safety. Aside from the humanitarian mission, there is

another mission that carries on. We will continue air strikes. No

timeline given. No timeline, there were several

strikes by fighter jets and drones today, aimed at ISIS targets. The

President made it clear that these types of air strikes will be carried

out with no end in sight. The bottomline, as long as ISIS's

militance pose a threat to cities like Irbil, the strikes will be

ongoing. It is about protecting the Americans, and very critically

tonight, it is about defending these key cities. If Irbil falls, the fear

that ISIS will control the north of Iraq, and then next stop will be an

assault on Baghdad. Now, the hunt for two young Amish

girls who were abducted from their front yard and driven away. It is

difficult, because there are no pictures of the girls, because they

are from that community, and they speak a dialect.

Tonight, a race against time. Those two Amish girls, vanished. We

investigation is a worst`case scenario, because it is the only way

we know how. 12`year`old Fanny and her sister Delilah, working in their

family's roadside vegetable stand. A white, 4`door sedan, pulled up. When

it drove off the girls were gone. Their family living in this

traditional Amish community of 10,000. They have no phone, they ran

to a neighbour's house to call police. Rescue workers searching

underwater. Police only have this sketch to work from, because in

Amish tradition, being photographed is not allowed. We have no photos to

begin with, it is a belief within the Amish community, so we did well

to get this sketch. Police are scouring the countryside, watching

the border closely. Canada is only ten miles away. Police say no lead

is too small. They know time is not on their side.

Around the world tonight, and to South Korea where Pope Francis

appealed for peace between the two Koreas. In a rare move, he also

spoke English. The pontiff made friends there because of the car he

chose to pick him up at the airport. A humble, Korean made compact car.

We heard Pope Francis speaking in the language he rarely uses.

At Arlington national cemetery, a funeral for a fallen soldier. Major

General Harold General Harold Greene was buried

with solemn rituals. He is the first commando killed in a combat

situation since the start of the war.

There is much more ahead. This Thursday night, the unbelievable

pictures of these guises of fire `` geysers. And, one mother receiving a

surprise. What was waiting for her in that way? `` doorway.

Now to Nashville, with manhole covers blasting off and columns of

fire shooting into the air. What is causing it?

This video, taken only seconds after a tanker rolled over while making a

turn. The tanker explodes in a fireball, spilling toxic fuel into

an underground drainage system leading to a nearby creek. It

jackknifed and turned over and exploded. The dramatic moments

recorded on this 911 call. Amazingly, officials say as the fuel

spread through the underground storm drains, vapours triggered explosions

blocks away. This man was standing just feet away from a manhole

cover, which suddenly erupts at the cannon being fired. Watch again.

This time from a different view. Experts say, for a heavily loaded

tanker, any turn is potentially dangerous. In 2007, a tanker rolled

over and burst into flames in Oakland, California. Somehow, the

driver of the truck escaped with minor injuries. Because of the

accident under investigation. Celine Dion fans reeling. All Las

Vegas concerts and tour dates cancelled indefinitely, as she

reveals she is taking care of her husband. He is having a second out

with throat cancer, and she decided family comes first. And, this woman

thought she was helping her son with a video project as they walk down

these days. Then he hands her a mysterious envelope. This didn't

come in the mail. What the... She opens it and find the key. The

surprise outside the door. It is the car she always wanted, from back

when he was a boy. A 1973 Saab. He told us he saved up for it for a

year. His mum lost her job 2.5 years ago, and he was determined to get

the dream car he heard about is a little boy.

There were a lot of heavy and thundery showers around yesterday.

There was the siting of a funnel cloud in love are, in

Leicestershire. There may be some heavy showers around, but not to the

same extent. Fewer showers and more sunshine. Many places were starting

Friday