. 
>>> AMERICA'S COVID CRISIS, MORE
THAN 6 MILLION CONFIRMED CASES, 
FAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES 
STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS.
AND PARENTS RUNNING OUT OF 
OPTIONS. 
>>> MELANIA TRUMP'S FORMER CLOSE
FRIEND AND TRUSTED ADVISER 
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON WHO 
SHE SAYS THE REAL MELANIA IS. 
>> SO THE MELANIA I FIRST MET, 
VERSUS THE MELANIA THERE IS 
TODAY IS A VERY DIFFERENT 
PERSON. 
>> OUR OWN LINSEY DAVIS IN AN 
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SO-CALLED 
OPERATION BLOCK IVANKA. 
>>> A TODDLER TANKLED UP IN A 
GIANT KITE, SWEPT 30 FEET IN THE
AIR.
THE AMAZING MOMENT SHE'S SAFELY 
PULLED FROM THE SKY. 
>>> CELEBRATING A HERO, THE LIFE
AND LEGACY OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN, 
HOW HIS PASSING AS BECOME A 
WAKE-UP CALL FOR SO MANY PEOPLE 
WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF 
OUR HEALTH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS 
TIME OF COVID.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, 
THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US,
I'M KYRA PHILLIPS IN FOR LINSEY 
DAVIS TONIGHT.
WE BEGIN WITH THE POLITICAL 
DIVISIONS IN THIS COUNTRY AND 
HOW CLASHES BETWEEN IDEOLOGIES 
HAVE ESCALATED INTO DEADLY 
INCIDENTS IN OUR STREETS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PLANNING TO 
VISIT ONE OF THE CITIES THAT HAS
SEEN THAT HAPPEN, KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, THE GOVERNOR SAYING, 
IN OTHER WORDS, NO THANKS.
THE IMPORTANCE THIS WEEK OF A 
CONVOY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SUPPORTERS CLASHING WITH 
PROTESTERS DEMANDING RACIAL 
JUSTICE, THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF 
OF A MAN REPORTEDLY FROM A RIGHT
WING GROUP AND NEW THERE ARE 
CONCERNS WE'LL SEE ANOTHER 
ESCALATION IN WISCONSIN AS THE 
PRESIDENT PREPARES TO VISIT.
OUR ALEX PEREZ IS THERE AND 
FILES THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HEADED TO VISIT WITH LAW 
ENFORCEMENT IN KENOSHA TOMORROW,
A VISIT THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR 
HAVE ASKED HIM TO RECONSIDER 
AMID CONCERNS THE CITY WILL SEE 
MORE PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE LIKE 
THAT SEEN IN PORTLAND OVERNIGHT.
PROTESTERS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND 
HURLING PROJECTILES, LIKE THESE 
ROCKS AT OFFICERS, OFFICERS 
MOVING THEM BACK WITH NON-LE 
THAT WILL AMMO.
KAYNA WHITWORTH IS ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES DOOMED 
IT UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND RIOT 
CONTROL TEAMS RUSHED INTO THE 
STREET ARRESTING PROTESTERS. 
>> Reporter: FROM THE 30 ARRESTS
POLICE CONFISCATING TWO 
HANDGUNS, ON SATURDAY FIGHTS 
BREAKING OUT DOWNTOWN WHEN A 
CARAVAN OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
SUPPORTERS DROVE THROUGH THE 
CITY CLASHING WITH PROTESTERS 
DEMANDING RACIAL JUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT RETWEETING A VIDEO
OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS ENTERING 
PORTLAND CALLING THEM GREAT 
PATRIOTSS.
THIS TRUCK SPRAYING PEOPLE WITH 
AN IRRITANT, PROTESTERS IN ITS 
WAY NEARLY RUN OVER, WITNESSES 
REPORTING SEEING TRUCKS FIRING 
PAINT BALL GUNS AT PROTESTERS, 
TRUMP TODAY DEFENDING HIS 
SUPPORTERS IN PORTLAND. 
>> PAINT IS NOT A -- PAINT AS A 
DEFENSIVE MECHANISM, THAT'S NOT 
BULLETS.
>> Reporter: LATER IN THE 
EVENING THIS DEADLY SHOOTING.
THE GUNMAN FLEEING AFTER 
WATCHING HIS VICTIM STUMBLE TO 
THE GROUND.
THE VICTIM WEARING A BLUE LIVES 
MATTER FLAG AND REPORTEDLY A HAT
BELONGING TO A RIGHT WING GROUP.
LATE TODAY AUTHORITIES 
IDENTIFYING THE VICTIM AS 
39-YEAR-OLD AARON DANIELLESON OF
PORTLAND.
AND IN KENOSHA, OFFICIALS 
TONIGHT BRACING FOR THE 
PRESIDENT'S PLANNED VISIT 
TOMORROW AMID PROTESTS FOLLOWING
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE AND DAYS LATER THE FATAL 
SHOOTING OF TWO DEMONSTRATORS BY
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE. 
>> THE TIMING WAS NOT GOOD AND 
WE MADE THE REQUEST FOR HIM TO 
DO IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME. 
>> Reporter: THEY ARE, HOWEVER, 
ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO COME. 
>> I'M A TREMENDOUS FAN OF 
LACHLT AND IMMATERIAL TO THANK 
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'VE 
DONE A GOOD JOB. 
>> NO CURRENT PLANS FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MEET WITH 
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY WHILE HE'S 
IN KENOSHA. 
>> ALEX PEREZ JOINS US NOW, THE 
PRESIDENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE 
THERE IN KENOSHA TOMORROW.
WE JUST HEARD YOUR REPORTING, 
ALEX, THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS 
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO MEET WITH 
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY AND MOMENTS
AGO THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED WHY 
HE HASN'T SPOKEN TO THEM EITHER.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> YEAH, KARA, THE PRESIDENT 
SAYS HE INTENDED TO SPEAK WITH 
THE FAMILY BUT THAT THEY WANTED 
AN ATTORNEY ON THE LINE WHEN HE 
SPOKE WITH THEM.
HE DID NOT FEEL THAT WAS 
APPROPRIATE.
NOW, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE 
FAMILY SPOKESPERSON AND THEY 
SAID THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM 
ANYONE WITH THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION SINCE FRIDAY AND 
THAT THEY WERE NEVER ASKED TO 
SPEAK WITH THEM.
SO AT THIS POINT THEY SAY THAT 
THEY FEEL IT WOULD BE TOO LATE.
SO THAT BACK AND FORTH REALLY 
SORT OF CONTINUING RIGHT NOW. 
>>> GETTING BACK TO PROTESTS IN 
PORTLAND, FOR MORELET GET TO 
KAYNA WHITWORTH WHO YOU SAW 
THERE LAST NIGHT.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE THERE, 
WITHIN THE PROTESTS, AND DO YOU 
EXPECT IT TO ESCALATE AGAIN 
TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: WELL, I CAN TELL 
YOU THAT LAST NIGHT'S PROTEST 
WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER EXPERIENCE 
THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE IN 
PORTLAND.
I HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS STORY 
FOR MORE THAN A MONTH HERE, AND 
LAST NIGHT WE ENTERED A PROTEST 
WHERE MY CAMERAMAN WAS ATTACKED,
MY SOUND MAN WAS ATTACKED, MY 
PRODUCER WAS ATTACKED.
I HAD FLASHLIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SHINING THEM
RIGHT IN MY EYE.
WE WERE NOT WANTED THERE.
WE WERE EVEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE.
SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE 
HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE AND THE 
PROTESTS THAT WE HAVE COVERED 
HERE IN PORTLAND AND THAT 
PROTEST, I WANT TO POINT OUT, 
WAS PUT ON BY THE PACIFIC 
NORTHWEST YOUTH LIBERATION FRONT
AND THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL, IN 
FACT, AGAIN BE PROTESTING 
TONIGHT, AND LEADING THE CHARGE,
THEIR BATTLE CRY TONIGHT IS THAT
THE MAYOR TED WHEELER SHOULD 
RESIGN TODAY, THAT'S VERY 
DIFFERENT FROM THE BLACK LIVES 
MATTERS PROTESTS WE SAW A MONTH 
AGO JUST A FEW BLOCKS DOWN THAT 
WAY. 
>> AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE MAN
WHO DIED WAS WEARING THIS 
PATRIOT PRAYER HAT, WHAT ELSE DO
WE KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUP AT THIS
POINT?
>> Reporter: FIRST, LET ME SAY, 
HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, 
39-YEAR-OLD AARON J. DANIELSON 
WAS MURDERED HERE IN PORTLAND 
SATURDAY NIGHT.
I SPOKE WITH THE PATRIOT PRAYER 
ORGANIZER.
HE DESCRIBED THEIR GROUP AS 
FOCUSED ON GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS 
TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM FROM THE 
GOVERNMENT BUT THEY HAVE BEEN 
DESCRIBED AS A FAR RIGHT GROUP 
THAT CONTINUOUSLY CLASHES WITH 
PROTESTERS HERE IN PORTLAND AND 
THEY WERE PART OF THAT CARAVAN 
OF MORE THAN 600 CARS OF TRUMP 
SUPPORTERS WE SAW DRIVE THROUGH 
THE STREETS OF PORTLAND HERE ON 
SATURDAY NIGHT. 
>> THESE ARE CLEARLY VERY 
DIFFERENT FROM THE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS WE SAW A MONTH AGO 
THERE IN PORTLAND?
>> Reporter: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 
RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY THAT, A MONTH
AGO THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE OUT HERE, WE HAD THE WALL
OF MOMS, THE WALL OF DADS, THE 
WALL OF VETS THAT WERE HERE IN 
SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES.
THEY WERE HERE TO FIGHT FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE.
AND THEY WANTED POLICE REFORM.
I'M SORRY IT'S A LITTLE LOUD, 
THERE'S A BIG COMMUTER TRAIN 
GOING BEHIND ME.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THOSE
TRAINS WERE NOT ABLE TO RUN 
BECAUSE THIS ENTIRE DOWNTOWN 
AREA WAS SHUT DOWN DURING THOSE 
PROTESTS BECAUSE THERE WERE SO 
MANY PEOPLE.
THE PARK WAS TAKEN OVER BUT THEY
WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
THEY WANTED TO INITIATE CHANGE 
AND THEN EACH NIGHT WE SAW THE 
PROTESTS GO OVER TO THE FEDERAL 
BUILDING, PEOPLE WERE SHOOTING 
FIRECRACKERS AT THE FEDERAL 
BUILDING, IT'S ALL REALLY 
DIFFERENT NOW AND THE GOVERNOR 
IS HOPING THAT BY BRINGING IN 
THE STATE POLICE, BRINGING IN 
POLICE FROM OTHER COUNTIES AND 
CREATING A FORUM WHERE THE MAYOR
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROTEST 
LEADERS CAN SPEAK WE CAN BY WEEK
AND CREATE REAL CHANGE HERE IN 
PORTLAND. 
>> KAYNA, YOU AND THE CREW ARE 
GOING UP AGAINST SOME DANGEROUS 
ELEMENTS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING, 
STAY SAFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAYNA.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU, KIRA. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PLANNING 
THAT TRIP TO KENOSHA EVEN THOUGH
THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR HAVE 
ASKED HIM TO STAY AWAY.
WISCONSIN A KEY BATTLEGROUND 
STATE AS THE PRESIDENT DOUBLES 
DOWN ON HIS LAW AND ORDER MES 
S&L.
SPEAKING IN PITTSBURGH TODAY, 
JOE BIDEN ARGUED THE PRESIDENT 
CAN'T STOP THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE 
HE'S FUELING IT.
ABC EASTERRY MORAN HAS THE 
LATEST NOW ON THE CLASH BETWEEN 
THE CANDIDATES. 
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN IN 
PITTSBURGH IN A RARE CAMPAIGN 
STOP AND A BLISTERING SPEECH, 
BLASTING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR 
STOKING VIOLENCE AND DIVISION IN
AMERICA FOR HIS OWN POLITICAL 
GAIN. 
>> FIRES ARE BURNING AND WE HAVE
A PRESIDENT WHO FANS THE FLAMES.
RATHER THAN FIGHTING THE FLAMES.
HE CAN'T STOP THE VIOLENCE.
BECAUSE FOR YEARS HE'S FOE 
MEANTED IT. 
>> THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE 
REPEATED HIS CONDEMNATION OF THE
VIOLENCE THAT'S BROKEN OUT IN 
SEVERAL CITIES IN RECENT MONTHS.
>> RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
SETTING FIRES IS NOT PROTESTING.
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING.
IT'S LAWLESSNESS.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
AND THOSE WHO DO IT SHOULD BE 
PROSECUTED. 
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TRIES TO FO PORTRAY JOE BIDEN AS
A FAR LEFT SUPPORTER OF VIOLENCE
IN THE STREETS.
BIDEN SHRUGGING IT OFF. 
>> YOU KNOW ME.
ASK YOURSELF, DO I LOOK LIKE A 
RADICAL SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT 
SPOT FOR RIOTERS?
REALLY?
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA, SAFE FROM
COVID, SAFE FROM CRIME AND 
LOOTING, SAFE FROM RACIALLY 
MOTIVATED VIOLENCE, SAFE FROM 
BAD COPS.
LET ME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SAFE FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF 
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Reporter: IT IS TRUMP, BIDEN 
ARGUED, WHO IS A TOXIC PRESENCE 
IN AMERICA AND A FAILED LEADER. 
>> MR. TRUMP, YOU WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT FEAR?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
AFRAID OF IN AMERICA?
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO 
GET COVID.
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO 
GET SICK AND DIE.
AND THAT IS IN NO SMALL PART, 
IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU.
>> Reporter: LATE TODAY THE 
PRESIDENT FIRED BACK. 
>> WE HAVE TO STOP THIS HORRIBLE
LEFT WING IDEOLOGY THAT SEEMS TO
BE PERMEATING OUR COUNTRY AND 
BASICALLY IT'S WEAKNESS, IT'S 
WEAKENS ON BEHALF OF DEMOCRAT 
POLITICIANS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT AND JOE BIDEN 
DIFFERING ON BOTH SUBSTANCE AND 
STYLE AS THEY ENGAGE THIS ISSUE.
WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF WHO MAY BE 
MOST EFFECTIVE IN MAKING THEIR 
CASE WITH AMERICANS RIGHT NOW?
>> YEAH, THE POLLS SHOW THAT 
THIS RACE IS TIGHTENING, AS WE 
ALL SUSPECTED IT WOULD.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A BIG 
DIFFERENCE IN THE PITCH RIGHT, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A STORY 
TELLER WITH PASSION AND ANGER.
HE STOKES VERY POWERFUL 
EMOTIONS.
AND JOE BIDEN, HE'S ESSENTIALLY 
OFFERING A RETURN TO NORMALCY.
THE QUESTION IS, DOES THE STORY 
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TELLING 
MATCH THE FACTS IN PEOPLE'S 
LIVES?
THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO
COME DOWN TO.
THEY SEE AMERICA THROUGH THE 
LENS OF THAT VERY VIVID, VERY 
INTENSE, SOMEWHAT FRIGHTENING 
STORY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
TELLING ABOUT WHERE AMERICA IS, 
WHERE WE'LL BE GOING UNDER JOE 
BIDEN.
HE'LL WIN.
IF IT DOESN'T MATCH THE WAY 
PEOPLE ARE LIVING THEIR LIVES, 
HE'LL LOSE. 
>> TERRY, THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> WE TURN TO CORONAVIRUS NOW, 
THE U.S. HAS SURPASSED 6 MILLION
CASES, A QUARTER OF ALL CASES ON
THE PLANET, THE VIRUS IS 
THREATENING SCHOOLS, COLLEGES 
AND EVEN THE U.S. OPEN, WHICH 
KICKED OFF TODAY.
ABC'S EVA PILGRIM HAS THE 
LATEST. 
>> Reporter: BACK TO SCHOOL 
ANXIETY AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH, 
TEACHERS IN VOLUTIA COUNTY, 
FLORIDA OUTRAGED AFTER THEY WERE
TOLD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WON'T 
TELL PARENTS ABOUT COVID CASES, 
INSTEAD LEAVING IT UP TO THE 
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
>> PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO 
KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT 
THEY'RE SENDING THEIR STUDENTS 
INTO.
EMPLOYEES HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW
WHAT KIND OF WORKING CONDITIONS 
THEY'RE GOING INTO.
>> Reporter: WHILE CHILDREN 
REMAIN LESS LIKELY TO BECOME 
SICK DURING THE VIRUS COVID 
RATES AMONG CHILDREN INCREASED 
FASTER THIS SUMMER THAN DID FOR 
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
EXPERTS CAUTION THEY STILL DON'T
KNOW WHY.
ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE, TODAY APPEARING WITH THE 
FLORIDA GOVERNOR, INVISING THE 
RISKS TO CHILDREN ARE LOW. 
>> WE ARE THE ONLY NATION AMONG 
OUR PEER NATIONS THAT ARE 
HYSTERICAL ABOUT OPENING 
SCHOOLS. 
>> BUT THE U.S. TODAY REACHING A
GRIM MILESTONE, 6 MILLION CASES 
AMONG THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE 
WORLD.
SOME COLLEGES ALREADY FACING A 
SPIKE IN CASES, WHILE CITIES ARE
CRACKING DOWN, THIS POOL PARTY 
NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA BROKEN UP FOR MASK 
ORDER VIOLATIONS.
TONIGHT A STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE 
VIRUS OUT OF PROFESSIONAL TENNIS
TOO.
THE FIRST GRAND SLAM EVENT SINCE
THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, THE U.S. 
OPEN KICKING OFF IN NEW YORK 
WITHOUT FANS IN THE STANDS.
FRENCH PLAYER BENOIT PAIR 
FORCED -- I'M FINE FOR THE 
MOMENT.
I HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.
I HESITATE TO TELL WHAT REALLY 
HAPPENS IN THIS FAKE BUBBLE. 
>> AND WE'RE JOINED BY EVA 
PILGRIM.
WHAT IS THE U.S. TENNIS 
ASSOCIATION DOING TO KEEP 
PLAYERS AND STAFF SAFE AT THE 
U.S. OPEN AT THIS POINT?
>> THEY'VE CREATED THIS SORT OF 
BUBBLE.
THEY HAVE THESE PLAYERS AND THE 
COACHES IN TWO HOTELS.
WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED THEY 
WERE TESTED TWICE IN THE FIRST 
48 HOURS AND THEN EVERY FOUR 
DAYS THEY WERE SUBJECT TO TESTS 
AGAIN.
THE USDA SAYS THEY'RE VERY 
CONFIDENT IN THEIR SAFETY PLAN 
AND THEY TELL US THAT THIS 
PLAYER WHO WAS TESTED POSITIVE 
WHO WAS INFECTED, THEY SAY THAT 
PLAYER WAS NOT FOLLOWING 
PROTOCOLS. 
>> SO WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THAT STUDY THAT YOU MENTIONED ON
THE RISING INFECTION RATES AMONG
KIDS?
>> Reporter: SO THAT STUDY IS 
ACTUALLY PRETTY COMPLICATED.
IT DOES SHOW THAT THERE ARE MORE
CASES AMONGST SCHOOL-AGED 
CHILDREN.
EXPERTS CAUTION, THOUGH, THAT 
THERE'S STILL EVIDENCE THAT 
SHOWS THAT SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN 
ARE LESS LIKELY TO SEE THOSE 
SEVERE, ADVERSE EFFECTS TO 
CORONAVIRUS.
AND THERE'S A LOT ABOUT WHAT 
THEY'RE SEEING THAT THEY DON'T 
UNDERSTAND YET SO THIS IS JUST 
MORE INFORMATION IN THE POT OF 
INFORMATION AS THEY TRY TO 
UNDERSTAND THIS VIRUS. 
>> EVA, THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> NOW WE MOVE TO THE 
DESTRUCTION, LEFT IN THE WAKE OF
HURRICANE LAURA, THE DEADLY 
STORM, ONE OF THE FIERCEST TO 
HIT LOUISIANA, LEAVING THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER, WATER 
AND ANY IDEA WHEN IT WILL ALL 
RETURN.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TWO IMAGES,
THIS IS LAKE CHARLES, BEFORE 
LAURA STRUCK.
AND THIS IS LAKE CHARLES NOW, 
TREES GONE, BUILDINGS SHATTERED,
BLUE TARPS INSTEAD OF ROOFS.
OUR VICTOR OQUENDO IS THERE WITH
MORE. 
>> TONIGHT IN LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA, WORRY AND DESPERATION
IS GROWING BY THE DAY IN THE 
STIEFLING HEAT. 
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 
HOURS FOR THE BASIC SUPPLIES, 
THE U.S. MILITARY IS HANDING OUT
THINGS LIKE ICE, WATER, MEALS 
AND TARPS. 
>> SO MANY HERE, LIKE CLIFTON, 
LEBLANC LEFT WITH LITTLE MORE 
THAN INCREDIBLE STORIES OF 
SURVIVAL. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU WAITING IN LINE 
FOR?
>> ANYTHING WE CAN GET. 
>> ANYTHING YOU CAN GET?
>> WE LOST THE ROOF OF OUR 
HOUSE.
WE'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN OUR HOUSE 
FOR FOUR DAYS.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW CAME AND CUT 
US OUT WITH A CHAIN SAW 
YESTERDAY. 
>> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> BAD, IT WAS BAD. 
>> SINCE MAKING LANDFALL 
THURSDAY LAURA CLAIMING AT LEAST
18 LIVES.
MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE DEATHS 
COMING FROM CARBON MONOXIDE 
POISONING FROM GENERATORS.
17,000 LINEMEN FROM 29 STATES 
ARE HERE HELPING RESTORE POWER, 
BUT REPAIRING PEOPLE'S LIVES IS 
GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.
RANDY FOSTER IS TELLING US -- 
>> THESE GUYS AND GALS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB BUT IT'S
A BLESSING TO US. 
>> SUCH HEARTBREAKING STORIES 
THERE.
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR VICTOR 
OQUENDO IN LAKE CHARLES.
VICTOR, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS 
LIKE FOR PEOPLE RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: SIMPLY PUT, THE 
CONDITIONS ARE BRUTAL.
TODAY ALONE, EXPECTED TO BE THE 
HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING A COOLDOWN 
ANYTIME SOON.
AT LAST CHECK, ABOUT 350,000 
CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER.
THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA SAYING
THEY COULD BE IN THE DARK FOR 
ABOUT THREE WEEKS. 
>> WOW, SO WHAT RESOURCES ARE 
AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE 
THERE AT THIS POINT?
>> Reporter: THERE ARE A LOT OF 
AGENCIES ON THE GROUND HERE 
RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT THE NATIONAL GUARD, 
RED CROSS, UNITED WAY, LOCAL 
CHARITIES DOING WHAT THEY CAN.
I JUST MENTIONED THE HEAT.
THERE IS NOW A STATEWIDE 
SHORTAGE ON ICE AND WE WERE IN 
ONE OF THOSE DISTRIBUTION LINES 
TODAY.
WE FOLLOWED ONE OF THOSE 
FAMILIES HOME AND THEY TOLD US 
THAT WHEN THEY GOT THERE IT WAS 
SO HOT SOME OF THEIR ICE, MOST 
OF THEIR ICE, ACTUALLY, HAD 
ALREADY MELTED. 
>> WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE 
STORY, VICTOR, THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> WE TURN NOW TO THE TRAGIC 
DEATH THIS WEEKEND OF CHADWICK 
BOSEMAN AT THE AGE OF 43.
THE GIFTED ACTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR
HIS LEAD ROLE IN MARVEL'S "BLACK
PANTHER" AS WELL AS FILMS 
PORTRAYING THE LIVES OF JACKIE 
ROBINSON, JAMES BROWN AND 
THURGOOD MARSHALL.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT 
ANNOUNCING HIS DEATH BOSEMAN 
FILMED SEVERAL RECENT ROLES 
BETWEEN, QUOTE, COUNTLESS 
SURGERIES AND CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER
HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2016 WITH 
COLON CANCER.
BOSEMAN'S HOMETOWN CITY OF 
ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA 
ANNOUNCING IT WILL HOLD A 
MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS THURSDAY.
THE MAYOR SAYING THE CITY WILL 
PLAN FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND 
SAYING BOSEMAN, QUOTE, TOUCHED 
US ALL WITH HIS TALENT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE 
CONVERSATION NOW ABOUT COLON 
CANCER AND HOW WE CAN PROTECT 
OURS FROM THIS SILENT KILLER.
DR. ANDREAS -- IS AN ONCOLOGIST 
WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS DISEASE 
AND JOINS US NOW TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION.
DR. SIRSEK, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
GETTING A COLON OS COPY, IT'S 
THE KEY FIRST STEP IN DETECTING 
AND TREATING COLON CANCER, WE 
KNOW THAT.
YET THE VARIOUS EXPERTS GIVE US 
CONFLICTING ADVICE.
THE CDC RECOMMENDS STARTING THE 
TESTS AT 50.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAYS
AGE 45 AND THEN WE HEAR THE SAD 
NEWS THAT CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIED 
EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT, AT THE 
AGE OF 43.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHEN SHOULD WE START ACTUALLY 
GETTING COLON OS COPIES AND WHAT
EARLY SYMPTOMS SHOULD WE LOOK 
OUT FOR?
>> YEAH, SO THAT'S A GREAT 
QUESTION AND A VERY IMPORTANT 
QUESTION AS YOU POINTED OUT.
BOTTOM LINE, IS COLONOSCOPIES 
CAN SAVE LIVES.
LOOKING AT PATIENTS IN OVER 50 
WHO HAVE GOTTEN THESE TESTS HAVE
SEEN A DECREASE IN THE INCIDENTS
OF COLON CANCER.
THE ISSUE IS WE'RE SEEING A 
TREND OF EARLY ON SET OF CO LO 
RECTAL CANCER.
CANCER PATIENTS UNDER THE AGE OF
50 WHERE WE SHALL NOT 
RECOMMENDING SCREENING HAS BEEN 
RISING STEADILY SINCE THE 
MID-1990s.
THAT'S THE REASON NOW TO THIS 
DEBATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE 
SHOULD CHANGE SCREENING 
GUIDELINES.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 
DECIDED THAT BASED REALLY ON 
COMPUTER MODELING OF THIS RISE 
IN INCIDENTS, THAT WE SHOULD 
SCREEN YOUNGER THAN AGE 50.
BECAUSE WITH THIS INTERVENTION 
WE WILL SAVE LIVES IN THAT AGE 
GROUP.
THE PROBLEM IS, THAT THE FASTEST
AND HIGHEST RISE IS ACTUALLY IN 
INDIVIDUALS AGE 20 TO 30.
BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S RISING AND 
IT'S ACTUALLY PROJECTED THAT 
WITHIN THIS DECADE, BY THE END 
OF THIS DECADE ABOUT A QUARTER 
OF ALL RECTAL CANCERS AND NEARLY
10% OF ALL COLON CANCERS ARE 
GOING TO BE IN PATIENTS UNDER 
50, THE NUMBERS ARE STILL NOT 
LARGE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY CHANGING
OUR GUIDELINES TO AGE 20. 
>> SO WHY THE RISE IN YOUNGER 
PATIENTS, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED?
>> SO WE DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS A HUGE RESEARCH 
QUESTION.
IT'S A HUGE DILEMMA.
IT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE ALL 
WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO 
ANSWER.
THE INITIAL THOUGHTS WAS PERHAPS
IT'S OBESITY, THE RISK FACTORS 
WE KNOW HAVE CHANGED IN OUR 
SOCIETY, MORE SEDENTARY, OUR 
DIETS HAVE CHANGED.
HOWEVER, THAT'S REALLY NOT THE 
POPULATION WE SEE.
IN OUR LARGE CANCER CENTER, 
WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS AT MEMORIAL
AND OTHERS HAVE LOOKED AS WELL.
THESE PATIENTS ARE NOT OBESE, 
THEY'RE ACTIVE, THEY'RE FIT.
THEY DON'T QUITE FIT THIS 
PROFILE OF WHAT YOU WOULD 
CONSIDER HIGH RISK.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S 
CAUSING THIS RISE, AND IT 
ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO BE A GLOBAL 
PHENOMENON.
IT'S NOT JUST ACROSS THE UNITED 
STATES, IT'S OCCURRING 
WORLDWIDE. 
>> IT'S THE SECOND MOST COMMON 
CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE 
UNITED STATES.
WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT IT MORE?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I'M A COLON CANCER DOCTOR, I 
TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG, I 
TELL ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LISTEN,
AND AS YOU SAID IT'S THE SECOND 
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH AND 
IT IS PREVENTABLE.
AND IF YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER
IF WE PAY ATTENTION TO OUR 
SYMPTOMS, I THINK THAT IS KEY 
FOR YOUNG INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE 
AGE OF 45, IF YOU HAVE 
PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS, SPEAK TO 
YOUR CARE PROVIDER, GET A 
COLONOSCOPY, IF NECESSARY, 
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE BLEEDING.
A LOT OF TUMORS ARE RECTAL.
PEOPLE PRESENT WITH RECTAL 
BLEEDING, BLOATING, ABDOMINAL 
PAIN, CHANGE IN BOWL HABITS, 
UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT LOSS AND 
FATIGUE, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT
THINGS TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR CARE
PROVIDER IF YOU'RE SEEING THESE 
CHANGES AND THEY'RE NOT JUST 
TRANSIENT, LASTING A FEW DAYS. 
>> I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY, YOU
KNOW, IT'S A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE 
THING TO TALK ABOUT.
WE NEED TO BE MORE BLUNT AND 
MORE OPEN ABOUT THIS AS 
UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT MAY BE, 
RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING -- IT'S 
ANNOR DPAN, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER.
IT'S A PROCEDURE THAT YOU GET IT
OVER WITH AND IT'S IMPORTANT, 
AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE KIND OF 
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND 
SAY, LOOK, JUST GET IT DONE, 
YOU'LL SEE IT'S REALLY EASY, 
IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL.
MORE PEOPLE HOPEFULLY WILL BE 
AWARE
COLONOSCOPIES. 
>> THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS -- 
>> THIS IS A DIFFICULT 
SITUATION, IN THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY THE INCIDENCE IS 
HIGHER AND THE MORTALITY IS 
HIGHER FROM CO LOW RECTAL 
CANCER.
DO THEY HAVE MORE AGGRESSIVE 
DISEASE, OR IS IT SIMPLY ACCESS 
TO CARE?
I THINK IT'S THE SAME THING, 
GETTING THE WORD OUT.
TO THE COMMUNITIES, TO THE CARE 
PROVIDERS, INTERNISTS, THAT THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY MUST 
HAPPEN AGE 45 AND OLDER, AND IN 
YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS IF THERE ARE
ANY CONCERNING SYMPTOMS IT'S 
REALLY SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE 
ADDRESSED. 
>> GREAT ADVICE.
DR. ANDREA SIRSEK, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 
HAVING ME. 
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, MELANIA 
TRUMP'S FORMER FRIEND AND 
ADVISER TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO OUR
VERY OWN LINSEY DAVIS ABOUT LIFE
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE 
BEHIND THE SCENES BATTLE BETWEEN
THE FIRST LADY AND IVANKA. 
>>> IS THE FUTURE HERE?
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>>> MOTHER NATURE IS SETTING THE
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IS PLAY HER GAME. 
>> IT HAPPENED SO QUICK. 
>> NEW SEASON OF "LIFE BELOW 
ZERO," MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7th AT 
8:00 ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
>>> AND THAT'S TRUMP'S SENIOR 
ADVISER JARED KUSHNER, SEEN 
GIVING A SPEECH EARLIER TODAY ON
A RUNWAY IN ABU DHABI AFTER TAR 
TAKING IN THE FIRST EVER 
COMMERCIAL FLIGHT BETWEEN ISRAEL
AND THE UAE.
THAT FLIGHT REPRESENTS A MAJOR 
STEP IN MOVING RELATIONS FORWARD
BETWEEN THE NATIONS SINCE A U.S.
BROKERED DEAL EARLIER THIS MONTH
TO OPEN DIPLOMATIC TIES.
KUSHNER THANKED SAUDI ARABIA FOR
LETTING THE AMERICAN ISRAELI 
DELEGATION FLY THROUGH THEIR AIR
SPACE AND HE HOPES THIS FLIGHT 
WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY 
BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES.
>>> LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 
ANNOUNCING TODAY IT IS OPENED AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO 
JER
JERRY FALWELL'S TIME AS 
PRESIDENT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYING IT WILL 
INVESTIGATE ALL FACETS OF THE 
SCHOOL'S OPERATIONS UNDER 
FALWELL, INCLUDING FINANCIAL 
MATTERS.
AFTER A SEX SCANDAL BETWEEN HIS 
WIFE AND GIANCARLO GRANDA.
THE FALWELL'S ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
AFFAIR, THEY CLAIM THEY'RE BEING
EXTORTED.
THEY TELL ME TONIGHT THEY 
WELCOME ANY INQUIRY BY LIBERTY'S
BOARD AND, QUOTE, HAVE NOTHING 
TO HIDE. 
>>> TO OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 
WITH MELANIA TRUMP'S FORMER 
CLOSE FRIEND.
OUT WITH A NEW BOOK "MELANIA AND
ME" SAT DOWN WITH OUR VERY OWN 
LINSEY DAVIS AND TALKED ABOUT 
HER LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, 
WHAT SHE DESCRIBES AS A BEHIND 
THE SCENES BATTLE BETWEEN THE 
FIRST LADY AND IVANKA TRUMP. 
>> I GAVE MELANIA THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT, SHE WAS DIFFERENT 
THAN DONALD OR THE OTHER TRUMP 
CHILDREN. 
>> AND NOW?
>> OH, A TRUMP IS A TRUMP IS A 
TRUMP. 
>> THIS MORNING STEPHANIE 
WINSTON, THE FORMER CLOSE 
FRIEND, CONFIDANT AND TRUSTED 
ADVISER TOT THE FIRST LADY IS 
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON WHO 
SHE TASTE THE REAL MELANIA TRUMP
IS. 
>> YOU TALK ABOUT MELANIA 
PRIZING HER PRIVACY ABOVE ALL 
THINGS.
GIVE US A SENSE OF THE WOMAN YOU
CAME TO KNOW AS A FRIEND FOR 
QUITE SOME TIME?
>> MELANIA AND I FIRST MET AT 
VOC, BEFORE SHE HAD MET DONALD.
SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE WAS 
STRIVING.
SHE WASN'T A COVER MODEL YET.
SO THE MELANIA I FIRST MET 
VERSUS THE MELANIA THERE IS 
TODAY.
IS A VERY DIFFERENT PERSON. 
>> BEFORE THEIR BETTER FALLOUT 
OVER STEPHANIE'S ROLE IN THE 
MOST EXPENSIVE INAUGURATION IN 
HISTORY THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS 
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. 
>> 15 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP YOU 
ALL HAD KIND OF LIKE A FUN 
GIRLFRIEND WIMS CALL TIMES, WITH
SELFIES AND DUCK LIPS AND 
LUNCHES. 
>> WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO MELANIA 
IS HER STRENGTH, HER 
INDEPENDENCE, DOESN'T MATTER 
WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS 
ATTITUDE.
SHE TOLD YOU ON HER JACKET, I 
DON'T CARE.
SHE DOESN'T CARE WHAT ANYONE 
THINKS ABOUT HER.
THAT'S TRUE CONFIDENCE. 
>> THAT STRENGTH IS SOMETHING 
STEPHANIE SAYS WAS ON FULL 
DISPLAY AFTER THE ACCESS 
HOLLYWOOD TAPE CAME OUT, A 
MOMENT MANY THOUGHT WOULD DERAIL
DONALD TRUMP'S RUN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
>> WHEN YOU WERE STARVED, YOU 
CAN DO ANYTHING. 
>> GRAB THEM BY THE -- 
>> YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. 
>> THE DAY THAT THE ACCESS 
HOLLYWOOD TAPE CAME OUT SHE 
REACHED OUT TO ME TO HAVE LUNCH.
NOW, ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING OR 
ANY OTHER ONE OF MY FRIENDS I 
WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE THEM 
IN TEARS.
SHE WAS SMILING.
IT WAS AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND I SWEAR TO YOU, I HAD A 
GLITCH IN MY BRAIN BUZZ I WAS 
LIKE, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING 
AT THIS MOMENT?
IS IT SURREAL THAT HER HUSBAND 
JUST CAME OUT AND SAID THESE 
HORRIBLE THINGS?
AND I SAID TO HER, HOW MANY 
TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD 
[ BLEEP ] FROM THE PRESIDENT IN 
THE SAME SENTENCE AND WE BURST 
OUT LAUGHING.
AND I SAID TO HER, ARE YOU UPSET
THOUGH, AND DOESN'T THIS GET YOU
ANGRY, THAT DONALD WOULD SAY 
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
AND MELANIA'S A PRAGMATIST.
MELANIA ALWAYS -- IF YOU CAN'T 
CONTROL PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS, THEN 
WHY EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S HOW SHE LIVED HER 
LIFE.
AND THAT IS WHAT SHE STOOD BY 
EVERY DAY.
THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT 
THERE WAS EVEN A POSSIBILITY 
THAT DONALD WOULDN'T WIN THE 
ELECTION.
WAS BECAUSE OF HIS TAPE THAT HAD
COME OUT.
>> I'VE JUST RECEIVED A CALL 
FROM SECRETARY CLINTON. 
>> Reporter: AFTER DONALD 
TRUMP'S VICTORY IN THE 2016 
ELECTION STEPHANIE SAYS MELANIA 
AND THE NEWLY MINTED PRESIDENT 
TURNED TO HER FOR HELP.
FOR YEARS STEPHANIE WAS ANNA 
WINTER'S GO-TO WOMAN, PRODUCING 
THE STAR STUDDED GALA.
SHE WAS BEING TAPPED FOR THE 
FIRST LADY'S OFFICE AND THE 
PLANNING OF THE INAUGURATION.
IN HER BOOK SHE ALLEGES A BACK 
STABBING AND COMPETITIVE 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MELANIA AND
HER STEPDAUGHTER IVANKA, QUOTING
THE FIRST LADY AS CALLING IVANKA
THE PRINCESS.
MAKING SURE SHE WAS PLACED 
PROMINENTLY NEXT TO HER FATHER 
WHEN HE WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE. 
>> YOU DON'T DO THAT TO THE 
FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA.
YOU DO NOT TRY TO POSITION 
YOURSELF MORE IMPORTANT.
AND MELANIA WAS NOT HAVING THAT.
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, YOU 
MEAN, PRINCESS?
WE BOTH STARTED LAUGHING 
HYSTERICALLY. 
>> OPERATION BLOCK IVANKA, 
EXPLAIN THAT. 
>> WHEN I SPOKE WITH MELANIA 
ABOUT THE PICTURE ITSELF WE 
FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE 
THAT BARRON WAS IN BETWEEN 
DONALD AND MELANIA AND TO 
MELANIA'S RIGHT WOULD BE -- 
>> KEEPING IVANKA BLOCKED. 
>> I CAN BACK EVERYTHING UP 
100%. 
>> WITH AUDIOTAPES.
I CAN BACK UP THE BOOK.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BOOK THAT
I CAN'T BACK UP, NOT ONE WORLD 
AND DONALD AND MELANIA KNOW 
THAT. 
>> YOU'VE SAID THAT SHE AND 
DONALD ARE THE PERFECT MATCH. 
>> BEFORE DONALD AND MELANIA GOT
MARRIED HE MADE IT VERY EXPLICIT
THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A 
WIFE THAT WANTED TO BE IN THE 
SPOTLIGHT AS MUCH AS HE DID, 
LIKE IVANA AND MARLA.
AND MELANIA OF BLBLIGED TO THAT 
>> PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THEY 
DIDN'T THINK MELANIA WANTED HIM 
TO WIN. 
>> MELANIA FELT IT WAS JUST AS 
MUCH A VICTORY FOR HER AS IT WAS
FOR HIM. 
>> EARLY ON IN THE 
ADMINISTRATION, THERE WERE A LOT
OF PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS WERE ABOUT
LIKE FREE MELANIA, OR, YOU KNOW,
THEY'D SEE HER APPEAR TO NOT 
HOLD HANDS WITH THE PRESIDENT. 
>> I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP THE 
FREE MELANIA, HASHTAG FREE 
MELANIA.
THE BACK STORY TO THAT IS A 
PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS 
BUT THIS ONE GOT IT TOTALLY 
WRONG.
WHEN DONALD TURNED AROUND TO 
LOOK AT MELANIA, AS HE WAS 
TURNING AWAY THE CAMERA CAPTURED
HER FACE WHILE HE WAS BEING 
SWORN IN.
BARON HAD ACCIDENTALLY KICKED 
HER ANKLE AND IN THAT SECOND SHE
WAS JABBED AND IT HURT.
AND SO SHE -- IT WAS A LOOK OF 
PAIN.
IT WASN'T A LOOK OF DISGUST.
AND SO AS HER FRIEND, YOU KNOW, 
AFTER ALL THIS WAS COMING OUT 
AND I SAID MELANIA, TELL 
EVERYONE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, 
AND NOPE, SHE -- AS HER ADVISER 
I SAID I THINK IT'S REALLY 
IMPORTANT THAT YOU TELL PEOPLE 
WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
BUT WHAT MAKES MELANIA MELANIA 
IS THE MYSTERY.
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHO THIS 
WOMAN IS.
BY REMAINING MYSTERIOUS AND NOT 
TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT 
SOMETHING SO NATURAL AND NORMAL 
HAPPENED IT KEEPS THE MYSTERY 
ALIVE.
SHE'S PUT UP THIS STEEL BARRIER 
AROUND HER, AND SHE'S MAINTAINED
HER PRIVACY.
AND NO ONE'S GETTING IN.
SO THE MELANIA I KNOW, RIGHT, AS
UNFLAPPABLE AS SHE CAN APPEAR, 
THERE IS EMOTION AND THERE ARE 
THINGS HAPPENING.
BUT SHE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO 
CREATE HER STORY. 
>> STEPHANIE SAYS HER LOYALTY TO
MELANIA WAS HER ACHILLES HEEL.
AND THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP 
SOURED WHEN SHE SAYS SHE BECAME 
THE SCAPEGOAT FOR WHAT BECAME BY
FAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE 
INAUGURATION IN HISTORY, COSTING
$104 MILLION, PROMPTING 
INVESTIGATIONS. 
>> NOW IT'S A TREMENDOUS HONOR 
TO HAVE THE FIRST DANCE WITH 
MELANIA. 
>> IN FEBRUARY 2018 PRESS 
REPORTS QUESTIONED HOW MUCH 
MONEY STEPHANIE HAD MADE FOR HER
WORK ON THE INAUGURATION.
FOR THE RECORD SHE SAYS AFTER 
PAYMENTS TO VENDORS SHE 
PERSONALLY MADE $480,000.
SHE SAYS SHE WAS DEVASTATED WHEN
MELANIA DID NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT
HER. 
>> WHEN THE TIME CAME WHERE I 
NEEDED HER TO COME OUT AND TELL 
THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT, SHE 
HONESTLY FOLDED LIKE A DECK OF 
CARDS. 
>> STEPHANIE SAYS SHE QUESTIONED
MANY INAUGURATION EXPENDITURES. 
>> WHEN I SAW THAT A TREE WAS --
A TREE YOU COULD BUY FOR $10 WAS
$1,000 OR A STAGE THAT WOULD 
COST $100,000 WAS $1 MILLION.
THOSE ARE WHEN THINGS STARTED 
SEEMING QUESTIONABLE TO ME. 
>> SHE SAYS SHE'S STILL WORKING 
WITH THREE CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATIONS INTO INAUGURATION
SPENDING, THE PRESIDENTIAL 
INAUGURATION COMMITTEE SAYS IT 
DISAGREES WITH STEPHANIE'S 
CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THIS 
HISTORIC EVENT, THE UPROAR OVER 
INAUGURATION SPENDING BROUGHT TO
A CLOSE HER FRIENDSHIP WITH 
MELANIA. 
>> IF MELANIA WERE IN THE ROOM 
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
HER?
>> SHE'S GOING TO HAVE MIXED 
FEELINGS AFTER READING THIS BOOK
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO HURT 
BECAUSE IT ALL SPEAKS FOR 
ITSELF. 
>> THE FIRST LADY'S TEAM 
RESPONDING SAYING THE BOOK IS 
FOOL OF MISTRUTHS, AND PARANOIA.
>> AND THANKS FOR OUR LINSEY 
DAVIS FOR THAT.
WE HAVE MORE AHEAD ON PRIME 
INCLUDING THOSE TERRIFYING 
MOMENTS FOR A TODDLER PULLED 
AWAY BY A KITE.
>>> AND THE LOSS OF A TITAN IN 
THE SPORTS WORLD.
COACH JOHN THOMPSON'S INCREDIBLE
IMPACT.
>>> YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT 
TODAY'S BIG STOCK SPLITS ON WALL
STREET, BUT WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND
TESLA AND APPLE'S MAJOR MOVES 
TODAY?
STAY WITH US.
president trump meeting face to
face with one of the world's
>>> IN TIMES LIKE THESE THE NEWS
MAKING EVENTS HAPPEN HERE, ABC 
NEWS. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING FACE 
TO FACE WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S 
MOST BREW TALL DICTATORS, KIM 
JONG-UN. 
>> THE PRESIDENT. 
>> HE TRUSTS ME AND I TRUST HIM.
>> IVANKA TRUMP. 
>> THERE JUST IS NO -- 
>> SO THE IDEA OF LOCK HER UP 
DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU?
>> NO. 
>> COMEY. 
>> HOW STRANGE IS IT FOR YOU TO 
SIT HERE AND COMPARE THE 
PRESIDENT TO A MOB BOSS?
>> VERY STRANGE. 
>> MICHELLE OBAMA. 
>> WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU COULD 
TELL YOUR PRE-WHITE HOUSE SELF?
>> WHOO. 
>> MELANIA TRUMP. 
>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S STILL 
PEOPLE THERE THAT HE CAN TRUST?
>> YES. 
>> STILL WORKING OUT?
>> YES. 
>> MICHAEL COHEN. 
>> SO HE'S STILL LYING?
>> YES. 
>> THAT'S A BIG STATEMENT.
>>> NOW IN A YEAR WITH SO MUCH 
ON THE LINE WE'RE RIGHT THERE. 
>> GOOD EVENING TONIGHT FROM 
WASHINGTON, A VERY BUSY NEWS 
NIGHT. 
>> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS 
SOURCE, ABC NEWS, 
STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
>>> WE TURN NOW TO ONE OF 
AMERICA'S MOST INNOVATIVE 
COMPANIES, THE ELECTRIC CAR AND 
CLEAN ENERGY GIANT TESLA.
TODAY THE COMPANY COMPLETED 
WHAT'S CALLED A STOCK SPLIT 
CREATING MORE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
SHARES OF ITS STOCK FOR A 
CHEAPER PRICE.
WE TAKE A LOOK NOW AT WHAT THAT 
MEANS BY THE NUMBERS.
$2,213 WAS THE PRICE OF JUST ONE
SHARE OF TESLA'S STOCK ON FRIDAY
BEFORE TODAY'S FIVE FOR ONE 
STOCK SPLIT.
NOW YOU CAN BUY A TESLA SHARE 
FOR THE MORE MODEST PRICE OF 
$498.
BUT THAT MEANS YOU'LL OWN A 
SMALLER PERCENT OF THE COMPANY 
THAN IF YOU BOUGHT A SINGLE 
SHARE LAST WEEK.
TESLA SHARES SOARED NEARLY 13% 
TODAY AS INVESTORS SCOOPED UP 
THESE MORE AFFORDABLE STOCKS AND
TESLA'S CEO ELON MUSK BECAME 
$10.4 BILLION RICHER SINCE LATE 
FRIDAY.
MUSK'S NET WORTH IS NOW $103 
BILLION, MAKING HIM THE FIFTH 
RICHEST PERSON ON THE PLANET.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO FORBES WHICH
REPORTS THAT HE'S QUADRUPLED HIS
WEALTH SINCE MID-MARCH.
ANOTHER MAJOR INNOVATOR SPLIT 
ITS STOCK TODAY, THAT WAS APPLE.
IT'S FOUR FOR ONE STOCK SPLIT 
MEANS YOU CAN NOW BUY ONE SHARE 
FOR $129.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HAVE AN
IN DEPTH REPORT ON THE MASSIVE 
PROTESTS IN BELARUS.
AND THE AMBER ALERT FOR 
1-YEAR-OLD IN GEORGIA, THE 
TERRIFYING MOMENTS THE BABY WAS 
TAKEN FROM HIS MOTHER AT 
GUNPOINT.
AND OUR INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE 
MASON UNIVERSITY'S FIRST EVER 
BLACK PRESIDENT AND HOW HE'S 
TAKING A STAND AGAINST RACISM.
>>> BUT FIRST, LOOK AT OUR TOP 
TRENDING STORIES ON ABCNEWS.COM.
right now the hardest part wall
back to miles
>>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT 
NOW, THIS IS PART OF THE EYE 
WALL. 
>> THIS SECTION OF MIGRANTS GOES
BACK TWO MILES. 
>> THERE IS GOING TO BE 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE. 
>> THIS FIRE HAS MADE A RUN.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE FLAMES 
SHOOTING UP INTO THE SKY. 
>> WE ARE ON THE JAM PACKED RED 
CARPET. 
>> THIS IS THE FOURTH WEEKEND OF
PROTESTS.
>> WATCH ABC NEWS ON LOCATION 
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>>> WHAT'S THE MOST INNOVATIVE 
DAILY NEWS PODCAST OUT THERE TO 
LISTEN TO EVERY DAY, WELL, THE 
EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS SAY IT'S
START HERE, "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
CALLS US A TOP NEWS PODCAST 
WORTH LISTENING TO.
IF YOU LIKE GETTING BEHIND THE 
BIGGEST NEWS STORIES OF THE DAY,
INSIDE ALL THE DETAILS THE BACK 
STORY AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT,
THEN LISTEN TO "STAT HERE," THE 
DAILY NEWS PODCAST FROM ABC 
NEWS.
IT'S LIKE NO OTHER NEWS PODCAST 
OUT THERE.
EVEN THE CRITICS AGREE, LISTEN 
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>>> THIS AFTERNOON JOE BIDEN 
TAKING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TASK 
IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF 
PENNSYLVANIA CRITICIZING THE 
PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE TO THE 
RECENT UNREST IN KENOSHA, 
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING OF JACOB 
BLAKE BY A POLICE OFFICER.
BIDEN ALSO CALLING OUT RIOTING 
AND LOOTING. 
>> I WANT TO MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY 
CLEAR, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR 
ABOUT ALL THIS.
RIOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
LOOTING IS NOT PROTESTING.
>> Reporter: BIDEN TAKING TIME 
TO NOTE THE PRESIDENT'S LACK OF 
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE, THE 
17-YEAR-OLD TRUMP SUPPORTER 
CHARGED WITH SHOOTING THREE 
PEOPLE, TWO OF WHOM DIED DURING 
PROTESTS LAST WEEK.
SO FAR PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
REFUSED TO CONDEMN HIS ACTIONS. 
>> HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY 
FROM THEM, I GUESS, LOOKS LIKE 
AND HE FELL AND THEN THEY VERY 
VIOLENTLY ATTACKED HIM.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE 
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AND IT'S 
UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
>> MEANWHILE THE WHITE HOUSE IS 
DEFENDING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
PLANNED TRIP TO KENOSHA 
TOMORROW.
HE'S SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
THERE THOUGH HE IS NOT SCHEDULED
TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY OF JACOB
BLAKE. 
>> ANOTHER GRIM MILESTONE IN THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
>> MORE THAN 25 MILLION PEOPLE 
AROUND THE WORLD HAVE NOW BEEN 
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19.
.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA 
FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 
THE VIRUS HAS NOW KILLED MORE 
THAN 840,000 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
AROUND 6 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE 
BEEN INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS AND
MORE THAN 180,000 HAVE DIED. 
>> STUDENTS RETURNING TO COLLEGE
CAMPUSES ARE FACING NEW 
OUTBREAKS.
DR. DEBORAH BIRX IS WARNING 
STUDENTS WHO BECOME SICK TO STAY
WHERE THEY ARE. 
>> DO NOT RETURN HOME IF YOU'RE 
POSITIVE, AND SPREAD THE VIRUS 
TO YOUR FAMILY.
YOUR AUNTS, YOUR UNCLES, YOUR 
GRANDPARENTS. 
>> AND IN THE SPORTS WORLD A 
U.S. OPEN TENNIS PLAYER TESTED 
POSITIVE AS THE TOURNAMENT GETS 
UNDER WAY TODAY. 
>>> WILD VIDEO OUT OF TAIWAN.
THE CHILD IN THIS VIDEO IS OKAY.
THE 3-YEAR-OLD, YES, THAT'S A 
3-YEAR-OLD, SWEPT OVER 30 FEET 
INTO THE AIR AFTER GETTING 
TANGLED IN THE STRINGS OF A 
GIANT ORANGE KITE AT A FESTIVAL 
ON SUNDAY.
THE LITTLE GIRL TWISTING MANY 
TIMES IN THE AIR.
SHE WAS SHAKEN BY THE UNEXPECTED
FLIGHT, BUT THANKFULLY SHE WAS 
NOT INJURED.
OFFICIALS STOPPED THE KITE 
FESTIVAL AFTER THIS INCIDENT. 
>>> FORGET SAME-DAY DELIVERY, 
HOW ABOUT SAME HOUR?
THAT FUTURE WAITING IN THE WINGS
WITH AMAZON'S PRIME AIR SERVICE,
THE FAA GAVE THE E-TAILER A 
CRUCIAL SEAL OF APPROVAL.
AMAZON'S DRONES CAN BEGIN 
TRIALS. 
>> AMAZON SAYS IT HAS TEST 
SENDERS AROUND THE WORLD AND HAS
LOGGED THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT HOURS
SO FAR. 
>> AMAZON FACES COMPETITION IN 
THE SKIES, GOOGLE'S PARENT 
COMPANY ALPHABET ALSO RECEIVED 
FAA APPROVAL FOR ITS OPERATOR 
DUBBED WING.
THE SAME FOR UPS, THEY'RE 
CALLING THEIRS FLIGHT FORWARD.
>>> A FLYING CAR HAS PASSED A 
BIG TEST IN JAPAN, THE BATTERY 
POWERED CAR CIRCLED THE FIELD 
FOR ABOUT FOUR MINUTES WITH THE 
PILOT ON BOARD. 
>> THE START-UP COMPANY HOPES TO
GET THIS CAR ON THE MARKET BY 
2023.
IT COULD TAKE LONGER.
THEY STILL HAVE SOME MAJOR 
HURDLES TO OVERCOME, INCLUDING 
SAFETY ISSUES.
THE CAR COULD END UP SELLING FOR
BETWEEN $300,000 TO $500,000. 
>> THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT HOW 
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR IS 
GETTING A REBOOT.
WILL SMITH WILL BE THERE, JOINED
BY CO-STARS, THE HIT SITCOM RAN 
ON NBC FROM 1990 TO 1996.
VARIETY REPORTS TAPING WILL 
BEGIN SEPTEMBER 10th AND WILL 
AIR SOMETIME AROUND 
THANKSGIVING.
>>> NOW TO THIS AMBER ALERT IN 
GEORGIA AFTER A 1-YEAR-OLD BOY 
WAS KIDNAPPED FROM HIS STROLLER 
BY ATTACKERS WHO TRIED TO HOLD 
THE BABY'S MOTHER AT GUNPOINT.
TONIGHT THE BABY IS SAFELY BACK 
IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS.
ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI IS IN 
ATLANTA WITH MORE. 
>> Reporter: POLICE IN SUBURBAN 
ATLANTA ARE SHARING THIS DASH 
CAM VIDEO.
THE MOMENT THEY TOOK DOWN TWO 
PEOPLE ACCUSED OF STEALING A 
WOMAN'S BABY. 
>> RESULTS LIKE THIS USUALLY 
DOES NOT HAPPEN, AND THE 
PERCENTAGE IS VERY LOW.
SO WE THANK GOD FOR THAT. 
>> THEY SAY THE MARRIED COUPLE 
WERE TOTAL STRANGERS AND MADE IT
70 MILES AWAY WITH THE CHILD.
THEY'RE CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
THEY APPEARED IN COURT TODAY BUT
HAVE NOT YET ENTERED A PLEA.
THE CHILD, 1-YEAR-OLD MATTEO WAS
AT TODAY'S BRIEFING WITH HIS 
FAMILY. 
>> FEELS GREAT, FEELS COMFORTING
HE'S FINALLY HOME. 
>> THE CHILD'S MOTHER WAS OUT 
WALKING WITH THE BABY IN A 
STROLLER WHEN SHE SAYS A MAN GOT
OUT OF A RED SUV AND POINTED A 
GUN AT HER.
SHE FOUGHT SO HARD POLICE SAY 
SHE RIPPED OFF THIS PIECE OF HIS
PANTS, AND WAS ABLE TO GRAB THIS
SHOE.
AND EVEN GRAB THE MAN'S GUN AND 
FIRED OFF SHOTS AS HE AND A 
WOMAN IN THE PASSENGER SEAT TOOK
OFF WITH HER CHILD.
>> POLICE BELIEVE THE SAME 
COUPLE MAY HAVE TRIED TO KIDNAP 
ANOTHER BABY AT THIS SAME 
LOCATION.
WITNESSES TELL AUTHORITIES THAT 
JUST TEN MINUTES EARLIER A 
COUPLE WAS SEEN TRYING TO SNATCH
A BABY FROM A YOUNG WOMAN'S 
ARMS, THAT WOMAN WAS ABLE TO GET
AWAY WITH HER CHILD.
SHE DID NOT CALL AUTHORITIES AND
AUTHORITIES TONIGHT ARE ASKING 
HER TO DO SO?
>> STEVE, THANKS SO MUCH. 
>>> THE CRISIS IN BELARUS 
UNFOLDING, FOLLOWING MASSIVE 
PROTESTS DEMANDING PRESIDENT 
LUKASHENKO RESIGN.
AUTHORITIES ALSO NOW INCREASING 
THE PRESSURE WITH A HEAVY 
SECURITY PRESENCE ON THE STREETS
OF THE CAPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND.
OUR PATRICK REEVEL IS ON 
LOCATION. 
>> A MASSIVE CROWD OF PROTESTERS
CONFRONTING A WALL OF 
UNDISGUISED AUTHORITARIAN POWER.
OVER 100,000 PEOPLE FLOODING THE
CAPITAL MINSK ON SUNDAY TO 
DEMAND AN END TO THE RULE OF 
ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO, IN POWER 
FOR 26 YEARS. 
>> PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO THE 
MOVE INTO THE CITY CENTER BUT 
ALL AROUND HERE THERE ARE BIG 
LOADS OF ARMY TRUCKS, SOME 
TROOPS AS WELL.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRETTY FESTIVE
AS IT HAS BEEN BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME IT'S A MUCH BIGGER SECURITY
PRESENCE HERE.
HUNDREDS OF TROOPS AND RIOT 
POLICE MOVING TO BLOCK THE 
PROTESTERS, EVEN MILITARY 
ARMORED VEHICLES DEPLOYED AS A 
SHOW OF FORCE. 
>> WE'RE REALLY SEEING TWO 
BELARUSS HERE, THE PROTESTERS ON
THIS SIDE LIKE A STREET PARTY, 
ON THIS SIDE THE RIOT POLICE 
BLOCKING THEIR PATH. 
>> SUNDAY WAS LUKASHENKO'S 66th 
BIRTHDAY AND THE PROTESTERS 
FRAMED THE DEMONSTRATION AS AN 
UNWANTED PARTY FOR HIM.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS LIKE A 
CARNIVAL, PROTESTERS AGAIN 
CELEBRATING THEIR SENSE OF 
STRENGTH.
SOME DEMONSTRATORS NOW 
INTERVENING TO DRAG OTHERS AWAY 
FROM PLAIN CLOTHESED POLICE.
LUKASHENKO HIMSELF HAS REJECTED 
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE 
OPPOSITION.
LAST WEEK BRANDISHING AN ASSAULT
RIFLE IN FRONT OF CAMERAS AND 
NOW HE HAS THE CLEAR BACKING OF 
RUSSIA.
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT VLADIMIR 
PUTIN WARNING MOSCOW COULD 
INTERVENE IF PROTESTERS SEEK TO 
VIOLENTLY TOPPLE LUKASHENKO.
HE'S CREATED A RESERVE OF 
RUSSIAN SECURITY FORCES TO SEND 
IF NECESSARY. 
>> WE ALSO AGREED IT WOULD NOT 
BE USED SO LONG AS THE SITUATION
DOESN'T GET OUT OF CONTROL. 
>> PROTESTERS SHOW NO INDICATION
OF CROSSING THE LINE INTO 
VIOLENCE.
SO PEACEFUL THEY EVEN OBEY 
STOPLIGHTS.
DURING THE WEEK THE UPRISING 
ALMOST SEEMS TO GO ON PAUSE, THE
PROTESTS MUCH SMALLER AS 
AUTHORITIES UPPED THE PRESSURE.
THIS WEEK THEY DETAINED DOZENS 
OF PEOPLE BUT THEN SUNDAY COMES.
>> SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT WE'LL
LOSE AGAIN.
BUT AFTER EVERY WEEKEND -- 
>> ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO'S FOUND 
HERSELF AT THE HEAD OF THE 
PROTESTS MARIA COALKALESNIKOVA  
>> THEY'RE NOT STEPPING DOWN.
DO YOU THINK -- 
>> OF COURSE WE WILL NOT UNTIL 
VICTORY IT WILL NOT STEP DOWN.
WE ARE READY TO GO FOR THE 
VICTORY.
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND 
ENERGY, BUT WE ARE WAITING. 
>> THE OPPOSITION NOW IS SEEKING
TO KEEP THE PRESSURE UP ALSO 
THROUGH OTHER MEANS.
CALLING FOR MORE STRIKES AND 
BOYCOTTS.
BUT FOR NOW THE CONTEST FEELS IN
THE BALANCE.
THE CRISIS HERE CLEARLY FAR FROM
OVER BUT HOW IT ENDS DEEPLY 
UNCERTAIN.
MINSK WAS QUIET TODAY AS IT HAS 
BEEN AFTER THE OTHER BIG 
PROTESTS BUT POLICE DID DISPERSE
A SMALL DEMONSTRATION NOT FAR 
FROM HERE AND AUTHORITIES 
DETAINED TWO LOCAL OPPOSITION 
LEADERS.
THERE'S NO SENSE THAT THE 
PROTESTS ARE FADING AWAY, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME ALEXANDER 
LUKASHENKO'S GRIP ON POWER FOR 
NOW FEELS STRONG. 
>> OUR THANKS TO PATRICK.
>>> NOW TO THE PASSING OF A 
LEGEND IN THE WORLD OF 
BASKETBALL, FORMER GEORGETOWN   
HAS DIED.
HE BUILT A POWER HOUSE IN THE 
1980s, BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK 
COACH TO LEAD HIS TEAM TO A 
DIVISION I NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS PLAYERS WENT ON TO BECOME 
NBA GREATS, PATRICK EWING, AND 
TO ALLEN IVERSON.
IVERSON TWEETING TODAY THANKS 
FOR SAVING MY LIFE, COACH, WITH 
THOMPSON KNOWN THROUGHOUT HIS 
CAREER AS A MENTOR AND FIERCE 
ADVOCATE FOR BLACK ATHLETES AND 
COACHES WHO FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOT
STEPS.
JOHN THOMPSON JR. WAS 78 YEARS 
OLD.
HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED.
AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED 
FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AT THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL LAST FRIDAY 
ACROSS THE POTOMAC RIVER IN 
NORTHERN VIRGINIA STUDENTS AT 
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY BACK ON 
CAMPUS DURING THE PANDEMIC WERE 
RAISING THEIR VOICES OF 
SOLIDARITY IN THE SCHOOL FIRST 
EVER BLACK PRESIDENT IS TAKING A
STAND AGAINST RACISM NAVIGATING 
THE COMPLICATED HISTORY OF THE 
SCHOOL'S NAMESAKE.
ABC'S DEVIN DWYER HAS THE STORY 
TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS ARE 
BACK ON CAMPUS AND CALLING FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
>> I WANT TO SEE MORE ACTIONS 
TAKEN ON CAMPUS. 
>> GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY IN 
VIRGINIA, LIKE MANY ACROSS 
AMERICA, TRANSFORMED BY A SUMMER
OF PROTESTS AND COVID-19.
MASKS ARE MANDATORY.
SOCIAL DISTANCE ENFORCED IN 
CLASSROOMS.
STUDENT MEALS DELIVERED BY 
ROBOTS. 
>> NOT EVEN A DELIVERY GUY. 
>> NOT EVEN A DELIVERY GUY AND, 
YOU KNOW, IT ALSO WILL SAY THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> THE SCHOOL, THE LARGEST AND 
MOST DIVERSE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 
IN VIRGINIA IS ALSO OVERHAULING 
HOW IT HANDLES ISSUES OF RACE. 
>> WE WANT TO BE A NATIONAL 
LEADER.
IN THE DISCUSSION OF HOW 
CAMPUSES SHOULD BE STRUCTURED, 
HOW THEY SHOULD OPERATE, AND HOW
THEY SHOULD PERFORM RELATIVE TO 
RACE.
>> Reporter: DR. GREGORY 
WASHINGTON THIS SUMMER BECAME 
GEORGE MASON'S FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND 
ONE OF JUST 8% OF UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENTS NATIONWIDE WHO ARE 
BLACK.
HIS HISTORY MAKING APPOINTMENT 
COMING JUST AS THE PANDEMIC, 
RECESSION AND PROTESTS AGAINST 
RACISM COLLIDED AT ONCE. 
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU DON'T 
KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE TOOK THE 
JOB KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW.
I MEAN, THIS IS A TOUGH 
ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: ONE MAJOR 
CHALLENGE, ADDRESSING QUESTIONS 
ABOUT THE SCHOOL'S NAMESAKE, 
GEORGE MASON, A FOUNDING FATHER 
WHO HELPED INSPIRE THE BILL OF 
RIGHTS BUT WHO ALSO OWNED 100 
SLAVES, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN.
MASON WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
SLAVE OWNERS IN VIRGINIA. 
>> DID YOU EVER CONSIDER 
DROPPING GEORGE MASON?
>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING 
DEBATE.
THIS IS A PART OF THE AMERICAN 
STORY AND WE CAN'T SEPARATE 
GEORGE MASON FROM THIS 
INSTITUTION NO EASIER THAN WE 
CAN SEPARATE MANY OF THE 
FOUNDING FATHERS FROM THE 
COUNTRY.
BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT 
PERCENTAGE, A LARGE PERCENTAGE 
OF THEM OWNED SLAVES.
>> Reporter: WASHINGTON SAYS THE
SCHOOL WILL KEEP ITS NAME, 
ARGUING THE FOUNDING FATHERS 
SHOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY 
THAN CONFEDERATE LEADERS WHOSE 
STATUES HAVE BEEN DEFACED AND 
TORN DOWN AS SYMBOLS OF HATE. 
>> I DON'T THINK BY HIM OWNING 
SLAVES HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE 
CAMPUS.
WE'RE ALL DIVERSE. 
>> THAT HISTORY HAD BEEN 
OVERLOOKED UNTIL RECENTLY.
IN 2017 A TEAM OF UNDERGRADUATE 
RESEARCHERS UNCOVERED NEW 
DETAILS ABOUT THE LIVES OF 
MASON'S SLAVES, PROMPTING A 
RECKONING ON CAMPUS.
INSTEAD OF REMOVING THE MONUMENT
TOMEI SON THE SCHOOL DECIDED TO 
CONSTRUCT A MEMORIAL TO THE 
ENSLAVED PEOPLE HE OWNED. 
>> I REALLY LOVE THE MONUMENT 
THAT IS BEING BUILT BECAUSE IT 
PROVIDES A WHOLE PICTURE OF THE 
STORY.
WE JUST HAD THE STATUE AND 
DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF 
EVERYTHING.
NOW WITH IT BEING BUILT YOU CAN 
LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND LOOK 
THROUGH ALL OF THERE AND SEE THE
STATUE. 
>> NOW THE UNIVERSITY'S NEW 
PRESIDENT GOING EVEN FURTHER, 
CREATING AN ANTI-RACISM TASK 
FORCE TO INVESTIGATE LINGERING 
RACIAL BIAS AT THE SCHOOL AND 
ROOT IT OUT.
ACTIVELY MONITORING POLICE 
ACTIVITY, REVIEWING SALARY AND 
PROMOTION POLICIES, ADDING 
COUNSELORS FOR RACIAL HEALING 
AND REQUIRING EVERY COURSE 
SYLLABUS TO INCLUDE A STATEMENT 
AGAINST RACISM. 
>> IN A TIME OF NATIONAL UNREST 
RELATED TO RACIAL INEQUITIES, 
YOU KNOW, MY MESSAGE WOULD BE 
ONE OF, LOOK, GREAT THINGS ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE. 
>> Reporter: A CALL FOR OPTIMISM
SFT NATION GRAPPLES WITH YET 
ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING OF AN 
UNARMED BLACK MAN, JACOB BLAKE 
IN WISCONSIN, AN ISSUE 
UNSETTLING STUDENTS HUNDREDS OF 
MILES AWAY. 
>> IT'S SAD TO SEE PEOPLE THAT 
LOOK LIKE ME LIKE DYING ON THE 
STREETS, IT'S SOMETHING THEY 
CAN'T CONTROL BUT I THINK AT THE
MOMENT WHAT WE NEED IN THE 
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS UNITY, 
BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT IT SEEMS 
LIKE WE'RE VERY DIVIDED. 
>> AS THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE, 
EQUALITY AND UNITY GOES ON, 
STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS DURING 
THIS PANDEMIC, THEY CAN CLEAR 
THEIR VOICES AREN'T GOING AWAY. 
>> I FEEL LIKE THE PROTESTS ARE 
A GOOD THING, THEY'RE SHOWING 
THAT WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR WHAT 
WE BELIEVE IS RIGHT AND IT 
SHOULDN'T TAKE AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
OR MALE AND FEMALE TO BE KILLED 
FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS RIGHT.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL 
CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
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>>> THAT, OF COURSE, WAS 
CHADWICK BOSEMAN, THE ACTOR WHO 
LOST HIS VERY PRIVATE BATTLE 
WITH CANCER AT 43 YEARS OLD, 
TRIBUTES POURING IN FROM ALL 
OVER THE WORLD, HONORING THE 
LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE BLACK 
PANTHER STAR, INCLUDING SOME 
BEAUTIFUL WORDS FROM HIS MARVEL 
CO-STARS, OUR TJ HOLMES HAS 
MORE. 
>> CHADWICK BOSEMAN AS BLACK 
PANTHER WAS A SUPER HERO WHO 
TOOK A WHOLE GENERATION OF KIDS 
AND KIDS AT HEART INTO A BRAVE 
NEW WORLD.
ONE THAT WAS THE CENTER OF SO 
MUCH EXCITEMENT, BOSEMAN WAS 
AROUND GMA BEFORE THE MOVIE 
OPENED. 
>> ALL THIS PANTHER AND ALL 
THESE THINGS, WE LOOK AT THE BIG
PICTURE BUT YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE STORM, HOW DOES IT FEEL 
FOR YOU?
>> THIS THING HAS TAKEN ON ITS 
OWN LIFE.
LIKE IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH HOW 
EXCITED PEOPLE ARE.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THESE LITTLE
BLACK PANTHERS. 
>> BLACK PANTHER DIRECTOR RYAN 
KUGLER SAYING IN A STATEMENT HE 
WAS A SPECIAL PERSON.
WE WOULD OFTEN SPEAK ABOUT 
SPECIAL HERITAGE AND WHAT IT 
MEANS.
HE WOULD PONDER EVERY DECISION, 
NOT HOW IT WOULD REFLECT 
ON HIMSELF.
THEY'RE NOT READY FOR THIS, WHAT
WE'RE DOING, THIS IS STAR WARS, 
THIS IS LORD OF THE RINGS, BUT 
FOR US AND BIGGER.
THE CO-STAR FOREST WHITAKER 
TALKING TO ROBIN SUNDAY NIGHT 
ABOUT A SCENE WHERE HE WAS 
CROWNED KING. 
>> AS IF THERE WAS A 
TRANSFORMATION GOING ON.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS POWERFUL 
THAT HE WAS BEING EMPOWERED, 
THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING 
AND I THINK IT'S THAT KIND OF 
OPENNESS THAT ALLOWED PART OF 
THE PHENOMENON OF "BLACK 
PANTHER" TO OCCUR, ALL THE 
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
IT WAS INSPIRING PEOPLE, TO 
REMEMBER THEIR HERITAGE AND 
THEIR LINEAGE AND ANCESTRY AND 
THE BEAUTY OF THE BLACK CULTURE.
>> AVENGERS CO-STAR ROBERT 
DOWNEY JR. SAYING THIS TO ROBIN 
ABOUT BEING ON SET WITH BOSEMAN.
>> TOWARD THE END OF THE THIRD 
AVENGERS, THE INFINITY WAR, 
THERE'S THIS -- WE ALL KIND OF 
LOSE TOGETHER AND I REMEMBER IT 
WAS ONE OF THOSE FEW DAYS THAT 
ALL OF THE -- ALL OF THE 
AVENGERS WERE TOGETHER AND IT 
WAS JUST THE WAY THAT HE WALKED 
ON SET AND THE IMMENSE SUCCESS 
THAT HAD OCCURRED AND RIGHTFULLY
SO WITH "BLACK PANTHER," AND HE 
WAS JUST IN THIS KIND OF STRATUS
OF HIS OWN BUT ALWAYS, ALWAYS 
HUMBLE, ALWAYS HARD WORKING.
ALWAYS A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
AND JUST -- AND NOW LOOKING 
BACK, ALL THE MORE, I REALIZE 
JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLY GRACEFUL
HUMAN BEING HE WAS. 
>> WALT DISNEY COMPANY EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN BOB IGER SAYING -- 
>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 
APPRECIATED JUST HOW GREAT HE 
WAS WHILE HE WAS LIVING AND 
WHILE IT'S EXHILARATING TO HEAR 
ALL THESE GREAT THINGS BEING 
SAID AND WRITTEN ABOUT HIM, IT'S
ONLY MY HOPE THAT HE WOULD HAVE 
HEARD THEM WHILE HE WAS STILL 
WITH US. 
>> AND THANKS TO OUR TJ HOLMES.
BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT OUR IMAGE 
OF THE DAY.
7-YEAR-OLD MAX WITH A SOLEMN 
WAKONDA SALUTE IN HONOR OF 
BOSEMAN.
MAX TOOK THE NEWS ABOUT "BLACK 
PANTHER" GOING TO HEAVEN EASIER 
THAN SHE EXPECTED AND ADDED IT 
WAS ME WHO NEEDED A LITTLE EXTRA
TIME TO PROCESS HIS PASSING.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS HOUR.
STAY TUNED TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR 
MORE CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS OF THE
DAY'S TOP STORIES, I'M KEIRA 
FELLO
PHILIPS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR 
STREAMING WITH US AND HAVE A 
GREAT NIGHT.
