>> yeah. it's -- it means a lot. >> may he rest in peace, and may his memory be a blessing. this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. want to get to some breaking news straight away from portland, oregon, where one person has been killed near a new round of protest. police say they found a person who had been shot to death downtown. now, this was near the scene where trump supporters and counter protestors had turned out and there had been some earlier clashes that were reported between those groups. and there was a lot of social media video of those clashes.

now, what's not clear is if the shooting was related to the protest or not. or was some sort of separate incident. police have not, yet, confirmed on that. portland, of course, has become a flash point in the demonstrations over racial injustice. i want to bring in, now, cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, for more on this. he's on the line from los angeles. josh, what -- what have you been hearing about what happened? there has been an awful lot of action in portland, over the last few years. >> yeah, that's right, michael. obviously, this city has been the focus of so much attention, in the united states, for well over two months, now. there have been these nightly clashes between protestors and law enforcement officers. both, federal and local law enforcement officers. but today, it started to take a bit of a different turn, in that these protestors aren't just anti-law enforcement. what we saw is there's a large group of pro-donald trump

protestors, who are now, also, inserted into the mix. earlier this afternoon, they had staged hundreds of trump protestors outside of the city of portland. and indicated on social media that they were going to be heading downtown. and portland police, in fact, put out an alert saying that there was this caravan that was heading downtown. they were asking people to, please, stay off the streets. and as that caravan arrived, they started clashing with demonstrators. police saying that they've made a number of arrests with these clashes between both the pro-trump movement and, also, those who have been calling for federal law enforcement to leave the city. calling for racial justice. now, it's worth pointing out that in the city of portland, the overwhelming majority of protestors have been peaceful but you do see those factions of violent protestors. and now, just a very volatile situation in portland where you have these two groups clashing. as you mentioned, there has been a report, now, of one death. police are investigating that as a homicide.

they say that they were in a downtown area, they heard gunshots, raced to the scene. and then, found a victim who was deceased. as you mentioned, it's unclear whether this was involved with the protest. whether this was one of the pro-trump people, whether it was one of the counter demonstrators. but it's already turned very deadly down there and that continues under investigation. and this is just the -- the theme that we've seen so much here in portland. just this violence. but, really taking a different turn now where you have this large group of pro-trump people coming downtown. also, think it's worth noting that there was one of our colleagues from "the new york times" downtown, who's been posting video on social media. and in one instance, you actually see this caravan of pickup trucks come through downtown. and some demonstrators were throwing objects at the truck. and in one instance, someone on the back of a pickup truck that had an american flag and a pro-trump sign actually opened fire into the crowd with a paint ball gun. this is obviously not -- not a

lethal weapon but, still, very dangerous. can cause injuries. you see this person firing, indiskr indiscriminately, into this crowd. one person dead and we don't know how long this will go. police will try to clear out the area. in the city of portland, michael. >> yeah. and yeah. that "new york times" reporter was actually hit by one of those paint balls, too. it was fairly dramatic video, these clashes. and then, this was an organized caravan of cars, by the way. they met up at a big shopping center just outside the city. and had a prearranged route through the city. there were dozens and dozens of vehicles. there's been local media video of those vehicles driving through. and as you say, the protestors on the streets were clashing with the vehicles, as they drove through. you -- you spent a lot of time in portland covering these protests, josh. and -- and, you know, president trump has been slamming

portland's democratic leaders and the protestors who cause damage, night after night. but, you know, i'm wondering, does this hurt his messaging now that, you know, there are videos of his own supporters driving around firing paint ball pelts into -- into a crowd? >> yeah, it would appear that the president has no moral standing, right now, to describe what's happening in portland as a one-sided scene of chaos and destruction. again, that has been the case. where there were, you know, for weeks, you had people that would stage at night and attack a federal building. you know, throwing projectiles. trying to light it on fire. and that was the focus of -- of the president's messaging. in fact, what he was trying to do was try to describe the entire city of portland as under siege, which it wasn't. we're, largely, talking about one city block area downtown. but you have to remember, we're in election year, also, and president has tried to portray his democratic opponent as soft

on crime. and the theme we see from president trump is, again, really going after these democratic cities, including the city of portland. saying the elected leaders there, the democrats, are unable to keep the peace. and really, going after these protestors. calling them hoodlums and calling them thugs. but now, you have his own people, his own supporters, at least according to this report tonight, coming in and clashing with demonstrators. again, shooting paint balls into the crowd. it -- it really takes that messaging away from him. and, you know, it's yet to be seen what will happen. we haven't heard the president come out tonight and condemn this kind of violence. we know that throughout, you know, for well over two months nmonths, y now, since the death of george floyd in minneapolis. mostly, peaceful protest, while you did have incidents of riot and looting. you had the president, his own attorney general at the u.s. justice department, trying to cast a lot of these protestors as far left. this far-left movement going

after, for example, the group antifa. and really trying to lay this on those who are left of center, as engaged in violence in the united states. but, here, the video tells a different story tonight. where it's not just, you know, folks that are against the president. but you have his own people out there that are now clashing. but yet, we have not heard tonight any indication from the president, condemning the violence that's occurring there tonight. unclear whether that will be taking place anytime soon. >> yeah. i wanted to get your thoughts. we should emphasize to people, we tonigdon't know, yet, whethes death, this apparent homicide, in portland was related to the protests or not. it may have been. it may not have been. but -- but regardless, while that's still unclear, the nation has been fixed on kenosha, which is 2,000 miles away, i think, where those two people were killed. and a young man, who was armed with a long weapon, has been charged in that. i mean, just generally speaking,

with your law enforcement chops, what does this say? this continued violence say about the state of life in america right now? >> yeah. it is a very violent time right now, in the united states of america. and there are a number of different reasons. you know, we've reported on murders increasing in several u.s. cities. we've reported on aggravated assault increasing in several u.s. cities. now, there's a wide list of reasons why law enforcement experts think that is. everything that has to do with the pandemic, to -- to other factors as well. but it's very clear that it's just a very toxic time and a very dangerous time, as you mentioned. one issue that has continued to garner a lot of attention is what took place, there, in wisconsin following the police shooting of a black man. you had protests. and then, people coming out. one 17-year-old arrested and charged with the murder of two people. this person said that he was there trying to protect property. he's been described, by others, as a vigilante. as someone who was coming out

and essentially trying to pretend as though he was a law enforcement officer. and the details are still unclear about what took place, exactly, that night in -- in wisconsin. but one thing is clear, is that this person is charged with the death of two people. and, you know, again, it's just -- it's just a very toxic time. where you've had people that are supportive of the president and -- and, you know, republicans and people, you know, right of center, who have actually come to this guy's defense. he's actually amassed quite an amount of funding online that he's fund raised for his legal defense effort. people calling him essential -- essentially, a hero. so just an overlay of this toxic time with election year, and obviously very polarized time. people in the united states, right now, can't even agree on security. on public safety. there -- there seems to be a political angle to everything. again, to include not only what happened this morning in wisconsin. but now, we're seeing, tonight, in the sfcity of portland, wher you have supporters of donald trump clashing with

counter-demonstrators. and at least according to portland police, turning very violent and making arrests. again, as we mentioned, one death tonight. we're still working on that reporting. but just a chaotic scene in the city of portland and it's a pattern, unfortunately, we've seen in so many cities this year. >> absolutely. josh campbell, really appreciate you being on the line and filling us in. and just to update people. what we're hearing is from the portland police have confirmed that they are investigating a homicide. it happened in downtown portland. and this was after a shooting. it was a gunshot incident. the officers found the victim, gunshot wound to the chest. he was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel, when they arrived. again, we don't know if it was related to protests that have been ongoing, over the recent hours. the -- i want to bring in, now, journalist sergio amos. he's on the line.

he's been on the ground in portland. i don't know. can you shine any more light on what has been happening there tonight, sergio? >> hey. thanks for having me. so this is the 93rd consecutive night of protests in portland, oregon. tonight, there was a trump caravan that started outside the city, and came into the city. hundreds of vehicles. thousands of people. and there was some fist fights in the street. and just now, a man was shot and they're pronouncing it a homicide. >> now, were you on the street when this caravan started? because i've been seeing local news and social media video of it. it was an enormous caravan of cars. gathered in a -- i think it was a shopping center. just outside the city. and then, paraded through the streets where, of course, there are protestors. and -- and then, the inevitable happened. and we've actually seen video of a man on the back of a truck with a -- a blue oregon for

trump flag, firing paint ball gun into the protestors. and -- and what looked like pepper spray being sprayed from pickup trucks into the crowd. what -- what did you see of that? >> yeah. so, i -- i was there, where it started in that -- that mall. there was fist fights in the streets. just on the -- on the freeway onramp coming into the city. there was fist fights in downtown when the caravan would -- would have a long procession on the streets. counter-protestors, black lives matter protestors, would stop their vehicles, put emergency lights on, and not let them go forward. and you can see videos, you know, that i shot, others shot, of people, you know, fit fighting in the streets. mace all over the place. and i'm standing right outside of a crime scene where a man was shot. and he's -- he's dead now. and this happened, maybe, 30 minutes ago. >> what -- what were the police doing, at this time? i mean, a lot of the videos i saw of these clashes between the

trump supporters and -- and the protestors. i didn't see any police. >> yeah. so, when the -- when the caravan came into the city, the trump supporters came into the city, there was fist fights. and immediately, portland police responded. and diverted the trump supporters back onto the freeway. and then, curiously, they let them back into downtown. and that's when things started devolving. when they came into downtown, that's when the counter-protestors, black lives matter supporters, came out and that's when you start seeing the fist fights. the upclose confrontations. portland police did not declare this an unlawful assembly or a riot. we've had, now, 93 days of protest here and they have been very click to declare unlawful assembly when they see crowds engage in what they call criminal activity. with this, what we see, it's just very curious which is what we saw last saturday. when conservatives came out to rally and fist fought with black lives matter protestors is they

didn't declare either of those a riot or unlawful assembly. this is now the second time the portland police have kind of avoided the clashes between left and right. and -- and -- but when the -- when the protest began against police precincts, we saw, very quickly, unlawful assembly or riot being declared. >> that's a good point. those other clashes you refer to last week, where trump supporters were clashing with demonstrators. police were standing back. and it wasn't until the trump supporters left that police moved in. and then, declared an unlawful assembly. >> just to jump in. they actually didn't declare unlawful assembly. it was -- it was dhs. department of homeland security who declared an unlawful assembly because they came on to a federal park. portland police didn't declare anything. >> right. yeah. so -- but they -- they let them go at it, until the trump

supporters left. and then, as you say, homeland security declared the unlawful assembly, once the others had left. which was -- which was interesting. this -- this -- this event. i mean, what do you know about it? i mean, what i'm hearing, it was -- it was on facebook. it was called a trump 2020 cruise in portland. and -- and the route was actually posted on facebook. >> yeah. that's -- everything you said is correct. and what you should know about the broader picture here is that, you know, we've had 93 days of protests, of black lives matter protests. but in the last few weeks, the kind of conservative, right-wing, and some elements of the extreme right wing, that kind of thing, they've entered the arena. they want to have a say in the conversation. and they're holding their own events on the weekends now. and they're attending daytime rallies. you know, the black lives matter protests are largely at night. so i think, on day 93, what we see is that conservatives are now engaging in -- in the same kind of, like, mass

demonstration that black lives matter protests have been doing. >> that sounds like a bit of a recipe for disaster. >> well, look. i think what you see in portland is -- is not indicative just of the city but probably of something happening throughout the country. you do have, you know, we are in -- in a semi-state of lockdown because of the pandemic. you know, schools are closed. lots of layoffs. high unemployment. and you see people taking to the streets for their social causes. and you see a lot of people, you know, able, you know, able to be out here. and the concern, going forward, is if we have these clashes and police continue to kind of avoid the area, what does that mean? you know, tonight, a man has been shot. what does that mean tomorrow? when one side, you know, sees that on facebook and tries to come out again? you know, we don't know. but i'm telling -- it's day 93. tomorrow's going to be day 94. >> yeah, exactly. and i know you've been there,

throughout. i mean, those -- those you talked to. are they concerned that this is -- you know, if this does move into a new phase of -- of not, you know, black lives matter protestors versus police or -- or whatever it becomes. black lives matter or the left versus the right in a civilian sense. and let's face it, particularly in a country where some of the people are armed. what are people in portland telling you? i mean, initially, we -- we -- we would always point out that the protests were around basically a city block or two. it wasn't the whole city, as the president was referring. are there concerns that this could really get out of hand? >> yeah. so in terms of like whether this is a city under siege, it's definitely not. like you said, it's a couple blocks in downtown where this is happening. i'm a few wlblocks away. there was a man shot. but people are just having a regular saturday night here. that being said, these black

lives matter protests have been largely popular in the city. i mean, you know, it is a very liberal city. that -- outside of portland, though, it's -- it can get very rural and very conservative. and the protests have no bet be popular. one thing to note is some of them are not from portland. they're from these surrounding areas. and so, there is that dynamic of kind of rural versus city, liberal versus conservative. and also, the people of color here are saying, like, hey, these are mostly white guys that are coming in and saying all lives matter. so there's multiple layers here. but there's definitely tension in the air. >> sergio, it's been great to get your thoughts. and please, if you will, just stay with us. on the line with us. we're going to take a quick break and we will be right back. ♪ ♪ take the good, with the bad

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there. the police are saying that the officers found a victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. medical personnel arrived. they determined the victim was deceased. now, what we don't know is if that is directly related to ongoing protests in portland. and those protests have taken a decidedly ugly turn, in the last few hours. over the last few hours. after a trump 2020 cruise rally in portland was advertised on facebook. and that led to dozens, perhaps hundreds, of vehicles gathering just outside the city. and then, parading through the city. a lot of pickup trucks. a lot of people in the back of the pickup trucks. protestors on the side of the road were challenging the trump supporters. there were fist fights. there were arrests made. and there is video where a "new york times" reporter, mike baker, has posted online.

where you can see at least one occasion where a man in the back of a pickup truck, with a trump sign on the back, fires paint ball gun at rapid fire into the crowd. other vehicles, also, in this parade, if you like, were spraying what looks like pepper spray. but we're told by sergio in portland is bear mace. spraying that into the protestors, the counter-protestors, on the side of the road. a bit of an ugly turn. let's talk to cnn law enforcement contributor, steve moore. steve, i mean, i -- i -- what do you make of this? >> well, i mean, when you have law enforcement stretched to the point that they can't keep two competing groups apart, this is what's going to happen. you know, the d-- the defunding of police, the backing down of enforcement, leaves a vacuum. a law enforcement vacuum.

and time and time again, we've learned that when law enforcement, it doesn't or isn't allowed to do their job, vigilantes will do it for them. so if you want vigilante justice, just continue to restrict the police and keep them from enforcing laws because that's the reason police were created, in the first place. all right. is to stop citizens from enforcing the law, themselves. >> how does it complicate things for law enforcement? i mean, up until now, it has been, well, law enforcement versus protestors, on one side. but now, if -- if this is a new development or a continuing development, where you've got right versus left, that complicates things further, from a law enforcement standpoint, does it not? >> yeah. i mean, sure, in some ways, it's a relief to them for the protestors to be throwing rocks at somebody besides the police. but, at the same time, and --

and, you know, not all protestors are doing that. but a significant number are doing every night for the last three months. what we have here is -- let's look at it in just pure, pragmatic numbers. you don't have enough officers to maintain riot police every night, for 90 days, and still give people days off. allow them to sleep. to go home. they are running out of resources. even -- even if the portland police or portland city council didn't put down some draconian rules on the police department, they still don't have enough resources. and so, what's going to happen is that emboldens people, on both sides. the people coming in on a daylight, you know, a daylight parade, supporting their views. which is as legitimate as somebody at night supporting their views. they're going to conflict.

and nobody's going to be there to stop them. and it emboldens both sides. >> steve moore, really appreciate you taking the time. i want to go back to sergio, who is on the line, still. and has been in portland, throughout, on the scene. on the streets. i was actually just looking at your twitter feed, sergio. and, you know, there's still a sizeable crowd in the area outside the -- the federal courthouse. something you posted about 45 minutes ago. what is the mood there on the street? set the scene for us, how it is now? >> right now, they're outside the federal courthouse and they're chanting black lives matter. and it's, you know, when -- when the person who was shot -- when that news broke, you know, nobody was sure who it was. and protestors thought it was one of them. as you said earlier, with mike baker, you know, "new york times" is reporting that the man was killed at a -- a -- a far-right group here. the trump side, basically. and so, tensions are real high

because, on social media, they're talking about, you know, who killed this man? why did they kill him? and police are saying they're treating it as a homicide. >> yeah, yeah, indeed. sergio, really valuable to have you there on the spot and your reporting. and we'll keep -- keep up with you on twitter. so thanks. thanks, very much, sergio. and we'll continue to monitor events in portland. a very worrying development there. we'll be right back, after the break.

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out of portland, oregon. it has been a chaotic night. supporters of president trump converged on the city in a huge caravan of vehicles. dozens, perhaps hundreds, of vehicles. and went through the streets. drove around the streets. and, of course, the inevitable. clashes with other protestors on the side of the street. extraordinary scenes of people in trump-flagged vehicles, firing paint balls into the crowd. bear spray, as well, bear mace. and protestors on the side of the road, throwing things at the trucks. quite an extraordinary, chaotic scene. and -- and -- and now, police are investigating whether a person found shot to death, nearby, was related to that violence or not. portland has, of course, seen protests practically every night since george floyd was killed by police in minneapolis, minnesota. that was more than three months ago, now. now, the white house is

saying president trump will go to kenosha, wisconsin, this week. that is the site of the police shooting of jacob blake, and the protests there ever since. mr. trump, expected to meet with law enforcement and tour some of the damage from recent unrest. that, from the white house. now, we don't know if he will meet with the man shot by police, seven times, in his back, or that man's family. on saturday, mr. trump focusing on the violence, again, after the shooting. and again, took credit for calling in the national guard which, of course, is done by the state's governor, not the president. >> success, as you know. we were finally able to get the go-ahead from the local authorities to send in the national guard. we sent in the national guard. and within a few minutes of the guard, everybody cleared out. and it became safe.

>> now, jacob blake's family and supporters held a rally in kenosha. this was on saturday night. blake, of course, in the hospital. paralyzed, from the waist down. the marchers demanded an end to police violence and systemic race racism. cnn's sara sidner was there. >> here in kenosha, there was about 2,000 people who came out in support of jacob blake and jacob blake's family. his family, leading a protest here in kenosha. several blocks that ended up at the courthouse. where they, then, spoke.acob bl uncle, justin blake. we heard from jacob blake's sister. we heard from jacob blake's father, as well. all, speaking about a couple of things. one, asking for peaceful protest. but, two, telling people that they must vote. that is the next thing, after protesting in the streets. we, also, talked to jacob blake's father about what happened, in this case, and what he sees should happen, going forward. after the police association,

here, in kenosha, made allegations against jacob blake. that he was armed. that he was fighting with the police. that he had a police officer in a headlock, and had to be tased. his father reacting, saying what he sees, certainly, did not prove a imminent threat to the officer, who ended up shooting him in the back seven times. >> how can you be in imminent danger when a person has nothing in their hands? what was he? superman? he could see the knife through the -- the walls of the car? the -- the police union means nothing to me. it's a bunch of cats that pay a bunch of dudes to have a title, a union. they do nothing but support their bad cops. he's a bad cop. it didn't take seven shots to find out that. the first shot told you he -- that the second one was coming. the third shot told you that the fourth one, he's trying to kill him. the fifth shot said, dang, man, how many more times you going to

shoot? by the time the seventh shot got there, it's attempted murder. >> but no officer, at this point, has been charged, in this case. we do know that, of course, there is an investigation underway. the state department of justice is investigating. and saying that they are going to be doing an impartial investigation, and that the police association does not speak for anyone, other than the defense of the officers. they are very adamant and clear in that. that they are the investigating agency, in this case. sara sidner, cnn, kenosha. u.s. intelligence has warned that russia and other foreign powers are actively working to influence the upcoming election. but now, the trump administration is changing what it does with that information. who it tells, who it shares it with. just over two months from election day, all of that. that change is raising a lot of concern. cnn's jeremy diamond with the

details from the white house. >> well, on saturday, we learned that the office of the director of national intelligence informed congressional leaders that they will no longer be receiving in-person briefings on this critical issue of election security and foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election. of course, this coming 66 days before that presidential election. and as this issue really comes even more so to the forefront, certainly, a perplexing decision, that is really drawing a ton of condemnation from democrats on capitol hill. but first, the president, on saturday. he was asked about this decision. why it was made? and here's his answer. >> director ratcliffe brought information into the committee. and the information leaked. whether it was shifty schiff or somebody else, they leaked the information before it gets in. and what's even worse, they leaked the wrong information. and he got tired of it. so, he wants to do it in a different form because you have leakers on the committee.

>> now, the president did not provide any evidence to back up his claims that members of congress leaked information from previous and recent intelligence briefings. and of course, the president, there, suggesting, on the one hand, there were leaks. while, also, saying, that the information was false. so, something there does not add up. but again, democrats on capitol hill. reacting with extreme condemnation here, on saturday. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, calling this a shocking abdication of the administration's responsibility to brief congress on intelligence matters. let me read you part of this statement. they say, this is shameful and coming only weeks before the election demonstrates that the trump administration is engaged in a politicized effort to withhold election-related information from congress and the american people. at the precise moment that greater transparency and accountability is required. this keeps both the american people and congress in the dark when both are in need of the

information. now, also, in this statement, they also revealed that the office of the director of national intelligence had, actually, suggested briefing congress, in mid-september, on election interference in an in-person briefing. and then, they cancelled that briefing. and now, we have this announcement that they will no longer be briefing congress, in person, on this matter. instead, only providing a written statement of some kind, on the latest conclusions of the intelligence community. this is, of course, notable because we know president trump, he has repeatedly been sensitive about this issue of election interference. specifically, as it pertains to russia interfering in the 2016 election. something that the president has never come to fully, fully acknowledge. and, of course, there is this other issue of mail-in ballots. the president, recently, has suggested that mail-in ballots present an election security risk. that foreign countries might seek to interfere and take advantage of that situation. to twist the results of the election. that is a concern that u.s. intelligence officials have

repeatedly dismissed, in recent weeks. and of course, the lack of these in-person briefings from members of congress means they won't be able to press those intelligence officials on claims like that by the president. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. the u.s. isn't the only country having a hard time convincing people to follow coronavirus restrictionsme. protestors gathered across europe to call out the rules that are likely saving thousands of lives. we'll have that, just after the break. look at that scuffed up wall. embarrassing you. that wall is your everest - but not any more. today let's paint. behr. exclusively at the home depot. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident. cut! is that good? no you were talking about allstate and... i just... when i... accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. don't settle for less.

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the united states is very close to reaching 6 million coronavirus cases. and the country, of course, has more than 182,000 deaths. according to johns hopkins university, the biggest hot spots are, still, in the south of the country. meanwhile, cases are flaring up on college campuses across the country.

the university of alabama says more than 1,000 students, on just one of its campuses, have tested positive since classes resumed, less than two weeks ago. meanwhile, protests against social distancing and mask wearing took place in germany, on saturday. but as fred pleitgken reports for us, there's been a lot more at play than you might think. >> to protest against the coronavirus restrictions of the german government. however, protestors didn't just come from all over germany. it seemed to us as though they came from all over europe. certainly, there were people holding the flags of many european countries. and also, the flag of russia, as well. now, the people here say they want to get rid of some of the coronavirus restrictions that have been put in place by the german government. like, for instance, physical distancing. like, for instance, also, wearing masks in areas where you can't physically distance as well. now, the berlin authorities didn't want this demonstration to take place. they, originally, banned this

d demonstration from happening. however, a court, before the demonstration started, said that it can take place. however, in the middle of the demonstration, the berlin authorities came out and said people simply weren't physically distancing, they weren't wearing masks. and that's why the berlin administration then stopped this demonstration from happening. but as you can see, many people still here. many people stayed until well into the afternoon to speak their mind and to say they believe the coronavirus restrictions that have been put in place by politicians in germany but in other countries as well are excessive. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> well, they took a stand for racial justice. now, the nba is back in action. why these players have more on their minds than winning a championship. that's after the break. hey allergy muddlers... achoo! ...do your sneezes turn heads? try zyrtec... ...it starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec muddle no more.

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breaking news out of portland, oregon, where it has been a chaotic night and a deadly one as well. supporters of president trump converged on the city in a huge caravan of vehicles. and then, fought with protestors on the streets. and now, police are investigating whether a person found shot to death nearby was related to the violence.

portland has, of course, seen protests practically every night since george floyd was killed by police in minneapolis, minnesota, more than three months ago. and we will be bringing you more details on all of this, at the top of the hour. athletes chadwick boseman, who died, friday, of course, after battling colon cancer. lebron james honoring boseman with the wakanda salute. in fact, the nba did resume playoffs saturday after postponing nine games in response to the shooting of jacob blake by police in kenosha, wisconsin. and this powerful moment has the league's bubble in florida on saturday. ♪ the milwaukee bucks and orlando

magic kneeling during the national anthem. david is a host of the syndicated news magazine television show "the list. "he joins me from los angeles. it's been a while. from what we've seen with professional sport in the wake of these racial issues, it's been extraordinary. what do you see as the role of sports in the racial argument, the debate? >> well, i would say sports play as crucial role. martin luther king marched. but the south was really segregated when usc played alabama and the running back, who was black, scored more touchdowns. and the coach said i need more players like that. sports has always had a crucial role in, not just bringing people together, jacky robinson with baseball, venus and serena

williams. it's where the best athlete, hardest worker wins and that's what minorities are asking for. judge us on our merits, just as we will judge you on yours. >> nicely put. what's been incredible, when it comes to the sports world, has been the solidarity. the nba, obviously, the nfl too. it's interesting i was reading only 8% of major league baseball players are african-american but they called off games as well. and the other one is the nhl, which has zero african-americans and less than 30% of the players are even from america, but they postponed games as well. >> yes, absolutely. this issue is not singular, it is universal. whether you are african-american, african-canadian, jamaican, or

from nigeria, or from london, the fight for equality, based on too, use martin luther king, the content of your character and not the color of your skin is a global thing. so, they realize and recognize this problem is not unique just to america. it's global. but because these sports are played in america and they have cachet in america, that now america needs to see what life would be like if the sports world stopped playing and actually just started speaking about what the injustice they -- you know, that they undertake on a daily basis. >> when you think about it, many athletes, i'm thinking michael jordan, for example, rarely spoke out about racial or political issues while they were playing because, i guess because of image. also endorsements. but now you're seeing athletes wearing black lives matter

t-shirts, putting the names of dead men on their jerseys instead of their own and people like lebron james saying f-off. there's a lot of bravery there, risking fan support, endorsement dollars to take a stand. >> think about this for a second. how ludicrous it must be to call it brave, that to ask for equality, to ask to be treated fairly is considered brave? michael jordan, there's the long game and the short game. i've critiqued his practices before. but he's the only black owner in all of professional sports in america. he's the only one. are we to be surprised the only one is the greatest player to ever lace sneaker. so, his long game, the calculation of i'm going to stay out of the fray but when i get my opportunity, i'm going to own a team, dictate terms.

and this recent boycott in the nba, a lot nof reason it was smoothed over so quickly is because michael jordan can pick up a phone and call players and speak to them on a level other owners can't. i don't castigate michael jordan anymore. i appreciate the long game and i appreciate lebron james that put not only their money where their mouth is by opening schools, but saying you know what? inyou're not willing to treat us fairly n t fairly, if the only color that matters to you is green, then we're going to stop play and show you what the economic landscape will be without black athletes. it's shameful that in order for jimmy to play soccer or lacrosse in college, jamal has to play football or basketball and they're starting to realize their economic power and they're pushing back and they're saying enough is enough. because with basketball, they're the most visible.

lebron james moves tremendous product and his voice carries walgt. and now they're basically saying enough is enough. we've marched, peacefully protested, we've knelt and you kicked colin kaepernick out of the nfl. insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. they used to tell us shut up and dribble. we're not only going to not dribble, but we're not going to shut up. >> an extraordinary time and scenes. and admirable as well. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you so much for having me. and stay safe and be well. >> thanks for watching cnn newsroom. nattily allen up next. nic acid. there's a reason 1 serum is sold every minute! revitalift hyaluronic acid serum. with our highest concentration of hyaluronic acid. visibly replumps skin. and reduces wrinkles.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone. from atlanta. i'm natalie allen and we're following breaking news in oregon. months of protests have taken a new and, possibly, deadly turn. they're investigating whether a person found shot to death is related to a clash between trump supporters and protesters on the street. a huge caravan filled with supporters of president trump fill und filled into portland saturday. there were some arrests and the victim was found nearby. we don't know who they are or the circumstances of the shooting.