good morning, america. protesters taking to the streets overnight on both coasts clashing with police. streets filled with tension for a third straight night in rochester, new york. demonstrators calling for justice following the death of daniel prude in police custody. >> this is the portland police bureau. >> while portland breaks 100 days of protests. >> we broke no law! >> violence erupting overnight. these latest clashes at a boiling point. war of words. joe biden taking aim at president trump over an article alleging trump insulted american veterans. >> who the heck does he think he is? >> the president denying the report. >> it's a disgrace. >> the latest on the fallout this morning. labor day spread. fears this hot holiday weekend

could send coronavirus cases surging. the grim prediction about the death count, plus, rising cases at universities and this morning, how some drugmakers will join forces to make sure only a safe vaccine is approved. hand sanitizer warning. the mother who says she was burned after using an off brand product. then lighting a candle. >> and then the explosion happened that in a matter of two seconds lit my entire body on fire. >> what the cdc is saying about incidents like this. >> and back on the gridiron. college football returning with new safety measures in place. how the action will look different and the new testing that could be a game changer. but will we get through an entire season? hey, good morning. happy saturday. we're very happy to have whit

back at the desk after a vacation. >> good to be back. >> welcome back, my friend. we're going to start here with the overnight breaking news. protests on both sides of the country. portland, oregon marking 100 days with calls for social justice and racial equity. over the past three months some of those protests have turned violent and even deadly. in rochester, new york, people taking to the streets for a third night and also setting this bus stop on fire following the death of daniel prude in police custody. his family calling for justice. >> we are on the ground in both cities. first let's go to rochester where police declared the protest an unlawful assembly. abc's trevor ault joins us with more. good morning to you, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, eva. protests have been happening here every night since footage showed the police incident that led to prude's death. last night saw the largest demonstrations so far. thousands of protesters who seem to be undeterred by an escalating police response. >> the rochester police

department has declared this an unlawful assembly. >> reporter: overnight cries for justice growing louder in rochester. firework explosions scattering this massive crowd. nearby a bus stop on fire blanketing the street in smoke. officers stood at the ready on the third straight night of protests in the wake of the death of daniel prude. earlier that evening, a much different scene. >> this is a peaceful demonstration of hundreds of protesters. many of them have been coming out every night and say they'll keep coming out every night. >> reporter: anticipating clashes friday, police barricades several city blocks. officers had disrupted thursday night's protest with pepper balls and pepper spray. in defense, rochester police released new video from that night showing demonstrators attempting to breach barricades. daniel prude's brother joe saying those tactics and the police response to his brother show a systemic problem. >> who does that, animals?

who does that, zookeepers? >> you think it's the same system that led to the death of your brother. >> it can't be nobody but the system. in order for that to change that system need to change. >> reporter: disturbing body camera footage shows him in an apparent mental health crisis when officers say he turned combative, spitting at them, and the officers placing a hood over his head pinning his neck to the ground. the president of the police union saying those officers followed protocol. >> when i looked at the training and i looked at the reading material and we watched the video, it is exactly the way they've been trained. >> reporter: seven officers involved have been suspended but protesters and the prude family want firings and criminal charges. >> i really just want them to be fired and in jail charged with murder. because that's what they are, they're murders. >> reporter: as unrest unfolds in rochester, jacob blake seen publicly for the first time since police shot and paralyzed

him in kenosha, wisconsin, appearing on video for a court appearance entering a not guilty plea to multiple charges unrelated to the shooting wearing a shirt and tie from his hospital bed. and here in rochester, top ranking city officials appear to be at odds with one another. the police chief has ordered internal investigations. the mayor says the chief misled her as to how daniel prude died and the prude family and many of these protesters say both the mayor and the chief should step down. eva. >> trevor, thank you. turning to portland where it's been 100 days of protests. the governor calling on right and left wing activists to work together to restore the peace. abc's matt gutman joins us from portland with more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, eva. a few hours ago there were hundreds of protestors right here and backed up against the police association building behind me were dozens of riot officers in full gear. this is where the skirmishes have been happening night after night. you can see the residue from

paint balloons. someone spray painted protester blood here. officers firing smoke grenades and this has been happening night after night for 100 consecutive days. overnight the 100th night of protests in portland marked with balloons -- some things are being thrown, i guess paint bombs -- and batons. people are starting to move in. people are throwing objects at them. they just unloaded tear gas and firing pepper balls right now. this woman's crying right there on the ground. she's crying. a guy, i think, is trying to render first aid. the chants -- >> we broke no laws. >> reporter: the arrests, the deployment of nonlethal force, a nightly pantomime in portland brought to a boiling point the past 24 hours. u.s. marshals killing self-described anti-fascist

michael reinhoehl while trying to arrest him, wanted in the death of jay danielson shot in the streets here a week ago. neighbors saying the u.s. marshals' shooting went on for minutes. >> sounded like the fourth of july going off. there was probably anywhere from 20 to 30 gunshots. >> reporter: president trump praising the action on friday. >> the u.s. marshals, incredible people, so i want to thank them for their strength, their bravery, and i really do wish that the mayor of portland and the governor of oregon would get going and stop the crime in that city. >> reporter: but police officials here fear the death of both a right wing activist and an anti-fascist only raises the stakes. >> it ramps everything up a lot. everybody is going to be -- anxiety will be at its highest level. everybody will be on edge. >> reporter: both right and left wing activists converging on the city this weekend, the governor concerned about bloodshed. >> i think we would all agree that we need to work collectively to stop the violence in portland. >> reporter: meantime some protesters are wondering after 100 days where the movement is heading.

>> i'm going to kind of call it what it is, loosely organized with many messages. they haven't gotten their unemployment. the pandemic is still going on. so you get a lot of people behind it and they're coming out with different messages. >> reporter: just over the past couple of hours the courts have unsealed the arrest warrant for michael reinoehl. it alleges that he ambushed that right wing protester, jay danielson. imagine in a couple hours you're going to have many elements from fascist groups and pro-trump protestors packed in downtown portland. dan. >> we're heading into a tense and long weekend in portland. matt gutman on the ground covering it all. thank you, matt. moving to politics, a fiery day on the campaign trail. the discourse dominated by a report alleging president trump made disparaging remarks about american veterans and even our war dead. joe biden jumping right on this issue, and president trump and then the first lady responding. abc's andrew dymburt is on the story from washington. andrew, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning.

the president says this is nothing more than a political attack and denies ever saying anything that would desecrate fallen soldiers. joe biden meanwhile says the allegations show the president is unfit to lead this nation's troops. in the race for 2020, joe biden delivering a scathing condemnation of president trump. >> if these statements are true, the president should humbly apologize to every gold star mother and father and every blue star family that he's denigrated and insulted. who the heck does he think he is? >> reporter: pointing to an article in "the atlantic" alleging trump referred to dead american veterans as suckers and losers. biden invoking his late son's memory. >> when my son volunteered and joined the united states military as the attorney general and went to iraq for a year, won the bronze star and other commendations, he wasn't a sucker. >> reporter: the article based

on anonymous sources claiming the president belittled fallen american soldiers during a november 2018 trip to france. abc news has not confirmed the reporting. the president scheduled to visit a world war i cemetery where american troops were buried. the white house cancelling the visit, citing bad weather. "the atlantic" alleging trump commented, why should i go to that cemetery? it's filled with losers. the president steadfast in his denial. >> when a second rate magazine can write things like that about somebody thaez done so much for the military, it's a disgrace. >> reporter: echoes of defile from other administration officials saying they never heard those comments including john bolton, former national security adviser turned trump critic who was on that trip to france. even the first lady, rarely weighing in on reports about her husband, tweeting the story is not true. biden saying he finds the story believable because of the

president's past comments in 2015 about john mccain. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is a war hero. 5 1/2 years -- >> he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> reporter: trump trying to clear up those remarks with abc's jonathan karl yesterday. >> is that something you wish you hadn't said? >> i say what i say and i never got along with john mccain. that doesn't mean i don't respect him. i respected him. >> reporter: and secretary of state mike pompeo telling fox news yesterday that he was with the president for a good part of that trip to france and also says he never heard trump use the words described in the article. eva. >> andrew, thank you. now to the coronavirus pandemic. health officials are warning people to take precautions this weekend amid concerns the holiday could lead to a surge. right now cases are already increasing in 22 states and 16 states are seeing an increase in the number of deaths. abc's alex presha is in alexandria, virginia with this story. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, eva. large crowds expected to make their way towards bodies of water this weekend but there is a grim new prediction out that

says that u.s. covid deaths could double by the start of next year. experts saying a big reason to help keep those numbers down is people remaining vigilant this weekend. that means social distancing, wearing masks and avoiding large indoor gatherings. this morning, a coronavirus warning heading into labor day weekend. a grim prediction now says the u.s. could reach 410,000 covid deaths by the start of next year. >> the pandemic is likely to worsen. >> reporter: doctors fearing crowds this weekend could spark another surge in cases. beaches crowded from coast to coast. a heat wave expected to draw droves of people out in california. some cities shutting their beaches down as a precaution. >> we are encouraging people to just stay home. >> reporter: in miami-dade county there is a 10:00 p.m. curfew and a $100 fine for people not wearing masks in public. >> we don't want a repeat of memorial day when people got complacent. >> reporter: crowds expected along the jersey shore too. there the state's taken a major step allowing limited indoor dining again but large crowds indoors, experts say that's a

big worry. >> hopefully people, particularly the younger people, will pay attention to things like wearing a mask, avoiding close contact, avoiding crowds and doing whatever you can possibly do outdoors as opposed to indoors. >> reporter: the opposite of this scene. hundreds of students packed in this bar near the university of south carolina, not a mask in sight. the university calling videos like these disappointing, saying it's following up. the school now one of at least nine universities with a thousand or more confirmed cases of covid. the university of alabama nearing 2,000 cases since classes resumed in august. northeastern expelled 11 freshmen for violating protocols for crowded gatherings. in the search for a cure, astrazeneca has joined pfizer and modernmoderna. the president steadfast a

vaccine could come by election day but even his own medical experts are saying while it's possible, it's unlikely. >> we remain on track to deliver a vaccine by the end of the year and maybe before november 1. we think we could have it some time during the month of october. >> reporter: and overnight "the wall street journal" and "the new york times" reporting that several drugmakers plan to issue a public pledge not to seek government approval for a vaccine until that shot is proven to be both safe and effective. whit. >> and we're going to talk more about that right now. alex presha, thank you. joining us from los angeles is abc news medical contributor dr. darien sutton. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. i want to get to the latest on a potential vaccine and what we heard from alex with these companies competing with each other to make the vaccine now pledging to say essentially that they're not going to release it until it's proven to be safe. is this a good idea? the idea here really is to be able to say that they're reassuring the public that they

wouldn't cut corners for political purposes. >> i think in short, yes, this is a great idea. with the recent missteps of the fda regarding the president releasing incorrect information of the benefits of convalescent plasma as well as the cdc releasing confusing guidelines over who could get testing, public trust right now has never been more important. but i can say as a provider and as a physician that until i have results in my hand that are easily transparent in terms of methodology and results that have been peer reviewed and validated as efficacious and safe will i be able to give a firm opinion on whether or not my patients should take the covid-19 vaccine. >> now, more on the vaccine here. moderna announced it's slowing the enrollment in its vaccine trial to make sure at risk minority groups are represented here. how important is it for these trials to ensure diversity, and how much could this actually slow down the timeline for when a vaccine might be available to the public? >> it's incredibly important because i have to say that i saw a tweet recently from moderna last week stating 24% of their

participants were people of color. that in total included people identified as black, alaskan native, american indian as well as latinx and more. it's important because what we know is that black and latinx americans are infected and killed by covid at twice the rate of white americans. although this is a good step, some say this should be higher, closer to 60%, and the reason behind that is because these groups are usually underrepresented in clinical trials. and what we know from history is that when we don't have that diverse group of participants in clinical trials, we can have deleterious outcomes to communities which can decrease trust, and back to my main point it can eliminate the ability for people to trust a vaccine that is safe and useful. >> we've been reporting on that disparity but i want to go back to the second part of that question there. do we think this could slow down the process? >> i do think that it could slow down the process.

in terms of when we'll see an end point to this, what people have to understand is that the participants are enrolling and required two doses of the vaccine at 28 days apart and most recently i believe the recent data i saw from moderna, they stayed that they had about 20,000 participants. that's about 10,000 less than those who are enrolled. those enrolling at the end of this month will need to receive their first dose and then the second dose at the end of next month then wait two weeks to see if there is a definitive benefit and all of those results need to be tabulated, reviewed and then we need to talk about it. at that point it will clearly be middle or end of november. i don't see any results coming out in early november at that point. i think increasing the amount of participations of color delays the process but it's a crucial part and we'll hopefully see some benefits that are helpful. >> and for the general public we've seen some estimates somewhere from the early to the middle of 2021. dr. sutton, thank you so much for your time. we always appreciate it. dan, over to you. >> this race for the vaccine so incredibly important and we

appreciate his insight on a saturday morning. we'll switch it up though, right now and check the weather. rob is with us from westchester, new york, with the labor day outlook. rob, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan. i haven't been here in a while. we're in the front yard. we snuck back into the neighborhood. we'll see if the neighbors allow us to stay. beautiful morning in westchester and really pretty quiet across much of the country. the headline is the western half of the country where they are just starting to sizzle. this is going to be a record-setting heat wave. look at the pink in california. nearly the entire state under a excessive heat warning really for a couple of days at least. it only gets hotter tomorrow. temperatures in burbank and the valleys, 111. measured in the shade. we'll crank it up in downtown los angeles tomorrow, 106, so this is dangerous heat certainly across much of that state including las vegas and phoenix too. and then on the flip side by the time we get to the middle of the week east of the rockies is where we'll see temperatures fall off the table and maybe see a little snow west of denver

tuesday, wednesday, and that may >> you guys were talking about the race for the vaccine. i'm looking forward to that so we can all get together and just hug it out. >> thanks, rob. well, now to the nba playoffs where the heat is just one game away from sweeping the bucks as the series between the rockets and lakers gets under way. janai here with highlights from the big battles in the bubble. good morning, janai.

>> i'm still stuck on whit saying the cheek to cheek won't work. good morning. think of this as the three bs, the bucks are going to have to work some magic if they're hoping to not be sent home and then it's bron versus the beard as the lakers couldn't stop james harden from leading the rockets to a 1-0 series lead. overnight, two intense battles in the bubble with the league's best teams in trouble. >> los angeles down five, caruso turns it over. >> reporter: while lebron james seemed to take on everyone himself. >> oh! lebron, say it with your chest. >> reporter: the lakers couldn't stop james harden and the houston rockets from dominating in the fourth quarter. >> you cannot turn the ball over like that. it's just that simple and it starts with myself being the primary ball handler and trickles down to everyone else. >> reporter: this as the milwaukee bucks, the favorites to win it all, are just one loss away from going home for good. the miami heat taking a commanding series lead. game three got off to a rocky

start after superstar giannis antetokounmpo rolled his ankle in the first quarter. >> was that an ankle? >> reporter: the reigning mvp and current defensive player of the year managed to stay in the game, lifting his team to an early fourth quarter lead. but it was jimmy butler and the heat who outdefended, outscored and outplayed the number one team in the east. >> nobody believed in us. nobody. and we like it that way. i pay attention to what we do every single day, what my teammates think and what my teammates say, and that's it. >> there are more games tonight, toronto and boston and the nuggets and clippers but it is worth noting the second round of the playoffs means the players are reunited with their families in the bubble but denver's coach mike malone saying yesterday was day 60 and coaches are not allowed to have guests in the bubble, saying shame on you, nba. he said he misses his family, guys. >> i can't blame him. interesting time for the players and staff. all right. speaking of sports, though,

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>> i'm mulan, i will bring honor to us all. welcome back to "gma" on a saturday morning. our favorite warrior princess is back. our second favorite. our favorite warrior princess is eva pilgrim. >> i was wondering, what about me? >> much awaited live action version of "mulan" is now streaming on disney plus. much more on that and other long weekend entertainment in "binge this" coming up in our second hour. we also have live action eva. >> i've been singing that "reflection" song nonstop. it's not been pleasant for anyone around me. >> my daughters are excited about that coming out as well. we do want to get to some of the other big stories we're following this morning. first, though, happening right now, protests from coast to coast overnight. demonstrators taking to the streets in rochester, new york for a third straight night calling for justice following the death of daniel prude while in police custody. and in portland, police

moving in and making arrests as violence erupts there again marking 100 days of protests. also right now, a grim new prediction. the u.s. could reach more than 400,000 covid deaths by the start of next year. this as experts fear the crowds celebrating this holiday weekend could spark another spike in cases. now, the number of positive cases rising on college and university campuses across the country with at least ten schools now reporting 1,000 or more confirmed cases of covid. >> this morning, the fbi is asking for your help to identify who or what was flying around l.a.x. last sunday evening after a dangerous close call in the skies. two airline crews reported seeing what appeared to be a person on a jetpack flying at 3,000 feet as they were coming in for a landing. good news here is nobody got hurt. >> 3,000 feet. that's pretty incredible. we do begin this half hour with college football. leagues starting their seasons and crossing fingers that they'll actually be able to

complete them. labor day weekend traditionally full of match-ups, and fans may notice some big changes when they tune in to the games. abc's zohreen shah joins us with more on that. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. even before the season kicked off, dozens of players tested positive, others had to quarantine. teams had been tackling how they would approach the pandemic for weeks. but the big question now, will their new game plan be enough? >> you wanted college football. first play, touchdown! >> reporter: this morning, college football is back on the field. but from the coin toss to the marching band and even the referee's whistle, this season is like no other. coaches, officials and some fans now all required to wear masks and so teams can practice social distancing, the ncaa has extended the sideline area from 50 to 70 yards. at auburn university players and managers now mandated to wear gloves with hopes to decrease the spread of germs when passing around the ball.

>> you'll see things like unique face guards, so that the breathing will not necessarily -- the breath won't go right towards the other team. >> reporter: this coming after a surge in cases this summer. louisiana state having to quarantine at least 30 players after they all tested positive for covid-19. clemson university with 28 athletes testing positive back in june. >> you know, we've had to adjust our game. but it's just allowed for the most time we've ever had to try to get ready. >> reporter: the university of maryland is just the latest school to pause all athletic activities after more than 40 student athletes tested positive. after canceling the 2020 fan football season, the pac-12 conference is now announcing an fda authorized rapid testing initiative aiming to have machines on every campus in the conference by the end of the month. >> this test is highly accurate, can be run in our athletic training rooms and will produce results in just 15 minutes. >> reporter: still some programs trying to get ahead of the curve.

>> that's a lot of information for me in a short amount of time. >> reporter: like oklahoma state university in the espn series "our time" taking viewers inside their facilities as they test each player and coach. >> i mean we have to do everything we can to be over, above and over the top preventive. >> reporter: okay, so the game doesn't just look different, it sounds different too. officials are using electronic whistles that will make a sound by touch so referees won't have to use their mouth. in fact, they won't even be holding the whistle because they might place it in their mouth by reflex, it will be attached to their belts. eva. >> all new things in place. zohreen, thank you. joining us is athletic director for the university of memphis laird veatch, thank you so much for being with us. many college football fans are really excited to see games kicking off. your team is playing arkansas state today. how confident are you that you will be able to actually complete the season?

>> well, first of all, good morning, eva. thanks for having me on. i think if there's ever been a year where you take it game by game, this is truly it. it's also hard for us to imagine that there won't be challenges, interruptions but i'm sure glad we're doing everything we can to give the student athletes an opportunity, the fans to see us play. this country needs college football again and right now we're just glad to be at game one. >> talk to us about some of the safety measures you do have in place for your team members. >> yeah, you know, in many ways it feels like we've run a marathon just to get to the starting line here with all that's been put into place and, you know, the american athletic conference along with all of us that are really still in the game at this point have i think done a remarkable job of putting together a lot of safety measures for our student athletes, whether it's the kind of standard social distancing, masks, cleaning, screening, all the things you would see in normal everyday life.

and on top of that, the testing requirements are very stringent. we're up to three tests a week, and then certainly on game days themselves we're essentially creating a bubble around competition to protect both programs during play. >> well, thank you so much for being with us this morning. and you can watch those games today on television and don't miss espn's "college gameday." that starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern. >> i'll have full analysis tomorrow morning right here. >> yes, that's right. >> hopefully not for viewer consumption. >> i mean hockey season is the best. all right. let's check the weather now and a bewhiskered rob marciano in his front yard. robert, good morning once again. >> hey, did you see the tweet one of our beautiful viewers -- >> i did. >> it's a shirt with a baseball player and says touchdown and it says give this to dan. that's your birthday gift, buddy. >> it's in the mail. >> good morning again, yeah, we could have a little game of stick ball out in the front yard. it's a good-looking morning.

i want to show you this. this is something we don't see often. the satellite radar composite, not a whole lot going on across the country, texas, louisiana, getting a little activity and thunderstorms later on today across the northern midwest. let's show you that. south of minneapolis, getting into cedar rapids still recovering from the derecho last month, you'll get some storms, but they shouldn't be that bad. chicago as well. you could use the rain, hopefully the wind isn't terrible and then low coming down the back side of that that's going to ride the spine of the rocky mountains. this is a kind of pattern late fall, midfall that will bring some snow to the front range so watching that. here's your labor day weekend forecast or labor day monday itself. that heat wave we already talked about, the mountain snow we just spoke of. it'll be summer-like across texas and the northeastern third of the country just going to be spectacular for three days straight. that's a check on what's

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rv rentals are not slowing down. usually a summer favorite, people are keeping their rentals longer. labor day weekend bookings for rvshare.com are up 95%. but there are some things you need to keep in mind when going to campsites. >> so you can't just show up with an rv. you have to make reservations at these camp sites. >> absolutely. our national parks require it. so do state parks and private campgrounds all require reservations. >> reporter: for the millions in cars this weekend, the travel mom, emily kaufman, says she's now road tripping with sanitation kits. >> it's actually always been a good idea to travel with a sanitation kit. we just never really thought of it to the length that we are now. >> reporter: that kit could include gloves, disinfecting wipes for gas pumps and rest rooms, hand sanitizer and extra masks and, remember, some of your favorite stops along the way may still be closed. >> rest rooms and rest stops are in limited capacities so take a look at road tripper. it's a great app. >> reporter: emily reminds us whether you're camping or going to the beach this weekend, the

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good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz. this weekend's heat wave is expected to push inland temperatures well into the 100s. that means lots of people will be heading to the beach. but if you're thinking about it be warned. because of the pandemic many beaches are closed for the holiday weekend. in marin county visitors are not

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