not look like any houses are involved. back to you. >> we'll continue to monitor that and bring you updates. that's going to do it for us. thank you for making us a part of your monday morning. the "today" show is next. good morning clashes from coast to coast. good morning clashes from coast to coast. protests this weekend across the u.s. as tensions flair following the police shooting of jacob blake. president trump now set to visit kenosha, wisconsin, as the governor says please stay away while in portland, the violence escalating turns deadly. that city's mayor also feuding with the president over who's to blame. >> you want me to stop the violence that you helped create. >> we are live on the ground with the very latest

$20 billion in damage. louisiana residents digging out from under the devastation left behind by hurricane laura. >> no water, no gas, no sewer. nothing. >> long lines for basic necessities and breathtaking destruction. but this morning help's on the way as volunteers from across the nation descend on the gulf coast. gone too soon. tributes from around the world pouring in for chadwick boseman showing the power of his legacy. one that touched generations and echoed far beyond hollywood. >> we finally had our black superhero. and to lose that is sad in our community. change is coming united airlines making a big announcement this morning that's going to save people a lot of money if they feel safe enough to start flying again. >> we're making the bet and i think it's the right one that doing the right thing for customers in the long-term is going to pay off >> so what's next for travelers? an exclusive interview with

united's ceo all that plus the show must go on. ♪ >> the pandemic was no match for music's biggest stars getting creative sunday night. and leave to it lady gaga to make masks anything but ordinary "today," august 31st, 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody welcome to "today. so happy you're joining us savannah and craig off this week always happy when willie geist joins us i got to tell you. i had a chance to watch your interview with chadwick boseman, and it so struck me what you said before you rolled that tape keep in mind he was going through this very private battle with cancer that nobody knew about during all of this. >> that was back in 2018 right as black panther was exploding

and his life was changing before his own eyes i obviously had no idea. many of the people who acted with him in that movie and others since had no idea he was sick it takes on a new meaning when you look at what he did in the time he was sick across the country, "black panther" fans are paying tribute this morning in south carolina, flags at half staff in honor of chadwick boseman. we will take a look back at his life and lasting legacy. >> can't wait to talk about that we're going to get to that in a bit, but first our top story we begin this morning in wisconsin which saw peaceful protests over the weekend. in other cities across the country, violence is flaring in the wake of the shooting of jacob blake. president trump set to visit kenosha, leaders say it is not the time we're going to start with gabe gutierrez in kenosha hey, gabe. good morning >> reporter: good morning. despite a peaceful weekend here, an overnight curfew has been extended through tuesday

the president is expected here tomorrow even as tensions ramp up across the country following a violent weekend in portland. this morning new concerns over president trump's visit to kenosha, wisconsin, a city still reeling from the police shooting of jacob blake and the deadly violence that followed >> presidents are always welcome in the community, but the timing i think is not really a very good timing. >> reporter: wisconsin's governor sending a letter to the president saying in part, i'm concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. the president who's under fire for using violence to rally his supporters is expected to meet with law enforcement on tuesday. the white house says it's humbled by outreach from kenosha residents who have welcomed the president's visit. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: over the weekend, a peaceful scene here as hundreds joined the blake family for a rally demanding justice. now the union representing kenosha police is taking a

stronger stance defending the officers involved laying out what they call undisputed facts about the shooting they said the officers responded to blake was trying to steal the caller's keys and vehicle. they add he was noncompliant when they issued verbal commands an he put one of the officers in a head lock. >> my son didn't ask them to shoot him. he didn't do anything to provoke being shot >> reporter: across the country, blake's shooting has inflamed racial tensions that have been simmering all summer in washington, d.c., five people were arrested this weekend after police use tear gas on in tallahassee, florida, you can see crowds scattering after someone clashed with protesters displaying his registered gun. in portland, oregon, a man was shot and killed amid the unrest. hours before a caravan of the president's supporters faced off against counterprotesters in the city

here in kenosha, police say the majority of the people arrested over the past week have been from out of town from 44 different cities, hoda >> all right, gabe gutierrez for us there in kenosha. thank you. after that deadly shooting in portland, the mayor is pleading for the leader of the far right group patriot prayer says the victim was a supporter it's unclear if the shooting was connected to the protests. here in kenosha, police say the majority of people arrested over the past week have been from out of town from 44 different cities, hoda. >> all right gabe gutierrez for us in kenosha. thank you. after that deadly shooting in portland, the mayor is criticizing the president for sending a different message. peter alexander has more >> reporter: good morning. portland's mayor is accusing president trump of a campaign of fear and of pouring gasoline on an already tense situation there as the two men attack each other over who's to blame for the rise in violence. the president over the last 24 hours posting more than 100 tweets and retweets. many of them blasting democrats for the ongoing protests and defending the actions of his supporters with violent clashes turning deadly this weekend in portland and the democratic mayor ted

wheeler asking for calm, president trump blasted the mayor who's resisted federal help as weak and pathetic and a fool an angry wheeler fighting back >> you've tried to divide us more than any other figure in modern history and now you want me to stop the violence that you helped create. >> reporter: even after last night's deadly shooting president trump praising a caravan of his supporters heading into the city as great patriots and mourning the shooting victim believed to be part of a far right group writing rest in peace. but president trump has been mostly silent on jacob blake, the black man shot seven times in the back by a white police officer in wisconsin and on the two demonstrators killed by kyle rittenhouse believed to be a trump supporter. the president's chief of staff arguing the problem is not president trump but cities run

by democrats >> most of donald trump's america is peaceful. >> reporter: joe biden in a statement denouncing the violence in portland as unacceptable i condemn violence of every kind by anyone whether on the left or the right and i challenge donald trump to do the same biden also bashing president trump for recklessly encouraging violence saying, he may believe tweeting about law and order makes him strong, but his failure to call on his supporters to stop seeking conflict shows just how weak he is biden heads to the crucial swing state today. still the latest online poll shows more than six in ten americans view the shooting of jacob blake as a broader problem. and 63% of americans still disapprove of president trump's handling of the ongoing

just weeks before the november election, the officer of the director of national pandemic and in an unprecedented move weeks before the election, the officer of the director of national intelligence will no longer offer in-person briefings to congress on foreign interference john radcliffe and the president have complained about leaks. radcliffe says he will provide written updates, but that means congress will not be able to ask questions about what's behind those reports. and top democrats are now threatening to subpoena radcliffe. joe biden posting his own statement saying president trump is hoping vladimir putin will once more boost his candidacy. willie >> all right peter alexander at the white house, thank you for more, we're joined by michael schmidt. he has a new book out this week called "donald trump versus the united states. let's pick up there with the director of national intelligence informing the intel committees that he and his office will not brief them on interference in the 2020

election what is the impact of this and how are democrats reacting >> so for democrats who obviously don't control the intelligence community because president trump is the president, those briefings were the best way for them to learn what the united states knew about election interference. it gave them the best ability to understand what these countries were doing it's how congress knew during 2016 that something might be up with the russians. and it would give them a chance here to say to these intelligence folks, okay what's really going on here? what are these countries doing does it look like 2016 and what are we the united states doing in response to that so it takes that process, those in-person briefings. and it makes it far more difficult. they'll now just be looking at reports and it will likely give them less access to the intelligence community officials that are making these determinations that are being to

go out to the country to give the country a larger sense of what's going on in the elections. so in terms of transparency and oversight, the democrats will say it makes it much harder for them >> this fits into your new book. the sub title of the book is inside the struggle to stop the president. who were those people inside and around president trump trying to stop him and what exactly did they do? >> well, there's sort of -- there's different types of containers, folks that have tried to contain the president and tried to instill the usual norms and the usual ways of following the law and ethics that have gone on in washington. some of them we know very well jim comey, the former white house chief of staff john kelly. those are two people very publicly associated with trying to stop the president from doing different things another one who people may know less about is the former white

house counsel don mcgahn he was also in charge of the president's greatest political achievement, the judges. and what the president has done because of his unusual unprecedented use of power is that instead of the people around the president trying to help the president use his position to advance his goals, they're in this very unique position of trying to stand between the president and the abyss. what is it like to be that person who believes the president may try and do something that could either hurt himself, the country, or the office of the presidency it's just a highly unusual way of our government functioning. and as you would experience, to be that person, what is that like what is it like to be standing there toe to toe with the president trying to stop him

>> and you describe in detail in the book about how exactly they attempted to go about that want to ask you about some other news you break inside this book. you talk about the justice department never fully examining president trump's connections to russia there was, of course, the mueller investigation initiated by the justice department. so how did they not actually dig deep enough into those connections if you believe that's what happened >> so a lot of what's gone on with russia is probably hard to understand for the average person but one of the biggest questions is trump's ties to russia. his long standing personal and financial ties so what has been looked at is the fbi in 2017 opened up a counterinvestigation into the president. they believed there needed to be a deep examination of the president's ties to russia the relationships that went back decades that could be compromising him but what happens is despite all

of the things that have been looked at about the president, this issue never got the full examination from the mueller investigation that many people probably thought that it did. what happens is that after this investigation is over, the top justice department official overseeing the fbi looks at this and believes it's a fishing expedition. and doesn't believe that something as robust as this should go on. and it makes things harder for them to ultimately dig deep into that question. as we head into the election year from the public standpoint there still has never been a full accounting of the president's ties to russia. there is a senate report a few weeks ago. but that as many senators on the panel said, it only scratched the surface. >> and we've only scratched the surface of your new book "donald trump versus the united states."

thank you so much. all right. we turn now to louisiana where hundreds of thousands of residents are waking up again without power or water after hurricane laura tore across the gulf coast. the damage from that cat 4 hurricane estimated up to $20 billion. morgan chesky is in hard-hit lake charles for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning to you. you look around and you realize that this storm left almost nothing untouched. now, devastating scenes like this are playing out all across this part of louisiana. running water, electricity now luxuries. but help is on the way. this morning the first steps forward after a devastating hurricane. a massive cleanup. >> you're midway through the day and you look around. the things that are important to your children and you are just in shambles and there's water everywhere and you think to yourself how is this reality?

>> reporter: rachel owens came home after evacuating to find a painful new normal. neighborhoods in pieces, stores torn apart, and long lines for precious fuel. >> this is how life is now for the foreseeable future. it's going to be bad. no water, no gas, no sewer. nothing. >> reporter: getting rid of this debris just part of the problem. an even bigger issue? restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers. a process officials say won't take weeks but months. the city administrator of lake charles says laura toppled trees and power lines together. >> i knew there would be devastation. it's probably more than i anticipated. >> reporter: the damage heart breaking but interspersed with hope. >> so we drove down to cameron and saw some locals outside, checked in on them. >> reporter: crystal wenrik felt she had a help. flied in from l.a. to rescue lost pets.

one house leading the team to these kittens that were left behind. >> hi, gorgeous. we're so happy we found you. >> reporter: others also giving back. >> i can tell you we are so glad to be here. there is nothing we'd rather be doing. >> reporter: liz landers lived through hurricane katrina 15 years ago. having been there yourself, what do you tell these folks in line. >> that they're going to be okay. that they're going to go home and they're going to put their life back together. it's going to be fine. it's going to be fine. and we're here to love you and feed you. >> reporter: and this morning there's going to be plenty of folks who do need that help. right now more than 50,000 people have applied to fema for relief. that agency already handing out more than $600,000 in assistance. >> a lot of desperate people. nice to see people helping out there. morgan, thank you. now to some heart-stopping video that ends well that shows a 3-year-old girl getting swept into the air during a kite

flying festival in taiwan. >> i'm not watching. >> a streamer from one of the kites was entangled around the girl's neck lifting her into the air. she was whipped around in strong winds for a terrifying 30 seconds before landing on the ground. she came away only with a couple of scrapes, not seriously rious injured thank goodness festival organizers suspended the event after that incident. hoda, you're looking away. i understand why and she's okay >> i'm so glad you started that way. she's all right. it's 7:18. why don't we get a check of our forecast dylan's in the house good to see you. >> hello kind of hugs -- distanced hugs i was going to say virtual but i'm here let's look at the storms we're going to see they're mostly affecting areas like eastern kentucky down through west virginia into western virginia and we are seeing some heavier downpours. we do have flash flood watches in effect for that area. it's all on this warm front. it's the dividing line from the cooler fall temperatures to the

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good morning to you. 7:26. i'm laura garcia. firefighters battling a large commercial fire in hayward. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda just arrived on the scene. sharon, what do you know? >> reporter: you can see the firefighters are still fighting this blaze. coming from a pool hall, a commercial building, and we also heard that people were inside of that basement. no injuries that we've heard of. you can see how much smoke is coming from this building. very active. they are fighting the fire from

above. you can see the ladders up here. definitely be aware of that in hayward. we'll continue to check for updates. in the meantime let's get updated on our forecast. meteorologist kari hall. we are starting out with unhealthy air quality, more smoke in the air along with the wildfires. it's being pushed down and trapped by high pressure and also very light wind coming in from the north. reaching up to 93 in antioch and concord. 97 the high in ukiah. santa rosa to the mid-80s. san francisco will have some cool temperatures with highs in the upper 60s. we are going to cool down by the

middle of the week. it does heat up in time for the week, laura. another local news update in half an hour.

three, two, one, zero. ignition. and liftoff. the falcon's first east coast launch. >> we are back now at 7:30 on a monday morning, august 31st, 2020, with sunday night's historic spacex launch from florida for argentina space agency. they certainly felt the impact in the sunshine state. those never get old for me, hoda. >> i could watch one after the next after the next. all right. we're going to get to your 7:30 headlines. there are new concerns this morning over president trump's planned visit to kenosha, wisconsin.

a city still reeling from the police shooting of jacob blake and the violence that followed. wisconsin's governor sending a letter to the president on sunday writing in part, i'm concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. the president is expected to survey damage and meet with law enforcement on tuesday. the white house saying it's humbled by the outreach from kenosha residents who have welcomed the president's visit. turning to the latest on the coronavirus in a grim new milestone. the united states now has surpassed 6 million cases of covid-19. more than 8,000 of those cases coming from college campuses just in the last couple of weeks. the country has recorded more than 180,000 deaths due to the virus. worldwide the cases have reached more than 25 million. let's move to the golf tournament people are still talking about. if you didn't see the end of the bmw championship sunday, you missed a show.

look at dustin johnson on the 18th green. he needs this 54 foot birdie putt to force his way into the playoffs. >> he gave it a great run. he gave it a great run! >> johnson sinks that amazing birdie putt placing him in a tie for first and into sudden death playoff. >> you'd think that'd be demoralizing for jon rahm, but watch this. he says anything you can do i can do better. this is his birdie putt from 60 feet away. watch. >> no. no. >> here it comes. here it comes! >> jon rahm is your winner taking the bmw championship, a giant silver trophy, and a bigger paycheck coming with that. two guys stepping up under pressure. all right. sheinelle has joined us now as we turn to the stunning loss of chadwick boseman. the actor best known for his role in "black panther."

he died of colon cancer on friday. he was just 43 years old. sheinelle has more on his incredible life. >> good morning, guys. this one hurts. in his remarkable career, chadwick boseman brought many real life legends to life on the big screen. but it was his fictional character, the black panther, that inspired so many. what most of us did not know, is boseman bravely continued working despite the cancer that wowould eventutually take e his at such a young age. overnight mtv's video music awards kicking off with a tribute to bosememan. > we dedicacate a show w to e who inspspired so mamany. his impact lives forevever. >> r reporter: h he portrayeyed life icocons. ♪ from james brown in "get o on u toto former susupreme coururt j thurgood marshall. and baseball legend jackie

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battle with colon cancer. a diagnosis he never spoke about publicly. >> the way he handled his life in managing cancer with such humility and grace and dignity lets us all know that he truly was a superhero. >> reporter: the message from his family sharing the heart breaking announcement now the most liked tweet in history. over the weekend, the nba observing a moment of silence. >> we finally had our black superhero. and to lose that is sad in our community. >> reporter: on social media, friends and young fans mourn the loss of the on-screen king. "black panther" director writing in part, boseman was an epic firework display. in african cultures, we often referred to loved ones that have passed on as ancestors. it is with a heavy heart that i have to reckon with the fact that chad is an ancestor now. president barack obama also writing, to be young, gifted, and black. to use that power to give heroes to look up to, to do it all

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he was so gracious. he embodied a real life superhero. and we had no idea what he was going through. >> there was this clip on sirius xm where he was talking about how these young kids had cancer and they were holding onto to see the film start and you didn't realize chadwick was going through it at the same time. >> he had such dignity to it and such talent. the first time i interviewed him was on the set of "get on up" before he was really a star. and mick jagger was an executive producer. he was in the room and we were watching him, we were watching chadwick perform on stage and mick jagger said, that guy is a superstar. he already is, but the world is about to know. boy, wasn't he right what a star. and as you say, what a wonderful man. >> kids admired him and so did adults >> thank you we will have much more on what you need to know about colon cancer in younger americans coming up in our next half hour. coming up next, an exclusive interview with the ceo of united airlines they're trying something big to get customers back something travelers have been

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aid to keep employees on the job. tom costello sat down with an interview with united's new ceo. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. so the situation could not be more dire for the nation's airlines here's the problem there's hardly anybody checking in for flights these days. passenger volume down 70% to 80%. united plans to furlough as many as 3,000 pilots. so as all of the airlines now wait for word on whether there's going to be more government aid coming, united is taking steps to keep customers coming back. it's one of the things passengers hate the most those airline ticket change fees while airlines have waived them through the pandemic, united is this morning making a big announcement waiving change fees on all but its cheapest tickets for u.s. travel permanently. >> our customers have always asked for that flexibility we're giving them the flexibility and confidence to know if their plans change, if

anything changes, they can make that change for free >> reporter: passengers will also be allowed to stand by for an earlier or later flight without paying fees. united's announcement comes as the entire airline industry is in deep trouble. trying to survive the covid catastrophe as passenger volume has dropped off a cliff. the cynic is going to say you could have done this a year ago when you were flush with cash. and you had more customers than you needed now that you need customers badly, now you're going to drop the change fees because you need customers. >> we're making the bet and i think it's the right one that doing the right thing for customers in the long-term is going to pay off >> reporter: all of the airlines agreed to keep their employees on through september in exchange for billions in government aid while some employees departed voluntarily, the airlines now warn that without more taxpayer assistance, they'll be forced to furlough tens of thousands of workers very soon. from pilots and flight attendants to airport workers and executives delta expects to voluntarily

furlough 1900 pilots american says it will lose 40,000 employees in all. southwest says it's had enough voluntary departures to avoid involuntary furloughs for now. but united says it could shrink its total workforce by a third 36,000 employees >> you know, we've got a tough year ahead >> reporter: scott kirby took over as ceo just over 100 days ago just as the pandemic was hitting full force it's hard to believe this is o'hare airport it's almost empty. >> yeah. it's sad to see the airport empty. >> reporter: like all airlines, united is deep cleaning planes and requiring masks. while delta and southwest are blocking middle seats, united is instead notifying passengers if their plane will be 70% full so they can rebook if they'd look when will passengers return in big numbers?

that could be a while. >> the leisure demand of going to disney world or casinos in las vegas is probably going to have to wait until there's a vaccine before it really koms come back anywhere close to 100%. >> reporter: business travel, the bread and butter for airlines is down a stunning 90%. kirby thinks it will be four years before airlines carry the same number of passengers it carried in 2019. so the white house chief of staff suggested last week that the president could issue an executive order of providing more money to the airlines, but that may also really take congressional action guys, back to you. >> all right so people do hate those change fees, but they also hate the luggage fees is there any word on if those can change as well >> yeah. i asked him that i said will you stop charging for bags he said no they're still going to charge bags they say it costs an awful lot of money for the infrastructure to carry luggage they have to keep charging, he says. >> so you touched on this in the piece, but business travel is staggering down 90%.

when do they expect it to come back a little bit? >> reporter: and the question really is to expand on that is zoom is working so well for companies, why would you want people to start flying why would you have your employees fly? now, he believes that ultimately and it may take three, four years, ultimately companies will say we cannot afford to lose a sale because our sales rep decided to do this on zoom instead of fly to meet the customers. and as soon as that happens, as soon as somebody loses a sale, that companies will start picking up again on their employee travel. again, they're talking three to four years down the road even longer maybe. >> all about productivity. thank you so much. we got 7:47. time to check in with dylan again for the forecast >> hey and it is still hot down through texas, down through louisiana. still so many folks without power and dealing with these heat advisories. 27 million people are impacted

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they're thinking renters or possibly homeless but luckily no injuries, and you can see significant damage. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll continue to follow that for midday as well. let's talk about the weather. checking in with meteorologist kari hall. and we are going to have still some drifts of smoke coming in today, monitoring the containment and the wildfires we have burning around the bay area. it will be slightly hotter for our inland valleys. we're still in the mid-70s for oakland and mid-80s for san jose. san francisco will reach into the upper 60s. and for some of our warmest spots in the interior valleys we're in the low to mid-90s today. we're up to 92 today as well as tomorrow. still some warm weather as a spare the air alert continues. we should get slightly cooler temperatures and fresher breezes by the end of the week. it's heating up again this weekend, laura. a little something for everyone, kari. we'll have another local news

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it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, rising tensions violent protests break out from coast to coast after the police shooting of jacob blake. the president now set to visit kenosha, wisconsin, despite thet mayor's plea not to. and back in session. we will take a look at the rise in cases hitting colleges. >> you see someone who's putting others at risk, please report it >> just ahead, how school officials are working to prevent

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at 8:00 because we have a lot going on three months after the death of george floyd launched nationwide protests against racism, a new round of violent confrontations is gripping the country. peter alexander is back with three things to watch. hey, peter, good morning >> reporter: good morning to you. local leaders in wisconsin are expressing their concerns over president trump's scheduled trip tomorrow to kenosha, the city still reeling from the police shooting of jacob blake and the deadly violence that followed. both the city's mayor and governor urging the president to reconsider but the white house says it has no intention to change its plans after a man believed to be affiliated with a far right group was killed amid unrest in portland, oregon, the president and that city's mayor has sparred over who's to blame for the rise in violence as the president mourned the victim on twitter. joe biden for his part in a statement denounced the violence as, quote, unacceptable writing i condemn violence of every kind by anyone whether on the left or the right. and i challenge donald trump to do the same.

today biden heads to pittsburgh, pennsylvania, where he's expected to take aim at president trump accusing him of inflaming tensions rather thanea calling for calm and following those political conventions, some polls show this race for the white house may be tightening. still the president's favorability has slipped while biden's has climbed. the latest abc news online poll shows president trump's favorability at 31% while 59% of americans have an unfavorable opinion of him as for biden, 46% of americans view him favorably 40% say unfavorable things about the former vp. that's the latest from here. >> all right peter alexander at the white house. thank you. the nation's colleges knew this would be a difficult year when it comes to suppressing coronavirus on campus. but there already have been alarming outbreaks and complaints about not enough

sharing of information blayne alexander joins us with the latest on this story good morning >> reporter: good morning to you. you know, schools all across the country are really taking different approaches when it comes to how or even if to share the coronavirus numbers on their campus for instance here at georgia tech, this is among the more transparent schools. they're posting daily updates with the number of new cases but that's certainly not the case everywhere as universities try to navigate student life amid a pandemic. with most colleges and universities back in session, containing covid on campus proving to be an uphill climb. at georgia tech, cases have more than doubled in the past week with 705 positive tests since march. the school is urging students to get tested weekly at one of five free testing sites on campus >> if you see someone who's putting others at risk, please report it. >> reporter: one state over, the university of alabama is also seeing a spike with more than a thousand cases since in-person classes started less than two weeks ago. last week the mayor of tuscaloosa ordered all bars in

the city temporarily closed. >> the truth is that fall in tuscaloosa is in serious jeopardy >> reporter: are students taking it seriously now that cases are going up >> i've seen students taking it more seriously the virus. >> i i think that's also because a lot of people are seeing students they know personally contract the virus >> reporter: in a statement, a school official said there is no evidence of virus transmission due to in-person class instruction. across the country, some schools are temporarily pulling the plug on face-to-face classes. outbreaks at temple university prompting both schools to go virtual for two weeks. now some campuses are turning to technology to keep class in session. at the university of arizona, students can get a notification of a potential exposure thanks to an app called covid watch and the school is using another less conventional method analyzing sewage after testing the waste water from a dorm, officials were able to determine that someone inside

was carrying the virus >> we tested all the students and staff that work there and we found two positive cases which we moved over to isolation so we think this is going to be a very valuable tool to help us get out in front >> reporter: and guys, here at georgia tech, they are also using a contact tracing app along with an app that allows students to sign up and stagger things like meal times here on campus willie, they tell me they are testing some 2,000 students here on campus every day. back to you. >> boy, this is a tough puzzle to solve thanks so much, blayne coronavirus precautions are underway it's the first grand slam event since the pandemic shut down the world. there will be no spectators. and entourages must maintain distant contact. so far one unidentified player has withdrawn after testing

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we are back with your health and more on the heart breaking loss of "black panther" star chadwick boseman. >> his death a tragic we are back with your health and more on the heart breaking loss of "black panther" star chadwick boseman >> his death a tragic reminder that colon cancer rates are rising in young people kristen dahlgren has more on boseman's brave battle >> reporter: a superhero gone at just 43 years old. academier chadwick boseman died after a four-year battle with colon cancer news of the death from his family sending shock waves around the world he was diagnosed in 2016 and battled with it these last four years as it progressed to stage four he died in his home with wife and family by his side boseman never spoke publicly about his personal battle.

he shot some of his most iconic films while undergoing treatment. fans believed boseman hinted at his diagnosis in a 2017 interview. when the interviewer said you've been through the ringer. oh, you don't even know, he laughs you have no idea one day i'll live to tell the story. >> life on chemotherapy as what chadwick went through when he was diagnosed, it is a challenge. it takes a special person to be able to work through it. >> reporter: boseman was diagnosed at stage three, the cancer already through his colon wall later progressing to stage four meaning it spread beyond his colon. the toll apparent in one of his final instagram videos >> it's april 15th it's jackie robinson day >> reporter: colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the u.s. affecting an increasing number of young americans >> the rise of early onset colorectal cancer is an enigma we need to make sure people know under the age of 50 can get this disease. >> reporter: though he fought his own battle privately, boseman took time to visit children with cancer

>> there are two little kids ian and taylor who recently passed from cancer. throughout our filming, i was communicating with them. and when i found out that out they -- yeah. it means a lot. >> reporter: a superhero on and off screen who still has the power to save lives. they -- yeah it means a lot >> reporter: a superhero on and off screen who still has the power to save lives. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news >> oh, gosh. such an emotional there. dr. ying is from the dayna farber cancer institute in boston it's great to see you this morning.

it was so emotional to watch him there talking about that and i think the misconception that people have is colon cancer is an old person's disease solely but how do you account for the rise in the number of younger people who are contracting it? >> thank you for having me so as you said, colorectal cancer has been thought of a disease of older people. lately since the 1990s we have been noticing a steady rise in the rate of people under the age of 50 at about 2% per year and it is happening in both men and women all around the country and all around the world actually and the reasons for this are not completely clear right now although we highly suspect that environmental factors are at play we have done a couple of studies that show that obesity and sedentary behavior may play a role in getting this cancer at a young age. but clearly that doesn't account for the majority of the patients we see that are being diagnosed young. >> dr. ng, chadwick boseman was 43 when he died. he had it at 39 or 40 years old. at what age should people think about getting screened for this

kind of cancer >> so there's a bit of controversy about that out there right now. but for somebody at average risk, it's probably somewhere between 45 and 50 according to current recommendations. the american cancer society lowered the recommended age from 50 down to 45 two years ago in direct response to this alarming rise that we are seeing in young people but clearly even starting at age 45 would not have helped somebody like chadwick boseman who was likely diagnosed in his late 30s nor those patient who is are diagnosed in their 20s further research needs to be done to understand what are the underlying causes and can we know who is at higher risk and target them for earlier screening. >> one thing about chadwick boseman is that he worked through that chemotherapy. he worked through his cancer treatment. i was surprised at that. how do you account for his

stamina through it all >> so we do have data that young people are able to tolerate more aggressive chemotherapy. they do undergo more surgeries and receive radiation treatments more frequently than older patients simply because they are otherwise healthy and robust but let's not kid ourselves. chemotherapy is hard and there are side effects i think the fact that he was able to make all these movies and be as productive as he was throughout getting this treatment just illustrates that he really wasn't a superhero just on screen he was actually one in real life as well. >> wow all right. well, dr. ng, thank you so much. i know people are wondering about symptoms and things. that'll be on our website as well >> thank you very much let's get a check now of the weather from dylan >> good morning again, everyone. we are going to see somewhat wet weather today from kentucky. also storms out ahead of this cold front back behind it, certainly has that fall-like feel in the air humidity is low. spotty showers in the pacific northwest. most of california and the rest of the west is staying dry that's a look at the weather

>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to see our unhealthy air quality continuing today as we take a live look outside in dublin. very smokey right now. and as we go into our forecast, our temperatures reach into the low 90s. up to 93 in antioch. and 83 today in napa with some mid-80s in parts of the south bay. going into the next few days, we're still looking at some warm weather today and tomorrow but a slight cooldown in the forecast by the end of the workweek. >> and that's your latest >> and that's your latest forecast >> dylan, thank you. we've moved locations. we're here now because carson's ready and so are we. >> we're about 15 feet apart. >> what? can't hear you. >> can you hear me over there! >> say that again. >> i think i brought my passport to say hi to dylan let's get to "pop start" here. the vmas were last night

it was a different look for the award show this year masks and social distancing in full effect with some of the biggest names in music making appearances from outside the boroughs of new york many taking advantage of the great outdoors of the great outdoors. >> reporter: the weeknd kicking off the show performing >> reporter: the weeknd kicking off the show performing his hit "blinding lights." >> it's really hard for me to celebrate and enjoy this moment. so i'm just going to say justice for jacob blake and justice for including artist of the year and three others with ariana grande breonna taylor >> reporter: but it was ladies night. >> this is so exciting. >> reporter: lady gaga, that is. donning outrageous masks she collected four awards including artist of the year and three others with ariana grande for their hit "rain on me. ♪ k-pop sensation bts making their

first vma performance also added to their trophy shelf for best pop, best group, and best choreography mtv honored music created during the pandemic ariana grande and justin bieber winning best music video from home while cnco's unplugged at home was best quarantine performance. her excepted the good award. >> all the other nominees were super dope i'm super proud of everybody speaking out on social justice >> reporter: and what's an award show without a win by taylor swift. >> i hope i get to see you soon. >> reporter: lady gaga receiving the first tricon award for her career >> just because we're separated right now and culture may feel less alive in some ways, i know a renaissance is coming and the wrath of pop culture will inspire you and the rage of art

will empower you >> well, if you didn't get enough lady gaga from that, don't worry. got you covered this morning gaga was also the big winner of the night. it was this nine-minute long performance she put on that had people going nuts. it was a medley of hits off her new album. a few costume changes and she did the whole song with a mask on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ at least i'm alive ♪ rain on me ♪ rain on me ♪ ♪ >> i don't think you can get

that mask at cvs but she wore lots of them to encourage others to wear masks as well. sign of respect if you do. finally, one more quick fun one. dave grohl accepted a drum-off challenge from a 10-year-old girl check out nandy bushel she plays awesome cover songs from the likes of nirvana, metallica. but it was the cover of the foo fighters that caught his attention. >> dave grohl, i challenge you to a drum-off. i hope you enjoy my cover of "ever long" by foo fighters.

♪ >> yes that is shredding right there. there he is. there's dave i don't know, man. i might take nandy on this dave not one to take -- he wanted to take the challenge on. so he responded on twitter with this message here. >> nandy, in the last week i've gotten at least a hundred texts from people all over the world saying this girl is challenging you to a drum-off. what are you going to do this is my response to your challenge. so now the ball is in your court. ♪ >> i'm taking nandy. >> yeah. that's nandy all the way >> that song he challenged her with, that's "dead end friends" from another ban dave had been in in 2009 i think he has his work cut out. she wrote on twitter, challenge accepted so it's on >> by the way, don't you love

social media for that? >> direct connection >> yes right on thanks still ahead, we are going to catch up with magician david blaine who's up to one of his tricks one good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. breaking news for you. firefighters near the scene of a large commercial firere. this is in hayward. it started around 5:30 this morning on foothill boulevard and b street. it may have started inside a pool hall called chalk it up. it's believed the people may have been living in there. firefighters say everybody did make it out safely and there are no reports of any injuries. foothill boulevard is still closed in both directions and it's not yet clear how many other businesses may be affected. let's get a look at the forecast for you from meteorologist kari hall. how is it looking? >> we are still seeing some unhealthy air quality as some

drifts of smoke come in as we look at the tri-valley. as we go into today, we are going to see our temperatures just slightly warmer compared to the past couple of days. and we're looking at mostly some low 90s for the inland areas. as we go through the seven-day forecast, we are going to see our temperatures heating up over the next couple of days but then cooling down by the end of the week. we'll have a look at that as well as another update coming up in just a few minutes. marcus? >> kari, thank you. ei'll have another local nes update coming up in 30 minutes. hi. we're e glad you c came i.

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we are back at 8:30 this monday, august 31st, 2020. it is the last day of black business month we are closing it out with a beyonce approved plant shop owner. the inspiring story of how she caught beyonce's attention and kept her store not only open but thriving during this pandemic.

>> plus we are getting ready for this magic david blaine joins us for a live trick. and he's also going to share the inspiration for a big stunt he's going to have later in the week. he wants to flow more than three miles high over the earth using balloons >> wow >> to told him up. >> the opposite of what he's done i've seen him bury himself in the earth and ice. now he's going to go the other way. also cousin greg going viral. everybody wants talk to succession sta nicolas braun sums up single life right now we're going to talk to him about do you have the antibodies coming up in the fourth hour, a consumer confidential. experts with what you need to know about money in these uncertain times. >> and tomorrow on "today," a possible game changer when it comes to coronavirus testing guys are you ready to get to our big board. we need some monday motivation we got it on the board here. we got kayla and tim hello, hello

okay keep your eye on this motivating couple here are a couple reasons why. first of all, kayla congrats you're graduating with your mba this month how does that feel >> great it's awesome i just finished this long time coming and i'm finally done >> now, next to you, tim, is a motivational speaker and tim, we should point out you were paralyzed a few years ago but you have a mantra you live by we don't need it to be easy, we just need it to be possible. will you give us some monday morning motivation, please >> your monday motivation is kind of how i told myself when i had my car accident that left me paralyzed. life may not be easy, but if i focus on the possibilities, maximize each opportunity starting with today being hey,

it would be possible that's why i live with my quote. we don't need it to be easy. we just need it to be possible >> by the way, y'all are exuding positivity and warmth. you're what the world needs. thank you for wearing a "today" show t-shirt we love you guys thank you so much. >> good on the "pop start" reference there too. >> i'm ready for the week after that speech. appreciate you i see you. >> y'all are awesome >> thank you, guys let's say hi to the kenemer family 5-year-old mason turning 5 and triplets turning 1 >> whoa. >> that is a busy household up in our upper left corner there, my friends wow. good to see you. and the aman family, rosana turning 50 she is a night shift nurse thank you so much for what you do the rulin family up early for us in california. good morning, guys and the debowski family

celebrating alice's 70th birthday happy birthday, alice. and facetime too a lot of them are joining us thank you, guys. >> and you can join by going to today.com/mytodayplaza let's check in with dylan for the forecast >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by dove's men plus care. >> all right it is monday so let's see what you can expect this week. we are looking for some wet weather through the middle of the country especially later on this afternoon and evening we're starting off with heavier rain through virginia into kentucky and tennessee the heat is on through texas and that will stick around for quite some time. also some heavy rain moves back into the texas and arkansas/oklahoma area by the middle of the week although beautiful back through the upper midwest. temperatures in the low to mid-80s. then we'll finish with the fall-like feel through the middle of the country.

80s will feel really nice to texas. the heat builds in again by the end of the week with temperatures well above that 100 >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are seeing this brownish orangy sunrise this morning because of all the unhealthy air quality. that will unfortunately continue today. as we look at our temperatures that will be slightly warmer for some of our inland valleys reaching into the miss 80s for the south bay. low 80s for the tri-valley and east bay and up to the upper 90s farther to the north. we are going to have warmer weather the next couple of days but slightly cooler by the end of the week. >> and that's your latest forecast. you guys all right over there? musical chairs. >> trying to sort it >> and that's your latest forecast. you guys all right over there? musical chairs. >> trying to sort it out here.

dylan, thank you. coming up next, black business owners in the spotlight. we're going to meet one woman who's keeping her doors open by switching gears in the middle of ththe pandemicic. now w her queen boutique has attracted the attention of beyonce herself. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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. we are back with . we are back with our series "black businesses of america" in honor of black business month. about 10% of u.s. businesses have owners who are black. >> throughout the pandemic, many companies across the country are struggling just to stay afloat. but one small black-owned business in los angeles is showing its resilience making a comeback by selling a completely different product. gadi schwartz has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is always a bit nerve-racking to venture out with something new. especially when money is tight and the future is looking so bleak.

but for one black-owned business but for one black-owned business here in los angeles, opportunity came on mother's day and with $500 worth of flowers, a woman turned her future around. off pico boulevard in los angeles, the hottest selling items at queen boutique are plants from africa. >> it's cute. >> reporter: amered has made a house for plants. but before covid, she sold snake rings along with sunglasses and other jewelry. this was a fashion accessory store and now you don't have any in sight. >> i mean, we do. the pots and the plants are kind of their own fashion in a way. they're house fashion. >> reporter: the mid-pandemic pivot came after many were forced to close their doors while she invested $500 to start something new. >> people said we'd buy it from you. >> reporter: since then business has been blooming. queen boutique even attracted the queen b. after a feature on her website, the plant shop got more buzz.

>> sometimes i cry. it's a dream. i'm so grateful to her for putting these black businesses on the map. >> reporter: you think black-owned businesses are being seen in a different light now. >> i think we're starting to get the recognition that we deserve and have deserved for a long time. others now being intentional about that is just an amazing beautiful thing. >> reporter: and now she's trying to share the sunlight. >> i'm going to give you a money plant. >> reporter: and printed out the names of other black owned businesses on her dress for our interview. >> i believe collaboration over competition. >> reporter: so you don't see competition. >> no. >> reporter: other black owned businesses in the same space as you. minority owned businesses. >> nobody can be you but you. there is no such thing as competitions. it's everyone's own lane. >> reporter: she plans to go back into fashion accessories

when things go back to normal, but there is something healing about plants that has helped her cope with this pandemic. that is not something she's going to be giving up any time soon. >> that was such a smart move of hers to do that. yeah. >> the dress is cool too. shouting out all the other business owners. >> gadi, thank you so much. next, a live magic trick by illusionist david blaine. give youou my world d ♪

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ascension. david's with us to explain exactly what he's doing this time around. we see balloons behind you we kind of get the idea. you are planning on going up with those balloons? >> yeah. that's pretty much the idea. it's the first project i've done in a decade. it's the most ambitious. it looks like a simple concept, but to do it with everybody involved the right way which is amazing, we've been researching and developing this thing. this will be the first time live that i've ever done it i'm going to take a bunch of balloons and ride them as high as possible until i almost disappear in the sky and the idea is to jump down and land safely. i was planning new york and things shifted for now but here in arizona, the terrain is crazy it's not like what you're looking at which is what i practiced on so it's pretty insane. it's also the most beautiful

backdrop i've seen in my life. it's great but it has its built-in risks of course >> so many questions how high are you going to be you talk about jumping down.wane where the little boy holds a how exactly does that work >> so the original idea is i wanted it to look like the movie where the little boy holds a bunch of balloons and goes floating into the sky. i want the image to be clean and that was difficult so basically i didn't want to wear a parachute or anything like that that would ruin the visual on it so i'm hiding the parachute up in the balloon the crazy part about that is that means when i go up to about 5,000, 6,000 feet, i need to put the parachute on in the air which is -- then once the parachute is on, i don't want to become hypoxic and they don't judge for the landing part where normally i'm at this level, i can land because the ground is 200 feet away i didn't make it -- i tried to

get 500 jumps before this, but i'm only at like 400-plus out of an airplane. so i'm very new to somebody trying to do this. >> david, this sounds complicated. are you worried about the simpler things that could occur. little birds with sharp beaks and things like that >> no. those are my friends i'm worried about the temperature up there being minus 5 degrees fahrenheit which is cold. >> you had to drop 25 pounds just so you could lighten the load when you went up, is that right? >> yeah. but somehow i always seem to have to do that for every one of these. >> all right, david. so i understand as you prepare for this you're going to give us a magic trick this morning let's see what you've got for us >> so this is experimental

my best friend invented this trick and it's one of my new favorites. but let's start like this. i have a deck of cards so i need -- who wants to be the first person all of you will help >> i'll go first >> ladies first. >> i'll go first >> okay so i want you to think of a difficult card. like one that i would never know that you would think of. >> okay. i have it in my head >> don't say it. >> you agree there's no way i could know that card >> you're you, so you probably do i would think you wouldn't >> okay. we're going to make a change on it if it was a number card, make it a picture card if it was a picture card, do a number card. don't do an ace. that's obvious >> okay. i got one. >> you did that? >> yeah. >> so you have a specific card in your mind >> yes i'm thinking of it right now >> can you say what card it is >> seven of spades >> and do you agree there's no

way i could have known that. >> no way. >> it's impossible, correct? >> impossible. >> and let me ask you another question what was the other card you were thinking of? >> i went for another number to confuse you. >> no, but number to a picture, picture to a number. so what was the other card >> no i didn't switch it i kept a number to a number so i could confuse you. >> okay. but -- oh. but if you can, then you should switch to the picture as well so we have both >> okay. i'm confused okay i got one. okay okay i've got the -- so you want my picture now? >> wait. >> no, no. >> you okay? >> no. no >> gag no >> no. no do not

do not >> yes that's what i said >> but wait. hold on. you said you also thought of a picture card as well now, right? >> that was amazing. >> what was that one >> jack of hearts. >> oh, really? because that's -- so when i thought about this, i wasn't sure at all, but i went with one if you card that might be -- here look here i'll show you so there's a card in the deck. if you look it's the only card in the deck that's turned over. >> no, no. >> david you don't need to balloon to the moon this stuff is amazing. >> no but listen no, no but maybe you think that i made her say the jack of hearts somehow. >> no. >> and that it's possible that -- and that it's possible i turned over the card secretly.

but it's not possible. i'm going to prove it to you see the jack of hearts is the only card in the deck that's red. no, no but hold on. >> hold on >> also it's only the only card in the deck. see? >> david, thank you so much. >> could you put money in my wallet >> thank you, david. >> thanks, david in fairness he keeps an entire deck of cards in his mouth so he can find one weather permitting, david blaine ascension will air on youtube this wednesday a new emmy nomination and viral hit on his hands nicolas braun came up with the perfect pandemic love sosong ♪ ♪ do yoyou have thehe antibodie ♪ do o you want t to be with h >> we'e'll talk toto him aboutuy his music c video struruck a chd wiwith so manyny and of cocourst thatat emmy. but firsrst this is "today" on

we are we are back. it is coming up on 8:53. if you watch the hbo series "succession" then most likely you've come to love cousin greg. the only one in the roy family with any kind of moral compass you know who's loving him too? emmy voters. >> that's right. nicolas braun is up for his first emmy for best supporting actor. he also found some time to release what is officially becoming the pandemic dating anthem of all time it's called "do you have the antibodies." take a look. ♪ do you have the antibodies ♪ do you want to be with me ♪ do you have the antibodies ♪ if you don't you better stay away ♪ >> nicolas joins us. >> yes. >> let's get to the emmy in a

minute but let's talk about the music was the genesis of this and the whole idea is either mask on or pants off. how does this start? >> oh, my god. it was crazy i was staying in a guest house in los angeles i was staying with some friends, a couple and, you know, i just felt -- i'm cutting my own head off here hold on. yeah i'm staying out there and i was like, they get to cook together and work out together and do all this stuff together and i was single in their guest house. i was like i really want to go on a date but i'm supposed to be afraid of everybody right now. so i was like, okay. how do i do this and this chorus came into my head and it had to be punk rock. and it was do you have the antibodies do you want to be with me. do you have the antibodies because if you don't stay away. >> did you get a dm from a record label saying could we make a real song out of this thing? >> yeah.

so a couple days later, i got a dm and they were like, hey you know, i know this is kind of funny. he was like i'm from atlantic. i know this is kind of funny, but i can't get your bridge and your second verse out of my head i can't stop singing this. do you want to make the song i mean, it's insane. do i really want to make a song? and then i thought, well, make it really good and really fun. you know, donate to some charities through it i was like, let's go >> so nicolas, you've also been nominated for an emmy for cousin greg in "succession. when did you know that this show had taken hold and was a hit when did you feel it out in the streets? >> oh, man it's hard to pinpoint it there was one point when somebody sent me a clip from

"inside the nba" and charles barkley got called into the show and i think lebron was going to, the lakers it was like a big nba news day and he was like, damn it, guys, why are you calling me on sunday nights this is my "succession" night. >> there you go. congrats on the emmy >> congrats. >> it's on charles barkley's radar. >> you know you've made it when that's the case. we're all out of time, but thank you. we have a lot coming up on the third and fourth hour with hoda & jenna first your local news. good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. breaking news to tell you about this morning. firefighters are at the scene of a large commercial fire in hayward. it started around 5:30 this morning on foothill boulevard and b street. we're learning it may have started inside a pool hall. it's called chalk it up. it's nl edbelieved people may h

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good morning. welcome to the third hour of "today." i'm dylan here with sheinelle in the studio with me somewhere. al and craig are off. they're not at, like, another part of this giant set we have here. but we do have a jam packed show for you today. we're starting with consumer confidential a little bit later. our finance experts are here with everything you need to know about your money during these uncertain times. >> so the ladies are holding it down this morning. meantime, it's a brand new lessons learned. craig did sit down to discuss a new memoir and what it wa