their decision because they were fearful of the effects it may have on the economy, which is resulted in another hundreds of thousands of people taking to the highway, causing massive traffic jams, and going to already populated areas spreading the virus. >> al >> in teheran, where the big gathering is expected today. it is a new hour, and first up on msnbc, a shocking loss, black panther star chadwick boseman dead at the age of 43 of cancer. the new information just coming in as we look back on his life and hear reaction from fans. past and present, thousands call for change 57 years after martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech. sending a message by refusing to play. the impact of the sports world is having on social justice. plus, more trump family drama, the trickle continues. newly released recordings of

president trump's sister, what she said about ivanka trump. good morning, everybody, it is saturday, august 29th. i'm kendis gibson. >> and iactor chadwick boseman has died of cancer at 43 years old. he played jackie robinson, thurgood marshall, before exploding to worldwide fame as our king. >> let's go. >> look at your suit. you have been taking bullets, chatting it up with kinetic energy. >> pull around the truck.

ready, go. boseman passed away friday following a four-year bout with colon cancer that has never been publicly disclosed. he was first diagnosed in 2016 and he filmed a number of memorable roles between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. according to his publicist, boseman died at his los angeles home with his wife and his family by his side. the couple had no children. >> you may remember seeing boseman on msnbc. he sat down with our friend joy reid in 2017 to talk about what drew him to play the first african-american justice thurgood marshall in the film "marshal." >> when i read the script, the main thing about it is i knew you didn't have to know who thurgood marshall was in order to watch this movie, and i think

that's a great thing for an audience member, i can come into this without any prior idea of who this man is, and enjoy the movie, and later on have a greater appreciation for him, you know, knowing all of the stuff that he did. >> tributes are pouring in for the late actor. democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris tweeting quote heartbroken, my friend and fellow bison, chadwick boseman was brilliant, kind, learned and humble. he left too early. his life made a difference. sending my sincere condolences to his family. >> go back to the kamala photo. boseman's last tweet was that photo, once kamala harris was named to the democratic ticket, he sent out his praises because as a fellow howard alum. actor chris evans who captain america alongside boseman's black panther in multiple marvel movies.

beyondheart beyond heartbreaking, they was deeply committed and constantly curious artist. he had so much amazing work left to create. i'm endlessly grateful for our friendship. rest in power, king. >> and when we don't have the words, oprah has them. she tweeted what a gentle gifted soul showing us all that greatness in between surgeries and chemo. the counselorage, the power, th strength to do that, this is what dignity looks like. >> there are so many people waking up to this news, and are probably going to choke back tears. for somebody that we didn't know. but you saw there on the big screen and especially in "black panther," for black folks, wakonda is what we're trying to get to. when they asked early on in the movie, is this your king? yeah, and now our king is dead. >> and he took it beyond that. he took it beyond the screen. he said i'm going to make a change in my community and my

country and in my world. >> it's going to be a rough day for many folks, not just black america, but yeah, we'll continue to follow the death of chadwick boseman. we move on to decision 2020 with just two months to the election. president trump stoking fear about biden presidency. this time at a rally in the battleground state of minnesota. >> let's go to nbc's josh letterm ledderman, live at the white house house. >> reporter: you heard it for four days, a near apocalyptic vision of what america would look like under a future president joe biden, the president in his rally last night in new hampshire warning that you have to vote for him to save democracy from mob rule. now, the president's critics say inherent in this strategy is some race baiting. they say that the president is trying to gin up fears among particularly white suburban

voters as they see some of the events playing out on the ground in kenosha, wisconsin, here in washington, and other parts of the country. trump's campaign officials say they feel they have honed in on a working strategy that they think is going to deliver them a lot of votes from people who are reluctant to vote for joe biden come november. take a listen to the way the president put it last night as he was rallying in new hampshire. >> today's democrat party is filled with hate. just look at joe biden supporters on the streets screaming and shouting at bystanders, with unhinged manic rage, right, you see it. it's crazy. it's crazy. you ought to see last night in washington. it was a disgrace. it was a disgrace that these people are representing the united states of america. it was a disgrace. >> and another rally last night, where there was very inconsistent social distancing among the trump supporters who showed up to that rally in new

hampshire. the attendees were actually handed out masks as they were arriving, but when someone came over the loud speaker to tell the rally goers they needed to put on those masks in compliance with the ordinances in new hampshire, they actually booed. kendis? it's certainly very different from the message that even new hampshire authorities are trying to send by saying everybody needs to wear masks. the president's own administration saying for public health reasons, people need to be wearing masks but when it comes to his own supporters at these rallies, a very different message. >> and josh, the president supposed to be traveling to texas and louisiana today trying to assess the damage after hurricane laura. what's on the agenda for him? >> that's right, the president will be flying not too long from now to lake charles. he's going to be doing a briefing to get the latest on the hurricane recovery efforts and will also be touring some of the damage from the hurricane as he visits both louisiana and a neighboring part of texas, and

one of the goals here really is to show the president taking a leadership role, actively in charge as the country is recovering from this hurricane. particularly as the president's critics have been charging that his leadership has been absent when it comes to the other crisis, the coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread across the country. >> josh, thank you, live for us at the white house. with the political conventions behind us. joe biden and kamala harris are gearing up to hit the campaign trail in an election year like none other. >> nbc is live in the capitol. what's next for biden's campaign. >> reporter: good morning to the both of you. of course the democrats were kind of doing some counter programming all through last week as republicans were giving their speeches and their messages to the nation, and so the next question is what does this mean in terms of travel for

this ticket. will joe biden and will kamala harris be on the road we have seen from donald trump, and mike pence. quite frankly throughout the entire pandemic and of course as we are now, you know, less than 70 days away until this election. will they be able to travel to some of these battleground states. we did hear joe biden say that he would be making moves to states like arizona in the coming weeks. kamala harris also answered this question, and sat down with nbc's craig melvin where she was asked at the campaign's travel plans. take a listen to what she said. >> i'm looking forward to this campaign and connecting with the american people in every way we can. you know, joe, that's one of the things he and i have in common. we love to interact with people. >> so you're going to get out there? >> in every way that we can, in a way that will be safe for the people that we are meeting with, right. it would be irresponsible of us to pack people into a situation where they cannot safely social

distance. >> reporter: so you hear there, guys, she's talking about the importance of it being safe, and a safe socially distanced process. you remember in the dnc, the last night when joe biden gave the speech, they came out on the stage, they were far away from the crowd. it was a drive by convention. people were in their cars. they had figured out a way to make this a safe and socially distanced process, to celebrate and reach voters in the pandemic. as we go forward and watch out for some of these travel schedules to pop up for this ticket, that's something to keep in mind is that they did kind of make this work in the dnc, and of course in the background of all of this, o donald trump and mike pence traveling. you heard him talk about the president's trip to new hampshire, and he's seeing people indoors. the contrast is how both parties pay attention of course to the public health precautions and how they handle that. that's what we'll be looking for from the biden harris ticket.

>> we know that one key element and getting them passionate is going to be the physicality of actually being there. nbc's deepa, thank you. >> i spent the week in delaware where joe biden was a couple of miles down the street and at a restaurant there, some residents were saying when is he going to leave. they didn't care about the traffic, but they were looking up at the tv screens, and seeing wisconsin burning and they thought that the optics were just not right that joe was right there down the street at his resort town. instead, he had an opportunity to be able to go there and meet socially distant with leaders in wisconsin. we'll see if they get that lesson. president trump is taking direct aim at biden as he made his case to american voters for four more years in the white house as he accepted the republican presidential nomination. >> joining us now republican strategist, susan del percio, a member of lincoln woman, a

coalition in the lincoln project, and courtney, a white house correspondent with usa today. welcome, both of you, we appreciate you being with us and a good morning to you. let's start with you, susan. what were the main take aways from the gop's convention. >> it was a convention without a platform, so it was basically an to donald trump. it was disappointed for people who wanted to get an outline for what the president would do in the second term. those who are not for president trump, and those who are speaking, they are a bunch of sycophants looking to please the president. the president has continued to stoke a division in this country. and i wish just to josh lederman's point earlier in the segment that the biden folks would start turning it around on the president and say this is trump's america, this is what

division happens and show the disturbing images from wisconsin and other place sg. >> courtney, what stood out to you from the president's acceptance speech and how much was root instead false claims, and we only have like ten minutes. >> i mean, i think there were a lot of messages coming was this idea of trying to soften the president's image, you know, giving white suburban college-educated voters permission to vote for him, even if they, you know, don't like his style or rhetoric but like some of his policies. we saw that through effective speeches, more traditional speeches from nikki haley, senator tim scott, and a series of speeches from women in the administration, any movement as an advocate for women, but really papering over some of his personal history and policy choices. you know, the race has really been about what people think of donald trump.

the republicans work very hard. the president including. to make it more about joe biden. they push this message that an america under joe biden isn't safe, which helped them round out their message about trump being the law and order president. these are lining of attack on joe biden we've seen that haven't gained traction. this has been sort of the biggest stage yet. i think they were effective with what they tried to set out to do. the whole thing seemed to ignore the reality of the multiple crisis crisises facing the country and that was most on display with trump's speech to 2,000 people, most of who were not wearing masks and this clouded both the tradition of keeping the campaign away from the white house but also the safety regulations that the white house is insisting that we follow. so i think there was a big political risk there by ignoring

a pandemic that killed 180,000 people. >> luckily rudy had a hanker chief. turning now to the exclusive new audio clips from mary trump. >> not a prop. go ahead. >> the niece of donald trump talking to trump's sister, mary ann trump berry. we have a few clarifications. we want to note that these are parts of secretly recorded conversations. they were not provided with the full recordings. nbc news was not provided with the full recordings. we have reached out for comment from mary ann trump berry, and the white house. we have not heard back from either party, last week, mark e meadows said the recording is politics as usual. take a listen to mary trump and the president's ambitions. >> it's devastation, it really is. it really is. my dad lives in cameron. >> just when you get the tea all

ready. >> you had it ready to go. we needed to put it on ice for a second there. >> susan, what's your reaction to this? >> long island iced tea. >> susan, i want to know wiif y think the strategy is going to work for the election? >> as far as the recordings of donald trump's sister, i think it's revoealing that this is a family member saying what she thinks about the president, and it's not very becoming. this is not politics as usual as mark meadows said, white house chief of staff said because there's no political agenda here. this is just revealing what this person thinks of her brother. and it's damming as heck. >> which do you think is going to be more damaging, these recordings or that book that is coming out on september 1st by me l melania's former chief of staff. >> and add to michael cohen's

book coming out. i think it will be a cumulative effect. i think it's one thing building on another of the narrative of who this person is. donald trump can't win a character debate against joe biden. that's clear. he can't win a character debate against anybody. so that's why he tries to stoke this division. but this is going to be very damming and i think it will be very much on people's minds, especially those who potentially regret their vote in 2016, those moderate republican women anden! or folks who are undecided at this point? >> sure. >> we have nancy pelosi who thinks there shouldn't be a presidential debate, saying joe biden shouldn't legitimize president trump, but the former vice president is vowing to hit the debate. >> i'm going to debate him now, i know for certain that i'm

going to be a fact checker on the floor. >> a fact checker on the floor. courtney, do you get a sense that he's ready, during that zoom call, a lot of people were criticizing him. it appears as if he was looking at notes off to the side. >> yeah, i mean, look, this is the thing. that's one of the biggest lines of attack coming from the trump campaign is they're pushing this idea that boiden is incapable o debating the president. so he's kind of locked in at this point. he really needs to stow up to these debates, especially coming off of his acceptance speech, which exceeded expectations. it was really well received on both sides, you know, the republicans also conceded he did well. so i think as much as, you know, pelosi's message kind of driving the point that, you know, for

democrats, trump is operating in a different reality. you know, one where we live where a pandemic is not going on. i don't think it's helpful for the biden campaign because they have already faced an onslaught of attacks about the debate. >> really quickly. we just talked about that exclusive audio from mary trump in relation to talking to her aunt, mary ann trump, we have that audio for you now. we'd like to play it. >> meanwhile, eric's become the moron publicly, ivanka gives a, she's all about her. >> she's a mini-donald. >> she's always been his favorite. >> susan, now we'll get a proper weigh in from you. >> well, again, it's a very unguarded moment that we're hearing from the aunt of these

children, and it's got to sting, you would think, and it's not going to go away. as i said, the attacks or the children or the revelations about the children, trump's adult children aren't as hurtful as some of her critiques of trump, the president. but it does show a family that is just at each other's throats. >> and also kind of normalizes the family. i know i'm not my mother's favorite. >> i don't know if it's normal, though, to think that way of your family and talk about them quite that way. >> that is true. >> and having no faith in the president of the united states as that person is your own brother, i mean, that's very telling. >> it was good tea. >> the tea was delicious. >> susan del percio and courtney, thank you both for being in with us. >> it's not just in d.c. and not just in kenosha, wisconsin.

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clashing broke out overnight as the shooting of jacob blake drove more protests on to the streets. nbc affiliate, kusa reports police used pepper balls, smoke and other agents to disburse the crowds. >> protesters stayed out late on the streets of raleigh, north carolina, hours after officials cleared a police officer involved in the killing of a black man. that's a separate case. and earlier in the day, thousands of protesters converged on the lincoln memorial to demand justice for victims of police shootings. they tried to social distance. it was a little difficult. yesterday was the 57th anniversary of the march on washington led by dr. martin

luther king jr. solidarity fanned across the country. more americans outraged at the developments of the jacob blake shooting. shaquille brewster joins us with the latest on that. we talked about the overnight protests, what was it like there last night? >> reporter: well, it was very peaceful here, and you still see the law enforcement presence, a heavy presence here in kenosha as there's that 7:00 p.m. curfew that we know will extend through the weekend, but you saw protesters still come out. they remained relatively peaceful after a day of new developments in those multiple investigations. >> a 6th straight night of protests following the shooting of jacob blake, shot in the back seven times in the back. >> i didn't like the sight of it, certainly, and i think most people would agree with that. >> reporter: blake's family says he's still fighting for his life. >> he's heavily sedated, just to

be able to touch my son, that was enough for me. >> reporter: outrage mounted after kenosha police said blake currently paralyzed below the waist was being physically restrained in the hospital. >> he's being guarded because he's under arrest, and it was for an outstanding warrant of the third-degree sexual assault. >> his restraints were removed after blake's attorney posted bond. they also dispute the sexual assault charges. an illinois judge delayed the extradition hearing for kyle rittenhouse, accused of killing two protesters who came out following the shooting of blake. rittenhouse was seen in this video walking by police after opening fire, before turning himself in hours later. >> they let him literally go home. there are two justice systems in america, and that's why people are protesting. >> reporter: the police chief says the officers did not know rittenhouse was a suspect. >> the shooter who was there

appears to have been standing with some other people who were either militia affiliated or white supremacist affiliated. >> rittenhouse's attorneys wrote, kyle did nothing wrong, he exercised his god-given constitutional common law and statutory law right to self-defense. and we are learning more about those shooting victims in tuesday night's shooting. prosecutor says both men were trying to disarm rittenhouse as he was firing. there's 36-year-old joseph rosenbaum who's originally from texas. we know that he was engaged to be married and leaves behind a young daughter, and there's 26-year-old anthony huber, friends are calling him a hero now saying he just saw an active gunman, and was trying to disarm him. guys. >> nbc's shaquille brewster, live in kenosha, wisconsin. the blake shooting reignited protests across the country. >> the largest demonstration had

been planned since the killing of george floyd, and the families of floyd and others killed by police got a chance to be heard at the march on washington. >> i am tired of learning new names, adding new hash tags to an already long list of victims of police terror. >> my boy gone. he's not coming back, so me and this family got to be here. >> i'm marching for george, for breonna, for ahmad, for jacob, for pamela turner, for michael brown, trayvon. >> be strong, stand tall, be encouraged, don't stop saying black lives matter. don't stop peaceful protesting. >> the list could go on and on. joining us right now is rochelle ritchie, former secretary for the house democratic policy and

communications committee. thanks for being here. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> there were so many victims that all of the families didn't get the opportunity to speak. what was your take away from all of the pain that was on display. >> you know, i think that i share in the same feelings as many people that were at the march yesterday. i'm tired too. i'm exhausted as well. i'm thankful that i have never had to suffer the loss of a family member due to police brutality. but, you know, it's like what do we do at this point? we have marched, we have protested, we have even passed legislation. we have hash tagged. we have done everything possible and, you know, we're having these marches and we're shouting from the podium, you know, to treat black people fairly in this country. but the problem is the people in the white house are not listening. and so it makes you wonder if all of this effort is falling on deaf ears, if you will. i thought that jacob blake's father was phenomenal.

i thought he did a great job, sharing there are two justice systems in the country, and they were on full display when you look at what happened with the white supremacist, 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse and if reports are true that his mother actually drove him there to carry out these attacks, then she should always be arrested as well. >> did you see anything yesterday that you feel like might move the needle in terms of getting change, rochelle? >> i wish i could say yes, but we have seen this since the 1960s and before then. we have been doing this. what else are we supposed to do at this point. and so i can't say, we have seen this before. we have seen this exact thing happen time and time again. so at what point do we have people in office from the oval office, to congress, that actually listen and pay attention. you cannot just dangle a great economy, a so-called great economy in front of black people and say look, we gave you a job,

we're still going to kill you on the streets, but look, we gave you a job. we want to be treated equally in this country first, then we can talk about jobs, then we can talk about education, but if you do not care about our lives, then what does it all mean in the first place. >> there were so many at the rnc, the attorney general of kentucky, you had tim scott from south carolina, there were so many black voices that they found and spoke at the rnc. did you get a sense that any of them are tapping into black americans who might be on the fence at all? >> absolutely not. you have the attorney general in kentucky who has yet to arrest or press charges or do anything in when it comes to breonna taylor, i have no faith in them at all. i have no faith in trump's republican party right now. i know that a lot of people like to criticize biden for

supporting the crime to conveniently forget is that they also did not support the social programs and the crime prevention programs that were in that bill. they also did not support the assault weapons ban that was in that bill. we're talking 1994. that was in that bill. and they did not support it. so kyle rittenhouse might not have gotten the assault weapon he had to carry out the attacks he did in kenosha, wisconsin f they had it. we might not have as much crime in black communities if republicans had supported those parts of the 1994 crime bill, but they don't talk about that. they're a bunch of hypocrites, i'm sick and tired of it, at this point, if you're still on the fence about biden and trump, i mean, come on. get it together. there is no, i mean, you want four more years of this. trump says, oh, it's going to be more violence in a biden america, can it get any more

violent than what it is. i promise you if we have four more years of trump, this country is going downhill very fast. >> this is all happening in trump's america. so we do -- >> exactly. >> really quickly, we have to go, and i know that you and your dad have been through quite hell in the last few weeks with him suffering covid, how is he doing? >> so my dad, thank you, kendis, for asking. my dad has been in the hospital at christ advocate hospital here in chicago since may. he is currently on a ventilator, and on an xl machine and he's in need of a lung transplant. when i hear people talking about this is a hoax, covid-19 isn't real, it's a game, it's a political stunt. whether you were on another national network, you know, having those sort of talking points, if you were on the street, i mean, you all really

contributed to the rate of death and the rate of infection of people like my father. you really did, and if people don't have five minutes, you can wear a mask for 5 to 20 minutes in the grocery store. you can wear a mask on an airplane. it's not that serious. no one is asking you to wear a mask in your own home or anything like that. they're just asking you to wear a mask and to practice social distancing when you're out on the streets. >> i understand. >> because look, if one of these non-mask wearer people, if they want to trade places with my father, please do. >> your father is 56 years old. he's been on a ventilator in the hospital for several months and now it's come down to him needing a lung transplant. our thoughts are with you and your family. thank you for being here. >> thank you. up next, we are looking at the life of chadwick boseman, more highlights on his career and how he's being mourned. hts and how he's being mourned

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long. actor chadwick boseman who played iconic black roles like jackie robinson, james brown and thurgood marshall before catapulting to stardom as king th t'challah. >> reporter: this morning, hollywood is grieving the loss of chadwick boseman, the star who played iconic black figures from jackie robinson. >> give me a uniform, you give me a number on my back, i'll give you the guts. >> and james brown. >> reporter: to king tchallah in black panther. news of his death was announced on social media, detailing his four-year battle of colon cancer. the actor never spoke publicly about his diagnosis as it progressed to stage 4. his family released a state late

friday, a true fighter, chadwick persevered through it all and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much. his passing shocked hollywood and beyond, chris evans writing he had so much amazing work left to create. i'm endlessly grateful for our friendship. mark ruffalo adding, you believed in the sacred nature of the work and gave your all. marvel studios tweeting your legacy will live on forever. bo boseman brought history to life with his portrayal of thurgood marshall but his performance in black panther made him a household name. during a sunday sit down with willie geist, he spoke candily about the film's success. >> what do you think people are responding to? >> there's a thirst for these images, for a black superhero. as far as my character goes, there's a real search for how do i lead, and i think people are

searching for that, leaders that actually care about the people. >> reporter: in the role as commencement speaker at howard university, his alma mater, he would deliver a powerful speech to inspire even more lives. >> everything that you fought for was not for yourself. it was for those that come after. >> reporter: howard alum, and vice presidential candidate kamala harris tweeted my friend and fellow bison, chadwick boseman was brilliant, kind, learned, and humble. this morning, fans, friend, and family are remembering this real life superhero kwhofs fighting his own battle behind the scenes. chadwick boseman was 43 years old. >> and he passed away quietly with his wife and family members around in los angeles. we move on now because america's athletes as you know they spoke out this week and the world listened, but what will change? that's the question. we'll put it in perspective with a player from the wnba, next. n h a player from the wnba, next

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quite a moment between two baseball teams who are taking a stand against racial injustice in the u.s. last night, the houston astros and the oakland a's lined up in front of their dugouts and stood there for a 42-second moment of silence, that of course to honor mlb legend, jackie robinson. before a pitch could be thrown, both clubs walked off the field all in protest of the police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. i think that's the moment of silence right there. >> joining us now to break it all down is forward for the las vegas ace's and two time olympic gold medalist aga. and terrence morris. last night was one of many boycotts around the sports world this past week. we saw the dominos start to

fall. historically speaking has the athletic community formed a front like this. how significant is this? >> you go back to the 1960s where you had the black power movement and protests of the '68 olympics with tommy smith and jeancarlos, people know about mohammed ali. a couple of people that get lost in the shuffle here are arthur ash and jackie robinson, people remember what he did on april 15th, 1947, but he was highly active after that through the '50s, '60s and '70s. we have ended the period of apathy, started in the 1990s by michael jordan. and michael jordan made the statement about republicans buy sneakers, too and charles barkley looked in the camera for the commercial for nike and said i am not a role model. it's taken 20 years to get past that, and the person who started

the ball to where we are right now, don't forget about lebron james. lebron james was colin kaepernick four years ago before that, he was leading protests or leading activism among athletes. he doesn't get as much credit as he should for that moment. >> lebron james and the miami heat and dwyane wade, they led the reaction and started putting their voices to this movement. members of the wnba participated in the protest, along with players from the mls, and nhl. kwharp y what were you and your fellow athletes hoping to accomplish with this? >> we're planting the seeds. i tell you what we're doing, we're planting the seeds. like he said, mohammed ali didn't fight in the war.

what is this going to change. he planted the seed, and he's a living legend. we want to make our voices heard. he mentioned all men. the women are here now. we are backing up our men, our brothers, and we are ready to fight as well. the women have their voices and they're being heard. >> and terrence, we're starting to see that there's actually effects from this. a lot of people at home say what is this going to do, you know, stopping these games, what is this going to do, and i'm going to ask you quite literally what has it done? >> you know, i want to tell you something here, as good as it's been, it could be so much better. think about this, 62% of all the nba's ad revenue for a year comes through the playoffs. right now, the nba is in the midst of a nine-year contract with espn and turner sports for 24 billion, with a b, $24 billion. the owners and the networks cannot afford to lose basketball games. so this is something that i think that the players are starting to realize, but here's

my thing, i think it could be so much better because they should put lebron james in charge, and doc rivers in charge of centralizing the leadership here. we just talked about lebron. doc rivers made that passionate plea earlier in week, that gave you chills when he said that we are tired of black people, of loving america and not having america love us back. i have known doc for 35 years. he has been a social activist type of mindset forever. put doc rivers and lebron james in charge of getting a direct game plan on how the force, the nba and the networks and everybody else to give us concrete things being done, even beyond the stuff that they talked about yesterday. >> well, doc kind of wears his emotions on his sleeve. you can see it, and it's great to see as well. as a player, what made you start to speak out. >> i mean, we're tired, you know. i'm embarrassed.

i don't want to live in the most racist country in the world. when i play overseas, somebody asked me, why do you always refer to white and black, aren't you all american. i went to africa, ghana, i was talking to engineers, you guys want to come to america, no, we don't want to get shot. we're the laughing stock of the world. we're all americans. we should all be done. your racism is not my business, keep it to yourself, that's howishow i feel. this is america, it's our country right now. it's an embarrassment. >> if you don't want to listen, we will force you to listen through the importance of sports. sports has such an impact on all of our lives. that's how we get people to listen. we talked about the specific impact. we know the nba has agreed to convert some of the arenas into polling locations. that should help make voting easier. what's the next step past that? >> you know, the thing that i would do is that all of these guys, and again, i keep focusing

on lebron because lebron is the pide piper here, all of these guys have huge social media followings of people. they've got so much power to change minds to get people to react. they need to realize that. they need to realize how much the nba needs them and with the money factor. they need to realize how much power they have with sports. think about this. because of what they did on wednesday with that walkout, they triggered walkouts everywhere with the wnba with even hockey. >> hockey has one black player. >> one black player and, get this. >> and the whole league walked out. >> and baseball has been historically apathetic when it comes to social issues, they even got baseball to react. they've got a lot of power, and keep hitting that point, they can do so many things.

>> we've got to have everybody together, you know, i know lebron james is our leader, if we get all the athletes together, we can make a big difference. we have been talking to lebron james and his team about the voting. we've got to get people to vote. there's more power in numbers than anything. >> absolutely. and we're seeing it, anything. >> and we seeing it. hopefully it does spread beyond lebron james and we'll see it with mls. even louis hamilton, an awesome driver, was doing this moment as well. >> all right, guys. i got to run. thank you. angel and terence, thanks. >> apathy is so 2019. >> power outages and a field of debris stretching for miles. the road to recovery after louisiana hit hard this week. louisiana hit hard this week think about how you'll get there. ♪

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march called get your knee off our necks to organizer reverend al sharpton. "velshi" starts now. >> good morning, it's saying, august 29th. i'm ali velshi. we begin with a moment of racial reckoning, which has once again gripped the nation, this time kenosha, wisconsin where protesters are calling for justice and police reform and yet another shooting black man, jacob blake shot seven times in the back by point blank range where he tried to enter his car where his children were waiting for him. demonstrators remain mostly peaceful after days of unrest. earlier, an echo of the latest