kendis. >> look at that storm right now. curious to get the update from the national hurricane center. isaias looks split right now. perhaps there's still strength eveni strengthening going on. it looks like cybil right now. janessa, we will check back in with you. >>> let's get to florida. parts of the state are under a hurricane warning. chris pollone is in daytona beach. you saw the tower cam from daytona where the waves were picking up. the storm is probably hours from getting to your area, chris. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. it is a picture perfect morning here at daytona beach. let me stop ruining the view for you. i'll step out so you can see the sunrise. quite a few people out on the sand. it is just after high tide right now. if the hurricane is coming here, you could not tell it right now. people are enjoying themselves. this slow-moving storm is the thing that is getting people which is the uncertainty. will it come over land? will the eyewall make land? people here at daytona beach have little more than 24

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i'm kendis. my co-anchor cori coffin is on the shores of new jersey. >> reporter: there's a stark difference between new jersey and new york. i'll break that down and tell you what local leaders have to say as to what they plan to do moving forward to squash this current rise. kend kendis? >> we'll check back with cori coffin in a few moments, thank you. >>> we are going to begin this hour with information you last heard in may of this year, two months ago. that's the last time they recorded 2,000 deaths during covid. a clear indication of induced spike. such a grim milestone that many figure that's why the president interrupted his weekend for his vacation at his new jersey resort to call a press event. instead it was a campaign-style rally. here's the president blaming democrats for failing to reach a coronavirus relief deal and vowing he would take executive action. >> if democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage, i will act under my authority as president to get the americans th

>> reporter: kendis, good morning. governor is withdrawing that lawsuit that he filed against the atlanta mayor and atlanta city council over the mask mandate and restrictions. he is plan beining to replace w an executive order. he is clearing way for mask mandates. it cannot be essentially enforced upon local businesses. it is important to look at the numbers in georgia. the state health department is pointing to the number of hospitalizations and number of cases which went down over the past week. also this past week, georgia saw its highest single day total of deaths. highest since the pandemic began. this morning, a dire new warning from obtained by the ajc, the coronavirus task force warns the georgia policies are not enough to stop the widespread and expanding community viral spread. urging leaders to close bars and nightclubs and gyms and implement a statewide mask mandate. governor kemp withdrew the lawsuit against keisha lance bottoms. the governor will allow local leaders to require masks, but says they canno

>> reporter: kendis, good morning.rlotte the official business of the republican national convention is going to start during the week. 336 delegates were invited. the official business here in charlotte is to nominate or in this case renominate president trump. the rnc submitted a very detailed health plan to the north carolina state representatives to socially distance, temperature check, do all of these really important safety precautions for the delegates coming in for the formal business of the convention. this convention is a multi--pronged affair. we are expecting the roll calls to happen in person here in charlotte, much of the convention is not going to take place in charlotte. it will be scattered throughout washington, d.c., at the white house, rose garden and fort mchenry. president trump is going to be traveling to north carolina on monday. we are waiting to see if he will make a pop-in to greet delegates in charlotte. it's important to know, some very notable speakers throughout the washington, d.c., area

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this is a whole other level. >> it is, kendis, thank you. trump's sister is heard on the recordings she's simply aghast how trump has handled himself while in office. she says he has no principles, he's a phony, calls him cruel, and says, you can't trust him. and to get a sense of this, here's a clip of mary ann trump berry surreptitiously speak on these recorded trump tapes. >> [ bleep ] oh, my god. i'm talking too freely, but you know, the change of stories t lack of preparation, the lying. holy [ bleep ]. but he's appealing to the base. what they're doing with the kids at the border. i mean -- >> now, president trump in response to all this, via a white house press official says every day it's something else. who cares. i miss my brother. not even agrees. but the results are obvious. our country will soon be stronger than ever before. and then a white house official said i can't fathom anything more despicable than surreptitiously recording an elderly relative without their knowledge. beyond that, i don't want to commend on family matters

kendis? >> still a relatively good sign that democratic leadership are meeting folks from the administration on a saturday, no less. josh letterman live at the white house with a whole bunch of things including the banning of tiktok. we hope it doesn't come in a 15-second slick music video. let's hope. >>> the state has more than 500,000 infections with more than 9,000 deaths. dr. anthony fauci expression some cautions and also optimism on a vaccine. he and other top government officials testified before congress. >> i guarantee that you're going to get a safe and effective vaccine, but from everything we've seen now in the animal data as well as the early human data, we feel cautiously optimistic that we'll have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. so i don't think it's dreaming, congresswoman. i believe it's a reality. >> florida reported 267 coronavirus deaths on friday. that marks the fourth day that they set a single-day record. and a new cdc study shows that childre

kendis? >> josh letterman at the white house. thank you. >>> now to decision 2020 and senator kamela harris applauding joe biden for his move in her first sitdown. she talked about a number of things including being the first black woman to take up this role. >> joe biden had the audacity to choose a black woman to be his running mate. how incredible is that and what a statement about joe biden that he decided that he was going to do that thing that was about breaking one of the most substantial barriers that has existed in our country and that he made that decision with whatever risk that brings. >> all right. joining us right now, the former press secretary for the house, democratic policy and communications committee. rochelle, thank you for being there. you hear senator harris right there. of course, she's going to praise what she calls the audacity of joe biden for making that decision right there. put it in contact. we're what? five days in front of that decision having been announced. how has it kind of made its way throug

>> good morning, corey and kendis. when it comes to executive orders they are not all created equal. if we look at, for example, his attempt to spend money, with he all know congress has the power of the purse n a time of a declared national emergency, which we are courtesy of the coronavirus the president does have enhanced ability to move money around but doesn't have the power of the purse. when it comes to extending the unemployment benefits to the tune of $400 a week that one is probably dead in the water. when it comes to dee playing the repayment of student loans that one the department of education probably has some ability and programs that would enable the federal government to delay the repayment of student loans, but you have to wonder if this wasn't just a cynical attempt by the president to box the democrats into a corner by saying, look, i'm going to throw all of these executive orders against the wall and if you don't like them you can sue me. you know, what will he then be able to say in the upcoming e

>> reporter: your former colleagues at abc, kendis. >> yes. lest we forget. >> reporter: the former vice president said he would shutdown the country if that is what scientists advise to stop the spread of covid-19. that stands in contradiction to what president trump has done. here we are some six months into the pandemic and no national st tracing and no school plan. we have seen the patchwork approach from the states. the coronavirus crisis is still persistent. he, vice president biden, and kamala harris, senator harris, were asked about the president's racist attack an where where heg to fuel the birther lie to suggest that kamala harris is something other than fully american. the senator took that head on. take a look at how she responded. >> i think that there is so much about what comes out of donald trump's mouth that is designed to distract the american people from what he is doing every day. that is about negligence and harm to the american people. >> and incompetence. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> the idea that he would say somethin

and kendis, you know this. and the black community, you've got to be three times as good to be equal with the white people. that's what he's doing. he's stoking that fear and questionable conversation around such a kwal tied candidate. he did it with president obama. i'm not surprised he's doing it again, especially that he has this platform to do it against senator kamala harris. >> it just shows he does not have any arguments against harris's merit. so as you were mentioning, alens ya, let's switch it over to that. we have supporters of your former boss, elizabeth warren, for her record as a former prosecutor. are you at all concerned that not all factions of the party would not be 100% onboard with kamela harris? >> i think there's a lot of conversation about her record as a prosecutor in california. there are some who say she was a progressive prosecutor and that she, you know, reduced sentencing of people who shouldn't have been overly incarcerated. and there are some who have questions about her record, a

>> reporter: kendis, that's a great question. it's very rhamy this morning. i want to point out we were supposed to be in wisconsin. it has take an lot of prep, a lot of shifting around and adjusting. they're gathering for this virtual event. they're taking questions, doing a lot of meetings and things like that. what we're going to see is kamela harris and joe biden speak later this week. we've also seen a lot of other things going on in the background. i'm sure you've seen this and been paying attention. in the last 24 hours donald trump has come out and raised this birtherism once again. we know this is false, we know this is racist, xenophobic, not true. she was born in oakland, california, and is perfectly eligible to be president or vice president, but it's different to see these different lanes come up with donald trump talking to his base. in the meantime joe biden and kamela harris put out an ad focused on latino voters. we have a piece of sound. let's listen to what they both said. >> our dear friend will be the first indian-american vice president

kendis gibson is my doppelganger stuntman, he's shorter. >> he runs straight. >> okay, look.ody. the first trailer for the upcoming reboot "the batman" was leaked online ahead of its premiere at the dc fandom convention on saturday. from the looks of it, robert pattinson is taking the caped crusader to a whole new level. >> if you are justice, please do not lie. what is the price for your blind eye? >> wow. >> so good. "the batman" is set to hit theaters on october 21st next year, 2021. >> when everything, all of our problems, will be solved. 2021, we can't wait for you. >>> finally, a juicy bit of hollywood folklore now confirmed. >> remember the '80s classic "weekend at bernie's"? now we're hearing the flick about the guys who pretend their murdered employee is still alive, maybe based on a true story. >> drew barrymore says this happened to her grandfather, who was dug up and brought to a poker game. ♪ >>> welcome back. in the universe of world records, no feat seems to have been beaten so many times and so often as the so-called cannonball run record. >> now it's happened

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 th

>> hi, cori and kendis. it's like mother nature was giving us a warning a few minutes ago. right now we have blue sky in melbourne, florida, but for about four seconds we had a nice little rain shower, a dark cloud coming over like, this is coming. let me show you the beach. it is a beautiful morning. i can't stress how nice it is right now with the sun coming up over the water, but you can see the surf is really, really rough. we have some people walking the beach every now and then, but the timing is running out for people to get prepared. state and local officials are a little concerned that people might not take this very seriously because the storm has been downgraded. and they say, obviously, that would be a mistake, because even if this is a tropical storm when it hits this part of the space coast, they're very worried about the storm surge. they are predicting 2 to 4 feet of storm surge. high tide just happened a little more than an hour ago and the tide is going out now, but it did get very close to this property. we've got a full moon coming tomorrow night, which

kendi, we really appreciate you being on.r us this morning. thanks so much. ibram's piece is one of the cover stories for the new issue of "the atlantic" magazine, and his best-selling book is "how to be an antiracist." ibr ibram, thanks so much. let's bring in democratic congressman jason crow of colorado. he is a member of the house committee on armed services. congressman, good to see you this morning. i know you're pushing hard to get something done on unemployment insurance in this massive coronavirus relief package. it appears that mitch mcconnell may be willing to meet you all somewhere at that $600-a-week check that was going out that's no longer going out for the time being. as you talk to people in your district, as you talk to people in the state of colorado, how desperate is the situation right now? >> yeah, hi, willie. the situation is very desperate. i mean, washington continues to have an enormous empathy gap. we tend to look at things in aggregate. there are those in washington on capitol hill that just want t

we know that to the north of louisiana, kendis, there is a heat advisory put in place. people are stuck inside of their homes. it is hot. and a lot of folks need help here sooner than later. >> let's hope help is on the way for them. morgan chesky live, thank you. >>> the u.s. open kicks off tomorrow and it is sure to serve up history without a single fan in the stands aside of during a pandemic. the tournament follows a week of historic protests in sports world that brought games to a halt. cory coughlin joining me from the village king national tennis center in new york. normally at this time the area would buzz with people watching the athletes practicing ahead of time. instead, that is not the case and there is pandemic and protests on the mind. >> yeah, there is three-fold. the economic impact of not having the fans here which is some $80 million and all of the added coronavirus protocol and then you have all of this happening with the back drop of the protests happening across sports. and we know one athlete who decided to step out of play in order to participate.

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but i think it's important to be honest, kendis. reasonable to think there will not be a single case. we have 212,000 students. if a third of them show third up, it's more than likely our one of our 14,000 teachers may actually test positive. >> it is inevitable. >> it is inevitable, many people see it that way. it's just the system in place to make sure it doesn't spread to other people thank you, superintendent. >> thank you for having me. >>> we're working to get ali's technical issues fixed, but it's part of our new normal. >>> speaking of new normal, researchers are training dogs to find covid-19 by scent. it could be used in airports or stadiums. take a look at this. >> come here, poncho. poncho is a friendly yellow lab, who works a full-time job. he's training to detect covid-19. >> dogs really have an ability to see the world through their nose. >> researchers believe that sharp sense could soon help slow the spread of the virus. >> it could be a valuable contribution in the fight. >> they're training and testing nine dogs w

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kendi. thank you for being on the show again.ecome a major book in this discussion of race in this country. i couldn't help but ask you come on after seeing your article in the "atlantic." do you think this is the end of racism? >> it certainly could be. i've long argued that the heartbeat of racism is denial. and in many ways the trump administration has caused many americans to stop this country's denial of racism. his racist ideas have been undeniable and he's followed up that racism with denials himself saying he's the least racist person anywhere in the world, consistently, constantly. in many ways he's held up a mirror of racism and many americans have not like what they've seen. and so hopefully we'll as a nation collectively come together and eliminate racism once and for all. >> now, one of the things that i've encountered in my work through the years is that people have a certain -- have had until now a certain view of what racists were, usually looking at them as southern bigots, archie bunker types and not understandi

. >> abraham kendi tweets about this. he said black communities paralyzed economically fighting hard to recover but inexplicably still shackled. lieutenant governor, what do you know about the argument about this knife? there was apparently a knife in the floor board of his car that we heard he had told police about. do you know how this figures into the shooting? >> i honestly have no idea. the only part i know is the same things that i've heard, where mr. blake, you know, told police that there was a knife, giving them the warning. we saw that with castile who said he had a firearm and said he was legally allowed to carry a firearm and we saw him shot and killed in minnesota. >> that's supposed to be mitigating when you tell authorities that you have a weapon either on you or in your possession. >> it should be. it should be. but this situation shouldn't even have gotten as far as it did. they wanted to prevent him from getting into his vehicle. there were three officers on scene that could have prevented one person fro

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kendi on the show-- >> oh, never mind, then. >> stephen: --a few weeks ago-- >> i'll see you guys latert-- he's smarter than me. ( laughter ) >> stephen: he is very smart. and he was talking about how, sort of the roots of white supremacy-- or the idea of even whiteness or racism as we think of it in a modern sense, started about 500 years ago, and it was all motivated economically. it was self-interest. in order to set up, the europeans were taking over this land, and capturing and enslaving the people in africa, you had to have a rationale. racism was created, as we know it, for that economic self- interest. >> yeah. before that, i think it was like nationalism and tribalism. like, nobody saw anybody as a "race" of people. and then, when they decided-- the only way they could sort of justify-- because they were, many of them were christians-- that this was the right thing to do, was to dehumanize people and say they were savages, like the native americans, or they were animals, like black folks. so i think they had to come up with a way to go, not only, "this is what we're doing," but

and then in how to be an antiracist, ibram kendi argues america must work towards building a much equitable society. that's followed by former obama administration chief of protocol's look at the importance of tip lomatic protocol and etiquette. and rapping up our -- wrapping up our look at some of the best selling nonfiction books according to politics & prose is the splendid and the vile, eric larson's study of prime minister winston churchill's leadership of london. you can watch many of these authors online at booktv.org. >> at the american enterprise institute in washington, d.c., michael strain, director of the institute's economic policy studies, argued that the majority of americans are better off than our current political debates make it seem. here's a portion of that event. >> i'm not trying to diminish or to sugar coat or to ignore any of the real problems we face. instead, i'm trying to be accurate. i'm trying to be accurate about the broad picture of the american experience. how american life is experienced by tip e call people, by most people in those circumstances. i think t

kendi knows bozeman's suffering personally. as a survivor of colorectal cancer.he was overwhelmed by his diagnosis, a cancer that disproportionately affects black men. >> black lives matter isn't just a cry in the face of police violence, it's a demand in the face of racial health disparities. >> reporter: that message is yet another piece of chadwick boseman's legacy as an unforgettable star who performed through the pain and inspired others to do the same. >> that's the key thing is that i think when -- everybody is the hero in their own story. >> right. >> you know, like you should be the hero in your own story, even if you pray to god. god expects you to do some things. so i think you have to be that hero. >> reporter: that is the truth. boseman is survived by his new wife, taylor simone, and one of the things that struck me over the weekend were the tributes from the kids who looked up to him and that superhero he portrayed. photos show some gathering, they're action figures for vigil in the "black panther" honoring giving the "wakanda forever" salute. shows

i'm kendis gibson. we're going to start on the west coast right now and the breaking news out of oregon. portland, oregon. possibly hitting a tipping point overnight. another night of unrest turns to gunfire and one person we are told is dead. okay. so gunshots first heard around 9:00 p.m. local time, 12:00 eastern -- 12:00 eastern time. the shots were heard in downtown portland. when cops got to the scene they found one person dead with a gunshot wound to the chest. let me explain one thing, portland was sort of fixing for a fight on this day 94 of protests. you had a large pro-trump caravan that rolled through the city earlier, hundreds of cars and trucks carrying trump 2020 supporters, they clogged portland's tiny downtown streets and there were many reported clashes between black lives matter supporters as well. several news outlets reporting clashes and fist fights even throughout the overnight hours between those pro-trump supporters and counterprotesters. president trump has made portland and the