>> jermaine also reminds everyone to, quote, give each other grace, not grief, and that we are all inhis together. he is so young, but i think could teach all of us a lesson or two, eric. >> already is. that's it for 5:00. we'll see you right back here at 6:00. >>> tonight, as americans protest across the country, a deadly turn in the streets of one major city. pro-trump and black lives matter protesters clashing in portland. a gunman opening fire. a man appearing to support police shot dead. tonight, the search for that shooter as president trump slams the mayor of portland. another alarming scene in tallahassee. a man pulling his gun before a crowd scatters. and late tonight, what the uncle of jacob blake told abc news about the violence and president trump. >>> also tonight, the new college covid warning. dr. deborah birx calling for, quote, "aggressive testing" of students. saying they should stay on campus, even if they're sick.

. >> 9-year-old jermaine from pennsylvania has generated thousands of views while capturing hearts anding the pandemic with some help from mom. >> we feel happy. i was helping other people feel better. >> just the world felt very heavy at the time. i thought what can do i to get them motivated and excited to return. >> jermaine also reminds everyone to give each other grace, not grief. that we're all in this together. when is he old enough to run for office? he has my vote. >> mine, too. not to mention his outfits are very put together. he's like a mini adult. that's it for abc7 news at >> "localish bay area" is sponsored by northern california honda dealers. hey, bay area. it's time to share some amazing stories and feel good. this show is all about good food, good people, and good living. ♪ on today's show, 16 artists delivering one message. >> each of these artists has just amazing stories of something that's happened in their life. >> buy a wedge and give a wedge of cheese. >> food is our business. food is part of our heart. it's part of our family. and we're just happy to be able

. >> so this is 9-year-old jermaine edwards.s captured the hearts and minds of a lot of people with help from his mom. >> it made me feel happy because i was helping other people feel better. >> just the world felt very heavy at the time and i thought what can i do to get them motivated and excited to return. >> jermaine also reminds everyone to, quote, give each other grace, not grief, and that we are all in this together. thank you, germane. we needed that. >>> and coming up next, messages that go beyond music. big not molts moments from >> >>> and the push from someav you can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides...eep your sleep number setting.. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the sleep

jermaine's mom works for the school district, and she wrote the script and went to jermaine who's a quiets? he said, can i get taco bell? she said, let's make a deal, so this happened. >> jermaine knows how to wheel and deal. a quiet kid, he's got the moves down. >> he sure does. >> i like that. >> he sells it, he does. i applaud him. >> i like mom, too. i'd like to see that. >>> we're going to be talking now about the wnba games. they're expected to resume today after an unprecedented walkout over racial injustice and the police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. yesterday baseball and hockey games were postponed as teams from other major sports leagues joined the group. this protest. wnba players and los angeles sparks forward nneka ogwumike has been at the forefront of the calls for justice, and she joins us this morning to discuss. nneka, it's good to see you. thank you for getting up early. i know what it's like when you're there on the west coast. listen, you all took a day off, what they said was for reflection and the decision has been made to return to the court. can you take

. >> this powerful pep talk from 9-year-old jermaine edwards capturing hearts and inspiring kids duringight now. for instance, remote learning. >> when superintendent classes moved online so did he with the help of his mom. the message racked up thousands of views on youtube. >> it's to let them know that it's going to be okay and we believe in them and jermaine added personalities to it and he blew me the world was very heavy. >> to anybody worried about the start of classes, just remember this. >> let's give each other grace. we're all in this together. and we have to support each other. hello. >> amazing. it's an amazing project. by the way, he's the communications director for the school district and originally had another student in mind but that student couldn't make it and she had her son step in and the rest is history. >> yes. >> it's such a great message. >> stick around pop news is next. look at that embarrassing you. that wall is your everest. but not any more. today let's paint. and right now, get incredible savings on behr premium paints and stains. exclusively at the home

. >> seth: high school i am like 30 years younger than him, jermaine. >> i thought he was ian's dad.'s not, why would he be in this meeting? >> i don't know. because it's take your dad to zoom meeting day >> seth: mike, i've told you 100 times that's not a thing, buddy. >> and i have told you 100 times that it should be. so, you know what? i'm actually going to call my dad now and tell him not to come >> seth: all right guys, let's get back to the important thing. who was the strange old man who infiltrated our zoom meeting with admittedly a pretty decent sketch idea. [ door bell ring ] >> hello, seth sorry to interrupt, but real fast, i found perfect clips of sanjay gupta looking perturbed and/or stupefied >> seth: that is great news. >> but i talked to production, and if we want it for tonight's program, it would be better if we shoot all the questions very soon >> seth: go for it >> so, i should write up a bunch of those questions and send them to you >> seth: yep yes. totally. thank you. he's good. >> i mean, he's really good. >> seth: yeah, like he does a good job >> and he seem

it's the first time patrick, lee, jermaine and chris have been back here since the 13th ofjune, a dayest, patrick picked up an injured white protester, then all four men shielded him to safety. we went out there just to make sure our kids did not get themselves into any form of lasting trouble that they would regret, half—an—hour later. an outdoor gym in brixton in south london. it's where some of the men train and mentor young people. they formed a new group, utcai. it stands for united to change and inspire. we would like to think we were united as fathers on the day, going down there to, you know, oversee our youngsters, that we change the narrative, that negative stereotype that there's always been, unfortunately, of black men. and also, here to inspire everybody else. each of the men will be focusing on key areas they say need to change. forjermaine, it's the criminal justice system and the way black men are treated by the police. me and lee, we were on a moped. lee's qualified, got the insurance, everything, but we were on the moped with our t—shirts on and the hoodie version to

and it is here, this act of thinking that is jermaine to this program. the knee grow is present in white, hallway went to high school. there were three needle boys. we were a fun for people, or at least our fathers were, and the tradition of judging each man by his merits, had by no means fared out. even though the needle is outside our tradition, i think apart. in the sense we not really saw him, that's what we saw friends. we never looked honestly at me grows. the way we let's lay look at the anatomy of a grasshopper. or we looked but we have been told what to see. and what we saw was not the reality. the way it was supposed to be. they played music, and we knew and they were always happy. so we were told. we were allowed to like them as we wished, but not to know them. there were something apart from us, from our client. entertaining, funny, gay ignorant, foolish but perhaps above all never to be trusted. it was like some giant conspiracy, to which all lent what talents they had. even sadly in the room self. here's a film made in 1916, the star is bur

with the help of his mom, the communications director for his school district, jermaine's pep talk rackedf views online. she says he wanted to put a video together for kids and parents to lift their spirits as the school year begins. kid superintendent has some style. >> he's adorable, are you kidding? very cute and smart. >>> good morning, everyone. we're looking at our air quality throughout the day today, and the next several days. this is a spare the air alert, where you see the pink there indicating the worst air quality. that's taking you through the rest of the day today. early mond going to push the fog, or i should say, the smoke and haze offshore. air quality should improve as we get through the week but there's a price to pay for that. hotter temperatures, lower relative humidity, and with that, the air dries out and fire danger increases. 90 today in livermore, 78 in fremont, 65 in san francisco. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, our subtle warming trend today, getting under way really tomorrow and throughout the first week of september, which really is typical around he

. >> and i mentioned a second ago, your wife is a nurse which is jermaine to the whole conversation becauseave this unique front-row seat to your wife coming home every day after dealing with presumably covid patients, correct. >> every day she comes home and we have this routine where he walks in the door, she changes her clothes before they gets into the house so we have a little containment unit there so she could change and walks in, no shoes in the house ever. we touch -- everything she touches we wash and scrub down and she bathes and then we sanitize everything twice to be sure nothing got tracked in. >> what is your plan, if the governor doesn't budge on this? >> well, i'm going to go to school and do my job. i'm going to wear a mask and a shield. and i'm going to make sure that i'm helping with other teachers to teach kids how to be safe. and as an art teacher, what i'm going to do is sort of try to sow as much joy because it is going to be a difficult year. and i think i'm the one subject that is able to do that. >> you heard the president this morning say that schools should be o

jermaine not being able to see her daughter, barry not able to see his wife, being separated by plexiglass. those are small concerns but you can multiply them across the population of our nursing homes an long-term care facilities, and if that isn't something that the senate cares about, there is something wrong with the senate. we tried to give the senate something to do, so we have the nursing home covid-19 protection act. it's $20 billion for staffing support for testing because there's not enough testing, for personal protective equipment for the staff who serve really heroically and tragically underpaid in these circumstances in these facilities. it encourages successful practices like cohorting, it provides responses like surge teams when a place becomes so hit with covid that the staff are quarantined out. who's going to come in? we were deploying the national guard in nursing homes. no, we need trained surge teams that provide for those things, and data so people learn fast and know what to do to take care of us. we have a solution and i hope very much the senate will care enough t

for jermaine is about how black men are treated by police.ver. we just looked suspicious. what do you mean? did you run the plates? no. two black guys on ipad, two black men, fathers, on a biped —— motorhead. chris will be focusing on mental health. he had a breakdown at the end of last year and left his work. sometimes you need to go through hell to get to heaven and by health was going through the experience of not feeling valued so one of my purposes now is to also connect with people who are going through that similar self—doubt, who are going through anxiety, depression, within the black community because there is still a long way to go but we are on the right track now. lee's son callu m the right track now. lee's son callum is 11. they've been kickboxing since callum was five. when you were in year 9, you are asked what you want to be? when you were in year 9, you are asked what you want to be ?|j when you were in year 9, you are asked what you want to be? i said i wa nted asked what you want to be? i said i wanted to be a drug dealer.

it's something i started working on with jermaine dupre, my friend who we love, years ago and i don'te component that we're putting everything together with right now called "save the day." >> you stay right there. we'll be right back, everybody. thank you, mariah. out friday and i'm looking forward to it. there is a charitable component that we're putting everything together with right now called "save the day." >> you stay right there. we'll be right back, everybody. thank you, mariah. >>> good morning. in the news we have been following all morning long is of those wildfires burn ng the north bay. we want to take a moment to get you caught up on everything we know that's going on right now. we know a lot of you are waking up to the smell of smoke this morning. the fires are causing really bad air quality across the bay area and we are going to be dealing with another day of ott temperatures so we want to get to mike for a check of the forecast. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi. hi, everybody. i wish i had good news for you, but i don't. i was just checking air quality on

host: let's go to jermaine who was calling from new york. good morning. caller: good morning.ow are you doing? host: go ahead. is, i feel thing like we are divided as black people. first of all like the brother said who just called about the lady talking about she would have shot him in the back. come on, now. that is crazy. that is part of the problem, too. she is talking about she is a trump supporter. me, talking about another guy saying he does not stand behind black lives matter, we don't stand behind each other. take the republicans. the map -- no matter what trump says, cleaner in your body, they stand behind him, no matter what. they still want him to be the president. blacks, iou have some don't know if they want to be white, they can't stand people of their own color. you have people wanting to do things off on their own. i made it now, i should not help anybody, there is no togetherness. but if we came together, the power and the strength that we unbelievablet is if we could just do it. host: let's go to troy who was calling from oso, oklahoma. , myer: good morning