>> new tributes for actor chadwick boseman pouring in overnight. what we're learning about his private battle with cancer and how he kept it hidden for years. plus, terrifying tangle. the moment a toddler gets dragged into the air by a kite. >> what do you get a billionaire for his birthday? the major milestone that had bill gates giving a homemade gift. and going gaga, the big winner of the night at a one of a kind vmas. and a good monday morning, everyone. i'm will reeve. kenneth is off. >> i'm mona kosar abdi. we begin with the violent clashes erupting between supporters of president trump and blacks live matter. >> this is new video from overnight showing a violent arrest on the street in portland. several arrests have been reported overnight. it all comes as we learn more about the man killed in a shooting in that city over the weekend. as protests grow over the police scheidting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin, the governor of wisconsin is asking president trump to reconsider his visit to kenosha tomorrow. abc's megan tevrizian starts us off. this morning, new details emerging about the right wing supporter killed during a weekend of violence in portland, oregon. chilling video from saturday showing the man getting shot while wearing a blue lives matter flag. the gunman then running away. >> we ask that anyone with information or video or eyewitness accounts, please come forward and share that information with our investigators. >> reporter: the shooting came during dueling dem ters and mchers demanding racial e victim is a supporter of the group. members describe themselves as right wing activists who reject white supremacists' ideology. the group's founder identifying the victim as aaron j. danielson calling him a good friend. and president trump retweeting an article with danielson's picture writing, rest in peace. earlier sunday president trump sharing video of his supporters driving into portland calling those in the caravan great patriots and also calling portland's mayor ted wheeler incompetent. the mayor then blasting trump. >> do you seriously wonder, mr. president, why this is the first time in decades that america has seen this level of violence. it's you who have created the hate and the division. >> reporter: the violence in portland escalating in the wake of the shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin, where hundreds took to the streets in mostly peaceful protests this weekend, but wisconsin's governor now asking president trump to reconsider his planned visit tomorrow concerned it could hinder healing efforts as the city continues to face the fallout after blake, a black man, was shot seven times in the back. trump's visit is scheduled one week after 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed two people during a protest in the aftermath of blake's death. sunday morning, the president liking a tweet thread that started with, kyle rittenhouse is a good example of why i decided to vote for trump. rittenhouse's attorneys argue those shootings in the street were in self-defense. >> we believe he incited this violence. >> reporter: blake's family has repeatedly called for peace. his uncle suggests president trump may be partially to blame for the violence. >> i mean how could they not be feeding on violence when our man in the white house is steady drumming it up, did you think it wouldn't dribble down to the streets? it has. >> reporter: jacob blake's uncle says while his family has not heard from the president yet, he says joe biden has reached out to his family. will, mona. >> megan, thank you. speaking of joe biden, he hits the road today. he's heading to pennsylvania and it comes amid a new showdown between the white house and congress after a top intelligence official suddenly canceled insuperb in-person briefings about the threat of foreign interference in november's election. abc's ines de la cuetara is here with more. ines, good morning. >> reporter: mona, top democrats are demanding to know why the administration is ending in-person briefings for election security issues. they're even threatening to subpoena the director of national intelligence. this morning, outrage on after the director of national intelligence announced a halt to in-person briefings on foreign interference in the election saying that the agency will instead brief congress in writing. >> you have leakers on the committee, leakers that are doing bad things. >> reporter: president trump praising the move claiming it was needed because democrats leaked intelligence about russian interference after the last briefing. this morning, democrats are threatening to subpoena the director of national intelligence forcing him to testify on election interference. house speaker nancy pelosi calling the change a betrayal of the public's right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy. >> leaks are always improper and sometimes they're illegal but, of course, this is a falsehood, yet again another lie by the president. it's rather than speaking to congress. that doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: it comes as a new abc news ipsos poll shows last week's convention at the white house failed to give president trump a boost, less than one-third of voters have a favorable view of him. his favorability even dipping among republicans. in contrast joe biden saw his support among democrats climb after his convention. his favorability among all americans now at 46%. overnight, biden's team announcing his plans for later today in pennsylvania where his campaign says biden will deliver a speech centering around the core question facing voters, are you safe in donald trump's america? in a late night tweet, the president mocking biden who's been holed up in his delaware home for months during the pandemic. the president writing that biden's team is rushing him out of the basement after seeing some very disturbing numbers. don't worry, he'll go back to basement soon. and the president pushing his law and order message while in new hampshire this weekend. >> we are all that stand between the american people and the left wing mob. >> reporter: one other big issue from washington is the fight over a new coronavirus relief bill. white house chief of staff mark meadows blaming house speaker nancy pelosi for the impasse saying the administration's $1.3 trillion offer deserves attention. pelosi says the proposal doesn't do enough. will and mona. >> ines, thank you. some tense moments in the air for a u.s. military plane flying over the black sea. u.s. officials say a b-52 bomber was buzzed by russian fighter jets. the jets crossing within 100 feet of the bomber's nose. that reduced the b-52's ability to maneuver. the u.s. military called the move unsafe and unprofessional and it says the plane was conducting a routine mission over international waters. more than 370,000 power outages are reported in louisiana and texas this morning, four days after hurricane laurahit the gulf coast. it could be weeks before power is fully restored. tens of thousands of people don't have water. 18 deaths are now blamed on the storm. fema has placed 9,000 evacuees from louisiana in hotels, but some people are living in their cars. >> we just do the best that we can. if it rains, we stand out in the rain just to cool ourselves off. >> we're looking at hopefully maybe getting a hotel room at some point once a hotel opens up that we can go back and forth and shower and sleep once in a while. we have to stay at the house. >> people lucky enough to be spared from the storm are trying to help. one woman turned her spare bedroom into a donation center. >> doing anything they can. it's time now for a look at your forecast on this monday morning. the tropics are heating up. there's a system off north carolina that is expected to stay out to sea but a disturbance could form into a tropical depression by the end of the week. looking at the radar, storms expected today in oklahoma, north texas and arkansas. you can expect heavy rain today in the upper midwest and we'll check today's high temperatures. it's like the fall in the northeast, 70s from d.c. to new england, it's hot in the south today. triple digits down in dallas. coming up, a big announcement from a major airline that will save travelers a whole lot of money. also ahead, more college campuses seeing a surge in coronavirus cases. what parents need to know. up next, the tributes pouring in after the death of actor chadwick boseman at the age of 43. new details about his private back now with that frightening moment on a boat in italy. an explosion launching a woman into the water. this happened on the island of ponzo. amazingly no one was seriously hurt. >> incredible. a big change for united airlines. it has eliminated the change fee on domestic flights. that means customers can change their flights for free. the move is aimed at attracting more travelers during the pandemic by giving them more flexibility. analysts say this move by united will pressure other airlines to follow suit. >> we turn now to the tributes pouring in after the death of "black panther" star chadwick boseman at just 43 years old. we're learning more about his battle with colon cancer which he kept private. even the director of "black panther" says he wasn't aware of boseman's illness. as jackie robinson, he was a heavy hitter in the quest for equality. >> i didn't come here to make friends. >> reporter: in "marshall" he embodied the power of a social justice warrior. >> how could a man have a fair trial when he's denied counsel of his choice? >> reporter: as black panther, he was a force to be reckoned with. >> wakanda forever. >> reporter: chadwick boseman's powerhouse performance as king t'challa defined a film that reached across generations. >> all the little black girls and boys that saw him on that screen got a chance to see themselves as that hero. >> reporter: boseman embodied that spirit both on and off the big screen standing for social justice at every opportunity and forming connections with those who locked up to him taking time to visit cancer patients in the hospital and mourning their loss. that emotional moment even more poignant as the world learns of boseman's own health battle. >> when i found out that they -- whoo, yeah, it means a lot. >> reporter: his family revealing the 43-year-old had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2016 making movies during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the u.s. with more than 53,000 deaths projected to die from the disease this year and doctors say race plays a major factor. >> african-americans are more likely to get and die from colorectal cancer. >> reporter: the news of his passing evoking an outpouring of grief and tributes. >> he had this combination of being an old soul with the most incredible twinkle in his eye. >> kids who see him, they get to dream about and make wishes on that shooting star that was chadwick boseman. >> you were my superhero. you are my black panther. >> so many fans have been touched by boseman that that tweet announcing his death now has more than 10 million likes and retweets, the most ever. coming up, the biggest tournament in tennis begins today. how it's different this year. but first the terrifying moment a toddler is sent flying into the air wrapped up in a kite. once-weekly ozempic® is helping nnouncer) many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! 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should kids immediately come home when cases are reported? >> colleges are going to have outbreaks. it's going to happen. so it comes down to what they'll do to mitigate the spread and colleges should have some type of ability to isolate and quarantine on campus because it's not necessarily a good thing to send every kid back to their home communities if they're out of state, whatever, to spark more outbreaks. >> the cdc says 94% of coronavirus deaths had underlying health conditions. what is the takeaway here? >> the headline is basically saying, 6% of death certificates for people who died from coronavirus listed covid-19 as the only cause. so 94% had covid-19 but also another co-morbidity so could be owe beingty, heart disease, asthma, et cetera. it's not saying that only 6% of deaths are real, which is what is misconstrued right now often on social media. >> a study finds 90% of people infected with coronavirus may not carry enough of it to infect anyone else. does this change anything? 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