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covid spike on campus. colleges and universities struggling to contain the virus. cases doubling at georgia tech in a week. the university locking down a frat house. governor andrew cuomo sending in a s.w.a.t. team of testers and tracers to address another surge. this as the u.s. open gets under way. one player already leaving the tennis bubble after testing positive. abc news exclusive. melania trump's former close friend and trusted adviser pulling back the curtain on who she says the real melania is. >> so the melania i first met versus the melania there is today is a very different person. >> what she says melania told her about the infamous "access hollywood" tape, their so-called "operation block ivanka" and what she claims is the truth behind this inauguration moment that sparked the free melania moment. the first interview only on "gma" this morning. wild ride. a toddler tangled up in a giant kite and swept over 30 feet into the air. the amazing moment she is safely pulled from the sky. and celebrating a hero. >> wakanda forever! >> honoring the life and legacy of chadwick boseman, the hollywood star who commanded the silver screen portraying icons -- ♪ this is a man's world >> -- and becoming one as black panther. the groundbreaking actor and activist inspiring millions while privately battling colon cancer. this morning the tributes pouring in for the irreplaceable king from all over the world. good morning, america. good to be with you on this monday morning. so many people around the world honoring the life and career of chadwick boseman. >> yeah, we're seeing it all weekend, rest in power. boseman's "black panther" co-star angela bassett taking to social media writing, this young man's dedication was awe inspiring, his smile contagious, his talent unreal. >> so sad. we will be celebrating his life this morning. we'll have much more on chadwick's life and legacy coming up. but we begin with another night of unrest after a weekend of clashes in portland, oregon. >> we're learning more about the man killed in that saturday night shooting as protests grow over the police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. let's go right to kayna whitworth in portland with the latest. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. so as we approach nearly 100 nights of unrest here in portland, the city's police chief says they desperately need calm. he's asking for people to focus on what they have in common, not what divides them, because lives are at stake. in portland, after hours of warnings for the crowd to dissipate, officers responded. officers are shooting. police seen here pinning down a protester repeatedly punching the person as other officers blocked the view. battles erupting between demonstrators and counter-protesters. and the president and local officials. portland's mayor blasting president trump after a weekend of violent clashes in his city and the death of a right wing supporter. >> 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 has created the hate and division. >> reporter: the president firing back on twitter calling the mayor weak and pathetic. this as we learn new details about the clashes that unfolded saturday. hundreds of trump supporters caravanning into the city confronting protesters. here you see a truck appearing to spray people as it drives by. later in the night this video showing a man opening fire. >> and i saw the guy come up like this with the bear mace and lay it into the two guys in front of him, and then i heard the shots, like, it was that fast. it was mace, pop, pop, and the guy who had the bear mace turned and took three or four steps and then fell. >> reporter: the man who died was wearing a blue lives matter flag and a patriot prayer hat. a right wing group whose members have clashed with portland protesters in the past. >> we ask that anyone with information or video or eyewitness accounts please come forward and share that information with our investigators. >> reporter: the fbi and atf now assisting with that investigation. all this as nationwide anger escalates over the shooting of jacob blake. peaceful protests in kenosha, wisconsin saturday. hundreds calling for justice. abc news reporter zohreen shah spoke with blake's uncle asking if the president plans to meet with them. >> has he reached out to your family about visiting you on tuesday? >> no, he hasn't. but we say thank you to vice president biden and sister harris. they did reach out to speak to our brother. >> reporter: an investigation is under way in kenosha after 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed two people. amy, his lawyer saying it was self-defense. >> all right, kayna whitworth, thank you for that. president trump weighing in on all the unrest in a weekend of tweeting about everything from portland to kenosha and now taking direct aim at joe biden. senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has the very latest with just 64 days until the election. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: yeah, amy. good morning to you. right around the corner, 65 tweets on civil unrest in american cities. that was just on sunday alone tweeting about everything that kayna mentioned including to show support for kyle rittenhouse and zeroing in on portland's mayor, calling him a fool and tweeting out his office phone number so supporters can call in and demand his resignation. that caravan of trump supporters that kayna also mentioned, he's calling them great patriots. the president is also scheduled to visit kenosha tomorrow. the white house says this is going to be show support for businesses and law enforcement there. the state's democratic governor is asking president trump flat out to not come. he says this will impact the healing that needs to be done in that city. this is all part of president trump leaning into this law and order message ahead of this election. he is zeroing in on joe biden as well on this front. biden is firing back accusing the president of fanning flames of hate and division in order to whip up his supporters into a real frenzy. >> cecilia, there was another development over the weekend, president trump's director of national intelligence telling congress his office is going to scale back briefings on election security. >> reporter: yeah, this has democrats right here in washington really outraged right now. he says he's not going to brief them in person. he's going to brief them in writing instead. he is accusing democrats and other politicians of having leaked information in the past though the white house and the administration is not offering any evidence to back that up but, amy, take a look. this is the reaction from house speaker nancy pelosi and minority leader chuck schumer calling this, a, quote, shocking abdication and a betrayal of the public's right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy, amy. >> all right, cecilia vega, thank you. michael. >> thank you, amy. now to the coronavirus emergency as colleges across the country are seeing a surge in cases, the u.s. closing in on 6 million cases and reporting more than 183,000 deaths as california becomes the first state to surpass 700,000 cases. abc's eva pilgrim joins us with the latest at the home of the u.s. open in new york with more on that tennis player who tested positive as that tournament gets under way, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the first grand slam tennis event since this pandemic started is scheduled to begin here today, and even with all the strict safety guidelines, a player has now tested positive. it's a delicate balance that sporting events, businesses and schools are juggling as they try to start going back to normal. campus covid cases rising. colleges and universities struggling to control coronavirus outbreaks. in new york, suny is closing for two weeks after a spike in cases following a large party. the governor sending in what he calls a s.w.a.t. team of testers and tracers to address the issues. >> because we have such a high caseload, suny upstate medical sent 3,000 tests to be able to test our students and our staff over the next few days. in addition, the governor is sending 70 contact tracers, has sent folks from the new york state department of health to assist. >> reporter: at georgia tech the number of new covid cases more than doubling in just eight days according to the school, jumping from 252 to 705. the university locking down a fraternity house after an outbreak. students have only been back in class for two weeks. dr. deborah birx acknowledging the problem students across the country have. >> most university students are not going to know they're infected. >> reporter: meanwhile as the first round of the u.s. open is set to start today, news that a player has withdrawn from the tournament. according to the associated press, it was after testing positive. the player was reportedly asymptomatic. the players will be playing in an empty stadium. no fans. players and coaches sequestered in a bubble at an exclusive hotel, tested twice in their first 48 hours and then every four days after. and during the height of this pandemic, this stadium was actually turned into an overflow hospital to take those patients from a hard hit hospital nearby. the usta will honor frontline workers each night here at the stadium during this tournament recognizing their work in the fight against covid, tom. >> they deserve it. all right, thank you so much. now to honoring the life and legacy of actor and activist chadwick boseman. this morning tributes are pouring in from all over the world honoring the 43-year-old "black panther" star who lost his very private battle with cancer which even the director of the groundbreaking superhero film admits he didn't know about. t.j. holmes joins us now with more on boseman's life and legacy. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, and like a lot of folks i spent the weekend going back and watching "black panther" and you watch that movie now in even greater awe knowing that in chadwick boseman, every line, every scene, every fight sequence, every smile, every emotion you see is coming from a guy who knew he was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer as he was giving that performance. a lot of people are going back and remembering him now. but also we are just finding out about his quiet off screen heroism. >> wakanda forever! >> reporter: as the iconic black panther, chadwick boseman became an inspiration for millions. >> i'm not king of all people. i am king of wakanda. >> reporter: the first black superhero to star in his own movie. >> why is it important to you that there's a movie like this that represents black heroes? >> it's important because i didn't have this growing up. i just know what it's going to mean to you when you see it that it can give you a certain type of confidence when you walk through the world. >> reporter: his death at the age of 43 from colon cancer shocked the world. he received the diagnosis four years ago and kept his battle private. the loss felt by children everywhere. a much needed superhero gone and those kids remembering the man who made a dream a reality. >> to have someone who is african-american be a lead in a movie, he was someone that looked like us. >> reporter: his secret struggle even kept from his closest co-workers like his "black panther" director ryan coogler, saying after his family released their statement, i realized that he was living with this illness the entire time i knew him but while he was suffering he was still bringing joy to countless others, inspiring graduates at his alma mater, howard university. >> i don't know what your future is, but if you are willing to take the harder way, the more complicated one, the one with more failures at first than successes, the one that has ultimately proven to have more meaning, more victory, more glory, then you will not regret it. >> how are you? >> good. i loved your movie. >> reporter: visiting children with cancer at st. jude's. >> he said, no. >> reporter: from jackie robinson to james brown. ♪ this is a man's world to chief justice thurgood marshall. >> here we're promised equal protection under the law. >> reporter: boseman became a hollywood star portraying icons and now he'll be remembered by so many for his remarkable work. >> death, it's not the end. >> reporter: overnight his marvel universe castmates remembering the man behind the suit as so much more than just the man you saw on screen. >> i didn't have enough time with chadwick. he was here far too short a time. >> chadwick was a deeply kind and gentle person. there will forever be an irreplaceable piece missing from our marvel family. >> he is a historical figure as the black panther, but also such a good and decent human being. >> to all of those little kids that love black panther and look to t'challa as their hero, just know the guy who played him is an even bigger hero in real life. >> guys, there was much debate, and a lot of people upset on twitter last night at anybody even trying to talk about "black panther 2" at this point. it had been announced, but ryan coogler put out a statement saying he had been writing, working on the words for chadwick boseman to say for that next movie and he used this word, destined. he said we just weren't destined to see him in that role. guys. >> wow. i mean, what a beautiful man and just to learn more about how he lived while he was dying is so inspirational and hopefully a lesson for all of us to learn. >> always great to talk to. always sincere and sweet and almost a little hint of shyness. i always loved every conversation i had with him. >> a humble hero in every way. >> incredible he kept fighting and working through it all. we're going to have much more on chadwick boseman coming up including why colon cancer disproportionately affects the black community, and we'll hear from his marvel co-star, robert downey jr. amy? now to laura's devastating aftermath. thousands left homeless after the deadly storm battled louisiana and over 350,000 people still without power. it could be weeks before they get it back on. victor oquendo is in hard hit lake charles with the latest for us. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, amy. this is all that's left of this men's wear shop. the destruction is so widespread nearly every building taking a hit. just look right here, this roof blown right off. here in lake charles, the road to recovery is a long one. dire scenes across louisiana this morning. tens of thousands without water. hundreds of thousands left in the dark, possibly for weeks as the south works to recover from last week's deadly hurricane. >> it's going to be a long and difficult process to restore power. >> reporter: hurricane laura to blame for at least 18 deaths in louisiana and texas. the category 4 storm's 150-mile-per-hour winds demolishing the town of lake charles when it made landfall thursday morning. hundreds lining up for food and supplies in louisiana. fema has placed about 9,000 those spared from the storm looking to help. hanna turned her spare bedroom into a donation center and met a young couple who lost everything. >> the little girl held me and told me thank you so much as she and her boyfriend who is 19 slept on the papa john's parking lot with nothing but a bag of clothes. nothing. i knew that it wasn't time for me to stop helping. >> reporter: the mayor says at this point they're implementing the best of a bunch of bad options but they will rebuild one brick at a time. tom? >> thank you so much for that report. now to the wild video out of taiwan. we want to let you know the child in this video is okay. the 3-year-old, yes, that is a 3-year-old, swept over 30 feet into the air after getting tangled in the strings of a giant orange kite at a festival sunday. the little girl twisting several times in the air as shocked onlookers rush to help her. her parents say she was shaken by the unexpected flight. i would think so, but thankfully she was not injured. officials stopped the kite festival after this incident. >> that's scary. >> wow, all right, we're glad she's okay. we're following other headlines this morning including our exclusive interview with the former friend and adviser to melania trump. what she says about the first lady's relationship with her stepdaughter and the so-called "operation block ivanka" only on "gma." plus, much more on chadwick boseman's private battle with colon cancer and we'll hear from his "black panther" co-star forest whitaker as well. first, let's go to ginger. hey, ginger. michael, in the wake of laura, this is not what you want to see. the atlantic ocean popping with tropical waves as the kids would say, going toward these two. we're watching central america, that southern one, and right 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>> oh, a trump is a trump is a trump. >> reporter: this morning, stephanie winston wolkoff, the former close friend, confidante, and trusted adviser of the first lady is pulling back the curtain on who she sayd the real melania trump is in her new book "melania and me." >> you talk about how melania prizes her privacy above all things. give us a sense of the woman you came to know as a friend for quite some time. >> melania and i first met when i was at "vogue" before she met donald. she was single. she was striving. she wasn't, you know, a "vogue" cover model yet, so the melania i first met versus the melania that is there today is a very different person. >> reporter: before their bitter fallout over stephanie's role in what became the most expensive inauguration in history, they were close friends for more than a decade. >> 15 years of friendship. you all had kind of like a fun girlfriend whimsical times, right, with selfies and duck lips and lunches. >> what attracted me to melania was her strength, independence, attitude. she told you on her jacket, i don't care. she doesn't care what anybody thinks about her. that's true confidence. >> reporter: that strength is something stephanie says was on full display after the "access hollywood" tape came out, a moment many thought would derail donald trump's run for president. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ]. you can do anything. >> the day that the "access hollywood" tape came out she had reached out to me to have lunch. now, if any other human being or any other one of my friends, i would have expected to see them in tears, right? she was smiling. it was as if nothing happened. i swear to you i had a glitch in my brain because i was like is this really happening in this moment? is it surreal that her husband just came out and said these horrible things? and i said to her, how many times have you heard the word [ bleep ] and president in the same sentence, and we burst out laughing. then i said to her, are you upset though? does it get you angry that donald would say something like this? melania is a pragmatist. melania always -- if you can't control people's emotions, then why even worry about it. and that's how she lived her life and that is what she stood by every day. that was the only time that there was even a possibility that donald wouldn't win the election was because of his tape that had come out. >> i've just received a call from secretary clinton. >> reporter: after donald trump's victory in the 2016 election, stephanie says melania and the newly minted president turned to her for help. for years stephanie was anna wintour's go-to woman and she produced the star-studded met gala for a decade, and now stephanie was being tapped to play a key role in the first lady's office and planning of the inauguration. in her book she alleges a back-stabbing and competitive relationship between melania and her stepdaughter ivanka even quoting the first lady as calling ivanka the princess. stephanie says ivanka approached her to make sure she was placed prominently next to her father when president trump was sworn into office. >> you don't do that to the first lady of the united states of america. you do not try to position yourself more important, and melania was not having that. she looked at me and said, you mean princess. we both started laughing because ivanka turned into the princess who wanted to be queen. >> "operation block ivanka." explain that. >> when i spoke with melania about the picture itself, we figured out how to make sure that barron was in between donald and melania, and that to melania's right would be donald junior, and then ivanka would be next. >> reporter: keeping ivanka blocked from the historic photo. stephanie says she has proof to back up her stories. >> i can back up everything that's in the book. 100%. >> with audiotapes? >> i could back up the book. there's nothing in the book that i can't back up, not one word, and donald and melania know that. >> reporter: now, there are reports that she does have audiotapes. wolkoff would not confirm or deny that, and she did not provide documentation that would support the claims she made in her book or also in her interview with us. as for ivanka trump she declined to comment. the first lady's office did release a statement to abc news saying, anybody who secretly tapes their self-described best friend is by definition dishonest. the book is full of mistruths and paranoia and clearly based on some imagined need for revenge. amy? >> all right, linsey. we appreciate it. wolkoff's book "melania and me: the rise and fall of my friendship with the first lady" is out tomorrow. we will have much more with her coming up in our next hour including new claims about the first lady and president trump's relationship. michael. >> all right, thank you so much, amy. coming up next, we have more on chadwick boseman's private battle with colon cancer, what everyone needs to know about the disease and how it affects people of color. we'll be right back. what everyone needs to know about the disease and how it affects people of color. we'll be right back. hink of a b, you think of people in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can save for an emergency from here. or pay bills from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank. or here's my bank. or, here's my bank. because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. visit chase.com/mobile. at 30 calories v8 is surprisingly filling. you can have yogurt for 30 calories too, but the portion might be a little less satisfying. v8 the original plant powered drink. veg up. but the portion might be a little less satisfying. ♪ new school year, whatever that means ♪ ♪ from the sporty chic to the stem star ♪ ♪ go show off your 'fit, let's raise the bar ♪ whatever this year looks like, get fresh looks at old navy and oldnavy.com. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. once-weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it starts acting from the first dose. and it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in people with known heart disease or multiple risk factors. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, changes in vision, or diabetic retinopathy. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. taking trulicity with sulfonylurea or insulin raises low blood sugar risk. side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, belly pain, and decreased appetite, which lead to dehydration and may worsen kidney problems. we're committed to helping ensure trulicity is available and affordable. learn more at trulicity.com. 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>> good morning, michael. i have to say i sat like many others in a state of confusion and sadness during this weekend. as a physician i also sat and thought about all the many cases that present to the emergency room with the early symptoms of the possibility of colorectal cancer, and how many of them have gone onto different paths depending on their access to care and the way they look. >> definitely feeling your sadness as well, and why are people of color disproportionately affected by colon cancer and many other illnesses? >> as we know, disparities exist, and people of color unfortunately present with colon cancer at later stages or more advanced stages of colorectal cancer than their white counterparts and are more likely to dais -- as mortality rates are higher for black americans. what we find the answer to that question is multivariable. there are limits to access to care. there are issues with cost of care and also just a lack of community awareness and education, but i think one of the biggest problems is that there's a barrier in communication between providers and patients. the discussion of colorectal cancer and the early symptoms is a really awkward discussion, and if there is a level of comfort and trust that doesn't exist, these notes can often be lost and that can leave a moment where can you have a crucial interaction for prevention that you won't have if you don't have that level of comfort and contact between your provider and yourself. >> definitely got to that. what could be done to bridge the medical gap that exists? 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>> this thing has taken on its own life. it's amazing. it's amazing to watch how excited people are. it's amazing to see these little black panthers. [ applause ] right here. >> reporter: "black panther" director ryan coogler saying he was a special person. we would often speak about heritage and what it means to be african. when preparing for the film he would ponder every decision, every choice, not just for how it would reflect on himself but how those choices could reverberate. they not ready for this, what we are doing, this is "star wars," this, is "lord of the rings" but for us and bigger. "black panther" co-star forest whitaker talking to robin sunday night about a pivotal scene where his character is crowned king. >> feel this energy as if there was a transformation that was going on. and i thought that was really powerful, that it was actually happening. i think it's that kind of discipline but openness. >> yeah. >> that allowed part of the phenomenon of the "black panther" to occur like all the different things that happened from what he did. he was sort of inspiring people to remember their heritage and lineage and ancestry and the beauty of the black culture. >> reporter: "the avengers" co-star robert downey jr. saying this to robin about being on set with boseman. >> toward the end of the third "avengers," "the infinity war" there was this we all kind of lose together, and i remember it was one of those few days that all of the -- all of the avengers were together and there was just the way that he walked on set and the immense success that had occurred and rightfully so with "black panther" and he was just in this kind of stratus of his own but always, always humble. always hard working, always a smile on his face and just -- and now looking back all the more i realize just what an incredibly graceful human being he was. >> reporter: walt disney company executive chairman bob iger saying overnight -- >> i don't think people appreciated just how great he was while he was living and while it's exhilarating to hear all these great things being said and written about him, it's only my hope that he would have heard them while he was still with us. >> and, again, he was diagnosed in 2016 according to his family, guys. that means at least seven movies including "black panther" all made after the diagnosis. his family says he went through countless surgeries and chemotherapy during that time while he was making these movies. that is just unbelievable to hear and those folks we heard from did not even know on set with him what he was going through. >> just remarkable. >> amazing and courageous. all right. we're going to turn now to more of our abc news exclusive of melania trump's former close friend and adviser stephanie winston wolkoff. her blockbuster new memoir, "melania and me," giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the trumps' marriage in and out of the white house and abc's linsey davis sat down with her for her first interview, and she is back with more. good morning again. >> reporter: hey, good morning again to you, tom. from cover to cover this book offers blistering commentary about the first lady and her family. stephanie winston wolkoff details everything from melania's penchant for emojis to the chorus of voices who she says warned her about working with the trumps. she now describes that as her biggest regret. >> the melania i knew loved to be, you know, in trump tower in her trump bathrobe with her pink dumbbells, and i don't think melania ever did imagine that this was what she was going to be doing day in and day out. >> reporter: in her new book "melania and me," stephanie winston wolkoff, former close friend and white house adviser to the first lady, gives her up close account of the trump family. >> you've said that she and donald are the perfect match. >> before donald and melania got married, he made it very explicit that he did not want to have a wife that wanted to be in the spotlight as much as he did, like ivana, and melania obliged to that, and that's what makes their marriage work for them. >> people have always said that they don't think that melania wanted him to win. but you say otherwise. >> melania felt it was just as much a victory for her as it was for him. >> early on in the administration, a lot of the public perceptions were about, like, free melania, or they would see her, you know, appear to not hold hands with the president. >> i just want to clear up the free melania, #freemelania. the back story to that is, you know, a picture says a thousand words. this one got it totally wrong. when donald turned around and looked at melania and as he was to your knowled turning away the camera captured her face. >> while being sworn in. >> barron has accidentally kicked her ankle and in that second she was jabbed and it hurt and so she grimaced. like it was a look of pain. it wasn't a look of disgust. and so as her friend, you know, after all this was coming out, why don't you tell everyone that is what happened? that is what happens with our kids, and nope. she -- and as her adviser, i said i think it's really important that you tell people what happened because it's not that big of a deal, but what makes melania melania is the mystery, right? everyone wants to know who she is so by remaining mysterious and not telling the public something so natural and normal happened, it keeps the mystery alive, right? she's put up this steel barrier around her and it's -- she's maintained her privacy and no one is getting in. so the melania i know, right, as unflappable as she can appear and as, you know, there is emotion, and there are things happening, but she doesn't want anyone to create her story. >> reporter: stephanie says her loyalty to melania was her achilles heel, and that the relationship soured when she says she became the scapegoat for what became by far the most expensive inauguration in history, costing $104 million, prompting investigations. >> so now it's a tremendous honor to have the first dance with melania. >> reporter: in february 2018, press reports questioned how much money stephanie had made for her work on the inauguration. for the record, she says after payments to vendors she personally made $480,000, and she says she was devastated when melania did not publicly support her. >> when the time came where i needed her to come out and tell the truth about that, she honestly folded like a deck of cards. >> reporter: stephanie questioned many inauguration expenditures. >> i think when i saw that a tree was, you know, a tree you could buy for $10 was a thousand dollars or a stage that would cost $100,000 was a million dollars, i mean, those are when things started seeming questionable to me. >> reporter: she says she still is working with three criminal investigations into inauguration spending. the presidential inauguration committee says it disagrees with stephanie's characterizations of this historic event. the uproar over inauguration spending also brought to a close her work as an unpaid adviser to melania and their friendship. >> if melania were sitting in the room right now, what would you say to her? >> look, i think melania is going to have mixed feelings after reading this book and i think it's going to hurt because it all speaks for itself. >> reporter: the first lady's team responding saying, the book is full of mistruths and paranoia. for its part, the white house is dismissing the validity of this book. one white house spokesperson accuses the author of trying to profit off lies and mischaracterizations meant to harm the first family, tom. >> all right, linsey, thank you for that. her book, "melania and me: the rise and fall of my friendship with the first lady" goes on sale tomorrow. let's go back to ginger. tom, we had two ef-1 tornadoes over the weekend in parts of new york state. first in stillwater 100-mile-per-hour winds, quarter mile path there. 110-mile-per-hour winds and now that was 1 1/4 mile path, and these are strong ones with the flash flood threat. right here from tulsa and oklahoma city right through the well, now to an intimate look at queen elizabeth ii. the national geographic channel special "being the queen" reveals the impact public events have had on the monarch's private life during her six decades on the throne with rare interviews with family members and associates, and maggie rulli is at buckingham palace with a preview of it. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, amy. good morning. yeah, queen elizabeth is britain's longest reigning monarch and she's held that position alongside more than a dozen prime ministers but she's also a woman who is fiercely protective of her privacy so having the chance to get this inside look is something that doesn't happen very often for the public. it's a rare glimpse into the life of queen elizabeth ii including how she and philip first met. she was 12. philip, almost a senior cadet at dartmouth naval college. >> nobody thought of falling in love and remaining in love with that person for the rest of her life. >> reporter: in the new national geographic special, "being the queen," rare recordings provide a firsthand take of deeply private moments inside the house of windsor like the moment the young elizabeth and her husband philip heard about the death of her father king george vi. it was while on a trip to kenya. michael parker was right there and broke the news. >> his first reaction was one of almost a huge weight hit him when he went in to tell the queen and she was, you know, weeping desperately for the loss of her father, and then she straightened up, fully conscious of the fact that she was queen. >> reporter: and what it was like when she returned home, the crown awaiting. >> there was no time then for her to grieve. this 25-year-old realized that the end of her private life had come and that for the rest of her life she would be a public figure till the day she died. >> reporter: well, the special also dives into her at times tenuous relationship with her sister margaret as well as her sometimes criticized response at the death of princess diana. amy. >> all right, maggie, thank you. "being the queen" airs tonight on the national geographic channel. coming up, john david washington joins us live. washington joins us live. >> announcer: friday on "gma," it's the one, the only usher. ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah >> announcer: friday, usher is going to ignite your holiday weekend only on "gma's" summer concert series sponsored by caesars rewards. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron. state legislators are expected to vote on a bill to protect tenants who are falling behind on rent because of the coronavirus pandemic. if passed, renters will not be evicted if they pay at least 25% of the rent every month for the next five months. good morning. we'll start up in the north bay where we have pockets of unhealthy for sensitive and unhealthy for all of us in vacaville. it gets cleaner through the south bay. as far as the commute, it has to do with the smog this morning and the unhealthy air quality through the afternoon. a little cooler and cloner wednesday and thursday. good morning, coming up we'll take with kristin chenoweth. and easy shortcuts and tricks for your next labor day cookout coming up. and we'll find out why it's never too early to get ready for the holidays. all of that coming up. back to you. we'll have another update in about 30 ♪ bring me a higher love ♪ bring me a higher love welcome back to "gma." as hundreds of thousands of people in louisiana struggle without power and water from hurricane laura, not far away the ninth ward of new orleans still feels hurricane katrina's devastation 15 years later. but what one hometown hero, a veteran, is doing is emblematic of the spirit and resilience of the community even now in the midst of covid-19. ♪ >> you want something to eat. you come to this location. you want a haircut. you come in here. you want to wash your clothes, you come in here. >> reporter: this is the lower ninth ward market that burnell cotlon opened in the hard hit section of new orleans. >> i did this because it's my community. i live here. this is my backyard. my home. >> reporter: the memories of katrina's wrath are still painful for the army veteran, a decade and a half later. >> i still can see katrina where it used to be houses it's overgrown weeds and trash and debris. >> reporter: but he's committed to seeing his neighborhood's rebirth. >> this is the only store. this is it. there's nothing else around. that's why it's so important for me not to quit. >> you go in his store and just find things that you need on a daily basis. you got fresh produce, milk. >> reporter: and today another crisis, covid-19, burnell offering customers who lost their jobs store credit for groceries. >> when you get your money come back and pay me. this is a no-brainer for me. i'll continue to fight and keep doing what i'm doing no matter what. >> burnell cotlon joins us live outside the store at the heart of his community. burnell, thank you so much for joining us this morning. you saw the suffering in your town. you decided to do something about it, and now folks in your community don't have to take three buses to get fresh groceries, and you're working on bringing affordable housing to your community as well. what sparked your purpose to go above and beyond for your community? >> first, good morning to you and everybody and thank you for having me. i was very fortunate to find out what my purpose is. my purpose is simple. it's service. that's why i i was able to go to serving our country to my community and it's a need. it's a need. i am supposed to help you, you're supposed to help me and if everyone looked at life like that it would be easier. right now, my community, they needed a grocery store, and now because of this covid thing, now they need houses. so i started a nonprofit. it's called building with burnell, and the purpose is just what it says. it's to build. i want to start building affordable housing to help my community. >> burnell, that is beautiful. i know when covid first described it, this puts it into perspective. you said it was like katrina ten times over. we mentioned that you are giving store credit to people who can't pay for their groceries initially. how are you able to do that financially? >> it's extremely hard. but the covid hit. it hurt everybody mentally and also financially, and a lot of people that need food -- i don't sell alcohol here. i only serve food, so when someone comes through these doors, they're coming for something to eat, and it's a no-brainer. i have to help. if it's in your power you're supposed to help and continue to do anything i can to help my community. >> burnell, thank you for what you do. you really are such an inspiration. how does it feel to you personally to help in this way? >> me personally, it makes me feel good. i have spent my entire life savings doing this, but i'm not complaining. i would do this again in a heartbeat because it feels good knowing that my hard work, my efforts can affect so many lives. it makes me feel good. i sleep very good at night. i have no regrets in nothing that i have done. >> we know you keep a journal of store credit so what is your current total? >> it goes up and down but right now, it's about $2,800. i do sometimes get people come in, and they honor it. others, that's not fortunate, they haven't found a job yet, they haven't came back, but right now it's, like, maybe $2,800, almost. somewhere in that neighborhood there but it's fluctuates from day to day. >> we really appreciate what you're doing for your community and we want to erase that cost and help you continue to provide groceries to the lower ninth ward so we have a $5,000 check from personal finance company sofi that helps you borrow, invest, save and spend all in one app. they really wanted to help. we wanted so they teamed up to make sure you continue to provide for the ninth ward. burnell, thank you for all that you do, my friend. >> thank you. you have no idea how much this means to me. thank you. this is going to help out so many people. thank you. i'm trying to stay hard. >> you can break down. you can break down. you deserve it, my friend. have a great morning and we're so happy we could help you. >> thank you. coming up, everyone, "tenet" star, john david washington. there he is. he's going to join us live. we'll be right back with more "gma." ♪ ♪ in your eyes hi. what's on your mind?in. can you help keep these guys protected online? easy. connect to the xfi gateway. what about wireless data options for the family? you can customize and save. what about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming? let's hook you up with the fastest internet from xfinity. and now with our stores reopening, we're putting healthy practices in place. come visit a store today. stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. now that's simple, easy, awesome. ask. shop. discover at your local xfinity store today. welcome back to "gma." you know our next guest from his golden globe nominated role in "blackkklansman" and the show "ballers." now john david washington stars in the action blockbust blockbuster "tenet." let's take a look. >> to do what i do i need some idea of the threat we face. >> well we're trying to prevent world war ii. -- iii. >> i'm not saying armageddon here. >> no, something worse. >> "tenet" will be the first big hollywood movie to open in the u.s. theaters since the pandemic began. it already made more than $53 million in its opening week overseas. its star, john david washington, is joining us live. john david, thank you so much for joining us and before we get into the movie, hollywood is really reeling from the news of chadwick boseman's death. you two never had a chance to work together but what are your thoughts on the legacy that he leaves behind? >> yeah, my thoughts and my heart and prayers go out to his family during this time, you know, just being a graduate of a historically black college i just was so proud of the work he was doing and being the face of one of the biggest franchises of all time. in this industry, he was everything you wanted in a leading man. i got to meet him briefly once some years ago and he's just as warm as you want him to be and it's a terrible loss and i'm praying for his family. >> we are too. certainly john david. let's talk about "tenet." it was directed by christopher nolan, and as we mentioned, this is the first big movie to hit theaters since the pandemic struck. many of us have gotten used to watching movies at home. this one will be seen on the big screen. why do you think it's important to see it that way in a theater? >> well, you know, it's an event film and especially during this time there's nothing more eventful than being able to go to the movie theaters and seeing something like this. it's an ambitious film. it's his biggest film he's ever done, christopher nolan. it's the spy genre, action thriller, but it's a christopher nolan genre so twists and turns to make you think enough. but it's something that you can enjoy and to be experienced imax in a movie theater is the perfect movie to get back to the theaters for. >> the trailer by itself looks pretty intense. we know the movie deals with time travel, and there's scenes that go forwards and then backwards, but we're told that's not an editing trick. you had to shoot them that way and train to fight that way as well. >> yes, so i had to learn walk, talk, fight, run, block, punch backwards and forwards, so i had to -- it was a great challenge for me having a football background, being able to sort of unlearn what i'm used to doing so we were sort of discovering these moves together as with the stunt coordinators and it was a great experience. it was taxing on the body, but it was worth it for sure. >> with a football background, i'm sure it helped learning how to get beat up, get sore and work your way through it. >> right. >> watching those moves, it looks difficult, but one of the things i heard that was most difficult was learning to do some of your lines backwards. now, i'm not going to put you on the spot but it's very difficult to do but how were you able to do that? >> we -- i'll spoil -- i had an app that helped where you speak a line or really a word into the app and it says it backwards to you then you learn how to say that and then speak it into the app and make sure you're checking it so it was very difficult but some of the best work i've ever seen from an arc was from kenneth branagh, he was also saying them backwards but with a russian accent so i've never seen anything like that before. it was insane. it was crazy. >> by the way, john david, i understand when the pandemic first hit you moved back to l.a. you actually moved back in with mom and dad. how did that go? >> i was -- how did that go? it was full of life, it was fun. felt like a kid again and that's why i moved out a little later. >> i will tell you this, i had breakfast with your dad years ago right when you booked "ballers." he said john david is the most naturally gifted actor in my family. that's a big compliment coming from your dad. he's very proud of you as are we all, man. we cannot wait to see this movie. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it. thanks. >> have a good morning. "tenet" hits the big screen on thursday wherever theaters are open. make sure you check it out. now we go back to ginger. hey, ginger. michael, i've got an update. the pine gulch fire in colorado now the largest in colorado state history. it's burned more than 139,000 acres. they had good days getting it under control. 77% contained today. red flag warnings from nevada and utah up to mon you don't have to be a high roller to win the ultimate dream vacation. this segment is sponsored by caesars rewards whose escape to the empire sweepstakes is giving you the chance to hit the jackpot. a four-night stay at one their amazing properties plus round trip air fair and $2,500 for food and entertainment. go to "gma" on twitter to learn more. thanks to our sponsor caesars rewards. when you are ready to travel, they'll be ready and waiting for you, amy. >> all right, ginger, thank you. we're still talking about john david. >> yeah. now to advice for parents heading into the fall with plenty of unknowns from work to school to child care. families looking for advice on how to navigate pandemic challenges. >> our next guest is known for her hit show "supernanny." she has over 30 years of experience helping parents, jo frost joins us now. jo, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. good morning. >> yeah, a lot has changed, jo, since the last time we spoke to you. tell us how you've adopted your advice for parents on these new challenges none of us could have expected during this pandemic. >> yeah, i mean it's been about letting go, surrendering to what we can't control. and recognizing how we move forward with the choices that we make and that has been pretty radical over the last several months helping families off camera every day, so, yeah, i mean, look, we got to prioritize what's important and start, you know, with action moving forward. >> yeah. radical is a good way to put it. we have viewer questions right now. we want to start with stephanie from brooklyn. here's what she had to ask. >> i'm going to go back to work soon. what tips do you have to keep my baby occupied while i work from home? >> i mean, look, it's an unrealistic situation, right? because babies shouldn't be looking after themselves, so the most important thing for any mother with a baby is to prioritize that routine. make sure that you can work when the baby is sleeping which at a young age will be at least twice a day, and you're going to have those conversations with your boss, you know, you got to be talking about the limitations and what you can bring, and hoping that your employee is understanding that you got to start bending a bit, and recognize how can we get the job done, but also at the same time be empathetic to the fact that we are at home managing and raising children as well, and i think that's an important thing to tag team and to be realistic in these circumstances because it's not ideal for anyone. it's really not. >> we have another question from rashida from new jersey. >> it's been tough getting my 2-year-old to sleep lately. what are some tips on getting her on a regular sleeping schedule? >> really, i mean, one that has been over and over and over-asked again. i think it's important to create an environment that's conducive to sleep. no radio. no tv. tech off. create a surrounding for slumber. it's also important to be consistent as well because the body starts to regulate and children start to get used to the time that they are going to bed and what i would say is parents, check in with your own behavior because if you're rushing, the bedtime routine like your children are on a conveyer belt then they'll feel not safe and secure and we want that. >> we actually have a clip from one family struggling with this on a new episode of "supernanny." let's check it out. >> you're going straight to bed. straight to bed. go night-night now. >> no. >> if you get up from here, you're going to get in a lot of trouble. do you understand? don't get up. >> are you done with your homework? >> no, i just told you. no more. >> all right. well, we cannot wait to see what happens. that was a great teaser, jo frost, thank you for being with us. she's back on lifetime on tuesday nights starting with two new episodes premiering tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. coming up you can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides...eep your sleep number setting.. can it help me fall asleep faster? 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