hundreds of thousands along the gulf are still without power after hurricane laura. what they found in a louisiana complex where seniors say they've been abandoned. honoring the king. the legacy of "black panther" star chadwick boseman who helped redefine what it meant to be black on screen for a new generation. >> we're all still processing. but first, here's today's "eye opener. "it's your world in 90 seconds. >> most of president trump's america is peaceful. it's a democrat-led -- >> the city's mayor is pointing to the president as the problem. >> 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. >> the governor of wisconsin and the lieutenant governor say it's not the right time for president trump to visit kenosha. >> an entire convention was centered around creating more animosity. >> president trump visited some of the cities that were hit the hardest by hurricane laura. >> you've had tremendous storms in texas for many centuries, and that's the way it is. >> the fda willing to create a fast track to get the coronavirus vaccine available. >> full approval where people can go to cvs and get a shot. that's really a 2021 event. >> protests in belarus as people stand up to their leader. lukashenko claims he's not going anywhere. >> a kite festival. a 3-year-old girl is swept into the sky and held on for dear life. >> and all that matters. ♪ >> a night full of achievements at the video music awards plus a tribute to chadwick boseman. >> he's a true hero. his impact lives forever. >> on "cbs this morning." >> now, more than ever, the illusions of the vision threaten our very existence. we all know the truth. more connects us than separates us. but in times of crisis, the wiwise build bridges while the foolish build barriers. we must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." we have a lot of people who -- i call this my wakanda dress. i think a lot of us woke up either friday night or saturday morning when you heard the news. it was so hard to take in and process. >> it was incomprehensible. >> it was. i first saw it on my phone. what? >> chadwick boseman of all people, at this particular time, with what's going on in the country. and 2020. i'm just ready for 2020 to be done and gone. it's been a terrible year so far. and then we get the news over the weekend about chadwick boseman. at 43. and many people, most people didn't even know he was ill. tony? >> most people did not. it's still incomprehensible to see his picture and then the dates of his life below. incredibly prolific from the age of 35 to 43, and a reminder that you really just do not know, anthony, what a person is going through and you've got to give them -- you just don't know. >> extraordinary what he did in those years while he was sick. >> says a lot about who he was as a person. we begin with a sharp escalation in the rhetoric surrounding racial unrest in this country. as the presidential campaign enters a brand-new phase, there were new clashes in portland overnight after a caravan of trump supporters waving flags arrived in the city over the weekend. some of them drove through a crowd, pepper spraying black lives matter supporters. later that night a man linked to a right-wing group was killed. >> we're also following the tensions in kenosha, wisconsin, where the latest demonstrations have been largely peaceful. the president plans to visit the city tomorrow despite concerns from local officials. mola lenghi is in kenosha with more on the nationwide unrest. >> reporter: these were the tense scenes in portland saturday night. clashes broke out between pro-trump demonstrators and protesters calling for an end to racial injustice. a pro-trump caravan of about 600 vehicles had driven into the city saturday night. video shows them carrying flags driving through protesters and pepper spraying people through open windows. and these two gunshots led to the death of one man capping the violent night. >> at the end of the day, there was no resolve and no remediation, and here we are. and now there's a dead body on the ground. >> reporter: t >> the tragedy of last night cannot be repeated. >> reporter: mayor wheeler cast blame on president trump for spreading a message of hatred. >> you've tried to divide us more than any other figure in modern history. and now you want me to stop the violence that you helped create. >> reporter: president trump responded on twitter writing, wheeler thinks this lawless situation should go on forever. wrong. portland will never recover with a fool for a mayor. protests have grown nationwide since the jacob blake shooting in kenosha. this video shows officers in the nation's capital breaking the windows of a black lives matter van, pulling two people out and arresting them. in tallahassee, florida, a man drew a gun after scuffling with black lives matter protesters. that man will not face charges. but here in kenosha, the protests have been largely peaceful over the last several days. about 1,000 people marched with jacob blake's family saturday calling for violence to end and for the officers involved to be disciplined. >> there were seven bullets put in my son's back. i'm standing here with my sisters and my brothers. hell, yeah, i'm mad. >> as you can see by these paintings and murals behind me, the city is trying to focus on a positive message of healing. the wisconsin governor and attorney general have both joined the mayor of kenosha in calling on the president to reconsider his visit to kenosha here. the mayor telling me the president is always welcome to come, but right now may not be the best time. the white house tells cbs news that president trump is looking forward to his visit on tuesday to help the city heal and rebuild, tony. >> all right, mola, thank you very much. president trump is also threatening a federal crackdown on protests all across the country. not only wisconsin, not only oregon. and this comes as mr. trump tries to reframe the entire election around what he calls law and order. the president is blaming democrats for the national unrest. our ben tracy is at the white house for us covering it all. ben, good morning to you. why does the president see this law and order message as a winning one for him? >> good morning. there's really two reasons here. the president ran on the same theme back in 2016 and feels that it worked. he's also talking about law and order because this changes the conversation from coronavirus, which a lot of polls show voters don't think the president is handling particularly well. >> as protests continue across the country, president trump spent sunday golfing at his golf club while throwing fuel on the fire via twitter calling black lives matter protesters agitators and thugs and defending his supporters who appear to be firing paintballs and pepper spray at people in portland. during a barrage of nearly 100 tweets and retweets on sunday, the president retweeted unfounded conspiracy theories that protests for racial justice are actually an attempted coup to take him down. >> you know what i say? protest e protesters your ass. i don't talk about my ass. >> and while he's not mentioned jacob blake, mr. trump liked to tweet offering support for kyle rittenhouse. the 17-year-old trump supporter who is charged with homicide for shooting two demonstrators in that city. president trump is once again trying to position himself as the candidate of law and order. the same appeal he made at the republican convention four years ago. >> safety will be restored. >> reporter: the trump campaign and the white house called the unrest in american cities a preview of joe biden's america. >> it is in democrat cities. you want to talk about donald trump's america. most of donald trump's america is peaceful. >> reporter: but democrats are pushing back. reminding voters that what they are seeing is happening in president trump's america, not joe biden's. >> the chaos and the disorder and the lawlessness that we are currently seeing, that's donald trump's america. >> reporter: with less than 64 days until the election, the office of the director of national intelligence says it's no longer going to provide in-person briefings to congressional leaders on election security. now this comes despite warnings that russia and china and iran are trying to interfere in the election. the dni says it will provide written updates and it's trying to crack down on leaks from capitol hill. >> ben, thank you very much. amid all of this unrest, joe biden put out a statement condemning all of the violence, but he also had some very sharp words for the president. ed o'keefe is in washington with more on that story. ed, joe biden has been condemning the violence for quite some time and now he's taking his message on the road today. good morning to you. >> that's right. good morning. happy monday. he's headed to pittsburgh later today where aides say he'll speak broadly about the president's response to the violence, the pandemic and the economic downturn. the general gist of the message, quote, are you safe in donald trump's america? we'll see what he that's say about that later today. on sunday, biden issued a statement about the deadly violence in portland calling it unacceptable and adding that he condemns violence of every kind by anyone whether on the left or the right. and i challenge donald trump to do the same. on saturday, biden addressed the national guard association and criticized mr. trump's leadership as commander in chief. >> i promise you as president, i'll never put you in the middle of politics or personnel vendettas. i'll never use the military as a prop or as a private militia to violate rights of private citizens. that's not law and order. you don't deserve that. the country deserves -- doesn't deserve that. it's not the oath we swear to uphold. >> so the battle lines are drawn. both candidates now calling the other an existential threat to the country. the president says if biden is elected that the violence in the streets will continue. biden says if the president's re-elected, chaos will continue with violence, the pandemic and the economic downturn. buckle up, anthony. only about 64 days to go. >> i check in every time i see you. thanks. crews in louisiana are working almost nonstop to clear the damage from hurricane laura, four days after the storm hit. more than 300,000 homes and businesses still have no power. laura is blamed for at least 18 deaths in louisiana and texas. it was one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall on the gulf coast. omar villafranca is in hard-hit lake charles, louisiana. what are you seeing there now? >> well, good morning. hurricane laura destroyed this building. and the only reason that you're able to see it is because we're using generators to use our lights to light it up because all the power in lake charles is out. and despite an army of line crews working nonstop, we're seeing some pass by right now, it could take weeks, possibly even months before power is restored after hurricane laura. for southwestern louisiana, removing downed trees and debris is just the beginning of the cleanup. hurricane laura's 150-mile-per-hour winds knocked down thousands of utility poles. people here are now facing 90-degree temperatures and high humidity with noty electricity running water. >> it's terrible. it's catastrophic. >> reporter: nick hunter is the mayor of lake charles. >> have you heard any estimates of when you'll get power back? >> weeks. 100% of the city is without power right now. i would say definitely over a month in many parts of lake charles. >> reporter: over the weekend, president trump toured some of the damage. the storm made roads impassable and ripped roofs off buildings leaving some scrambling to put up tarps as scattered showers moved in. in many cases, homes were wiped out. >> there's a lot of our citizens that are absolutely homeless. i don't mean that in a dramatic sense or some type of trumped up adjective. they need places to stay and preferably, right now, those places need to be outside of lake charles. >> it's me coming back. >> reporter: on saturday, 19 seniors, some in need of medical care, were found in dire conditions at an apartment complex in lake charles where they say they felt abandoned. >> it's hot. it's muggy. senior citizens are overheating. they have no power. they haven't showered in days. they have no running water. >> reporter: volunteers with matthew marchetti's organization drove them to a shelter in new orleans. >> it's our solemn duty. if we can help, we should. >> reporter: we reached out to the lake charles housing authority for a comment about those seniors but did not hear back. another issue that's complicating the recovery is the coronavirus pandemic. people need to social distance. there are 16,000 people who are staying in hotel rooms, but less than 1,000 who are staying in those old-school giant places for people to recover. tony? >> amazing to hear the mayor of lake charles telling people to stay away. omar villafranca, thank you very much. let's jump overseas where government demonstrators filled belarus' capital yesterday. they were met by riot police and more than 100 people were arrested. protesters are defying the crackdown ordered by the country's longtime ruler, alexander lukashenko and also a warning from russian president vladimir putin that he may send forces to belarus. the protests began three weeks ago after lukashenko was re-elect ed in a vote that's ben widely condemned as a fraud. more demonstrations are planned for tonight. more schools are opening this week with a steady focus on the coronavirus threat. this morning the total number of covid cases in the u.s. is approaching 6 million. here in new york, a spike in cases has forced another university to go online only. as dr. jon lapook reports, the students are not happy about that. >> tell me why sunionionta has 105 cases, didn't tell us and we had to find out on the news. >> reporter: just one week after they welcomed students back to campus -- >> institutions do not care about their students. >> reporter: a spike in on-campus coronavirus cases is forcing the new york state university to shut down for at least two weeks. >> it didn't feel like they were doing their best and ensuring our safety. >> reporter: she and her classmates were frustrated by what she says is the school's lack of testing results and transparency. >> so they're going to open up the schools and they're responsible for, you know, communicating with us whether we're in danger or not of the virus. >> colleges have not followed basic public health rules. they haven't done entry testing. they haven't done quarantining. >> reporter: dr. ashish jha and other public health officials are urging students already on campus to stay there to prevent the spread of the virus. >> if we were able to test everybody on campus twice a week, that would make it dramatically safer to be on campus. >> reporter: across the country, colleges are struggling to contain clusters of covid outbreaks. in texas, baylor university ordered 55 students, 21 of them positive, to reside in place on two floors of a dorm. one university of alabama campus has reported more than 1,000 positive cases since classes began two weeks ago. and cases at arizona state university nearly tripled, reaching 480 cases in just three days. >> we can get colleges and universities open safely this fall. but only if we're willing to follow the public health guidance and the protocols. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo is deploying a covid s.w.a.t. team to help contain the outbreak. meanwhile, the head of the fda told the "financial times" over the weekend, he is willing to consider fast-tracking a future covid vaccine making it available to the public before the end of the final trials. gayle? >> that's a little frightening. can you fast track and still maintain safety? >> well, i'm going to be talking to the commissioner this morning. so we'll have more news about that later on the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell and again tomorrow, if you'll have me. >> we will always have you, jon lapook. thank you very much. students speaking out, and they are not happy. ahead -- honoring chadwick boseman, a black icon of the big screen after his death from cancer. it's still a big shock to a lot of people. how the actor who played king t'challa in "black panther" knew the odds were often stacked >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by toyota. we we have much more news ahead. ronnie long, a black north carolina man wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman is free after more than 40 years in prison. >> to walk out them gates without being supervised. it was breathtaking. >> coming up only on "cbs this morning," what long told erin moriarty in his first sit-down interview the day after his release. you're watching cbs this morning. managing type 2 diabetes? 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>> haze and smoke in the atmosphere, looking at current air quality conditions, red dots indicate unhealthy air, for everyone. we are looking at spare the other, that it remains in effect for day, extended it we know what it's like to be told to say there's not a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on. what it's like to be the tail and not the head. what it's like to be beneath and not above. and that is what we went to work with every day. we knew that we had something special that we wanted to give the world, that we could be full human beings in the roles that we were playing. that we could create a world that exemplifide a world that we wanted to see. >> very powerful words from chadwick boseman who was accepting at the screen actors guild awards. welcome back to "cbs this morning" where like everybody else we were remembering chadwick boseman today. he made that speech after "black panther" won the top honars at last year's screen actors guild awards and died on friday after a quiet four-year battle with colon cancer. this news stunned hollywood and his millions of fans. "cbs this morning saturday" co-host michelle miller looks at boseman's most famous performances and the legacy that he leaves behind. ♪ ♪ get on up >> reporter: whether it was james brown, the godfather of soul -- jackie robinson, the first african-american to play major league baseball -- >> i won't let you down. >> i know you won't. >> reporter: or the first african-american supreme court justice, thurgood marshall -- >> i wouldn't be here if i didn't think we could win. >> reporter: chadwick boseman immortalized black icons on the screen. it was the role of king t'challa of "wakanda" the first black superhero that was boseman's most iconic. for him "black panther" wasn't just a superhero movie. >> it was a revolutionary one that we knew we could throw a lot of our passion into. >> reporter: it was also a monumental step toward representation in film for people of color. >> being a black superhero is like seeing myself as a superhero. it's like seeing me up there. >> seeing them on the screen, it means if i grow up and play my cards right i could be on the screen just like them. >> when go >> when god has something for you -- >> reporter: he knew the odds were often stacked against him as he told the 2018 graduating class of his alma mater, the historically black howard university. >> as is often the case, those that follow most often enjoy the results of the progress you gain. >> reporter: the actor never spoke publicly about his colon cancer diagnosis which he had even when he was filming "black panther." director said "because he was a caretaker, a leader, and a man of faith, dignity, and pride, he shielded his collaborators from his suffering." >> on the day that chadwick died, that was the very day of my two-year sort of anniversary of basically being cleared of -- of cancer. >> reporter: cbs news contributor ibram x. kendi knows bozeman's suffering personally. as a survivor of colorectal cancer. he told us 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 how much he meant to them. i remember running around in my one-piece bathing suit pretending previously wonder woman. she was the only one for us -- for us girls. and here we are. so proud i'm a heard university veteran -- >> i know. i was thinking about you. it is such a monumental loss. now when you see -- every interview that you see with him takes on a different meaning because you know who he was going through now, and you know the legacyhat he has left behind. it's extraordinary what he's done. >> and so many parents had a hard time telling their kids this weekend that -- that he'd been lost. >> i heard that, too. >> because he was such a huge hero. >> yes. i think it adds to the fact that we're paying so much attention to the fact that he died from such a dangerous disease. it really is -- his life alone meant so much to so many. but now, too, it has even more purpose. >> all right. thank you so much. ahead only on "cbs this morning," the first sit-down interview since his release with ronnie long. the north carolina man 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[ cheers ] >> reporter: 64-year-old ronnie long left a north carolina prison last thursday in sartorial style thanks to friends and family waiting outside who never lost faith in his innocence. >> to be able to walk out them gates without being supervised -- >> i love you, man. >> breathtaking. >> reporter: when his lawyer, duke university professor jamie lau first called with the news, long couldn't quite believe it. >> he said, "jamie, is this real? am i really going home?" >> you serious? but the state can't go back on their word. they got to stick to what they say. >> reporter: in fact, the state kept its word, finally ending long's 44-year quest to clear his name. it began in may of 1976 when long was accused of breaking into a home in concord, north carolina, and raping a 54-year-old white woman, sarah bost. although there was no physical evidence tying long to the crime, he was convicted by an all-white jury and given an 80-year sentence. >> i feel as though the criminal justice system here in the state failed me. >> reporter: it was only after spending nearly 30 years in prison that long learned that concord police investigators had tested more than a dozen pieces of evidence and had hidden the results. that evidence as attorney lau described in an interview last month supported long's innocence. did the defense at trial know that there were 43 fingerprints found at the crime scene that didn't match ronnie long? >> they did not. >> reporter: did the defense know that there had been a rape kit taken and evidence taken from the victim? >> they did not. >> reporter: did the defense know that a hair that was found at the crime scene did not match ronnie long? >> they did not. >> reporter: but attorneys for the state argued that none of this would have changed the original verdict, and long remained in prison despite growing protests and demands for his release. >> justice delayed is justice denied. >> i'm 64, going on 65. they took my life away when i was 20 years old. i ain't got nothing but memories. yet and still you say the evidence that was collected in the case of immaterial. >> reporter: until last week when the fourth circuit u.s. court of appeals finally ruled that long's rights had been veil violated by, quote, a troubling and striking pattern of deliberate police suppression of material evidence." >> oh, my god. oh, god. >> reporter: the north carolina attorney general's office decided to no longer fight the case and asked for long's release. we were with long when he got more good news. >> we just got the dismissal from the cabarrus county district attorney's office. you're clear entirely. >> reporter: that dismissal of all charges officially gives long back his innocence and his life. he has a lot of catching up to do. >> it's over. it's over. >> i'm talking about the phone and thinking i got to lean in with him to be heard. i'm thinking, this is the only way this thing is going to workment. >> reporter: long wants to spend time with his family including his wife ashley whom he married in 2014 and visit the graves of his parents. >> i know my mother and father died with a broken heart. i'm going to tell them now when i visit the grave site your son is clear. >> reporter: the north carolina attorney general did not want to comment publicly on this case. so the next step for long and his attorneys is to go to the governor, roy cooper, and ask for what is called a pardon of innocence so that he can apply to the state's wrongful conviction fund. it's not going to make him whole, but it will certainly give him something to live on. and tony, believe it or not now, ronnie long can vote. he told me he plans to. >> very good to hear and also very, very good to see an innocent man walk free after all these years. erin, thank you very much. >> reporter: he's very impressive. not bitter -- >> it is -- i'm always amazed, always a mazed that people can lose decades of their life and yet not lose their optimism or fellow feeling. all right. thank you very much. ahead, "what to time for "what to watch." we do not have our typical ray of vlad this morning because vlad duthiers is chasing the last rays of summer. however, "what to watch" carries on. and jamie yuccas is going to fill in from our l.a. bureau. jamie, good morning. >> well, i hope to be a little ray of vlad. a little ray of jamie coming at you this morning, tony. here are a few stories we think you're going to be talking about today -- a 3-year-old girl is safe in taiwan after a heart-pounding video shows her being carried into the air by a kite. [ screams ] that young girl somehow got tangled up in a kite's tail during an outdoor festival. she was tossed around for a terrifying 30 seconds or more. the girl eventually was pulled to safety and was not seriously hurt. tony, at one point, they think she was 100 feet in the air. and get this -- at times, the winds were 35 miles per hour. >> absolutely terrifying. terrifying. i was already anti the wind because it messes up my hair. now definitely so -- >> you do have good hair. >> thank you, jamie. we have another reason to smile today, please? >> yes. round one of the u.s. open starts today in new york city. that's a reason to smile. one player who has not been identified, though, by the usta will not compete after testing positive for the coronavirus. there will be no spectators either because of the pandemic which might be a little odd. organizers are bringing the black lives matter movement to the forefront as part of a campaign called be open. these frontrow seats at arthur ashe stadium were turned into an art exhibit as you see, celebrating black culture as part of the project. 18 artists were chosen to create the display. gayle, they are all people of color, and they range in a wide range of topics. it's really fascinating. they want to get people to really think and start talking about some of these issues. >> yeah. it's beautifully done. i can't wait to see it. another reason to smile is serena's going to take the court. i'm very excited about that. >> always love to see her rock it. >> me, too. and you've got another update that's sort of a rockin' update in a way? >> you bet. we love this one. on friday, vlad told you about a young rocker who challenged foo fighters' front man david grohl to a challenge. look at nandi bushell, she's a hit for covers of famous rock songs. she told us she wanted a drum battle with gun-controrohl. her wish may have come true. >> you're an incredible drummer, and really flattered that you picked some of my songs to do for your videos. you've done them all perfectly. now the ball is in your court. this is a song called "dead end friends." ♪ >> anthony, can't wait to see her response. >> it was fabulous. dave grohl said he got 100 texts telling him he'd been challenged to this. ahead, more on the clashes between protesters and supporters of president trump in portland. come right to you. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: you'll get a text when we're on our way. >> tech: before we arrive, just leave your keys on the dash. we'll replace your windshield with safe, no-contact service. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: and that's service you can trust when you need it the most. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: schedule at safelite.com. ♪ upbeat music >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ ♪ ♪ no matter how you stay fit keep it light with light & fit's rainbow of delightful, protein-packed flavors. ♪ ♪ pampers cruisers 360° fit can too with a stretchy waistband and adaptive 360° fit so they can move the way they were born to [music]: born to be wild pampers cruisers 360° fit with acetaminophenction fights pain in two ways. advil targets pain at the source... ...while acetaminophen blocks pain signals. the future of pain relief is here. new advil dual action. to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. 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wisconsin days after clash clashes in portland. music with a message. stars at a very different looking video musing awards focus on black lives matter and creativity during the pandemic. and freshman diaries. a firsthand look at college during the pandemic from students just getting started. >> but first, here's today's eye opener. the presidential campaign enters a brand new phase. >> the wisconsin governor and attorney general have both joined the mayor of kenosha in alling on the president to reconsider his visit. the director of national intelligence said it will no longer provide in person briefings on election security. amid all the unrest, joe biden put out a statement condemning all the violence but also had sharp words for the president. >> the battle lines are drawn. both candidates now calling the other an existential threat to the country. >> crews in louisiana are working almost nonstop to clear the damage from hurricane laura. >> hurricane laura destroyed this building. you're able to see it. we're using generators to use the lights to light it up. all of the power in lake charles and this perish is out. >> the final round of the bmw championsh championship, one of the greatest golf finishes ever. >> a 42-foot foot snake to force a playoff. >> best i've seen until i saw this. jon rahm from 66 feet away. here it comes. watch out. >> is this all really happening? welcome back to "cbs this morning." i am certainly not a golfer, but i look at that and go now, that was good. anthony, it looked like it curved a little bit and then went into the hole. >> you have to read that to make that putt. those were phenomenal putts. >> nicely done. >> we're going to begin with something not nicely done. the protests for racial justice continue across the nation. president trump plans to visit law enforcement tomorrow in kenosha, wisconsin following the police shooting of jacob blake. the wisconsin governor is asking president trump please stay away. he wrote i am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. i am concerned that your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together. >> meanwhile in portland, a man linked to a far right wing group was shot and killed after clashes between black lives matter protesters and a caravan of trump spoupporters. the portland mayor blamed the president for stoking the violen violence. but president continued to frame himself as the law and order candidate and criticized wheeler writing in part, quote, he would like to blame me and the federal government for going in, but he hasn't seen anything yet. we have only been there with a small group to defend our u.s. courthouse because he couldn't do it. joe biden is expected to address all this today during a speech in pittsburgh. biden released a statement yesterday condemning the shooting in portland along with violence of any kind. new protests are expected tonight in the belarus. tens of thousands of people called for the country's long-time ruler to step down after an election widely seen as a fraud. we are in the capital, minsk with a report. >> reporter: military in the streets, challenging peaceful protesters in a former soviet republic. it's defining belarus in 2020. this video purportedly capturing video. new elections after lukashenko, the president of 26 years, stole them earlier this month. it happens to be president lukashenko's birthday. and now people are on the streets trying to crash that party. of course, lukashenko hasn't exactly been a very good boy this year. but he still got a birthday call from an old ally, vladimir putin. his present? russian reserve forces ready to deploy to dell rus at a time when putin is losing popularity at home, and likely doesn't want russians getting any inspiration from next door. where scenes and sentiments were called the collapse of the soviet union, a bygone era when the white house delivered fiery speeches. >> tear down this wall. >> reporter: 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can do this. >> super heroes can be anyone. doesn't matter what race, what country. >> as a black person in america, it's really great to get this experience. >> taps into our history, you know what i'm saying, our culture, in a positive way. >> nice to see so many black faces on screen. it's not something we see all the time. it's a beautiful and magical thing. >> it really proves there's no division. we're all the same. you're talented, creative, we can all do it. >> that's right, with he can all do it. it was a magical, beautiful thing. i saw "black panther" three times. it was a huge cultural moment in this country and the star, chadwick boseman, is being remembered as a gifted and versatile actor with a kind heart and beautiful, beautiful spirit. boseman offered this very powerful message to his alma mater, howard university, he was very proud of that, two years ago. >> purpose crosses disciplines. purpose is an essential element of you. it is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose. >> oh, boy. cultural writer joins us. it takes on a different meaning to me. i'm a cbs girl but i have to give a shout out to abc last night. they ran "black panther" with no commercials and then robin roberts ran a prime time special and accolades from all over the country talking about him. two stood out to me, tanahase coates, said playing this role made -- was just as important but was also important was you watching it. and oprah, you know, as in winfrey said, he was a shooting star that burned bright, that burned fast, and most shooting stars you take a wish upon them. that's what happened with chadwick boseman. a lot of people -- he fulfilled a lot of wishes for a lot of people. we're all thinking about that today. so, my question to you is, why do you think -- what do you think made him such a rare person at this particular time? >> yeah, good morning, gayle. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> i think there's a couple things that made him really special. i think across all chadwick boseman's roles there was an authenticity and a grace and respect to not just each role he was inhabiting but also i think to what it meant to the black community each time he stepped in front of the camera. so, when you look at the "black panther" role it fits along the spectrum of jackie robinson, thurgood marshall, james brown. he brought a level of gravity and love to these roles that i think shaped the black audiences heart and love all the time. the other thing, too, and i wrote about this in my ode to chadwick for the grio, i think he came at a time where we were both post-obama and also at the rise of trump. you know, i think the black community in particular was looking for a new type of hero to emerge from the public conscience and be someone that could galvanize our collective imagination, our strength and our belief and our own humanity here in the country. the movie, like all good art, the movie came at a time when we needed it most. he stepped up to the role, holding it down -- like he set the precedent for whoever else will carry the mantel from here on. >> his loss at this particular time, when many people feel black life is so fragile, also seems to strike another kind of chord. >> absolutely. i mean, i think, you know, we're -- it's hard to and disingenuous to divorce this from the times we're in right now, both in terms of the pandemic and with the racial unrest here in the country. we know in particular both of those things have uniquely pressed themselves upon the black experience here. and so to lose someone that, you know, people, fictional or not, i think chadwick's role and his presence in the role of black panther elevated him to the status of icon. and i think to lose that type of symbolism during this time right now has been a -- i spent most of the weekend crying myself over it. it's a tremendous loss. >> tre, it's anthony mason. my daughter spent the weekend crying about it. >> hey, anthony. >> one of the things that's so striking about this is -- when you look that he was sick for four years and the amount of work he put out, i mean, he talked about purpose. obviously, he was determined to keep going. we don't know how many people in hollywood knew how sick he was, but what he did is even more extraordinary now that you know this. >> the idea -- i think there are many levels to unpack about his dedication to story, to craft, to fame and communiily and comm. a testament to him is the strength to make that choice. it was a very noble and brave personal choice to have come, in many ways, compartmentalize the pain he suffered every day. something i wrote about, for many of us in the black community who get unique platforms and opportunities to seek, i think you see yourself less as yourself and more of a vessel for the stories and experiences for the community. and i suspect that was a lot of what was on chadwick's mind. he saw his body and his work as servi serving an even bigger and greater purn. he made the choice to not carry with him publicly the narrative of what he was struggling with every day. and i think that is a true testament to his particular character and something we'll always love about him. >> the other bhiutiful thing, i remember bob iger, head of disney, said this is the proudest moment of his career because this was so much more than a black movie. it was certainly that but a really great movie, too. i think we all remember that. tre johnson, thank you very much for taking the time. i hear you about all weekend crying, i get it. mtv dedicated last night's music awards to chadwick boseman last night. coming up, the night's big winners and most powerful messages about social change. this show was so well done. this is "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. ♪ can't fight the devil on my door ♪ >> mtv's individual music awards celebrated 2020's best artists last night in a ceremony that also reflected this year's extreme turmoil. mtv, of course, part of viacom/cbs and "entertainment tonight" host, kevin frazier joins us now. how did the vmas reinvent our times. >> it is different times. the video music awards are known for two things. big political statements and big production numbers. we got both of those but with the back drop of 2020. it seemed like the performers wanted their music to soothe and the calls for social justice were more urgent than ever. ♪ i say ooh i'm drowning in the night ♪ >> reporter: high on a rooftop over manhattan, the weekend opened the vmas that won two awards, including "blinding light." in his acceptance speeches wearing makeup that gave him a bruised and batter the appearance, he made the same plea. >> again, hard to celebrate, so i'm going to say justice for jacob blake and justice for breonna taylor. thank you. >> reporter: host keke palmer set the political tone for the evening. >> enough is enough. what we just witnessed in kenosha, wisconsin, is yet another devastating reminder that we can't stop. ♪ >> reporter: rap artist dababy performed his song next to a city on fire with a sign saying "stop killing us" and "protect and serve who?" >> music has always been the soundtrack for change. >> reporter: given out for the first time last year, the vma's video for good award went to her for her song "i can't breathe". >> i'm super proud of everybody speaking out on social injustice. >> reporter: it was clear this was one of the first major awards shows produced during the pandemic. so many of the performers, including ariana grande, lady gaga and all their dancers wore masks while performing. gaga won multiple awards, including artist of the year, displaying a series of elaborate face coverings throughout the show. >> i might sound like a broken record, but wear a mask. it's a sign of respect. >> reporter: the vmas were dedicated to chadwick boseman. they showed him giving his 2018 mtv best award. ♪ >> reporter: the black-eyed peas closed the night by acknowledging the "black panther" star and social injustice. >> wakanda forever. black lives matter. ♪ >> reporter: and, you know, lady gaga was the big winner of the night. she won five awards. the story was how mtv pulled this off. props to them for doing everything within the cdc guidelines. performances were reportedly taped throughout the week in new york and l.a. lady gaga, ariana grande and miley cyrus filmed their parts on the other side of country and the artists and teams that flew into new york to participate had to quarantine for three to four days before they were allowed to join production. mtv did a fabulous job in the middle of a pandemic. >> yeah, i couldn't agree more. kevin frazier, thank you very much. we'll be back in a moment. your local news coming at you next. this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning. it is 8:25. i'm len kiese. crews are working to sing was a fire at a commercial building in hayward. it broke out shortly after 5:00 a.m. the cause is under investigation. 10 fire engines are on the scene. a gas explosion and fire triggered evacuations in los altos. firefighters encountered flames him a leaking gas meter outside of a home at 3:00 a.m. the resident got out safely. six neighboring homes were evacuated. no one was hurt. weary firefighters are getting relief from the national guard. cal fire officials say 300 california national guard troops arrived at base camp sunday and will be deployed today. we are seeing a slight improvement on the roadways as you work your way westbound. 18 minute drive time to go from hercules over to where the bay bridge toll plaza. i am getting first reports of a car fire on east 80 right at highway 4 right through the hercules area. it looks like it is smoke and flames coming from under the engine of the 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utopian -- >> not so sure. >> no? >> a little -- he had a demonstration over the west coast -- last week, of a brain implant in a pig and hopes this will eventually be used in humans. it's a device that is less than one inch in diameter, and musk said you put it into the brain, and it might help cure conditions like alzheimer's, dementia, also spinal cord injuries. but here's where it gets dystopian. he described it as a fitbit for your skull. she showed the pig, her name was gertrude, by the way, this pig you're looking at here, has a chip in its brain. the computer can display the brain activity of the pig as it moves around in its pen. now this could be a window into a future where we all have chips in our brains communicating with computers and communicating with each other. i'm going to go ahead -- although i like elon, i want to come down on the side of disp e dystopi dystopian. >> i'm with you, who's going to be in control of the computer that's talking to the chip that's in your brain? >> that i don't know. i always know he's trying to make the world a better place. i don't know about a chip in my brain. >> if it cures neurological disorders -- >> that part i do like. >> but the problem is what else can it do. that's what i'm worried about. >> anthony, your turn. my story -- i am so excited about this. new york's metropolitan museum of art has reopened to visitors for the first time since the pandemic forced it to close. there was a long line to get in over the weekend. attendance is limited to 25% of capacity. visitors have to wear a face covering. they're encouraged -- they have to reserve tickets in advance, it's a timed entry thing. the world's most famous museum, america's biggest museum, shut down march 13th. the first time the met had been closed for longer than three days in more than 100 years. i went back there -- i went there back in april when it was completely shut down. >> i remember. >> it was one of the most hauntsing experiences i've had in this city as long as i've lived here which is pretty much my whole life. i am so glad that it's back open. i posted pictures on instagram because it was just oh spooky. >> i remember when you went -- now you can go back, take a friend. there will be other people there. >> 70% of their traffic is from tourists. it's not going to be normal for a long time. but it's great to see it back. >> now you have to redo the story with people there. i can't wait. my "talk of the table," i like this, too, about a new young adult novel that is showing the power of positivity. even in the darkest of times, it's called "punching the air." tells the story of 16-year-old amal who was imprisoned for a racially charged crime that he did not commit. the book is co-written by yusef salaam, a member of the exonerated five, froeshlly known as the central park five, now the exonerated five. five black and latino teens were wrongly accused of the rape of a jogger in central park in 2002. the convictions were overturned. their story was later turned into the acclaimed miniseries called "when they see us." yusef salaam joins us with the co-author with one of the best names, e.b. dubois. i know this is inspired by your story. it's not your story, but it's inspired by it. yet, there are similarities. for instance, both of characters, you and amal used poetry and art to help you get through. how did that work for you and fo him? >> it was definitely tremendous. one thing about art and poetry especially when you allow your mind to wander, it allows you to tell the story that you really need to tell through the graphics, through the poetry, through the essence of what you're trying to get out. >> it was important to you, i hear, that you wanted young readers in particular. you're trying to reach young readers, young black readers. wh why? >> file like when we want to do our best and do our you do diligence in terms of our -- our due diligence in terms of our platform, we have to speak truth to power. as much as we can, we need to water the seeds of greatness inside of the future to make sure that it is alive and well. and to give them a book like "punching the air" is so powerful because it tells people that there is hope in every place, especially in the most downtrodden places in the world. we can be the answers to the question that we seek. >> what does punching the air mean? >> well, "punching the air" can be both an act of frustration, punching something that you can't see, but it's definitely there. and it can be victorious as you're punching toward the sky, that you've defeated something great. so it was a perfect title for this book. >> i hadn't thought of punching the air as being something victorious. i like the writing device you used. it's a novel told in poetry, i think you call it written in verse. how did you decide that that was -- >> a novel in verse. >> a novel in verse. how do you decide that's how you wanted to tell this particular story this way? >> the foundation was already there when i ran into yusef. >> ibi, you start and then yusef pick it up. go ahead. >> when i ran into yusef three years ago he was selling his self-published book of poetry that he had written while incarcerated. so the foundation was already there. i took one of the most powerful poems that he had written and built the novel around that. >> what were you going to say, yusef? >> yeah. i was going to say that the great thing about poetry, especially in this way, is it pulls the reader through it keeps their mind attentive, the words on the page, everything is beautiful about the book "punching the air." this piece that we created is really, really amazing. and you know, to do it in poetic format, you know, life is poetry, you know. that's one of the best things that we can do. >> ibi, i'm curious about how the two of you got together. i know you met in college. and he -- he at the time was out of prison, but he had not yet been exonerated. right? >> yeah. absolutely. we met at new york city's hunter college, and we always knew that there was something not right about the case. we know that they were independent and at the time i was the editor of my college's newspaper, and i remember the story from when i was in sixth grade. and when i saw him, i just had to get an interview. i never got that interview, but i ran into him again three years ago, and here we are with this novel. >> were you afraid, yusef, to tell your story? >> you know, when i came home from prison, i was hiding in plain sight. i'm over six-foot tall, and i had this indelible scar that the system labeled me a rapist. i was very desired of who to tell, you know, my truth to because it wasn't popular. you know, donald trump had taken out the full-page ad years ago, 31 years ago. i was walking around with that target on my back at all times. >> and you talk about the importance -- so does amal -- it's okay to be angry but not be bitter. how were you able to get to that place and do that? >> i tell you, you know, i listened to the words of nelson mandela, he said he had to leave anger and bitterness in the prison. if he took it with him it would destroy him. i heard the words of maya angelou who said you should be angry about you not be bitter. she taught us how to turn anger into something. it can metastasize into something. but if you use that and dance it and write it and be, you know, do everything about it, talk it, never stop talking it, you get the opportunity to take -- right the horns of the bull and direct it in a manner that can change lives. >> i'm wondering if this was a personal story, ibi, in a way. you said you knew the story as a little girlme. then you meet him in college and end up working with him on this book. was it personal for you? ebi? ibi? can you hear me? ibi, can you hear me? >> lost her. >> i think we lost ibi. this is what happens in live tv. you can't hear me -- >> i tell you -- >> go ahead. >> part of the conversation that ibi and i had which was important i think because here i am thinking that i'm going through this in a vacuum, that this is only happening to me. and meeting ibi and having the conversation with her about all of these injustices that were going on. you know, you had amadou diallo, sean bell, even now we have so many names that are coming up to our doorstep today that it was amazing that she was able to realize, wow, you know, he looks like a boy in my classroom. >> yep. >> that's the connection that she was making, that all of -- like all of us, all of the five of us, look like people and were people, we represented the microcosm of the macrocosm of people just like us. >> all right, thank you so much for joining us. ibi, tell her we said thank you, too. the book is "punching the air." it goes on sale tomorrow whenever you like to buy your books. ahead in our "school matters" series, incoming freshmen tell us about their motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. in our special series "school matters," we're looking at the debates over how to reopen schools safely during the pandemic. massachusetts is at virginia tech. >> it still feels weird to say this, but i guess i did graduate high school in the middle of a pandemic. >> the pandemic definitely did its toll on my class. senior year, i mean -- it can easily be summed up by a couple of highs and one massive low. >> at the time we thought it was like an early spring break. we were all happy. we finally got the email that we wouldn't go back to school at all. >> i was actually supposed to have a calc test that day. and to think that i was still stressing out about that is really actually crazy. >> i missed my high school prom, my graduation, my last pep rally, and the one that hit me the hardest was i missed my last lacrosse season. >> i was definitely sad to not like walk across the stage with my friends. but in the big perspective at least i'm not in the hospital fighting for my life. >> i think the year got cut short right as we were beginning to maybe truly, truly appreciate each other's presence. it's a weird time to be a senior. it's a weird time to be an incoming freshman. >> i get to register for my classes in about an hour. it feels like i actually am starting college a little bit. and i found out about a week ago that i will be heading to new york in the fall. >> i went on a roadtrip to san luis obispo to just check out the campus. obviously there's nobody there and like all the facilities were closed. definitely wasn't the orientation i was looking for. but it was great. >> i am one of the lucky ones. i will be going away in eight days to virginia. but i would be lying if i said everything was business as usual because it's not. i had to do this extensive packing list. got the big bottle of hand sanitizer, the spray and clorox wipes. >> eye torn. trying to find ways that i can feel positive about the way things are going to go. i find it hard to not think about all the things that we are losing. >> i found out about two days before i was supposed to leave for new york to start quarantining. barnard in columbia made the decision to go remote this semester. i feel like my life has been flipped upside down five different times in the past week. >> i am definitely not excited to take a coronavirus test right the second i get to school which is going to definitely be an unpleasant experience from what i've heard. >> i got my schedule and realized all of my classes were on line. then i was like, wow, i'm not going to get my freshman year experience either. >> i had wanted to show you all kind of where my internship took place but also where my classes will this fall semester. it is my room, in fact. i never want to get the virus. at least being at home lowers that risk. but it is frustrating. ♪ >> my notions about the future are mixed. i just got to new york the other day, and i'm moving into an apartment about two other barnard girls. i'm excited to finally be independent, to be living on my own. >> i reached out to many kids on facebook and instagram and met so many great people through there that are also going to slo. i've been getting to know them. it's been really great. >> it's times like these you got to appreciate everything you have. and so never take anything in your life for granted because you never know when it can be stripped away. >> let's go! >> the class of 2020, we're definitely the strongest class no matter what challenges come our way. we're always going to face them head on. >> everyone seems to be going out of their way to meet others. i think that's ultimately the best thing we can do is just trying to make the best of our situations. i'm way more hopeful about how these next few months are going to turn out than i was even two weeks ago. so yeah. i think that's a perfect way to end it. ♪ >> wow. you really feel for these kids. >> you really do. think of all the stuff -- i like wyatt george when he said, "we've had a lot of stuff thrown at us." like the blue wig. >> i like wyatt george. remember going to college, looking forward to so many things. >> senior of high school and freshman year of college, gypped. >> a special shout out to ileana mence, those are hard to do. we'll be right back. that does it for us. before we say good-bye, we want to say hello to -- >> hello! >> to our new affiliate -- >> hello! >> anchorage, alaska, kyes. like keys or something, i'm not sure. the beautiful state of alaska. >> i love alaska. they're the only u.s. state with their own time zone. the alaska time zone. i'm not kidding. one hour windy california. >> welcome kyes. see you 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