Just an hour after saying in an interview the shooting was justified, he was protecting a friend. Emotions boil over in types square, a car dng leste diel pr investigation continues. Protesters and police crashing there. Seven officers suspended. Tonight, the Police Union Says they followed protocol. The virus warning this holiday weekend. Health Officials Saying what happens this laren day will set the course for the fall. The images already coming in large crowds gathering at the shore. The nra insider speaks out. The former chief of staff of the ceo alleging members dues went to fund la pierres lavish lifestyle, including trips on private jets. Mothers miracle, the houston mom to be diagnosed with covid 26 weeks into her pregnancy. Tonight she shares her story of survival, a powerful message to other moms facing the same fight. Good evening. Its great to have you with us as we head into the labor day weekend. Im tom llamas in for david. We b tonight with the firestorm erupting over a amazoning report accusing President Trump of making insulting comments about fallen american troops. The atlantic quoting Anonymous Sources saying the president referred to them as suckers and losers. President trump fiercely denying the allegations over the last 24 hours. A furious joe biden, whose late son beau serve in the iraq, tearing into the president today, saying if the comments are true, he commander in chief. White house pushing that caback lining up former and current members of the administration. Jonathan karl a leads us off tonight. Reporter joe biden came out today with his angriest denunciation of donald trump yet, pointing to an article in the atlantic alleging that the president referred to american war dead as suckers and losers. If the article is true, and it appears to be based on other things he said, it is absolutely damning. It is a disgrace. It is so unamerican. It is so unpatriotic. Reporter the article, based entirely on Anonymous Sources, portrays the president as someone with contempt for military service. It describes a november 2018 trip to france. The president was supposed to visit a world war i cemetery where american troops are buried, but the white house canceled the visit, saying bad weather made it impossible for the president s helicopter to fly. The atlantic article alleges trump said, why should i go to that cemetery . Its filled with losers. The president heard about the story while on air force one last night. As soon as he landed, he summoned reporters to the dark tarmac and angrily denied it all. I would be willing to swear on anything that i never said that about our fallen heroes. Reporter multiple people who are with the president on the france trip, including trump critic john bolton said today on the record that they never heard the president call dead american troops suckers or losers. Joe biden said he finds the story believable because of the president s past comments, including what he said in 2015 about john mccain. Hes a war hero. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured, okay . Reporter biden said the allegations in the article show trump is not fit to be commander in chief. How would you feel if you had a kid in afghanistan right now . How would you feel if you lost a son, daughter, husband, wife . Reporter the president firmly denied the story again today, saying those who serve in the military are heroes. Its a fake story win by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer. But it was a totally fake story. Jon karl joins us live now from the white house. President trump speaking with reporters just moments ago, and you asked him if he regrets insulting john mccains military service. Reporter he told me he respected mccain, but made it perfectly clear he has absolutely no regret for what he said about him, saying hes not a war hero, that he preferred people that arent captured. As the president told me a few minutes ago, quote, i say what i say. Jon, thank you for that. Next, the deadly confrontation we suspected killer in portland, oregon. U. S. Martials shooting and killing an allegedly armed man. Just hoursare appearsn rb days ahead. Lfthcity mar 100 matt gutman in portland tonight. I think we would all agree that we need to work collectively to tstop the violence in portland. Reporter over night u. S. Martials shot and killed a man wanted in the death of a proof had trump protester. Swooping in to arrest him in washington state. Sound like fourth of july going off. Reporter Officials Say he brandished a gun and tried to flee in his car. There were shots that were fired into his vehicle, and the subject fled from the vehicle, at which time there was an additional shots that were fired. Reporter he was pronounced dead at the scene. We learned of the shooting at portland endured its 99th night of consecutive protests. They pushed the crowd back, made what appears to be a couple of arrests. His killing came after vice news released this interview with him in which he called the killing of protrump activist jay daniels selfdefense. Totally justified. Had i not acted im sure my friend and i would have killed. Reporter danielson was part of a protrump caravan of weeks winding through portland crashing with antifa and black lives matter protesters. Matt, you have been reporting about the sanction there. You have seen it firsthand. Theres concern among Law Enforcement about what might happen tonight . Reporter tonight and tomorrow. We just spoke with the head of the police union hear who said tensions are at a boiling point. When i asked him what the chances were of this weekend passing peacefully given left and right activists were flocking to the city, he said slim to none. Stay safe there. Now to the growing anger and. Rrest ro and n york driving through black lives matter protesters. Reporter tonight, emotions boiling over on the streets of new york city. Police sources say a counterprotesters car drorve through a crowd of black lives matter demonstrators who had gathered in times square to mourn the death of daniel prude. There were no arrests. Ongoing protests in rochester. Police firing pepper balls and pepper spray to disperse the crowds. At least eight people arrested overnight and two officers injured. These people was out here apprecia tird i y ittheporter the outrage spad by body cam footage released this week. Put your hands behind your back. Reporter prude seen naked and in the midst of a Mental Health crisis when officers say he turned combative, spitting at them. The officers placing a hood over his head, pinning his neck to the ground. The medical examiner later ruling his death a homicide. The mayor, suspending seven officers, saying shed been misled by the police chief. Chief singletary never informed me of the actions of his officers to forcibly restrain mr. Prude. Reporter the chief has ordered internal investigations and tonight the Police Union President saying each of the officers followed protocol the night of the incident and theyre all cooperating with the investigation. The state attorney generals investigation into prudes death is ongoing, and tom, it appears in anticipation of more protests tonight, Rochester Police have grabbed riot helmets and barricaded several blocks of city streets. Trevor, thank you. We move on now to the labor day warning about the coronavirus. The nations Top Health Experts say what happens over the next few days could determine the entire fall season. The u. S. Now reporting more than 187,000 american lives lost. The cdc projecting an additional 30,000 covid deaths before the end of this month. Crowds lining the jersey shore today, many doing their best to maintain social distancing others, not. Northeast university in boston expelling 11 students for violating covid19 policies. Marcus moore is in miami beach. Reporter tonight, the kickoff to labor day weekend. Three days, experts warn, are critical in determining how this country battles the virus this fall. New jersey today taking a big step, reopening Indoor Dining and movie theaters at limited capacity. But the governor with a blunt warning. We will not tolerate any violations, and we will not be afraid to come down hard and make an example of those who think the rules dont apply to them. Reporter so much at stake. S stostoom i think its gonna go up cause it seems like it happens every holiday. Reporter doctors urging americans to avoid the behaviors that triggered a spike in coronavirus cases after memorial day and 4th of july. The Surgeon General on gma. Le. During these hold days people come together for barbecues for picnics, for travel and that sets us up for spread of a high contagious disease like reporter there was worry about the spread of indoor get togethers or the spread at bars like this one at the university of south carolina. Just one of ten schools with more than 1,000 students already infected. Dr. Anthony fauci warning that several midwestern states are now at risk of a surge. We dont want to see a surge under any circumstances, but particularly as we go on the other side of labor day. Reporter the president saying this could with a vaccination by election day. Maybe even before november 1st. We think we could have it some time during the month of october. Reporter but his own vaccine chief dr. Monsef slaoui cautioning a vaccine by election day is possible but very unlikely. We may have enough vaccine by the end of the year to immunize probably, i would say, between 20 and 25 million people. And then we will ramp up the manufacturing to immunize the u. S. Population by the middle of 2021. Reporter tonight, Early Research on russias vaccine published in the lancet found it triggered an antibody response and had no serious adverse effects. That vaccine launched before the final phasethree trial was completed. But while americans wait for a safe vaccine, Jose Guerrero has reason to celebrate this holiday weekend. After six months in the hospital battling coronavirus, he finally went home. An encouraging moment in the midst of the you will of this. The beaches this weekend are open, and Miami Beach Police already cracking down. In the last few weeks they have written 800 tickets for people not wearing a mask. They hope the large crowds here this weekend dont lead toe the spice in cases. Is 800 tickets in a week. Marcus, thank you. Now to the abc news exclusive. The former nra insider ripping the lid off one of the most powerful groups in the u. S. Joshua powell with scathing allegations in a book out attitude accusing wayne la pierre of how their money was spent, including trips on private jets. Heres pierre thomas. Reporter a former top lieutenant is officially declaring war on perhaps the most powerful and best known lobbyist in washington, nra ceo wayne lapierre. Gun owners across america should be horrified by what i saw inside the nra. Reporter in his new book, inside the nra, Joshua Powell describes an organization rife with corruption. It is this, you know, incredible mess of malfeasance and selfdealing. Reporter he accuses lapierre and other executives of misleading duespaying members of the nra and using their money to finance lapierres lavish lifestyle. Including 542,000 for trips on private jets. It is an abomination. Its to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of wastage. Reporter its possible crimes were committed. Is that what you are saying . If fraud is a crime, thats correct. Reporter but powell is under investigation himself for the very malfeasance h hes trying to exatposetorneyalsit alleges evidence of illegal conduct and inappropriate spending for which the nra says he was ultimately fired. He denies the allegations. The allegations make you seem like part of the problem. I understand that. And i dont believe thats the case. Reporter powell says he now supports some of the gun control measures he says his old boss worked tirelessly to block. He said no to any proposed solutions to the nations gun violence problem it felt would restrict Second Amendment rights. The nra does have blood on its hands. Reporter the nra calls it pure fiction and that before he was under investigation he everything the nra was doing. 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And a big thanks to the doctors and nurses who helped her every step of the way. Thanks so much for watching tonight. Im tom llamas. Have a safe labor day weekend. Good night. Get ready for a hot, hot holiday weekend. Temperatures will skyrocket all around the bay area. It will be tough to cool off as well. Many lakes and beaches will be closed because of covid concerns. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. Taking a live look outside from our east bay hills tower camera, that is where some of the hottest temperatures could be. So right away, lets get to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what is expected. Things could get dangerous. Absolutely. Thats why we have a number of warnings. Lets take a look at the excessive heat warning that starts tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. It runs until 9 00 p. M. Monday. This covers all inland areas. Temperatures in the upper 90s to 110 degrees plus. That means the risk of heat illnesses will be running very high. We have a heat for the same time period. That covers the coast and parts of the y