Now, whats not clear is if the shooting was related to the protest or not. Or was some sort of separate incident. Police have not, yet, confirmed on that. Portland, of course, has become a flash point in the demonstrations over racial injustice. I want to bring in, now, cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, for more on this. Hes on the line from los angeles. Josh, what what have you been hearing about what happened . There has been an awful lot of action in portland, over the last few years. Yeah, thats right, michael. Obviously, this city has been the focus of so much attention, in the United States, for well over two months, now. There have been these nightly clashes between protestors and Law Enforcement officers. Both, federal and local Law Enforcement officers. But today, it started to take a bit of a different turn, in that these protestors arent just antiLaw Enforcement. What we saw is theres a large group of prodonald trump protestors, who are now, also, inserted into the
With the key model projecting that number could nearly double by the end of this year. Coming to you live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. This is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us. On the very day that thousands in the u. S. Descended on washington to demand Racial Justice and proclaim black lives matter, were learning of the unexpected death of a young actor who portrayed some of historys most notable africanamericans and emerged as an influential member of the black community. Chadwick boseman lost his fouryear battle with colon cancer. The 43yearold starred in the groundbreaking superhero film black panther. He also portrayed the legendary singer james brown, the first black Supreme Court justice, thurgood marshall, and baseballs Jackie Robinson. Bozemans death fell on the same Day Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson day when the brooklyn dodgers, number 42, smashed the
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to you, our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im ken brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. We start with breaking news out of portland, oregon. One person has been shot and killed near the site of a fierce and violent clash among protesters. Police are calling it a homicide, but we have to be clear, we dont know if the killing is linked to the unrest. The shooting comes after a huge caravan filled with supporters of u. S. President donald trump rolled into town earlier on saturday, met by furious counterdemonstrators. For months now, portland has been a flashpoint for protests. Our security correspondent Josh Campbell spoke earlier about what led up to saturdays violence. This city has been the focus of so much attention in the United States for well over two months now. There have been these nightly clashes between protesters and Law Enforcement officers, both federal and local Law Enforcement officers, but today it sta
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Mike baker is a New York Times correspondent, he joins me from there. Mike, you were there during these clashes. What did you witness regarding the shooting that occurred and do we have any information as of yet on the victim . Yeah, so the shooting occurred while there were a bunch of trump pro trump vehicles driving through downtown. As you guys covered there, there was a gathering in the suburbs of Trump Supporters and they were going to drive around the outskirts of the city, but a lot of them decided to come through into downtown where they met a bunch of protesters who were there wanting to confront them. And sort of during the hours of that happening, there were reports of gunfire, went over to the scene and the police had blocked it off. There was a man who had been shot in the chest, who was being treated at the time, and he appears to have been wearing a Patriot Prayer hat, a far right group here in the portland area. Tell us more about the clashes between these two groups, m