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And should stop Community Spread right now. It has been a mostly peaceful night in portland, oregon, after a weekend that brought violent confrontations and growing public fooeud betwe the citys mayor and President Donald Trump. Portland police took some protesters into custody after declaring an unawful assembly at an office building. It was a different scene when tensions flared on the streets. One person was shot and killed as those protesting Police Brutality clashed with supporters of mr. Trump. Protesters against racial and social injustice have been going on all summer in portland, and after saturdays shooting, the city is even more on edge. Cnns Josh Campbell is there with more. This past weekend here in the city of portland began with a very violent start involving clashes between protesters and several hundred supporters of President Donald Trump who came into the city by caravan telling us there were a number of encounters that turned violent, that leading to arrests. Were also told that one person was shot dead. Police say that remains under investigation. The New York Times reporting that that deceased victim had a cap on that had an insignia of a far right group. Police tell us they are concerned that might lead to additional violence and backlash by supporters of the president , supporters of the far right group. Theyre concerned there could be an influx of people in the city seeking retribution. Were told from the New York Times that some of the clashes involved protesters throwing projectiles at vehicles. Mike baker from the New York Times caught on video people inside the back of one of these pickup trucks firing paint balls into the crowd. That reporter was also injured. That is a glimpse of some of the violence that occurred over the weekend. Police tell us they are concerned there could be additional violence. As that was taking place, a war of words was erupting between President Donald Trump and the citys mayor in portland. The president has been blasting portlands democratic city leadership for several weeks as the protests have continued saying theyre not doing enough to stop the violence in the city. The mayor shooting back with some pretty direct words for President Trump. Its classic trump, mr. President how can you think a comment like that if youre watching that is helpful. Its an aggressive stance. Itst not collaborative. I reached out in a collaborative manner by saying earlier that you need to do your part and i need to do my part, and then we both need to be held accountable. Lets work together, wouldnt that be a message, donald trump and ted wheeler working together to help move this country forward. Again, the mayor there saying much of the violence in the city has been fueled by harsh rhetoric from the president. We did note with the violence over the weekend, President Trump county come out to condemn the violence, he came out to criticize local leaders, with that war of words continuing, protests continuing on the ground, there appears to be no end in sight to some of the violence and harsh rhetoric that has continued in the city of portland for over 90 days. Josh campbell, cnn, portland, oregon. And more from cnns Jeremy Diamond on the war of words between portlands mayor and the u. S. President. Reporter well amid this volatile situation in portland, oregon, President Trump is not trying to calm tensions, not trying to deescalate the situation. We saw the president in Early Morning tweets on sunday, nearly 90 tweets from the president mostly focused on amplifying the divisions we are seeing in the city, specifically some of the clashes between the president s supporters and black lives matter protesters in that city. The president retweeting a video in which you can see Trump Supporters on the flatbed of a truck firing pepper spray and paint balls at protesters and also, in fact, hitting a journalist. The president was also directly responding to the mayor of portland, oregon, as he was delivering a news conference. The mayor drawing a line between the president s rhetoric and the violence he has seen in that city. The president responding in realtime where he calls the mayor of portland, ted wheeler r, a radical left do nothing mayor, and says this, which is very important. He would like to blame me and the federal government for going in, and he hasnt seen anything yet. This seems to raise the issue that the president has returned to time and again, which is this notion of sending federal forces into these cities to quell some of the violence that has been happening there. The president normally isnt allowed to do that without the consent of the mayor or the governor of where this is happening, and in this case, the mayor of portland has rejected that suggestion. Nonetheless, the president has continued to raise the specter of doing something unilaterally. This is playing into a broader strategy. We have seen the president time and again focus on the protests and some of the violence that we have seen in American Cities as he is trying to campaign on this message of law and order. The irony being that all of this is happening on his watch as president even as he tries to tie former Vice President joe biden to the violence in some of these cities. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. Wisconsin is another state grappling with the unrest. The state has seen daily protests after police shot jacob blake, a black man, seven times in the back just over a week ago in the city of kenosha. President trump is planning to visit kenosha on tuesday to meet with Law Enforcement and survey damage from the protests. But wisconsins governor is urging the president to reconsider his visit, writing in a later, quote, i am concern your presence will only hinder our healing. I am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together. Despite the governors pleas, the white house says President Trumps visit is moving forward as planned. Shimon prokupecz is in kenosha, wisconsin, with more. Reporter officials here in kenosha, wisconsin, are extending the curfew which was set to expire monday morning to now last through tuesday evening in anticipation of President Donald Trumps visit. The mayor today speaking out, concerned that the president s visit could spark unrest. The Lieutenant Governor also saying that this is not the right time for the president to visit, and also people who live here, they were hoping that they can continue, go on with their lives, and keep things peaceful are concerned that the president s visit here could cause some unrest. The president is scheduled to be here tuesday. He says hes coming here to thank Law Enforcement and to visit some of the damage that was caused during some of the violent protests. U. S. Senator ron johnson, a republican from wisconsin spoke to cnn about the unrest in his state. He says the National Guard can stop the violence, and supports President Trumps efforts to bolster local Law Enforcement. Heres part of his conversation with dana bash on state of the union. The way you stop the violence, the way you stop the rioting, is you surge manpower and resources, citizen soldiers, National Guard, and you overwhelm the numbers of rioters so they cant riot, you can protect peoples First Amendment constitutional right to peaceful protest. At some point in time, peaceful protests that dont result in ri rioting become a siege. Those businesses are shuttered, they cant operate. Other citizens now cant earn a living because the businesses are shut down. We also have to stop that siege on our cities. Okay. Thats fair. Pardon . Thats fair. On its very fair. Let me ask you the e request that i was goi question that i was going to ask you. We saw two People Killed by a trump supporter in your home state of wisconsin, in kenosha, and these do appear to be the result of clashes between the right and the left. Doesnt the president have responsibility to call out violence regardless of who is committing it . And the governor has a responsibility to accept the surge in manpower so that citizens dont believe theyve got to protect their own property. Im asking about the president. The president , yes or no. What the president did was he offered to surge manpower and resources so the violence could end, the governor did not accept that that day, that night, tragically two people lost their lives because citizens took matters into their own hands. Im not for villagilanteisms. It was not the resolve to end the rioting and people took matters into their own hand. People died. You have to get control of the situation, and the way you do it is what happened in kenosha where local officials said please, we want help, we want manpower, the president offered. The governor accepted it, and now at least the streets are not violent. We still have the protest, the businesses are still shuttered, those individuals Constitutional Rights are being violated, because they cant operate their business and enjoy a living. The 17yearold accused of committing those two murders was a trump supporter. Its a tragedy. Do you condemn that . Its a tragedy. Do you condemn it . Its a tragedy, but do you condemn it. The spire situation is a tragedy. Listen, i dont want to see any loss of life. Its a tragedy. I want to talk now about some of these far right groups with randy, head of the Oregon Coalition against hate crime. He joins us now via skype. Thank you so much for being with us. Glad to be here. You are based in portland where you have watched this play out, the deadly violence on the weekend and the mayor accusing the u. S. President of fanning hate and violence, and the president striking back. What impact is all of this having on the city and the way people feel about the future . Yeah, i mean, its quite strange to be in the center of this conversation but in a way its a great opportunity for portland to make its case. The city of portland has a history between racist and antiracist, including a skin head, these clashes are nothing new to the city. What is new is how this is playing out as part of this National Dialogue were having about race and policing and the fact that the president has engaged in this debate in the city, just kind of brings up the tension level that were experiencing. It always seems like its about to sort of fade off, and then something happens to reignite the protests and were back at square one all over again. And how is political extremism and racism changing the tenor of protests in portland, and kenosha. The northwest has had a history of its own White Supremacists claiming the northwest as their homeland. Theres been a movement to create a white homeland in america, and some of these groups have been showing up at protests, militia groups sort of to agitate. Many of them want more chaos. They want things to sort of collapse so they can have their civil war, the boogalu as they call it now. Its made things confusing to the average person watching the chaos. Its protesters versus the police, but theres a whole bunch of actors involved in thr this, including some from the right to attack the left. It adds to the chaos which helps feed their narrative. I think thats what the president is feeding off of, this chaos. He feels like the pro trump, antiblack lives folks are some how going to bring law and order back to the city. In fact, its adding to the mayhem. Lets talk about whats behind the actions of Trump Supporters, like kyle rittenhouse, charged with killing two protesters. And now the protrump demonstrators showing up in portland to cause trouble. What can you tell us about patriot prayer, the group the Portland Shooting victim was said to be a member of. There is a Strange Group thats been around for a while. Its led by a biracial individual who would not seem to be a white supremacist. They have attracted white supremacist through their eventimmigrant rhetoric. Strongly antiimmigrant, and antimuslim. While on the forefront they seem to be a First Amendment free speech conservative movement, they have actually sort of created a cover for a lot of more traditional white supremacist movements to march through the streets of portland, and the counter protests have been violent. What we saw yesterday in the city was kind of the culmination of all the tension building up in the city for years. So how worried or how worried should some protest leaders be that theyre actually giving the president exactly what he wants as he tries to pivot away from covid19 and racism to the issue of law and order with some voters so scared when they see cities ablaze and being looted that this actually becomes their top issue, and theyll vote on law and order. Well, this was Richard Nixons play in 1968 to be the law and order president who is going to clamp down on the urban jungle as he called it, the riots of the 1960s. America has changed a lot since 1968. We have a lot of people who are of different backgrounds. The suburbs are no longer white only, and a lot of sympathy for the cause of black lives matter movement, so i dont know if it will have the same traction that nixon had in 1968, but certainly something to rally the folks that see america changing too quickly and are afraid that their country is burning to the ground. In portland, its pretty, i dont want to say comical. Its strange. Its sort of a normal city. These Little Pockets where things happened, but portland is far from burning to go tot grou to the ground. If you turn on the evening news, you get dire pictures of whats happening in portland, and were basically going out for sushi wondering what everyone is screaming about thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. And still to come, the White House Coronavirus response coordinators advice to americans as the u. S. Closes in on 6 million cases. Thats next. Is now a good time for a flareup . Enough, crohns. For adults with moderate to severe crohns or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the only approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. You, getting on that flight . Back off, uc. Stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. Before treatment, get tested for tb. 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Dont wait for the vaccine to do the right thing. Do the right thing today because if we do the right thing today we go into the fall with much fewer cases. Right now we gained freedom through wearing our masks and socially distancing. With a vaccine, its a very different potential interaction for all of us. So yes, im hopeful for a vaccine, but im also very convinced right now, that we can stop Community Spread by wearing masks, socially distancing and avoiding crowds. Meanwhile, colleges are struggling to contain outbreaks of covid19 as some return to inperson classes. The university of alabama alone is reporting 1,200 cases since classes started a little over two weeks ago. Cnns natasha chen has more. Reporter its now been more than seven months since the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States, and since then, more than 180,000 people in this country have died of covid19. If you look at the newly reported cases in the last seven days compared to the previous week, 18 states in the United States are seeing an increase. 23 states are holding steady, and nine states are seeing a decrease. One of those nine states is florida. Their sevenday average of new cases has come down significantly since mid july and on sunday, the state reported its lowest daily death record since late june. Georgia was blasted by the White House Coronavirus Task Force Report earlier this month for not doing enough to curb the spread of the virus. But georgia now has also seen a significant decrease in its seven day average of new cases since early august. And on sunday, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported under 1,300 new coronav

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