protesters six million and counting as august comes to a close the u.s. is fastapproaching 200,00 coronavirus deaths extra credit teachers going above and beyond the call to make sure their students know they are there for them >> last night's mtv awards were dedicated to chadwick boseman. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena the world has recorded more than 25 million cases of covid-19 that's according to johns hopkins data india saw a record spike of infections, more than 78,000 in 24 hours >> the united states still has the most cases of any nation now topping 6 million. more than 184,000 americans have died due to the viers. >> many americans are hurting economically the first of the month is tomorrow and we could see a flood of evictions if states don't enact protections. >> at the university of alabama 1,000 students have tested positive students have the option to switch to remote learning. temple university in philadelphia has paused in person classes for two weeks after identifying 100 cases. the fda commissioner says he would consider emergency authorization for a vaccine before clinical trials are complete he insists the the move isn't from pressure from the trump administration, and it would only make the vaccine available for certain groups researchers believe they may have just confirmed the first case of re-infection in the united states. >> a guy in nevada got sick with two different strains. the study has not been peer reviewed president trump will kenosha, wisconsin tomorrow. >> mr. trump doubled down on his decision after wisconsin governor urged the president not to visit writing this letter saying he fears that the visit may hinder not help the situation this weekend a man was shot and killed in portland after supporters of president trump and black lives matter protesters clashed in the streets. >> the president called the meyer a fool but the meyer blames the president for the chaos. >> president trump for four years, we've had to live with you and your racist attacks on black people and now you want me to stop the violence that you helped create. >> it has been a chaotic since the shooting of jacob blake. hundred of protesters filled the streets of portland and kenosha demanding justice for jacob blake. >> reporter: here in kenosha, protests have been continuing for at least eight days and have largely remain peaceful through the weekend but local officials now are expressing concern as president trump plans to head to kenosha on tus coming up on "today" we'll talk about the opposition he's facing from three leaders here in the state, the meyer of kenosha and also the state's attorney general who is currently leading an investigation into the shooting of mr. jacob blake. jacob blake still remains in the hospital we know he's paralyzed from his waist down people on the ground continuing to call for accountability from the officer who shot him in the back seven times we'll have the latest coming up on "today" with both conventions in the rear view mirror the race for 2020 is in full swing. joe biden is holding an event in pittsburgh this afternoon. according to the campaign the democratic nominee will ask are you safe in donald trump's america. donald trump fired back and saying biden is going pittsburgh because his poll numbers are plunging president trump is heading to kenosha tomorrow after a week of protests >> reporter: one week after 29-year-old jacob blake was filmed shot in the back seven times by a kenosha police officer people are still demonstrating and demanding reform president trump will go to kenosha tus to show support for the city's police officer. >> the president is on the side of law enforcement >> wisconsin's attorney general says blake has admitted to having a knife in his possession democrats are blaming the president for the civil unrest sweeping the country >> the chaos and the disorder and the lawlessness that we're currently seeing that's donald trump' america >> reporter: president trump not backing down on twitter surprised he threatened to send in the national guard to portland, oregon after demonstrators took to the streets for the 94th night in a row >> 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 have created the hate and the division. >> reporter: the biden campaign unleashing a strong indictment of the president's handling of the turmoil. >> you saw donald trump go to new hampshire on friday and say, you know, protesters my [bleep he's had every opportunity to speak as a leader. >> reporter: the biden campaign promising a different message of unity and reform when joe biden hits the campaign trail. both candidate out campaigning to the public appealing to their base with two months to go to the tleks. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington the qanon conspiracy is going international. signs and symbol from the movement appeared at a rally in germany against the country's coronavirus restrictions >> reporter: this is a sight we've grown used to in the states with qanon plags and posters. but it's a startling sight to he see them spreading here into europe tens of thousands of people gathered here in central berlin. the vast majority were protesting against covid-19 restrictions, the kinds of things you see people locked down why would a non-american who is not a republican or democrat believe in something called q anone? -- qanon it's spreading on the coattails about skepticism about the coronavirus. for those who think coronavirus is manmade or created by elites trying to manipulate the public those people might also be be us septemberible to the idea that there's a kabal of elites trafficking in children and donald trump is the anointed savior who are freeing the children and arresting those who are guilty the that's the main part of the qanon conspiracy matt bradley, nbc news, berlin last night 2020 mtv show was dedicated honing the memory of bose the take a look. >> before we get to the music tonight we need to take the time to talk about the zaefti izaeft- devastating loss of chadwick boseman. >> a heart felt message was delivered paying tribute to bose twitter announced the final tweet of boseman's account is the most like tweet ever it gained about 7.4 million likes the platform so far. steve patterson looks how big of an impact boseman made on the world. chadwick boseman embodied heroics. his role as king t'challa in "black panther" revolutionary for those who watched him on the big screen >> i really liked black pan therks it represents black people also. >> reporter: he was also a fighter off-screen conscious of his role as a black leading man. >> we all know what it's like to be told that there's not a place for you to be featured, yet you're young, gifted and black we know what it's like to be the tail and not the head. we know what it's like to be beneath not above. >> reporter: the battle for representation across hollywood and almedia is being waged by a young audience demanding for change >> why is it important for roles for characters that adopt look like everybody else? t's important to have role models and sort of abolished the stereotypes. >> we interviewed students from across the country about how they feel hollywood is representing minority voices >> i would say that my first, like, ah-ha moment would be when i was little and i watched mulan. it's mind-boggling like the first person that comes to my mind san animated character. >> i don't think there's been a moment where i saw my full self on tv or in a movie. >> i think for young people especially you can't be what you can't see. how am i going to know i can be a doctor if i've never seen anyone who looks like me or superheroes. >> when minorities are seen on screen it's still largely in a negative light a reason study found gang member or thug roles are disproportionately played by black actors >> for every additional hour of television watched black boys and girls and white girls their self-esteem went down. >> the country is now taking a look >> representation matters. tv andmovies are a powerful wa to shape the way we act and think. >> boseman's legacy a real life superhero. steve patterson, nbc news, hollywood. still stunned, incredibly stunned by the news. everybody was over the weekend >> for all those years he powered through. rest in power instead of rest in peace. >> so many strong roles. from "black panther," jackie robinson let's turn to weather. we got some flood threats in the mix as we start this week and the new month tomorrow nbc meteorologist janessa webb joining us good morning to you. >> good morning. it has been a tough weekend for everyone and across the deep south that's where we start this morning. the heat advisories and concerns they expand from louisiana all the way to texas people try to clean up currently 27 million people under those heat alerts and still mid-week where we see a little bit of relief watching these storms they are producing some flooding threat cooler weather in store but the heat is still a concern from shreveport into memphis. that's a look at the start of the week we'll take a look at the rest of the week coming up coming up the big winners and the hottest moments at the awdsar >> how teachers are bringing fun to virtual classrooms. for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days. 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