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Jacob Blake's Father: Shooting Was Attempted Murder; Fatal Shooting During Protests In Portland; Rallies Against COVID-19 Restrictions Across Europe; Police Shootings Spark Global Outrage; Migrants Evacuated From Banksy-Funded Rescue Boat; F1's Only Black Driver Salutes Chadwick Boseman; Chadwick Boseman's Lasting Impact. Aired 5-6a ET

Aired August 30, 2020 - 05:00   ET

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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN HOST (voice-over): Hello and welcome to you, our viewers, here, in the United States and all around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber and 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 don't 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 Saturday. It was met by furious counter-demonstrators.

For months, now, Portland has been a flashpoint for protests. Our security correspondent, Josh Campbell, has reported from them before. And he spoke earlier about what led up to Saturday's violence.

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JOSH CAMPBELL, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: The city has been a lot of focus in United States for well over more than 2 months. Now there be nightly clashes between protesters and law enforcement, both federal and local law enforcement officers.

But today took a bit of a different turn and that these protesters were just anti law enforcement. As we speak right now, there is also a large group of pro Donald Trump protesters who are now also inserted into the mix.

Earlier this afternoon, hundreds of Trump protesters outside the city of Portland and indicated on social media that they were going to be going downtown. Police in fact put out an alert, said there was a caravan headed downtown and asking people to stay off the streets.

The caravan started clashing with demonstrators. Police said they made a number of arrests with these clashes been between the pro Trump movement and also those who have been calling for federal law enforcement to leave the city, calling for racial justice.

Now it's worth pointing out in the city of Portland, the overwhelming majority of protesters have been peaceful. But you do see those violent factions of protesters. And now just a very volatile, violent situation where you have these 2 groups clashing now.

There has been a report now of one death. Police are investigating that as a homicide. They said they were in the downtown area, they heard gunshots, they raced to the scene and they found a victim, who is deceased. It's unclear as to whether it was one of the pro Trump people or one of the counter demonstrators.

But it's already turned very deadly down there.

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BRUNHUBER: "The New York Times" correspondent, Mike Baker, witnessed some of Saturday's violence in Portland. He described the scene to my colleague, Natalie Allen.

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MIKE BAKER, CORRESPONDENT, "THE NEW YORK TIMES": There was a gathering out in the suburbs of Trump supporters and they were going to drive around sort of 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 that -- of that happening, there were reports of gunfire. I 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 it appears to have been wearing Patriot Prayer hat on his head, a Patriot Prayer, a far-right group here in the Portland area.

NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Tell us more about the clashes between these two groups, Mike, throughout this evening.

And what was the police presence like during this situation?

What did they do to try and help defuse this back-and-forth between the Trump supporters and the protesters?

BAKER: And some of the supporters were coming in, driving into the city; there were protesters that were blocking the street.

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BAKER: Police came and moved them off the street. Then later on, some of the protesters -- as some of the Trump supporters went downtown, some of the protesters were confronting them there and again the police kind of came in, trying to redirect the crowd, the right-wing crowd, to keep the groups away. But at the same time they are just driving all over downtown. You have

trucks going up one street and down another in different directions, protesters going all different directions as well. So it became an unwieldy situation, where there was not a central location where the clashes were happening.

ALLEN: The protests, for the most part, have been isolated to a few blocks of Portland as we understand it, and it has been 93 days. Tomorrow is day 94.

What is the concern going forward here after what we have seen on this night?

BAKER: The protests have really fluctuated a lot in size. Before the federal government sent in their forces at the beginning of July, the numbers were getting below 200 people that were protesting.

And then the federal government came and the numbers were up to 1,000 just because there was such outrage about the tactics the federal government brought. In the last 2 nights, I have been here most of the week following the protests. And they have come back down to 200, maybe a little more than 200 some nights, people out.

And police had largely kept them under control. They let them go out to protest, sometimes they would light a fire or spray-paint on buildings and then the police would come in and make a bunch of arrests. So it seemed to be on a path toward something more calm and under control.

Who knows, tonight, after something like this?

I don't know where we are headed here.

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BRUNHUBER: That was "The New York Times" Mike Baker, speaking to our Natalie Allen. And, of course, we'll continue to track this story and we'll bring you the latest updates when we have them.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, is another hot spot of demonstrations against police violence. It's seen days of protests after a Black man was shot in the back by a white officer.

Now U.S. president Donald Trump says he'll visit the city Tuesday. The White House confirmed that Mr. Trump plans to meet with law enforcement. He'll also view damage left over after protesters protested the shooting of Jacob Blake. No word whether he'll meet with Blake himself.

Mr. Trump hinted that he might go to Kenosha before the plans were confirmed.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The success as you know, we were finally able to get the go ahead from the local authorities to send in a National Guard. We sent in the National Guard and within a few minutes of the guard, everybody cleared out and it became safe.

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BRUNHUBER: CNN spoke earlier with Areva Martin, civil rights attorney and CNN legal analyst in Los Angeles. And she talked about Mr. Trump's trip to Kenosha and what we might expect to hear from him.

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AREVA MARTIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: For him, this issue isn't about the systemic racism, not about police brutality, not about the peaceful protesters.

But it's about him beating this drum of law and order and trying to paint the peaceful protesters as mobs, trying to incite in some ways violence, invoke fears and to create this narrative, particularly for those suburban voters who he is not polling very well with, that, if he is not re-elected, their cities are going to be overrun by looters and people intent on engaging in violent activity.

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BRUNHUBER: Blake's family led large crowds on a peaceful March in Kenosha Saturday afternoon. Our Sara Sidner has more on that plus reaction from Blake's father to police union accusations about his son.

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SARA SIDNER, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Here in Kenosha there was about 2,000 people who came out in support of Jacob Blake and Jacob Blake's family. His family was leading the protests here in Kenosha, several blocks, that ended up at the courthouse where they then. Spoke we heard from Jacob Blake's uncle and his sister.

We heard from Jacob Blake's father as well, all speaking about a couple of. Things one, asking for peaceful protests but two, telling people that they must vote. That is the next thing after protesting in the streets.

We also talked to Jacob Blake's father about what happened in this case and what he sees should happen going forward after the police association here in Kenosha made allegations against Jacob Blake, that he was armed and he was fighting with the police, that he had a police officer in a headlock any had to be Tased.

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SIDNER: His father reacting, saying what he sees certainly did not prove an imminent threat to the officer who ended up shooting him in the back seven times.

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JACOB BLAKE SR., JACOB BLAKE'S FATHER: How can you be an imminent danger when a person has nothing in their hands?

What was he, Superman?

He could see the knife through the walls of the car?

The police union means nothing to me. It's a bunch of caps that pay a bunch of dudes to have a title, a union. They do nothing but support their bad cops.

He's a bad cop. It didn't take seven shots to find out. That -- the first shot told you, the second one was coming. The third shot should've told you that the fourth one, he's trying to kill him.

The fifth shot damn, how many more times you going to shoot?

By the time the seventh shot got there, that's attempted murder.

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SIDNER: But no officer at this point has been charged in this case. We do know, of course, there is an investigation underway.

The State Department of Justice is investigating and saying that they are going to be doing an impartial investigation and that the police association does not speak for anyone, other than the defense of the officers. They are very adamant and clear in that they are the investigating agency in this case -- Sara Sidner, CNN, Kenosha.

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BRUNHUBER: U.S. intelligence has already warned of interference from Russia, China and Iran in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. But Congress will no longer get in-person briefings on the matter from the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe. CNN's Jeremy Diamond has the details.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, on Saturday we learned that the office of the Director of National Intelligence informed congressional leaders that they will no longer be receiving in-person briefings on this critical issue of election security and foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election.

Of course, this coming 66 days before that presidential election. And as this issue really comes to more to the forefront, certainly a perplexing decision that is really drawing a ton of condemnation from Democrats on Capitol Hill.

But first the president on Saturday was asked why this decision was made. Here's his. Answer

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TRUMP: Director Ratcliffe brought information into the committee and the information leaked. Whether was it was Shifty Schiff or somebody else, they leaked the information before it gets in.

And what's even, worse they leaked the wrong information and he got tired of it. So he wants to do it in a different form because you have leakers on the committee.

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DIAMOND: Now the president did not provide any evidence to back up his claims that members of Congress leaked information from previous and recent intelligence briefings. Of course the president there suggesting there were leaks while also saying that the information was false. So something there does not add up.

But again, Democrats on Capitol Hill reacting with extreme condemnation on. Saturday the House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, calling this a shocking abdication of the administration's responsibility to brief Congress on intelligence matters.

Let me read the part of the statement.

They say, "This is shameful and, coming only weeks before the election, demonstrates that the Trump administration is engaged in a politicized effort to withhold election-related information from Congress and the American people at the precise moment that greater transparency and accountability is required.

"This keeps both the American people and Congress in the dark when both are in need of the information."

Now also in the statement, they also revealed that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had actually suggested briefing Congress in mid September on election interference in an in-person briefing and then they canceled that briefing.

Now we have this announcement that they will no longer be briefing Congress in person on this matter, instead only providing a written statement of some kind on the latest conclusions of the intelligence community.

This is, of course, notable because we know President Trump has repeatedly been sensitive about this issue of election interference, particularly as it pertains to Russia interfering in the 2016 election, something that the president has never come to fully acknowledge.

Of course, there is this other issue about the mail-in ballots. The president recently suggested that mail-in ballots present an election security risk, that foreign countries might seek to interfere and take advantage of that situation, to twist the results of the election.

That is a concern that U.S. intelligence officials have repeatedly dismissed in recent weeks. And, of course, the lack of these in-person briefings for members of Congress means they won't be able press those intelligence officials on claims like that by the president -- Jeremy Diamond, CNN, the White House. (END VIDEOTAPE)

BRUNHUBER: And President Trump's Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, put out a statement condemning the move.

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He said, "This is not how democracy works. But it is how American national security and sovereignty are violated."

U.S. military officials say two Russian fighter jets made a, quote, "unsafe, unprofessional intercept" of an American B-52 bomber on Friday. The U.S. flight was part of a show of solidarity with NATO with flights over 30 countries.

The close encounter happened over the Black Sea. American officials say the Russian planes crossed multiple times, within 100 feet, which is about 30 meters, from the B-52, rocking the bomber with turbulence.

The U.S. isn't the only country having a hard time convincing people to follow coronavirus restrictions. Protesters gathered around Europe to call out the rules that are likely saving thousands of lives. That's just ahead.

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BRUNHUBER: There are now 25 million coronavirus cases in the world. And it took the world less than a year to get there. That's according to Johns Hopkins University, which also counts more than 842,000 global deaths.

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BRUNHUBER: The most confirmed cases are in the United States. The U.S. is very close to reaching 6 million coronavirus cases and 182,000 people have died.

COVID-19 restrictions are inflaming a new round of protests in Europe. Measures meant to stop the virus are seen as an attack on freedom by some. Now they're embracing conspiracy theories and challenging masks and social distancing. CNN's Michael Holmes has more.

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MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): A day to defy science, protesters, weary or even skeptical of lockdowns, face coverings and social distancing, crowding together by the thousands in Berlin to say, they've had enough of the coronavirus infringing on their liberties.

"The reason for demonstrating is quite simple," one man says. "It is about freedom." It was a rallying cry heard around Europe. In London, protesters

gathered in Trafalgar Square to demonstrate against COVID-19 restrictions. Likewise, in Zurich, where some people said they turned out because they wanted to condemn politics, they say, is based on fear and panic.

Paris, too, the center of similar gatherings. But police were on hand to dole out fines to people not covering their faces, which angered some in the crowd.

"It is for the wearing of masks," one woman says. "I do not think it is right that it is a compulsory decree. I do not want to have vaccines be compulsory."

But in other areas of the world, the spread of the virus, too real to dispute. South Korean officials say they are running out of hospital beds, with just 4.5 percent of critical care beds available in Seoul.

Health care facilities are already strained by a strike of about 16,000 doctors over reforms in the government health care plan.

Spain is fighting a second fierce wave of the virus, with cases skyrocketing in the past week. Government officials announced that drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, will begin phase 2 trials of a vaccine there next week.

"As soon as it is approved, I will have, it," one woman says. "We must use a lot of protection, as much as possible and as fast as possible."

But others are not so reassured. Another woman says, "I distrust that, given the rare and mysterious characteristics of the virus, we can have a vaccine so soon."

JACINDA ARDERN, NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER: And then we're just going to tuck it in and then you have a face covering.

HOLMES (voice-over): A more practical moment from New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, whose country is also seeing a resurgence of the virus. She made a video presentation on how to make a homemade mask, which will be mandatory on public transport, come Monday -- Michael Holmes, CNN.

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BRUNHUBER: For more on this, I am joined, from England, by Sterghios Moschos, an associate professor of molecular virology at Northumbria University.

Thank you very much for joining us. Appreciate it. As you heard there, we seem to be seeing more and stronger backlashes to COVID restrictions; medical tyranny, they call it. We saw, you know, Germany, England, France, Switzerland, they're calling for a return to freedom.

So what worries you most about this growing backlash? STERGHIOS MOSCHOS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY, NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY: The major concern, right now, is that the attention seems to focus on the immediate risk of death from this virus.

Yes, the numbers suggest that the rate of demise has actually declined. Quite likely, this has got to do with two things: one, that we have dexamethasone. But it's not a cure.

And, two, because spread seems to be occurring amongst the younger population. So that's the early 20s, teenagers, 30s, people who are not worn out, shall we say, and, therefore, are not going to be tipped over the edge by the virus and need intensive care.

However, there are many, many, many instances, worldwide, where we have teenagers, 20-year olds, in ICU, basically, with -- supported for their own breathing because they have been slowly succumbing to the virus.

And there's also data that is now becoming practically difficult to refute, that the heart is a major target of this virus, even among those who have had mild disease. There is evidence from tests that are carried out clinically and many studies have reported this, that show that heart muscle cells are actually destroyed by the virus.

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MOSCHOS: So the damage is akin to that of a heart attack, not as severe but very similar. And we know, very well, the heart does not heal. So we are effectively entering a phase where people will be losing their quality of life in the future. They're not going to die immediately. But they will be sustaining damage that is presently irreparable.

And people need to really, carefully consider whether or not this is worthwhile with regard to the discomfort because that's all it is, of wearing a mask.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. That's the thing. I mean, not as many people are dying. People think they're invincible. And not enough people know about those secondary and long-lasting effects.

So how do you convince skeptics?

Is it possible to reach people who believe conspiracies over science?

MOSCHOS: Sometimes, I do wish I had taken psychology and not in molecular biology.

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MOSCHOS: So I would defer that question to the people who are more equipped to answer it. But short of showing them the data and showing them what happens with people from among their own communities, that end up in hospital or dead because of this virus, I'm not sure what we can do. BRUNHUBER: I mean, clearly, you know, people are itching for a return

to normal, even the government. I mean, the U.K. government's encouraging people to return to work.

But are workplaces ready for that?

MOSCHOS: No, I'm not convinced that many workplaces have implemented the kind of protective measures necessary. So there is a very high- level discussion at the WHO with regard to modes of transmission and aerosol transmission.

But the evidence is mounting very strongly and the recommendations are going to change very soon to something like 20 liters per minute -- sorry, per second -- per person in a room. So that's 20 liters. Imagine that. You know, a double pint of milk, 20 of those being chucked out the window per second, per person in a room.

That kind of extraction, I know of, is present in entertainment venues, it's not the average office. And you need that with masks, not without masks. So to assert that we need to return into normal working life, where many companies are able to have efficient and effective working, with people working from home, is something that we need to reconsider very carefully.

The other risk here is public transport. If we have people who are not masking up going to the supermarket and, suddenly, all this is going to go into public transport, the transmission is going to be very strong. I do not wish to be in a situation where we turn around and say, we told you so, a few weeks down the line or a few months down the line.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. Well, a warning that's definitely worth hearing and, hopefully, some of those skeptics will actually believe it. Sterghios Moschos, we appreciate you joining us. Thank you so much.

MOSCHOS: You're very welcome.

BRUNHUBER: Well, there's much more ahead on CNN, including details on the U.S. president's recently announced trip to Wisconsin, a key swing state being hit by protests.

Plus, the fight against racism and police brutality is global. Massive crowds are expected for a Black Lives Matter protest in London, today. That's coming up, right after this short break.

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BRUNHUBER: And welcome back to you, our viewers in the United States, Canada and around the world. Now to recap our top story, a chaotic night of violence and death in

Portland, Oregon. Police are investigating a homicide after a person was shot and killed downtown. The killing came amid fierce and violent clashes between supporters and counter-demonstrators.

But we have to be clear here. We're still waiting to hear if the police believe the shooting is actually related to the unrest. Kenosha, Wisconsin, has seen a week of protests after a Black man was shot by a white police officer.

Now U.S. president Donald Trump plans to visit the city on Tuesday. Wisconsin, is, of course, a key swing state and the unrest is having a political impact. Mr. Trump will meet with law enforcement and view damage from the protests. But no word on whether he'll speak with the man who was shot or his family.

Police shootings of Black Americans have not only sparked months of protest domestically but they've also ignited a global movement against racism.

Earlier this summer, the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, prompted demonstrations, like this one that you're seeing there, in London. People outraged by Floyd's death protested against racial injustices in their own countries. Demonstrators chanted Black Lives Matter outside the American embassy in London.

And the protest's co-organizer spoke to CNN at the time and said how surprised she was by the turnout.

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AIMA, FOUNDER, ALL BLACK LIVES UK: I was in utter shock when I arrived and there were so many people there. I think the response has been insane. Yesterday, at the march, there were multiple people of different races, genders, ages.

And I think what I realized is that so many people have been affected by this, so many people's family members and friends have been affected by this. And so many people have the same points and just -- people just want change.

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BRUNHUBER: And Aima is back with us again, joining me now from London. She is the co-founder of All Black Lives UK.

Thank you very much for speaking with us again. When we last spoke with you, you know, there were large protests. Statues were being torn down. And then the protests got a bit smaller. There was less media spotlight, fair to say, for a while. The momentum was kind of, you know, being lost a little bit.

How have you been trying to get that back?

AIMA: Yes. Thank you for having me. So I think the main thing that we've been doing is being consistent and constantly protesting. We have been protesting every single weekend.

And we usually go through big streets, like Oxford Street or Trafalgar Square so a lot of people can see us and hear us.

Another thing that we've done is used social media to really push the message and not stop so that everyone can see that we are still fighting and we haven't kept quiet about it.

BRUNHUBER: I want to ask you.

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BRUNHUBER: You know, here, in the U.S., since the death of George Floyd, we're now embroiled in more protest after yet another Black man was shot by police from behind. We're now seeing, you know, these violent clashes between Black Lives Matter protesters and pro-Trump activists. The country seems more divided.

How different is the dynamic there, where you are?

AIMA: Yes. I do agree that that has happened in the U.K. as well. I think that I have seen a lot more racism than I've ever seen before, ever since our protests have begun. And I think there have been some anti-BLM protests happening all over the U.K. So I think that the divide has been created and expanded a lot more.

BRUNHUBER: But I'm curious, is it -- has it just revealed, sort of, the cracks that were already there?

Or do you think it actually widened them?

AIMA: I think that it revealed them. I don't think it ever widened them. I think that it really revealed them and has showed to everyone what was actually happening. I don't think it widened it. I think that it always has been there but it's been hidden.

BRUNHUBER: Now there's going to be a big Black Lives Matter event in London today, in a very affluent neighborhood. In addition, to the big crowds, we're expecting some, you know, 3,000 police officers.

What are you hoping to see and not see today?

Is there a danger that the message, maybe, gets lost here?

AIMA: Yes. I definitely think there is a chance of the message will be lost because one of the organizers has already received numerous threats by the police. And it's quite terrifying because, at our first protest, our protesters did get (INAUDIBLE) at the end for a few hours. And frankly, we are terrified that that may happen again.

However, I think that the huge turnout will show people that we need to keep the momentum up and we can't stay silent about this.

BRUNHUBER: Yes.

Are you expecting a lot of violence? AIMA: I don't -- I -- no, I'm not expecting violence because, our first protest, there wasn't any violence. But the police still kettled us. So I don't expect violence from our side, personally. And I hope there's no violence from the police.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. I want to ask you about athletes because it's something that we're seeing a lot here. You know, athletes are playing a very big role in the discussion. For instance, here, you know, we've seen NBA players even playing a role in helping people vote in the upcoming election.

What issues would you like to see athletes get involved with, when it comes to Black Lives Matter, sort of beyond what we've seen, you know, football players kneeling before games and so on?

AIMA: I think that a big thing that we need to see is donating to lot of GoFundMes for Black people who have been affected throughout these protests. Also, I think that with boycotting events, it only -- a lot of time, it seems formative activism and it only happens for like a day or so.

I think that they should elongate it and they should keep boycotting and protesting for their rights. And I think that you can't just protest for one day and think that there's going to be change. It has to be for an elongated amount of time. And I think that's the main thing, that time that they fight for their rights needs to be increased.

BRUNHUBER: Well, listen, I think it's admirable that young people, such as yourself, are getting involved and making their presence felt for change. We appreciate you talking to us, again, Aima, the co- founder of All Black Lives UK, appreciate you being with us.

AIMA: Thank you.

BRUNHUBER: Well, we have much more to come still on CNN NEWSROOM, including the migrant crisis on the Mediterranean sea. It's worsening. We will tell you about the latest rescue and the people with nowhere to go. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: A rescue boat in the Mediterranean, funded by British street artist, Banksy, was so overcrowded with migrants, well, it needed rescue itself. After several tense hours, the migrants were transferred on to two other boats. And we understand at least one of those boats has now reached the Italian island of Lampedusa. Here is more on their journey.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BRUNHUBER (voice-over): A ship in need, loaded with the most needy of people. The rescue boat, Louise Michel, requiring help itself Saturday, after it became so overcrowded with migrants, picked up in the Mediterranean, it was unable to move.

The Italian Coast Guard evacuated dozens of the most vulnerable people. Rescuers said there were many women and children, some of them extremely traumatized.

These are photos of a humanitarian ship called the Sea Watch IV, making the final rescues of the remaining people on board. It also answered the call to help the Louise Michel, which is unlike other rescue boats. It is funded by the British street artist, Banksy.

The signature mural of a migrant, with a heart shaped lifebuoy, is on the ship's side. The Sea Watch IV was fairly close by since it, too, had rescued migrants and was waiting for permission to dock in a safe port since many countries are wary of receiving migrants because of the pandemic.

So far, the U.N. says more than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to reach Europe this year. Many of them are from Tunisia and Libya.

On the other side of Europe, patrols have been set up on the beaches of Calais to stop migrants from making the 30 kilometer journey across the English Channel to Dover. British reports say nearly 5,000 migrants have come ashore in small boats since lockdown began. Many recently, because of incentives like warm weather and deceptively calm seas.

"You can cross from a beach or from a port, with your sailboat," one activist says, "starting out with calm seas and no wind. And in an instant, you pass through a cape, you find yourself in rough seas, with violent winds."

Across the U.K. and Europe, what to do with the migrants and how to stop them from coming, is an increasingly politically charged debate, with many conservative politicians, calling for stronger border enforcement. A political debate that cannot be heard on the high seas by migrants, risking their lives for a better life, and the people, trying to help them.

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BRUNHUBER: And again, those migrants have now arrived in Italy. So following the story from Rome is Barbie Nadeau.

Tell us, what more are we learning about this?

BARBIE NADEAU, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, this is not an isolated incident. Over the last 24 hours, 540 migrants have come on 30 smaller boats.

[05:45:00] NADEAU: That's 30 individual boats to the island of Lampedusa. And, you know, because we've got star power here, it's shining a light on this boat and particular people on it. But this is a problem going on not just this summer but for many, many years.

It is so politically divisive, especially in this country and especially because of the COVID situation, where migrants need to be tested, need to be isolated.

But lots of people are coming into Italy from France and Spain, where there are high numbers of COVID as well. Those people are getting tested very easily. A lot of people are questioning why they can't also as easily test the migrants and refugees.

BRUNHUBER: All right, Barbie Nadeau, thank you very much for that. Appreciate it.

Irish politics are being roiled after dozens of current and former politicians attended a parliamentary golf society dinner, despite COVID-19 restrictions. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports.

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SALMA ABDELAZIZ, CNN PRODUCER: Like many in Ireland, Padraig Byrne knows the heartbreak of losing a loved one to coronavirus.

PADRAIG BYRNE, COVID-19 VICTIM'S BROTHER: It was dreadful. As brothers, we were all very close. We were there for him every day. We couldn't say our goodbye, we couldn't hold his hand, we couldn't be in the room with him or anything like that.

ABDELAZIZ (voice-over): Padraig told his story to RTE's "Liveline" show. He last saw his brother through the hospital window.

BYRNE: I will always have that memory. Even though he had passed away, I felt I was there. It was just -- it was very sad. You are gazing through a window at your brother, just dead in the bed and his wife and daughter there.

ABDELAZIZ (voice-over): But while he was carefully observing coronavirus restrictions, it has emerged some of the country's leadership did not.

Around 80 gathered at this upmarket golf course a week and a half ago, followed by a dinner at a nearby hotel in County Galway. The event sparked widespread anger in Ireland, because it breached coronavirus restrictions on the size of public gatherings.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely think it was disgraceful. There are people losing loved ones and family. And they are off playing golf.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just think it's one rule for them, one rule for us.

ABDELAZIZ (voice-over): Soon after the story broke, Ireland's agriculture minister, Dara Calleary, resigned. He was followed by Jerry Buttimer, who quit his senate leadership position.

And then, finally, E.U. commissioner Phil Hogan. He had initially tried to weather the storm of controversy.

PHIL HOGAN, FORMER E.U. COMMISSIONER: It was completely wrong. And I'm embarrassed about it, I'm very sorry about it and I know many families that have been suffering.

ABDELAZIZ (voice-over): His apology was not enough for Ireland's prime minister.

MICHEAL MARTIN, IRISH PRIME MINISTER: We made it very clear. Our anger, our annoyance, the extent to which the commissioner has undermined public confidence and adherence to the guidelines.

ABDELAZIZ (voice-over): But the scandal is not over. There is now pressure on others who also attended the dinner.

EOIN O'MALLEY, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY: We still have to see whether there is a supreme court (ph) judge, whether he might be asked to resign or might be censured in some way. So it's probably not the end of the controversy in the short term.

ABDELAZIZ (voice-over): The judge in question, Seamus Woulfe, was until recently Ireland's attorney general, advising the government on lockdown laws. He has apologized but not resigned.

The so-called Golfgate scandal exposed deep anger within the Irish community at the perceived hypocrisy of some of the country's leadership. The question now is, whether it will have any long term impact on the government's coronavirus message -- Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, London.

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BRUNHUBER: People around the world have been profoundly affected by Chadwick Boseman's death. Ahead, we'll find out what made the film star so special, to so many people.

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BRUNHUBER: Formula 1 racing's only Black driver was in the perfect position Saturday to honor Chadwick Boseman. Lewis Hamilton had just won the pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix when he climbed onto his car and did the Wakanda forever salute from the Black superhero movie, "Black Panther," which starred Boseman. Boseman died Friday.

Hamilton tweeted that Boseman inspired a whole generation of young Black men and women with a true superhero to look up to. And even in death, Chadwick Boseman is smashing barriers. Twitter's

most-liked tweet of all time, in less than 24 hours, now belongs to the late movie star. More than 6 million people have liked the tweet on Boseman's account, which announced his death from cancer at age 43.

During his life, he became a beloved role model for the African American community. Here's more on Chadwick Boseman's lasting impact.

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DR. RICHINA BICETTE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL PHYSICIAN: Chadwick was a visionary, a true hero and someone who was the definition of a role model. He was culturally aware enough not to take roles that would reinforce negative stereotypes of African Americans in this country.

Chadwick allowed little Black boys and Black girls to see themselves as kings, as queens, as superheroes. And I would be remiss if I did not highlight his legacy in the fact that he is a true cultural icon.

SEGUN ODUOLOWU, HOST, "THE LIST": As someone who is Nigerian American myself, I look at Chadwick and not only did he give the world a superhero, he gave them an African superhero.

I have nephews that are too young to remember Wesley Snipes playing Blade but they remember Chadwick Boseman. They know "Black Panther." For people of color, for people not of color, to see him up there on the big screen, the amount of money this money movie grossed, shows that these types of characters need to be seen. And what Chad gave the world was just an immense character.

AFUA ADOM, JOURNALIST AND COMMENTATOR: Here in the U.K., when "Black Panther" came out in 2018, I was at the premiere. And the excitement that was around that film in the months building up to it was unimaginable.

And the way the African diaspora community, the Caribbean diaspora community here, in the U.K., came out and showed up for "Black Panther."

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ADOM: It was so important that we had this film that wasn't necessarily a Black story.

It was a superhero story that was shown through a Black lens and that was something that we've never seen before.

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BRUNHUBER: Athletes and others around the world also paid tribute to Boseman on Saturday. The best-known basketball player on the planet, LeBron James, honored Boseman with the Wakanda salute ahead of the Lakers' playoff game.

In fact, the NBA resumed its playoff Saturday after postponing nine games in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

And this powerful moment at the league's bubble, in Florida, Saturday.

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BRUNHUBER (voice-over): The Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic players knelt during the U.S. national anthem.

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BRUNHUBER: Now before we go, we want to give you an update on our top story. Police in Portland, Oregon, have made 10 arrests after a chaotic night of violence that culminated in a shooting death, which remains under investigation.

Arrests were related to violent clashes between Trump supporters and counter-demonstrators. Police are still investigating the shooting and warn that they haven't yet determined whether it was related to the unrest.

Well, that wraps this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Kim Brunhuber. Thanks for joining me.

For viewers in the U.S. and Canada, "NEW DAY" is just ahead. For everyone else, it's "Quest's World of Wonder." Stay with us.