Phillip mena we we again with the latest on the coronavirus outbreak spreading across the United States the country is inching closer to 5 million cases. According to nbc news analysis, over the last week nearly 7,500 people died. That is one person every 80 seconds. New york city is setting up check points at key entry locations to enforce the states quarantine rules travelers from 34 states are required to selfisolate for 14 days and fill out contact forms or face a 2,000 fine. The cdc is warning against drinking hand sanitizer. The cases came out of as azoaria and new mexico chloroex disinfecting wipes can be hard to find until 2021 demand has multiplied six times and they believe they wont be able to meet demand until next summer according to a memo obtained by usa today armrests and seat belts will not be wiped down between each flight. Those flights would be cleaned nightly instead. It will focus on high touch areas like tray tables millions of parents are now faced with the tough decision of whether to send their kids to school chicago, the nations Third LargestSchool System is going to begin their School Year Online reporter some 400,000 students in chicago will not return to the classroom at least for now stepping back from a proposal for hybrid learning, a split between online and inperson instruction, the superintendent says the decision was made based on the high number of covid cases. I did not feel confident that we would be able to enter the classroom in a safe way. Reporter teachers concerned about going back to the classroom are now relieved were not reinventing what it means to build connections with students were translating that to an online platform. Reporter citing chicagos nearly 5 Positivity Rate. A key metric School Leaders insist its best for children. But some families disagree i would have hoped that we could have come up with some Good Solutions to get some form of inperson to start the school year i do not feel that it is develop mentally appropriate for them to be doing it remotely reporter in florida where 11 of people are testing positive the state has surpassed half a million covid cases in court the Largest Teachers Union filed an emergency injunction to delay the start of classes statewide. In georgia with a 13 Positivity Rate, High School Students packed in hallways and at one reopened School District a second grader tested positive on the first day causing the entire class to quarantine for two weeks. The president again insisting on a return to school id like toe see the schools open parents want the schools open. We want them open and were going to practice very strong hygiene and all the other things that ive enumerated many times but we want to see the schools open reporter the decision to return to the classroom is expected in new york its Positivity Rate is among the lowest in the nation, less than 1 finally good enough for one of the harshest critics of reopening. It can be done with proper precautions. The level of Community Transmission how much virus is spreading in the community. And the bottom line is that new york has done a fabulous job of controlling the virus and one of the prizes of being able to control the virus is you get to open up schools safely. Reporter the debate over going back to the classroom where hard lessons may soon be learned. And decisions need to be made quickly as some cities are just days away from the start of a new school year. Thank you lawmakers and white house negotiators are said to be closer to a deal on a new Coronavirus Relief package the desperate need for more aid underscored by the weekly jobless numbers. Another 1. 4 million expected to have filed for Unemployment Benefits and this new stimulus package starting to take shape. Reporter but stillticism wh pull this together by tomorrow heres where they are in those closed door negotiations were told theyve agreed on 400 a week down from 600 to renew Unemployment Benefits from the federal government and that will be till the end of the year plus a ban on evictions until the end of the year. Still no deal were told on money for schools, state and local governments or food aid, something democrats really wanted and still skepticism about how quickly they can get this done. Im confident that we will have an agreement, the timing of it i cant say because i dont know if we dont do something significant we wont not only be delinquent in our duties to fight this virus which is the way to open our economy and open our schools safely for our children and grandchildren, but we will also be increasing the damage to our economy. While americans are struggling the Democratic Leaders have moved about one inch in eight days reporter mcconnell confirms that the senate will stay in washington next week in hopes of some sort of vote taking shape President Trump has said if it doesnt get done at least the frame work for a deal, some sort of agreement by tomorrow, cori okay. Than much. The university of connecticut setting an ominous tone for College Football becoming the first school at the sports highest collegiate level to cancel the 2020 football season each division will decide whether to play fall championships. So far divisions ii and iii have cancelled fall title games and the league announced zero positive coronavirus cases for the Third Straight week. A Global Rescue mission is underway in beirut after that massive explosion rocked the capital on tuesday the death toll has risen to at least 135 killed with 5,000 wounded. Hospitals are said to be overwhelmed and victims are still trapped beneath the rubble International Aid is headed to the region which is now under a state of emergency reporter new videos show how the powerful blast instant a Church Service underway when the roof beginnings caving in a bride posed for a wedding video. You can hear the first blast and then a reporter in the upper corner doing a Live Television interview in arabic, she survived we learned at east one american is among the more than 100 people who died. At least 5,000 were injured and hundreds are missing hospitals already struggling with covid are beyond capacity we have a small hospital. Its a 60bed hospital and its not equipped to receive this number of casualties ive never seen Something Like this reporter lebanese Officials Say the blast was caused by a fire you can see it popping and sparking what started it remains unclear. But it grew setting off the big explosion at a storage facility. Lebanese Officials Say packed with 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate commonly used in fertilizers. It can also be used for bombs. Timothy mcvague used it to destroy the Federal Building in oklahoma city. The beirut blast was 1,300 times more powerful. Theyre investigating why so much of this explosive chemical was left at beiruts port. Lebanese Officials Say it was seized from a cargo ship six years ago. Customs officials claim they asked to get rid of it but it never happened instead, this was the port area before and after like it was never there. The lebanese government says it is placing an unspecified number of port officials under house arrest while the investigation continues. Apparently out of concern they try to leave the country all right thanks it is time to check in with janessa webb good morning hows it looking out there good morning. We have kind of a quieter weather pattern giving people a lot more time to get the cleanup going. I know we still have many people without power so hopefully that starts to get restored this afternoon. Now, i am watching a front thats going to make its way across the midatlantic to the southeast and that will cause some scattered showers on top of this flooding that weve already seen we really need kind of a dry spell in this area it will not push offshore until tomorrow afternoon with temperatures starting toe almos0 degrees. We continue to watch cooler air make its way in across the great lakes all the way to detroit, 75 its been a rough week i think we need to look at the weekend. 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