The campaign suing nevada to try to stop the state from sendi ii ballots to registered voters. 24 hours after the president suggested mailin voting is okay, in the key battleground of florida. So, tonight here, a reality check. And the president also suggest ing giving his Convention Speech from the white house. Is that possible . Reaction from capitol hill tonight. The state of emergency just declared in new york, after more than 3 Million People were without power up and down the east coast from that storm. The death toll growing. The 5yearold girl swept away by flood waters. The tornado outbreak. The deadly twister, they are now reporting was an ef3. Winds of 145 miles per hour. News coming in tonight after that explosion in beirut. The death toll rising. And new on what caused that 70 of thats more than 1,000 times what brought down the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. And the images emerging, the bride and her wedding photos. A priest running for cover. The disturbing new video from inside a North Carolina jail. Several detention offers retraining an inmate. He can be heard saying i cant breathe. He would later die. Tonight, the charges. And what the sheriff is now saying tonight. And news coming in on a potential covid vaccine. Bob woodruff inside the lab. He shows us why these scientists are so hopeful tonight. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night of news. The state of emergency in new york just dekrclared after that deadly storm. Also, news coming this on what led to that beirut explosion. But were going to begin tonight with the president just moments ago, saying schools must open in this country, that we will do it with good hygiene, he said, reiterating what he said earlier today. That children are virtually immune. Many parents and teachers in this country remain extremely concerned, and even if the children are stronger against this, can they infect teachers or bring it home to parents and grandparents . Tonight, the u. S. Now topping 4. 8 million cases and more than 157,000 american lives lost. Deaths in parts of the south and west on the rise. Florida now becoming the second state to surpass 500,000 cases. The state also reporting a oneday record increase now in the number of hospitalizations. The president said today, this things going away, but many parents and teachers aware of the reality behind those numbers remain concerned. The images of students back in school in crowded hallways with no masks. So, where do with go from here, with so many districts trying to come up with a plan on how to do this safely, if at all . Abcs marcus moore leading us off tonight from texas. Reporter with tens of thousands of students already back in school, President Trump today pushing for a return to the classroom across the country, boldly claiming the virus is on its way out. Its going away. It will go away like things go away. Absolutely. No question in my mind, it will go away. Reporter but deaths from the virus rising in 32 states. Hospitalizations in 28. Florida topping half a million cases. The president insisting children have stronger immune systems. If you look at children, children are almost and i would almost say definitely but almost immune from this disease. Reporter but children are not immune. And some returning students are already infected. In canton, georgia, a second grader testing positive. All 20 students and the teacher are in quarantine. This was the scene at north paulding high school. Many student without masks. The superintendent admitting to parents that the photo doesnt look good, but insisting theyre following protocols and that class changes are a challenge. Back to School Reporter in ohio, a protest calling for more time in the classroom. We hear in dublin just want our kids to have choices. Reporter but in chicago, the thirdlargest School District in the country, a decision to restart classes virtually. Third grader nolan wu in california isnt sure inperson classes will work. I have this weird strong feeling that its not going to work at all. Youre going to need a face shield and a mask. And im sick of it and many other kids are they might take it off. Reporter at the same time, a recent study in washington, d. C. Finds children of color at greatest risk for testing positive. The study found 46 of hispanic children tested and 30 of black children were positive for the virus. Compared to just 7 of white children. Those Racial Disparities unfolding in a crisis along the texas border, where there is an urgent race to save covid patients. In this icu, doctors and nurses flipping them onto their stomachs to help them breathe. Today, i saw so far about 25 patients on a ventilator. Reporter next door, newborns whose mothers tested positive. Clarissa munoz has only seen her baby through a phone after he was whisked away in a zippered tarp to prevent exposure. I just delivered. And they showed him they showed him to me and right away, they took him. Its not a good feeling at all, especially for me, that im being a firsttime mom. Reporter more than 1,000 people have died here and hospitals are overwhelmed. Forced to transfer some patients as far as 700 miles away. For weeks, officials in the largely hispanic Rio Grande Valley have pleaded for a field hospital, completed just this week. We need the help. Our house is burning. And we are no less american than other people in other parts of the country. So, lets get to marcus moore with us tonight. Hes in mcallen, texas, where they have turned a Convention Center now into a new field hospital, marcus . Reporter david, the first patient got here on tuesday afternoon. And they have set up tents inside the Convention Center. Right now, 50 beds are in use. But they have the capacity for 250 patients as they try to respond this growing Health Emergency in this region. David . Marcus moore leading us off. Now to another part of this story tonight. The president moments ago was pressed by reporters on mailin ballots. His campaign is now suingto try sending ball lots to registered voters so they can vote from home. The president says that state doesnt check signatures. But our team asked nevada officials asked, is that true, and then brought that information to the president moments ago. Heres mary bruce. Reporter fearing mass mailin ballots could hurt him in november, President Trump now taking legal action. The Trump Campaign is now suing the state of nevada after democrats there passed a law to send ballots to every registered voter and allow ballots to be counted even after election day. Trump has been attempting to sow doubt about mailin voting. He falsely claims it will lead to widespread fraud. Our Kyra Phillips pressing the president late today. Thank you, mr. President. First of all, you said that voting by mail is an invitation to fraud. Could you lay out and tell us exactly where the evidence is right now that mailin ballots in nevada and other states will lead to widespread fraud . You see them all over the internet, theyve had some just horrible stories on mailin ball lots. We called the secretary of state in nevada and a spok registration cards, its evada done at the county level. Okay, but thats not what they said when they approved it. They said theyre not going to check signatures. Reporter and now trump is taking on the post office. And i dont believe the post office can be set up. They were given no notice. I mean, you are talking about millions of votes. Reporter but one of trumps donors is now the postmaster general and hes been cutting costs, leading to big delays. Today, he was on the hill meeting with congressional leaders who are calling for additional funding to shore up the post office. Hitting back today, joe biden said, the only things that can stop the Democratic Party now are trump defunding the post office and interfering with the election. Biden today reveals he wont travel to milwaukee to accept the nomination, saying he wants to do it in his home state of delaware, calling it the right thing to do. And for the first time, the president seeming to acknowledge defeat in november is a possibility, talking about his objection to athletes kneeling during the national anthem. May, if im wrong, im going to lose an election, okay, and thats okay with me. I will always stand for our country and for our flag. The president saying that today. Mary bruce with us tonight. Mary, on those mailin ballots that the president was just pressed about, we know that 24 hours ago, he said it would be okay, mailin ballots, in one state, the key battleground of florida. Republican governor there. And the president needs florida to win. I wanted to get to you on another headline made by the president today, the conventions. You said joe biden wont be traveling. And the president suggesting he would give his Convention Speech from the white house . Reporter yes, but david, even republicans today questionquestion ed whether thats legal. To use the wte house for a political event like this. Speaker pelosi today said it should be rejected out of hand, saying whether its legally wrong or ethically out of the question, it wont happen. Now, the president was just asked about this and he says it is legal, rightly pointing out that the law pertaining to this does not apply to the president. David . All right, mary bruce on a wednesday night. Mary, thank you. Next tonight here, the state of emergency just declared in new york, after more than 3 Million People were left without power up and down the east coast from the storm. At least nine people have died, including a 5yearold, swept away by flood waters. She was lost. At least 26 reported tornadoes from North Carolina to new jersey, including a confirmed ef3 in bertie county, North Carolina. Winds up to 145 miles per hour. The storm knocking out power to more than 1 million customers alone in new jersey. Outages there nearly matching numbers seen during superstorm sandy. Abcs Stephanie Ramos from new jersey tonight. Reporter tonight, families across the sma without powers lights on for millions up and down the east coast. At the height of isaiass wrath, those powerful winds Strong Enough to spin this ferris wheel and knock steeples from churches. Oh, my god reporter more than 3 million losing power. New jersey got literally whacked. Reporter isaias pulling the plug on more than a third of the garden state, nearly matching superstorm sandy. We saw transformers exploding before our eyes. Thousands now relying on generators. But for this family, they dont have one. Theyve been without power for more than 24 hours. De thisbad. Reporter have y cled the 00. I dont know. Were probably not going to stay here tonight, pretty difficult with the heat. Reporter in new york city, where a man was killed by a falling tree, the nypd delivering this generator to a double amputee, desperately needing it for dialysis. South, people dead after an ef3 tornado tore through bertie county, North Carolina. David, it could be days before power is restored here in new jersey. You can see, these power lines behind me, they took a hit from the storm. New jersey Officials Say they are bringing in utility crews from canada, louisiana and florida to help restore power. David . What a scene there behind you. Stephanie, thank you. Overseas tonight, and news coming in after that explosion in beirut. The death toll rising. And tonight, authorities now say the blast was caused by more than 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate in a warehouse. To put that in perspective for you, thats more than 1,000 times what brought down the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Heres our senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell again tonight. Reporter tonight, a state of emergency as beirut counts the dead and desperately searches for the missing after that apocalyptic blast. Everyday life erased in a flash. The Mushroom Cloud and red pillar of smoke seen, heard and felt for dozens of miles. Buildings blown in half, cars crushed, glass lining the streets. But above all, lives torn apart. In what should have been the best day of her life, a bride poses for her wedding photos. As the blast rips through, shes seen running for her life. A priest, livestreaming a service, when the shockwaves hit. Stained glass raining down as the church shakes. An american living in beirut describing the nightmare. I genuinely thought the building was going to crumble down while i was in my own home. I ran down to the street to see what was going on, kind of took falling from a bit of everywhere and so much glass on the streets. R t one american citizen is known to be among the more than 130 dead. Ow in a country already in the depths of an economic crisis. This is all that remains of the port where the blast happened. A lifeline for a country that imports almost all its food, now reduced to rubble. These before and after satellite images show paths are all but raised to the ground. Port officials placed under house arrest until an investigation determines who is to blame. Were now learning there were more than 2,500 tons of Ammonium Nitrate stored here. A highly explosive chemical often used in fertilizers and the same check used in the Oklahoma City bombing, but the amount stored in beirut, over 1,000 times more. It was confiscated from a freighter and stored at the port for six years, but nothing appears to have been done to secure it. As the investigation intensifies, some officials are pointing to gross negligence. But last night, President Trump saying something else. It looks like a terrible attack. Reporter but after calling it an attack last night, President Trump on the subject just moments ago. I mean, you have some people think it was an attack and some people think in any event, it was a terrib terrible reporter reports out of lebanon now suggesting there had been multiple warnings about the way this material was being stored. Those warnings clearly not heeded. And in a remarkable move, were hearing that israel, sworn enemy of lebanon, is now offering medical and humanitarian assistance. David . Ian, thank you. Back here at home tonight, new surveillance and body camera images reveal a death of a prisoner in North Carolina. The prisoner heard saying i cant breathe. Five Corrections Officers and a nurse tonight facing chafrjs. And we warn you, the video is disturbing. Heres steve osunsami. I cant breathe i cant breathe reporter the disturbing images tonight from a jail in winstonsalem, North Carolina, come with an apology from the sheriff who runs it. 56yearold john neville was being held in december on an assault charge when he fell from a bed and staff at the jail responded. You see that here. Doing your blood pressure. Reporter things took a turn when they put a bag over his head. Put him in handcuffs and tried to move him to another cell for observation. They tied him up in a such a way that he screamed that he couldnt breathe. I cant breathe reporter they tried to unlock the handcuffs but couldnt, and needed bolt cutters to get them off. He tells them again and again that hes trg trouble breathing and more than once, the guards refuse to believe him. I cant breathe. Youre talking, youre yelling. Reporter he died days later in a hospital. A nurse and five detention officers whove been fired are charged tonight with involuntary manslaughter. I apologize again for what took place on that day. Reporter a medical examiner says he ultimately died from a brain injury that was caused by the way he was being restrained. His family is suing. David . All right, steve, thank you. There is news tonight in the race for a vaccine, moderna and pfizer in phase three of human trials, and Johnson Johnson moving forward, too. And their scientists tonight allowing our cameras inside the lab, and why what theyre seeing is giving them hope. Heres abcs bob woodruff tonight. Reporter tonight, the race to develop a possible vaccine to fight covid19. We got a firsthand look at a lab in boston why dont we go into this room . Reporter where scientists for Johnson Johnson are working around the clock. This is one type of antibody test. Were seeing some nice responses in these plates. This is without the vaccine and with the vaccine. You can see that theres a lot more color. The color signifies antibodies. Reporter so this is good news . It is good news. Reporter just last week, Johnson Johnson announced their vaccine protected monkeys from getting covid. And with one single injection. Are you pretty confident this will work . We are cautiously optimistic. Reporter today, the company is now in phase two of its trial, reaching a 1 billion deal with the u. S. Government to guarantee at least 100 million doses for americans. Have there been any kind of effects on the humans that are detectable . So far so good. 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