1400 nationwide as cases surge in the midwest. Plus, controversial policies in two states and some say put nursing home residents at risk. Ride of a lifetime. Two astronauts who made history, crude mission on a private rocket. Safety issues they say need to be fixed before the next flight. First heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Suddenly, we heard a very loud explosion. The build iings, all the glass just went down. It was raining glass all over the city of beirut. The massive blast in beirut, lebanon. As the death toll keeps rising, Lebanese Health minister says thousands are injured. This coming as an investigation is under way into what cause this had tragedy. Isaias is leaving a path of destruction on the east coast. People confirmed dead. All of a sudden it felt like the end of the world was coming. Turn the attention to the upcoming electric, the president says he supports mailin voting in florida spl theyre so well run. Florida is a very wellrun state, low taxes
So far police have not said if theyre looking for a possible suspect. Im at the live news desk tracking reaction from a very bold tweet from the president this morning taking a live look from the white house. The president is suggesting we postpone the elections this year about voter fraud. He tweeted universal mail in voting is good. Referring to undermining the election process and the u. S. Postal service that deals with the mail in ballots. Michelle. Anne, thank you. The stock market is down thanks to grim new economic reports now taking a look at big board and the dow is down about 230 points. And on capital hill, negotiations over a new bill to stabilize the economy amid the pandemic have stalled. Skyler henry has the latest from washington. Coronavirus shut downs across the country led to the worst Quarterly Economic report ever recorded. Second quarter u. S. Gross domestic product plunged a record 32. 9 . If we go back to the great recession, i think our worst quarter was down
All right. All right. Everybodys got a Favorite Book from their childhood sometimes stories of adversity and triumph. But the heroes of those stories are often lacking in diversity yeah. Its true. Frustration. We just know, like, its too according to a recent study, much of a gamble straight ahead, the story actually, more childrens books from coast to coast. Massive explosion. What caused this devastating blast in the heart of beirut the mystery growing as the number of dead and injured climbs this morning. But from the rubble, a stunning story. A survivor pulled out alive. Those stories, plus phoning feature white characters than all other types of visible home the astronauts in that historic nasa Spacex Mission revealing the prank calls they made. Minorities combined. Thats one reason why jenna sat down with some really bright young minds to talk about the importance of representation especially in this particular moment by the way, these kids are probably was a pretty funny incredi
Lets get to the news. President trump claimed yesterday that if former Vice President joe biden is elected, quote, markets would crash and cities would burn. Our country would suffer like never before. I guess the only good news is that by november, you know, well be used to it. Thats right, in case you werent concerned already, our president is now talking like the opening crawl of a star wars movie. Seth according to a new report, President Trump made up the story about the new york yankees inviting him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their game on august 15th said trump, okay, you got me. I was lying. They wanted me to pitch the whole season. Thats right, President Trump made up the story about the new york yankees inviting him to throw out the first pitch because he was jealous of dr. Anthony fauci appearing at the Washington Nationals home opener even worse, now it looks like he is jealous of dr. Birx, too. When asked in a new interview if he regretted writing a negativ
On a visit saturday to Walter Reed Military Medical Center more on that in a moment. Thermometers and face masks. In the past weeks, more than i thought this was going to terrify him and he wouldnt want to go back to school. Reporter their 4yearold ady was just fine. I was apoplectic. 400,000 people have krasktcontrd him not bothered. Reporter they didnt send coronavirus. Their eldest back. Looking to the fall its wait refrigerator trucks have been and see. Called in to use as morgues, kids cant touch each other. Reminiscent of new york city a few months ago kids have to be 2 meters apart. The latest on the outbraeak and kids cant play in the playground. I would be quite reluctant to plus a live report from the send my kids back in that environment. Reporter summer traveling white house where the president and fears of a second wave could is defending his decision to commute his friend roger stone mean september looks different once again. From in prison now, the big take away is that