Im margaret brennan. We begin tonight with the frantic search for the missing after those deadly and devastating explosions in lebanon. The death toll, which is already staggering, is still climbing. At least 137 people have been killed, including at least one american, and as many as 5,000 people were injured. As we come on the air, the lebanese government has arrested the officials responsible for operating the port. Cbs news has learned the explosion may have been fueled by Ammonium Nitrate stored in a warehouse for six years. These satellite images from before the blast and after show the extent of the destruction. Meantime, here in the u. S. , new york city now says it will set up checkpoints at bridges and tunnels, as well as bus and train stations. Those entering from states with large numbers of infections will be required to fill out a health form and quarantine for two weeks. That move comes as confirmed cases in the u. S. Have soared above 4. 8 million tonight. More than 157
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Earnings last week and announcement after four for one stock split. We have microsoft higher on a possible tiktok acquisition. We have fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman with the latest from the white house. Edward lawrence from washington. Well start with blake. Reporter hi, there, jackie and david. A lot of the action up on capitol hill there was just a twohour meeting behind closed doors between the top four negotiators to figure out a way through relief talks. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and chief of staff mark meadows and House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer. After that mnuchin walked out of the meeting and went over to Mitch Mcconnells office to Top Republican in the senate and to brief him on the discussion. This is their readout afterwards. A lot of focus discussed on schools. Chuck schumer said we went through the numbers in person that the senate put in and proposal we have, how many children can you feed with this amount of dollars f
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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