behind metal barriers and compelled bragg to reassure staff members, who have received offensive or threatening messages. the grand jurors are expected to reconvene here tomorrow. linsey, when they do, it will be under tighter security. linsey? linsey: aaron, thank you. death toll rising after a massive explosion at a chocolate factory. at least five bodies have been pulled from the rubble. rescuers say time is running out to find anyone else alive, but families are still holding onto hope. abcs jaclyn lee has those details. reporter: tonight, the death toll rising after a pennsylvania chocolate factory violently exploded friday, the terrifying moments caught on camera by local station box 29 philly. explosion, active fire, damaged buildings. reporter: to date, crews discovering a fifth body buried beneath the rubble at r.m. palmer company. do the amount of time that has passed, the a chance of finding survivors is decreasing
vitriol for manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. the ex president insists as somehow, quote, racist in reverse for daring to investigate his misdeeds. in language, echoing his enticement ahead of january 6th, trump also used social media to demand his supporters, quote, protest, take our nation back, and all caps. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, even in the head of the maga troll caucus, marjorie taylor greene, both essentially troll told trump to dial it down a notch, before he insights and deadly mob. law enforcement is taking the threat of politically motivated violence very seriously. there have been reports of heightened security at the u.s. capitol, metal barriers in place near the manhattan courthouse, as well as the trump tower. and in an email to staff, the manhattan da alvin bragg wrote quote, we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in new york. today s protest, put on by new york republicans and heightened up by the maga crow
how danger this policy has become, and, of course, all the absurdities surrounding its enforcement. that s why we re now seeing people across the country are trying to take things into their own hands. we ve seen people taking to the streets deerks mamding their freedom, clashing with security forces, but also people elsewhere including beijing tearing down metal barriers or fences seelg off residences. all of that culminating saturday night into sunday morning when there were multiple vigils and protests spearheaded by young people including on many university campuses with as you mentioned people holding up white paper because white paper is a color of mourning for the people and also to vent so much anger and frustration penalty up inside themselves because for a lot of these college kids they have spent their entire college life under some form of
out that in the capital far west region on thursday night. ten people were killed and nine injured in a fire at an apartment building. p widely circulated videos which have now been censored in china show that covid lockdown measures delayed firefighters from getting to the scene. most parts have been under lockdown for more than 100 days. state media is now claiming that people in the compound were not blocked from leaving, but the video you see shows fire trucks unable to get close to the scene because the compound entrance is blocked with metal barriers that are normally used as part of covid measures, erica. and that is heartbreaking. selena, appreciate the update. thank you. talk about a big day at world cup. a little happier news for you now. in hours team usa set to face off against england. you may have big plans to watch this and iran just defeated wales in an upset. that win comes under the shadow of this vicious crackdown in iran. here you see a number of soccer
building. most parts had been in lockdown for more than 100 days. widely circulating videos show that covid lockdown measures very likely delayed firefighters from getting to the scene, fire trucks unable to get close because the compound entrance is blocked with fences, tents, metal barriers that are frequently used as part of covid measures. you can see smoke and flames are coming from a high floor of the building but the water actually failing to reach the fire. what adds to this tragedy is that you think about those who died in the fire, they likely spent their last three months largely confined to that building, if not entirely. this situation has really struck a cord with the public because we ve been seeing scenes of tragedy and suffering play out again and again during these three years of zero covid in china, countless stories of people struggling to get enough food, essentials and emergency help in those lockdowns. just awful. what about the capital, beijing,