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
Department has tested positive for covid19. The station where that person worked is closed for deep cleaning. And, anyone who was in contact with that crewmember has been ordered to self isolate. We have learned the Alameda County sheriffs deputy who has died because of complications of the virus got it from the jail. The 57yearold got sick after an outbreak at the facility last month. This is the second Alameda County sheriffs deputy to die because of covid19. California is reporting an increase of 2 , so far the state has seen 445,000 cases of the virus. Contra costa county could be the next bay area county where people could face fines for not wearing face masks. County officials will consider an ordinance will authorize fines for anyone who violates public orders. The firsviresult in a 100 fine. A second violation would cost you 200. Contra costa county of supervisors will decide to adopt the ordinance on tuesday, napa and marin county have approved so several fines of up to 2000.
New effort to learn once and for all if there was ever life on the red planet. And final farewell. Congressman john lewis will be laid to rest in atlanta today in a ceremony attended by three former president s. Hear lewis final message to america in a new essay released this morning. Its powerful. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. This is the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed. Together we will end the plague from china. We will defeat the virus. The National Death toll from the coronavirus has now passed 150,000. The president has also retweeted a tweet which said that you are misleading the american public. No, categorically, i have not misled the american public. Congressman Louie Gohmert tested positive for covid19 and he had contact with william barr without his mask. I might have put some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in. Big tech giants testified on capitol hill on a heated hearing about whether they have too much power. Big t
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
Hornets, an aggressive species thats wiping out honeybees in the Pacific Northwest. Luke burbank will be telling us all about it. Reporter somewhere in these woods lurks a fearsome predator. Its isolated. Its somewhere in this area. And the race is on to find it and destroy before it can threaten americas honeybees. They are just killing machines. They have these giant mandibles that are like shark fangs and one chop it bites the head off. Wow. Later on sunday morning, tracking the asian giant hornet. From there, its on to a look at whats cooking with famed new york restaurateur danny meyer during this time of dining restrictions. With Martha Teichner, well hear him out. Im not gonna be the kind of restaurant that ive heard about that puts shower curtains between the tables. Ive literally heard about that. Covid19 forced danny meyer to close all twenty of his iconic new york restaurants and lay off more than 2000 people, so now what . There is no recovery at all unless this industry re