Dying in their cars from close at 19 because overwhelmed hospitals are turning them away. To our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we are following breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut tonight where the government says at least 50 people are dead after 2 massive explosions. The initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away more than 2500 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast is being investigated security its. As you say old explosives and fireworks were being stored in a warehouse at the port lebanons Prime Minister has appealed for help from the International Community. For more now we want to go to your home paul he is with the think tank 100 both foundation and he heads their office in very rooted so good to have you on the program i know today has been a very difficult day
Come november. With the data. Because i believe the tomatoes do us all or. Our current press. Im boring golf its good to have you with us we are following breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut tonight where the government says at least 50 people are dead after 2 massive explosions. The initial blast in the citys port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away over 2500 people have been taken to area hospitals with injuries many others are. In their homes because of the blast is being investigated Security Officials say over explosives were being stored at the port lebanons Prime Minister has appealed for help from the International Community. Harrowing accounts of the explosion have been coming in from across beirut heres how one eyewitness described the moment the blast struck i was driving around the area of where the explosion cured so we saw the smoke happening and we asked people what was going on they said there was initially a 1s
Country, are going to move forward. The efforts that we are making, we need to double or make those much more effective, and therefore, weve written a number of resolves that were intending to do. I think commissioner chung raises, then, the other issue that president bernal has spoken to, which is these are not the only disparities that we need to address, and that often, we kind of take the disparity of the day, spend a lot of effort in it because we have limited resources and forget the others. And i see this resolution, then, as a means of trying to tie all of these together, including the issues that commissioner chung has raised, which should be part of the work being done on the part of black and black transgenders. And we have other areas that include our other minorities that we also need to work on, and i think that is what our final resolve actually speaks to in terms of the work our commission will need to do to address those so that we dont wait for another uprising for an
Projection showing the coronavirus pandemic is only getting worse here in the u. S. A Research Model regularly used by the white house now predicts the death toll here in the u. S. Could hit almost 300,000 in the next four months. Thats close to double the number of people who have already died nationwide since the pandemic began. Health Officials Say tens of thousands of lives could be saved if all americans wore masks. Nowhere in the u. S. Is that lifeanddeath struggle more obvious than on the texas border, where tonight, doctors say theyre desperate for help and hospital beds. And as we come on the air tonight theres yet another example of how far and fast the virus is spreading. Hours before he was scheduled to greet President Trump in ohio, that states governor, mike dewine, tested positive for the virus. Dewine has been one of a handful of republican governors who has argued for strict mask wearing in his state. Theres also breaking news just coming in from the National Football
High over reopenings. Im talking directly to you because you do not respect me brennan tonight, why teachers and School Nurses are quitting their jobs. President ial predictions President Trump suggests there could be a vaccine before the election and again repeats the false claim that children are immune from covid. In the crosshairs did the leaders of the nations biggest guns rights group waste money on private jets and Luxury Vacations . The new lawsuit tonight against the n. R. A. Dangerous recall the new alert from the f. D. A. About something in your refrigerator. What you need to know. And finally tonight, one familys commitment to helping drenrnir bs evening neth reg from the nationl. Brennan good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im margaret brennan. We begin with breaking news. A staggering and sobering projection showing the coronavirus pandemic is only getting worse here in the u. S. A Research Model regularly used by th