The investigation into beiruts devastating explosion reportedly has led to the detention of 16 port employees and cnn has learned the Bank Accounts belonging to both the port director and the customs director have been frozen. Nearly 3,000 tons of hazardous Ammonium Nitrate stored in the port warehouse is the suspected source of the blast. Shock has quickly turned to outrage towards the government. Documents show officials were warned repeatedly about the hazardous stockpile but nothing was ever done. Cnns jomana karachi is joining us from istanbul. So many elements to this horrific story. Whats the latest . Reporter kim, as you mentioned there, the focus, of course, is that shipment of Ammonium Nitrate. Nearly 3,000 metric tons of it that sat in the beirut port for more than six years. Now we know, we believe how it ended up there, it was a shipment headed to mozambique. Financial disputes on the port. It ended up stopping in beirut, confiscated. The beirut port authorities confiscate
So at this hour the u. S. Has the highest reported number of coronavirus cases in the world. The w. H. O. Says its confirmed cases of the virus have more than 190 countries and territories. No one is known to be immune, and despite the efforts of doctors around the world, so far there is no vaccine. Johns Hopkins University has logged more than 532,000 cases worldwide with more than 24,000 deaths. In the u. S. , more than 82,000 americans are now infected surpassing even china. The u. S. On thursday reported 15,000 confirmed cases in just a single day. Yet the u. S. President seems eager to move on. People want to go back to work. Im hearing it loud and clear from everybody, and its going to happen pretty quickly. Af lot of progress has made but we have to go back to work. We may take sections of our country, we may take large sections of our country that arent so seriously affected. There are now almost four times the number of cases in the u. S. Than reported in china. The epicenter,
Thanks for being with us. Well, the worldwide number of people infected with could he vied 19 is rapidly rising to 1 million. Johns Hopkins University has recorded more than 47,000 deaths so far, a figure expected to go far higher in coming weeks. The United States has some of the sharpest daily increases anywhere. Johns hopkins has counted 216,000 cases to date and over 5,000 fatalities. If government forecasts are correct, the death toll among americans could eventually hit a quarter million or more. It is astounding. Stayathome orders in dozens of states have not slowed the disease from spiking up over the past month. The u. S. Death toll has doubled in just a few days, and with more than 940 deaths recorded just on wednesday. Well, new york has far more cases of covid19 than any other place in the United States. More than 84,000. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals are racing to keep up with the growing numbers of patients, and we get the latest now from cnns erica hil
Out. I dont own a casino. The mayor of las vegas put Safety Measures in the hands of business ones owners as she pushes to reopen casinos and hotels. We will talk to the head of a union who has lost 11 members to covid19 in las vegas alone. The United States now accounts for almost 1 3 of the worlds 2. 6 million cases of coronavirus. As tens of thousands of new infections are confirmed almost daily, yet even as the number of cases and deaths keep rising, the republican governor of the u. S. State of georgia plans to begin reopening some businesses on friday. The u. S. President says its too soon. I told the governor of georgia, brian kemp, that i disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase 1 guidelines for the incredible people of georgia. The medical community is focused on developing an effective treatment or vaccine as quickly as possible, yet the u. S. Official responsible for providing a viable vaccine was pushed suddenly out
Justin harris already charged with the murder of his son but could the mother face charges . I want to bring in nick valencia. Police said the father stated he was fearful that Something Like this could happen and thats what justifies the searches. But the mothers explanation . Waiting to hear that explanation. Looks bad on both parents, no doubt. We dont know and cant rush to judgment. The police arent giving context to the statement, they arent saying other than it came about in questioning but arent saying when the search happened. Lawyers on cnn say it matters when the search happened. They say it happened recently. The search warrants came out a couple of hours ago. They said i want to read, Leanna Harris the mother was questioned regarding the incident and made similar statements regarding research in car deaths and how it occurs. The father, 33yearold justin ross harris, in a georgia jail, charged with murder and Second Degree child cruelty. The mother, she spoke for the first t