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
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
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Were going to check out our temperature trend in dublin, mid50s, a lot of clouds today and that will keep the temperatures down and some of us will get some rain. Ill talk more about where well see our highest chance of getting some of that wet weather for today. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Laura . Sounds good. Taking a live look at capitol hill this Tuesday Morning new rules start for the white house today after two Staff Members tested positive. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us with more on that this morning plus the very latest as well funding to fight to reopen the country. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good morning. So that funding still up in the air and now with two Staff Members infected the white house is requiring masks, temperature checks and also daily testing of those closest to the president , his senior staff. A Senate Committee will discuss how to get americans back to work. They are holding a virtual hearing to try to figure out how to get americans back
That we desperately need the rain but its going to keep our temperatures down today. A lot of clouds and a few peeks of sunshine but most of our micro climate will stay in the 60s. Well talk about where we may see the forecast. An auto shop on fire in cupertino. That fire is contained. They are trying to make sure there are no hot spots. Some neighbors nearby are being evacuated because of the fire. This could be a scary scene for anyone living near it in the 6 01 right now firefighters at the scene have that fire under control. Were going to keep following the story and bring you any new developments as we get them. Were still waiting to see what possibly caused this fire. Laura . 6 01. Live Staff Members tested positive for coronavirus. Bay bys tracie potts is live with more on that this morning plus she has the latest on the funding that could be available theres a big fight to try to reopen the country. Good morning, tracie. Reporter right, and its still up in the air. Democrats an