Tonight, as we come on the air, the president just moments ago on the coronavirus, saying, we need schools open, after saying today children are, quote, virtually immune, and that this thing is going away. Tonight, florida, for one, reporting a record increase in hospitalizations in a single day. More than 157,000 americans dead. The debate over returning to schools. Tonight, the districts that have opened already. The cases, the students testing positive. Images inside one georgia school, packed hallways, no masks. Chicago announcing they will begin the school year online. And the other unfolding crisis in texas, new moms testing positive, separated from their newborns. Also tonight, the pandemic president ial election. Tonight, the president s campaign trying to halt mailin voting for americans who want to vote from home in this pandemic. The campaign suing nevada to try to stop the state from sending ballots to registered voters. 24 hours after the president suggested mailin voting
Tonight, breaking news. The Bombshell Note for the jury in the Harvey Weinstein trial. What the jury asked the judge and how the judge responded. Are they deadlocked on two charges . And have they come to agreement on the other three . Dan abrams tonight on what this could mean. Also breaking tonight, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gives in. After intense pressure on the debate stage from Elizabeth Warren and others, what bloomberg has now decided about some of the women who signed those Nondisclosure Agreements. The other headline as we come on the air tonight. U. S. Intelligence believes the russians are not only trying to help President Trump but theyre trying to help Bernie Sanders on the democratic side. Tonight, sanders message to the russians just in. News on the coronavirus. Here in the u. S. , alarming words from the cdc. They are now preparing for a possible, even likely spread in the u. S. And mobs surrounding busses they thought were carrying patients with the
will be severe consequences. reporter: abc news tonight given exclusive access to ukrainian forces training with u.s.-supplied javelin anti-tank missiles. this is part of what vladimir putin means by a red line. what he sees as america s, nato s growing involvement in ukraine. tensions still high, as we saw on the front lines, where ukrainian forces are fighting with russian-backed rebels. you can hear the sound of rapid automatic gunfire there. we were so close to the front, you could only whisper. the russian-backed accept are cysts literally about 50 yards, maybe less, just on the other side. there and beyond those lines, at the border, as many as 100,000 russian troops are now massed. by friday, biden hopes to announce a higher level meeting with some nato allies and russia to discuss the kremlin s concerns. perhaps offering a way out of this crisis. david? all right, ian pannell again
county, north carolina. david, it could be days before power is restored here in new jersey. you can see, these power lines behind me, they took a hit from the storm. new jersey officials say they are bringing in utility crews from canada, louisiana and florida to help restore power. david? what a scene there behind you. stephanie, thank you. overseas tonight, and news coming in after that explosion in beirut. the death toll rising. and tonight, authorities now say the blast was caused by more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse. and to put that in perspective for you, that s more than 1,000 times what brought down the federal building in oklahoma city. here s our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell again tonight. reporter: tonight, a state of emergency as beirut counts the dead and desperately searches for the missing after that apocalyptic blast. everyday life erased in a flash. the mushroom cloud and red pillar of smoke seen, heard and
the subject just moments ago. but last night, president trump saying something else. it looks like a terrible attack. reporter: but after calling it an attack last night, president trump on the subject just moments ago. i mean, you have some people think it was an attack and some people think it wasn t. in any event, it was a terrible event. reporter: u.s. defense secretary esper saying today, most believe it was an accident. reports out of lebanon now suggesting there had been multiple warnings about the way this material was being stored. those warnings clearly not heeded. and in a remarkable move, we re hearing that israel, sworn enemy of lebanon, is now offering medical and humanitarian assistance. david? that was encouraging to hear. ian, thank you. back here at home tonight, new surveillance and body camera images now revealed after the death of a prisoner in north carolina. the prisoner suffering a medical emergency and could be heard saying, i can t breathe. five