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What a good shot. Welcome to cbs this morning. We have a lot of stories to cover, including isaias damage, blamed for six deaths from North Carolina to new york city. We will have much more on the huge cleanup efforts under way in a moment. First, the death toll has risen overnight in that massive explosion in beirut. The death toll has climbed to more than 100 people. This morning, its said to be the most powerful blast ever seen in a city that was nearly destroyed in a 15year civil war. Officials believe thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate, fertilizer chemical, often used in bombs, was detonated by a burning warehouse full of fire works. Charlie dagata has more. Those images are devastating. Incredible. Report this is morning of 4,000 injured. That number is expected to climb as the search for survivors continues. Officials are blaming the explosion on thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate used as fertilizer but also to make bombs. Now theres questions as to why such a dangerous quantity of the chemical was being stored so close to the citys center. An initial explosion sent a towering plume of smoke high into the air, the inferno engulfing nearby buildings. Then it triggered something much, much bigger. The massive blast creating a Mushroom Cloud of debris, dust and smoke that swept through the city. What happened . Reporter from those in the street. Oh, my. Reporter to the explosion as seen from the bay. A blast so powerful, it was felt in countries more than 100 miles away. My neighborhood just became a war zone. Reporter debris and shards of glass from shattered windows became shrapnel, flying through the air at lightning speed before people could duck for cover. We still dont know what happened yet. Reporter bloodied survivors stumbled through the debris. Everyone who was able became a first responder. Journalist gada asharif was at her desk when the explosion blew windows in. Buildings destroyed and bodies being, you know, lifted from under cars. Blood everywhere. Reporter the citys hospitals already struggling to cope with covid19 were quickly overwhelmed. Only those with lifethreatening injuries allowed in. The lebanese Prime Minister said 2,700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had blown up, stored for years in a portside warehouse. President trump said his generals thought maybe it was an announcement. They believe it was an attack, a bomb of some sort, yes. Reporter 85 of its grain had been stored in the destroyed grainries. Lebanon was already in a covid19 lockdown. Before that, white spread protests were demanding the resignation of the government. Here the uk has joined the United States, the u. N. And traditional adversary israel in Offering International support and assistance. Jeff . Charlie dagata in london. Thank you very much. Powerful Tropical Storm isaias that killed at least six people. The damage is spread from the carolinas to new england and 3 Million People lost power. In connecticut where many people are waking up to a mess, mola, what does it look like there . You said it, jeff. Good morning. Folks are in cleanup mode throughout the state of connecticut, 70mileperhour winds with this storm, uprooting trees, a very big one, as you can see, downing power lines throughout this state. Thousands of people are waking up without power this morning. Here in weathersfield, we spoke to the owner of this home, a woman who was inside when this tree came crashing through. After isaias made land fall as a category 1, coastal towns like oak island were reduced to flooded, muddy wastelands. Turned out several reported tornadoes and two people died as a twister tore this trailer park to shreds. Even after it was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, isaias spawned tornadoes in virginia, one of them ripped through suffolk. The lord spared us for another day. Reporter more than six inches of rain fell in parts of maryland, creating flash floods, people wading through submerged neighborhoods in philadelphia. Sheets of rain and strong winds descended upon new york, where a fallen tree killed a man in queens. And across the hudson river, another tree smashed into this mail truck in new jersey. Fortunately, the driver was okay. Energy providing con edison said isaias knocked down power to 60,000 people in the tristate area, the second largest ogeage in company history. Sitting there reading and this huge crash, and i knew instantly what it was. I tried to look out the windows, and all i could see was trunks and branches. Reporter she told us this falling tree broke through her connecticut as isaias flew by. Not exactly an ideal birthday gi gift. She turns 82 today. Was it frightening . No. Reporter most people with a tree falling through their house would be shaken up. You dont seem like it. No. I was just grateful that nothing serious had happened. You know, a house is a house. Reporter very happy birthday to stephanie. President trump said tuesday hes monitoring the storm, that he will dispatch fema agents to states who require it. He also approved a disaster declaration for the state of florida, which was largely spared from the storm, as well as the state of North Carolina. Vlad . Mola, my heartbreak force people who lost their homes but i love stephanies attitude. Glad you got a chance to speak with her. Mola lenghi for us. In the last nine days more than 1,000 days per day. Case numbers in the midwest are sharply higher. Adrianna diaz reports from rolling meadows, illinois. Unfortunately, were beginning to see an increase in the virus activity throughout the upper midwest, and its very similar to what we saw in the Southern States about five weeks ago. Reporter minnesota epidemiologist dr. Michael osterholm says outbreaks will continue to reignite if people keep ignoring Health Guidelines. Were fighting two diseases, one is covid19, one is covid19 fatigue. As soon as the numbers start to go down again, that fatigue sets in and well see people having that highrisk contact. Reporter over the last two weeks, in nine mid western states, the average Positivity Rate or percentage of tests that come back positive increased. The same number of mid western states are also above the recommended level for reopenings, including wisconsin. Hi, jack. Hi. Hi. Reporter thats where 2yearold jack bottscastor lives. This was him two weeks ago when he tested positive for the virus. He woke up about 10 30, screaming and having troubles breathing and coughing. Reporter jacks mom, bridget bottscastor, says her family has been following all the Health Guidelines and neither of her kids have been anywhere public since march. It drives me insane because we dont know exactly where it came from. Its been tough to deal with, because we have to deal with it now possibly becaus someone else wasnt responsible enough. Reporter jacks case is rare. Most Young Children dont develop severe symptoms, but concerns about the virus circulating among children are heightened now that schools are reopening across the country. In georgia, photos resurfaced of crowded school hallways, like this one. In this senior photo at a high school in cherokee county, tho students were seen wearing masks. One Georgia Elementary School had to quarantine an entire classroom. A second grader tested positive for covid19, sending 20 other students and the teacher home to quarantine. Now the kids will have to learn online for the next two weeks. As for here in illinois, this one testing site will have to close on sunday because its at a high school and the School Year Starts next week. Jericka . Wow, it may be rare but nobody wants that to happen to their children. Thank you. President trump is taking his fight for most mailin voting to the courts. The Trump Campaign is suing nevada over its plan to use the Postal Service to help people vote safely during the pandemic. The president has made unsubstantial claims about mailin voting, although he apparently has changed his position in a key swing state. Its going to be an embarrassment to our country. Reporter whether you call it vote by mail or absentee voting, in florida the system is safe and secure so in florida i encourage all to request a ballot and vote by mail. The president insisted the key swing state where residents have long been able to request mailin ballots for any reason is well prepared to handle mailin voting. Florida has a great republican governor and had a great republican governor and over a long period of time, theyve been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally. Reporter its not just florida. A majority of states require voters to request ballots. Mr. Trump sued nevada, that just pass aid law that will mail ballots to every registered voter, amongst concerns during the pandemic. Nevada state senate accused republicans of trying to decrease voter turnout. We know that the president thinks if voter turnout is high, he cant win. Thats exactly what were seeing here. Reporter today on capitol hill, Democratic Leaders plan to talk with the postmaster general about why mail nationwide has been delayed and how that could impact the election. One solution to making sure that post offices are ready to handle mail machine in voting, and that is more federal funding. The president has not signaled that he would support that. Jeff . Thank you very much. Portland, oregon, for the 68th night in a row, some of them set a dumpster on fire outside police headquarters. At one point a pickup truck ran over a motorcycle trying to block its path. This follows a period of arrests at monday nights protests. Demonstrations have gotten smaller since federal officers, in some cases accused of people dragging people off the streets, withdrew from portland last week. Aurora, colorados police chief promises changes in training after a terrifying encounter of a black family with police. Face down in a parking lot swarm bid officer. They mistook the familys car for a stolen vehicle. How the police chief of that denver suburb is responding to this alarming incident. Any person watching that video, it had to be disturbing. I dont know how these kids are ever going to trust the police again. Reporter its an incident ratelling the aaurora community and horrifying police chief vanessa wilson. They should never have been put in that situation or treated that way. Reporter on sunday, officers forced Brittany Gilliam and her family out of their car at gun point, four children crying and screaming for gilliam ordered to lie face down on the hot concrete, two of them placed in handcuffs. Them kids are not okay. Theyre never going to be okay. That is a traumatic experience. Would your kids be okay after that . Reporter wilson says officers followed protocol for approaching a suspected stolen vehicle but she said they need to use better judgment in these situations. They have to react to the Human Element in this, and the fact that these kids were traumatized, crying, calling for their mother. We should have stopped that call and done something differently. Reporter the controversy follows the death of 23yearold Elijah Mcclain last year. Aurora officers detained him after they say he was acting suspiciously. They put him in a chokehold, and paramedics injected him with ketemene. The department banning that use of neck restraint. The scene from last weekend mirrors another incident in washington, d. C. Last month when a secret Service Cruiser rammed into a parked vehicle carrying two black mothers and their kids. The mothers allege an agent pulled a weapon on them, saying their car had been stolen. One mother said she showed proof she owned the car. Once they knew that there were children in the back, they should have been like, guns down, guns down. These are not the two black men were looking for. Exactly. People want officers and Law Enforcement across the nation to be held accountable. I totally agree with that. Reporter now the secret service says it is conducting a fair and thorough investigation of that d. C. Incident, going on to explain it was informed that a person once driven the car should be considered armed and dangerous. As far as aurora and its police chief, vanessa wilson, shes led the department for seven months and shares that she has personally reached out and apologized to Brittany Gilliam and her family, also passing along that the city has offered to pay for their therapy. Jericka . Wow, errol, thats big. 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