Enormity of a disastrous explosion and how to move forward. Cleared to reopen. Schools in new york can hold inperson classes but the decision comes with big risk for other states. And looking for answers in india. A plane skids off an airport runway, breaking into two. Live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. Im kim brunhuber. Many countries are rushing humanitarian aid to lebanon in response to tuesdays massive explosion at beiruts port. The United Nations says it will spend 50 million worth of assistance. The u. S. Says it will match that. U. S. President donald trump says he spoke with lebanons president on friday, to let him know that three planes loaded with food, water and medical supplies are on the way. The death toll from the massive blast has risen to 154 people. You see a team of turkish rescuers is combing through the rubble, searching for possible survivors. And we have photographs of the Ammonium Nitrate suspected of causing the explosion. It had been in a warehouse for years, after being confiscated from a russian cargo ship. Several highranking port officials have been detained as part of the probe. But lebanon has a history of investigating tragic events. We go, now, to pay route. Sam, that scene behind you, devastating. You know, no international investigation, which is what many in and outside of lebanon had called for. And the lebanese president raised the thought of external interference. Is the government trying to shift the blame here . Its all about, as far as the government is concerned, two things. The honest pursuit of what happened. And the political imperative. And they may be fighting one another. Clearly, it is obvious that one of the things investigators would look into, malice aforethought, whether there was some kind of attack. All of the experts weve spoken to are firmly of the belief that whatever the ignition was, that set off the Ammonium Nitrate, may have been the explosion of the Ammonium Nitrate was an industrial accident. There is a little bit of room for speculation as to who might have started the initial fire. But again, as far as the leader of hezbollah is concerned, theres been hints from the political elements inside this country, that, perhaps, this was the port behind me was under the control of hezbollah, had a shipment point in that location. He has denied that. He would. He supports this is interesting. He supports any investigation conducted by the lebanese army. Saying, he will accept the investigation of the lebanese state. The lebanese state has a poor record of investigations of this nature, political assassinations, the whodunit never gets solved in lebanon. And of course, the lebanese population is roiling underneath, particularly the young. Right across the social spectrum, across the sectarian groups here, since october 17th, theyve been having demonstrations. The economy has collapsed. 8 of the local currency has collapsed against the dollar. Theres mass unemployment. Theres rubbish in the trestree. And they get this explosion. The government is placing 16 people freezing assets. And theyve detained groups of others. Among those detained, the former head of the Customs Service here and his predecessor, both of whom complained and sought judicial pressure to get that Ammonium Nitrate moved. We dont know if theyve been involved in any other way. In terms of the documents that cnn has seen, these are individuals that raised the red flag to the dangers posed to that location now. Its evaporated the landscape in front of the yellow area there. This is a grain silo that would have helped to protect beirut from the blast. And the landscape in front of it is where the wearehouse was. Theres a hole where warehouse 12 once existed, kim. Absolutely devastating. Thanks so much for your report. Sam kiley in beirut. These are Still Critical hours for rescue teams, as they race to find anyone still trapped. Crews are looking to clear away debris and secure dangerous areas so rescuers can offer aid safely. Arwa damon was on the scene during search and rescue operations near the blast site. What theyre doing right now is looking for stuructural damage. They are eye balling the balcony up there. The last thing they want is more people getting injured. They are trying to safely get rid of any potentially hazardous situation. And they do have other teams who are conducting similar operations. The colonel was telling the media, based on experience in haiti and other experience, as well, you can potentially find survivors up to 72 hours later. In some cases, even longer. They have hope they will be able to find people. They started working at 8 00 a. M. On thursday. Thats when the teams arrived incountry. On thursday, they found the corporati corpses. They hope loved ones are alive. They are taking the coordinates of this location. Other teams can come through. As as the french crews come through, people have been thanking them. People will tell you, at the least, they dont feel entirely alone. Arwa damon, cnn, beirut. Many in lebanon have been fed up with their government for a long time. Tuesdays tragedy could be a tipping point. Theres evidence that many officials had been warned for years of the dangerous stockpile of the Ammonium Nitrate at the port, and yet they did nothing. Translator everyone has a responsibility. All of the governments, not just the current one, the previous ones, as well. They are all responsible. Will bring in a member of the lebanese parliament. She joins us from beirut. Thank you during this incredible time to join us here. We heard the anger from the person there we were listening to. Tell me what youve been seeing and hearing from your swaen constituents out there on the streets, as people are trying to piece their lives back together. Beirut is devastated. My constituency and all those in lebanon are full of anger. Today, theres big demonstrations. Everyone in beirut, just to tell this political cast, enough. We cannot continue with you. You have to go away. They knew there was a nuclear bomb in our city and did nothing. This is a political caste that is sectarian and they do nothing for the people. They stay on their chairs doing business. All of them became billionaires. And we spent 300 billion on our tiny country. And nothing is working. Nothing at all. Now, we have a huge catastrophe that we need years and years to rebuild our city. I took a position of resigning. Im a false witness in this parliament. Theres nothing we can do. The decisionmaking is outside of the parliament. You have five or six leaders that decide everything. Its like going to a circus. I decided to resign after the explosion. I started talking to some m. P. S. They told me, lets wait and do it together. Im trying to talk to as many m. P. S as possible and urge them to resign. And i urge the lebanese people to call their representative and ask them to resign. Everyone should resign from this system, from this i dont know what to call it. Its a mafia system. Unfortunately, people do elect them because the country is sectarian. And they make sure to secure the bases all the time. They dont talk to the lebanese people as one people, one nation. We have the same crisis and same problems. Someone should tell them we cannot continue like this. Someone should tell them how easy it is to be held accountable or to resign. At least have the decency of resigning. If we belonged to the opposition and our voters are the lebanese people, without anyone else. No parties, no institution, nothing. I was the only one that made it in the election. I went there alone. Now, i will resign. We cannot force them to do reforms. Without reforms, this country is doomed. You decided to run because you wanted to make change during this time when change is most needed. You feel you cant do anything within the government . You have to leave . Im not in the government. Im in the parliament. However, yes. I was trying to do something. Im not resigning from political life. We need to gather the opposition in this country. Not the parties that pretend to be opposition and they wait for their share of the deal to be back in a unity government. The unity governments were much worse than this puppet government that we have right now. The president should also tell the people, i feel your pain, i will step down. After four years, i wasnt able to do anything. We are a country, after 30 years, of the end of the civil war, we have no electricity. And the lebanese people are smart entrepreneurs. They are successful everywhere in the world. This mafia is the worst political caste in history. No political caste or parties did that much damage to a country and the people. Now, you have the people and the lebanese. 90 is against their political party. Despite the fact that ideology. Despite the fact that god works day and night. They are lialiars. They need to face the lebanese people. Today, there is a huge demonstration in beirut. And you keep a camera there with the lebanese people. Its not easy to be in the opposition of lebanon. You get killed and im a woman in politics. I can see what happens in the congress. You have to see how were attacked. My resignation today is not a resignation from politics. We are going in fierce opposition to tell them go away, all of you. Listen, the country has a long journey ahead of it. We wish you the best on this new path youre taking here. Thank you for talking to us. We really appreciate it. Paula, a former member of the lebanese parliament. Coming up, some schools in the u. S. 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She was the nurse that night at the university hospital, which received more than 200 wounded. In this disaster, it was longer. You know . Usually the disaster, you rush. But for others it will end. Its 2 53 in the morning, and always working. Reporter as he scrambled from one patient to another, the doctor was torn between duty and family. They were waiting to hear from me and me from them. I was busy treating the wounded. It was painful. The memories of that night remain vivid. Its so high, you will not get fire. But when you stop, you will fall apart. Reporter this is the main hospital treating covid19 patients in beirut. With lebanon in economic freefall and coronavirus cases hitting record highs, tuesdays mrast right home how dire are lebanons prospects. But the administrator says the staff must remain focused on the calling. Its clear that if were not at the breaking point, near it. Somehow, when youre staring into the abyss, you dont think about that. All your concentration is, i need to do more and more. The explosion damaged many of the hospitals, forcing patients to other facilities in beirut and outside the capital. One postscript, these two have a baby boy, george. He is well. Ben wedeman, cnn, beirut. Brazil has made a display of solidarity with the people of beirut. The design of lebanons flag was projected on the christ the redemer statue. The statue is 98 feet or 30 meters tall. Its come to symbolize rio and brazil. The light of day is revealing the result of the airindia crash. Well have the details ahead. These folks, they dont have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the Amazing Services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. 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