welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, i'm becky anderson from cnn's middle east broadcasting center here in abu dhabi. tuesday's catastrophic explosion was a disaster some lebanese officials have been warning about for years. documents as far back as 2014

have warned the storage of ammonium nitrate went unheeded. tuesday's blast killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 others. the city's governor says 300,000 people can no longer live in their homes. lebanon's economy minister says every apartment and business in beirut has been impacted by the blast. state media reports 90% of the city's hotels are damaged. cnn's ben wedeman reports. >> reporter: george ferones comes with a friend o see what they can al vaj from the remains of his parents apartment which looked directly on to beirut's port. tuesday's blast turned it into a moon scape, a panorama of utter destruction. dried blood marks the spot where his mother was resting in bed

when the explosion sent a wall slamming on top of her. she's still in the hospital. this was his parents' retirement home. >> this was their life. everything they did here. >> given the damage, they probably will never be able to move back. many neighbors were badly injured, others killed. in addition to the dead and the wounded, many, many people have lost their homes. according to the governor of bay rult, more than 300,000 people in the city have been made homeless. people are packing up and moving out. while others try to salvage what they can, an army of people have launched in a massive cleanup perhaps to show themselves despite the mountain of whoes,

good will prevail. >> they don't deserve this. >> reporter: they've come from all over the city handing out good and water, pitching in however and wherever they can. they believe the blast came from a warehouse filled with 2750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate sitting there under lax security for six years. the government has promised a quick, transparent investigation yet going back decades lebanon has witnessed a series of high profile assassinations and rarely if ever has the truth emerged. >> this action here destroys us. for 20 years they talk about the investigation, it's never going to end. no conclusion, no results. >> reporter: and no confidence among many here that the truth

will ever come out. ben wedeman, cnn, beirut. the daily star lebanon joins me now from lebanon. in the midst of this disaster you tweeted newsroom is working as hard as we can to keep everyone in the loop following yesterday's explosion in bay rutd despite the state of the office. firstly, what was the impact on you and your colleagues personally? >> i mean, it was like nothing we've ever seen before. we originally thought it was an earthquake. the building was shaking for five seconds. the buildings blew out. it was chaos. when the emergency alarm came out. it was only when we got on the street we realize the the true devastation. it was harrowing. >> there's been a decline in fundamental freedoms and

repression of free speech in lebanon. that has resulted in independent media in lebanon. your own paper faced financial difficulties. as we reflect on the past 36 hours, what needs to change? >> in the country as a whole? >> right. >> i don't know where to start. i mean, look, people are angry. people are really angry. what's happened. this only ee ppitomizes the she negligence of this government. beirut was being destroyed physically by the soul of the heart economically. so many developments. considering this has caused 3 to $5 billion worth of damage in the midst of an economic crisis,

i don't see change on the horizon unless the community can step in and help. >> how and why should they do that? is there an answer to that at this point? >> obviously each state has their own interests. macron is visiting lebanon today. we might expect some aid from that. the u.k. close to 5 million british pounds sterling yesterday. it's interesting the access that have come out and support us. for months we've been trying to get support for the lebanese economy. the gulf states and iran and our neighbors to the south which is a tumultuous issue as well has pledged funding. we can see there is help wlmpt this stems from just rebuilding

the country, rebuilding the buildings is another question but what we really need is to solve the forces of the issues in lebanon. >> it's in fighting between 9 government and the central bank about the extent of the losses which are becoming clearer and clearer. the international community says is at the heart of this issue. until it is absolutely clear just how big a crisis lebanon sits in, the international community has been loathe to get involved. it needs transparency. will it get it? >> i mean, the issue is lebanon -- the political scene and the commercial scene, economic scene is so much connected. you mentioned the losses. there are parliaments in

parliament because they have shares in the banks are lobbying they don't really want full scale of what the losses have been. transparency is a thing that's so tangible here. in the wake of this disaster there's immediate things we need to address. i don't think things like press freedom, things are going to happen like you've been thinking about. buildings are destroyed. like we said earlier, 300,000 people are homeless. there are immediate things that we need to tend to. maybe this may serve in a politician's interest because it allows them to push off these more long standing problems that have been on the surface. >> we'll leave it there for the time being. thank you for your analysis. satellite images show the sheer power and scale of that explosion. this is what the beirut court

looked like about a week ago. for years that same view. now the damage spreading for 10 kilometers. even more strange when we zoom in on the epicenter of this blast. this warehouse, pictured here, when we look at it now, a crater. almost everything nearby is leveled. the ammonium nitrate which apparently caused the explosion arrived in beirut more than six years ago on a russian owned cargo ship that was originally heading for mozambique. local officials say despite warnings it was stored at a warehouse without safety precautio precautions. cnn's nic robertson has been investigating that and he joins us from london. nic? >> many warnings. the director of customers tomorrows wrote six letters from 2014 to 2017 telling the port

authorities that the ammonium nitrate was extremely dangerous, that they should reexport it. it had been hauled na beirut perhaps as a result of complaints by the crew as the ship made its way across the mediterranean. too soon to know if this explosion was an accident or an attack. but what we do know about the devastating detonation that has killed more than 100 people and injured thousands of others is staggering. at its core, ammonium nitrate shipped into beirut aboard this relatively small russian-owned cargo vessel late 2013. the 86 meter ship was flagged that arrived from istanbul, loaded with fertilizer and it

was ordered in beirut port due to sea ferry violations. ammonium nitrate is so dangerous it was banned. fwhuns beirut port, rhosus's owner abandoned the ship and crew. according to the captain, he left us in a knowing dangerous situation, doomed to hunger. the captain also telling raid yoef free europe n.v.rhosus was impounded due to not paying fees. it then shifted to a warehouse. why so much and why such a dangerous bomb-making precursor was still there six years later is central to the government's investigation. >> translator: facts will be

announced about the dangerous warehouse that's existed since 2014, meaning six years ago. i won't jump into any conclusions. >> reporter: president trump told reporters his generals think it's an attack. >> they would know better than i would but they seem to think it was an attack. it was a bomb of some kind. >> reporter: hours later the d.o.d. dialed back the bomb theory. three u.s. officials telling cnn they didn't foe what the president was talking about. however, lebanese officials are still investigating. one intelligence officer said the theory they're working on is the explosions were treated by a bomb. searching for clues. one reliable regional intelligence source told cnn the ammonium nitrate storage was well known to lebanon's international partners who pressure the government to get rid of it.

already in at that time tatters stake in figuring out who is to blame. if the investigation finds it was an attack, not an accident, the government may have a slitter of hope navigating the immense anger of people who have suffered so much only to be thrown into such a hell again. but what everyone is going to want to know is precisely were that ammonium nitrate was there. if the customs authority was asking for it to be removed, the port authority wasn't responding, what influences were operating over the port authority that continued to maintain such a dangerous, dangerous warehouse so close to hundreds of thousands of people, becky. >> we will have a lot more on what is the utter tragedy in

beirut later in the show, including the impact the explosion has caused. >> thanks, becky. we'll be back with you in just a moment. as covid-19 cases rise in the u.s., many are asking will it ever really go away? the answer may depend on who you ask. back in a moment.

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there is growing hope that a coronavirus vaccine can soon be on the horizon. the top u.s. infectious diseases expert says tens of millions of experts will be likely next year. if we have the virus it will no longer be a pandemic capable of immobilizing the world and destroying economies. he doesn't think covid-19 will ever truly be eradicated because it's so highly transmissible. the u.s. president doesn't seem to agree. >> it's going away now. it will go away. things go away. absolutely. no doubt in my mind it will go

away. please, go ahead. hopefully sooner rather than later. >> mr. trump's claim came as the u.s. recorded more than 33,000 new cases and with states battling to slow the spread of covid-19, schools are debating whether to reopen. sara sidner has our report. >> the virus is winning and the american people are losing. >> reporter: the coronavirus teaching us a terrible lesson as some schools begin filling with students. in-person learning already disrupted in cher row key georgia. students and teacher in that class now home for a 14 day quarantine. in georgia's largest school system, 260 employees staying home due to positive tests for exposure to the virus. >> this is a community issue and we need to find a way to get through to the higher ups and help them see if the teachers aren't safe, then the students aren't safe, then the community

is not safe. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci says if in person learning takes place, one way to mitigate it. >> keep the windows open. its simplicity is so, so obvious. >> reporter: but in the third largest school district in the country, chicago public school officials announcing the danger is too high to reopen. >> the fact of the matter is we are seeing an increase in cases. combined with the trends that we are seeing, the decision to start remotely makes sense gore a district of cps's size and diversity. >> reporter: an american academy of pediatrics study showing a study of 1,000 students, 1,000 black children and 46.4% of hispanic tested positive compared to white children. across the country, a small hope. 45 of 50 states are seeing new

case rates steadying or declining. the death toll is still rising. nearly 1400 people reported dead in one day. >> we need to focus on what's happening. 1400 dead in one day is just a toll that is unacceptable and we need to up our game. >> reporter: new york city's mayor announcing vehicle quarantine checkpoints after numbers show 20% of all new covid-19 cases in the city are coming from out of state travelers. >> the checkpoints i think are going to send a very powerful message that this quarantine law is serious. >> reporter: in jackson, mississippi, a different move to try to slow the spread, a nightly curfew announced by the mayor. >> we're seeing in the first week of school just how disruptive coronavirus can be. now we've learned that three more schools in that same georgia district have had one student who tested positive now have other people testing positive, meaning more than 60 students have to be guaranteed

in that district. we've learned in mississippi, they've seen several people test positive in one of their school districts, meaning more than 100 people have to be quarantined there. sara sidner, cnn. let's talk more now with dr. robin moore, an emergency physician in miami. thank you for talking to us. >> thank you for having me. >> florida has become the second state to top 500,000 cases and it's recording more than 200,000 deaths a day. those are frightening numbers. what's been your experience at the hospital? >> we're definitely overwhelmed at the hospital. i work at two hospitals here in florida, one in miami, one north of miami. both are pretty near full capacity. it becomes dangerous because our icus are full. many ventilators are already being used and it becomes difficult for us in the emergency department because new patients are coming in and we don't have anyplace to put them. we are being completely over

crowded and there's no way to treat our new patients. >> how are your nurses and the other doctors coping with all of this? >> the nurses i feel are the most overworked and we're trying to keep morale up but they're definitely working super hard. also, a lot of our staff have fallen ill due to covid. that's become an extremely difficult challenge covering the shifts as many colleagues have fallen ill as well. so they're working long hours. actually bringing in help from up state and a lot of traveling nurses have come in to help out because we're so overwhelmed that we're becoming unable to treat new patients as they come in. >> what about your ppe levels? >> so we simply don't have enough n 95 masks to get a new one every day. most of us as doctors have purchased our own respirator masks to wear every day. we try to gown up on a patient

that's higher risk or where we have to do procedures. washing our hands constantly, using gloves constantly. trying to keep ourselves safe and our patients safe. >> what are you finding -- with the patients coming in, what is the main story here? are you looking at older people, younger people? what's the demographic? >> i'm seeing all ages. the sicker patients tend to be the ones with co-morbidities. patients are coming in very, very ill. they seem to be most devastatingly impacted from covid. we are seeing an entire range of ages. unfortunate unf >> the u.s. saw the highest death toll in months. the president said at his

briefing the pandemic will go away. he didn't offer any national plan for testing or masks. how will it just go away without a national plan? >> i don't see this going away right now. we're still seeing cases day by day by day. we're completely overwhelmed f. we were a little bit more overwhelmed than we are right now, it would be complete chaos. i went to new york and helped them in april and may. we aren't as bad as they were in the hospitals there, but we're still seeing a huge number of patients coming in every day. this isn't going away. right now we're still right in the middle of a crisis. >> right. the president also defended his statement that children are virtually immune to the virus and said that's why all schools need to be open for in-person learning. using science, should schools open when cases are surging? and are kids virtually immune as mr. trump insisted? >> it's not my place to choose

whether schools open or close. i can say as a doctor i have seen covid in children. it's been a handful of cases that i have seen. obviously they're not completely immune. they can fall ill to covid as well. the other thing is that they can still spread to the infection to their mother at home, grandmother at home and to other patients. it's who they're going to bring it home to is the other concern. >> we've seen some states ban together to encourage rapid testing. we know florida has opened up two new rapid testing sites in miami-dade with results back in 15 minutes. that is great progress. how big a difference do you think that might make to your area? >> i think it's going to be a great change because a lot of people need to know whether they are or aren't infected so they can help guarantee themselves.

we aren't able to offer the out-patient testing in our hospitals whmpt young people come, we advise them to go to the outreach testing centers. luckily there are more that are opening now so we can finds out who is infected. >> dr. robin moore, thank you so much for talking with us and for everything you do there at the hospital. we appreciate it. >> thank you. still to come, we will have more on our top story out of beirut and how the tragic blast is expected to have a devastating impact on lebanon's already shaky economy. businesses are starting to bounce back.

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welcome back. i'm becky anderson in abu dhabi. more on our top story now. the blast in beirut. lebanese customs officials have warned for years that a warehouse full of volatile chemicals at beirut's port could spell disaster but nothing was ever done about the thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate. that warehouse is the suspected source of tuesday's blast that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 others. the city's governor says more than 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes. this was the scene inside the hospital not far from the epicenter. state media report 90% of the

capital's hotels are also damaged. a crater about the size of a football pitch is about all that's left. the shock waves level almost everything in the immediate vicinity. here's a closer look at just how devastating it was. an explosion so powerful in lebanon's capitol it generated seismic waves equivalent to a magnitude 3.3 perth quaearthqua you look at a map of beirut and that comparison, it can't begin to prepare you for how far the devastation spread. drone footage shows everything flattened within a few hundred meters. from the immediate port area, it

raced into the shopping districts and homes. as the force rippled across the city, structures within 1 kilometer suffered heavy damage. here is saint george hospital, a kilometer from the explosion. it had to shut down from all of the damage. several nurses died. zoom out. three kilometers away, many buildings suffered damage and broken windows. at saint marin's church, you can see the impact as the priests run for cover. it caused damage 9 kilometers away. it was heard and felt 240 kilometers away on the island of cypress. lebanon's economy minister says every business in beirut, every

business has been impacted by these massive explosions. the governor estimates 3 to $5 billion of damage. to discuss this, i'm joined by a professor of economics at the american university of beirut. it's a pleasure to have you on, sir. our heart felt condolences for the situation in beirut. this explosion at the port reflects the same mismanagement that has left the economy in crisis. let's be very clear, lebanon cannot afford to pay for the damage itself. the country is broke, correct? >> correct. the country is broke. the commercial banking system is bankrupt. the government is bankrupt. we have been going through a series of crisis factors for the past year and now with the blast things are catastrophic.

reconstruction is not going to be possible given where they are at today. >> that suggests lebanon will have to lean very heavily on international support, right? >> i mean, it's our only hope. it's our only rescue. we cannot do it on our own given how bankrupt we are, given where the economy and the financial situation is. i think that dealing with the imf is our only way out given our current situation, crisis of a catastrophic situation. >> and that's been a conversation, a narrative which has been going on for months and months and thr fractionalized

government has not been able to either agree on a path forward nor can he convince them that it has a set of reforms which will satisfy the international committee. the french president will be in lebanon offering support. and in a statement from paris, he is meeting the lebanese counterparts to discuss a path forward? >> i think the government is paralyzed. they cannot deliver on a plan. they cannot agree on a reform plan so they can get help from the imf.

i believe officials are unwilling or unable to move forward. i don't see a way forward given the history, the first years of how things have been handled and this new government for the past six months has not advanced on any reform. nothing has been introduced. i wonder whether the french president, which is our last hope, whether we can have a deal somehow and move forward. >> do you consider macron's visit, is this a positive move and is the government and given the anger and outrage, is the government at this point in a position to cave i guess is the

term we should use? >> well, from what we have seen in the past six months, i doubt the government is going to grab that opportunity. the past history, the foreign minister is not encouraging it. i believe the government will squander that opportunity, that very important opportunity like they have squandered other opportunities and like they are doing with the imf three-month negotiations. they're still at point zero. they're not moving forward. i think they're not aware how bad things are, how catastrophic is the economy. they keep moving in the same direction. they have their own bubble and they don't know how to move forward. >> our hearts and prayers are

with the people of beirut, indeed, the people of lebanon and we hope that what is a pessimistic assessment is one that you can proof. u.s. president donald trump says no one knows who caused the attack. they say they saw no evidence of that. reporters asked for an update on tuesday. >> somebody was -- left some terrible explosive type devices and things around perhaps. perhaps it was that. perhaps it was an attack. i don't think anybody can see. we're looking into it very strongly. you have some people think it was an attack. some people who think it wasn't.

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countries around the world are showing signs of solidarity with lebanon. paris's famous eiffel tower went dark at midnight to honor the victims. the city sending more than $118,000 in emergency aid to beirut. while israel also showing support for its neighbor. tel aviv's city all lit up with the lebanese flag to honor the

blast. some are criticizing the move as they consider lebanon an enemy state. they have an offer of humanitarian and medical aid. they say multiple hospitals and medical centers are standing by ready to help victims of the explosion. we're joined from tel aviv. there's a lot of thanks but no thanks. the question is is there any chance this aid will be accepted? >> reporter: it seems pretty unlikely at this stage, becky. as you say, the offer from israel is genuine but -- and the hospitals are at the ready and there have been doctors saying send your wounded over. israel designates lebanon as an enemy state.

there's little love happening between the two countries. it's hard to see that happening. there have been messages of solidarity culminating, as you mentioned, last night with the city hall in tel aviv being lit up with a flag of lebanon. it's not unusual to see flags being beamed onto the side of that building. this is the first time for a flag of a country that is designated as an enemy state. the mayor says humanity comes before any conflict. on top of that, we spoke with people outside of city hall and they generally seem to share that view. >> shock. i feel sorry for them. i want to help them. i came here to picture this -- take a picture of this flag. i feel sorry for the country and for the terrible disaster. >> it's really devastating what's going on. it's affecting the whole world

especially in israel. being an israeli american and seeing how people are reacting and feeling so close, everyone is taking charge, donating, it's insane. it shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: it's not just lebanese social media users who aren't particularly happy at what is happening. the eldest son of prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this is crazy. displaying the flag of an enemy state is a criminal offense. >> we're in tel aviv. thank you, elliott. amidst the chaos and destruction, one grandmother in beirut is bringing some notes of hope. surrounded by debris, blown out windows and punctured walls, mae aboud melke sang auld a

auld ang syne and her granddaughter is sharing the moment on social media. ♪ ♪ >> remarkable. now shared more than 20,000 times, many have commented that this video encap sue lats the spirit of the lebanese people. take you back to cnn center in atlanta. rosemary church. >> thanks so much, becky. appreciate it. still to come, why twitter and facebook took action against president trump and his campaign for social media posts tied to covid-19. we'll explain on the other side of the break.

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that host uncommitted large gatherings, the kind that can easily turn into super spreader events. this comes after a number of high profile parties including one at a mansion on the famous drive on monday. the shutoffs target the people that he says are determined to break the rules posing significant public dangers and a threat to us all. of course, it's no secret that many across the u.s. are choosing to ignore safety warnings about the coronavirus. america's top infectious diseases expert, dr. anthony fauci, told cnn's sanjay gupta that a mistrust in authority and even scientists may be driving some of his behavior. >> there is a degree of anti-science feeling in this country. i think we need to be more transparent in reaching out to people and engaging society and understanding why science and

evidence-based policy is so important. >> facebook and twitter say they have taken action against president trump spreading false information about covid-19. twitter temporarily restricted the trump campaign from tweeting on wednesday after it posted a video of the president on fox news claiming that children are almost immune to the virus. research has shown children are less likely than adults to get seriously ill or die from covid-19 but they are not immune from the disease. twitter restored the trump campaign's access after that video was removed. facebook deleted the same video for similar reasons. a spokesperson for the trump campaign accused the companies of being biased against the president and said social media companies are not the arbiters of truth. and we've now learned that when

he accepts it, he will be almost entirely virtual. the national committee chairman said they have been listening to public health experts and making adjustments to protect lives in the middle of this pandemic. this news comes on the same day when president trump said he was considering delivering his speech from the white house. a suggestion that's already drawing much controversy. i want to get to europe now, specifically germany, where it's recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time since early may. our fred pleitgen is in berlin. he joins us now live. good to see you, fred. as we talked about many times, germany did such a great job containing the first wave of this virus. what is driving this increase in daily daze cases now?

>> reporter: hi there, rosemary. the germans are saying they have the pandemic under control. it was 1,045 new cases. essentially what the german government is saying, they believe there are two things mainly driving all of this. a lot of people have become lax with the rules, physical distancing, wearing masks when they're inside and sanitizing as much as possible. then you also have we're getting towards the end of summer holidays, not just here in germany but other countries as well. they believe there are travelers returning to germany who are bringing the virus with them. one of the things the german government has started is free testing campaign at the airport and other ports of entry. later this week they want to start making tests mandatory for

people coming from high risk countries. all of this is a difficult situation for germany because at this time they are also gradually reopening their schools. of course there is concern that that could also drive rises in new infections as well. today the state of hamburg is bringing children back to school. they've escalated the situation. they didn't want to have kids wear masks going into school buildings, now they say children do have to do that. there is concern that all german states want to opt for in classroom learning for students. >> that is a big debate everywhere. fred pleitgen joining us live. many thanks. thank you for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. have a great day. so what's going on?

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it will continue to smolder and smolder and smolder. >> no question in my mind it will go away. >> only one of those things can be true, and this morning new warnings for cities across the country as more than 1,000 people die from covid in a single day again. and it's being called a floating bomb. it was allowed to sit in beirut for years despite warnings. new details about the blast that has changed lebanon for the foreseeable future. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is