>> people shouldn't have to be risking their lives to go to work, to go to school. >> hannah says she will be back in school on monday. she can teach all of us a lesson. you're never too young to stand up for what's right. listen to what she says about that. do you regret doing any of this? >> i'd like to say this is some good and necessary trouble. so, i don't regret this because it's -- it needed to be said. >> good and necessary trouble, indeed. thank you for watching. our coverage continues. desperate for a lifeline. lebanon grapples with the

enormity of a disastrous explosion and how to move forward. cleared to reopen. schools in new york can hold in-person 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. i'm kim brunhuber. many countries are rushing humanitarian aid to lebanon in response to tuesday's massive explosion at beirut's 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 lebanon's

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 high-ranking 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? >> it's 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 we've 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, there's 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, they've been having demonstrations. the economy has collapsed. 8% of the local currency has collapsed against the dollar. there's mass unemployment. there's rubbish in the trestree. and they get this explosion. the government is placing 16 people -- freezing assets. and they've 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 don't know if they've 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. it's 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. there's 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 they're 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. that's when the teams arrived in-country. 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 don't feel entirely alone. arwa damon, cnn, beirut. many in lebanon have been fed up with their government for a long time. tuesday's tragedy could be a tipping point. there's 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 you've 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, there's 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. i'm a false witness in this parliament. there's nothing we can do. the decisionmaking is outside of the parliament. you have five or six leaders

that decide everything. it's like going to a circus. i decided to resign after the explosion. i started talking to some m.p.s. they told me, let's wait and do it together. i'm 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 don't know what to call it. it's 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 don't 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 can't do anything within the government?

you have to leave? >> i'm not in the government. i'm in the parliament. however, yes. i was trying to do something. i'm 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 wasn't 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. it's not easy to be in the opposition of lebanon. you get killed and i'm a woman

in politics. i can see what happens in the congress. you have to see how we're 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 you're 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. have already reopened. but others are trying to figure out how to do it safely. we'll look at the struggles they're facing. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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requirements. >> reporter: in georgia's school system, in-person learning has started and dozens of students have had to be quarantined due to positive tests. sparking protests from some teachers. >> they are worried about themselves and the students. it has been a catastrophe. >> reporter: in another georgia school district, a student was suspended for sharing this photo. >> i took it out of concern and nervousness after seeing the first day of school. >> reporter: today, the school reversed her suspension. the number of coronavirus cases are trending down. that ray of hope because the number of deaths are rising. the death toll topping 160,000, now projected to nearly double by the end of the year. >> attention on the beechach. hawaii is the hot spot. cases jump 85% from the last

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talks stalled friday, with president trump laying out actions if there's no agreement. he said his executive orders would include a payroll tax deferment and unemployment benefits. since congress controls spending, can he legally do that? he thinks so. >> are you concerned about the legality of the protective orders? >> you always get sued. everything you do, you get sued. i was sued on the travel ban and we won. i was sued on a lot of things we we won. probably we get sued. people feel that we can do it. the u.s. is far from the only country grappling with the pandemic. in hong kong, the chief says they will introduce a testing program for all its citizens. in europe, cases are flaring up,

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in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. back to our top story. donald trump says three plane loads of humanitarian saaid is its way to lebanon. the u.n. has promised $50 million in aid. the suspected source of the blast was 3,000 tons of ammonium th nitrate in a port warehouse. beirut hospitals were overwhe overwhelmed in the hours after the explosion. facilities are struggling with coronavirus when the blast rocked the city and waves of wounded people were pouring in. our ben wedeman takes us inside. >> reporter: like any anxious

father, he wanted to capture every moment. but not this. the horror of tuesday's explosion, converged on beirut's hospitals. overwhelmed by thousands of wounded, many of the injured had to be treated outside. 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. it's 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. >> it's so high, you will not get fire. but when you stop, you will fall apart. >> reporter: this is the main hospital treating covid-19 patients in beirut. with lebanon in economic freefall and coronavirus cases hitting record highs, tuesday's mrast right home how dire are lebanon's prospects. but the administrator says the staff must remain focused on the calling. >> it's clear that if we're not at the breaking point, near it. somehow, when you're staring

into the abyss, you don't 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 lebanon's flag was projected on the christ the redemer statue. the statue is 98 feet or 30 meters tall. it's come to symbolize rio and brazil. the light of day is revealing the result of the

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we received these pictures of the air india plane crash. 18 people were killed, including 4 children, and dozens more were injured in friday's accident. it happened as the plane was landing in a rainstorm in southern india. it was carrying 200 citizens from dubai who had been stranded because of the coronavirus. we go live to new delhi. it shows how devastating this was. the airport's notoriously difficult to land there. what are we learning? >> it's not a tabletop runway.

it's more of a plateau where you have a valley on both sides of that surface. when there's rainfall and heavy rainfall in this case, visibility being low, it would have been a challenge for the pilot. we do know, according to the civil aviation minister who spoke with cnn last night and e reiterated that it turned back and tried to land again and it skidded and went into the gorge that's 25 feet deep. like you tensioned, four children are dead in this tragedy. most of the people we are talking about, the two pilots are dead, six of them belonged to india. the civil aviation minister has been to the spot himself. he flew from new delhi to check on things himself, the junior minister has been there since early morning. investigation teams are at the spot, especially the national

watchdog for civil aviation. the investigations have begun. the black box, like you mentioned, is crucial to piece together what really happened at 7:40 p.m. on friday evening local time. that black box will be crucial to understand what the conversations were between the pilot and the co-politic, deceased in this case. we have to wait to get information on that. 44 people are in different hospitals, 20 remain critical. that's the update right now. >> we will stay on the story. thank you very much. appreciate it. coming up, after the break -- >> welcome to camp quarantine. you're getting a behind-the-scenes look at perry's effort to bring 300 cast and crew back to work. >> producing tv shows in the age of coronavirus.

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returning to our top story. the death toll in beirut. many injured, including children. and the international aid and assistance, provides medical care to children in conflict areas. our senior international correspondent, arwa damon is the group's president and co-founder. they have been working on the ground in beirut since the blast. want to bring in the communications manager that joins us via skype from the lebanese capital. we heard so many tragic stories. give me a sense of how things look right now, where you are. >> well, we have teams on the ground, coming to help revive the capital city, because the destruction is massive.

we have houses collapsing. we have hospitals over capacity, due to coronavirus and other hospitals that were damaged with the blasts. we have volunteers coming from all over lebanon and different charities. they are holding off medical operations and shift to emergency response, in the emergency declared in lebanon. we have meters away from ground zero, the blast. we are treating injured volunteers and community members who got injured on the first day. we're cleaning the wounds and helping restore activities. we helping volunteers who sustained injuries trying to

clear up the space for medics to go in and remove the rubble and things like that. >> it's still so dangerous there, we've seen in some of our reports. your organization is used to going into war zones is what you're seeing reminiscent of what you might see in the conflict zone? >> we have the children who have no access to medical treatment because of the war. we are dealing with refugees of children that wouldn't have proper medical treatment where they are. when they come to us, there's not really conflict zone. we are more or less a little bit of a safer place, where we can offer medical treatment to them. this being said, the team are members of the community. it's part of the city. a beloved city.

more or less, it's really hard for the team to be on the ground, dealing with all this emotion and dealing with people who are injured. we're at the center of the blast, where all of the buildings have collapsed and the roads are closed. paramedics running all over the place. trucks removing the trouble. it's hard to put your emotions aside and getting treatment for the people. we are in the middle of a wave of coronavirus that is making things harder for everyone to work. we have to make sure our paramedics are wearing protective masks. we have people on the street, distributing masks and giving them water and passing on sanitizers. the situation with this blast and coronavirus. >> is really, really tough.

>> you're dealing with so many challenges there. such difficult conditions. so many harrowing scenes we're seeing there. what has touched you the most? what stories have you heard from your workers that just real ly touched you? >> when you are on the streets hearing people complaining, worrying about their houses. yesterday, i saw a man in a wheelcha wheelchair. he can't move. but he insisted on doing something. beirut is his city. it's the place he calls home. he had all the people trying to clean the streets and remove rubble. this person, who is not actually fit to do this hard labor, that everybody is doing, he is trying his best. on the streets, you see people

who have lost loved ones but they are trying to give the helping hand for the volunteers. you see the residents of the area, that was once a vibrant street, in the middle and the heart of beirut. you see them trying to rebuild the houses and the shops and trying to clean the streets. the amount of solidarity, the way people are coming in together, they're trying to heal each other's wounds. this is one of the scenes we didn't see much before. it's national solidarity and international solidarity. you can see groups from korea the united states. >> yeah. speaking of international solidarity, yeah, aid is pouring in from around the world. reuters say that the french president will hold a donor conference for lebanon.

president trump is expected to participate. do you have faith that this aid will get to where it needs to go? >> all i can say, i can say that we hope that the aid gets to the people. the people need -- are in need of so many things. need for fresh water and protective gear. hospitals are out of order. we hope that such conventions and meetings can and will deliver the needs of the lebanese people. >> listen, we wish you all of the best of luck with all of the challenges you're facing there. thank you for speaking to us. we appreciate it. well, as if tensions between beijing and washington weren't high enough, the u.s. is

sanctioning hong kong's chief executive and ten others after a national security law on hong kong. the people sanctions have implemented policies aimed at cushing the freedom of expression and democratic processes. in turn, hong kong's government calls the so-called sanctions shameless and despicable. tiktok is mentioning legal action to president trump's action to ban it. the order targets wechat, as well. quite a mouthful there. let's break it down. let's bring in salena wang, live from hong kong. so much to discuss there. explain the latest for us.

>> we just heard the strongest response yet from tiktok in terms of the executive order, saying they were shocked by it. they are threatening to sue the trump administration. on a statement on their website, they tried to engage with the u.s. in good faith. they found that the administration was, quote, paying no attention to facts dictated terms of an agreement without going through the legal process. and tried to insert itself in negotiations between private businesses. this adds to the urgency for microsoft to step in and acquire tiktok. but the deadline doesn't give the companies a lot of time to figure out a complex deal. the latest moves from the trump administration are also clearly part of this broader push to economically decouple the united states and china. and, kim, we're talking about this leading to a splinter net. it's already been here for many years, in china. u.s. social media apps are

banned. and you have to use a virtual private network to access the noninternet in china. if you want to use chinese apps in the u.s., you'll need a vpn, too. >> so many twists and turns to the story. thank you, salena wang in hong kong. we appreciate it. just like most industries, tv and film have been hard hit by the pandemic. but renowned producer and director, tyler perry has gotten his cast and crew back to work safely. sanjay gupta takes us behind the scenes. >> i was ready to go. i'm watching and reading and paying attention with the numbers. okay, we have to shut down. >> reporter: prolific media mogul, tyler perry, was ready to go into production for his tv season, when coronavirus changed the world. >> when you're shooting television shows, you work closely with people.

you're pretty much one-on-one with them. >> reporter: located in georgia, a state that's been a hot spot, tyler perry studios is facing the same challenges as other businesses. how to most safely reopen. >> a few weeks in, i realize, you have to figure this out. >> reporter: here is how he did it. welcome to camp quarantine. you're looking at perry's audacious effort to bring 300 cast and crew as safely as possible back to work. it might not be a camp that everyone wants to attend. but perry did his best to make it feel like home. here at what used to be former army barracks, people eat, sleep and live together during the two-week filming period. k.j. smith is one of the stars of "sistas", perry's first show to return to production. >> he treats us like we're his

relatives. so, i knew that we would be fully protected. >> reporter: that's thanks to perry's 30-page plan, which essentially is designed to keep everyone in a bubble every step of the way. cast are first tested and asked to quarantine for 16 days in their hometown. then, they travel to atlanta, via private plane. once they arrive, more testing for cast and crew. that continues every four days. masks are mandatory except during scenes. >> i felt like the process was -- there were no loopholes. everyone was holding each other accountable. >> reporter: this is a microcosm of how society might be able to return to normalcy overall. again, your thinking on that. were you confident it could be done? >> when i got the information, i

thought maybe this is possible. we moved in and finished our first television show successfully with no positives throughout the quarantine bubble. >> reporter: this is no ordinary operation. it's one that came with what perry says was a hefty price tag of approximately 18 milli$18 mi. and access to thousands of tests. you were able to get enough testing, ultimately, for the bubble. what will you do if there's not enough testing? >> let's be clear here. i am trying to help people safe and protect livelihood. that's not as important as people out in nursing homes and other places. if that happened, we would step back and shut down. the important thing is that people get the testing they need. >> reporter: 11 days in the bubble and no positive cases. what happened at camp kwquarante is an example of how it can be

done. there was no magical vaccine or groundbreaking therapeutic. it was just the basics we have seen work around the world. >> masks work. testing works. contact tracing works. we were able to manage it doing that. testing, isolation and contact tracing. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, atlanta. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'll be back in a moment with more news. stay with us. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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the explosion and then the anger. protests are expected in the lebanese capital today, and u.s. president donald trump pledges millions. plus, hundreds of thousands of bikers and onlookers are set to discenter on a south dakota town. why many of them are saying no to wearing masks. and it's back to school but maybe not back to work. how the pandemic is pushing some parents out of the workforce. live from cnn world headquarters welcome to you. our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. outrage is growing among the people of lebanon following