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and decreased appetite, which lead to dehydration and may worsen kidney problems. we're committed to helping ensure trulicity is available and affordable. learn more at trulicity.com. the east coast left bruised and battered by isaias the tropical storm ripped through the region the devastation as the storm moves in to canada >> a blast in the capital. >> coronavirus cases barrel toward 5 million in the u.s. but a promising new anti body drug
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could help >> isaias finally starting to weaken but not before it left a path of destruction. gabe gutierrez joins us with the latest on the damage >> reporter: the building behind me partially collapsed ap at the height of this storm, millions of people without power. isaias is drenching the northeast. >> a tornado right outside my window >> it was crazie crazy the. >> the wind is intense and sand start blowing and hitting you in the face >> the tree actually up from out
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of the sidewalk and it came down on this hosz -- house. >> the fast moving storm as a hurricane with winds of 85 miles per hour firefighters waded through chest deep water >> multiple report of tornados left a tail of destruction at least two people were in thile home park in new york city a tree fell
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killing a man. >> and we heard like >> what's surprising many people is how quickly this storm swept through. >> after a rise in coronavirus cases in the south and the midwest, the death toll is starting to catch up the u.s. has surpassed 158,000 deaths >> reporter: inside hospitals in in the south and midwest they're taking on covid patients as officials brace for a surge in coronavirus cases doctors are overwhelmed. in tennessee july brought a 39
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increase in cases. deaths have risen 86% over the last two weeks >> these patients are the sickest we've ever seen and they're getting younger and younger. >> scenes are still unfolding. even sanctioned events drawing laryngocrowds. doctors say those are fuelling the virus spread the reason that schools are kroesed. >> at the l.a. county usc medical center it was pushed to the brink. >> thafgs a huge toll to take every day. knowing that you're the last person that speaks to them >> as the case load finally
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sablized >> you're seeing the criticism what's your spobs to that? >> come in to my icu come watch patients and families are being crushed. what we're seeing is the working poor getting wiped out we're really asking for the public's health. please help us keep the situation under control. >> this is tom costello. the nih is looking for 2,000 volunteers for anti body volunteers to suffer through the rafages of covid >> we lee a treatment has the potential to stop that progression in terms of system
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toms >> it comes from a covid-19 sur voifr. it locks on to the virus the the hope it could bring relief to people like ty godwin. a triathlete, at night his legs constantly twitch. >> i feel like my whole body as the flu. everything is hot. >> reporter: his only relief a bathtub of cold water at 3:00 a.m. >> he counts himself among a group of covid patients who suffer through the symptoms for month it is. an anti body treatment could bost the body's defens >> it is able to sense some
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invading virus and bacteria and make anti bodies >>ty has drawn a rendering of the monster that comes to haunt him at night it. >> it's likely we will have one of these drugs available before we have a drug within months >> we appreciate it. thank youg >> and new hope on cam -- capitol hill >> tracie potts joins us now with the latest. >> hi, phillip this is the if most progross we've seen saying they they over making progress and as some are
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inching along. on others they're making progress they're hoping to make that progress at the the end of the week with this big coronavirus relief package with the important pressing issues of unemployment and eviction protection included. one of the chal ledges all republicans aren't on the same page >> the american people in the end need help and wherever this thing settles between the president of the united states and his team have to sign it into law and it's something i'm prepared to support even if i have problems with certain parts of it. >> reporter: so it looks like they may be irnging along some sort of solution sl.
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president trump raising his eyebrows about just where we are with thisvirus close closing i on deaths for ten days street. >> i think it's under control. >> thousands of americans are dying a day. >> it is what it is but that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. it's under control as much as you can control it >> reporter: there is a slight bit of light at the end of the tunnel the number of new daily day cases has just dropped under 6,000 a day. >> thank you an investigation is underway in beirut aftera massive
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explosion took place the number of victims is expected to rise for more on the latest we turn to molly hunter. do we get a sense of what may have triggered the explosion >>. >> reporter: good morning. so officials say they're looking into a warehouse that was apparently storing 720 tons of ammonium nitrate it prodaused a massive explosion. alhuge mushroom cloud. another thing we've learned digging for rubble and the death toll has gone up at least 100 people have died. nor man 4,000 people injured
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those numbers will likely tick up but the devastating scenes this morning this was already a country on the brink of a collapse. they import almost everything. warehouses with medical equipment were destroyed the called it a terrible attack and there's no evidence, no indication that tfgs an attack >> thank you isaias was deadly and it did quite a bit of damage those past few days >> good morning. as phillip said it has tracked north and now the presh shu will continue to skirt to the north
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we will get rid of isaias but people are picking up the pieces today. over # po reports of high wind damages and tornados this ran across the northeast. we're watching the 9 os a few storms this afternoon. lots of sunshine for this afternoon. new york 87 and we will not retire the name isaias but we won't see it until 2026 so that gives me enough time to be able to say it correctly. >> you did it well
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under scrutiny following with death of elijah mcclain. now they're apologizing saying they're investigating and offering therapy to the traumatized kids a 29-year-old man from new york is on the mend this morning after a long battle with coronavirus. >> there he is after being hospitalized for more than 130 days he's finally headed home. during his hospital stay he was intubated tw intubated twice. >> everything he has been through, wow, that's incredible.
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good morning. breaking news at this santa clara county jail. shots fired from inside a police cruiser, not by an officer but by a detainee. it's a story unfolding right now. >> somehow that suspect got hold of a gun and a car at the jail. we've been on the scene since it happened. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the jail this morning. we will get to him. good morning, bob. >> reporter: not far from the san jose police department at the intersection of san pedro and mission. as you look down san pedro to the left side of the screen you see all the flashing lights, the law enforcement. down there to the left is
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