this morning. and don't forget the news is going to continue all day long on cbsn bay area. >> "cbs this morning" is up next. have a great day. [ captions by: vitac 800-278- 4822 email: marketing@vitac.com ] good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is wednesday, august 5th, 2020. i'm jericka dunkin with jeff glor and vladimir duthier. gayle king, anthony mason and tony dokoupil are off. thousands are hurt in the capital of lebanon. tropical storm isaias spreading destruction over the east coast. we are on the ground with stories of survival. >> alarming spike. daily deaths surge to nearly

1400 nationwide as cases surge in the midwest. plus, controversial policies in two states and some say put nursing home residents at risk. ride of a lifetime. two astronauts who made history, crude mission on a private rocket. safety issues they say need to be fixed before the next flight. first here's today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> suddenly, we heard a very loud explosion. the build iings, all the glass just went down. it was raining glass all over the city of beirut. >> the massive blast in beirut, lebanon. >> as the death toll keeps rising, lebanese health minister says thousands are injured. >> this coming as an investigation is under way into what cause this had tragedy. isaias is leaving a path of destruction on the east coast. >> people confirmed dead. >> all of a sudden it felt like the end of the world was coming. turn the attention to the

upcoming electric, the president says he supports mail-in voting in florida spl they're so well run. florida is a very well-run state, low taxes. continuiing negotiations toward a new covid relief bill. >> step by step by step, we're making progress. trying to gain control over the apple fire in los angeles. >> hot and dry conditions. >> all that. >> disney's "mulan" is the latest film to skip its movie theater debut. instead it will appear on disney plus. seven-foot ostrich trotting down a neighborhood street, causing a ruckus. >> there he goes. >> and all that matters. i never experienced this before in my life. >> we've seen all in baseball, all sorts of delays. now we've got a drone delay. >> a cardboard cutout. >> 2020 can just go away already. on "cbs this morning."

booker, for the win. got it! >> nothing like a buzzer beater for a nice pick-me-up at the end of the workday. booker providing that here over paul george's time expired, capping a performance. >> 117-115. >> what a shot by devon booker. >> camera eye on ostriches running through the streets, game delay because of drones, but you can always rely on a buzzer beater. 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 clean-up 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, it's said to be the most powerful blast ever seen in a city that was nearly destroyed in a 15-year 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 there's questions as to why such a dangerous quantity of the chemical was being stored so close to the city's 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 don't 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 city's hospitals already struggling to cope with covid-19 were quickly overwhelmed. only those with life-threatening 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 covid-19 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 d'agata 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 clean-up mode throughout the state of connecticut, 70-mile-per-hour 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 tri-state

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 don't 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 he's 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 stephanie's 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, we're beginning to see an increase in the virus activity throughout the upper midwest, and it's 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. >> we're fighting two diseases, one is covid-19, one is covid-19 fatigue.

as soon as the numbers start to go down again, that fatigue sets in and we'll see people having that high-risk 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: that's where 2-year-old jack botts-castor 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: jack's mom, bridget botts-castor, 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 don't know exactly where it came from. it's been tough to deal with, because we have to deal with it

now possibly becaus someone else wasn't responsible enough. >> reporter: jack's case is rare. most young children don't 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 covid-19, 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 it's 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 mail-in 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 mail-in voting, although he apparently has changed his position in a key swing state. >> it's 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 mail-in ballots for any reason is well prepared to handle

mail-in voting. >> florida has a great republican governor and had a great republican governor and over a long period of time, they've been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally. >> reporter: it's 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 can't win. that's exactly what we're 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 night's 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, colorado's 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 family's 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 don't know how these kids are ever going to trust the police again. >> reporter: it's 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. they're 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 23-year-old 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 we're 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, she's 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, that's big. you wouldn't normally hear about that happening but i think we're in a moment where people realize the traumatic events and the impact it could have. erroll, thank you. with the rising coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, we look at policies in two states that may play a part by putting vulnerable people at

we have much more ahead.

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ahead, a holiday tradition on hold? why there will be no rockettes for christmas in ew york city this year. your local news is n good morning. it is 7:26. i'm anne makovec and an early morning standoff in san jose has ended peacefully. the armed suspect barricaded himself in a patrol vehicle inside the santa clara county jail garage. still unclear at this point how that suspect got the gun. california health officials are warning that the state might be undercounting coronavirus cases. a technical glitch with the data system that they're using is being blamed and counties will not be moved on or off the state's watch list until that issue is resolved. and teachers in mill valley united district yesterday spoke

out on the district's proposal requiring them to return to the classroom. even for distance learning. the district says that it's just one of many ideas on the table. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center and metering lights remain on at the bay bridge toll plaza. one of the busiest spots right now you have got a sluggish ride there and it's busy coming off the skyway as you head into the city. also we have reports of an accident on the dunbarton bridge westbound 84 not too far from the toll plaza just beyond that traffic slow as you pass through there. and slow drive times continue. 32 minutes; 205 over to 680. into the altamont pass. darren? going to be a cool day today and coolest in the whole seven day in fact. only mid- and upper 70s for daytime highs if you are inland and will stay a breezy and cool low to mid-70s for much of the day. tomorrow start warming back up. mid 80s on thursday and friday. and low 90s by the time we get to the weekend.

welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is growing concern about a spike in coronavirus cases at long-term care facilities like nursing homes where vulnerable elderly people are at a higher risk of death. in florida, more than 5,800 people currently in long-term care facilities are covid positive. around 2,500 have died. florida's governor declared 23 long-term care facilities as covid-19 isolation centers where patients are sent to recover. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is following this from key biscayne. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i don't know if you know this, but here in the u.s. more than

40,000 nursing home residents are believed to have died from the coronavirus, and 6,500 deaths happened in the state of new york. there are hearings being held in new york to address those deaths and the policies that may have led to some of them. after seeing what happened in new york, you have families now who have relatives here in florida who are worried with the fact that the state of florida is allowing nursing homes to accept covid-positive patients. >> this is reckless. it is potentially lethal. >> reporter: danielle cohen is on a self-described crusade in the state of florida to end a practice that she says is putting the state's elderly, who live in nursing homes, in potential danger. >> i don't think that there should be a conscious decision to bring covid into the building. >> reporter: cohen's 98-year-old grandfather lives at the tamarac rehabilitation and health center in broward county, that's in southern florida. it is one of 23 covid isolation centers that have entered an arrangement with the state to house and treat patients.

four of those facilities are dedicated to only covid patients, while in the other 19, patients are supposed to be secluded from current residents. >> i certainly understand the concern that any family member would have, but i am equally committed to ensuring the safety of our residents in these facilities. >> reporter: mary mayhew leads the agency for health care administration. they oversee all of the isolation centers in the state. how much do these facilities receive money-wise from the state to take in these patients? >> we are paying a rate for their vacant beds to make sure that those beds are available. and then we are paying them for anyone who is on medicaid, we are paying them a higher medicaid reimbursement rate. otherwise, most of these individuals are medicare. >> reporter: according to state data, the isolation centers receive around $325 a day per

covid patient. at cohen's grandfather's facility, 21 covid patients currently [ technical difficulties ] . in a statement -- reside there. in a statement, she said it is providing excellent care saying it follows all cdc guidelines and has a separate entrance and air flow and a designated team. >> we all know what went down in new york just a few months before. why are we tempting fate? >> reporter: in new york, around 6,500 people are briefed to have died of the -- believed of to died of the coronavirus in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. >> they have to readmit covid-positive residents, but only if they have the ability to provide the adequate level of care. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo and the department of health have been criticized for directing those facilities back in march to take in coronavirus patients to relieve stress on the hospitals after backlash they added a requirement, that was in may, that hospitals could not discharge patients unless they tested negative. >> my mission is to get justice for the seniors that died.

>> reporter: back in january, vivian zayas' 78-year-old mother anna began temporarily living at new york's our lady of consolation nursing and rehabilitative care center on rhode island. a former employee who asked to remain anonymous alleges that the facility took in covid-positive patients in march and april. and in some cases, residents were allegedly exposed by being put in rooms with covid-positive patients or through staff treating both. anna died april 1st, just hours after being diagnosed with the virus. zayas believes her mother was infect the by someone who -- infected by someone who brought the virus into the facility. she is suing the nursing home. for everyone who will watch this story, what's the takeaway? >> if you can care for your parents at home, do so. >> reporter: at least 39 residents at our lady of consolation have died since march 1st. in a statement, the facility strongly denied any improper treatment and told us that it cannot comment on pending litigation or the care provided

to any individal but said it is dedicated to delivering high quality, compassionate care. new york's department of public health tells that based on the anonymous claim we told you about a moment ago from that former employee, they will be launching an investigation into the facility. they say any facility that does not isolate covid patients from residents would be in violation of public health law. an adviser with the governor's covid task force also told us that based on self-reported data, the virus was already at that facility well before the march policy that required nursing homes to accept covid patients. what's your message to the people of florida? >> don't put covid-19-positive patients in nursing homes. >> reporter: in florida, cohen's grandfather, a world war ii veteran, is now fighting coronavirus along with 43 other residents. he was diagnosed before the facility started accepting coronavirus patients. >> i feel like there still are

thousands of floridians who are atrisk from this policy, and someone needs to stand up for them. >> reporter: now danielle really wanted us to stress that her strath is receiving -- grandfather is receiving excellent care at the facility he's in here in south florida. she's terrified that nursing homes are accepting covid-positive patients. back in new york, vivian zayas is running a group called voices for seniors. they have a facebook page, more than 3,000 members. she's leading to advocate for seniors who are especially vulnerable in this pandemic. >> david, please wish danielle and her grandfather our well wishes. hope for a speedy recovery. some crucial analysis and reporting from david begnaud as always. thank you. up next, after their successful splashdown in the gulf of mexico, two nasa astronauts describe their trip home. what they say cannot happen on the next mission. plus, a reminder -- you can always get the morning's news by

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we're hearing from the two astronauts who made history when they splashed down in the gulf of mexico on sunday. it was the first splashdown for nasa astronauts in 45 years. this was also the first time a private company has taken humans into orbit and returned them to earth. as mark strassmann reports, bob behnken and doug hurley said their spacex capsule came alive during the ride home.

>> reporter: space history fell from the sky. >> splashdown -- [ cheers ] >> reporter: and into the gulf of mexico. >> welcome back to planet earth. thanks for flying spacex. >> reporter: the first crew to complete a commercial spaceflight. >> we felt the splash, and we saw it splash up over the windows. it was just a -- a great relief i think for both of us at that point. >> reporter: inside the bobbing spacex capsule, bob behnken and doug hurley reached for their satellite phone. >> hi, this is bob and doug, we're in the ocean. and we also called our -- our wives who happened to be together. i think they were here at mission control and, of course, they were excited. >> reporter: too excited, a flotilla of pleasure boaters. they ignored coast guard warnings and surrounded the capsule. >> there's safety aspects we'll have to look at. it just can't happen like it did before. >> reporter: the capsule was charred from its fiery return through earth's atmosphere.

behnken described the way crew dragon recorded to life. >> it doesn't sound like a plan. sounds like an animal coming through the atmosphere with all that -- all the puffs that are happening from the thrusters and the atmospheric noise. >> reporter: they named "endeavor," saying their ship could someday land in a museum. >> i think all this hardware has a home someplace in the future when it's used up. it's just not used up yet. >> reporter: the next to fly it -- bangen's wife, megan mcarthur next year. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, atlanta. ahead, he's not an astronaut, but vlad will be taking us to new heights -- you like that -- >> good. >> he'll

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all right. good morning, good morning. he's in plaid, he's rad, i think he'd make a good dad. he's never, never sad. it's vlad with "what to watch." sound like a dr. seuss book -- >> sounded like an '80s, old school rap there. >> i know. people are like, what is rad? what does rad mean? >> it means vlad. >> sound like an old version of the "sugar hill gang." thank you for the intro. good to see you all this morning. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today -- a former google engineer faces 18 months in prison after mitting he swiped -- admitting he swiped information on the self-driving car before joining uber. anthony levandowski pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an internal tracking document related to google's autonomous car program. he confessed to transferring more than 14,000 files to his personal laptop before leaving google to lead uber's

self-driving car unit. uber fired him in 2017. all right. there is more drama surrounding the "ellen" show. former resident deejay is addressing allegations of workplace harassment by the show's producers and star. tony okungbowa wrote on instagram that he experienced a toxic environment firsthand during the years he worked on "ellen." he said he stands with former colleagues in their quest to create a healthier and more inclusive workplace. the "ellen degeneres show" has not returned our request for comment on the post. last week degeneres sent a letter to her staff apologizing and affirming she was committed to having conversations about fairness and justice. warner bros. says it has begun implementing changes to address these issues. so i'm sure to be continued. more to come. >> this was interesting, too, because he had been with her from 2003 to 2006 and again in 2007 to 2013.

i that there have been celeb little who have come to -- celebrities who have come to her defense. the story keeps getting bigger. tough news that you have to report about a staple here in new york city that brings in people from around the world really. >> that is right. you're going to have to get ready to see my high kicks this christmas because the radio city spectacular featuring the rockettes is off for the very first time in its nearly 100-year history. the show has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. the show was slated to frun through december 6th. the show seen by more than 75 million people is expected to return next winter. jeff, we're talking about 80 rockettes. but also as importantly, all the crew and the support staff that go into working on that program to bring smiles to millions of people, including this kid. i know everybody's taking their kids or at least has seen it at

least once in their life. >> it's a good point. maybe they do a televised version. >> that's what i was thinking, yeah. >> they can isolate everyone and do it the right way. >> or what if they wore masks? maybe? >> maybe. >> and everyone got tested. >> with -- >> i like the idea of doing it virtually. that could be cool. >> yeah. >> might work. >> maybe i can join them. >> rad high kicks. one young woman is making the pandemic less scary for kids. >> yes. this is a great story. a college student came up with a genius idea to explain to kids why wearing a face mask isn't so scary. kaitlyn chu is a senior at the university of southern california. she wrote and ill straight straited "smiling from ear to ear." she was inspired to wry the playful take on a serious issue after seeing what was going on around her. watch. >> i remember going to the grocery store and seeing everyone wearing face masks for the first time and seeing faces

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requiring them to return to the classroom. even for distance learning. the district says it's just one of many ideas on the table. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center taking a look at the nimitz freeway. we have a witz thement bit of red there for the morning drive. no accidents just the usual stuff for the morning commute. southbound 880 getting a bit busy into hayward and you have got brake lights as well as you work your way into union city. slow in the fremont area as well and westbound 580 also seeing brake lights right around the wide connector. remember that if you are headed to 8080. north of there traveling along the nimitz knee near oakland things are moving nicely there. the coolest day of the whole week, in fact if you look at the number on the far right side of the screen it's only 77. that's the spot usually reserved for 90s or even 100s this time of year. 77 inland today and then we'll warm back up to the low 90s by the time we get to the weekend and we'll keep it low to mid- 70s for the bay well many people have such a misunderstanding

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it's it's wednesday, august 5th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." deadly impact. tropical storm isaias carves a destructive path up the east coast leaving millions without power. devastation. a mushroom cloud over beirut after a massive explosion kills at least 100 people. we'll have a report from inside the chaos. and innovative treatments. trials underway for a promising new approach in the battle to help co-vid patients. >> first, here's today's eye

opener at 8:00. the death toll has risen overnight in the massive explosion in beirut. they are blaming explosion on thousands of tons of amonium nitrate. >> it's a mess. folks are in cleanup mode after the storm swept through bringing 70 miles per hour winds. uprooting trees. thousands of people waking up without power. nearly 1400 people died of the coronavirus in the united states yesterday. >> one georgia elementary school had to quarantine an entire classroom. a second grader tested positive, sending 20 kids and a teacher home. democratic leaders plan to talk with the postmaster general about why mail nationwide has recently been delayed and how that could impact the election. hit in the air to center.

and that baby is gone. >> the a's walking it off with a grand slam. >> i would call it a careful, measured celebration. >> no waiting around. it's dinner time. pose it up. >> it is remarkable seeing baseball being played with sort of those fake people in the stands there. >> yes. >> really interesting. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we are going to begin here. this morning beirut lebanon, one of the most important cities in the middle east is in chaos from a massive deadly explosion. it had the power of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake. video shows burned out shells of buildings. buildings in the surrounding area were pulverized. officials call the blast right now accidental. with our partners at the bbc, we have more on the devastation.

>> reporter: i'm just standing in central beirut a few meters away from the port of beirut where the explosion took place. you can see behind me, there's still smoke coming out. this is the main port of the industrial area. the main port of imports and exports to lebanon, and it's totally out of order at the moment. you can see around me that in central beirut, many of the buildings with windows shattered and also their balconies destroyed here is downtown beirut. this is the lavish area of beirut, and almost every building i'm looking at has windows, doors completely destroyed. many people are left out in the streets with nowhere to stay, and it's hard to see if the government is going to help them out. lebanon needs international aid at the moment, and without it, they cannot stand up. bbc news, beirut, for cbs. now to the devastation in

the united states caused by tropical storm isaias. at least six people are dead after the storm unleashed torrential rains, strong winds and at least 20 tornadoes up and down the entire east coast. the scenes of destruction can be found from north carolina to new england. powerful winds, wrecked homes, sparked fires and downed powerlines. at one point leaving more than 3 million people without power. downed trees littered roads. at least two people died when their cars were crushed. two more were killed. the cleanup across hundreds of miles is just getting underway this morning. the national institutes of health and u.s. drug maker eli lilly are launching clinical trials to test a new approach to treating the coronavirus. they use anti-bodies. people can volunteer to enroll in the trials.

our chief medical correspondent explains why this is so significant. >> it's basically taking what our own bodies are capable of doing to protect us and trying to offer that to somebody who has not yet mounted their own effective defense. >> the ni hi director is overseeing a treatment he hopes will block the coronavirus in infected patients using anti-bodies. >> that anti-body sticks to the part of the stake protein that represents the part that binds to the human cell and lets the virus get inside. so you cover that up, and the virus has nowhere to go. >> so unlike plasma donated by survivors which contains anti-bodies to coronavirus and other past infections, these oint bodies target only the part of the virus that allows it to attack mumen cells and importantly, they can be mass produced in a lab. >> if it turns out the clinical trial is successful, we can start immediately offering this to patients who are sick.

>> rejen ron is also developing its own lab-produced anti-body treatment. >> if i treat you now, can i prevent the possibility of progression and hospital admission? can i improve your recovery time? can i also prevent transmission to other people? >> this woman and her husband are participating in a trial to see if these anti-bodies can prevent covid-19 in someone exposed to the virus. >> if we got the anti-body and it did some good, at least we were in a position to take advantage of it. >> all right. john, i think one of the questions people are asking is would this be safe or less safe than the plasma treatment that comes from survivors when it comes to anti-bodys? >> well, it should be safe theoretically. remember the convalescent plasma taken from survivors has all

kind of anti-bodies. these are designer anti-bodies that only attack the part of the coronavirus that allows the coronavirus to attack human cells. so it should be safe theoretically and more effective. we'll see if the trials that are going to see if it's able to prevent infection in somebody who has already been exposed and for people with mild or serious disease. >> does the lab anti-body treatment? are you optimistic on a vaccine for late this year and early next? >> i think we are on target for a vaccine but not for several months. this hopefully can be a bridge to that. remember, this is not actually a vaccine. it's giving you temporary immunity hopefully. immune factor that helps you fight the infection but after a month or maybe two, that anti-body should be added to your system for all intents and purposes. it's not going to help you in the long run to say prevent

infection down the road in six, 12 months. >> all right. great information. thank you very much. vlad, over to you. >> thanks, jeff. in a presidential election where both candidates are well over 70, each has questioned the other's mental ajgilagilely. we asked joe biden about that. the former vice president seemed to bristle at that question. >> that's right. good morning, vlad. we had an opportunity to speak to the vice president as part of the convention for national association of black and hispanic journalists kicking off today. we cover a wide range of topics. as you know, president trump has made his mental ability and agility a campaign topic. and joe biden previously said in june he's always nothicognitive tested on the campaign trail.

>> please clarify, if you taken a cognitive test? >> no. why the hell would a take a test? come on, man, that's like saying before you got on this program, did you take a test wrr you're taking cocaine or not? are you a junkie? >> what do you say to president trump who brags about his tests and makes your mental state an issue for voters? >> well, if he can't figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion. i don't know what he's talking about. i know you're trying to goad me, but, i mean, i'm so forward-looking to have an opportunity to sit with the president or staying with the president in debates. >> now, we asked the biden campaign this morning if they wanted to add any additional context to those remarks j specifically comparing a mental test to being tested for cocaine. the campaign has not yet

responded. the vice president will hold a number of virtual events this afternoon including one with the atlanta mayor. she is one of his potential v.p. picks. we expect an announcement on this front in the coming days. vlad? >> yeah. airline, i think also one of the important points he made in the interview is he said he's looking forward to debating the president of the united states. something that some of his supporters have said probably would not happen, that he wasn't interested in doing that. good to see you again, thank you for that. as the former vice president prepares to choose his running mate, we'll look at the history

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more than 50 million jobless americans have applied for benefits since the pandemic began. nearly half of americans get their health insurance through work. one study finds that an estimated 5.4 million american workers lost their health insurance from february to may. michelle miller shows us the story of one man who lost his coverage when he needed it the most. >> reporter: what does it mean to lose your health insurance? >> it means a lot. some days you -- some days you want to go to the doctor and see what else is wrong with you, but you can't. >> reporter: when the pandemic hit, rodney watts was working as an overnight supervisor at hartsfield jackson international. he lost his job along with his health insurance. >> it was bad. it was real bad, you know. i been working since i was 14. not having health insurance, i'm a type-two diabetic. it has been real hard for me. >> reporter: he's been paying for his insulin which costs him

about $400 with unemployment benefits. he was recently hospitalized after feeling sick and discovering a lump on his chest. how are you paying the bills? >> it's been a struggle. we've been managing. but it's -- you know, that $600 go away, i don't know. >> reporter: the kaiser family foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on national health issues, estimates that about 27 million americans are at risk of losing coverage during the pandemic. >> we're seeing an unprecedented loss in jobs and what's going to come along with that is unfortunately a loss of health insurance, as well. >> reporter: the foundation's executive vice president of health policy -- >> it's never a good thing to lose your health insurance. but it's particularly risky in the midst of a pandemic which people are getting falcon ejected and potentially -- getting infected and potentially getting ill. >> reporter: it's estimated four out of five people who lost insurance will have access to

the affordable care act or medicaid. many don't know it. without health insurance, people will avoid testing and treatment. >> people who don't have health insurance hesitate to seek medical care worrying about the big medical bills they may face. we need people who have symptoms, who feel they may be sick to get tested so they can avoid infecting others. >> it cost us a lot. >> reporter: as for rodney watts, he says he's determined to get health insurance to keep him family safe. >> when this interview is over, i'm not going to sit around no more. i got to find work. i got to get my health coverage because i got a lot of people depends on me. i got a wife. i got grandkids. got kids. got a lot of people. and i can't fail them. i can't fail them. >> all right. let's dig a little deeper. joining us to discuss the options if you're suddenly uninsured is business analyst jill schlesinger.

let's get into it. what if you lose your employer-based health insurance, what are you do to do? >> there are three options, cobra, the affordable care act or obamacare, or medicaid. cobra sort of seems like the best option because it just continues your existing employer's insurance. the problem is without your employer kicking in part of those -- the cost, it can be extraordinarily expensive. cobra does last up to 18 months, and it may be good for someone who's got a bunch of money saved or maybe has a spouse or another family member who can help chip in. but again, the most expensive option, vlad. >> all right. as you know, the president has been trying to get rid of the affordable care act, obamacare, for the last three years or so. but it's still available. how do you sign up? >> well, you go to healthcare.gov. the reason i want to encourage people to do this is that when

you lose your job, that's considered one of those events that allows you to sign up after the regular enrollment period. so what you have to know is that even though you may have tried this before or it has seemed very expensive, if you lost your job, your income may be low enough to qualify for help from the government. if you make between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level, you'll get help. that amounts to about $50,000 for an individual or up to $103,000 for a family of four. so you should try to apply. and again, you may find that the coverage cost is much lower now that you're income has gone down. >> let me ask you a question about medicaid, jill. how do you know if you qualify? >> well, you know, one easy way to do it is when you're doing your healthcare.gov application, it may toss you into the medicaid system because many

states have expanded medicaid as part of the affordable care act. of course, you can also go to the medicaid website in your state. remember, medicaid, it is a federal and state joint program. it actually ensures 72.5 million americans. again, it is based on income. that extra $600 a week that people have been receiving, by the way, does not count against you when it comes to your medicaid application. >> jill, always great to have you. very good advice for our viewers. thank you very much. >> sure. ahead, cbs news contributor and psychologist lisa damour warns the pandemic could have a serious impact on the mental health of children. how she says you can help. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. ths is where we each pick a story we'd like to share with each other and all of you.jeric. >> hopefully you saw the special we were talking about last night. jennifer hudson put on a star-studded service in the performance here on cbs honoring the life and legacy of civil rights legend and icon congressman john lewis. take a look. ♪ like a bridge over troubled waters ♪

♪ i will lay me down >> talk about a drop the mic moment right there. hudson sang her rendition of simon and garfunkel's "bridge over troubled water." i just -- you almost want to sit and let her finish. i couldn't believe it. the production, the quality, putting all of that together under these times, it's really amazing. and it was a beautiful tribute. you had -- i have to let her sing that out. my gosh. >> that will do it. >> you had some amazing performances. only by jennifer hudson -- not only by jennifer hudson, but john legend performed "glory." and gayle king, oprah winfrey -- our own gayle king joined to pay tribute to lewis who died last month at the age of 80.

it web re-airiill be re-airing, tuned for that announcement. i will make sure i post that on my twitter page when we find out when. it's worth watching if you haven't seen it. well done. >> gorgeously shot and gorgeously performed. if you want to get your hands on clorox disinfecting wipes any time soon, think again. the company's ceo says the products will not be fully stocked again, clorox wipes, until next year. clorox usually has an excess supply for the flu season. it's unable to keep up with the increase in demand for clorox disinfectant wipes since the pandemic broke out. plus, the wipes are made of the same in-demand material used to make ppe masks and medical gowns. >> sort of new age. i don't remember growing up with wipes -- >> no, yeah. you're right. >> it's a thing. like you just get so used to having them -- >> now it's more of a thing. >> back to the old-school ways. paper towels, soap, water,

bleach. anything to kill germs. vlad, you're up. >> we did a story on the supply chain. i were not expecting this -- they were not expecting this, very people to people -- very few people were. it will be interesting to see when it makes it to people's homes. i've got a story that will steal your hearts the same way jennifer hudson did. this french bulldog is stealing hearts one bite at a time. this is bluenjy. look at this -- >> if unfjennifer hudson is watching, she might be upset -- >> no. this is not anything to be upset about. this is a very cute dog holding food in his little tiny paws and scarfing them down like a human. look at him eating that burrito. he's eating a little bright oh there. >> nice. >> if he's a french bulldog, he's going -- [ speaking foreign language ] he was born deaf. but his owners soon found out he had special skills -- >> he's got on played --

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psychologist and cbs news contributor lisa damour says we should all work to prevents mental health crisis in young people. she joins us now. welcome, lisa. you know, you've heard the term new normal. i think the question is what can we do to help our children during this time? >> well, we have sort of bad news and better news. i think it's become quite clear that the school year is going to be very disruptive for kids. this is a very hard thing to stadium for them because -- stomach for them because they are already five months into a pandemic that's really worn all of us down. no kid had the summer they had in mind, even simple things like hanging out with friends or going to the pool didn't happen for most kids. and i think there is tremendous anxiety about what school will look like. whether kids are physically going to school or not. i think kids are anxious about what will unfold. so the better news is that we have decades of psychological

research that tell us that there are two things that make an enormous difference in terms of helping children along. and they're warmth and structure. so in all of the challenges we are facing, those are what parents should focus on, making sure home is a compassionate and friendly place, and that life is predictable. that there are routines that kids can counts on, whatever comes their way. >> how important are those routines? because i feel like as a parent it's easy to fall into the routine of eating breakfast as late as 9:00 or 10:00 when normally they would be eating at 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning. and making sure that they're getting outside. how important is that routine? >> you know, when there's so much disruption right now, even those really basic things can go out the window. so it is important to have routines because it gives kids a sense of control when everything feels out of control. and teens lets us make sure that things happen like getting adequate sleep. to recap, little kids,

elementary school kids need 11 hours of sleep a night. middle schoolers nears ten. high schoolers need nine hours of sleep a night. they need physical activity. they need a safe and predictable place where they are studying and doing schoolwork at a time they know i do it. they need to be helping around the house, helping in the community if they can do so. and then also they need time for leisure, time with friends. they need to have fun things in their lives right now more than ever really. >> what's the concern do you think about the lasting impact this will have on children, and particularly with those in that adolescent stage? >> you know, we do -- this is going on so long, and we know the chronic stress is not good for anybody. for kids this is a long time in what are relatively short lives for them. and we worry about rising rates of depression. and we worry about anxiety. and we also worry about the fact that a lot of kids have been

exposed to trauma. we're keeping an eye on that. that said, parents can provide, guardians can provide a powerful buffering force for kids. and if we are safe and steady presences for our children and if we help them to know how each day is going to unfold even if we're having new routines week by week as the strangeness of this year unfolds, it helps kids to know what's coming, even if it's not exactly what any of us want. >> and a lot of parents as you know are struggling, as well. at what point do you seek professional help? and if auyou can't do that, whas your advice? >> so we expect a fair degree of distress right now in parents and kids. this is a very hard time. it would be strange if people were not distressed. it's time to worry when people of any age are coping with distress isn't healthy.

we worry if people are cutting others off, if they're cranking all the time. we worry about substance misuse. we would be concerned if a person is struggling to take care of themselves, not sleeping well, not eating well, or if they become so anxious or depressed that they are having a hard time getting through the day. that's when we would want people to reach out. and right now, it continues to be the case that most clinicians are taking care of patients digitally. working with them through digital means. and what i would say is i hope everyone could have access, everyone should have access to professional message health care. and in the absence of that, the more warmth, structure, love, support, and predictability we can provide kids, the better. >> all right. lisa damour with some great advice there. thank you so much. ahead we look at the political and cultural significance of an all-female field of contenders to be joe biden's running mate. how the women are being

former vice president joe biden is set to begin interviewing potential running mates this week and is expected to announce his choice at some point next week. nearly a dozen women are under consideration for the job. while females have been chosen to run for vice president before, there is the first time a presidential candidate is only considering women.

ed o'keefe shows us what's at stake in this historic moment. [ applause ] >> reporter: in 1984, geraldine ferraro was the first woman asked to run for vice president on a major party ticket. alongside democrat walter mondale. >> the issue is not what america can do for women but what women can do for america. [ cheers ] >> reporter: in 2008 republican john kelly chose sarah palin as his partner. >> you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- lipstick. >> reporter: neither woman became vice president. but this year could be different. >> in 2020, two things are happening. joe biden is running for president for the third time. and for the third time, there's going to be a woman on the ticket running for vice president. in 1984, that woman was too new. in 2008 that woman was too inexperienced. the question heading into november for voters is is third

time a charm, or is it going to be three strikes and out for that woman? >> reporter: in march, joe biden made an unexpected pledge. >> i commit that i will in fact appoint a -- pick a woman to be vice president. >> reporter: that set off a first of its kind scrambell putting all the focus on a dozen female mayors, governors, lawmakers, and national security officials. in 2008, former kansas governor kathleen sebelius was the only woman barack obama considered for vp. she's now especially eager to see who biden chooses. >> i think the american public have had an opportunity to meet lots and lots of very talented women who have done incredibly big jobs. and it just opens the door for lots of future possibilities. >> reporter: betsy fischer martin is executive director of the women in politics institute at american university. she warns there are drawbacks to the way biden is running his search. >> i don't necessarily think it's a healthy process to have

-- elevate a dozen or so women to be considered and then spend the next two months picking them apart. >> reporter: how are these women being scrutinized differently than men? >> the penalizing punches that are coming their way are so far having to do with things like they're too ambitious, they are too engaged in national to attack. and my personal favorite -- they have a propensity for cursing. since when have any of those attributes ever been held against male candidates? >> reporter: fischer martin and observers called out former senator chris dodd, a member of biden's vp search team, for reportedly questioning the loyalty of one potential pick, california senator kamela harris. "politico" reports he told associates she had no remorse for attacking biden over his civil rights record during a debate last year. >> the notion that somehow ambition is a negative to me is going to be a really step back. what we need for women in politics is to have those ambitious women who are willing to put themselves forwards and

run for was on. >> reporter: though he'll be the third man to put a woman on the ticket, biden could make history in another way. >> this would be a game changer for women of color. no woman has ever been -- no black woman has ever been governor, but they could potentially be a vice president. >> not a vice president -- >> reporter: so far the closest the country has come to having a female vice president is on hbo. that's why errin haines believes biden's choice is so crucial. >> did the president call? >> no. >> really seeing a woman as being second in line to the job i think makes it even more real for the electorates to be able to conceive of a woman as president. that's just not something that appears to be in our american imagination fully yet. >> reporter: joe biden's wife, jill, who's considered to be his closest adviser, was asked yesterday where he is on making his decision. she said, quote, he's close. jeff, the question is how close.

>> that is the question. >> reporter: a few days away. >> all right. also some news coming in this morning here that the biden campaign says they've made the largest presidential ad campaign buy in history. where does that $280 million go? >> reporter: that's right. $280 million spread out across 15 battleground states. they're looking at places like arizona, virginia, texas, florida, of course, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. and even if you don't see it on tv, the biden campaign will be trying to reach voters across digital media, across the radio, as well. it's very likely that voters in some way across the country, even if you're not in those 15 states, going to find a biden ad somewhere in your life. by comparison right now the trump campaign, the president's campaign, spending about $147.7 million in 11 states. of course, all of this could change as conditions improve or worsen in certain states for both candidates. we'll see. >> sounds good. ed o'keefe, thank you very much. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast, greg garfield,

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