2020-08-05 11:50:46
As Beirut reels from a massive explosion that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands, Democracy Now! gets an on-the-ground update from pediatrician and writer Dr. Seema Jilani, who treated her own daughter for injuries after the blast.
"It was extremely packed because we're just coming out of a four-day lockdown," says Jilani. "Everybody was out." Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab called the explosion a "national catastrophe."
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