, marcy gonzales has more from new york. >> reporter: rick and sara that blast was so big it could be seen from space, and today hospitals in that area are overwhelmed with patients and people looking for missing family members. today thousands of rescuers desperately searching for survivors near the still smoldering rubble from this massive explosion in china. hundreds of people injured. dozens killed. the death toll still rising from the disaster that started yesterday just before 11:00 p.m. local time, firefighters first responding to a fire at a warehouse storing hazardous materials, more than a half hour later as they battled the flames, a huge blast followed by another bigger explosion. people nearby left with no time left to find safety. among the dead and injured some of those firefighters and migrant workers sleeping in nearby dormitories. bob woodruff at the scene. >> it's absolutely destroyed these are people's home and this is where they live. dvds, music. this is horrible. >> devastating damage through the major port city even a mile away, the force shattering windows. >>

. marcy gonzales joins us now. >> reporter: things got started an hour ago with both parties meeting privately with the judge and the judge came out and said he had not decided which side would prevail, today a deflate-gate face-off in federal court. new england patriots star tom brady fighting his four game suspension going head to head against nfl commission under, roger goodell. >> we'll cooperate fully with that and allow the judge to handle the process. before the hearing the judge issuing a last minute orderer, encouraging both sides to engage in good final settlement issues. >> this judge will say if you can't resolve it, neither of you will like it. brady and the union taking it to court after the appeals of the nfl were denied. they said that brady's punishment after they said that they played with underdeflated balls last year. >> it was harsh. >> harsh. >> i have all played within the rules. >> but goodell says he concealed potentially relevant evidence. under the collective bargaining agreement he had every right to issue and oversee the punishment. >> if the punishment i

festival. marcy gonzalez has more on how mother nature wreaked havoc throughout the midwest. >> reporter: yesterday alone there were 6 tornados, as you mentioned some of the most serious issues happening in places that were affected by thunderstorms. today assessing wild weather in the midwest. chicago a sudden storm ridge through a festival. strong winds collapsing a tent on to the crowd below. . it was chaos. there was a man who was struck. he was laying next to it. >> reporter: 15 people injured and 35-year-old killed. >> this is horrible. >> reporter: thousands of fans at another music festival in chicago running into the street because of severe thunderstorm warning and nearby this sports dome collapsing. >> all of a sudden you could see the rip in the dome and it kind of blew down. the youth team playing on the softball field inside escaping just in time. look at the size of these things. >> reporter: other areas hit hard by hail. so many people left cleaning up very big messes today. in the past 24 hours there were more than 220 storm damage ronts from nebraska to ohio. reporting

demonstrations are expect. abc's marci gonzales is watching the latest development and she joins us live from new york. marci? >> reporter: rick, protest and organizers designated this as a day of civil disobedience. extra officers are on patrol concerned about a potential repeat of last nights violence. today pro protests planned after a chaotic night. a black teenager shot by police after they, say he opened fire, on officers. the violence and looting, following a week of peaceful protests and marches. >> my family. >> reporter: commemorating first anniversary of the shooting death of 18 year-old michael brown by police officer darren wilson. >> there is a a small group of people out there that are intent on making sure that we don't have peace that prevails. >> reporter: police say the 18 year-old shot last night tyler harris was not part of the protest but was in this crowd when gunshots rang out at 11:15 between two rival groups. investigators claim harris ran and started shooting at a police suv were four detectives inside. authorities say as the detectives got out of the vehicle,

today. marcy gonzales was there for the announcement, she joins us live now from the carter center in atlanta. >> he was open and even up beat as he shared details of his diagnosis and thoughts of what is ahead. former president, jimmy carter, still smiling as he detailed his melanoma diagnosis, first discovered during liver surgery. >> it's already in full in my brain so that night until the next day until i came up to emery, i just thought i had a few weeks left, i was surprisingly at ease. you know i have had a wonderful life. >> speaking this morning the 90-year-old is explaining he is fighting the disease going in for his first radiation treatment on his brain today. >> i feel good, i haven't felt any weakness or disability. the pain is slight. >> carter's father and all three siblings died of pancreatic cancer and he talked about his family and history. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >> and his regrets. >> i wish i had sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and i would have been reelected. that may have interfered with the foundation of the carte

36 hours under the rubble. abc's marcy gonzales is following the latest she joins us live from new york. >> reporter: rick, that gave rescuer smz hope as they continue to look for more survivors, they are coping with fumes and other potential dangers left from this disaster. >> new video of those deadly explosions in china, captured by american, dan van buren who happened to be on the roof of his apartment building when he saw the first blast and then the other. holy [ bleep ]. >> i didn't know if the building would fall down, i thought i was dead, i thought we would die. >> a warehouse storing hazardous material, dozens of people lost their lives and hundreds were hurt including this firefighter who rushed in to battle the initial flames and found just today more than 30 miles per hours after the blast buried beneath the rubble. many others are still missing as small fires continue to burn around containers containing hazardous chemicals, chinese authorities are insisting it is safe. >> are you ready about the possible health effect. >> no she says, i just feel lucky to still be h