that the hefed puts out, down severely. we will tell you the sectors suffering the most and no, it is not travel and leisure. as the dow jones industrials fall to about 323 points, that percentage is a loss of about 1.33% but look at the russell 2000 small and midcaps losing near double that amount. this selloff comes as the u.s. sees the highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day, 2405. at the same time, president trump threatening to pull funding from the world health organization. coming up, one all-american fortune 500 company is doing the complete opposite. colgate palmolive teaming up to get its soap to a world absolutely desperate for safe hands. but it s the virus antibodies everybody really wants. coming up, this is the silicon valley disruptor that is speeding up plans to launch its life-saving drones in america. the co-founder and ceo is about to show you, you ve got to see this, how they have been delivering blood, plasma and medicine to remote regions
and a former nba star says he is going to russia to free brittney griner but the biden administration is not on board with his plans. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this monday, august 22nd. yobz is taking a well deserved break. we will start with the news. former president donald trump says he is planning a full descent to keep the justice department from analyzing the documents seized from his home. in a posted social media site on friday, trump accused federal law enforcement of quote destroying our country, and teased that he would soon file a motion based on the protection from unreasonable search and seizure. further details was shared by trump s top attorney on saturday who said he was considering a motion to appoint what s called a special master in the case. this would be an outside official selected by a judge to carry out the judicial matter on the court s behalf. as of this morning, however, there is still no indication that trump s team has actu
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
doing it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. mason: good evening. i m anthony mason. president trump today began unraveling the signature domestic and foreign policy achievements of his immediate predecessor. he cut off subsidies for obamacare. more about that in a moment, but first the iran nuclear deal. the president declared iran is not living up to the spirit of it, told congress to fix it or, he warned, he will scrap it. we have reports from washington and tehran. and we begin with white house and senior foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan. we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of iran s nuclear breakdown. reporter: president trump accused iran of violating the spifort of the nuclear deal, but he stopped short of withdrawing from the agreement. instead, he asked congress to set new terms that satisfy his concerns and gave it power to reimpose sanction
spectrum and local broadcast stations has risen perhaps ahead of the incentive auction next year. so for a variety of reasons, we ve seen a number of companies consolidate their positions in the broadcast tv market. they ve fought stations across the country bought stations across the country. we ve seen certain companies really being aggressive in terms of snapping up smaller broadcasts. host: so with a company like sinclair, how many television stations does it own across the country? guest: i believe i don t know the number off the top of my head, i believe they own something in excess of a hundred stations. they have a number of these joint sales agreements in place. they re one of the companies that will likely be with impacked by this. impacted by this. in some cases broadcasters can get waivers if they can prove these joint sales agreements are necessary to keep the smaller station afloat or so they can provide local or news programming. however, in most case