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 allamerican 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 its the virus antibodies everybody really wants. Coming up, this is the Silicon Valley disruptor that is speeding up plans to launch its lifesaving drones in america. The cofounder and ceo is about to show you, youve got to see this, how they have been delivering blood, plasma and medicine to remote regions in africa for y
Ramps up today. This morning, well see legal briefs from the house Impeachment Managers and trumps legal team. But we already have a preview from mr. Trumps newest lawyer who says the trial is completely unconstitutional. And there are new warnings from one Prominent Senate republican who claims next weeks trial could lead to delays in President Bidens agenda and cabinet confirmations. Were going to begin with new reporting on the pandemic relief talks. Joining us, john harwood and aisha roscoe, a White House Correspondent for npr. John, i want to put on the screen this picture, this remarkable picture of people actually having a conversation, a civil conversation about substantive issues. President biden with nine inperson republicans, one on zoom, and when i saw this, john, i realized what you had been trying to tell me patiently about your reporting and your analysis. That sometimes bipartisan is the way you go about doing things, even if what you ultimately agree on isnt 100 unanim
Provided to the housewives whose houses were flooded and housed in red crescent tents. Currently, 1400 red crescent rescuers in 289 teams using more than 100 cars and two helicopters, the Red Crescent Society is helping and distributing food and relief items in areas that cannot be reached due to floods. Vice president of prevention. The Crisis Management organization said most of the roads of the villages surrounded by the flood have been reopened and relief is continuing. Helping people with the flour quota, the food package quota, helping the flooded and besieged villages, these have been done. A large part of the damage caused to the infrastructure and vital arteries. About 19,000 hectares have been affected by the agricultural leveling and the rest of the province from this flood, about 1800 residential units , of which 800 units and 500 residential units have been renovated and a significant part of them have been repaired. These are the reports of the housing statistics there ,
Spoke about the issues at stake with the president of the un generalassembly, dennis francis. Thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, president. This is obviously a very busy week at the General Assembly, but also special summits on the sdgs, global finance, Un Security Council is meeting as well, High Level Health meetings, but leaders of some of the most powerful countries have chosen not to attend france, the uk, india, china, russia. Do you consider that a snob . No, i dont. I dont at all. Of course, we hoped that the house would be full, but we appreciate that leaders may have other pressing matters that require their attention, and i am sure the views and perspectives of those countries not led by Heads Of State and or government will be expressed and represented by their heads of delegation. But if you have only one of the five permanent members sending their leader here, does that raise legitimacy issues about the un . No, it doesnt, because the permanent members have a
Earlier, i spoke with the Executive Director of the center for human rights in iran, hadi ghaemi, about the prisoner swap, and what it means for both countries. Let mejust open let me just open first and foremost by saying how happy we are and congratulate the families and individuals s hostages that should never have beenin hostages that should never have been in this place and they were just been in this place and they werejust in been in this place and they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Regarding the deal, i would say that the proof is in the pudding. I have two concerns, one is that world are 6 billion really be used only for humanitarian trade and necessities that. Because this money really belongs to the iranian people, not the iranian government, and the iranian government, and the iranian people have risen up against this government for the past year, for sure, so we better make sure that if any money travels in the geography of that direction, it benefits the