Handwriting expert be the key to solving the mystery involving Aretha Franklins estate . Trapped on the bus, the 911 call from the highway as a woman claims a bus driver purposely locked her inside the luggage compartment. And the shocking wakeup call as a bear greets these two men taking a nap. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the escalating trade war with china and the growing concern about its effect on the u. S. Economy. Asian markets are sinking after wall streets biggest loss of the year. The white house is now responding and Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi has more. Mona. Reporter good morning, janai. Good morning to you, kenneth. The move unexpected but the drop suggests the central bank of china is willing to weaponize its currency amidst this trade war. The latest chapter in the trade war between the u. S. And china, sending u. S. And asian stocks in a freefall. In its worst drop of the year, the dow jones plunged 767 points and the s p was down 3
This morning what the president had to say. Our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. The question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. All that, plus saying goodbye, the heartfelt goodbye. The terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. And judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. I know its a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community thats just really, really hurting right now. Yeah, its good to be back, and youre right, they ar