probably withstand appeal. talk about how unusual a case like this is, this contempt of congress case and the difficulty of trying a case like this. you know, is highly unusual, but it s also extremely important because if you let individuals make their own decisions about whether they will or will not comply with lawfully issued subpoenas, whether they are congressional subpoenas, grand jury subpoenas, trial subpoenas, then the entire system just falls apart. congress could accomplish nothing if witnesses if witnesses if you would stand by, we want to head over a little ways from are you are and that s over to capitol hill where we find allie standing by. it s only been about 20 minutes so i m not expecting you to get any additional but you are top- notch at what you do. you may have additional grounder. how do you see this rippling out on capitol hill now that we have the sentence in the first of this first trial out of this committee, how do you see the rip
boosted. let s get back over to the white house to get an update from cnn s jeremy diamond. jeremy, what is the latest you re hearing? reporter: we just received a letter from joe biden s physician, dr. kevin o connor, confirming the news that the white house put out, saying that joe biden has tested positive for covid. he writes that the president tested positive this morning as part of our routine screening program. he says he tested positive on an antigen test that was confirmed via pcr testing. he confirmed what we reported on air just last hour, which is that the president is experiencing mild symptoms, including runny nose, fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which he said started yesterday evening. i spoke to dr. jha, the white house s coronavirus coordinator. he said the president last night went to bed feeling mostly fine but did not sleep well and tested positive this morning. dr. o connor, the president s physician, is writing here that the president is fully
spoke to a small group at an outdoor event in massachusetts. you see here he shook some hands with people after the speech, exchanged a few words. the first lady, she tested negative this morning. she attended events with the president and the first lady of ukraine earlier this week. mrs. biden spoke to reporters about the president s condition. watch. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i m keeping masked. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is with us now. so, mj, what s the latest? reporter: any minute now, we should be seeing white house press secretary karen jean-pierre and the white house covid coordinator, dr. ashish jha give us an update. you showed the tweet from the president earlier saying that he is doing great. we know, of course, that he tested positive for covid this morning, so let me just walk you through a timeline
malaysia. some of that debris may not burn up, and it would land somewhere near that spot that space command just predicted. only one person was that jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. i m hoping to hit the jackpot. i m pamela brown in washington. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin tonight with two developing stories this hour. the new york city health officials say they are declaring a public health emergency due to monkeypox. it makes new york the second major u.s. city to do so after san francisco. as of friday, there were more than 1,200 confirmed cases of monkeypox in new york city. but officials say it is likely there are many more cases that haven t been diagnosed yet. in a statement, new york officials explained, quote, new york city is currently theent center of the the encenter of the outbreak. we estimate that approximately 150,000 new yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure. that s not the only publi
out a photo of himself earlier in the day in the white house residence. we re following all of it right now with jacqui heinrich on what the administration is saying. mark meredith retracing where the president has been telegraphing and brett giroir on the impact of these reininformations that are right now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. we didn t anticipate this going into the day and a crazy market as a result. we ll get into that. meanwhile to jacqui heinrich with the latest from the white house. jacqui? hi, neil. good afternoon to you. the headline here is the president is doing all right. he s in good spirits. we saw him on the video and in a photo from the white house moving around, continuing to fulfill his duties while in isolation with covid-19. we learned a couple of interesting details from the briefing that ended awhile ago. his doctor, the white house physician sent a letter that the press received which described the president s symptoms a dr