joining us at the white house. we have dr. sanjay gupta joining us to break it down for us. what more do you know about the president s condition? president biden tested positive for coronavirus this morning. we re told that the president went to bed last night, largely feeling fine, but he woke up this morning having not slept very well, tested, according to the white house s routine screening procedures, that s according to the white house doctor, dr. kevin o connor, who says that the president is now experiencing mild symptoms, which include a runny nose, fatigue, and an occasional dry cough. the president s physician recommended that he begin a course of paxlovid, that antiviral that is considered the gold standard of care for coronavirus, particularly early on in the onset of the disease. and, we re told by the white house that the president has, indeed, begun that course of paxlovid. now, i also spoke separately with dr. ashish jha, the white house s coronavirus coord
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
capitol under siege. also tonight, deadly heat across the globe and in america 100 million people under heat alerts in more than two dozen states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden s covid diagnosis and what comes next. his top covid official the president himself sent out a brief video message about how he s doing, and let s go to jeff zeleny joining us from the white house. how is the president feeling tonight. wolf, officials tell me tonight that president biden is feeling quite well. he s been working remotely, if you will from the residence of the white house throughout the day making telephone calls holding meetings virtually and this comes, thof course, as the first time he s tested positive for covid-19 and he s in the first year and a half of his presidency trying to dodge this, and today he did test positive and he was just on his way to travelin
treatment. the prime time hearing tonight before the american people, the 187 minutes at the white house. rioters were attacking the capitol, the committee planning to lay out what the president did not do. they call it a dereliction of duty. and will the american people tonight see outtakes of the president s videotaped message on january 7th? what the former president allegedly wanted to say instid. john carl with new reporting here. and then the hearing on abc right here a short time from now, 8:00 p.m. eastern/5:00 p.m. pacific. and now scorching heat from the south and into the northeast. fueling powerful storms in the northeast late today. and now the severe thunderstorm watch into tonight along the east coast, several major cities possible including the new york city area. and then rob marciano timing it out. flames from train as it was on a bridge. terrified passengers climbing through the windows. one woman the bridge. reporting on the climb as crisis here. lake me
in case you haven t noticed, the heatwave is continuing across america. and now severe thunderstorms are threatening the east coast. eye on america, cbs s jonathan vigliotti gets exclusive access to yellowstone national park, after unprecedented flooding. there is now concern that erosion in the area is so bad, parts of the cannian wall could collapse. o donnell: world s worst commute, a boston train catches on fire before 7:00 a.m., as passengers rush to escape, one even jumping into the mystic river below. and the kennedy center honors we ll tell you who will be celebrated. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, president biden has now joined many of us who have tested positive for covid 19, and is now forced to work from home. of course, that home is the white house, and is equipped by a full medical staff and team. the pre