Are assessing the damage from hurricane delta as it tore across the region. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has returned to the campaign trail following his three day stay in hospital for coronavirus treatment. He delivered a speech from the white house balcony his first public event since his hospital stay. Standing alone and not wearing a mask, mr trump told hundreds of supporters that he was feeling great. He boasted about what he claimed was his positive record and attacked his rival, joe biden. At the start of the address the president told his supporters he was feeling great and repeated his claim that a vaccine is imminent. I want you to know our nation is going to defeat this terrible china virus, as we call it. And were producing powerful therapies and drugs, and were healing the sick and we are going to recover, and the vaccine is coming out very, very quickly in record time, as you know. It is coming out very, very soon. We have great, Great Companies doing it
Felt anger towards the government like this since i was growing up in the 1980s. People dontjust feel they have been abandoned by the government, people feel the government, people feel the government is actively working against us. The white house doctor says President Trump is no longer a transmission risk to others, but has not said whether hes tested negative for covid i9. Rescuers search for survivors after a missile attack on azerbaijans second biggest city as a brief truce in the nagorno kara bakh conflict shows signs of unravelling. And astronomers encourage people to go outside and look at the night sky, as planet mars is at its biggest and brightest. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. One of the uk governments most Senior Scientific advisors has warned that the coronavirus epidemic has reached a Tipping Point, with infection rates at a similar level to march, when
From hurricane delta as it tore across the region. Hello and welcome. President trump has delivered a speech from the white house balcony in his first public event since being treated in hospital for coronavirus. The president told hundreds of supporters that he was feeling great. The bbcs north america correspondent, david willis reports. Our north america corresponent david willis was watching. The white house at pains to stress this was not a campaign event, stress this was not a campaign eve nt, eve n stress this was not a campaign event, even though it very much took on the form of such with a loss of the crowd wearing those maga hats. They wore masks, but we re maga hats. They wore masks, but were not socially distanced, about 400 of them in total. Mr trump said he was feeling great and, as you mentioned, that a vaccine was not far away. Now, he has clearly been itching to get back on the campaign trail, having been forced to sit it out, of course, for more than a week because of
Hello and welcome to the programme. In the last hour, the white house doctor, sean conley, has said President Trump took a covid 19 test on saturday which showed that he is no longer a transmission risk to others. A statement said that tests show there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus. Lets speak to our north america correspondent david willis, whos in los angeles. David, so it is another statement. First of all, talk us statement. First of all, talk us through whats in it. Well, the white house hadnt actually said, lewis, that President Trump had tested negative for the coronavirus after he was diagnosed with it just the coronavirus after he was diagnosed with itjust over ten days ago. Well, now we have that confirmation and they say in the statement that he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others, it says from day ten, from symptom onset, fever free for well over 2a hours, and all symptoms improve, the assortment of diagnostic tests obtained shows the
In several countries. The white house doctor, sean conley, has said President Trump took a covid 19 test on saturday which showed that he is no longer a transmission risk to others. A statement said that tests show there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has the details. The defiant removal of the facemask, a message to the faithful that their money is back. First of all, im feeling great. I dont know about you. How is everyone feeling . A much anticipated memo from the president s doctor confirmed the leader of the free world is no longer a risk to others. Noah day ten from symptom onset, wrote doctor sean conley, fever free for over 2a hours, and improve, the assortment of advanced diagnostic tests obtained revealed there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus. Not that the possibility of the president s continued contagion seemed to worry those that packed the south lawn of the white house several hours ear