We have to worry more from our adversaries or just america have to worry more from its adversaries because the president is seemingly incapacitated or at least hes at hospital here is incapacitated whats happening in the want to know if you get seriously sick when it could happen we dont know. What happens to the chain of command what happens in the white house who will be in charge will he become seriously ill the 25th amendment allows for transference of power that means that the Vice President mike pence were taken troll of the government. And if he were to become sick because hes been in contact with the president then there is a secession stipulation that would allow for the speaker of the house to take power and thats nancy pelosi but were not quite at that stage yet. Of course very special. One hospital. Just seen in the pictures. On the screen. Its not just the average hospital is it you know this is where president s go for treatment and even. Donald trump went there last year
Washington is longtime political reporter and columnist of the washington post. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Host thank you for being with us. What a year it has been. It is only october 4. It has been an unbelievable year. As i wrote this morning, no one could have written a script for this year. It seems as though not just every week but every day, something dramatic happens. Shakes the country. Weve had unrelenting bad news for most of the year. Pandemic, terrible economic collapse, a recovery that is uneven where the people were stuff are having it the worst at this point. Ande had racial protests violence in the streets. Violence from both sides in the street. We had the death of john lewis, ruth bader ginsburg, now we learned just a couple of days ago that the president of the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus. Get aoes the country ever break from any of this . We are 29 days from the election. Its an unbelievably important election. They
House what impact will all of this have on the president ial campaign and. Security. On the inside the school. Police in kurdistan break up protests by opposition parties that shut out of parliament by sundays elections. U. S. Present donald trump says he will leave hospital in the coming hour and despite the u. S. Death toll from the coronavirus now passing 210000 people he searched americans not to be afraid of covert 19 tweeting from hospital trump said he would be leaving Walter Reed Medical Center at 2030 g. M. T. On monday thats just under 30 minutes from now he encouraged people to not let the fire dominate their lives same the country has really great drugs and knowledge and that he felt better than he did 20 years ago doctors treating president have explained why they think he can continue recovering at the white house over the past 24 hours the president has continued to improve hes met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria to receive another dose of him does a
Also coming up on the program 6 days of fighting dozens dead but now signs of compromise on the news government says its ready to discuss a cease fire in a going to occur. And defiant protesters continue their calls for justice over the gang rape and deaths of 2. 00 women in india. Welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump and his wife melania are in isolation off to testing positive for code 19 displaying mild symptoms of the virus a white house doctor said that trying received experimental antibodies and that he remains fatigued after the diagnosis how long the president s isolation is set to last all that depends on how unwell he becomes u. S. Health Authorities Say people miss self isolate for 10 days after a positive test and even longer if they present symptoms and even off of that trial might have to test negative twice in a row with those test on at least 24 hours apart the crucial question how is this going to affect the Election Campaign says all preannounced events
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica