Latest developments and has that story. Friday white house staff aged in Contact Tracing to track down how the president and first lady became infected. And who they may have infected. To the staff saying that the mitigation plan was in place prior to the positive test result. Because the broader question even with a lot of the mitigating factors what you have is a virus that is contagious that certainly continues to be regardless of what protocol we have that and has the ability to impact everybody. Late thursday night he took to twitter saying tonight we tested positive for the coronavirus. We will begin our Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. They are now quarantining at the white house the commander inchiefs doctors say that they are well and that this will not impact his president ial duties. His positive test comes hours after senior aide and confidant hope hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. The president defended her choice to go without wear
Walter reed Medical Center. This all comes less than a day after he and First Lady Melania Trump both tested positive for covid19. Welcome everyone to the four i am alex salvage. I am heather holmes, the white house says President Trump will spend a few days at the Military Hospital on the advice of doctors. We began life coverage now with political reporter greg lee who has been tracking the latest developments about the president s help. Reporter a rapidly changing story from late last night to where we are now. Last night President Trump announcing he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus. This morning we heard that he had mild symptoms, and now he has been taken to Walter Reed Medical Center. I want to make this clear again, the white house saying they are mild symptoms and this is out of an abundance of caution. Marine one took out from the white houses outline flying President Trump to Walter Reed Medical Center. The white house said the move is out of an abu
Powers. Protesters there angry at whitmers decision to extend the states stayathome orders until the middle of next month. Meanwhile, in states like georgia the governor there allowing gyms, hair salons, that to too parlors and some other tattoo parlors and some other nonessential buzzes to reopen businesses to reopen. A number of virusrelated elements to report to you. We begin with the death toll in this country. The chinese coronavirus has now killed more than 50,000 americans and infected almost 900,000 nationwide. More federal help is on the way for Small Business and their workers, and more money for hospitals and testing. President trump has just signed that mammoth 484 billion relief package that will give more Financial Support to struggling Small Businesses across america. The relief package provides 310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, 60 billion for disaster loans, 75 billion for hospitals, 25 billion for more testing. During todays signing event the oval office
Powers. Protesters there angry at whitmers decision to extend the states stayathome orders until the middle of next month. Meanwhile, in states like georgia the governor there allowing gyms, hair salons, that to too parlors and some other tattoo parlors and some other nonessential buzzes to reopen businesses to reopen. A number of virusrelated elements to report to you. We begin with the death toll in this country. The chinese coronavirus has now killed more than 50,000 americans and infected almost 900,000 nationwide. More federal help is on the way for Small Business and their workers, and more money for hospitals and testing. President trump has just signed that mammoth 484 billion relief package that will give more Financial Support to struggling Small Businesses across america. The relief package provides 310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, 60 billion for disaster loans, 75 billion for hospitals, 25 billion for more testing. During todays signing event the oval office
Its allies in western media today portraying china as either the victim of disinformation about the wuhan virus or claiming that western nations are using the contagion as distraction from their own policy failures. Even insinuating in one case that the United States is, quote, hiding something. The Trump Administration official telling fox news today they also have reason to believe the chinese have underreported, dramatically underreported the tally of deaths and cases of the virus in their country by a factor of at least 50. Can chinas initial and persistent lies and deception about the dangers of the virus have now caused the infection of 3 Million People worldwide and killed more than 209,000 people. Chinas maligned actions have killed 55,000 americans and infected nearly a million more. Much remains to be discovered, and among those discoveries we await are the dark reasons that motivated the ccp leaders to, first, release the virus and then to carry out can chinas deadly decepti