the beat starts with ari melber. has it ever happened to you a tickle in your throat? i was going to say, real quick, do you want a lozenge? i just chewed one. my dentist will be so mad. i don t know if i should share this but i used to do a show on msnbc, and one of my coanchors would get on me about putting the cough drop on the paper in the commercial and then back and forth. i was like, i m going to conserve it. it was here a second ago. i chewed it up to clean up for you. america appreciates your voice, i think, so let s keep it. thanks, ari. have a great show. nice to see you, nicolle. you re welcome. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. notwithstanding our voices and whether we keep them or lose them, i can tell you i m going to use my voice to tell you about two legaling aments surrounding president trump. we can tell you the wall street journal and cnn are reporting that trump s chief of staff mark
what is that? is it a midday snack? meds, amphetamines, what is it? laura: it might be a cough drop. as someone who has suffered from coughing fits on the air. i have had my famous one. maybe it was just a cough drop. apparently the nursing duties never end. i am waiting for her to give him therapy in public. and an enema. here he was today. two great champions. building tyson business, investment. help save lives in combat covid-19. [indistinct]
is that a midday snack? daily meds? is it amphetamines? what is that exactly? i might be a cough drop. someone who has suffered from coughing fits on the air. remember, i ve had my famous whatever it is , maybe it was just a cough drop. well, you know, she should apparently the nursing duties never end. i m waiting for her to give him therapy in public and an. but here he was. today, you be the judge of the state of the president. two great compared to great chapters of our ability, growing ties as a business trade investment, help save lives and come back global covid-19 prosper. i do. i sounds like something. should it be saved from, you know, trying to get back to where where s the deal, laura ? public moments like that are the reason politico is reporting, quote,
then at his desk we saw him coughing a bit, drinking a beverage, even unwrapping a cough drop, something that any of us would do. the white house insists the president is receiving excellent care and that his vaccine booster and antivirals are helping quickly with his recovery, but we don t know how long the president is going to stay isolated, nor where he got the virus in the first place. officials say no one who was traveling with him has tested to to. identified and informed 17 people determined to be close contacts of the president including members of his senior staff. none of the staff members have tested positive to date, and all of them are wearing masks around other people per cdc guidelines. reporter: so vice president kamala harris, she is still considered a close contact, and we ve seen her wearing a mask including this morning as she was heading out to richmond, virginia, for an event there. but she is maintaining her travel schedule as you see her