Just hours after white house staff aide hope hicks tested positive for the virus. Since that many top level regularly in contact with the president and hope hicks have been getting tested for the virus. And diagnosis of course comes just days after the first president ial debate on tuesday. The president shared a stage with former Vice President Joe Biden Biden says that he has been tested several times today and both he and his wife are negative for the virus joining us now live from washington dc is jesse to noren jesse just a stunning turn of events just weeks now about a month away from the election. How does this shape the month that we have now before we have a president ial election. Yeah thats a good question really isnt so much is still up in the air president Trumps Campaign did say that all of the scheduled events these next few weeks. Would either go to a virtual platform or be postponed altogether and like you mentioned really a month away from the election were less than
You can imagine about just what happens next not only with the election. Certainly the president s health and the president s own duties. Joining us now bay area congressman Jared Huffman who represents parts of the north bay congressman thank you for being with us tonight your first reaction when you heard last night that he has covid and then when you heard late this afternoon that hes going to be hospitalized. No thank you for having anytime the president of the United States has a health problem, its its a serious issue. And i wish who has contracted covid full. Hes in the best hands, the best medical hands we have in this i hope the doctors at walter reed are in charge of the president has surrounded himself with some. The some quack ish medical doctors as well so im hoping that hes letting the top notch folks at walter reed call the shots at this stage i think if they do theres theres every reason to believe that they dont have a a cautionary tale obviously when you have someone
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany tweeted this letter from doctor sean conley just minutes ago it reads quote. This afternoon in consultation with specialist from walter reed and Johns Hopkins university i recommended the movement of the president up to Walter Reed National military Medical Center for further monitoring this evening. I am happy to report that the president is doing very well he is not requiring any supplemental oxygen but in consultation with specialists we have elected to initiate rimmed as severe therapy. He has completed his first dose and is resting comfortably. Also the president tweeted about 30 minutes ago the following quote going well i think thank you all thank you to all love. This all happened just days after the first president ial debate on tuesday of course president shared a stage with former Vice President joe biden but biden says hes been tested at least twice today and both he and his wife are negative for the virus. Joining us live from w
Being treated with remdesevir as well as an experimental antibody cocktail. He is expected to stay in the hospital for at least a few more days for very latest on the president s condition reaction from washington were joined by our dc Bureau Reporter Trevor Shirley. He is live from the Nations Capital this morning, good morning trevor. And good morning, thanks for having me in terms of the president s condition were going to find out more about it in about an hour from now. The white house just a few minutes ago announced that the president s doctor is going to be giving an update on the president s condition. At Walter Reed Medical Center thats expected to happen around 11 oclock eastern time within the hour we should hopefully be getting more details on exactly how the president s doing at this point we know hes been given to different. Therapeutic treatments. So this doctor may be able to give us some update on whether or not those are having any effect in the meantime theres some
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