. following word that president biden tested positive for covid this morning. the news is so far is good. less than an hour ago we got the street showing the president at his desk. he said he is doing great and keeping busy. he just got off the phone with lawmakers in pennsylvania. the president had been scheduled to go to philadelphia for a fundraiser, but that had to be canceled. despite the president s tweet the white house says he is experiencing mild symptoms, which according to the white house covid-19 response coordinator, includes some tiredness, a runny nose, and dry cough. we are expecting to hear more from dr. shaw and the white house press secretary when they speak to the media. we know biden is 79 years old and age is a cause for concern with covid. biden is fully vaccinated and boosted twice. he is also been treated with the antiviral paxlovid, which data shows makes people far less likely to develop severe illness. as we saw that picture the president is workin
president as well. but that s a good i don t know if you have anything more on the first lady, but obviously i think she will continue stay away from the president as well. smart decision, but we don t try to tell the first lady what to do. i feel some trepidation talking about what the first lady so, first of all, the first lady spoke to this directly. she s feeling fine. just want to make sure that s clear. she s going to continue to follow the cdc guidance and she s going to continue to wear a mask, and so that s what she is going to that s what she s going to do moving forward. go ahead. dr. jha, you said you talked about the test he had, what is the testing cadence going to be, will he be tested daily, and will it be rapid tests or pcr tests? so i don t know that there is much value of a pcr test at this point. it will be positive for a while, right. so i don t actually know what his testing cadence is going to be. cdc does not recommend any testing for f
trump failed to do and what that says about his mind set. was this a ray yacht that got out of control or something he welcomed, which why, according to many, he did not try to stop it. specifically 187 minutes that went as this insurrection raged, as people were hurt, as officers were beaten on camera, and trump sat in the white house and would not take action, would not intervene, would not do things that really mattered like immediately use his power to activate the national guard, nor use his indirect power, what is sometimes called the soft power. the people listened to you, there they re because of and you have a mega phone, in an instant, in one minute, they could have tweeted or gone out to the lectern and said, i didn t mean this. don t do. that calm it down. we all know he never did any a that. committee member adam kinzinger releasing some new video testimony about all of this today. to the best of my recollection he was always in the dining room. what did they
tupelo mississippi where the sheriff s office says a man is in custody after spinning a twin turbo propeller airplane and threatening to crash it into a local walmart, triggering an evacuation. nbc s covering the story. bring us up to date as to what we know so far, and how it is this guy managed to meant steal the plane in the first place. you know, as, minimal start with the most important thing. incredibly, there were no injuries at the end of this. which is really unbelievable when you consider the fact that for the better part of five hours he had an airplane that was circling parts of tupelo and beyond and threatening to injure people on the ground. amazingly, nobody was hurt. at the end of the five hours or so, he eventually landed in a field. he wasn t injured himself, and he was taken into custody. we ll start with the incredible way that he was able to get access to the plane. we learned during a news congress that happened 30 minutes ago, that this was an employe
this is not who we are. oh every patriotic american knows how, president biden painting the upcoming elections as the battle for the soul of the nation. more on that up. ahead leading with the breaking news in tupelo, mississippi, where a man flying a small plane is in custody, following ordeal as he left the skies saturday morning. he threatened to crash the aircraft into a walmart which led to the store becoming evacuated. the plane eventually came down. more with nbc correspondent blaine talk to us, we just heard from the officials a short time ago. whatever we learned about this individual who took this plane and perhaps as motivations here? yes, but we are learning and continuing to learn more by the hour how this unfolded and how it became unbelievably v to a peaceful and with no injuries. more about this individuals. he s 29 years old. he actually worked at that airport, in tupelo. he worked there for about a decade. he was responsible for refusing the aircraft.