Year on Worldwide Exchange on cnbc welcome to Worldwide Exchange, i am Brian Sullivan. Thank you for joining us on this busy friday. Shocking news breaking hours ago as President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for the coronavirus. Tweeting just before 1 00 a. M. Eastern that he and the first lady will begin their quarantine and Recovery Process immediately. The news coming hours after hope hicks, one of the president s top aids also tested positive for the virus. Monther details in a moment and throughout the morning stocks are reacting negatively dow down 328 points. Lets take a closer look and you can see at the point where news broke as the president broke it himself. They are still down more than 300 points the bond yield down as well. Down. 67 . All Financial Markets are moving oil is selling off in a fairly big way. Not just on the president s news but on the increased number of cases around the world and the likelihood of lockdowns and slow downs in
Good morning. Welcome to squawk box. Andrew ross sorkin with joe kernen and melissa lee becky is off today well go straight to show you how the markets are reacting on the back of that news. S p looking to fall 60 points. The biggest premarket decliners on the you dow looking at boeing, intel and apple off in some cases more than 2 or 3 eamon javers has been covering this story all night and joins us now with the latest good morning. Some very tough news for the president , the first lady and their family as the president and first lady have tested positive first, there was a report of bloomberg that hope hicks, the campaign aid to the president , travels with him a lot, tested positive she was seen traveling with the president on air force one, often photographed without a mask as with we watch some of those pictures of hope hicks traveling with the president a lot of the senior aids there shortly after 1 00 a. M. East coast time sending out a letter saying the president and first lad
Tested positive in a tweet he said flotus and i have tested positive for covert 19 we will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately we will get through this together of a Top White House doctor has released a memo speaking about the president and 1st lady saying they are both well at this time and that they will remain at the white house during their convalescence it goes on to say the president will continue carrying out his duties while recovering. Weve also heard from the 1st lady who tweeted to say she President Trump are in quarantine at home along a trump says theyre both feeling good and that all are upcoming engagements have been postponed she also encouraged everyone to stay safe. Lets go to our White House Correspondent kimberly how to joins us from washington d. C. So 1st of all kimberly lets start with what do we know about any symptoms has any word been said about what sort of symptoms if any the couple have. We it is my understanding that hicks may the presid
Like him every time you see hes going to miss. Secretary of state was in europe now reconsidering his travel plans amid questions about how many other white house officials may have been exposed. By u. S. President isolated in the white house and a whole lot of new questions over the direction of the u. S. Election campaign were continuing our breaking news of developments from washington where donald trump and 1st lady melania have tested positive for covert 19 the president confirmed the result in a late night 28 hours after a top aide was confirmed to have the virus hope pigs had traveled with the trump several times in the past few days including on tuesday to the debate in Cleveland Ohio the next day they flew together to a Campaign Rally in the. White house correspondent Kimberly Halkett joins us now live from washington d. C. So kimberly how do we believe the 1st the president of the 1st lady are doing at this hour. I were still waiting an update from the White House Press offic
Of mr. Trumps closest aides, hope hicks, also tested positive for covid19. Natalie brand is in washington. What do we know about the condition of the president and the first lady . Reporter well, a Senior Administration official tells cbs news the president is in good spirits. But huge questions and uncertainty remain about what happens next. The schedule ahead, the timing of this a little more than 30 days from the election. In a tweet just before 1 00 a. M. , President Trump announced both he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The president wrote, we will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. So i just went for a test. And well see what happens. Who knows . Reporter the Stunning Development came hours after President Trump confirmed to fox news that one of his closest aides, hope hicks, had tested positive for the coronavirus. She tested positive. And i just went out with a test. Ill see we spend a lot of