Good afternoon, the meeting will come to order. Without objection, declaring a recess of the committee, i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This morning, we heard the president in his own words recorded in february slam the coronavirus has, quote, deadly stuff. Yet we also heard remarks, i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic, end of quote. The Trump Administration did play down the pandemic refusing to level with the American People about the known danger and refusing to develop and implement a National Plan to stop the spread. As a result, 190,000 americans have died, continuing to kill hundreds, tens of thousands every day. Over the last eight weeks, americans will be changing their votes in the midst of this ongoing crisis. A free, fair and safe election under these circumstances is a challenge. Let there be no doubt we do our part, america is up to the challenge. In june the centers for Disease Control and preve
Open they are opening someone leaving there maybe just at the end of their working day but the word is that u. S. President will leave via those doors of the Walter Reed Medical Center any time from now head to his motorcade his motorcade which will take him to marine one the helicopter the official helicopter for a i believe its about a 10 minute flight very short distance from bethesda maryland to the white house 13 kilometers as the crow flies and he will head back to the white house all of this happening 28 days before the United States goes to the polls who would have thought our attention would be on a hospital in bethesda maryland which the parish president had spent 3 days in just a month before this election mike hanna is our correspondent in washington d. C. With us this hour it is extraordinary isnt mike as we wait for this to happen to think were so close to an election the fear because thats gone on for the past few days around a man who is on will. Indeed yes well it has
And welfare is good we continue to look at that for all of the American People he continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic weve talked a number of times this morning and several senior officials have confirmed negative tests including sector state my pump whos in croatia he says he plans to go ahead with the planned trip next week Vice President mike pence is also tested negative. Democratic rival joe biden has tested negative there were fears that he had been exposed during the president ial debate on shoes day and House Speaker nancy pelosi said that she hopes the president s illness brings a change in policy towards the disease. This is tragic its very sad but it also is something that. Is going into crowds unmasked and all the rest this is sort of a brazen invitation for Something Like this to happen its sad that it did but nonetheless hopeful that it will be a transition to a saner approach to what this virus is all about the current president has described isla
Also coming up on the program 6 days of fighting dozens dead but now signs of compromise on the news government says its ready to discuss a cease fire in a going to occur. And defiant protesters continue their calls for justice over the gang rape and deaths of 2. 00 women in india. Welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump and his wife melania are in isolation off to testing positive for code 19 displaying mild symptoms of the virus a white house doctor said that trying received experimental antibodies and that he remains fatigued after the diagnosis how long the president s isolation is set to last all that depends on how unwell he becomes u. S. Health Authorities Say people miss self isolate for 10 days after a positive test and even longer if they present symptoms and even off of that trial might have to test negative twice in a row with those test on at least 24 hours apart the crucial question how is this going to affect the Election Campaign says all preannounced events
A side effect of those drugs or that perhaps his condition has deteriorated thats always a possibility with kovan 1000 because the symptoms can play out and change very quickly also had some reaction from u. S. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden he says that his campaign is temporarily taking down negative ads regarding the president after his coven 1000 diagnosis so thats where we stand at the moment earlier on that was the statement from the white house describing the president as being in good spirits is that that is symptoms were a mild hed been working throughout the day but that he would be moved to the they say that hell be working out of the president ial offices at walter reed for the next few days though its not clear if the president will be in. Will be able to do that depending on the severity of his condition but the his the decision to move him was based on the recommendation of his physician and the various. Medical experts there at the white house but all the se