Despite election polls moving against the president , despite the media aggressively questioning his treatment and his doctor statements and his hospitalization, all of that despite it all and by the way they really hated this, the president ial driveby, thinking his supporters, cnn said he exposed his secret service driver, the president had a good night, hes been treated with remdesivir in a steroid and his doctors will update his position in two hours, you will see it, that could move the market, i have a sign of the virus time story for you, the regal chain of theaters will shut down indefinitely, 540 in america, 120 in britain, they cannot handle the delays in the release of big budget movies, james bond never say die and they cant handle the publics lack of enthusiasm for watching movers out of the home, the virus rippling through with all kinds of indications, throughout the show we are checking the president s medical condition, his possible return to the white house and the ma
Good afternoon we begin this hour of power lunch lunch with continuing breaking news President Trump, as you surely know by now, testing positive for the coronavirus confirming via tweet late last night, early this morning that he will begin quarantining with the first lady who also tested positive the market is lower right now but off the worst levels of the day and you can see dow futures immediately sunk early this morning after President Trump tweeted. We have paired back those losselosses quite substantially at this time lets get straight over to shepherd smith new developments this afternoon since we learned that after midnight the president and first lady have tested positive. Were told both have mild symptoms and are in quarantine at this moment at the white house. The Reelection Campaign announcing minutes ago that all of the president s Campaign Events are being moved to virtual or postponed we learned last night that the president s close adviser hope hicks tested positive f
Reassurance from others in government they have not tested positive. Obviously, our first question was about mike pence, speaker pelosi. They are both negative as is the secretary of treasury. Secretary of state, the former Vice President joe biden, Kamala Harris all reporting negative results. But utah senator mike lee and the president of notre dame both who met with the new candidate, the new nominee for court, have tested positive. The other important update for you, chris, is the white house is now saying the president is experiencing minor symptoms. Thats very different than earlier reports that said he was asymptomatic. We will be watching for any change in the language the white house is using to describe the president. Youre seeing video of him in minnesota wednesday where he was accompanied by hope hicks, who was first reporting her own symptoms. Here is the president on fox news last night hours before he was diagnosed. You know, i spent a lot of time with so does the first
Are positive Vice President mike pence we do know has tested negative for coronavirus were just finding that out as well as he continues to send his well wishes and they come in from around the world, other leaders and those in government or tweeting that they hope the president has a quick and speedy recovery. We also have a memorandum for the president s physician. And in fact you see a portion of it there on your screen. He says that both are doing well at this time they do plan on remaining home in the white house during their convalescence in the letter he also mentions the president is hes as he is this morning is expected to continue performing the duties of the office of the president for the foreseeable future of course if things do progress in a direction that they dont want then the president may have to be taken to Walter Reed Medical Center where hill continue to receive care but for the moment, his symptoms are mild and so he is recovering. At the white house and since th
Administration of government will continue uninterrupted. Campaign staff are tested positive and she was on air force one and marine one with the president on wednesday. There is a long list of senior officials who came in close contact with her. The risk is some will test positive two. Vice president pence and his wife karen tested negative, so to has Steven Mnuchin. The president will be off the campaign trail for the foreseeable future, his trip to florida has been canceled, it is possible that the next debate will be effective, its 14 days away and the hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett will be affected, shes been visiting senators all week, yes there is a stock market selloff, this is what happens when you throw more uncertainty into a chaotic election, it is not panic selling, the dow was off 460 points, that is 1. 6 , that is a big drop but not a panic, the nasdaq component down threepoint to percent, a very big drop but not a panic selling. A halfhour ago, 830 eastern time, w