by that, they mean temperatures of 90 degrees or more. let s get the read from mark meredith at the white house. you might recall that mark was whining about this just yesterday. on double duty now. how are you holding up, my friend? reporter: says the man in the air-conditioned studio. neil: i m going to turn the thermostat down a little more. [laughter] reporter: unbelievable. good morning from a very steamy white house. 88 degrees, we re expecting the high to be 97. we also expect the president to stay in the white house isolating. white house says we should be getting an update from the president s doctors a little bit later on today. they re not going to be providing that on camera, however, the white house has been going to great lengths to show that the president is still able to carry out his duties. late yesterday as we were coming on the area for air for your show, we saw the president holding an event with his commitment take, we team, and then at his desk
the president is doing, so he s following the course of a person who s otherwise quite healthy who did the right thing, got vaccinated, doubly boosted, did the right thing, went on paxlovid and is doing well. so i think there s nothing wrong with what he s doing by trying to get work done from a virtual standpoint. neil: you know, doctor, we re learning that the white house is looking at holding off further booster shots for those under the age of 50. i believe under the age of 50 until, you know, we can get to the fall when such booster shots will be able to handle these variants, subvariants. do you agree with that? well, neil, i think that s a bit of a misinterpretation because i ve been asked that on several interviews. so i called up dr. peter marks who s the person responsible for that at the fda, and he assured me that no definitive final decision has been made about that, and it is still under
themselves have been the kind of thing that a lot of americans have been rejoicing to see, but it might not be what it appears. it could be a sign that people are feeling the pinch and conserving a little bit more or cutting down on their purchases or just not going to the gas station as much or traveling at least by car as much. we see this playing out in countries like germany and italy and france where overall gas consumption keep in mind, prices are a heck of a lot higher over there than they are here is such right now that they are simply now dialing back. demand eases a little bit, the existing supply math tells you that you re to going to see prices drop. we re not seeing that right now. natural gas is not quite as easy to start looking at ways around that. a heat wave not get this. all right, we re going to take a quick break, hopefully we ll patch things up with jeff. as far as i know, our hookup was, indeed, powered by natural gas. so that could be the problem. i have no
then at his desk we saw him coughing a bit, drinking a beverage, even unwrapping a cough drop, something that any of us would do. the white house insists the president is receiving excellent care and that his vaccine booster and antivirals are helping quickly with his recovery, but we don t know how long the president is going to stay isolated, nor where he got the virus in the first place. officials say no one who was traveling with him has tested to to. identified and informed 17 people determined to be close contacts of the president including members of his senior staff. none of the staff members have tested positive to date, and all of them are wearing masks around other people per cdc guidelines. reporter: so vice president kamala harris, she is still considered a close contact, and we ve seen her wearing a mask including this morning as she was heading out to richmond, virginia, for an event there. but she is maintaining her travel schedule as you see her
can you hear me? all right. i apologize for that. just to put it in perspective here, what we re seeing is a runup in natural gas prices and, again, a lot of utilities are powered by natural gas or coal or both, by the way. it comes back to the administering s agenda. administration s agenda. the fact of the matter is that a lot of the expenses that go into addressing climate change involve eventually getting rid of these two power sources including natural gas and coal. but they are means by which we cool our homes in a good part of the country and the world and the means right now by which we also plug in those electric vehicles, so this is a big concern. i m going to try one more time to jeff small to see if he is ready. all right. we re going to see a little bit about that. put it in perspective here as well, the run down in gas prices