trump taping that video on january 6th and struggling to condemn the violence. and the blistering heat baking over 100 million people in the u.s., countless others abroad. and there is still no letup in sight. lead. joe biden testing positive for covid. the 79-year-old president who is fully vaccinated and received his second booster shot in march just released a video saying that he s doing fine. symptoms are mild, and i really appreciate your concerns. but i m doing well. white house covid coordinator dr. jha says he s breathing well and oxygen level is normal. he s isolating for the next five days in the white house and taking the covid anti-viral drug paxlovid, which is recommended for people such as joe biden who are at higher risk because of their age or underlying medical conditions. we re joined now live from the white house. the press secretary and the white house covid coordinator just wrapped up a press conference. what did they have to say? reporter: it is c
and save at trelegy.com back at the white house confirming the efforts and the well-being of u.s. army private travis king, the american who appears to have willingly run across the demilitarized zone into north korea. the army says not much is known about his status but has expressed deep concern for king, insisting that washington is communicating through multiple channels for any information. joining me now is the host of this program, nbc news commander in chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell joins us from the aspen security forum. youp just wrapped up a sitdown with secretary of state antony blinken. i watched much of it from here. you talked about the fate of private king. what were some of the key takeaways?
later, but somehow we are to believe that the president has actually acknowledged that russia plotted to interfere in 2016 and continues to do so. it s very hard to understand this, jon. well, someone here at the aspen security forum said something this morning that stuck with me, and i think partially explains where we are. this person said that when president trump says something seemingly without thinking, that s what he s actually thinking. and i think that s what we have here, because in helsinki, he said something that i think reflected what he really thinks, and the other day when he said, no, they re no longer attacking us, he said that rather impulsively, but i suspect that s what he really thinks. everyone has tried to explain this. it s hard to explain. it s always fair to question an intelligence assessment, but when it is massively documented and carefully examined by the
e-mails and relevant information that could both hurt the campaigns and sow discord in the u.s. mike, thanks mech. mike memoli for us in aspen. coming up, the obvious warning signs that russia was interfering in the election. many of them refuted despite being flagged by his own intelligence community. still to come, andrea mitchell will have an interview with dan coats, quite outspoken himself on russia, their past and continuing election interference. that s live right here on msnbc from the aspen security forum. man: it takes a lot of work to run this business, but i really love it. i m on the move all day long, and sometimes i don t eat the way i should. so i drink boost to get the nutrition i m missing. boost high protein now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. and it has a guaranteed great taste. man: boost gives me everything i need to be up for doing what i love. boost high protein.
the nation s top intelligence official is about to weigh in on the controversy surrounding president trump s comments on russian meddling in the let me forget meddling, let s take the word out. we re not talking about meddling anymore. russia s attacks on the 2016 and 2018 elections. in just a few minutes nbc s andrea mitchell will sit down with the director of national intelligence, dan coats, at the aspen security forum. this is his first interview since the president appeared to accept vladimir putin s denials that russia interfered in the 2016 elections and twice the president has referred to dan coats in a diminishing manner. coats issued this rare statement in response and without the clearance from the white house. we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing persuasive efforts to undermine our democracy. trump later said he misspoke but