Morning. We dont know what the president s going to do. He changes his mind every second. The other debate making headlines was the Vice President ial faceoff where senator Kamala Harris pressed Vice President mike pence, the leader of the Coronavirus Task force, on the white house response to the pandemic. The American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country. The reality is when you look at the biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and i and our task force have been doing every step of the way. Were about freedom and respecting the freedom of the American People. Lets talk about respecting the American People. You respect the American People when you tell them the truth. I will be speaking with dr. Anthony fauci in just a few moments about the recent headlines involving the president s coronavirus diagnosis. We begin with nbc White House Correspondent and weekend today cohost peter alexa
Will debate in miami. And be a town hall format. So the obligation is on donald trump to prove that he is not contagio contagious. Steven miller oig is just the latest to test positive and seven of the eight members of the joint chiefs are in quarantine after being exposed to the virus. Have not pence will no doubt be asked to explain why this administration could not keep its own people safe. Let alone the country. With 211,000 americans dead. Not only because he is the Vice President of the united states, but because he leads the White House Coronavirus task force. And yet back in washington where the white house is a growing hot zone, we learned that the president wants to resume working in the oval office and that safety preparations are under way even as, and it bears repeating, he has covid19 and is still contagious. Joining me know is shannon petty piece, ali vitali, and also with me elise jordan. And also dr. Peter hotez. Thank you everyone for being here. Shannon, the presiden
Walter reed doctor calling it insanity, worried the agents with the president could get sick or worse, and were actively reporting out answers to critical questions. One, the factual matter of his actual health. How are his lungs . Whats up with the medicine . On his testing and treatment timeline. What did his doctors know about him catching tinfection on when. Who was exposed and was the rose garden event really a super spread spreader . And who are you supposed to trust when it comes to knowing the current condition of the president of the United States . Our team is hear with the latest. Im Hallie Jackson in washington with our nbc news reporters, medical and political reporters, carol lee, mike memoli, dr. James phillips an attending physician at walter reed and chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University Medicine and robert gibbs served as press secretary for president obama. Carol, do you at walter reed, what are we hearing. The latest on the white house and when
His return to the trail coming despite his refusal and the refusal of his doctor and white house staff to confirm whether trump has received a negative test result yet, asking instead that we essentially take them at their word that hes not contagious anymore. This as trumps top aides continue to resist measures like mask wearing that scientists, including dr. Fauci say, could have helped to prevent the white house outbreak in the first place. Trumps chief of staff, mark meadows, was seen with reporters today refusing to greet them, wearing a mask. The same mark meadows who was one of the few staffers with donald trump in the oval office while he was still infectious last week, although meadows says he was wearing full protective equipment at the time. Here he is trying to remove his mask in front of a visibly uncomfortable group of reporters today. Let me pull this away monopoly. Yep, yep, pull this away. That way i can take this off to talk. Oh. Well, im more than 10 feet away. Im no
Or longer. Im neil cavuto, and this is your world where were learning that the president of the United States is back in the oval office and getting a briefing on a lot of stuff. A 180 for the market sensing there is a different vibe in town. The president in the oval office for the First Time Since returning from Walter Reed Military Center for a briefing on the hurricane that is soon going to slam into the gulf coast. Another one yet again its going to happen and what could potentially happen with the Coronavirus Relief bill, president saying yesterday the negotiations have been suspended until after the election, now the president coming back and urging nancy pelosi if not to do something comprehensive did is piece by piece starting with payments to individuals. The president saying if i am sent a standalone bill, they will go out immediately. I am ready to sign now. Are you listening, nancy . As it turns out, nancy pelosi was listening and said this about this idea. All he has ever