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Now the white house is facing criticism for a lack of transparency and conflicting accounts about the president s condition. New outrage over President Trumps drive past supporters amid his battle with coronavirus. I think well pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots out on the street. Reporter doctors are now condemning this driveby appearance outside Walter Reed Medical Center calling it a dangerous publicity statement under oath. Among the critics a physician at walter reed saying this is insanity. Tweeting that everyone in the car has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. The white house saying appropriate precautions were taken including ppe. The movement was cleared by the medical team as safe to do. The cdc says hospitalized covid19 patients should only leave their room for medically essential purposes. As the president seeks to project an image of strength, americans are being offered a puzzling and grim picture of the president s health. On saturday white House Doctors denied the president needed oxygen. Yesterday and today he was not on oxygen. Reporter from trumps chief of staff mark meadows a more serious statement on the president s condition. He had a fever and a blood oxygen level had dropped rapidly. Reporter trumps physician dr. Sean conley revealed the president required supplemental oxygen twice. I recommended we try some supplemental oxygen, see how he would respond. Reporter dr. Conley also denied accusations he was purposely misleading the public. I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude the president the team, his course of illness has had. Didnt want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction. Reporter abc news learned the president had a high fever as recently as friday and his oxygen level dipped below safe levels to at least 93 . I was concerned about rapid progression of the illness. Reporter we know doctors at both the white house and walter reed have given him an experimental antiviral cocktail meant to reduce virus levels in the blood, at least two doses of remdesivir and a course of dexamethasone a steroid prescribed to hospitalized patients who need extra oxygen. The white house released this picture of the president on a Conference Call with Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo ahead of a possible discharge later today. Despite the fact that weve been in a Global Pandemic for seven months, trump said after two days in the hospital he learned a lot about the virus. I get it. I understand it. Its a very interesting thing. Ill be letting you know about it. Nearly three days after the president announced his diagnosis white house staffers received guidance on what to do if they had symptoms. In an email obtained by new York Magazine they were instructed to stay away from the white house, selfisolate and work from home. The list of covid19 cases apparently linked to the white house is growing. In addition to First Lady Melania Trump and hope hicks, the president s Campaign Manager and personal assistant have also tested positive. Two of the three republican senators recently diagnosed with the virus attended the Supreme Court announcement for judge Amy Coney Barrett. Also testing positive, the president of notre dame, former trump adviser kellyanne conway, and former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who checked himself into the hospital. The president s diagnosis is shaking up the race for the white house. Former Vice President joe biden has again tested negative and is looking forward to debate number two with President Trump. Its still too early to tell if and when that will happen. The Supreme Court is opening a new term today with eight justices. Even with several senators now infected, republicans are vowing to stick to their schedule to fill that vacant seat. More now from abcs alex presha. Reporter this morning President Trumps Coronavirus Diagnosis upending the strategy for both campaigns. Large in person rallies with the president have been put on hold. Over the weekend his Campaign Launched a trump reelection bus tour with top surrogates gathering indoors, few wearing masks. A new abc news ipsos poll shows that nearly three out of four americans say the president didnt take the risk of getting covid serious enough. We take it very seriously. We give everyone that comes to rallies a mask. We check their temperatures. Reporter joe biden has pulled negative ads about the president following the news of his covid diagnosis and is promising to release the results of every covid19 test he takes. The coronavirus has taken over every aspect of american life. Americans are worried. They look to joe biden and see leadership. Reporter its unclear if the second president ial debate, a town hall format set for october 15th in miami will go on as planned. In the meantime, Senate Democrats are pressing to postpone next weeks hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett insisting the hearings put senators and staff in danger. Three republican senators have announced positive coronavirus diagnoses. Three more gop senators say they will quarantine after potential coronavirus exposure. While the hearings will be done remotely under senate rules law makers must be present to approve the nomination. Theres no reason on gods green earth why these shouldnt be delayed other than an effort to rush a witness through in an inadequate hearing. People cant even see the witness facetoface. Theres not going to be a delay. Were moving forward with the hearings monday. Chuck schumer is committed to do everything he can to block, stop, derail this nomination. Reporter senator Kamala Harris is uniquely positioned as the democratic Vice President ial nominee and as a member of the Senate Judiciary committee. The Biden Campaign hasnt commented on how shell split time between the Senate Hearings and campaign trail. Kenneth and mona . Alex, thank you. Developing here in new york, one person was killed and two others injured when a sea plane crashed into a pier in queens. Witnesses said the plane bounced on the water at least twice before striking the pier at high speed. No one on the ground was injured. Federal officials are looking into the cause of the incident. Now to recordbreaking wildfires devastating california. Those flames scorching more than 4 million acres. Thats double the previous record set in 2018. Firefighters are battling 20 major fires with about two months remaining in the fire season. 31 people have died this year. Tropical storm gamma is stalled over the yucatan peninsula of mexico. Its expected to crawl along mexicos coast dumping more heavy rain before making a turn to the north. At least six people died as the storm battered the region with near hurricaneforce winds, fallen trees, blackouts and flooding have been reported. Time for a look at your monday morning weather. The only rain on the map will be in florida, the sunshine state. There will be heavy downpours in some areas and a flood watch has been issued along floridas east coast. There will be clear skies against the rest of the nation. Checking todays temperatures, miami gets to 87 degrees. Still summerlike readings across the southwest in california. 90 degrees in los angeles. Around 60 in the midwest and north east. Denver and Salt Lake City will reach 81. 70 in the nations capitol. 68 here in new york. Coming up, a major Movie Theater chain announcing that its closing all u. S. Locations. 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Researchers from the university of South Carolina say thc, the chemical found in cannabis, could help prevent a harmful immune response that causes a potentially deadly respiratory condition. But so far its only been tested on mice. Back to President Trumps hospitalization for the coronavirus. Earlier i spoke with dr. Darian sutton. I asked him about the treatments President Trump is receiving. But we started with that controversial driveby. Lets start with the president s drive outside the hospital grounds. Cdc guidelines say that transporting a patient outside his or her room should be limited to medical essential purposes. Was this drive okay . Is the president still contagious . So the president is still infectious and contagious. From what we know about covid19, viral loads and infectiousness remain high in the first days after initial infection. These president ial suvs are air tight to prevent chemical attacks. And the president stepping inside of one of them increases risk of transmission, exposure and infection to others. So this trip around walter reed was not only unnecessary, but quite frankly it was dangerous. The white house refuses to say when President Trump last tested negative for the coronavirus. Why is it important to know that . The cdc states that an individual should remain in isolat