Oxygen to help him breathe yesterday, but we didnt learn that through his doctor. We dont know when the president actually tested positive. He told sean hannity thursday night at 9 00 p. M. He and melania were tested and waiting for results. He announced his positive result at 1 00 a. M. Friday morning on twitter. We do not know if this is true. It seems highly unlikely any responsible white house would allow the president to go to Campaign Events after having close contact with infected by thursday morning. We dont know when the president got infected, when he first got symptoms or his last negative test was. Nobody is saying. We dont know if theres been damage to his lungs. The president s doctor was evasive on that topic today. We do know all day, there has been bizarrely conflicting messages from the people closest to the president of the United States. We saw his doctor give a confusing and at times clearly evasive briefing. The first briefing, later his doctor said he twice had misspoken about the timeline of the president s illness. And then moments after that very briefing, a source identified by the New York Times, mark meadows, the president s own chief of staff, told reporters the next 48 hours will be critical to the president s recovery and his vielgtals overe last 24 hours were, and im quoting from the New York Times and Associated Press, mark med codoimeadows, very co. After being identified by the New York Times and Associated Press as that source, he made on the record statement far more upbeat. The president posted this video on twitter. It runs for minutes. Here it is. I want to begin by thanking all of the incredible medical professionals, the doctors, the nurses, everybody at Walter Reed Medical Center. I think its the finest in the world for the incredible job theyve been doing. I came here, wasnt feeling so well. I feel much better now. Were working hard to get me all the way back. I have to be back because we still have to make America Great again. Weve done an autism awfully go of that. We have steps to go and we have to finish that job, and ill be back, i think well be back soon and i look forward to finishing up the campaign the way it was started and the way weve been doing and kind of numbers weve been doing. Weve been so proud of it. But this was something that happened and its happened to millions of people all over the world, and im fighting for them, not just in the u. S. , im fighting for them all over the world. Were going to beat this coronavirus or whatever you want to call it. And were going to beat it soundly. So many things have happened, if you look at the therapeutics, which im taking right now, some of them, and others are coming out soon that are looking like, frankly, theyre miracles, if you want to know the truth. Theyre miracles. People criticize me when i say that, but we have things happening that look like theyre miracles coming down from god. I just want to tell you im starting to feel good. You dont know, over the next period of a few days, i guess thats the real test. Well see what happens over those next couple of days. I just want to be so thankful for all of the support ive seen, whether its on television or reading about it. I, most of all, appreciate whats been said by the american people, by almost a bipartisan consensus of american people. Its a beautiful thing to see and i very much appreciate it and i wont forget it. I promise you that. I also want to thank the leaders of the world who are, their condolences and know what were going through. As your leader, what i have to go through, but i had no choice because i just didnt want to stay in the white house. I was given that order, stay in the white house, lock yourself in. Dont ever leave. Dont even go to the oval office. Just stay upstairs and enjoy it. Dont see people, dont talk to people and be done with it. I cant do that. This is america, greatest in the United States. The most powerful in the world. I cant be locked up in the room totally safe and just say, hey, whatever happens happens. I cant do that. We have to confront problems, as a leader, you have to confront problems. Theres never been a great leader that would have done that. So thats where it is. Im doing well. I want to thank everybody. Our first lady is doing very well. Melania asked me to Say Something as to the respect she has for our country, the love she has for our country and were both doing well. Melania is really handling it very nicely. As youve probably read, shes slightly younger than me, just a little tiny bit. And therefore, we know the disease, we know the situation with age versus younger people, and melanias handling it, statistically, like its supposed to be handled. And that makes me very happy and it makes the country very happy but im also doing well and i think were going to have a very good result. Again, over the next few days, well probably know for sure. I just want to thank everybody out there, everybody, all over the world, specifically, the United States. The outpouring of love has been incredible. I will never forget. Thank you very much. We dont know what time that was recorded or exactly when today. Assuming that was today. Cnns john harwood from walter reed. We just saw the president s remarks. Its been a confusing day to say the least, right after this press conference at walter reed today, where really, the only doctor to try to give, allowed to give any specific details or answer questions was the president s position and he was certainly evasive, but then the chief of staff mark meadows contradicted the doctors according to the New York Times and Associated Press kwtspress , say the next 48 hours will be critical. What more can you tell us about that . Well, anderson, sean conleys briefing, thats the president S White House doctor, was so comically evasive, he wouldnt talk about how high the president s fever was, whether hed gotten supplemental oxygen. Since confirmed he did, whether or not he had experienced lung damage. They said, were monitoring that. The reporter said, what have you found . Im not going to get into those details. I think the white house felt plainly that they had to come out and get some believable account of why the president had gone to walter reed on friday and so you had that background statement about how concerning the vitals were yesterday. About how the next 48 hours were critical, and i got to say, anderson, in that video from the president , he provided some candor. He said, you could tell the uncertainty in his voice where he said im starting to feel good. But weve got to watch over the next couple of days and thats when well know for sure. I thought that was a more realistic on the record note of candor from the president himself that we got from the doctor. Can you just explain how the white house doctor had to clarify the timeline of the president s diagnosis . Because its really critical and the fact we still do not know when the president s last negative covid test was, when did he actually test positive and we simply dont know, really, the timeline. Explain how the doctor had to clarify . Reporter anderson, first of all, he declined to say when the last negative test for the president was and we know thats important to try to figure out when the president may have acquired the virus and where he is in the course of his disease, but more significantly, he really confused the timeline of when the president was actually diagnosed with having covid and he did it with a suggestion, initially, that put the timeline of his diagnosis back to wednesday. Take a listen to this. 72 hours, the most critical in determining the likely course of this illness. When was the positive diagnosis made . Wednesday . So thursday afternoon following the news of a close contact is when we repeated testing and given clinical indications that added more concern, and thats when, late that night, we got the pcr confirmation that he was. What he said there was that they got confirmation of the president s diagnosis on thursday night, but the original 72 hours would have put it back to wednesday. Subsequently, after people observed that, well, if he was diagnosed wednesday, then he knowingly, knowing he had the coronavirus, went to the fundraiser, exposed a lot of people to potential infection, they said, well, what conley said was, when i said 72 hours, what i really meant to say was the third day of the situation that were in, the first day being thursday, that is thursday evening, and second day friday and the third day today. But he certainly created a whole lot of questions about exactly when the president may have been infected and when he may have been confirmed to have been infected by the test. John harwood, chief medical correspondent, and David Axelrod, former top adviser, president obama. Sanjay, this timeline, you and i have been talking about this since the middle of the night. Thursday overnight to friday morning. The doctor, dr. Conley, as john just pointed out, has really only now made it only more confusing. The president said to sean hannity he was tested thursday late in the day and 9 00 p. M. , still waiting for their results. The white house knew the test was positive thursday morning. We know that and people were pulled off the trip to new jersey with the president because of fears they had been around hope hicks, as the president had. Either the white house did not choose to test the president of the United States as soon as they found out hope hicks had been very close with last several days, had tested positive, which seems almost criminally negligent and completely reckless or he was tested and they allowed him to go. Dr. Conley said that thursday afternoon is when we repeated testing. I dont know why he said repeated testing, it indicates there was another test, i guess, earlier. But we dont know when that might have been, and he said pcr confirmation. How long would it take to get pcr confirmation of a covid test for the president of the United States . Can you hear me . We got you now. We know that the system they use in the white house is the pcr abbott rapid test. So thats a machine that can actually do that sort of pcr test within 15 minutes. Now, you know, depending how much machines you have, if you have four people, it could take an hour but for the president , they could get a result fairly quickly. I wasnt quite sure by that time, it clearly doesnt track one with the other. I agree with you, anderson, it would seem very unlikely they wouldnt immediately test, and once they know that hes had a close contact, the president , with someone diagnosed with covid. One thing i want to point out, the video he was showing of dr. Conley giving the original statement saying its been 72 hours since the diagnosis, when hes saying that, dr. Jonathan ryaner poi er reyer er ier i er ier i er ier statement he was reading. He was reading a prepared statement that said 72 hours since the diagnosis. He wasnt freelancing there, and as dr. Riner points out, when the statement is there, its vetted. 72 hours is what that said and i watched the press conference carefully. Asked about it once and until that video said, the confirmatory test was thursday. It really did sound like what he meant to say and what he said and what the prepared statement read, was that the president was diagnosed on wednesday. 72 hours ago. So, you know, we may never mkno the truth, but i think thats what the statement was intended to convey. Its entirely possible based on his statement of 72 hours and his statement saying we repeated testing thursday afternoon that the president was, in fact, tested wednesday night when hope hicks had already shown symptoms, isolated on air force one. Got off separately. And they repeated a test thursday afternoon. Medically, that is possible, correct . Yeah. It is possible. I mean, i guess the question is, if the first test showed that it was positive, that he was, had the coronavirus, which again, is what that statement, that the doctor read really did convey, then obviously, he should have been isolated at that point. The doctor was reading a prepared statement pored over if they read it and then playing catchup. I meant three days. Thursday, friday, saturday. I speak to patients who are giving, used to speaking with a different, sort of specificity when you talk to families, trying to describe their loved ones care, what they were doing today on behalf of the president to the nation. There was specific language there that was prepared. Obviously, the white house isnt known for transparency. Work in the white house, a Statement Like that especially given the sensitivity of this, would not have gone out without someone reviewing it from the white house other than the doctor. It is really peculiar that the number was in there and nobody caught it. Why not be transparent about all of that. Ridiculed with the mask and went to the rally on wednesday night. Reported to have fallen asleep on the plane coming back from the rally which everyone noted was unusual for him and the doctor travels with the president , so they would have noticed that as well. But be that as it may, this president is invested in telling the country that were through this, were getting through this. Were at the end of this, were about to, you know, round the bend on this. How dramatic it would be, had the coronavirus and waiting to see if he presented with symptoms, maybe they thought they never had to reveal that he had the coronavirus. I dont know if thats true and i mean, twitter may be lighting up right now with people who are outraged by this suggestion but frankly, not beyond the pale thiS White House would do that, but there has to be an explanation for why they have been so furtive about all this. Does it make, obviously, theres a push and pull of not wanting to let on how badly the president may be doing or the details of the president s physical condition. Is there any reason to not let people know when he tested negative, when he tested positive . Exactly the details . If he tested, if he tested positive before thursday, theres plenty of reason. 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Message from walter reed, the president said he might want to let the rest of the administration know that. Talk about the confusion over when the president may have been infected when tested and when he knew the results. First revealed his covidpositive status, but 1 00 a. M. Yesterday, friday, early friday morning, 1 00 a. M. On twitter. Weve been discussing, his senior aide hope hicks was showing symptoms wednesday night. Its possible that she, the president and others, may have been infected as far back as the white house event last saturday. Farther back you go, the more people affected. So the timeline matters here and a lot of people would need to be informed they had come into contact with somebody which is why it would be good to know when the president actually became positive and infectious. Jim acosta joins us now from the white house. What is the latest explanation from the white house about when President Trump first tested positive . Yeah, anderson. I talked the a white houo a whi official a short while ago. After the bedminster trip on thursday, he was feeling symptoms. Given one of the rapid tests weve talked about so much. Tested positive for that and the more indepth pcr test administered, tested positive on that as well and then that is when things started to deteriorate for the president and he became infected with the coronavirus and started to show symptoms from the virus. As we know, over the last 24 hours, weve gotten conflicting in