The tweet, he said. Hes doing great and thank everyone for their concern. He also said he called senator casey congressman caught tried and mayor cognitive descend. His regrets for missing their event today ended the tweet by seeing saying. Everyone is keeping busy. Earlier today, First Lady Jill Biden spoke with reporters while arriving at a scheduled event. I talked to him just a few minutes ago. Hes doing fine. Hes feeling good. I tested negative this morning. I am going to keep my schedule. I am according to cdc guidelines and keeping mouse and so id like to go in and see the program here. Learning loss as an educator means a lot to me. And that was First Lady Jill Biden in detroit, michigan this morning as part of her tour, highlighting the American Rescue plan. Also a short time ago, white house covered response coordinator, dr ashish jha had a briefing. He said the president has met with his personal physician is breathing well. His oxygen levels are good and that hes working comfortably in isolation in his office. Dr zhao went on to say that he wanted to mark this moment. By pointing out that the president s mild symptoms are a result of the fact that he is fully vaccinated. Double boosted and receiving that packs loaded treatment. Lets bring in reporter Caroline Shively, who joins us live from washington, dc, to talk about the president s condition and his plans for the days ahead. Caroline hi there this announcement coming this morning that he tested positive for covid 19 just hours before he was able to leave on this trip to pennsylvania at the White House Briefing room just moments ago, they said he can be president anywhere. Im not concerned about a severe case for hospitalization. President bidens positive covid test comes as he experiences mild symptoms. The white house said the president didnt sleep well last night is tired and has a runny nose and dry cough. He is fully vaccinated and has received two boosters to help reduce the severity of the virus. The 79 year old was administered antiviral pack slovin this morning. I think we need to be quite careful because the president is at advanced age. He also has Underlying Health conditions include adding atrial fibrillation. President biden continues to carry out his job in isolation, participating in zoom meetings from the residents and phone calls to staffers. The white house is set up for that he lives and he works there, right. He lives above the shop. White House Doctors are Contact Tracing anyone who has been close to the president , including attendees at his massachusetts event yesterday, along with the Vice President and first lady who both tested negative this morning. I talked to him just a few minutes ago. Hes doing fine. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, putting politics aside and sending well wishes to the president Speaker Nancy Pelosi, hoping his diagnosis will continue to spotlight the need for vaccinations hope that it would encourage people to be tested to have, uh, the vaccines, the boosters. And the Contact Tracing process has now begun. The president personally called for members of congress. He was on air force one with yesterday but now they will have to contact the potentially hundreds of people he has. He has been near within the last few days. Ali back to you, caroline. Its certainly encouraging news to hear the president. Symptoms are mild in that he continues to work in isolation. But should he not feel well enough to continue doing so what is the next course of action . In any case like this, of course, the Vice President would step in. What would happen would be the president would sign something, saying he is incapacitated. He is unable to fulfill his duties as president of the United States at the White House Briefing thats still going on. They assured us we are nowhere near that probability. Good to know reporter Caroline Shively in washington. Thanks for that report. New at noon in San Francisco board of Supervisors Committee hearing is underway right now in the citys response to the monkey pox virus. The committees hearing from representatives from the San FranciscoHealth Department who are describing the Vaccination Campaign to protect those most at risk there, also answering questions about outreach efforts and how to better meet the demand for vaccines. Its critical that we distribute the vaccines were allocated quickly. So speed is really this is urgent, as you noted, and thats to build immunity and the community as rapidly as possible and to really demonstrate to the state and to the cdc that we have the infrastructure in place to get the vaccines out to our community. The San FranciscoHealth Department has been allocated more than 4000 doses of the monkey pox vaccine. There are at least 140 probable or confirmed cases of monkeypox in the city. State lawmakers are requesting an emergency state budget appropriation to expand monkeypox testing and vaccinations. In a letter to the governor, they wrote, in part quote due to this federal Public Health failure. We have very limited vaccine supply. We request that the legislature allocate funding to the health and Human Services agency, or department of Public Health to support counties growing need to address this outbreak, particularly around vaccination. Testing treatment and education outreach to impacted communities. Governor gavin newsom says more monkey pox vaccines are on the way to california have specifically asked the president and i delivered the letter personally to the white house last week. 600 to 800,000 new vaccines, so were asking for a significant amount. We have received about will have received in a week or so about 60,000. So were not even close to where we need to be. The governor told us the state is also contacting vaccine manufacturers directly to try and bring more of those doses to our state. Weve seen long lines that vaccine clinics in the city and throughout the bay area, there is limited supply, and that has prompted local lawmakers to urge the state and federal government to spend and do more. The governor also said the state is ramping up Data Collection and Outreach Strategies as well. The World Health Organization is meeting today to decide whether the monkey pox virus is a Global Health emergency says worldwide. There are now 14,000 cases of monkeypox more than 2100 of those are here in the u. S, including more than 140 cases. In San Francisco. Five people died from the virus in africa. The monkey pox virus has been around for many years in africa , but Health Experts arent sure why it is now spreading globally. A San Francisco board of Supervisors Committee is holding a public hearing now on the transfer and relocation of patients from laguna honda hospital. This comes as 1 4 person is said to have died after being transferred out of laguna honda as part of a federally mandated closure plan. Three others died within days of being moved out. Laguna honda is required by the u. S centers for medicare and medicaid to transfer or discharge all patients by september, 13th. In april after state inspectors declared to be in a state of sub standard care. San franciscos Health Department is working to get laguna honda re certified ahead of that september deadline. The same as a Police Department is sharing the moment when their officers jumped in to save a life well hear from the officer who knew exactly what went wrong and what to do. In this instance, the january 6th Committee Goes primetime tonight, caroline shyly in washington. Ill have details straight ahead. And a barrier weather number. Another typical summer day out. There was some persistent fog, coast side and temperatures warming up inland. Will have your thursday forecast update coming up. Seen this ad . Its not paid for by california tribes. Its paid for by the out of state gambling corporations that wrote prop 27. It doesnt tell you 90 of the profits go to the out of state corporations. A tiny share goes to the homeless, and even less to tribes. And a big loophole says, costs to promote betting reduce money for the tribes, so they get less. Hidden agendas. Fine print. Loopholes. Prop 27. They didnt write it for the tribes or the homeless. They wrote it for themselves. At the porta vocal unde ktvu is exhaust reports on the reason behind the demonstration and how its affecting operations at the ports. Once again, these protesters, independent Truck Drivers have managed to shut down operations here at the port of oakland. And that means that thousands of containers which go through the support every day are going nowhere. You can see the cones in place to block traffic to the entrance of the ports. Weve seen some container trucks, seemingly unaware of the protests turn around. Everything from Manhole Covers to microchips and cell phones. Not getting delivered all this coming to a head because of state labor law a b five. The drivers say the law forces them to either set up their own corporations or to become employees of trucking companies. They want either an exemption from the law or for it to be done away with altogether, losing everything in my truck. My overpriced truck. My, um the 17 years. Ive been working here dedicated working here in the court. Im based out of port of oakland. Um i do, too. Maybe five of oakland, meantime, says will it sympathizes with the frustrations of the drivers . Ongoing demonstrations will further hurt for businesses and caused the ports to lose more business to competing ports. Unclear just how long these protests will continue. The protesters say they have no plans to quit. So bottom line. Expect more delays here at the port of oakland. In oakland, zach sous ktvu bucks two news. A man convicted of hitting and killing a caltrans worker last month has been sentenced to eight years in prison. It happened on 80 west near Lagoon Valley road in vacaville. Investigators say tashi holloman hit a caltrans worker who was on the side of the road and didnt stop. He was later arrested by the chp. The caltrans worker died at the scene. Late night and Early Morning drivers in vallejo will have to take a detour tonight because of a construction project. Caltrans crews will be working on the redwood street bridge over crossing eastbound interstate 80 will be shut down between 7 80 highway 37 starting at midnight tonight. That closure will go on until five am tomorrow morning. The westbound direction will close during that same time frame. Tomorrow night signs will be posted on some of the detour routes. Governor gavin newsom signed a bill into law that will allow Law Enforcement agencies to ask the california Highway Patrol to activate a yellow alert alert will trigger freeway signs in designated areas to display vehicles, license plate or description after being involved in a hit and run. The hope is that other drivers on the road will spot the vehicle. The bill takes effect in january. The governor is back in california now following his trip to washington, d. C ktvu political reporter greg lee spoke with the governor on a number of topics really, from the states response to the monkeypox outbreak to persistent rumors that hes considering a run for president believable. Governor newsome took a tour of bloom energys new massive factory in fremont, the Green Energy Company will utilize the 164,000 square foot space to expand its manufacturing of Clean Energy Fuel cells. The company also looking to fill 400 jobs at the plant. This is what its all about, and theres the kind of jobs in the kind of innovation that makes california i think a really unique and special place abandoned power thats very reliable and clean where you need it. And then storage of energy. So you can make this from purely renewable sources rather than depending on fossil fuels in the future. That combination put together i dont know. Whats a better killer app for energy. The governor, addressing other pressing issues while in the bay area, one of them the growing number of monkeypox cases long lines of vaccine clinics in limited supply, prompting local lawmakers to implore the state and federal government to spend and do more 600 to 800,000. New vaccines, so were asking for a significant amount. We have received about will have received in a week or so about 60,000. So were not even close to where we need to be. Some just returned from a trip to washington, d. C in addition to meeting with lawmakers, he continued a war of words with republican governors like floridas ron de santis newsome, calling him a bully this in addition to newsoms Reelection Campaign, paying to run this ad in florida in response, Governor Desantis said, quote this is a guy who locked people down that kept kids out of school care less what he has to say. I care what he does, and i dont like what hes doing. And i dont like whats happening with greg abbott and what hes doing in texas and a lot of these other republican governors. I didnt wake up on the side of the bed. These guys try to recall me. They pulled me on this side of the bed and im going to push back and im going to stand up. Proudly as a california proud of my state proud of our values, rumors and speculation continue to swirl about nuisance aspirations to run for president. He continues to shut it down, calling it quote nonsensical. Today hed rather talk warriors than white house youre thinking about it. Uh well, i am. Im thinking that if durant does come to the warriors that would solidify the next few years. Of course without him. I think were in good shape as well. So yeah, im thinking about it. Zero interest running for president zero. I mean, thats thats not just a brand of refrigerator. Uh my position on this topic in fremont. Greg lee ktvu, fox two news. The governor also made a rare visit to the u. C board of regents meeting in San Francisco to make his view known on leaving the pac 12 Governor Newsom wants you to prove that its decision to join the big 10 will improve the experience for student athletes and not harm u. C berkeley, which will be the only you see left in the pac 12. Now the u. C. L. A nor uc berkeley of commented on the governors remarks. 49ers are a step closer to cutting ties with jimmy garoppolo. Espn reports that the niners are officially giving garoppolo and his agent permission to talk to other teams for a trade. Jimmy g is still recovering from soldiers shoulder surgery but has been cleared to practice. The 49ers are still expected to exercise caution through the summer so far in the team says its unwilling to release him and get rid of his contract that counts 27 million to their salary cap. Tonight the giants returned from the all star break to take on the los angeles dodgers. Meantime the giants say they are happy about the players they selected in the baseball draft. Their first round pick was to a connecticut player reggie crawford. Hes the giants virgin version of babe ruth or angel start. Shohei otani. Crawford is both a standout pitcher and hitter. Reggie crawford with a missile that got out of here. Reggie crawfords pitch. He struck him out. I feel like i still have not even tapped into work potentially go as not only a hitter, but as a picture as well. And i think, well, they they see that and thats like the coolest part about it. Crawford had tommy john surgery to repair an elbow ligament. Last fall. He was transferring to the university of tennessee, but its now looking forward to signing with the giants. The team describes him as an exceptional talent. Now lets check in with ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo highmark. Looks like were gonna have a little bit of sunshine in some spots by the coast in bay. Yeah, thats right. The sunshine working hard to make an appearance of return this afternoon. So yeah, just typical summertime day out there with the low clouds and fog in the morning trying to clear back to when near the coastlines. Were not talking about any major heat, but still, it is hard to inland with those temperatures approaching the mid nineties this afternoon, but it has been kind of a hot stretch inland. Taking a look at the maps right now, as you can see tuesday wednesday and into thursday. For today, temperatures on track to reach the nineties around 92 to up in lake county. We could have a few neighborhoods approaching 100. But definitely were going to bring in some cooler temperatures for your friday. As we head towards the weekend what weve been dealing with over the past week or so at least the past few days that shallow marine layer out toward the coastline over the fog is its locally dense, trying to kind of crawl over the coastal hills. Whats going to happen as we head into tonight and into tomorrow, a system offshore will approach our coastline that will stretch out the marine layer and this will translate to cooling. Not only around the bay, but also for the inland spots for tomorrow. So the hotspots tomorrow will be not not not hot, mainly in the upper eighties to right around 90 degrees. Heres a satellite that once again just like yesterday. Were showing you a big ba