Just hours after white house staff aide hope hicks tested positive for the virus. Since that many top level regularly in contact with the president and hope hicks have been getting tested for the virus. And diagnosis of course comes just days after the first president ial debate on tuesday. The president shared a stage with former Vice President Joe Biden Biden says that he has been tested several times today and both he and his wife are negative for the virus joining us now live from washington dc is jesse to noren jesse just a stunning turn of events just weeks now about a month away from the election. How does this shape the month that we have now before we have a president ial election. Yeah thats a good question really isnt so much is still up in the air president Trumps Campaign did say that all of the scheduled events these next few weeks. Would either go to a virtual platform or be postponed altogether and like you mentioned really a month away from the election were less than
You can imagine about just what happens next not only with the election. Certainly the president s health and the president s own duties. Joining us now bay area congressman Jared Huffman who represents parts of the north bay congressman thank you for being with us tonight your first reaction when you heard last night that he has covid and then when you heard late this afternoon that hes going to be hospitalized. No thank you for having anytime the president of the United States has a health problem, its its a serious issue. And i wish who has contracted covid full. Hes in the best hands, the best medical hands we have in this i hope the doctors at walter reed are in charge of the president has surrounded himself with some. The some quack ish medical doctors as well so im hoping that hes letting the top notch folks at walter reed call the shots at this stage i think if they do theres theres every reason to believe that they dont have a a cautionary tale obviously when you have someone
The president s condition tonight the president was said to be feeling fatigue and has had a fever, but tonight a source tells news nation. The president is also experiencing shortness of breath. Earlier today, he was taken to Walter Reed National military Medical Center out of them and abundance of caution. President trump was seen wearing a mask walking and giving a thumbs up on the south lawn before boarding marine one to the hospital. The white house says the president will be working from a president ial suite and walter reed for the next few days and at this point there has been no transfer power to Vice President mike pence following the diagnosis. President trumps doctors said he was given an experimental antibody cocktail to help his body battle covid19 in addition the president has been taking other supplements including a daily aspirin. A person who has this infection about 20 will be hospitalized. The for people over 65 is much higher than 20 of it is concerning and hes alr
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany tweeted this letter from doctor sean conley just minutes ago it reads quote. This afternoon in consultation with specialist from walter reed and Johns Hopkins university i recommended the movement of the president up to Walter Reed National military Medical Center for further monitoring this evening. I am happy to report that the president is doing very well he is not requiring any supplemental oxygen but in consultation with specialists we have elected to initiate rimmed as severe therapy. He has completed his first dose and is resting comfortably. Also the president tweeted about 30 minutes ago the following quote going well i think thank you all thank you to all love. This all happened just days after the first president ial debate on tuesday of course president shared a stage with former Vice President joe biden but biden says hes been tested at least twice today and both he and his wife are negative for the virus. Joining us live from w
This evening. I am happy to report that the president is doing very well and the president tweeted this statement late tonight, quote going well i think thank you to all love. So thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im pam moore and im ken wayne todays stunning turn of events comes less than 24 hours after the president announced he tested positive for covid19. So here is how we got here today on tuesday President Trump was in cleveland for the first president ial debate with joe biden the 2 did not shake his. Shake hands and the president s family was seen in the audience, not Wearing Masks on wednesday, the president traveled to minnesota where he attended an outdoor rally and an indoor private fundraiser that was also on wednesday that hope hicks wednesday night one of the president s top aides tested positive for covid19 however that was not revealed until thursday, when it was first reported by Bloomberg News and other Media Outlets that same day President Trump announced he and