To Walter Reed Hospital where he is expected to be treated the next few days. It was overnight we learned he had covid19 and has mild symptoms. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. Thanks for joining us. It has been a dizzying day following the president s latenight announcement that he, along with the first lady, have tested positive for covid19. Any event he or his family members are supposed to be at are postponed. Now, as for Vice President mike pence, he has tested negative and will do Campaign Events as scheduled. Two people who were at last saturdays white house event announcing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court have tested positive. Its not clear if there is a link. Reaction has been coming in as the situation evolved throughout the day. We begin our coverage with abc7 News Reporter chris win, who spoke to republicans and democrats about the president s diagnosis. Reporter tonight all eyes are on america as President Trump and the first lady deal
The big concern is the red flag warning that went into fekt at 1 00. Our concerns are with that northwest wind. The perimeter in the sugar loaf state park area, and if that fire gets across the line that we have established down there, it will create a much larger area to fall back to. Keep in mind, the red flag warning will remain in if he can through saturday morning. So were entering another critical time. The glass fire is moving dangerously close to the northeastern edge of angwin. Stephanie sierra went directly into the fire line where the flames are bordering that small town. Reporter the work thats happening this afternoon is critical to save angwin. The fire crews tell me theyre building a fire line from friesen road to spring lake road which homes to save angwin. Its day five, working in triple digit heat. Surrounded in dense black smoke. These heroes arent giving up. Dragging 140 pound hoses up the hill side, each crew pouring out 100 gallons of water a minute to fight the f
Rally short. Abc news sources say he wants feeling well. He was originally scheduled to attend a rally in florida tonight and that has been canceled. And rallies planned for this weekend in wisconsin have also been canceled. Shortly after the positive tests were announced, the white house updated the president s schedule. The only event remaining on that list is President Trump holding a phone call today about offering covid19 support to vulnerable seniors. And some political analysts say that President Trumps reelection bid may also be affected by how he gets through illness. Analysts say if the president becomes seriously ill, it could hurt his reelection chances. But if the president gets a mild case and is able to recover, it could reenergize him and his supporters and help him narrow bidens lead in the polls. The president first announced the diagnosis on twitter late last night while most were still asleep. And this is after one of his closest aides also tested positive. Alex pre
Virus which has claimed more than 207,000 american lives now reaches into the most powerful office in the world. Good morning, america. We want to get right to the major breaking news overnight. At 12 54 a. M. President trump announced he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The Stunning Development raises significant questions about the president s health, the stability of the country, our standing in the world and the state of the race for the white house just 32 days before the final votes. We will cover it all this morning, and we begin by wishing the president and the first lady a speedy and full recovery. We certainly do, and with that, we want to show you a live look right now at the white house where the president and first lady are in isolation at this moment. And there are so many Big Questions this morning after the president s jampacked schedule this week. We want to know who else in the white house inner circle could potentially be infected and wh
Trying to close in on a man they believe shot at a deputy on the central coast. At the same time federal agents are looking into possible connection to ambush attacks in okayed and santa cruz. Bob redell has the latest developments. I understand we just got a new picture of who they are looking for. Correct. The suspect at the center of this large manhunt seen at 2 00 at a local gas station in the paso robles area. Here is an image from the camera inside a chevron. Hes a 26yearold homeless man from monterey. Hes the suspect identified. He was sweaty and tired, bought an emergency drink and sandwich and left. The clerk called police but no luck so far catch him. Several looking for him including santa rosa, paso robles, chp, fbi. At one point overnight officers heard him fire his weapon. Law enforcement heard flashbangs. They said he opened fire on the Paso Robles Police Department Early in the morning. When chp and deputies arrived to help, he allegedly shot a deputy in the face. No wo