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
Spread of this virus. Months after the cdc first recommended putting masks on your face President Trump is finally catching up telling americans to mask up and tweeting the first photo of himself wearing a mask. Himself tweeting that out saying it is a patriotic to wear a mask. Well happening today, President Trump will be restarting his daily coronavirus briefings for the First Time Since april but cnns reporting that apparently doctors Anthony Fauci and deborah birx who are the lead doctors in the Coronavirus Task force are currently not scheduled to be there and that has some people worried that thats going to turn into a Televised Campaign speech for the president joe johns has more. President trump announced his regular coronavirus briefings are making a comeback. Were going to give you a lot of briefings and the next. We can over the next few weeks. Instead of focusing on the recent surge in cases in the high human cost of the virus across the country. Trump gave his attention to
Clear out future cast for is going to show us that you can see right now visibility down to a few miles for some of the shore freeway areas. The fox really going to be sticking for coastal spots for the rest of the afternoon and then pretty much sunny and clear everywhere else temperatures smile to even ones, well have those coming up in just a bit daria thanks a lot. Lets start with the latest coronavirus numbers the u. S. Set to pass a grim milestone, a 141,000 americans have died of covid across the country nearly 60,000 people are in the hospital. The cdc is forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will be killed by the virus by august 8th. And now Health Officials and government leaders are pushing for more americans to wear masks. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fate and future as it relates to the spread of this virus. And months after the cdc first recommended it the president is now telling americans to mascot and showing himself, wearin
So thats probably fine, right lets get to the news. Vice president mike pence is facing criticism after he toured a coronavirus testing facility yesterday without wearing a face mask but he might be okay, because looking at him, he drinks plenty of bleach. Hillary clinton endorsed former Vice President joe biden yesterday during a virtual town hall and this is nice, she even virtually smiled how nice for him following the news that the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Has surpassed one million, President Trump yesterday defended his february prediction that the number of infections would soon reach zero, adding, in fact a million has like six zeros, so when you think about it i was extra correct. An abc News Reporter appeared on Good Morning America yesterday without wearing pants while broadcasting from home pfft rookie mistake, bro. The trick is use a desk. [ knocking ] ah, old deskie fighter jets from the air force thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels performed a joint flyover
Scramble for face musts worldwide shortage of essential medical equipment triggers a 1000000000 more. People are going to die in the near term due to a lack of ventilators that was the warning from the governor of new york in the us his states is the worst hates in the country with the number of cases breaking the 100000 threshold in the past 24 hours meanwhile its been revealed a massive hospital ship berthed in new york city to take a ferry is a noncorporate patients so far treated only 20 well in london the 1st patients can now use a new 4000 bed facility set up in a Convention Center the Nightingale Hospital was created in just. 9 days was comes as the u. K. Is nice in more than 3 sizes current virus deaths where i was brewing after 2 countries accuse the us of hijacking deliveries of protective equipment both france and germany say hundreds of thousands of face masks were diverted to america and canada is investigating similar claims and to underline the global scale of the crisis