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and what he was doing, as that mob descended on the capitol. let s begin with our justice correspondent. so kenzinger putting this tweet out. can you talk about the significance of what we are seeing? reporter: absolutely. it goes to the fact that the committee will hammer down on what they re calling trump s dereliction of duty. so what adam kinzinger tweeted out drills down on that and illustrates what he said earlier this week, during a large chunk of those 187 minutes, trump was gleely watching tv. so here s the clip showing multiple white house officials documenting what trump was doing. to my recollection, he was always in the dining room. what did they say during that brief encounter that you were in the dining room? i believe they were watching the tv. do you know whether he was watching tv in the dining room when you talked to him on january 6th? umm, it s my understanding he was watching television. okay. we re having a jessica snyder there ....
boosted. let s get back over to the white house to get an update from cnn s jeremy diamond. jeremy, what is the latest you re hearing? reporter: we just received a letter from joe biden s physician, dr. kevin o connor, confirming the news that the white house put out, saying that joe biden has tested positive for covid. he writes that the president tested positive this morning as part of our routine screening program. he says he tested positive on an antigen test that was confirmed via pcr testing. he confirmed what we reported on air just last hour, which is that the president is experiencing mild symptoms, including runny nose, fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which he said started yesterday evening. i spoke to dr. jha, the white house s coronavirus coordinator. he said the president last night went to bed feeling mostly fine but did not sleep well and tested positive this morning. dr. o connor, the president s physician, is writing here that the president is ....
that includes a runny nose, some fatigue, and the occasional dry cough. again, this is according to president biden s doctor. and he is being prescribed paxlovid. this is the antiviral medication that is said to be more effective if you take it as soon as you test positive. again, this is a medication that the president is going to be on. we, obviously, also know that he is going to be isolating for the time being. that means that he is not going to be seen in public. we ve certainly not seen him today. but earlier today, we did see the first lady, dr. jill biden, and this is what she said about his her husband s condition right now. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i am keeping masked. and so, i would like to go in and see the program here, learning loss as an educator means a lot to me. ....
kai kaitlan, the white house does not tell the press corps when the president is tested. . they tell us when but not how often. so we will get updates when he goes on a foreign trip, as he did left week to the middle east with us. they told us he tested negative departing for that. when we tried to pin them down on how often, is it every day, every other day, they have left gray area. it s a question for this week. look, he took a test on tuesday. it was negative. he did not take a test it appears yesterday before he went to this event in somerset, massachusetts. and today was the one that was positive and why the press secretary got that note. a few things stood out which is where they said we knew this was go egg to were that. they have been bracing for this. there have been actual close contacts and close situations, close calls where he was at an event where the irish srb was. secretary of state blinken tested positive. and now they say they don t know where they ....
trump taping that video on january 6th and struggling to condemn the violence. and the blistering heat baking over 100 million people in the u.s., countless others abroad. and there is still no letup in sight. lead. joe biden testing positive for covid. the 79-year-old president who is fully vaccinated and received his second booster shot in march just released a video saying that he s doing fine. symptoms are mild, and i really appreciate your concerns. but i m doing well. white house covid coordinator dr. jha says he s breathing well and oxygen level is normal. he s isolating for the next five days in the white house and taking the covid anti-viral drug paxlovid, which is recommended for people such as joe biden who are at higher risk because of their age or underlying medical conditions. we re joined now live from the white house. the press secretary and the white house covid coordinator just wrapped up a press conference. what did they have to say? reporter: i ....