announce to you the death of my beloved mother, the queen. i know how deeply you, the entire nation, and i think i may say the whole world sympathize with me in the irreparable loss we ve all suffered. it is the greatest consolation to me to know the sympathy expressed by so many. today buckingham palace announced that queen elizabeth who spent 70 years on the throne will be laid to rest in a state funeral on monday, september 19th. cnn s scott mclean joins me now from windsor. scott, this reunion just studying earlier today between william and harry was very surprising, and it seemed to work pretty well with the crowds there where you are. how did this come about? reporter: yeah, completely unexpected. people knew that they were waiting for a visit, that s what we had been told, but they didn t know exactly who we were waiting for. the press didn t even know who we were waiting for. we figured it was likely will and kate. it turned out it was not just will and kate, but
he s currently getting treatment with paxlovid as we hear that and that is to reduce the likelihood that, in fact, he would be hospitalized or have more severe symptoms from covid. the first lady has tested negative as well. the vice president has been informed of the president s positive test as well so following this breaking news story out of washington and, of course, the fallout from all of this because the president has an incredibly busy schedule ahead and how he s going to deal with all of. i want to bring in mike who has been standing by for us following what s going on inside the white house as the president continues to isolate. we re told that the president will isolate until they re quite conservative about it, until he tests negative. if you know differently than me, let me know. what else are you hearing? reporter: no, that is, in fact, the white house protocols for just this scenario, whether you re the president of the united states or whether you re a ju
be robust through the fall but nobody wishes any ill health on the president. hopefully a summer sojourn, a summer holiday for the president at the white house till he resume his activities elsewhere. peter baker, thank you for jumping on. we appreciate it. we ll continue to follow this breaking news, if you are just joining us, the president has, in fact, tested positive for covid early this morning. he is doing okay. doing just fine, experiencing mild symptoms, just a runny nose, tired as well. currently taking paxlovid for treatment. we also heard from the first lady who says she has spoken with her husband. he is feeling just fine, okay. and so we re following this breaking news for you bringing you the news as we get it. more developments as we get it. we ll take a break and we ll be right back. a break and we ll b a break and we ll b right back control. that can scale across all your clouds.