talks that it could be upended in a good way, progress on a stimulus measure and full steam ahead on the nomination hearing for judge amy barrett. what a crazy week. bill emery is next. >> you've heard a moment ago, you heard about president trump's condition, his medical team saying that the president is doing well, but that they do not want to put a hard date on when he may be discharged. good saturday afternoon. this is a special edition of bill hemmer reports. i'll take you through the president's condition, the virus, the election, supreme court battle, the economy. first, the doctor has given information, mostly positive. fever-free from 24 hours, telling the doctors, quote, i

feel like i could walk out of here today. and we have our own doctor to react. and first walter reed and leland vittert there and the president today. leland, good afternoon. >> bill hemmer, good afternoon. >> it seems they're encouraged, the medical team for the president, by the tip of the spear treatment, the remdesvir the president will take for the next five days and regeneron treatment. one of the doctors said he started 48 hours ago, all that was true, means a he was getting antibody treatments before he was putting out tweets saying that he tested positive. something to keep an eye on. big things that we learned is the symptoms that the president has had. nasal congestion, cough and fatigue. those seemed to be the things on thursday he was experiencing, as well as a fever. now his doctors say that he is doing much better.

>> this morning, the president is doing very well. >> at this time the team and i are extremely happy at the progress the president has made. thursday he had a mild cough with some nasal congestion and fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving. leland: in terms of medicine, the president is on, you've got remdesvir and regeneron antibody treatments and remdesvir continues, there's no indication there will be additional antibody treatment. zinc, vitamin d, the generic version of pepcid antacid, melatonin and aspirin. and there was something made whether the president was on oxygen, seen in patients taking a turn for the worse, especially older patients. they went back and forth, the president is not on supplemental oxygen and they do not expect him to be on supplemental oxygen in the

future. had a 96% pulse oximeter rating and that's well within the normal range and walking around today. they were encouraging the president to walk around today, to continue his duties as president and joking that the chief of staff mark meadows had left him an awful lot of work. take a listen. >> he's not on oxygen, he received his first dose of iv remdesvir and it's the treatment plan to receive five days of the course of remdesvir, and great spirits, encouraging him to eat, drink, stay hydrated up out of bed and working and doing things he needs to do to get well. >> plenty of work to get done from the chief of staff. leland: we also know the president's been on the phone yesterday to the senate majority leader and to the house minority leader talking about the covid relief bill and the supreme court nomination of amy coney barrett. bill, one thing you pointed

out, they would not commit for a timeline for the president to leave and walked the line that the president was doing extremely well over and over again and went on to ask, if he's doing stow well, why is he here as in the hospital as a patient. the clear answer, because he's the president of the united states. >> we've been waiting for literally baited breath for the briefing and now we have it. is there any schedule that you know of when the doctors may speak again? >> excellent question. and we were really kind of wondering altogether, the press out here from all over the world talking that we hadn't heard anything, we got the update last night that the remdesvir treatments had begun and the president was doing well, no real substantive updates for about 12 hours, which seemed quite unsettling, frankly, for a little while and even some of our contacts at the white house that we talked to had gone dark in terms of providing any kind of background or updates on the president's condition. and then we had this briefing.

it was supposed to happen at is 1:00 and end-- 11:00 and ended up at 11:35 or so. in terms of the timing of this, we got word there was going to be some type of briefing or movement about two hours before this happened. one could conceive either you're going to get word of that late this afternoon or perhaps another briefing tomorrow. one has to wonder if the white house is feeling something along the lines of no news is good news in terms of oversaturation of information. of course we can keep an eye on the president's twitter feed. he tweeted last night from the hospital and one can imagine we might want to keep an eye on that again, bill. >> no doubt, leland. 12, thank you for all love, that came about midnight. to the white house we go, mark may meredith and how the staff are reacting to the outbreak. >> the white house has tried to adapt to what's going on here the last 48 had hours or so.

what we've learned the vice-president and mrs. pence, they both tested negative for coronavirus. they get tested daily and there's been talk about who the vice-president would or would not have come into contact with. of course the vice-president very busy himself. scheduled to hold a conference call with the coronavirus task force later this afternoon at the naval observatory, that's the vice-president's residence a few miles up the road. next week the vice-president is still scheduled to go to salt lake city for his debate, one 0 on one with kamala harris. and the vice-president will be stepping up on the campaign trail and holding an event in arizona on thursday. as you know, president trump has postponed his in-person campaign events for the time being. the president was supposed to be in wisconsin today. first lady melania trump remains here at the white house and we got an update on her condition from the doctors, after she tested positive along with the president. she heard her spokesperson, mrs. trump is doing well and

her symptoms have not worsened, and she continues to rest. she's thinking of her husband and all those who are ill and wishing them a speedy recovery. who has tested positive and who hasn't. in addition to the president and first lady, hope hicks, as well as campaign manager stepien and kellyanne conway, she's no longer a staffer, but she was with symptoms and i've begun quarantine in consult with physicians and my heart goes out to those. and she is no longer a staffer spotted here a week ago and former new jersey governor chris christie tested positive he was here as they were

getting ready for the debate. he's going to speak with medical officials later on today and then will update the appropriate people. as we've been here at the white house, i haven't seen anything different, bill. we go through a secret service check point and we don't have a temperature check. we at the white house press corps, we have our masks on inside the white house briefing room, other than that seems to be business as usual here. >> thank you, mark, weem we'll come back the next hour and get a sense of whether there's any change of protocol. thank you. let's mark from the dr. marc siegel and you were listening to the briefing. there was positive news in that. doctor, go ahead and give us the evaluation from the medical side now. >> first of all, for our viewers, bill. i've herded same thing through those close to the president last night. obviously, doctors have their reputations on the line and

they're saying exactly what the president has been telling his own friends that have gotten to me, that he's feeling a lot better, that you heard from dr. conley that the favor is gone that he's not coughing, he's breathing well. and there seems to be an issue over oxygenation. if you have an oxygen saturation level of 96%, that's totally normal and you don't need oxygen. there's only two reasons we give oxygen to patients, one, if the oxygen saturation level is low, and two, if someone feels uncomfortable. neither of those two reasons are occurring. that's why he's not on oxygen. there would be no reason for him to be op oxygen. the next point i want to make about remdesvir, there seems to be confusion on that. that drug is given for either five or a 10-day course. it looks like the president is getting it for a five-day course. that's the way it was studied and found to be most successful, decreasing the rate of recovery from 14 down to 11 days.

now, remdesvir is given intravenously once a day, bill. he started on friday and to me-- and i don't have any inside sourcing on this -- to me that would make tuesday the red letter day whether they would maybe send him home or consider it, middle of next week. why? why would they give him remdesvir in the white house? of course they wouldn't. they'd give it in walter reed where they can closely object ser of the response to an intravenous medication. and the treatments of the answered bodies to decrease the viral load and the remdesvir to keeps the virus from replicating, those two things potentially from studies decrease the risk of long-term complications. as dr. conley said, he bill, we're looking over the next week, the magic week to see he doesn't have the inflammation and blood clotting we're concerned with on covid-19. >> on that point, a source familiar, getting here now, a

lot of news developing, news on the senate, on the nfl. this is following the president's condition right now. his vitals over the last 24 hours were considered very concerning, and over the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care, we're still not on a clear path to a full recovery. you've been dealing with other patients for six months now, doctor, how do you evaluate that statement? >> it's because of the fact-- it's a very important statement. it's because of the fact this is an unpredictable virus. i've seen many covid patients and saw them on the covid ward, one day they're completely fine and the next day they're in the prone position. you heard that question, what about the prone position where you breathe better. i saw a 90-year-old on the covid ward, one day and then in the icu and the next day to go home, with the president, close

observation is key and it's unpredictable. >> this is day-to-day, doctor, is that accurate? >> it's completely accurate. i felt that the team that dr. conley assembled there were keeping a close eye not just on the covid-19, but the experimental treatment. that's also day by day and it looks like he's tolerating the remdesvir, but again, close monitoring. oxygen, again, is not the key thing here, although one of the things everyone out there knows is we watch very, very carefully how sars covid 2 virus affects the lungs. it can damage the lungs. you heard the doctor talk about the kidneys, the liver, the lungs, this is a multiple disease. >> thank you, we'll come back to you next hour and get more information on this and in the

meantime, there's a lot of reaction as you can imagine. celebrities and politicians after the news of the covid diagnosis, alex hogan is tracking all of that today. and she joins us on what she's picking up across the country and the world, alex. >> hi, bill, lawmakers around the country are reacting, sending best wishes to the first family, of course, many of them saying they've reached out themselves and also releasing statements from the governors across the country say on top of condolences, this is a warning that the pandemic is far from over. new jersey governor phil murphy saying in part if there's only one thing we've learned in new jersey over these months, we pull together to support everyone fighting this virus. michigan governor gretchen whitmer stating this virus doesn't care if you're rich or poor, a republican or a democrat. young or old. no one is immune, not even the president. and celebrities are also weighing in, cardi b tweeting at the president, you want to wear a mask now and alyssa

mila milano, as someone who had covid-19 and suffers from post-covid syndrome, i can say i wouldn't wish this virus on my worst enemy, please wear a mask. senators are reacting and all wanting their best for the president as they await of course. we found the news earlier this morning from the president that he's doing well today. as of now we know that more than 208,000 americans have died from covid-19 and more than 7.3 million have been infected in the u.s., bill. >> alex, thank you. alex hogan on that. meanwhile, chad perreports from the hill. >> and the state will adjourn until middle of october. with regard to the judge barrett hearings as of today they're scheduled to begin on week of october 12th, which is

the monday prior. also, in the nfl, the new england patriots' cam newton, a star in the lead announced in the last hour that he's covid positive. there's a big game, new england playing kansas city. that game, the patriots and chiefs will now be rescheduled. i mentioned this is moving quickly and it will throughout the day. we'll bring in republican tennessee congressman and mark green. welcome, here, we've got a couple of minutes here, did you hear the doctors today? as a doctor yourself, how did you take that? >> yeah, i was able to hear it, bill, first, thanks for having me on the show, i always enjoy being with you. i was very relieved. one, a normal pulse ox, you know, no need for supplemental oxygen. and i know a lot of the press was pushing the doctor, but you know, doctors can't release information that their patient doesn't allow them to release, you can't beat the doctor up to are that.

but the president is doing great and remdesvir which has shown to be effective, along with the other stuff like vitamin d and zinc, i think he's in great hands. walter reed is a phenomenal source for the nation. he's going to be okay. >> what you do make of the day-to-day prognosis. would you consider that normal at the moment? >> absolutely. maybe a little ahead of normal. you know, when the president is saying, hey, i feel like i can walk out of here right now, pan being fever-free, typically they say, three days after the fever is gone, c.d.c. has said, you know, you're basically okay. so, you know, i think he's in a great place. probably ahead of it. >> you heard the news about the senate. this is developing at this hour, i don't know if you're aware of it earlier, but they will adjourn until the 19th of october as i just mentioned. what about the covid bill?

does the situation like this give it more urgency? does it get members of congress off the point of being stuck, sir? >> you know, bill, i don't think this impacts the negotiations at all. you know, and in talking to majority leader hoyer just yesterday, he was pretty optimistic that, you know, in his words, we're working out our tactical differences, that's exactly how he phrased it. and he felt like an announcement could come pretty soon. now, if we have to vote ton on it, the house will probably vote first and then the senate. so maybe the 19th he may have to call them back a little earlier to get that done. i'm sure if there's a bill, you know, leader mcconnell will do that. >> the numbers are extraordinary. i think -- i talked to larry kudlow yesterday afternoon, republicans are 1.5 trillion, democrats 2.2. he said quote, we're in the neighborhood of a deal. based on your answer, it sound like you'd agree with that,

yes? >> you know, the number, if you remove one thing that the left wants, for example, they want to bail out failing blue democrat cities, and states. that's $460 billion so that's a big difference in the number, but it's only one item on the list that you're negotiating. so just looking at the numbers, it's a little deceptive. they've got it narrowed down to just a few items on the list that they're working on. >> okay, so, is that a red line for republicans or can you get over that? i know repeatedly republicans have said, we're not going to go there, but in the end will you? >> i think what goat the white house has said and many of the folks on my aisle have said, if they only, basically make up lost revenue and pay for covid related things, maybe we'd get there, but if it's to bail out

their pension plan, i will be a big fat no and i know a lot of republicans will be, too. >> there's a lot of money out there that's not yet been spent and we're tracking that as well. mark gle green, thank you for yr time and input. we'll take a closer look at national security in a moment how we might have to deal with the president's covid diagnosis going forward. stay tuned for more of that as special coverage on this saturday afternoon continues. are you ok?

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>> two more notes as we look live at walter reed in washington d.c., the doctors briefing reporters for the first time a few moments ago, a lot of information that that briefing as well. we know at this hour chris christie has tested positive, but rudy giuliani has tested negative. the reason that could be significant is because both moan were part of the president's debate prep last weekend before he took off for cleveland, ohio on tuesday. and we'll have updates throughout the day here. president trump's covid diagnosis raising possible national security concerns, the pentagon moving quickly to reassure the public that the military is ready if need be. former cia station chief dan hoffman is here to answer the

question if need be. how do you answer that, dan? good day to you. >> well, thanks, bill. i think it's critically important for the government, in this case the department of defense both to reassure our allies and our citizens at home, as well as deter our enemies by making those sorts of public statements. bill: okay, the adversaries and our allies. break it down. how should we understand that, dan? >> so, i think during this time what we're seeing is our adversaries, for sure, that would be russia and china primarily, but let's not exclude others as well, and our allies a full court press to collect information on the president's health on the decision-making process inside our government and contingent planning as well. they'll use open sources like the media, including the president's tweet and the videos to analyze everything

they possibly can about his health. they'll also conduct diplomacy with their counterparts in the united states and make no mistake, we're going to see a lot of espionage from our enemies, particularly russia and china on that front. bill: dan, what do you think of the doctors -- listen, we've been waiting for word from the doctors ever since last night. we had the briefing last hour, i don't know when they brief again. what is that consideration with regard to putting information out to the rest of the world? >> well, i think that the hallmark of our democracy and what makes us so strong is our openness. now, it's true that our adversaries try to use that against us, but i think in this case transparency really matters if we're trying to assure our citizens at home, deter our adversaries and reassure our allies. we need to be transparent about our government and i think it's important to the president the

extent he can to appear publicly, via tweet or a video like we saw yesterday. for the vice-president to be outfront continuing to do the work of the nation. bill: perhaps we'll see him later today. we have no word on that, but stand by. can you give us a sense based on your life and intelligence and working largely on scenes all over the world, be is in moscow, baghdad or helsinki, finland. what's happening on a government level that we can't see that would be relevant to our understanding? >> well, i think that for sure our intelligence community is out there collecting intelligence on some of the fla flashpoints, might be the south china sea, straits of taiwan and where militia may use this as an opportunity to target us. north korea will be on alert for cyber and those sorts of things. that's a critical element, as

always, for us and now more important. i think behind of the scenes, secretary pompeo's talented team of diplomates engaging not just with our allies, but the adversaries to emphasize the people's business of the united states will continue as before and we'll continue to defend our national and security interests worldwide. bill: thank you, dan hoffman. we should expect updates from doctors at walter reed. when the next update is has not been scheduled. nice to get your input there. dan hoffman monitoring around the globe and also, we're getting word a moment ago that just to quote this to get it right, call this up here we mentioned this a moment ago. the last 24 hours were quote, very concerning to the doctors and the other quote that came in, it's still not on a clear path to a full recovery and that's why the daily updates

every 24 hours or perhaps even every 12 hours will be so critical for us getting an understanding of the president's condition at walter reed. stand by for that all much more to come. in the meantime, out in the west, the big issue, california set to hit a grim milestone not because of covid, nearly four million acres have burned in that state and forecasters say there may be a break in the wind. and matt finn is out there in napa county. the story is a big one. how is it now going into the weekend? >> well, bill, the good news this morning, that red flag warning which is the high winds has expired. so that helps firefighters today. but overall here in napa county, america's premier wine region, it has been a catastrophic gear for so many livelihoods, cabernet vineyards will be a lost because of fire and smoke, tasting rooms had been closed because of the

pandemic and then back-to-back fires and weeks of smoke and ash. each vineyard owner stands to lose millions of dollars because of ruined grapes and across napa county, a staggering 189 commercial builders have burned, including iconic properties like the castle winery and michelin rated restaurant at meadowwood. 153 family homes destroyed and sadly the fire is on the move this morning and here are people we talked to about the devastation. >> i think the level of destruction of personal property and the number of people that have been driven from their homes is something we've never seen before. >> can you put any words to it? what have you seen? experienced? this morning the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties have

grown to 63,000 acres and just 10% contained. we shadowed some firefighters in the mountains where the fire has spread as they tried to hold that fire line. there is better news to the north near redding, california, the zogg fire is now 57% contained. less fire, but it means the smoke will continue to settle today. bill: big story, thanks from napa valley. and several senators you may know by now have tested positive for covid every the past 24 hours, they will quarantine. mike lee is one of them and ron johnson from wisconsin. the senate this hour, now announcing it will adjourn for the next two weeks plus until october 19th. meanwhile, when we come back, we'll head to delaware for the lightest from the biden campaign, what it's doing now in light of the president's diagnosis. back to the campaign trail we

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>> this morning, the president is doing very well. >> at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. thursday he had a mild cough with some nasal congestion and fatigue, all of which are resolving and improving. bill: those are the doctors an hour ago at walter reed. we should get an update, we believe, maybe in 12 hours, perhaps 24, but we're told they will come daily and that was today's on a saturday afternoon. the former vice-president joe biden pushing forward with weekend events, back on the trail after testing negative for covid yesterday. hillary vaughan is in delaware where joe biden is spending the day today at his home. hillary. >> hi, bill. well, the biden campaign is defending the democratic nominees decision not to

quarantine after a close call with covid at the presidential debate and campaign in-person in michigan yesterday. a biden official telling me in a statement today that biden did not come in close contact with trump. he wore a mask at all times except when on stage and also tested negative. some doctors say it's too early to tell if biden is in the clear just yet. telling usa today this, quote, the median incubation period is five days, so he should get tested again on the weekend. if vp biden tests this week and early next week negative, i would be confident he did not contract the infection. yesterday campaigning in person in the state of michigan, the president's diagnosis is a reminder and hopes the president's positive test could bring positive tell telling a local abc reporter this, i hope it changes the perception among many people who said not wearing a mask made them somehow, i don't know, free or whatever. i'm hoping it's a wake-up call

for the country there should be a mask mandate. biden is back on the virtual trail today, bill. he's holding a town hall with union leaders online later today. bill. bill: thank you, hillary vaughan with us today. with me now, former senior advisor to hillary clinton, philip philippe, welcome back, we've spoke and couple of times this week. and i guess your initial reaction to what we're seeing with the biden campaign on the trail yesterday in michigan and now the covid result of the president, walter reed. where does this campaign stand? >> well, first of all, i'm smirking because i think it's funny that vice-president biden has been criticized for months, particularly by the president for not leaving his home and now he's being criticized for leaving his home. so, it's almost like the porridge, just too hot and too cold. it's important to take a step back here and realize that what happened to president trump is a wake-up call.

now, the question is, is anyone going to hit the alarm or are they going to snooze? and it's serious. i think it's good that you now have the doctor outside walter reed giving updates, far more credible than kayleigh mcinany standing outside the white house. the problem is when you live in the white house, you're essentially living in a hospital. for someone to be taken to hospital, it means they needed something beyond what was available in terms of trauma, cardiac arrests, probably means specialists, oxygen and if need be, icu. it's important that they be transparent and you know, the white house and president trump have lost a great deal of credibility when it comes to his health. first, dr. bornstein in 2016 learned released a letter written by donald trump. and dr. jackson revealing trump's actual health.

and we have a visit out of nowhere, 322 days ago to walter reed that's never been explained. you can understand if a large part of the country, a large part of the voting public questions this and one of two outcomes here, one, the president takes a very serious turn in which case, i hope people see it for what it is in terms of toughening up mask uses and distancing, or he is quickly discharged, in way case, might very well continue to diminish the use of masks and distancing, either way. bill: we'll see about that at that point. philippe, you -- there's another debate in five days in salt lake city. do you think that should be postponed, how come? >> absolutely absolutely. the vice-president primarily exists for one reason ethat's in case something happens to the president.

to hold that debate while the president is probably still going to be in walter reed or at the very least, still within the 14 days is absolutely reckless. the vice-presidential debate is not that important. you just ask vice-president lloyd benson how important a vp debate is. they could easily put it off a week. i don't see the value in this. i think the commission is going to come to its senses. bill: perhaps what a shows-- sorry about the interruption. perhaps what it shows is the importance of that moment with kamala harris and mike pence, the gravity of their debate together brings it to a new level. >> it's an important moment, but there's no reason it can't be put off a week or so. and you know, we have a problem with the next debate, presidential debate. it's october 15th, i believe, and that is within the 14 day incubation period for president trump, and i know he's under the best care in the world, but we shouldn't be cutting it this close, i mean, the president essentially was on the cusp of

having covid if not already having it when he went to the debate. you're putting both candidates at risk, it's just not worth it. bill: okay. >> just kind of delay it. bill: what it seems to me, philippe, thank you for coming in, i appreciate your time always. it's quite apparent, philippe, that at the moment we're living this story, if not day by day anymore, it's hour by hour, thanks for coming by today. and meanwhile, congress at a standstill on covid, and the airlines workers, the fallout hanging in the balance.

>> he's doing so well, but with a known course of the illness, day seven and 10 we get concerned with the

inflammatory phase. and with the advanced therapies on the course, most patients we know and follow, it's hard to tell where he is on that course and so every day we're evaluating, does he need to be here? what does he need and where is he going. bill: that's a little bit of what we heard last hour, the doctors briefed reporters at walter reed and talked a lot, fever-free and the pred said, quote, i feel like i could get up and walk out of here today. so far on a saturday. economically the covid crisis continues, thousands of airlines workers laid off this week, as congress fails to advance a proposal that would pump about 28 billion into the industry. with me president and ceo's of airlines of american, nick caleo. you're looking for 25, 28 billion. you just heard along with me

that senator mcconnell has adjourned the senate until the 19th of october. you have mike lee and ron johnson who have tested positive in the past 24 hours. what is the fate of getting relief anytime soon if that's the case? >> well, bill, we are still hopeful that relief will come. as you know, we've furloughed tens of thousands of employees on october 1st after funding from the first cares act ran out. we were hope vm for progress yesterday and today. we know that negotiations are still ongoing. again, i'm hopeful, but not confident that those negotiations will produce anything anytime soon. there's been a lot of talk about doing things and we're hopeful that they can reach an agreement or that the house and senate in pro forma session might reach an agreement and pass something to save the jobs of these workers. the airlines have said that they will try to bring these people back in a deal is

reached within the next few days. it gets very difficult to bring people back after they have been furloughed. however, our companies have said they will do that. they'll try to put the toothpaste back in the tube because nobody wants these employees to go away. we need them on the job for us. the recovery starts and people start to fly again, airline employees need to be on the job. the human toll of all of this is significant. these people who are laid off on thursday have kids, they have families, jobs, or no jobs, mortgages, no health insurance anymore so now they're going to go to the unemployment line. they're not going to be paying federal, state and local taxes anymore so it becomes a loss for the government. bill: you know, you wonder if it comes back to normal until you get a vaccine. and you look at the amount of people of travelling and the numbers are so diminished. on a personal level i've flown on delta several times and i

felt very good about it. i thought they were doing a good job. i flew united one time and felt good. everyone respected the rules and wore the masks and helped make sure that everybody else felt comfortable as well. with regard to the fate of the industry, if you don't have a vaccine for six months or more, how significant and how deep is that fallout across the board, nick? >> well, we were hoping for an uptick now, we're down 70% year over year. at the worst part of this whole thing we were down 96%, but we're a resilient industry and we're hoping that people will feel better about flying once they look at it and look at the risks because we've instituted a multi-layered approach to risk. there's the face mask, the disinfectant and cleaning procedures, the circulation and ventilation on an airplane. it circulates--

you get filtered hair through he hepa filters the air and in the house it's once every four hours. it will take a long time to get pack to where we were. six months from now with the promise of a vaccine. bill: okay. >> with people being educated about it we think it will get better. bill: nick calio, we'll speak in a week or so. >> we'd like that. bill: yesterday afternoon we had the stunning image from the white house, late last evening during the evening hours, a masked president headed to walter reed, a tender moment in history as our special coverage continues.

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>> so reaction to president trump's positive covid test has been pouring in over social media. companies like facebook and twitter scrambling to keep an eye on misinformation regarding the president's illness or post with what they consider inappropriate content which these days can be tricky.

christina coleman is on the story today. >> bill, the president's tweet announcing his diagnosis is his most popular tweet so far according to axios. social media had a mixed bag of reaction, this tweet 1.2 million likes within eight hours and shared more than 914,000 times since it was posted, with millions of people sending their well wishes, prayers, and hoping for a swift recovery for the president. his children adding to the support. donald trump, jr. sharing this pic of his dad says, quote, i'm humbly asking that you asks for the health and well-being of my father and the first lady. and current government leaders both sides the aisle sending positive thoughts. barack obama tweeted michelle and i hope the president and first lady and those affected by the coronavirus around the country are getting the care they need and are on the path to a speedy recovery. as for the torrent of memes mocking his diagnosis and

dangerous turn. twitter notified at that tweets that wish or hope for death or bodily harm are not allowed and will be removed. this does not automatically mean suspension. since the diagnosis, many have criticized the president for holding rallies. and there's sympathy and concern to criticism as millions of people wait on the next development to all of this. bill. bill: thank you, christina coleman on that. the doctors say they're not setting a timeline yet for when the president could be released from walter reed. when he could possibly go home. clearly a day-to-day situation. another hour of special coverage continues in just a moment.

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>> this was the scene friday evening, walter reed medical center, washington dc. last hour we were given an update from donald trump's medical team, his position saying the president is doing well but stopped short of naming a discharge date. good afternoon on this saturday afternoon. welcome to a special edition of bill hemmer reports.

a number of donald trump's associates testing positive or covid-19, all that coming your way but we will start back at walter reed and where we are right now. leland that it has a rundown on what the doctors have told us so far. >> reporter: there's a bit of confusion where we are, cognitive dissonance between what the doctors at walter reed who are treating the president said an hour and 15 minutes ago and what was said to the pool of media that follows the president and was here for that briefing, the president's condition, he said he felt he could walk out of the hospital today and was in good spirits, and this specifically about his condition. >> the president is doing very well. at this time, happy with the progress the president has made. he had a mild cough and nasal

condition, fatigue all of which are resolving and improving. >> reporter: they also talked about his pulse ox number and blood saturation 96%, whether he had been on supplemental oxygen, today or yesterday under their care, there were supplemental oxygen and this came to the pool of reporters traveling with the president between the white house and walter reed who are close to the administration. for someone familiar with the president's health condition, the president's a vitals were very concerning, this official said. the next 48 hours will be crippling terms of his care. we are not on a path to a fool recovery. we ask the white house how you square that statement with the very optimistic and positive news conference with the doctors that was given, no indication of

the issues that this official talked about and have not heard back from the white house on that. in terms of medical treatment, questions about whether he had supplemental oxygen, he had the regeneron antibody treatment late thursday, early friday morning around the time the president was diagnosed, an experimental drug, that they are working on right now. and over-the-counter version of pepcid, melatonin and aspirin, that is what we have heard the president had no indications, if there's any more planned treatment, the 5 dose course, and still there is an enormous cognitive dissonance between the

statement we got in the news conference you and i saw. bill: we will work through it to gather, back to these developments, chris wallace, good day to you. to quote the doctors, extremely happy with the progress, a cough on thursday, they talk about him being fever free for 24 hours. i don't know when they breathe again but where are we right now? >> the answer is we don't know, i just heard leland report it, the original news conference, this is really good news and the president, this quote, but he's ready to leave right now, and to have a source close to the

president briefing the pool, out at bethesda or walter reed, naval hospital giving a more dire analysis of the president's condition, having covered ronald reagan in the 80s, a tremendous tendency for the white house to sugarcoat the president's condition to play down any problems and you always hope when you are talking about the health of the leader of the country, the leader of the free world that you are getting this great scoop, when we heard sean conley, seems very optimistic, and this is the one thing you can't have any situation like this and multiple storylines out there. they got to clean this up.

bill: the walkout to marine one was very important. have we moved into the weekend without seeing him physically? a tweet from inside the white house, to see him in jacket and tie wearing a mask working his way to the public conference was the image for the country and the world. >> like a lot of people when you heard the president had to be hospitalized seriously, suddenly, he had this experimental treatment, antibody -- he looked really good. you've got that, the on camera report from the president's doctor and this background report and that is concerning.

>> some suggested this is day today, some believe it is our 2 hour. i don't know where we are but when we get a briefing by doctors, it is good by then. >> we are hoping the white house is not putting anybody out at this point, where things are, reassure the country, we have doctor tom inglesby, the head of the center for security at johns hopkins who can give us, he's not treating the president, a sense of what questions he has asked and we will talk to senator amy klobuchar from the biden campaign, somebody from the white house will straighten out this confusion. reporters on the scene are being briefed about the president's condition.

bill: with me kelly leffler, we are hoping for the best, you were in the rose garden a week ago today which was september 20 fifth. some suggested covid-19 had been alive and well during that moment, what was your experience? >> we were tested before we went into the rose garden, we were practicing social distancing to the extent it is meeting the guidelines, wearing masks and that is what we are trying to do across the country as we try to reopen the economy, and our governor in georgia very clear we need to follow the guidelines. my thoughts and prayers are with the president and the first lady praying for them and confident in their full recovery.

bill: you met with judge barrett in your senate office, 30 senators so far, have you been tested? >> a rapid test and pcr test, i was campaigning yesterday with marsha blackburn, senator blackburn in georgia, we want to keep everyone safe, wearing masks, social distancing and we continue to do that since we are on the campaign trail. bill: did you meet precautions meeting with judge barrett? how did that go? >> we were socially distant, we had a mask going into it. put them back on and pleased to see everyone taking this very seriously. let's be clear, the president has worked hard through the start of this virus.

he worked quickly to shutdown travel from china and move quickly to start operation warp speed to get a vaccine but we have to hold china accountable. the fact that virus has reached the white house shows we need to hold the chinese communist party accountable for its spread. i'm working to do that, to move manufacturing our dependency back to the united states because if we are going to put americans first it has to be american-made and i will fight to hold china accountable for this virus. bill: senator mcconnell said senate will be adjourned until nineteenth of october, the hearings for judge barrett for the moment scheduled to continue, a week prior, october 12th. what does it mean for covid-19 relief for democrats and republicans were trying to get something to gather, to the nineteenth of october is there a

way to get that done or does it fall to post november 3rd? >> there was a way to get it done 3 weeks ago when we moved the bill on the senate floor. the democrats voted against the relief we brought, half $1 trillion of relief for hard-working americans very targeted at our health, small businesses, getting kids back in school, democrats have blocked it at every single turn and we will keep pushing for this but what we need to do is open our economy safely, make kids back in school, get back to church and back to work so democrats are trying to play politics with this moment but we need to keep pushing forward, we need to confirm amy coney barrett before the election, we will do that. chairman graham will keep us on that track, leader mcconnell is and we will do our jobs. bill: we will be, ron johnson

tested positive, republican from wisconsin, lake lee, republican from utah at the rose garden tested positive, jenkins, the president of notre dame who was at the rose garden has come back with a positive test in south bend indiana also. do you believe congress should be doing daily testing before you show up to work on capitol hill? >> i don't believe we need daily testing but we need the right precautions to follow the guidelines but in the senate we've been able to do our work in committee meetings, through videoconference, wearing masks, socially distanced at our meetings. we need to keep pushing ahead. we don't need to slow things down. the judiciary will do their job starting on the twelfth. bill: you are saying no change in the testing or lack thereof. >> i'm open to whatever guidelines they put in front of us.

i will follow the health recommendations. i'm not a doctor but i'm following every guideline in front of us and will continue to do that. bill: nice to see you. democratic side, minnesota congressman phillips, member of the caucus, good day to you. you voted against the peter stzrok -- you voted against the covid-19 bill. >> i voted against it because it is not going to go anywhere. i came to congress to get work done, that is why i solved the problem solvers caucus which a couple weeks ago we introduced a very thoughtful and bipartisan framework to come to a conclusion, americans need help, small businesses, families, individuals was i worked with dusty johnson, republican colleague from south dakota, came out with a planet generated 25 democrats and 25 house republicans supporting it. i am on a mission to assure we get it done. i spoke with the speaker before

the vote, we spend the next couple weeks to do so. that is my hope and expectation. i am tired of the congress so focused on messaging on both sides rather than getting good work done. with a split government, we have to be bipartisan and i encourage colleagues on both sides. bill: this is a big number, 1.5 trillion on republicans, 2.2 trillion on democrats. larry kudlow told me we are in the neighborhood and won't go further than that. they talked for 65 minutes, what do you make of the news event of the past 24-48 hours as to how that could get in the way of the covid-19 bill, of the election, the debate schedule that is still forthcoming in the month of october.

>> my first consideration should be the consideration of every one of 350 americans, we pray for the president's recovery, doesn't matter politics, my perspective on the president's leadership is well-known. this is not a day to litigate policy, it is a day to pray for his recovery, recognize 200,000 people who have died so far, 7 million have contracted this horrific disease. my heart goes out to everybody suffering and the president and his family. as for the election, the covid-19 relief package, the we take a moment, do some soul-searching and recognize, for america to come together and find some common ground, be decent to one another and get good work done.

my hope is that we achieve the covid-19 relief plan, a package in the next couple weeks. the campaigns are going to be quite challenged as we reach election day november 3rd. to bring out the best in america. we show the rest of the world what we are all about. todd: nice to have you on the program. as the country grapples with the president's diagnosis some parts of the country see spikes in cases, charles watson is tracking that down in atlanta today. >> reporter: scrambling to contain a covid-19 spike, the midwest is the target particularly wisconsin, on average reporting 2500 daily new cases, 53% increase from the average just two weeks ago according to a new york times database, wisconsin sitting a

single day death record earlier this week as hospital see a tidal wave of patients. >> the hotspot is the upper midwest. wisconsin is definitely leading the way personal accountability and personal behavior. >> on the vaccine friends, madera and a, one of the leading candidates in the race for the vaccine does expect to petition the fda for emergency use authorization, late november. researchers need time to collect two month of safety data for 15,000 participants in the phase 3 tile but that timeline moderna expect to have a widely distributed vaccine available by next spring and many of those vaccine manufacturers are pushing the white house to release new fda guidelines. the trump administration says it is unsure whether they will approve them but manufacturers

say will play a crucial role in building public confidence in the vaccine approval process. bill: thank you. positive covid-19 tests for senators on the judiciary committee raise questions about the timing of judge amy coney barrett's confirmation hearings, they've not yet delayed that process, shannon bream is back in a moment with where we are today on that, well wishes at walter reed. ! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

>> the big plan for today with him in great spirits is to encourage him to eat, to drink, to stay hydrated going to be out of bed and working and doing the things he needs to do to get well. >> two minutes ago in commercial break the first tweet from the president of the united states in 13 hours. it reads doctors, nurses and all at the great walter reed medical center and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them are amazing, with

three exclamation points, to reduce progress in the last we 6 months in fighting this plague, with their help i am feeling well. that from the president of walter reed, the second tweet we've seen in the last 13 hours, stand by for more. mitch mcconnell says the judiciary committee will move forward with amy coney barrett's hearings on the twelfth of october, that is a monday, two republican members of that committee, senators lee and tom tillis tested positive for covid-19. what is the impact and the effect, shannon bream joins me on this special edition, nice to see you. take us through it. what do you think think the effect is when senator mcconnell says the hearings will proceed? >> they are full steam ahead,

the republican side of this conversation, the sentiment leader chuck schumer said this shouldn't be having -- and start meeting with senators, need to put the brakes on this thing, republicans not even considering it. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, and the graham, says you can come in virtually, if you are more comfortable during the hearing that way. a number of hearings involve judicial nominees since may, and some of them in person, they have the framework for it, to the confirmation process told me yesterday they are planning to move ahead with that schedule and senators lee or tillis or anybody else on the senate judiciary committee, they can do this remotely. what would be a sticking point is if they have the actual vote where they are coming together, that would be the fifteenth or the 20 second of october, some

question about folks needing to be there in person, every vote is going to count in this scenario. they can vote from the gallery. they are quarantined away from the colleagues physically in the senate. the last i heard from folks on the republican side said they plan to have her confirmed and named to the court, on election day. bill: can you see a scenario where judge barrett is? >> think about the hearing involving four fbi director james comey, he was a virtual witness. they've done that a bit, it would make this different than we saw with the last confirmation of brett kavanaugh. in the hearing room and to have

them circulate, many of them wound up being protesters standing up, yelling with signs, screaming during the hearing, it is limited on capitol hill right now. if the nominee herself was not in the room she continues to test negative and doing well, meeting with senators and they are going to continue those meetings and do those precautions, it would be a different hearing, it would be very 2020. bill: yes it would. it is great to see you. we will see you weeknights at 11:00, hosted by my colleague, shannon bream. stand by for more on that as we move toward the fourth of october, chinese president xi jinping wishing the president and first lady a speedy recovery. he is one of many international leaders sending messages to mister trump. kitty logan is tracking that.

>> reporter: international leaders sending messages of support to the trump family ever since this news broke. unified and wishing the trump family well from london to tel aviv, in london boris johnson sent his personal message of support, he was in intensive care in hospital with coronavirus himself earlier this year and understands very well what donald trump is going through and he is confident that donald trump will recover soon. >> hoping you recover, a strong recovery. >> there's a message of support from the chinese leadership, rep

wishing a speedy recovery. with china us relations, for allowing the virus to spread around the world, those are cast aside, with the world health organization to the president from the start, and even north korean leader kim jong un sent a message of sympathy. those leaders for the strong relation, which continued as discussions broke down. in britain they are wondering how the health of the president might impact the course of the election. all eyes looking towards how quickly the president might recover. bill: nice to see you. a moment ago i mentioned this, donald trump tweeting for the first time in 12 or 13 hours

praising the medical team that is taking care of him as we speak and as we look at walter reed medical center, well-wishers gathering outside, doctor mark siegel and what we learned about the prognosis and what we know about the president's condition and treatment as we speak, next. ... award-winning customer satisfaction... insanely great value. choose. all. three. ready when you are. to stir that fire, university of phoenix is awarding up to one million dollars in scholarships through this month. see what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix.edu.

>> the president is not on oxygen, not having guilt difficulty breathing, walking around at the mobile unit upstairs. in bethesda maryland continue to digest this information, the president still in walter reed, we do not know when he will go back to the white house, the doctors not sitting a timeline for the release, the president is receiving treatment from a team of doctors. we will talk about contact tracing as we look at the

timeline of the past couple days. doctor mark siegel, medical contributor from nyu medical center in new york, before i go into the testing on that, talk about the contact tracing we started in the rose garden a week ago, going to cleveland for debate earlier in the week. where does that start, how does that happen, where are we in that stage of the story? >> this is an important question you are asking. i need everyone to know contact tracing works best if you have limited number of cases. if you have a situation where there's a lot of spread going on, it is not as effective as figuring out this was case a or case 0 and they spread to hear or their. if everyone remembers the

beginning we were using contact tracing on the diamond princess ship, there were almost no cases in the united states at this point. now it is harder to figure out. we talk about the distancing and masking, we may never figure out how did hope hicks get it, how did she spread it, who did they spread it to and when. the reason the rose garden pointed to that event is the timeframe works, it doesn't happen overnight. it takes a couple days from the time you were exposed to when you get sick but did hope spread it for the president? did someone else? is there an intermediary? we are never going to learn the answers to that. >> abbott labs the quick lab. it is common at the white house, the deep nasal swab is more invasive and takes anywhere from 6 to 8 hours.

how would either test play into the diagnosis, thursday evening at the white house. >> reporter: we don't speculate on this show, this is unconfirmed. the abbott test is a 15 minute test. they used to screen everyone. they screens me when i interviewed the president, they interviewed everyone going into the white house. they had the result, that is positive, they confirm it with more gold standard, chain reaction test, that is one you've been hearing about with the drive-through units, the nasal swab. that takes a few hours, looking for genetic material, the virus itself, they do it in a rapid lab. it takes a few hours. if he was tested thursday morning and they have a positive abbott, they say we got to dig

into this, they got the pcr, they got it back thursday night. that would be my feeling about what the timeframe might be. bill: we were listening to the doctors at walter reed. it seemed positive and optimistic. how would you medically frame the comments they made at walter reed? >> everyone has to understands we are talking about snapshots. an hour ago we had the walter reed snapshot, then an unconfirmed report of the report a pool guy chris wallace was talking about. that was previously. i like the current snapshot. the numbers don't lie, 96% saturation is good. someone who doesn't need oxygen is good. the president sending tweets like that is good. the warning about 48 hours under observation, is a reminder to us

this virus is an predictable. that it can change. we have to watch carefully and most importantly, at sometimes the long-term effects of the virus even in mild cases. we have to watch his lung function, his heart function and all the major organs. bill: the doctor said he is doing well, extremely happy with his progress that is improving, no problem breathing today or walking around, fever free for 24 hours, those are the fact the doctors gave at walter reed. thank you for that. now -- >> completely agree with that, we believe that is true what you just said. how is the campaign going to do this right now? let's bring in corey the windows key, co-author of the new book, trump, america first, and you lined up for your second test of the day. are you negative or positive.

>> i'm more comfortable, and i was negative. and i wanted to be sure, >> are you considering quarantine, >> this is the third negative result i had in the last week, once on saturday at the rose gordon event and once in minnesota. 3 separate chances, all of them are specially the same. does anything stick out at you. but you may have had contact.

the carrier is infected, a day or moment or event that hits you. >> chris christie tested positive, at the nomination hearing for amy coney barrett, that is of some concern, whether it is others, and tested positive. and it is important to get these tests today. >> when you go to the white house what would happen? how do they make sure corey lewandowski is okay to come to the door? >> they get through the security

procedures, brought to the bottom of the eisenhower executive office building where you have a doctors facility you have at your own doctors office, give your license, and where you are seated. and medical staff take a series of swabs from both nostrils, they let you know you are expected to stay in the general proximity to the doctors office. and they allow you then to do that in accordance with your sick favorite day, >> that is your thing to do. you are with them in 2016. you have an election in 31 days and your candidate in the hospital. >> all the people who supported the president to start fighting

for them. 5 years on the campaign trail in four years as the president. we understand what is at stake, the future of the country is at stake. we support donald trump, what he can stand in right now. people on the trump train continue to be actively engaged and advocate for four more years -- >> continue to stay negative despite some of the others. the president's tweet, mentioned this ten minutes ago, praying for doctors and nurses at walter reed says, quote, i am feeling well. first we've seen in 13 hours. the media has been covering this wall-to-wall. the diagnosis, the hospitalization. we will weigh in on how they are doing.

>> that he is principally breathing? >> never did. he had a cough and a fever. more than anything he felt run down. bill: that was part of the briefing at walter reed, the president's diagnosis being monitored closely. many of us taking a look at how the media is handling this. overwhelmingly what would you say the media reaction is? >> no question the overwhelming reaction has been to blame donald trump at the white house for what they see as reckless behavior particularly on masks. there are legitimate questions to be asked on that front but there is a kind of i told you so to some of the commentary piling on while the president is hospitalized. if that continues there could be a backlash against the media.

bill: the media is on fire about the walter reed briefing, what do you suggest you are hearing from the reporting? >> two things, the president's doctors said the diagnosis came 72 hours ago, the rest of the world in the early morning hours yesterday raising credibility questions about his subsequent activities about the diagnosis. even more bizarre, when he gave a pretty upbeat assessment, we were happy to hear that. a white house source said there was a lot of concern about vitals in the past 24 hours, the next 48 hours are crucial, much darker portrait that set up a kind of buzzing, clouding the credibility of what we heard at walter reed. bill: with regard to the campaign, what is reported on that.

>> the president is quarantined, hospitalized and off the trail. more significant fallout here puts covid-19 at the top of the media agenda, what joe biden wanted to talk about, eclipsing the supreme court nomination and other factors was one other thing democrats have to be careful, biden has been careful, nancy pelosi blamed trump for getting the virus. if we have a lot of that, more harsh commentary from the media there could be a wave of public sympathy for the commander-in-chief as he battles this virus and tries to recover at walter reed. bill: we will be watching you, media analysis, media buzz, on the fox news channel. seo on a saturday. donald trump remains at walter

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bill: coming up on 11:00 in california watching the scene outside walter reed medical center, supporters gathering in the street honking horns as they go by, doctors tell is no timetable for release, that should not be a surprise. one quote stood out a little bit here after the positive up -- of the reporting by doctors who said he's doing very well, extremely happy with progress, the doctors say the vitals in the last 24 hours were considered very concerning in the next 48 hours were critical in terms of his care. that might be in line with how anyone facing covid-19 at the age of 74 may be battling this at the moment. we are not on a clear path to a full recovery. we wait to see how the antiviral medication, how he reacts to that. he gave one quote to doctors

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bill: in the 6:00 o'clock hour. that was quite the sight. the president heading to walter reed and medical attention. statement from the white house position seems to clarify reporting and timeline that we have been watching over the past 2 or 3 hours. i'm just going the read from this. sean conley who was at walter reed, summarizing the president's health i incorrectly used the term 72 hours instead of day 3 and 48 hours, he said, instead of day 2 with regard to his diagnosis. the president, he says was first diagnosed with covid-19 on the evening of thursday october 1. he had received regeneron's antibody cocktail october 2nd. that's where we stand. the latest clarification and we will see where that goes. in the meantime we seem to say it an awful lot, these are remarkable times and, indeed, they are. i saw a piece a bit earlier in

the week suggesting that if you're hoping to see the end of covid, change your mind and accept the fact that you're living in covid now and perhaps you will be better off if you think that way. that's what i'm going to do, take care of yourself and your family, bye, bye. ♪ >> breaking news and live look at walter reed center in maryland where president trump is hospitalized at this hour. a situation our nation has not faced in nearly 40 years when president reagan was in the hospital. i'm sandra smith and this is a special edition of america's newsroom. the latest at this hour, the president tweeting just moments ago, also giving an update on his condition in his own words. that's as sources telling the white house press that the next 48 hours will be critical. but for now the white house doctors says the president's condition is improving. that as more people connected to the president test positive for the v