days. welcome to brand-new hour of special edition of america's newsroom. i'm grace gallagher, conflicting messages out of the white house yesterday when chief of staff mark meadows said the president's condition had declined following his coronavirus diagnosis. kristin fisher live outside walter reed medical center with more. good morning, kristin. kristin: hey, trace, we definitely got more answers today than we did yesterday. overall president trump is doing well according to his doctors but we also learned today about 2 episodes of transient dropped in oxygen saturation. the first time it happened was on friday morning and coincided with high fever and doctors worried of possible progression of the virus and put him on supplemental oxygen at the white house for about an hour and the second time was yesterday here at walter reed. >> yeah, yesterday there was another episode where it dropped

down 93%, short of breath, watched it and it returned back up. kristin: dr. sean conley said that he wasn't sure if president trump had been given supplemental oxygen the second time around yesterday here at walter reed. he would check on that. it's common for covid patients to receive supplemental oxygen. it's not all that big of a deal and dr. conley did not share the information with reporters, listen as to why he did not share that. >> i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of the team and the president has had and didn't want to give any -- any information that might steer the course of illness in another

direction and in doing so came off that we were trying to hide something which wasn't initially true and he is -- the fact of the matter is he's doing really well. kristin: the reason is it's so important you want the american public and the world to trust what the doctors say about the president's condition and when you told details, it distracts from that. overall he's doing very well and could go back to the white house as early as tomorrow where the treatment would continue and, trace, that's what everybody here is certainly hoping for. you have about 50 supporters for president trump here and rooting for a full recovery. >> big crowd if he walked out of there. kristin fisher in walter reed. there are questions about what exactly set off the white house covid outbreak and when and more

people announced they too have tested above -- positive for the virus. >> well, trace the president is at walter reed staff says he's actively running the country. later on today the president expected to get a briefing from national security team and update on foreign policy matters. they will be working remotely and briefing president at walter reed. fox news has learned that the -- that the president's body man, personal aide tested positive for the virus, nick luna, white house chief correspondent john roberts confirming that. despite uptick in cases, staff remains committed to carrying out their work. >> i see a number of colleagues here this morning that tested negative for 3 or 4 straight days in a row. so, you know, if people test positive, they'll be quarantined and we will follow the procedure that is the cdc has but what i can tell you there are many men

and women at the pentagon, at the state department, here at the white house making sure the country is safe. >> a lot of people are asking if last weekend's event, what you're looking at there when the president named supreme court garden may have contributed to spread of the virus. among the people that were in there the attorney general, the vice president as well as former counselor kellyanne conway. the kellyanne conway tested positive and senate majority leader mcconnell says people need to know how the virus spread at the white house. >> contradictory statements even lying about the nation's security as the nation's health. >> as for the first lady she's resting and doing well after she tested positive for the virus along with the president. as for the vice president he's going to be hitting the campaign trail a little bit on this week making a stop on arizona on

thursday. i'm told more events can be added to the schedule and i'm -- >> let's bring in john decker and white house correspondent. john, a double threat. the interesting here, i'm not sure if you heard, john, mark meredith there talking about this. chuck schumer comes out and says this is a cover-up and we now know that 8 people that were at the rose garden ceremony for the nomination of amy coney barrett have now tested positive for coronavirus including two senators, chuck schumer says the whole thing is being covered up and illan omar said, gop senators have had contact with staff and other senators. the senate should quarantine without hesitation, democratic senators should not be accompliced to dangerous reckless behavior, #rosegarden

massacre which trended on twitter, your thoughts on that, john. john: well, there's no indication of any type of cover-up that senate minority leader chuck schumer was alluding to. and there's no indication at the same time that the type of contact tracing associated with that event that took place here last saturday for the nomination of judge barrett. that's the kind of thing that new jersey doing tracing fundraising thursday afternoon and the reason being is obvious. you want to make certain that everybody that took part in that fundraising event is safe and have not contracted covid-19. >> you mentioned the cdc, john, the washington post talked about this and contact tracing and i'm quoting here, the center for

disease control and prevention had contact-tracing team ready to go according to multiple services but had not asked to mobilize even though sean conley said that his team was working with the agency. >> so many people that were watching last saturday, there were dozens of people that were at the white house for the nomination of judge barrett to the supreme court. we've seen the video, we've seen the pictures, i was at this event. most individuals invite today this event were not wearing face coverings or masks. we know that several people that attended the event have contracted coronavirus and you want to make certain that everybody that attended that event at the white house in the rose garden last saturday is safe, that they have not contracted covid-19, that's why contact tracing is so necessary

here. >> you were at the event so was attorney general bill barr and he's been criticized for saying that he will not quarantine, you know, you have a long-time attorney of doj andrew wiseman, not clearly a bill barr fan, attorney general's choice to not quarantine is so fitting, even now encouragable as we said not a fan of the attorney general but what do you make of his case? >> well, that's obviously a political statement more than anything else. the important thing is that those who can do so should get tested. i've been tested 3 times, trace, since last saturday. that could essential -- i would most likely guess it's also the case with the attorney general. he gets tested on a regular basis as well. and if he over the course of the past week has tested negative,

honestly i'm not a medical official by any stretch of the imagination but over the course, et cetera, if you are testing after 7 consecutive days i think you are in the clear and i don't see any need for the attorney general to quarantine in any way. >> i think that's a fair assessment, but do you wonder, john, a couple of days, 3 days after the president tested positive for coronavirus, we heard from the president last night and we have been hearing mark meadows on and off, conflicting statements there, reheard from rudy giuliani on "fox & friends", are you wondering why we haven't heard more from the white house concerning all of these matters in the past couple of days? john: well, in terms of the medical condition of the president, we've had two briefings over the course of the past 2 days, mark meadows, the white house chief of staff has done a briefing with a pool that was gathered for those events, but to your point, you also want

to get some sort of briefing in terms of making certain that every aspect of our government is operating as efficiently as it should be given the fact that the president right now is undergoing medical treatment and in addition to that as has been pointed out, you want to make sure that all of the information that you're conveying to the public is transparent and that's an important thing when not only the american public is looking at this but also allies and, in fact, adversaries from around the world. >> fox news correspondent john decker, good insight, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, trace, have a good day. >> big show of support for president trump as he battles covid-19, now that he's off of campaign trail crowds are rallying to him outside of walter reed hospital and across the country. supporters like the ones you see in top-right in colorado, hundreds gathering in trump tower in new york city this morning to wish the president a speedy recovery.

well, a bombshell in the battle for control of the senate as democratic candidate in one state is now apologizing for romantic texts to a woman who was not his wife. plus mix news of the president's health as he continues treatment at walter reed. a doctor weighs in on the president's updated diagnosis next. smooth driving pays off with allstate the safer you drive the more you save ♪ you've never been in better hands allstate click or call for a quote today

to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health.

trace: california police are investigating a drive-by student that killed 9-year-old. police in sacramento say a family of 4 was holding a get-together at a park yesterday afternoon when gang shots rang out. investigators are not sure if the family was intended target. neighbors say violence is a constant concern in that area. >> well, that's a lot. that's so heartbreaking. a 9-year-old girl, that's the age of my kids, my son is 9. we definitely have to move from here. it's too much. i'm so scared something happens to my kids. trace: 6-year-old girl and another woman were taken to the hospital. police are urging any witnesses to please come forward. ♪ >> thursday night into friday morning when i left the bedside

the president was doing well. only mild symptoms, oxygen was in the high 90's. late friday morning when i returned to the bedside the president had a high fever and oxygen saturation was dipping below 94%. trace: the president's top doctor revealing more information about a concerning drop in the president's oxygen levels before he was admit today walter reed medical center on friday evening. senior fellow at independent's forum and joins us now. dr. ahmed, thank you for joining us. i want to play one more sound bite and this one is dealing with dexamethasone. >> low oxygen levels as conley discussed. he received dexamethasone and plan to continue that for the time being. today he feels well. he's been up and around, our

plan for today to have him eat and drink be up out of bed and mobile and if he continues to feel and looks like today we hope to plan discharge as early as tomorrow. the reason i play that sound bite, dr. ahmed, both the cdc and the world health organization, i have it right here that dexamethasone is only to be used in most seriously-ill patients. it's steroid and these are patients not mechanically ventilated but in most serious cases. why is in your estimation is the president getting dexamethasone if he's doing so well? doctor: so let's bear in mind that these brilliant physicians that are treating not only a patient but the president of the united states. so the stakes are much higher. the treatment is likely to be more interventional and more aggressive than we had equivalent patient that was a private citizens. the drops in oxygen that the president's physician talked to

us about are remarkable to me. we live in the era that the media is demanding minute by minute updates. the use of dexamethasone that you heard doctor speak about, the founder of biocontainment unit of ebola and brilliant pulmonologist. they first eliminated the virus with the president's body from regeneron and remdesivir. the president's own immune system will be responding and the dexamethasone is used to coral that. there's a benefit toward immune system but benefit to in training it and helping not become overly active. i do not think and i listened to the president's press conference, sorry the press conference about the president's health very closely. this does not represent deterioration.

does this not in any way lead me to believe that the president will have a more difficult cause. i know exactly the language that you're referring from the w.h.o. and cdc, it's based on the paper published in july this year which shows significant 28-day survival benefit with the use of dexamethasone once we know a patient is infected and may have had an oxygen requirement. in the study the patients that were looked at more than 6400 patients were enrolled in this study, they were much more severely in need of oxygen. don't forget we are all oxygen dependent and we need 21% oxygen. the president needed tinny amounts of oxygen within normal range does not worry me at all and we have to remember that the president is not only a patient, he is a national leader. one last thing, trace, very important. the press that's hounding the

doctors when they make their statements are forgetting the doctors are not equivalent to the white house press secretary. those doctors, their first duty is to the patient and their care and the patient that is above even their president. that's their first duty. it's our responsibility to remain extremely calm and very measured and that's reflected in their demeanor, the way they present the information and their excellent treatment planning. we are going to see the president back in the white house very soon. the dexamethasone can be treated, can be given orally, iv remdesivir can be completed in the white house. i believe that we will see the president back in the white house very soon. trace: dr. ahmed, that was fascinating. the president's oxygen levels dropped 2 days in a row to 93 and now he appears to be fully saturated at 98%. are you surprised when they talk about the president being

released as early as tomorrow? doctor: not in the least. he can be very closely monitored with very high-level of expertise in the white house while he works. also he's clearly tolerated all of the treatments, remember, both the treatment he's received with regeneron is compassionate use, that's being watched with intense scrutiny though it would have been 8 dose of 1 gram of iv and remdesivir, we have experienced with it over this year in the united states is also well understood, so it doesn't surprise me in the least and also reflects the priority that doctors have for our president is to restore him to the complete health and functional status as quickly and as safely as possible. they will be able to see him in the white house while he conducts his duty. and i'd like to say, we very much are supporting all americans who are very hopeful for the president. there is scientific and medical

reason to be helpful. i want the public to be very confident in the president's physicians who are amongst the most gifted in the world. they were not trained to be white house press secretaries. they are trained to be extremely reason, logical, calm voices and they are behaving in the same way in their treatment planning. trace: that's about as clear and concise i have seen it. dr. ahmed, thank you so much for coming on, i appreciate it. doctor: trace, it was a privilege. trace: fox news alert, vice president mike pence and second lady pence have tested negative for coronavirus. the white house releasing results of latest text moments ago. the vice president, of course, has his debate in utah with democratic counterpart kamala harris. in the meantime a dramatic turn in north carolina race that could help decide control of the senate. first incumbent republican thom tillis announced he tested positive for covid-19.

then his democratic challenger cal cunningham outed for testing a wife that's -- a woman that's not his wife. >> cal cunningham will not drop out of the race but did take accountability in the statement. i have hurt my family, disappointed my friends and i am deeply sorry, the first step of repairing relationships is taking complete responsibility which i do. the army reservist has been married 20 years and father of 2. a nationalfile.com released intimate text messages from candidate and a woman who is not his wife. it's not still waters on the other side of the ticket, thom tillis is among recent republicans to test positive for the coronavirus. the results, of course, halting any campaign event and shaky ground comes at a time that many people are starting to cast their ballots. the early voting will start there on october 15th.

trace. trace: alex, what about the south carolina senate debate last night where apparently we saw quite a bit of political theatrics. alex: that's right, the challenger jamie harrison taking on senator lindsey graham in 60-minute debate, lindsey graham calling democrats not only radical but also saying that they're nuts. senator: this is a big-choice election between me and mr. harrison, capitalism versus socialism, conservative judges versus liberal judges. law and order versus chaos. alex: harris' campaign set up a plexiglass barrier for separation of recent outbreaks, called out graham and republicans for failing to take the pandemic seriously. >> tonight i am taking this seriously and that's why i put the plexy glass up. it's not just about me but the people in my life that i have to

take care of as well. my two boys, my wife, my grandmother. we need to address the issue here in south carolina. alex: the candidates will have two more debates again early voting start tomorrow, so a lot of races to watch, trace. trace: alex hogan live for us this afternoon, alex, thank you. well, we just heard from a doctor on the news the president could be discharged from the hospital as soon as tomorrow if his condition continues to improve. up next we will hear from the white house itself as communication's director lisa farrah joins us live. joe biden promising transparency about the results of future coronavirus tests as the democratic nominee for president is set to hit the campaign trail tomorrow. >> i think joe biden has set the tone here because he's the leader. he said, look, i want the president to be back, he wants to debate him more, he wants him to have a speedy recovery.

♪ than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

trace: bottom of the hour, time for top stories, former major league pitcher charged with murder of girlfriend's death found dead. the white house preparing prayer for president and first lady and all those who tested positive and all those affected by the pandemic. pope francis says that the world needs new type of politics in solidarity. the pope also reject it is catholic's church own doctrine justifying war of light meat defense saying it had had been too broadly applied and no longer viable. ♪ ♪ trace: fox news alert, white

house doctor late this morning saying president trump's health is improving and he could be discharged from the hospital as soon as tomorrow if things to go well. let's bring in white house communication's director alissa farrah. was the white house surprised that dr. conley he can be released as early as tomorrow? >> we are drilled by positive update and i want to thank you and your viewers and millions of americans across the country who have been pray forking the president and the first family. we seal that outpouring of support and i know it's keeping him in good spirits. he's getting the best quality of care imaginable. we are monitoring him. we know he's not out of the woods but we are very confident in his condition improving. dr. conley gave an update today and will continue to give updates as we have them. trace: in the past couple of days, alissa, critics have said and there's been confusion,

mixed messaging coming from the white house and coming from the doctors, why -- why hasn't the white house come out and just cleared the deck, cleared up all of this stuff and said, you know, this is the way it is, here is what happened and given everybody a tiktok of what happened from the beginning when he was confirmed with coronavirus until today? >> so trace, this is an evolving situation as we no. we are striving to be as transparent as we can for the american public. dr. conley released 3 memos to date. the president has been direct to camera updates for for the people to see. i think where the confusion sort of arose was between dr. conley's briefing and comments from chief of staff which he helped clarify on your network. dr. conley was giving very accurate update yesterday. the president's condition was dramatically improving, he was

in good spirits and he was mobile and he was working, he was making calls related to the supreme court nominee. he was in a good place, so if the doctor conveyed a level of confidence yesterday it's because it was accurate. the day before things were a little bit more concerning and the chief of staff comment'ses reflected that and we wanted to supplement the information we've shared to the american public so they can have all of the facts and i think today you saw a deliberate briefing from dr. conley about treatments and projections and where he may be as soon as tomorrow. we will keep doing that. we all love our president and we all wish him well. he's going get through this, he's the toughest guy i've ever met and we will give you the facts throughout. trace: yeah, and i think you're correct when you said dr. conley, the information he put out is accurate, nobody is saying it's inaccurate. they are saying he omitted some stuff and he acknowledged because he was trying to put on a brave face. listen to him and i will get a

response on the other side. >> i was trying reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president, the course of illness has had, i didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something which isn't necessarily true. trace: and it did come off as they were trying to hide something and the critics were saying, look, it appears that they are not giving us the whole truth and nothing but the truth. not to say that he said anything wrong or false or bad information, it was all of the information that people believed that he should have done, what are your thoughts on how dr. conley handed that? >> what i've learned in these moments is that accuracy is, in fact, more important than speed. we would rather get you the fully accurate, full-picture information rather than rush out the door when facts when we

don't necessarily have all of that. well, of course, we would have like today be able to share that sooner -- >> trace: he had the facts, he just chose not to share them because he was kind of putting on a brave face, upbeat face as he said it. >> to my second point, though, what i would say it's a very common medical practice that you want to convey confidence and you want to raise the spirits of the person you're treating. i know the president. i don't know that he needs his spirits raised but i know it's common medical practice to do that. if anything, the doctor was giving a really strong and confident viewpoint. treys treys but isn't it a common medical practice to put proper information out there and let people make up their own minds? >> which is why we had chief of staff give update and dr. conley out there today. you have our commitment that we will be transparent and give you the facts. most importantly taking a step back, this president has never stopped working one day since the pandemic first -- first started breaking out in china,

before it even came to u.s. shores. we knew this could potentially happen, we took extensive precautions to avoid it, he's never stopped working for american people and even right now when he's getting medical treatments and he himself has the virus that's inflicted so many people, hey, how am i going to get a supreme court, hawaii am i going to get a cares act package for the american people. this president is serving people even when he's getting treatment for the virus himself and i think that's extraordinary. trace: i don't think anyone is questioning tenacity. the question is he issued the statement last night, video taped statement, reports that he was a little bit perturbed with the chief of staff mark meadows. is mark meadows in the president's dog house, if you will, alyssa? >> absolutely not. mark meadowses has barely left the president's side, he's been at walter reed bringing

documents that he had to sign, briefing him on hill updates. if anything, the chief of staff's comments shows how close the relationship is and he's close to the individual and when he sees him not feeling well, not his strong self that we all know, he we wanted to make sure he conveyed that to the public. they couldn't be closer working together throughout this. the president got update from national security team, the national security adviser briefed him last night. he will be getting video update and he has not stopped working and will continue throughout recovery. trace: if i can, quickly, i want to play the rudy giuliani sound bite from "fox & friends" and quickly get your wrap-up on the other side. >> he sounded like himself completely. we had 35-40 minute conversation, some, of course, about the health, i was concerned about him, i was happy to hear his voice sounded exactly the same. treys treys why is rudy giuliani talking about the president's

condition? >> listen, rudy is an old friend of the president. they've known each other for decades. i think this is frankly a friend wanting to convey how, you know, the president of the united states is strong in getting through this. we've had a lot of folks wanting to go out and champion america's champion, president trump, and i think that's what rudy was doing. trace: yeah, alyssa farah good to see you, thank you. joe biden is set to travel to south florida tomorrow as campaign announces it will releases the results of all his coronavirus tests going forward, let's bring in jacqui heinrich with more on this in wilmington. reporter: joe biden is being tested today ahead of a trip to florida tomorrow. dr. jill biden is also heading to florida where she will be hosting a drive-in event. now this protocol is a step beyond the campaign's previous promise back in august that they

would regularly at the time both candidates and make it public if either positive. i asked the campaign if they would make a positive test result public if it was from a campaign staffer, have not heard back from on that point. but this is what the campaign said about the safety plans a little bit earlier. >> our traveling staff has tested negative. i would like to note that dr. biden, vice president biden, senator harris, they all traveled on friday. but not one person got on the plane until we were sure that everyone was negative. we will continue to adhere to the public health guidelines. >> reporter: today the biden campaigned also confirmed they still have not been contacted by the white house for contact tracing after being exposed by the virus by the president and first lady at last week's debate. today the campaign reaffirmed their commitment to remove negative ads amid accusations from the trump camp that those ads still aired following president trump's diagnosis. biden's campaign it's not like flipping a switch, it might take

a day or so for hundreds of stations across the country to pull ads from rotation but it is in motion. the trump team is not taking down negative ads citing what they call attack on policy. joe biden steered away from criticizing the first family saying yesterday he will not attack them and wishes them a full recovery, senator bernie sanders was a little bit more pointed stumping for biden in new hampshire. >> which candidate has the temperament to see us through this difficult crisis? the answer to those questions is that in the worst public health crisis of the last 100 years, we need joe biden as our president. reporter: sanders said president trump and the republican party downplayed the virus and attacked scientists and he said he expects that he'll be made fun of the rally which adhered

to social distancing guidelines but he defended it as necessary measures, trace. trace: jacqui heinrich live in wilmington, delaware. some states reporting record increase in daily coronavirus cases. up next, what that has to do with the fall weather sending people indoors. ♪

hope is the light in all of us that cannot be extinguished. 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.

trace: well, president trump being hospitalized with covid-19 is one reminder what a serious threat the virus remains and another part of the country a rise in number of cases. carlos, kentucky, wisconsin announcing record numbers of new infections. that's not good. charles: no, it's not, trace. you're right. both wisconsin and kentucky reporting record number of daily new cases on saturday. kentucky governor andy basheer

calling on kentuckians to do better as the state reported its highest single-day total ever. the state has set off alarm bells in the last couple of weeks as positive cases are ticked up 13% according to new york times database. the state reporting nearly 2900 new cases since saturday, positive cases have more than doubled in the state over the last 2 weeks as patients overwhelm the midwest hospitals. >> so say there was a ten-car pileup, we wouldn't even have the beds to take care of all of our victims. it's not like hospitals are built with an extra 3 floors and have extra 50 nurses on sand by just in case a pandemic hits. charles: public health officials really want to get ahead of the outbreaks before the cold weather start sending more people inside tighter spaces. trace, sounds like a broken

record at this point but they are urging people to continue those mitigating factors including social distancing and wearing a mask, trace. trace: charles, what more do we know about major outbreaks happening in college campuses? charles: it's still a struggle for college campuses. the university of washington is currently trying to contain an outbreak among nearly a dozen sororities and from fraternitien campuses, rose to 144 students among 11 sororityies and fraternities. more than 150 people were infected during the month-long outbreak in june. >> the house is close by to us. they were hosting parties, there was a house that was having a party at 10:00 a.m., god knows why you would do that. charles: and the university says it is working with the appropriate public health officials to keep this outbreak

contained, trace. trace: yeah, it is notable that out of the thousand of coronavirus outbreaks in colleges across the country there have been very few hospitalizations. charles watson in atlanta live for us, thank you, sir. trace: in the meantime president trump is not the first commander chief to be layed up but presidential historian have other presidents have led the nation from the hospital. ♪ for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500, even if their shares cost more. at $5 a slice, you could own ten companies for $50 instead of paying thousands. all commission free online. schwab stock slices: an easy way to start investing or to give the gift of stock ownership. schwab. own your tomorrow.

because it strengthens prop 13 for seniors, disabled veterans, wildfire victims, and family farmers. prop 19 also protects the right of parents to pass on the family home to their children at the current property tax rate. you worked hard for your house and you should be able to give it to your children without a tax penalty. that's why taxpayer advocates, firefighters, veterans, and small business owners are voting 'yes' on prop 19.

trace: deadly wild fires scorch ing california setting grim record. more than 2600 square miles, the most land destroyed by fire in california ever in a single year. the fires have killed at least 31 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to evacuate and they are still burning. ♪ ♪ trace: >> we are a country of 230 million very different souls and yet here we are liberals and conservatives, fundamentalists and agnostics, southerners and northerners, recent immigrants and may flower descendants, arguing off and disagreeing with each other but at the same time held together, always held together by a tie that can't be

seen, yet can't be broken. it is, i think, the great unknowing love of americans for americans. trace: president trump ronald reagan, of course, addressing the nation from walter reed medical center after undergoing surgery for colon cancer, reagan one example of president leading from walter reed where president trump is now recovering from covid-19 and there have been others, presidential historian and contributor for the hill. it's great to see you, you point out that the president trump when he releaseses the videos, you believe that's effective and reassuring for the american people in historic perspective. >> absolutely, just like reagan gave his voice, seeing him at walter reed at that particular moment in time in 1985, that was reassuring to the american people and i think the most reassuring thing we've seen hasn't been from the doctors and chief of staff but it's coming from president trump himself.

he did a little video on marine one on friday and a video yesterday. i think that's important because that means he's not hooked up to a ventilator, right, that just gives the reassurance of where things are. so effective communication. they wheeled dwight eisenhower in his pj's when he went to walter reed in 1956. quite different in the way they are handling it. trace: there's also history of presidents downplaying the virus. back in woodrow wilson in spanish flu, john berry, public professor writes the following here about woodrow wilson saying, quote, the wilson administration for a very different reason completely downplayed the pandemic. wilson was concerned that any negative news about anything would detract from the war effort, decreasing energy that people would put into winning the war. in this case, of course, speaking about now, more strictly political benefits. what are your thoughts on that

comment? >> well, i think he's right in one part. wilson was concerned about the war and there was military generals that were concerned about the troops getting illed -- ill of the flu. there was no cdc, they didn't even have a test for the spanish flu. so when he became ill with it, they weren't even 100% sure that he had it. the headlines were, wilson narrowly escapes the flu, wilson in bed sick with cold, not flu. so they may have been fanessing that a little bit from the doctor and the white house but it was a very different time. there's more constant information that we know now about covid. we know that the president has covid. trace: i have to go, i have about 15 seconds for you left,

jane. this is historic, the president being diagnosed with covid this close to the election really is historic. 10 seconds. jane: unprecedented, biggest october surprise we've had in a presidential election. a president leading a pandemic and getting sick this close to an election. it's very historic. trace: it is, indeed, jane hampton cook, presidential historian, thank you for coming on. we very much appreciate it. well, if you missed the big breaking news, it is that doctors say that president trump could be releasessed from walter reed medical center tomorrow. that's it tomorrow, we will see you in america's newsroom from 9:00 to noon. i'm trace gallagher, fox news e sunday is up next. ♪ ♪ their own safelite story. this couple was on a camping trip...

...when their windshield got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service you can trust. . . .

chris: i'm chris wallace. the one tri in a state of uncertainty after president trump contracts the coronavirus and ends up in the hospital. ♪ chris: this hour, we're monitoring the health of the president, after a he, the first lady and top advisors test positive. >> i came here, wasn't feeling so well. i feel much better now. >> every day, we're evaluating does he need to be here, what does he need and where's he going. chris: we'll address the president's condition, the continuity of our government and the impact on our election with trump campaign senior advisor steve cortez and we'll ask the head for the center of health