good morning, america. breaking news overnight, president trump and first lady melania trump test positive for the coronavirus, go into quarantine just 32 days before the final votes. the diagnosis comes hours after the nation learned one of his closest advisers, hope hicks, tested positive for covid-19. after they traveled together aboard air force one and marine one and attended a crowded rally in minnesota and one day after both in place at the debate in cleveland. the concerns this morning about joe biden, the vice president and ivanka trump. all ce recently traveling with e president. the commander in chief tweeted this morning, we will get through this together. this morning, our team addresses all the big questions as the

virus which has claimed more than 207,000 american lives now reaches into the most powerful office in the world. good morning, america. we want to get right to the major breaking news overnight. at 12:54 a.m. president trump announced he and first lady melania trump have tested positive for covid-19. the stunning development raises significant questions about the president's health, the stability of the country, our standing in the world and the state of the race for the white house just 32 days before the final votes. we will cover it all this morning, and we begin by wishing the president and the first lady a speedy and full recovery. >> we certainly do, and with that, we want to show you a live look right now at the white house where the president and first lady are in isolation at this moment. and there are so many big questions this morning after the president's jam-packed schedule this week. we want to know who else in the white house inner circle could potentially be infected and what does this do to the campaign? the safety of holding the future debates is now in question, and

all of this comes at a time when the president has faced repeated questions about whether he and the white house have been doing enough to protect against the virus, and now just how truthful he has been about the seriousness of this pandemic. also, we have big questions, there are, about the president's health, age and weight, both significant risk factors. dr. jen ashton and dr. jha are both here this morning to help guide us through. >> the white house doctor put out a statement overnight saying the president and first lady are doing well, but no word on whether the 74-year-old commander in chief is experiencing any covid-related symptoms and, of course, all of this as cases surge across the country. our white house correspondent jon karl starts us off. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. with the first family isolating in the white house we are awaiting details about the president's condition. this much is already clear, everything is on hold. overnight a worst case scenario for the white house. a little before 1:00 a.m.

president trump tweeted, tonight the first lady and i tested positive for covid-19. we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. we will get through this together. the president's physician released a statement saying both were, quote, well at this time without revealing if they were experiencing any symptoms adding, they plan to remain at home within the white house during their convalescence and rest assured, i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering. the first lady later tweeted, we are feeling good and the president in a phone interview earlier in the night as he said he was awaiting the results of their tests, first raised the possibility that he could have the virus. >> whether we quarantine or whether we have it, i don't know. >> reporter: for months, the president has tried to downplay the pandemic. but at 74, his age puts him at higher risk of serious complications from the virus which has already claimed more than 207,000 american lives. making this one of the gravest

threats to a president's health in decades. the president's announcement came just hours after news broke that hope hicks, one of his closest aides, has also tested positive for covid-19. sources tell abc news she is experiencing symptoms. hicks traveled with the president to the debate in cleveland and the next day she was seen boarding marine one without a mask for the president's trip to minnesota creating plenty of opportunity for exposure. >> i spend a lot of time with hope and so does the first lady and she's tremendous. i was a little surprised, but she's -- she's a very warm person. she has a hard time when soldiers and law enforcement comes up to her, you know, she wants to treat them great, not say, stay away, i can't get near you. it is a very, very tough disease. >> reporter: an almost incalculable number of people from staffers to high ranking washington officials are now potentially at risk from the

virus. ivanka trump and jared kushner and several republican members of congress have all crossed paths with the president in recent days. and while the candidates kept their distance during tuesday's debate, there are concerns joe biden could have been exposed as well. although hicks started experiencing symptoms wednesday night and tested positive for the virus early thursday, president trump charged ahead with his plans, holding a fund-raiser at his club in new jersey the next day, knowingly spreading the risk beyond washington. the white house has taken precious few precautions to avoid the virus. the president and his top advisers almost never seen wearing masks. during the debate, president trump even mocked joe biden for frequently using face coverings in public. >> i don't wear masks like him. every time you see him he's got a mask. he could be speaking 200 feet away and shows up with the biggest mask i've ever seen. >> reporter: the president is also maintaining a jam-packed schedule holding many crowded events with few safety measures. >> hello, duluth. thank you.

>> reporter: the white house scrapped a rally in florida planned for just later tonight. with just over a month before election day, the presidential campaign including the next debate are shrouded in a new cloud of uncertainty with president trump desperate to close the wide gap in the polls between biden and himself now sidelined from the campaign trail during this critical closing stretch. beyond his health the president's diagnosis is a crushing blow to his effort to convince americans that the worst of the pandemic is behind them. a claim he repeated via video at at new york's at smith dinner just last night. >> i want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight. >> reporter: the president has repeatedly said he feels no vulnerability to the virus, insisting that since everyone in close proximity to him is frequently tested, he is safe. this extraordinary turn of events proves that even with all the resources afforded to the president of the united states don't guarantee protection from a virus that the president acknowledged as the most

difficult challenge of his presidency at abc's town hall last month. >> what did you learn from it? >> i learned that life is very fragile. i knew people that were powerful people, strong people, good people and they got knocked out by this and died, six people. it was five until about two weeks ago, now it's six. but i've learned that life is very fragile because these were strong people and all of a sudden they were dead. they were gone. >> reporter: we have just heard from the vice president's press office that the vice president has tested negative for coronavirus. also we've heard that baron trump has tested negative as well as ivanka trump and jared kushner. george? >> you get to all the contacts they have had as well. jon, you cover the white house every single day. what more can you tell us about what you have seen up close about how they handle the virus? >> reporter: when i go into the white house, you see signs as you enter telling you must

socially distance, stay six feet apart, wear a mask. big sign when you went to the briefing room but i've got to tell you i have observed over and over again officials in that white house not socially distancing. we saw just at the announcement of his choice for supreme court, amy coney barrett, a big crowded event in the rose garden. people shoulder to shoulder, and almost nobody wearing masks. people are tested, but they do not practice social distancing in that white house. >> okay, jon. thanks. i know you'll be on point all morning. cecilia, you're at the white house so often as well. >> and our viewers probably noticed that jon wasn't directly in front of the white house because our team decided it wasn't safe for us to be there on a regular basis. we go in for the briefings and when we have to question the president in person but to his point we were seeing people without masks regularly. we were seeing people stopping -- not socially distancing and stopped taking temperatures for people who were regular visitors to the white house. it just frankly got to the point where our team made the call it wasn't safe. >> except going to the oval

office -- >> then you get a test if you were in contact with the president. he does come into the briefings with reporters and not everyone in that small room is tested. >> not very thorough. joining us now is dr. ashish jha, the dean of the brown university school of public health, and our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. and dr. jha, we're going to start with you. the president has always touted very often about his robust health but we know that he has had several factors that work against him as far as his age and his weight and had a mysterious visit to walter reed hospital a year ago. so what do we know about the potential crisis he is facing this morning? >> good morning, and thank you for having me on. obviously this is a very concerning moment for the whole country, and obviously we wish him and the first lady well. but, you know, he is in a high risk age group in his 70s, and again, i don't know his exact weight, but he may be overweight, and it stands to reason he could have other co-morbidities like high blood pressure or diabetes.

we don't know the details, but his age alone puts him at high risk for complications. so i think we're praying he recovers quickly, but worried that he may be at risk. >> right, because, we can't know at this point, doesn't appear to have symptoms, maybe a raspy throat, but the president has had that all the time. i remember when boris johnson, the british prime minister got it several months ago, he kept on working for several days then it got worse over time. >> exactly, george. and this virus has shown us from the beginning it is mysterious and it's insidious and can come in waves. we do have to remember some positive encouraging statistics. about 80% infected with covid-19 do not require hospitalization. that doesn't mean, though, that their disease course will be mild. it just means that they can be managed in a home environment and we also know that 45% of

those infected, up to 45%, will show no symptoms. so it remains to be seen, you know, every patient is different and we just don't know yet. it's way too early. >> how do we begin to wrap our heads and our arms around how many people the president and his team have come in contact with over the last several days. we know now he is positive. hope hicks is positive. you had the debate. you had the rallies. you had the bedminster fund-raiser yesterday. what will disease experts be doing right now to follow through on that contact tracing? >> yeah, george, you know, this is a bit of a nightmare for two reasons. one, obviously anybody who has been around the president last four, five days, i think, needs to be identified, probably needs to be tested. we don't know who was a source of the infection to the president. it might have been ms. hicks, but it could have been somebody else. they could have had a common person, and given how many people he encounters and given that many of them are at the highest levels of the u.s. government, we'll probably see a lot of people quarantining and a lot of people who need to be

identified and tested and isolated or quarantined to sort all this out and break the chains of transmission. this is going to be a herculean effort. >> dr. ashton, we know covid-19 has been politicized from social distancing to wearing masks and the president has gone back and forth on the issues. what was your reaction when you first heard the president was diagnosed with covid? >> my reaction was as a practicing physician is that i stay firmly in the medical lane. of course there's political and social behaviors that warrant discussion. but the analogy here is that when a person who smokes gets diagnosed with lung cancer in medicine, we don't blame the patient. so right now it's about staying in the present, checking vital signs, making sure the disease does not worsen and working to alter behavior down the road in the future. >> all right, dr. jen, thank you. dr. ashish jha, thank you, as well. cecelia? michael, we're going to continue on with these questions

and more on how this will affect the race for the white house with 32 days to go. let's head to mary bruce in washington who has been covering this all. mary, this news has the potential to bring the race to a halt. there's supposed to be another presidential debate in less than two weeks and the vice president will debate just days from now. >> reporter: there are real questions about whether these debates will go forward. the president and joe biden set for their next face off on october 15th. that debate is in real jeopardy. there are questions, even though mike pence has tested negative about the vice presidential debate. the campaign trail as we know it has come to a screeching halt. the president has been campaigning aggressively. he's effectively grounded. we don't know how long he'll be in isolation. he's likely to lose a large chunk of time. this is a huge blow to the president's entire campaign message around the pandemic.

he's been arguing that the country is rounding the corner on the coronavirus. it's why he's been holding these big rallies. the fact that the president of the united states has tested positive undercuts his entire message on this virus. >> yeah, they had been hoping to close the gap on some of those polls with an aggressive travel schedule over the next couple of weeks. that is not happening and the president and biden were on stage together for the debate tuesday. what do we know about biden being tested? >> reporter: sources tell me joe biden is being tested again this morning. he of course is regularly tested. he did send out a tweet saying he sends his thoughts to the president and the first lady for a speedy recovery. we saw the two of them on the stage for 90 minutes on tuesday, socially distanced, but not wearing masks. don't know if they crossed paths. some of the president's inner circle were spotted in the audience of the debate not wearing masks. joe biden has been taking

serious safety precautions, the opposite of the president in many ways. he's done very few in-person events, also strict safety protocols. that's because it's part of vice president's joe biden's message to try this virus is still a very real threat, one that he argues he can tackle if elected. >> mary, i have to ask you another question. you may not have an answer. what does it mean for the confirmation of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court? she, of course, has been at the white house and was there saturday, been at the white house with staffers since then and on capitol hill as well meeting with senators. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell called covid the biggest threat to amy coney barrett's senate confirmation. they have a razor thin margin here. mitch mcconnell is saying there's all hands on deck. they'll take safety precautions

very seriously, possibly doing the hearings remotely. >> let's bring in chris christie, former governor of new jersey, close adviser to the president. we were just talking about this after the debate on wednesday. you were part of the president's debate prep. you met with him through the weekend. talk about your contacts with the president. what precautions you took. do you know whether you have covid right now? >> well, george, i was at the white house from saturday afternoon through lunchtime on tuesday on and off during those days. i was tested every day that i went to the white house. the last test i took was on tuesday morning and i was negative. and we -- you know, i'm going to go and get a test this morning to see if that has changed. i feel fine. i don't feel any symptoms at this time and obviously i hope it remains that way. >> governor, you were part of the debate prep. what can you tell us about the bubble? were folks wearing masks? were you wearing a mask? was rudy giuliani wearing a mask when you were working with the president and others in the

room? >> no, no one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping. the president during that period of time and we were -- the group was about five or six people in total. >> and, chris, you have been in close contact with hope hicks as well as the president. did you notice any symptoms around the debate or anything in the president's -- any symptoms around the president? >> no, i didn't, george. nor with hope. when i left on tuesday -- about 1:00 i left on tuesday afternoon, to head back up to new york to be part of our coverage, hope seemed completely fine and as did the president so, no, i didn't notice any symptoms from either of them or anybody else that i interacted with at the white house. >> chris christie, thanks very much. of course, we'll cover this major breaking story all morning long including the reaction around the world. the stunning news the virus has reached the oval office, and as

we have said this all comes as covid cases are surging across the nation. now let's go to ginger. yeah, the glass fire has burned 220 homes, destroyed them and it is still going. 5% contained. 59,000 acres have been burned. that video is from calistoga, to see if livestock is in there, and get them out. red flag warnings go from lake port, california to big heat advisories, santa rosa to riverside. weekend forecast sponsored by walgreens.

welcome to friday. i'm mike nicco. i would like to tell you that is all fog, but it is not, it is smoke. we're choking on smoke this morning. unhealthy air that will taper through the weekend sgept for t except for the smoke, it will be around through tuesday. cooler near the coast, 83 in san francisco. still some 100s inland. 50s and 60s along cooler tonight but still hot in our mountains, 70s. my accuweaththththththththththth as all of you can tell, we h are only just beginning to get a handle on what this means right now for the president, the country and the election and campaign and still waiting to hear from former vice president joe biden. he has not been heard from the since the president announced he has covid. we have a lot more coming up. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. when disaster strikes to one,

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saying both were, quote, well at this time and did not reveal if they were experiencing any symptoms adding, they plan to remain at home within the white house during their convalescence and rest assured i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering. but george, there are more questions than answers right now. questions like who else was exposed in the west wing? will the president's senior advisers and the vice president also go into quarantine? we are awaiting those answers. i have called as you can imagine everybody on that senior staff to get those answers and also more details about the president's condition and how he's feeling. >> there's so much we don't know but meantime, millions of people have already voted. millions of people continue to vote today, tomorrow and the coming days between now and november 3rd. but the campaign itself at least right now in suspended animation. >> reporter: the campaign is totally frozen in time and the president had a very crowded

schedule of campaign events over the coming days including an event that was supposed to happen tonight in florida. five other events in the coming days already on the calendar. those obviously are thrown into doubt. hard to see those happening and also the presidential debates, supposed to have two more, a vice presidential debate. will those go on? obviously all of that uncertain, and if you think about it, the standard period of time for self-isolation, 10 days to 14 days if everything goes perfectly well and the president thoroughly recovers and recovers immediately that's half of the campaign. that's half of the time between now and the election. >> and the supreme court, we talked about this with mary, was also on the fastest of fast tracks. if people involved in that process have to isolate what happens there? >> reporter: think about it, the announcement was over the weekend of amy coney barrett. it was at the white house. it was in the rose garden. go back and look at those

pictures. the people who include a whole bunch of republican senators, the senators that would be conducting the hearings, they would be debating and voting on the nomination were there. they were shoulder to shoulder, almost none of them wearing masks. >> jon karl, thanks very much. cecilia. cecelia? we have been talking about this with dr. jha, dr. ashton. big concerns about the the president's age putting him at greater risk when it comes to the virus. the white house doctor jon just mentioned said they're both well at this time and will maintain a vigilant watch over them and terry moran has more from washington. terry, one of the major questions this morning, what happens if the president becomes unable to do his job? >> reporter: that's right, cecilia. that's where the 25th amendment to the constitution kicks in. that's the amendment passed after the assassination of john kennedy and does provide and it's been tested clear guidance on what happens. it would be the president of the united states, president trump submitting a written declaration to the senate and to the house saying he is temporarily unable

to discharge the powers and duties of his office. upon recovery, the president would then submit another declaration saying i'm okay. this has been used three times during planned surgeries that ronald reagan and george w. bush underwent. what happens if the president falls so ill he unable to make that written declaration? well, then the cabinet would meet and they would vote that the president is unable to discharge those powers and duties. they submit that written declaration and the vice president would once again become acting president. it's important in both situations, this is temporary. it has been done and so the guardrails are there. but this is something that is available to the president if he needs it. >> there are big questions about vice president mike pence. when he last saw president trump, but, again, all of this is hypothetical. what would happen if the vice president were to become unable to fill in for president trump? >> reporter: well, then you're

in the deep woods of the 25th amendment. the house -- speaker of the house nancy pelosi is next in line of succession. there would be a written declaration that the president and vice president are unable to discharge their duties. nancy pelosi would resign and become acting president. >> terry, thank you so much this morning. michael? >> thank you, cecelia. now to reaction around the world from russian president vladimir putin to british prime minister boris johnson who had the virus earlier this year. both reaching out to president trump. we go to ian pannell with the latest. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michael. there's been widespread global reaction as you would expect. here in britain prime minister boris johnson just tweeted his best wishes to president trump and the first lady saying, hope they both have a speedy recovery from coronavirus. johnson is one of a number of world leaders who knows exactly how terrible the disease can be

having spent weeks seriously ill in hospital himself. like president trump and bolsonaro of brazil, johnson's one of those leaders who is accused of being skeptical or minimizing risks only to discover firsthand how widespread and potentially devastating it can be. and amidst the wall of well wishes there is a tone especially on social media of i told you so but vladimir putin for one appears wholehearted in his sympathies. the russian president sent a telegram. he doesn't tweet. saying i'm sure your inherent life, energetic cheerfulness and optimism will help you, and there's also been widespread sympathy across asia. to the president of the european council tweeting wishes for a speedy recovery adding it is a battle we all continue to fight every day no matter where we live. michael? >> definitely a battle. thank you so much, ian. george? major economic impact as well and we bring in rebecca jarvis our chief business and economics correspondent. rebecca, we know this could impact the economy and already saw stock markets falling, the futures markets falling overnight on this news.

>> reporter: george, that world of peak uncertainty this just rachets up the pressure all the more. you saw the news trigger an immediate sell off overnight with stocks opening lower. this morning i spoke to a number of wall street veterans. they tell me they're not entirely sure what this will ultimately mean for markets or the economy. the jobs report show unemployment is coming down 7.9%. job creation is slowing. 661,000 jobs were created in september. that is rehiring from a pandemic which has taken out 22 million jobs. a long way to go to get all that fully recovered. at this time we only recovered

about half the jobs. the biggest concern is whether or not this recovery can keep up its momentum. at this point it's losing steam. we saw strong rehiring in may, june, july. that has sputtered out in the most recent months. it's a big concern not just for people out of work, but the larger economy as a whole. if americans are out of work, that means less money in their pockets to spend at a restaurant, retailer, grocery store. those are the engine of growth for this economy. that engine is slowing rapidly. george? >> thanks. this news, we'll continue to coverall morning long. we'll be right back.

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election year but this morning the president is learning in the worst possible way, you can't argue your way out of this pandemic. the president's positive test comes after months of a dangerous gamble. downplaying covid-19, floating public health regulations and minimizing the dangers of the virus. >> i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down. >> yes. >> because i don't want to create a panic. >> reporter: the president has also frequently criticized his own scientists for recommendations on masks and just three days ago attacked opponent joe biden for regularly wearing one. >> i don't -- i don't wear masks like him. every time you see him he got a mask. he could be speaking 200 feet away and shows up with the biggest mask i've ever seen. >> reporter: despite the science the president admitting when it comes to wearing a mask he doesn't want to do it. >> i just don't want to wear one myself. it is a recommendation. they recommend it. i'm feeling good. i just don't want to be doing -- i don't know. somehow sitting in the oval office behind that beautiful

resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't see it for myself. i just -- i just don't. maybe i'll change my mind but this will pass. >> reporter: even mocking reporters wearing them in briefings. >> take that off, please. just -- you can take it off. how many feet are you away? >> i'll speak a lot louder. >> if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. >> reporter: in fact, it was july months after the cdc revised guidance on wearing masks before the president ever donned one in public. first appearing with a mask at walter reed hospital to meet with veterans. >> i can name kung flu. i can name 19 different versions of names. >> reporter: the president held his first indoor rally in tulsa in late june where masks were

not required and most chose not to wear one, including one-time gop presidential candidate herman cain who died from complications of covid-19, though it's unknown where or when he contracted the virus. the president has held 25 more rallies since. >> someday we're not going to be doing this anymore. what are they going to do without trump? >> reporter: holding crowded events at a church in arizona, and this factory in nevada prompting fines from the state, insisting he is safe in front of his supporters, though backstage -- >> actually sitting too close. you should really -- we should probably get rid of about another 75%, 80% of you. i'll have just two or three i like in the room. >> reporter: going head-to-head with the governor of north carolina after state regulations forced the rnc to drastically change its plans on the convention. >> i think your governor has to let this state open up. >> reporter: eventually the president delivering his convention speech from the white house lawn in front of a crowd

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking overnight, president trump and first lady melania trump test positive for the coronavirus. go into quarantine. just 32 days before the final votes. the diagnosis revealed in the middle of the night hours after the nation learned one of his closest advisers, hope hicks, tested positive for covid-19. they traveled together aboard marine one, attended a crowded rally in minnesota. the concerns about joe biden, the vice president, ivanka trump, all recently crossing paths with the president and countless more. the 74-year-old commander in chief tweeted this morning, we will get through this together as the virus which has claimed more than 207,000 american lives now reaches into the most powerful office in the world. taking a stand. an entire professional soccer team walking off the field in protest forfeiting the game

after an opposing player allegedly used a homophobic slur against an openly gay player. that player and the u.s. soccer legend who pulled his own team from the field joining us live just ahead. ♪ we're halfway there we are living on a prayer this morning. the great jon bon jovi joining us live talking about the band's brand-new album, rocking us into the weekend as we say, good morning, america. ♪ living on a prayer good morning, america. good to be with you on this busy friday. can't wait to catch up with bon jovi later but first the latest on that major breaking news. >> just stunning. overnight the president and first lady announced they both tested positive for covid-19. of course, we want to wish them both a speedy and full recovery and this development does raise significant questions about the president's health, the stability of the country, our standing in the world and the state of the race for the white

house just 32 days before the final votes. >> we'll continue to cover it all as the president and first lady are there inside the white house right now in isolation. dr. ashton is going to be back joining us with more on the significant risk factors the president is facing over his age and weight. >> the latest from our chief white house correspondent jon karl, good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. with the first family in isolation at the white house we're awaiting more details about the president's condition. but this much is already perfectly clear, everything is on hold. overnight a worst case scenario for the white house. a little before 1:00 a.m. president trump tweeted, tonight the first lady and i tested positive for covid-19. we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. we will get through this together. the president's physician said both were, quote, well at this time without revealing if they were experiencing any symptoms adding, they plan to remain at home within the white house

during their convalescence and rest assured, i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering. the first lady later tweeted we are feeling good and the president in a phone interview earlier in the night as he said he was awaiting the results of their tests, first raised the possibility that he could have the virus. >> whether we quarantine or whether we have it, i don't know. >> reporter: for months the president has tried to downplay the pandemic. but at 74, his age puts him at higher risk of serious complications from the virus which has already claimed more than 207,000 american lives making this one of the gravest threats to a president's health in decades. the president's announcement came hours after news broke that hope hicks, one of his closest aides, has also tested positive for covid-19. sources tell abc news she is experiencing symptoms. hicks traveled with the president to the debate in cleveland and the next day she

was seen boarding marine one without a mask for the president's trip to minnesota creating plenty of opportunity for exposure. >> i spent a lot of time with hope. so does the first lady. and she's tremendous. i was a little surprised but she's a very warm person. she has a hard time when soldiers and law enforcement comes up to her, you know, she wants to treat them great, not say, stay away, i can't get near you. it is a very, very tough disease. >> reporter: an almost incalculable number of people from staffers to high-ranking officials are at risk for developing the virus. beyond his health the president's diagnosis is a crushing blow to his effort to convince americans the worst is behind them. a claim he repeated via video at new york's al smith dinner just last night. >> i just want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight. >> reporter: this extraordinary turn of events proves that even with all the resources afforded to the president of the united states, don't guarantee protection from a virus that the

president acknowledged as the most difficult challenge of his presidency at abc's town hall last month. >> what did you learn from it? >> i learned that life is very fragile. i knew people that were powerful people, strong people, good people and they got knocked out by this and died. six people. it was five until about two weeks ago, now it's six. but i've learned that life is very fragile because these were strong people and all of a sudden they were dead, they were gone. >> reporter: we have just heard from the vice president's press secretary, devin o'malley via tweet that the vice president has been tested as he is routinely. the test came back negative. in the tweet from the vice president's press secretary, he says, vice president pence remains in good health and wishes the trumps well in their recovery. george, there are still a lot of other questions including whether or not the senior staff

in the west wing will be going into quarantine. ivanka trump, jared kushner also testing negative and the president's son baron. george? >> okay, jon, thanks very much. we're still waiting to hear from former vice president joe biden, of course, with the president at that debate on tuesday night. cecelia? we'll talk about that with more on how this will affect the race for the white house with just 32 days to go before election day. so let's head back to mary bruce in washington. this news, we were saying earlier, has the potential to bring the campaign to a halt. any word from the biden team? >> reporter: just now we are hearing from former vice president joe biden. in his tweets, sending thoughts to president trump and the first lady for a swift recovery saying, we will continue to pray for the health of the president and his family. sources also told us the vice president is being tested himself this morning. the two of them of course, did share that debate stage for 90 minutes earlier this week, socially distanced, but without a mask. 32 days until the election, and this brings the campaign to a screeching halt.

the president who was out aggressively campaigning is now grounded and there are questions as to how long he will stay off the campaign trail. we don't know how long he will be in isolation, but he is likely going to lose a large chunk of time here in this final stretch. this is also a big x-factor when it comes to the debates. biden and trump are set for their next face off on october 15th. that of course is also in jeopardy. this blows up the president's entire messaging around the pandemic. he has been arguing that the country is rounding the corner as he said on the coronavirus. he has been doing these packed campaign rallies to make this point. the fact that the president has tested positive, undercuts his entire message on this. cecelia? >> thank you, mary. >> earth-shattering development. thank you. >> we'll have much more all morning long. dr. ashton will be back with possible risk factors and remind us what president trump is potentially facing. the story of a soccer team that left the field led by their coach, u.s. soccer legend landon

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overweight. >> let's look in general at risk factors, george. men, two times higher mortality risk across all age groups. we've known that from the beginning. age at 74, a five time higher risk of hospitalization which complications of covid. then weight, body mass index of 30, puts someone just at the obese range. they face a three time higher risk of hospitalization. george, you heard me say this before. in medicine we use statistics to help frame our risk assessment. every patient, every individual is different. we treat every patient as such. >> jen, big question this morning about contact tracing and whether it worked in this case given that hope hicks had it. we found that out through press reports, not from the white

house. how should this work to contain the virus in the white house? >> remember, people who have been exposed to a known infected case of covid-19 are supposed to self-quarantine. people who are ill, who are actually infected isolate. the process of testing, tracing, isolation, this is the premise of infectious disease control and how we try to stop a viral outbreak. so every single person who has tested positive will need to be questioned. will be asked how many people they were in contact with for how long, what period of time. we think of closer than six feet apart for more than 15 minutes of time, whether anyone was wearing a mask. all that information goes into the contact tracing process. we have to remember you guys if you're notified that you've been exposed the presumption is that

you are infected. that's why the recommendations by the cdc are to self-quarantine for 14 days. >> and, doc, as the news broke the president tweeted out he and the first lady were beginning their recovery process. as someone who has covered coronavirus or covid-19 from the beginning, what does that look like? >> well, listen, in general for any patient going through any health battle, state of mind, your mind-set is so important to be positive, to be optimistic. but we also know that up to 10% it's estimated of covid-19 infections go on to have this mysterious post-viral syndrome, so-called long haul, where people can have symptoms for weeks if not months. we are way too early now to think about this. and you guys, remember even though we are talking about the president of the united states, as a doctor, he's still a patient, so we have to take it day by day. >> definitely doesn't matter who you are when it comes to the coronavirus. dr. jen, thank you so much. now, let's go back to

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francisco. still some 100s inland. 50s and 60s along cooler tonight but still hot in our mountains, 70s. my accuweaththththththththththth turning to the professional soccer team taking a stand. forfeiting a game with the playoffs on the line after a member of the opposing team allegedly used a homophobic slur against a gay player on the san diego loyal. in a moment we'll talk to that player, collin martin, and to the coach, soccer legend landon donovan. but first t.j. is back with the latest fallout. good morning, t.j. >> stra, you understand this better than most. there's trash talk in professional sports, right? some are celebrated for it and some can be funny and profane and harsh. that's not what we're talking about. we're talking about an allegation of something that crossed the line into hate and bigotry and when the ref wouldn't do something about it an entire team did. >> all right, folks, san diego is walking off the field.

>> reporter: you're seeing an entire professional soccer team walk off the pitch midmatch in protest. >> but obviously san diego feels that what happened was unacceptable. >> reporter: the san diego loyal coached by u.s. soccer legend landon donovan decided to take a stand refusing to continue playing after an opposing player allegedly used an anti-gay slur. >> this is a group of guys that will support each other to the end. >> reporter: after san diego player collin martin was mistakenly given a red card ejecting him from the game -- >> a red issued for collin martin. >> reporter: martin's teammates swarmed the ref insisting the wrong guy was penalized. then martin's coach donovan storms the field. >> he is trying to get an answer out of the referee. >> reporter: donovan drawing a line coming face-to-face with rick schantz over the anti-gay slur. >> this is beyond soccer. >> come on, man, don't make a big scene. >> we have to get this out of our game.

>> it has nothing to do with racism. >> it's not racism. it's calling him gay. it's homophobia. >> how long have you been playing soccer? >> listen -- >> reporter: the phoenix coach denies he was downplaying the slur claiming he was only asking about donovan's reaction tweeting in no way was i excusing any alleged homophobic behavior from my players. martin's teammates huddle around him in support before they all leave the pitch and forfeit a match they were leading. martin who is openly gay released a statement saying an exchange between junior flemmings and i escalated -- to the point of calling me an expletive which is a homophobic slur. flemings issued a denial. at no point did i say a homophobic slur towards collin martin. i stand in solidarity with the lgbtq plus movement. then there was a separate incident where elijah martin was

allegedly called a racial slur by another opposing team. the loyal forfeited that game in protest as well. and the loyal by forfeiting the game essentially gave up any chance of possibly making the playoffs. also that phoenix coach and the player who allegedly made that slur have both now put on administrative leave. >> none of it has any place in any sport or in life in general. thank you so much for that, t.j. now we're joined by collin martin, speaking out for the first time and his coach, landon donovan. thank you both for joining us. collin, we just watched the piece. we saw what went down there at the game. can you take us back to that moment on the field and what happened from your perspective and what was going through your mind? >> good morning, michael. thanks for having me on. i was pretty shocked. it obviously was an exchange that first started with some bad language. that's normal. it happens. but it escalated to a place where it crossed the line and

i'm just at a point where in my career i'm an out gay player and i can't stand for having a homophobic slur said to me during a game. so it was pretty upsetting and honestly it took me a little bit to totally soak in what was said to me but i'm honestly proud of myself for bringing it to the ref and not standing for it. >> collin, you shouldn't have to stand for that and a lot are proud of you for doing that. your coach is proud as well and had your back. landon, i want to talk to you for a second because this wasn't just a game. there was a playoff spot -- a spot in the playoffs on the line, and you guys were winning going to halftime, but how did you make the decision to come out after the half and forfeit? >> good morning, michael. i think that context matters quite a bit. the week before a player on our

team, elijah martin was exposed to a racial slur, and we went back and forth all week on whether we should even play this next game because we were pretty upset about it. then we were also upset we didn't say anything during the game so sometimes the world is trying to teach us things and, of course, the next week this happens. and i give collin tremendous credit because as you know, michael, in the heat of battle you want to play and compete and when you're beating a rival, really badly, you just want to finish the game and win the game. but collin to his immense credit said something, he acted and he spoke and we just decided that if that player was not going to be removed from the game either through a red card or from the other team taking him off the field we had to act and so i give our team a ton of credit for taking that stance. >> collin, i know you tweeted your team had your back and you found their response truly moving.

but what was it like for you to have this -- for you to have their support? >> yeah, it was pretty incredible. to be honest, at halftime in the locker room when -- i mean, landon was pretty adamant he wanted us off the field and obviously we took the time at halftime to hear everything that happened and to see what the team wanted to move forward with and they were all adamant that we weren't going to play. so i was pretty uncomfortable by it to be honest. it was a big game for the team and we were winning and i thought let's just finish the game. let's beat them and move on with it. but i mean they weren't having it. so i'd say like i was one of the few guys that was like, no, let's please just play the game but i mean, i can't say how thankful i am for them to step up for me and know i was hurt and down and to know it wasn't right and, yeah, i can't believe how, yeah, thankful i am to have the teammates i do.

>> great teammates indeed. landon, we saw your incredible exchange with the other coach where you said, quote, we have to get this out of our game. so how pervasive is homophobia and bias in the sport? >> well, the strange thing, michael, the week before i told you about the racial slur that was hurled at one of our players and it was interesting because during the week we were talking with the coaching staff about how in the early 2000s when i was playing, you probably remember this too, gay slurs were used quite often and it was almost like a normal thing and people said it quite often until a stand was finally taken and people just didn't accept it anymore. so we thought that that was sort of out of our game but then, of course, the next week we're faced with this. so it's not -- it's not something we hear every week and

there's not bigotry or homophobia expressed every week, but like i said, i think the world was trying to tell us something and still clearly is around and we just have to get it out of our game. it cannot be in any sports environment. it can't be in our society and unfortunately the only way that change happens is by doing something drastic. i mean it's why we're here today, right? and i just again give our guys a ton of credit for doing what was right, even though it was the most difficult decision to make. >> and difficult decision, indeed. it's not just soccer. i've heard it in football as well. there's no place for that in society or in sports. i want to thank you both so much for joining me and hope you guys have a great day. thank you so much. >> thank you, michael. >> all right. >> thanks, michael. >> stay right there. we'll be right back.

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we'll have another update many about 30 minutes, what a friday morning it has been. we are standing by for any major new development option the president's covid diagnosis. right now we want to welcome a special guest. >> bon jovi is joining us. they have a brand-new album out this morning called "2020" and two great performances for us as well. but first let's chat with the man himself. jon bon jovi. jon, how are you doing, my friend? >> good morning, guys. nice to see you all. >> nice to see you. i've been seeing you all over the place, on the cover of "people" magazine with your wife celebrating 40 years. you were high school sweethearts so i'm curious, when did you know that she was the one? >> the second i laid eyes on

her. i got it right the first time, mike >> that's a gift because i haven't gotten it right a few times myself. well done. >> every woman who heard you say that is now swooning. best answer ever. all right. you've got four kids, jon. any inherit the music bug? >> romeo, our youngest, is the one out of all of this covid, he's locked himself down and just really became a heck of a guitar player so finally i have one but, yeah, our youngest. >> congratulations on "2020" coming out. the question, how do you sum up a year like 2020 in a single album? >> well, you know, it sure gave me a lot to write about. some will say it's a political record but it is not. it is a topical record and in light of everything that's gone on in the world it gave me the opportunity to bear witness to history and that's what i set out to do and i think we've accomplished whether it was the covid crises in "do what you

can" or "american reckoning," a lot we have lived through. >> you're performing your new song "do what you can." this was inspired by this photo you washing dishes at one of your soul kitchens which i had the pleasure of visiting. a community restaurant you started to feed people in need. how did this photo give you annan spirit race for the song? >> well, the jbj soul kitchens rely on volunteerism and because of the crisis and shutdown when no restaurants were open, dorothea asked me for a caption. what i think she was asking was the day of the week we would remain open. i said if you can't do what you do, you do what you can and next day i woke up and said there's a big old bon jovi song.

>> i love that picture. it says so much about who you are. we all know giving back is so much about who you are, whether through the restaurants or your music. where are you managing to find the hope these days that so many of us are searching for in these tough times? >> well, you know, when you look around, it's -- to me it's the people in america that still remain diligent and still realizing wearing a mask is a sign of respect. it's not something to be politicized. i think that we're realizing our neighbors in need are there and they're just going through tough times and that's when neighbors come together and i see it in the next generation truthfully. i see the young kids of today being the ones that will be the innovators, the creator who get it. >> they are stepping up. there's no question about that. this is your second collaboration with jennifer nettles. you guys are becoming quite a duo. >> yeah, i like it. i like it. once every 15 years i'll come up

with another smash to do with jennifer. but you know i needed the lyrical content and i realized the country, audience appreciates a good lyric so i asked jennifer if she would sing it with me and she heard it once and said i'm absolutely in. and so we were able to be on country radio yet again. when we did "who says you can't go home" it was bon jovi's first number one country single and even had country success over the years. >> that's something. >> i had no idea. >> that's great. >> jon, we always love seeing you. you are such an inspiration not only with your music but also with the way you treat the community and the world so we always appreciate having you on the show, my friend. you'll perform. we have two songs coming up from you. not one, but two. you're too much of a man for one. you only got one woman but two songs for us. >> well, thanks for squeezing us

in on this busy news day. really appreciate it. great to see you. >> thank you, jon. coming up next -- >> thanks, george. >> alicia vikander joins us live.

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all right, welcome back to "gma." there is oscar buzz for alicia vikander in "the glorias."

critics are calling her performance glorious. >> i see what you did. >> she is joining us now. good morning to you, friend. >> good morning. >> we're so happy you're here with us especially because sources tell me, correctly, your birthday is tomorrow. happy birthday. >> thank you so much. >> any big plans? >> well, i'm actually -- my husband surprised me with a trip to sweden. landed, got a covid test and was negative so i was able to hang out with my mum and my dad and a lot of family members i haven't seen in a long time. >> that's fantastic. now, speaking of your husband, i hear you guys have been quarantining in france for awhile and you perfected the art of the sourdough like so many others have. >> i heard quite a few have done that. yeah, there it is. i was so proud. i think i took 20 photos. >> that looks really good.

you have skill. >> very satisfying. you feel like you're getting in touch with your ancestors being able to bake bread from flour and water. >> you bake bread and one heck of an actress. you and all the other actresses playing gloria steinem alongside the woman herself. what was it like meeting the real gloria steinem? >> the first time i probably i was just so kind of amazed and starstruck and so wanted to meet her but then i finally got a second chance when she -- she's been so extremely generous with, you know, giving her time and helping us out, making, you know, a great movie but also to get this film out and which she met up with me and the director for rehearsal and she was like pushing us to, you know, ask whatever questions we wanted and, yeah, she even read out

some of her own lines from the script to us which was pretty incredible and then kind of stopped midway through often and kind of continued and told us what really happened and how the situations had really happened. >> that must have been amazing to have her do that. we'll take a look at a clip. in this clip you see gloria working as a journalist fighting her editor to get the voices of the civil rights marchers heard. let's take a look. >> this is huge. there are civil rights marchers beaten, jailed and even murdered in the south. >> the white house is saying we'll turn off the moderates in congress who need to pass the civil rights act. >> okay. then what about that profile on james baldwin? >> great. >> he's going to be at the march on washington. >> i am so excited to see this movie. you mentioned julianne moore. you are reunited in this and

worked together on "seventh sun." i was hearing about a story she told. i hope you can tell more about. she spoke up for you when a man on set made an inappropriate joke or something. what happened? >> yeah, well, it's one of those, you know, times when, you know, i've been thinking about it a lot growing up. she stopped the shoot and just turned to the person who made the comment and said if you ever say something like that again i'm going to walk straight out of here and not come back and that kind of put everything straight. and, you know, you know, when i'm older i'm trying to remember that. when you can do it, it's important to raise your voice whenever you can. >> i love that. i love that she stood up. now you're carrying that forward. we have to congratulate you because you got your driver's license right before quarantine. congratulations. >> i did. >> what was that like?

>> oh, my god. yes, at soon 32 i finally have it. i was kind of pleased. you know, i grew up in sweden where we drive as you in america we drive on the right side so that's kind of in my head so i did take my license in london in central london and to be able to kind of navigate around cabs, et cetera, i feel like i can, you know, take on anything. maybe even l.a. traffic at some point. >> good luck with that. >> good luck with that one. we got to ask quickly before we go. any chance we might see "the tomb raider 2." >> i mean, the plan was for us to start making one this year and, of course, you see the situation is different but we still are in discussions about it, so i hope that we probably can get to it next year. >> all right. that is exciting news. we have loved talking to you, thank you so much. "the glorias" is available now

on digital and streaming exclusively on prime video. let's head back over to ginger. >> thank you, cecilia. you know, i've got a little something special. on "gma" i bring you my passion and the forecast. but behind it each of those forecasts, there's a whole lot more to talk about like wildfires. nearly 4 million acres have burned already this year, more than twice the all-time record set in 2018. so the question is, is it climate change? is it forest management? turns out it's both and a whole lot more and i'm covering these, the complex stories behind all of it every week in a segment called "it's not too late" and examine the questions, ask the experts and go beyond the headlines you get to dive into the biggest climate and environment stories of our time. see it every thursday night on abc newslive good morning. i'm mike nicco. another tough day. look at all the smoke in the air now. plus dangerous heat and a red flag warning.

now to a special performance from bon jovi and country star jennifer nettles. off their brand-new album "2020" here they are with the new single "do what you can." ♪ ♪ tonight they're shutting down the borders and they boarded up the schools ♪ ♪ small towns are rolling up their sidewalks one last paycheck coming through ♪ ♪ i know you're feeling kind of nervous we're all a little bit confused ♪ ♪ nothing's the same this ain't a game we gotta make it through ♪

♪ when you can't do what you do, you do what you can ♪ ♪ this ain't my prayer, it's just a thought i'm wanting to send ♪ ♪ round here we bend but don't break down here we all understand ♪ ♪ when you can't do what you do you do what you can ♪ ♪ hey ♪ the chicken farm from arkansas bought workers ppe ♪ ♪ not before 500 more had succumbed to this disease ♪ ♪ honest men and honest women working for an honest wage ♪ ♪ i've got a 100.1 fever and we still got bills to pay ♪ ♪ when you can't do what you do you do what you can ♪ ♪ this ain't my prayer it's just a thought i'm wanting to send ♪ ♪ round here we bend but don't break ♪

♪ down here we all understand when you can't do what you do you do what you can ♪ ♪ they built a hospital on east meadow in central park last night ♪ ♪ doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store ♪ ♪ clerks manning the front lines i saw a red cross on the hudson ♪ ♪ they turned off the broadway lights another ambulance screams by, screams by ♪ ♪ if by the grace of god go i ♪ although i'll keep my social distance what this world needs is a hug ♪ ♪ until we find the vaccination there's no substitute for love ♪ ♪ so love yourself and love your family ♪ ♪ love your neighbor and your friend ♪ ♪ ain't it time we loved the stranger they're just a friend you ain't met yet oh ♪

♪ when you can't do what you do you do what you can, do what you can ♪ ♪ this ain't my prayer, it's just a thought i'm wanting to send ♪ ♪ round here we bend but don't break down here we all understand ♪ ♪ when you can't do what you do you do what you can ♪ ♪ when you can't do what you do you do what you can ♪ ♪ traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic.

that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr.

it's rising. the pain is coming. i love that song, back with a special concert with the one and only bon jovi performing

their classic that went all the way to number one, here you go, bon jovi with "who says you can't go home." ♪ ♪ ♪ i spent 20 years trying to get out of this place i was looking for something i couldn't replace ♪ ♪ i was running away from the only thing i've ever known ♪ ♪ like a blind dog without a bone, i was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone ♪ ♪ i hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold ♪ ♪ i been there, done that, but i ain't looking back on the seeds i've sown ♪

♪ saving dimes, i spent too much time on the telephone who says you can't go home ♪ ♪ who says you can't go home there's only one place they call me one of their own ♪ ♪ just a hometown boy born a rolling stone who says you can't go home ♪ ♪ who says you can't go back i been all around the world and as a matter of fact ♪ ♪ there's only one place left i wanna go, who says you can't go home ♪ ♪ it's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, yes, it is ♪

♪ no matter where you are no matter where you go a million miles away take it in, take it with you when you go ♪ ♪ who says you can't go home who says you can't go back ♪ ♪ been all around the world and as a matter of fact there's only one place left i wanna go ♪ ♪ who says you can't go home ♪ it's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ who says you can't go home it's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ who says you can't go home ♪ "gma's" concert series is sponsored by carmax.

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big thank you to jon bon jovi for being with us for that special performance with jennifer nettles and bon jovi. >> have a great week, everybody. stay safe and healthy.

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