then brookings institute senior fellow john hudak discusses the continuity of government.ter oncs tonight's debate between south carolina senator lindsey graham and democratic challenger jamie harrison. watching c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> former senior officials from presidents george h to bush and barack obama's administration joined a forum on

host: we're back with brookings institutions governance studies hudak, herew john to discuss with us the president and the first lady's covid-19 diagnosis and what could happen next. good morning. guest: good morning. host: so how serious is it that the president of the united states has a positive covid-19 result? guest: it is probably the most serious crisis sitting president has had since resident reagan 1981.ot in the president help is important to him and his family but it is important to the nation and to the world. ill president creates uncertainty that affects the financial markets, affects our relationship with our allies and obviously with our enemies as well, and i think that uncertainty has really spread throughout the world over the past 24-36 hours. while americans and a lot of people around the world are praying for the president and the first lady and his staff to get well, in the meantime, there are a lot of questions that will need to be answered by the white house and others and assurances that need to be made around the country and around the world that the presid

host: we're back with brookings institutions governance studies hudak, herew john to discuss with usnt and the first lady's covid-19 diagnosis and what could happen next. good morning. guest: good morning. host: so how serious is it that the president of the united states has a positive covid-19 result? guest: it is probably the most serious crisis sitting president has had since resident reagan 1981.ot in the president help is important to him and his family but it is important to the nation and to the world. ill president creates uncertainty that affects the financial markets, affects our relationship with our allies and obviously with our enemies as well, and i think that uncertainty has really spread throughout the world over the past 24-36 hours. while americans and a lot of people around the world are praying for the president and the first lady and his staff to get well, in the meantime, there are a lot of questions that will need to be answered by the white house and others and assurances that need to be made around the country and around the world that the president is well,

then brookings institute senior fellow john hudak discusses the continuity of government. reporter oncs tonight's debate between south carolina senator lindsey graham and democratic challenger jamie harrison. watching c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> former senior officials from presidents george h to bush and barack obama's administration joined a forum on presidential transitions. they talked about how they react to news of president trump testing positive for the coronavirus. they also looked at issues transitioning from one administration to another. >> good morning, and welcome to talking hendersons. i'm the director. we all woke up to the shocking news this morning. before we get started, let me send our best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to president trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who worked closely with the president. out from november 3, americans across the country have already started voting in the most i

host: we're back with brookings institutions governance studies hudak, herew john to discuss with us the president and the first lady's covid-19 diagnosis and what could happen next. good morning. guest: good morning. host: so how serious is it that the president of the united states has a positive