james landale, bbc news.ts say president trump is at a higher risk from covid—i9 because of his age, gender and weight. he's 7a, which makes him more likely to need hospital treatment than someone in their 20s. and at 17.5 stone, he's also categorised as clinically obese, and therefore more vulnerable to the disease. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. president trump has had an interesting relationship with precautions like face coverings. here he is in my touring and mask factory, but not wearing one. by july, a change of heart, tweeting many people say it is patriotic to wear a face mask when you cannot socially distance. but watch him getting irritated with a mask wearing reporter last month. you are going to have to take that off, please. how many feet are you away? if you don't take it off, you are very muffled, so if you take it off it would be easier. i would speak a lot louder, is that better? it is better, yeah. now this letter from the president's doctor confirming donald and maloney

the only question, whether image and reality will match. james landale, bbc news.e. how have people reacted to the return of the president and the manner of it? i think there was a lot of astonishment about the sheer spectacle of it and the deliberate nature of it. as james said, it was a moment made for television, the president is well versed in the art of tv in that sense and to the extent that they even had to go over one of the walking shots later on when he went back into the white house, to fill it a second time. these things are important to the president, he knows they have an impactand president, he knows they have an impact and all that was designed to do that. and of course the protestations about feeling better, the doctors have already said he is not out of the woods yet. today we are seeing him on twitter attacking the democrats again but also doubling down on the message about covid not being something you need to be frightened of, saying we will learn to live with it like we learn to live with the flu. i think that isa to live with the flu. i think

the only question — whether image and reality will match. james landale, bbc news. vote. not only is there no sympathy vote. not only is there no sympathy vote, he has actually lost ground in the national surveys that have been taken. i think it will be closer, but you would much rather be joe biden and donald trump at this point. the covid—19 episode didn't go the way the donald trump people thought it would. is this on the basis of poles that were taken after the president was admitted to hospital? that is correct. nbc wall streetjournal over the weekend had biden in a 14 point leader and this morning a national survey of likely voters showed that biden had a 16 point lead. that is interesting. inevitably, these are the statistics that... what you think of the showmanship of his return to the white house? it has failed? yes. this is not the apprentice. this is governing america. it is being in charge. conclusions that the president has been very irresponsible in how he has handled covid—19. they believe his actions earlier in the year probably resulted in more dea

james landale, bbc news.alsely said flu was more lethal than coronavirus. and twitter has added a warning that a tweet violated its rules about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to covid—19. lets get more on this. 0ur social media reporter, marianna spring, joins me now. just explain a bit more with what facebook and twitter have done on from's comments that flu is more dangerous than covid—19. from's comments that flu is more dangerous than covid-19. this is only the second time facebook has removed one of mr trump's posts about coronavirus, the others have said is spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. they've acted quite strongly in this instance, saying incorrect information about the strip the macro severity of coronavirus will be removed from the platform. they've done so with mr trump. twitter similarly have whacked a big label over the top of his tweet, which says that the tweet contains misinformation which could possibly be harmful and prevents you actually se

james landale, bbc news.affect his campaigns, however on chinese social media several state media have shut off the comments about these news. it seems like beijing is keen to control the public opinion, in case it goes out of hand. why is that? well, clearly beijing wa nts to why is that? well, clearly beijing wants to state just a simple message it wants to send good wishes to the president, and first lady, it sets a, for president, and first lady, it sets a,fora president, and first lady, it sets a, for a ministry spokesperson that china hopes the president and the first lady recovers soon, and at a the same seem while there is reaction to in new, the governments wa nt to reaction to in new, the governments want to stay on this official message and not to stir up the relationship dram tickly while the bilateral relations has already in a very difficult spot for months. —— dramatically. 2020 for us—china relations has been something, hasn‘t it. have there been any official government state m e nts been any