white house officials testing positive for covert one team is growing rapidly press secretary kelly mcenaney is the latest prominent west wing figure to be diagnosed with the virus at least 2 other communications aides plus other mid-level staffers have also tested positive mcenaney says she's experiencing no symptoms she is among several staff members who say they had not been told about the diagnosis of trump 8 hope picks who was also working out of the west wing former new jersey governor chris christie says no staff members wore masks or socially distanced during preparations for last tuesday's presidential debate christie is in hospital after also testing positive for the coronavirus and u.s. attorney general william barr is self isolating despite this thing negative for the virus 4 times since friday he attended a potential super spreader event had the white house last week let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett who is outside the walter reed military hospital in bethesda which is of course where the president is for now but not for much longer kimberly we

he has had quite a blast radius hasn't and the latest to be infected is his press 'd secretary kelly mcenaney who came out just a few hours ago and said that she was positive that she was asymptomatic it's unclear how many people exactly but i've seen some reports saying the number could be as high as 17 people who have been affected possibly from this one a vent that is suspected to be where trump also was infected but it's not just the white house advisers according to the timeline that has been proposed by his doctor who is treating him right now trump was at events at closed door fundraisers meeting with donors meeting with advisors over his supreme court pick during the week leading up to when he announced he was positive for a coven so he was probably infected and contagious during those times and that may spread even further so let's talk about this drive by you mentioned this is the president with secret service personnel discovering the crowds a bit wave. indeed this is a controversial move in washington of course his supporters absolutely love this again this was a show of 5 strengt

also have tested positive including the 1st lady and just a couple hours ago press secretary kelly mcenaney came out and said that she had also tested positive although she is asymptomatic and she is going to start the quarantine process there is also a new york times where the said 2 household staff the president's staff have also tested positive recently so this is an infectious disease and of course the president has been meeting with donors having fundraisers was supposed to be having rallies so it's not just the president's top circle it's everyone who they've come in contact with as well meanwhile there is the election 2 with less than a month to go let's talk about the other guy joe biden what one a vase saying about all this about a campaign that has been publicizing biden's negative coded test and also been taking the opportunity to draw a very bright line between their plan and how the trouble ministration has been treating the pandemic so harping on health care and their plan to get more health care to more people their plan for a pandemic recovery for economic recovery and the f

member of the white house press team to test positive for coke at 19 but also is a relative of kelly mcenaney the latest confirmation we have is that a member of her press team chad gilmartin house has tested positive for coke at 19 she works very closely with chad in what's known as out her press he is present many of the white house press briefings there alongside the press secretary who we also understand now has tested positive for covert 19 and he is a relative of her husband a cousin and we believe now in terms of caylee's own diagnosis of testing positive for cocaine 19 she confirmed that that was the case through twitter when she released this statement if you want to pull it up we can work through it together she says after testing negative consistently every day since thursday i tested positive on monday morning while experiencing no symptoms no reporters producers or members of the press are listed as close contacts by the white house medical unit she goes on to defend the fact that she held the process briefings and says that she had no 'd knowledge that there was a positive test

swift recovery many people questioning whether he has fully recovered we should point out that kelly mcenaney the press secretary also recovering from code 1000 right now says the president will not be going on the campaign trail if he is still contagious and to get as you reported he'll be taking tests but there hasn't been a whole lot of transparency when it comes to releasing the president's test results including long scans we should point out to show whether he has any scarring that might be contributing to that cough that we heard in that most recent interview last night all right came in the house thank you very much the united nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe our diplomatic editor james bays reports. and so we work with the people in rehabilitating allin with what we call him moves in now the head of the world food program david beasley was on a trip to west africa he'd been in bikini a fast so and then was in 2 countries blighted by conflict and hunger when he heard the news i mean this

i asked the white house press secretary kelly mcenaney who just wrapped up her press briefing about this short statement on the phone call that took place between the russian president the french president and the united states president where they then issued a statement asking and really appealing for a halt in the conflict and the tensions. as i asked her about the concern of the united states here in washington whether this could escalate tensions between russia and turkey and whether or not there is fear about an escalation in tensions so to really beyond this being a regional conflict here's what she had to say the president trump along with president putin as you noted and president mccrone representing the co-chair countries of the. group released a statement condemning in the strongest terms the recent escalation of the violence along the line of contact in the conflict zone and we call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the relevant military forces and we also call on the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan to commit without delay to resuming substantive negotiatio

be afraid of cove aid this as the virus spreads through the white house with press secretary kelly mcenaney the latest to test positive. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up as confirmed cases around the world pass 35000000 the w.h.o. says around 10 percent of the world's population may have been infected.

also have tested positive including the 1st lady and just a couple hours ago press secretary kelly mcenaney came out and said that she had also tested positive although she is asymptomatic and she is going to start the quarantine process there's also a new york times report the said to household staff the president's staff have also tested positive recently so this is an infectious disease and of course the president has been meeting with donors having fundraisers was supposed to be having rallies so it's not just the president's top circle it's everyone who they've come in contact with as well meanwhile there is the election too with less than a month to go let's talk about the other guy joe biden what a very saying about all this. but a campaign has been publicizing biden's negative cova test and also been taking the opportunity to draw a very bright line between their plan and how the troubling ministration has been treating the pandemic so harping on health care their plan to get more health care to more people their plan for a pandemic recovery for economic recovery and the fact that t

kelly magnan is response and handling of this situation is really emblematic of the way the white house has viewed and treated the virus and flouted centers for disease control guidelines throughout this entire ordeal mcenaney did in fact we now know of hicks's diagnosis and this is why the c.d.c. has these guidelines meccan that in any statement you know fundamentally represents and misunderstanding of the guidelines what the c.d.c. says that is that you can test negative several times even if you have the virus especially if you've been exposed to it and as we know mcewan has been around the president hope it's an enclosed proximity with several other people who have tested positive yet she continued to return to the workplace brief reporters did not wear a mask and in danger others around her even though the c.d.c. guidelines recommends that people who have been exposed to the virus stay at home in quarantine for 14 days even just to take precautions even if you do not test positive for myra's in those 14 to protect others around you so yes again saying that i answered this question before i would ask a again we have a white house we have a president we have white house stuff is who appear to be acting p

kelli magnan is response and handling of this situation is really emblematic of the way the white house has viewed and treated the virus and flouted centers for disease control guidelines throughout this entire ordeal mcenaney did in fact we now know of hexes diagnosis and this is why the c.d.c. has these guidelines meccan that in any statement you know fundamentally represents a misunderstanding of the guidelines what the c.d.c. says that is that you can test negative several times even if you have the virus especially if you've been exposed to it and as we know mcewan has been around the president hope it's an enclosed proximity with several other people who have tested positive that she continued to return to the workplace brief reporters did not wear a mask and endanger others around her even though the c.d.c. guidelines recommends that people who have been exposed to the virus stay at home in quarantine for 14 days even just to take precautions even if you do not test positive for myra's in those 14 to protect others around you so yes again some good and i answer yes to this question because we asked a again we have a white house we have a president we have white house staffers who appear to be acting.