is senior most military officer general mark milley is among those isolating.

is senior most military officer general mark milley is among those in isolation. kyrgyzstan's prime minister has resigned after widespread protests over sunday's disputed election the country's election commission has now and now the results from the vote. as the corona virus outbreak among white house officials grows elsewhere in washington d.c. residents have been waiting in increasingly longer lines to get tested they've also expressed frustration about how the outbreak among politicians there might impact the local community as on the reports. for these people 1600 pennsylvania avenue is not home but washington d.c. is on tuesday testing sites in america's capitol like this one only about 6 kilometers north of the white house were very busy and there were no shortage of people who have an opinion on president donald trump's words and actions in recent days like mark thomas who came to get tested after a coworker died from kovi he said his trump left the hospital he couldn't bear to watch the news coverage. because this is a joke right now. and he. should be. s

military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley. on monday 105 new corona virus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is a high as daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those who've tested positive but it's likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded didn't d.c. as a whole mike hanna al-jazeera washington away from the white house residence in washington d.c. and have been waiting in increasingly longer lines to get tested they've also expressed frustration about how the outbreak among politicians might impact the local community gabler's on the explains. for these people 1600 pennsylvania avenue is not home but washington d.c. is on tuesday testing sites in america's capitol like this one only about 6 kilometers north of the white house were very busy and there were no shortage of people who have an opinion on president donald trump's words and actions in recent days like mark thomas who came to get tested after a coworker died from kovi he said his tr

is senior most military officer general mark milley is among those in isolation. kyrgyzstan's prime minister has resigned after widespread protests over sunday's this beauty election country's election commission has now and now the early results from the vote. turkey's foreign minister is criticizing international efforts to end the conflict between as a very jan and armenia. says diplomacy is failed to resolve the decades old conflict over the region of no god no. nato says ankara should pressure its ally as the very john to deescalate bird smith reports from goddess in armenia. amidst the burning wreckage of a bombardment of stepan aka the largest city in the goanna karabakh evidence says a missed international cluster bombs explode in the air scattering hundreds of smaller bombs indiscriminately more than 100 countries have banned them but not as a by john or armenia. civilians in the go in a car back in azerbaijan have been caught in the middle of 10 days of fighting between the 2 sides here in armenia displaced people from karabakh a picking up donated food

military officer has tested positive and several others are in quarantine among the general mark milley he is the country's most senior military officer and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff a body consisting of the top commanders from each of the armed services they all fear a possible infection from this man admiral charles ray he is the deputy head of the coast guard who tested positive himself on monday let's talk to mike hanna in washington d.c. the about this plenty going on mike isn't there going to starting with the pentagon now steven miller and i also noticed in the last hour 35 tweets already tweets from donald trump is back in the white house. and they were on a variety of subjects where you insulted the speaker of the house nancy pelosi he's demanding that all the rusher hoax investigation as he puts it get and redacted then get released immediately it's an absolute flurry of tweets with no clear direction in it it's simply a rant and not only is he to a tee he's also retreat in various conspiracies but to go to some real news come out with what is being reported now is

joint chiefs chairman general mark milley is quarantining after being in close proximity to the vice commandant of the coast guard who also tested positive. he and defense secretary mark esper were both at the white house for an event last weekend. >>> as the administration navigates this crisis, vice president mike pence is preparing to debate senator kamala harris tomorrow night, now agreeing to plexiglass barriers after pence aides repeatedly mocked the harris team for wanting an additional level of safety. joining me now, nbc white house correspondent and "weekend today" co-host peter alexander. nbc's mike memoli in salt lake city ahead of the vice presidential debate. robert gibbs, former press secretary to president obama, and dr. vin gupta, pulmonologist and global health policy expert at the university of washington medical center. peter alexander, you heard from chief of staff mark meadows this morning. what is the latest on the president's condition? because we haven't heard from the doctors in two days except for a brief statement. and the schedule, because there was some s

the chairman of joint chiefs, senior military adviser to president trump, general mark milley, very wellwn, he is working from home today, we are told, as a precaution. we are told he has not tested positive and that he is not having symptoms at this point. it should also be noted, general milly as chairman of the joint chiefs has a full communication suite in his house, classified communications capability around the world 24/7.th to emphasize standpoint, everything is just fine. chairman of the joint chiefs working from home. we also know adding to the list, chief of staff of the air force, general charles brown, working from home today as precaution. chief of naval operations, michael gillday working from home. general john raymond, head of space operations, working from home. we are waiting to hear about james mcconville, head of the army and his proximity to this potential outbreak. at the pentagon all of the top leadership, it is the military. they're pretty responsible. they wear masks, practice social distancing, but what has happened is what is happening across the country. some

mark milley and nbc author tom brokaw. >> good morning, my name is jane droppa and -- the proud motherughter of a world war ii veteran, -- victory over japan day. or vj day the allied victories in the pacific in the end of world war ii, the deadliest conflict in human history.

the world war ii memorial hosted a online commemorative program including remarks from general mark milley author tom brokaw. >> good morning. i am the vice chair of the friends of the national world war ii memorial and the proud daughter of a world war ii veteran. thank you for joining us

mark milley and nbc author tom brokaw. >> good morning, my name is jane droppa and -- the proud mother -- daughter of a world war ii veteran, -- victory over japan day. or vj day the allied victories in the pacific in the end of world war ii, the deadliest conflict in human history. thank you for joining us to celebrate our world war ii veterans who served overseas. all of those who served on the home front and our allies who together helped defeat tyranny, preserve freedom and literally save the world. the front of the national world war two memoriam your friends online commemorations is a small nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor and preserve the national memory of world war ii, and to create the next greatest generation of tomorrow. the ceremonies taking place throughout the day today are part of the friends for a year world war ii 75th anniversary commemoration, which began on pearl harbor day 2016. friends is the only organization to have hosted a full four year 75th anniversary tribute, marking every major battle in which american troops participated during world war

quarantined and working from home, starting with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milleythe vice chairman, general john hyten, who was in charge of the military's response to the coronavirus. nine four-star officers, including the heads of the army, navy, and air force met last friday with the vice commandant of the coast guard, admiral charles ray, who tested positive on monday. it is not known where ray contracted the virus, but on the sunday after that rose garden announcement of president trump's supreme court nominee, now considered a super-spreader event, the admiral and some of the other now-quarantined officers attended this largely maskless white house ceremony honoring gold star families. defense secretary esper was also there, but was not in any of the subsequent face-to-face meetings with admiral ray. today at an arrival ceremony for a visiting defense minister, esper was wearing a mask, which is required for everyone entering the pentagon. the chain of command for military operations runs from the president to the secretary of defense to combatant commanders

what we have heard also from the top military official in the united states, general mark milley, hehasized what is being emphasized in the pentagon -- it all depends on the conditions on the ground. for the united states, this is about national security. they have made it clear that the taliban are not keeping their promise to move away from al qaeda, to stop al qaeda from carrying out attacks against the united states. i think they are going to really keep an eye on that, no matter what president trump -- he is the commander-in-chief, but general milley emphasize and what afghan and nato allies want to see is a responsible withdrawal, not an abrupt yanking away of the forces. nada: lyse, we will have to leave it there. interesting to see how this will affect the inter-afghan peace talks as well. thank you so much. here in the united states, federal prosecutors have formally charged a mexican former defense minister of drug trafficking and money laundering. general salvador cienfuegos was arrested at the airport in los angeles on thursday. he led the army for six years under the pre

is senior most military officer general mark milley is among those isolating and within the white tell this past hour white house adviser stephen miller confirmed he has tested positive for covert dantin he is known as the trumpet ministrations architect of anti immigration policies about a dozen white house officials including president trump of tested positive for the virus more from mike hanna in washington. steven miller who's a very close advisor of the president has now tested positive positive for the coronavirus miller has been in close proximity of the president for a long period of time he was also in close proximity to some of the other assistance to the president to have tested positive in recent days and certainly that list is growing and growing indeed a large number of members of the president's staff now have tested positive a number of journalists who work there and as well as a number of military aides it is said who are also working at the white house meanwhile donald trump has halted talks with democrats over a new coronavirus relief bill until after the election th

top us general mark milley and other military leaders are also quarantining after an admiral, a seniorl in the coast guard tested positive. other officials are also self—isolating.( —— other officials are also self—isolating. our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now. we have hot spots in the white house and pentagon? yes, the halls of the white house are very quiet the moment with many people working at home and quarantining themselves people working at home and quara ntining themselves and people working at home and quarantining themselves and as you say, stephen miller is the latest to test positive, having tested negative several days and having been working from home and this just adds to the long list, kellyanne conway, chris christie the former governor of newjersey, all of these people very close to president trump in his inner circle, they were all involved in preparing donald trump for the debate that he had last week with joe biden the debate that he had last week withjoe biden and also, as you say, senior officials in the pentagon after a senior official from

virus, but it's not such good news for several of the president's top military advisors general mark milley chairman of the joint chiefs of staff tested negative for the virus but is under quarantine after the vice commandant of the coast guard admiral charles ray tested positive. re potentially exposed up to 14 other military leaders, according to the associated press in the meantime former vice president joe biden continues on the campaign trail and the politics of follow the science with just 4 more weeks to go before election day biden spoke in gettysburg pennsylvania. >>wearing a mask is not a political statement. it's a scientific recommendation biden campaign officials say the candidate continues to test negative for covid-19 along with his running mate senator kamala harris, she'll face off against vice president pence at tomorrow night's vice presidential debate. and speaking of that vice presidential debate tomorrow night there was a lot of back and forth between both sides today. >>over whether or not there would be some kind of a plastic barrier in between the 2 candidates as fa

orders to his commanders the chief commander the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley saying that. he will reach withdraw troops from afghanistan in a responsible manner. saying explicitly that the president's national security adviser patrick o'brian. isn't the one to give him worse so who's speaking the necessary about your president trump or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff my money is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff because he's actually the one who gives the orders about where the troops are located and deployed. or meanwhile the taliban has welcomed the news welcomed the tweeds if you like it does give them the upper hand when it comes to those peace talks with the government. yes absolutely and so you know president trump is supposed to be this master negotiator but he really undermines the u.s. position in the position of his supposed partners in this afghanistan dispute when he you know latterly makes concessions and pledges to withdraw troops gives the taliban no incentive to make any concessions on their own they can just sit back and wait

military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley on monday $105.00 new coronavirus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is the highest daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those who've tested positive but it's likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded in d.c. as a whole mike hanna al-jazeera washington. u.s. president donald trump is facing criticism for calling off negotiations over a new coronavirus stimulus package talks have been underway but the democrats the president has tweeted saying he'll only pass the bill after he wins the election u.s. stock markets fell by about 2 percent following the news house democrats had passed a $2.00 trillion dollar relief bill on thursday but the senate republicans rejected it for the 2 candidates vying to be the next vice president of the united states are preparing for a showdown in salt lake city the debate between mike pence and camelot harris will likely focus on president trump's health and his handling a

military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley on monday $105.00 new coronavirus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is a high as daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those who've tested positive but it's likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded in d.c. as a whole mike hanna al-jazeera washington. now that's a candidates vying to be the next vice presidents of the united states a preparing for a showdown in salt lake city the debates between mike pence son come along harris will likely focus on president trump's health and his handling of covert 19 well reynolds. amidst the head spinning events of the past week the vice presidential debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually the debates are sideshows with the candidates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but as vice president mike pence and senator camel harris take to the stage in salt lake c

military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley on monday 105 new coronavirus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is a high as daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those who have tested positive but it's likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded in d.c. as a whole mike hanna al-jazeera washington. u.s. president dong trump is facing criticism for calling off negotiations over a new coronavirus stimulus package talks had been under way with the democrats but the president has tweeted saying he'll pass the bill only after he wins u.s. stock markets fell by as much as 2 percent following the news house democrats had passed a $2.00 trillion dollar relief bill on thursday but senate republicans rejected it it's time for which in it because he has abandoned our children we had such great provisions in the bill not that they greet all of them yet but on the path. workers need to do for america's working families they band in our fight to crush the virus w

orders to his commanders and the chief commander the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley saying that. he will reach withdraw troops from afghanistan in a responsible manner. saying explicitly that the president's national security adviser eric ryan. isn't the one to give him worse so who is speaking the necessary advice or president trump or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff my money is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff because he's actually one who gives the orders about where the troops are located and deployed fighting continues to escalate between armenia and azerbaijan these areas say they have destroyed missile launches inside a media that were targeting their cities the armenian government confirms military positions were hit but denies its forces had been firing into as up by john the fighting of a nickel in a cutback continues despite a cease fire agreed last week and its myth reports from goddess in i mean. they'll be a memorial like this in perhaps every one of the homes of the more than $530.00 armenian men killed since fighting restarted on se

contain us they'll be the leaders of the military including the chair of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley who's been very very upset with trump and the way that it's conducted himself it will be of course secretary of state might come peo who's more truck loyalist it will be the members of the national security council i think they will try to hold everything together others have been speculating on an october surprise you know whether trump would do something regarding iran possibly aggressive action whether there is yet another deal of the century regarding the middle east to be honest where the i think that speculation i think we're pretty much certain for the last 3 weeks of the campaign and that is the trump tactics we're going to be a the supreme court nomination i think that's been put to the side now and it's got to be the idea that only truckie keep america safe that doesn't change even with him being important. it's good to get your thoughts and analysis on that thanks so much scott luke is there thank you you're watching al-jazeera we're looking at live pictures coming in from

military official testing positive and several others in quarantine among them general mark milley he is the country's senior most military officer. the fear is there could be possible infection from this man specifically admiral charles ray who is the deputy head of the coast guard he tested positive on monday months ago you might remember there was a covert 19 outbreak among u.s. military personnel about a 1000 sailors tested positive on board that navy ship the commander pleaded for help but was instead find it let's get the latest with mike hanna in washington d.c. i think mike it is becoming easier to count the number of officials who don't have coronavirus at the moment very much so steven miller has been with president tran since he took office one of the few people that has lasted in that particular environment now he's declared that he's tested positive of a few days in quarantine miller's very close to president trump he says chief speechwriter as well as probably one of his closest policy advisers now he joins us long list of people from the white house who have declared po

have to ask, brian, the bond market reacting or going to react at all to the idea that general mark milleyu.s. military officer, is among the members of the joint chiefs of staff in self-quarantine? the joint chiefs of staff are unavailable for calls right now. should the bond market be relaxing? brian: generally, that would signal a risk off appetite, but generally there is kind of a feeling that, within those circles of washington, whether does the white house, the senate, the joint chiefs, that if you say cobit is going around, and i think that -- that if you say covid is going around, and i think quite a bit of that has been priced in, seeing multiple senior officials test positive in recent days. vonnie: brian, thank you for that. a great story out today. brian is a bloomberg opinion columnist. sticking with markets, time for our stock of the hour. travel stocks rallying after the president said not to fear the pandemic after his stay in the hospital. bloomberg's kailey leinz is looking at the facts. do tell. topee: if you look at the performers, all three of the major crews stocks ar

was part of an in-person meeting held last friday with the chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark milleyce chairman hyten haydn and the heads of the army, navy, air force and space force, marine corps commandant general david berger was not at the meeting and the only one not, tonight, in quarantine. none of the joint chiefs have tested positive for the china virus, nor are any experiencing symptoms. they are, however, effectively leaving the command structure of the country in, well, in some limbo, raising serious national security concerns, of course, a vulnerability that our adversaries might be tempted to try to exploit. >>> up next, more on john brennan's years of lies to the american people, the obama deep state's influence during the trump presidency. we'll be joined by the "just the news" editor-in-chief, john solomon, here next. >>> and a thank you to everyone who has made my new book a national bestseller. you can buy the book, "the trump century: how our president changed the course of history forever," available at loudobbsshop.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com. stay with u

anthony found in an ad, they add shows mark milley and mike pence in the situation room.d companies as president trump wants you to request your ballot. politico is reporting the campaign did not get milley's permission to use his image. the military has strict rules about uniformed service and political advertising. the future of the iran nuclear deal may hang on the election but not just someone in the united states. iranians will elect a new president next june, and during the era of hassan rouhani, who staked his career on clinching the historic nuclear deal with world powers in 2015. experts say a new leader may have little incentive to formally abandon an accord that could give iran's devastated economy a lifeline, but may not return to the table on the same terms as before. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thanks very much. the pandemic of 2020 is without a doubt the biggest economic and public health story of the

. >>> senior pentagon leaders including general mark milley are self-quarantining. the top military brass attended a meeting with a coast guard admiral who tested positive on monday for the disease. officials say the pentagon is conducting contact tracing emphasizing it does not jeopardize national security. the pentagon has not said if any of the top leaders have tested positive or have symptoms. >>> vice president mike pence and kamala harris square off today. vice presidential debates typically aren't expected to move the needle for voters, however, the president's coronavirus diagnosis puts it in sharper focus. they're looking at the second in line should something happen to the commander in chief. cnn's ryan nobles has more. >> reporter: against all odds, it looks as though the vice presidential debate between vice president pence and kamala harris will take place today. this despite hiccups, the biggest one being president trump's coronavirus. vice president pence and senator harris have tested negative for the coronavirus for the last couple of days. both sid

maybe mark milley is one of their instance that he's writing a book and planning on selling to the resistance he stood up against a trump trying to end a war because that's what it seems like. here's the weird thing, donald trump, he has to and some of the words and you have to pull the troops home now. he is the commander-in-chief. there is no excuses, people are sick and tired of the wars. he's got to take on the establishment, tucker, that's one of the elected of 2016. in the primaries, trump was able to smash the bush dynasty and republican status quo. now he can handle a few military war hawks and mitch mcconnell? i say he can, he promised and that's why he got elected because he promised to give everybody health care an an ende overseas war. right now, president trump, there's millions and millions of americans who do not follow you on twitter who are hurting, we need a check right now. take the troops home and give the money to the people and nancy pelosi office 1200, you double it, but your name on the check and people need help right now! you know how weak it looks like you're trying

it starts with the chairman of joint chiefs, general mark milley, working from home. the vice chairman, john heighten, working from home. chief of naval operations, michael gilday. chief of staff of the army, chief of staff of the air force, reading off the list. chief of space operations, head of the national guard, the number two general at the marine corps because the commandant has not been at the meetings, still part of the joint chiefs, and perhaps most interesting, general paul makisoni, head of u.s. cyber command and national security agency. one of the most critical jobs in the u.s. intelligence community. very involved in looking at the prospect of tampering with election security. we have no information that any of the top leaders tested positive or have symptoms. they've all been tested. some came back negative, some are awaiting results. what we're looking for is to get an idea of what the protocol will be now, once they get negative, can they come back to work, or do they need to stay home for a few days, have repeated testing under standard protocols un

and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff, including the military's most senior general, mark milley, and other top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guard's number-two officer, admiral charles ray. >> reporter: this as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at the white house in recent days spiked to 24. the latest name, senior adviser, stephen miller, who was part of a debate prep session with the president last week. as president trump continues to downplay the severity of the virus, the white house has become a hotbed of infection. his military aide, who carries the so-called nuclear football; a presidential valet who serves his meals; plus two more staffers in the press office also testing positive. >> trevor: yes, the nation's top generals and the guy who carries the nuclear football are all quarantining now. and you might think this is the perfect opportunity to invade america, because the pentagon is going to have to coordinate america's defense over zoom. but, actually, given how infectious america is right now, go

chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley. vit chairman heighten. admiral michael mill day. general james mcdonald's. general charles brown, head of space operations, head of the national guard. the number two general at the marine corps, and general paul nekason yichl nekasoni, national security agency one of the most vital intelligence agencies, very involved in monitoring election security at this time of year. now, we are told all of them so far thankfully have tested negative. none are experiencing symptoms. when will they be able to come back to work? in the building, in their regular offices? we are told that will be up to medical authorities in the military to decide on a day-to-day basis. command and control of the military, everything remains as-is, we are told. general milley, chairman, he has completely secure communications in his house. he can reach out 24 hours a day anywhere in the world, but is this what you really want to see? what the military has learned once again what they already know. and there is known for months. one positive test, and it can have a

chairman of joint chiefs of staff, mark milley. general john hyten. chaef of naval operations, army chief of staff, space force chief of staff, number two official, deputy come don't of the u.s. marine corp., national guard, they're all quarantining now. they've all been exposed. now, speaking of the nsa, the national security agency, i've actually got news for you on that front. and this is exclusive to us. i am just breaking this news now. you have not heard this anywhere else. i mentioned that general paul knack sony who heads the nsa and cyber command, he is now one of our nation's top military leaders, who are all under quarantine after being exposed to covid-19. his predecessor as head of the nsa, his predecessor who ran the nsa under george w. bush forced michael hayden, ran the cia under george w. bush as well. general michael hayden is now retired from the military, retired from his long and often controversial career as a very high level military and national security official. michael hayden is not someone i would have expected this from, b

pentagon and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff, including the military's most senior general mark milleyer top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guard's number two officer, admiral charles ray. it's unclear exactly how ray contracted the virus, but he did attend a white house event for gold star families a week and a half ago. the pentagon insists there is no change to the operational readiness or mission capability of the u.s. armed forces. former director of national intelligence james clapper says it puts the country at risk. >> this is an ideal time for adversaries, particularly and adversary intelligence services, to look for ways to further confuse us, to distract us. >> reporter: this, as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at the white house in recent days spiked to 24. the latest name, senior adviser stephen miller who was part of a debate prep session with the president last week. six out of nine people present now testing positive. >> don't be afraid of it. >> reporter: as president trump continues to downplay the

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military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley on monday 105 new coronavirus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is a high as daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those who've tested positive but it's likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded in d.c. as a whole mike hanna al-jazeera washington. donald trump has called off negotiations with democrats over a new coronavirus stimulus package until after the election u.s. stock markets fell on the news democratic presidential nominee joe biden accused trump of turning his back on the american people democrats had passed a $2.00 trillion dollar relief bill on thursday but republicans rejected it. stands prime minister has resigned over widespread protests over sunday's disputed polls the country's election commission is now an older the results from the vote representatives from libya's rival administrations have agreed on the appointment of several high profile positions m.p.'s from both sides have be

is not impacting national security, but make no mistake, the key official here would be general mark milleychairman of the joint chiefs of staff, he is purchase's top military adviser, he has to be in touch around the world 24 hours a day with anyone that he needs to talk to about national security, be ready to make recommendations to the president if there is a crisis. general milley has a complete classified suite of communications in his home, he lives on a military base here in the washington area. so we're told he has everything at his fingertips, he can continue to work from home and it looks like the joint chiefs will not be back in the pentagon for several days now. >> just to be clear, barbara, would the other members of the joint chiefs also have access to classified information and classified communications at home? >> sure. yeah. >> okay. >> absolutely. but on general milley's level it's a bit of a different story given his responsibilities to advise president trump at all times. >> understood. and that's of course key because they need that access to make key decisions. barbara

nearly all of the joint chiefs of instaff, including the chairf the joint chiefs, mark milley, now in isolation. put another way, just about our entire military leadership is working and living remotely. tonight white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany who is also positive who now has four deputies on her staff testing positive, defended the administration, said it's working to ensure safety. >> we're taking all necessary precautions. obviously there was an outbreak here in the white house, but we've been checking on staff, following necessary contact tracing procedures. while we've had a lot of asymptomatic cases in the west wing and most of us have been doing just fine. >> as for trump, this morning there was an all-caps update on social media. quote, feeling great exclamation point. white house physician sean conley, a navy commander, later sent out his own vague medical assessment which read, in part, today he reports no symptoms, quoting the patient there. vital signs and physical exam remain stable. overall he continues to do extremely well. president also continues to sprea

meanwhile, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, and most of the pentagon's most senior officers are under self-imposed quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus. "the new york times" reports that milley and all but one member of the joint chiefs of staffs after realizing admiral charles ray tested positive for covid-19. vice commandant ray was at the meeting last week. and the pentagon spokesman said in a statement that read in part, no pentagon contacts have exhibited symptoms, and we have no additional positive tests to report at this time. according to the "times," a military official noted that general milley and the other senior officers have full operational capability from where they are working, most at home. and said that there's no degradation to the country's national defense. we're all praying that is the case. >>> still ahead here, wall street takes a hit after president trump puts a stop to coronavirus relief talks, only to seemingly reverse course just hours later. plus, the president and joe biden are scheduled to hit the debate stage next week,