naval observatory not too far away from the white house here in washington d.c. what's going through the vice president's mind right now as he watches all of this unfold from a national security perspective? >> well, i think his sense would certainly be heightened. i think the vice president knows exactly what the stakes are here. and i think it makes sense to have him at his residence rather than in the white house at this point. whether there are protocols involving disinfection of the west wing or not, i don't know. but until it's completely safe to bring him into the west wing, i think being at the residence makes sense. and i think vice presidents are quite properly very reluctant to make it look like they're assuming any functions. we recall how awkward it was when president reagan was shot and secretary of state hague went to the white house and said i'm in charge here and so on, which was even more egregious than the vice president. so i think he's going to be very careful. but i think vice president pence is a prudent man. he is going to be thinking thro

the vice president has remaineded at his residence, the naval observatory, not too far of a drive from where i'm standing now outside the walter reed military medical center what we know is that the president has access to top of the line medical care at the white house, but this is one of the most state of the art medical facilities in the world so clearly, there is a decision they need to have access to some facilities or personnel here that they don't have access to at the white house that would be the reason why you would physically move the president out of an abundance of caution is what the white house is saying now. what we don't know exactly what is happening behind the scenes the last time he came here for the surprise physical last year, we saw the president walking out of the white house in a very hurried way but walking into a motorcade for transport to walter reed. in this occasion, they landed marine one, the helicopter on the south lawn and we expect to see him walking out there. the white house press poll for marine one departures is brought to the south lawn to film t

naval observatory today. his doctor said there is no need for him to quarantine. white house medical staff are trying to find anyone who may have had contact with the president after a whirlwind week of events that took him to five different states in six days for multiple events. reporters first learned around 8:00 thursday night that one of the president's closest aides, hope hicks, had tested positive, something sources say the white house was not planning to make public. overnight, the president called into fox, appearing to blame hicks' infection on members of the military or law enforcement. >> she's a very rm person. she has a hard time when soldiers and law enforcement come up to her, you know, she wants to treat them great, not say, "stay away. i can't get near you." it's a very, very tough disease. >> reporter: knowing hicks was positive, the president was tested at least twice. just before 1:00 a.m. with the lights on in the white house, the president tweeted he, too, was sick. it's unknown how or when the president was infected, but his exposure could

he's going to do it from the naval observatory where he lives. it's important to point out, though that the white house had really shifted focus from the coronavirus task force. they had not been meeting in nearly as frequent a basis and those meeting were not as prominent. and the white house just not talking about them as much. and, then, of course, the campaign angle of all of is this, the vice president is expected to hold in-person campaign events over the next couple of weeks despite the threat of the krshcoronavirus pandemic. and there is a debate wednesday, kamala harris and vice president pence expected to be there. nationally they were expected to be seven feet apart, they will be 12 feet apart. but plans are expected that they're going to move forward with this debate, despite the fact that there are more cases of coronavirus being diagnosed so close to the president and this white house. victor and christie. >> and we will talk about that with dr. peter hotez in just a moment. ryan nobs there at tles there a house. the two senators th

and the gore campaign, you had gore at the naval observatory. >> he was more of a micro manager. >> machinesfail to detect the way ballots are cast. >> reporter: one of the biggest choices gore had to make, which votes to recount. the final decision, just four out of florida's 67 counties. why those four? are not just statewide recount? >> those were four counties where we had concrete evidence of errors, inaccuracies, and mistakes on election day. secondly, the clock was ticking. and we knew that the time we had to get these things counted was limited. >> reporter: one more thing about the counties the democrats chose, they were heavily democratic. >> i think the biggest mistake they made, during the whole thing, was to ask for a recount in four democratic counties. that gave us the high ground. they had a good slogan. count every vote. how can that be fair? just to ask for a recount in your counties. >> our legal strategy was predicated on four counties, believing that, if we went back and recounted those four counties, we would make up the difference. >> was that a mistake? >> very much,

he could do his vice presidential essential work from the naval observatory.ctly equipped there at home base. >>> doctor, how much trouble are the hospitals in utah in dealing with such an onslaught-of-cases and talking about triage possibly. >> any time a hospital is capitol plating standards of care, it tells you things are out of control. looks like what happened transmission landed on vulnerable cases and these hospitals are having difficulty maintaining normal operations, taking care of normal stuff they do on a day-to-day basis because of covid-19 cases. you have to remember that. it's really about hospital capacity. you know you can't get down to zero. clearly in utah they don't have the that capacity. we have to take aggressive action to make sure they don't go under, don't go into crisis standard of care. this can be prevented if we decrease the number of cases by taking common sense actions. >> and in rural areas, doctor, it's also where we see pronounced politicization of masking and other safety issues. gabe gutierrez from nbc spoke with mayor of s

transfer power to the vice president which we are told that the vice president is over at the naval observatory. >> wolf, if i could say. that's based upon what we the public are seeing. the information we are seeing. based upon what i see, i think that would be premature right now. >> to transfer power. at some point, if the president needs an operation, then that's automatic, right? >> it is not automatic. the president has to agree under section 3 of the 25th amendment that power should be transferred to the vice president. as jeff points out, that has been done three times in the past. in those instances, the president was under general anesthesia. he was out. >> we used to call it bethesda medical hospital and it is now the walter reed national medical center hospital. >> when were you treated there? >> when i was at the pentagon and when i was at dhs. >> take us inside. >> it's very large. but somebody who is a very senior government official is escorted around. it is not hike you have to find your way around. it is a first rate facility. military docs are excellent. i, frankly, was a lit

the vice president is at the naval observatory.resident several residence in washington d.c. there also in communication with different levels of government, portraying they have continuity of government, they have a plan, that they have worked through this. the presidents job is to reassure and also reassess his own situation. that will be helpful for the country itself. he has a job and obligation here that is not partisan. that has been the difficulty of this white house and this particular individual. they are very good about dividing us. now is the moment to unite us, and can you do that? you saw from his opponent earlier today, joe biden, that he wished the family well. he understands this is a uniting moment for the country. and you step up to the moment or are you going to have a partisan divide? that is the difficulty. this is where the responsibility extends even beyond the white house to the press corps itself for doing its job in a strong way on behalf of the american people. >> joe biden saying earlier that this cannot

scheduled to hold a conference call with the coronavirus task force later this afternoon at the naval observatory, that's the vice-president's residence a few miles up the road. next week the vice-president is still scheduled to go to salt lake city for his debate, one 0 on one with kamala harris. and the vice-president will be stepping up on the campaign trail and holding an event in arizona on thursday. as you know, president trump has postponed his in-person campaign events for the time being. the president was supposed to be in wisconsin today. first lady melania trump remains here at the white house and we got an update on her condition from the doctors, after she tested positive along with the president. she heard her spokesperson, mrs. trump is doing well and her symptoms have not worsened, and she continues to rest. she's thinking of her husband and all those who are ill and wishing them a speedy recovery. who has tested positive and who hasn't. in addition to the president and first lady, hope hicks, as well as campaign manager stepien and kellyanne conway, she's no longer a staffer, but

as far as where we goclear picte the vice president is going to remain at the naval observatory the vice presidential residence until he leaves for utah later on today for that vice presidential debate. we will not expect to see mike pence over at the white house. and meanwhile as we go through the morning here at walter reed, a bit of a medical tailgate atmosphere here. the supporters of the president have arrived and set up flags and blasting music and playing ma marky mark and wishing him all the best in his recovery, guys we'll wait and see whether the white house gives us any more medical details later on this morning. back over to you >> all right, thank you, eamon >>> jim, we talked about this on friday the degree to which the president, if he has a change of heart regarding what it takes to mitigate the pandemic. whether or not that would result in changes in policies and this video he gave last night says, i get it i've been to school. you think he's had a change of mindset? >> i do believe that there's a notion that the president understands that the inside means mask, outside

naval observatory. his doctor says there is no need for him to quarantine. >>> well wishes for the president and first lady, melania trump, are lighting up social media across the political spectrum. first daughter ivanka trump who tested negative for the coronavirus tweets, "you are a warrior and will beat this. i love you, dad." former presidential opponent hillary clinton writing, quote, we wish the president and first lady a speedy recovery and hope for the safety of the white house staff, the secret service, and others putting their lives on the line. and during a campaign appearance with democratic vice presidential candidate kamala harris on friday, former president barack obama turned his attention to the first family. >> we also want to extend our best wishes to the president of the united states, the first lady. michelle and i are hopeful that they and others who have been affected by covid-19 around the country are getting the care that they need, that they are going to be on the path to a sp

dexamethasone >> and joe, in terms of the vice president, i'm told that vice president pence is at the naval observatory's not expected to go to the white house today. he'll leave this afternoon and head to utah where he's going to be participating in the vice presidential debate on wednesday against kamala harris. more politics to watch this week in what has already been a crazy couple of days, guys, back over to you >> thank you we'll kmcheck back with you, and obviously if you find anything out, just let us know. we'll be right back to you with more on the latest on the president's health, and if we'll see a stimulus package before the election senator, dr. john barrasso, he's the third ranking republican in the senate, and the republican conference chair you should be a cnbc contributor, you've got the doctor, you're there for the stimulus talks, so, you know, maybe don't need to have two guests, we just have you, senator barrasso so let's start with before we get to the stimulus, just talk about what you know about, you know, physiology, and everything else, what do you think is happening now with