the white house decision, doctor sean connolly releasing a statement saying the president and first lady are well at this time and plan to remain at home within the white house, they continue, rest assured i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering, this news is come just hours after hope hicks tested positive. she was with the president most recently wednesday at the rally in minnesota. tuesday between cleveland and last saturday at a rally in pennsylvania. some good news, the white house chief of staff mark meadows testing negative in his most recent test. this is significant, the staff and is coming in daily contact with the president are vigorously tested, we spoke a few hours ago to doctor ronnie jackson. here's what he says. >> if you look at people who have been around me for the past few days and asking questions whether they are symptomatic or figure out if anybody else is developing symptoms, been in contact with the president or first lady. >> someone who has been around the president, vice president mike pence tweeting this,

sean connolly lied about that in this first news conference on saturday. the president had a high fever, they won't tell us how high. now they say he has no fever. they say they've looked at his lung scans but won't tell us if there's any damage. ten people in the president's circle are infected so far including the first lady, two senators, the president of notre dame and governor chris christie, who is in the hospital at this moment and we have no new word on his condition. the pan demme tick self is showing signs of worsening again, 23 states are reporting a rise in cases, that graph right there is the reported number of new deaths around the country. joining us now, dr. sanjay gupta, cnn chief medical correspondent, john harwood and dr. james phillips, non-military attending physician at walter reed national military medical center and dr. philips, we'll start with you. you watched what happened last night with the suv photo-op drive-by and you were outraged. >> it was disappointing to see, that's for sure. good morning, and thanks for having me on. a

interesting to listen to sean connko interesting to listen to sean connolly and the rest of the medicalea m connolly and the rest of the medical team there. men saying that president trump had met the requirements to for being just discharge in hospital. yes, it is interesting looking at that. i think what we've all been wondering is what we've all been wondering is what impact is donald trump's diagnosis going to have on the us election, and i think we're now seeing... yes he's got coronavirus, but along with what the doctors have been saying in the fact that we expect them to be discharge tonight, trying to suggest coronavirus isn't such a big deal because of treatment has improved. it'll be interesting to see how this land. there are lots who think this is a big deal, but i think donald trump is trying to say look, we moved on and therefore i've had this recovery. but we don't have all the details of exactly what that recovery involves. i think there are more questions as to what he's had an what point is he really at. it's interesting because supporters of president trump will suppo

you can sum it up, really in a nutshell from what's sean connolly had to say. he is back.undred yards away from where that press conference was taking place. and it does appear that the whole team they are from the hospital and indeed the white house physician thinks he is fit to be discharged. yes, they certainly do. something that surprised me was one of the president's medical team saying, look, the longer that you keep a covid patient in hospital, the more dangerous it is for them. that's something i had not heard before. what's always interesting for me is the questions from the journalists at the end. although it's quite difficult to hear them all, they really did push him on quite a number of things, including donald trump comment that we should not be afraid of covid. doctor connolly refusing to be drawn on that. also refusing to be drawn on that. also refusing to be drawn on issues like his last negative test. the viral load, lots of questions that the press tea m load, lots of questions that the press team there were asking that he just wouldn't answer. so that s

sean connolly. we are also getting breaking news.your of your interest from the see global payments, part of the payment system from .esterday was going to buy sia a lot going on in sin tech. let's talk about the dax, and the movement therewith that global benchmark. dani: the company that owns the dax has been proposing new changes that will be debated, and whether or not they go into effect will be decided in november. the big thing here is about who and the types of requirements as the dax will used to admit new admit -- new members. a lot of this you have to imagine is partially response to wirecard. her example, some of the new puzzles include a new committee that would look over their accounting, and also look over there risk controls. so this audit committee has to assess all of the quarterly reports that comes out of the committee. there are also new measures put in place to judge who gets admitted, things like profitability as well as liquidity. recall, francine, after the scandal at wirecard and the company became in column

sean connolly to happen our. it's a long statement that i want to read a chunk of it too because it's so important. the doctor writes president trump continues to do well having made substantial progress in his diagnosis for this evening he completed his second dose of remdesivir without complication remains fever free about supplemental oxygen with saturation levels between 96 and 98% all day. while not yet out of the woods the team remains cautiously optimistic. when president trump was brought here yesterday afternoon we were told that happened out of an abundance of caution and he was only experiencing very mild symptoms but we now know his doctors were actually very concerned about him. he had a fever and his oxygen levels have dropped. we know this from the white house chief of staff mark meadows who spoke with judge jeanine moments ago. >> but he is made unbelievable improvements from yesterday morning when i know a number of us the doctor and i were very concerned. >> that statement from mark meadows is v

apart from last night when doctor sean connolly said ina memo night when doctor sean connolly said inady to resume public engagements by saturday. stay with us, nomia, because there something else i want to talk about. with the presidential election getting ever closer, the democrats have decided to raise the issue of the 25th amendment, which deals with what to do when a sitting president is not physically able to fulfil his or her duties. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi — the most senior democrat in congress, and no fan of the president — said it was time for mr trump's fitness for the job to be scrutinised. congress has a constitutional duty to lay out the process by which a president's incapacity and at any party is determined. this built honours the duty by creating a standing commission of top former executive officials and medical experts selected in a bipartisan, bicameral way. a president's fitness for office must be determined by science and facts. let's come back to you, nomia, if you can hear me. obviously, we've heard resident trump call himself a purse for —— perf

sean connolly is scheduled to bring the briefing.he president's doctors and staff have needed to balance since he arrived at walter rita, how can you balance the president's care needs making sure it's safe enough for him to return to the white house and for him to ensure that he doesn't have to go back to walter reed after coming back here to the white house. those have been the ongoing conversations at walter reed with white house staff and the president's doctors. we should be getting more of an update in the next hour and all of this. the white house press secretary says she has no symptoms but has tested positive for covid-19 so there is a smaller white house staff footprint here already today. more people are teleworking according to the white house and more people aren't working in the west wing because of the spread, the potential for more spread. but the president is coming back to it and said he's leaving walter reed at next to mike at 6:30 p.m. and we will get more of an update on the specifics about his condition. >> dana

sean connolly to happen our. it's a long statement that i want to read a chunk of it too because it's so important. the doctor writes president trump continues to do well having made substantial progress in his diagnosis for this evening he completed his second dose of remdesivir without complication remains fever free about supplemental oxygen with saturation levels between 96 and 98% all day. while not yet out of the woods the team remains cautiously optimistic. when president trump was brought here yesterday afternoon we were told that happened out of an abundance of caution and he was only experiencing very mild symptoms but we now know his doctors were actually very concerned about him. he had a fever and his oxygen levels have dropped. we know this from the white house chief of staff mark meadows who spoke with judge jeanine moments ago. >> but he is made unbelievable improvements from yesterday morning when i know a number of us the doctor and i were very concerned. >> that statement from mark meadows is v

sean connolly. the president really announcing not just of the country but to the entire world that, yeah, i'm out of here as soon as 6:30 p.m. tonight. he shares this tweet and says i will be leaving the great walter reed medical center, feeling really good. don't be afraid of covid, don't let it dominate your life. we have developed under the trump administration some really great drugs and knowledge and i feel better than i did 20 years ago. of course images of the president doing the work for the american people, cited one senior administration official to me about 15 minutes ago, was the signal to me that yes, he is doing well and getting "exceptional care by the team here at walter reed." in a nod to support here at the hospital, the president surprised a number of well-wishers by passing by in the vehicle known here in washington as "the beast. he was amassed and also separated from his drivers by plexiglas as well. we expect his doctors not only to give us an update on his current position b

sean connolly deflected questions on that topic. >> he's not on oxygen now. >> has he received any at all? >> he hasn't needed any this morning at all. >> reporter: a new questions are emerging about the timeline surrounding the president's diagnosis. >> 72 hours in the diagnosis now. >> reporter: estate out statement issued, dr. connolly said he incorrectly use the term 72 hours, and should have said day three. adding that the president tested positive tuesday night. earlier that same day, president trump attended a fundraiser in new jersey. he traveled to minnesota the day before. it's still unclear exactly when president trump began to displaying symptoms and dr. connolly declined to answer a question about where the president last tested negative for the virus. >> i'm not going to get into all the testing going back, but he and all staff are tested routinely. >> reporter: as the white house continues contact tracing, the list of those in the president circle have now tested positive has grown. chris christie is among the latest. he's now one of eight people who attended last satur

treated and where we are expecting any minute now to hear a briefing from his personal physician sean connolly president trump is not alone and testing positive for coronavirus. the us makes up one fifth of cases globally. in the past week almost 300,000 cases has been recorded here. in total over 7 million cases of the virus have been confirmed across the united states, more than anywhere in the world. the us also has the highest number of covid—related deaths, 208,000 since the pandemic began. almost 5000 deaths have been reported this week with over 900 recorded in the last 24 hours. presidential health crises are nothing new. donald trump follows a long line of ailing american leaders whose conditions have often been kept secret. starting his second term under serious economic depression grover clevela nd serious economic depression grover cleveland did not want to rock the boat, so when a malignant growth was diagnosed on the roof of his mouth in 1893, he had surgery in secret. nobody found out. he returned with a prosthetic jaw. woodrow wilson's stroe came after he had scrambled to end w

sean connolly, who is the physician to the president. and in that memo, don, this happened shortly before the president entered marine one and was brought here to walter reed national military medical center to be admitted as a patient for several days. in that memo, don, the president's doctor says that he has been fatigued. we have, also, learned, separately of course, that the president has had a fever, throughout the day. and we understand that he has been dealing with some of those other, moderate symptoms of the coronavirus. but, don, to watch the white house's, you know, the shifting timeline that has happened. specifically, if you look at that nearly 18-hour window, between when the president and his physician announced, around 1:00 a.m., that the president had, indeed, tested positive for coronavirus. the president's doctor, at that time, saying that the president was doing well. and that he expected that the president would undergo his recovery, not here, at walter reed national military medical center but, at the white house,

sean connolly put it. we don't know what those are. we told that the president is still suffering from mild symptoms but as you know things can go downhill very, very quickly for anybody. the president is in that risk area. 74 years old. he's a little bit overweight. as a precaution i'm sure they are watching them closely. we will stand by and give you any update on developments. >> dana: thank you, john. joe biden is campaigning in michigan today after testing negative for the virus this morning. former vice president reacting to the latest developments a few minutes ago. >> sending my prayers for the health and safety of the first lady and the president of the united states after they tested positive for covid-19. we can say 100,000 lives in the next 100 days according to the head of the cdc if everyone wears a mask in public. >> dana: we are going to take it around the table. it was shocking news, dagen. we hope that he recovers very quickly. sounds like they are all on top of it over at the white house. >> dagen: i think about all

sean connolly, he says the president is stable, there is no indications that his illness is progressing and that he can even resume in person appearances as soon as saturday. the campaigns for the 2020 presidential contenders to say they want their next to be to be held two weeks from now. both candidates pulled out of next week's debate, after the commission on presidential debates announced it would be virtual, without consulting the campaign. >> you sit behind peter and would debate, that is ridiculous. >> reporter: they will hold their own events on october 15 instead in the president is looking at plans to resume in person rallies in the next few days, despite testing positive for the coronavirus, one week ago. >> i think i'm better. there was a point where, i would love to do a rally tonight. >> if he goes often has a rally, i will, i don't know what i'll do. neck president trump continues to receive treatment here at the white house, while also's renting out a flurry of daily tweet. thursday the president post video messages aimed at your citizens and the military. >> i want to t

tonight the white house physician sean connolly confirmed that the president and the first lady had tested positive for covid. he said that both are doing well at this time and they plan to remain at home within the white house. dr. connolly ended his memo with this. quote, rest assured, i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering. well, we know that not to be true because without disruption would mean a lot of campaign events and possibly debates. we know some of that's not gonna happen. melania trump echoed some of that in a short tweet some time ago saying, quote, we are all feeling good and i have postponed all upcoming engagements. the president is 74 years old, which generally puts him at higher risk from severe illness to the virus, it's called c comorbidities. the leader of the free world has tested positive of the coronavirus. so far as you believe that. let that sink in. joining us now by phone, dr. ashish jha, thank you for joining us. give me a sense of what you've taken from this news that you've heard over the last couple of

sean connolly, the white house for it's time for some weather with louise lear.g looking skies. we are still under the influence of low pressure circulating around, a series of weather front enhancing the showers across the west of the country. for tuesday, still the risk of 20 of showers around —— plenty of showers. eastern areas of shabbat lend will see the best of the sunshine. —— the eastern areas of scotland. temperatures between 12 and 16 degrees. below eases the way, albeit briefly, and wednesday will be acquired day. some sunshine coming through, and a high of 15 celsius. we changed gear once again on thursday as we see another area of low pressure bringing the risk of wet weather across england and wales. breezy with a few showers to the north. donald trump was my doctor said he feels better than he did 20 years ago. it's a risky message to send to the public about a disease that killed some 210,000 people. you'll see him shortly. he returns to a white house hard—hit by the virus. his press secretary the latest effort is test positive. we talked to micha

we had sean connolly giving a very positive diagnosis, saying he seems well and could walk out of your picture. the waters are muddied and, as always with trump, he, the people around him, seem to be sowing confusion and i don‘t think that will help him, i think in this position, clarity is needed and that does not seem to be forthcoming which is worrying for all of us. in the sunday telegraph have him being given oxygen as the vital signs are concerning which sounds dramatic but then you see him doing the video message and working in hospital, you think, well, maybe it‘s not that bad. i think it's quite interesting as he obviously had oxygen in order to be able to leave the white house and climb on the helicopter to go to the hospital to present this image of invincibility that he likes to portray. anybody listening to the former ambassador to the us said we do not know how sick he is. these are the days and covid—19 when you can see perfectly well that might seem perfectly well but you may well turn a corner and grow much worse. what is quite interesting as the progress being made on

sean connolly said president trump is no longer considered a transmission risk to others and does not need to self isolate. he did not mention immunity. today, twitter flagged the presidents tweet saying it violated the rules about spreading misleading and false, potentially harmful information related to covid-19. >> most people understand and believe that immunity from a product, like for general example, any convalescent ree we also don't know how long natural immunity will last. >> reporter: medical experts agree immunity is something we don't know a lot about. >> i think there is a general assumption and it may well be true, that the antibodies will protect you against reinfection with the virus for some period of time. that could be weeks or months, maybe years, maybe it's lifetime. but we don't really have enough information yet to know. >> reporter: the cdc specifically cautioned people not to assume they are immune since it has not yet been established. >> i think many of us are worried that people not protecting themselves after covid because i think they will be invincible,

given and also the president's doctors particular doctor sean connko doctors particular doctor sean connollyto dance around tough questions from media which is asking basic questions about the president's treatment —— conley. the representatives of american people in terms of questioning government officials and people in authority like the president's doctor, we're not trying to get him, we're trying to get information they do not want to show any weakness in terms of how the president is doing, or very little weakness. trumpian seems to be ordering them to paint the rosy picture. —— trump seems to be ordering them. one of my colleagues said doctor connolly was speaking more like a spin doctor than a doctor, commenting that there seems to be political answers rather than medical answers at this is a very unusual position for a dock to bn. this is a very unusual position for a dock to en. -- doctor the white house staff, including the commune of direct —— director of communications is one reason they given this type of community information is they do not want to give, but they do not want t

if have you been tested since your campaign and your doctor sean connolly put out that you will be medically safe and cleared for safe return to public engagements by saturday, five full days. have you been tested recently? >> president trump: yeah, i just saw the doctors today. they think i'm in great shape. >> sean: did you test negative? >> president trump: i will tell you, i took this regeneron, it's phenomenal. eli lilly has something very comparable, and it's a whole new day. and if you go back a few months, nobody ever even thought about this stuff. we came up with it but i'm going to have it delivered to every hospital we have six sick people with the covid for the china virus, as we call it, and we are going to make people better. i went in, could have left a day later, i'm telling you, sean, it's incredible. that's regeneron, but again, eli lilly has something similar. the kind of things we are coming up with now are incredible. remdesivir, but that's a little bit different, works much differently, actually. but these things are absolutely incredible. i think i'm going to try doing

welcome we were talking about this just before the statement from sean connolly and discussing the risk factors the president has being 74 and overweight it seems as if he's in pretty good shape. yes based on the press conference that we just heard by a group of 10 of his health care providers doctors and nurses and clinical pharmacists. it seems that he is stable and perhaps has improved a bit in terms of less cost no fever not on oxygen at this time. his blood tests were reported for his liver function and for his kidney function and for his heart. report is normal by his doctor dr. donnelly so those are good good updates i'm glad they provided that information these experimental drugs. as if it and the drug the antibody treatment provided by region are on. in a sense donald trump has become one of the guinea pigs isn't a test see them out how important do you think the decision might prove to have been to administer those drugs to him. well 1st let me just say. it's a small point perhaps but to me it's important to that they use the term guinea pig i wouldn't say that. for the presid

a statement we just got from sean connolly, the president's physician, i am happy to report the president is doing very well. he's not requiring any supplemental oxygen but in consultation with specialists we initiate severe therapy, he completed his first dose and resting comfortably. let's start with you. what do you make of the treatment the president has received? >> not surprisingly given the president's critical role in national life, i don't mean this in an alarmist way they are pulling out all the stops to make sure that they insure his safe passage through this virus. the antibody cocktail is meant to imitate, it contains many days. with the synthetic antibody cocktail what they are doing is infusing those antibodies into his body to neutralize the virus more quickly. his body has to ramp up its own responses and the remdesivir is a direct antiviral, that is meant to stop replication of the virus in his cells. they are prudent measures and a lot more they can do that they are not doing. >> i want to ask how unusual it would be to give someone an experiment a drug not improved by

the medical team lead by sean connolly gave a press conference where they painted a very rosy picture. this makes the bizarre moment more ominous. dr. connolly tries to avoid answering a very basic question about the president's treatment. >> ever been on supplemental oxygen. >> right now he is not on oxygen. >> i now you keep saying not now. yesterday and today he was not on oxygen. >> so not on it for this covid treatment. >> he is not on oxygen right now. >> how about they just tell us whether or not the president needed supplemental oxygen. it is published reports would later say he did receive oxygen before he was admitted to the hospital on friday. if that exchange raised red flags, what happened next was even more worrisome. literally minutes after, a white house official gave the white house press pool a completely different picture of the president's condition, speaking on background, meaning not using his name, saying the president's vitals in the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. we're still not on a clear path t

the physician to the president, sean connolly, has that both the president and first lady are well ate form of local restrictions by this weekend, after further measures were announced for two million people in northern england. it will be illegal for people in the liverpool city region, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough, to meet indoors with anyone outside of their household from midnight tonight. we can now speak to liverpool's director of public health, matthew ashton. a very good morning to you. thank you for your time. can you clarify first of all, for people who don't understand, at this time in liverpool, at this very difficult time in relation to covid—19, what is your role? my role is co—ordinating the pandemic response for the local area. i'm the lead officerfor for the local area. i'm the lead officer for health within the local authority, but i work with our local politicians and partners to make sure we have that co—ordinated response to the pandemic. are you wholeheartedly approving of the measures that are taking place in your area? i think we are in a really dif

sean connolly said he will be returning to the white house where he will continue receiving treatment. >> the president broke the news himself. saying do not be afraid of covid. >> it's not a walk in a park. there are lots of people that see this even you have a honeymoon period you can easily fall off the cliff. >> the presence doctor did not answer any potential lung damage or pneumonia questions. saying that he will be monitored and receive remdesivir at the white house. >> another person close to the president has tested positive adding to a staggering list. the announcement tweeted that she tested positive on monday and has not experienced any symptoms. she briefed reporters without a mask on sunday. >> we take very seriously to safeguard this information. to other members have tested positive. three white house reporters have contracted the virus. others are waiting on tests. >> they're not clear from the white house on who they were around and win. and when those people received positive tests. >> another who attended the supreme court nominees meeting has also not tested posit

sean connolly, the white house physician briefed reporters yesterday and said that ultimately the president had some alarming episodes and they're giving him intensive treatment. here's what he said. >> we debated the reasons for this and if we would even intervene. it was the determination of the team that we initiate dextamethazone. >> that's a treatment designed to prevent the overactive immune response they see in a lot of covid patients described as something that you do in a severe case of covid nonetheless, the white house medical team describing the president in good spirits over the weekend saying he was up and walking around and conducting business over the course of the weekend. still as we track all the information that we're getting from the white house, we are getting shifting accounts starting with mark meadows, the white house chief of staff that on friday told us the president was only having mild symptoms and then over the next 48 hours or so we got conflicting accounts of that suggesting that the symptoms he experienced on friday were more than just mild. on saturday he s

white house physician doctor sean connolly said he might be discharged as early as tomorrow.president joe biden testing negative for the test. this is his second negative test in two days. he will participate in the debate as long as safety precautions are taking. they said they pulled all negative ads once th the president was hospitalized on friday. the trump campaign said it was a publicity act and that negative ads continue to run. i'm tom scott. now back to life, liberty and levin. >> we are back with senator ted cruz. the book is one vote away, how a single supreme court seat can change history. it's a fantastic book. it's right on topic. you can go to amazon.com and get your copy. it's a smart book, and understandable book. senator cruz you've argued cases in front of the supreme court. you've clerked for one of the great chief justices, william rehnquist of the supreme court. my question to you is this, you've heard the democrats like schumer say things like if judge barrett gets on the court or any trump nominee gets on the court were going to lose our rights and mov

sean connolly putting out a statement saying the president and first lady are both well at this time and plan to remain at home within the white house during their convalescence. we'll maintain a vigilant watch and appreciate the help provided. rest assured i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering and i will keep you updated on any further developments. of course he will be carrying on those duties likely from the residence. how long the quarantine period lasts depends whether or not the president and first lady begin to show symptoms. the national security advisor robert o'brien had mild symptoms and able to work from home and back at work at the white house within some 10 days. right now, though, everything on the president's schedule is in limbo. he was supposed to be at a rally in florida today. he was posed to be in con tomorrow. then there is that second debate two weeks from now. all of that is up in the air at the moment. the vice presidential debate is next wednesday in salt lake city. likely that will go ahead as schedul

the president's physician doctor sean connolly said president trump has remained without a fever sinceriday morning and his vitals are stable. he also revealed the blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days below 94% and that he was prescribed a steroid usually given to the very sick. on sunday night the president released another twitter video. >> so it's been a very interesting journey. i learned a lot about covid. i learned it by really going to school. this is the real school. this isn't the let's read the book school. and i get it and i understand it. it's a very interesting thing. i'm going to be letting you know about it. >> after sharing the debate stage with the president last tuesday, former vice president joe biden tested negative for covid-19 again on sunday. ashley. >> thanks brian. that's it now for us here in new york. we will keep you updated on this developing story throughout the morning. i'm ashley strohmeyer. now back to life, liberty and the vin already inc. progress 8, were you at d.o.j. in 87. >> yes, we were there. >> it was the democrats, joe bide

the white house decision, doctor sean connolly put out a statement saying the president and first lady are both well at this time and plan to remain home within the white house. rest assured i expect the president carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering. this news came hours after hope hicks tested positive. she was with the president wednesday and arrived in minnesota, the debate on tuesday and last saturday at a rally in pennsylvania. also getting good news from peter doocy that mark meadows tested negative in his most recent test. this is significant, staff is tested daily especially those coming in close contact with the president. fox news medical contributor mark siegel talked about the president's health risk. >> 74 years old, he is overweight but doesn't have the other risks we worry about like diabetes, lung disease, heart disease or kidney disease is another big one. he has none of those as far as we know, a good blood pressure, all bode well and is in pretty good shape. >> reporter: we are also hearing from vice president mike pence who said karen and i s

sean connolly, the president's position, his credibility and qualifications even being called into questiont commander a veneto trauma unit. and then there is 11 other doctors treating them as well including obviously an infectious disease specialist. you look at connolly though, he's military and he's a doctor. those polled the highest in terms of institutions. you know what polls the lowest? congress and media. so some of the coverage i'm telling you will be very responsible and very serious. the conspiracy theory which is being quoted out there is crazy. in terms of the cnn anchor for instance saying that the president's doctor was gleefully lying to the american people. you had a cnn national security analysts saying saying the russians had embedded a human intel, and other words, spies at walter reed feeding them the true information in terms of the president's condition. but in entertainment, that's what borrowed me the bothered me the most. chris rock, "saturday night live," live studio audience, but "snl" gets a pass, and chris rock actually said my heart goes out to covid, in other

plus, this afternoon, commander sean connolly report leaves out specifics about the president's coursethe conditions of his lung. the doctor says that president is feeling great! last hour, the team will still not say when president trump last tested negative. that is critical information because if trump was infected at the white house on saturday, september 26th, as some white house aides suggest, the president may have had the virus on air force one that night. he may have had virus at an event for gold star families the next day and may have had the virus at the debate in ohio on tuesday and he may have had the virus in minnesota at a rally on wednesday. he may have had the virus on new jersey on thursday. when did the president last test negative? we do not know and the white house will not tell us. cnn correspondent kaitlan collins joins me live. white house aides were prepared for the president to return to the west wing but doesn't change the fact he is still likely contagious and further putting everyone at the complex at risk. >> reporter: yeah. jake, i spoke to several white

and i'm sure sean connolly's trying to navigate his way through all that.ng that he is on remdesivir doesn't make me think, oh, that's a bad sign or anything. it is typically a medication, if you are going to give it, you want to give early because that's when it's probably going to have the most impact. again, it's typically given to somebody who's had some need for supplemental oxygen but they say he doesn't need supplemental oxygen. so there's some inconsistencies here but i don't look at that and say this is a grave sign or some concerning sign. >> sanjay gupta, thank you. appreciate it. let's bring back carl bernstein. and joe alan joins us now, as well. so, you know, carl, it's interesting. you heard what dr. gupta said. that it seems they are trying this kitchen-sink approach. neither of us are doctors, but the question is where is the transparency in all of this? we need -- the american people deserve transparency. >> absolutely. there's no question about it. and in terms of the stability of our country. and -- and also, how foreign countries are lo

states and this was sent out by the white house's press secretary, it is a memorandum, it is from sean connolly, the president's physician. it says "on behalf of the first lady, donald trump, the president of the united states, i release the information with the permission of the president, both president trump and melania trump have tested positive for coronavirus. the president and the first lady are both well at this time and they plan to remain at home at the white house. the white house's medical team and i will remain a individuvig watch. i appreciate the support by our medical institutions, rest assure, i expect the president continue to carry out his duties without disruptions while recovering and i will keep you updated on any further development. here is the interesting thing. the doctor may say that but according to government protocol, i am not sure if the president of the united states can legitimately carry out the business of the presidency while he's in quarantine. all of those things have yet to be determined regardless of what the white house's position is or what the presiden

sean connolly expect the president could return to engagements as soon as tomorrow.d he last test negative? when did he contract the virus? basic questions we still do not know the answers to. answers you have every right to know. it could be literally a life and death of people the president wants to see as soon as tomorrow. today, however, the president claims he feels perfect, that he might not have recovered at all from coronavirus if it had not been for an experimental antibody therapy which the president called a cure. the not a cure. kaitlan collins reports. >> reporter: just one week after he was admitted to the hospital, president trump is insisting he is ready to get back to the campaign trail as medical experts worry it's too soon. >> i feel better now than i did two weeks ago. it's crazy. >> reporter: while stomach in isolation, trump urged aides to schedule rallies but currently has no travel plan this weekend.

the navy commander, sean connolly, said that the first lady has a mild cough and a headache. she is 50 years old and is in quarantine at the white house. she said that she is feeling good but has postponed all for upcoming engagements . >>> a number of people connected to the white house have tested positive for the coronavirus. to include nicholas luna. he is a personal assistant to the president. also the campaign manager. the former trip adviser, kellyanne conway, and three republican senators. most of them attended the nomination ceremony for judge amy coney barrett at the white house last saturday. trump administration says they're not going to release the names or number of white house staff infected with coronavirus because they say it is a privacy issue . >>> democratic nominee, joe biden, tested negative again today for the coronavirus. he was tested on friday but wanted to be tested again. biden did not have any campaign events today while he waited for his results. tomorrow, he is heading to florida. that is a crucial state in the upcoming election. the polls there

the fact doctor sean connolly said the president and first lady were a symptomatic certainly a good sign. i don't want to get ahead of the distribution of details and readouts as we get them but it appears hope hicks had mild symptoms traveling from that minnesota rally and that would put in place a high alert for everyone who would have been on air force one and in contact having covered a loss of these rallies. that is the main event experts and critics point to, because the president is not wearing a mask, because of social distancing, most of the crowd is maskless. we have seen the president wearing a mask more often in recent days and weeks but certainly not wanting to get ahead of criticism happening, you can expect as washington begins to wake up you will see some criticism coming towards the president for the fact that he now has the coronavirus. todd: let's talk about washington. as soon as you found out the news you went right to the studio and doing a great job on air but one question i haven't heard is what is the sense in dc a few hours after we got this news? >> a great que

sean connolly sang president trump now has detectable levels of antibodies, suggesting his immune systems responding to the infection and regeneron which makes that in about a cocktail he was given on friday saying the antibodies could be from their drug. >> he is doing rather well and actually we for the residents and i can tell you he's fully engaged and feeling great. >> the white house response to the coronavirus will be a major topic in the vice presidential debate. mike pence has been the point person leading with a coronavirus task force. our new fox news poll finds coronavirus tied with the economy has voters top issue. 68% of people who say coronavirus as they are top issue indicate they will vote for biden compared to 29% for president trump. tonight mike pence expected to contrast how the white house responded in the early days of the pandemic with white democrats were saying. >> kamala harris, joe biden, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, they all wanted to keep our borders open between china, the epicenter of the viral outbreak. the pc response of, well it is racist and xenophobic

the update will be given by his personal physician, dr sean connolly, at the walter reed medical centreund half an hour from medical centre. that is in around half an hourfrom now. we will bring it to you live. we arejoined by it to you live. we are joined by the centre of political studies at university of michigan. thank you forjoining us. does the news that a third us senator has tested positive for coronavirus. we know one of the things the president would like to do is nominate anotherjudge to the supreme court. is that going to be positive —— possible with three republican senators who tested positive? it is possible that covid will do what the democrats can't which is slow this down. if the president cannot get enough republican senators to show up at the court, mitch mcconnell the majority leader, will put that vote to the floor. it is possible that the democrats have received a sad but politically beneficial outcome here. depends on other things, whether other senators developed the disease, or the seriousness of the disease of those who have got it. it is exactly one month unt

it's from sean connolly, the commander u.s. navy. the subject is the present and the first lady and we can't forget she's involved, she tested positive. the statement says "i release the following information with the permission of donald trump in the first lady, this evening i received confirmation that both president trump and first lady melania trump tested positive for the sars-cov-2 virus. the president and first lady are both well at this time. they plan to remain home within the white house during their convalescence." the white house medical team and i will maintain vigilant watch and i appreciate the -- i expect the president to carry out his duties without din while recovery and i will keep you updated on future developments." obviously, the physicians not concerned and right now they said their well so it sounds like possibly a means there isn't a medic as far as we know. something mild that most it sounds like. >> hope hicks was experiencing symptoms, correct? >> yes. she had mild symptoms is what we are learning and agai

sean connolly, detailing the president's diagnosis with coronavirus. and then, detailing that cocktail, the antibody cocktail, that he took today. other than that, there has not been a chance to pose questions to him. to ask about the president's current state. these things that we have been hearing, not from official white house channels but, through b k back channels. through sources. that the president has a fever. these other conditions about what kind of state his health is in right now. we're not learning that from the white house, officially. we are learning it through sources. and so, that's why it's raised so many concerns that the president's doctor a has not come out and briefed reporters, yet. he is at the hospital, of course. we do know dr. connolly, his physician, did travel with the president to walter reed. but the white house has been not forthcoming, at best, to say what they have been saying about the president. and instead, we have heard from the chief of staff, the press secretary, and the president's economic adviser on his health

sean sean connolly aolndly and theyy are asymptomatic and e andec esid cry cg c out duty withoutithoruption while recovering. the news cameus hours afterer the lothnge -tthe eth trusted ae hickckstedositive. shs with the president most recently on wednesday in rally in minnesota and also with the president on tuesday with the debate and the prior saturday at a rally in pennsylvania. so it's really turned all eyes on all the people within the president's circle and another person close to the president, secretary mike pompeo traveling aboard his plane flying from rome to croatia said that he and his wife have tested negative and also white house chief of staff mark meadows has tested negative. we are learning a lot of detail as we wake up to the news that it's going to change perhaps not only how the president will conduct business as the leader to have free world but also implications for what will happen on the campaign trail with only 32 days to go till november third, maria. maria: all right, griff, thank you very much, griff general with the very latest, we will get back to you i

sean p connolly, the president‘s doctor talking just within the last hour about president from‘s condition it is coronavirus related. restrictions have come into force across parts northern england. from today, people living in liverpool, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough can no longer meet up indoors with anyone they don‘t live with. this includes bars and restaurants. 16.8 million people or around one in four of the entire uk population are now living under some form of increased measures. the news comes as 770 students have tested positive for the virus at northumbria university in the north east of england. this report from greg mckenzie. hi, becca! hello. a student house in a student street in newcastle. coughs. all the people in this room have tested positive for covid, and are now isolating. the neighbours have had it too. we thought we were, like, some dangerous household, saying, "we've got covid, stay away. " but they were like, "we've already had it." you think it‘s already widespread in student houses in the street? absolutely, oh, it's widespread completely. also with e

we actually heard from his doctor sean p connolly at a news conference a couple of hours ago with a very worst has passed. —— sean p conley. his fever has gone and the president tweeted doctors, nurses and all at the walter reed medical center are all amazing, as are all the other people helping him. we are told he is still working. this is actually pa rt is still working. this is actually part of the white house in technical terms. it is not part of the military. the bit he is in is technically part of the white house so technically part of the white house so it is all set up for a president and there are all the facilities he needs, and for his aides to sleep over as well and we will doubtless look to daily updates on the president‘s condition, because particularly this close to polling day there will be great concern about the president‘s condition and recovery, and prospects of him getting back at any point on the campaign trail. that‘s the latest on donald trump in washington. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a video of their children princes george and louis and prin

since then his doctor, sean connolly, has admitted on camera to giving misleading information about the president's condition. watch. >> why were you so reluctant until today to disclose that the president has been administered oxygen? >> that's a good question. >> thank you. >> i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president, that his course of illness has had. i didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction, and in doing so, it came off that we were trying to hide something which wasn't necessarily true. the fact of the matter is that he's doing really well. >> now, if i was trying to be upbeat to donald trump telling bob woodward that he downplayed it on purpose, we might be onto something. of this admission from dr. connolly, "the washington post" writes this, quote, the episode continued what has been a days long opportunitorrent of falseh imprecision as he faces the greatest threat to a president's health in decades. from the white house doctor to the president's chief of staff, the inability to provide cle