wachter is the chair of ucsf department of medicine.e'll be right back with us after this. nesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the services of the post office plus ups only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>> joining us now once again is dr. robert wachter, chairman of the department of medicine at the university of california san francisco. dr. wachter, thank you for sticking with us. >> pleasure. >> before we -- before we took that break, you were affirming the concerns that have been voiced by anonymous white house officials tonight to "the new york times," and that we've heard other people discuss in recent days, that the president may be impaired in his decision-making and his thinking, both by covid and potentially by some of the treatments that he's on, specifically thinking about that steroid.

wachter. >> i came here, wasn't feeling so well, i'm feeling better now. >> reporter: dr. robert wachter, chair of the department of medicine at ucsf, says the president's health remains uncertain. >> we certainly see people that do this, they come up a little bit, and the next day they crash. >> reporter: dr. wachter's biggest concern was that president trump was allegedly given oxygen at the white house, indicating the virus may have affected his lungs. >> now that his oxygen level has fallen, we know he is at risk of a bad case of covid pneumonia. the key is his oxygen level is low, because people in the emergency systems slap on a little oxygen, it's not a big deal. but knowing he did get it because he actually needed it is very important. >> reporter: a diagnosis that according to a uc hatine in esenal .yi ride on a wave of he sympat sympathy. >> reporter: it's a question that lingers. if the 25th amendment is invoked, who would be on the ballot? >> pence would take over the presidential duties temporarily while trump remains on the ballot. >> reporter: president dona

wachter he's his political views are not influencing his medical opinion. he points to the next ten days as vital to see how the president responds to the latest medicine. >> i came here, wasn't feeling so well. i feel much better now. >> reporter: reassuring words tonight from president donald trump. but dr. robert wachter, chair of the department of medicine at ucsf says the president's health remains uncertain. >> we certainly see people that do this, and they come up a little bit, and the next day they crash. >> reporter: dr. wachter's biggest concern is that president trump was allegedly given oxygen at the white house, indicating the virus may have affect his lungs. >> reporter: now that his oxygen level has fallen we know that he is at risk of bad case of covid pneumonia. the key is that his oxygen level is low. sometimes people come to the emergency department and we sometimes slap on a little oxygen. it's not a big deal. knowing he did get it because he actually needed it is very important. >> reporter: a diagnosis that of course uc hastings law pr

that's doctor bob wachter the. >>chair of the ucsf department of medicine again a great follow on twitter if you'd like to have things broken down and away you can understand them you've done that for us tonight and we appreciate your time yes, thank you hopefully will be available to us in the future, i'm sure they'll be many more questions will have i'm sure thank you thanks for clearing up some of the we brought you the that the president was leaving the hospital. our kron 4 mobile app make sure to download the app for the latest breaking news. here in the bay area and beyond today governor newsome weighed in on the aftermath of president trump's covid-19 diagnosis. it's a political season, so it doesn't surprise me or anybody to dismiss this pandemic is anything but what it is a deadly pandemic deadly disease that's impacting lives destroying families as well as our economy i don't think advances collective cause of bringing this country back together. >>newsom says that he has been tested several times during

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>>a ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news and the department of medicine chair ucsf doctor bob wachter is weighing in tonight on president trump's state of mind. >>he told msnbc's rachel maddow that it's possible trump's decision-making is impaired due to steroids and covid doctor wachter also tweeted that he doesn't know for sure if the president is impaired but it's definitely possible. >>another big story we're following after sending the stock market tumbling by tweeting today that he is pressing pause on all covid stimulus package talks until after the election. president trump now tonight is suggesting more financial relief could be on the way. it comes after the fed chair and many investors been clamoring for more stimulus money to keep struggling americans on their feet. >>our kron 4 sanaz tahernia is live in the newsroom with some details us that's right grant vicki earlier this afternoon the president tweeted saying that he ended negotiations for the new covid-19 stimulus package. >>until after the election promising a major relief bill. once he wins that election he also said that he di

robert wachter says the president's health remains uncertain. >> we certainly see people that do this and they come up a little bit and the next day they crash. >> reporter: the doctor's biggest concern is that president trump was allegedly given oxygen at the white house, indicating the virus may have affected his lungs. >> now that his oxygen level has fallen, he is at risk of a bad case of covid pneumonia. the key is that his oxygen level is low, sometimes we slap on a little oxygen, but knowing he h needed it is very important. >> reporter: the diagnosis that according to uc hastings law professor hadar avaren who change the presidential race. >> this will be a detriment people aus coaccusing him of downplaying the pandemic or rising from behind. >> reporter: there is a question that lingers. if the 25th amendment is invoked, who would be under the hood? >> pence will take over the presidential duties temporarily while trump remains on the ballot. >> reporter: president donald trump is 74 years old and clinically overweight, two factors that place him under the high risk category

robert wachter says the president's health remains uncertain. >> we certainly see people that do this and they come up a little bit and the next day they crash. >> reporter: dr. where biggest concern is that president trump was allegedly given oxygen at the white house, indicating the virus may have affected his lungs. >> now that his oxygen level has fallen, he is at risk of a bad case of covid pneumonia. the key is that his oxygen level is low, sometimes we slap on a little oxygen, but knowing he did get it because he actually needed it is very important. >> reporter: the diagnosis that professor hadar avaren could change the presidential race. >> this will be a detriment people accusing him of downplaying the pandemic or learning from his own mistakes or he could ride on a wave of sympathy from behind and recover the problems with his current campaign. >> reporter: there is a question that lingers. if the 25th amendment is invoked, who would be under the hood? >> what might happen is that pence will take over the presidential duties temporarily while trump remains on the ballot. >>

robert wachter, chairman of the university of california at san francisco's department of medicine said any patient of his with trump's symptoms and treatment who wanted to be discharged from the hospital after three days would need to sign out against doctor's orders because it would be so ill advised. wachter says, quote, for someone sick enough to have required remdesivir and dexamethasone, i can't think of a situation in which a patient would be okay to leave on day three, even with the white house's medical capacity. william schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt's medical school concurring, saying the idea of sending trump back to the white house today, that idea, quote, absolutely not. but there he is and taking off the mask right before he walks inside the white house, gasping for air. why is the president getting this treatment that dr. conley has described? do we believe that this is the treatment the president is getting? i ask because dr. conley's pronouncements have been hard to believe at times, often inconsistent, and they've required repeated correctio

all right, professor bob wachter, thank you. you are very welcome.rench interior minister has called for some types of fireworks to be banned, after they were used to attack a police station on the outskirts of paris in the early hours of sunday morning. around a0 people are said to have taken part, which saw police having to barricade themselves inside the station as a crowd, armed with metal bars tried to force their way inside. support for the far—right freedom party has sharply fallen in municipal elections in vienna. heinz—christian strache's party gained 7% — a loss of more than 20 percentage points since the last elections in the city. it's a humiliation for the former austrian vice—chancellor, who was attempting a comeback after a corruption scandal last year. in the uk, prime minister boris johnson is to set out a new three—tier system of "local covid alert levels" in england. the move comes after a weekend of talks between the government and mayors and council leaders from areas with high rates of infection. john mcmanus reports. it was a w

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank u joining us now doctor bob wachter with the ucsf. >>doctor we we really appreciate having you all on this is i good news you watch the president on air evaluation tonight. your observations. >>i think you look pretty good. you know it you can't emphasize enough how difficult is how bad his prognosis was. >>a week he had a reasonable chance of having a very severe. >>and even infection and to see him 8 days out. seem to be breathing comfortably is mental status seem to be back to his base line and you know he's not out of the woods. he's got probably another week before you're confident that he wanted to read, looked about as good as he could look 8 days into the diagnosis. >>he obviously had treatment that normal folks don't get is there a concern in your mind that. maybe president trump supporters are going to see how quickly. and effectively he recovered and yeah they hear him say don't be afraid of covid don't let it dominate your life are you concerned that some of his supporters. might i want to say maybe let your guard down but

>>and the department of medicine chair ucsf doctor bob wachter who was on that zoom call is weighing in tonight on president trump's state of mind. he told msnbc's rachel maddow that it's possible. president trump's decision making is impaired because of the steroids he's taking in the covid he has doctor wachter also tweeted that it is know for sure if the president is impaired but no it's it's definitely possible. he added that the president's doctors need to be assessing him for impairment every day and be able to accurately report their results without fearing the consequences democratic presidential nominee joe biden says that he and president trump should not have a debate as long as the president is infected with covid-19. >>the former vice president says he still looks forward to being able to debate trump and there should be some very strict guidelines. >>you have to follow. strict guidelines to many people in fact it's offering a guide to 5 a guideline the cleveland clinic. and what the docs say the right thing to do. if if and when he showed up for debate. >>the second pre

allowed to leave their homes except for essential reasons germany is also ahead towards a national wachter in mustang all of the month of november chancellor angela merkel has warned that intensive care units are at risk of being overwhelmed and say you study in britain says cases there are doubling every 9 days government ministers say they're hoping local measures will prevent nationwide restrictions and just 7 simmons' rather brings us more from manchester. the north of england has long been the pole relation to the self in its economy and welfare with cove it hitting hard ahead now that the rest of the country it's open the gap even wider might just as initial refusal to move into the highest level of restrictions led to a standoff with central government over funding it's resolved now but are reframing it's. this is the north of england has consistently lost out. consequently it's created an entrenched north south divide descend to the north can be measured by the industrial scale of voluntary food distribution for the poor be . this a lot of children of to simply live in poverty is a

responsible for all of we want to welcome in the chairman of the department of medicine for ucsf doctor bob wachter. >>doctor watching thanks for being with us again we'll get to the regeneron issue momentarily but last night you made waves on national tv for suggesting to rachel maddow that president trump could be mentally adversely affected because drug see is on particularly the sterile obviously you've noted that you're not sure but that's a i'll ask you after seeing the president in his video message today and knowing what we know how do you think the president is doing. >>well i it's hard to diagnose through the video so. it would be better if i was seeing him in person, but in terms of what we saw in the video his personality seemed to be him and i certainly didn't detect any signs that he he was altered from what what is normal baseline as he also parent that look pretty good from a breathing standpoint, which is those are the 2 main worries that if the virus. is taking off he would probably get short of breath and that would be the biggest sign that he might be you might be getting worse

wachter says typically steroids are used with severe covid-19 cases. in this case, the president got it on day two. >> so the fact that they started it on his second day in the hospital means that they must have been quite worried about him. >> now, according to the president's doctors, his condition continues to improve, but dr. peter chin-hong says that doesn't take away from the fact that he remains highly contagious. the first days of a patient with covid are some of the most infectious. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. >> luz, much appreciated. >>> now, new covid-19 spikes are causing reopening rollbacks in the u.s. and overseas. johns hopkins university reported more than 54,000 positive cases friday. that is america's highest single-day total since mid-august. new york city's mayor wants businesses to shut down in nine zip codes across brooklyn and queens amid outbreaks there and in paris, all bars will shut down tuesday as the city's coronavirus alert is raised to maximum. and in san francisco, officials are discouraging trick-or-treating

wachter says "for someone sick enough to have required remdesivir and dexamethasone, i can't think of a situation in which ain patient would be okayo leave on day three, even with the white house's medical capacity." william schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university's medical school concurring, saying, "the idea of sending trump back to the white house today," that idea, "absolutely not." but there he is, and taking off the mask right before he walks inside the white house, gasping for air. why is the president getting this treatment that dr. conley has described? do we believe that this is the treatment the president is getting? i ask because dr. conley's pronouncements have been hard to believe at times, often inconsistent, and they've requiredn repeated correction. why is the president's treatment being sioverseen and explained the american people by dr. sean conley in the first place? he's an osteopath. another against osteopaths, but you would expect this team to be led by an infectious disease se doctor, no? at least an internist? somebody who does som

decision-making is impaired because of the steroids he's taking and the covid infection in general doctor wachter also tweeted that he doesn't know for sure if the president is impaired but says it's definitely possible. he added that the president's doctors need to be assessing him for impairment every day and be able to accurately report their results without fearing the consequences. >>and as dan kerman reported mister trump tweeted this morning that he is planning to attend next week's debate with joe biden in miami. he ended the with it will be great. meanwhile, joe biden says that there shouldn't be a debate of trump remains positive for the coronavirus. >>you have to follow. a strict guidelines. too many people have been infected. offering a guide to 5 a guideline the cleveland clinic. and what the docs say the right thing to do. if if and when shows up for debate. >>the next presidential debate is scheduled for october 15th. meanwhile, california senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence will face off in the vice presidential debate at the university of utah in salt lake city. >