walter reed is always on standby for presidents. that's always an option. that's true whether they've had covid or not but we feel very confident the president is doing well and has mild symptoms. hell is getting the treatment available to every american. and he is doing very well under close monitoring from his physicians. >> [inaudible] >> the most important thing is the here and now. will you let us know if you figure out where the president did pick up this virus? >> the president travels a lot and engages with a lot of people. what i was trying to say and wanted to be sure we understood is the here and now. we are explaining to you how he is feeling. you heard from him directly we are going to continue to do that and do contact tracing these past 48 hours as laid out, but it is not the easiest thing to find out exactly where someone got covid. i don't know, when i did, who i got it from that we want to make sure the people he was around if it is indeed a close contact that they are made aware so that is our focus. >> i promise i will get to you. i'm ju

the previous president was moved from the white house to walter reed. one of the explanations given at the time they had better facilities there. are you confident in all circumstances that you have everything you need here at the white house in terms of facilities prepared for anything that may come and protect -- dr. jha: the president is right now working comfortably in the white house doing well. and there are obviously a lot of resources available here at the white house to take care of him. walter reed is always on stand by for presidents. that's always an option. that's true if the president had covid or not. we feel like the president is doing well, has mild symptoms. he's really getting the state-of-the-art treatment which by the way is available to every american. and he's doing very well in the residence under close monitoring from his physician. reporter: and car -- and karine, you addressed this, how the president is doing in the here and now, but will you let us know if you do figure out where the president did pick up this virus? [indisce

but you are trying to make a connection is far-reaching. >> you said the walter reed suite is alreadydy so whatis do you need to see from the president to go there? >> and in general want to give the hypothetical he has a mild illness he's feeling fine in his words. he is working. he is getting the care that he needs here. that's all i have to say at this point in hypotheticals of the future are so hard and there will be a decision made by his physician. >> [inaudible] >> you are just trying to get me into trouble? he should follow cdc guidelines that he is isolating. first lady is -- because she -- i think she's wearing -- she's tested negative, been wearing a mask. i have to say, i have not engaged on the question of what happens when the first lady returns back. reporter: [indiscernible] is it time to realize that masks may not really be -- have the effect that we try to make them to be? dr. jha: so i think the science on masks is actually quite clear and there is broad agreement among public health and science is higher quality masks work better than lower quality masks. every tim

when my predecessor got covid, he had to go walter reed. thankfully he recovered. when i got recovered, i worked from upstairs in the white house and for that five-day period. vaccinations is the difference. three new tools. treated all and widely available. you don't need to be president to get these tools to use for your defense. in fact, the same booster shots and same at-home tests and same treatment i got is available to you. all americans across the country from all works of life have free access to those tools. covid was killing thousands of americans a day when i got here. that isn't the case anymore. you can live without fear by doing what i did, get boosted, get tested and get treatment. at the same time, my administration remains vigilant. we have the tools to keep you from getting severely ill or dying from covid, but we are not stopping there. earlier this week, we had a conference at the white house for about the next generation of vaccines with the goal of keeping people from getting sick, even getting it. let me close with this. over the past 18 mon

they have doctors, nurses and medical treatment at walter reed that they don't necessarily have inside house? >> i think it really has to do with his level of symptoms. i think we learned in retrospect after president trump's hospitalization that he was quite sick. he got monoclonal antibodies and steroids and his oxygen levels dipped while he was in the hospital, president trump we're talking about. president biden his symptoms are mild so i think they'll be monitoring this and if there's some cause for concern, oxygen lefrms drop or his symptoms worsen, it's a possibility, but the statistics are very much on his side that because of his vks and the paxlovid medication, it is very unlikely to progress to severe illness. it's a different time. when president trump got covid there was no vaccine at that point, so this is an example of how effective these vaccines are just as you compare these two situations. >> dr. nguyen, when you look at the white house's testing protocol, prsz last tested negative on tuesday and he tested positive, and hoo r he was at afternoon outdoor event. do you

of the day where president trump went to walter reed with much more intense and secure but the whiteent will keep working from the white house. he is going to be okay. which really shows how far we have come in terms of how we treat covid and how serious covid is, right? >> that is right. and the severity of covid even though a virus with the same name of the more dangerous virus from two years ago, the year and a half ago, it's behaving differently because population immunity is high right now. i agree the president will be okay in the president should continue to work and work remotely as he is. but right now, the white house is making a mockery of the same contact tracing policy that they are still imposing on schoolchildren and everyday americans. the white house is basically acknowledging that it really is not effective. and contact tracing is not effective once the virus is ubiquitous and at large and inevitable. >> carley: that is right, karine jean-pierre said yesterday it doesn't matter where he got this. you have to wonder how the media responded to kayleigh mcenany saying

the nurses at walter reed hospital would come up, they would rub my face, whisper in my ear. they would get close and tell me it's going to be ok. they made a difference in my life. my son spent a year in iraq. he was the attorney general of the state of delaware. he should be man standing here talking to you as president, not me. he came home because where he slept for a year in iraq was about 150 yards from a burn pit, where they burned everything from fuel to garbage. he went with his regiment, his outfit and came home. i watched for 14 months how nurses took care of him, the doctors as well every day. every single day. i really mean from the bottom of my heart, nurses -- doctors are critical. i am not diminishing the role of a doctor, but nurses give you as much hope. male and female. as anybody else does. i want to thank the ceo and everyone at the hospital network for welcoming me this morning. this is the first time i had an opportunity to see for myself the outstanding work that you do here, but i've heard about for such a long time. my wife in 2010 and 2016, and i'm

if i write another book, it might be about the people at walter reed and the peer visitors and there are such characters there, tom and both korean war veterans and both of whom are, you know, he's a amputee and she's there. and they talked about the milk shake man a vietnam veteran and wandered around walter reed and paid for milk shakes out of his pocket to help them. >> not more work, senator, but i think the book is a great idea. this has been a fascinating conversation, thank you for your time. i hope all go out and read your book. >> thank you. ♪♪ >> if you're enjoying book tv, sign up for the newsletter, book tv every sunday and c-span2 or anytime online at book tv.org. television for serious readers. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the u.s. response to russia's invasion of ukraine, bringing you the latest from the president and other white house officials, the pentagon and the state department. as well as congress, we also have international protectives from the united nations and c-span networks. the c-span now mobile app and c-span.org/ukraine. our web resource page to

i write another book it might be about all the great people at walter reed that helped me recover . i talk about the visitors to the book and there's such characters there. both of whom are korean war veterans. both of whom, he's an amputee, she's a physical therapist. in their 80s became the sex talk couple. because they were so upfront about what life is like post amputation and to the milkshake man vietnam veteran with no legs who wandered around walter reed handing out milkshakes for years to help support the troops so i'd love to tell thosestories in more detail . >> thank you for listening, i think that's a fantastic book idea. well, this is a fascinating conversation. thank you for your time and i hope all of you go out and read every day is a gift. >> weekends are an intellectual feast. everysaturday american history tv documents america's stories and on sundays book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors . funding for c-span2 comes from thesetelevision companies and more including comcast . >> comcast is creating wi-fi enabled less so students from low inc

( cheers and applause ) didn't have to go to walter reed, did he? didn't have to go to walter reed.e of the pharmaceutical breakthroughs that helped him recover and did so in a classic biden way: >> millions of americans have used paxlivoid-- paxlovid, excuse me, paxlovid. i tell you what, i think it's-- i used it. ( laughter ) ( laughter ) >> stephen: "ha-ha-ha. i tell you, i got you. i took me some pax-lo-void, or plaxyvid, or platypus-polish. i took it. point is, that lil' pill knocked the clovis right outta my ol' breadbasket. now i'm easy-breasy breathin' ha-ha-ha. where am i?" marco! marco! ( applause ) fun trivia-- this is not prescription. ( laughter ) ( applause ) biden's clean bill of healt ( cheers and applause ) biden's clean bill of health couldn't come at a better time, because aides say the president spent the weekend going stir-crazy from the isolation and fighting cabin fever. aides worked to keep the president entertained on location,s setting him up with a whole cart of video equipment, phone calls from the grandkids, and a stack of books about ireland. when that

visitors i talked to in the book at walter reed there are characters there and korean war veterans. both of them are in pt's and a physical therapist and in their eighties became this couple about amputees and they were so honest about what life is like and then milkshake man and the one who lost his legs and handing out milkshakes paid out of his own pockets literally for years. love to tell those stories in more detail. host: i think that is a fantastic book idea. this is a fascinating conversation. thank you so much for your time. i hope. he's interviewed by bloomberg school of public health epidemiologist doctor emily gu. >> doctor offit i'm so happy to be talking with you today. >> the pleasure is mine, thank you very much. >> obviously the themes in your book are very relevant to what we're going today in the pandemic and i know you said you started writing the book around the time the pandemic

well before vaccines were available and spent three nights at walter reed. the biden white house promising transparency and updates on the president's condition. >> we were transparent. i got the letter from -- we put out a statement as soon as we did the test and were able to put out the information. we will have daily updates from his doctor on his status. >> reporter: there are real flashbacks right now to when former president donald trump got covid and spent several days at walter reed. but when dr. jha was asked about that possibility at this briefing just now, he dismissed that as purely a hypothetical, and that basically that doesn't seem like a real possibility given the president right now is feeling just fine. but jake, i'll tell you, i have traveled abroad with the president, covered many of these very crowded east room events at the white house, when the white house was asked about all of these events and schedules and travels the president has had, they said they have no regrets and have been preparing for the possibility of the president getti

by going to walter reed i realized there were families in need and things were happening to those atut that time i watched what -- one of the most amazing things to me was a vietnam veteran after the way they had been treated when they came back from the war were the first ones on the scene when our young men and women came back from the conflicts. that was a beautiful thing to see and i met wonderful people like-minded people that just our main purpose is not about us, it's about them and making sure that we meet their needs. so we ran through a journey that is really what it is today 18 years later and it's become a journey, when they were first injured and we followed them through their days at walter reed and as they went back to the communities and started facing challenges with the va system, we began realizing that there was even more need and as time has traveled, we've watched some things get better but we have also seen where the suicide rates have increased and to me if we lose one when they get home, that's just too many. anita: i couldn't agree with you more. we are goin

here is the bottom line, when my predecessor got covid he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medicalankfully he recovered. when i got covid i worked from upstairs at the white house in the offices upstairs and for the five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. but also three new tools, free to all and widely available. you don't need to be president to get these tools used for your defense. in fact, the same booster shots, the same at-home tests, the same treatment that i got is available to you. the biden administration made sure all americans across the country, from all walks of life, have free access to those tools. covid was killing thousands of americans a day when i got here. that isn't the case anymore. you can live without fear by doing what i did. get boosted, get tested and get treatment. at the same time, the biden administration remains vigilant. we have the tools to keep you from getting severely ill or dying from covid. but we're not stopping there. earlier this week, we had a conference at the white house about the next generation of vaccines, with a

and that is that when president trump got covid, remember the drama of that when he got rushed to walter reedospital and he was peering out of windows then he came to the white house and ripped the mask off and in this case you have a president who's had all his vaccinations, had his booster and this should be nothing more than a case of sniffles and isolation due to the great medical technology we now have with controlling the, you know, the severity of covid-19. >> douglas, how important do you think it is that we hear from the president himself during this period considering that he is the leader of the nation as we're being told is experiencing mild symptoms so far having treatment with paxlovid? how important do you think it is we hear from him personally during this period? >> it's absolutely necessary that he talks to the american people. i wouldn't do it through reporters. if he's up to it, just a feed that could be, you know, downloaded on people's iphones saying, like many americans, i now have covid. i've put myself in isolation and i'm going to do the proper protocols. i would say

they basically rushed then president trump to walter reed medical in marine 1. they told us as a precaution. it turned out it's because they thought they had to bring him there then when he could walk on his own. his blood oxygen was plummeting. there was a belief he would need to be placed on a ventilator. over that weekend, there was this moment where the white house doctor came out and said, trump is doing great. he is fine. then mark meadows, his chief of staff, who has a reputation for dishonesty, came out and briefed the press, what he called off the record, but everyone could see him in full view on the cameras, and said, he is not out of the woods. these next 24 hours will be critical. in that moment, for trump when people really were taking all of these precautions, it served as a sign of the recklessness and mishandling of the virus itself in a way it likely will not for president biden. >> we have to take a break. i want to ask you this quickly, zeke. if you had one question to ask at this 2:00 p.m. briefing of your friend, what would it be? >> what a

o'connor and walter reed experts are advising him.come they chose paxlovid that i prescribe a lot but stopped the blood thinner with a slight risk. there is another drug. how was the decision made not to use the monoclonal antibody or both of those together. those need to be addressed. the fact he has a slight fever doesn't concern me but another point the symptoms can wax and wane of this. we need to be better informed. >> harris: no one knows better than dr. fauci. he had to take paxlovid twice and you are doing that with some of your patients. thinks get better and then rebound. watching a nearly 80-year-old man it is critical. last year biden praised the effectiveness of the vaccine but recently dr. anthony fauci had a different take. watch. >> the various shots that people are getting now cover that. you are okay. you won't get covid if you have these vaccinations. >> one of the things that clear from the data, that even though vaccines, because of the high degree of trance miss built don't protect against infect but protect quit

biden: when my predecessor got covid he had to get helicopter to walter reed medical center, he was severelyankfully, he recovered. when i gotovid, i worked upstairs in the white house for that five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. laura: u.s. media outlets are reporting the department of justice is investigating former president trum's actions the day before the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol as reportedly part of a wider terminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. we bring in a republican strategist that worked with george w. bush and is also a lawyer. do you think president trump could be in a legal bother here? guest: good evening. any time you are under investigation by the department of justice, yes, you could potentially be in legal jeopardy. the question is, what crimes are they looking to potentially indict him on and when will they bring said charges if they elect to do so? laura: the question is whether or not the president is in legal trouble. is he in political trouble when you look at the governor of florida, ron desantis, he see

here's the bottom line -- when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medicalrecovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs in the white house and the offices upstairs and for the the difference is vaccinations of course. but also new tools free to all and widely available. you don't need to be president to get these tools to use for your defense. in fact the same booster shots, the same at home tests, the same treatment that i got is available to you. my administration made sure that all americans across the country, from all walks of life, have free access to those tools. covid was killing thousands of americans a day when i got here. that isn't the case anymore. you can live without fear by doing what i did, get boosted, get tested and get treatment. at the same time my administration remains vigilant. right now we have the tools to keep you from getting severely ill or dying from covid. but we're not stopping there. earlier this week we had a conference at the white house for about the next generation of vaccines with a goal of keeping people from gett

. >> when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medical center he was severely ill. thankfully he recovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs in the white house the difference is vaccinations, of course. >> reporter: lester, as you noted, the president does return with major news tonight. the democrat holdout joe manchin has now struck a deal on a very slimmed-down versio of the president's social and climate bill, the $3 trillion price tag now down to roughly $430 billion. but it also includes tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy. manchin previously said he was concerned about new spending causing more inflation. late tonight president biden says he supports the agreement. lester >> peter alexander with the update from the white house, thanks >>> for the first time in almost two decades, ceos of leading gun manufacturers testified before congress defending their sales of assault weapons and soaring profits amid a wave of mass shootings gabe gutierrez has that story. >> reporter: over the past decade, as mass shootings have been on the rise, leading

biden: my predecessor had to get helicopter to walter reed medical center and was seriously ill.lly, he recovered. i worked in the white house and the offices upstairs. reporter: even though he is now back to work in the oval office, he never really stopped working, and he will have to wear a mask for the next 10 days. in fact, the president is advising all americans concerned about that subvariant of omicron to wear a mask as an extra layer of protection. some -- the subvariant is responsible for the majority of new cases of covid in the united states, even as the number of deaths in the u.s. are down 90%. >> the world bank says africa contributes the least to global warming, that self -- yet suffers more from it. 19.4 million people are affected by a drought that began in october 2020. the world food program says nearly 90 million people in the region don't have enough to eat. the world bank report says climate change could displace more than 85 million people across africa by 2050. african leaders meet in camp all of this week to discuss the impact of climate change on the con

and was flown to a walter reed medical center for aggressive treatment. >> we're in a very different place than when former trump got covid. that is before we had vaccine and paxlovid. >> the white house said president biden will continue to carry out his doubt i yz in isolation until he tests negative. and the white house medical unit said that they're going to inform everyone who is deemed a close contact by cdc definition, by email today and if they're not going to get them by email, certainly the vice president and the first lady are considered close contacts, sara. >> deborah, thank you for that update. certainly a lot of questions as he's dealing with this covid diagnosis with so many americans right now. dania backus look at the ba.5 subvariant and what it means moving forward. >> hospitalizations are increasing across the country. with the highly contagious ba 5 subvariant accounted for 78% of all covid infections in the u.s. now many people are asking if they have covid in the last three months, will they have immunity against this variant. >> so if you got covid three month

. >> here's the bottom line, when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medical center. he was severely ill. thankfully he recovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs of the white house in the offices upstairs and for that five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. >> biden added americans can live without fear by doing what he did, get boosted, get tested and get treatment. >>> nearly a million people are on lockdown in wuhan, china, where the first cases of covid-19 were detected. four cases were recently detected in a city district. residents there are being ordered to isolate. >>> next the suspended principal of robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, is defending herself against a wave of criticism. mandy gutierrez tells cnn she cmpletely disagrees with the new legislate i have report that points to, quote, a culture of noncompliance with safety policies before the mass shooting that left 19 children and 2 people dead. >> i believe that i did my job to the best of my abilities. any time that an alert went out, every single t

former president trump became infected with covid just before the 2020 election and was flown to walter reed medical center for aggressive treatment. >> we're in a very different place than when former president trump got covid. that was before we had vaccines. it was before we had paxlovid. >> reporter: president biden postponed a crime prevention event in pennsylvania. the white house says he will continue to carry out all of his duties in isolation until he tests negative. debra alfarone, cbs news, the white house. >>> the republican candidate for new york governor is doing okay this morning after he was attacked during a campaign event. representative lee zeldin was giving a speech near rochester yesterday when a man walked on stage with a pointed weapon in his hand, apparently trying to stab him. video shows zeldin grabbing the man's wrist. they fall to the ground as others got involved. zeldin was not injured, and the man was taken into custody. zeldin continued his speech. he's challenging governor kathy hochul in november. >>> the heat wave that is baking the deep south and northeast

. >> when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medical center. he was severely ill. thankfully, he recovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs at the white house and the offices upstairs. and for the five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. >> mr. biden tested positive for covid last night and once again this morning after taking the antiviral drug paxlovid for five days. >>> the 21-year-old suspect accused of opening fire on a fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois was indicted today on 117 felony count, including first-degree murder. seven people were killed and more than 30 wounded in the attack. the indictment came as lawmakers here in washington called out gun companies for making more than a billion dollars in revenue, partly by marketing military grade weapons to young men. we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: there are so many things javier cazares misses about his 9-year-old daughter jac jacklyn, gunned down two months ago at robb elementary. >> everything. >> reporter: he traveled t

also did contract covered 19, did experience initially. mild symptoms later on did a have to go to walter reed medical symptoms. when the er walters medical center, when they'll simply became more severe. but we should point out the well, they are both similar in age. donald trump did have mitigating circumstances, namely that he was more heavy set, or somebody even say obese, which can be a complicating factor. now, in terms of the 1st lady, dr. joe biden, she has tested negative. she is continuing her schedule as normal. she was in the u . s. state of michigan earlier today. she finishes off her day in the us state of georgia and has not changed her schedule despite the fact that her husband, joe biden, to you as president, has contracted cove at 19. now we are waiting for an update again, we will be hearing from white house officials as well. 5 as the white house press secretary, that is set for 1800 gmc. can we help get that all white house correspondent? thank you. kimberly. i said he's president says your mentor rella has dissolved parliament, triggering snap collections. and that stuff

. >> when my predecessor got covid, he had to get metropolitanned to walter reed medical center. he was severely ill. thankfully, he recovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs in the white house and the offices upstairs, and for the five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. >> o'donnell: mr. biden tested negative for covid last night and once again this morning after taking the antiviral drug paxlovid for five days. the 21-year-old suspect accused of opening fire on a fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois, was indicted today on 117 felony counts, including first degree murder. seven people were killed and more than 30 wounded in the attack. the indictment came as lawmakers here in washington called out gun companies for making more than $1 billion in revenue, partly by marketing military-grade weapons to young men. we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: there are so many things javier cazeres misses about his nine-year-old daughter, jacklyn, gunned down two months ago at robb elementary. >> her smile. everything. >> reporter:

back in october of 2020, when my predecessor got covert, he had to get helicopter to walter reed medical center. he was severely ill. thankfully he recovered. well, i got covert. i worked from upstairs with the white house in the office is upstairs . even though the u. s president is now back to work in the oval office. he never really stopped working and he. 2 will have to wear mass for the next 10 days. in fact, the president is advising all americans concerned about that. so very into vom a, cried b, a 5 to wear a mask as an extra layer of protection. so very, it is responsible for the majority of new cases of cobit in the united states. even as the number of death in the us are down. some 90 percent. well saying in the u. s . and firefighters in the state of california, i can 24 hour shifts to keep what's known as the oak fire under control. they've managed to dampen about a quarter of the blade, which has been burning since friday. it's destroyed more than 2 dozen homes for thousands of people into temporary shelters. california wildfire season is becoming longer and more severe eac

covered 19 he also had mild symptoms initially, but then later on did need to go for advanced care at walter reed medical center. now, many would say a given the fact that he's only a few years younger than joe biden, you know that this could be cause for concern. however, there were mitigating factors in the case of donald trump, namely the fact that he was heavier set or somebody even say in the obese category . and that is often known as being a complication that can increase your risk or having more severe case of cobra. 19, so right now, what we are told is that the prognosis for joe biden is very optimistic and we are awaiting a update from the white house press secretary along with a cobra 19 task force. to get more specifics about the president's condition, which we are told right now is relatively mild. of course, i will continue to monitor that update with you later. thanks so much. kimberly help get that all white house correspondent. now it's these present said you have mozilla has dissolved parliament triggering snap collections and that's after prime minister money drunky resigned e

he had to get helicopter to walter reed medical center . he was severely ill. thankfully he recovered. well, i got covered, i worked from upstairs with white house and the office is upstairs. even though the u. s. president is now back to work in the oval office. he never really stopped working and he. a will have to wear mass for the next 10 days. in fact, the president is advising all americans concerned about that. so very into vom a crime, be a 5 to wear a mask as an extra layer of protection. so very, it is responsible for the majority of new cases of kobe in the united states, even as the number of death in the us are down, some 90 percent. the well thank says africa contributes, the least to global warming, yet suffers more from it across the horn of africa. at least 19 point. 4000000 people are affected by a drought that began in october 2020. it's because 4 consecutive rainy seasons failed in parts of ethiopia, kenya and somalia. the world food program estimates nearly 90000000 people in the region don't have enough to eat. acute m

there were reports that came out after thankgod got out of walter reed. the people on his team were scared he was going to die. he was sick. he also had before he got sick at the beginning of covid claimed it wasn't airborne when it was airborne. ac and even once he did get vaccinated, he didn't want to talk about it because so many people in his base weren't for it. there was booing at a rally then getting vaccinated. he did not treat covid nearly as seriously as president that i'm not taking away credit for operation war. what married to a man who went to the hospital because he wasl that sick and then insistedcr that the secret service drive him out to his fanset o who were waiting for him while the man had a disease that has now killed over d four million americans. >> the manam of the people. yes. yes.s. oh, and you know, people love the man and they pretty well, e i'm sure, which is scary as well. what isn't it interesting how they could both be on a balcony once a killer and one's a hero? you know, what's interesting to me is it's so fun for democr

at walter reed hospital and the veterans hospital here in washington. i listened to veterans as they tried to describe to me what it was like to live day after day year after year not knowing. come sick. i heard stories of hard-working men and women who could no longer keep steady jobs and support their families because of their illnesses. one veteran officer who had been diagnosed as 100% disabled told me about the healthy and active life. he had led before his tour in the persian gulf and about his frustration and seeking effective treatments for his symptoms. in february 1995. i reported to the president and the chief of staff on these findings and recommended some steps the administration could take in the future including the creation of a blue ribbon panel to investigate these issues further and i had the privilege of testifying at the first meeting of this committee in august 1995, and i've been following the work that has been done closely ever since so i'm particularly gratified to be here today, and i'm also gratified that our government is ma

when my predecessor got covid he had to get helicopter to walter reed medical center.severely ill. thankfully he recovered. when i got covid i work from upstairs in the white house for about five days. the difference is vaccinations of course. but also three new tool -- free tools available to all and widely available. you don't need to be president to get these tools to use in your defense. the same booster shots in the same at-home tests, the same treatment i got is available to you. the administration has made sure all americans across the country from all walks of life have free access to those tools. covid was killing thousands of americans a day when i got here. that is not the case anymore. you can live without fear by doing what i did. get boosted, tested and get treatment. at the same time the biden administration remains vigilant. right now we have the tools to keep you from getting severely ill and dying from covid. we are not stopping there. early this week we had a conference at the white house about the next generation vaccines but the goal of people gett

when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicopter to to walter reed medical center.e was severely ill. thankfully, i -- he recovered. when i got ill i worked from the offices upstairs for that five day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. amy: nearly all u.s. states have seen steady increases in daily covid-19 cases and hospitalizations over the past two weeks. judges in north dakota and wyoming wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of trigger bans on abortion, enabling reproductive health providers in those states to resume services after the supreme court's decision in june striking down roe v. wade. meanwhile, the west virginia house of delegates has approved a bill to ban nearly all abortions. the bill passed with the support of three-quarters of lawmakers. it now moves to west virginia's state senate for consideration. a bill that would enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law, the respect for marriage act, is nearing a vote in the senate. the legislation would repeal the 1996 defense of marriage act, or doma

my predecessor got covered, he had to be helicoptered to walter reed medical center.lly, he recovered to go when i got a bit of it, i work from upstairs of the vital to difference as vaccinations. even the president think the pandemic isn't over yet an american need to take precautions with the new variant including vaccines, boosters, masks. state or federal judge halted the ability to discharge a discipline airmen who refuse to comply with joe biden's covid-19 mandate. question phrase is an international guard member who filed a lawsuit of either married. quest cover, representing the airmen, is also the they're both joined in. great to have a boss in the program. tristan, this is a slight murmur, but if you ultimately lose, what with the vaccine mandate end up taking from you? >> yeah, great beer, todd. first thing i want to see is none of my comments represent the department of defense, united states and force or kansas international got. but you, to me, i've served 18 years in the united states and forth in kansas international got the bad, and i've got retiremen

so besides having the chance to visit with three of the victims who are here at walter reed whose lives will be changed forever like all of ours. and by the way who are all in very great shape and look like they'll recover fully. but besides the chance to thank them for their service to our country to give them our wishes for a very speedy recovery. i also had the chance to thank the emergency team members some of whom are behind me some of these emergency team members were in just in their last few days of a nursing course here practical practical nurses course, they never expected. to have to deal with the situation like this at the very end of their their course and i know how tough it is for them just like it is for the patients who are in here as well. some really thankful that i have the opportunity to thank them and to wish my best to the patients. all of us now is america as americans have the opportunity to show our compassion our resilience as a country our courage that's what these members of the team behind me showed america yesterday when they rushed to the pentagon to to r

so, besides having the chance to visit with three of the victims who were here at walter reed, whose lives will be changed forever, like all of ours, and by the, way who are all in very great shape, and look like they will recover fully. besides the chance to thank them for their service to our country, we give them their wishes for a very speedy recovery. i also have the chance to thank the emergency team members, some of whom are behind me. some of these emergency team members were just in their last few days of a practical nurses course. they never expected to have to deal with a situation like this. it's the very end of their course. now, we have videos for them, just like for the patients in here as well. so really, thankful that i have the opportunity to thank them, and to wish my best to the patients. all of us now, as americans, have the opportunity to show our compassion, our resilience as a country, our courage. that's with these members of the team behind me showed america yesterday when they rushed to the pentagon to rescue people. it also gives us all the chances, as ame

we know that former president trump at the time was rushed to walter reed hospital. this appears to be a very, very different situation, with these very mild symptoms being described. joe biden as of now, is isolating inside the white house residence. the white house says that he will be continuing to work, engaging in meetings and phone calls via zoom and over the telephone. we heard from jill biden speaking on her husband's condition. listen. >> i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he's doing fine, feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guide livens, i'm keeping masked. >> reporter: obviously, it's very notable that it's only now that joe biden has finally tested positive for the coronavirus at a time when so many americans have themselves or no somebody who has tested positive for the virus over the course of this pandemic. part of that is due to the white house's very rig louse coronavirus protocols. we know that add visors who meet with him daily are tested in the morning via antigen tests and they