House what impact will all of this have on the president ial campaign and. Security. On the inside the school. Police in kurdistan break up protests by opposition parties that shut out of parliament by sundays elections. U. S. Present donald trump says he will leave hospital in the coming hour and despite the u. S. Death toll from the coronavirus now passing 210000 people he searched americans not to be afraid of covert 19 tweeting from hospital trump said he would be leaving Walter Reed Medical Center at 2030 g. M. T. On monday thats just under 30 minutes from now he encouraged people to not let the fire dominate their lives same the country has really great drugs and knowledge and that he felt better than he did 20 years ago doctors treating president have explained why they think he can continue recovering at the white house over the past 24 hours the president has continued to improve hes met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria to receive another dose of him does appear here today and then we plan to get him home its been more than 72 hours since his last fever. Oxygen Levels Clothing able to research are asians and were breathing are all normal. So he may not entirely be able to woods yet the team and i agree that all are evaluations and most importantly hes clinical status support the president safe return home where hell be surrounded by world class medical care 247 meanwhile the list of white house officials testing positive for covert 1000 is growing rapidly press secretary caylee mcenaney is the latest prominent west wing figure to be diagnosed with the virus at least 2 other communications aides plus other midlevel staffers have also tested positive mcenaney says shes experiencing no symptoms she is among several Staff Members who say they had not been told about the diagnosis of trump aide hope picks who was also working out of the west wing former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie says no Staff Members wore masks or socially this tensed during preparations for last tuesdays president ial debate christie himself is in hospital after also testing positive for corona virus and u. S. Attorney general william barr is self isolating despite testing negative for the virus 4 times since friday he attended a potential super spreader event at the white house last week go live now to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett she is outside the walter reed Military Hospital in bethesda where of course the president is but not for much longer he is due to be leaving in the next half hour kimberly but as he leaves how clear do you think the medical a picture of what a situation is right now. Well there it is clear that hes not out of danger as of yet in fact his physician say its going to be another week before they can really breathe as they say a sigh of relief that hes out of the danger zone and theres still some mystery about exactly when the president 1st tested positive and negative in terms of understanding how long he will continue to shed the virus so as a result in advance of the president s plan to leave the Medical Center behind me in about 30 minutes time the white house has been working very hard to outfit it so the president can continue to work and not spread to any other Staff Members because as weve been reporting here in algiers here all day in fact there are a number of people that continue to test positive you mention caylee bacchanalia but we also know some of the support staff inside the white house residence also testing positive they want to make sure that that doesnt continue so we know that a number of rooms including the map room are being outfitted in order to protect that now one more thing that i should tell you is that the president has continued to tweet throughout the day and one of the things that hes pushing back on right now is how this might impact his ability to win reelection he says that is not going to have an impact he believes that he will win anyway he also is hoping for a dramatic exit from the Walter Reed Medical Center where we are standing now many of the supporters here are standing here hoping that they will catch a glimpse of the president much like we saw about 24 hours ago when he was in an s. U. V. Thanking his supporters what i can tell you and confirming is that in fact the president will be accident via marine one that means hes going to be helicoptering from here to the white house its a roughly 10 minute flight hes scheduled to leave here 630 local Eastern Standard Time and landing at the white house at roughly 640. 00 Eastern Standard Time so this is being widely reported butt. In terms of how the president is hoping to make this traumatic that is still not clear although i can tell you it is a bit of a spectacular sight to see breen one in action perhaps that will be enough for these supporters who have been standing by patiently waiting to cheer on their president and what about all the other supporters who i guess were hoping to see him on the campaign trail what happens there what do you think the impact of his illness will be on the campaign. Well despite the president s positive spin theres no question things are changing in fact the latest word weve had from the commission on president ial debates is we know the next president ial debate may have a slightly different for our we already knew that it was going to be a town hall format versus the face to face of cross the stage that weve seen with his democratic challenger joe biden but now were hearing this may have some sort of virtual aspect for it its clear that in light of this outbreak at the white house that there are people that are gravely concerned we know that there was perforation for the last debate that involved the president s team that was not Wearing Masks we know that hope picks his advisor was one of those people and of course weve since seen it spread to the former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie weve seen it in the inner circle of the white house staff and of course there was also that rose garden event with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court that has really allowed for this to grow exponentially in terms of the number of infections so there is already discussion about how this campaign will move forward you have to remember that joe biden has already been conducting a scaled down campaign hes been wearing a mask hes been conducting a lot of virtual fundraisers as has his Vice President ial running mate Camila Harris so whether the Donald Trumps campaign will follow suit it is still unclear hes been known for having these very large scale indoor rallies at times not wearing a mask where people are not socially distance but its hard to see how that will be able to continue given the fact that the president himself will not be able to hit the campaign trail for at least another week. Kimberly healthcare outside the hospital where of course expecting the president to leave in the next half hour for the moment kimberly thank you. A little earlier i spoke with dr eric feigele gang any pm ologist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists he explained what to expect next in trumps medical treatment even if hes fully recovered this illness has a seesaw unpredictable thats fine today shortness of breath tomorrow and destruction to the white house is not really going home like the rest of us go home white house is a full surgical suite and of course theyll be a full kataria of doctors on standby im glad hes doing better but again theres also a long term effects such as brain t. Brain fog and many other chronic conditions that come from this so it was hard to see but i dont think hes entirely out of the woods yet this is a very unpredictable disease theres a saying in d. C. If if someones awake there there have bright spirits if theyre unconscious theyre resting peacefully. There is always going to be a little spend here we dont really know the details of this but even the number of oxygen tips that he had its still very big how low it actually went but in terms of this drug hes using dex about the zone its its a pretty severe drug in terms of its only reserved for severe critical patients not for mild because it actually slows down actually slows our immune system increases virus prep legation so we have to really see he is definitely not out of the woods anything could still happen. Well john jordan is a republican strategist who joins us now via skype from santa and california sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera we heard the president s medical team when they were speaking about 2 hours ago even they were saying that he is well enough to go suppose home although there will be medical assistance there but hes not out of the woods and the next week will be telling how worried are you about the potential impact that this could have not only on his health of course but on the campaign. No one worries a great deal about it but its important to bear in mind that physicians in any bureaucracy whether its a hospital or the military sort of this nobody everybody is going to say well use not out of the woods yet because if something goes wrong nobody wants to be the guy they point to when he said oh hes fine so theyre always going to err on the cautious of these vague gauzy kind of statements but it is telling they are letting him go home and that he is well enough to go home and that he wants to go it is critical for president drugs political future that he be well and that he be able to travel and campaign if he is hobbled by the virus and walk and is obviously sick that would be nearly fatal for his campaign he needs to be somebody whos encountered the virus had the virus over the virus and now can talk about the virus in a very human way much like Boris Johnson in the u. K. You know he would have been a survivor he dont know in a way that many in the media do not yet have to say looking at the u. K. Figures right now for contagion im not sure thats the best example to use in the situation and also going home for someone like the president where you have medical assistance at the white house isnt like going home for most of us would be talking about what you were saying about the human and all that i suppose it gives him that when he tweets things like dont be afraid dont let the and dont let the virus dominate your life do you think that this is a wise message or or do you think that actually he in a way is still showing that he doesnt fully understand how dangerous the virus can be. Well lets not get caught up in the media characterizations of this 1st of all life does go on we do have to run our lives and we cant run it for us we have to acknowledge the existence but we cant live in paralyzed fear buried in the basement either we have to run our businesses run our country and go about her life and enjoy our lives and cant live in terror what matters here politically is what the president says publicly what his messaging is over the next week or so if he follows up on that tweet saying yeah its something to be scared of something we have to be cautious about i president truck should know how do how how easily somebody can get this from the same time we cant let it run our lives either it depends on the context that he puts around it if he puts a human face on it says yes i understand it yes ive been working to deal with it effectively despite it being this characterized by the American Press you know he could this could be an opportunity for him to reboot his campaign in negate this issue for the balance of the American Election season while youre talking and just like to say were seeing live pictures now of the helicopter thats just arrived at walter reed Military Hospital in bethesda presumably at to pick up the president in the next few minutes or so i mean you were mentioning how in your words the press has twisted things but we all know that the president for ages was not Wearing Masks did not make them compulsory theres a difference between stopping the whole country and actually taking precautions the way that many other people and many other nations have the fact that the whole of the white house certainly many people in the white house have been infected now with the coronavirus again how damaging do you think this is going to be for the campaign and i also have a technical question if the president should actually fall ill is there a plan b. From the Republican Party is there any precedent for Something Like this. Well there isnt exactly a precedent but there is a procedure should the president of the United States and his partys nominee for president or even if youre not president youre just the nominee of your party and you fall ill the party with then be able to choose a replacement nominee and it wouldnt necessarily be the Vice President ial nominee all the Vice President pens would become interim president the party could still choose another nominee there is a process for that but certainly its almost unthinkable in the last 30 days before an election pres a practical matter president will be staying on the ballot no matter what he will be saying about ballots are printed in are being shipped already been shipped out to a lot of places now the president taking this seriously you know hes the one who did institute unprecedented throughout the world operation work speak to get a vaccine and get a backseat in the hands of americans and the american political system doesnt allow the president of the United States to impose a mask mandate that is unconstitutional only governors can do that he did and that is the downfall there couldnt be by wearing a mask or he could have found well ask only prevent only protects the people around the person wearing the mask so you know and also theres a lot of conflicting guidances around around around mass where you not need a 3 ply and 95 but most importantly what it is is the president of the United States seasons out as a symbol of hes willing to take some risks to not have to appear weak or like that its just its just not dick is not particularly dignified the president was willing to assume certain risks to do that and those risks. And im not sure i agree on the appearing a week taking precautions as not appearing weak but let me just ask you a final question among republicans that youre speaking to how worried that what people and president of the law are about President Trump i mean you say its unthinkable for him. You know 29 days before the election to be even more seriously ill but unfortunately we have seen people effectively not survive even call that a certain to be debilitated for a long time how worried are republicans right now and supporters of the president insiders and i talk to people in and out of the campaign and the white house routinely. Theyre not really worried about his physical nobody is really in the know is particularly worried about his physical Health People are comfortable that hes going to survive they are worried with they are working on right now is how does this affect the race but insiders republican insiders that connections inside the white house are concerned for as well it is is is is that mortality you know even people with president s conditions you know being older and overweight have a better than a 99. 00 and a half percent survival rate so now on top of that the presidency being the best care this country can give him so people arent too worried about that but they are worried about the political implications ok well well have to see how it all develops and as the doctors say the next week is crucial john jordan republican strategist thank you so much for having joined us a pleasure. On meanwhile democratic president ial nominee joe biden has called on donald trump to make the wearing of masks mandatory across the u. S. Saying the nations Coronavirus Crisis is far from over the former Vice President made the comments during a Campaign Event in miamis Little Havana where he was also the scuffing Economic Growth for the hispanic community. Experts say universal maskey could save between now and january a 100000 lives we say that again between now and january. Mandatory masking could save 800000 lives. You know i backed that mandate months ago he should back it now. Since the president in the hospital on friday more than 100000 since friday where the 100000 more people have been diagnosed with coburn. And this week at least 5000 more will die cases and this are climbing to many states. I hope the president s recovery swift is successful but our nations covert crisis is far far from over some more about this with and the gallagher who is in miami right now and what did you make of that statement by joe biden how do you think the president s illness affects the campaign right now. Well i think joe biden has decided to take a very particular approach here the former Vice President could easily say look i told you so you mocked me for wearing a mask youre not 1st president ial debate but hes not doing that hes saying let science be our Guiding Light in tackling this pandemic hes indicating to voters across the country that thats what he would do as president so i think its a very particular approach that they Biden Campaign has obviously discussed and us to the effect of the upcoming president ial election and President Trumps health its just not known at the moment when getting very mixed messages from the white house from the doctors about his health or a concerns about him returning to the white house and of course on the 15th of october biden and trump are supposed to meet for the 2nd president ial debate here in miami as to that joe biden says look at the dock to say its safe if President Trump is being told hes healthy enough to do that then lets go ahead but otherwise lets listen to what the doctors have to say and let science be the guide. And they also remind us about some of the issues in florida beyond. Florida of course one of the key states what d are the main topics there that the 2 candidates need to address. Well i mean florida is the quintessential battleground state it is an important state because demographically it represents the entire nation so what happens here tends to happen across the entire country now theyre all passed to the white house without florida for joe biden but for president that is not so much the case now joe biden is down here today because he needs to do better with hispanic and latino voters he is trailing particularly with groups like cuban americans who believe Donald Trumps message that joe biden is a socialist something many latino and hispanic voters fear in joe biden so hes trying to convince them otherwise but there are 29 Electoral College votes at stake here in the Sunshine State its a state of course of President Trump now calls home an old pass to the white house as the saying goes lead through florida so this is joe biden 2nd visit obviously president on trump has been in many many times before because he comes down to what is known as the winter white house in a log oh but this is a key state it always has been it always will be remember he only won this state by just over a 1000 votes back in 20 sixteenths of both candidates need to make an impact here at the outlets if they are to win in the president ial election in november and the galley go with the latest there from miami andy thank you. And lets go back to our White House Correspondent kimberly how kitschy is outside the walter reed Military Hospital where the president and is but not for long long we just saw the official helicopter marine one arrive a few minutes ago didnt we. Yeah thats right and boy the supporters were pretty excited when that happened everybody got out their cell phones and mobile phones and began to videotape that they are pretty keyed up as you can hear behind me it could get pretty loud in the next few moments as we discuss here but let me give you a sense of the scene inside Walter Reed Medical Center what we know is that there is a motorcade set to take the president from his hospital doorway to the landing site where marine one is waiting we understand that white house staffers have assembled outside that door anticipating the president s departure or emerging from the hospital behind me he will be put into a motorcade and then make that very short trip to marine one and then it is about a 10 minute flight from here theyll be traveling south were in bethesda maryland its about a 30 minute drive north of washington d. C. They will be taking that 10 minute flight to the south lawn of the white house where the president is expected to be greeted not only by around the clock medical staff that is he continues to recover but also we understand that the white house has now been outfitted with particularly certain rooms like the map room for example so that he can continue the work of president not going to the west wing where the oval office is located where typically president s will work instead he will remain in the residence of the white house the main structure that so many people are familiar with well he continues to recuperate because as you recall with the code 19 and you were contagious for quite a long time and there still is some fogginess with medical experts about how long. Percival continue to shed that virus and of course as weve been reporting there are so 2 many people that continue to test positive for kobe one team at the white house weve had not only the press secretary as of today and another member of the press staff but also 2 members of the support staff inside the residence so in order to try and mitigate this and to make sure that the president doesnt continue to potentially in fact others at the White House Well they are supporting him they have made accommodations now in terms of the president s prognosis we know from his doctors and their latest briefing that they are caution slee optimistic the president is not yet out of the woods if you will in terms of risk particularly because he is of advanced age he does have some Underlying Health conditions including being overweight which could be very dangerous at his age so we know that the president is going to be under careful watch and scrutiny for at least another week because they say that if they can get the president with his therapies through to next monday they believe that he may be in the clear that might be difficult for this president because he likes to hit the campaign trail he likes to do things in a big way were expecting he has promised that this departure will be spectacular how hes going to pull that off were not exactly sure we know that just 24 hours ago he was in an x v i mean some controversy to see his supporters not sure hell have the same opportunity this time but again there are 20 days until the november 3rd election this president keenly aware as Andy Gallagher has been reporting that his rival joe biden the democratic president ial nominee in that battleground state of florida and yet the president is not able to campaign with precious time left when he is behind in the polls by at least 8 or 9 percent points i mean do you think because of that hes kind of turning the vis leaving of the hospital into a bit of an event because press members like you were called down to the hospital if i understand correctly because you thought there was going to be some kind of announcement a press briefing. But you didnt really know that he was going to leave hospital in the next few minutes that you. Youre absolutely right how we refer to it in the White House Press corps is that donald trump enjoys spectacle everything is a show you have to remember donald trump before he was a real estate businessman or before he was leading the tabloids he was also a reality t. V. Star here in the United States famous for the saying youre fired donald trump likes the show he knows how to produce a show whenever you see just a standard News Press Conference donald trump is producing it he is directing people whether motioning them to stand in the right place it is just a little bit of color that you see in addition to the News Headlines this is no exception we are already told the president is planning something or at least trying to make a ground show if this what this is though barbara this is an effort to project strength donald trump does not like weakness so he is trying to show that he has defeated coded 19 that it tried to get him but he fought back and the reason hes doing this is hes trying to show not only leadership as he tries to convince American Voters that he needs another term in order to conduct some of the work on his agenda but also hes trying to draw a contrast and so far that is going to be challenging because of course there has been a lot of criticism of this president is handling of covert 19 Coronavirus Response perhaps that could have prevented some of the shutdowns economically that americans are feeling in addition to the 10s of thousands hundreds of thousands of people that have died the president is getting hit hard for his handling of that hes already behind in the polls trying to fight back for that so now the fact that he has gotten coded 19 his rival joe biden has not hes going to try and turn this into a positive even as people are criticizing him for not wearing a mask for having large and socially distance. Gatherings which have caught up with him in contrast to his rival who has had to scale down often virtual fundraisers and very limited appearances in order to protect Public Safety and himself expect that the talking points in the coming days will be about donald trump confronting this we heard in a tweet today he said that in fact he believes that he dominated this there is dominating coke in 1000. 00 so donald trump as he often does he turns a negative into a positive even as the rest of us are scratching our heads wondering how there could be anything positive about what hes saying he will branded as such and that is typically what donald trump is about when things are growing wrong he changes the optics by simply stating that its better than it actually is and thats how weve seen his him handling his illness so far and there must have been a pretty painful statement to hear from the premises of the 210000 people who have actually died of covert 19 they were no less brave soul or strong in a sense were looking at the supporters behind you waiting for the president to leave was there any worry among very thing kimberly that the president might not recover i mean part of for the campaign but also that you know that the disease could could harm him the way its harmed fallons of people. Theres no question that that was a fear there were real talk over the weekend about the ballot and the fact that people have already cast their ballot it has Donald Trumps name on it and what if the president doesnt make it what happens next we know that the in terms of the 25th amendment that the transfer of power would go to the Vice President and then to nancy pelosi who so far we can report the Vice President pence and his wife the 2nd lady karen pence of both tested negative but certainly there was discussion what if both men were lost what happens this is really uncharted territory and that is something that the supporters were concerned about now look at these these people are diehard fans what weve seen of this president so far is that his supporters have always supported him even when the polls have not even with the media has been critical even when there have been tough questions that hes had to answer these people have been steadfast the problem for this president he has not expanded that base this is still a challenge for him and again not much time left given the fact that we are now 29 days from when americans will finally cast their ballots in person if they havent already mailed in those ballots due to concerns about the pen demick social distancing and trying to be safe Kimberly Halkett with the latest there a White House Correspondent kimberly thank you its just remind the viewers who are joining us now what we are seeing those are images of the Walter Reed Medical Center where President Trump has been for the past few days being treated for covert 19 he has tweeted saying that he will be leaving at 2230 g. M. T. That is pretty much now 7 seconds from now roughly and in the past 20 minutes or so we have seen the official helicopter marine one arrive at the Walter Reed Medical Center so were now waiting for the president to leave life pictures there from the hospital and for the latest come out some time area and my colleagues in doha will continue our breaking News Coverage come all over to you. Barbara thank you for that team here and 2230 g. M. T. It is now 6 30 pm