Trace hope hicks tested positive for covid19 after traveling with the president to duluth, minnesota on wednesday. The first couple is, quote, doing well. But tonights planned rally in florida has been canceled and former white house physician dr. Ronnie jackson says there is little reason for alarm. Not worried about whats going on right now. The president and first lady are asymptomatic right now. I suspect that will continue. Theyll be in some type of relative quarantine in the white house for the next probably 7 to 10 days, closer to 10 days at which point theyll have continued testing done. When he has two negative tests he will be able to go back to normal. Sandra fox news camping this morning. Chris wallace is standing by for analysis. We begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts live from the north lawn this morning. What are we hearing from the white house at this time . Good morning to you. We saw the president s tweet early in the morning, the First Lady Melani
Aides, hope hicks, tested positive. Today, chief of staff mark meadows said the president learned about hicks on thursday, as he was leaving on marine one to meet with Campaign Donors in new jersey. He still went on the trip. Actually, as we look at this, im not going to get into the ticktock. I can tell you in terms of hope hicks, we discovered that right as the marine one was taking off yesterday. We actually pulled some of the people that had been traveling and in close contact. The reason why it was reported out and just frankly is that we had already started the Contact Tracing just prior to that event. Now, the governor of new jersey, phil murphy, is asking everyone who came into contact with the president at that fundraiser to selfquarantine. Mark meadows says he fully expects more white house staffers to test positive. It is unclear if we will be told about more cases, as once again, the American Public only learned of hicks diagnosis from a reporter who was told by a source. N
Mark meadows also spoke to reporters today with an update and he said the president is experiencing mild symptoms. But is in good spirits which is good news. What is also, though, important, is what meadows would not say. Woe not get into the treatments that the president is receiving. He also would not detail when the white house first learned one of the president s closest aides, hope hicks, had tested positive. Meadows also did not answer the question when asked why he and others in close contact with the president and hicks werent going into the 14day quarantine with the guidelines set by the cdc. Here is what mark meadows said. Weve tested all of our core staff and i could tell you that mr. Kushner, mr. Skefino and myself and a number of us have been tested and come back with negative results. And yet at the same time, i fully expect that as this virus continues to go on, other people in the white house will certainly have a positive test result. Were going to talk more about that
You are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. An urgent manhunt is underway in arkansas after a Police Officer is shot and killed. The suspect opening fire outside a motel is police look for him in a separate shooting. We have more on the search. What is the latest. The suspect is still on the lamb. Officers from West Helena Police Department were at a motel acting on a to publish anyone suspects they were investigating allegedly opened fire from inside a car shooting and killing the officer. Arkansas state police and federal agents, assisting in the investigation into manhunt for the suspect who is identified as the terry is howard who was last seen in that suv. Hes wanted in a shooting from last week and is considered armed and dangerous. Arkansas Lieutenant Governor ken griffin tweeting heartbreaking news out of helena. Thoughts and prayers are with the family of the officer who was killed in the line of duty. I hope the killer is apprehended and brought to justice. God
Meantime, some california sheriffs have already come and do not come out saying they dont plan on enforcing the governors curfew while other local Officials Say they are not surprised by the backlash. What you are seeing is people are angry and rightfully so because what we continue to see is executive order after executive order, in this case a hollow executive order that has to do with curfews at night rather than the real leadership we need out of the governor that we are not getting in californ california. Julie william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more. Julie, the curfew means everyone must stay home from 10 00 p. M. Until 5 00 a. M. , essential workers accepted. No citations as the Orange County sheriff called it a learning opportunity. At least 15 Law Enforcement agencies say they will not enforce the curfew either because of other priorities, like crime, they lack the resources or because the law is so likely to be ignored it becomes unenforceable. When something mak