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pacific. i am jose diaz-balart and president biden commemorates the historic gun safety law , the first of its kind in years. members of congress who voted for the bill and people who have been impacted by gun violence will be attending the ceremony. there are bipartisan measures for states to implement their own red flag laws and enhance background checks and mental health and cracking down on purchases. joining us with the latest, what is the message from the white house this morning...

urged the crowd to march to the capitol, to when he finally called off the mob. >> tonight, will also feature never before seen outtakes from this video message, that the former president recorded for his supporters the day after the attack. we will also hear live testimony for first time from two key trump white house aides. senior ones, former deputy national security adviser matthew pottinger, and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, both of them resigned in the immediate a...

and what he was doing, as that mob descended on the capitol. lets begin with our justice correspondent. so kenzinger putting this tweet out. can you talk about the significance of what we are seeing? >> reporter: absolutely. it goes to the fact that the committee will hammer down on what theyre calling trumps dereliction of duty. so what adam kinzinger tweeted out drills down on that and illustrates what he said earlier this week, during a large chunk of those 187 minutes, trump was "g...

boosted. lets get back over to the white house to get an update from cnns jeremy diamond. jeremy, what is the latest youre hearing? >> reporter: we just received a letter from joe bidens physician, dr. kevin o connor, confirming the news that the white house put out, saying that joe biden has tested positive for covid. he writes that the president tested positive this morning as part of our routine screening program. he says he tested positive on an antigen test that was confirmed via ...

that includes a runny nose, some fatigue, and the occasional dry cough. again, this is according to president bidens doctor. and he is being prescribed paxlovid. this is the antiviral medication that is said to be more effective if you take it as soon as you test positive. again, this is a medication that the president is going to be on. we, obviously, also know that he is going to be isolating for the time being. that means that he is not going to be seen in public. weve certainly not...

joining us at the white house. we have dr. sanjay gupta joining us to break it down for us. what more do you know about the presidents condition? >> president biden tested positive for coronavirus this morning. were told that the president went to bed last night, largely feeling fine, but he woke up this morning having not slept very well, tested, according to the white houses routine screening procedures, thats according to the white house doctor, dr. kevin oconnor, who says that the ...

to the region and quite frankly the whole world. >> the israeli leader also talked about the presidents visit to the saudi kingdom. giving him a message to pass on to the leaders he will be meeting there in his trip. >> mr. president, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar, kuwait and oman and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hands are outstretched for peace. >> with that talk more about this nbc news chief white house correspondent peter al...

the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that, if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. >> i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. >> all of this ahead of the presidents controversial trip to saudi arabia next, a visit opposed by human rights groups, but aimed at fostering closer ties between the saudis and is...

kai kaitlan, the white house does not tell the press corps when the president is tested. . >> they tell us when but not how often. so we will get updates when he goes on a foreign trip, as he did left week to the middle east with us. they told us he tested negative departing for that. when we tried to pin them down on how often, is it every day, every other day, they have left gray area. its a question for this week. look, he took a test on tuesday. it was negative. he did not take a t...

capitol under siege. also tonight, deadly heat across the globe and in america 100 million people under heat alerts in more than two dozen states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ ♪ tonight, president bidens covid diagnosis and what comes next. his top covid official the president himself sent out a brief video message about how hes doing, and lets go to jeff zeleny joining us from the whi...