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hes currently getting treatment with paxlovid as we hear that and that is to reduce the likelihood that, in fact, he would be hospitalized or have more severe symptoms from covid. the first lady has tested negative as well. the vice president has been informed of the presidents positive test as well so following this breaking news story out of washington and, of course, the fallout from all of this because the president has an incredibly busy schedule ahead and how hes going to deal wi...

the first lady will travel to delaware after events today in michigan and georgia. this morning outside of an event in detroit, she gave reporters an update on her husbands condition. >> my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he is doing fine. he is feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, im keeping masked. >> kamala harris landing in charlotte minutes ago. a white house offi...

. following word that president biden tested positive for covid this morning. the news is so far is good. less than an hour ago we got the street showing the president at his desk. he said he is doing great and keeping busy. he just got off the phone with lawmakers in pennsylvania. the president had been scheduled to go to philadelphia for a fundraiser, but that had to be canceled. despite the presidents tweet the white house says he is experiencing mild symptoms, which according to th...

overtly political theme, rebuking maga republicans without alienating all republicans, and delivering a dark warning tempered with an uplifting vision. listen. >> as i stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. so tonight ive come to this place where it all began, to speak as plainly as i can to the nation about the threats we face, about the power we have in our own hands to meet these threats, and about the incredible ...

political violence. >> with philadelphias independence hall as a backdrop and flanked by two marines he frames the critical midterm elections as a choice between democracy and extremism. this morning the white house is pushing back on criticism that the presidents speech was political. officials saying it was, quote, entirely about democracy. >> lets go straight to the white house, cnns jeremy diamond is there. how do they feel about how it went, jeremy? >> reporter: john, bidens messa...

maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga republicans, but theres no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans, and that is a threat to this country. history tells us that blind loyalty to ...

taken from that search. and it reveals the shear scale of government documents found in that former presidents personal home more than a year and a half after he left office. and among what was seized, we know more than 100 documents had classified markings along with more than 11,000 government documents and photographs without the markings. intermingled with gifts and clothing among other things. and keep in mind this is after trumps attorney signed a statement saying everything had ...

want the plant back, with everything it had? or what youre going to have. i will be dumbfounded if you find anybody other than for pure sentimental reasons saying id rather have a coal plan. ill end by telling you another quick story. when we move from scranton, when coal died in scranton, everything died in scranton. and my dad wasnt a coal miner. my great grandfather was a mining engineer but my dad was in sales, and there was no work so we left to go down to delaware. i told you whe...

friday. president biden wasting no time bragging about the august jobs report. even as americans still feel the squeeze of inflation. the presidents show of optimism about the economy very different tone than he struck last night. im john roberts in washington, hello again, sandra. >> sandra: and we have you there, john. good to be here ahead of the long weekend. president bidens speech in primetime, everyone is talking about it, it turned so political at times that critics say it was ...

the brakes on his agenda blocking more than half a trillion in new climate spending. >> bill: you call the audible. the president going all in on green energy despot experts saying it is one of the things that put the u.s. at risk for black outs. the president is urged to go back to the drawing board. >> if you are looking for the answers, mr. president. they are in america. open up the xl pipeline and offshore drilling and federal lands and get clean, american energy into the mix here...