Also say that the president is doing well. Adding he had no difficulty breathing, the reports say he was on supplemental oxygen at white house yesterday that not confirm bid officials the president diagnosis of covid19, of course, jolting the president ial race. But the election now exactly one month away. Hello Everyone Welcome to america news headquarters. Im eric shawn. Arthel im Arthel Neville he was flown to walter reid out of abundance of caution, however, his Doctors Today refusing to say whether the president needed supplemental oxygen before boarding marine one on his own. There are also questions about when exactly the president contracted covid19 as we learn more people in the president s inner circle and on capitol hill have also tested positive. We have Team CoverageMark Meredith live at the white house first Kristin Fisher live at the walter reid. Kristin. Reporter arthel the president and his medical team say hes doing very well that hes not having any trouble breathing. But a Senior Administration official, this is somebody who is very close to President Trump somebody who has been with him here at walter reid is painting a very different picture. Much more serious picture, and saying that the president is still not on a clear path to recovery. A Senior Administration official also told our john roberts that, quote, 24 hours ago there was real concern about the president s vitals for the past 12 hours theres been zero concern. Earlier indication for extremely good prognosis and next 48 hours will be critical. But we know that yesterday morning the president was showing troubling signs of a possible progression from mild to more severe symptoms thats when his medical team decided to take action and aggressively intervene. They started him on antibody cocktail on five day course of remdesivir hes responding well to the treatment and he said that it was likely to be several more days before President Trump can leave the hospital. I dont to put a hard date on that. Hes doing so well. But with known course of the illness 710 we get concerned about inflammatory phase in that we provided some of the advance therapies early in the course earlier than most of the patients we know and follow. Its hard to tell where he is on that course. And so every day were evaluating does he need to be here. What does he need . And where is he going . Reporter unlike yesterday President Trump has tweeted several times today. Here is one, he said doctors nurses and all at the great Walter Reid Medical Center and others from like wise incredible institutionings who have joined them are amazing, tremendous progress has been made over last six months in fighting this plague with their help im feeling well now i want to make one point about sourcing because i know a lot of you watching are frustrated that we are not naming this Senior Administration official who initially pulled the white house reporters that were in the pool today, that the next 48 hours are really going to be critical here. And painted a less rosy picture than the fir that the president s doctors were painting. We are not naming who that person is. Because that Senior Administration official asked us not to. But i want to assure ow viewers that we know who this person is. He was speaking in front of multiple reporters. Hes what you would consider to be a very credible source. Someone very close to President Trump, and it is a standard journalistic practice to not name that person unless that person explicitly states that he wants to be named i know it is frustrating at home because we are getting a bit of a conflicting picture in terms of how President Trump is doing right now. So thats why we wanted it to present all of the information to you. Tell you what Senior Administration official is saying and also play this sound bite and let you know what doctors are saying as well we report, you decide arthel. Arthel very good for that clarification thank you very much. Eric. Eric yeah. Arthel well some big names in administration and nations political life who are close to the president. Have tested positive for coronavirus as you know, the past few days. Many of them did attend last saturdays rose garden ceremony with a president nominated judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court youve seen photo the on the lawn and video some are hugging fellow attendees not wearing mask or social distancing. Doing things that we all have been told we need to do to prevent the becoming infected Mark Meredith with the latest if from there were getting growing tally mark it seems that people who are testing positive so far. Reporter eric there were dozens if not hundreds of people at that event theres still going to be time before we know how many of those that were there will have tested positive. As you were talking about that epght is come under scrutiny for not following the covid precautions a use mention it was a week ago today that we saw the president host that large gathering to nominate judge Amy Coney Barrett you see the people there in the audience most not wearing mask not doing social distancing either. And in addition to senior white house staff we saw senators there as well as the Vice President. We know, though, the Vice President has tested negative for the virus thats the good news and those continue to watch include first lady and Senior Administration hope hicks. President Campaign Manager bill former white House Counselor Kellyanne Conway at that event as well as former new jersey Chris Christie reporters asked white house today, white House Doctors i should say why and what is being done to make sure those people that were there monitored or tested again. Who is handling Contact Tracing is that the white house or cdc . The white house, white house medical unit conjunction with, you know, collaboration of cdc local and state Health Departments are conducting all Contact Tracing guidelines. Reporter now since had start of the pandemic the white house is tried a few diskt approaches to keep people safe early on we saw temperature checks and screened before they came on to ground thats no longer the case but a republican senator tells fox news for at least last weeks event she was tested for covid. We were tested before we went into the rose garden me and fellow senators we were practicing social distancing to the extent that its, you know, meeting the guidelines, Wearing Masks. Reporter now one question still is what was all mean for the Vice President , weve reached out to his office to see if he has a chance to speak with the president today we have not heard back and hitting the campaign trail later on this week and next week going out to arizona on thursday. But we dont expect to see President Trump out on the campaign trail any time soon. The Trump Campaign telling fox news just today that they are still actively campaigning at force and doing a lot of Virtual Events as well and president son is doing a grassroots town ophone call later on today. Also i want to mention right now eric all signs are that Senate JudiciaryCommittee Still plans to move forward with Amy Coney Barrett nominations that set to get underway for hearing in less than two weeks from now and Senate Republicans eager to make that happen before election day. Eric. Eric all right mark, and mentioning grassroots you can see behind you the lawn mower is going on so president laid up, they have to take care of the white house good to know maintenance is continuing im sure president will be reassured of that. Thanks. Arthel. Arthel thank you. Well meanwhile democratic president ial nominee joe biden and wife jill biden boast testing negative for coronavirus so far. The former Vice President sending well wishes to President Trump and the first lady, the Biden Campaign is also taking down negative advertising while the president recovers. Hillary vaughn is following the Biden Campaign from wilmington, delaware with more. Hi hillary. Hi, arthel well the Biden Campaign is making some changes like taking down negative ad and not other changes but they are going to continue in person campaigning. And theyre also going to start in person door knocking with some socially distanced safety protocols in place. After in person campaigning in battleground state of michigan yesterday biden is on trail today but doing it online biden will attend a virtual town hall with Union Members this afternoon. But Bernie Sanders is on the stump on bide s behalf in New Hampshire today. It doesnt matter if you are an essential worker, in a supermarket, if you are a packing house worker, if you are a bus driver. And it doesnt matter if you are the president of the United States. Each and every one of us is vulnerable and we will remain vulnerable until there is a vaccine or a perfected cure. Reporter the Biden Campaign is requesting one change after their candidate possibly had a brush with coronavirus at the president ial debate. So at the vp debate next week harris and Vice President mike pence will be 12 seats apart. Harris is also only the ground in utah today and is starting debate prep. So its great to be here im honored to be here. Ill be here for the next few days. Preparing for the debate i want to thank people of utah for being so welcoming in such a warm way. Reporter biden team has addressed concern that its possible that biden took a covid test too soon after that possible contact with the president when he was positive with covid. But the Biden Campaign is telling me in a statement, that biden stayed socially distance and never got too close to the president kept mask on xepght when on stage so theyre confident it is safe for him to continue campaigning in person and does not need to quarantine. Arthel. Arthel Hillary Vaughn in wilmington, delaware. Thank you. Eric. Eric you know, politicianings and public figures have been taking a social media to wish the president and the first lady a speedy recovery. Which you know others are using president illness to take on his response to the pandemic. And to criticize him for not have taken the virus more seriously. Like to riot and mocking mask wearing and not respecting social distancing, alex hogan live in new york city with more on that. Alex. Reporter hi thats right weve seen a lot of reaction since the diagnosis and of course hospitalization. Im confident hell be able to get through this and recover. Nicely. President trump this morning, he says hello. First thing he asked about was the first lady. Shes doing good. New jersey governor phil murray wishing them a speedy recovery and calling it a wakeup call to every single american. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extending his support as well. I express my best wishes to the president and the first lady. I hope they symptoms they get are mild. Weve all had enough experience on this now some covid cases are relatively mild. Some are more significant symptoms and i hope they have a mild case and i hope they have a speedy recovery. Reporter still despite the many well wishes, criticism online from some arguing the president failed to take the pandemic seriously. Former secretary Julian Castro tweeting president if hes are confirmed i qsh you and the first lady well i hope this is a wakeup call that it is not a hoax or injecting bleach we need a plan and not the same divisive dangerous rhetoric. Actor mark tweeting anything positive can come from testing positive, it would be his followers reevaluating their opinion. If they will now accept a lockdown social distancing and mandatory mask wearing, we could crush the virus like we should have from the start. Most lawmakers regardless of their political opinion say that they wish for that speedy recovery that all of these Health Concerns should be put aside from politics. President responding today saying that hes thankful to report hes received that he is doing well. Eric. Eric and we join in those good wishes, of course. Alex hogan thanks. Arthel. Arthel we do indeed eric thank you. As president continues treatment, at walter reid a number of aids in lawmakers have also tested positive in the fast few days. Why some are now scrutinizing a recent rose garden event for potentially fueling this spread. You see were from here and there and here. Your familys story is waiting to be shared. At ancestry. Com thats it. 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Virtual appointments now available. Arthel so as President Trump gets treatment for covid19, many states in the midwest are seeing spikes in coronavirus infections. With 209,000 deaths in america, due to covid19, as the back drop more than 54,000 new cases reported across the country yesterday. The most since august 14th. Charles watson live in atlanta tracking hot spots. Charles. Reporter hi arthel Public Health officials are scrambling to get a third of covid, new covid19 cases in the midwest under control as hospitals become overwhelmed particularly in wisconsin where daily new cases have increased by a staggering 53 in the last two weeks according to a new york teams database. Hospitals in that state are near capacity with less than 20 of beds available. One Hospital System having to send patients to other places for care. Four weeks ago, i had 13 Covid Patients in our hospital today i have 64. Thats six fold increase of number of people admitted. 95 of my beds are full. Reporter and White House Coronavirus task force has reportedly recommended several midwest states put in place mask mandate to control the spread but many state leaders like Iowa Republican governor kim renolds rejected suggestion. Over to the nfl where the leagues first coronavirus outbreak is getting much worse three more members of the Tennessee Titans have tested positive for covid19 according to multiple reports that brings the teams total to 16 players and staff that have tested positive so far nfl has rescheduled titan steeler game that was scheduled for sunday. Nfl also having to reschedule the new England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs game for later this month after patriots quarterback cam newton tested positive for coronavirus as well. Back to you. Arthel oh boy Charles Watson there in atlanta thank you very much charles. Eric. Eric arthel President Trump is set to have had mild symptoms before he was taking to Walter Reed Hospital yesterday that included fever, coughing, shortness of breath, and reports say that he took supplemental oxygen while at the white house so that is not yet confirmed by his doctors or administration meanwhile you know more than half of big name people who attended that event last saturday in the rose garden you can see with the president nominated Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court. Well they like so many you saw there Kellyanne Conway tested positive for coronavirus if you look at your screen now you can see faces