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. it s a question for this week. look, he took a test on tuesday. it was negative. he did not take a test it appears yesterday before he went to this event in somerset, massachusetts. and today was the one that was positive and why the press secretary got that note. a few things stood out which is where they said we knew this was go egg to were that. they have been bracing for this. there have been actual close contacts and close situations, close calls where he was at an event where the irish srb was. secretary of state blinken tested positive. and now they say they don t know where they got it
trump taping that video on january 6th and struggling to condemn the violence. and the blistering heat baking over 100 million people in the u.s., countless others abroad. and there is still no letup in sight. lead. joe biden testing positive for covid. the 79-year-old president who is fully vaccinated and received his second booster shot in march just released a video saying that he s doing fine. symptoms are mild, and i really appreciate your concerns. but i m doing well. white house covid coordinator dr. jha says he s breathing well and oxygen level is normal. he s isolating for the next five days in the white house and taking the covid anti-viral drug paxlovid, which is recommended for people such as joe biden who are at higher risk because of their age or underlying medical conditions. we re joined now live from the white house. the press secretary and the white house covid coordinator just wrapped up a press conference. what did they have to say? reporter: it is c
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. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden s covid diagnosis and what comes next. his top covid official the president himself sent out a brief video message about how he s doing, and let s go to jeff zeleny joining us from the white house. how is the president feeling tonight. wolf, officials tell me tonight that president biden is feeling quite well. he s been working remotely, if you will from the residence of the white house throughout the day making telephone calls holding meetings virtually and this comes, thof course, as the first time he s tested positive for covid-19 and he s in the first year and a half of his presidency trying to dodge this, and today he did test positive and he was just on his way to travelin
Sized boat. This is just off the coast of puerto rico. The paem called as Hurricane Maria was slamming with high waves and strong winds. A man on that boat died but a British Royal Navy Helicopter pulled the rest of the passengers to safety. Number o numbers are expected to rise. Rescue crews fuel is hard to find. The island will come back from that devastation. Randy is live along the ben frankly parkway. It is here. Yeah. Typically this weekend is a celebratifter days of devasta winds puerto rico starts to clean up from marias wrath and they will have fellow americans far away. We will rebuild. Well work out a time. Philadelphia home to one of the largest puerto rico populations are now organizing massive tomorrow. Spanish radio will host an emergency radiothon. We want to help whether its donating money, going to puerto rico and helping out with salvation army, with the red cross. And the bighe chance for philadelphia to show up and support their neighbors expect fun raisers onsite
Saturday morning. Tonight blustery and very cold. Low 3 wind nw 1020 mph thursday mostly sunny, blustery and bitter cold. High 7 wind nw 1020 mph friday morning snow then steady afternoon evening snow. Am low 2 high 23 wind se 515 mph the frigid temperatures can be very dangerous. Shelters across the area are making sure people have a warm place to go tonight. Fox 6s ashley sears is live at an emergency warming shelter in west allis, with their efforts. This warming shelter opened up today and will stay open throughout the night. We are at feeding his flock. It has been a very busy night hereand the Group Expects it to stay busy in the coming days. 14 50 its been a very long day in the basement of the chapel at 81st and lapham in west allis 14 52 and its only just begun. The feeding his flock Homeless Outreach group gets ready for the night ahead. 13 10 nobody should be out there, so this is really important. Theyve opened up an emergency warming shelter for the night. Welcoming those