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Official is saying the vice president tested negative for covid-19. she last saw the president on tuesday. they're saying she's going to continue on with her schedule, which, of course, is going to mean a busy travel day for her. it's important to hear this because while the first lady is also saying she's negative, the reporting is that she's going to be heading back to wilmington because she's a close contact so two people high in the administration testing negative with two different outcome, the first lady saying she'll go back to wilmington where they have a personal home while the vice p...

Sometimes you don't at the beginning. >> important reporting, jeremy. we're good to hear those symptoms are mild. elizabeth cohen to you -- and you see the breaking news, the president has tested positive for covid. his wife, the first lady, dr. jill biden, tested negative this morning. obviously, this changes the president's schedule. elizabeth cohen, when you look at the fact that he's fully vaccinated, double boosted, paxlovid is available, and he's now going to be taking this medication, there is another thing working in the president's favor, as well. can you tell our viewers what that is...

Are you going to be looking for and listening for? >> well, yasmin, just to follow up and real quick point of minor modification here, the anticoagulant that president biden takes for atrial fibrillation, his dose was probably adjusted by dr. o'connor and his white house team, the one point a lot of americans take that medication, want to emphasize that. it's important to note that dr. o'connor's evaluation back in november of 2021, normal chest x-ray, yasmin, normal heart function as well so those are critical points here. normal heart, normal lungs, that is an excellent baseline to start wit...

Dr. peter hotez, we thank you. appreciate it. want to bring in now congressman raja and a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks for joining us on this and your reaction on learning of the news that the president has, in fact, tested positive for covid. >> well, i wish him a speedy recovery. i had covid earlier this year and i know that it's not fun, but in his case i'm told that they're mild symptoms, seems like he's tired and he's got a runny nose with a dry cough and so hopefully he can just get a little bit of rest here. i know he will continue to be productive but...

Taking it, five days, after that, some people get a recurrence of some of their symptoms. so we'll have to watch that. but the vaccines, with boosting, if you're up to date, that plus paxlovid do provide strong protection against serious disease. you can be discomforted, tired, have a cough, sore throat, runny nose, and feel rather puny for several days, that's for sure. but that can be managed. of course, that would interfere with the president's schedule in a noteworthy fashion. >> dr. anthony fauci, one of those who had that kind of paxlovid -- post paxlovid recurrence here. beyond that, th...