>> "THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN DAY 1,358 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
16 DAYS REMAIN UNTIL ELECTION
DAY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN FIGHTING
THE CORONAVIRUS FOR ABOUT A WEEK
NOT ON BEHALF OF THE NATION BUT
AS A PERSONAL MEDICAL MATTER,
AND IT’S BECOME INCREASINGLY
CLEAR HE’S USING HIS BOUT WITH
THE LETHAL VIRUS IN THE SERVICE
OF HIS EFFORT TO STAY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR ANOTHER TERM.
HIS FALSE CLAIMS THAT HE’S BEEN
CURED, THAT THE VIRUS IS NOTHING
TO FEAR, THAT THERE IS A MIRACLE
DRUG ALL DATE BACK TO THE EARLY
DAYS AS A CORONAVIRUS DENIER,
ALL OF IT TIED TO HIS
RE-ELECTION AT A TIME WHEN THE
PANDEMIC IS GROWING AND
UNCONTROLLED IN OUR COUNTRY.
OVER 7.6 MILLION AMERICANS ARE
INFECTED THAT WE KNOW OF.
AS OF TONIGHT OVER 213,000 SOULS
ARE GONE.
MORE THAN 800 DIED JUST IN THIS
PAST DAY ALONE.
OVER 900 YESTERDAY.
THE PRESIDENT HASN’T MENTIONED
THOSE PEOPLE THIS WEEK.
HERE IS SOME OF WHAT HE SAID
ABOUT HIS CONDITION DURING A
TELEPHONE INTERVIEW TONIGHT WITH
SEAN HANNITY.
>> I JUST SAW THE DOCTORS TODAY.
THEY THINK I’M IN GREAT SHAPE.
I’M IN GREAT SHAPE.
>> DID YOU TEST NEGATIVE?
>> I’LL TELL YOU I TOOK THIS
REGENERON, IT’S PHENOMENAL.
AND ELI LILY HAS SOMETHING VERY
COMPARABLE.
IT’S PHENOMENAL, AND IT’S A
WHOLE NEW DAY.
IT ACTUALLY MADE ME BETTER.
I COULD HAVE LEFT A DAY LATER.
THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
I THINK I’M GOING TO TRY DOING A
RALLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT IF WE
CAN -- IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO
PUT IT TOGETHER.
BUT WE WANT TO DO A RALLY
MY COME BACK AND DO ONE IN
PENNSYLVANIA THE FOLLOWING
NIGHT.
>> THE PRESIDENT DID HAVE TO
PAUSE TO COUGH AT LEAST TWICE
DURING TONIGHT’S INTERVIEW AS
MANY LISTENERS NOTED.
ACCORDING TO A MEMO TONIGHT FROM
WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN SEAN
CONLEY TRUMP, QUOTE, HAS
COMPLETED HIS COURSE OF THERAPY
FOR COVID-19, IS STABLE AND
DEVOID OF ANY INDICATIONS TO
SUGGEST PROGRESSION OF ILLNESS.
AND SATURDAY WILL BE DAY 10
SINCE THURSDAY’S DIAGNOSIS.
SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
AND BASED ON THE TRAJECTORY OF
ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS THE TEAM HAS
BEEN CONDUCTING, I FULLY
ANTICIPATE THE PRESIDENT’S SAFE
RETURN TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AT
THAT TIME.
AGAIN, SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WHEN
TRUMP’S LAST NEGATIVE TEST TOOK
PLACE.
HERE IS WHAT TRUMP SAID TONIGHT
ABOUT THAT.
>> HAVE YOU HAD A TEST SINCE
YOUR DIAGNOSIS A WEEK AGO?
>> WELL, WHAT WE’RE DOING IS
PROBABLY THE TEST WILL BE
TOMORROW, THE ACTUAL TEST
BECAUSE THERE’S NO REASON TO
TEST ALL THE TIME.
BUT THEY FOUND VERY LITTLE
INFECTION OR VIRUS, IF ANY.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY FOUND ANY.
>> THIS MORNING THE COMMISSION
ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
ANNOUNCED THE NEXT DEBATE TO BE
HELD NEXT TUESDAY WOULD BE
VIRTUAL BECAUSE OF HEALTH
CONCERNS, UNDERSTANDABLY.
JUST A FEW HOURS AGO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN MANAGER WHO ALSO HAS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT READ IN
PART, QUOTE, DR. SEAN CONLEY
SAYS THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
MEDICALLY CLEARED FOR A SAFE
RETURN TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS BY
SATURDAY, FIVE FULL DAYS BEFORE
THE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED DEBATE
IN MIAMI, OCTOBER 15.
THERE IS, THEREFORE, NO MEDICAL
REASON WHY THE COMMISSION ON
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES SHOULD
SHIFT THE DEBATE TO A VIRTUAL
SETTING, POSTPONE IT OR
OTHERWISE ALTER IT IN ANY WAY.
BLOOMBERG NEWS REPORTING THE
DEBATE COMMISSION WILL NOT
CHANGE ITS POSITION OR DECISION
ON THIS ONE.
TONIGHT TRUMP AGAIN INSISTED HE
WON’T BE PART OF ANY VIRTUAL
DEBATE.
>> I’M NOT INTERESTED IN DOING A
VIRTUAL -- I’M NOT JOE BIDEN.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE DOING A
VIRTUAL DEBATE, SIT BEHIND A
COMPUTER SCREEN.
AND THAT GIVES HIM THE ANSWERS
BECAUSE THEY’LL BE HANDING HIM
THE ANSWERS.
>> THERE IS ALSO NEW REPORTING
THAT ADDS TO THE MYSTERY
SURROUNDING THE PRESIDENT’S
HEALTH.
NBC NEWS REPORTS TRUMP ASKED
REQUIRED PERSONNEL AT THE WALTER
REED MEDICAL CENTER TO SIGN
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS BEFORE
TREATING HIM DURING THAT MYSTERY
SURPRISE VISIT LAST NOVEMBER.
THAT RARE AND SUDDEN HOSPITAL
VISIT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FULLY
EXPLAINED.
AT LEAST TWO DOCTORS REFUSED ON
THE SPOT TO SIGN A NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENT.
MEANWHILE THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK IN THE ADMINISTRATION
IS SPREADING.
TONIGHT NBC NEWS REPORTING THERE
ARE NOW AT LEAST 27 POSITIVE
CASES LINKED TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
13 TIED TO THAT ROSE GARDEN
EVENT FOR THE SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE FEDERAL JUDGE AMY CONEY
BARRETT.
THE NEXT DAY THERE WAS AN EASTER
ROOM EVENT FOR GOLD STAR
FAMILIES, BOTH TRUMP AND THE
FIRST LADY ATTENDED.
AND TODAY TRUMP SEEMED TO
SUGGEST THAT’S WHERE HE
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS.
>> I THINK THERE WOULD BE A
CHANCE I WOULD CATCH IT.
SOMETIMES I’D BE IN GROUPS, FOR
INSTANCE GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
I MET WITH GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
I DIDN’T WANT TO CANCEL THAT.
THEY COME WITHIN AN INCH OF MY
FACE SOMETIMES AND THEY WANT TO
HUG AND KISS ME, AND THEY DO.
AND FRANKLY, I’M NOT TELLING
THEM TO BACK UP.
I’M NOT DOING IT.
>> THE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING
GOLD STAR FAMILIES SAYS IT HAS
BEEN IN DAILY CONTACT WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE SINCE THAT EVENT.
MEANWHILE HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI WHO HAS QUESTIONED THE
PRESIDENT’S FITNESS TO SERVE IN
THE WAKE OF HIS DIAGNOSIS
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE
SYMPHONY OF MEDS HE’S BEEN ON,
WHILE PELOSI’S EXPECTED TO
INTRODUCE A BILL TOMORROW