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HELLO, I'M LEN CANNON.
IT IS BEEN A CHAOTIC NEWSDAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PRESIDENTS HEALTH.
PRESIDENTS HEALTH. HELLO, 35.
HELLO, 35. >>>, HYATT LEN, BREAKING THIS
AFTERNOON, THE WHITE HOUSE
POSITION SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS
TAKING EXPERIMENTAL COCKTAIL OF
ANTIBODIES TO FIGHT THIS
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. THE PRESIDENTS DR. SAID HE IS
FATIGUED BUT IN GOOD SPIRITS.
THE FIRST LADY HAS A MILD COUGH
AND HEADACHE.
AND HEADACHE. BOTH ARE QUARANTINING IN THE
WHITE HOUSE AND THE CHIEFS OF
STAFF SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS
STILL HARD AT WORK BUT ALL
CAMPAIGN EVENTS ARE CANCELED.
>> HE IS HARD AT WORK.
WE HAD TO SLOW HIM DOWN A
LITTLE BIT
LITTLE BIT >> I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT HE WILL
HAVE A VERY QUICK AND SPEEDY
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY. >> TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE
CONFIRMED A NEW S STAFFER HAD
TESTED POSITIVE BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT ATTENDED A FUNDRAISER
IN NEW JERSEY.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT RETURNED
FROM HIS TRIP, HE WAS TESTED
AND ANNOUNCED HE AND THE FIRST
LADY WERE POSITIVE AROUND 1:00
IN THE MORNING.
>>> SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD
CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT
RECENTLY WERE TESTED THIS
MORNING, HERE'S A LIST OF THE
PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY HAD TESTED
NEGATIVE TODAY.
NEGATIVE TODAY. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, AND
SECOND LADY KAREN PENTZ,
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER JOE BIDEN
AND HIS WIFE JILL, THE
PRESIDENT'S 14-YEAR-OLD SON,
BARON, AND SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE AMY CONEY BARRETT.
HOWEVER, THE WASHINGTON POST
SAYS BAIRD ALREADY HAD COVID
OVER THE SUMMER AND RECOVERED.
>>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOKE UP
THIS MORNING, CHECKED THEIR
PHONES AND SAW THE ALERTS ABOUT
THE PRESIDENTS DIAGNOSIS.
NOW, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF
QUESTIONS LIKE WHO WOULD BE IN
CHARGE TRUMP BECOMES TOO ILL TO
WORK? AND WHAT IF HE HAS TO
ACTUALLY DROP OUT OF THE RACE?
OR VERIFY TEAM HAS THE ANSWERS.
>> Reporte: FIRST QUESTION IS
WHAT HAPPENS IF COVID-19 FORCES
THE PRESIDENT TO DROP OUT OF
THE 2020 LECTION?
OUR SOURCES FOR THIS OR JOHN 40
WITH THE BIPARTISAN POLICY
CENTER AND THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE'S RULES.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE GERMAN
AND GOING OVER THE RULES, WE
CAN VERIFY AT THIS POINT IF THE
PRESIDENT WERE TO DROP OUT OF
THE RACE THE RNC WOULD DECIDE
WHO THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS.
ALSO DON'T FORGET THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME ALERT LEADER HAS
CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS.
JAIR BOLSONARO AND UK PRIME
MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON
CONTRACTED AND EVENTUALLY
RECOVERED.
RECOVERED. THE NEXT QUESTION, IF VICE
PRESIDENT GETS TO SICK, WOULD
WHO WOULD TAKE OVER?
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, YES, VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WOULD TAKE
OVER TEMPORARILY IF THE
PRESIDENT GOT TO SICK.
THIS GOES BACK TO THE 25th
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
WITH WHICH BASICALLY SAYS OF
THE PRESIDENT FEELS THEY CAN'T
DISCHARGE THEIR DUTY AS
PRESIDENT, TEMPORARILY THEY CAN
CHARGE THEM TO THE VICE
PRESIDENT WHEN THEY FEEL THEY
ARE READY TAKE THEM BACK THEY
CAN RESUME CONTROL THE
PRESIDENCY FOR THE LAST TIME
THIS HAPPENED WAS TO THE GEORGE
W JUST WISH PRESIDENCY TWICE
WHEN THE PRESENT GOT A
COLONOSCOPY, CHENEY TOOK OVER
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS UNTIL
PRESIDENT BUSH CAME OUT OF THE
PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE. THE FINAL QUESTION, THE
PRESIDENT HAS TO QUARANTINE OLE
MYTHS THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?
THE CDC RECOMMENDS 13 DAYS A
QUARANTINE FROM COVID-19 IN THE
NEXT DEBATE IS SCHEDULED FOR
OCTOBER 15 FOR SO BASED ON THE
TIMING, THAT WOULD PUT THE NEXT
DEBATE AT 13 DAYS FOR RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. SO
NOW. SO WE WILL HAVE TO MARK THIS
ONE IS A? MARK AS TO WHEN THE
PRESIDENT WILL TAKE PART IN THE
NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THE
VERIFY TEAM IS STANDING BY.
SEND AN EMAIL TO
VERIFY@KHOU.COM , AND OUR TEAM
OF RESEARCHERS WILL GO TO WORK.
>>> SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
NEXT WEEK'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE?
DEBATE?
DEBATE? IT WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED
WITHOUT ANY CHANGES, BECAUSE AS
WE MENTIONED, VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE HAS TESTED NEGATIVE AND
SO HAS SIMILAR CENTER,
HARASSMENT AND JOE BIDEN IS
MOVING FORWARD HIS CAMPAIGN
SCHEDULE TODAY, TRAVELING TO
MICHIGAN FOR AN EVENT.
WE HAVE MORE IN THE STORY
COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN
ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY CONTACT
TRACING IS SO IMPORTANT IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE.
PARTICULAR CASE. ALSO, HOW THE PRESIDENTS
DIAGNOSIS IS IMPACTING THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. AND GET