WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
DAY 1,355 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, 29 DAYS TO GO
UNTIL OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL TO FIRST AND
ONLY VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
DONALD TRUMP NOW UNDER TREATMENT
FOR THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS AND
CONTAGIOUS WITH IT TONIGHT
CHECKED HIMSELF OUT OF WALTER
REED HOSPITAL.
THE LEADER OF THE NATION THAT
LEADS THE WORLD IN CORONAVIRUS
DEATHS WALKED OUT OF THE BRASS
FRONT DOORS OF WALTER REED FOR
THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EFFECT.
HE COULD NOT HAVE LIKED EITHER
OF THE QUESTIONS YELLED AT HIM
BY A REPORTER.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, HUME STAFF ARE
SICK?
HOW MANY OF YOUR STAFF ARE SICK?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE A
>> DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE A
SUPER SPREADER, MR. PRESIDENT?
>> THAT’S HOW THAT WENT.
AND THEN AFTER THE HELICOPTER
RIDE TO THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED
ON TWITTER AS A VIDEO
ACCOMPANIED BY THE STOLEN THEME
MUSIC FROM THE AVENGERS, TRUMP
WALKED UP THE STAIRS FOR THE
KIND OFBLE KANE FLOURISH WE USED
TO SEE ON OVERSEAS NEWSREELS.
THE FIRST ACT WAS TO REMOVE HIS
MASK.
HE WAS RICHLY REWARDED FOR THE
SPECTACLE WHEN SEAN HANNITY SAID
TONIGHT TO COMPARING HIM TO FDR
AND CHURCHILL.
HE WENT INSIDE ONLY TO LATER
RETURN TO THE DOORWAY TO RECORD
A CAMPAIGN VIDEO INCLUDING A
MESSAGE CONTRARY TO THE ADVICE
OF EVERY PUBLIC HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL.
>> I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS.
AND ONE THING THAT’S FOR
CERTAIN, DON’T LET IT DOMINATE
YOU.
DON’T BE AFRAID OF IT.
YOU’RE GOING TO BEAT IT.
WE HAVE THE BEST MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE THE BEST MEDICINES ALL
DEVELOPED RECENTLY, AND YOU’RE
GOING TO BEAT IT.
I DIDN’T FEEL SO GOOD, AND TWO
DAYS AGO -- I COULD HAVE LEFT
TWO DAYS AGO.
TWO DAYS I FELT GREAT, BETTER
THAN I HAVE BEEN IN A LONG TIME.
I STOOD OUT FRONT, I LED.
NOBODY THAT’S A LEADER WOULD NOT
DO WHAT I DID.
I I KNOW THERE’S A RISK, THERE’S
A DANGER, BUT THAT’S OKAY.
AND NOW I’M BETTER, AND MAYBE
I’M IMMUNE.
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT DON’T LET IT DOMINATE YOUR
LIVES.
VACCINES ARE COMING MOMENTARILY.
>> EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WHITE
HOUSE PHYSICIAN SEAN CONLEY, A
U.S. NAVY COMMANDER WAS ASKED
WHY TRUMP WHO WAS SYMPTOMATIC
FOR THE VIRUS WAS LEAVING WALTER
REED AFTER JUST A FEW DAYS.
>> THOUGH HE MAY NOT ENTIRELY BE
OUT OF THE WOODS YET, THE TEAM
AND I AGREE ALL OUR EVALUATIONS
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HIS
CLINICAL STATUS SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT’S SAFE RETURN HOME.
THERE’S NOTHING THAT’S BEING
DONE UPSTAIRS HERE THAT WE CAN’T
SAFELY CONDUCT DOWN-HOME.
WE ALL REMAIN CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC AND ON GUARD BECAUSE
WE’RE IN A BIT OF UNCHARTED
TERRITORY.
IF WE CAN GET THROUGH TO MONDAY
WITH HIM REMAINING THE SAME OR
IMPROVING BETTER YET, THEN WE
WILL ALL TAKE THAT FINAL DEEP
SIGH OF RELIEF.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE HAD
HIS LAST NEGATIVE TEST?
>> I DON’T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS.
>> OR ANY INFLAMMATION IN HIS
LUNGS AT ALL?
>> WE’VE DONE ROUTINE STANDARD
IMAGING.
I’M JUST NOT AT LIBERTY TO
DISCUSS.
THERE ARE HIPAA RULES AND
REGULATIONS THAT RESTRICT ME IN
SHARING CERTAIN THINGS.
>> COMMANDER CONLEY SAID TRUMP
WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
POWERFUL MEDICATIONS WHILE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE INCLUDING
REMDESIVIR, AN EXPERIMENTAL
ANTIBODY COCKTAIL, AND A
STEROID.
THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO
QUARANTINE IN THE RESIDENCE
PORTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND THOSE WHO COME IN CONTACT
WITH HIM ARE SUPPOSED TO WEAR
PPE GEAR.
DURING A TOWN MEETING ON THIS
NETWORK EARLIER TONIGHT FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WEIGHED IN
ON TRUMP’S ILLNESS AND HIS
DECISION TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL
TODAY.
>> I WOULD HOPE THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAVING GONE THROUGH
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH, AND I’M
GLAD HE SEEMS TO BE COMING ALONG
PRETTY WELL, WOULD COMMUNICATE
THE RIGHT LESSON TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
MASKS MATTER.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THIS
PRESIDENT WAS INFECTED WITH
COVID-19, WERE YOU SURPRISED?
>> QUITE FRANKLY I WASN’T
SURPRISED.
LOOK, ANYBODY WHO CONTRACTS THE
VIRUS BY ESSENTIALLY SAYING
MASKS DON’T MATTER, SOCIAL
DISTANCING DOESN’T MATTER, I
THINK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEM.
>> AS WE MENTIONED THE
ADMINISTRATION IS NOW DEALING
WITH SOMETHING OF A CLUSTER OF
STAFFERS NOW TESTING POSITIVE
INCLUDING PRESS SECRETARY KALEY
McENANY WHO BRIEFED REPORTERS
JUST YESTERDAY WITHOUT A MASK.
TWO OF HER DEPUTIES IN THE PRESS
OFFICE ALSO TESTING POSITIVE.
AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE TIED TO THE
PRESIDENT HAVE CONTRACTED THE
VIRUS IN RECENT DAYS.
THREE REPUBLICAN SENATORS ALSO
INFECTED.
SO IS THE HEAD OF THE
PRESIDENT’S POLITICAL PARTY AND
THE HEAD OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.
SEVERAL ATTENDED THE ROSE GARDEN
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT
NINE DAYS AGO.
WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS,
TRUMP DECIDED NOT TO REVEAL HIS
FIRST POSITIVE TEST RESULT LAST
THURSDAY AS HE AWAITED THE
RESULTS OF A SECOND.
THAT WOULD MEAN HE GOT THE
INITIAL RESULT BEFORE HIS
INTERVIEW WITH SEAN HANNITY WHEN
HE CONFIRMED SENIOR AIDE HOPE
HICKS WAS INDEED POSITIVE.
>> HE DID TEST POSITIVE.
I JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS.
I JUST WENT OUT WITH A TEST.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, AND THE
FIRST LADY JUST WENT OUT WITH A
TEST ALSO.
SO WHETHER WE QUARANTINE OR
WHETHER WE HAVE IT, I DON’T
KNOW.
>> "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
FURTHER REPORTS, QUOTE, AS THE
VIRUS SPREAD AMONG THE PEOPLE
CLOSEST TO HIM, MR. TRUMP ALSO
ASKED ONE ADVISOR NOT TO
DISCLOSE RESULTS OF THEIR OWN
POSITIVE TEST.
DON’T TELL ANYONE, MR. TRUMP
SAID.
TODAY WE ALSO LEARNED THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS
YET AGAIN UPDATED ITS WEBSITE TO
INDICATE AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION
APPEARS TO PLAY A ROLE IN
CORONAVIRUS SPREAD.
ONE MORE ITEM HERE, POLITICO
REPORTS THAT THE COMMISSION ON
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES HAS AGREED
THAT PLEXIGLASS CAN BE USED TO