now president trump says he is prepared
to go ahead next week with the second
televised debate
against his democratic rival joe biden
despite his treatment for covid
and ongoing questions about the true
state of his health president returned
to the white house from hospital
last night and his doctors insist that
he is in fact doing
extremely well our north america editor
john sopel has the latest
when donald trump left the white house
last friday he appeared dejected
fearful but wow his return last night
couldn't have been more different
the former reality tv star knows how to
make an entrance
and so had the white house turn it into
a made for television spectacular
all deliberately timed so it could be
taken live by the network news teams
who were on air at the time and after
striding off marine one
he walked up to the south portico and
there what was the first thing he did
he very deliberately removed his mask
even though he's still infectious
kovid was there to be frightened of
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 gonna beat it i went i didn't
feel so good
and two days ago i could have left two
days ago two days ago i felt great like
better than i have in a long time i said
just recently
better than 20 years ago although 210
000 americans have died and over 7
million have been infected
this was donald trump presenting himself
as the warrior president
who'd seen off the hidden enemy i stood
out front
i led nobody that's a leader
would not do what i did and 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
there were numerous takes as the
president all the time without a mask
interacted with staff and in swing state
pennsylvania there are some pretty
entrenched views
president trump has not taken kovitz
seriously from
from day one and if he did take it
seriously
as i said we would not be in this
situation if as a country
we addressed it i think he tried not to
scare the people that's what it was
that's why he did what he did
i just don't understand how he could
contract a covid
and then get released and come right out
and get right on stage and take his mask
right off and start talking to people
that's crazy his democratic rival
meanwhile was campaigning in florida
he said he was glad to see the president
back but added this
anybody who contracts the virus by
essentially saying
mass don't matter social distancing
doesn't matter
i think is is is responsible
for what happens to them the latest
medical bulletin issued by the
president's physician says that he had a
restful night
was reporting no symptoms and his vitals
were stable
but yesterday evening after climbing the
stairs he was clearly gasping for breath
it may be there's a gap between the
image he wants to project
and a more fragile reality
it's fair to say in the past few days we
haven't wanted for surprise developments
but donald trump has delivered
another this afternoon he's unilaterally
collapsed
the talks that were going on between
congressional leaders on a new coveted
stimulus package that would help the
poor
the unemployed small businesses he did
it
to the surprise of democrats and
republicans the stock market has fallen
sharply
no one saw that coming john milly thanks
again john sobel there for us with the
latest
at the white house