FIRST AND FORE. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 , THE LATEST ON HIS SYMPTOMS AND
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF. THE PRESIDENT’S TEST
RESULTS THROUGH THE FIRST LADY.
A CURVEBALL IS SHE VISITED A
SCHOOL IN DETROIT, TUBMAN WAS
WITH DR JOE BIDEN. OAKLAND
COUNTY STEPS UP ITS RESPONSE TO
MONKEY POX. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINES AND
WHAT ALL OF US SHOULD BE DOING
AND PAUL IS WORKING ON YOUR
FORECAST. INDEED KAREN AND THE
HEAT IS GOING TO STICK AROUND
FOR A WHILE, BUT I’M BECOMING
INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
WEEKEND THUNDERSTORM THREAT.
THERE COULD BE SOME SIGNIFICANT
ONES AROUND. I’LL HAVE YOU
UPDATED FORECAST FIRST AT FOUR.
LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
BREAKING NEWS ALERT. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I’M KAREN
DREW FIRST IT FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE IS TRYING TO REASSURE
AMERICANS. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
DOING WELL AND DOING HIS JOB IN
SPITE OF TESTING POSITIVE FOR
COVID 19. THE PRESIDENT POSTED
THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT OF YOUR
SCREEN JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER
HIS RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED. IT
SHOWS HIM WORKING IN ISOLATION
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. WHEN THE
NEWS WAS ANNOUNCED HIS WIFE, THE
FIRST LADY, WAS ALREADY IN
DETROIT TO VISIT A LOCAL SCHOOL,
SHE SAYS. SHE HAS TESTED
NEGATIVE. KIMBERLY GILL STARTS
OUR COVERAGE IN THE NEWSROOM KIM
WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE
PRESIDENT’S SYMPTOMS? KAREN GOOD
AFTERNOON, THE WHITE HOUSE HELD
A BRIEFING A SHORT TIME AGO, AND
THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THE
PRESIDENT’S SYMPTOMS ARE VERY
MINOR DESCRIBED AS A DRY COUGH
RUNNING NOSE, AND THAT HE’S
FEELING TIRED. THEY ALSO SHARED
A MESSAGE THE PRESIDENT TWEETED
TO THE PUBLIC, FOLKS GUESS YOU
HEARD THIS MORNING I TESTED
POSITIVE RECORDED I’VE BEEN
DOUBLE VACCINATED DOUBLE BOOSTED
SYMPTOMS ARE MILD. AND, UH AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INCREASE
CONCERNS, BUT I’M DOING WELL LOT
OF WORK DONE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO GET IT DONE. AND IN THE
MEANTIME, THANKS FOR YOUR
CONCERN. AND KEEP THE FAITH.
IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY. OR TELL
THE PRESIDENT IS QUOTE
COMFORTABLY WORKING IN THE WHITE
HOUSE RESIDENTS AND WILL BE
ISOLATED UNTIL HE TESTS NEGATIVE
. HE’S ALREADY STARTED A COURSE
OF THE COVID TREATMENT PACKS
LOADED, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO
REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF THE
DISEASE. PRESIDENT IS 79 YEARS
OF AGE, BUT IN GOOD HEALTH.
OTHERWISE AS YOU JUST HEARD,
HE’S VACCINATED AND DOUBLE
BOOSTED, THE WHITE HOUSE. COVID
19 COORDINATOR SAYS AMERICANS
SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO
HOW THE PRESIDENT IS BATTLING
COVID. REMINDER OF THE REASON
THAT WE ALL WORK SO HARD. TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERY AMERICAN
HAS THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS. THAT
EVERY AMERICAN HAS THE SAME
LEVEL OF IMMUNITY. AND WHY WE
HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
LIFESAVING TREATMENTS LIKE PACKS
OF IT. THE PRESIDENT WAS
SUPPOSED TO TRAVEL TO DELAWARE
TODAY, BUT HIS PUBLIC SCHEDULE,
OF COURSE, HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD
. FOR NOW. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
IT WILL PROVIDE A DAILY UPDATE
ON THE PRESIDENT’S STATUS. AND
OF COURSE, WE’LL SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH YOU AND HAVE
OTHER UPDATES AS NEEDED. UNTIL
THEN, KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU. ALRIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, KIM PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT
ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO AVOID
COVID, BUT OBVIOUSLY HIS JOB
INVOLVES HAVING CONTACT WITH SO
MANY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HIS
DOCTOR MCGEORGE PUT SOME
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS UP AGAINST, AND
WHY IT’S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
FOR EVERYONE ABOUT THE CURRENT
RISK. GIVEN HOW MUCH PUBLIC
CONTACT THE PRESIDENT HAS, AND
HOW COMMUNICABLE THE CURRENT
VARIANT IS, IN MANY WAYS, IT WAS
LARGELY INEVITABLE THAT HE WOULD
EVENTUALLY BECOME INFECTED. JUST
LOOKING AROUND. YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE TONY FAUCI, WHO’S BEEN
INFECTED. YOU HAVE CABINET
MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
THE FACT IS, IT’S EVERYWHERE.
NOW OF COURSE, ON THE FLIP SIDE
, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
PROTECTED MEN IN THE WORLD WHO
HAS CLOSE CONTACTS ARE TESTED ON
A ROUTINE BASIS GETTING INFECTED
, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY A
TESTAMENT HOW EASILY THE VIRUS
SPREADS. SO IF YOU ARE SOMEONE
WHO THINKS THAT YOU DON’T NEED
TO GET VACCINATED JUST BECAUSE
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET
INFECTED. YOU REALLY PROBABLY
FOOLING YOURSELF. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, DOC. FIRST LADY, DR
JILL BIDEN ACTUALLY ARRIVED IN
DETROIT ABOUT 24 HOURS AGO,
STAYED OVERNIGHT AND THEN WAS
SCHEDULED TO VISIT A DETROIT
PUBLIC SCHOOL ABOUT 10 O’CLOCK
THIS MORNING. SHE SHOWED UP JUST
AS THE NEWS WAS BREAKING ABOUT
HER HUSBAND, SALMAN WAS THERE
FOR THAT DRAMATIC ENTRANCE. SHE
IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE SHOWS THE
ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS
ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE HOLLOW.
HI KAREN. YEAH. HI. GOOD
AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE. YOU KNOW THESE KINDS
OF SHOW AND TELLS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO AND ADMINISTRATION
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE MEDIA IS
GOING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE IT’S
THE WHITE HOUSE EVEN THOUGH WE
DON’T HAVE AN EXCHANGE OF
QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION, WE GET
TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT US TO SEE
ABOUT HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE
BEING SPENT VERY TIGHTLY
CONTROLLED, WELL SCRIPTED, BUT
LET’S FACE IT TODAY. THAT SCRIPT
WAS FLIPPED, AND WE GOT TO SEE
IN REAL TIME HOW THIS WHITE
HOUSE IS DEALING WITH COVID.
TODAY FIRST LADY DR JILL BIDEN
DEVIATED FROM THE PROGRAM TO
BECOME THE FIRST IN FORMER
HUSBAND TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID. I TALKED TO HIM JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO. HE’S DOING FINE
. HE’S FEELING GOOD REVELATION
COMES MID STOP AS THE FIRST LADY
HIT THE ROAD ON BEHALF OF THE
BIDEN CARERS ADMINISTRATION TO
TOUT THE FEDERAL MONIES INFUSED
INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMBAT
COVID LEARNING LOSS AND SUMMER
LEARNING LOSS. MORNING. MORNING
MORNING TO SEE YOU IN
CONNECTICUT YESTERDAY, DETROIT
AND THEN GEORGIA TODAY, THE
FIRST LADY DIDN’T DOWNPLAY THE
DIAGNOSIS, BUT DID MAKE A POINT
OF SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT.
SYMPTOMS WERE MILD AND THAT
BECAUSE SHE HAD TESTED NEGATIVE
, HER SCHEDULE WOULD CONTINUE AS
PLANNED. I TESTED NEGATIVE THIS
MORNING. I AM GOING TO KEEP MY
SCHEDULE. I AM ACCORDING TO CDC
GUIDELINES. I’M KEEPING MASKS
AND SO I’D LIKE TO GO IN AND SEE
THE PROGRAM HERE. LEARNING LOSS
AS AN EDUCATOR MEANS A LOT TO ME
. STUDENTS TELL US LIKE WHAT
HUMAN JOY ABOUT THE PROGRAM LIKE
CALLOUS MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR
YOU. ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND
ARTS IN DETROIT IS WHERE THE
STOP WAS, AND SHE WAS EVERY BIT
THE CHEERLEADER FOR SEEING THE
BIDEN HARRIS AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN AT WORK IN WHICH $122
BILLION HAS BEEN MICRO INFUSED
TO HELP SCHOOLS REOPEN AND TO
HELP STUDENTS CATCH UP. I CAN
FINALLY SAY THAT OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS WE HAVE FELT EQUITABLY
FUNDED THAT WE HAD THE RESOURCES
THAT ARE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO LEARN
ABOUT FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOR
THE DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COMMUNITY DISTRICT OF THE
BILLIONS ALLOTTED TO VARIOUS
STATES AND DISTRICTS. CBP’S CD
RECEIVED 808,000,400. $42
ACCORDING TO DETROIT’S CHALK
BEATS CALCULATION, AND SO THE
FIRST LADY SAW FIRSTHAND SUMMER
LEARNING AND SUMMER ENRICHMENT
PROGRAMS FROM PHOTOGRAPHY,
DIFFERENT ANGLES TO COOKING AND
NUTRITION. TAKE THIS HOME WITH
YOU AND YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY
PALPABLE EXCITEMENT FROM THE
FIRST LADY AND EDUCATION
SECRETARY MIGUEL CARDONA. YOU
KNOW, IT’S ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE COMES INTO
COMMUNITIES, WE COVER THAT. AND
SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT WE
KIND OF HAD TWO BIG WHITE HOUSE
STORIES HAPPENING IN DETROIT
TODAY. BUT BUT HERE’S THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS, KAREN AND THAT IS
THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY
WANTED TO TELL WHAT HAS BEEN
ABLE TO DO WITH TAX DOLLARS YOUR
MONEY, THEY DON’T REALLY GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, BUT
WE ARE GOING TO DIVE A LITTLE
BIT MORE INTO IT AS WE’RE ABLE
TO COMING UP AT FIVE. KAREN ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU, PAULA AND OUR
COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
DIAGNOSIS CONTINUES AT FIVE AND
SIX AND NBC WILL BE TAKING OVER
TONIGHT AT 6 30 ON NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS, BUT FOR TEAM COVERAGE
ANCHORED BY LESTER HOLT, RIGHT
HERE ON FOUR LOCAL ALRIGHT, SO
RIGHT NOW, LET’S CHECK ON YOUR
FIRST FORECAST. IF YOU’VE BEEN
OUTSIDE, IT’S ANOTHER SCORCHER,
BUT MUCH QUIETER THAN 24 HOURS
AGO, WHEN THOSE STORMS WERE
ROLLING THROUGH, PAUL, WHAT IS
THE STORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING? YOU’RE NOT KIDDING,
KAREN. MUCH QUIETER SCENARIO
THAN YESTERDAY. YOU CAN SEE THE
HUMIDITY, THOUGH STILL HANGING
IN THE AIR. LOOK HOW FUZZY THE
SHOT IS, AND TEMPERATURES ARE IN
THE UPPER EIGHTIES TO RIGHT
AROUND NINE EFFECT. DETROIT HAS
OFFICIALLY HIT 90 DEGREES FOR
TODAY, SO IT’S ANOTHER SCORCHER
OUT THERE, AND HE’S GONNA BE
STICKING AROUND FOR A COUPLE 34
DAYS HERE, SO WE’RE GOING TO BE
NOT UNTIL WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK,
AND WE DIDN’T GET GOING TO GET
RELIEF FROM THAT. BUT YOU CAN
SEE HERE ON THE SATELLITE
IMAGERY WERE JUST MOSTLY SUNNY.
NOW YOU NOTICE THIS LITTLE CURL
BACK HERE TO THE WEST. THERE’S A
LITTLE DISTURBANCE THAT’S GOING
TO BE CROSSING THE SOUTHERN PART
OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT THAT
COULD TRIGGER AN ISOLATED SHOWER
EITHER LATER THIS EVENING OR
OVERNIGHT. NOT A BIG DEAL. IT’S
JUST GONNA BE HOT, AND WE’RE
GOING TO BE STRUGGLING TO GET
EVEN INTO THE UPPER SEVENTIES BY
MIDNIGHT, BUT STILL TO COME TO
TALK ABOUT THE HEAT WHICH STICKS
AROUND, BUT I’M GETTING REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEVERE STORM
THREAT THIS WEEKEND, SO I’LL
HAVE ALL THE DETAILS. YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO HELP PLAN YOUR
WEEKEND IN JUST A FEW. KAREN.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. PAUL NEW
YORK REPORTING THE FIRST CASE OF
POLIO IN THE US AND NEARLY A
DECADE. A PERSON IN ROCKLAND
COUNTY, A SUBURB OF NEW YORK
CITY HAS TESTED POSITIVE. NOW WE
ONLY KNOW THE PATIENT IS AN
UNVACCINATED YOUNG ADULT WHO
DEVELOPED PARALYSIS. POLIO
STRAIN MAY HAVE COME FROM
SOMEONE WHO RECEIVED THE ORAL
POLIO VACCINE CONTAINS A MILD
VIRUS STRAIN. THEY CAN STILL
SPREAD. THAT VERSION OF THE
POLIO VACCINE IS NO LONGER GIVEN
IN THE U. S SO EXPERTS BELIEVE
THIS TRANSMISSION CHAIN STARTED
ABROAD. OAKLAND COUNTY HAS
BECOME THE FIRST COUNTY IN
MICHIGAN TO FORM A TASK FORCE
FOCUSING ON MONKEYPOX LEADERS
SAY THEY DON’T WANT TO BE
ALARMIST, BUT THEY DO WANT TO BE
PREPARED. OAKLAND COUNTY HAS THE
MOST INFECTIONS IN THE STATE
RIGHT NOW, WITH FIVE CONFIRMED
CASES. INFECTIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN
REPORTED IN DETROIT, WAYNE
WASHTENAW, KENTA MACOMB COUNTIES
. SO FAR, THE STATE IS ONLY
OFFERING VACCINES TO PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE
VIRUS BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS 1800
DOSES. THE OAKLAND COUNTY TASK
FORCE IS WORKING ON EDUCATION
CONTACT, TRACING ALSO GETTING
PREPARED FOR WHEN MORE VACCINES
ARE AVAILABLE. THE SYMPTOMS
INCLUDE A PAINFUL RASH OR FEW,
LIKE SYMPTOMS. CLOSE CONTACT IS
REQUIRED TO SPREAD THE VIRUS.
DOCTORS SAY. EVERYONE NEEDS TO
BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND TAKE
PRECAUTIONS. IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS
HAVING SYMPTOMS OF MONKEYPOX,
WHETHER IT BE THE CHARACTERISTIC
SORES THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE
PODIUM OVER THERE AFTER HAVING
SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO INFLUENZA IS
PROBABLY NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE
INTIMATE OR CLOSE TO OTHER
PEOPLE. UNTIL THAT PROBLEM IS
IDENTIFIED. DON’T LIVE BY THOSE
FIVE WORDS, MAYBE IT WILL GO
AWAY. TASK FORCE ALSO POINTS
OUT. CASES OF MONKEYPOX ARE
RARELY FATAL, BUT PEOPLE WITH
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS COULD BE
MORE AT RISK. IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS IN OAKLAND COUNTY, YOU
CAN CALL THE NURSE ON CALL THAT
NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN. 1 808
485533. WE ALSO POSTED IT ON
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM FOR YOU
ON THE HOMEPAGE. THE CITY OF
DETROIT IS TAKING STEPS TODAY TO
BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
CITY LEADERS REVEALED TODAY. A
SEVEN POINT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PLAN WORTH $203 MILLION CITY
PLANS ON RENOVATING VACANT
APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN DETROIT
LAND BANK AUTHORITY HOMES TO
PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS. THEY ALSO PLAN TO HELP
WITH MORTGAGE DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE AND START A NEW
HOUSING SERVICES DIVISION. MANY
OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED