Summary
The president has been admitted to hospital. But how much confidence can we have in what we’re being told about his condition after evasive comments from President Trump's doctor?
Studio Manager: Jack Graysmark Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | A long, long time ago, soaps and I were talking to you about an extraordinary development. |
| 0:09.6 | President Trump tested positive for COVID-19. |
| 0:12.6 | Oh, wait. Oh, God. No, that was only Friday. Sorry. |
| 0:15.9 | Since then, the president has been admitted to hospital. |
| 0:20.0 | His doctor talked about 72 hours since diagnosis, |
| 0:24.6 | suggesting the president had had COVID for a long time. |
| 0:28.0 | We don't know whether he had supplemental oxygen giving to him. |
| 0:31.8 | The doctor was evasive. |
| 0:33.7 | What we do know is that the White House doctor was totally contradicted |
| 0:39.2 | by the White House chief of staff. |
| 0:42.0 | Which all begs the question, |
| 0:43.8 | how much confidence can we have in what we're being told about the president's health? |
| 0:48.8 | And it has begged the question from our regular America's to Stephen, |
| 0:52.6 | whose tweet does to say, |
| 0:53.7 | are we getting to the daily edition stage? |
| 0:56.5 | Stephen, I think our heads went to the same place as yours did. |
| 1:00.2 | Can't promise daily, but definitely another emergency America's. |
| 1:06.5 | America's. |
| 1:07.4 | America's from BBC News. |
| 1:09.6 | I am your president of law and order. |
| 1:12.3 | The US has now surpassed four million cases of coronavirus. |
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