President Trump: “I think I’ll be back soon”

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 4 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In a video posted to his social media accounts, President Trump says he “thinks I’ll be back soon.” His doctor told reporters "the President is doing very well.” But a source identified as White House chief of staff Mark Meadows by the New York Times and Associated Press told reporters, “the President’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent joins AC360 to react to the conflicting reports about the timeline of when the President actually found out he tested positive for Covid-19. Plus, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie checked himself into the hospital as a precaution after testing positive for coronavirus. Christie helped with President Trump’s debate prep and sat next to him and others who also tested positive. Dana Bash, CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent tells Anderson Cooper the people who were around those who tested positive didn’t have a chance to protect themselves and their families early on because the White House hasn’t been forthcoming. Airdate: October 3, 2020 Guests: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Dana Bash To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, the President of the United States is spending his second night at Walter
0:04.4	Reed Medical Center.
0:05.8	While we would normally start this broadcast telling you exactly what we know about his
0:09.0	condition, there is so little we actually know it's perhaps more telling to let you know
0:14.4	what we don't know.
0:15.8	We don't know exactly why the President was taken to Walter Reed.
0:18.7	We know he had a fever, but his personal doctor would not say how bad it was.
0:22.5	We've learned he required supplemental oxygen to help him breathe yesterday.
0:25.8	We didn't learn that though through his doctor who went out of his way to hide that fact.
0:29.9	We don't know when the President actually tested positive.
0:32.7	He told Sean Hannity Thursday night at 9 p.m. that he and Melania Trump had been tested
0:36.8	and we're still waiting for results.
0:39.2	He announced his positive result at 1 a.m. Friday morning on Twitter.
0:42.8	We do not know if this is true.
0:45.0	It seems highly unlikely any responsible White House would allow the President to go to
0:48.5	campaign events after having closed contact with Hope Hicks, but they knew was infected
0:52.8	at least by Thursday morning.
0:55.4	We don't know when the President got infected when he first got symptoms.
0:58.8	We don't even know when his last negative test was.
1:01.9	Nobody is saying.
1:03.4	We don't know if there has been damage to his lungs.
1:05.3	The President's doctor was evasive on that topic today.
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