Special Edition: The Pandemic Reaches the President

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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He assured the country the coronavirus would “disappear” soon. Then he tested positive. We explore how President Trump testing positive for the coronavirus could affect the last days of the 2020 race — and consider what might happen next. Guests: Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, White House correspondents for The Times. For more information about today's episode, visit: nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:03.0	This is a special episode of The Daily.
0:09.0	Today,
0:11.0	the disease that has infected millions of Americans
0:14.0	and killed more than 200,000 of them
0:17.0	has now reached the President.
0:21.0	I spoke with my colleagues, White House Correspondents Peter Baker
0:25.0	and Maggie Haverman.
0:31.0	It's Friday afternoon, October 2.
0:41.0	Maggie and Peter, thank you for making time for us
0:43.0	in the middle of a very big and very fast moving story.
0:47.0	I should say that it is around four o'clock
0:50.0	things about this story may keep changing throughout the day,
0:53.0	but at this point, what exactly do we know about the President's health?
1:00.0	At this point, we know that he is symptomatic.
1:03.0	We're told that the symptoms are mild.
1:05.0	One person described them to me as like a cold,
1:08.0	including some fatigue that he was exhibiting yesterday.
1:11.0	There had been discussions at the White House very early this morning
1:14.0	and then later into the morning about the possibility of the President
1:17.0	giving some sense to the public that he's fine
1:20.0	and that the government is continuing and that he is leading
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