Hi, I'm Dampramat and welcome to Axios Recap, presented by Bridge Bank.

Today's Friday, October 2nd.

The unemployment rate is down, COVID hospitalizations are up,

and we're focused on President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis.

As you've certainly heard by now, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump 19 diagnosis.

As you've certainly heard by now, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested

positive for the coronavirus.

Today we're going to do a deep dive on this developing story and it's possible ramifications

for the administration, for the campaign, for the markets, for health care, for media,

with five of Axios's expert reporters. And we want to start with somebody who knows the

administration itself better than almost anybody. Axios White House reporter Jonathan Swan.

We're joined now by Axios White House reporter Jonathan Swan.

So Jonathan, this is the basic timeline, as I understand it.

Hope Hicks tests positive on Thursday morning.

The president learns about that, maintains his full schedule.

Late in the afternoon or early evening, Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg reports that Hope Hicks

has tested positive.

And later that evening, Trump and wife

Melania both take tests and test positive. Is there something important in that timeline

we're missing? And what does it all tell you about kind of internal White House operations

and communication? Well, there's still some murkiness about this timeline. That's the

timeline the White House is

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