In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic.

The President Tests Positive for COVID; 30 Issues: Legal Immigration; Ask the Mayor; Public Health Implications of Trump With the Virus

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 1, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. Annie Karni, White House reporter for The New York Times and MSNBC and NBC News contributor, reports on how this news will affect the White House and the election, with just about a month to go. 
  • Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project, talks about immigration as an issue in the 2020 presidential race.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Stephen Morse, virologist and epidemiologist at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, explains what we know about how the president contracted COVID-19 and the latest on treatment and prevention.

 

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