Gov. Murphy: President Trump, Staff Acted Recklessly By Holding Event In Bedminster Last Week Despite COVID-19 Exposure
Contact tracing is now underway for 225 guests and staff who were at the event.
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Contact tracing is now underway for 225 guests and staff who were at the event.
The White House has given the New Jersey Department of Health a list of at least 206 individuals who may have been exposed to COVID-19 at President Trump's event last Thursday in Bedminster.
Christie said after consulting with his doctors, they determined this as an "important precautionary measure."
Dr. Sean Conley, the White House doctor, says the president remains fatigued, but in good spirits, and adds First Lady Melania Trump is well with only a mild cough and headache.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, along with one of Trump's top aides, Hope Hicks.
Murphy says those who attended the event should self-quarantine and get tested for COVID-19.
There was no contact from the Trump campaign or the White House to alert the Biden campaign of possible exposure, a senior Biden campaign official who was with the former vice president at the debate said.
Trump and Biden did not shake hands during the debate but stood without masks about 10 feet apart for the 90-minute event.
The legal battle will go before a judge now to decide who has the right to enter the temporary satellite election offices.
Eyewitness News learned Friday morning that President Trump was supposed to be here on Sunday to receive the endorsement in person.
A White House spokesperson says the president is experiencing "mild symptoms" associated with the virus, but did not give specifics.
Philadelphia health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley says there is some concern over President Donald Trump testing positive for COVID-19 due to his age (74), but most people recover from the virus.
Earlier in the week, the campaign threatened to sue over being denied access into the sites where people can register to vote, apply for mail-in ballots and fill them out.
A local Billy Penn reporter posted a video on social media where he's seen walking around that same warehouse without being noticed.
Philadelphia election officials the satellite election offices they've opened are not polling places.
The phrase was printed over a picture of President Donald Trump.
During Tuesday night's presidential debate, Trump said "bad things happen in Philadelphia" after falsely accusing city election officials of blocking access for poll watchers at newly-opened satellite election sites.
Polls suggest Biden will pick up Delaware, Chester, Bucks and Montgomery Counties. But, polls aren't always reliable, as we know from 2016.
Election lawyers say there is no right under Pennsylvania law, even for a certified poll watcher, to observe inside an election office where someone is registering to vote, applying for a mail-in ballot or filling one out.
Workers in the elections office in Luzerne County are getting training on handling mailed-in military and overseas ballots.
The president and Eric Trump made the accusations on Twitter as the city opened seven satellite election offices on Tuesday.
Eyewitness News spoke exclusively one-on-one with Pence, asking him about polling which shows President Trump behind 9 percentage points in Pennsylvania.
It's the latest example of how the fast-growing sports betting industry is making inroads into mainstream popular culture.
Toomey refused to vote on then-President Barack Obama's nominee in 2016. On Friday, protesters used Toomey's own words against him.
