he beat republicans in 2022. at the capitol, there are whispers in the marble corridors that income council isn t the same since missing six weeks after suffering a concussion from a tumble. tell us if something bigger is going on? mcconnell s health episodes jocking among those who could succeed him. [inaudible] i mean, the new congress is 18 months away. i m trying to figure out how could he with get this authorization bill off the floor. democrats are equally anxious about feinstein s health and their narrow majority. democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez called for feinstein to resign after she missed months due to shingles. some politicians hang on too long. i believe there should be a criteria of fitness to serve, cognitive testing, or cognitive assessment. mcconnell says he is staying, the only requirements for the senate 30 years of age and a resident of the state you
he should tell us if something bigger is going on and whatever he tells me, i ll trust to be true. do you think senator mcconnell should run for leader in the new congress? well, the new congress is 18 months away. i m trying to figure out how we get this authorization bill off the floor today. and thune is seen as one of the potential successors for senator mcconnell if and when the leadership vacancy does happen. the question is whether he will serve out his term which expires in 2026. so i ve asked him this question in the past. he has not wanted to discuss that at this moment. still some questions about that. it says we learned there have been more incidents that the 81-year-old has fallen, including ones in february in helsinki and a meeting with the
transparency than it were for someone else. 48 colleagues, what happens? he should tell us, whatever he tells me i ll trust to be true. do you think that senator mcconnell should run for leader in the new congress? well, i mean, the new congress is 18 months away. i m trying to figure out how we can get the authorization bill off the floor today. reporter: now, that last comment you heard there was senator john thune, he s a member of the gop leadership. and he s also seen as a potential successor to mitch mcconnell whether he does step aside. so this latest health incident now raising new questions about mitch mcconnell s future. he is 81 years old. he will be up for re-election again in but so far mitch mcclaunl slotting down any questions or notions he ll step aside in the near future. mel 19 zanona, thanks so
national airport, and of course the bigger fall in march that sidelined him from coming to work in the senate for several weeks as he was recovering both from a concussion and fractured ribs. but his colleagues are standing by him. watch. i talked to mitch last night. he seems strong and alert. obviously what happened was disturbing. but mitch is strong. he s stubborn as a mule. whatever he tells me, i ll trust to be true. she run for the new congress? that is 18 months away. and i m trying to figure out how to get the authorization bill off the floor today. and that last man that you heard from there is the number two senate republican, senator john thune. he was asked about if mcconnell should stay as number one republican atop the senate
do you think he should run? the new congress is 18 months away. i m trying to figure out how we get the authorization bill off the floor today. reporter: senator mep mccomoff to business as usual today. he gave a speech on the senate floor. he s been voting all day, and for senator feinstein, one of the spoke people issued a statement saying she was simply preoccupied at the time the vote was called, which was why she didn t initially vote at that moment it was caught on camera. manu raju, thank you. for more on this let s bring in cnn s chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, what s your sense of mcconnell s additional falls we learned about after seeing what happened yesterday. he is 81 years old. is that typical? what s your sense? it s a lot more common than people realize. remember than just the falls people mentioned back in 2019 he fell and fractured his shoulder. you might remember that as well,