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have you spoke to leader mcconnell since his press conference? yes, i did. how is he feeling? he was he was good. watch out. don t fall. came over. we met around 3:00. we have a normal, regular scheduled meeting, catch up just on both houses, yeah. you don t have any concerns about his health then? there was no concerns about his health in the meeting. that wasn t that much long after, no. it was a normal meeting that we ve always had. a fairly glib house speaker kevin mccarthy weighing in on mitch mcconnell s health after the minority leader froze mid-sentence during a press conference yesterday. we showed you the video, a tough watch. white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the playbook, eugene daniels.
this is just the latest incident this year for leader mcconnell. sources telling cnn in february he tripped and fell in helsinki while getting out of the car on a snowy day. that was days before a fall in march at d.c. s waldorf astoria hotel. during a press conference in june, mcconnell had trouble hearing questions from reporters even though the senators next to him could hear very clearly. earlier this month, he tripped and fell at reagan national airport while getting off a plane. yesterday he abruptly stopped speaking mid-sentence at the podi podium. joining us now sanjay gupta. when we see this moment play out, scott jennings said he spoke with mitch mcconnell, he sounded good. he didn t notice any difference. he has seen him since that concussion. what struck me is the concern we saw immediately and rightfully so, when you see this moment
the temptation is to look for a reason to say, hey, i m still a reasonable person, however, this is now causing me to reconsider. this can give ammo to that. the bigger picture is, look, this is not a case against joe biden, this is a case against his son. there are accusations surrounded by the president, but no more. and an impeachment inquiry is not just a fact-finding mission, it is a serious thing. but i said back in january that they would impeach joe biden simply because the pressure is going to be so great on other news networks, and in the base to do that. so i think they re going to find any excuse to get there. i certainly hope some of my former colleagues that are more sane and reasonable understand that this is really bad for the country. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. and, next, also on capitol hill, the minority leader mitch mcconnell just speaking to reporters after appearing to freeze mid-sentence during a news conference earlier today. he would not say
as recently as yesterday, in mid-sentence, he was cut off by someone in the white house who makes the decision that the president of the united states is not speaking correctly. so i d like to know who this person is. is this a puppeteer act if you would and we need to know who is in charge and who is making these decisions and the only way we re going to get that is when we have people like you come in and answer questions. who made the decisions on this? was it the president of the united states? ultimately, the president makes the decisions, that s correct. maria: that was idaho senator robert rishe grilling secretary of state antony blinken on tuesday over who is really calling the shots at the white house and if it is president biden what should the accountability be for the deaths of 13 u.s. service members abandoning americans in afghanistan and creating a safe haven for terrorist groups like