clearly audible from a reporter. so the issue of health has been top of mind for mitch mcconnell, but his colleagues wishing the 81-year-old senator well. melanie zanona, cnn, capitol hill. and rudy giuliani s confession is stunning. the former new york city married a mitted that he defamed two georgia city election workers with smears. they are suing rudy giuliani for repeatedly wrongly asserting that they stuffed ballot boxes with fake votes. giuliani says the women weren t damaged by his statements but here is what they told the january 6 committee. i ve lost my name and i ve lost my reputation, i ve lost my sense of security all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his ally decided to scapegoat me and my daughter. i don t want to go anywhere.
with his political woes. sara murray, cnn, washington. there is concern about the health of mitch mcconnell. he froze in the middle of speaking during his weekly news conference on wednesday. now sources tell cnn that mcconnell has fallen multiple times this year. at least two of the incidents weren t reported until now. the 81-year-old is brurkshing o concerns about his health. how are you feeling now, sir? i m fine. have you seen a doctor, are you going to see a doctor? any idea what happened? i m fine. dehydrated? melanie zanona has details from washington. reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says he s fine after a scary health episode on wednesday afternoon. the incident occurred during mitch mcconnell s weekly press conferences, this is a press conference that he gives routinely in the capitol to reporters. as he was giving his opening
anything else you want to say? do you want to say anything else to the press? mcconnell did come back to the podium after about 12 minutes and he took multiple questions from reporters including from manu raju. when asked whether he was okay, mitch mcconnell said that he was fine and office said that he just felt lightheaded and needed to step away but was able to come back and was sharp. and mitch mcconnell since that moment has been con dupgtsing some of his routine business. he has been making calls and we re also told that he met with house speaker kevin mccarthy for one of their weekly meetings. but we should point out this is not the first health scare that mitch mcconnell has experienced this year. in march, he tripped and fell and hit his head. he was diagnosed with a
more from capitol hill. reporter: mitch mcconnell says he is fine after the scary health episode wednesday afternoon. it occurred in a press conference he gives routinely. and during his opening remarks, he stopped mid sentence and froze for over a good 20 seconds without blinking before senator john barrasso who is a former physician came over to check on him. at that point mitch mcconnell was ushered away to the sidelines. let s watch that moment. after finishing the nda this week, there has been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of
remarks, he stopped mid sentence and froze for over a good 20 seconds without blinking before senator john barrasso who is a former physician came over to check on him. at that point mitch mcconnell was ushered away by aides and senators to the sidelines. let s watch that moment. after finishing the nda this week, been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of anything else you want to say? do you want to say anything else to the press? let s go back.