you can see his numbers have gone up and he is on a cholesterol medication. we know more about this diet we ve heard so much about and what dr. jackson has counseled him about in terms of correcting his diet and getting more exercise. interestingly as well, dr. jackson said the president had actually requested himself that he have a cognitive exam of some sort. and he had what is called a really t montreal exam. it is best described as a screening tool to figure out if someone has any signs, early signs of dementia or any cognitive problems. according to this screening tool, the doctor said he had 30 out of 30. he told us everything that his diet, his exercise habits, this cognitive specifically. would you agree with dr. jackson s bottom line assessment that the president is in
health. are there things he can do to make himself healthier? absolutely. he s tracking it and i m tracking it but overall he has very good health. as for the president s recent physical health, he said the president made a point of asking for a test of his own cognitive abilities which the doctor carried out. he said the president pass exam as well. it is not the sail thing as a psychological exam. that was not performed during president s exam at walter reed. we ll have more on that later on. thank you. while the white house tries stifle questions about the president s vulgar slurs, lawmakers tried to get to the bottom of last week s stunning oval office meeting. let s bring in our justice correspondent here in the situation room. things got pretty heated in that senate hearing.
time for reporter roulette, we begin with jason carroll in university park, pennsylvania, with the joe paterno story. reporter: and don, an opportunity to speak to some of the players from the football team earlier this afternoon they told me they feel joe paterno made the right decision for the team, himself personally, also feel, don, he made the right decision for the university, have but having said that they are very sanded by the fact this man they looked up to for so many years to to retire in this type of way. why don t you listen to what they had to say about that. i think that in his heat, he thinks he made the right decision and he has been doing his thing for so many years and we are not going to question any decision he makes. we have been behind him the whole time and he is doing what he believes is best for the program, for us, his staff and penn state. so, we are just really happy that he is just doing what he believes is right in his heart and we are goin