do you want to say anything else to the press? that was hard to watch, 10 minutes later mitch mcconnell returned to the podium to answer questions saying i am fine. one of the aides said the senator felt lightheaded. the doctor is with us again tonight. when you sell this moment play out, what were your concerns? i found it concerning, there is no question there was some sort of neurological event that happened. it happened just before 2 pm this afternoon. it was 25 seconds before somebody came to ask the
reporter: he did come back to the podium after about 12 minutes and he took multiple questions from reporters including manu raju. and when asked whether he was okay, mitch mcconnell said that he was fine and his office later put out a statement that the senator felt lightheaded but was able to come back and was sharp. and mitch mcconnell since that moment has been conducting some of his routine business. he s been making calls and we re also told that he mehe met withn mccarthy for one of their weekly meetings. but this is not the first health scare that mitch mcconnell has experienced. in march he tripped and fell and hit his head. he was diagnosed with a concussion and a few broken ribs and he was out for a few weeks in the senate. and i can tell you from observing him the last few weeks that he s been acting differently, he s been talking a bit softer, walking more slowly. and last month he also struggled to hear some questions that were
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welcome back, everybody, we re getting an update on senate minority leader mitch mcconnell from capitol hill. i want to go back to our correspondent on the ground there. ali vitali who has new information for us. what are you hearing? news moving really fast this afternoon, yasmin. we are obviously hearing after the minority leader told reporters themselves, i m fine, when he came back to the cameras, after stepping away, after freezing during his opening remarks. a mcconnell aid telling nbc news, it s because the senate minority leader felt lightheaded, and stepped away for a moment, as senator john barrasso and others helped lead him down the hallway to his office, a few steps away from where we were doing the press availability. the aide also continues to point out what we saw, which is that he came back, he did question an aide, and the in words of the aide, it was very sharp. of course, mcconnell did sound like himself during that question and answer. you played the video in the
go ahead, john. you watched the senate minority leader there being helped by his colleagues, senator ernst asking him if he s okay. she did the sign of the cross, praying for her colleague. a physician asking the minority leader if he s okay, asking if he wanted to go back to his office. a mcconnell aide tells us this was a moment mcconnell felt lightheaded. you see him grabbing the podium before walking away, going back to his office, just down the hall from where the presser was held. he came back, spoke normally, answering questions from reporters, telling reporters on the record, simply i m fine, after this moment. which was really concerning here in the halls of congress. you ll remember that just a few months ago back in march, mcconnell fell leaving a fundraiser here at a washington hotel. at that point he sustained a concussion and fractured ribs. he was out of work for several weeks. of course back now, and this is just the latest moment that