Lot of details. We know from her team she overheated this morning. And we know from her doctor now saying that was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. Interestingly, though, they didnt tell the public or the press about this pneumonia diagnose. We just found out about it now. What do you make of all this . Well, you know, its exactly as you said, were still getting bits of information. Its coming in sporadically trying to piece it together. All sort of stimulated by the video of her having difficulty getting into the van and having difficulty holding herself up with her balance. You know, i think that in medicine, common things are common. So the idea that someone is feeling out of sorts, unbalanced, as having a difficulty walking, getting into the van, like we see in this video could be explained as something as simple as dehydrated. When you become profoundly dehydrated, you drop your blood
pressure, you dont feel well. Its hard to get around and have these sorts of problems. Whats interesting is that first we hear she was overheated and thats sort of what caused these symptoms. Then just recently we hear that she has pneumonia, and it sounds like bacterial pneumonia and it was diagnosed two days ago. Shes been powering through the schedule just trying to make it work with pneumonia or even against the advice of the doctor who said, you need to get rest, you need to be rehydrated. Were hearing bits and pieces of information but still trying to piece it all together, pope. Does it make sense to you with this pneumonia diagnosis that shed go out in public so much, go to this 9 11 ceremony, then go over to chelseas apartment after she had that stumble getting into the van. We can pull that up and show you that as well, this morning having to leave this ceremony early. And her team said that she played with her grandchildren at the apartment. I mean, with pneumonia, is it
contagious . Does that all make sense to you . Well, you know, its not every bit of it makes sense or not every bit of it seems to fit, but its all possible. You know, bacterial pneumonia, there are varieties of it depending on what type it is, some are more contagious than others. When someone has started therapy with antibiotics, you can reduce your contagiously. Your doctor probably would say you shouldnt play with young children, you might put them at more risk. We dont know how serious this is, does it involve the entire lung or a single lobe. We dont know how it was diagnosed . That would be typical to get a chest xray. You get bloodwork. So again theres a lot of unknowns here still. I think the idea that she was playing with the grandchildren is another question mark. But its all possible that it could fit, but we dont have all the pieces to make it all fit together. You know, the context that
this comes in, sanjay, is the context of some big trump surrogates and trump himself sort of questioning her health, her physical capacity to be president , and a lot of these questions are not grounded in any fact, but the reality is that we do not have the Health Records of secretary clinton or donald trump in all of this. Does this really drive home the point that perhaps both of them should release their medical records in totality . I think so. You know, look, ive been reporting on this sort of issue for a long time, several elections. Were not hearing much from either candidate. The candidate in terms of their health, weve got these summaries of their health overall. Given, you know, i think an episode like this, there might be more of a push to get the Health Records. Im not sure were going to see them, especially not this close to the election. But whether were releasing the medical records publicly or
releasing them to an independent board of doctors who have no relationship to the candidate and can make an independent assessment of those records. The public doesnt necessarily clamor for this sort of information. They havent always clamored for it in elections past, but theres a greater desire with this particular election to see the Health Records. I think from whats happened today, that interest, that desire may increase even more. Dr. Sanjay gupta with us. Stay with me as we bring in our reporter who is right outside of the home in chappaqua where Hillary Clinton went today. M. J. , you were with secretary clinton on friday, you were at that press conference that she held. She then sat down for an interview with our chris cuomo. At some point on friday, we now know from the campaign they knew she had this pneumonia diagnose. Is it atypical that they would not tell the public that until this happened this morning that
caused her to leave the 9 11 commemoration early . Well, i think thats certainly one of the Big Questions right now, poppy. Why it is that clintons doctor diagnosed Hillary Clinton with pneumonia on friday, but were really only learning about this diagnosis today on sunday, two days later. And i think sanjay was making the point a little bit earlier that perhaps we wouldnt have even found out about this diagnosis had she not had this stumble at the 9 11 memorial. We saw that video of her stumbling as she got into the van. She had to be helped as she was getting inside the car. And Law Enforcement officials have told cnn that she did appear to faint. To be clear, this is not information thats coming from the campaign. This is information thats coming from Law Enforcement officials. But clearly as her doctor stated herself, Hillary Clinton was overheated, dehydrated and she had to be treated for that. And on top of that on friday, she learned that she has been
diagnosed with pneumonia. On friday she had a very busy schedule. She had a meeting with National Security advisers and experts in the morning, then held a press conference, then headed off to a fundraiser after sitting down with cnns chris cuomo. So thats a very packed day. And as jeff zeleny reported earlier, some questions are starting to come up within the campaign as to why she didnt clear up her schedule more and why she had such a packed schedule when she knew that there were these concerns out there about her health . Youre in chappaqua. The last statement we got from the clinton camp outside of this doctor statement, her personal doctor statement, was nick merrill hours ago 90 minutes after she left the 9 11 commemoration ceremony saying she overheated, she went to her daughters apartment, shes feeling much better. Have we heard anything from the clinton camp or have you seen anything in chappaqua, her coming out of her home, et
cetera, anything since then . Its pretty much business as usual here. The secret service are positioned outside of her home, as they always are. Clinton came home this afternoon. Has not left since. At some point her doctor came to the house, checked her out and then the statement came out. And the statement came out from the doctor. But the Clinton Campaign is, as jeff zeleny, and weve been reporting all afternoon, is gauging whether Hillary Clinton has been overscheduled, whether shes doing too much. A diagnosis of pneumonia on friday. She continued with her day. Multiple fundraisers, a big National Security meeting. Shes a candidate who has to appear at fundraisers to raise big money. She appeared at almost 40 fundraisers in august. And while that was a heavy month for her, it allowed her to raise a ton of money. This is somebody who its a time crunch its a lot of time for her to commit to fundraising and a lot of energy. So no, no change here. It looks like it always does. Shes in her house. Were told shes not moving for the rest of the day, but theyre still toying where whether theyll cancel a big week or part of a big week of events. Shes supposed to fly to california, her and her press pool on her new plane are supposed to fly to california. Thats in question. Does she go to l. A. On tuesday where she has two fundraisers and a speech . Thats in question. She didnt take necessarily the pneumonia diagnosis seriously on friday because she continued with her schedule. What happened at the 9 11 memorial seems to have elevated things and theyre taking this more seriously now. Jeff zeleny was reporting last hour that the team is making a serious evaluation of her, her travel schedule going forward. But he made an important point when he compared what we know and dont know about these candidates, donald trump and Hillary Clintons Health History compared to previous president ial candidates. He pointed out that, you know, one of the older candidates in races, john mccain. We knew a lot more about john mccains health than we do about these two candidates which are the oldest to run. Thats right. And the health of both donald trump and Hillary Clinton have become political issues this Campaign Cycle especially because theyre older candidates. That is just the truth. And i think both donald trump and the fact that he and his surrogates have been pushing Hillary Clinton to release more information have in turn put pressure on the Clinton Campaign to be aggressive about asking Donald Trumps campaign to release more information. And i think it is fair to say that at this point we have a little bit more information about Hillary Clintons recent state of health than donald trump. The only thing that weve gotten so far from Donald Trumps campaign is this letter that his doctor acknowledged afterwards, took him five minutes to write. There was a car waiting outside. Some of the language in that letter, of course, has come into question. For example, the doctor stated that he could state
unequivocally that donald trump would be the healthiest president to have ever existed in the history of this country. I think for both campaigns, theres going to be pressure to release more information. I really do think at this point transparency is a key word. And especially for the Clinton Campaign. They understand very well that the issue of transparency and then the separate issue of honest es and trustworthiness, all of these issues are potential vulnerabilities for her. The fact that she was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday and then for whatever reason chose not to disclose that information, that could potentially raise some questions. Thank you so much. Also our thanks to dr. Sanjay gupta. Well take a quick break and more on this breaking news. Hillary clinton diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. The public has just learned about it today. Now the Campaign Aides saying that theyre evaluating whether or not she will continue on this planned trip to california. She was set to leave for los angeles tomorrow. What does it all mean 58 days
out from the leaked . Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. [ dreams by beck ] hmmmmm. The turbocharged dream machine. The Volkswagen Golf gti. Named one of car and drivers 10best, 10 years in a row. Get between you and lifes dobeautiful moments. Llergens flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. I take pzero heartburn h morning for my frequent heartburn because you cant beat prilosec otc the 1 doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for ten straight years. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. So far donald trump has not said anything about Hillary Clinton today being diagnosed with pneumonia and leaving leaving the 9 11 commemoration ceremony earlier today. He has not tweeted. His campaign has not released a statement at all. This despite the fact that for several months some trump top surrogates and even himself have questioned her health and her stamina. So lets talk about all this and the optics and the campaign. Cnn Senior CorrespondentBrian Stelter is with me and lonnie chen is with me. Hes the Public Policy director for mitt romney. So nice to have you both with us. Brian, as the media expert in all of this, how does this lay . What are the headlines tomorrow morning . When are we going to hear from donald trump . Im really interested in why trump hasnt weighed in. Politically it makes sense. Why would he . Theres nothing he needs to stay right now. This is being drifb by the Clinton Campaign. It will also be driven tomorrow as to whether clinton makes that fundraising trip or not. Were talking about one of the most famous people in the world here. One of the most scrutinized people in the world. Hillary clinton sometimes resents that scrutiny. Sometimes she tries to hold things back. That causes reporters to get more curious, more frustrated, then she gets more resentful. Theres a vicious cycle in play in situations like today where we dont feel like in the media were getting enough information from the campaign. In turn, the campaign feels like theyre under fire from the media. I think clinton supporters watching this right now are very frustrated by all of that. Theres a lot of important subtext to all this. Other than this one image, we havent seen clinton and reporters will continue to ask legitimate questions. Theres this image and then shot by someone in the crowd of her sort of stumbling, helped by secret service into the van. Thats a troubling image for the campaign. Lonnie, let me ask you this. You worked on mitt romneys team. You worked on issues like this and you know how important optics are especially 58 days out. Clintons doctor just came out with a stapt and said in a statement that Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on
friday, and we were not told about it until today. It raises the question of whether the public would have been told about it at all or if they should have been. If this hadnt happened. Is this problematic for the campaign na the diagnosis came two days ago. Yeah, poppy, this is one of those situations where, as you might say, the coverup is worse than the crime. I mean, look, the reality is that these are normal health situations. These president ial candidates work extremely hard having seen this up close and personal with governor romney, how hard he worked on the campaign trail. In 2012 health wasnt the issue because both governor romney and president obama were in superb health. This time around obviously the age of candidates has become an issue. For Hillary Clinton their Campaign Needs to err on the side of transparency. As brian was saying going forwa forward. They dont need to fuel this any
more than the media or the Clinton Campaign themselves are already fueling it. Trump sits back and continues to drive his message. He doesnt even need to say anything about this, frankly. By the way, this would be a great time for him to release medical records to say im putting my medical records out there. Hillary clinton, the balls in your court. Or for him to take the high road. I think we should be honest about the subtext of this today. Were talking about the first female nominee of a major party in american history. Donald trump trying to show his strength. Hillary clinton also trying to show her strength. If she had pneumonia and she went to the 9 11 ceremony this morning, thats a very strong, bold thing to do. Also knowing that trump was going to be there. We should be honest about the double standards that women sometimes face with regards to their health. Portrayed as being weaker than men. How she have to work harder to show theyre as strong as men especially in workplaces, especially in politics. I think we should be honest with ourselves about some of the subtext here even as we rightly
scrutinize her health today. But given the context that she is coming off of weeks and weeks of donald trump and his supporters saying where is Hillary Clinton . Where is she . And she doesnt have the salmon na to be president. Lanhee chen and Brian Stelter, wish we had more time. 15 years since this nation was attacked on 9 11. Hillary clinton did sit down with our chris cuomo for an extended interview on friday. And she spoke about what 9 11 means to her and what her experience was like in the days after the attack. Youll watch that interview only right here, next. Today sarahs class is reading my most celebrated work, hamlet. But, alas, poor sarahs home again with tooth pain. Shes missing out on the rich classroom discussion and catching up on social media instead. Notcool. Remedialreading. Ohlooktheregoesyourgpa. Surprisingly, kids with Poor Oral Health are three times more likely to miss school. Crest. Dont let them miss out. Audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks. And now much of that same advanced technology is found in the audi a4. With one notable difference. The highly advanced audi a4, with available traffic jam assist. All right. Now to a cnn exclusive. Our chris cuomo sat down on friday with Hillary Clinton, ahead of the 9 11 anniversary, and on this day 15 years ago when those planes struck the twin towers in lower manhattan, clinton was a junior senator
here in new york. Now, the democratic president ial candidate is looking back on that day, and she describes what she calls the sickening experience of 9 11. Remind people where you were on 9 11 and what your earliest memory is of that day. I got to the senate, and by the time i got there the senate was being evacuated, the senate buildings, the capitol itself. So i gathered up my senior staff, and we were just looking at each other with such total pain and confusion. And we then, of course, learned about the second plane. We learned about what was happening in new york. Got to tvs as quickly as possible to begin monitoring it. It was just a sickening
experience, chris. And i went the next day, Chuck Schumer and i, we were one of the very few pla