his last routine checkup was less than a year ago in february. white house press secretary stephanie grisham said the 73-year-old received a quick exam and lab testing. she was asked about the circumstances surrounding the checkup on sunday. >> i understand it wasn't a scheduled annual visit. can you tell us what it was? >> yes, absolutely, we've got a really busy year ahead, as you can imagine, and so the president decided to go to walter reed and kind of get a head start with some routine checkups, as part of hissage exam. that's all it was. it was very routine. we had a down day today and he made the decision to head there. >> there is no truth to the rumors that it was something else because the rumors are flying. >> oh, the rumors are always flying. absolutely not. he is healthy as can be. i put a statement out about that. he's got more energy than anybody in the white house. that man works from 6:00 a.m. until, you know, very, very late