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Questions are answered. going forward, would you recommend that presidents undergo that type of testing? >> no, i don't think so because like i said, i think that, you know, i'm comfortable with the algorithms that are out there. most of the algorithms out there start with personal observation and, you know, observation, you know, of the physician, you know, and the patient and, you know, the family and the patient, and then they go to screening questions after that. and then after screening questions, they go to a screening assessment tool. like the one we used. and then if that's -- if that'...

You know, i think i'm just like any other member of the administration who sees him and talks to him on a regular basis. if i were to see something that was very concerning and i had concerns about his cognitive ability or something to that exteche extent, that i would bring that up to the proper people in the chain of command. maybe starting off with the chief of staff or something and, you know, i think that's what everyone else in the administration would do. so i don't think my role as a physician would be much different than any other member of the president's administration if they thoug...

And psychologist that utilize these things will tell you that they will pick up stuff, you know, that even the patient sometimes is not aware of. so i think that they're great screening tools and i think short of having any type of issue with that -- with a cognitive screening tool, i would recommend doing anything beyond that. >> are you saying -- this is my -- are we saying that because of reagan, all right, we had issues with reagan, and the issues about this president's cognitive testing, mental acuity testing is not commonly part of an annual physical with the president of the united stat...

See what tall it entaall it ent. it does rule out the need to do any other cognitive testing. that's the reason you do it. it's a screening tool. if you do well on it, i think anything above 26 is normal. if you do certain -- if you get a 30 out of 30, i think you can, you know, you can confidently assume that you're done on the cognitive workup for now. >> do you have any concerns about the president's use of twitter? >> no. i don't -- you know, twitter doesn't involve me as a doctor. i don't have any concern on that. >> thank you, dr. jackson. the president is the first lifelong tetotaler an...

Cognitive testing, looking at things like a mini mental status exam and his cognitive abilities overall. as you point out, jake, and we heard from the white house earlier that was not likely to happen. he was not likely to get any sort of mental capacity or status examinations. if he did, we like by wouldn't hear about it anyway. there is no requirement that we do. keep in mind, most people over the age of 65 do get this standard with a physical exam. >> maybe that should be added to the repertoire for future residents. the speaker of the house tiptoed around the president's controversial ma...