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>> are you good, mitch? >> you okay, mitch? anything else you want to say? >> mcconnell's fellow senators, you heard him there checking on him asking if he was all right. he it eventually return to the podium. >> could you address what happened at the start of the press conference, and was it related to your injury from earlier this year where you suffered a concussion? >> i'm fine. >> you're fine? you're fully able to do your job? >> yeah, yeah. >> so this is just the latest incident this year. in february he tripped and fell in helsinki while getting out of a car. that was just days before h...

Correspondent lauren fox, obviously everyone first wants to know how his health is, how he's doing, and then there's the question that manu posed to him, are you able to do your job, to continue like this? >> he said repeatedly yesterday he was fine. he also said that later in the day as left his office. it had been several hours since the incident and as he departed for part of the day he was telling reporters that he got sandbagged trying to make a joke saying that the current president called him actually to check on him. here's mcconnell. >> the president called to check on me. i told him ...

Lightheaded, that he had to step away for a moment. when he came back, his office points out he was able to answer a series of questions very succinctly, able to continue with the press conference. he took a series of questions not just on his health but also on the impact impeachment, on the country and on the republican party. their point is that he's totally fine. as you point out, there have been a number of incidences over the last several months. he has been asked about his political future. our colleague manu raju back in may sat down with him for a story on the u.s. senate map, and he ...

Suffering a concussion. du during a press conference in june he had trouble hearing reporters. >> what are your concerns as it relates to ai? >> repeat that again. >> on ai, are you concerned at all about artificial intelligence, and what are your concerns related to that? how should congress address it? >> what is my concern about? >> artificial intelligence. >> artificial intelligence. >> about what? i had a hard time hearing your voice. sorry. >> on artificial intelligence. >> ai? >> yeah, well, i think everybody's concerned about ai. >> earlier this month, mcconnell tripped and fell at rea...

Physician. his office did not answer those questions. we just are going to continue pressing to get more information on how the senator is doing, what his health status is and of course that larger looming question of does this affect his ability to do the job? >> i find it so interesting that his office will not confirm whether he saw a doctor to you, lauren. that is fascinating. that has been the number one concern you've seen from people, you'll also be pressing for that reaction on the hill. are people concerned about his role and whether he'll be able to carry it out. what have you heard ...