Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's 'fine' after freezing during news conference

IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: CEMENT MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL MADE A FRIGHTENING MOMENT YESTERDAY MOURNING WHEN HE WAS SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO SPEAK TO REPORTERS. HE JOKED LAST NIGHT THAT HE WAS SANDBAGGED AT REFERRING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S RECENT FALL. >> THE PRESIDENT CALLED TO CHECK ON ME I TOLD HIM I WAS SANDBAGGED. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW SIR? >> FINE. >> HAVE YOU SEEN A DOCTOR? >> ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED? DEHYDRATED? >> GOTTA WATCH THOSE SANDBAGS. >> Reporter: HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYS HE MET WITH MCCONNELL AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE 81-YEAR-OLD REPUBLICAN LEADER

APPEARED TO FREEZE MIDSENTENCE DURING WEDNESDAY’S NEWS CONFERENCE. >> IN COOPERATION AND A STRAIN OF… >> Reporter: STANDING SILENT FOR MORE THAN 20 SECONDS BEFORE FOR HE WAS LED AWAY. MCCONNELL’S COLLEAGUES WERE CLEARLY WORRIED. >> DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO THE PRESS? >> Reporter: AIDS ESSAY MCCONNELL FELT LEFT HEADED AND RETURNED TO THE PODIUM MINUTES LATER SAY HE WAS FINE. >> WE CAN’T MAKE A DIAGNOSIS ON THE BASIS OF A VIDEO ALONE BUT I THINK WHAT WE CAN SAY IT SEEMS A NEUROLOGIC EVENT OF SOME KIND HAS HAPPENED HERE. >> Reporter: AT DOCTOR

WHO HAS NOT TREATED MCCONNELL SAYS HIS CONCUSSION FOUR MONTHS AGO AND YESTERDAY’S INCIDENT COULD BE RELATED. >> WE THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE BLOW BROAD PRESSURE, MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS. WE ALSO WORRY ABOUT CESAR TIA, A MINI STROKE. OR EVEN A

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