kevin o'connor available for briefing point ofing out trump and obama's doctors spoke to reporters at various points now you've got oversight committee james comer wanting kevin o'connor to testify in fovent his committee what can he learn from kevin o'connor if under oath. >> hopefully you can learn what the real story is here that is what this is about, the fact of the matter this has been attempt to cover this up by white house, for months, at least. you know, the -- i am going to campaign from basement isn't going to work in 2024 i think americans realize they need a president again has full faculties 24 hours a day seven days a week honestly yes press conference not that reassuring the president made several mistakes that indicate he may not be up to what it takes to lead this country. maria: all i can say no wonder america in decline the rest of the world sees america that way apparently he has not had a cabinet meeting since october of 2023. i mean i find that stunning no wonder no one knew lloyd austan was missing until we find out he is in the hospital because there are not m

kevin o'connor the w way, wy dr. to answer questions from the media like trump and obama did? >> they really should and i should point out something to 1935 before we were born in 1955 eisenhower had a big heart attack and dr. white from the mass general hospital came and revealed everything to the public and said let's use this as a teaching moment for the public. guess what? i got reelected the next year. i don't think the public, may be times of changed, but maybe he should be front and center answering medical question soy feel there is some transparency here we are entitled to no. if we want to think they're afraid to have them undergo a cognitive test because of you were to fail at it be game over? >> that's a really, really good point. the cognitive tests like the cognitive assessment where you recall words and then you are asked to identify shapes and objects or the mini mental status exam those arm mental tasks and there is a low bar for mild monk to my cognitive impaimpairment. if you do poorly on that it's

i don't like the way kevin o'connor is handling this. let me be direct. than a press conference that would address this with the american public, every person in america thinks he is stepping down because of his health. he has passed the point he can waive it away. i would not go to the parkinson thing. he keeps saying it is not parkinson's disease. i believe that. there are many other rings it can be. stuart: a new study, debunked recent claims that moderate drinking leads to a longer healthier life. that's not true. there is no completely safe level of drinking. you wouldn't go that far, would you? >> i wouldn't go that far. this is a study out of canada that looked at 102 other studies that decided previously they hadn't looked deeply enough that there was a slight advantage. there's not a slight advantage and there's an increased risk of breast cancer associated with drinking and throat cancer but overall to your point, a glass of wine here and there might relax you even, especially in british columbia where the study was done which was gorgeous. you

kevin o'connor, here at the white house in january. these logs also show that the doctor had been here at least seven other times in recent years now, overnight of the president's physician, dr. kevin o'connor released a very rare letter explaining why cannard had been to the white house and saying that canard was the doctor who examined biden amid around his physical for that virology test and that the president has not conceded tilted or visited with other neurologists, despite through his annual physical as down the explanation from the white house now, is that dr. kevin cannard was here for what? neurology clinics for those active duty members of the military who are serving in and around the white house. dr. kevin o'connor, writing many military personnel experienced neurological issues related their service and dr. cannard regularly visits the white house medical unit as part of this general neurology practice now, yesterday at the white house press briefing, white house press secretary karine jean pierre would not confirm these

alejandro mayorkas ab biden's at his health, questions raised abr motives and political describes kevin o'connormilye bu intimate and one-time business associate of the president's brother.ea ltin 2017 as jim biden pursued health care ventures, he said dr. o'connor helped him make a connection with a leader of one group and came with him to a meeting with another. so, does your brother's doctors do anything like tha t for you? the next year in a deposition,cn jim's wife sarah biden describe connor as a friend who doled out medical advice to her family.n oversight committee chair james comer the many answers asking o'connor to testify onni tthe hill and joints us tonight. joe biden seems to have his>> hands in everything but remember the checks never went directlyin to joe. >> jim biden has been involved in peddling for decades. you mentioned dr. o'connor was a one-time associate of the biden family.as everyone is a one-time associate becausal ge every deal goes bad. it is all a scam. if anyone gets in trouble, it it always the associates and never biden.invointe the fact that the doctor was invo

kevin o'connor who is the president's position. are we listening to this box of rocks of the press secretary to talk about the presidents medical issues? why isn't dr. kevin o'connor come at the position to the president standing to the podium and answering questions to the press about what is going on with the president? i will tell you at this particular point it is medical malpractice if he hasn't seemed by and medical neurologist with his cognitive issues. i am sure he has and i'm sure he is being treated they won't bring dr. o'connor to the podium because they don't want us asking questions because he has to admit, yes, he is evaluated and yes he is treated for whatever cognitive issue going on on display for the whole world at this point. >> laura: ari fleischer, some point she referenced the specialists are available for anyone at the white house. she said that today. and i worked at the white house a long time ago. i don't remember that. i don't remember regular white house staff and you can get it for sore throats but we a

where is kevin o'connor, the president's doctor assuring the weamerican public about everything? white house is lying. we know he's good health. the entire american public knows that on both ends of the aisle.e what arere they getting away wit your question marks me when thee people o are talking about wheti he had a big bruise on his can t see it there but you can see -- who knows maybe a bad makeup jo. something didn't look right about him and actually is a human being, it is concerning to see. mjust just regular person and hest" seemed almost in distress to me. but "the new york post" to get e few questions to biden's position, as you just mentioned, kevin o'connor outside of the white house today. watch. >> i was thethe president's hes it is? and how is his mental cognitione >> what is excellent. >> it is excellent.[i have you performed a cognitive test onaod en him?he he's good everyday? o >> what about the speculation of parkinson's disease or a related condition? >> dr. o'connor is there anything to that speculation or anything related toel parkinson's disease?, >> laura:

that home to the white house at doctor kevin o'connor. meantime if you know they're competing in narrative serenity campaign at this hour. it's either joe must go or come not unanimous but united. even a growing number of democrats ca call for him to stp aside and leave the race. nearly three dozen democrats are calling for him to abandon his reelection bid. as you mention, arthel, 35th adding his name to the list today. with gerry conley of virginia jointly telling the "new york times" quote we have to cauterize this wound right now. the sooner we can do it the better. it is a sentiment shared by many imparting leadership who continue to insist they are writing with a biden unless. >> our president is weighing what he should weigh who is the best candidate to win in november and carry forward the democratic party's and priorities in this campaign. parks chris kuhn is speaking there. that all of this happening as the president is once again eager to prove not just as a personal vigor the resilience of his campaign he wants to get back out

fresno obama nor do you have that here at political reporting today that the personal doctor, kevin o'connorte and one-time business associate of the residence rather and they point to the conflict, we are trying to get accurate information and not suggesting o'connor is not giving that to us, however intimate with your patient all the way back to the vice presidency, does that where you at all? >> it worries me now and vice president he was on active duty as army colonel taking care and close to him, especially close to joe biden during that time. he essentially became part of the biden family. when he left and work g.w. as a civilian and retired from the military, they obviously brought him out as physician because they trust him. a promise he will say and do everything he has to do to cover for the biden family. lee as part of the biden family and been involved in some of their business dealings. so i personally having known him personally a long time, i would not trust him trust him. >> kayleigh: wow, congressman jackson, straight from the horses mouth, you are interesting. thank you. >>

, going out and making the case. >> now, as for that letter released by white house physician kevin o'connor last night, it states that the president had a physical in february that he showed no signs of any neurological disorder including parkinson's disease. the letter also detailed parkinson's expert dr. kevin canard's background as neurology specialist and noted he has been a neurology consultant to the white house medical unit since 2012. it also noted the doctor examined biden for each of his annual physicals including the most recent one in february. now, nbc news has reached out to the doctor, and he has not yet responded to news outlets that have reported this very story. >>> meanwhile, president biden is also reassuring donors that he is staying in the race. in a call with the biden victory funds national finance committee yesterday, the president thanked his biggest contributors and urged them to move past last month's debate and focus on donald trump instead. he said, quote, we can't waste anymore time being distracted. the president told the group he is the best person to beat t

kevin o'connor who is the president's physician.hy are we listening to this box of rocks who calls herself a press secretary talk to us about the president's medical issues? why isn't kevin o'connor the appointed physician of the president standing there answering questions from the press about what is going on with the president. at this particular point, laura, i think it's medical malpractice if he hasn't been seen by a neurologist yet to evaluate his cognitive issues. i am sure he has and is he probably being treated. they won't bring him to the podium they don't want us to answer those questions yes he has been evaluated and most likely yes being treated for whatever cognitive issue he has going on on display for the whole world at this point. >> laura: ari, at some point she referenced specialists are available for anyone at the white house. she said that today. i worked at the white house a long time ago. i don't remember that. i don't remember regular white house staff -- can you get for sore throat and stuff. we are suppose

first and foremost, what do you make of this visitor log reporting coming from the post, kevin o'connore other issue here, if you were treating president biden would you have, because of his age, asked for cognitive testing to be done like any other patient when someone gets to this point in their life? >> right, cheryl. several thoughts to share with you. it was more than one visit. my sources tell me a neurologist, a specialist in parkinson's has been at the white house 10 times over the past year. let me tell you why. these types of doctors are so rare, they're not making house calls for just anybody. so 10 times there. when i get together with groups of physicians and they ask me what's going on, parkinson's disease is at the top of the differential diagnosis and i don't know if hes has it or not. we need to do a physical exam. he needs mris, cat scan, a dopamine scan. the way he sh shuffles, swings s arm, even just the down fall from last fall, last fall he was walking heel to toe, now he's putting toes down first when he walks. thieves are consistent with park -- these are consist

kevin o'connor, released a letter responding to reports that a parkinson's disease specialist visited the white house eight times in the past year. >> dr. o'connor saying it was to see military three personnel who serve at the white house. what's your reaction to the unusual step by biden that mr. biden's doctor taking to release this late to this late monday night it's interesting. i think it's an attempt to be kind of open and show that there are things going on now. the physician that was sent to the white house, he is actually a movement disorder physician that's a specific fellowship training that looks at here for types of movement disorders, which one of the most common one step we all know is parkinson's disease, but it can include many others as he alluded to in his letter but the other thing that people need to know you go through standard neurologic training full residency and then that is a sub specialty that they'll get extra training. and so he still is a broad general neurologist that is capable of doing neurologic evaluation that any level oh appreciate that clarificat

i know kevin o'connor very well. and if kevin says that the neurologist was there not to see the president, but to see other people. and if he says that the president doesn't have parkinson's disease than the present doesn't have parkinson's disease so i think that should put that issue to rest the unresolved issue has to do with whether the president has it's showing any signs of cognitive decline. i think that's still that's still out there, but i think we should just put this discussion about parkinson's disease to rest i believe dr. o'connor, i would trust him with my life and he's put an end to that discussion. >> right in a letter released by the white house about dr. cannard visits the white house physician, kevin o'connor, rights. we can put this up on screen for our viewers. dr. cannard was chosen because he is a highly trained and highly regarded neurologist here at walter reed. and across the military health system with a very wide expertise which makes them flexible to see a variety of patients and problem

kevin o'connor addressing questions about why a parkinson's expert visited the white house. he says the neurologist did not see the president outside his regular physical and that president biden has not shown signs of a neurological disorder. the president continues to insist he is ready to serve four more years. for more, here's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: the message from president biden, the debate over his debate is over. >> i am not going anywhere. >> reporter: the president says he has now assessed the country's mood, after visiting voters across battleground states, he phoned into msnbc's "morning joe". >> i wanted to make sure i was right, that the average voter out there still wanted joe biden. and i'm confident they do. >> reporter: the first lady amplifying his message in three states. >> for all the talk out there about this race, joe has made it clear that he's all in! >> reporter: and to democrats on capitol hill, the president sent more than 1200 words to get on board. any weakening of resolve only helps trump and hurts us. nine democrats in congress have n

doctor kevin o'connor, in a letter released last night, clarified that the parkinson's expert, doctorin kennard, was a neurological specialist that examined president biden for each of his annual physicals and that president biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical, adding that the findings of biden's last physical were made public in february and no signs of parkinson's were found. the letter, coming just hours after the white house was pressed about doctor visits. >> has the president being treated for parkinson's? no. is he being treated for parkinson's? no. he's not. is he taking medication for parkinson's? no. the white house press secretary refused to give specifics yesterday due to privacy concerns. >> i certainly could clear this all up just by saying what he was doing here and if it was connected to the president, yes or no, i am not going to confirm the a particular neurologist, anybody. >> it doesn't matter if they're a dermatologist or a neurologist. i'm just not going to do that. i shared with all of you that the president has met, has been with the

kevin o'connor. now, the dr. kevin o'connor released a rare letter last night trying to explain a doctor canard of visits. he noted that canard was the doral just who took part and president biden's physical exam this year and in the years prior, but stress the president biden and it has not seen any other neurologist at this time. and then he added that the neurologist would come to the white house for these neurology clinics, for the active duty military members who are serving in and around these the white house. so that is a bit of the explanation that the white house has offered in the last 24 hours, but it also comes at a time i'm wear top aides continue to defend president biden's ability to serve. take a listen to john kirby this morning the president did i see every day including yesterday, a couple of times in the oval office is robust. >> he's lucid, he's clear, he's direct, and it doesn't matter what the hour on the clock says. he's it's always there. he's always available. and they have ready access

well and so race part of what michael's referring to, the statement that they put out from kevin o'connor, who has the president's personal physician has been for many years. is this present? biden has not seen in iran just outside of his annual physical, many military personnel experience neurological issues related to their service and dr. cannard regular regularly visits the white house as part of this general neurology practice. of course, there are a lot of military members that do serve but at the white house. but again, this doesn't really explain why he was there to meet with kevin o'connor, who is the president's personal physician. this this underlying issue that yes, we're seeing reporters tried to get at here in this setting it seems to be the one that people on capitol hill have also been trying to get at, right. let me was nancy pelosi said, is this an episode or is this a condition 100%? and it's not just to your point, it's not just us that are wanting these answers. i mean, these this is something that hill democrats are really trying to get ads like they feel like the wh

business dealings with biden's brother james, the house oversight committee chairman is given kevin o'connor until next sunday to schedule the interview. o'connor has said the president is healthy fit for duty. that description being disputed o'connor is also being asked to turn over documents concerning his business dealings with the president's younger brother james spider. meanwhile, first lady doctor jill biden spent her day today campaigning for her husband. >> saying that she's all it on 4 more years in the white house, she visited some battleground states, north carolina, georgia, florida, to rally with military families and veterans. the first lady said she hopes to draw contrasts between the president's attitude toward u.s. service members and that of his opponent. >> recent study says america's in the middle of a mental health crisis and the election is not helping. that study was released 2 days before the first debate. it says 2, 5, americans for fort report feeling not depressed or anxious about the upcoming election. experts are trying to remind people the stress is temporary.

do you think the white house physician doctor kevin o'connor needs, to be more forthcoming about theresident's health? >> i'll be can i have no idea how forthcoming he is. >> do you think you should go in front of cameras and answer questions from reporters? >> not necessarily. we primary job for doctor or, is to beat the white house in the present get the president healthy, keep them in good shape and candidly that is with the losses. the accountability act guarantees confidentiality between the president and his physician. the mistake is to believe the job that physician hasof a secod duty to serve the public and some broader way payto the publc and create other mechanisms and that is not that the response of the white house. the white house physician had john kennedy's white house initiative was a household name. others very much behind-the-scenes. tiny very much behind-the-scenes doctoror during his years servig the white house. >> as you know this but a lot of discussion about cognitive tests. president biden wasas asked abot that in an abc interview last friday. he says he was

kevin o'connor says, president biden completed his fourth dose of paxlovid this morning. as symptoms have improved meaningfully from yesterday, that's a quote. you served under president biden. what do you make of this update on his health? and as decision to take paxlovid well, it certainly was the right decision. >> i mean, he's 81-years-old and one of the risk factors for getting severe disease that might lead to hospitalization is age he has something going for him. first of all, he's an otherwise healthy person, even though he's 81. number two, he's been vaccinated and boosted multiple times. and he's had a prior bout of covid. so his underlying immunity, his ability for his own immune system to fight the virus is pretty much in good shape. you add to that the extra boost that you get from paxlovid. so it was definitely the right decision to put him on paxlovid. and i would expect as i'm sure, kevin o'connor, his physician also expects that he's going to do just fine and recover completely and recover quickly. i would not be surprised at all if that's the case in fac

segÚn su doctor kevin o'connor, el mandatario estÁ experimentando sÍntomas leves, entre ellos secreciÓnarÁ desempeÑando sus deberes durante este tiempo. biden ya estÁ vacunado y tiene los refuerzos. la primera vez que se enfermÓ de covid 19 fue el 21 de julio de 2022 y nueve dÍas despuÉs recaÓo el hecho de que estemos en esta situaciÓn al menos un poquito mÁs de 100 dÍas de la elecciÓn. >> es definitivamente algo que no le beneficia en nada al partido. >> la enfermedad se suma a los numerosos llamados para que abandone la contienda, entre ellos el congresista de california, adam schiff, the best person to go into this election. >> i think that he is our nominee. i think we lose. >> y de lÍderes del partido demÓcrata como la ex presidenta de la cÁmara de representantes, nancy pelosi, y el senador chuck schumer, que segÚn reportes de cnn en privado y armados con sondeos, le han mostrado al mandatario que no le podrÍa ganar a donald trump y que perjudicarÍa al partido en noviembre. >> ya no deberÍa de correr otra vez. prefiero que alguien que estÁ un poco mÁs joven sin embargo, el presiden

in today's daily medical update, presidential physician kevin o'connor said mr.'s symptoms "continue to improve steadily." the president was at his delaware beach house, while at the white house a group calling on him to "pass the torch" held a rally. meanwhile, the new republican ticket of donald trump and jd vance is to hold a rally this evening in grand rapids, michigan. it's their first since the convention and trump's first since the attempt on his life. airports, hospitals and offices are still trying to get systems fully online after yesterday's global tech outage. microsoft put out new numbers, saying that more than eight million windows devices were affected, or less than 1% of customers. but many big, hub airports are in disarray for a second day. accordng to the tracking site "flightaware," there have been more than 1600 canceled flights today, both foreign and domesticand more than 4000 flight delays. israel said it carried out airstrikes in yemen in response to houthi attacks, inluding yesterday's deadly drone strike in tel aviv. yemeni officials sai

kevin o'connor, who said the president never had a fever. he was always able to do his presidential duties and his symptoms have now resolved. now, given the fact that the president has passed the baton in terms of being as the top of the ticket to his vice president, kala harris. what we know is that he's now really focusing on the business of david day of being president. he has wiped his schedule clean of really campaign events and is this is going to be a problem for the president. given the fact that when there is really what is known as a lame duck presidency, is very hard to work with congress. particularly when you're a democrat and the house of representatives is controlled by republican still, the us president is going to use wednesday evening to discuss what he wants to do for the remainder of his term. he's going to speak from the oval office and he's going to lay out his agenda and talk to the american people about how he's going to finish the job, as well as why he decided to leave the presidential race. he also is going to be

kevin o'connor, who put out yet another letter, reassuring the public se, look at the president. symptoms were never serious. he never had a fever. he always had normal vitals, and he was able to do his presidential duties all the way along. and now his symptoms have resolved, so he's tested negative for co would, is put an end to all of this speculation. and now what he can do is solely focus on the business of be president, which will include meetings this week, thursday. we now know with the is really prime minister and also we also note that he says he's passed the baton now to come to a harris who's now the top of the ticket for the democratic presidential nomination . he has white really, his schedule cleaning of any campaign events. but what's the lies on his schedule is and what you're hearing now is that he will address the nation on wednesday from the oval office to speak about what lies ahead. what are you expecting to here? so yeah, we'll see that's the problem for joe biden, because when you become what is known as a lame duck president, that means that you're sort of at the

talk and handling of the president of in the washington post and political allies the fact that kevin o'connorwhen it comes to the family, biden family story published july 8 thing president biden has been leading on credibility of the white house positions optimistic assessment. it's a one-time's associate when biden brother jim into securing veterans affairs to 17 and introduced to military focus in hospital president. you and your team show meeting the 2018 deposition and sarah biden described o'connor as a friend and told out medical advice. a story you can find on political as well as the white house efforts it comes to transparency on the president's health. go ahead and i work in the medical field. my house can be transparent as they can biden's health, everybody knew age, there's nothing going on here. the media and i love it. he goes on and has rallies something, he has a better problem. people need to move on if you have a lot of supporters. in this case they could be waived and released. today ask about trump? >> can you waive the last? >> you cannot waive hippo laws. if a person sa

doctor kevin o'connor gave an update about biden's health, claims biden's vitals are absolutely normala harris said biden is feeling much better. i want to see the president, to know he's capable of running the country. is there a cover-up going on about biden's true state? >> i think he is coming back to the white house this afternoon. that is what i heard. we will see him. he will eventually address his situation it is decision. behind the scenes you know what he was saying, i'm not leaving, i'm not going anywhere. look at my schedule, i will sit down with lester holt, sit down with the bet network, 2 appearances, address nato, do a press conference, that is a guy that wants to stay. what happened? what leverage did they use to force him out? he's got nowhere to go. he's 81 years old, doesn't need another job, has a pension and social security. something happened behind the scenes to force him out and take his 34% approval rating and his vice president who has 30% approval rating and leave everything to her. took over his office. took his entire staff running for president. on a spea

kevin o'connor says it is dr. kinnard. he has been at the white house since 2012. kinnard said he examined the president. there were no findings consistent with neurological disorder such as stroke, ms, parkinsons or ascended lateral sclerosis. kinnard made several visits to the white house. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre refused to confirm the visits citing security concerns. >> a parkinsons expert came to the white house a dozen times over the last year. a basic, direct question. >> wait, wait, wait a second. wait. >> eight times or at least once. >> can you confirm whether or not the president has seen this spe specialist. >> has the president been treated for parkisons? no. >> has the physician seen a reason to are reevaluate him? >> no. the comprehensive report you have standing. >> madeleine: a statement one congressman thinks is not true. >> the cat is out of the bag, dr. kinnard, who is a disorder spe specialist came to the white house, waved into the clinic below the president's bedroom to treat the president and members of the first family

doctor kevin o'connor -- doctor kevin cannard was an active duty and he was out for 4 years, they bought opinion they can trust him to say or do anything that needs to be settled down to cover up anything that needs to be covered up, actually believe that and i think there are key people responsible for this, he and jill and some senior staff are responsible. >> martha: maybe we need that person to be more of an outside entity who can feel more comfortable being honest. kevin cannard said it was not a list of neurological conditions including parkinson's, stroke, so if not, what is it? what causes him to freeze up, would've causes him to be rigid as he walks as neurologist have cited gimmicks. >> if it's on parkinson's, at something very similar to parkinson's disease. i think he was specific to say it was not parkinson's or stroke, we know that, but it is something similar. is a lot of diseases out there that involve movement disorders and cognitive dysfunctions that are very close to parkinson's, i think they are plain games with the words. i think there is something going on there jus

kevin o'connor had to issue a rare memo saying dr. cannard had examined the president.hey did not have that prepared during the briefing, i couldn't tell you. >> lawrence: there has not been any clarification, there is a difference between the doctor's office outside of the residence and the physician's office. they say they can't release information, it would cloud entire white house when everyone is asking as regard to the president of the united states, can you break that down for us? >> john: white house is supposed to be public. they released results of medical, to say he was seen by a neurologist, does not seem to be contro venning national security concern. they should tell us instead of saying, i don't care how hard you press me, i will not give the name and have the white house physician give it looks s suspicious. >> lawrence: general kellogg had this to say, you know that 3:00 a.m. phone call, is joe biden ready for it? watch. >> you can't have a part-time commander-in-chief. we had to wake president trump in the middle of the night for a decision, he was on

look like, the medicine i took, sean connolly, the president's doctor, forthcoming, where is kevin o'connorot coming forward or giving information, we see all the stumbles but we don't see information. could this be that? nothing about coming forward and honest and clear with the american public. will: president biden says he has a neurological exam, that's different from a cognitive test. >> it's not about a neurological assessment, that would come forward and ca president finishing sentences and spatial disorientation and an mri scan of the brain and a cognitive test, testing judgment, reasoning, memory, do recall like donald trump said, give you words, you check for spatial orientation but if this confused, a neurologist would do a full neuro-psych test which takes hours, first you do the cognitive screen and more extensive tests. that is not what it is about. >> a doctor on nbc saying you could diagnose president biden across the road. this is a direct quote. he says it's all the classic symptoms from lack of arm swing to robotic movements, turning side to side, not a starter, can't fin

but doctor kevin o'connor says those symptoms are improving.nt biden insists he will remain in the race and return to the campaign trail next week. this as more democrats call for him to step aside. >> political insiders believe a decision could come as soon as this weekend. ktvu joey horta reports on the uncertainty of biden's future. >> if all of a sudden i show up at the convention and everybody says we want somebody else, that's the democratic process, will he or won't he stay in the race? >> that's the question many americans are asking after president joe biden's recent debate performance, which he calls a bad episode, political analyst brian sobel believes it's inevitable that biden will drop out the dems have a big problem. an associated press poll out this week shows nearly two thirds of americans have lost confidence in biden's mental ability to serve effectively, but bay area congressman john garamendi, who represents district eight, stands with biden and believes he can still beat donald trump in november even though president biden

kevin o'connor questioning whether this is medical assessment has kror improperly influenced, nancy macer of house oversight armed services veterans favors thanks very much for being here are very disturbing what is link to am americorps what are they saying there was a check from james biden to joe biden a pane called americorps biden's physician was involved in the process question number one quebec number two i don want to hear from doctor joe or dr. karine jean-pierre about biden's medicinal acuity or health i am not buying it american people aren't buying it we have a lot of questions, i will tell you, my mother as i parkinson's patient can be very dill. >> why are visiting joe biden some cases 8 times 8 months white house records we have questions not just about, is he sick clearly this is a diminished individual about cover-up by joe biden family the administration, with their friends in the mainstream media to lie to american people. >> this is an incredible cover-up we have before covering this now three years all of a sudden media and leading democrats get religion after seeing

kevin o'connor about the visits from the parkinson's specialist. he confirms, dr. kevin kennard was the neurologist who examined president biden for each annual physical and he added, biden has not seen a neurologist outside those physicals. dr. o'connor reiterated the assessment that the president showed no signs of neurological disorders. i assure you that we need help. he has covered president biden, his family and his inner circle of advisors for more than a decade. susan glasser is here, a staff writer for the new yorker and political reporter, mr. manley, you know i'm going to first, president biden spent the day circling the wagons with one clear message, we are all in, and it is full steam ahead. how is that message being received tonight? >> it's interesting, i've been texting and talking with some biden advisors tonight, and for the first time in what has been a very rough 10 days since the debate, they feel like today was not a loss and they may have finally made some progress in recovering the narrative a little bit. this was part of a 72 hour blitz that

later that afternoon the white house released a letter written by biden's doctor, kevin o'connor, with this admission. dr. canard was the neurological specialist that examined president biden for his annual physicals. his findings have been made public each time i released the results of the president's annual physical. president biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical since february. there are questions about both doctors' connections to the president. house oversight chair james comer wants to investigate dr. con or's business ties to the family. dr. canard has donated to the biden campaign several times. it boils down the briefing in a nutshell. [inaudible] could you state very clearly yes or no was the expert's visits to the white house for the president? >> can you confirm whether or not the president -- [inaudible] >> very basic, direct question. >> hold on, wait, wait wait a second. >> eight times or at least once in regard to the president specifically. you should be able to answer by this point. >> no, no, no, wait a minute. ed, please. a little respect

. >> you are asking white house physician kevin o'connor testify before your committee on biden's mental sent this to biden's doctor questioning when medical assessments have been improperly influenced the by business ties to americorps massive medicare fraud, involved with the brother james biden. >> what is connection. >> we know dr. o'connor's association with jim biden americorps seem he mentioned hid name in her interview we never heard this before the interview we asked jim biden what possessed you to get involved healthcare company he immediately mentioned o'connor was advisory he opened doors for him he was working with o'connor what we see in washington, d.c., where i stand our nation's capital only two groups of people in america that think joe biden is fit for office are the biden family and his fwhags do they have in common all involved in influence peddling schemes, specifically americorps health financial scheme in court failed healthcare company they owe creditors millions and million dollars of dollars we know joe biden pocketed 200,000 dollars from the scheme, and we kno

kevin o'connor, to testify before congress after -- about the president's fitness to serve. comer says o'connor has ties to the biden family business that could compromise his medical assessments of the president. dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at la gone medical center and fox news contributor is here with more. a parkinson's disease specialist met with president biden's physician in the white house ten times since 2022. wouldn't they have done the basic test for parkinson's on the president, dr. siegel, which we have no evidence of. i think it's called a dat scan, a dopamine transporter scan if they suspected parkinson's disease or there would be some evidence of tremors in the president if they suspected that? >> those are great questions. first of all, you can have parkinson's without the tremor. they have actually reported twice now in yearly physicals that he doesn't have parkinson's. the gait that he has is not a shuffling gait we see with parkinson's but i think they probably were looking at him for this. but you know, not only was that scan not reported anyw

kevin o'connor back on january 17th. that date is important. january 17th.since 2022. earlier this morning, president biden said he had a full neurological exam back in february. just weeks after that reported meeting. >> in terms of my neurological capacity, i had a physical, neurological physical as well in february. i released all my records. all of them. all of them. and i have a neurological test every single day. try sitting behind the desk and making these decisions. both of you know it. they know it. i'm not bad at what i do. it doesn't mean i never make a mistake. i'm making those decisions. >> kayleigh: interestingly, biden's refused to say if he has been tested for parkinson's. >> have you been tested for any age-related illnesses that might explain sort of having a night like that where you couldn't finish sentences? >> i was feeling so badly before the debate, when i came back, they tested me. i thought maybe i had covid. maybe something was wrong, and infection or something. they tested me. i was clear. look, i had a bad night. the fact of the

kevin o'connor, but the visits from the parkinson specialist. he confirms dr. kinard was the neurologist who examined president biden for each annual physical, and he added, biden has not seen an neurologist us at the physicals. dr. o'connor reiterated his assessment that the president showed no signs ogof any neurological disorder including parkinson's during his last physical which took place in february. the letter also says that the doctor has treated servicemembers at the white house for neurological issues. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our data wi panel. i assure you we need their help. nbc white house correspondent mike memoli joint is. is covered president biden and his family and and her circle of advisers for more than a decade. susan glasser, staff writer for the new yorker. and dave, political reporter for semaphore. you know i'm going to you first. president biden spent the day circling the wagons with one clear message. we are all in and it is full steam ahead. how was it being received tonight? >> reporter: it's interesting. i ha

compassion, empathy for the president but who's behind orchestrating all this and if you look at kevin o'connor's a there's a swarm of neurologist, that examined the president but i was wondering at the time and i was wondering last year, where is the mri not just one cognitive test but something that addresses the issue specifically we call them gaffes but they're not gaffes, they look like spatial orientation and issues of a complete loss of memory. i don't feel that doctor o'connor and his team have been straightforward, everyone is focused on dementia and alzheimer's but there might be something else, senator barger marshall said the presidency the doctor who specializes in parkinson's disease, roll that tape. >> i sources tell me that the neurologist, specialist in parkinson's has been at the white house ten times over the past year, let me tell you what these types of doctors are so rare they're not making house calls for anybody. i don't know if he has it or not we need to do a physical exam but if you look at the way that he shuffles and he swings his arms, the way he freezes at times, al

kevin o'connor outside the white house today. watch. house the president's health?e] how is his cognition? it's excellent? is there a reason you didn't perform the cognitive test on him? [inaudible] >> he's good every day. >> he is good everyday? what about the speculation parkinson's' disease or related condition? [inaudible] >> dr. o'connor is there anything to that speculation that there might be something related to parkinson's that he has? >> no, he's good. >> laura: dr. siegel, he kept saying is he good and is he here every day. not all that responsive. >> well, neuropsychiatric testing is not i'm here every day. i'm sorry, that doesn't count. you need a neurologist. he never made aware the imaging studies of his brain is i agree he probably doesn't have parkinson's' disease but he has some kind of progressive dementia going on. that laughing manner doesn't help us either on the part of dr. o'connor. he has to be held accountable. by the way, laura, i agree with what you just said before. i feel compassion for the president. it looks really sad what's going on

house this week forced to clarify again that a january 17th meeting between white house doctor kevin o'connorease expert dr. canard was indeed for a neurological exam of the president. just hours before president secretary karine jean-pierre had denied that. listen to this. >> correct me if i'm wrong it seems it is described the nature of dr. canard's meeting with dr. o'connor. can you say whether that one meeting was related to care for the president himself? >> i can say it was not. >> john: she got pummeled on monday and dr. o'connor, the president's personal physician had to clarify that. then she said that and turns out it is something completely different. do you believe the shifting sands of explanation here at the white house are causing even more suspicion about what's really going on? >> it doesn't help, does it? which is why chairman comer is asking for these other employees to come in and help give us a fuller picture of what is the day-to-day experience in the white house actually like? it is unfortunate that the press secretary chose that moment to mislead. and i feel bad for th

what needs to happen now is doctor kevin o'connor the president dr.ds to come forward not just with these letters and by the way i believe the letters. that media is really off-base in calling this a parkinson's disease because that physician is going a letter after letter, report after report saying it is not parkinson's disease he's putting his credibility in his license on the line at that. i have no reason to think that is what it is but we do not know what it is. we do not wh was causing the increasing lapses. and i think we have a right to know. arthel: finally played the soundbites when we first started the segment went to ask you about it. president biden says while he is under an intense medical microscope donald trump is being given a free pass. as a president biden have a valid point or no? >> i do not know is given a free pass. the issue here is spontaneity and flexibility and judgment and the forgetfulness and the lapses i am very nervous by how often the teleprompter is used here. but that is because i am spontaneous, the way you are. i

. >> brian: they're not making his doctor kevin o'connor or kevin conner available. president biden speaking at campaign reception in virginia tonight making excuses for his performance last week. we are getting these details from a reporter. i want you to comment if you would. he said, quote: i wasn't very smart and i decide to travel around the world a couple of times shortly before the debate. i didn't listen to my staff. and then i almost fell asleep on stage. so, questions answered? >> no. i mean, that just makes it worse. if he can't travel around the world and do what presidents do, he can't be president. if he is going to sleep in the middle of a 90 minute debate after he has basically rested for a week simply taking naps and having some murder board sessions is what you call them when you prepare for a debate. he didn't do anything else publicly. he didn't go anywhere. he didn't engage in any public activities. >> brian: i know. >> if that's wearing him out, thrns the answer. he can't be president. he may not really should be president through november. >> b

. >> his physician dr kevin o'connor said in the report from february the biden is fitful full the duties of the presidency. and eta. >> anita: okay jacqui heinrich live at the white house for us thank you very much. let's bring in jessica ehrlich a democratic strategist and former florida congressional candidate. jessica they can be joining us today happy forth to you. >> happy forth. >> anita: let me ask you about this, i don't know if you heard from the previous segment, there is all out panic going on behind the scenes. ben jones describe text messages what's at messages and legal messages being passed around. what are -- what you know about the state of affairs there. >> i think that is 100% accurate certainly for anyone who watched the debate i thank a lot of thanks afterwards were in the words of richard pryor who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? that's not only for voters and there is a historic turnout in terms of watchers, but, you know, for anyone who is involved with the party. and that is a twofold issue. they are really important critical race is happening in