the white house did not announce his plans to go to walter reed. and those driving in the motorcade did not know where they were going. and they were not to report the president had left the house until arriving at walter reed. i'm told according to a source, that the president's visit to walter reed did not follow the property come of a routine examination. the medical staff would have been informed ahead of time. there was a v.i.p. coming to walter reed. certain parts of the hospital would be closed off. none of that occurred this time. another source telling us, that the president's visit was not on his internal public schedule as of saturday morning. white house press secretary stephanie grisham responded said, we're not going to get into security and movement protocols when it comes to the president. my statement says, he is in good health. and it was a routine checkup as part of his physical. i've been giving on-the-record statements that were truthful and accurate. despite saying that the president had a free weekend in washington, grisham d

those who know, the president went to walter reed with no notification to the staff. he underwent a quick exam, labs. usually the staff get a heads up. the last two times the president had a checkup, they didn't. now they're saying the results are abnormal. but the president looked to be in good health late friday. when it comes to this president's health, he has a track record of inaccuracy as a candidate. saying, president trump will be the healthiest individual ele elected to the presidency. >> then there was the miraculous growth spurt of 2012 where he added an inch to his height. let's discuss. a doctor from george washington university hospital who treated former vice president dick cheney. given your obvious connections to the white house over the years, you have spoken with folks, what are you hearing? >> yeah, i reached out to some contacts inside the white house a little earlier. i wanted to let them know i was actually going to come on the air today and talk a little bit about how unusual the saturday visit to walter reed was. and they were eager to share a

almost all of them would be at bethesda naval or now walter reed? >> yes, and when presidents have an unscheduled trip to the doctor, it is natural, regardless of the presidency, for the public to be worried. i remember, i'm sure sanjay does, too, when president george w. bush apparently choked on a pretzel. i think it was at camp david. there was a great deal of speculation about whether that was indeed what had happened and the cause and what the consequences were. i think it's absolutely normal and natural given that we're talking about the leader of the free world, or at least we used to be talking in those terms, that when something unscheduled happens, one begins to think about the history of a little bit of deception from white houses. republican and democratic. one of the things white houses don't like to do is to create anxiety and concern about the president. they don't want to send the wrong signal to the markets, for example, to foreign adversaries. a weakness in the presidency is something that no white house, regardless of party, wants

if he's going to walter reed what would the specific tests? things like scanning, those types of things can be done at walter reed that maybe can't be done at the white house. we know he has a common form of heart disease. was there a particular test that was being done for that? was he having some sort of symptoms? nobody is suggesting he had any kind of symptoms but if someone goes into the hospital a few months early, i think that would be a reasonable question to ask as well. when did the medical team at walter reed, who would usually spend a lot of time preparing for this sort of thing, when did they know about this? again, we don't have the answer to that question right now. >> we'll bring you any other updates to this story as we get them. >>> coming up, a big governor's race tonight the president is casting as a referendum on impeachment. >> the republicans are coming. sir? our poll numbers are going through the roof, do you think we could keep this going? i said, do me a favor, let's get it ended. they said, let's keep it going, presi

we have questions about why he went to walter reed who explains the protocol. let's begin with lauren fox with our top story. >> good morning, alisyn. trump's angst with this impeachment inquiry is only growing as he takes his frustration out on twitter just days ahead of what is expected to be a big week on capitol hill. eight key witnesses are set to testify publicly in the impeachment inquiry this week. including ambassador to the eu gordon sondland who is emerging as the most pivotal witness in the proceedings. >> the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland said the ukrainians were ready to move forward. >> reporter: tim morrison who is slated to testify tomorrow said he knew of at least five direct conversations between sondland and trump. adding that saondland was actin at the direction. nearly $400 million for military aid in ukraine could be freed up if, quote, the prosecutor general would two to the mic and announce he was opening the burisma investigation. >> w

the president decided to go to walter reed to get a head-start with some routine checkups. that's all it was. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good sunday morning to you! guess what. there is a new front-runner in iowa. oh, yes for the first time mayor pete buttigieg is sitting on top of the latest democratic poll there. joe biden and bernie sanders and elizabeth warren fighting for second place in that state. >> john bell edwards won a second term ending republicans attempt to flip that state. >> back in washington. the president made an unannounced visit to walter reed medical center to to get part of his annual physical completed, we are told. >> white house said he took advantage of free time yesteray to get the process started. >>> so glad fto have you with u here. the new poll showing pete buttigieg surging ahead in iowa. >> reporter: there is a new front-runner in the democratic race in iowa and his name is pete buttigieg. for the first time the south bend indiana mayor holds a clear lead. he climbs to 25% in a new cn

but why take the president to walter reed? it's a big deal. when the tests they say he could have had done could have been done at the white house itself. >> right. his doctor, dr. connelly, issued a letter saying despite some of the speculation the president has not had chest pain or evaluated or treated for urgent or acute issues, specifically did not undergo any specialized cardiac or neurologic evaluations. as you note what seems to be striking is that his doctor rode with him in the car to walter reed. why did that interest you and why is that unusual. >> there's dr. connelly getting in. that doesn't happen. i talked to former white house doctors and they say in their entire time there, they never have been in the car with the president. part of that is a security protocol, the doctor rides in a separate vehicle. so again, it's just unusual. it's strange. it's tough to make of that. and again, you know, i do keep coming back to this point that dr. connelly himself and the white house staff itself for this administration has previously don

a visit to walter reed that did not follow protocol of a routine examine. joining us now, david gregory, kaitlan collins, and bianna golodryga. i find you to be normally unflappable and you seemed shocked by what you were hearing friday morning. that was before roger stone was found guilty. that was before david holmes testified behind closed doors about this phone call. and that was before the defeat of the republican candidate of louisiana whom the president had fwoen to campaign for three times. the point i'm making here is this has been a precarious few days for the president. what do you make of it all? >> i think where we are holding for the president. but i think what so disturbed me and shocked me about his reaction to ambassador yovanovitch in real time. let alone what she was testifying about 30-plus years of experience dedication to the country was really shocking. even by trump standards. to go out on a limb to be so critical of those officers who are thinking about america first. and the fact republicans would not come to her aid on that princi

what needed to be done at walter reed that couldn't be done at the white house? why was this done so many months earlier than he should have probably had his physical, which would be next february? we know that he has this high cholesterol, which he's been taking medications for, and a form of heart disease as well, which he's been monitored for. there are certain types of tests to sort of assess the progress of how things are with his heart, for example, those are the types of tests that could be done at hospital probably could not be done at the white house. >> all right. our kaitlan collins, white house correspondent, is back with us this morning. what do you know? what is everything important the white house is saying about this? >> here's the reason we have so many questions. the way this was done. last year when the president had his physical we knew about it in advance he was going to walter reed, he walked out, took marine one helicopter there. saturday, this was not on the president's schedule. that's why it raised eyebrows when he showed up and announce

reporters covering the white house were asked to keep quiet about the president's visit to walter reed medical center until he arrived there and tonight we're learning this trip was not on his schedule as of yesterday. cnn's jeremy diamond is at the white house. usually when the president has even the most routine medical attention we know well in advance. what is the white house saying about this? >> reporter: the white house is saying that the president went to walter reed national military medical center today to undergo the first parts of his annual physical exam. now, it is a bit early for him to be doing this. his last physical exam was about nine months ago. white house press secretary stephanie grisham said in a statement earlier today when the president arrived at walter reed the president anticipating a very busy 2020 the president is taking advantage of a free weekend here in washington d.c. to begin portions of his routine annual physical exam at the white house. but, ana, it is the white house handling of this trip that is raising questions. even internally at the white ho

he's baffled as to why the president made the trip to walter reed saturday. the white house source authorizes to speak with him on the visit shared this with him. >> this had been something they had been thinking about doing for a while, that the president had some downtime on saturday afternoon, they decided to go to walter reed to get some of this done. and according to this source. there was really no sophisticated testing done. >> the doctor was not told why the president couldn't receive tests onsite. the white house is saying the president underwent a quick exam. are you suspicious there wasn't something that led to this other than normal procedure? >> the president of the united states who has access to multiple positions on site on saturday afternoon goes unannounced to a medical center. it's worrisome. >> one source tells cnn there was no notification to any of the staff at the facility which happened the last two times the president had his physical that they had been notified previously. he added that president trump who is 73 looked to be in good

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now what happened that he had to go to walter reed medical center? what type of tests did they have conducted there that they couldn't do at the white house? i think that's the real question everyone's look at and why did they do it with such short notice? typically, a movement of the president anywhere off the complex especially to walter reed is done, the notification is made well in advance. >> hours or days or weeks? >> weeks. as an example, i coordinated the logistics for president obama's annual physical in 2011 m i made the notification three weeks in advance prior to his scheduled appointment. in february. his annual appointment. so -- >> you may have known those in close quarters working for the white house, spoke with dr. gupta, he was saying that to make the exam public really is at the discretion of a president so it's not that unusual. what would be unusual is that a president would publicize his exam. >> yes. list listen, i think it comes down to was this really part of his 2020 annual physical or was there some type of medical conditio

that it was going to take place at walter reed, which it is in the past. everyone institution wide received noticed and it doesn't seem like this had. the institution has a whole did not know the president was coming. also, they talk about the fact that basic labs and a physical exam was done. having visited the white house, the facilities at the white house themselves, those are things that can be done within the white house. so the question really becomes what was done at walter reed that couldn't have been done at the white house? why was this split up? why didn't they just basically do the entire physical exam in one setting as they have in the past. we don't know the answers to these questions. one thing the spokeswoman has been clear about and she said this many times that there was no symptoms. or any kind of medical problem. that sort of inspired this visit. of course that's the first thing we think any medical profession would be asking if someone makes a surprise visit to the hospital. was it something that sort of prompted that. again, no sugges

i've never seen -- ordinary walter reed physical annual exam handled in this way. is it unusual for presidents not to be candid about their health? that is not unusual. john kennedy. >> john kennedy hid everything. >> but it's the price they pay for not having more credibility with reporters that cover them. if they came to the white house press corps and said i'm telling you nothing to this, there would be a willingness to say maybe that's true. this white house does not have the credibility with reporters who cover them for people to take this at face value. >> and the white house didn't put out that statement until there was already this buzz, rumor mill on twitter. you know, nothing verified but there was already starting to be questions about why he was there. this white house does a lot of things unusual. there are a lot of miscommunications, poor coordinations, who knows if that fell into this category. but i will say the white house physician's office is quite well equipped to do things like labs. they can take blood, a urine sample. they can do surgery if

. >> and the president makes an unannounced visit to walter reed medical center. the white house says it was nothing out of the ordinary. even though it wasn't on his public schedule. >>> good monday morning, everyone. it is november 18th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. it is going to be another busy week in the impeachment probe of president trump with several key witnesses expected to publicly testify. tomorrow morning, we will hear from jennifer williams, an aide to vice president mike pence, along with the national security counsel's top ukraine expert alexander vindman. tomorrow afternoon, lawmakers will hear from former ambassador kurt volker who served as a special u.s. envoy to ukraine and tim morrison, a former white house national security official. wednesday, we will hear from eu ambassador gordon sondland, who acknowledged delivering a quid pro quo message to you cray ukraine. and then laura cooper wednesday afternoon and david hale, the third highest ranking official in the state department. on thursday morning, lawmakers will hear

there's been speculation about the unusual trip to walter reed last weekend. trump says he went for a routine physical because he had extra time. but does it add up? neurosurgeon, dr. sanjay gupta has spoken to several doctors who previously worked at the white house or are currently in touch with the white house to try to find out what's going on. his new story was just published on cnn.com. what's the new reporting? >> first, as a starting point, any time a 73-year-old man with clinical obesity and a history of heart disease goes to the dr. unannoun unannounced, medical people will ask why. and the president going to the hospital is a big deal no matter what. there's lots of things that need to happen at. the hospital corridors are closed. certain roads are closed. that's why an institution-wide notice goes out. that didn't happen here. that was a bit unusual. also, what we subsequently heard that the president had done at walter reed after going through the process of getting to the hospital were basic lab tests, primarily, that could have been done at the

look at what happened, you see them going for earn unannounced visit on a saturday to walter reed to get things done that could have easily been done at the white house. trish: the president telling "fox and friends" he's totally fine. president trump: on the way back i'm hearing rumors i'm in the hospital, then i'm hearing rumors i am having chest pains and i had a massive heart attack. after we certified with medical people, we had three medical people call them up and say it's not true, they went with it anyway. trish: dr. marc siegel says it's nuts, and i are responsible for doctors to be speculating on the president's health. off course he's under stress and under pressure. the way a doctor is supposed to look at things, we are like judges assembling facts. it's a disgrace to look at the idea he just visits walter reed. >> when is someone going to say enough. this media crossed a line into total absurdity and i are absure responsibland i areresponsibili. >> when another hillary clinton literally fell down at a 9/11 ceremony and people started wondering what was hillary clinton's

that was what was done at walter reed. having visited the white house, the facilities at the white house themselves, those are things that can typically be done within the white house. so the question really becomes what was done at walter reed that couldn't have been done at the white house. why was this split up? why didn't they just basically do the entire physical exam in one setting as they have in the past? we don't know the answers to these questions. one thing i will say that spokeswoman stephanie grisham has been clear about. she said many times there was no symptoms or any kind of medical problem that sort of inspired this visit. of course that's the first thing i think any medical professional would be asking if someone makes a surprise visit to the hospital. was there something that sort of prompted that? again, no suggestion of that. >> another source said mr. trump appeared to be in good physical health. >>> well, after years of supporting a controversial police tactic, a potential presidential candidate does

. ♪ ♪ howard: president trump's unscheduled visit to walter reed last weekend prompted plenty of media chatter. >> they say relatively high risk of heart attack or other heart disease over the next 3-5 years. that's probably the top of the list of concerns. he's at risk. doesn't mean he's had a problem. howard: the president, who said he had some tests, offered his own diagnosis in explaining what happened when he returned from the hospital. >> we understand you had a heart attack. i was called by our people in public relations, sir, are you okay? i said, okay from what? the word is you had a heart attack. cnn said you may have had a heart attack, you have massive chest pains, you went to the hospital. these people are sick. they're sick. howard: david, in fairness, cnn didn't say president trump had a heart attack, but there was someone who said maybe he's having small strokes. your take. >> a lot of it malpractice, frankly. we as the media pool, the press pool at the white house, saw trump leave the white house under his own power, saw him leave walter reed under his own power, and y

because you went to "walter reed." that's where we go when we get the physicals. >> reporter: the president's doctor released a statement denying mr. trump had chest pains and said he wasn't treated for any urgent or acute issues. the president's doctor says his total cholesterol is now 165, down from 196 earlier this year. we are told the president despise his annual physical because of how long it takes so he wanted to split it into two parts. norah, he'll finish it up early next year, about the same time the senate may be holding his impeachment trial. >> o'donnell: let's dig deeper into the impeachment hearings with "face ter maetnn and washingtoncorrpondent great to hthmajor, fst, wh used its taxpayer-funded twitter account to tweet out an attack. >> reporter: yep. >> o'donnell: lieutenant colonel vindman, a decorated military man, and who also still works in the white house. what did both sides achieve today? >> reporter: well this attack from the white house suggests one thing you're seeing playing out in these

they were noted on his daily schedule and on top of that, he took marine one to walter reed. yesterday was a completely different kind of trip. first of all, not only was it not announced but we heard from sources who say it wasn't on his schedule as of friday. so last minute trip and he took the motorcade which means less exposure to reporters and cameras there. late last night president trump tweeting in defense of himself saying the following, quote. so i want to note something here. his last annual physical was in february. so this would be incredibly early for him to have this physical. now, but stephanie grisham, listen to what she had to say, the press secretary. >> we have 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 his annual exam. that's all it was. it was very routine. we had a down day today. so he made the decision to head there. >> there is no truth to the rumors it was something else? you the rumors are flying. >> oh, the rumors are always

this situation with walter reed, i definitely do not want to speculate. there's ridiculous conspiracy theo theories on twitter that are a bunch of bull. we have to make everything is fine but the white house makes it hard to trust. that's the problem, i think. >> absolutely. there's been an erosion in their credibility time and time again. they issue a statement that then later proves to be false. everything they say or do does require that scrutiny and that microscope. and moving forward, i think it's reasonable that journalists are, you know, putting that scrutiny on the white house. >> i think they could answer more questions and perhaps provide doctors to talk about why he's doing this annual physical early. does it remind you of past presidents? >> it does. when the watergate news was tightening on richard nixon, it leaked out he had an examination for phlebitis in his leg right at the moment when history was catching up on him, when truth was closing in on him and he had this strange phlebitis incident that they leaked out, was an obvious effort to

. >> questions are being raised after an unconventional visit by president trump to walter reed medical center. the white house insists it's for an annual physical but came less than a year after the last one and did not follow protocol. >> the white house didn't announce the plans to go to walter reed ahead of time. the white house says the president is taking advantage of a free weekend in washington overnight, the president tweeting this is phase one of his physical, he will continue it next weir. >> trevor: yes, this weekend president trump made a surprise visit to the hospital and nobody knows why -- a health emergency or did he need to get a marble removed from his nose again? we don't know. ( laughter ) this story became suspicious when trump tweeted he popped into the hospital to do phase one of his annual physical. that's not a thing. nobody breaks their annual physical into phases. that's not a thing. you're not, like, yeah, today we can just cut the balls and in march i'll come back and cough. ( laughter ) now, because no one trusts this white house, every one is wildly specu

reed medical center. er for falsely reporting he had a massive heart attack and that he had stayed overnight. none of those were with reported by cnn or any other mainstream news outlet. but he spent time on that issue. they still have not said why or what kind of testing the president did undergo during that visit to walter reed. >>> breaking news this hour. there's been a large explosion at plant in texas. no word yet if anyone was at the plant when the blast happened. these are the pictures we've just got in and pretty dramatic scenes from pretty close. weal a we'll get more information as we can. it took thieves just minutes to steal centuries of priceless treasure. the latest on the jewel heist coming up. >>> a man to be sentenced to death for their roles in the dagar cafe attack. more than 20 people were killed when gunman took hostaged in an upscale restaurant. one charged was found not guilty. the servants facing capitol punishment can appeal. >>> now to continue tracking what could be the smash-a

president trump made a surprise trip to walter reed medical center on saturday. the white house framed the unannounced visit as phase one of the president's annual physical exam. the president's two previous physicals were on the public schedule in the past and announced well ahead of time. they did not take place over multiple phases. so, eli, my question is, what exactly is going on and why haven't we seen the president yesterday and why are we not seeing him today? >> well, we don't know. we'll often go over the course of a weekend not seeing the president. that is not abnormal. what is abnormal is the president making a surpriseis have it on saturday afternoon to walter reed to do the first part of his annual physical. usually those are done all at once, usually the staff at walter reed gets a head's up when a vip is coming. that didn't happen. and the white house is insisting everything is fine, but it is just very difficult to give them the benefit of the doubt on that or much of anything at this point given all the falsehoods that we've seen from the presi

so the president decided to go to walter reed and get a headstart with routine checkups as part of his annual exam. that's all it was. it was very routine. 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 at night. he's doing just fine. >> and the president himself was off twitter for a number of hours. after midnight, tweeted about this as well. again, saying he visited a family and talked about phase one of my yearly physical exam. he said everything very good, great. will complete next year. the difference is that when the president has gone for his annual physical that was scheduled, the doctors involved were announced, there were photos of the president meeting with the white house physician and the duration of the visited lasted longer. we've not been told why this was only a portion, a quick checkup. those were some of the descriptions used by the white house. they also did say some lab work was done. we have more questions that need to be answered. but th

if it was a routine planned thing, you never would do it at walter reed. you would have done all that stuff at the white house facilities, which are state of the art and amazing. if it was routine stuff, you never would have taken him out. if you were going to take him for a routine visit to walter reed, you would have announced it, you would have had a photo op with the troops, you would have done a bunch of things that are regular to do. the second thing, lawrence, this is the problem when you have a white house who lies about everything. you can't believe anything. during the campaign, they trotted out his personal doctor to read a statement which we later know was written by trump himself and was complete garbage. then we had ron jackson saying ef he was the healthiest president of all time, when that wasn't true. you just have a sense that all of this is lying, and when you trot out a 10-page memo from a doctor, you know they're likely worried about something, and the problem is the truth is probably that there is something nefarious going on. >> and

the staff at walter reed hospital was given no advance notice of the president's visit, which is unusual. usually they're all told in advance. it sounds to me like maybe the old fella's pregnant. it's possible. [ laughter ] anyway, you know the president loves to talk about how healthy he is and how slow and tired everyone else is. this visit chips away at that. but there was a perfectly good reins for reason for it. at least according to white house press secretary stephanie grisham who had a not at all suspicious-sounded explanation for a curious jeanine pirro. >> i understand it wasn't a scheduled annual visit. can you tell us what it was? >> yeah, 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 his annual exam. that's all it was. it was very routine. we had a down day today. and so he made the decision to head there. >> jimmy: they had a down day. every day is a down day. [ laughter ] by the way, this is trump's real schedule for today, for monday.

the white house is released a letter from president trump doctor claiming the check up the walter reed was routine and planned. the hospital visit didn't follow protocol. but the doctors letter said it was handled the way it was because of scheduling uncertainty. saying the president hasn't had chest pain and was not treated for any urgent or acute issues. >> buttigieg is taking a critical pitch for black voters to black voters. a poll puts buttigieg clearly on top in white iowa. but the poll in south carolina shows 0% support among black voters. in atlanta he spoke to students at more house college. >> try not to get too caught up in poll numbers. i think i saw that strong majority of black voters in south carolina say that they have not formed an opinion about my candidacy. the more indication it's important for us to do the engagement. >> buttigieg just released a $500 billion college affordable plan. making college free for householding earning under $500,000 a year. warren and sanders propose wiping out debt. it climbed last year to $1.5 trillion. >> 11% of debt is in arrears is 9

>> we have a really busy year ahead, so the president decided to go to walter reed and get a head start with some routine checkups as part of his annual exam. that's all it was. we had a down day today so he made the decision to head there. judge jeanine: there is no truth to the rumors it was something else? the rumors are flying. >> the rumors are always flying. he's healthy as can be. i put a statement out about that. he has no energy than anybody in the white house. that man works from 6:00 a.m. until very, very late at night. he's doing just fine. judge jeanine: he's almost superhuman. i don't know how anyone can deal with what he's dealing with. i get frustrated with what's going on in washington. i want to throw things at the television. but i don't. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. judge jeanine: a developing story in louisiana. republican businessman eddie rirks spone is make serious challenge to governor edward. president trump is urging louisiana voters to vote for him. we are keeping an eye on the vote count. if a winner is called in this hour, you will get the result

usually we get a notice that he will be goi to walter reed for his physical. that was the first thing that raised suspicions. second thing is that he was at walter reed in february for his yearly physical, so why too in one year. the white house says that he is there for a two phase physical, there were some lab tests done that he had had a couple tests done, this was phase one, he will be going fback for phase two. and while he was there, he visited with a wounded afghan veteran. >> all right, mike var car viqu thank you. and gordon sondland will take his seat for public testimony wednesday and some are questioning his credibility. he was appointed to the spot of eu ambassador by president trump and he is a top ally. natasha, sondland had pretty specific testimony behind closed doors that ended up being con a contradicted by several people. >> yeah, and he ultimately had to revise to make it clear that he did tell the ukranians as early as september 1 just after politico broke the story that the military aid was being withheld from ukraine that likely they wo

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we drive out to walter reed. greatest doctors, greatest everything, greatest place you ever seen what they can do. i start my physical. go see soldiers. go see families. did a little tour of the building. get back in. on the way back i'm hearing rumors i'm in the hospital. then i'm hearing rumors that i had chest pains. then i'm hearing rumors i had a massive heart at that time being. then i'm hearing rumors i'm not coming back. i'm staying at walter reed overnight and maybe for a long time. and i say, i come home, my wife says, darling, darling, are you okay? i said okay from what? they say, they have cnn, mostly cnn but that stupid msnbc which is just as bad, can you imagine i made them so much money on "the apprentice. that is the way. anyway those two. they started a false narrative. brian: all right. >> it was this. so the doctor gets on, no, no just -- didn't matter no matter what we told them they were going with it. it got worse and worse. steve: mr. president, your health is fine? >> well let me tell you

i wanted to dispel any rumors about the president's unscheduled medical appointment at walter reed hospital. it was a routine procedure. he is fine -- though, during the exam, it was determined that the president had a blockage in his lower g.i. tract, when it was discovered that several republican members of congress had lodged their heads in his -- laughter ) pro quo hole. ttem tohe g.o.p. ressn's ar more ukraine testimd ios muike puppies eventually, using forceps, wewed we are sending in a team of specialists to try to locate lindsey graham -- he's way up there. ( laughter ) ♪ >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight, kicking off new zealand week with prime minister jacinda ardern. plus stephen welcomes adam driver and musical guest the yea1975, featuring jon batiste d "stay human." sullivan theat s frohe e lber( alaus >> stephen: howdy! hello, friends! ( cheers and applause ) fantastic! hello! thank you so much! ( piano riff ) welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) trump's impeachment is really heating up, it's gearin

after days of questions about the president surprise medical visit this weekend to walter reed. we have new information from the white house. a letter from the physician to the president saying that the check up was routine and handled the way it was due to what's being called scheduling uncertainty. trumps visit to walter reed didn't follow the protocol of a routine presidential medical examine. the letter goes onto say quote despite some of the speculation the president has not had any chest pain nor evaluated or treated for urgent or acute issues specifically he didn't under go any specialized cardiac or neurologic evaluation. >> mayor buttigieg surging in a new poll in iowa. another shows he has a big problem with a huge voting block. the state of the race next. d sne holidays. so we built a snow globe. i'll get that later. dylan! but the one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance. what? switching and saving was really easy! i love you! what? sweetie! hands off the glass. ugh!! call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and con

they said you went to walter reed medical center, that's where we go . i said i was there for a short time. i went a very good team, just a piece of it, the rest of it takes place in january . had a routine physical. visited the family, visited a couple of groups. the family of a young leader who was very badly injured who was in the operating room . i toured the hospital for a little while. i was out of there quickly. and i been reading in the news that we understand you have aheart attack . i was called by our people in public relations. are you okay. they said okay from what? the word is you had a heart attack. cnn says you might have had a heart attack. you had massive chest pains, you went to thehospital . you are sick. they're sick. and the press really in this country is dangerous. we don't have freedom of the press in this country, we have the opposite. we have a very corrupt media and i hope they can get their act straight now because it's very add, very dangerous for our country. thank you very much, go ahead please. [inaudible] i don't know hi

look at what happened, you see them going for earn unannounced visit on a saturday to walter reed to get things done that could have easily been done at the white house. trish: the president telling "fox and friends" he's totally fine. president trump: on the way back i'm hearing rumors i'm in the hospital, then i'm hearing rumors i am having chest pains and i had a massive heart attack. after we certified with medical people, we had three medical people call them up and say it's not true, they went with it anyway. trish: dr. marc siegel says it's nuts, and i are responsible for doctors to be speculating on the president's health. off course he's under stress and under pressure. the way a doctor is supposed to look at things, we are like judges assembling facts. it's a disgrace to look at the idea he just visits walter reed. >> when is someone going to say enough. this media crossed a line into total absurdity and i are absure responsibland i areresponsibili. >> when another hillary clinton literally fell down at a 9/11 ceremony and people started wondering what was hillary clinton's

. >>> meanwhile we're learning that president trump is now at walter reed medical center to undergo his annual physical. >> the president made an unannounced movement to walter reed medical center and we're being told by the white house press secretary after the president arrived there that the president is there to begin part of his annual physical exam. here's a statement from stephanie grisham, anticipating a very busy 2020, the president is taking at vamg of a free weekend here in washington, d.c. to begin portions of his routine annual physical exam. the press secretary did not say if there were any health concerns that prompted this visit. in previous years the president has gotten his annual physical in february last year and in january the year before that. a little bit early here, but the white house saying it's simply to begin his annual physical exam. >> jeremy diamond we know you'll report back anything you learn. how likely is it that president trump will be impeached and removed from office? short answer, it's complicated. tom foreman breaks it down next. and former presid

he went to walter reed medical center, that is where we go when we get physicals, i said i was only there for a short time. i went, did a routine, just a piece of it, the rest of it in january, very routine physical, visited the family, a couple of groups, visited the family of a young soldier who was very badly injured who was in the operating room. tourerd the hospital -- i d the hospital very quickly, went back home and was greeted with the news, we understand you had a heart attack. people in public relations, sir, are you ok? ok from what? you have a heart attack. cnn says you may have had a heart attack. you had massive chest pain. you went to the hospital. these people are sick. they are sick. the press really in this country is dangerous. don't have freedom of the press in this country. we have the opposite. we have a corrupt media. i hope they can get their act straight. it is very very bad and dangerous for our country. thank you very much. go ahead. please. thank you. thank you. >> [indiscernible] >> i don't know him. understand., i someone have the misfortune of calling him mr

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reed is highly responsible. when you look at why people are trusting the media less and less and why you are seeing a lot of business models fail, they aren't reporters anymore. they are here to give you their opinion and they are always one-sided, they give you the liberal point of view. at the end of the day, the discussion you play at the end of the president's health is nothing short of highly irresponsible. for them to speculate is exactly the kind of behavior they go after other people for doing. no basis in fact, it's okay. >> sean: this is a mob, we are watching this unfold and madness we've never seen. >> you look at viewership for impeachment they 1 today 2, 1 million viewers lost, donald trump jr. got 1 million more viewers on abc then the impeachment of the president of the united states. there was apathy about this, we know what the ending is going to be, he's going to be acquitted in the senate and only two senators on the republican side have defected. >> sean: all they are doing is pissing off ev