The Note: Hillary On Her Health

ByABC News
September 13, 2016, 9:08 AM

— -- NOTABLES

--CLINTON DIDNT THINK PNEUMONIA WOULD BE THAT BIG A DEAL: Hillary Clinton said she didn't disclose that she had pneumonia last week because she "didn't think it was going to be that big a deal," she said in an interview Monday night. Clinton's health has long-dogged her on the campaign trail, but came into focus this weekend when she lost her balance outside a van after a 9/11 ceremony in New York City Sunday. Clinton had previously attributed a cough she had to allergies, but she was diagnosed Friday with pneumonia, her doctor said. "I'm feeling so much better, and obviously I should have gotten some rest sooner," she told CNN's Anderson Cooper by phone Monday. "I just thought I could keep going forward and power through it and obviously that didn't work out so well." ABCs TOM LIDDY has more. http://abcn.ws/2caWFvz

--'NO OTHER UNDISCLOSED CONDITION,' CAMPAIGN SAYS. Clinton's campaign is working with the candidate's doctor to release "additional medical information" in the next couple of days, campaign press secretary Brian Fallon said Monday in an interview on MSNBC. "We'll release that to further put to rest any lingering concerns about what you saw yesterday. More from ABCs JOSH HASKELL. http://abcn.ws/2cqQ9kQ

--HAPPENING TODAY -- PENCE RETURNS TO CAPITOL HILL: Mike Pence will meet with House Republicans this morning during the weekly conference meeting, ABCs BENJAMIN SIEGEL notes. Mike has added tremendous value to Donald Trump's campaign and House Republicans are excited to learn more about their plans to succeed in November and get our nation back on track, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said in a statement welcoming Pence to Capitol Hill. Pence served in the House for more than a decade before running for governor of Indiana. He remains close with many of the conservative members of the lower chamber. Since joining Trumps ticket, Pence has served as an intermediary between the controversial nominee and the Republican establishment, helping to mend frayed relationships after the GOP presidential primary season. http://abcn.ws/2csEmSM

 

ABC NEWS TALKS TO VOTERS IN BATTLEGROUND STATE OF OHIO. The old adage "all politics is local" was never more evident than on Monday night at the Williams County Fair in Ohio, ABCs MARYALICE PARKS and GARY WESTPHALEN note. People from this rural, northwest corner of the state talked about their concern over a lack of jobs in their towns. They were worried about their sons and daughters in the military. Forget questions about Clinton's health or Trump's temperament. On the whole, folks wanted to talk about policy issues: immigration, the economy, violence in inner cities (ironic in a town of 4,050?), and a sense of disunity -- racial and political -- pervasive in the county. Follow along here: http://abcn.ws/2c5dJ7y

 

YESTERDAY ON THE TRAIL with ABCs VERONICA STRACQUALURSI and ADAM KELSEY

PENCE FACING HEAT FOR DECLINING TO CALL DAVID DUKE DEPLORABLE. Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence is facing heat for declining to use the term deplorable to describe former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Im not in the name-calling business, Wolf. You know me better than that, Pence told CNNs Wolf Blitzer Monday. Pence's comments came as he was slamming Hillary Clinton for saying last week that half of Trumps supporters are in the basket of deplorables. When Blitzer pointed out that Duke was a Trump supporter and could fit that category, Pence responded he and Trump had repeatedly disavowed Duke, ABCs INES DE LA CUETARA reports. Im not really sure why the media keeps dropping David Dukes name. Donald Trump has denounced David Duke repeatedly. We dont want his support and we dont want the support of the people who think like him, he said. http://abcn.ws/2c4T6Dz

BILL CLINTON SAYS HILLARY GOT DEHYDRATED DURING 9/11 SERVICE. President Bill Clinton addressed his wife's health for the first time Monday in an interview with Charlie Rose, saying that she "got dehydrated" during a 9/11 ceremony in New York. Rarely, on more than one occasion, over the last many, many years, the same sort of things happened to her when she got severely dehydrated, and shes worked like a demon, as you know, as Secretary of State, as a senator, and in the years since, said the president. President Clinton said he believed that his wife made the right decision to temporarily come off the campaign trail, abiding by her doctors suggestions to rest. President Clinton will temporarily fill in for the former secretary of state, headlining two fundraisers in Los Angeles today, and he will also campaign in Nevada on her behalf on Wednesday, according to ABCs MATTHEW CLAIBORNE. He said that he is confident Hillary Clinton will be back on the campaign trail soon and that shes doing fine. http://abcn.ws/2cT1sR2

TRUMP CALLS ON HILLARY CLINTON TO RETRACT HER BASKET OF DEPLORABLES COMMENT. Calling on Hillary Clinton to retract her comments in full, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hit back at her recent reference to some of his supporters as a "basket of deplorables. I was, thus, deeply shocked and alarmed this Friday to hear my opponent attack, slander, smear, demean these wonderful, amazing people who are supporting our campaign by the millions, Trump said Monday, addressing the National Guard Association in Baltimore. Clinton, speaking Friday night at an LGBT for Hillary gala, made the comments that Trump and his campaign slammed the next day as "insulting. ABCs VERONICA STRACQUALURSI has more: http://abcn.ws/2caaD0k

NOTED: MAN AT TRUMP RALLY HITS 2 PROTESTERS IN THE HEAD. A man in the audience of a Trump rally in North Carolina Monday evening hit two male protesters in the head as they were being escorted out. Further details were not immediately available. Earlier, Trump invited a group of his supporters to join him on stage to speak out against Hillary Clinton's claim that half of those backing the Republican presidential nominee belong in a "basket of deplorables." ABCs CANDACE SMITH and ADAM KELSEY have more. http://abcn.ws/2caMHtS

CLINTON'S MEDICAL INCIDENT RAISES QUESTIONS OF WHO KNEW WHAT WHEN. New scrutiny is being applied to Hillary Clinton's health in the wake of the incident at Sunday's 9/11 memorial ceremony, which she left after feeling "overheated." Clinton was at home resting in New York Monday in keeping with doctor's orders, according to her campaign, but the incident has raised questions about the campaign's transparency, note ABCs MEGHAN KENEALLY and LIZ KREUTZ. Clinton previously released some medical records, which are more detailed than medical documentation provided by Donald Trump, but even top Democrats are piling on, questioning an apparent reluctance to keep the public apprised. http://abcn.ws/2cyIEbW

NOTABLE PRECEDENTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' HEALTH DISCLOSURES. Hillary Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis has highlighted the lack of consistency when it comes to candidates health disclosures. The Federal Election Commission requires a personal financial disclosure form for presidential candidates, but theres no such requirement when it comes to health information, according to an agency spokeswoman. The only constitutional requirement is that candidates be at least 35 years old. Beyond that, the level of transparency over the years has differed by campaigns, ABCs MEGHAN KENEALLY reports. http://abcn.ws/2cjrs6J

 

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