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this is a special episode of the excerpt.

Today is Wednesday, February 1st, 2024, and this is a special episode of the excerpt. We've all seen the videos of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump making verbal

gaffes or just simply displaying confusion.

Their opponents love to keep those moments in the discourse insisting that it means

there's something wrong. But is there flubs, gaffes, misspeaking, are these signs of cognitive decline, and

when is it appropriate to raise the alarm, particularly for candidates vying to be leaders of

the free world.

I'm joined now by USA Today Health reporter,

Karen Wintraub, who can help us dig into it.

Thanks for being on the excerpt, Karen.

Thanks for having me.

Both Biden and Trump's ages worry voters.

Biden is now 81 and Trump is 77.

Questions about their mental fitness are a fair game and they've both made recent gaffes that have brought the issue to the

four. Let's start with Trump. There's one clip that's circulating of

Donald Trump confusing Nicky Haley with Nancy Pelosi when he was speaking to supporters in New Hampshire.

Let's take a listen.

Nicky Haley is in charge of security.

We offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, National Guard, whatever they want, they turned it down.

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