This is the video the American people had not seen.

Newly released footage shows emergency workers wheeling a covered patient identified as Sen. Mitch McConnell toward an ambulance outside his Washington, D.C., home.

The clip was recorded during the June 14 emergency that sent McConnell to the hospital. It became public on Friday, July 10.

Take a look:

And here is the actual footage obtained by CNN:

The clip is brief, but the scene is unmistakably serious.

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Emergency workers guide a stretcher to a waiting ambulance as additional first responders stand nearby. A patient is covered, with one bare foot visible.

TMZ reported that a neighbor recorded the response from across the street. The outlet said two ambulances, a fire truck and U.S. Capitol Police vehicles were at the scene.

McConnell’s face cannot be seen in the footage. TMZ said the neighbor later spoke with an eyewitness who reported seeing McConnell’s face and identified him as the patient on the stretcher.

The eyewitness also reportedly said McConnell was not wearing an oxygen mask. The camera angle is distant, however, and the patient’s body is largely covered by a blanket.

McConnell’s office confirmed on June 14 that the senator had been admitted to a hospital and was receiving what it called excellent care. It did not disclose what caused the emergency.

That distinction matters.

The video documents the gravity of the emergency response and the stretcher transport reported by CNN and TMZ. It does not reveal McConnell’s diagnosis, his level of consciousness at that moment or his condition today.

Those questions have only grown louder because McConnell’s office has released so little information.

CBS News obtained public EMS dispatch audio from June 14 describing an unconscious person, “cardiac arrest” and “CPR in progress” at an address associated with McConnell.

But CBS was careful about what the audio could and could not prove: the network said it could not independently confirm that the person referenced in the dispatch was McConnell, and his office did not confirm that the scanner traffic described his medical emergency.

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NBC News separately obtained the audio and reported the same emergency language. McConnell’s office pointed reporters to an earlier statement saying he continued to improve, was working with staff and would not vote in the Senate that week.

Neither report established that McConnell himself suffered cardiac arrest. What they did establish was that a major medical response occurred at the senator’s address on the same day his office announced his hospitalization.

Weeks later, the office still had not disclosed the reason for the hospitalization, a diagnosis or an expected discharge date.

So the responsible conclusion is not that the public knows exactly what happened. It is that the public still has not been told.

There have been signs that McConnell, 84, is alert and engaged while recovering.

Associated Press reported that Senate Majority Leader John Thune spoke with McConnell by phone in what was described as a lengthy, substantive conversation that included national security matters and several active foreign policy crises confronting the Senate.

Sen. John Barrasso, the Senate’s second-ranking Republican, also reportedly spoke with him for roughly 20 minutes. Barrasso’s office said McConnell was fully engaged and eager to return to Washington as soon as his doctors permitted it.

Those conversations took place more than three weeks after McConnell entered the hospital. Even as allies offered encouraging accounts, his office continued to withhold the medical details behind the lengthy stay.

Thune’s call reportedly covered several policy matters. Barrasso’s spokeswoman said McConnell wanted to return to Washington as soon as he was able.

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The phone calls offer meaningful evidence that McConnell has remained mentally engaged during his recovery. They do not explain why he has required such a long hospital stay.

Former McConnell aide and CNN commentator Scott Jennings said he had a similar call with his longtime friend:

Those calls are reassuring. They still do not answer the basic questions surrounding an emergency that has kept one of Kentucky’s two senators away from the Capitol for weeks.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has now formally requested a public update from McConnell’s office, citing growing concern about the senator’s health and ability to serve.

McConnell is entitled to compassion and a measure of medical privacy. But an elected senator’s ability to perform the job is also a legitimate matter of public concern, especially after an extended absence wrapped in official silence.

The new video makes the June 14 emergency more concrete than any carefully worded statement could.

Now McConnell’s constituents deserve a clear update on his recovery, his capacity to serve and when he expects to return.

This is a developing story.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

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