what bridgette's doing is really awesome. >> it's really an incredible story and happy to say that bridgettejob? hey, so i want to acknowledge that you're doing incredible work and also as ginger mentioned in the piece that it's getting colder out there so i'm just curious as the temperatures drop, how is that affecting your work? >> it definitely affects it. it was warm when we began so it was, you know, a longer day. we could hang out. we could help more people but now that it's cold, we have, you know, a limited time. it gets darker faster so we still have to make sure we can serve the community and get the hot meals pumped out but it definitely affects how long we're able to stay and how many people we can actually help. >> well, your work is so inspiring and, jovountae, i understand you've actually got elves helping out. your seven children have been part of this process. what's that experience been like for you? >> it's been amazing. my kids, they love being a part what have we do. sometimes they see familiar faces, some of their friends and they love being able to help their neighbors

but today she's headed straight to bridgette's path for an unlikely reunion. >> because chelsie was usingle pregnant, carter was born with what's called neonatal abstinence syndrome. >> he's perfect. >> these babies are born exposed to drugs in utero. as those drugs leave the baby's system as they start to have signs of withdrawal, just like adults do. >> nurse practitioner lisa jason is responsible for overseeing newborns as that arrive at bridge's path. >> a baby who is suffering from withdrawal may wake up, immediately start screaming, get startled and they'll start shaking, scratch, be frantic. poor feeding, poor weight gain. and unless you break that cycle, then it continues and escalates. >> when adults experience withdrawal, often they will be put on other medication. do you do that with babies as well? >> our primary medication ts are methadone and morphine. they get a larger dose first and then each day you decrease the dosing. >> in 2018, almost 2,000 babies exposed to opioids were delivered in the state of ohio. but what makes this unit different from hospitals is that they kee

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we've also now heard that his wife, bridgette macron, although she is no symptoms, will also be isolatingm. and of course, when you look at the people he's met this week, there's a number of other people who have cause for concern. the spanish and portuguese prime ministers kumconfirming they ha canceled certain events over the week. he also met with the entire french cabinet, all of french ministers on wednesday, although because of social distancing, they are not being declared as contact cases. this is really a reminder of just how hard this second wave has hit europe. the infection rates across the continent, not just here in france, john, remain stubbornly high and we see restrictions strengthening rather than easing, as authorities hope. still, as ursula vandlan tweeted this morning, it is europe's moment. we expect the first vaccine to be proved next week and europe's vaccination campaign to begin on december 27th. >> it's also a reminder why leadership in general should be toward the front of the line for being vaccinated. why the u.s. vice president will be vaccinated tomorrow mo