the tip came from john tabor, an atlanta businessman. he was watching the continuing news coverage of missing meredith during his morning workout. >> when they started giving the description of the person of interest, my ears really perked up. i think i just turned white at one point. i felt the blood leave my face. >> tabor the businessman thought this has got to be gary hilton. hilton was a guy who worked on and off for him for years. first as a telemarketer then as an independent contractor in a siding business. he even lived for a while in this little house tabor owned. what was the thought that's taking shape as you're listening to this? >> the first thing that got my attention is where the event happened, where she went missing, blood mountain. i knew that was a place he liked to hang out. that he had a dog with him. and most importantly was the evidence that they had found at the scene. i knew hilton always had an expandable police baton with him. >> the tip and a name quickly led to a georgia driver's license for 61-year-old gary

john and christi? >> sure are. thank you so much. >> thanks. >>> all right. senate candidate jon ossoff is one of several guests on "state of the union" this morning. join jake tabor, stacey abrams, dr. jerome adams, and how governor mike dewine at 9:00 a.m. eastern, right here on cnn. >>> we're learning more about broadcasting legend larry king's fight against the coronavirus. he's 87 years old. he's a longtime cnn host. and he's being treated at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles. he's been hospitalize thursday for more than a week. cnn media correspondent brian stelter with us here. so brian, what more do we know about his condition? >> reporter: yeah, we know that larry is in isolation, as is the norm for covid-19 patients. his three sons have not been able to visit him in the hospital. but we do know, as you said, this has been going on for more than a week, and that is quite concerning. you think about the experience of so many americans in the past nine months, being hospitalized with covid-19. most of those faces are anonymous, we don't know most of the time unless it's a loved one or a friend. but larry king is someone the entire world knows, and