the buffalo bills releasing an update following safety omar hamlin's collapsed during monday night football. the team releasing this tweet hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the bengals. his heartbeat was restored on the field, and he was transferred to the uc medical center for further testing and treatment. he is currently sedated and listed in critical condition. hamlin who made his nfl debut just two seasons ago, collapsed after he tackled bengals wide receiver t. higgins hamlin

earlier today, the 49ers showing their support for buffalo bill's safety omar hamlin, who is improving and after a day off the 49ers and deebo samuel, they were back on the practice field today, samuel listed as a full participant. that means he's one step closer to being cleared to play in sunday's regular season finale. running back eli mitchell also practice, paving the way for him to be added back to the active roster. brock purdy and the niners. they're still in contention for that number one seed, which will happen if the 49ers win and philadelphia loses to the giants. yeah i think about a lot of that stuff. i don't talk about it all. um we'll see how it plays out and we'll see what the situation is. and i know one thing we would love to be the one seed. but right now we got the two seed and we want to make sure we have the stay the two seed in order to do that we need to win. 1400 great. patrick willis, one of 15 former players announced as finalists for the pro football hall of fame. willis is one of the most dominant linebackers in the game over a seven year stretch from 2007

injury on the field on a nationally televised football game monday night football. 24-year-old omar hamlin collapsing on the field after a collision. we just got official word, the first official word on the exactly what happened, and his medical condition now. let me read you a statement just put out by the buffalo bills that is damar hamlin team. they say he suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game following the bengals. it's hard to beat was restored on the field, and he was chanceford to the use emoticons center for further testing and treatment. he is currently stated, and listed in critical condition. this is the first time we've received official word of what happened, it cardiac arrest, and it is absolutely the first time we have been told that his heartbeat was restored on the field. that is a bit of i manage in good news, they got his heart beating again on the field, before he was transferred to the university of cincinnati medical center where he has now been sedated and listed in critical condition. we have been told there were reports he was intubated, some medic

omar hamlin is a young man. he is second year in the league. drafted in the sixth round out of pittsburgh. playing monday night football. feeling like he is on top of the world. this was a huge game. huge playoff implications. and he gets this traumatic injury. that opens up scars for me personally. i'm a former safety for the buffalo bills. i played six seasons there. had a teammate of mine who was paralyzed on the field. they're in buffalo. i had a teammate in college. when i was playing at stanford university. we are playing against the washington huskies. my teammate hit their safety. and curtis williams. number 25, he was paralyzed from the waist down. two years later, he died, passed away from complications from the paralysis. these players, are witnessing things that will haunt them. it gets me worked up thinking about some of the things i experienced. i am proud as a former player. that the nfl, that those two head coaches did make the decisions to call this game off. i think that is a huge step in the right direction. we've never seen

, and postpone the game, they will not finish a game tonight, the nfl issued a statement saying omar hamlincal attention on the field by the team, and an independent medical staff and the local paramedics, he was and transferred to a local hospital where he was in critical condition. our thoughts are with them are, and the buffalo bills, we will provide more information becomes available, -- professor at the university of maryland, illiberal college journalism, what can you tell us about what we saw tonight, we all see with their own eyes, we've seen tackles like this many times before, but that moment afterwards is like something we've never seen before. >> you have never seen that sort of emotional i've put on the football field, after play like that, where players are obviously suffering emotionally from what they witnessed. from the aftermath, the aftermath, the ambulance, the oxygen, the cpr. all never seen that before. but it's a reminder of just how violent the game, professional football, college football, even high school football, really is. . this is the types of things, you see

you could find a show of support for injured buffalo bills player omar hamlin.amlin suffered cardiac arrest during monday night's game against the bangles. adams has the latest on his recovery and how his team and the fans are all responding. you could really feel the energy inside of the stadium is the bills took to the field. this was the first time they played since their safety damar hamlin went into cardiac arrest during monday night football and the world has been closely watching his recovery. as the bills took the field on sunday. you can see at the start of the game, they started running out of the field honoring safety damar hamlin carrying flags with his jersey number three the game against the patriots up to a great start when 19 heinz caught the opening kickoff running 96 yards for a touchdown to give the bills an early lead the win all for tomorrow. our spirits have been hi. ever since thursday morning , when we got the news, so i just wanted to come out and play free play loose play for him. and that first, obviously the first kick off and you cou

and omar hamlin's recovery, it's nothing short of miraculous. he's talking. but what nfl do to protect its people from similar scares on and off the field? as a former player turned neurosurgeon. this is american voices. we begin with the chaos that ended and kevin mccarthy gaining the speaker's gavel. and what it tells us about the reality of congress actually getting work done for you. the american people. in order to quote earn, the speakers gavel, mccarthy's track to a deal with his parties hard-liners who -- as the l.a. times puts it. they say, quote, mccarthy may have one streamed of striding boldly forced to claim the mantle of a robust republican majority. instead, what the gop barely and control and the chamber and chaos, mccarthy crawled into the speakership early saturday on his hands and knees. he did so much to foes that mccarthy will spend his shaky tenure, as long as it lasts, balance on razor's edge. that was the l.a. times, you all. to bring over his 20 republican detractors, mccarthy made a series of concessions that week in the role of hous

the buffalo bills releasing an update following safety omar hamlin's collapsed during monday night football. the team releasing this tweet hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the bengals. his heartbeat was restored on the field, and he was transferred to the uc medical center for further testing and treatment. he is currently sedated and listed in critical condition. hamlin who made his nfl debut just two seasons ago, collapsed after he tackled bengals wide receiver t. higgins hamlin stood up briefly but collapsed to the ground cpr was administered before he was taken by ambulance to the hospital him. lin joined the bills as 1/6 round draft pick and has since emerged as one of the league's best safeties. of course, stick with fox news channel. for more on this developing storyl. for more on this developing story, i'm jackie urban is now back to regular programing already in progress. >> good angered me, my lord. in that hangtime, lara trump could have written fifteen tweets and released a new picture book. >> look, mike pence is such a lovely man. good man, a

the buffalo bills releasing an update following safety omar hamlin's collapsed during monday night football. the team releasing this tweet hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the bengals. his heartbeat was restored on the field, and he was transferred to the uc medical center for further testing and treatment. he is currently sedated and listed in critical condition. hamlin who made his nfl debut just two seasons ago, collapsed after he tackled bengals wide

all right, cnn's omar jimenez is in orchard park, new york, where the bills game is under way. and cnn's adrienne broadus is in cincinnati where hamlin continues to recover in the hospital. omar, let's go to you first. it's got to be erectrifying at any gathering where people are watching the game. >> yeah, fredricka. we're at danny's south right next to the stadium. we had just gotten here, just getting settled when all of a sudden everybody started cheering. we looked up as the bills ran back that opening kick for a touchdown. it almost felt like a sigh of relief that okay, we're back to football here in buffalo. i think it would be an understatement to say it's a roller coaster of a week for the city and also especially the players. take a listen to josh allen before the game today. >> always say don't play for the name on the back, you play for the name on the front. pretty special we play for the number on the front too. >> and that's really the spirit. they're using damar hamlin's continued recovery to motivate them. and look, i mean, obviously, it's one thing for the players but also the fans. we're out and about today getting

recognized ahead of today's game including the assistant athletic trainer credited with saving hamlin's life. omarimenez joins us now in orchard park, new york. omar, i have to think this just lifted the spirits of an entire city. >> reporter: it really did. now, i was out talking to fans a little bit earlier today. one of the things they told me was that the entire vibe changed with three words, did we win. of course, referencing what damar hamlin had asked when he first began to wake up earlier this week. of course, after that hit on "monday night football." over the course of today, you talked about that first play returned for a touchdown, the first time in three years and three months, which is unbelievable, considering hamlin's number is number 3. it's an understatement to say it's been a roller coaster of a week here for the buffalo area. but especially so for the players. take a listen to josh allen before today's game. >> don't play for the name on the back, you play for the name on the front. pretty special we play for that [ bleep ] number on our front, too. >> reporter: and it's not ju

thank you for all you do with the omar carter foundation, and i hope hamlin takes you up on your offerte it. thanks for your time. >> absolutely. thank you. >>> all right. coming up, a shooting at an elementary school in virginia. and this time, the gunman is a 6-year-old student. police say the shooting was not accidental. your potential then own it support your immune system wiwith a potent blend of nutrients anand emerge your best every day with emergen-c my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the burning, itching. the pain. emerge tremfya®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 wes. the majority of peop saw 90% clearer skin even at years. serious allergic retions may occur. trema® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®. ask your doctor about tremfya® today. your heart is the beat of life. if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto, a medicine specifically made for heart failure. entresto is t

omar, thank you so much. now to cincinnati and the good news about recovery of buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. doctors describe the last 24 hours as remarkable, adding he's alert, moving his hands and feet. right now he's still unable to speak. cbs's charlie de mar has more. >> reporter: doors athe university of cincinnati say over the past 24 hours buffalo bills safety damar hamlin has shown remarkable improvement.em. >> still has a breathing tube in and is still able to communicate with yeses and nos by shaking his head. he expressed surprise that he had not been with the world two days. >> reporter: doctors say hamlin is still critically ill but appears to be neurolodgecally in tact. says hamlin can move his hands and feet and asked if his team won the game. >> the answer is yes, damar, you've won the game of life. >> reporter: the player has been in critical condition since monday after he collapsed and went into cardiac arrests. >> we need a doctor, everybody. >> reporter: "new york times" saw emergency responders. the care by the medical staff on the field is what saved his life. >> this

and cnn's omar himen ezwent to western new york where he heard from players and fans about what hamlinns to them as the season continues. >> i don't think it's an understatement to say it's been a roller coaster of a week here in buffalo, especially so for the players but also for the fans. we're out with bills mafia as they're known over the course of the pregame, and really they talked about how the entire vibe changed when dar mar hamlin among his first words asked the question, did we win, earlier this week. and for the fans they said that changed everything. and i think that was evident on the field. as the bills went out there clearly motivated after a pregame ceremony honoring their teammate who is still gradually recovering in the hospital. the quarterback josh allen spoke words of motivation beforehand. and then on the first play of the game, they returned the football for a touch down. it actually was the first time in three years and three months that the bills have returned a kick for a touch down. and of course damar hamlin's number is 3. take a listen to how quarterback j

hamlin isn't just a player on the team that they like. they really feel like he's family. >> he feels that way to a lot of us. omar much. we appreciate that. joining me now is former nfl wide receiver dante stall worth. great to see you here in the studio. appreciate it. you played for numerous teams in the nfl including one of the teams on the field today the new england patriots, who i don't think the entire country is rooting for. >> no, not at all. >> i think they're rooting for the bills. no offense to patriots' fans. what do you think this was like for those bills players to get out on the field today after damar hamlin tweeted, you know, let's do it, guys. let's go. >> yeah. i think the fact that his dad went into the team to talk to them prior to damar even being able to communicate to the doctors at all, his dad came in there and told the guys, hey, the first thing he's going to ask is did we win the game. that's sure enough he knows his child. it's the first thing he asked. so that gave the players some kind of -- like this super energy to be able to go out and kind of, you know, we're used to compartmen

hamlin was watching from the hospital. here he is on face time with miles sander, a running back for the east, wearing his love for demar t-shirt. omarns us now. what is the atmosphere like in buffalo? >> well, in short, great. we are right across from the stadium at danny's south bar, and really, throughout the entire game, beforehand, during and now afterwards, it has been filled with bills fans. i think it's -- i don't think it's an understatement to say it has been a roller coaster of a week for the buffalo area, especially so for the players as they've been monitoring damar hamlin's recovery, but then, of course, they got good news leading into this game. they played well. of course ended the game on a high note. it kicked off literally with a return from a kickoff for a touchdown, and as quarterback josh allen reflected on that moment, he got a little bit emotional. take a listen. >> you can't draw that one up any better. i was just told by kevin, it's been three years and three months since the last kickoff return. it's pretty cool. >> extremely happy for him, extremely happy to see how he, you know, continues to progress thro