curse of the bambino. in 2013, ortiz cemented his place in the hearts of bostonians with this reaction in the wake of the boston bombings. >> this is [ bleep ] city. and nobody going to dictate our freedom. >> reporter: ortiz is a near certainty to be a future hall of famer. but as the baseball community rallies around one of its brothers, the question remains, why ortiz? and we are outside the santo domingo hospital where david ortiz was operated on until very early this morning, having parts of his intestine, gallbladder, and colon removed. remarkably, doctors said that he is well enough to continue his journey on to boston. he's flying there right now, where he wi erin? >> patrick, thank you very much. and next, is the friendship between president trump and french president emmanuel macron