we ll get to that, but the big story this morning. oh, yeah. what happened on the football field last night. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the football field. just 24 years old now in the hospital in critical condition. get you updates on that, of course. also, house republican leader kevin mccarthy s bid to be speaker plagued with uncertainty still this morning. the concessions he has made may not be enough to win him the support he needs to become speaker. if you can believe it. kaitlan? yeah. once the new congress is sworn in, the republican majority in the house is promising a wave of investigations. partisan gridlock, could stall president biden s agenda. big questions about what that will look like as well. uh-huh. our big story this morning, we re going to start with buffalo bills player damar hamlin. hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest on the field monday night. wha
speak with overnight tweeting damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest with a hit, a gae versus the bengals and on the field he was transferred to the uc medical center for further testing and treatment. he is currently sedated and listed in critical condition. the initial reaction of many was that they had never seen something like this before and damar hamlin briefly stood up on his own after making a tackle and before collapsing back onto the turf. now, an ambulance being brought out on the field. before he was rushed off, hamlin received cpr several minutes and many players visibly shaken and some of his teammates in tears. both teams coming together for an on-field prayer before returning to the locker rooms. again, suspended the game over an hour before the game postponed as everyone awaited updates on damar hamlin s condition. holding an nfl conference call with the decision just after midnight. players, frankly those coming to the game all traumatized. what was most i
condition. many had never seen anything like this before damar hamlin briefly stood up on his own before collapsing back to the turf. before he was rushed off, damar hamlin received cpr for minutes. both teams coming together for an on-field prayer before returning to the locker room. the game would be postponed as everyone awaited updates on damar hamlin s condition. hamlin s parents were at the game and brought down from the stands. they rode with their son in the ambu ambulance. josh allen tweeting, please pray for damar hamlin. and i m praying that you pull through. and jj watt writing, please be okay, please. jim kelly tweeting, never before i have ever witnessed anything like this, the game doesn t matter, praying for damar and his family. jason page joined us earlier with more. listen. this is not player safety story, this is like a lightning strike, confluence of events that had to occur to wind up in cardiac arrest, this is something you see every weekend and do
we ll get to that, but the big story this morning. oh, yeah. what happened on the football field last night. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the football field. just 24 years old now in the hospital in critical condition. get you updates on that, of course. also, house republican leader kevin mccarthy s bid to be speaker plagued with uncertainty still this morning. the concessions he has made may not be enough to win him the support he needs to become speaker. if you can believe it. kaitlan? yeah. once the new congress is sworn in, the republican majority in the house is promising a wave of investigations. partisan gridlock, could stall president biden s agenda. big questions about what that will look like as well. uh-huh. our big story this morning, we re going to start with buffalo bills player damar hamlin. hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest on the field monday night. what we know
todd: a fox news alert, damar hamlin is in critical condition in one of the most shocking moments we ve seen in sports. the buffalo bills safety collapsing. paramedics race to save his life in the middle of the football field. you re watching fox and friends first s, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. brooke singman is here with the latest. brooke: that is right, the bills tweeting damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the bengals. he was trans ferred to uc medical center, he is sedated and listed in critical