health and life of a player. should be not done. i think no one is suggesting that. the broadcasters toy aiken and susie coleman were in the studio for the espn. they ve had this in a very sensitive inappropriate way. they haven t speculated, because you can t possibly do it. is it possible, possible, that the young man had some kind of pre-existing condition. which was unknown and it s contact could ve trigger that? this was not the sort of collision that automatically, it and of itself, causes concern. but what he got up, for a moment, and then collapsed. it was clear that something significant had happened. and then when the ambulance came out on the field. and you saw the expressions on the faces of players from both teams. this was something very much out of the ordinary. and what you alluded to earlier, laura, most of the focus has
players were crying. the same sort of seen in college. was playing for stanford, a running back made a collision with the university of washington who was paralyzed from the west waist down. and two years later he passed away. the scenes are haunting. the thing i think we need to take away from this is one, it s a reminder of how precious life is. two, it is a reminder that there is progress being made. all the talks about safety, players safety. all the lives that have been lost. all the lives that have been altered from players who played this game. perhaps they are not in vain. because you know what, laura, a year ago, five years ago. certainly not ten years ago. they would not of stop the game. dante would tell you the absence would ve come oug saltsy tied buckle up, let s. go next snap and talty. that s where the players have, that s what the coaches had, that s the lead always had. disposable players. you put them in a next man up
dr. jonathan reiner. dr. reiner, i m so glad that you are talking to us today. because, when you are looking at this. and you are seeing what transpired. and we re all, myself, a layman. looking at this as a fan of the ball. and watching an injury transpire. not quite understanding what could ve caused somebody to stand began to collapse enough cpr to minister. do you have any insight, when you saw this played? what was your instinct telling you? hi laura, first of all, my thoughts are with damar hamlin, and this is a life-threatening event. almost certainly what happened to mr. hamlin is something called camacho cortez. which is basically a cardiac arrest caused by a sharp blow to the chest. at precisely the wrong moments. the heart is governed by electrical impulses.
very abnormal heart rhythm. subsequently leading to cardiac arrest. with a heart isn t beating, or isn t beating efficiently enough to pump blood through the body. that may have been what happened here. we are all speculating at this point but we ll obviously get some more details later on. whatever the cause was, the team then assessed that he wasn t in cardiac arrest, and they started doing cpr. which is essentially this idea that there is enough oxygenated blood in the body for a period of time. the goal of some of that oxygenated blood throughout the body. so you can continue to deliver oxygenated blood to the organs of the body. the other thing that we don t know if they did, at the time, or subsequently. it is to try to restart the hearts by delivering a shock. that is different related that you are talking about, laura. and have the freebie later s, clearly, they would have a different later on the ambulance. they typically have deferred visitors in large venues of all sorts, in
since clinton back in 92 to win the state. they also said to progressive senators to washington. already, and 17 days of early voting whether 2.2 million votes have been cast. and the polls are close. polls expect open here later today at 7 am. thank you dick. i want to go to you. speak about accounts in areas. i think only one of two that to trump biden in the recent election. so what are you hearing now in the hours before the polling centers are set to open? hi laura it s an important state. i think democrats best opportunity to take the counties, two counties away from trump to biden in 2020. has been called something as a bellwether county because it echoes the demographics of the state, and it often ends up echoing the result of the state. officials here have said they re ready. early voting has been big in the state as well. whether million early votes