jeanne moos, cnn, new york. hello again, everybody. thank you so much for joining me. happy new year. i m fredricka whitfield. news just in to cnn, an update on buffalo bills player damar hamlin. he continues to make a remarkable recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during monday s game. hamlin is now breathing on his own after having a breathing tube removed late thursday. the 24-year-old also surprised his teammates in buffalo yesterday, facetiming with them on a phone from his bed in the hospital in cincinnati. cnn has more live from the hospital in cincinnati and new information on his medical update. reporter: yes. from the physicianses here at the hospital where tamar is receiving treatment damar is receiving treatment. he is still in critical condition but continues to make progress. and here s perhaps the line in this tweet the bills just published that sticks out. as he continues to breathe on his own, his neurological function is excellent. a
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back to you. reporter: absolutely. we ll be looking for that one. thank you. to get a better sense of just what this storm looks like, i want to bring in major christopher dike with u.s. air force base reserve. he is one of the people who flies into these storms. while the buoys can tell a certain amount, being in the storm gives us information we can t get any other way. major, we appreciate you taking the time to be with us this morning. you flew for nine hours yesterday in this storm. what did you see? good morning. yesterday, it was kind of makesed bag, right. all a mixed bag, right. all of the shear was impacting the north side of the storm. the south side was certainly where a lot of the threat was and what we were seeing. one of the more unique things we experience. we started flying at 5,000 feet, we saw many circulations, we