ambulance. this whole thing playing out live on national television. and before clearly shell shocked players, and staff and fans. you see the team there together in prayer as the ambulance was leaving the field. let s go to vince right now. adrienne broaddus is standing by at the hospital where hamlin is being treated. what is the very latest? reporter: kate, at this hour, he is on a ventilator. fans are used to him fighting on the field to help lead his team to victory. but right now that 24-year-old is fighting for his life. the first monday night football game of 2023 between the buffalo bills and cincinnati bengals ended abruptly in tragedy after damar hamlin s tackle on bengal s wide receiver tee higgins. you see hamlin standing briefly and then collapsing on the field. now another bills player is down. when i saw that young man fall to the ground the way he did, it it felt like my soul had left my body. reporter: within minutes after hamlin s collapse, medica
flood watches are also in effect across eight states. let s bring in chad myers who is tracking all of this. another round of it, chad. another round today and tomorrow. in fact, for almost the same region, lots of lightning on the radar, even a few warnings, tornado watches in effect at this point for places in the midsouth and also the south. big storms are already on the horizon and still moving that way. we are going to see the potential for flooding. we re already seeing flooding without a doubt. spots here, radar indicating almost 10 inches of rainfall fell today in parts of arkansas. later on today it moves to the east. through atlanta and then again it retires in the overnight hours, more severe weather to come with this, kate. absolutely, chad, thanks for that. thanks for watching. i m kate bolduan. a special coverage for the vote for house speaker begins right now with jake tapper.
through atlanta, by thursday morning, then the southeast, mid-atlantic is going to get a lot of the rain. by the time it gets to these areas, though, it will be weakening some. i want to stress, tonight through tomorrow morning, these storms are going to be very potent and have the capability of producing tornadoes. appreciate it. thanks very much. i want to turn to the lieutenant of louisiana lieutenant governor of louisiana. what are you hearing from officials across the state right now? there s been two deaths, one in st. charles. many injuries. the latest assessment is about 50 homes destroyed. they re still counting and getting to areas. one of these tornadoes actually started in gretna, went through algiers, part of orleans, jumped the river into st. bernard and did destruction the whole way as it crossed the mississippi river. are there rescue operations going on or still trying to
plane without the landing gear. it is clear from the sparks flying how serious this situation was. sparks and flames horrified the passengers saw on the delta airlines flight operated by atlantic southeast airlines. the plane s wings scraped the runway. the flight attendant gave urgent instructions. stay down. stay down. stay down. it is frightening to hear the woman, the flight attendant head down, head down, that gets me shaky. the 26-year-old took the video, one of 60 passengers flying from atlanta to the airport weapon the landing gee malfunctioned. we obligated the audio transmission between the pilot and control tower. we will proceed over to john f. kennedy and ask you for an emergency landing and if it is not obvious, i want to confirm we declaring an emergency.
they are going to buy the small are rival, air tran for $1.4 billion. and what this does is gives southwest a shot at the east coast, specifically, atlanta and smaller marks it does not serve. because you are going through atlanta now you can get into new york and boston and south florida through atlanta and that means big money for this carrier. analysts say the deal could lead to an increase in the price of tickets because the leading low cost carriers are no longer competing. this deal comes a week after shareholders approve a messager between united and continental making the largest early in all the world. usa today newspaper studying air fares and reports what you already knew: we pay a lot more to fly. a whole lot more. the newspaper analyzed ticket prices from june and we are paying 50 percent more in