the national news. as luck would have it, we brought you the story for the first time a week ago at this time. it s a story out of new mexico. just tonight as we are getting on the air, there is a major development in that story tonight and it is a shocking one. i imagine given these new developments in the story, this will not be the only place you will be hearing about this over the next several days. all right, what we were able to tell you last week is news of a spate of recent shootings that had targeted the homes and offices of at least a half dozen elected officials in new mexico, all of them members of the democratic party. no one was injured in these shootings. these shootings hit buildings, not people. but they apparently had all been targeted at democratic politicians during december and january. so just over the last few weeks. we first learned of the shootings at five homes and offices belonging to some county commissioners and two state senators and new mexico s
this is just last week. this is a hospital in shanghai in china last week. this is not an e.r. or an inpatient wing where people get cared for. this is actually the lobby of a hospital in shanghai. you see patients crowded together and they re surrounded by their loved ones, their family member who say brought them in. this is a shot inside the part of that same hospital that s meant for actually treating people. you can see how crowded it is. barely any room to walk, there s so many beds in this part of the hospital. they have run out of room to put people in rooms, so they have gurneys in this hospital lined up in the hallways. outside of supply closets. iv bags pushed up against the walls. this man is receiving treatment in what looks like just a waiting room chair. he appears to be sleeping while he s sitting up. there s nowhere else to put him. this hospital in shanghai is so
this is a shot inside the part of that same hospital that s meant for actually treating people. you can see how crowded it is. barely any room to walk, there s so many beds in this part of the hospital. they have run out of room to put people in rooms, so they have gurneys in this hospital lined up in the hallways. outside of supply closets. iv bags pushed up against the walls. this man is receiving treatment in what looks like just a waiting room chair. he appears to be sleeping while he s sitting up. there s nowhere else to put him. this hospital in shanghai is so overwhelmed, i m sorry to say there are dead bodies that are sitting unattended still inside the hospital, nowhere to take them. these upsetting photos were taken by a new york times photographer, and they paint a scary portrait of just how badly china is struggling with covid