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Tomorrow hamlin will be honored by his team and the entire nfl. cbs michael george joins us with more. michael, good evening. >> reporter: adriana, good evening. hamlin also said in that post that this will only make him stronger, and he asked everyone to continue praying for him. now, his team says while hes still in critical condition, hes breathing on his own, and his neurological function is excellent. when the buffalo bills suit up for sundays game against the patriots, damar hamlins teamma...

Putin ordered a cease-fire on friday to coincide with the start of orthodox christmas, but ukraine rejected that calling it propaganda, fighting continued saturday with the ukrainian government let me get these one death on russian shelling. and nfl player was damar hamlin continues to improve after suffering cardiac arrest during the game on monday. a joint statement by the buffalo bills and doctors at the uc medical center said that tomlin remains in critical condition but he continues to brea...

Progress. and heres 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. and many of you if youve been following this story, you likely remember when damar woke up, doctors treating him said the game was still on his mind. the first question he asked was did we win, and doctors responding with, yes, damar, you won, ive won the game of life. and there was another surprise yesterday. damar was able t...

Alexandria hoff, thank you. eric? eric: the nfl will honor damar hamlin in the final games of the regular season this weekend. you know, hamlin remains in the hospital as he continues his remarkable recovery from that shocking cardiac arrest he suffered on the field last monday. the team says he is talking, and he zoomed in live for a team meeting telling his teammates, quote, love you, boys. made a heart with his hands and gave them a thumbs up and even flexed with them. his doctors just releas...

Displaying neurological function. joining me now msnbc medical contributor and founder and ceo advancing health equity, doctor which a black stop. dr. blot stop, thank you for joining me. now damar hamlin collapsed after taking hit to the chest. we see players take this kind of hit frequently in the nfl. its a move that doesnt usually lead to serious consequences. explain what they have caused hamlin to collapse in this instance. >> thank you so much for having me. i think we can all say that th...

As were updating the situation on doctors treating buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. they say he continues to breathe on his own, and his neurological function is excellent. they added that he remains, though, in critical condition. it comes days after he went into cardiac arrest and collapsed in the middle of a game. yesterday doctors removed the 24-year-olds breathing tube, and he facetimed his team. joining us from buffalo, cnn sports anchor coy wire. coy, this has been an emotional roller c...

Hamlin, although hes on track for a full recovery, so far as we can care tell, we cant tell whether hell be able to return to the field. but most people do you think be able to play football again after suffering this type of injury? >> thats a great question and i would say that the only time will tell. i think not anytime soon although we were told that he had excellent neurological function, theres still so many unknowns. we need to know if there will be any physical deficits. are there gonna...

Is making big strides in recovering. his breathing tube was removed and doctors say his neurological function is excellent. he remains in critical condition. but he has spoken. he even tweeted, thanking fans for their support. we will have more on his recovery this hour and next. american voices continues right after this. after this ♪limu emu & doug♪ hey, man. nice pace! clearly, youre a safe driver. you could save hundreds for safe driving

Is in tact. and when they gave him a piece of paper to write something, the first thing he wrote was did we win the game. thats what he wanted to know. didnt have any memory of what happened afterwards. clearly his competitive spirit is in tact, along with his neurological function. >> and i believe it was the doctor who said, yeah, you won the game of life. >> it reminds me so much of where he was two days later, three days later, its just like the hall of fame hockey player we had on yesterday...

Buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is alert and responding to commands, showing remarkable improvement after suffering cardiac arrest on the field during monday night football. well go live to the hospital. some incredible stories of almost miraculous responses. >> mika and i heard the news yesterday along with everybody else. mika teared up when she saw the words, did we win. that was some great news. it just shot around the country. just extraordinarily uplifting and lets just pray that his rec...