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Ambulances can actually take patients. >> reporter: if its red, that means theyre full basically, so there are occasions when theyre made to wait without taking the patient inside. its called on the wall, where theyre actually kept outside of the emergency room with the patient in the back of the ambulance waiting to be able to go inside. we dont allow that here. >> even if youre vaccinated and done all the right things, because of this pandemic and the unvaccinated, it affects you? >> it is. we...

Alone. >> reporter: up in the intensive care unit its almost eerily quiet. theres no indication of the tremendous suffering thats happening behind closed doors. these yellow bags are full of ppe, and everyone knows those are the rooms with covid patients. how much of what youre seeing is truly due to the unvaccinated? >> 95% of our patients are unvaccinated. >> its more challenging than the first covid wave we had because it seems like this variant is quick. >> this is the board we use in the g ...

Beds. porta-potties instead of bathrooms and probably not enough of them. it was just things that none of us would want our family members to have to go through. >> reporter: according to a patient inside, insects were crawling all over the mattresses. the independence police chief says the facility was prepared for a certain number of residents, but it tripled quickly. >> i believe that the corporate management planned for 350. for whatever reason, they sent in 850. and where they failed was in...

Floors instead of beds, portable potties instead of bathrooms and not enough of them. it is things that none of us would want our family members to go through. >> reporter: according to one patient inside, insects were crawling all over the mattresses. the facility was prepared for a certain number of residents, but the number tripled quickly. >> i believe that corporate management planned for 350. for whatever reason, they sent in 850. and where they failed was in not proactively seeking to mov...

The u.s. topping 3 million covid cases today. and tonight, this is the grim reality across much of the south and the west, where covid is exploding. >> in coronavirus, one minute youre looking great and the next minute, youre gone. >> reporter: this icu unit started with 46 beds. they doubled those and now need more. >> we are playing musical chairs in the middle of the night, moving one patient from one side to another. >> reporter: experts calling the sun belt the covid capital of the world. i...

Second nursing home in south florida was also evacuated later today. for the latest we turn to the reporter for our nbc station in miami. dan, how did the first report of this come in to first responders and do we have the description of the power to the building just about right? >> reporter: good evening. you certainly do. a 911 call was made from inside the nursing home at 3:00 a.m., a patient inside was going into cardiac arrest, paramedics bank shot a call at 4:00 a.m., it was the para medi...

Dan, how did the first report of this come in to first responders and do we have the description of the power to the building just about right? >> reporter: good evening. you certainly do. a 911 call was made from inside the nursing home at 3:00 a.m., a patient inside was going into cardiac arrest, paramedics bank shot a call at 4:00 a.m., it was the para medic who noticed the conditions inside, the oppressing heat inside, temperatures reached 100 degrees. she reported her concerns to her boss w...

Plowed and treated by the d.o.t. thats important to remember. state troopers saying the truck was traveling at 45 miles an hour, that was way too fast for the conditions. think before you drive. >> and proving in times of need, neighbors still help neighbors. in suburban atlanta, people used kitty litter, scrapers and hot water to free an ambulance that got stuck in ice as it tried to make it up a hill. the ambulance which had a patient inside, finally got rolling with their help. >> incredible ...

>> do you think we are ever going to be able to fully plug up all the holes? a lone terrorist like this, a lone wolf. >> i think we can do the very best that we can but ultimately its going to take a full-court press to address all of these vulnerabilities. with lone wolf you never know what the circumstances will bring. >> thats true. all right, democratic congresswoman yvette clarke of brooklyn. >> happy mothers day. >> appreciate that. bad weather is being blamed on a fatal crash involving an...