thank you, everyone, for wat watching. cnn newsroom is now. good morning. i m rerica hill. i m jim sciutto. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin still in critical condition in a cincinnati hospital. the 24-year-old collapsed on the field after a violent collision. players on the field shell shocked as medical staff performed cpr on hamlin for a full nine minutes before they finally restored his heart beat. he was driven out of the stadium in an ambulance. the nfl later suspended that football game. the bills updated that hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after that tackle. we ll be live in cincinnati with the latest on his condition. we ll be talking to a lot of former nfl players about this. important to get their perspective on how all of that happened last night. what it means moving forward. we re monitoring the situation of capitol hill today. a new congress set to begin with republicans in control, but without a speaker. that vote is set for later today. at th
hit. hamlin makes a tackle. hamlin stands up and seconds later we saw him collapse. we know, of course, he suffered cardiac arrest. i was watching last night. it turned my stomach to watch that. it was heart breaking. look at those players on the field. they were saying prayers. visibly upset. adrian brada is in cincinnati. any new updates? reporter: he s still listed in critical condition according to the buffalo bills. you said your stomach turned as you watched that. can you imagine if you are close to him? his mother was in the stadium watching this unfold. if we take a step back and realize this is not just a football player who many look up
as you can imagine, they are hoping for another miracle. the fact that his heart beat was restored on the field is one miracle and the family says they re counting on another. jim? adrian with the latest in cincinnati. thank you. dr. dave montgomery joins me now to discuss, he s a cardiologist. let s start with what we know this morning. it s good news that the heart beat was restored on the field. cpr was administered for a long time. he s in critical condition. what do you make of all that? what does it tell us about what he could be facing? good morning to you, erica and jim. i think there are two distinct possibilities and i will just say, as we re hypothesizing, keeping in mind this is a human