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>> joel lovelien was rushed to an e. r. in the same hospital where he worked as a computer tech. >> then the doctors came in and told me they did everything they could. but that joel was gone. >> 800 miles away in montana, joel's mom and stepfather received the most terrible news parents can hear. >> you raised your children and the things you do to protect them, and somebody in one minute takes his life, like you've stolen my child. >> joel, just 38, left behind not only his family and fiancee, but a daughter, alexa, from his first marriage. >> you hear there's an accident. you think that it'...

We don't have a handle on how big the outbreak is. we are absolutely missing cases royalty now. there are no doubt about that. but i think this is more of a comment around the way we in the united states approach over and over again public health and emergency preparedness. as an emergency physician, as someone who works in the e.r. regularly, i know how important it is for us to have systems set up for these horrific events that we know will happen some day, but we can't predict when. mass shootings, biological pandemics, a bus turns over. we have to be prepared. that requires funding, that r...

From wisconsin. one other person is in critical condition. authorities discovering the victims near a tree. >> anybody who goes to seek shelter under a tree, that's a very dangerous place to be. >> reporter: a waterspout from that same system coming ashore in maryland, damaging homes on smith island. the weather also snarling air travel. more than 2,000 flights canceled since thursday. tonight, 77 million americans now under heat alerts. at nyu langone medical center in brooklyn, dr. fidel garcia says they're bracing for a surge in heat-related e.r. visits. >> this is a season where we're seei...

Days. >> reporter: dr. susan philip, san francisco's top doctor says getup vaccines,bout 70,0 testing, and treatment. and right now who is eligible to receive a vaccine? >> we are r populations thre most impacted. so that is including gay men,r:s are seeing long lines for vaccines. >> i've been waiting four hours. four hours! >> reporter: as demand tons two-dose vacinede warnings from both the f.d.a. and c.d.c. that both doses are needed. >> they're in such excruciating pain that the department is the first place they come. >> reporter: virat madia is on the front lines as an e.r. doctor in ne...

You'd have to sit and watch me for 50 minutes just like, not moving, barely breathing. there's times i have almost passed out watching "law & order." >> i need your help. >> "e.r." had originally been written as a movie, forced steven spielberg to direct. we had this two-hour piece which was michael's reflection of experiences as a medical student. >> you need a large in case they're bleeding. do you know how to start an i.v.? >> actually, no. >> "e.r." is a hospital show, but it's really an action movie. >> three walking wounded. red urgent, yellow critical and black a gurney. >> got it. >> a...