Jesse Jackson discharged from rehab facility

REVEREND JESSE JACKSON IS CELEBRATING AN END TO HIS MONTH LONG BATTLE WITH COVID IN THE COMPLICATIONS AND CAUSE 10 FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE DEBILITATING EFFECTS TO ILLNESSES HAD ON HIM. >> WE'RE JUST SO PLEASED WITH YOUR RECOVERY AND GETTING TO SET YOU FREE >> CAN I BORROW CHUCK. AND THAT'S THE QUESTION. THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER ASKED HIS MEDICAL TEAM AS HE HEADED HOME FROM A MONTHLONG HOSPITALIZATION. FIRST AT NORTHWESTERN AND THEN FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS HERE AT THE SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITY LAB WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME WE LEARNED OF THE 1, 2, PUNCH CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION OF REVEREND JACKSON'S PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND COVID-19 ALL THE FATHER. >> DID NOT HANG ON BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TAKING 2 SHOTS. THE OVERHEAD FROM THE BREAST. PROBLEM. >> THE FOCUS NOW WILL TALK 2 WEEKS. BELIEVE IN THE WAY. DRIVES TO GET ME WELCOME >> OPENED HIS MEDICAL TEAM SAID, BUT FOR THE VACCINE JACKSON'S AILMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE SEVERE COVID LOOKS FOR THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE IN PEOPLE WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION LIKE PARKINSON'S AS HE'S TALKED ABOUT. >> MARCELLA RAYMOND: WHAT IT CAN DO IS IT CAN KIND OF OFFSET THEIR BALANCE AND THEIR STRENGTH A LITTLE BIT. AND SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON HIS STRENGTH ENDURANCE HIS BALANCE AND HIS RECOVERY DURING HIS REHABILITATION PROCESS TO GET HIM BACK UP AND MOVING. SHE >> BEN BRADLEY: FOR A MAN KNOWN FOR LEADING PROTESTS AND LENDING HIS VOICE TO THE DISENFRANCHISED LOSING THE ABILITY TO WALK AND TALK FOR 2 WEEKS WAS BOTH A CHALLENGE AND A MOTIVATOR TO THE FILM I WENT FROM BEING A BRUISE OR 2 AGO AROUND TO A DRONE MASTER. BUT HE'S SO MOTIVATED. HE LOVES MOVING. HE LOVES WORKING EVERY SINGLE TIME WE SAT DOWN AND TAKE A REST BREAK. HE'S LIKE WHAT'S NOT. SO HEAD OUT INTO ENERGY IS DRIVE HAS JUST MADE THAT THIS PROCESS EASY JACKSON AND HIS WIFE JACQUELINE WERE HOSPITALIZED ON THE SAME DAY HIS WAS A BREAKTHROUGH CASE. SHE WAS UNVACCINATED AND SPENT A LITTLE MORE THAN 2 WEEKS HOSPITALIZED BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY, I'VE GOT IT. HE HE COULD THAT HE HAD HE WOULD BACK TODAY TO ANY STILL GOT TO WATCH THAT. I DON'T GET SHOT. >> WELL, DOCTORS ABOUT NOT I WAS A BAD ONE SIGN OF JESSE JACKSON'S RENEWED STRENGTH. HIS CONCERN FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE HAITIANS WHO ILLEGALLY ENTERED THE U.S. HAVE BEEN SWELTERING UNDER BRIDGE AND ARE NOW BEING DEPORTED. MY FATHER. >> IS MOVED ON FROM HIS THOUGHTS OF HIS PERSONAL BOUTS OF COVID AND PARKINSON'S. HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF HAITI. SO HE'S GOING TO BE SENDING ME DOWN TO THE BORDER REAL SOON. THAT'S WHERE HIS MIND IS. HIS HEART IS AND

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Length: 3min 6sec (186 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 22 2021