Connecticut senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke

Democratic senator was at his son's hockey game when he felt a numbness in his arm and was in Johns Hopkins

Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.

Murphy, 53, started feeling numbness in his arm while attending a his son's hockey game on Saturday, according to the Connecticut senator's chief of staff, Allison Herwitt. A hospital visit confirmed that Murphy had experienced a stroke.