Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy has stroke and is in the hospital, office says

Sen. Chris Murphy , a Connecticut Democrat , was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a stroke at his son's hockey game, his office announced on Sunday. Murphy is "awake and alert," according to a statement from his chief of staff Allison Herwitt. "Yesterday afternoon, Senator Murphy started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment," Herwitt said. "The doctors are encouraged by his progress," Herwitt said. "We are optimistic he will make a full recovery.