New York, NY - Satmar Grand Rebbe Shows Improvement

New York, NY - Aides sitting vigil with Satmar grand rebbe Moses Teitelbaum at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan say he's still gravely ill but has improved since yesterday.

"His blood pressure is holding up. All other tests are improving," Joseph Deutsch, the rebbe's personal paramedic, said outside the intensive-care unit where the 91-year-old spiritual leader lies unconscious. "So there is hope."

"He's only on the respirator 35 percent today," he said. "He's breathing 65 percent on his own."