Reverend Jesse Jackson receiving life support: reports

Civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson is receiving life support in a Chicago hospital, according to multiple media outlets citing sources close to the family.

Jackson is being medicated to keep his blood pressure stable after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), CBS reported.

The Rainbow Push Coalition said in a press release last week that Jackson has been managing the neurogenerative disease for over a decade.

CBS reports that his condition is weakening as friends and family travel to Chicago to join him.

This is a breaking news story. Updates to come.