covid relief. this comes as ohio has deployed its national guard to hospitals this week. ohio's case count is at its highest point in just over a year. joining me now is a doctor who works at one of those hospitals where the national guard is being deployed. dr. brooks watts a chief medical officer at the metro health system in cleveland. dr. watts, thank you so much for being with us this evening. look, it is easy to get lost in all the numbers and cases. what do things look like for you right now as a doctor working every day in the hospital? >> thank you. we're -- we're in crisis here in northeast ohio. i think the health systems, together, said it best this weekend. when we took out a joint ad with awl hospitals in our region and it said one word, it said help. it said help because our hospitals are filled with patients with covid and we're struggling. >> the national guard is being sent in to help. what will they be doing? >> we're very grateful to the