absolutely, but if you get sick in galveston and the only bed you can find is in amarillo, if you can find one at all, or if you're somewhere else and you get sick and you're riding around with somebody next to you who is gasping for air, the bottom line is the public officials who keep fighting masking, keep fighting vaccination, even though they say, well, you should do it. what they're doing is making the world smaller and sicker for the people who follow them. they can go fewer places. they can get less help. that's why this matters. these resources are running out. we're hearing it from everywhere. and when they run out, there is nowhere to go. erica? >> yeah, so important to put that perspective on it. tom, thank you. texas lawmakers are calling on president biden to help as cases and hospitalizations surge across the state. congresswoman sheila jackson lee actually sent a letter to the president on thursday, asking for direct federal assistance to hospitals and county health departments that ask for the help. let's bring in now san antonio mayor ron.