not yet. not yet. you can see there is the lead prosecutor right there, who made the closing arguments yesterday for the prosecution and you can see people milling about. in a moment, they will bring the jury in and we will bring you this rebuttal the second it happens. in the meantime, the state of michigan is under high alert amid soaring covid case counts and hospitalizations. michigan leads the nation with the most reported covid cases in the last seven days and health officials say it is a matter of weeks before hospitalizations surpass the previous pandemic peak set in april last year. joining me is brian peters, ceo of michigan health and hospital association, which represents all community hospitals in michigan. and it one of the nation's largest state hospital associations. thanks so much for being with us. what is the situation in your hospitals this morning? >> well, thank you for having me this morning. and you're exactly correct. i would say that the situation confronting our michigan hospitals today is as dire as it