rupa marya with u.c.edical shows us the calm before the surge. >> here's our check-in team. >> reporter: her hospital's entire supply of protective equipment enough for just one week is stored here. >> we have them in a file cabinets. >> reporter: you have doctors there who are writing their wills and nurses who are afraid of dying. >> yes. >> reporter: afraid of dying, but even more worried about bringing covid home. >> there's no way that we're winning. >> reporter: while doctors and nurses are being hailed as heroes, i can tell you many of them feel like they have been abandoned. case in point, the federal government sent 170 ventilators here to los angeles over the weekend. they arrived broken, norah. there is now a rush to get them fixed. norah? >> o'donnell: jonathan, thank you. joining us now is reverend tim cole, the leader of the historic christchurch in georgetown. he was the first person in washington, d.c., to test positive for the coronavirus. first, father tim. so good to see you. how are yo