our philosophy here at st. deniss that you can't heal the body without also healing the soul, and that is where chaplain steve comes in. - good morning. - chaplain steve is so amazing. he speaks multiple languages. how many languages do you speak? - two. - two. so bilingual. wow. well, he provides so much comfort to those in need-- the elderly, the infirm. but don't worry. i don't let him around the kids. - what's that supposed to mean? - i'm just kidding. i'm just kidding.. and that's priests, not chaplains. [chuckles] not all priests, but, of course, some. so what are you talking to mrs. gutierrez about? - doña maria and i were just discussing the importance of faith. - faith, yes. oh, i'm obsessed with faith. go on. - well, i-- i was telling her the story about naaman the aramean, whose leprosy was cured when the prophet gehazi had him bathe in the jordan river. - mm. mm, mm, mm. i love it. - sorry, did you say the prophet gehazi? - gehazi, yes. - oh. cool. first of all, that's a parable about grace, not faith. al

. >> that was a clip from the new nbc show "st. denis medical."an underfunded andunderstaff ed oregon hospital tries to treat their community without losing their own sanity. joining us now, award-winning actor david alan grier. he stars as dr. ron leonard in the show. he sat down doing bits for us, which we appreciate very much, hitting the ground ready to go. talk to us about -- good to see you. talk to us about the show. what drew you to it? >> yes. my coat is not natural fur. let's get that out of the way. >> it is chilly in here. >> i asked for a great script. shooting in town. i was a young daughter. you know, you have your wish list. i give this to my team. days later, they gave me the script. i had 24 hours to decide. it was easy. for once, it was easy. >> you earned it. tell us about how much fun it was day after day. stellar cast. >> i'd never worked with anyone, but for the first time in hi my career, i got emails from nbc. we would love you to do this. i'm used to going, hey, if you say no, we have other options. a friend of mine, anna

denied while he was a british officer. i'm curious i'm glad you mention charles lee, because i'm wonder if you might comment on how the experience gates differs or a to lee to st clair or to montgomery, who are all experts or officers that emigrated to america and took up the cause during the revolution. yes i certainly know less about them than i know about gates. i know it was he's he's i think a lot more like educated and probably well read than gates is if you read his writings he is he has a lot of latin phrases for example in his in his writings which indicates education and he's more knowledgeable about like the the political theory of why america is right than gates is. but where they are in terms of like the i think on the political spectrum is pretty, pretty similar. and it's kind of funny to think about of the biggest radicals in the in the among the leadership continental army. they're both born in england, which is kind of kind of funny in a way. yes. so lee is, i think, very similar. gates probably better read, i don't know a ton about british career as a as an officer, but i think in terms of his political ideology he and gates of lot in common