some kind of a vaccine mandate for the entire region. melissa, appreciate the update. thanks so much. now, just over 60 days to go until the opening of the beijing winter olympics, and sources close to the biden administration say they expect the announcement of a diplomatic boycott of the games sometime this week. that means no u.s. government officials would attend the games. silently protesting china's human rights abuses without impacting u.s. athletes who are now, of course, hoping to compete and prepare. president joe biden first mentioned he was considering a boycott last month. cnn's kristie lu stout has been on this story for several hours now, and you've been tracking reaction. i mean, in terms of what the biden administration is doing, again, we have to underscore this isn't going to affect the athletes competing, but certainly it will anger china. >> reporter: absolutely. and when the formal announcement will be made, that will be a very, you know, public criticism of china on the world stage